Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,234, for John Pulling, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Pulling, John Reed, Sarah
No. 15,234.
Thomas
(Former widow.)
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 1888 Sarah Red formerly widow of John Fulling Wood who died on the January 31st 1787 of Plymouth in the State of Mass. who was a Captain in the Company commanded by Captain Murnock of the Flagg commanded by Col. Crafts in the Mass. line for 2 years Capt. of Artillery
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents, per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of March 1838 and sent Hon. J. D. Adams Sec. of Reps. Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $4.200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 300.00
$4.500.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Pension the 3 rd of March 3 1838 }
Recorded by Abel Adams Clerk Book 1 Vol. 2 Page 5

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth ss. On this thirtieth day of Au- gust 1837. personally appeared before me Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the the said County of Plymouth, Sarah Reed , of resident of Abington in the County aforesaid, aged ninety years: who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by an act of Congress part July 4 th 1836 and of an act of Congress part March 3 rd 1837. — That she is the Widow of Thomas Reed late of Abington aforesaid deceased; That on the third day of January 1773 she was joined in marriage with John Pulling of Boston, Massachusetts, who was a Captain and Commissary in the United States Army of the Revolution and entered the service January 1 st 1777 in a Regiment commanded by Col Crofts, and continued in said service twenty five months and she is of the belief that he served after that during the remainder of the revolutionary war of which she hopes evidence will be found in the war office. —
And she further declares that she was married to the said John Pulling, as above set forth, and

that her Husband the said John Pulling died January 5 th 1787 And the Declarant further declares, that after the death of the said John Pulling viz. on the twenty fifth day of December 1793. she was joined in marriage with the above named Thomas Reed, and that the said Thomas Reed died on the fourth day of March 1812.
And that she has remained widow since the decease of the said Thomas Reed to this time, as will more fully ap- pear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed.
Sarah Reed
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above written before me the above named Wilkes Wood And I further certify that the above named Sarah Reed is an intelligent person & credible witness.
Wilkes Wood
I the said Wilkes Wood also certify that the above named Sarah Reed by reason of age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel to any Court to make her declaration
Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Plymouth ss. Hingham Dec. 27th 1837.
"John Pulling and Sarah McBean were joined in marriage by the Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Gay Pastor of the First Church and Society in Hingham January the third in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy three."
This may certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures, as follows. Jan. 3, 1773.
James D. Lewis, Clerk of the Town of Hingham.
I, James D. Lewis, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named, as certified by me.
James D. Lewis, Clerk of the Town of Hingham.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ss. Dec 27 th , 1837 Plymouth } Sworn before me
Solomon Lincoln Justice of the Peace

I Francis James, of Boston in the County of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now in the eighty ninth year of my age, testify and say that I was well acquainted with Capt. John Pulling of said Boston, more than twenty years immediately preceding his death, — that he resided and carried on business in the vicinity of my house, and that ten or fifteen years prior to his death, he married a woman at Hingham in the County of Plymouth by whom he had several children, and although I distinctly remember his death, I cannot state the precise time when it occurred.
After his decease his widow removed to Hingham with her children, that being her native place.
I have frequently been informed that she afterwards married a Mr Reed of Hingham, in said County of Plymouth, and that Mr Reed died many years sixty and that she still remains his widow.
Francis James
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk, ss. City of Boston, August 31 st 1837. Then the above named Francis James personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him signed, is true. I further certify that said James is a person of good reputation for truth. Before me. Samuel T. McCleary, Just. Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss.
I, Charles A. Sarker, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Commonwealth, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Samuel F. M c Clery, Esquire, before whom the within Affidavit of Francis James, was sworn to on the 31 st day of August A.D. 1837, & now is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Suffolk duly commissioned & qualified, and that his signature within written is his true and proper signature.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at said Boston, this Twenty Seventh day of December A.D. 1837. Chas A. Sarker. Clerk.

V.L.H. C.W. Rev. War Section
February 12, 1920.
Hon. Washington Gardener, 425 Fifth Street North, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Sir:
In response to your personal inquiry of the 10 th instant, you are advised that it appears in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. File No. 15,234 , that John Pulling was a Captain and Commissary of Ordnance in Colonel Craft's Continental Artillery Regiment from January 1, 1777, to February 1 1779; that he married January 3, 1773, at Hingham Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Sarah daughter of Major Samuel Thaxter, and widow of Duncan McBean, by whom he had several children, whose names are not stated. He died January 25, 1787 and was buried on Cops Hill, Boston Massachusetts. She married December 21, 1793, Thomas Reed of Abington, who died at that place March 14, 1812. She was allowed pension on account of the services of her husband, John Pulling, on an application executed August 30 30, 1837, while a resident of Abington, Massachusetts aged ninety years. She was a native of Hingham Massachusetts. There is no other data on file as to his family. Very respectfully,
McCarthy Commissioner.

purse wood
to FMB
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Mass.
Per WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15234
Sarah Reed widow of John Pulling Captain Rev War
Act: July 4th 86
Index: — Vol. M , Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 13 96 Doct to Mrs Clara L. At Campello Mas See P no 32999
Aug 13 96 Doct to Mrs Clara Campello n
1920 Feb 12 Hist to Hon. Washington Cardiner. FMB

2630 Sarah Reed

Dr. John Pulling, Capt n & Commissary
To Cash paid by the State agreeable to a Resolve of 1 st May 1778 in current money, by R. Downes Value £ 0. 0. 0
To 25 months wages paid him by the Continent at £ 12. per M o is £ 300. value £ 100. 8. 0
To the amount of 2 Notes advanced by the State towards the depreciation of his wages, agreeable to a Resolve of the 14 th March 1780 £ 2800 value £ 86. 3. 1
To Clothing of the Board of War £ 32. 17. 5
£ 219. 8. 6
1779
Dec r 31 To Balance £ 80. 11. 6
£ 300. 0. 0
The above Balance £ 80. 11. 6 multiplied by 32 1/2 to make good the Depreciation is in current money £ 2618. 13. 9
Commonwealth of
£ twenty six remaining in the vaults.

Dr. John Pulling, Capt n & Commissary of Ordnance in Col o Crafts Reg t Cr.
To Cash paid by the State agreeable to a Resolve of 1 st May 1778 in current money, by R. Downes value £ 0. 0. 0
To 25 months wages paid him by the Continent at £ 12. per M o is £ 300. value £ 100. 8. 0
To the amount of 2 Notes advanced by the State towards the depreciation of his wages, agreeable to a Resolve of the 14 th March 1780 £ 2800 value £ 86. 3. 1
To Clothing of the Board of War £ 32. 17. 5
£ 219. 8. 6
1779 Dec r 31 To Balance £ 80. 11. 6
£ 300. 0. 0
The above Balance £ 80. 11. 6 multiplied by 32 1/2 to make good the Depreciation is in current money £ 2618. 13. 9
By his service from Jan y 1. st 1777 to Feb y 1. 1779, is 25 months at £ 12. per month, is £ 300. 0. 0 for which the nominal sum has been paid him by the continent.
Ex d S. G. Certified 16. Oct r 1780
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug. 22. 1837.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an original Account remaining in this Office. Witness my hand & the Seal of the Commonwealth.
John P. Bigelow Sec'y of the Commonwealth

Sarah V Reed Massachusetts
Suspended
See letters 5 th 1887 to J. H. Lord.

Plymouth Mass. Sept 7. 1837
Hon. S. L. Edwards Sir
I send herewith the application of Mrs. Sarah Reed for a Pension.
Yours & J. H. Lord

Plymouth Mass.
Dec 30. 1887
Dear Sir
I send you herewith the additional evidence & the authentication of James deposition in the Case of Mrs. Sarah Reed as required in your note to me.
Please forward the Certificate to me when prepared & oblige
Your ob. Servt. J. H. Lord
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington

V2830 Sarah Reed Massachusetts
Mar o 1773
died 1787
Adm o Capt 2 y
$600 per ann
conf. 4. March 1831
Capt in Col (draft) Reg t Mass. Art y .
Ho r J. D. Adams Prentiss

Plymouth Co. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willey Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the forego- ing are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this seventh day of September A.D. 1837.
Jacob H. Lord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss. -
I John Nash of Abington in the County of Plymouth - and Clerk of said Town of Abington do certify that by the Records of said Town now in my possession it appears that Thomas Rice and Sarah Pillsbury were joined in marriage on the twenty first day of December AD - 1793 - by the Rev. Samuel Niles Pastor of the Church in said Abington. - And I further certify that by said Records it appears that the said Thomas Rice died at said Abington on the fourteenth day of March AD - 1812. -
John Nash
Plymouth County ss. - August 30, 1837. -
Personally appeared the above named John Nash and made oath according to Law to the statement above by him subscribed. - And I certify that the said Deponent is Clerk of said Town of Abington - that he is well known by me - and is a Person of truth & veracity.
Before me -
Isaac Pitman Justice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss - I Nathan Gurney of Boston in the County of Suffolk - do depose and say - that the following words and figures - I copied from a Monument erected on Cops Hill in Boston - viz -
" Erected in Memory of Capt. John Pulling
who departed this life - January - 25. 1787."
That the said Monument appears to be of considerable age - and I hear no doubt was erected at or near the time of the said death. - and it is also surrounded with the Monuments of his Family Connections. -
I also further find in an Old Family Bible, now in the possession of Sarah Read - the Applicant for a Pension the following entry - among various other Family Records - which appears to have been made long since" -
"John Pulling died Jan. 25. 1787."
I have also searched the Records of the City of Boston, and also the Records of the Church to which said John Pulling belonged but find no Record of his Death in either - The Records in both cases - for some time about that period appear to be very deficient. -
Nathan Gurney
Plymouth County ss. Personally appeared the above named Nathan Gurney and made oath according to Law to the above statement by him made - And I certify that the Deponent is well known by me and is a Person of veracity. Before me Jared Whitman Just. Peace -

I Thomas Thaxter of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massac ts and A ts , aged Seventy Seven years do desire and say that I personally knew Sarah Thaxter of Hingham daughter of Maj. Samuel Thaxter. She first married Duncan McBean who died at Santa Cruz - She then married Capt John Putnam of Boston reputed to be an officer of the revolution, and after his decease, she married Thomas Read of Abington who died several years since. She is still living in Abington, and has not married since Read's decease To my knowledge - Thomas Thaxter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss December 27 th 1837.
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace within & for the County of Plymouth, the above named Thomas Thaxter, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. And I certify that said Thomas Thaxter is well known to me and is a person of good reputation for truth.
Solomon Luce Jus: Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Plymouth County ss. — Aug d 29 th 1837 —
I James S Lewis, Town Clerk of the Town of Hingham in the County of Plymouth, do certify that by the Records of said Town in my possession, it appears that John Tulling and Sarah McBean were joined in marriage on the third day of January 1773 — by the Rev. Eben d Gay, Pastor of the first Church in said Hingham.
Attest,
James S. Lewis, Town Clerk of Hingham
Plymouth County ss. August 29. — 1837 —
Personally appeared the above named James S Lewis, and made oath according to law, to the truth of the above statement — by him subscribed — and I hereby certify that the said Deponent is Clerk of the said Town of Hingham, and that he is esteemed a person upon whose statements full confidence may be reposed.
Before me Edward Thaxter Jus t Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate in & for said County do hereby certify that Solomon Lincoln Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & qualified & that the signatures to the annexed certificates are his true & genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this twenty ninth day of December 1837 J. H. Lord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Jared Whitman & Edward Thaxter Esquires are severally Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to the annexed affidavit purporting to be signed by them are their true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this seventh day of September
A.D. 1837
Jacob H. Lord

O. W. & N. Div. W 15034 1. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 13, 1896.
Madam:
Re lying to your request for information concerning the military records of Caleb Lincoln, Thomas Read and John Pulling, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, you are advised as follows;
Sarah Read, former widow of John Pulling, made application for pension August 30, 1857, at which time she was residing in Abington, Mass., and 90 years of age, and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a Captain in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary War, for a period of two years; a part of the time he served under Col. Craft; ( place of enlistment not stated ).
A very careful examination has been made and from the data given the names of Thomas Read and Caleb Lincoln have not been found upon the Revolutionary pension records on file in this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mrs C. E. Atwood, Box 211, Campello, Mass.

Washington Gardens 425 Fifth St. North St. Petersburg
Fla.
Personal inquiry
Feb'y 10. 1920.

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189____
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
D. J. Muckley John Lorenson Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Thomas Read.
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Enlisted in Boston.
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Abington, Plymouth Co. Ma.
Date of death (as near as possible):
March 15, 1812.
Christian name of widow:
Mary.
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Remarks: I do not know, but as he was a wealthy man, I think it improbable.
Your name and address:
Mrs. C. L. Atwood. Campello Mass Box 211

Campello, Aug 3, 1896.
D. B. Murphy.
My dear Sir;
I return the slip you sent me, with what information I could obtain. My certificate from Secy of Commonwealth of Mass, says "Thomas Read, appears with rank of Private, on a Pay Abstract of Capt. Isaac Tuckerman's Co, Col. Ebenezer Francis' Regt. for mileage &c - Dated Nov. 28, 1776.
Residence, Boston."
Will you also, if you please, send me whatever information

you can obtain of John Pulling. The Caleb Lincoln you send information of is not the one, as my ancestor of that name resided in Taunton; (Bristol Co.) never in Hingham. He enlisted five different times, and was also sent on secret expeditions, when the British threatened Rhode Island, between the dates of Dec. 8, 1776, and Aug 10, 1780.
This is from records in State House, Mass.
If they never applied for a pension, will it be impossible for you to send me any information?
An early reply will be very much appreciated. Yours truly Mrs. Clara L. Atwood Box 211, Campello Mass.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.Y. 15,234
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Galling a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 1. 1777 Feb'y 1. 1777 Capt Q.M. Commissary of Ordnance Col. [blank] Connecticut   Artillery Reg't        
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Aug. 30 1837. Genl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Hingham, Plymouth Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, She was ninety years old, born at Hingham
Remarks: Soldier was born Jan'y 3. 1743, at Hingham Mass.
Sarah, daughter of Major Samuel Shapley and widow of Duncan McLean. He died Jan'y 25. 1787 and she married Dec. 21. 1793 Thomas Read who died Mch. 14. 1812 at Hingham Mass.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
* and was buried on Cooper Hill, Boston, Mass.