Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21758, for Benjamin Mann, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Mass.
Mann, Benjamin Hannah
W 21758
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Massachusetts 212 Hannah Mann of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a wife in the service commanded by Captain W of the ship commanded by him in the line for Widow of Benjamin Mann dec d late a private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of $10 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Nov. 1830 and No. 27. Baldwin Boston Ms
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1836 $220.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Feb 1837 20.00 $240.00
Revolutionary Claim, 2 1832 1836 Recorded by H. H. Adams Clerk. Book — Vol. 1 Page 60
Act 1836

Letter to 3 d Auditor 4 April 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1837 to 4 March 1839. Age notified 16. April 1840
Dead
Paid as above from 4 March 1843 to 4 Sep 1843. Age notified 28 July 1845
Note of search not on file

Marriage Certificate of Benjamin Mann & Hannah Hayward

Commonwealth of } Massachusetts - }
Town of Braintree County of Norfolk Oct r 6 th 1836
I Asa French do on Oath declare that I am Clerk of the Town of Braintree in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that I have the custody of the records of said Town and that it appears by the said records that Benjamin Munn and Hannah Hayward both of said Braintree were joined in Marriage June 10 th 1775
ASA FRENCH Town Clerk
Norfolk ss. Braintree October 6 th 1836 Then personally appeared Asa French subscriber to the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Jon d Wilder } Just. Peace.

Hannah Mann widow of Benjamin Mann
No 343
Admt $40 for an inventory March 4 1831 in Mass. Middlesex Leah Pope 162. Brattle
165 17 Co Pgs
Reuben Baldwin (1831)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss.
Norfolk County } ss.
On this Eighth Day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred Thirty six Personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Sherman Leland Judge of The Probate Court for Norfolk County in said Commonwealth, Hannah Mann, a resident of Randolph in the County of Norfolk, and Commonwealth aforesaid; Aged Eighty Two Years, who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 4 th July 1836. That she is the widow of Benjamin Mann, late of said Randolph deceased and that said Benjamin Mann her late husband served as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, Eight Months at Dorchester Heights & Cambridge near Boston, in the year 1775, under Captain Pope of Col Paul Dudley Sargents Regiment, Lieutenant Zacheus Thayer (since a Pensioner) (sic); and also Four Months at Dorchester Heights, in the year 1777, under Captain Pennyman Colonel Francis & Dike, all of which service the aforesaid Benjamin Mann faithfully performed. Micah White & Simeon Hayward, both served at the same time and for the same periods, and under the same officers.
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Mann at Braintree by the Rev. Moses Taft, on the Tenth Day of June Seventeen hundred & Seventy five, and that her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Mann died on the _____ Day of December in the year Eighteen hundred & 1828- and that she has remained a widow ever since that

period as will more fully appear on reference to the proof herunto annexed.
Sworn to & subscribed the th  day of  month  year  above written  the Hannah X Mann
I, Micah White of Randolph in the County of Norfolk aged eighty five years, on oath depose & say that I have been long acquainted with Benjamin Mann late of said Randolph having been born & brought up in the same town with him. I knew him as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution - he served eight months at Dorchester & Cambridge in the year 1775 - he was in Capt. Pops Company Col. Sargents Regiment, of Massachusetts Militia, I also knew that he served four months subsequently, in Capt. Stephen Pinnimans Company in the year 1777 at Dorchester Heights having been in the same company with him. I was also in the service during the eight months first mentioned, at the same place, with the said Benjamin Mann but not in the same company with him. The said Benjamin Mann died about eight years ago. & left Hannah Mann his widow who has remained unmarried ever since that period. I am a pensioner under the act of Congress of 1832.
Micah White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Norfolk ss. October 8 1836
Personally appeared the above named Micah White a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed.
I, Selene Judge of Probate

I Thomas Howard of Randolph in the County of Norfolk, aged fifty one years on oath depose & say that I was formerly well acquainted with Benjamin Mann late of said Randolph deceased, he died about eight years ago he was the late husband of Hannah Mann within named, who has not been married since his decease, he was always reported to have been a soldier of the Revolution.
Thomas Howard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolkss. Oct. 8 1836.
Personally appeared Thomas Howard above named a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed Sherman Seland Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolkss. I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the County Probate of the County & State aforesaid hereby certify that Sherman Seland is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid and that Jonathan Wild Junr is a Justice of the peace within & for said County of Norfolk and that their respective signatures on this & the subjoined paper are genuine & true. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of October A.D. 1836.
Jonathan H. Cobb Reg. Probate

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec. 5 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The adm n : of Hannah Mann, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Forty ————— Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1843, to the 1 st Sept. 1843,
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Gannett
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

August 2, 1932
Benjamin Mann-W.21758
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Mrs. E.S.Whitcomb Bellows Falls Vermont
Dear Madam:
I said under pension I could not tell whether it was one reg't or two. Col Francis was killed in 1777 but I cannot find that Dike took his place The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.21758, based upon the military service of Benjamin Mann in that war.
Benjamin Mann enlisted, place not stated, sometime in 1776, and served eight months as a private in Captain Pope's Company, Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent's Massachusetts Regiment: he enlisted in 1777 and served four months as a private in Captain Stephen Penniman's Company under Colonels Francis and Dike in the Massachusetts Troops.
He died in December, 1824, at Randolph, Massachusetts. The date and place of his birth are not given.
The soldier married June 10, 1775, at Braintree, Massachusetts, Hannah Hayward. Both were then of Braintree, Massachusetts and their marriage was recorded on the records of said town.
Soldier's widow, Hannah, was allowed pension on her application executed October 8, 1836, at which time she was aged eighty-two years and resided in Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
There is no reference to children.
The above is the history of the only soldier named Benjamin Mann, who served with the Massachusetts Troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
Date of her death not on file A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1932-Aug 2 - Hist to Mrs. E. S. Mitchell Eff
File No. 21758 Hannah Mann widow of Benjamin Mann Pri. Rev War.
Act _____
Index: Vol 16 , Page 11
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Recd.
Mr. Earl N. Church Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Wash. D. C. 2 stamps one stamp ret.
Dear Sir:
Would you kindly verify a record in our genealogy as I wish to join the D.A.R.'s "Capt. Benjamin Man or Mann Born Oct. 24 1739 in Lexington Mass commanded a company in the Battle of Bunkerhill

Have you a record of Benjamin or Ulam of Randolph Ulster Jan 1751 and served fifteen days in Capt. Sawin's Company in 1776.
These records were taken from The Mann Memorial a genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Mann of Scituate Mass by George S. Mann in 1884.
Thanking you I am Respectfully Mrs E. S. Whitcomb Bellows Falls Vermont

also in the Army in Rhode Island. Also a man by the name of Peter Tracy born in Preston Conn. June 18 1744 served in the war of the Revolution. Also Joseph Ulan 3 or Mann born in Scituate Mass. Oct 10 1722 lived in the south precinct of Braintree Mass which was incorporated in 1793 and called Randolph Mass served in the Revolutionary War.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 7 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Hannah Mann, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Forty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837, to the 4 th March, 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Patridge Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.