Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,903, Uriah Wright, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Wright, Uriah
S 11,903
CONTENTS
Carded.

Letter to Hon. S. Sanborntall Esq. in to Pen Agt. 21. Feb 1840 To Concord N.H. from 4 Sept 1839. 27. March 1840
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New Hampshire 21.070 Concord  Massachusetts
Uriah Wright of Essex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dows of the Regt commanded by Col Prescott in the Mass line for 8 months
Mass State
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 - Dollars - 67 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Aug 1833 and sent Beryl Merrill Salem Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $53.34 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 13.33
$66.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W.H. Weston Clerk, Book 2 Vol. Page 93

Aliah Wright
N o 6391.
Emons Connected
Please reply to Merrill Talen
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Foster, 100 West 123rd Street, New York City.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS : COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Uriah Wright , a resident of Beverly , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That after the Battle of Lexington in April 1775, he volunteered as a private and enlisted in Capt. Reuben Dow's Company in Col. Wm Prescott's Regiment in the Massachusetts line in the Continental establishment and served therein Eight months at Cambridge till the end of 1775, when he was honorably discharged. He lived at Hollis when he entered the service:
B He was born in 1754 in Hollis lived there till 35 years ago: then removed to Beverly & lived there ever since: he had no written discharge or record of his birth: He is known to Thomas Davis Esq. & and Ebenezer Robinson a clergyman, both of Beverly.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Uriah Wright
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. A. White
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, _____ a clergyman, residing in _____ aforesaid, and _____ Esquire, a magistrate, residing in _____ aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to before.

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that the said  who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the said  who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at the said  and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Enock Jewett of Harris in the County of Hillsborough & State of New-Hampshire, a Pensioner of the United States, testify & say, that several years previous to 1775 I was well acquainted with Uriah Wright, then of said Harris, now of Burry in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that same time in May 1775 said Wright enlisted into Capt. Amos Daws of Infantry Company in Col. William Prescott's Regiment in the Continental service for eight months, & I further testify that said Wright served out his said term of enlistment - I very frequently saw him the said Wright during the period aforesaid, as often as once in two or three days, until said eight months expired - I further testify that said Wright was in the battle on Bunker Hill on the 17th day of June 1775 - Enock Jewett
State of New-Hampshire Hillsborough ss. November 21 st 1831 - Then personally appeared the above named Enock Jewett & subscribed, & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit - Before me Benjamin M. Farley Jus. Peace

I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Benjamin M. Farley is a Magistrate as aforesaid and duly empowered to administer oaths, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name, this twenty sixth day of November in the year 1831
Andrew Wallace { Clerk of S c Sup r . Court of Judicature for said County

Brighton, Massachusetts, June 18. 1832
This may certify that I Noah Worcester now of Brighton, formerly of Holliston New Hampshire was a S er in 1775 in Capt Reuben Dood's company, which was annexed to Colonel William Prescott's regiment; and I also certify that Micah Wright then of said Holliston, now of New Bedford Massachusetts, was a soldier in said company; that he first set out as a Volun- teer, the evening after Lexington Battle, that we both afterwards enlisted for eight months or to the close of the year, And that I have not a doubt that said Wright continued in the service the whole term for which he enlisted.
Noah Worcester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss June 18 th 1832 then personally appeared the above named Noah Worcester and affirmed to the truth of the above affidavit -
Before me Edward Sparhawk Justice of the Peace

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Uriah Wright , a resident of Beverly , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That after the Battle of Lexington in April 1775, he volunteered as a private and enlisted in Capt. Reuben Dow's Company in Col. Wm Prescott's Regiment in the Massachusetts line in the Continental establishment and served therein Eight months at Cambridge till the end of 1775, when he was honorably discharged. He lived at Hollis when he entered the service:
B He was born in 1754 in Hollis lived there till 35 years ago: then removed to Beverly & lived there ever since: he had no written discharge or record of his birth: He is known to Thomas Davis Esq., & and Ebenezer Robinson a clergyman, both of Beverly.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Uriah Wright
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. A. White JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, _____ a clergyman, residing in _____ aforesaid, and _____ Esquire, a magistrate, residing in _____ aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to before

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that the said  who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the said  who and that the said and is a credible person and that has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at their statement is entitled to credit.
Dr J White In aged Probate
Essex: May. 8. 1833 I certify that the Rev. Noah Worcester, Doctor of Divinity, and Mr. Enoch Jewett, who have subscribed the annexed affidavits by them respectively subscribed, are credible and disinterested witnesses and entitled to full belief. J. Merrill Just. Peace
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Uriah Wright for a pension, and that Edward Shankhawk is a Justice of the Peace and his signature on the annexed affidavit is genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832.
C Nath. Lord Jr.

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Signed and sealed anew, this seventeenth day of May, A.D. 1833.
M c M. Lord Jr.

Uriah Wright Massachusetts No 6391-
Parade 8 North
14. 16 06
Apr. 26 1835
P. 357.
Adm
Prof Merrill At the Linn Salem Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Uriah Wright  of Essex County in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court,  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 Years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     April In 1775 Enlisted 1. 8 11 Private Gen. Col. John Prescott Regt Capt. Reuben Dous Comp. Continental Establishment Massachusetts Line,  
8 mos  5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker's Hill,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wollis Massachusetts,  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
C. S. L. Examining Clerk.

Application for a Transfer.
State of Massachusetts County of Essex ss.
On this thirteenth day of February 1840 before me the subscri- ber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Essex personally appeared Uriah Wright who on oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Reuben Dow in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wm Prescott: that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Massachusetts: that he now resides in the State of New Hampshire where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be payable there at on Concord Amherst, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of New Hampshire are that he is now 85 years of age and he wishes to dwell in the family of his son at Brookline in New Hampshire.
Uriah Wright
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
Rev. Merrill Just: Peace

45 I, Timothy Wright of Brookline in New Hampshire do on oath testify That I well know Uriah Wright who has taken the foregoing oath and know that he is the same person described therein and no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted.
Timothy Wright
State of Massachusetts Essex County 15:
February. 13 th 1840 That the above named Timothy Wright made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true: he is a credible witness.
Before me Benj. Merrill Dist. Peace
H. of R. Feby. 18 th 1840
I certify that Benjamin Merrill is a Justice of the Peace in and for Essex County in Massachusetts, and that his signatures on this & the preceding pages are genuine.
Levi H. Sattorff att.
M. G.

Rev War
11.903 INVALID.
File No. 11.903
Neriah Wright
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. a Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mar 25 1846 New Bedford Mass Hon. J. L. Edgewood Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
FREE

Anhurst New Hampshire March 19 1840
Dear Sir.
There is a pensioner upon the Pension list of Massachusetts whose name is Uriah Wright He has recently moved into the State of New Hampshire and has sent an application to the department to have his name transferred to New Hampshire and to draw his pension hereafter at Concord in this State.
The transfer has not yet arrived at the Pension office in N.H.
I wish to be informed whether his application has been received at the department and if so whether the transfer is, or will be made.
By giving me the desired information you will much oblige, in behalf of Mr Wright the pensioner aforesaid Your Obedt Servant
Perley Dorr
P.S. The certificate is granted under the act of 7th June 1832 Being date 15 Aug 1833 and is numbered 21,010

Feb 20. 1840
To J. L. Edwards Comm'n on Pensions City of Washington.
St. Asaph H. R.

Atkins Feb 19-1840.
Dear Sir,
I have just the enclosed from B. Merrill Esq. Salem, Ms. with a request to forward it to you.
Very resp ly
Yours O. Schuch L. Sutton Hall.

Merchants Bank Boston 21 st Feby. 1840.
Sir
Your letter of the 21 st inst. is recd. - In reply I have to state that Uriah Wright, a penst n now on the Roll of this Agency under the Act of 7 th June 1832 at $26.67 per annum, had been paid up to 4 th September last. -
I am, very respectfully, Yr. ob td Serv t .
Franklin Huan Pension Agt.
J. H. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.