Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,230, Noah Wright, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wright, Noah
NUMBER
S. 30.230
CONTENTS

8081-
8881. Massachusetts
Noah Wright of Peppercorn in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col [blank] in the Mass line for [blank] P of Art " 12th " Inf State
Inscribed on the Roll of Spald at the rate of 32 Dollars 61 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of March 1833 and put Samuel Dana of Boston Present
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1830 $65,22
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Rept - 16.30
$81.52
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. N. [unclear] Clerk, Book B- Vol. 2 nd Page 90.

Declaration of Noah Wright
Where to dub my lease to Sam Densby Guts & Co
1944?
Sept 1. 1944 Noah Wright

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex
ss.
On this seventeenth day of August - AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas  Probate , now sitting at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid Noah Wright of Pepperell aged 80 years
Who being 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1 That in the month of June AD 1779 he engaged to go to Rhode Island for six months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Hovey of Cambridge L t Nathaniel Sawell and Joseph Fletcher in a Reg t commanded by Col o Nathan Tyler of Hopkidge, Major Dish of Worcester, he repaired with his Company to Rhode Island, and was there stationed, and while there he was ordered into a Company of Artillery commanded by a Capt. Samuel Evans of Virginia and in this Company he did duty from July to October and then again joined Capt. Hovey's Company in which he continued till he served out his term of six months when he was discharged. 2 In AD 1780 he enlisted to go to Rhode Island for three months in a Company commanded by Capt. John Porter of Littleton L t his orderly Sergeant was John Langley and his Company belonged to Col o Aspinwall's Reg t of Mass s Forces, he marched to Rhode Island with his Company and there did duty with them until he served out his term of three months and was discharged from service.

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. P. May Prob  Noah Wright
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 5 Rev James How a Clergyman residing in the town of Pepperell in the county of Middlesex and James Lewis of the same Pepperell hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Noah Wright who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Sam. Dana a Justice of the Peace  J. P. May for all the Counties in said Commonwealth  James Lewis
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that the Rev. James How who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Pepperell  is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit J. P. May Prob Clerk of the Court of
I do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of  Noah Wright  for a pension. seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two Jacobsen

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Cambridge on the seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832. On the application of Noah Wright claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born? Answer, In Hollis in New Hampshire on the 13 th of December A.D. 1761.
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it? Answer, I have no family record, but there is one in Hollis book of records
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, In Pepperell in Mass a when I have always lived since A.D. 1772.
4. When you were called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? Answer, My service was always voluntary and of my own accord. 5. Did you ever receive any written discharge from service? Answer, I never received any such service discharge.
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I saw Genl. Gates at Rhode Island in 1779, Genl. Stark at Providence & Newport. May I have seen Genl. Greene.
6. Did you ever receive any discharge from service? Answer, I never received any written discharge from service.
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, James Lewis Esq. Dr. John Walton D. Noblemans Baxter Rev. James How and Col. John Banerops — Noah Wright
Sworn to J. P. Fay

Noah Wright
19.11.12
3 months private of utility 6 " 1 day W. of Empire Admiral
$32.61-
Sawdust & saw Grottonquas

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Wright  of  Pepperell  in the State of  Mass  (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? 70 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.     June In 17 79 80 X 5 25 Private Gen. Cap' Morry to Genl Evans   X 3 6 Private " Porter Col Howe  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pepperell Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence and documentary proof  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct in every respect 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. Adams Examining Clerk.
# 3 months, Private of Artillery X  3 " " " Infantry Select and certificate  Alves

INVALID. INVALID.
File No. 30,230
Noah Wright Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 271
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Noah Wright

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 27 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Noah Wright is borne on "a Pay roll of capt. Thomas Hovey's company in Col. Nathan Tyler's regiment of new levies from the Massachusetts State, for service done in the State of Rhode-Island agreeable to a resolve of Court, passed the 8 th of June 1779" for the space of 4. months and 25. days, from the 6 th of July 1779
Again his name is borne on "a Pay roll of the same officer's, for service done in the month of December 1779 at the State of Rhode Island" — for the space of 30. days. Discharge dated 25 th of December
Again, Noah Wright is borne on "A pay roll of capt. John Porter's company in Col. Cyprian Hovey's regiment in Genl. John Jacob's Brigade in the service of the United States, at Rhode Island, in the three months service. Paid by a resolve of June 22 d 1780, for the space of 3. months and 6. days. (over)

time to return home included, from the 20. th of July. Discharge dated Oct. 20. 1760
Edward D Bangs Secy