Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,896, for David Jewett, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jewett, David
S. 32,896
CONTENTS

4,488
Massachusetts
David Jewett Capt Hitchcock Private Massachusetts line - 1777 - 6 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to John Stocker Esq r Judge - Berkshire
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 - 4 th = 34 92 Semi-annual acct ending 4 th Mar 1819 - 48 3
$8293
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Lanesborough Berkshire

David Jewett's application to the Ed. A.
1818-
7 April —
Rev. - Judge Hubbard
Admitted
John Hooker within named do hereby certify that from evidence given me I am satisfied that the s d David Jewett is in reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of assistance from his country for support - Nov r 3. 1818 John Hooker
David Jewett

District of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire. on this 24 th day of April in the year of our Lord 1810 before me the subscriber first & Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said Commonwealth, & including the said County of Berkshire personally appeared Da- vid Jewett of Lanesborough in said county. of the age of nearly sixty years, a citizen of the United States & now resident at said Lanesborough in the District aforesaid who on oath doth make the declara- tion following in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war." That he enlisted at Lanesborough aforesaid under Lieut. Frink & was placed in the light Infantry Company, usually or frequently commanded by Capt. Hitch- cock of said county & sometimes by Capt. Mills - that he enlisted about the month of February A.D. 1777 - & served to the end of the war in the Army of the United States, when he was honorably discharged, as appears by the discharge now offered of June 9 - 1783 under the signature of General Washington. which is recent to armistice That he was at the capture of General Burgoyne & of Cornwallis & many other actions during the war - that he is now in small circumstances, possessing small means of support, & is in bad health & not able to perform any considerable service & stands in need of the support provided by the said law -
David Jewett

The within Declaration sworn to before me the day & year aforesaid - John Hooker
I John Hooker first Presiding Judge of the Courts of your said district do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said General Jewett did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy - and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned act of Congress - Given under my hand at Hingham this 20th day of April in the year of our Lord 1810 - John Hooker
I Wm Woodbridge Clerk of the above Court for the County of Norfolk do hereby certify that John Hooker is the Judge of said Court & that the above is a true copy of the same as shown to me Wm Woodbridge Clerk
Wm Woodbridge B.H.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
3 July 1828
David Jewett _____ of Lansborough in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Musician in captain Miller's _____'s company, in the Col Vose's regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he has never received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. D. Kimball.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
7 July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to David Jewett - - - in the Massachusetts line
It further appears that David Jewett - - - is now on the pension list of the  any - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
David Jewett was paid for the year 1782 at the rate of $7 1/3 per month - P. Hagner Aud
29 227 (correct)

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the fifteenth of May 1828, I David Jewett of Lansborough in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a musician in Captain Miller's company in the first Massachusetts Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Col. Joseph Vose - And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the Pension List of the United States - And I further state that I have not received a certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolution of Congress passed the 15 th May 1778, that I enlisted in the month of February 1777 but had no knowledge of the existence of said act or that I was entitled to a certificate under it - and I further declare that my discharge was transmitted by me to the War office at Washington in 1818 & that it is now on file in said office -
David Jewett

17. Before me a Justice of the Peace in the County of Berkshire in the state of Massachusetts personally appeared this day Wolcott Hubbard and Lyman Hall of the said County who did severally make oath that David Jewett by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a musician in the army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated — Witness my hand this Tenth day of June in the year 1828 —
Algernon S. Hubbard Justice of the Peace
I Charles Scogmick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within for the County of Berkshire in the state of Massachusetts do certify that Algernon S. Hubbard before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty eight — Chas Scogmick C.M.P.

32 896 Recd INVALID.
Aug 3-1902 H. S. Jewett. Bethlehem Pa
File No. 82 896 one
David Jewett Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 209
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Bethlehem, Pa., December 17, 1901.
Sir:
I have the honour to request the military record of DAVID JEWETT, of Lancaster, Mass., who is said to have been a Revolutionary pensioner.
Very respectfully,
The COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D.C.

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof David Jewett Lifer in the First. Massachusetts Regiment, having faith- ly served the United States Six Years & a half now on the and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 9th  day
June 1783
G. Washington
By His Excellency's
Command,
Thomass Mifflin
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Ralph D. Brown Adjutant.
THE above David Jewett Lifer has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for Six Years faithful Service.
Joseph Vose Colb.

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 9 th - 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Twenty dollars Massachusetts gratuity by resolution of 5 th March 1801 has been paid -
David Jewett - Fitchburg Town of Fitchburg - Colonel 3 rd - Jewett's Fitchburg Militia
David Jewett Mass. 682896