Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,605, for William Stickney, Massachusetts

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Stickney, William
S. 14,605
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21.798 Massachusetts
William Stickney
of Essex Co in the State of Massachusetts who was a Lieutenant in the Comp y commanded by Captain Perkins of the Reg t . commanded by Col l Little in the Mass s - line for 8 Months a Lieutenant Certificate issued in favor of his children Mrs. Nancy Stickney Sands Dimee & Charlotte Barnard Belmont. Died 25 Aug. 1833 - End
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass s at the rate of 106 Dollars 64 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Oct. 1833 and due to Mrs. N. J. Prince Crown House Boston
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '32 $106 64 Semi-ant. allowance ending 25 Ag. '33 75 89 $182 53
Revolutionary Claim, Asy June 7, 1832.
Recorded by
G. G. Steele
Clerk
Book 6
Vol. 2
Page 80
Died 25 Aug 1833
88
111121

Rev. man
14605 INVALID.
File No. 14.605
William Stickney
Dr. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 361
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Stockney
Mass
Died 25 Augt 1833
Aged 8 Months
Issue a Certificate in the names of his Children viz John Stockney, Sarah Prince, Nancy Stockney, Charlotte Barnard -
Secretary of War 2nd Div     200 100      13 3/4  2     106 6 3/4  2     5  21     66 6 1/4  8 3/4     9 24  24     5 89  69 2 1/4    M. T  Pence  M rs  
Boston Mass

Custum House Boston September 18 1833
Sir, Herewith I return the Documents, with the additional certificate, required by the Commissioner in order to establish my Grandfathers Claim for a Pension; For the kind interest you have taken I beg you would accept my own, as well as the thanks of my relatives in whose behalf I write
With assurances of respect
I remain
Yr Obt Serv
J. H. Dunc.
Hon't Lewis Cass Sec'y of War

1833
The Revd Leonard Withington - a clergyman, residing in Newbury, county of Essex aforesaid, and Seth Sweetser Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Newbury county of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Stickney who had subscribed and sworn to the within declaration; that we believe him to be 87 years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood, where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Leonard Withington,
S. Sweetser.
Subscribed and sworn to, before
William Waite
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Officer and served as he states. - And the Court further certifies that Revd Leonard Withington who has signed the foregoing Certificate is a clergyman resident in Newbury aforesaid and that the said Seth Sweetser who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at said Newbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. H. Gute Judge of Probate.
27083
I Nathan Lord Junr. 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 William Stickney for a pension.
I do also certify that William Waite before whom the within written declaration was taken, is a Justice of the peace within and for said County of Essex and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this eleventh day of June, A.D. 1833
Nathan Lord Jr.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss.
I Charles A. Parker, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk aforesaid do hereby certify that it has been made to appear to the satisfaction of the Court that William Stickney late of Newbury in said State the sum who is mentioned in this Petition, died on the Sixty, fifth day of August last, leaving as Widow and leaving four children, to wit: John Stickney and Sarah Prince both of Boston and Charlotte Barnard and Nancy Stickney both of Newbury aforesaid all in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 17th day of September, A.D. 1833. Chas. A. Parker Clerk
I do hereby certify that the said William Stickney, to wit: the said John Stickney, Sarah Prince, Charlotte Barnard and Nancy Stickney have been found to be of full age to this day. Charles A. Parker Clerk

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 eleventh day of June A. D. 1833, personally appeared before the Honorable Daniel Appleton White, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, in Newburyport in said County William Stickney a resident of Newburyport in the County of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, aged 87 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 he was attached to the Company commanded by Captain Benjamin Porten in the regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Little and was commissioned as second lieutenant and served in said Company, Eleventh month, and until January 1776
was born at Newburyport in the year 1746, had a commission signed by Joseph Warren by order of Congress dated Watertown May 19. 1775 which is now annexed to this declaration
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.
William Stickney
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
D. A. White Judge of Probate

I Amos Pearson of Newburyport in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty three years and upwards, on oath do testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with William Stickney of Newbury in said County, and do know that he the said William Stickney was a Second Lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Perham, in Colonel Mose Little's Regiment and that he served therein in what was called the light infantry division at Cambridge, commencing in May 1775 and ending January 1 st 1776. I was at the time a Sergeant in the same company at the same time. June 11 th 1833 Amos Pearson.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Newburyport June 11 th 1833 Then personally came Amos Pearson above named, and made oath in due form of Law, to the truth of the above written deposition by him subscribed in my presence, I do also certify that the above named Amos Pearson, is believed by me to be a credible witness.
W. W. Dorr, Justice of the Peace

THE CONGRESS OF THE COLONY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
To William Stickney Gentleman
GREETING.
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage and good Conduct, Do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you the said William Stickney to be Second Lieutenant of the Company in the Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Little Egg raised by Congress aforesaid, for the Defence of said Colony.
You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Second Lieut in leading, ordering, and exercising the said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline ; and they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Second Lieut and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall, from Time to Time, receive from the General and Commander in Chief of the Forces raised in the Colony aforesaid, for the Defence of the same, or any other your superior Officers, according to military Rules and Discipline in War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you.
By Order of the Congress,
John Warren
President, P. T.
Watertown , the Nineteenth of May A. D. 1775.
Samuel Greenman Secretary, P. T.