Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,228, Edmund Wright, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Wright, Edmund
NUMBER
S. 30.228
CONTENTS

74
Middlesex
Lt. Walden P. P. P.
Dec. 23 d 1861.
21887 Massachusetts
Edmund Wright of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Walbeck of the Troop commanded by Col. Robinson in the Mass line for 7 months
Ind.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Nov 1833 and sent James Lewis D. P. P.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 $55.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 - 11.67
$67.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Addison Clerk, Book C Vol. 2 Page 98

27.023
Edmund Wright
Private 7 months
Capt. Shattuck's Co Col. Robinson's Regt Mass
James Lewis Esq Pippin Hill Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County } p.
On this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now holden at Lowell in and for said County of Middlesex Edmund Wright a resident of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex aforesaid aged seventy two 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 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as here in stated. That is to say he entered the service as a volunteer private soldier at Cambridge in said County on or near March 1. 1776 for two months under the following Company officers to wit Capt. Job Shattuck then of Groton in said County, Lieutenants Butterfield & Fisk and Ensign Robbins That he was in Colonel Robinson's Regiment - That he was stationed a little east of the college in said Cambridge - that he served out the aforesaid term of two months & was dismissed on or near the first of May then next That in the fore part of September 1776 he volunteered again & marched by way of Worcester in Massachusetts & Hartford in Connecticut into the State of New York That he was a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt Thomas Warren then of Townsend in said County of which company Joseph Rockwood then of said Groton & Joseph Warner then of said Pepperell were Lieutenants That he was in Colonel Brooks' Regiment - That he was in the battle at White Plains & received a flesh wound in the right leg from a musket ball - that he was dismissed about the middle of November then next having served at this time not less than two months - That in the fore part of April 1778 he entered the service a third time as a volunteer and private soldier for three months That he went directly to Cambridge aforesaid to guard Burgoyne's troops as they were called - That he was stationed about half a mile east of the college in said Cambridge - That his company officers were Capt. Isaac Woods then of said Pepperell, Lieut Solomon Woods then of said Groton & Ensign Joshua Langley then
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of Shirley in said County - That he was in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wright then of Westford in said County - that he served out the last mentioned term of three months and was dismissed that he has no documentary evidence - That he was born in said Pepperell August 9. 1760. that there is a record of his age in the town. Clerk's office in said Pepperell - That he has always lived in said Pepperell, except when in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, & that he now lives there - That he entered the service as a volunteer each of the three several times before mentioned that he never received any written discharge - That he cannot now state the names of the officers where he served & the general circumstances of his service any more particularly than he has already done That he would mention the Rev d James Flowe Doctor John Walton Capt Vugling Shattuck & Capt Edmund Blood as persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood & who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
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 -
Sworn to, & subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Edmund Wright J. W. Fay Book
We Charles Babbidge a clergyman residing in said Pepperell and Asa F. Lawrence residing in the same Pepperell hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edmund Wright who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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 -
Sworn, & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Charles (Babbidge). Asa F. Lawrence

I Thomas Lawrence of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Seventy six years of age do depose and say, that in the year 1778 Edmund Wright of said Pepperell was a fellow soldier with me, in the revolutionary war in the three months service at Cambridge in said County of Middlesex. We were attached to the company of Capt. Isaac Weeks of said Pepperell. Solomon Weeks of Groton was Lieutenant and Joshua Spaulding of Shirley was Ensign of said Weeks company. Col. Wright of Westford in said County of Middlesex was the Col. of the Regiment. The said Edmund Wright is now present at the caption of this deposition, and I have known him ever since we were boys. In thee saith not. Thomas Lawrence
Middlesex ss. Pepperell Aug. 14 th 1832 Then personally appeared before me the subscriber, Thomas Lawrence and made solemn oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is true; and I certify that said Lawrence is a person of veracity and entitled to credit.
John Walton Jus. of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex.

I Samuel Gragg of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty years testify and say, that I was an orderly sergeant in a company of Militia in the fall of 1777 in the Revolutionary war which company was commanded by Capt Warren of Townsend in said County, & his Lieutenants were Joseph Richardson of Groton in said County and Joseph Warner of said Pepperell. Edmund Wright of said Pepperell was a fellow soldier with me and served in said Company two months and we were in the battle at White Plains.
Samuel Gragg
Middlesex ss. Pepperell Nov 16 th 1882 Then personally appeared before me the undersigned Samuel Gragg and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed & I have thereunto testified, that he is a man of veracity.
John Weston Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.

I David Fisk of Dunstable in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged seventy two years do depose and say, that I have been well acquainted with Edmund Wright of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and County of Massachusetts and since we were small boys; that I always lived in said Pepperell except when in the service till the year 1800; that I well remembered the said Edmund served with me as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war in the two months service at Cambridge in said County of Middlesex in the spring of the year 1774. We were in Capt. Job Shattuck's Company and in Col. Robin- son's Regiment. The said Edmund was also a fellow soldier with me in the two months service in the State of New York in the Autumn of the same year. We were in Capt. Warner's Company & in Col. Beek's Regiment. He was with me in the battle at White Plains and was wounded in that battle
David Fisk
Middlesex ss. May 30 th 1838 Personally appeared the above named David Fisk and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed & I further certify that the said David Fisk is a person of truth & veracity and entitled to credit Before me John Walton Jus. Peace

And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 it appears to them that Charles Babbidge who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in said Pepperell & that Asa F. Lawrence who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Pepperell, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. Fay Prob.
I Isaac Fiske clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edmund Wright for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office, this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. I also certify that John Walton, whose own proper signatures are written to the certificates in the depositions of Thomas Lawrence, Samuel Gragg & David Fiske herewith annexed, is a justice of the Peace within said County of Middlesex.
Isaac Fiske, M.S.

in reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Edmund Wright a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. H.F. 30,228
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 1. 1776 2 mos. John Shattuck Robinson Mass.   Sept. 1776 2 mos. Thomas Warren Brooks   Apr. 1778 3 mos. Isaac Hoods Wight        
Battles engaged in, White Plains when he was slightly wounded in the right leg Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pepperell, Middlesex Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, June 4 1833. His claim was Residence at date of application, Pepperell, Middlesex Co. Mass. Age at date of application, born Aug. 9. 1760 at Pepperell Remarks: Soldier enlisted at Cambridge Mass. There is no data as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

30 228
Reg INVALID.
1915 July 16 Hist. Soc. Mrs. Newton De Forest. V.L.M.
File No. 30 228
Edmund Wright
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 471
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1214 E. Capitol St. Washington D.C. July 13 th 1915-
Hon Com - Pease Washington D.C.
Rev. Sec H
Dear Sir,
Please send me The army record of Edmund Wright who enlisted in the continental army during the War of the Rebellion at Boston Mass - I ask this information to enable me to join the D.A.R. Society in this City Yours Resp'tly Mrs. Newton D. Forest

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June 12.
27023
Hon. Lewis Cap
Secretary of War
Washington City

Pepperell Ms June 6. 1833
Sir - Enclosed herewith is the application of Edmund Wright for a pension - Please send the certificate if successful to me -
The applications of Moses Blood, David Fisk and Jonas Barron which were not allowed on account of some defects have been received and the deficiencies supplied - Their papers were again forwarded to Washington in April last - They wish me to enquire if their papers have been received - Some of them are very aged and very poor - Also Edmund Blood and Nathaniel Sartell made applications which were sent on by mail in November last and have not been heard from - They wish to know if their papers have been rec d at Washington - any information respecting the above applications will be esteemed a favor -
Yours &c
James Lewis