Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33072, for Peter Mc Nemara, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
McNemara, Peter or Patrick
S 33072
McNamara
B.L.Wt. 661-100
McNamara
CONTENTS

6,468 Massachusetts Roll
Peter M c Nemara alias Frost Patrick M c Nemara Capt Hall Cor Mass
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 31 st of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq r Judge Boston -
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 5 mo \frac{1}{31} \times \frac{4}{30} - 11:31 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: - $ 89:31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
continued the 21 st Nov 1820 and
Not in 1820 to John M c Nemara Boston

N o 661.
Peter M c Namax, alias, Patrick M c Namara. Corporal. 3 d Reg t Massachusetts Line, Revolutionary Army of the U. S. —
Warrant issued in the name of the original Claimant, under date 21 st Oct r 1810, and deliv d to John Foster his Atty. the 15 th Jan y 1817.
W t to issue to s d P. M. 11 th Jan y 1817.

District of Massachusetts March 31. 1818
Peter McNamara, alias Patrick McNamara, who was a corporal in the Third Regiment of the late Massachusetts Line, petitions agreeably to an act of Congress passed the present Session for the Relief of certain Officers and Soldiers who served in the Revolutionary Army to be placed on the list of Pensioners. He hereby served three Years in said Regiment and he further declares that he served in Canada in the Company commanded by Capt Isaac Hall, and that he came to New York & continued his services with the forces and that his circumstances are reduced and that he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. Patrick T McNamara Mark Witness Thomas Welsh
I further States that I first came into this Country in the Year 1769. and am a resident  native Citizen of the United States. Thomas Welsh Patrick T McNamara Mark
Massachusetts Dist. S.S. Boston 31. March 1818

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston 6 June
A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Peter McNamara subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
J. Davis
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
Dist. Ct. March 1818 A Land Warrant was produced by Peter McNamara , bearing date 16. Jany. 1817. For one hundred Acres, Recorded in Vol. 3. Page 302. J. Davis
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston 18 January, 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Patrick McNamara by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
J. Davis
} District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

Patrick M c Namara Sept 68
John M c Namara alias
Patrick M c Namara Jan'y '19
COA
John W Davis, Boston

District of Massachusetts, ss.
ON this twelfth day of August 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record, viz. A Special District Court of the United States for the said District, Patrick Mc Namara - aged Seventy eight years, resident in Boston in the County of Suffolk, in said District, of Massachusetts who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: He enlisted in Capt. Bates Company 8 May 1775 of Col. Gardner Regt. afterward, was in Capt. Heath, Company in Col. Stark Regt and went with the said Regt to Canada. returned and enlisted in Capt. Childs Company in Col. Green Regt in 1777. afterward, enlisted in Capt. Pritchards Company same Regt and remained in last said Company until 8 June 1783 when he received a discharge which was lodged in the Secretary of State office of Massachusetts, and has been mislaid. He applied for his pension 31 March 1818 and obtained a Certificate No. 468, dated 29 Jan 1819.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Wilnch Wainwright  Patrick Mc Namara mark
Sworn to and declared, on the twelfth day of August A. D. 1820 before
Jno Davis Judge of the Massachusetts District Court.
I, JOHN WATSON DAVIS, Clerk of the Massachusetts District Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is _____ dollars and _____ cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of September 1820
Jno Davis Clerk of the U. S. District Court, for the Massachusetts District.

Schedule of Property
A patent for 100 acres of Land in Ohio granted to me by Government for my services in the Revolutionary War, the value of which is nominal, probably not more than one hundred dollars. The above is an inventory of all my property. I am seventy eight years of age I have no family. I reside in the family of Mrs Mary Powers of Boston State of Massachusetts, and should I leave there. I should be obliged to resort to the almshouse for support as my age and infirmities render me unable to earn a livelihood.
Welch Wainwright
Patrick his M c Namara mark.

33072 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88 + 89
Peter & Patrick Memara Patrick Corp Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov-18-1902 J. O'Goodwin Medford Mass

A Certificate of the Discharge of Patrick McNamara from the within mentioned Regiment was this day Deposited in the Secretary's Office in Boston in my presence Boston October 11 th 1802 Thomas Powers
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Re: Patrick McNamara P. L. 7. 6. 61-100 Means

To Peter McNamar of the 1 st Company in the 3 rd Mass ts Regiment in the Service of the United States of America.
G R E E T I N G.
R EPOSING especial Trust and Confidence in your Prudence and good Conduct, I do, by these Presents, appoint you second Corporal to the 1 st Company. 3 rd Mass ts Reg t in the Service of the United States;---you are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Corporal by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging: And I do strictly charge and require all Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers, under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders, as second Corporal . And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from me, or any of your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my Hand, at Peeks Hill Aug st 16 th 1779.
J. Greaton Coll

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretarys Office, Sept. 14 th 1810
By this I certify, that satisfactory evidence has been furnished to this Office, that Peter McNamara, alias Patrick McNamara, was a Soldier in the American Army in the revolutionary war, and was honorably & duly discharged; he having received a bounty or grant made by this State to Soldiers who had enlisted in that army & during the continuance of said war
Alden Bradford
Secy. of Commonwealth
I John Brooks Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Do certify that Alden Bradford Esq r is Secretary of the said Commonwealth, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts and attestations as such
December 3 1816.
J. Brooks

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency JOHN BROOKS, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
J. Brooks
Know ye, That James Wilson of Boston is a Justice of Peace for the County of Suffolk, & Samuel P. Lord of Dorchester is a Justice of Peace for the County of Norfolk; and both
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this eleventh day of September A. D. 1816, and in the 41 st — year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Adams Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Patrick M c Namara of Boston in the County of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, Labourer,
have constituted, ordained and made, and in my Stead and Place put, and by these Presents do constitute, ordain and make, and in my Stead and Place put
John Goetes of Boston, aforesaid Broker
to be my true, sufficient and lawful Attorney, for me and in my Name and Stead, and to my Use, to ask, demand, levy, require, recover and receive of and from all and every Person or Persons whomsoever the same shall or may concern, all and singular Sum and Sums of Money, Debts, Goods, Wares, Merchandize, Effects and Things whatsoever, and wheresoever they shall and may be found due, owing, payable, belonging and coming unto me the Constituent, by any Ways and Means whatsoever, on account of,
and for, my services in the American Army in Col o Grooton's Regiment during the Revolutionary War, especially to ask for, and receive of the Secretary at War, or any other Officer of the Government of the United States, a warrant and Patent of Land, granted me by the United States, as a Bounty of One Hundred Acres of Land
Giving and hereby granting unto my said Attorney my full and whole Strength, Power and Authority in and about the Premises; and to take and use all due Means, Course and Process in the Law for the obtaining and recovering the same; and of Recoveries and Receipts thereof, in my Name to make, seal and execute due Acquittance and Discharge; and for the Premises to appear, and the Person of me the Constituent to represent before any Governour, Judges, Justices, Officers and Ministers of the Law whatsoever, in any Court or Courts of Judicature, and there, on my Behalf, to answer, defend and reply unto all Actions, Causes, Matters and Things whatsoever, relating to the Premises. Also to submit any Matter in Dispute, to Arbitration or otherwise: With full Power to make and substitute one or more Attorneys under my said Attorney, and the same again at Pleasure to revoke. And generally to say, do, act, transact, determine, accomplish, and finish all Matters and Things whatsoever, relating to the Premises, as fully, amply and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as the said Constituent, if present, ought or might personally, although the Matter should require more special Authority than is herein comprised, the said Constituent ratifying, allowing and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever my said Attorney or his Substitutes shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, in and about the Premises, by Virtue of these Presents. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the fourteenth Day of
September, in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixteen
Signed, sealed and delivered in Presence of
Thomas Prout James Allen
Patrick M c Namara
Suffolk ss Boston Sept r 12 th 1816 Personally appeared the above named Patrick M c Namara and acknowledged this instrument by him subscribed to be his free act and deed Before me James Allen Just e Peace

January 13 th 1817
I have inspected the hand writing of the name James Allen Esqr set as one of the subscribing witnesses and as the justice of the peace, before whom the within instrument purports to be acknowledged, and believe it to be the hand writing of James Allen Esqr of Boston, with whose hand writing I have heretofore been acquainted —
Thomas Ward,
Patrick M c Namara Documents.

33072
3-068. (Old No. 3-649.)
6-20
Bureau of Pensions.
alias Percy A  alias  alias  alias  alias  alias mch 31-1818-76 Boston Mass
mch 8-75 ————— Mass
Capt Isaac Hall Col Gardner Corp - 3 yrs
No Rel

RECEIVED OCT 7 1902 FILES

gw OCT 4 1902
Weaford, Sept. 30, 1902.
Commissioner of Pensions,
SOUTHERN DIV. OCT 3 1902
Dear Sir:-
Peter McNamara or Patrick McNamara (Given both ways.) enlisted for the war Mar. 2, 1777 in 3 d Mass Regt Capt. Jackson's Co -
He was a pensioner. Can you give me the pension record?
Yours Respectfully, J. O. Goodwin.
PENSION OCT 2 1902 U. S. OFFICE.