Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13682, for Samuel Marean, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Marean, Samuel Bathsheba
Nr 13682.
B.L.Wt. 13219-160-55
CONTENTS

107873. Mar. 2. 1853.
Apr. 30.
Bathsheba Mareau widow of Samuel Mareau, Rev. Samuel Mareau
Map: Mil
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Revolutionary War. Pensioner.
Map 448-5553 AD: 160 Acres, Dec. 27/55.
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W. G. H.
Vol M. 1. page 9.
E. Browne Jr. Army Pension Agency. Boston. Mass.

5553 Massachusetts.
Reported
Bathsheba Marean widow of Samuel Marean
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Mass  Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Dec r 1857 and sent to
William Ellis, Dedham, Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 88 Vol. 2

107,873.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 25 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestations hereto annexed, Franklin Woodside was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his 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 herunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
(By the Widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant,)
STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Norfolk-ss }
On this twenty third day of April A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Bathsheba Morean aged Eighty five years, a resident of Roybury in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Samuel Morean deceased, who was a Soldier in the company commanded by Captain  Revolutionary war and served as a private in manner particularly set forth in the papers on file in the Pension Bureau in the matter of her application for pension under the act of 2 February 1848 in the Regiment of commanded by in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, that she is now a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of 45- 88 / 100 dollars per annum, that her pension Certificate was issued to her under date of 14 December 1850 & that she is now a widow that her said husband at on or about the day of A. D. for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and was honorably discharged at on the day of A. D.
She further states that she was married to the said in  on the  day of  A. D.  ,  by one  a and that her name before her said marriage was  that her said husband died at  on the  day of  A. D. and that she is now a widow.  She also declares that she
and that she is now a widow. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any application therefor. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855.
Patshewa her X mark Warlan

STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Norfolk
We, Denis Cary and Samuel J. Morean residents of Hosbury in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Patshoba Morean in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.  Know her to be the identical widow of Samuel Morean, who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, that she is a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and that she is now a widow. Denis Cary Sam l J n Morean
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. The words 'believe from the appearance and statements' to the words 'to be' being first erased - Franklin Woodside, Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF } COUNTY OF ss. }
I, _____ certify that whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the _____ day of _____ A. D. 185____ that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand this _____ day of _____ A. D. 185____

Know all Men by these presents, That I, Pathebeba Marea of Roxbury in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts have made, con- stituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint William Brown of Boston in the County of Suffolk State of Massachusetts my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, place and stead,
to prosecute before the Hon- L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions a Bounty Land Claim I have against the United States Government under the Act of Congress passed 3 March 1855
giving and granting unto my said Attorney, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally pres- ent, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do, or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 23 rd day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Pathebeba Marea mark
Lewis Cary Sam l J s Morgan State of
County of Norfolk } ss.
On this 23 day of April A. D. 1855, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, personally appeared Pathebeba Marea and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned, and also made oath that she is a party directly interested in the above mentioned power as a claimant. "word 'power' being first interlined" Franklin Woodside , JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

No 13970
Ruthsheya Marcan mo of Samuel Map Act 7 May 1838
13970

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, September 10 th 1849.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Sherman Seland was judge of the Court of Probate, and William Ellis was a justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk, and Edward G. Loring was judge of the Court of Probate and a justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. Crafts (Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.)

State of Massachusetts Norfolk County S.S.
On this first day of September A.D. 1849, personally appeared in open Court, before Sherman Leland, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, Bathsheba Marean a resident of Roxbury in said County of Norfolk, aged seventy nine years, who, first being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, and its supplements of March 3 rd 1843, and June 17 th 1844 and the provisions of the Extension Act passed by Congress, February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provisions for surviving Widows of Soldiers of the Revolution".
Viz. I Bathsheba Marean of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being seventy nine years of age, hereby declare and say, that I am the widow of Samuel Marean late of Brookline in said County of Norfolk deceased, who rendered military services to the United States in the Revolutionary war, and that according to the statements of said Samuel Marean in my hearing when living, and the best evidence I have been able to obtain from other sources, these military services were performed in the capacity of private soldier, as follows,
Viz. Eight months service as Private at or near Sewell's Point Fort near Boston, in Capt. Timothy Corey's Company, Col. Baldwin's Regiment, and that this term of service was rendered between the middle of April 1775, and the middle of January A.D. 1776. Also two months and one day's service as Private, in Capt. Ebenezer Battles' Company and Col. Titcomb's Regiment, this term of service began May 8 th 1777, and ended July 8 th same year. Also three months and twenty two days service as Private, in Capt. Joseph Fuller's Company, Col. Samuel Ballard's Regiment, this term of service began August 26 th A.D. 1777. Making in all, thirteen months and twenty three days military service.
That I believe said Samuel Marean my late husband performed the above described services, as a Volunteer and never received any Pension or Gratuity from the United States, nor from any State, that with regard to the home and residence of said Samuel Marean, I can say from personal knowledge, my first acquaintance with him was at said Brookline about the time said Revol n war ended, I think Brookline or the adjoining town of Newton was the place of his nativity, that some time after the close of said war, said Samuel Marean left Brookline and for some years resided in Boston where, said Samuel Marean and myself were married by the Rev d James Freeman of the Episcopal Church; after marriage said Samuel removed with his family to Roxbury where we resided four years or more, thence said Samuel Marean with his family removed back to said Brookline where he resided several years with his family and until the time of his death. — And I further declare and say, that my maiden name was Bathsheba Hoar, that I was lawfully married to said Samuel Marean at said Boston (where we both resided at the time) on the sixth day of May A.D. 1793, and that my late husband the said Samuel Marean, died at said town of Brookline on the sixteenth day of January A.D. 1813; as the same stands recorded in my family Bible. That I have not intermarried since the death of said Samuel Marean my late husband; and have remained his widow to the present period of time. That I was not married to him the said Samuel Marean prior to his leaving the service aforesaid, but our marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred ninety four, viz. at the time above stated, That this is the first and only application I have ever made for a Pension, and that I herewith transmit the best evidence at my command in aid of my Claim.
Witness
W. G. Leland
Bathsheba
Marean mark
Sworn to and subscribed before the subscriber, on the day and year, first above written
S. Leland Judge of Probate

I Ephraim Peabody of the City of Boston in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts Clerk, being of lawful age, hereby depose and say, that I hold at this time, the Station of Minister or Rector, and have pastoral Charge of the Church and Society worshipping at the long standing stone Edifice called Kings Chapel; in said City of Boston, that I have in my custody and keeping, sundry Record Books of said Society which appear to have been kept by my predecessors in said ministerial office, and that on one of said Record Books, I find the marriage of Samuel Marean and Bathsheba Hoar recorded in the exact words, figures and form following, viz—
   “Register of Marriages” Top of Page   “Time when married” “Persons married” “Places of abode”     “1793” “May 6” “Samuel Marean & Bathsheba Hoar” “Both of Boston”   “James Freeman Minister”  
Ephraim Peabody Minister of King's Chapel Boston Mass
State of Massachussetts Suffolk County ss. June 30th. 1849 Personally appeared before me, the above named Ephraim Peabody to me known to be the Minister of Kings Chapel in the City of Boston & to be of unquestionable credibility & ver- acity & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by

here subscribed was true,
Edw. Loring - Judge of Probate in & for the County of Suffolk & Justice of the Peace

To whom it may concern.
I John Pierce of Brookline in the County of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts Clerk, being twenty six years of age, hereby depose and say, that I hold at this time, the office or station of Clergyman of the First Church and Congregational Society of Christians in said town of Brookline, and have sundry Record Books of said Church and Society, in my custody and keeping. and I further depose and say, that I was personally acquainted with Samuel Marean, and his wife Bathsheba Marean of said Brookline, from the time of my settlement in the Ministry over said Church and Society in the year A.D. 1797. that said Samuel and Bathsheba Marean for some years, attended public Worship at the said Church and Society under my Pastoral Charge, that said Samuel Marean died at said Brookline January 10 th 1813, and that I performed his funeral services at the interment, January 15 th 1813. And I further say, that in one of said record Books, I find the death of said Samuel Marean recorded in my own hand writing, in the precise words, figures, and form following.
  viz.  Top of Page    Deaths  "Deaths"    "1813"    "A"    "16. Jan y - 141 -"  "Samuel Marean"  "Dung fever"  "57"  
And I further say, that I do not recollect to have ever seen or heard of any other man in Massachusetts by the name of Samuel Marean, but the Samuel Marean above named; and that the said Bathsheba Marean has not intermarried since the death of her of her said husband, and is still living and remains the widow of said Samuel Marean dec d . and that within a few weeks last past, she informed me in person, that she resided in the adjoining town of Roxbury with some of her connections.
John Pierce
State of Massachusetts
Norfolk County S.S. July 25 th 1849. then personally appeared the above named Rev. Doct y John Pierce, long personally known to the subscriber, as a man of high standing among the Rev d . Clergy of Massachusetts; as a constant laborer in the Government of Harvard University; and as a witness of undoubted credibility, who subscribed to, and made oath, that the matter set forth in the foregoing deposition by him so subscribed, is just and true.
Before me, W m G lis Justice of the Peace
Note. The interlined words "with & the" in the above deposition, also the erasure of the words "of her" above, were both done by me, before the same was signed and otherwise authenticated W m G lis .

To whom it may concern—
I William Winchester of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being eighty five years of age hereby depose and say, that I resided in the town of Brookline near Boston in the time of the Revolutionary war and sometime afterwards, that I was acquainted with Samuel Marcan, in the time of said War when he resided at said Brookline and some time afterwards, I was also personally acquainted with Capt. Timothy Coney of said Brookline and several other young men who according to my best recollection left their homes and went into the war service of soldiers in the vicinity of Boston in the year 1775, the first year of said war, and in my belief the said Samuel Marcan was one in that service, I well recollect hearing the guns April 19 th 1775 - at the Lexington alarm, also recollect the Bunker Hill Battle and the burning of Charlestown June 17 th same year, being too young, I did not go into the war service myself & I am unable to state with certainty, how long any of the officers or soldiers from Brookline served, or what particular officers had command of the forces in the neighborhood of Boston that year. And I further depose and say, that some years after the war ended, I well recollect that said Samuel Marcan and Bathsheba Marcan, his wife, resided for considerable time in Roxbury, and had one or two children while he resided in said Roxbury, and assisted me in setting out an Appletree orchard during the same period, and afterwards removed with his family over to Brookline where he died sometime after the year 1800. that I never knew of any other man by the name of Samuel Marcan but the one above named, that said Bathsheba Marcan is yet living and I should judge she was eighty years of age, and that she resides with some family connection at said Roxbury.
20. William Winchester
Note. The interlined words, "his wife" in the above Affidavit were inserted by me, before the same was subscribed by the deponent — Wm G Ellis
State of Massachusetts ss. July 30. 1849, then personally appeared Capt. William Winchester, long known to the subscriber as an intelligent honorable man and a credible witness, and who subscribed to, and made oath, that the matter set forth in this deposition by him so subscribed, is just and true. Wm G Ellis Justice of the Peace Before me.

To whom it may concern.
I Lucy Holden of Brookline in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being in the eighty third year of my age hereby depose and say, that my place of residence has constantly been at said Brookline from my early youth to the present time, that during the Revolutionary war and some time afterwards; I resided in the family of my late father, Col. Thomas Aspinwall of said Brookline, and well remember that a young man by the name of Samuel Morean resided with, and labored for my said father in the time of said war and I think after the war ended. Also I distinctly recollect, that near the close of said war, a young woman by the name of Bathsheba Hoar resided for considerable time in our family at said Brookline, and assisted my late mother in her family work, and that I have often seen and been somewhat acquainted with said Bathsheba from that, to the present period, and I further say, that some time after the Revol n war ended; the said Samuel Morean and Bathsheba Hoar both left s d Brookline and went to Boston and I believe to some other places in that neighborhood, and according to the reports of that day, were married to each other some years before they returned back to s d Brookline, but the time and place of their marriage I cannot state with certainty. That I know the fact, that before the year 1800., the said Samuel Morean and said Bathsheba his wife removed back into s d Brookline, where they resided and kept house together, with their children, till said Samuel Morean's death, which according to my best recollection, occur'd in the year 1813 or 1814. - That with regard to the war service of individuals, being young at that time , I am unable to state but very little with certainty; but from some circumstances and events of said war which occur to my mind, my belief is, that said Samuel Morean with several other young men of Brookline did Soldiers duty one or more terms of service in said war, but how long they served, or what officers any of them served under , I am unable to determine. That said Bathsheba Morean is still living, and still remains to be the widow of said Samuel Morean, and as she lately informed me; resides in the town of Roxbury with her grand son, - and that I never knew any other Samuel Morean, but the one above mentioned.
Lucy Holden
State of Massachusetts Norfolk County - S.S. July 25 th 1849. Then personally appeared the above named Lucy Holden, a person of apparent sound mind and memory, and a credible witness, and subscribed to, and made oath, that the matter set forth in the foregoing deposition by her subscribed, is just and true. Before me, W m Ellis Justice of the Peace
Note. She interlined words, "that", "time" & "under" in the above deposition, were inserted by me, before the same was subscribed by the Deponent. W m Ellis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
August 22. 1849.
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 the name of Samuel McLean is on the rolls of 8 mos. Service, as a private from Brookline, in Capt. Timothy Morris Co. Col. Baldwin's Regt. and on an order for delivery of his Coat, dated at Sewalls Point. Dec 30. 1775.
On a pay roll of Capt. Ebenezer Battles Co. Col. Fitcomb's Regt. as a private from Brookline, from May 8 to July 8. 1777. 2 mos 1 day, and on a pay roll of Capt. Joseph Fuller's Co. Col. Samuel Bullard's Regt. private, from Aug 20. 1777. 3 mos. 22 days.
There is no evidence of service by any other person of the name.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm. L. G. [Signature] Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Roxbury Mass. July 4 th 1849
Hon. Sir.
The subscriber a resident of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk and state of Massachusetts, would hereby respectfully state, that I am the widow of Samuel Marean late of Brookline in said County of Norfolk dec. and who rendered military services to this country, as Soldier or private in the Revolutionary war, at places in the vicinity of Boston and in the period of the first three or four years of the war, and might have served at some other places more distant, which do not occur to mind. That my belief is, if I could procure evidence to establish the military service actually rendered in said War by my deceased husband s. Samuel Marean; I should be lawfully entitled to an allowance under some of the U.S. Pension Laws now in operation. This claim has several times been mentioned by myself and friends within the last seven years but not properly understood and being destitute of property and my children residing some distance from me I have not had the practical means and opportunity to make application for relief till now. Being young when the Revolut n war ended, I can not bring to mind or recollect much about the war services of individuals, altho' my residence was near Boston the seat of the early part of said war. But I do well recollect that either in the time of the war, or soon after its close, of hearing the names of several officers mentioned, who I believe rendered services in the war in the vicinity of Boston, I certainly saw some of them myself, but can not state with certainty at what stations they acted, or how long any of them served. What among the officers thus mentioned, the following names occur to my recollection, viz. Col. Thomas Greenwell of Brookline — Col. Baldwin — Capt. Thomas Mayo — Capt. John Brooks — Capt. Penniman — Capt. Timothy Corey — and Capt. Heath, I think they called him Capt. Nath l Heath, but am not certain. From statements made to me or other persons in my hearing by said Samuel Marean about his war services while living, I believe s. Samuel my late husband, served as Soldier, at or near what was called Brattle's Point Fort at Brookline, all, or very considerable portion of the time, from the month of May 1775, till the British forces evacuated Boston in the month of March 1776, also that he rendered a short term of service at Dorchester Hill in the year 1776, also a tour of duty he call'd guard service at a place called Winter Hill in the town of Cambridge in the year 1777 or 8, But the precise length of time my said husband served in said tours of duty, or the particular names of the Officers under whom he served, I have no means to determine with certainty. I have no Records of service, and the names of the particular Officers — he rendered these terms of service under, do not now occur to my recollection if he the said Samuel stated their names in my hearing while he was living; and I have not yet been able to procure personal testimony sufficient for such purpose. Still, believing my said husband performed the services as Soldier above stated, either under some of the above named officers, or other officers who served in the vicinity of Boston in first part of the Revolut n war, and being informed you have in possession, Sundry Rolls and Records, showing the war service of many Officers and privates who served, I respectfully request that a search of said Rolls or Records may be made for the Revolutionary services as Soldier, of said Samuel Marean my late husband dec. and should his services sought for, be discovered in your Office, Please to make a Certificate thereof, and deliver the same to William Ellis Esq. of Dedham, who I have requested to pay the expenses incurred by such search and examination of Records.
Hon. William B. Colbourn, Secretary of Massachusetts. Boston
Respectfully your humble servant Bathsheba X Marean mark
I hereby certify, that the above named Bathsheba Marean made, and subscribed to, the foregoing request for a search of Rolls and Records for evidence; in my presence.
W m Ellis Justice of the Peace.

I William Aspinwall of Brookline in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Counsellor at Law on oath depose and say, that I am the Town Clerk of the said Town of Brookline duly chosen and sworn as such, that as such Town Clerk I have the custody of the Records of said Town - that in the Record Book of Births Deaths and Marriages I find the entry made by the Town Clerk at that time in the following words letters and figures to wit ~~~~~ "Octob r ye 7 th 1755 Samuel Son to Thos & Margarit Mearan Born" ~~~~~ The foregoing entry is on the eighty fifth page of said Book.
I further say that in the Book of Records of Town Meetings and other public doings of the Town, from the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty four to the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety eight I find that at a legal meeting of the inhabitants of said Town held on the twenty sixth day of May A. D. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven the following vote was passed and is recorded in said Book in the following words letters and figures to wit: ~~~~~ "Voted, that the Sum of Fifteen Pounds Fifteen shillings be paid out of the Town Treasury to Captain Thomas White which sum he advanced and paid as Bounty to three Men, namely James Wood, Samuel Mearan , and Gershon Hyde, who enlisted for this Town's quota of Militia, and lately marched to the aid of Rhode Island State." ~~~~~
I further say that the said Samuel Mearan's name occurs without the word "Senior" or "Junior" after it, and that I have duly searched said Records to see if there was any other person in said Town named "Samuel

Marcus" but I can find nothing tending to show or showing that there was at any time any other person of that name besides the person
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Will. Aspinwall Town Clerk of Brookline
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss Boston July 11 th 1850 Then personally appeared the said William Aspinwall, and made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true before me.
Benjamin H. Currier Justice of the Peace & Notary Public.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 11. th 1858
I hereby Certify , That at the date of attestation hereunto attached, Benjamin H. Currier was a Justice of the peace and Notary Public for the County of Suffolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
H. Waldo
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Dedham Mass ts February 25 th 1850. Mr. Edwards. Sir:
I now answer your letter of November 6 th 1849, in relation to the pending claim for Pension, of Bathsheba Marcan the Widow of Samuel Marcan dec. and should have answered at a much earlier day, but ill health and the storms of the season have prevented my being from home to make enquiries necessary to meet your requisitions on the subject, at an earlier period. —
I first call'd on Mrs. Marcan the claimant and enquired for the reasons why this claim for a Pension was delay'd so long &c. Mrs. Marcan stated the same she had stated when I first saw her, and which will be seen to some extent in her application for a search of Mass ts Rolls for proof of her husband's Revol n service & which application is in your possession. after hearing Mrs. Marcan's statements and several respectable people of her acquaintance I find the true history and situation of this pension application is as follows. Viz. That "when widows pensions first began" (as Mrs. Marcan termed it) and which I conclude from the shape of her expression was in the year 1836; Mrs. Marcan and her acquaintance conversed on the subject of Widows Pensions, and Mrs. Marcan & her neighbors for a time, expected she was justly entitled to a Pension under the Act of July 4 th 1836. but soon found that the provisions of the Act allowing Pensions to Widows did not extend to her case, but was only for such widows, whose husbands served after marriage in the Revol n war, & she there fore ceased from further effort at that Period. Then again this pension subject came up for the second time, at the period (as near as I can judge from Mrs. Marcan's statement) either in the year 1843 or 1844, She again consulted them about her, and asked advice as to what course she must pursue in this matter &c. and among others, Mrs. Marcan asked advice of Mr. Joseph Goddard who then or near that time, one of the Selectmen of the Town, this Mr. Goddard and some others of her acquaintance in that

that quarter, mentioned to Mrs. Marean something about her being Poor and that it would be expence to her to pursue the Pension &c. and said they doubted whether she could obtain a Pension, and advised her not to trouble herself any further about it, Mrs. Marean conformed to this advice, & although she wished for, and stood in need of pension relief as much as any other person, Mrs. Marean drop'd the subject, and said or did little or nothing about it, for some three or four years, and she did so, because she saw no way to obtain it, I will just say here, that Mr. Goddard above mention'd was a man of good standing but is not now living; and from inquiry, I am unable to find that he ever assisted any person about pensions, and it appears reasonable to conclude, that neither Mr. Goddard or the other persons who advised Mrs. Marean not to trouble herself any further in this matter; were not conversant with the Pension laws, nor had they investigated the claim sufficiently to understand its just merits, because at the time they gave this advice, no evidence of service was known, but that of tradition, stated by Mrs. Marean. — This pension claim was a third time taken up and spoken about, by the claimant and her friends in the year 1848 & 49, and caused by the Act of Congress of February 4 th 1848, generally termed the extension Act, and some time in the year of 1848, it appears, that the eldest Daughter of said Bathsheba Marean, whose name is Ruth Cobb, and whose residence is some 35. or 40 miles distant, at that part of Wrentham, near the State of R. I. made a visit to her friends & acquaintance at Roxbury and Brookline aforesaid, and as it appears, conversed with her mother, and with several aged people of her acquaintance at Brookline, in relation to the Revol d services of her late Father Samuel Marean & about her mother's claim for such services &c. That after Mrs. Cobb had returned home to her residence from the aforesaid visit to Brookline and Roxbury, she wrote back a letter to a Post Master in my neighborhood with whom it appears, she had been formerly acquainted, and stated she had consulted some of the aged people of Brookline &c on the subject of her Father's Revol d services, which she tho't would be sufficient to

That gentleman mentioned something about Mr. Warren's loss and that it would be considerable expense to paper the Pension box
To give her Mother Bathsheba a pension, if some one would examine the claim and procure evidence of the service actually rendered by her late father Samuel Marcan & requested said Post Master to assist her Mother in this matter, The Post Master soon after spoke to me concerning this claim, which I think was in the early part of last Summer, I answered him, That I had no knowledge of either the claimant or her late husband, and from its circumstances, I should think the claim a doubtful one; this was the first knowledge I had of this claim, The Post Master stated he had but little or no knowledge of Pension laws and was necessarily confined to his office he could do nothing about this claim himself without much inconvenience & trouble, and requested me to make some inquiry as to the validity of the claim when opportunity offered, and if the claim was found valid & just to give the necessary aid to the claimant &c. being much acquainted with the people both of Roxbury and Brookline, I consented to enquire, when I went to Cambridge or Boston, whether for certainty, there were such persons or had been such persons, as Samuel and Bathsheba Marcan, at Brookline and Roxbury as before stated &c. accordingly some two or three weeks afterwards, I called on an old friend ———— viz. Rev. John Pierce, at Brookline, who at once informed me he was personally acquainted with Samuel Marcan and his wife Bathsheba Marcan, between the time of his settlement as Clergyman at Brookline in 1797 till the time of said Marcan's death in 1813, and that they attended public worship at his Church &c. but knew nothing of said Marcan's Revol y services, Mr. Pierce's deposition is in the case. Doct r Pierce stated also, his knowledge of Mrs Marcan's industry and hard labor up to the time of her husband's death & afterwards, and I suppose from motives of charity, he solicited me to aid the claimant so far as I had just means, to procure whatever was rightfully due her as Pension &c. all this was unexpected by me till that moment. I call'd on one or two other aged people in Brookline and

Note. It will be seen by the Rev. Doct. Pierce's Manuscript of Record, among the papers in this case, showing Samuel Marcan's age at the time of his death, that Sam Marcan was in the twentieth year of his age when the Revolutionary war began.
and found similar statements, &c. some time after, I call'd on Mrs. Holden (the daughter of Col. Thomas Aspinwall) & whose Deposition is in the case, within ten days after I call'd on Doct. Pierce; I call'd on the Claimant at Roxbury for the first time, and found her a person of sound mind & memory and appear'd vigorous in bodily strength for a person of sixty years of age. She brought forth her family Bible and pointed out the Record of the age of herself I think her husband and Children & also the deaths. At this first interview, Mrs. Marcan stated (and I believe truly) her recollection of some facts that took place in, and near the Revol on war, that she resided in the family of Col. Thomas Aspinwall at Brookline at that time; that she recollected names of several military officers, whom she had seen at Col. Aspinwall's at that period as mentioned in her application for the search of Mass s Rolls for evidence &c. that at this first interview also. Mrs. Marcan explicitly stated to me, that her late Husband (said Samuel Marcan) had at several Periods in his life time, stated to her, or in her hearing, that he served as Soldier at three places or times in the Revol on war, and she understood him, this service was in the first part of the war, that from what she had heard her said husband say, she had the impression and belief, that he served at or near Sewell's Point Fort on Cambridge Bay the first year of the war (1775) for a considerable part of that year or till the Enemy left Boston, & that the second year of the war (1776) he (Sam Marcan) served a shorter term of service at some place south of Boston, & that she heard her husband mention Dorchester Hills and supposed he served his second tour at that place, and Mrs. Marcan said she believed the third and last term of service was at some place North of Boston towards Concord that she had heard her late husband mention "Winter Hill" &c in that direction & was in the 3 rd year of the Revol on war, that at this first interview Mrs. Marcan the Claimant explicitly stated also, that she could not state any of the Officers names, that her said husband served these terms under, that she had forgotten if her husband had ever informed her, and that she was unable to find any man who served with or could testify to her late husband's war services. Under these circumstances; said Bathsheba Marcan made application to the Secretary of Mass s for a search of the Mass s Rolls for evidence the Secretary made search and sent me his Certificate of the result of search; both, the application & Certificate are in your possession. And I must here say, that considering, that at the time of application for the search of Rolls was made, that neither Mrs. Marcan or myself had any means to anticipate what would be the result of the search of Rolls, merely, from a few circumstantial statements, from the memory of the Claimant; Yet when I received the Secretary's Certificate, it fully satisfied me of the facts, that, Bathsheba Marcan's statements were true and that this claim for a Pension was correct and just, as any I had seen. Therewith transmit the depositions of Capt Paul Gore & Isaac Davis, which go, to confirm & strengthen the Evidence already in the case, all the deponents were people of the Light character and Respectability in their respective Towns. It appears that the Claimant Mrs. Marcan has applied her labor for near forty years, in the capacity of a Nurse among the sick, and other family labors, in the Towns of Brookline & Roxbury, and I find she has some times received aid from Charitable sources, and one singular circumstance is, it appears she has never had acquaintance with or had opportunity to advise with any U.S. Pensioner either male or female since Widows pensions began in 1836. I know of no Man or Woman either in Brookline or Roxbury who receives a Pension at this time, and from March 18 th 1818, I have not known of but two or three men and two females within the limits these two populous towns, who have been Pensioned, and Mrs. Marcan was not conversant with these few pensioners, I could state what I deem good reasons for this few Pensioners in number in these Towns - but forbear troubling you with further detail. Thus I have given the whole description of Mrs. Marcan's claim from its beginning, that it may be more clearly understood, and if the U.S. Pension Department can not consistently allow said Bathsheba Marcan's claim, I ask to be informed of the fact as soon as convenient, that she may be able to lay her claim before Congress at its present session. I am Sir, very Respectfully, Yours Obedient Servant. W. G. Ellis  James L. Edwards Esq. Washington City

October 30/1850 Resp Com Basketball Assn
Miss
Washington City
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
James P. Edwards Esq.
FREE
W.P. [unintelligible] Oct 30/50

Dedham Mass ts October 24 th 1850. Mr Edwards. Sir.
Imperative duty requires me to state in behalf of Bathsheba Marean, the Widow of Samuel Marean dec. whose application for a Pension, reached your Department more than a year since, & which is admitted to come within the provisions of the U.S. existing Laws, and which, I must say in my own belief, is as just a claim in every point of view, as has ever been presented to your consideration. That in the early part of June last, I received your Requisition, that said Bathsheba cause the Records of the Town of Brookline Mass ts . to be examined to ascertain (as we understood) whether there was more than one man by the name of Samuel Marean belonging to that Town in the years "1775 & 1776." or whether there was more than one Samuel Marean residing in Brookline at that time. Consequently, Mrs. Marean, at considerable expense, had the town records of Brookline carefully examined for the purposes aforesaid, by William Aspinwall Esq. not only for the years "1775 & 1776," but for the whole period of the Revol n . war up to 1783. And said Aspinwall the town Clerk, made a Certificate of what he found on said Records in relation to the Identity of said Samuel Marean & authenticated the same before a Notary Public. This Certificate, with a few lines requesting an answer as soon as practicable (that we might be certain it had reached you) I transmitted to your Department, I think the 10 th day of July last, but not hearing a word from you in relation to said claim after a lapse of near four months, we fear (by some accident) Mr Aspinwall's Certificate did not reach your Department; and that you are still waiting for an answer to the Requisition of June last aforesaid. Hence I respectfully request to be informed as soon as practicable after this is received whether said Mr Aspinwall's Certificate was, or was not, duly received at your Pension Department.
James L. Edwards Esq. — Very Respectfully your obe t Servant W. G. Ellis Washington City

James L. Edwards Esq. U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City...

Dedham Mass ts July 12 th 1850.
Mr Edwards
Sir. I received your last letter of May 30 th 1850, in relation to the claim of Bathsheba Marcan the surviving widow of Samuel Marcan dec d . and in which you make little, or no definite objection to said claim, you mention that the additional evidence or affidavits of Isaac Davis Esq. and Capt. Paul Gore, then lately forwarded - "are not deemed sufficient to remove the objections to granting her pension" but did not definitely describe what these objections were, and close your letter thus; - "The Records of the Town of Brookline should furnish proof of the number of persons of that name belonging to that Town in 1775 & 1776 & whether there was more than one Samuel Marcan living there at that time".
On receiving your last letter, I immediately transmitted a copy thereof to, and requested the town Clerk of Brookline to examine the town Records in his charge for Evidence to establish the identity of said Samuel Marcan, as suggested by your letter above quoted, and after considerable delay Mr. Aspinwall, the town Clerk of Brookline, yesterday furnished me his result of search, by his authenticated deposition herewith
mitted, and which I hope will be satisfactory. Considering this claim been ten months or more pending, and believed to be a just claim in every point of view, and no valid objections sustained against its validity, the aged claimant is certainly entitled to a decision on her claim, whether it be favorable or unfavorable to its allowance; so soon as practicable, after this Deposition
from the town Clerk of Brookline is received at the U.S. Pension Department. Please, as usual, to report the result of Mrs. Marcan's claim to the subscriber at Dedham Massachusetts.
I am Sir, very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant,
James L. Edwards Esq. Washington City
Wm Ellis

Bathsheba Marean, m rs . of Samuel Marp
Act 7 th July 1888 ba? 23 m s 23 d Pri - $45. 88 1/3 per ann from 4 th March 1836 -
Recd. sum to W m Ellis Dea beam Marp -

James L. Edwards Esq; U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington - City

Dedham Mass ts September 10 - 1849.
Mr Edwards,
Sir Herewith is transmitted the Pension Application of Bathsheba Marean of Roxbury Mass ts which I trust will be found to be a just Claim and properly sustained by evidence; with a view that the number "141." in Doct Pierce's transcript of the Record of Samuel Marean's death may be understood, I would say that this number "141" at the left side of the Record, and near the date, is merely to shew that said Samuel Marean's death, was the one hundred and forty first death which had occurred in Doct Pierce's religious Society, from the time of his settlement over it in the year 1797. Should any further explanation be necessary in relation to this application, it will be promptly given when known. Please as usual, to direct the result of Bathsheba Marean's Application to the Subscriber at Dedham Massachusetts.
I am Sir, very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant
James L. Edwards Esq. Washington City
Wm Ellis

Philadelphia
William Lloyd James B. Edwards Esq. U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City, D.C.
FREE

Dedham Mass ts May 24 th 1850.
Mr Edwards.
Sir.
Duty requires me to state, that on the second day of March last, I transmitted by Mail to your Department, a few lines in explanation of certain circumstances, by you suggested in a previous letter to me, in relation to the Pension application of Bathsheba Marcan the widow of Samuel Marcan dec. and enclosing at the same time, the Depositions of Isaac Davis Esq. and Capt Paul Gore, as additional Evidence of the identity of said Samuel Marcan dec. and his Widow, said Bathsheba Marcan the claimant in this case; and being myself fully satisfied this claim, as to its origin and form, was strictly just in every part, and clearly sustained by the existing Pension Laws and Regulations, I then requested, and expected, if this claim could not be consistently allowed, I should be informed of the fact within a reasonable time. But Sir, not receiving a word on this subject from your Department since the aforesaid transmission, a term of very near three months; there seems to be reason to fear, there has been, either some misunderstanding on this matter, or a miscarriage of, or some communication, to or from your Office, in relation thereto.
Therefore, I now barely ask to be informed, whether said explanation and additional Evidence of identity, were duly received at the U.S. Pension Department? a direct answer to this one question, will be expected so soon as this note is received into your possession.
Respectfully, your
Obedient Servant
James L. Edwards Esq. Washington City.
W. Ellis

James L. Edwards Esq. U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City — D.C.

July 15/50. Ad: Maria. Prize of Bathsheba. Marean
Mr. Clancey
May 38
James J. Edwards Esq. United States Commissioner of Pensions. Washington City D. C.
FREE
Signature

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Samuel Mearns
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
November 28, 1855.
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 the name of Samuel Munroe is borne on pay roll of Capt. Joseph Tuller's (Comp. Col. Samuel Bullard's Regt.) from Aug 20. to Nov 29. 1777 3 mos. 22 days travel included. Capt Tuller was from Newton.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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8918 Massachusetts.
Ruthsheba Marean widow of Samuel Marean who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Dec r 37 and sent to
W m Ellis Dedham Mass.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 2 Page 34 by J P Chase CR

11015.
Massachusetts
Bathsheba Marean
Widow of Samuel Marean who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 16 th Jany 1813 of Norfolk Co in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Corey of the Regt commanded by Col Baldwin in the line for 13 mo & 23 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 45 Dollars 88. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Dec r . 1850 and sent to Wm Ellis, Dedham, Mass
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book
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Shaw Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, March 2 d 1850.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation William Ellis was a justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
M. Wallcut
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To whom it may concern.
I Paul Gore of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts being eighty three years of age, hereby depose and say, that I have resided at said Roxbury from my youth to the present time, that for some few years, I was personally acquainted with a man by the name of Samuel Marean and his wife, Bathsheba Marean, who for some three years or more; resided a near neighbor to me with their family, I think they had two or three children at that time, when living near my place in said Roxbury. That said Marean appeared to have little or no property, and supported themselves by their labor. that according to my best recollection, the term said Samuel Marean resided at Roxbury with his family, was between the years 1793 and 1798, and that he then removed with his family, over to the adjoining town of Brookline, where the family resided till said Samuel Marean's death, which I believe happened a few years after the year 1800. That from circumstances which occur to mind, I think said Samuel Marean was somewhat older in years, than said Bathsheba his wife, and should also judge he was eight or ten years older than myself. That from enquiry, I believe said Bathsheba Marean the widow of said Samuel, is still living, and resides with her grand son at the lower part said Roxbury. And I further say, that I have no recollection of any other man by the name of Samuel Marean, either in Roxbury or or elsewhere, but the identical Samuel Marean above mentioned.
Paul Gore
State of Massachusetts Norfolk County SS
February 18 th 1850. Then personally appeared, the above named, Capt. Paul Gore, a man of sound mind and memory, and long known to the subscriber as a Selectman of his town, and several years a Representative of Roxbury in the general Court of Massachusetts, and a witness of credibility, who, subscribed to and made oath, that the matter set forth in the foregoing deposition by him so subscribed, is just and true.
Before me
Ellis { Justice of the Peace.

To whom it may concern.
I, Isaac Davis of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, being in the eighty fifth year of my age, hereby depose and say, that I resided in the town of Brookline in said County, during the Period of the Revolutionary war and some time after its close. That at said Brookline, I was personally acquainted with a man by the name of Samuel Mearan, and that I distinctly recollect the fact that I several times saw and conversed with said Samuel Mearan at Col. Thomas Aspinwall's Brick yard in said Brookline, near where I then resided, and I well recollect that said Mearan was then a labourer and moulded Bricks in said yard, and that his stature was then, that of a common sized man, I should judge the said Samuel Mearan was a man, ten years or more, older in years than myself, and that this acquaintance with said Mearan at the said Brick yard was in the time of said war, but at what period of the war, I can not say with certainty. and that I often saw said Samuel Mearan while I remained in said Brookline. That with regard to the military service of either of officers or Soldiers from Brookline the first year of said War, I can state but very little with certainty. from my best recollection, the said Samuel Mearan, appeared of sufficient age and size, to perform Soldier's duty the first season of said War 1775. That from certain events which are yet fresh in my memory; I well recollect the confusion that took place on the first day that hostilities commenced, April 19 th 1775. and many things that occur'd the first year of the Revolut n War. I recollect many times seeing parties of armed men assembled at one place or another in Brookline, and also recollect seeing Soldiers with Guns marching along our Streets, I suppose going on duty to some place about Boston, which was then occupied by the British forces. It also occurs to mind that in the first season of said War 1775. I heard several of our people of Brookline mention something about the Soldiers, or force, at Sewell's point Fort, on Cambridge Bay, near the place where the Towns of Brookline and Cambridge meet. and during said movements in the early part of said War I remember seeing several officers at said Brookline, whose names yet occur to my mind viz. said Col. Thomas Aspinwall, also. - Capt. Thomas White, and Capt. Timothy Corey. &c. and altho' I doubt not But the town of Brookline furnished her share of both officers and men for the war service of

of 1775, as well as any other Towns, yet as I have never examined the Rolls shewing the services of either officers or soldiers from Brookline in said war, and being very young at the early part of said War, I am unable to describe the military services rendered either by the Officers or soldiers of Brookline with any degree of accuracy — and I further say that after the close of the Reval War, and I had arrived to a stature to do the labor of a man, I left said Brookline and went over to the adjoining town of Roxbury where I labored for a considerable time on a farm, for a Mr. Whitney and have not since resided in said Brookline, that after leaving the employ of said Whitney, I established myself on a farm and began house keeping by myself in said Roxbury, and have constantly resided in Roxbury since that Period. And I further depose and say, that according to my best recollection and belief, the above named Samuel Marean died at said Brookline having no date of his death, I should think that he died some eight or ten years after the year 1800; and I well recollect the fact, that soon after the death of said Samuel Marean, and at several periods since that event, his widow, Bathsheba Marean came to, and assisted in the family work of my own house in Roxbury, I believe she well sustains the reputation of an industrious woman and I know of nothing against her moral character. That I have seen said Bathsheba Marean within the last five weeks, and believe she yet resides with a family connection at the lower part of said town of Roxbury, and judge she is a person of eighty years of age, or more. And I further depose and say, that I have no recollection or knowledge of any other man by the name of Samuel Marean, either in Brookline or elsewhere, but the identical Samuel Marean above mentioned; and further more the deponent saith not. —
Isaac Davis
State of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss. February 18 th 1850. Then personally appeared the above named Isaac Davis, a man of intelligence, and long known to the subscriber, as an efficient labourer in responsible offices of his Town, and a credible witness, who subscribed to, swore to , and made Oath, that the matter set forth in the foregoing deposition, by him so subscribed, is just and true in every part thereof. —
Before me
Y. Jones J. Ellis } Justice of the Peace.