Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44113, Jacob Wright, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wright, Jacob
S 44113
CONTENTS

14.415 Q New Hampshire
Jacob Wight
of Charlestown in the state of New Hamp n who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bond of the Mas. line, for the term of one year
Enscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of July 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Sep: 1819 and sent to Roger Vose Esqr Keene. New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 $ 15.76 Semi-anl. all'ce ending Octtar: 1820  48. 1 mo 26/31/30 $ 603.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
21 July 1820 Hannest Mt John H. Summer Esqr

Sumner Jacob Wright Property $206.50 Income - 15 -
14. 4/15.
Notentilles (March 1920.)
$206.50 Wife of Jacob Wright born of 4/15-

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE COUNTY SS. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
ON this eleventh day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court
being a court of record for said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings,
Jacob Wright aged sixty one years, resident in Charlestown in said county, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
That in January 1778 he enlisted into the camp commanded by Nathan Smith 25th regt commanded by col Bond in the Mass. Line in the revolutionary army for one year, at Cambridge, near Boston, from thence he went to New York, from thence to the Province of Canada to a place called Three Rivers where he covered their retreat from Burgoyne's army to Ticonderoga and was honorably discharged at the expiration of the year, by Genl Gates He in 1777 volunteered at the taking of Burgoyne's army in Connecticut and Rhode Island soon after.
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the sixth day of July 1819 The number of my pension certificate is 14,415
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.
My occupation is that of a farmer - I am old & worn out with hard work, & am not able to support myself with labor - My wife is 64 years old, infirm, sick & under the care of a physician a considerable part of the time, & has been for twelve years last part three months at a time occasioned by a cancer taken from her breast which has occasioned me so much expense that my property is but trifling, and my subsistence almost consumed - She is now from home under the care of a Physician - I have five children all over twenty one years of age and unable to help me to a support Jacob Wright
Sworn to and declared at Charlestown  eleventh day of July 1820 before
in said County, on the
Elisha Huntley { Judge of said Court.
I, SALMA HALE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto 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 in the aforesaid schedule, is two hundred six dollars and fifty cents exclusive of the annual income of $15.00
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 14th day of July A. D. 1820
S. Hale

SCHEDULE,
Of the whole estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) and income of Jacob Wright of Charlestown in the County of Cheshire and State of Newhampshire, Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of May 1st, 1820.
  One Iron Pot. . . . . 81.00   one do - - - - - 1.50   one Tea kettle " - - - - - .75   one 2 1/2 foot table " - - - - - 1.50   one Crane & Books . . . . . 1.00   one pr. of Bitte rings & wedge " - - - - - .75   one Iron Bar . . . . . 1.50   one chest . . . . . .75   one old shovell & a pair of tongs - - - - - .75   one mace & colb . . . . . 48.00   one Cane - - - - - 16.00   one pair of Stags - - - - - 35.00   Three Sheep - - - - - 3.00   one old waggon & single harness 24.00   one single Shigh . . . . . 6.00   40 acres of Swamp land - - - - - 40.00   7 shares and 2/3 of Benjamin Franklin's land in 14   191.50   The town of Washington N. Hamp-   shire. Hard & hilly. partly cleared   The annual income for the 15   Three last years has not been   fifteen Dollars per year - - - - -   208.50   I am indebted to several persons more 20.   than I have due to me   188.50 
Jacob Wright
We the Subscribers testify and say, that we have viewed the property contained in the above Schedule, shewn to us by Jacob Wright above named, as his property; and are of opinion that the sums set against the respective items are their true value.
Lawrance Jifts Henry Jifts
Cheshire ss. Charlestown July 8 th 1820 Personally appeared Lawrance Jifts & Henry Jifts above named, and made oath to the truth of the above statement, by them subscribed. Before me,
And A Sumner Justice of the Peace.
I certify, that Lawrance Jifts & Henry Jifts above named, are disinterested and credible witnesses.
And A Sumner Justice of the Peace.

Care of Jacob Wright Roger Rose 4413 Judge
Keene, N. Hamp. rec. P.D. @ 4.15 PM
Miss the Col Bond 1 Yany 1878 Secretary of War Pension Office Washington City
William July 16 The Hon. Respectable Admitted

Cheshire.
State of New Hampshire
On this sixteenth day of July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen before me the subscribed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cheshire in said State personally ap- pears Jacob Wright aged Sixty years now living in Charlestown in said County of Cheshire - who being first by me duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration 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 the said Jacob Wright enlisted in the Town of Ashby in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts into the company of Capt. Nathan Smith in the Massa- chusetts troops and in Col. William Bond's regiment on the first day of January A.D. 1776, for one year, and served his  very time out faithfully on the continental establishment and was honorably discharged And that in the Spring of the year 1777 he enlisted again into the service of his country under Capt. John Miret Robert Burns - And that he served in the Militia at the taking of Burgoyne in Oct. 1777 - That from the first of January 1776 to the last of December of the same year He was in no particular battle - That he was discharged by Genl. Gates at the end of his service at Saratoga - That He is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support -
That he has not been able to produce any further evidence of his service aforesaid - than the affidavits

of Col Nathan Fuller and Lieut. John George. The said Nathan Fuller was appointed Major of the Reg- iment and to which he the said Wright belonged - and the said John George was a Lieut. under the said Smith who was the Capt. of the company into which he the said Wright enlisted - The said Affidavits of the said Fuller & George are herewith annexed.
The the said Wright further declares that the discharge which he received from Genl. Gates was destroyed by fire according to his best recollection & belief with many other of his papers at a time when he lost his dwelling house by fire about thirty five years since.
The above affidavit & declaration of the said Jacob Wright was sworn to & declared before me the day and year aforesaid Roger Vose and I Roger Vose chief Justice of the Court of the Common Pleas of the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jacob Wright did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common Enemy on the Continental Establishment longer than nine months at one time. And I further certify, that the said Jacob Wright is in reduced circumstances and funds in need of assistance from his country for support.
And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me to the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the afore mentioned Act of Congress. Roger Vose, Ch. Jus. C.C.P. To the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War.

I Nathan Fuller of Newton in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts Testify and say that I am well acquainted with Jacob Wright now an inhabitant of Charlestown in the State of New Hampshire That he was a private soldier in the Army of the United States in Revolutionary war in the Continental establishment. That he enlisted into the Company of Col. Smith in Col. William Bonds Reg t in the Massachusetts Line on the first day of January 1776 and served the term of one Year. I was personally acquainted with the said Wright during the whole of said term of time and was Major in the same Reg t . —
Nathan Fuller
I John George of Watertown in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts Testify and say that I am well acquainted with Jacob Wright mentioned in the above deposition, and am knowing to his enlisting and serving as a Soldier in Revolutionary war as above stated, as I was a Lieut d in said Col. Smiths, Company during the whole of said time. —
John George
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. Watertown June 1 st A.D. 1819. Personally appeared Nathan Fuller & John George & made oath that the above depositions by them severally subscribed are true. And I hereby certify that the said Fuller & George are respectable citizens & credible witnesses.
Levi Thaxter, Justice of the Peace

Cheshire Co. July 15. 1819
I Salma Hale clerk of the Inferior Court in said county certify that Roger Vose is Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in said County and that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale

of Col Nathan Fuller and Lieut. 8
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Whereas, I Abraham Bigham Clerk of the judicial Courts in the county of Middlesex do certify that Levi Thaxter is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, & his name set to the within certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this fifth day of June 1819. Abraham Bigham

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
awf
September 22, 1927
Mrs. Charlotte T. Luckhurst 156 Western Ave Albany, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 44113, it appears that Jacob Wright enlisted in Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, January 1, 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain Nathan Smith's Company, Colonel William Bond's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served in the Massachusetts Militia in Captain John Minck's Company, and was at the taking of Burgoyne.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 16, 1819, while a resident of Charles-town, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, aged sixty years.
In 1820, soldier referred to his wife as aged

sixty-four years, but did not give her name; he also stated at same time that he had several children, all over twenty-one years of age, their names not given. No further data as to family.
In 1829, soldier was living in Washington, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1924-Sept. 22 - Hair to Mrs Charlotte J. Enchilada
44 113
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44.113
Jacob Wright Rev Rev Trav
Act: 18 th March 18 th
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

MRS. CHARLOTTE TAYLOR LUCKHURST REGISTERED GENEALOGIST 156 WESTERN AVENUE ALBANY, NEW YORK
Sept 5.1927
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
From the 1820 Pension roll, I have the record that Benjamin Griffin , was a Private in N.Y.Line, and received a pension,
May I have a brief extract from his application showing anything of his relatives? his age and place of birth etc,
And may I also call your attention to my request of July 18th. asking for the same as above, on the application of Jacob Wright who served in Mass. line, and had pension in New Hampshire,
I thank you.
Very truly yours,
Charlotte T. Luckhurst—

MRS. CHARLOTTE TAYLOR LUCKHURST REGISTERED GENEALOGIST 156 WESTERN AVENUE ALBANY, NEW YORK
July 18. 1927
Pension Bureau, Revolutionary War Sec, Washington, D.C.
I have the statement that Jacob Wright served in the Revolution, and was married in Vermont,
On the 1820 Pension Roll New Hampshire, I find the name of Jacob Wright , and I think it not unlikely that this is the man I am interested in as he is said to have ancestry in Mass.
May I have a copy of his application or any data that may be filed with his papers that would be of genealogical value,
Very truly yours,
Charlotte T. Luckhurst
Ans -

Hon. J. Healy H. R. March 2. 1829

Declaration
In order to be restored to the Pension-List under the Act of March 1 st 1823, drawn up in conformity with the regulations of the War-Department of the 26 th December, 1828.
State of New Hampshire County of Sullivan ss.
On this nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord 1829, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum for the County of Sullivan, the undersigned Jacob Wright, a resident of said County, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say, that he is the same person who served in the Revolutionary War, in the Company commanded by Captain Nathan Fuller, of the Regiment commanded by Colonel W. H. H. H.  of the line of the State of  Massachusetts. That he received a pension under the Act of March 18 th 1818, but his name was dropped from the Pension-Roll, on account of the amount of his property, which was valued at less than nine hundred and sixty Dollars: and he now applies to be restored in consequence of the regulations of the War Department of the 26 th December 1828, having at this time the following named property being worth no more than the sums below mentioned.
Schedule.
Sum accts

Schedule.
  About one hundred acres of Land situated in Washington and Stoddard, being wood land and pasture valued at $ 440 00   One old Moore nineteen years old valued 15 00   Two cows - valued at 33 00   Four Sheep valued at 6 00   House hold furniture valued at 20 00   About three tons of hay in Sticks valued 10 00   One promissory Note signed by Nathan C. Cory for the sum of twenty five Dollars $ 25 00   Old remnants of farming tools valued at 5 00   Amounting to five hundred & fifty four Dollars $ 554 00   Jacob Wright 
Sworn to before me, this nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord 1829.
Abraham B. Story } A. Justice of the Peace } of the Province } for the County of Sullivan

An Inventory and appraisal of the Estate, both Real and Personal, of Jacob Wright of Washington in the County of Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire; made out and valued, by us the Subscribers this 19 th day of February. A. D. 1829.
  That of wood land and pasture, situated in said Washington, containing about 100 acres. $ 440 00   Valued at   One Alderman 19 years old valued at 15 00   Two Cows valued at 33 00   Four Sheep valued at 6 00   Household Furniture valued at 20 00   About three tons of Hay in Stack 10 00   One promissory Note signed by Nathan Cory for the sum of twenty five Dollars. 25 00   Old remnants of farming-tools. valued at. 5 00   Carrying in the whole to five hundred and fifty five Dollars. $ 555 00 
Nathan Wright Nathan Cory } Appraisers
State of New Hampshire Sullivan County ss
I certify that on the 19 th day of February 1829 the above named Nathan Wright and Nathan Cory submitted the above Inventory and Appraisal in my presence, and made oath that in making said Inventory & Appraisal they have acted faithfully & impartially, and had valued the Goods and estate above named at their present value in money. And I further certify that the said Nathan Wright and Nathan Cory are men of veracity, and that their testimony is entitled to full credit.
Before me N. Storer } Justice of the Peace for the County of Sullivan

I Benjamin B. French Clerk of the Superior Court of Judica- ture for the County of Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Abraham B. Story before whom the within de- claration and affidavit was sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to admin- ister oaths, & that the within are his own proper signatures. In testi- mony of which I have here- unto set my hand and affix- ed the seal of said court This 20th day of February A. D. 1829
B. B. French Clerk

N. R. 11415
New Hampshire
Jacob Wright
of Sullivan in the State of N. Hampshire who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Smith of the regiment commanded by Colonel Bond in the Amago line, for the term of one year from January 1776 to January 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6. day of July 1819. and
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. of September 1819. and sent to Roger Vose. Esq. New Hampshire
Restored to the Roll on 20 day of March 1829 and notification sent to Hon. J. Healy at H. of Reps Pension commencing on the 20 of February 1829
Amount due on 4th of Septm 1829 } $ 51. 60.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820.
Y 1 March 1823