Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 56953-160-55, for Eleazer Peakes, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Peakes, Eleazer Celia
B.L.W. 56953-160-55.
CONTENTS

268. 568
Oct Mar 3. '55
St. Clement Feb 19/57 End P
36.9 53 March 27/57 Celia Peaked. mid. Elaeagnus Peaked. mid.
Cant. Stockbridge. lot. Bailey. mass. ma.
AD: 1600a9 March 19/57 Revij. Walt Patton
Special, by chief clerk S.E. Feb. 12. '57 C.C. Vol P. page 68.
St. Clement. No. Scituate M.

26 f. 56 f

APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
(By the Widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant.)
STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Plymouth }
On this Second day of February A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Celia Peake , aged Eighty-seven years, a resident of Sectuate in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the Widow of Eleazar Peake , deceased, who was a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Stockbridge
in the Regiment of commanded by Col Bailey in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, of the Revolution in 1775
that her said husband was Drafted at Sectuate on or about the nineteenth day of April A. D. 1775 for the term of not known and continued in actual service in said war for the term of twenty one days , and was honorably discharged at the Neck, Roxbury on the the Neck, the Eight day of May A. D. 1775
She further states that she was married to the said Eleazar Peake , in Sectuate Mass. on the twelfth day of May A. D. 1816 by one Nehemiah Thomas , a A Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Celia Wade that her said husband died at Sectuate on the thirty first day of October A. D. 1845 and that she is now a Widow.
Celia Peake
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.
She also requests that the Warrant be directed to her North Sectuate Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 3 d 1857
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
J. B. Merrill was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
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 of which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
Francis D. Mills Secretary of the Commonwealth.

STATE OF Massachusetts, } COUNTY OF Plymouth }
We, Joseph Gannett and Mercy J. Gannett , residents of Situat in the State of Mass upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Celia Peaker 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.
Joseph Gannett Mercy J. Gannett
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.
J B Merrill
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF } COUNTY OF }
I,
certify that the signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Jus- tice of the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that the foregoing was filed on the _____ day of _____ A. D. 185____ and as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand this _____ day of _____ A. D. 185____

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth Town of Scituate
I certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County, and State aforesaid, and have in my official custody the Records of said Town and that I have carefully examined them and find that Eleazar Peakes born September 4 th 1756 & married Celia Wade May 12 th 1816 is the only Person by that name except his Grand Father who was born December 9 th 1693
Attest
James L. Merrill, Jr.
Town Clerk
Scituate, February 3 d 1857.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. Jan'y. 30 th 1857
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Shadrach B. Merrill
was a
Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
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 of which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
Francis D. Mitchell Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
January 30. 1857.
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 Eleazer Peakes is borne on pay roll of Capt. Samuel Stockbridge's (comp. Col. Barley's ) Regt. from April 19. 1775. 21 days, as Corporal, from Scituate.
Also on roll of Capt. Joseph Stetson's (comp. Col. Anthony Thomas' ) Regt. from March 24. 1776. 15 days, as Private. Serving at the taking possession of Dorchester Heights.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis D. W Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I am now Eighty seven years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand, this twelfth day of January A. D. 18 57
Celia Peck
Signed by said Celia Peck in my presence, this twelfth day of January 1857 Eighteen hundred and fifty seven J. B. Merrill
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
Made by the _____ widow of the Attorney _____ of the party who rendered the service.
State of Massachusetts. County of Plymouth  Suffolk  Town of  City of Boston.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Eleazar Peakes, a soldier in the war of the Revolution._____
He was a native of the Town of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Stockbridge in Col Baileys Regiment and he served as follows,* viz:—
Eleazar Peake, served 3 Weeks, in Capt Samuel Stockbridge, Company from April 19 - 1775 and five days, in Capt Joseph Henson, Company from March 24 - 1776 Some part of the above service was rendered in guarding some Prisons taken in February
* Here describe, as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

Know all Men by these Presents,
That I, Celia Peake,
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
Gridley J. F. Bryant, Architect, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
to be my true, sufficient, and lawful Attorney for me and in my name and stead to apply to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to furnish him the said Bryant such evidence from the rolls in said Secretary's Office, as relates to the service of Eleazer Peake as a Soldier in the war of the revolution, of whom I am the widow, and also to prosecute the said claim before the Commission of Pensions at Washington D. C.

Giving and hereby granting unto him  my said Attorney _____ full power and authority in and about the premises; and to use all due means, course, and process in the law for the full, effectual, and complete execution of the business afore described; and in _____  my name to make and execute due acquittance and discharge; and for the premises to appear, and the person of _____  me  _____ the constituent to represent before any governor, 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, respecting the premises, to arbitration or otherwise; with full power to make and substitute, for the purposes aforesaid, one or more attorneys, under him  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 she  I the said constituent, if present, ought or might personally, although the matter should require more special authority than is herein comprised, _____  I the said constituent ratifying, allowing, and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever he  my said Attorney _____ or his  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 _____ , this twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- seven  seven
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in presence of us,
Celia Peake
Joseph Gannett Jr
Mercy J Gannett
Plymouth J.
Saturday Jan 12 1857
Then personally appeared the above named Celia Peake and acknowledged the above instrument to be her free act and Deed
J B Merrill justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth Town of Scituate
[Date of Marriage wrote out in words] Marriage Solemnized by the Rev. Nehemiah Thomas M. 1 st Ch. D. One thousand eight hundred and sixteen May twelfth Elazar Peakes & Celia Wade both of Scituate
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date and figures which are expressed in the record in fair legible date and figures as follows:
[Date of Marriage in figures] 1816 May 12 th
James L. Merritt, Jr.
Town Clerk of Scituate
I James L. Merritt, Jr. above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me.
James L. Merritt, Jr.
Town Clerk of Scituate
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this thirteenth day of January A. D. 1857; and I certify, that I have no interest whatever in the prosecution, or result of the annexed claim.
Shadrach B. Merritt
Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts, County of Plymouth
I Celia Peake having been duly sworn depose and say that I am now Eighty seven years of age that I have known Eleazer Peake, as early as, nineteen hundred and Eighty -two and I have heard him relate the following concerning his service as a soldier in the Revolutionary War I have heard him say that he was called out to land the shore near Fortgate Harbour, and I have heard him say that he had just got awash in Bisc when he was called to the alarm post to proceed to Bristol R Island and when they had gone as far as Parsons Barnes Meetinghouse, there came counter Orders and they slept in the Bar Meetinghouse I recollect of going to the house where he always lived after I knew him until I buried him he lived in the same house that his grandfather did and as a farm that was always called the Peake farm and it was occupied by the Peake family as the deed will show
Celia Peake
The above Affidavit was sworn to and subscribed on the day above specified and that the Affiant is a person entitled to credit J B Merrill justice of the Peace

I hereby state that I am fifty nine years of age and I have known Elazer Peake forty five years, or more and I have always heard the Old folks say that this same Elazer Peake was one of a number that took some horses and Marched them off I recollect of hearing that Mr. Peake said that they travelled slow and he quickened their pace with the point of the Bayonet On other circumstances I was present at the Celebration of the 4 th of July not but a few years before Mr. Elazer Peake's death when A Carriage was sent for him to come and preside in being the only revolutionary soldier near that could be had and he came and was chosen President of the day and presided to the entire satisfaction of all He was always a Democrat and a prominent man in Iowa
J B Merrill

State of Massachusetts, County of Plymouth.
We Gridley Bryant and Job Bailey having been duly sworn, depose and say that we well knew Eleazar Peake, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution in 1775 whose widow now applies for bounty land that we knew him for more than forty years before his death which occurred at Scituate about eleven years ago that we knew he died at about that time because we visited him in his last sickness and was at his funeral that we have known his said Widow from his death to this time that she has remained unmarried and that we are disinterested
Gridley Bryant Job Bailey
Subscribed and sworn to before me this first day of February A.D. 1857
It is hereby certified that J. B. Merrill justice of the Peace satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace by the affidavit of Gridley Bryant and Job Bailey — Both of Scituate in the aforesaid County & State who are personally known to me and are entitled to credit and who

swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application, that they are acquainted with Mrs. Celia Peake, and know her to be the Widow of the late Eleazar Peake, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution in 1775 and that the said Eleazar Peake died about the thirtyfirst day of October 1848 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this second day of February 1857
J. B. Merrill justice of the Peace

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I would here state that the husband of the applicant in several instances has spelt his given name with a slight difference some times, Eleazar and at others, Elazer but there is not a shadow of a doubt but that this is the Identical man who performed the service I have known Mr Peake from my Boyhood to his death and I have known Celia Peake many years before she Married E Peake and ever since and I am in my 60 th year
J B Merrill

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth
I Levi Vinal of Scituate in said County am now Sixtyeight years of age I knew Eleazer Peake of Scituate in the aforesaid County and stat, sixty or more years ago and knew him until his decease
I have heard him say that he helped take, our Fathers and Grand Fathers and that he went as a Soldier to Dorchester
I have known him to live in Scituate on a farm that his parents occupied before him and it was always called the Peake farm and always said to be acquired by the ancestors of Eleazer Peake until he came into possession of it
Scituate March 6-1857
Levi Vinal
I hereby certify that the above statement was subscribed and sworn to before (me) this day and that Levi Vinal is a man of sound mind and entitled to credit
Scituate March 6-1857
J B Merrill Justice of the Peace