Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21757, for Amariah Marsh, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Marsh, Amariah Lois
W 21757
CONTENTS

896 Rhode Island Lois Marsh widow of Amariah Marsh
who died on the 8 Nov th 1815 of Providence in the State of R. Island who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Whitney of the reg t commanded by Col. Sisson in the Mass ts line for 14 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of May, 1837 and sent to Benj Coull, Esq. Providence
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $280. Semi-ann. allowances ending 4 Sept r 37 23.33
$ 303,33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Recorded by Book
Vol. 1
Page 111
Clerk

Lois Marsh

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 24 day of November A.D. 1836 Personally appeared before me Benjamin Council Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County. Lois Marsh a resident in the town of Providence in said County aged 85 years who being duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 That she is the widow of Amariah Marsh who was a soldier in the war of the revolution - That in 1776, he entered the Militia in the town of Wrentham in Massachusetts in Capt Whiting's Company as a private & marched to Crown Point on Lake Champlain & served five months - from July to December and in the year 1779 he served nine months in the Continental Army of the United States stationed at West Point as a private He does not remember his officer's name, but he belonged to troops that marched from

The State of Massachusetts, - he served nine months from about the first of June 1779 to March 1780. - she refers to the Rolls of the Massachusetts Troops now in the Pension office for proof And she also believes her said husband served at other times during the war of the revolution but she cannot specify the times - And she further declares that she was married to her husband the said Amariah Marsh on the 4 th day of July 1769. in the town of Helliston in said Massachusetts as will appear by the records of said town, that her husband the said Amariah died on the fourth  eighth day of November 1815. so that she has remained unmarried ever since that period wherefore she requests that the pension which was then belonged to her said husband under the act of June 7 1832 may be granted to her -
Josiah Marsh
Providence
In North Providence Nov 24 1836

I mean to subscribe before me and I further certify said Lois is too old & infirm to attend Court
Benjamin C. G. C. P. H.

I Isaac Wilkinson of North Providence in the County of Providence being now 68 years of age on oath do testify & say, that Lois Marsh who has signed the preceding declaration is my mother in law I married her daughter and the said Amariah was my father in law. The said Amariah died on the 8 th day of November A D 1815, in Hombarton in the State of Maine, where he went to make a visit, as we were informed - I recd the announced letter at the time giving me the account of his death - And I further testify that since the death of the said Amariah the said Lois has remained unmarried & now resides with me in said North Providence
Isaac Wilkinson
Providence R.I.
In North Providence Nov 24 1836 I known to & subscribed before me & I further certify that said Isaac is well known to me & he is a credible witness
Benja Laurell A. J. G. Clerk

1046. B. W.
Lois Marsh
on roll Daniels Co. Nixons ref - 9 months. on Roll Ckt. Lewis Whipple out Ckt. of fine to be paid when has returned to her home filed in minutes order, March 8, 1878
Pauctucket
David Benedict. Esq.
admitted 14 mo
Rs. 46.66 1000
John
B. Conell Providence

Town Clerks Office December 1 st A.D. 1836 I Elisha Cutler Jr Town Clerk of the Town of Holliston do hereby certify that there is on the Town Records a record of the marriage of Amariah Marsh & Lois Fiske of which the following is a True Copy —
"Amariah Marsh and Lois Fiske were joined in marriage July 4 th 1769 by Joshua Brenton Pastor"
Elisha Cutler Jr
Middlesex ss. Holliston Dec r 2 nd A.D. 1836
Then the above named Elisha Cutler Jr Town Clerk of said Holliston appeared and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true. — Before me
Elisha Cutler justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office
Jan. 4. 1836.
I hereby certify that Elisha Cutler of Hobiston is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in this State.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Commonwealth.
John P. Bigelow Sec'y of the Com'th

State of Rhode Island, ss. Providence ss. I Deexter Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County, being a Court of Record do hereby certify, Benjamin Soule had before whom the foregoing Documents were sworn to their justice as said Court - That by Law he is duly authorized & empowered to administer oaths & take depositions and that his signatures before written are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Providence this ninth day of January AD 1837 -
Deexter Randall Clerk

Thomaston Nov. 17. 1815.
25 3/4
Mr. Isaac Wilkinson
Pawtucket
near
Providence
my sister's name. Give She to continue with me. Give the above to all our friends to w self & family wish particularly cannot write to each one separately as soon as you can make it conven

Dear Brother
Thomaston Nov. 13 th 1815
I have the melancholly duty to perform of acquainting you with the sudden and unexpected decease of our father who died on the 8 th inst. at about three in the morning. In general, since his residence here his health has been tolerably good; - his cheerfulness, affability & vigour of mind continued, till about that time - the evening preceding he socially spent in company with some visiting friends, at his residence at my house, until his usual hour of retirement - it had been his custom, as is often usual to aged persons, to rise for necessary purposes, in the night. About an hour before he died, he arose; and soon return'd to his bed, only remarking the unusual coldness of the weather. He soon appear'd to be sleeping. Sometimes he had been used to snoring loudly; perhaps (as has been suggested) it might have been the effect of a disorder called the Nightmare - This noise my mother heard, and endeavoured to remove the cause by stirring or awaking him but this was ineffectual - his arms were extended across his breast, and there appeared an unusual stiffness in them which induced her to rise and call me - before I could reach his chamber, he was gone, and his passage thro' Life clos'd by an Entrance into Eternity.
This sudden & unexpected serious impression the minds of all of us, who were most particularly interested in his existence - Submission to the Will of Heaven was the necessary act on our part, & to its decree we bowed in silence and humble reverence. His funeral Obsequies were performed with reverence, decency & decorum on the next day, and on the last & following Sabbath, a funeral discourse was deliver'd by Elder S. Baker, whose Church I another had lately joined, from the following Texts Job Chapter 3 d 17, 18 & 19 th verses. She still resides with us and altho' we would willingly enjoy her company, And

it would be a pleasure to us to support her during her life, yet it is our wish, and I conceive it to be our duty to contribute all in our power, to her comfort & happiness in her decline of Life - She thinks, while now in her widowed & bereaved State, she could spend her remaining days with her female Children, more satisfactorily, than with us here - surrounded as we are with a number of young Children &c -
Should this wish of hers, be agreeable to you, and my Sisters to gratify it would afford comfort to her, and I trust not be disadvantageous or unpleasing to you - She would not wish to return until the Spring and till a safe and comfortable conveyance could be procured - It may perhaps, be tho't that I am actuated by interested motives in mentioning the above - it is her desire, and not ours - Motives of regard for her, are my only motive - I live in a hired house where there are three families besides my own associated - and I have no certainty that I can retain my possession of it longer than till the next Spring - Should I not tarry here I shall return to my former residence, which was always disagreeable to her, where, my own health not being very good, I should be incapacitated from paying her that attention, and affording her that comfort, which is & would be her due - and which I believe will be better in my Sisters power to procure her than in mine - were she to continue with me - I wish you to communicate the above to all our friends to whom my Mother my self & family wish particularly to be remembered, as I cannot write to each one separately - I shall thank you as soon as you can make it convenient, to acknowledge by letter your receipt of this, and acquaint me for my mother's information with your determination.

We are all at present in a tolerable State of health — four of my Children are daily employed in the Factory in which I am owner of five Shares of an hundred dollars each — The business perhaps may be at some future time more lucrative than at present —
Pray let me hear from you soon, and believe me to be your affectionate friend and Brother
Martin Marsh
art, & to us more we could experience. His funeral Obsequies were in reverence, decency & decorum on the last & following Sabbath, a funeral addressed by Elder S. Baker, whose Church joined from the following Texts 8 & 19 th verses. She still resides with us willingly enjoy her Company, and

Lois Marks Rhode Island Suspended at 17 April '37 B. Cowell

Mid files
3-079.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER,
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No. Claim, _____ Cert. No. 21757 Claimant, Low Soldier, Amasa Marsh Co. _____ Reg't _____ Mass Line
ACTION AND ORDER:
please Papers, Marsh
To Chf. _____ Div. _____ Action _____ OCT 9 1909 COMMISSIONER.
ADMITTED FILES OCT 9 1909

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21757
Lois Marsh Widow of Asmariah Marsh Pris Rev. war
Act: July 4 th 1836.
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 11
[Arrangement of 1870.]

AB
David Benedict Esq Nantucket R.I.

State of New York, Oneida County
On this 12 th day of December 1836 before me personally appeared James Eames a resident of Lee in said County, aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn, does depose and say, that he was well acquainted with Amanah Marsh formerly of Foxbury Mass in the Revolutionary War. That said Amanah Marsh served as a private in the militia in the year 1776 and went to Ticonderoga and served for five months, though this deponent does not recollect the name of the captain of the company to which he belonged. This deponent's father went in the same campaign - and he well remembers the fact of Marsh being in the service - And this deponent further says that the said Amanah Marsh served for the term of nine months for the Town of Foxbury in the Continental Army in the year 1779, Witness think, he was in Capt. Daniels Company - but of that he is not positive - The name of the Colonel of the Regiment he does not recollect - but he is sure of his service for the full period of nine months.
Sworn before me this 12 th day of James Eames December 1836 the said James Eames is to me known to be a man of truth and integrity J. S. Johnson Sup Court Comr

Clerks office Oneida County
John D Leland Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that Benjamin J Johnson before whom forsoresaid Power of Affidavit was taken is a Sup Court Clerk duly authorized to take affidavits, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and do hereby believe his signature to be in his own proper handwriting.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 12 day of December 1836
John D Leland Clerk

I Rufus Mann of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts aged eighty one year do testify and say that I have in my possession a muster roll of Captain Lewis Whiting's company which served in Col Ephraim Wheelock's Regiment at Fico- -deroge in the year 1776 on which roll is borne the name of Amariah Marsh of Wren- -tham aged 29 years said roll is dated "in camp at Fico-deroge August 11 1776" and signed Lewis Whiting Capt.
Dupl. S. Katt
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss December 5-1836 This day personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County of Norfolk and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. I further certify that the above named Rufus Mann is a credible person and that full faith and credit is to be given to his testimony. Before me Melatiah Goveett Justice of the Peace

I Moses Craig of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty two years do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Amariah Marsh formerly of said Wrentham That I served with said Marsh in Captain Lewis Whiting Company in Col. Ephraim Wheeler's Regiment in the Ticonderoga Campaign so called. in the year 1776 that said Marsh served the whole of said Campaign, which according to the best of my recollection was six months, from the latter part of June to the latter part of December of said year.
Wrentham December 14. 1836
Moses Craig
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk County ss December 14 1836. Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Norfolk the above named Moses Craig and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. I further certify that said Craig is a cred- -ible witness, and that full faith and credit is due to his testimony.
Meliah Everett

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary of State. Dec. 14. 1836
I hereby certify that Melatiah Everett is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk, in this State, and has been such during the whole of the past year.
Witness my hand & the Seal of the Commonwealth
John P. Bigelow Secy of the Com'th

Providence April 24 1837
Sir Yours of the 17 inst respecting the claim of Mrs Lois Marsh widow of Amariah Marsh was duly recd. You observe the service for 9 months in 1774 is admitted but before the service of 6 months in 1776 is allowed you wish for the original company roll referred to in Rufus Marsh Affidavit sent to the Pension office for inspec- tion & for taking a copy. Mr Marsh has consented & the Roll is herewith endorsed. upon which will be found the name of Amariah Marsh as stated - Mr Marsh wishes the Roll returned I have to request therefore you will return it to me after taking a copy. I am respectfully your Benja Lovell
J. L. Edwards Esq