Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18468, for Jabez Mann, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
mass
Mann, Faber Elizabeth
W. 18468
CONTENTS

Massachusetts - 350.
Elizabeth Mann widow of Peter Mann, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1 st March 1828 - of Middlesex in the State of Mass ts - who was a Chap n in the Cont ts commanded by Captain Ballard of the Reg t commanded by Reed in the Mass ts line for 8 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Sept r 38, and sent to and Isaac Fiske Earl Cambridge, Mass ts
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r $66.65 Semi-annual allowance ending 13 33
$79.98
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burrows Clerk, Book A - Vol. 1 - Page 106

I, Joshua Stetson Jr. of Walpole, in the County of Norfolk do certify that the following is on the Second Book of the town of Walpole, to wit; "James Man of Roxbury & Elizabeth Higgs of Walpole, married March second, in the year Seventeen hundred eighty eight by J. Shaw Clapp Esq." and that it is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, to wit; March second, in the year seventeen hundred eighty eight, is expressed "March 2 d 1778."
Joshua Stetson Jr.
I, Joshua Stetson Jr. above named do hereby say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Walpole in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
Joshua Stetson Jr., Town Clerk of Walpole.
Norfolk S.S. August 10, 1838. Personally appeared the above named Joshua Stetson Jr. known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit and whose name is subscribed to the same.
Before me Freeman Clarke Notary Public

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk County ss.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Norfolk hereby certify that Truman Clark is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Norfolk duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature within written is his genuine signature In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate This fourteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight.
Jonathan H. Cobb
Isaac Fiske Esq. Reg. Probate Western Dist (Hamburgh) Co. of Middlesex Mass.

Walpole August 7 th 1838
I Timothy Mann of Walpole Massachusetts aged Ninety one years, hereby Certify That, Elizabeth Mann, is the widow of Jabez Mann deceased, and that the said Jabez was a younger Brother of mine, and that he the said Jabez, was married, to Elizabeth Steggins, by Joshua Clapp Esq. of Walpole Mass, about the 2 d of March 1778. And that they lived together, as Man & wife, from the said time they were married, until his death & that they had several Children I think Eight in number, And that the said Jabez Mann, died, the first of March 1820, That I attended his funeral, from the house of Mr Brown, in Charlestown near Boston, And that the said Jabez Mann, enlisted in the service, as a private in the Revolutionary war, in the year 1775, in a Company Commanded by Capt. Seth Bullard, in a Regiment Commanded Col. Joseph Reade, and that he marched from Medfield, to Roxbury, and was stationed, there & in neighbourhood, & continued 8 Months in service, And that the said Elizabeth Mann, has not been Married since the death of the said Jabez Mann, and that she now resides in Weston Mass, Timothy Mann
Norfolk, Walpole August 7 th 1838 Then personally appeared the above named - Timothy Mann and made Oath to the above Statement, before me, Truman Clarke (Judge of the Peace)
I further certify, that the above named Timothy Mann is well known to me & is a Man of sound mind & good character Truman Clarke Jr. P.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Norfolk aforesaid hereby certify that Truman Clarke is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Norfolk & that his signature on this paper is genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate This eighth day of August A.D. 1838
Jonathan H. Cobb

542 Elizabeth Mann Declaration
ad 7. July 38 2 years Married in 78
adm d Sno pni $26.66 No deduction
Isaac Fiske Esq Cambridge Mass.
Vol 14-23- In Sno but family obligated

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Meddleson Jr.
On this fourteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight Elizabeth Mann, a resident in Western in said County of Middlesex, aged seventy nine years who being first sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "an Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Jabez Mann, who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution; he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Seth Moulton in Col. Joseph Reed's Regiment, in the year 1775 soon after Lexington battle, (the particular time she cannot state), in what was called the first eight months service; he then resided in Medfield now in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts; he marched to Roxbury near Boston & was stationed there & in the neighborhood of Boston & continued in the service eight months; -
She further declares that she was married to the said Jabez Mann on the second day of March in the year seventeen hundred & eighty eight; That her said husband the aforesaid Jabez Mann died on the first day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty; - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January

Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated. —
Elizabeth Mann
Subscribed & sworn to by said Elizabeth Mann in open court the day & year first above written
J. P. P. Day Prob. for 5 th County
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Burke Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Middlesex hereby certify that Samuel P. P. Day is the Judge of the Probate Court within and for the County of Middlesex, duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature above written is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and ninety eight.
Isaac Burke Reg.

Weston Ms Aug. 17 th
Free
Aug 21
July 1838
542
Ms
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Weston Ms Aug. 17 th
Free
Aug 22
7 July 1838
542
Mass
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Horton Ms Aug. 17 th
Free
542
Map
7 July 1838
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

August 18, 1888
East Cambridge.
County of Middlesex, Mass.
Sir
James L. Edwards Esq.,
Sir, Inclosed is the Application of Elizabeth Mann for Pension! When decided when, please to communicate to me.
Respectfully yours
Isaac Dike

I Isaac Pruekett of Weston in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify & say that Elizabeth Mann, the widow of Jabez Mann now resides in my family; - her said husband Jabez Mann was the brother of Col. Timothy Mann of Walpole in the County of Norfolk. The said Jabez Mann died the first of March in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty. I attended his funeral at Charlton from the house of Mr. Brown; the said Elizabeth Mann is still the widow of the said Jabez Mann & has never been married since the death of her said husband Isaac Pruekett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. August 18 th 1838
Personally appeared the above named Isaac Pruekett a person well known to me & is a respectable man & of undoubted credibility & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me
Benj n James Justice of Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Pitkin Magistrate of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Benjamin Gaines Esq. is a justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature without seal is his genuine Signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Eighteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight
Isaac Pitkin

Per WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18468 Elizabeth Moann Widow of James Moann Seam m Rev. War Act: July 7 th 1838 Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 9
[Arrangement of 1870.]