Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18665, Eldad Worcester, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Worcester, Eldad
S. 18665
carded
CONTENTS

6657 Massachusetts
Eldad Worcester of Haverburg in the State of Mass who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Varnum of the Reg t commanded by Col. Jackson in the Massachusetts line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars - — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of March 1833 and sent to James Dana Esqr
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk Book 9 Vol. 2 Page 99
91 Middlesex
L. May 5. 1833

Eldad Worcester 16.7.64
9 Months $30 -
Adm
James
June Dana
of Attle boro
Mass

BRIEF in the case of Eldad Worcester  of Tewksbury in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 80 " 6 " Private Gen. Capt Varnum Col Jackson   81 on state of service 3 " " Capt Compt Col Webb  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Tewksbury  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional Evidence  to Joshua Bradley's Papers in the War Dept  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. H. Adams Examining Clerk.

18764
Declaration of Eldad Worcester
This Case contains only the Declaration - It is requested that the least may be sent to his Agent Saml. Dana Esq. Quincy Ms.
on Roll 601 Mr. Jack son's Regt Enlisted 9 July 1780 - 6 Months
Service
must prove his 3 Months service

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex
ss.
A.D. 1832.
On this seventeenth
day of August
Concord
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas  Probate now sitting at within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth
aforesaid
Eldad Worcester of Seekonk in so. Co. aged sixty nine years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1 That he entered the Continental service in 1780. and enlisted for six months in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Varnum in Col. Michael Jackson's Reg t of the Mass Line , his orderly sergeant was Barnes and the Adjutant of the Reg t was James Tufts the Reg t he held thinks under the 8 th Mass t he joined the Army at Westpoint and was in Capt. Varnum's Company until he served out his term of six months and was regularly discharged. — 2 In Ad 1781 . he again engaged into the Continental service for three months, at Rhode Island and returned for that term he was ordered to Rhode Island and was in the Company of Capt. Varnum and proceeded at Newport , and proceeded to Westpoint , and was ordered into Capt. Taylor's Compt. in Col. Beckley's Reg t as he believes, but least at this time he can not recall. Asked with certainty, but he will know, that he was in that he served the Continental service nine months and he was in the same Companies with Joshua Bradley of Dorcutt , both in his term of six months and in his term of three months, and he begs leave to refer to the papers of said Bradley , which were sent to the War Office some years since and examined, and have again been forwarded, to the War Department and are there now, which will show the officers under whom he served and the times of his service.

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. P. May  Brook  B. Woodworth  S
Commonwealth of Massachusetts we Jacob Coggin a Clergyman residing in the town of Tewksbury and Tewksbury in the county of Middlesex and Peter Hunt of the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eldad West who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be the person described in years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before me Sam. Dana Justice of the Peace for Jacob Coggin all the Counties in said Commonwealth Peter Hunt
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further decides that it appears to them, that the Rev Jacob Caggin who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Litchfield and that Peter Hays is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Eldad Worcester for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of August — in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Isaac T. Perkins

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate — begun and holden at Concord — within and for the County of Middlesex on the seventeenth day of August — A. D. 1832. On the application of Abiah Worcester claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit :
1. Where, and in what year were you born ? Answer,
In Tewksbury Mass January 22 d . A.D. 1763
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it ? Answer,
I have no such record, but my name is recorded on the town book of Tewksbury.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ? Answer,
In Tewksbury, where I have since and do now live.
4. Did you ever receive any written discharge from service ? Ans r  I received regular discharge from the Commanding Officer of the Reg t . but I did not preserve them and by accident I have lost them.
5. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ? Answer,
I was always a volunteer and went into service on my own motion.
6. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service ? Answer,
I saw Gen. Washington at the Jerseys — Gen. Sullivan, Baron Steuben at West Point.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution ? Answer,
Rev. Jacob Coggins. Capt. Peter Hunt. Mr. Isaac Marshall — William Rogers Esq. Jacob Clarke 2 d & George Brown. Selectmen of Tewksbury
Sworn to me — J. P. Fay Prob. E. Worcester S

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Eldad Worcester , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S.F. 18665.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1780 6 mos Pvt James Farnum. Michael Jackson. Mass.   1781 3 mos. Pay Pay        
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Tewksbury, Middlesex Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 17. 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Tewksbury, Middlesex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, born in Tewksbury, Mass. Jan. 22. 1765
Remarks: died May 5. 1853. (A.B.)
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

✓ 657 Park Place Elmira, N.Y.
Bureau of Pensions Dept. of the Interior Washington D.C.
Dear Sir; - Will you kindly tell me if my maternal great, great- grandfather was on the pension list.
" Eldad  Wooster , also known as Eldad  Worcester private in Capt. Jas. Varnum's Co. 8 th Mass Regt. commanded by Col. Michael Jackson (Revolutionary War).
Enlisted July 9 th 1780 for 6 mos.

Last borne on Co. muster roll for Aug. + Sept 1780. Clet 4 th 1780 shows him in command at Dobbs Ferry.
Thanking you for this favor
Very truly
(Miss) Anna L. Leggett.
Feb. 16 th 1915-

18 665 INVALID.
1915-Feb 23: History to Miss Anna L. Greggett; M.B.H.
File No. 18665
Elsie Worcester
Pre Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]