Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19862, for Elisha Mason, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Boass.
NUMBER _____
Nason, Elisha Sarah
N 19862
CONTENTS

1229.
Massachusetts
Sarah Mason widow of Esau Mason who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 2 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of August 1848 and sent to
Mrs. J. Rockwell Pittsfield Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 87 Vol. 2
Reported

1783 Sarah Mason Mass act 7 July 38
Sarah Mason H229 2m 76-d 27 Rally
a bill vol 14 p 83- Service 1775. Abund Mother 26.66/100. no deduction
Hm. B. N. Briggs
Hm. B. N. Briggs

State of Massachusetts } ss County of Hampshire } ss
On this fifth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Hon Nathan Conkey judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County aforesaid Sarah Mason of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aged eighty years who being first duly 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 4 1836.
That she is the widow of Elisha Mason who was a soldier of the Revolution that her said husband in the year nineteen hundred and twenty five was in the Eight Month's service at Roxbury near Boston in Capt Danforth's Company and Col Brown's Regiment that his residence during the war was at Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and on the borders of the state of Rhode Island that a considerable part of the time during the war he was a soldier in the state of Rhode Island that he and his father occupied a large farm in the town of Rehoboth that her husband would often obtain a furlough and come home and assist his father in haying and harvesting and then return to the Army she is unable to state what length of time he was in the Army but should think from four to five years in the whole she is unable to state his officers and the particular places where he done the service and is unable to find any person living who can testify as to his service any further than is herewith submitted
She further declares that she was married to the late Elisha Mason on the twenty ninth day of December nineteen hundred and twenty six and that her husband the aforesaid Elisha Mason died in the fall of Eighteen hundred and twenty seven and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed sworn to and subscribed on the day - Sarah Mason and year above written before Nathan Conkey judge of Probate I hereby certify that the said Sarah Mason the aforesaid applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend court - Nathan Conkey judge of Probate

I Samuel H. Lyman Register of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before the Judge of Probate for said County in the matter of the application of Sarah Norton for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my office this twenty second day of January A.D. 1869 —
Sam H. Lyman Regr of Probate

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty second day of January A. D. 183 9
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

I James Mason of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Forty two years do hereby say that my Father Elisha Mason late of Cummington deceased was taken sick with the small pox on the twenty seventh day of September 1827 I was taken the same day with the same disorder he lived nine days and died on the sixth day of October 1827 and I further say that he left Sarah Mason his widow and that she is still living and remain his widow
Cummington Jan'y 17 1839 James Mason
Hampshire ss January 17 1839 Then personally appeared James Mason before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and further certify that the said James Mason is a credible person
Elizabet Peckham Justice of the peace

Town Clerks Office, Town of Rehoboth County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts December 3 d 1838 ~ I hereby certify that the following appears among the Records of Marriages in said Town of Rehoboth returned by John Bix Elder of the 2 d Baptist Church in Rehoboth ~
ss Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Six December ye twenty ninth. Elizer Mason and Sarah Norton were Married by me John Bix Elder of the 2 d Baptist Church in Rehoboth,, ~
I certify that the above 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. (1776. December ye 29 th ) ~
Attest. ~ Cyrus M. Wheaton Town Clerk ~
I Cyrus M. Wheaton above named, deposed say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts & that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as testified by me ~
Cyrus M. Wheaton Clerk of the town of Rehoboth ~
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol. ss. Nov. 6. 1838
Sworn before Atfield Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol. Solomon Parentt Registrar of the Court of Probate in for said county, do hereby certify that Solomon Parentt whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace in for said county —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this tenth day of November 1838 — S Parentt

I Israel Goff of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy nine years, do on oath Testify & say, That I knew Elisha Mason in the War of the Revolution. In the year 1775, said Mason & myself with others Enlisted in the Eight Months Service as Privates & Marched to Roxbury & joined the Company Commanded by Capt. Davenport in Col. Brewers Regiment of Connecticut, we served there together the term of Eight Months, we were then discharged, and returned home the first of January 1776.
Israel Goff
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. November 3 rd 1838 - Then personally came before me Israel Goff subscriber to the foregoing Deposition & made solemn Oath to the truth of the same. And I further certify that Israel Goff abovenamed is a Credible Witness.
Cyrus M. Wheaton Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I Amos Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in for said County, do hereby certify that Cyrus M. Wheaton whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate on this sheet, is a Justice of the Peace in for said County -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this sixth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty eight - A Barrett

I Edward Shelton of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Aged seventy four years, do on oath Testify & Say, that I knew Elisha Mason in the war of the Revolution, said Mason & myself were drafted and served together as privates nine days at Howlands Ferry and at a place called Butts Hill on Rhode Island in the company com- -manded by Capt Israel Dike in Col Thomas Carpenter Regiment in the Month of August 1780. we were then discharged and returned home. - Edward M. H. H.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol ss November 2 nd 1838 Then personally came Edward Shelton subscriber to the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same, (And I further certify that Edward Shelton is a credible witness) Before me Cyrus M. Wheaton Justice of the Peace

Merchants Bank, Boston, 6 th May 1839.
Sir,
Your letter of the 3 rd inst. is received and agreeable to your request I herewith return the former reports of the cases herein named. —
I also enclose the Certificate of Mrs. Sarah Mason for correction, the amt. per annum differing from that stated in the report of the case to this office.
I am, sir very resp ly your ob t Serv t
H. A. Cady Cash in the absence of Franklin Holman Pension Agt.
J. H. Edwards Esq. Com d of Express Washington. D.C.

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J. L. Edwards Esq Comp. of Pensions
H. S. M. Briggs H. R.

28 Sep 39
Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers of Sarah Mason Cunningham
I am obliged to enjoin of the papers of Deborah Snow & Hannah Richards Cunningham Ws. & Mrs. Clark and Gardner of Mansfield - Mrs. Boston, of Christfield Mrs. Cushing & Maynard of Windsor Ws. - Resp'tly
Yr E. M. Bousp

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19862
Sarah Mason
Widow of
Elisha Mason
Dis. New War.
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 10
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington July 31. 1848
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir -
At the request of my constituent Eliphelet Parkhurst Esq of Cambridge, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, I enclose the papers to obtain pensions under the Act of July 26  July 2 1848 of the following widows, viz -
Sarah Snow.
Abigail Manning
Sarah Hatch
Betsey Tenney
Sarah Mason
Anna Bryant
and I respectfully request the necessary certificates may be issued -
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
Julius Rockwell.

Rep. 20. Dec 1843
2166
Massachusetts
Sarah Mason
widow of Elisha Mason
who was a Private
in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of December 1843 and sent to the Honorable J. C. Bates United States Senate.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 48.

Sarah Mason
$26.66
Hon H Bates Senate
5886

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the acts of the 3 d of March 1823 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July, 7 th 1838
State of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss
On this twenty fourth day of July 1843 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Mason a resident of Farmington in the County aforesaid aged Eighty five years who is personally known to me who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March 1823 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war
That she is the Widow of Elisha Mason who was a private in the Army of the Revolution in what Company and Regiment She is unable to state from age and infirmity and that she received a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum
She further declares that she is still a Widow Sworn and submitted to the  Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Eliphalet Packard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twenty eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the acts of the 3 d of March 1823 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838
State of Massachusetts Hampshire County S S
On this twenty fourth day of July 1843 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Mason a resident of Cummington in the County aforesaid aged Eighty five years who is personally known to me who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March 1823 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war
That she is the Widow of Elisha Mason who was a private in the Army of the Revolution in what Company and Regiment She is unable to state from age and infirmity and that she received a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum
She further declares that she is still a Widow Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written
Sarah X Mason Mark
Before me Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
Witnesses Ernest Mason
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
November 18
I, Samuel S. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire do hereby certify that Eliphalet Packard Esquire before whom the above declaration was sworn was at the time thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly and regularly appointed and that the signature thereto purporting to be his I know to be genuine.
whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of said Court this 25 th day of July
Sam S. Lyman Reg of Probate

Admitted
Mrs. J. Rockwell Pittsfield Mass
✓

State of Massachusetts Hampshire County ff
On this Twenty fourth day of July 1868 personally appeared before me Eliphalet Packard a justice of the Peace in and for said County Sarah Mason a resident of Cummington in the County of Hampshire age ninety two years who being first duly sworn and  acknowledged  to  law  doth  on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the second day of February 1848 granting pension to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Elisha Mason who was a private in the Revolutionary War and that she received under the act of June 17 th 1848 a pension of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow in presence of Eliphalet Packard Sarah X Mason mark
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Eliphalet Packard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for said Commonwealth, this 24th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 68
Clerk

State of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss
On this twenty fourth day of July 1848 personally appeared before me Elphalet Peckara a justice of the Peace in and for said County Sarah Mason a resident of Cummington in the County of Hampshire aged ninety two years who being first duly sworn acknowledged  under oath doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the second day of February 1848 granting pension to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Elisha Mason who was a private in the Revolutionary War and that she received under the act of June 17 th 1844 a pension of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow in presence of Eliphlet Packard      Sarah X Mason mark
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written Before me Elizabeth Packard Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the applicant is personally known to me Elphelst Packard Justice of the Peace

Massachusetts - 1783
L. Pen. Agt. Conn. (to drop from roll on account of erroneously in enrollment) April 20, 1839.
Sarah Mason, widow of Elisha Mason, deceased.
Lt. to Pen. Agt. Mass. Vts. April 20, 1839.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died in the autumn of 1827 - of Hampshire in the State of Mass. Vts. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Sanfith of the Regt. commanded by Col. Brown in the line for 8 months private.
do to same May 10. 1839.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Febru- ary, 1839 and sent to Hon. G. A. Briggs, H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 - $66.65 Semi-annual allowance ending 4.4.39 - 13.33
$79.98
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk. Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 15