Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7507, for Benjamin Shaw, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Shaw, Benjamin
S. 7507
CONTENTS
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Benjamin Shaw of Washington Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Francis of the reg t commanded by Col Mansfield in the Mass. Militia time for 19 mo. 5 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 72 Dollars 72 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Feb- ruary 1838 and sent to Hon C. Morris. H. R.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1837 $472.68 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 mo 38 36.36
$509.04
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk, Book E. 2 Vol. 8 Page 52

17,171.
Benjamin Shaw, of Washington County, Ohio.
Re bun 12. 14.
book on Kip role admitted
Pr 14 days one 2da 46.88 Prf 5 mo. 3 da 1 25.83  Total 13 bunts 5 pr $ 72.72
Service
on roll vol 12 page 118 2 days.
on roll page 8 mo vol 16 page 87 also on a puncto.
on roll vol 22 page 87 as a puncto Capt James Puncto on roll vol 3 page 76 inst. 8.0 from 29 July 1778 to Dec 31 1778 5 mo 3 days Marietta.
Geo Dunlevy, Clk., Wash ington County, Ohio.

BRIEF in the case of Benjamin Shaw  County of Washington, in the State of Ohio. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A judge.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes.  3. How old is he? 79 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.     Enlisted In 1775. 8. As a pr. Col.  Col. Mansfield,   Enlisted 1776. 6. Second sergeant. Cap. Ebenezer Francis,   " 1778. 6. First sergeant. Major Ezra Putnam,   " 1779. 6. Pr. Cap. Prentiss.   Cap. Putnam,   Cap. Israel Hutchinson,   Lieut. Francis, Ensign   John Law  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Essex County, Massachusetts.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No. 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. R. Turner, Examining Clerk.

State of Ohio, Washington County, to wit, On this fourth day of March, Eighteen hundred & thirty six, personally appeared before the subscriber, Joseph Barker, one of the Associate Judges for the County aforesaid, of Watford Township - State of Ohio & County of Washington aforesaid, aged sixty years & upwards Benjamin Shaw of the State, County & Township aforesaid. Who being first duly sworn, doth on his Oath make the following decla- rations, in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress, passed June the seventh 1832.
He states that in the fall of the Year 1775. he enlisted in the Town of Beverly, in the County of Essex. State of Massachusetts, as a minute Man for six Months in the Company of Capt Israel Hutchinson, Lieut Ebenezer Francis & Ensign John Love. & that the Company met every week for exercise & discipline; On the Morning of Lex- ington Battle, an express arrived & informed them that the British had in a division for that place, that the Company were ordered to march & immediately started & met the British in the Town of Nottoway, & that discharged twenty five or six rounds of Cartridges at the enemy, & followed them down to Charlestown Neck, & the next day returned home but he had no Opportunity of acquaintance with any Officers of the Troops who accompanied in following the British. Nor does he know what officer had the General Command - that he served his six months as a minute Man - and 2 nd that about the first of May 1775. he enlisted for eight months in the Company of Capt Ebenezer Francis. our Major was Ezer Putnam, of Colo. Mansfield's Regiment - in the Massachusetts Line - I enlisted, rendezvoused & mustered in Beverly, aforesaid - from there I was marched to Cambridge near Boston - & was employed in that nei- ghborhood until the fourth part of January following. when I was dismissed - before we march d from Danvers. I was chosen fourth Sergeant of Capt. Francis Company, & did the duty of fourth Sergeant. through this eight Months term for which I enlisted.

That as he believes the principle part of his Regiment lay under Cobble Hill in line of Bunker Hill Battle and it was said Col o Mansfield would not order them to assist in the Battle. That John Lane was Captain in the Reg t Lisco was Brigade Major as he thinks in Gen l Sullivan Brigade — and that their Reg t was lying on Winter Hill, when Gen l Washington took Command — 3 rd That he enlisted in Town of Beverly, County & State aforesaid, for six months, as second Sergeant in in Capt e Prittip's Compy y — Lieut l Col o Carlton — Col o Brewer's Regiment — that his Compy y — Rendezvoused in said Beverly, & were marched immediately for Tyngsboro' where their Compy y joined their Reg t & were under the Com- mand of Gen l Schuyler, — that their Reg t was stationed near some mills near the outlet of Lake George where they were employed in the neighborhood, until December — he enlisted in this Town about the first of June, 1776 was discharged in December following, & went home — this 3 rd term was in seventeen hundred & seventy six — 4 th — That in the year 1778 — I enlisted about the first of June under Capt e Putnam of Danvers, as first Sergeant of his Compy y for six months — his Lieut l & ensign lived in Ipswich as he thinks, but his memory is so far decayed that he does not recollect particular — he thinks the Major's Name was Forster & the Adjutant the same, that his Company rendez- voused at Danvers, & from there marched to Rhode Island, where they joined the Reg t — under Command of Col o Wade — & Gen l Sullivan's Brigade — that his Reg t was sta- tioned about half way down the Island, until the day before the Battle on Rhode Island — when they were marched up on the Island, to near the head, to a garrison, & the next day the Battle was fought, which continued nearly all the day — at night they came off the Island & went round by Water to Greenwich — where he remained until the fore part of December when he was discharged. — And I do further state that I have no documentary evi- dence, and that I know of no person now alive whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my serving.
Geo. Dunlevy, Clerk.

I further state, that the Reverend Isaac Lindley, the Clergyman of our Parish, is now on a visit to Cincinnati & his Affidavit cannot be obtained, but I will mention the Names of Allin Duvol, who has been my Neighbor - forty Years, & Capt. Nathaniel Dodge of Marietta formerly my Neighbor, both Citizens, of the County aforesaid who can testify as to my Cha- racter for Truth & Veracity, & their belief of my services as a Revolutionary Soldier. — I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the present, & declare that my Name is not on the Pension Roll, of the Agency of any State.
Interrogatories — 1 st Where & in what Year were you born Ans r In Beverly, in the County of Essex, State of Massachusetts — the 19 th of October 1753 — 2 nd Have you any record of your age Ans r I have an one leaf of my Bible —
3 rd Where were you living when called into service Ans r In Beverly above mentioned, & since the Revolutionary War, I continued to reside in said Beverly, until the Year 1787 — when I came to the State of Ohio, (which now is) with the first party that came to this place, with Gen l Rufus Putnam, Agent for the Ohio Company & who Commenced the first settlement of the State at Marietta since that time. I have resided in the Neighborhood, & in Washington County to this time —
4 th How were you called into service — Ans r by Voluntary Instrument, — 5 th State the names of some of the Regimen- tal Officers, who were with the Troops where you served Ans r I must refer to the above declaration, not recollecting any others —
6 th did you ever receive a discharge from service Ans r I never received a discharge, but was always discharged by word of mouth — Sworn to and sub- scribed, the day & year aforesaid Benjamin Shaw Sworn to & subscribed before the undersigned one of the Associate Judges of the County & State aforesaid

Personally appeared before the undersigned, one of the Associate Judges, as within stated - Benjamin Shaw, the within declarant - & deponeth & saith, that by reason of Old Age, & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot mean precisely as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below. & in the grades here set forth - Namely, 1 st in 1774.5 - he served six months as a minute Man - 2 nd in 1775 - six months as fourth Sergeant - 3 rd in 1776 - six months as second Sergeant - 4 th in 1778 - six months as first Sergeant - And I the said Joseph Barker Associate Judge aforesaid do certify that Benjamin Shaw, who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration is aged and infirm, deafened & nearly blind, and unable to appear in Open Court, to make his declaration.
Joseph Barker Associate Judge of Washington County State of Ohio We Nathaniel Dodge and Albin Dovel citizens of & residing in said County & State aforesaid, do certify that we reside in the neighbourhood and are acquainted with Benjamin Shaw, who has sworn & subscribed the above declaration & that we believe him to be eighty two years of age, & that he has been reputed & believed in the neighbourhood, where he & we reside, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion, sworn to & subscribed, in Open Court, at Marietta in the County of Washington, State of Ohio in Seven time March the 8 th 1836. Nathl. Dodge Albin Dovel Attest Geo. Sutherland Clerk
And I the said Joseph Barker, Associate Judge as above do hereby declare, after investigating the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories, prescribed by the War department in my opinion, that the above named Benjamin Shaw eighty two years of age, & that he was a Revolutionary served as he states - Joseph Barker

The State of Ohio Washington County ss
In Court of Common Pleas. March Term A.D. 1836
The foregoing Declaration of Benjamin Shaw a revolutionary soldier, made before the Hon Joseph Barker an associate judge of this court in order to obtain the benefit of an act of congress passed June 7 th 1832 being exhibited in Court Whereupon Nathaniel Dodge & Allen Devol subscribed and made oath as to their belief of the age of the said applicant and the reputation in his neighborhood of his having been a soldier of the Revolution and of their concurrence in that opinion And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the said Benjamin Shaw was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that Nathaniel Dodge & Allen Devol who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Washington and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Geo Dunlevy Clerk
The State of Ohio Washington County ss I George Dunlevy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge & Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Shaw for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of March Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred thirty six
Geo Dunlevy Clerk

Rev. Mass
7507
INVALID.
File No. 7507
Benjamin Shaw
Sergt Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 108 , Page 339
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Suspended let 5 th Mar 36 G. Dunlevy, let 17 Feb 1838 R. C. Morris.

Thom B. C. Morris on Feb 17. 1835

House of Rep s Feb y 16 th 1838
Dear Sir
I will thank you to inform me whether the Declaration alluded to in the letter of Mr Shaw (herewith enclosed) was ever placed on file in your office
Very respectfully Your att Servt Calvary Morris
Hon J. L. Edwards Pension Agent

Mar 21.
Ohio
FREE
25 fols 1829 25 cts
33.67 Payne's Station Washington City Ohio
J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City