Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17115, for Michael Mc Clary, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
McClary, Michael Sarah
Q17115—
CONTENTS

Concord, N.H. 582
Sarah M c Clary widow of Michael M c Clary
who died on the 2 nd March 1824 of Keene Co. in the State of N. Hampshire who was a Captain in the command by Captain of the Regt. command by Col. Stark in the line for 2 years N.H.
Inserted in the Roll of Concord at the rate of 1,180 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March 1837 and due to Mrs. H. Pierce, J. M c Clary
Arrears to the 4th of March '37 2880.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep. " 240.00
$3120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Recorded by W. Brown Clerk Book Vol. 1 Page 31

761. B. Dec. Sarah M c Clary widow of Michael N.H.
Credited on Scammons regt. as Capt 1 year in 77. £144 96 8 mo 78.  £240
discharged left the service 1 Sept. 78 married 1 Oct 78.
On considering the point presented by the amount of pension, I think she can ought to be allowed P. B. B. Wm. F. Pierce March 11. 1837.

North Hampton. N. H. Oct. 20 th 1836
I Jonathan French of North Hampton, County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire, depose & say that I am Pastor of the Church in this town, & that the Records of Marriages, solemnized by my predecessors in the ministry in this place, commencing in the year 1767, are in my possession, & that I find therein, in the hand writing of the Rev. David Macclure, Pastor of this Church at the time the record was made, the following record, under the head of "Marriages p r D t Macclure" viz,
1778.
Oct r 1. Michael M c Clary of Epsom & Sally Dearborn of North Hampton."
Jonathan French. Pastor of the Church in North Hampton. N. H.
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss.
October 20 th 1836
Then personally appeared before me Nathan Batchelder a justice of the Peace in said County aforesaid, the above named Jonathan French and made Oath to the above declaration signed by him in my Presence
Nathan Batchelder, justice of the Peace

I certify that the Deponent is a credible person and that full credit is to be given to his Deposition
Nathaniel Batchelder, Justice of the Peace
Stephen C. Dyer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Mendocino and the State of California Here do hereby certify that Nathaniel Batchelder is a Justice of the Peace as above & before stated and that the signatures above & before written pur- porting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and hereunto affix- ed the seal of said Court this thirty first day of November Anno Domini 1836
S. C. Dyer Clerk as aforesaid

I Dan Woodman aged eighty eight years. Depose and say that I well knew Michael M c Clary late of Ep- son in the State of New Hampshire that when I joined the Army under General Gates at Bemis Heights in the month of June 1777. Said M c Clary was with the Army and then in the New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Lieut Col. Adams. That I know that said M c Clary continued in the Army at part of the time as Captain until the winter of 1777 when I  when I Danbury in the State of Connecticut. That in the fall of 1778 said M c Clary went home on furlough and returned to Danbury the last of the Winter or Spring of 1779. That I believe he continued in the Service until the Summer of 1779 but am not very distinct in my recollection of the time when he left the Service
Noting the above Dan X Woodman his mark
State of New Hampshire Rockingham County ss. On the fifth day of November A.D. 1836 personally appeared the above named Dan Wood- man known to me and believed to be entitled to full faith and credit and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me. J. Chadwick Justice Peace
State of New Hampshire Rockingham County ss. I Petedoh a clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham afore said do hereby certify that J. Chadwick above named is a Magistrate as above stated & that his signature is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 5th day of November A.D. 1836
J. Chadwick clerk of said Court

State of New Hampshire
Merri-mack ss.
On this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty six personally appeared before Aaron Whittmore Esquire one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Merri-mack in the State of New Hampshire Sarah M c Clary a resident of Epsom in said County of Merri-mack and State of New Hampshire aged Eighty one 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 th A D 1836 That she is the widow of M c Clary late of Epsom aforesaid Esquire who was a Captain in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary war. That soon after the battle of Lexington in the year 1775 her said husband, as she has always been informed raised a number of men and marched to Boston and was in the battle on Bunker-hill where his

Until Mayor Andrew O'Blary was killed - On the first day of January A.D. 1776 her said husband was appointed first Lieutenant in the fifth Regiment of foot commanded by Colonel John Stark as appears by the commission herewith transmitted and was afterwards, but at what time is to her unknown his commission not being in her possession appointed a Captain - That her said husband continued in the service as a Captain un- til the spring or first of the summer in the year 1779 when he resigned in consequence of ill health. but with fixed determination of returning to the service should his health be restored - His health had been declining for some time and for three or four months previous to our marriage he was at home on furlough and after the army went into winter quarters in the winter of 1779 was at home a considerable part of the time his health still con- tinuing to decline. That her said husband during his service as aforesaid was at the Capture of Burgoyne and in most of the battles as she believes which

were fought in the Northern and middle States during the time of his service but she has in her possession no other documentary evidence than his commission of first Lieutenant as above stated. She further says that she knows the time her said husband resigned and left the service as aforesaid because after her marriage and previous to his leaving the service she resided with her father in North Hampton and immediately after her husband informed her he had resigned she prepared to remove and did remove to said Epsom the place of his residence on the fourteenth day of July A.D. 1879 and of the time of her removal as aforesaid she has a record made at the time - She further says that she was married to the said Mich l O'Clary at North Hampton in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire by the Rev d David Maclean then Pastor of the Church in said North Hampton in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight a copy of whose record is here with transmitted and is in the following words: 1878 Oct 1. Mich l O'Clary of Epsom and Sally

Dearborn of North Hampton and that she is the person called Sall. Dearborn in said Record - and that her husband the aforesaid Nick M c Clary died on the twenty seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty four and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed -
Sarah M c Clary
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss On the fifteenth day of November A.D. 1836 personally appeared the above named Sarah M c Clary known to me and believed to be entitled to full faith and credit and by reason of bodily infirmity unable to attend the Court before me Aaron Whitemore Esquire one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Merrimack aforesaid and made solemn oath that the above declaration by her subscribed is true -
Aaron Whitemore

I Josiah Sanborn of Epsom in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire Esquire aged seventy three years before and say that I resided in Epsom aforesaid during the revo- lutionary war and at that time was and ever since have been well acquainted with the late Genl M ch McClary of Epsom aforesaid, That soon after the battle of Lexington the said McClary went to Boston as an Ensign and was as I always understood in the battle on Bunker-Hill and continued through that campaign which was I think seven months and then I think engaged and enlisted men for one year and at the expiration of that year he came and enlisted men for three years or during the war - Said McClary, as I always understood from him and others was with the army in the expedition to Canada, was at the Capture of Burgoyne in the year 1777 that he after- wards joined Genl Washingtons army and was in the battle of Monmouth in the year 1778 and re- mained in the service until the army under Genl Sullivan was detached against the Indians When he returned home sick and was supposed by all his friends to be in a consumption and he left the service. At the time said McClary left

the service he was a Captain.
I further say that I am well acquainted with Sarah Wblary widow of the said Wblary, that he died about twelve or thirteen years ago and his widow the said Sarah Wblary has never since married — Joseph Sanborn
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. On the fifteenth day of November A D 1836 personally appeared before me Aaron Whitemore Esquire one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mer- rimack aforesaid the above named Joseph Sanborn known to me and believed to be in- titled to full faith and credit and made sol- emn oath that the above affidavit by him sub- scribed is true. Aaron Whitemore
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss.
I further do hereby certify that Aaron Whitemore is an associate Justice

of the Court of Common Pleas of said Dist- ing a Court of record, and that the signatures affixed to the declaration of Sally McClay in affidavit of Daniel Sanborn purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and have affix- ed the seal of said Court this thir- teenth day of November Anno Domini 1836
H. C. Badger Clerk as aforesaid

March 10, 1937
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Mr. L. Garrett Myers 80 North Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah
Michael McClary, W. 7115 BA-J/MCS
Dear Sir:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 17115, based upon the military service of Michael McClary.
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He entered the service in the spring of 1775, place not stated, and served seven months as ensign of New Hampshire troops and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He was commissioned first lieutenant in Colonel John Stark's 5th New Hampshire Regiment of Foot January 1, 1776. He was promoted to captain and served until the spring or summer of 1779; he was at the capture of Burgoyne and in the battle of Monmouth.
While on a furlough he married October 1, 1778, Sally Dearborn of North Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He was then living in Epsom, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
Michael McClary died March 27, 1824.
His widow, Sally or Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed November 15, 1836, at which time she was eighty-one years of age and was a resident of Epsom, New Hampshire.
There are no further data relative to the family of Michael McClary.
In 1836 this soldier was referred to as the late General Michael McClary but no explanation was given of the rank of general.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1921. Sept. 19. hist. to Mrs. J. W. Smith See letter in case of Jas. Hudson S. 37621. UEL 1935, Aug 22 - Horace Morrison acc. cost of photo of m. MVS 1935 - Sept. 24 Photo to Horace Morrison MVS. 1937 Mar. 10 hist. to Mrs. L. Garrett Myers. MVS.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19113  Widow of Michael Morrison Capt. Ben War
Act: July 4th 1930
Index: - Vol. M , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, to Michael McCloskey Esquire Gentleman
WE reposing especial trust in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be First Lieutenant
in the 5 th Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel John Manners in the army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every
hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as First Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Albert Chatham Esquire January 1776
By Order of the Congress,
John Hancock President

Concord Agency
$480 per am
Hon. F. Pierce at Mr. Pitman's

COPY
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss.
On this fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six personally appeared before Whitemore Esquire one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Merrimack in the State of New Hampshire Sarah McClary a resident of Epsom in said County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire aged Eighty one 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 4th A.D. 1836 that she is the widow of Michl McClary late of Epsom aforesaid Esquire who was a Captain in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war. Soon after the battle of Lexington in the year 1775, her said husband, as she has always been informed, raised a number of men and marched to Boston and was in the battle on Bunker-Hill, where his Uncle Major Andrew McClary was killed.
On the first day of January A.D. 1776 her said husband was appointed first Lieutenant in the 5 Regiment of foot commanded by Colonel John Starks, as appears by the commission herewith transmitted, and was afterwards appointed a Captain, but at what time is to me unknown his commission not being in my possession.
That her said husband continued in the service as a Captain until the spring or the first of the summer in the year 1779 when he resigned in consequence of ill health, but with the settled determination of returning to the service should his health be restored. That her said husband during his service as aforesaid was at the Capture of Burgoyne and his army and in most of the battles, as she believes, which were fought in the Northern and middle States during the time of his service, but she has in her possession no other documentary evidence than his commission as first Lieutenant as above stated. She further says that she knows the time her said husband resigned and left the service as aforesaid because previous to his resignation and after her marriage she resided with her father in North Hampton and immediately after her husband informed her he had resigned she prepared to remove and did remove to Epsom the place of his residence on the fourteenth day of July A.D. 1779 and of the time of her removal as aforesaid she has a record made at the time. She further says that she was Married to the said Mich l McClary at North Hampton in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire by the Rev d David Mauliere, then Pastor of the Church in said North Hampton in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy Eight, a copy of whose record duly authenticated and herewith transmitted, is in the following words "1778 Oct o 1. Mich l McClary of Epsom and Sally Dearborn of North-Hampton and that she is the person called Sally Dearborn in said Record and that her husband the aforesaid Mich l McClary died on the twenty seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty four and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.

September 25, 1935.
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Mr. Horace Morison 148 State Street Boston, Massachusetts
BA-J/MMHF/ady Michael McClary W.17115
Dear Sir:
You are furnished under separate cover, photostatic copy of the commission of Michael McClary, which is on file in the Veterans Administration in Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.17115, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

BA-J/ady
Rev 1812 Nr. 278. September 18, 1935.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
Navy 970
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Rev. War claim for pension of Michael McClary, File No. W.17115.
Actual 2
1 copy for official use.
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25¢.....1 page
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Kindly leave margin of 1½ in. at top of each page and return papers in folder with corresponding name and number.
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

August 22, 1935.
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Mr. Horace Morison 148 State Street Boston, Massachusetts
BA-J/MNHF/ady Michael McClary W.17115
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of August 8, in which you request photostatic copy of the commission of Michael McClary as Lieutenant in Colonel John Stark's Fifth Regiment of Foot.
The commission referred to above is on file in the Veterans Administration in claim for pension, W.17115, made by Sarah or Sally Dearborn McClary based upon service of her husband Michael McClary in the Revolutionary War.
Photostatic copy of this commission may be obtained for twenty-five cents.
This is a very old document and frail. If you should desire more than one copy, please state the number desired, to avoid future handling of the commission, and make additional remittance.
Please make remittance by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 9, 1937.
Mr. L. Garrett Myers 80 North Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah.
BA-J/ILL Michael McClary W. 17115
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of George Wallace who, you state, received a pension, John Wallace, who is reported to have been killed in the battle of Bunker Hill, Ebenezer Wallace, all of New Hampshire, and the record of General Michael McClary.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the George Wallace, John Wallace or Ebenezer Wallace described by you, nor for service of Michael McClary who is shown as a General. You are requested to furnish any information you may have regarding the pension of George Wallace, particularly the list upon which you found him recorded as a pensioner and his residence at that time. The record of only Michael McClary that has been found is furnished you herewith, from pension claim, W. 17115.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
1938 Feb. 4 - See further correspondence regarding George Wallace in Mis-Corr. file - by E.E.R. JRF

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
W.L.
September 19, 1927
Mrs. J. W. Gerrity 10 Church St. Newton, Mass.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 17115, it appears that Michael McClary entered the service in the spring of 1775 and served seven months as Ensign of New Hampshire troops and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He was commissioned First Lieutenant in Colonel John Stark's 5th New Hampshire Regiment of Foot January 1, 1776. He was promoted to Captain and served until the spring or summer of 1779; he was at the capture of Burgoyne and the battle of Monmouth.
While on a furlough he married October 1, 1778, Sally Dearborn of North Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He was then living in Epsom, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
He died March 27, 1824.
His widow, Sally or Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed November 15, 1836, at which time she was eighty-one years of age and was a resident of Epsom, New Hampshire.
There are no data on file relative to children.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner
State Papers J. H. Page 7. 17115 paid to Sept 1778 Heilman good relation Sept 1778 but statement and claim sick furlough very close as mentioned for service up to summer of 1779

Rev. + 1812 War
SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 148 STATE STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
BA-J/MMHF/ady Michael McClary W.17115
August 26, 1935
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
8586
Attention of Mr. A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
I wish to thank you for your letter of August 22, 1935, in which you inform me that the commission of Michael McClary as Lieutenant in Colonel John Stark's Fifth Regiment of Foot is on file in the Veterans Administration in claim for pension No. W.17115 made by Sarah, or Sally, Dearborn McClary.
In accordance with your letter, I beg to enclose Money Order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States for twenty-five cents in payment of one photostatic copy of this commission.
Yours very truly,
Horace Morrison
Enclosure
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HORACE MORISON 148 STATE STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
August 8, 1935
Veterans Administration, Division of Revolutionary Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
I am enclosing a copy of an affidavit which recently came into my hands relating to the war service and application for pension of Mrs. Sarah Dearborn McClary (Mrs. Michael McClary). In connection with the original application, I should like to learn whether the commission to which the affidavit refers, namely, that of Michael McClary as Lieutenant in the 5th regiment of foot commanded by Colonel John Stark, is still in existence in the files of your office and if so, if it might be possible to have a photostat of said commission, of which I should be happy to pay the cost.
I am a great-great-grandson of Captain Michael McClary, and as such represent him in the Society of the Cincinnati.
Yours faithfully,
Horace Morison
Enclosure
6 1/2 Ans

THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
JOSEPH F. SMITH MEMORIAL BUILDING 80 NORTH MAIN STREET SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
February 18, 1937
The Veteran's Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
In behalf of our patron, Gilbert Wallace, we are seeking information concerning his 2nd-great-grandfather, George Wallace and the two brothers of George Wallace, all three of whom served with the New Hampshire troops in the American Revolution.
According to the record of our patron's grandfather, George Wallace and his two brothers, John and Ebenezer Wallace served in the war. John Wallace is reported to have been killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, where Major Andrew McClary, uncle to the three Wallace boys, also lost his life. George and Ebenezer Wallace served through the war and survived it, and George is known to have received a pension for his services. This Wallace family, following the days of the Revolution, are known to have resided in the vicinity of Deerfield, Epsom and Rye, New Hampshire. It is likely that they enlisted in this vicinity.
Will you please search your records and send us a copy of the enlistment and service record of George, Ebenezer and John Wallace, and also the pension record of the first two named.
General Michael McClaray who served through the War and who was a brother to Major Andrew McClaray, was a full brother to the mother of the three Wallace brothers. Will you please send the service and pension record of General Michael McClary.
We thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH Research Department
L. Garrett Myers L. Garrett Myers, Supt.
GB Y

S. C.
McClary, Robert.
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See case of the above-named soldier's widow, Mary, who was pensioned as the widow of her last husband, Robert Hawthorn, S. C. W. 23326