Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33050, for Aaron Mason, Rhode Island

SERVICE
Mason, Aaron
NUMBER
R.I.
S 33050
CONTENTS

17.9.38
Massachusetts
Aaron Mason
born in the State of Massch ts who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Varnum of the R. Island line, for the term of 1 year.
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 30 of Sept r 1820 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Nov r 1820 and sent to Ab m Biglow, Esq r Cambridge, Mass:
portion of semi-annual all ce ending 4 Mar ch 1820 - 41.29 5 mos. \frac{1}{30} \frac{4}{31} D. 41.29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } 21 May 1820 -
Middlesex Co. -

15 Aaron Mason
Col. Varnum's R. Island Regt 1776 1 year - 30 Sept. 1020
Admitted
Abn Biglow Cambridge Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of September A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
Woburn
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Aaron Mason  county of resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of dollars per month, to commence on the day of one thousand eight hundred and
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this day of one thousand eight hundred and
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, nothing but the clothes he has on.
I hereby certify that I am now in my sixty seventh year of age - that I enlisted in the Continental Army in Captain Joshua Reed's Company in the year 1776 and served during that year in said Company in Col. James M. Varnum's Regiment and Gen. Green's Brigade principally in the States of New York Rhode Island and New York - That by reason of violent colds and fevers occasioned by exposure and fatigue in said army and service my constitution was broken my health has never been good since I left the service - and have nearly lost the use of my left leg and arm by reason of colds and fevers taken as before mentioned and having settled in them

at that time so that I could not perform labour sufficient to support myself but have at times been assisted by the charity of friends and the town - and for several years past have been wholly supported by the town of Woburn county of Middlesex Massachusetts in which town I now live and in which I have a legal settlement.
I applied for a pension under the late law of the U. States in the Spring of 1818 but have not received a certificate not having then sufficient proof.
Aaron Mason.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm. Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Aaron Mason do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me God.
Aaron Mason
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. Sept. Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Aaron Mason took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Wm. Wetmore , Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
nothing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 30th day of Sept. 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

33050 Reo y INVALID  Qu...
File No. 33,050
Aaron Mason
Dis Rev War
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Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 972
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

Draft of Joshua Ward respecting Aaron Mason

I Lewis Bruce of Lynn in the county of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify & declare that I enlisted into the company commanded by Capt. Joshua Read in Col. James M c Namara's regiment, in Genl. Greene's Brigade, in the continental service, the beginning of January 1776 & served in said regiment till January 1777. And that Aaron Mason some time before had enlisted, as a private soldier in said company & that he, said Mason, served in said company thro' the whole year 1776 - when said Mason was discharged, with all the company, who did not reenlist.
Lewis Bruce
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. July 28 th 1820. Personally appeared Lewis Bruce, above named, & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed;
Before me, James Gardner, Just. Peace.
I, the aforesaid Justice further certify, that the said Lewis Bruce is a credible witness, that his testimony is indubitable.
James Gardner J. Peace

Epsom; July. 29. 1820
I certify that James Gardner Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County qualified to admin- ister Oaths, and that his written signature is genuine.
A. H. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Ind. Courts for said County.

John Wade, Jonathan Tidd junr, and Marshall Howle, testify and say, that they are the Selectmen, and Overseers of the poor in the town of Walum, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, and that Aaron Mason of said town is now, and has for several years last past been supported by that town as a pauper, and he neither owns nor possesses any property to our knowledge, except the clothes he wears.
John Wade
Jonathan Tidd junr
Marshall Howle
Middlesex ss. Walum 5 October November 1820.
Then the above named John Wade, Jonathan Tidd junr & Marshall Howle personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by them subscribed
Before me William Richardson Justice of the peace
I the above said justice further certify that the said John Wade, Jonathan Tidd junr and Marshall Howle, are credible witnesses & their testimony reliable.
William Richardson Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the judicial courts in the county of Middlesex, do certify that Wyman Richardson is a justice of the peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and his name set to the within certificate, is his own proper signature. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this 13 th of October 1820. —
Abraham Biglow
Exh. 1 st of H. Hale, J. Smith Esq. A.M. French

Joshua Reed of Woburn in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Testifies and says that he served, as a drummer, in the Revolutionary war in the company commanded by Captain Joshua Reed, in the Regiment, commanded by Col. James M. Varnum & in General Green's Brigade, in the State of Rhode Island & on Long Island, during the year seventeen hundred and 1776 - seventy six - and that Aaron Mason of Woburn aforesaid, enlisted into the same company with himself, and served in said Capt. Reed's Company, during the whole year aforesaid. ————— Joshua Reed
Middlesex, Woburn, 19 th August 1820 -
Personally appeared Joshua Reed, above- named, & made oath to the truth of the forego- ing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me, Wymam Richardson } Justice of the Peace
& the aforesaid justice further certify that the said Joshua Reed is a credible witness & his testimony entitled to credit.
Wymam Richardson } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mississippi. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the judicial Courts in the County of Middlesex, do certify that Wyman Richardson is a Justice of the peace, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and his name set to the within certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this 13 th Oct r 1820.
Abraham Biglow.
Sept r 1 st 1820 Abraham Biglow Myselfing Aaron Shaw