Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15060, for Jabez Marble, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Marble, Jabez Mary
W 15060
CONTENTS

2901
Massachusetts. Jerry Noble, deceased. of Worcester (in the State of Massachusetts.
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Brattle of the Reg't: commanded by Col: Shaw — in the Massachusetts line for 9 months & 23 days — Increased from $25 per annum, Inscribed on the Roll of Boston,
at the rate of 32 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 23 d December, 1843, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the _____ day of August 1845 and sent to Elijah Clark, Brighton, Mass'ts
Arrears to the 4th of _____ Semi-annual allowance ending _____
Residual which has been paid to her for her widow's pension { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Chas. Stewart Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 55.

6453
Massachusetts
Mary Marble, widow of Jabez Marble, who was a Private Mass. in the Rhode Island line.
Increased from $25 per ann.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32 Dollars 55
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 23 d of December, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of August, 1845 and sent to Elijah Clarke
Brighton,
Massachusetts
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
17 June, 1844.
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2 Page 371. —
28 th August, 1845 —
Rept. by letter to agt v
April 7 th 1885
Copy of data - furnished to Ezra S Stearne of Ashburnham Mass - for historical use.
Copy inside

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this sixteenth day of October , in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two - personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. Nathl Daine, Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting , Jabez Marble , a resident of Ashburnham , in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven years, who being first 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 he was born Sept 15, 1755, in Stow, County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth aforesaid, as appears by Record of said town. He removed thence to Ashburnham about 1789, has resided there ever since. That he performed four terms of service in the army of the Revolution. First. That in the Fall after the British left Boston, he went to Roxbury & took the place of his brother as a private soldier in the company of Capt. Caleb Brooks, Lieut. Caleb Moulton, Regt of Col. Benj. Dike, & served faithfully a term of five months in that town & Boston. He was verbally dismissed on the first of March, 1777. After diligent inquiry, he is unable to furnish any evidence of this service. Second. That in May of the same year, he enlisted for two months service in the company of Capt. John Gleason, Lieut. Joseph Goodenow, Regt of Col. Josiah Whitney, and marched from Stow to Providence, R.I. He was stationed at Providence till seventeen days before his term was out, when he marched to Greenwich for the defence of the State. Two companies went at the same time, Capt. Gleason's & Capt. Hodgins'; after remaining there about a fortnight, he returned to Providence; after remaining there about a fortnight, he was verbally dismissed. He has no evidence with the company, & was then verbally dismissed. He has not been able to furnish any evidence of this term of service, which was well & truly performed. Third. He enlisted at Stow for two months service in the company of Capt. Moses Barnes, of Marlboro', other officers not recollected, in May, 1779; proceeded to Tiverton R.I. by the way of Rehoboth; found Capt. Barnes there, & remained a few days. Thence back to Slade's Ferry, where he faithfully served out the remainder of his term of two months, guarding the ferry-way. The British were then in Rhode Island. He was verbally dismissed there. Fourth. He again enlisted at Stow for three months, in August 1780, under Capt. Moses Brinton, of Sudbury, Lieut. Jabez Brinton, Regt of Col. Howe, of Marlboro'. Went to Rhode Island over Howland's Ferry & was stationed the whole time of three months in Branton's Hill, & was employed in fatigue duty, building a fort. Ezra Moreman, now living in Stow, was in the same company, to whose testimony he refers.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathl Daine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Jabez Marble

We Nathan B Spaulding a Clergyman residing in the town of Ashburnham and Joseph Jewett residing in the town of Ashburnham hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jobz Marble who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before Hopea Stone Just. Peace
Nathan B Spaulding Jos. Jewett
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Nathan B Spaulding who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Ashburnham and that Joseph Jewett Esq who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Ashburnham and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Stone Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Reg d Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jobz Marble for a pension. That Hopea Stone before whom the above affidavit was made is a Justice of the Peace in the said County, and that his signature is genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court day of this 6th day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
Declaration of Jobz Marble
Jobz Marble Declaration 32.72 Heir to Israel the estate described to Geo. G. Parker John Burnham Heirs

6640.
John ... 1840
John ... 1840

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex Town of Stow.
Is: Jacob Marble and Mary Satter both of Stow were married November twenty ninth seventeen hundred and eighty by Rev: Jonathan Newell of Stow.
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of said town of Stow with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows Nov. 29 - 1780 November twenty ninth seventeen hundred and eighty.
Joel Walcott } Town Clerk I Joel Walcott above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town aforesaid and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
Joel Walcott } Clerk of the town of Stow
Middlesex ss July 8 th 1844
Then personally appeared the above named Joel Walcott and made oath that the above extract of Record is true
Before me
Charles Tower } Justice of the Peace

Sent by Elijah Black Asst. for Pennsylvanians
not settled under joint order dec. 2nd. October 3, 1844
Mr. Pennycuick
Res. Jan 23 rd 1845.
Res. March 6 / 45.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss.
On this twenty fourth day of January eighteen hundred and forty five. Personally appeared before me. Phebe Townsend a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Worcester. Mary Marble a resident of Hahbarnham in said county, being eighty three years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension which she claims from the fourth of March 1836. to the fourth of March A D 1841. also from the fourth of March 1843. to the twenty-third day of December 1843. from which period her pension has been already allowed under the act of July seventh 1838. and the act of March third 1843. and the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Joby Marble, who was a private in the Revolutionary War. that her pension is allowed at the rate of twenty five dollars per annum and payable at the agency at Boston in the State of Massachusetts. and further she saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before Me. Mary Marble her mark Phebe Townsend Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss. Attestahan January 24. 1845 I hereby certify that Mary Marble who has subscribed the above by making her mark is personally to me to be the widow of Joby Marble a deceased revolutionary pensioner of the United States - Phebe Townsend Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January 27. 1835
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Reuben Townsend was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Washington August 28, 1931
Mrs. Charles S. Passmore 717 West Granite Street Butte, Montana
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 15060, that Jabez Marble was born September 15, 1755, in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
While living in said Stow, he enlisted in the fall, or December 1, 1776, at Roxbury, Massachusetts, as a substitute for his brother Oliver, and served until March 1, 1777, as a private in Captain Caleb Brooks' company, Colonel Dike's regiment. He enlisted in May, 1777, and served two months and eight days as a private in Captain John Gleason's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment. He enlisted at Stow, Massachusetts, in May, 1779, and served two months as private in Captain Moses Barns' company, Lieutenant Colonel Perce's regiment. He enlisted again at Stow, Massachusetts, the last of July or first of August, 1780, and served three months and eight days in Captain Brintnal's company, Colonel Cyprian How's regiment.
He moved to Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in 1789, and was living there when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832.
He died December 23, 1843, in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.
Soldier married November 29, 1780, Mary Salter; they were both of Stow, Massachusetts.
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 17, 1844, at which time she was living in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, aged eighty-two years.

In 1844 Joel Marble, a son of Jabez and Mary Marble, was residing in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

U. S. Pension Office.
Jabez Marble - of Ash- burnham - Oct. 16 th 1832 - aged 77 - Alleges that he was born in Stow Sept. 15 th 1755 - & removed to Ashburnham in 1789 - never after resided there -
Says - In the Fall after the British left Boston, he went to Roxbury & wrote the place of his birth as a private soldier in Capt. Caleb Brooks Co. of Col. Benj. Dyer's Regt. & served a term of 8 months at Boston & was honorably discharged on the 1 st of Dec. 1777 -
In May 1778 he enlisted for his number in Capt. John Gleason's Co. - marched from Stow to Providence, where he was stationed until about 17 days before his time was out, when Lieut. Col. & Capt. Hodgman, marched to Greenwich for the defence of the Coast - remained there about two weeks & then re- turned to Providence & was discharged -
Again he enlisted in May 1779. at Stow, for 2 mos. in Capt. Moses Barnes Co. of Starbuck's Regt. - proceeded to Swanton, by way of Rehoboth - found Capt. Barnes there - remained a few days & then went to Stock's Ferry where he served the remainder

Dylan Levin guarding the ferry-way -
Again - Enlisted at Slough in Aug 1780 in Co. of Capt. Moses Brinslow of Sudbury. Col. Howe's Regt. Went to Rhode Island Duer, Howlands (?) Ferry - I was stationed the entire time - at Bulls Hill - I was employed in fatigue duty - building a fort -
In a subsequent statement explaining his service as Sub. Sergeant for his brother - he says that his brother's name was Oliver Marble - they were twins - & that about two months prior to the end of Oliver's term of service he became sick - & offered to take the place of said Oliver for the balance of the term, and always answered to his brother Oliver's name when it was called - In this statement the person gives the term of enlistment of his brother as 3 mos. instead of 5 mos.
Ezra Hosman testifies that he served with the person in Capt. Brinslow's (?) Co. from July or Aug. 1780 -

✓ U. S. Pension Office.
The records of this Scty Office of Mass - show service of Gales Marble, in his own name , in Capt. Calib Brooks Co. of Col. Dike's Regt. from Dec. 1 st 1776 to the last of Feby 1777 -
Also in Capt Moses Barnes Co. of Col. Pierce's Regt. from May 24 th 1779 for one month + 7 days. Also in Capt. Stearns Battalions Co. of Col. Morris Regt. from July 28 th to Nov. 1 st 1780 -
He died Dec. 23 rd 1843 - His widow, Mary Marble, how she married (see sup) Nov. 29 th 1780 - was residing in Oct. 1844 at Ash- burnham - aged 82

Massachusetts Jabez Marble 23 3/4 166 refunded let G.G. Parkin 29 Sept 1834 " 15 Decr 1835 " 11 March 1835 7nd 15 deg parallel $25

Mary Marble widow of Jabez Marble
Private
$25 per an
married Nov. 29. 1780 husband died Dec. 23. 1843
act, 43 & 44 } 285
Massachusetts Roll
Ira M. Barton, Worcester, Mass.

Ref.
See letter to Hon W. - mented March 28. 1
6453.
Massachusetts
Mary Marble widow of Jabez Marble who was a Private in the Revolution
Husband died Dec. 23. 1843
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 23 " " December
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of Dec r 1844 and sent to Ira M. Barton Worcester, Mass.
[Act, of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. June 17. 1844 Vol. 2 Page 34.

Massachusetts 29. 890
James Marble
of Worcester in the State of Mass s who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Brinsfield of the Reg t commanded by Col. Hovey in the Mass s time for Militia
7 mo 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 25 Dollars 1 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of April 1835 and sent J. G. Parker Esq, Ashburnham Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 100 Semi-ann. allowance ending 6 Sep 12 50 112.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { dated June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book Z
Vol. 2 Page 54
Clerk,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston October 25 - 1844
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Benjamin F. Thomas was Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester, and Charles Tower was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Pierce Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Wash
Arlington
29 P Street NW Mar 24
Dear Sir
Mar 30
Miss
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Committee of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Asheboro, N.C. - 23 March 1855
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Sir
Mr. John Murchie directs me to say - in reply to your letter of the 11 th inst - that he shall make no further attempt to prove his services in Capt. Gledson's Company in 1757 - He has done all he can in relation to that, & all the rest - He further directs me to request you to forward a Certificate for the 7 1/2 months as proved by Mr. Bangs certificate, now on file in your office -
Respectfully yours St. Smith Geo. G. Paken

Asburnham etc. Jan 7
St. H.
Jan 12 Mass.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Court of Prusians Washington City D.C.

Cochituate, Mass. Jan. 5, 1855
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
I recd a letter in Oct. last from you in relation to the application of Mr. Jacob Marble for a pension, in which you say - "concerning the time that he alleges he served in the company of Capt. Gleason in Col. Whitney's Regt - the roll of which Co. can not be found in the files of the Sec'y of this Commonwealth - "As the Roll of Massachusetts" shows that Col. Whitney's Regt was held in service only till Dec. 1776 & that no such Captain as the one under whom Mr. Marble claims to have served belonged to it unless it shall be shown that another Capt. was after-wards raised, under Col. Whitney, it will be presumed that the reason they found no such roll is found, is because none such ever existed!" I now send a certificate of Mr. Bangs showing that another Capt. was raised under him & at the time when Mr. Marble states that he served under him - He has waited some time in hopes that Mr. M. might find some further evidence of his service but he can not - I hope the above will be deemed satisfactory - As to the time he claims to have served for his brother we can obtain no further evidence - Please to forward me a certificate for that time he has satisfactory proof & oblige you Yours J. L. Edwards
W. H. Parker Geo. G. Parker

I wish to enquire whether a person who receives a pension for less than two years service, under the act of June 1832, can have his pension increased, on furnishing new & satisfactory evidence of further service?
The case is this - Joshua Fletcher, in his application, states that he enlisted for three years in the Cont l Army & after two years half year service, was exempted on grounds of ill health - referred to papers then in your office for the proof - I suppose it appeared by them that he served but 20 mos. as his Cert se is for time - When he applied I supposed the above was sufficient to entitle him to a full pension & did not attempt to prove any other service - but even now do it if it is lawful
G. G. Parker

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George G. Parker Esq. Ashburnham Worcester County Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 2 d 1834-5.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Colonel Josiah Whitney had command of a Regiment at Rhode Island from May 4 th to July 11 th in 1777.
The roll of Capt. Gleason's Company, in Col. Whitney's Regt. is not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Map. Feb 3
Ashburnham Ms Jan 30
Free
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Counsel of Pleas Washington City D.C.

1830 Ashburnham Ms. 29 Jan
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 15 th inst. I can only say that Jacob Mueller has furnished all the evidence of his service in Capt. Gileans company that he can. I am well aware that Mr Bangs last certifi- cate does not prove the service in question, but it certainly goes far to corroborate Mueller's statement. It appears by the certificate that Col. Whitney was in the service at the time & place that Mr. M. states his service under him. It is very possible that Mr. M. is mistaken as to the name of his Capt., or Capt. Gileans company may have been attached to Col. B's Regt. though it did not belong to it, & if so Capt. G's name would not appear. Such cases were not rare in the time of the Revolution. The papers accompanying Mrs. Ward's applica- tion, now on file in your office, will show an instance of the kind. Ward served in a Co. of Mass. Militia commanded by John Gales in a N. Hampshire Regt. commanded by Col. Bellows, & yet Gales name does not appear

in Col. Bellows return. Besides I supposed from a remark in your letter of Sept 30 1842 which I quoted in my last that if it were satisfactorily shown that Col. Whitney was in the service at the time & place stated the 2 men would be allowed - under that expectation Mr. Marble procured the last certif -
It will be noticed I presume that all the evi- dence that Mr. M. has furnished goes to show that he is a man of truth . I verily believe that the old gentleman served one year, but, as I have already said, he has furnished all the evidence in his power - Will you please to send me a Certificate for what he has proved - I oblige you &c,
Geo. G. Parker

6640. Nov 2 o 44
Mar 3 o 1843
Mar 3 o 1843
Cal,
Peru Office
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Washington
D. C.

Concord Oct. 29, 1844
J. L. Edmunds Esq.
Sir
Evidence you will receive the declaration of the widow Mary Noble for a pension under the Act of 3 d March '43 and 7 th June '44. Please let the Certificate be endorsed to you
Yours very Respectfully
Thos. M. Barton

1931-Aug. 28. - I trust to Mrs. Chas. A. Crossmore - mfk
Mass.
Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15060
Mrs. Marble Widow of Joby Marble Pre Civil War
Act: March 2 d 43 - June 17 th 44
Index: - Vol. M , Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.]

GEO. J. CANNON, VICE-PRES. & MGR. ELIAS A. SMITH, VICE-PRES.
HEBER J. GRANT, PRESIDENT.
A. L. MACDONALD, SECRETARY. BERTRAM F. WILLIS, ASST. SECY. EDGAR S. HILLS, TREASURER.
DIRECTORS: HEBER J. GRANT, ELIAS A. SMITH, JOHN F. BENNETT, E. O. HOWARD, LEON SWEET, CHAS. W. NIBLEY, GEORGE J. CANNON, REED SMOOT.
DIRECTORS: EDGAR S. HILLS, THOS. N. TAYLOR, ELIAS S. WOODRUFF, EDWARD L. BURTON, HENRY H. ROLAPP, MARRINER S. ECCLES, LOUIS S. CATES, RICHARD W. MADSEN, ANTHONY W. IVINS.
PASSMORE & CO. AGENTS
717 WEST GRANITE STREET BUTTE, MONT.
Aug 10 - 1931
U. S. Pension Bureau - Washington D.C. -
Dear Sirs -
What do your records show about the Rev. War service of the following:
✓ Jabez Marble b Sept 15, 1755 died Dec 23-1843 at Auburnham Mass - also
✓ Henry Marble, died Sept 23-1841, at Westboro Mass. aged 82 - a pensioner - He mar. 1785 Susan Hardy who d - 1843 - aged 78 -
With this information for a D.A.R. blank Awaiting an early reply I am Yours
Mrs Chas. S. Passmore 717 W Granite St Butte Mont.

Payment to be made at by Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Vol. Page by Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Jabez Marble, deceased,
who was a private, in the Revolutionary war, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $32.55 per ann. commencing on 4th March 1831, under the act of June 7th 1832 and ending on the 23d Dec. 1843, the day of his death; which will be paid upon the production of the proper vouchers to certify his death, his widow, after having deducted the amount already paid  commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually This pension is increased from $25- per annum.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 27th - day of august - one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. -
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

Brighton July. 14. 1845
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the claims of Mrs. Mary Marble of Holbornham, the widow of Jacob Marble decd. for an increase to the amount which he received, and the amount which she now receives.
Very Respectfully Yours,
661 S. St.
Elijah Clarke
Hon. J. L. Peters Commissioner Pensions Washington City, D.C.

Mary Marble Mass.
Act March 43 217. June '44 increase 9 mo. 23 days
31. 55 from
22 Dec. 43 the day of her husband's death. do not what has been paid —
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss , Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that James Warble was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Twenty-five Dollars per annum ; was a resident of the County of Worcester , in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and died in Ashburnham, in said County in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, on the twenty third day of December ; that he left a widow, whose name is Mary Warble , and who is still living, a widow, in said Ashburnham .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester, this ninth day of
July , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
Charles G. Prentiss , Register.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
June 23 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jabez Marble is borne as a private from Stow, upon a Muster roll of Capt. Caleb Brooks comp y> in Col. Nicholas Dikes' reg t , taken for the months of Dec r 1776, and Jan y . and Feb y 1777. — his service commenced Dec r 1 st — being 3 months; — Upon a roll of Capt n John Gleason's Comp y said roll showing the names of the officers and men only — but attached thereto, is the deposition of Micah Balcom of Marlborough, duly sworn to before a qualified magistrate, who certifies that said Balcom is a person of sound mind and in full possession of all his mental faculties; the deponent, whose name is borne upon the roll, states it was an original document given him while in the service, by the clerk of the Comp y ; — that it contained a true list of the names, that the Comp y was in Col. Josiah Whitney's reg t ; — that he, the said deponent, engaged May 1, 1777, and served
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See Secy's certificate

two months and 8 days;—and that the Comp t . was composed of men from Marlborough, Stow, and other towns named, in the County of Middlesex. The name of Jabez Marble is further borne as a private from Stow upon a pay roll of Capt n Moses Barnes' Comp t . in Lt. Col. Pierce's reg t . for service at R.I. from May 24. to July 1. 1779—1 month, 7 days, and 60 miles travel;—and upon a pay roll of Capt n  Thos Brintrall's Comp t . in Col. How's reg t . for service at R.I. (including allowance for travel,) from July 28 to Nov r . 1, 1780—3 months, 8 days—being all the evidence of service of any one of the name shown by the records in this office.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Peasey; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Mary Mable of Ashburham in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Eighty three years of age Depose and say that I have good reason to believe that I do not receive a pension for all the services which my Husband Isaac Mable rendered in the war of the Revolution, and according to the best of my recollection and accounts of the services which he formally stated, my said Husband Isaac Mable rendered several tours of service from the town of Housatonic, County of Litchfield and that he first engaged and rendered two months service in Boston in the summer of 1776, in Capt Brooks Company Col. Dike Regiment and the last part of 1776 he rendered three months service in Boston to guard the Continental stores under Capt Brooks and Col. Dike and in the summer of 1777 he rendered near three months service at Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island in Company of Capt John Gleason in the Regiment of Col. Whitney, and 1778 or 1779 he was again in the service at Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island six weeks in the Company of Capt Moses Burns and in the summer of 1780 he rendered three months service on East Hill in the State of Rhode Island in the Company of Capt Bristell and Col. Sisson's Regiment, and I request the Secretary of this Commonwealth to examining the rolls and documents in his office for proof of my said Husband services Mary Mable
Worcester ss. Ashburham April 15 - 1845
Subscribed by said Mary Mable before me -
Deacon Townsend } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Lancaster County ss.
On this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty four, personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for said County of Lancaster, Mary Mar- ble a resident of Ashburnham in said County, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Con- gress passed March 3. 1843, entitled an Act granting pensions to Certain widows of Revolutionary Soldiers, and an Act to continue the pensions of Certain widows passed June 17th. 1844.
That she is the widow of John Marble late of said Ashburnham deceased who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution, and went into the service from the town of Stow, and served as she well believes as much as twelve months, but she is wholly unable to specify his services, she having no personal knowledge, and no documentary evidence,

of the same. He was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of twenty five dollars a year, but he always, since, since the early times, that he performed five months service which was not allowed him. For evidence of his services she is obliged to refer to the papers in his case and to the rolls of the Revolutionary Army.
The further declares that she was married to the said John Marble on the twenty ninth day of November, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty; that he husband the said John Marble died at said Ashburnham on the twenty third day of December in the year eighteen hundred and forty three; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and forty four, and at the time above stated and that she has not been married since his death.
Subscribed & sworn to the Mary X Marble say I am just above cutting mark Before me J. M. H. H. H. H. Judge of said Court

I Joel Marble of Ashburnham in the county of Linnun and State of Mass- achusetts, do desire and say that I am the son of the late Joel Marble of said Ashburnham deceased, and Mary Marble his widow. My said father died on the twenty third day of October in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three, and my said mother has never been married since his death.
Joel Marble
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Subscribed. October 17 th A.D. 1884. Sworn to by said deponent, who is a man of truth.
Before me Oliver H. Merrill J. Prob.

Jabez Harker died
Mass.
Act of Jan 2 nd
minutes 9 mo. 23 d
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did not what was paid -
To Mary Harker widow
Elijah Clark Newton Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss
on this fifteenth day of April eighteen hundred and forty five personally appeared before me Richard Davenport one of the justices of the peace in and for the County of said Mary Marble a resident of Ashburnham in said County eighty three years of age, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an increase to the pension which her Husband received agreeable to the provisions made by the act of Congress past June seventh 1832 that she is the widow of Lazar Marble who rendered service in the Revolution from the town of Sturte in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts, that his services were rendered in Boston and also in the State of Rhode Island at several different times which in all she nearly believes would amount to near twelve months service, that her Husband the said Lazar Marble received a pension for only twenty five dollars per annum under the act of 1832 and that it was his expressed opinion that he did not receive a pension for only a part of the services which he rendered She therefore claims an increase
Mary Marble
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me
Richard Davenport } Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss, Ashburnham April 15 - 1845
I hereby certify that Mary Marble who has subscribed and read the foregoing declaration personally known to me to be the widow of Lazar Marble a deceased Revolutionary pensioner of the United States
Richard Davenport } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 2 d 1848.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Reuben Townsend was a justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss
on this fifteenth day of April eighteen hundred and forty five personally appeared before me Richard Townsend one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Worcester Mary Noble a resident of Ashbournham in said County eighty three years of age who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following additional declaration in order to attain the benefits of an increase to her pension agreeable to the act of Congress of 1838 and March third 1844 that she is the widow of Jacob Noble who rendered service in the Revolution from the town of Haver in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts, that according to the best of her recollection her said Husband was in the service in Boston and also in the State of Maryland at several different times which in all amounted to nearly one year. She further declares that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1791. VIZ at the time State in former declaration and that she is still a widow and receives a pension only twenty five dollars per annum under the act of third of March 1843 and of June seventeenth 1844 and further she saith not - Mary Noble
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Proff: - me
Richard Townsend } Justice of the Peace -
Worcester ss Ashbournham April 15 - 1845 - I hereby certify that Mary Noble who has subscribed the above and made oath to the same is personally known to me to be the widow of Jacob Noble - The words in lines and lines were interlined
before subscribing and making oath
Richard Townsend } Justice of the Peace -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 2 d 1845.
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Reuben Townsend was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y . 29 th , 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Jabez Marble's name is found on Capt. Caleb Brooks' roll, in Col. Dikes's Regiment entered Dec. 1, 1776, from the town of Stow, County of Middlesex.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 23 rd 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Sabez Marble, as a private, is borne on a Muster roll of Capt. Caleb Brooks company, in Col. Dikes' regt. where he is allowed from Decem r 1 st 1776. to the last day of Feby 1777. three months. — — — m. d 3 = Sabez Marble's name is borne on a pay-roll of Capt. Moses Barris company, in Lt. Col. Pierce's regt. where he is allowed from May 24 th 1779. one month & seven days — 1 = Sabez Marble's name is borne on a pay-roll of Capt. Thomas Brintralls company, in Col. Hoove's regt. where he is allowed from July 28 th to Nov r 1 st 1780. for services and travel three Months & eight days. — \frac{3 = 8}{7 = 15} Sabez Marble claims for services under Capt.

John Gleason in Col. Josiah Whitney's regt. in 1777: no such Captain's roll is found in this Office.
Concl.
Edward D. Bangs, Secy
Jabez Marble's name is also borne on a Pay Roll for Gun and Blanket of the non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers of Capt. Caleb Brooks Company, in Col. Dike's Regt. according to an Act of Court, passed in November 1776. where he is allowed £0-10-0.
Oliver Marble's name is borne on "an Abstract of the Milage Money to and from Camp at one Penny per Mile and travelling wages, reckoning 20 Miles to a day. Due to the Company under the Command of Capt. Caleb Brooks, in the Regt. whereof Nicholas Dike Esq r is Colonel. Boston November 27 th 1776." where he is allowed sixty Miles travel. Jabez Marble claims for this service as a substitute for the above named Oliver.
Edward D. Bangs, Secy

I Ezra Mosman Testify and say I was a private soldier in the Revolution army in the company commanded by Capt Brinton and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Simeon How, and Julius Marble was a private soldier in the same company, with me, we went into the company about the last of July or the first of August, A.D. 1780, and were both dismissed about the first of November following Ezra Mosman
Shelburne Vt. October 28, 1832.
Then the above named Ezra Mosman made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. Before Moses Whitney, Just Peace
I hereby certify that the above named deponent in my opinion, is a man of truth, and mentally and facetiously recommended good Moses Whitney.

J. Allen
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Ss. I Elias Priny Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said County of Middlesex, do certify that Nassau Whitney Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, and that his name set to the within Certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, the twelfth day of January 1833.
E. Priny.

I, Jabez Marble, of Ashburnham in the County of War- wick Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do depose & say that in the fall of the year, 1832 I made a declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension for Recon- struction services - that in said declaration I stated that I took the place of my brother, in the year 1776 & served five months in Capt. Caleb Brooks company - I did not know, nor was I informed by the gentleman who drew the declaration, that it was necessary to state the name of my said brother, or whether I served the whole, or a part of said five months as a substitute. The case was this, My said brother, whose name was Oliver Marble, enlisted in said company for three months, as I think, & while at Roxbury Mass. two months before the expiration of his term of enlistment, his health being poor, I took his place & faithfully served out the remainder of his term, being two months. I joined said company at Roxbury soon after we moved into Boston & then re- mained till the end of the term. After the ex- piration of said two months term, I enlisted into the same company for three months & served that term faithfully in Boston. While I served as substitute for my brother, the roll was called in his name & I commenced to it - The said Oliver & myself were twins - He has been dead six years, & I have had no brother or sister living, nor do I know any person who can testify to the truth of the above statement,
Jabez Marble
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester ss. Aug. 12. 1834. Then the above named Jabez Mar- ble, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, being one of the justices of the peace for said County, & made oath that the foregoing statement, by him subscribed is true. I fur- ther certify that I am personally acquainted with said Marble & that his character for truth & veracity is good.
D. Randall Dyer Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. I Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, being a Court of Record, certify that the within named Nathaniel Pierce, before whom the within affidavit was sworn to, is a justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified to administer said oath, and that his name within written appears to be his true and genuine Signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Worcester this sixteenth day of September A. D. 1834
Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk