Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2654, for William Manning, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Miss
Manning, William Mary
N 2654 B.L.H. 28641-160-55
CONTENTS

8076
Massachusetts
William Spanning of Townsend in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by Col  in the  une for 6  12 Days
M ch 4 State
Inscribed on the Roll of  at the rate of 21 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Mar 1833, and sent to  Dana of Newton Mass
Arrears to the 4th of  1833 $42.64 Semi-ant. allowance ending  10.66 $53.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J F  Clerk Book  Vol. 277 Page 52.
77 Madaline

1853 June 12, Cir. to P. agt. " " 19 From Massachusetts to Com. N.H. fr. 4 March 1853. not to be by Dodge.
Reg 3 Mar 55 - 165840
2,384 New Hampshire Massachusetts Con. Mary Manning widow of William Manning who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of October 1853 and sent to
H. Woodman Boston Mass;
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 42, Vol. A
(32)

105. 840
Act Mar. 353
Civ: P. Doc. Apr. 25/56
Act Mar. 353 Mary Manning widow of William Manning
28641 g Mary
private
Recd. War Acc. Pension
N. No. July 55-2384
Ad: 1600 a.m. 26/56
69 Blyth
Vol. 1. page 19
Perley Dodge Amherst N. H.

William Manning
22.208
Marah 6 Mns & 12 days
AM
$ 21.82.
Dana Esq Gordon Mass

BRIEF in the case of  William Manning  of Townsend in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Full     Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 75 " 1 12 Private Gen. Cap Haskell Col. Russell   76 " 2 " " " Warren Col. Brooks   76 " 3 " " " Minot " Dyke  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Townsend Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 2 living witnesses and traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct in every respect 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
N. P. Potter Examining Clerk.

Declaration of William Manning.
See in confederates, etc. in 22208
pleant. direct to Sam. D. D. D. G. D. D.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex
ss.
On this seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832 Concord personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas  Probate , now sitting at within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid
William Manning of Taunton in said County aged seventy five years
Who being 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 is to say
1 That in the latter part of the year A.D. 1775 he engaged to do a tour of duty at Cambridge just before the close of the eight months service and he enlisted in the Company of Capt. Haskell of Shirley his Lieut. were Dale Shattuck of Grafton and Samuel Gilson of Hopkinton, he joined his Company at Cambridge and when his Regiment Company was in Col. Prescott's Regt. to supply the place of such of the eight months men, as were returning, he continued in Camp, until he completed his term of six weeks. 2 In A.D. 1776 he engaged to New York for two months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Thomas Warren of Taunton. his Lieut. was Joseph Warren, and the Company was in the Regt. of Col. Eleazar Brooks of Lincoln in the Mass. forces, he proceeded to New York plains and was then in camp and did duty in his Company until he served out his term of two months and was dismissed and returned home. 3 In the same year he engaged to serve at Dorchester three months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. John Hunt which was in a Regiment commanded by Col. Nicholas Dyke of Westminster in the Mass. forces, he proceeded to Dorchester, joined his Company and did duty therein for the space of three months when he was dismissed - Roger Aspinwall Esq. now of Mason New Hampshire was a Sergeant in the same Company -
He

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to and
A.P.P. May Witnesseth Middlesex ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts On this day personally appeared Rev David Palmer a Clergyman residing in the town of Townsend in the county of Middlesex and Solomon Jewett Jr. of the same Townsend hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Manning who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. David Palmer. Solomon Jewett Jr. Before me Sam. Dana Jr. for all the Counties in the Commonwealth.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that the Rev. David Palmer who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Townsend , and that Solomon Jewett Jr. is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I Isaac Fisher do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Manning for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
And I further certify that Samuel Dana Jr. is a justice of the Peace for all the Counties in said Commonwealth, and that his signature to the above Certificate of the Rev. David Palmer and Solomon Jewett Jr., and to the captions on the respective Depositions of Ebenezer Ball and Rogers Weston are his genuine signatures. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal of office.
Isaac Fisher

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832 On the application of William Manning claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit :
1. Where, and in what year were you born ?
Answer, In Townsend Me on the 15 Oct r A D 1756
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it ?
Answer, I have a family record in a Bible and I expect there is a record in Townsend Clerk of records —
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ? Answer,
I was living in Townsend and have always lived there except a few years I resided in the State of Vermont and I now live in Townsend
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ? Answer,
My service was always voluntary and on my own motion —
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service ?
Answer, I saw Gen Washington and Gen Israel Putnam at Cambridge. I saw Washington again in New York, I was at New bridge and in a skirmish at White Plains.
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution ?
Answer,
Mr Eben Ball Mr Abner Adams, Mr Thaddeus Prankard Mr John Bailey, Paul Gerrish Esq. Samuel Brooks Esq. and Rev. David Palmer —
7. Did you ever receive any Genl Manning discharge from service ? Ans r :
I never received any such discharge,
Mid ff : sworn to before J. M. Fay Clerk

Aug 3 rd Feb 1853
Widow's application for pension, Revolutionary War
Certificate to be sent to Abigail Newman Boston Mass
Mrs. Manning Declaration

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Alfred A. Prescott Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that the said S. P. Fay Esq. who administered the estate on the annexed Affidavit was at that time the judge of said Court and that his signature thereto appended is his true and genuine signature. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 7 th day of June A D 1853 Alfred A. Prescott Reg. Prob.

State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex
On this Seventh day of June A. D. 1853 personally appeared before the Middlesex County Probate Court of the State of Massachusetts, Mary Manning , a resident of Townshend in the County of Middlesex and State of  Massachusetts aged sixty five years, who first being 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 3d of February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the widow of William Manning — who was a  private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brooks .  That the said William Manning, her husband, received a  pension of $21.32 a year from the State of Mass. AD 1851 during  his life, payable in March and September yearly at  Boston. That the papers on file at the Pension Office  are referred to for further information.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Manning on the first day of February 1835; that her said husband died on the ninth day of March 1843; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now the a widow of said Manning
Attest Joel Manning  Joel Adams
Mary X Manning mark.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me as I am Judge of said Court and I hereby certify — that I am in no manner interested in said application and that I am not concerned in the prosecution thereof —
J. P. C. Day Judge of Probate for  Mary Spaulding said County of Middlesex
Attest Joel Adams

165.810 Application of Mary Manning for Bounty Land
Communicate with Percy Doerge. Amherst N.H.

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Hillsborough ss.
I, Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Perley Dodge whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified: that his commission is dated on the 14th day of June — A. D. 185 2 , and will expire in five years from that date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Amherst, this eighth day of June A. D. 185 5 .
Perley Dodge CLERK.

STATE OF New Hampshire Town of Antrim County of Hillsborough
Personally came Abel T. Ridout & George Rimbace residents of the Antrim & Litchburg aforesaid persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, say, that they were present and saw Mary Manning sign & make oath to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant, that she is the identical person she rep- resents herself to be; and that they deponents, do reside in the aforesaid, and that they are disinterested.
Abel T. Ridout George Rimbace
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this Eighth day of June 1855. Perley D. Dyer Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire } ss. COUNTY OF Hillsborough }
On this Eighth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Manning aged sixty seven years, a resident of Melvin in the State of New Hampshire who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Manning deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War and served in and for the American Cause at White Plains . For proof of his services she refers to evidence on file in the department filed to enable her to draw a pension which she now draws of $21.33 under the act of Congress passed July 3 d 1853. To which reference is made for evidence for her being entitled to the Bounty Land. For the evidence of her marriage she refers to the papers on file in the department in her application for a pension as above.
She further states that she was married to the said William Manning in Townsend Mass on the first day of February A. D. 1834, by one Rev. Mr Rogers a Minister of the Gospel and that her name before said marriage was Mary Avery ; that her said husband died at Townsend on the ninth day of March A. D. 1845, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who were engaged in the Military service of the United States," passed March 3 d 1855 and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her, to Perley Dodge  Charles Richardson Amherst, New Hampshire.
Witness George Kimball Mary L. Manning much
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written, — and I hereby certify that I have no interest in the result of this application.
Perley Dodge Justice of the Peace

I certify that Mr William Manning and Mrs Mary Henry both of Townsend county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts were married together Feb first 1836 by William M Rogers, then a gospel minister in said town at Townsend aforesaid, as ap- pears by the records of said Town
Townsend June 18th 1853
Quincy A Sylvester Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss Then the above was subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written. Before me Jos Adams Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office. Boston, August 2 d 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joel Adams was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
E. M. D'right Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2654 Mary Manning Widow of William Manning Pri. Rev War.
Act: Feb 3 rd 1853.
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 2.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mary and William Manning
2 Dec 1853 - 90 2384
M c Rae
H. C. P. - Wald Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Pension Office Oct 7/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner Respectfully &c
H. Burt Esqr 3 Aud of Present
J. Call for Comm ee
William Manning, Act 4 th June 32. $21.32 p. an. Paid to 4 th March 1843, no date of death on our Books,
J. Bush Auditor.

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28.645
5
Nov 1881

N o 31160 1853. Appl. of Mary Manning, widow of William Man- ning,
Middlesex co., Mass.
21 33/100 90 76 Recd 3 d Feb. 1853.
Rev. Allowed $ 21 \frac{33}{100} per ann Com Feb. 3-1853
H. Woodman, Boston, Mass.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissioner.

See Punsner at the Department FREE
EQ
J. P. Waldo Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington City
Ms. Waldo Esq. Ms. Punsner Ms. [unclear] Ms. [unclear]

Free Business at the c
165-840
J. P. Waldo Esq. Commission of C. Washington

I Rogers Weston of Marion in the County of Nellborough State of New Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy five years, do depose and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution as by my Declaration on file in the Pension Office, will appear:
And I do further testify and declare that I know William Manning of Townsend in the State of Massachusetts who
served as a Soldier in that war,
that he was a private Soldier, in the Company of Capt  Watwell in Colo. Dykes
Regiment, in which Company, I also served.
In A.D. 1776. I lived in Townsend in Mass a aforesaid, there was a requisition for men to go to Dorchester in Mass a and among others the said William Manning enlisted for the term of three months in the Company aforesaid, I well remember the said Manning who departed from Townsend with me and we joined the Company at Dorchester, our Lieut was Haskell and the Ensign was William Weston who was my Brother, Dykes Regiment was stationed on Dorchester hill and when our term of three months was out and we were dismissed the said William Manning returned with me. (except one at Waterville) all my terms of duty in service, were three months and I know that I always served out my terms, and this service at Dorchester and that said Manning served out his full term in the Company aforesaid.
Rogers Weston
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Middlesex to wit January 14 th
AD. 1833.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth Rogers Weston Esq. who subscribed the above Deposition and is well known to me to be a disinterested Witness and entitled to full credit who subscribes the above deposition and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars, according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sam d Dana

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. July 21 st 1892
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for all — the Counties in said Commonwealth
annexed Deposition Ebenezer Ball — who subscribed the
and made solemn Oath that the same is just and true in all its particulars, according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
And I further certify that the above Sam t Dana named Ebenezer Ball is a credible and disinterested witness. Sam t Dana per Pease as aforesaid.

I Ebenezer Ball of Townsend in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and declare that I served in the War of the revolution as by my declaration on file in the Office for the Department of War will appear.
That I well know, that William Man- ning man of Townsend in the State of Massachusetts was a soldier in the Militia of Massachusetts for two months  the space of six weeks 6 weeks towards the close of Ad 1775 in the Company of Capt. Baskell, these men being called on as I under- stood to sustain the Army until the year men should arrive. I served in the same Company at the same time and well remember the said William Manning. Ebenezer Ball

State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Benjamin Manning and George Venden of said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that the Mary Manning is now unmarried and still remains the widow of the late William Manning who was a private in the Revolutionary war and that the said Manning died at Townsend in said County on the ninth day of March in the year eighteen hundred forty three
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty eighth day of May 1853
Joel Adams Justice of the Peace.

March 24th 1853
we Benj Manning & George Verden of Downton County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts under oath do testify and say that we are personally acquainted with Mary Manni- ng the widow of William Manning late of said Town- ship who was a revolutionary pensioner and died there March 9th 1843 and that the said Mary still remains the widow of the said W m Manning. Subscribed to the day and year above mentioned
Benjamin Manning George Verden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss March 24th 1853 Then the above named Benjamin Manning and George Verden personally appeared before me and made oath to the above affidavit by them subscribed and I know them to be worthy of belief Before me Jas. Adams Justice of the Peace.

Middlesex ss Townshend March 24th 1853
I Joel Manning of said Townshend on oath do testify and say that I have in my possession the original certificate by which William Manning late of said Townshend drew a pension of which the following is an exact copy.
War Department Revolutionary Claims I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th of June - 1832 William Manning of the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the army of Revolution is entitled to receive twenty one dollars and thirty two cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of Sept every year.
Given at the war office of the United States this twelfth day of March one thousand eight hundred thirty three Lewis C. Gales Secretary of War Joel Manning
Examined and pension signed J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middle: ss March 24 th 1853 Then the within named Joel Manning personally appeared and made oath to the within affidavit by him sub- scribed; Before me Joel Adams Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 15 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joel Adams was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
E. H. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Army Pension Agency Boston 15 June 1855
Sir
In answer to your inquiry of the 13 th ult. I have to inform you that
Mary Manning
widow of William, a pensioner on the Roll of this Agency, under Act 2 nd Sec - 3 February 1853 - at 21 33 / 100 dollars per annum has been paid to 4 March 1855 -
Respy
J. O. Darnes Army Pension Agent per E. H. H.
Hon. L. R. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions

Brief in the case of Mrs Mary Manning widow of William Middlesex County and State of Massachusetts act of Feb. 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") } Husband a pensioner under the Proof exhibited, (if original.) } act of Jan. 7. 1832 at $ 21 32 / 100 per annum
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Private in the Massachusetts line 6 mo & 12 days Paid to the 4th of March 1843 Died 9th of March 1843
Allowed \frac{6}{24} 80 = 20 + \frac{12}{30} 333 = \$21 \ 33
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record Death " " certificate of court Identity " " certificate of court
Name and residence of Agent
H. Woodman Esqr Boston Mass
Examining Clerk.
H. Gray

\frac{6}{24} \frac{1}{4} = 20
\frac{12}{50} 6.66 =
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Freedom New Hampshire
August 18 1853
Sir, Having waited three months the action of the Pension Department on the application of Widow Betsey Russell and Sarah Harmon for pension, I fear there may be something wrong will you inform me
L P Waldo
Com. Pensions Washington
Yours &c Zebulon Pease

Application of Mary Manning for Transfer of her pension Certificate from Mass. to New Hampshire (Concord) transfer when civil war
Communicate with Percy Dodge Anhurst N.H.

State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough ss. On this Eighth day of June A.D. 1855. Before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County of Hillsborough person- ally appeared Mary Manning, who on her oath declares that she is the widow of William Manning, who was formerly a private in the Revolutionary War and that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Massachusetts at the rate of 21.33 per annum, from which State she has lately removed; that she now re- sides in Milford in the County of Hills- borough and State of New Hamp- shire, where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be payable in future at Concord in the State of New- Hampshire. The reasons are that she has relations at Milford with whom she intends hereafter to reside.
Witness P. Dodge
Mary her Manning mark
Hillsborough ss. June 8th 1855. Personally appeared Mary Manning and made oath that the above application by her subscribed is true Before me Riley Dodge justice of the Peace

I Abel Ridout of Amherst  Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, depose and say that I am well acquainted with Mary Manning and that she is the Identical person who has taken the above oath and is described in the above affi- davit.
Abel S. Ridout
Hillsborough St.
June 8 th 1855. Personally appeared the above named Abel S. Ridout and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Perley Dodge justice of the Peace
And I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mary Manning that she is the identical person who made the above affidavit and that she is desirous of having her certificate transferred so that she can draw her pension of the Agency at Concord New Hampshire instead of Boston Mass.
Perley Dodge justice of the Peace

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Hillsborough ss.
I, Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Perley Dodge whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified: that his commission is dated on the 14th day of June A. D. 1852, and will expire in five years from that date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Amherst, this eighth day of June A. D. 1855.
Perley Dodge CLERK.