Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33057, for Comfort Martin, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass-
Martin, comfort
NUMBER
S 33057
CONTENTS
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(14.996)
Massachusetts
Comfort Martin
of Douglas in the state of Massch ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Read of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 1 yr
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of Sept. 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of Sept. 1819 and sent to Solomon Strong, Esq. Worcester, Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819 - \frac{4}{30} 1. 08
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1820 - 40. 00
$ 41. 08
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Worcester County -

33057 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88057
Compact Martin Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 272
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester , certify, that Benedict Daff Esquire , before whom the annexed affidavits have been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this first day of September , A. D. 1819.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.
Application of } Leinford Martin. }

I Aaron Benson of Douglas in the County of Worcester & here make oath of Massachusetts Gentlemen of lawful age do testify & say that I have been long acquainted with Lemuel Mastin of said Douglas. In the war of the Revolution I served as a private soldier in Capt. Knapp's Company Col. Joseph Read's Regiment Genl. Heath's Brigade Massachusetts Line during the year 1776. I well remember that said Mastin belonged to the same Regiment. I believe in Capt. Read's Company. He enlisted as about the first of January 1776 and I am confident he served during the whole of the year and was honorably discharged from the service, tho' I did not see him discharged Aaron Benson
Worcester ss Jan 12 th 1819 personally appeared Aaron Benson above named a gentleman well known to me and entitled to full faith & credit and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed — Before me — Benedict Safford Justice of the Peace

I Brian Hayes of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester & I am of lawful age do testify & say that in the war of the Revolution I served as a private soldier on the conti- nental establishment in Capt Edward Scragg's Com- pany, Col. Joseph Read's Regiment, General Heath's Bri- gade, Massachusetts line in the year 1776 — I well remember that Mr. Comfort Martin now of Douglas in said County of Worcester was a private soldier in Capt Oliver Ponds Company in the same Reg- iment. We enlisted in the first of January 1776 for the year service (so called) and entered the Army at the same time. I did not see said Martin discharged from service at the close of the year but the Regiments & which our Companies to which we belonged were the two first in the Regiment which gave us contin- ual opportunities of seeing each other and he could not have left the service without my knowledge. I am confident he served the whole of the year & that he was honorably discharged from the service — toward the close of the year our Regiment belonged to General Mc Dougall's Brigade —
Owen Kellogg
Worcester ss July 7 th 1819 Personally appeared
Brian Hayes above named a person well known to me and entitled to full credit and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me Barnabas Safford Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts, I. Comfort Martin
a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Douglas in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the first Day of January in the year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Six I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the last of December of the same year, without interruption, being a term of twelve months, in the year warren (as called) as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Capt Donds company, his christian name I cannot now remember on account of my infirmities) in Col. Joseph Pease Regiment General Heath's Brigade Massachusetts line - In the latter part of the year I believe General M c Douglass commanded the Brigade and that I left the service on the last of December 1776 as above being honorably discharged from the same and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of Sixty Seven years, and suffering from bodily infirmity - Comfort Martin mark.
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Witness Bona fide S ub sc ri be
his mark Comfort Martin
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Solo. Strong judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit, Massachusetts the abovenamed Comfort Martin and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Solo Strong

I certify that the within named Comfort Martin is in reduced circumstances in life, poor and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. Colo. Strong, Judge as aforesaid.
Comfort Martin affirmation
4782 4982 Comfort Martin
Solo: Strong
Worcester, Mass.
nat. Sept. 9. 1819.
Col. Read Massachusetts Regt.
1776-1781.
1 st Sept. 10/19.
Admitted