Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,167, for Jonathan Stearns, Massachusetts

SERVICE
7 N. 10th St.
Stearns, Jonathan Mary
NUMBER _____
W. 25. 167.
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Jonathan Stearns, dec. who died on the 3 rd December 1833, of Middlesex (in the State of Mass.) who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Harrington of the reg t commanded by Col. _____ in the Mass. Mil a time for 7 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massach ts at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834. Voted on the 7 th December 1833.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March 1841, sent to Gen. W. Putnam and H. R.
Arrears to the 3 rd of December 1833 $64.16 2/3 Semi-annual allowance ending _____
Payable to Mary Stearns, widow of said dec d .
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by L. M. Curley, Clerk Book C. Vol. 2, Page 51

Reported
1267 Massachusetts. Mary Stearns, widow of Jonathan Stearns who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of August 1848 and sent to
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 134 Vol. 2

I, Benjamin James, town clerk of the town of Weston, in the county of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that the following, to wit— "April the twenty ninth, Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Nine, Jon a Stearns of Waltham, & Mary Biglow of Weston, were joined in Marriage by the Rev. Mr. Samuel Woodward Minister of the Gospel in Weston," is a true copy of the record of said town of Weston, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows— "April 29 th 1779."
Benj a James Town Clerk
I, Benjamin James, above named, depose, and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the town of Weston, in the county of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception as above certified by me.
Benjamin James Clerk of said town of Weston.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this first day of May A.D. 1840 personally appeared Benjamin James, to me known as town clerk of the town of Weston, and made oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Appheus Bigelow Jun r Justice of the Peace Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I, Isaac D. Dyer of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Appheus Dyer in the above is a justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly sworn & qualified & that his signature above written is his genuine signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this twentieth day of June A.D. 1840 Isaac D. Dyer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this thirtieth Day of June eighteen hundred and forty. Personally appeared before the Hon. S. P. Hays Judge of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, and State aforesaid. Mary Stearnes a resident of Waltham in said County and State, aged eighty 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 fourth A.D. 1836, granting Pensions to surviving Widows, whose husbands rendered service in the Revolutionary War.
That she is Widow of Jonathan Stearnes deceased, who rendered service as follows. viz.
Thirteen Days service as private at Lexington Concord, and Cambridge commencing on the nineteenth day of April 1775, in a company commanded by Capt. Elizabeth Pills of Waltham where her said husband resided at the time he engaged in the above named service;
Also Fifteen Days service in a company commanded by Capt. Abraham Pierce of Waltham. That the company was ordered to join the main army at Bunker Hill on the seventeenth of June 1775. That the company retreated off with those who had the care of Col. Timothy Gardner, who was mortally wounded, and continued on guard until dawn, at the time he engaged in this service, he resided in Waltham aforesaid;

Also, Twenty Days service at Buxbury and Dorchester Wights commencing near the last of February 1776, in a company commanded by Capt Abraham Pierce of Waltham, and at the time he engaged, he resided in Waltham as aforesaid, Also, eleven Months service at the Canada Expedition in a company commanded by Capt Edward Harrington of Waterton in Col. Wheelock's Regt. That the Regt. Marched to Pittsburg and Schuylkill, Mass. thence to Pitts William then and Charleston No. 4, N. H. thence to Springfield Vt. thence through woods until they arrived at Ticonderoga where the Regiment was put under the command of Gen. Gates. at the time he engaged in this service he resided in Waltham aforesaid.
Also, Three Months service guarding Burgoyne's Troops at Cambridge, as a Substitute for his Brother Joshua Stearnes, in Capt Abraham Pierce's company in Col. Brook Regt. commencing near the first of January 1778, and ending near the first of April the same year. That at the time he engaged in this service he resided as aforesaid, and that his Brother Joshua Stearnes is not living, and has no Widow living.
Also, Six Months service at West Point in 1780, by his substitute Moses Child, who her said husband hired to do this service for him in a company commanded by Capt. Washburn in Col. Michael Jackson's Regt. That her said husband was drafted out to do this service by order of a Rev. Col. Parshall June fifth 1780, and that he then resided in Charlestown in said County.

and that she well recollects of her said husband paying said Moses Child entry to go and do this town of service for him as his substitute, the said Moses Child was a native of Newton adjoining town to Waltham, and her said husband previously employed said Child as a labourer for that season.
She further Declares that she was Married to the said Jonathan Stearnes on the twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1779, that the ceremony was performed by the Revd Samuel Woodward Minister of the first Church and Society in Weston, and that her said husband Jonathan Stearnes Died at his residence in Waltham on the third day of December 1833, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by referring to the proof hereto annexed, and that her Maiden name was Mary Bigelow. Also that the name of her husband the said Jonathan Stearnes was never on any Pension Roll, and that he never received any Pension, or applied for any which might have been his just due at the time of his Death.
Mary Stearns
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court by said Mary Stearns, the day & year first above writ- ten before me
J. P. P. Day Prob

I Elijah Fiske of Waltham, aged seventy five, do depose Asay that I am well acquainted with Mary Stearns, who signed the foregoing declaration in my presence. Was well acquainted with her husband Jonathan Stearns He died about seven years ago. His widow has re- mained a widow ever since, & is entitled to entire credits -- Elijah Fiske
Middlesex June 30 th 1840. Personally ap- peared Elijah Fiske, well known to me as a respectable citizen & credible person, & was sworn to the truth of the foregoing affida- vit by him Subscribed before me J. P. P. Ray J.P.
Middlesex Jr. I Isaac Brooks Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify that John P. P. Ray Esquire is the Judge of said Court of Probate & that his signature above written is his genuine signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this thirteenth day of June in the year eighteen hundred & forty. Isaac Brooks Reg

I Uriah B. Stearns of Waltham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do depose and say that Jonathan Stearns was my Father, that he resided with me at the time of his death, that Mary Stearns my Mother now resides with me, that my Father the said Jonathan Stearns was blind for nearly seven years previous to his death, that for the last three years previous to his death my Father was very infirm and unable to do any business, or take any part in the concerns of his family, and I well recollect that my Father stated to me (deponent) a few months only before his death, that he was as much entitled to a Pension for his services in the war of the revolution as Asaphus Biglow or Nathan Smith, who deponent believes now resides in Fitzwilliam N.H. and many others, and that he did do as much duty in the service as either, or even more, and deponent believes that his Father was not knowing to the act which would entitle him to draw a pension previous to his death, and deponent is sure that no such act was within his, deponent's knowledge.
Uriah B. Stearns
Waltham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex S.S. Waltham August 14 th 1840
Then personally appeared the above named Uriah B. Stearns known to me as a credible witness and made oath that the affidavit by him subscribed is true, Before me Nathan Hardy Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I have resided within one mile of the above named Uriah B. Stearns and his deceased father for more than thirty years last past, and that the father was blind & very infirm many years previous to his death, and that I fully believe in the testimony of the above named Uriah B. Stearns Waltham 14 th Aug t 1840 Nathan Hardy

I, Solomon Richards of Newton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do testify & say, that I rendered service in the Revolutionary War and that in the Year Seventeen hundred & Seventy six I did a tour of Duty at Ticonderoga, & believe I was allowed eight Months pay for that service — that the Company was made up of Men from the Towns of Newton Waltham & Watertown & commanded by Capt — Harrington of Watertown — the Regiment was commanded by Col. Wheelock, & I rendered the service of Ensign in the aforesaid Company.
And I will recollect that there was a man in our Company by the name of Stearns from the Town of Waltham as I believe, and it is my full impression that it was Jonathan Stearns — There were many of our Company who died by sickness, but I have no recollection of any sickness or of the death of said Stearns.
Solomon Richards,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex ss. — Newton August 15 th 1840 — Then personally appeared the before named Solomon Richards known to me as a credible Witness & made Oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is true. — before me
Elijah F. Woodward Justice of the Peace.
I Josiah Hastings of Weston, in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty years, a native of Waltham in said County, do testify and say that I rendered service in the revolutionary war, and that I rendered service at Cambridge guarding Burgoyne's troops in a company commanded by Cap t Abraham Peirce of Waltham. I was well acquainted with one Jonathan Stearns of Waltham, who was a private with me in the same company as I have testified before, and I have been well acquainted with the said Jonathan Stearns; that he is the same Jonathan Stearns who married Mary Fregins of this town; and I well recollect that said Jonathan Stearns and myself at times, were indulged, at leisure, in amusement together. And I further testify that I well knew Joshua Stearns, brother of said Jonathan Stearns; that the said Joshua rendered some service in this company, and it is my opinion, after reflection, that said Jonathan Stearns rendered service.

for Joshua Stearns, but am not able to state how much; but I am certain that said Jonathan Stearns rendered service in said company. And I further testify that there was no other Jonathan Stearns in Waltham aforesaid who was then old enough to do military duty.
Josiah Hastings
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss. August 19 th 1840. Personally appeared the above named Josiah Hastings, known to me as a person of truth, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me Benj n James Justice of the Peace.
Extract from the Records of Births and Deaths of the Town of Waltham, County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Jonathan Stearns, born May 22, 1750. son of Isaac & Elizabeth Stearns. Jonathan Stearns born Feb y 3 1767. son of Daniel & Hannah Stearns
Waltham August 21-1840. This may certify that I hold the office of Clerk, in said Town of Waltham in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the above extract is a true copy from the Records, and that there were no other person by the name of Jonathan Stearns, on record that was living during the Revolutionary War.
Joseph Bond Jr. Clerk of the Town of Waltham.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Isaac D. Dyer of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex advised hereby certify that William Hardy, Elias F. Woodward & Mary Ann James are respectively jurors of the Grand Jury in & for said County duly sworn & qualified & their signatures written on the jurors paper are their genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1840 Isaac Dyer Reg. of Prob

Mr Stearns
Yrs a Stearns du Mess at Jun 7. 1882
Hul o Parmach W o

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex. ss.
On this twelfth day of February, eighteen hundred forty one personally appeared before the Hon. S. P. P. Vary Judge of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, and State aforesaid, Mary Stearns, a resident of Waltham in said County, aged eighty 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 Act of Congress passed June Seventh, 1832. That she is the Widow of Jonathan Stearns, Deceased, who rendered service in the Revolutionary War. That in order to obtain the arrears due to her said husband agreeable to said Act of 1832, from the fourth of March 1831, to the third of December 1833 at the time of his death, she further Declared, that her said husband the said Jonathan Stearns, rendered seven months service in 1776 at the Canada Expedition so called, in a company commanded by Capt Edward Harrington of Watertown in Col. Wheelock's Regt., also, two months and fifteen days service in the the first part of the year 1778 as a substitute for Joshua Stearns, in a company commanded by Capt Abraham Pierce, in Col. Brooks Regt guarding Burgoyne's Troops at Cambridge, at the time her husband engaged in the above named services, he resided in Waltham aforesaid. She further Declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Stearns on the twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1779, & that her said husband died at his residence in Waltham on the third day of December A.D. 1833, That her said husband Jonathan Stearns never never applied for a Pension, and that she has never received the arrears which

is due to her by her husband agreeable to the Act of 1832, from the fourth of March 1831 to the third of December 1833, She hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, under the act of 1832, and declares that her husband's name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, or on that of the United States,
Mary Stearns
Subscribed & sworn to this twelfth day of February in open Court by said Mary Stearns - Before me J. A. P. Day Judge of Probate for the County.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss
I Isaac Burke Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid hereby certify that Sam l M c Ray Esq is the Judge of said Court & that his signature above written is his own proper signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twelfth day of February in the year Eighteen hundred & forty one Isaac Burke Reg

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 26 th 1845.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Clark 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.
W m L. G. L. G. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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Elijah Clark Brighton Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Middlesex. ss.
On this tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight personally appeared before Elijah Clark, a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex, Mary Stearns, a resident of Waltham in said County, aged eighty-five years, who being first 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 2 d of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jonathan Stearns, who was a private in the Massachusetts Militia, in Col. Harrington's Company in Col. Wheelock's Regiment, and that she has received annually a pension of Twenty Three dollars, and thirty three cents per annum, under the act of the 17 th of June 1844, and she further declares that she is still a widow. — Mary her Stearns mark
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written, and I certify that the declarant above named is personally known to me, a widow and a Revolutionary pensioner as she declares. Before Me, Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace.

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Mary Stearnes. wid: of Jonathan.
Act 4 July 1836. Mass.

Extract from the Records of the Town of Waltham County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
We the Subscribers do certify that we raised the sum or sums of money granted by the town of Waltham June 25 1776, to pay to the soldiers that engaged for Waltham in the Continental Army, in the year 1776, which was called the Canada Expedition which sum was £152 which we have lawfull interest for till paid, and we have apportioned the money to those men whose names are underwritten agreeable to a vote of said town as witness our hands.
Matthias Collins. Isaac Gleason.
John Coolidge Elisha Givernae Josiah Sanderson Josiah Wyer Abijah Fisk Samuel Bigelow Ezra Pierce W m Hager Edward Brown David Stearns John Laurence Stephen Wellman John Gleason Jn o Hager Elias Hastings Jonathan Stearns Sam l Gale Jr. Elishalet Hastings Eli Jones Abijah Brown Jr. Benj t Ellis Nathan Sanderson John Richardson Sarah Edes for my Negro. To Abner Sanderson Clerk of Waltham.
Middlesex ss. Waltham April 30 1840.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the records. Joseph Bond Jr.
I Joseph Bond Jr above named depose and say; that I hold the office of town clerk in the Town of Waltham, in county, and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town.
Joseph Bond Jr. Clerk of the town of Waltham.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. On this thirtieth day of April 1840.
Personally appeared Joseph Bond Jr. Clerk of the town of Waltham and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed is true.
before me Luke Fiske Justice of the Peace.

I Josiah Hastings of Weston, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, eighty years of age, and formerly a native of Waltham in said County, do testify and say that I rendered service in the Revolutionary War, but never could prove sufficient time to entitle me to a Pension; that I rendered service at Cambridge guarding Burgoyne's troops, in a company commanded by Capt. Abraham Peirce of Waltham. I was well acquainted with one Jonathan Stearns of Waltham, who was a Private with me in the same company from near the middle of December 1777 to near the middle of March 1778; and I have been well acquainted with the said Jonathan Stearns since that time to near the time of his death. I well recollect that one Murdock was Lieutenant or Ensign of our company, and one William Coolidge was orderly serg t .
Josiah Hastings
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss. May 1. st 1840 Then personally appeared the above named Josiah Hastings, known to me as a person of truth, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Benj m James Justice of the Peace,
I Nicholas Thwing of Newton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine Years, do testify and say that I rendered service in the Revolutionary War, that in July seventeen hundred & eighty I enlisted & went to West Point and rendered six Months service and was allowed one half a Months pay for travelling — that I was in the Company commanded by Capt. Storer, in Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment during the above named Period. — I further testify that I well recollect one Moses Child of said Newton, who was in that service but not in the same Company with me; but according to my best recollection said Child was in Capt. Hartshorn's Company & in said Jackson's Regiment, and I have no doubt but that he served the same term of six Months as I did.
Nicholas Thwing
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss. May 26. 1840. Then personally appeared the above named Nicholas Thwing, known to me as a person of veracity & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me
E. F. Woodward Justice of the Peace.
I Samuel Frowbridge of Newton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty three Years, do testify and say, that I rendered service in the Revolutionary War and am now a Pensioner — That I recollect one Moses Child of said Newton who Married in this Town soon after said War, & removed to the State

of Vermont, as I understood to the Town of Brattleborough or Newfane. That I believe said Child is not living at this time, it having been reported that he was dead nearly thirty Years since Saml. Fossbridge Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss. May 26. 1840. — Then personally appeared the above named Saml. Fossbridge known to me as a person of veracity, and made Oath that the above Affidavit, by him subscribed is just and true — before me
E. F. Woodward 3/ Justice of the Peace.
By Nathan Smith of Wattham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty two years, do testify and say that I have lived in Dr. Town nearly the whole of my life, that I was well acquainted with one Joshua Stearns of Dr. Wattham, that the Dr. Joshua has been dead many years, and left no widow. I further testify and say that I was well acquainted with one Jonathan Stearns a brother of Dr. Joshua, and that the Dr. Jonathan has been dead some years, and that his widow is now living and resides about one mile from me
Nathan Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex ss. June 27 th 1840. Then personally appeared the above named Nathan Smith, known to me as a person of veracity and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me
Lut er Fiske Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Brock Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County do hereby certify that Luke Fiske Benjamin James & Elijah F. Woodward are respectively Justices of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified & their several signatures written on the foregoing papers are their genuine signatures,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this Twentieth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred & forty
Isaac Brock Reg

Mary Stearns application for a Pension
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Hon. W. Parmenter H.R.

I Anna Laughton of Dummerston in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, of lawful age do testify and say that I have lived in this Town for about sixty years and that I was well acquainted with Moses Childs who lived in this Town for a number of years and died in this Town on or about the eleventh day of April 1796 that I attended him in his last sickness and attended at his funeral, and I further testify that his Widow was afterwards Married to Nathaniel Bisby of this Town with whom she lived until her death which was about eleven years ago
her Anna K. Laughton Mark
State of Vermont } Windham County ss. } Dummerston June 16 th 1842 personally appeared the above named Anna Laughton and made Oaths that the above Instrument by her subscribed contains the truth
Before me
Ebenezer Leonard Justice of the peace

State of Vermont District of Marlboro' 3 At a Probate Court held at Brattle- boro' for the District of Marlboro' on the third Tuesday of June being the 19th day of said month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety Eight
Present John Bridgman Esq. Judge. Upon application of Martha Shields Widow of Moses Shields late of Dummerston in said district deceased for Letters of Administration in the estate of her late husband the same is granted her. She with Isaac Burnet gave bonds in the sum of one thou- sand dollars that she faithfully dis- charge said trust.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Records in said district touch- ing the appointment of an administra- tor upon the estate of Moses Shields deceased. Witness my hand and the Seal of said Probate Court this seventeenth day of June A.D. 1898
July, 30 p.m.
W. H. Hyles Register of said District

Brighton Augt-26, 1840
Mr Isaac Fish Esqr,
Sir, I enclose the within addition evidence in support of the claims of Mrs Mary Stearns of Waltham, which I requested you to forward to the Commissioner of Pensions.
Mrs Stearns claimed 6 months in 1780, which was performed by a substitute, Moses Shields. This service would not have been claimed, if she had been knowing to the fact, that no allowance was made for service rendered by a substitute.
It appears to me that from some information, that there are some, that now draw a pension on service like this 6 months service which Mrs Stearns claimed, it appears that in as much as said Stearns was himself drafted, and was obliged to do this service or procure some one to do it for him, and that Stearns paid Shields an entry sum to go and do this service for him, and as Shields is not living nor his Widow, that Mrs Stearns is entitled to draw for that 6 months service.
Mrs Stearns states that she wants the same as others in like cases, and if after a further examination she is not entitled to receive a pension under the act of July 4 th 1836, she will claim under the act of July 7 th 1838, and what was her Husband's Due, at the time of his Death.
Very Res d yours Elijah Plank

Washington Dec 17. 1840.
Sir
I enclose sundry papers from Elijah Black
Kentucky
to the Secy
for Pensions
J. S. Edwards Esq
Census of Pensions.

May Stearns
Hon. W. P. Furness H. a.

Brighton Feb. 22nd 1841 Hon. William Parton Esq,
Dear Sir. I herewith enclose the Declaration of Mrs Mary Atkinson. Widow of Jonathan Atkinson deceased. Her Declaration here is for to obtain an annuity due to her which her husband never applied for, I have thought it proper that her Declaration should embrace that part of service in Capt. Rines Company which her husband rendered. I am not able to find any additional evidence in support of that service, as I find it often happens that two men who were in one company, one being in one mess, the other in another mess, they would not recollect of knowing each other to be there, - peculiarities of persons, incidents happening in those short services brought about a mode of recollection unquestionable as is the case of Josiah Hastings as to the service of Jonathan Atkinson being with him in the same service.
Very Respectfully Yours Elijah Clark
Hon. William Parton Esq M. C.

Brighton May 27 inst 1843
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the claims of Mrs Mary Stearns of Waterton, Mrs Mary Stearns of Waltham, Mrs Lydia Weston & Mrs Lucy Stone of Lincoln, for a pension under the act of March 3 d 1843.
Very Resp t Yours 66 St d St d Elizah Clark
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

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Jonathan Stearns du o Map.
Ad June 1832
Allow for pr. Cash Hannington Map Militia p 23 33 from 14 March 1832 to 3 o Nov 1833, the time of his death. See ad o paper of May Stearns ad July 1838 Spence cut, is the name of the widow Mary Stearns
Ad W m Parmachew
H.R.

Waltham. Jonathan Stearnes d. 1833 Mary Stearnes m 79 S. 75 15 day sex al. Abulld mae " 15 Abram Puer b'igh 20 # 7 mo Ed a Harrington Canada Jan 18 8 3 2 21 " Abram Puer C. sub for his bro Joshua on 2 21 # 80 5 " by his sub Moses child then lived in Charlestown =
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Mary Stearns 7524 Widow of Jonathan Mass. Ad July 7 1838
Manned 1779 died 3 Dec 1833
Allen 7 mo. pm p 23.33. from March 4 1836 to March 4 1841. Mass. militia Col. H. Huntington See papers and at July 1838, file 6 the widow —
Hon. Wm. P. Farnsworth H.R.

1517 Mrs Mary Stearns Claims for a Pension widow of Jonathan Stearns of Waltham Mary Stearns widow of Jonathan Stearns
$ 23:33 per m
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex, ss.
On this twenty eighth day of April eighteen hundred and and forty three, Personally appeared before me, Elijah Clark a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex. Mary Stearns, a resident of Waltham in said County, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn accor- ding to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declara- tion in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jonathan Stearns who was a private in Col. Wheelock's Regiment of Militia, which service he rendered from Waltham, and that she received twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum under the Act of the seventh of July 1838, which was paid to her at the agency at Boston Massachusetts. And she further declares that she is still a widow,
Mary Stearns
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before Me, Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
Middlesex ss. Waltham April 28 th A D 1843
I hereby certify that Mary Stearns who has signed and made oath to the above declaration, is well known to me to be the same Mary Stearns of Waltham who received a five years pension under the Act of Congress July 7 th 1838.
Elijah Clark Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 26. 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Clarke was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
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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.
Geo. A. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Polly Stearns of Waltham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty nine, do here and say, that Jonathan Stearns, was my father that I well recollect while he was living, of hearing him repeatedly state that he ren- -dered service in the revolutionary war, that he was at the Lexington Battle, and was at Cambridge guarding Burgoyne's troops, and that he was at Ticonderoga and that many of the soldiers at that place were sick, and that some of his company died while there Polly Stearns
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. Waltham October 6 th 1840
Personally appeared the above named Polly Stearns, well known to me as a person of truth and veracity, and made oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true Before me, Nathan Hardy Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court in and for the County of Middlesex, hereby certify that Nahum Hardy Esquire is a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified, & that his signature when written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Preble's this Eighth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & forty — Isaac Fiske Esq

Brighton Oct. 7 th 1860
Mr Isaac Fisk Esq,
Sir. I enclose herewith an additional affidavit in support of the claims of Mrs Mary Stearns of Waltham. as there is no other person now living to my knowledge that was in the same company with Jonathan Stearns at the Canada Expedition but Mr Solomon Richards whose affidavit has been forwarded in support of that service of Mr Stearns. I trust that the extract from the Down Records, and Mr Richards affidavit together with the within affidavit will fully satisfy to the commissioner.
Very Respectfully Your Obed Servt Elijah Clark
This paper is forwarded as explanatory J Fisher

No 2 (1857) H. Mary Stearns wid. of Jonathan July 7. 1838
Mary Stearns
H. W. Permenter A. L.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this tenth Day of December eighteen hundred and forty, Personally appeared before the Hon. S. P. P. Fray Judge of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid. Mary Stearns a resident of Waltham in said County, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declarat ion, in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by an Act of Congress passed July seventh A.D. 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows. Also to obtain what was her husbands due at the time of his Death which he never applied for That she is the Widow of Jonathan Stearns. Deceased, who rendered service in the Revolutionary War, and that according to her best recollections, and the best evidence within her knowledge, the services rendered were performed as follows, viz.,
Fifteen Days service as a private at Lexington Concord and Cambridge, commencing on the nineteenth day of April 1775, in a company commanded by Capt. Abijah Smith of Waltham where her said husband resided at the time he engaged in the above named service.
Also, Fifteen Days service in a company commanded by Capt. Abraham Pierce of Waltham, that the company was ordered to join the main army at Bunker Hill on the seventeenth of June 1775, that the company retreated off with those who had the care of Col. Thomas Gwardner.

Also, Twenty Days service at Roxbury and Dorchester Heights, commencing near the first of March 1776, in a company commanded by Capt Abraham Pierce of Waltham,
Also, Seven Months service in 1776, at the Canada Expedition in a company commanded by Capt Edward Harrington of Watertown in Col. Wheelock's Regt. That the Regt. marched to Pittsburg and Schuylkill Gap, thence to Pittsfield, Keene and Charlestown N.H. thence to Plattsburgh where the Regt. was put under the command of Genl. Gates,
Also, Two Months, and Twenty one days service in the first part of the year 1778, as a Substitute for his brother Joshua Stearns, in a company commanded by Capt. Nathan Pierce in Col. Brock Regt. guarding Bennington Troops at Cambridge, and that at the time her said husband engaged in the above named service he resided in Waltham (said) She further Declares that she was Married to the said Jonathan Stearns on the twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1779, that the ceremony was performed by the Revd Samuel Woodard Minister of the Gospel Church and Society in Weston, that her said husband Jonathan Stearns, died at his residence in Waltham on the third day of December 1833. That she was not Married to him until after services here stated, but that the Marriage took place previous to January first 1779, at the time above stated, and that she has never been Married since the Death of her husband the said Jonathan Stearns, but is now his Widow, and that the name of her husband the said Jonathan Stearns never was on any Pension Roll, and that he never received any Pension

which might have been his just due at the time of his Death,
Mary Stearns
Subscribed & sworn to by said Mary Stearns at a Special Court in Cambridge, on the day & year first above written in her declaration. before me -
J. P. Tracy judge of Probate for said County.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss
I Isaac Brooks Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mary Stearns for a Pension; & that Samuel P. Tracy whose even broken signature is above written is the judge of Probate of said County duly commissioned & qualified
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of December A.D. 1840.
Isaac Brooks Reg

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25167
Mary Stearns Wid. of Jonathan Stearns Phila Pa. nat.
Act Feb. 2 d 1848.
Index: Vol. 8 , Page 250
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mass. (5116.)
Mary Stearnes, wid. of Jonathan.
Sec let to Hon. W m Parmenter.
July 8. 1840.
" " Elijah Clark 5 Sept. 1840.
to L. Fiske 21. Oct. 1840
" Hon. W m Parmenter
Parmenter 29 Jan'y '41 Dec. 28. 1840
Act. July 1836.

19479 INVALID.
File No. 19479
Jonathan Stearns Rev Rev Min
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 32
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Consolidated with D. Wind: File 25.167.

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6083 Massachusetts
Mary Stearns, widow of Jonathan Stearns, dec d . and after his death by his widow who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 3 December 1833 of Middlesex (in the State of Mass.) who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Harrington of the regt commanded by Col. _____ in the Mass Militia line for 7 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of March 1841, issued to Hon. W. Payson (at home). Re. Rep o
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $116.66 Pension annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J. M c Curdy, Clerk, Book 4. Vol. 1. Page 131.

Act July 22
1863.
Massachusetts
Mary Hearn
widow of Nathan Hearn who was a Private in the Mass line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars & 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of July, 1843. and sent to
Elizah Clark Brighton Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 34.