Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29491, for Joshua Swan, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Swan, Joshua
S. 29491
CONTENTS

Let to Hon A. Inek Dec 3, 1850, Let to same 23 Apr 1851
79 Eper
Massachusetts
Joshua Swan
of Essex Co. in the State of Massachusetts who was a Artificer in the Company commanded by Captain Pollard of the Regt. commanded by Col. Baldwin in the Mass. line for Lyman
Cable
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 844 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May 1833 and sent to  John Tenney. Methuen
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $288.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 14 Sept. 72.00  $360.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Witham Clerk, Book C Vol. 2 Page 77

15131 Massachusetts Joshua Swan deed of in the State of Massachusetts who was a Citizen in the commanded by Captain Pollard of the commanded by Col Baldwin in the Massachusetts line for Cyars
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & ending 25. March 1845. Incd from 144.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of January 1852 and sent to Hon. C. Tuck H. of R.
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. M. MacRae Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 81

Joshua Swan
15733

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this Twenty fifth day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Joshua Swan , a resident of Methuen , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 77 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 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
in a Regiment of Engineers, under Col Baldwin. Capt Pollard and afterwards Capt Parker, that he enlisted into the service in May or June A. D. 1777; marched first to Hartford Ct. where he had the small pox. Thence marched to New Jersey and joined the main body of Washington's army at Bound Brook and remained with the main army during the whole term of his enlistment, viz. three years, and was regularly discharged in New Jersey in the summer of 1780; that he resided in Andover, Massachusetts, when he enlisted and has lost his written discharge and knows of no documentary evidence by which he can prove said service, unless they exist at the war department.
and he further declares that he was born in said Methuen on the twelfth of March 1755, where his birth is recorded, and where he has always lived except when he was learning his trade

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
Joshua Luan D. H. White
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Charles C. Kimball a clergyman, residing in Methuen aforesaid, and Benjamin Osgood Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Methuen aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Luan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Charles C. Kimball Benja Osgood
Subscribed and sworn to before
John Tenney Jus. Peace

I Isaac Monroe of Lincoln in the County of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts Seventy four years old - depose and say that Joshua Swan of Hethuen, in the County of Essex was out with me in the United States Service in the years 1777 - 1778 and 1779 in the Companies commanded by Capt. Pollard and Capt. Parker, in the Regiment commanded by Colo Baldwin for the term of three years - Isaac Monroe
Middlesex ss. Lincoln August 11 th 1832
Personally appeared the above named Isaac Monroe and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him Subscribed before me -
Charles Wheeler Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Middlesex, do certify that Charles Wheeler Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, within & for said County, and that I believe his name set to the above is a true & correct copy of his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fourth day of September 1832
E. Phinney

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Charles B. Kimball , who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Methuen , and that the said Benjamin Osgood , who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Methuen , and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. H. White Judge of Probate
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Swan for a pension. I also certify, that John Tenney , before whom the certificate of Charles B. Kimball and Benjamin Osgood purports to have been sworn, is a justice of the peace for said county, and the signature of his name annexed is his genuine signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fifth day of September, A. D. 1832.
Nathaniel Lord Jr.

Joshua Swan Mess
Advised 2 years
1833
John Tenney Methuen Mess

BRIEF in the case of  Joshua Swan  60 of  Wex  in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Reg t of Engineers In 1744 enlisted 3 - Private Br. Potter Col. Salton  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Andover Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional and one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The witness is not certified as Credible 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Selection of Rufus Dawes

Declaration.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Suffolk on this first day of November A.D. 1850, personally appeared before me Thomas G. Harkness a justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within said county and State Rufus Swan aged forty-eight years, a resident of Boston in said State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that together with Joshua Swan of Lowell in the County of Middlesex in said State and Isaac Swan 2nd, Deborah Swan and Lydia H. wife of Isaac B. Galt Cobb, all of Methuen in said State He is the only surviving child of Joshua Swan late of said Methuen a Revolutionary Pensioner, who died on or about the twenty-fifth day of March A.D. 1845.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining arrearages of pension due the said Joshua Swan at the time of his death, by reason of his not having received the full amount of pension to which he was entitled to receive annually, as will appear by a re-examination of the papers already on file in the pension office, pertaining thereto, and for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of all laws heretofore passed, relating to the class of pensions within which the said Joshua Swan was included. Rufus Swan
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written, and I do hereby certify that I believe the above declaration to be true.
Thomas G. Harkness. Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 2 1858
S hereby C ertify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Thomas S. Harlow was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; 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.
M. H. Callan
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Declaration of Joshua Swan dec d
Int o to $240 d ed $144 per annum. Court 4 March 1831 Vendg 25 March 1845. Jay to Rufus Swan, Joshua Swan, Isaac Swan 2 nd Deborah Swan. & Lydia T. Cobb only surv g children
Hon. A. Tuck, Wofk

Declaration.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex, ss.
On this first day of November A.D. 1860, personally appeared before me Joel Adams, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within said County and State Joshua Swan aged sixty-two years, a resident of Lowell in the County of Middlesex in said State who being duly sworn according to law, declares that, together with Isaac Swan 2nd of Methuen in the County of Essex in said State and Deborah Swan & Lydia H. Cobb, wife of Isaac B. Cobb both of said Methuen and Rufus Swan of Boston in the County of Suffolk in said State they are the only surviving children of Joshua Swan late of Methuen in said Commonwealth a Revolutionary Pensioner, who died on or about the twenty-fifth day of March A.D. 1845.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining arrears of pension due the said Joshua Swan at the time of his death, by reason of his not having received the full amount of pension to which, it is believed, he was entitled annually to receive, as will appear by a re-examination of the papers already on file in the Pension Office pertaining thereto; and for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of all laws heretofore passed, relating to the class of pensions within which said Joshua Swan was included. Joshua Swan
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written; and I do hereby certify that I believe the above declaration to be true.
Joel Adams, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 2. 1850
I hereby C ertify, 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 qualified; 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.
B. H. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Isaac Swan 2nd, Declaration

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 2 d 1850.
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation George A. n Waldo was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; 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.
R. H. Walham
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DECLARATION.
Commonwealth State of  Massachusetts County of Essex
ss.
On this thirty-first day of October A. D. 1850, personally appeared before me George A. Waldo a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within said County and State Isaac Swan 2nd aged forty five years, a resident of Methuen in said State, and aged  years, a resident of  in said State
who being duly sworn according to law, declare that, together with Joshua Swan of Lowell in the County of Middlesex in said State, after Rufus Swan of Boston in the county of Suffolk in said State and Deborah Swan and Lydia H. Cobb wife of Isaac B. Cobb of Methuen they are the only surviving children of Joshua Swan late of Methuen a Revolutionary Pensioner, and of
his widow, who was also a pensioner, and who lived twenty-fifth day of March A. D. 1846. died on or about the They He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining arrearages of pension due the said Joshua Swan at the time of his death, by reason of his not having received the full amount of pension to which, it is believed, he was entitled annually to receive, as will appear by a re-examination of the papers already on file in the Pension Office, pertaining thereto;—and for the purpose of ob- taining the benefit of all laws heretofore passed, relating to the class of pensions within which said Joshua Swan was included. Isaac Swan 2nd
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year above written; and I do hereby certify that I believe the facts before mentioned to be true.
George A. Waldo } Justice of the Peace.
***** * * * * SEAL. * * * * *****
} ss.
Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State do hereby certify that his whose genuine signature ap- pears to the foregoing instrument, is George A. Waldo a Justice of the Peace, and that his Commission is of the County Court in and for the County of Essex A. D. 18 45 , and continues for three years thereafter, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to the faith and credit of the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having General jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, at Methuen this 31st day of October A. D. 1850

STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Essex SS.
On this thirty-first day of October A. D. 1850, personally appeared before me George A. Waldo — a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within said County and State, Caleb Swan aged sixty years, a resident of Methuen in said State and County,
who being duly sworn according to law, says that he has been acquainted with Joshua Swan Isaac Swan Rufus Swan Deborah Swan Lydia F. Cobb wife of Isaac B. Cobb for forty years, and that the said Joshua Swan, Isaac Swan Rufus Swan, Deborah Swan and Lydia F. Cobb wife of Isaac B. Cobb are the only surviving children of Joshua Swan Caleb Swan
late a pensioner of the United States.
Subscribed and sworn to, before me on the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I am acquainted with said Caleb Swan and that he is a  is a credible person.
George A. Waldo Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Essex SS.
On this thirty-first day of October A. D. 1850, personally appeared before me George A. Waldo — a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within said County and State, John Davis aged forty nine years, a resident of Methuen in said State and County,
who being duly sworn according to law, says that he has been acquainted with Isaac Swan Joshua Swan Rufus Swan Deborah Swan and Lydia F. Cobb wife of Isaac B. Cobb for thirty years, and that the said Isaac Swan, Joshua Swan Rufus Swan, Deborah Swan and Lydia F. Cobb wife of Isaac B. Cobb are the only surviving children of Joshua Swan John Davis
late a pensioner of the United States.
Subscribed and sworn to, before me on the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I am acquainted with said John Davis and that he is a  is a credible person.
George A. Waldo Justice of the Peace.

Jan 14/1852
Rel: to case of Joshua Swann deed
Hon. Amos Luck Hoy R.

H. Rep. No. 13. 185-2-
To the Honorable, Passions;
I wish you to re-ex- amine the claim of the heirs of Joshua Swan an Officer from Massachusetts in the war of the Revolution; But I believe his heirs are enti- tled to arrears -
Yours respectfully
Stock

L. L. Edwards Esq

Exeter N. H., Nov. 5, 1850.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Hon. Mr. Readings;
I send you the application of three of the five surviving children of Joshua Lurene, late a pensioner of the Revolution, as an artificer at $144 per year. They believe that their father was entitled to $240, per year, and they make their de- claration to obtain the arrearages - Please send certificate to me
Respectfully,
Mosheek M. B.

15 March 1777

Ester Ap. 18, 1851.
J. E. Heath Esq Comm. Pension.
About 5 months ago I presented to the Pension Department, a claim in behalf of the children of Joshua Swann of Massachusetts, late a Pensioner, who was an artificer in the Army of the Revolution, and who was believed to be entitled to 240/6 instead of $144, which he received. What is the condition of this claim - & will it be allowed? Respectfully, Amos Root.

Brief in the case of Joshua Swan, dec d , late of Suffolk County and State of Massachusetts act 7 June 1832
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Artillery Artificer - See floor p 144 to p 240 per annum.
Name and residence of Agent
Wm A. Stick Wofk
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

Massachusetts Roll, Act 7 June 1832. Joshua Swan, Artificer, $44 per annum To what time last paid?
Paid to 4 th March 1845.
Pension Office Col.
W. J. Bogan.
W. J. B.

29491 Reg  INVALID.
File No. 29,491
Joshua Swan Witness Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 409
[Arrangement of 1870.]