Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22396, for William Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thompson, William Deborah
N. 22396.
CONTENTS

450
Massachusetts
2.5 d
Deborah Thompson of Plymouth in the State of Mass. a who was a Mass in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the widow of William Thompson de late a Lieutenant in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. a at the rate of 10 C. Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Feb. y 1837 and sent J. H. Lende Plymouth Mass. a
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1836 $580.60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 37 53.33 $640.01
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Addison Clerk, Book 7 Vol. 1 Page 70

I Thomas Sturtevant of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts Esquire on oath declare & say that I am eighty six years of age that I was born in the Town of Halifax in said County and lived & made it my home in said Halifax until the year 1774 when I removed to Middleborough where I have ever since lived, that Deborah Thompson the widow of William Thompson late of said Middleborough deceased was a distant relation of mine & I have been acquainted with her ever since I was a small Boy, and well recollect the time when she was married to the said William Thompson, but I am not able to state the year when the marriage took place - that I was well acquainted with the said William Thompson ever after I moved into the Town of Middleborough to live until his death, and I recollect that I was at Roxbury in the year 1775 and saw the said Thompson there on duty as an Officer and I am confident that he was married to the said Deborah before that time - that the said William Thompson died about twenty years ago and left the said Deborah his widow & that she has remained a widow ever since & is still living - The said Deborah is a few years older than I am - and I further state that the Rev. Mr. Briggs was the settled minister in the Town of Halifax for several years before I moved to Middleborough in 1774. Thos. Sturtevant
State of Massachusetts ss. September 2 d 1836 Then Thomas Sturtevant personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above written affidavit by him subscribed, and I certify that said Sturtevant is a competent witness & entitled to full credit - Isaac Stearns Just. of the Peace

I Isaac Thompson of Middleborough in the County of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts on oath declare & say that I am a Son of William Thompson late of Middleborough deceased and was the Executor of the said William - that he died March 16 th 1816 - that all his papers came into my hands after his death, that among other papers which I considered of no value I think and am confident I found a Lieutenants commission which he had in the actual service in the Revolutionary war, & which I am unable now to find - and I further state that Deborah Thompson the widow of the said William Thompson has lived a widow ever since his death & is still living
Isaac Thompson
State of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss.
On the second day of September 1836 the above named Isaac Thompson personally appeared before me & made solemn oath to the truth of the above written affidavit by him subscribed - and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Isaac Thompson & that he is a witness entitled to full credit
Isaac Stevens Justice of the Peace

I Nhemiah Cobb of Larver, in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts being eighty four years of age on oath depose & say that I served as an Ensign in the war of the Revolution in the eight months service at Roxbury in the said State of Massachusetts - that I belonged to Capt. Brigham's Company & Col. Cotton's Regiment. that our company was raised soon after the battle at Lexington in April 1775. that we marched to Roxbury upon which about the first of May of said year & were stationed at that place for the term of eight months when we were discharged in the following Winter - and I further declare & say that a company raised in the Town of Middleborough in said County of which Joshua Benson was Captain & William Thompson was Lieutenant was in the same service & belonged to the same Regiment - The Company to which said Thompson belonged arrived at Roxbury about the same time that I did and continued in the same service at that place and was discharged at the same time, and I well recollect that said William Thompson served during the whole of said term as Lieutenant of said Company - said Thompson afterwards lived in Town of Middleborough where he died a number of years ago - Nhemiah Cobb
State of Massachusetts } Plymouth County } ss August 31. 1836 Then
Nhemiah Cobb above named personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above written affidavit before me Isaac Stearns Just. of Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Nehemiah Cobb, & that he is a credible Witness. Aug. 31. 1836. — Isaac Stevens Justice of the Peace
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I Noah Thomas of Plympton in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts on oath declare & say that I am now seventy six years of age, that about the last of April in the year 1775, a Company was raised in the Town of Middleborough in said County by enlistment to serve eight months in the War of the Revolution, that I entered into said Company as a private and then lived in said Town of Middleborough - Joshua Benson was Captain, William Thompson Lieutenant & James Smith Ensign all of said Middleborough. That the said Company was mustered at said Middleborough and on or about the fifteenth day of May 1775 marched to Roxbury near Boston & there joined Col. Colton's Regiment, Ebenezer Sprague was the major of the Regiment, and said Company was continued in the service and stationed at Roxbury until the first of January in the year 1776 when the said Regiment to which we belonged was discharged - that the said William Thompson the Lieut. of the Company marched with the Company and continued on duty with the Company from the time it was raised & mustered in Middleborough as aforesaid until the said Regiment was discharged as aforesaid January 1 st 1776 - That I belonged to the Company of which said Thompson was Lieutenant during all the time I was in the service as aforesaid - and I further declare & say that I was acquainted with said Thompson after the Revolutionary war as long as he lived. That he always lived in Middleborough and died quite a number of years ago. (He was 84 years old)
State of Massachusetts } Plymouth County } August 31. 1836 Then Noah Thomas personally appeared and made oath that the above written affidavit by him subscribed is true before me Isaac Stevens Just. of Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Woah Thomas and that he is a credible witness - Isaac Stevens Just of the Peace Aug. 31. 1836.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Isaac Stevens Esquire is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified in & for said County & that the several signatures to the foregoing certificates purporting to be subscribed by him are his true & genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County this sixth day of September in the year 1836.
Jacob H. Lord

No 140 Deborah Thompson's Application
Pensions Compy Cottons Regt in 75.
no exception as to marriage
Sept 11. 86
See Mass rolls. Vol 14. p 37. - Quat.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth County ss. Be it known that Deborah Thompson of Middleborough in the County & State aforesaid Widow, on the second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirtyfour, personally appeared before the Hon. Wilkes Wood Esq., Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the said County of Plymouth, (she being by reason of age & infirmity unable to travel & attend before any court of Record) and being first duly sworn in due form of Law, made the following declaration, on oath, in order to entitle herself to the benefit of a Law of the United States of the 4 th of July 1836.
That her Maiden Name was Deborah Stanton, & that she was born in the Town of Halifax in said County on the 30 th day of September A.D. 1748, and that her birth is recorded in the Records of the Town of Halifax - and that she lived in said Halifax until she was married as herein after stated - that after her marriage she resided in said Middleborough with her husband during his lifetime & has resided in said Middleborough ever since his decease -
That in the month of November A.D. 1770 she was married by the Rev. Mr. Briggs of Halifax to William Thompson of Middleborough - that said William Thompson was born in said Middleborough as appears by the Records of said Town on the 15 th February 1747/8, and since of lived in said Town of Middleborough until his death -
That after the said marriage, to wit, in the year 1775 the said William her husband, entered the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution as a Lieutenant

of a Company of Infantry raised in said Middleborough of which Joshua Benson was Captain, for the term of eight months - that her said Husband was stationed at Roxbury near Boston in the State of Massachusetts, during said period & she always understood that he belonged to Col. Cotton's Regiment - According to the best of her recollection her said Husband marched with said Company to Roxbury about the first of May in the year 1775 & continued on duty in that vicinity, till the time for which he entered, had expired, which was in the winter following, when he returned home - That she well recollects of hearing the firing at the Battle of Bunker Hill & that her said Husband was at that time absent in the service as aforesaid. That she thinks the Company was raised by volunteering enlistment, but of this she cannot be positive - She thinks that she has seen a Commission which her husband had as lieutenant while in the service & which her husband used to keep in his desk with his other Papers but she does not know what has become of it -
That her said Husband died at said Middleborough in the month of March in the year 1816 and that she ever since has been and still is the widow of the said William Thompson - That she has no documentary evidence of the services of her said Husband but has procured the affidavits of Noah Thomas & Nehemiah Cobb who were with him in the said service and also the other affidavits and certificates herunto annexed - That there is no settled minister of the Gospel residing in the Society where she now lives, but that she is and her said Husband was well known to Wilkes Wood Esq. Judge of Probate, William Banne Esq. & Lewis Prince Esq. all of said Middleborough who can testify as to the reputation of

her said Husband's Revolutionary Services in the neighbourhood where he resided and that neither she nor her said Husband were ever on the Pension Roll after U. States. and she does hereby relinquish all claims to any Pension from the U. States except that sought for under this application -
her Deborah Thompson Mark
And I the said Judge further certify that the name Thompson or Thompson in this part of the Country is identical, that formerly it was generally written without the letter p in it but at the present time with a p by share of the same family. I have to and subscribed the day and year above written
Before me Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth P. I Jacob H. Loud Register of Probate for said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Hon. Wilkes Wood is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County & that the above is his true genuine Signature.
Witness my hand & the seal of the said Court at Plymouth this Sixth Day of September A.D. 1836 Jacob H. Loud

We Levi Peirce & William Bourne Esquires both of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth, hereby certify that we are acquainted with the before named Deborah Thompson and were also acquainted with William Thompson her late Husband, that the said William Thompson was reputed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution - and we believe that the foregoing Declaration of the said Deborah is true -
Levi Peirce
W m Bourne
State of Massachusetts Plymouth County } ss.
September 2 d 1836 Then William Bourne & Levi Peirce personally appeared before me & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate by them subscribed: and I further certify that they are each of them Justices of the Peace & Credible Witnesses -
Isaac Stevens Just. Peace
No. 140

I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Plymouth, within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that it appears by the third Book of Records, of the Court of Sessions for said County at page 404,
William Thomson of Middleborough & Deborah Sturtevant of Halifax were joined in Marriage Nov. 16. 1770 by the Rev. Ephraime Briggs of Halifax.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal of Office at Plymouth this sixth day of September A.D. 1836. J. B. Thomas
Plymouth Jp. Sept. 6. 1836 Then John B. Thomas, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me & I hereby certify that he is a credible person. Eli Cook Jr. P. use
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth Jp. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate do hereby certify that Eli Cook Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the above is his true & genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court this sixth day of September A.D. 1836. Jacob H Lord
Register of Probate Plymouth County

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
No.
22396
Deborah Thompson
Widow of
William Thompson
Lieut. Rev. War
Act:
Janne 17 th
x:—Vol.
16
Page
273
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Deborah Thompson wid of Mr Thompson Mass.
Ad. Supt. 8 mo. $104.66 per ann. comg 4 March 1831.

Probate Office Nym. Sept 6. 1836
Dear Sir
I send herewith the application of Deborah Thompson under Act of July 4. 1836 Also in another envelope the application of Shubael Munroe under Act of June 7. 1832
Yours &c
J. H. Lord
53335 5333 58668