Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15511, for Jonathan Loring, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Loring, Jonathan
NUMBER
S. 15511
CONTENTS
carded

6169
New Hampshire
Jonathan Loring of Hillsboro in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Warren of the ... commanded by ... in the Revolutionary War War time for 13 months Mass aw
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Feb y 1833 and sent to James Dana Esq r Present
Arrears to 4 th of Sept r 1832 $64.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 21.66
$86.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Book D
Daniel Boyd Clerk Vol. 1 Page 167

State of New Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hillsborough
On this seventy seventh day of August  AD 1832 Amherst personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting at within and for the County of Hillsborough in the Commonwealth State of New Hampshire  State of New Hampshire Jonathan Loring of Mason in said County aged 82 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 he was at Lexington Ms. on the morning of the 19 th of April AD 1775. embodied with his Company and received the fire of the British near the Meeting house, and continued during that day in pursuit and pursuing the Enemy, when they returned from Concord they fired his house which was on the road, and the same with all its contents was consumed, he continued in the field three days, and then went to Cambridge and enlisted for two months in the Company of Capt. Allen of Cambridge (now Brighton) Lt. Hadley of Lexington in Col. Heath's Regiment, he was encamped at Lechmere's point where he did duty with his Company two months and was dismissed, the Provincial Congress had the property he lost by fire, appraised and his loss was estimated at Two Thousand dollars, but he was never able to obtain anything for his losses. — 2. In AD 1777 he engaged for five months to go to the northern frontier and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Miles of Concord. Lt. Raw of Lexington in Col. for Reed's Reg t  Second regiment Company and served with them five months when he was dismissed. 3. In AD 1778 he engaged to Rhode Island for six months, was in the Company of Capt. James Smith in Col. Dawes Reg t he up and to Rhode Island with his Company and there served out his term of six months when he was dismissed

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
Commenced Parish Judge Jonathan Loving Com't the alth of info. 2. Middlesex ss William Hill a Clergyman residing in the town of Farm of Mason and Nathaniel Cummings of the same residence in the county of Hillsborough State of New Hampshire who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be eighty one 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 in presence of us Before me Sam. Dana jus peace. Ebenezer Hill Nathl Cummings
87.
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 Ebenezer Hill who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in said Mason of that Nathl Cummings who has signed the same as also in said Mason and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I Charles Hathaway Commenced Parish Judge of Probate Clerk of the Court of the county of Probate as aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonathan Young for a pension.
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two.
C. Hathaway Regr

60. 22485 Declaration of Jonathan Loring. app. sworn
Please to direct to Sam Danahy Gorton Ms
13 Months
Adm D
New Hampshire
43.33
bap Warren
James D. Mac E Parent

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough
to wit,
At the Court of Probate Amherst on the twelfth  seventh On the application of Jonathan Loring interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
within and for the County of Hillsborough day of August  2 A. D. 1832 claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following
1. Where, and in what year were you born? Answer,
In Lexington Mass. February 7th. 1750.
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it? Answer,
I have a family record, and my name is recorded on the town book of Lexington.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
In Lexington, soon after the close of the war I removed to Mason N.H. where I have since and now do live
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,
I was always a volunteer and went into service on my own motion
5. Did you ever receive any discharge from service? Ans. I never received any such written discharge from service. 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. Heath. Gen. Washington at ... ridge & Gen. Sullivan at Rhode Island
7. 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,
Rev. Mr. Hill. Dr. Johnson. Mr. Thomas Keedyman.
John Batchelder Mr. Cummings & Selectmen of Mason
Jonathan Loring attest Matthewson Reg

Rev. and 1812 War section.
awt October 4, 1924.
Mrs. L. C. Smith, Miami, Route A. Fla.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 15511, it appears that Jonathan Loring was born February 7, 1750 in Lexington, Massachusetts.
While residing in said Lexington, he was called out on the morning of April 19, 1775, was in the battle of Lexington and served three days, he then went to Cambridge and enlisted and served two months in Captain Warren's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in 1777 and served five months as a private in Captain Charles Miles' Company, Colonel Jonathan Reed's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted July 1, 1778 and served six months as a private in Captain Nathan Smith's Company, Colonel John Jacob's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, while living at Mason, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire. There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

15511 INVALID.
1924 Oct. 4 - Hist to Mrs. G. C. Smith's Cur.
File No. 15511
Jonathan Loring Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Route A. Miami, Fla.
Sept. 11th. 1924
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you give me the record of service in the Revolutionary War of:-
Jonathan Loring. Mass
Abel Loring? "
Did Sarah (Minor) Boies, widow of Samuel Boies of Homer & Jefferson N.Y. receive a pension for his service in the Revolution?
If so please give me the record. He lived in Mass. during the war.
Yours Truly
Mrs L.C. Smith Route A. Miami, Fla.

Affidavit of Benjamin Locke for Jonathan Loring

I Benjamin Locke of Lexington in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy six years, do depose and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution as by my Declaration on file in the Pension Office
See, will appear: And I do further testify and declare that I know and well remember Jonathan Loring now of Gilson in the State of New Hampshire, but formerly of Lexington aforesaid who served as a Soldier in that war,
that he was a private Soldier, in the Company of Capt. Charles Miles in Colo.
Reeds Regiment, in which Company, I also served.
Some time in A D One Thousand eight hundred and twenty six the said Loring and myself both engaged to the Middlesex for five months and enlisted in the Company of said Capt. Miles at Concord, our other Company Officers were Lieut. Edmund Monroe of Lexington, Francis Bowdoin of Lexington 1 st Lieut. and our Company was in the Regiment of Col. Jon. Reed of Littleton, our Company was at Charleston in New Hampshire then called A D 1826. From thence we proceeded to Concord where we were encamped; after we had been there some time we were marched to Albany and were there discharged. We were at Mount Independence and our business was for- tying, and in the common duties of the Camp — As well as I can recollect we departed from Lexington in the Summer and returned after the weather was cold, the said Jonathan Loring having served the full term of four months at which time I was discharged; but understood said Loring continued to the end of the term to wit five months.
Benjamin Locke
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Middlesex to wit
January 26 th
AD. 1833.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the of Middlesex County in said Commonwealth Benjamin Locke well known to me as a credible and disinterested witness 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.
Before me William Chandler Justice of the Peace

Affidavit of Benj. Gocke for Jonathan Young
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Wadsworth Is.
I Elias Pruney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Middlesex, do certify that William Chandler Esquire is a Justice of the peace within said said county of Middlesex, and that his name set to the within certificate is his own proper signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, the Twenty eighth day of January 1833
E. Pruney.

Jon. "Loring"

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 26 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
Jonathan Loring is borne on "A Muster roll of Capt. Nathan Smiths company, in Col. John Jacobs regiment from the Massachusetts State for the year 1775—" for the space of 6. months from the 1 st of July. 1775
Edward D. Bays Secy

Jonathan Loring

I Jonathan Loring of Mason in the State of New Hampshire in addition to my former declaration do depose and say that I have made enquiry and search for some proof of my services in A.D. 1775. two months at Lechmeres point in Cambridge in Capt. Coarens Company as there in state and have not been able to find any documentary evidence, or any person living who served with me in that Campaign, all of them having deceased or removed to places unknown to me. — Jonathan Loring
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. January 26 th A.D. 1838 Personally appeared Jonathan Loring and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me. — Samuel Stites Just. of the Peace
We Nathaniel Mulliken and John Mulliken and Abijah Harrington
all of Lexington in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do each of us severally depose and say that we know Jonathan Loring now of Mason in the State of New Hampshire, who lived at Lexington in the time of the War of the revolution and continued to live there until about the year A.D. 1815. that said Loring always restrained enjoyed the character of an upright honest man, that he lost his house and out buildings furniture &c which were burned by the British on the 19 th of April 1775. The said Loring was always reputed and believed to have served in the War, and in the first year of it, and that his account of his services and sufferings in that war has always been believed and considered as correct and was never doubted in the Town of Lexington, and we fully concur in the belief that he served two months at Cambridge in Capt. Coarens Company in A.D. 1775 stationed at Lechmeres point.
Nathaniel Mulliken
John Mulliken
Abijah Harrington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex. January 26 th 1833 Personally appeared the aforsaid John Mulliken and Abijah Harrington and Nathaniel Mulliken
and each for himself, severally made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscri- bed. And I hereby certify that each and all of the Deponents are well known to me as substantial citizens and disinterested and credible witnesses: —
Samuel Pitson Justice of the Peace
Jonathan Loring
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Middlesex, do certify that Samuel Pitson Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, and that his name set to the within & above Certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court The twenty eighth day of January 1833.
E. Phinney.