Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13616, for Anthony Kelly, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Kelly, Anthony
S. 13616
CONTENTS .
carded

2370.
New Hampshire
Anthony Kelly
Residing in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col Francis in the [blank] here for 6 May
Mass.
Records corrected June 16.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Nov 1832 and sent Josiah Gaughton Deerfield N.H.
As to 4th of Sept 1832 $30~ Semi-annual allowance ending 2 March 33 - 10~ $40~
{ Revolutionary Claim, Nov June 7, 1832.
Recorded by I H McBlain Clerk Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 165.
See letter to Nathl. White South Dur. field N.H. July 15, 1833

1907 Jan. 23. History to Herbert L. Kelley, letter in S. T. 18073 Micajah Kelley
✓ 13616 Rev. man INVALID.
File No. 13.616 Anthony Kelly Priv. Rev. Man
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 203
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N o . 3352
M. C. E.
A. Kelley

State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham ss.
On this sixth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before Josiah Butler Esquire one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of New Hampshire at Candia in said County of Rockingham in said State Anthony Kelly of Candia aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832:
That in May or June 1775 he enlisted as a private soldier in Amesbury in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, under Captain Robert Dodge, Lieutenant Insly, Second Lieutenant Surles and Ensign Pillsbury in Colonel Francis' Regiment of Massachusetts Militia and Revolutionary Army for six months and joined said Company and Regiment in Dorchester in the State of Massachusetts at which place the Army was stationed - He remained at said Dorchester and served out his said term of enlistment in said Company and Regiment as a faithful soldier and was honourably discharged and returned to said Amesbury in the Month of December following.
That he was born in Newtown in the County of Rockingham in said State of New Hampshire - has a record of his age and said record he has here with him - When called into the service he lived in said Amesbury - and since the Revolutionary war he has lived in said Amesbury Candia aforesaid - He never received any but a verbal discharge - That there is no surviving witness by whom he can prove his services in the Army that he knows of, and he has no documentary evidence to prove it. That he would name Anthony Bangford, Stephen Gale and Andrew Moore to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their

belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
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 any agency of any State.
For Anthony Kelly
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Josiah Butten
We Benjamin Pillsbury and Stevens T. Sanborn both residing in Candia in the County of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire hereby certify that we well acquainted with Anthony Kelly who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-eight 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.
Benjamin Pillsbury Stevens T. Sanborn
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Josiah Butten
And the said Justice does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Justice further certifies that it appears to him that Benjamin Pillsbury and Stevens T. Sanborn who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said Candia and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said Justice further certifies that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court. And the said Justice further certifies that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before him the said Justice in the matter of the application of Anthony Kelly for a pension.
Josiah Butten

Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for the County of Rockingham aforesaid do hereby certify that Josiah Butler is an Associate Justice of said Court of Common Pleas - and I further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, had before the said Josiah Butler Associate Justice as aforesaid, in the matter of the applica- tion of Anthony Kelly for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of August Anno Domini 1832
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court aforesaid
State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham ss. November thirteenth AD 1832 I Moses Bean a Clergyman residing in Candia in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Anthony Kelly who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that I believe him to be sev- enty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion.
Moses Bean
Sworn and I subscribed the day & year last aforesaid
And I the aforesaid Josiah Butler do further certify that it appears to me the said Justice that Moses Bean who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said Candia and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Josiah Butler Associate Justice of the C.C. Pleas for the State of New Hampshire

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hamp- shire do hereby certify that Josiah Butts before whom the within certificate of Moses Dean was sworn and subscribed as one of the appointed Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of New Hampshire and that his signature to the certificate thereof is his true and genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this fourteenth day of November Anno Domini 1832
P Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

3352
Anthony Kelly
M. G. E. idmth
The Clergymans Relief regd re
amt 26 Oct 1832
6 Months
$20
To Mich Houghton South Deerfield NH

BRIEF in the case of  Anthony Kelly  Gleandier, Rockingham by in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
a Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?—
He was so
disabled as not to be able to attend court
3. How old is he?
78
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.     In 1775 May or June 6 private Col Francis - Massach setts  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Amesbury
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Tradition alone
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
no Clergyman's Certificate!
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. B. Eastman Examining Clerk.

Ill. Lin. File 13 616 Rev.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Anthony Kelley , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Amesbury Mass   May or June 75 6 mos. Pvt. Robt. Dodge Francis Mass.                                                                 
Battles engaged in,  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amesbury, Mass.  Date of application for pension, Aug 6 1832.  Residence at date of application, Candia, Rockingham Co., NH  (died in state)  b. Newtown, Rockingham Co., NH.  Age at date of application, 78-
Remarks:
no further fam data
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.