Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,090, for William Thorning, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thorning, William Eunice
N. 20,090
CONTENTS

4,088
Massachusetts Roll
William Thorning
Private
Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Nov r 1818 and forwarded to Stephen Minot Haverhill, Esqr, Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 42.86 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Nov 1819 48.00
$ 90.86
From 4/30 4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
new months
Lexington, Middlesex Co

Letter to Hon J. G. Palfrey 15 Febry 1849. R.W. Bates May 6/1854 To same May 26/54 same
Reported Febry 12/1849
Not Entitled to Increase dropped under act '20
3817
Massachusetts. Emmice Thoring widow of William M ss who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Febry 1849 and sent to
Hon J. G. Palfrey Hobbs
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 165 Vol. 2,

Certificate of bond in case of Emma Thompson
Act February 2 d 1848.
Whole
Act 9 Feb 2 d 1848
Filed by RWT Bates, May 20/54

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex
ss.
J. S. P. P. Gay Esquire Judges of the Court of Probate within and for said County do hereby certify that the statement of John Thorning of Somerville in said County, truly subscribed and sworn to before Ezra Ripley a justice of the Peace, duly qualified to administer oaths within and for said County, has this day been exhibited to me, by which it satisfactorily appears that Eunice Thorning late of Somerville in said County deceased, widow, died on the tenth day of February, A.D. 1849; that she was formerly the wife of William Thorning deceased, and that she died his widow; that she left four children all of whom are now living viz; John Thorning Leonard Thorning; Mary Wood, and Dorcas Childs; that the testimony of John Thorning aforesaid is credible, and satisfactory to me; and I further certify that Ezra Ripley of Cambridge, in said County has this day been duly appointed ad- -ministrator of the estate of the late Eunice Thorning and has given satisfactory bond for the faith- -ful performance of his duties, as such admin- -istrator, in the full sum of One Thousand Dollars;
In testimony whereof I have this sixteenth day of May, A.D. 1854 set my hand hereunto and my seal of office. J. P. P. Gay

531 Eunice Thorning- widow of William Mass.
Act 7. July 38 5 years
Married in 1782.
died in 1829.
about 9 mo. pri
30 $
no deduction
Geo. S. Bowdell Boston

Declaration of Punee, Thorning & Lanah Warrington for a Pension under Act of July 18 38
6-8
22P

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex for I Isaac Pitke Overseer of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex hereby certify That Saml P Ray Esq. with the judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified; That his signature - written on the paper hereto annexed is his genuine signature; - I also certify that Bradford Russell Esq. is a justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature written on the paper hereto annexed is his genuine signature; -
I also certify that Joel Hoar Esq. is a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature written on the paper hereto annexed is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this fourteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight Isaac Pitke Esq

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex
I William Child of Groton County and State of aforesaid do upon oath testify and declare that I am sixty five years old that I was former- ly well acquainted with William Thorning late of Ber- ington, County & State aforesaid deceased, that he was a Pensioner of the United States that he died about nine years since; that his widow Eunice Thorning is still living, was always reputed the lawful wife of the aforesaid William Thorning; and has not been married since the decease of her late husband the said William Thorning -
William Child
Middlesex ss. August 11 th A.D. 1838 - Then personally appeared William Child, known to me to be a credible witness, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed - before me
Bradford Russell Justice of the Peace & Juror in and for said County -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
Littleton Town Clerks Office July 31 st 1838
I James Kimball in and for the town of Littleton County and State aforesaid make the following extract from the records of marriage in said town - June eighteenth one thousand eight hundred and eighty two - William Thorning and Eunice Phillips both of Lexington were joined in marriage by me
Jonathan Reed Justice Peace
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - June 18 th 1882 William Thorning and Eunice Phillips both of Lexington were joined in marriage by me Jonathan Reed Justice Peace
I James Kimball above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Littleton County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the above exception as certified by me
James Kimball Clerk of the town of Littleton aforesaid
I sworn before me
Josh Hoar Justice of the Peace

Marriage Certificates in Eunice Thornings Case —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. County of Middlesex
On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Hon. Samuel P. P. Gay Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex state aforesaid, Eunice Thorning a resident of Lexington, County and state aforesaid, aged eighty two 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 of the act made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; That she is the widow of William Thorning late of Lexington, County and state aforesaid, deceased, and that said William her late husband served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution as stated in his declaration for a pension under the act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818, which pension he the said William did receive until by direction of the Department his name was stricken from the pension list as on account of the amount of his property he was not considered entitled to receive it - all of which will more fully appear on reference to the records on file in the War Department and to the papers and documents which the said William forwarded to the Department in order to establish his claim to a pension under the act of Congress, passed March 18 th 1818.
She further declares that she was married to said William Thorning at Littleton on the eighteenth day of June, one thousand, seven hundred and eighty two - that her husband the aforesaid William Thorning died on the twenty-fourth day of March eighteen hundred and twenty nine and that she has not been married since his decease that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seven- teen hundred and ninety four - viz - at the time above stated.
her Eunice X Thorning mark
Subscribed & sworn to in open court, by said Eunice Thorning, on the day & year first above written
J. P. P. Gay Judge of Probate
your servant

Eunice Thorning
May 5 th 1848
R. W. Bates Esq. Present.

State of Massachusetts } County of Middlesex }
Be it known that on this twenty fifth day of April, Eighteen hundred fifty four, personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex John Thoming aged sixty eight years of the Town of Somerville in said County and made oath that in due form of law, that he is the Son of William and Eunice Thoming, formerly United States Revolutionary Pensioners of this County and State; That his Father was a Pensioner under the act of March 18, 1818, at the rate of $96 per annum and died on the twenty seventh day of March Eighteen hundred twenty nine, and that his Brother Eunice was a pensioner at the rate of $30 per annum, but that he does not recollect the act under which she was pensioned; That there were at the time of his mother's death, which took place on the tenth day of February Eighteen hundred forty nine, and still are 4 children living viz; Leonard and the present applicant, Mary and Dorcas; That he has reason for believing that his Mother Eunice was pensioned at too low a rate, and hereby authorizes and appoints R. W. Bates of Washington City, D. C. his true and lawful attorney in his name and stead and for him, to apply for and receive from the Court of Pensions whatever increase of Pension or back pay may be found due the heirs of said Eunice Thoming. Given under

In hand and seal the day & year above written
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of
John Thoming
George R. Brine
Sergio J. Ferrar
Sworn to and subscribed Before me this twenty fifth day of April Eighteen hundred Fifty Four Ezra Ripley Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I, Seth Ames, Clerk of the Courts within and for the County of Middlesex, hereby certify that Ezra Ripley, Esq., whose name in his own handwriting is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for that Coun- ty, duly commissioned and qualified as such, having full power and authority to administer and certify oaths, - that his aforesaid certificate is in conformity to law - and that all his official acts and certificates in that capacity are entitled to full faith and credit
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my sig- nature and the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this twenty eighth day of April A.D. 1854 Seth Ames.

W m Thorning
8
March 25. 1818
Correct Admitted except the certificate of the Judge, who must certify that the claimant is in indigent circumstances

I William Thorning of the age of sixty years declare & say that I am a resident citizen of the United States; that I reside in, & belong to Lexington in the County of Middlesex & Middle Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; That I in the year 1778 I enlisted as a private Soldier into the Army of the Revolutionary War; I entered the service at the 17 th of June 1778 in Capt. Lanes Company, in Colonel Nixon's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line; - that I served therein nine months, and left the service March 17 th 1779 by a discharge from Calvin Smith, Lt. Col., which I now exhibit, & which is a true discharge;
I also say that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my Country for support, and that I never had any pension allowed me by the law of the United States; & I have now no other evidence of the above in my power.
William Thorning
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. March 25. 1818 Then the above named W m Thorning made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed, is true, before me,
Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I certify that the following is a true copy of the discharge referred to in the above declaration; viz.
"This may certify all persons to whom it may concern that Abijah Munroe & W m Thorning of Capt. Lanes Company in Col. Nixon's Reg t has served the United States Faithfully nine months for which time he engaged & is hereby discharged," "Calvin Smith Lt. Col." "Vamplank's Point } "March 17 th 1779 "
Attest Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas.
Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction

Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said William Thorning did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case, & the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War. I also certify that it appears to  in my own satisfaction that the said Thorning is in indigent & needy circumstances in life. —
Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20090 Emmice Thoring widow of William Thoring Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 273
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rep
144. Massachusetts.
Eunice Thorning
widow of William Thorning who was a private in the Massachusetts line for 9. Months.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of May 1843 and sent to
M. E. Parmachoo
Boston
Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 55

Massachusetts - 363
see letter Oct. Proutwell
1838 to G.S.
Eunice Thorning, widow of William Thorning, deceased who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar ch 18 th , and who died on the year 1829 of Middlesex in the State of Mass ts - who was a P vt in the Company commanded by Captain Davis of the Reg t commanded by Nison in the Mass ts line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Sept r 28, and sent to Geo. S. Boutwell, Boston, Mass ts
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r $ 75.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 15.00 $ 90.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, Book 2 - Vol. 1. - Page 136

Concord Ms. March 25. 1818
To the Secretary of the Department of War.
Sir, please to transmit the Certificate of my pension under the late law, to Stephen Minot Esq. of Haverhill Ms. who will forward the same to me,
William Thorning

WASH; Feb. 14 th , 1849.
Dear Sir;
I regret much that I have to trouble you with the inquiry; who is the agent having charge of the business of ches. Thomson , whose certificate you have had the goodness to send me.
I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
John G. Berrey.
J. L. Edmonds Esq. Commissioner.

Boston April 18 th 1843.
Sir.
Enclosed is the application of Eunice  Thoming of Lexington Massachusetts, for the benefit of the act of March 3 rd 1843.
Respectfully Yr Ob t Serv t
Wm Wainwright
James L Edwards Esq. Comm. Pensions -

Eunice Thorning
Map to 43 — 144
Cal
H. W. Bates & Co. Resort

L. P. Waldo Esq. Counsel of Pleas
Washington May 3. 1854
Sir
I enclose herewith a Power of Attorney in my favour from John Thorning of Middlesex County Mass. for increase of Pension due Eunice Thorning dec d under the Act of July 1 st 1848.
Very Respectfully Yours A. M. Bates

Oct 12 Cincinnati Ohio Am Evening
Dear
J. L. Edwards Esq. - Com. of Pensions War Department Washington D. C.

Groton Massachusetts Middlesex Co - Oct 8 th 1838 -
Dear Sir;
I have received the Pension Certificate of Eunice Thorning widow of William Thorning granting her Thirty Dollars per annum. - - $ 1 / 2 William Thorning, who was a Pensioner under Act 10 th March 1818, proved only nine months service, which was necessary for him to have obtained a pension, I supposed, that his widow would have rec d  1 / 2 of the sum he rec d under that Act, which would be equivalent to what he would have rec d had he have drawn under Act 7 June 1832 - - which would have given her $36 - instead of $30, how will it oblige me, by informing me why it was not thus determined - -
Will you also inform me if the names Solomon Spaulding & Thomas Wheeler are found enrolled in the company of Capt Joshua Parker & Colo. Reads Regiment during the year 1777 - Capt Parker belonged to Guilford in this County - I would also enquire, if more service than that proved by William Thorning, can now be proved, will the pension of his widow be proportionately increased -
Respectfully Yours Geo. F. Bruntwell
J. S. Edwards Esq. - Washington D. C. - }

State of Massachusetts } County of Middlesex } ss.
On this twentieth day of March in the year eighteen hundred & forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for the County of said Concord  Concord  Thomson a resident of Lexington in the County aforesaid, aged eighty seven 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 provisions made by act of Congress on the 3 d of March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of William Thomson late of said Lexington who was a private in the army of the United States during the war of the Revolution & the particulars of whose service have been fully set forth in the declarations formerly made by said William & by this declarant, and which are now on the files of the Department. She further declares that she was a pensioner under the act of July 7 th 1838. receiving thirty dollars per annum; She declares that she is still a widow.
Concord Concord  X  for  Thomson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written - before me.
John Mazzei - Jis: Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston April 17. 1843
I hereby Certify, That John Murry is now and was at the date of his attestation hereunto annexed a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
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.
Jno. H. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex } ss.
I Asa Webber of Lexington, of law- ful age on oath depose & say, that I well know Eunice Thoming the within declarant, that she is the widow of William Thoming deceased take a revolutionary pension & that the said widow also received a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838. & that she is still a widow.
ASA WEBBER
Middlesex. ss. Lexington March 20 th 1843
Personally appeared the above named Asa Webber and made oath that the affidavit by him subscribed was true. and I certify that the said Webber is a person of respecta- bility & veracity
John Muzzey
Jus: Peace

485
apl 20 1843
msf. mar 3 o 1843
Annice Thoming
J
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm o of Pensions Washington D.C.

E. Thanning aa 1114
Leitby Am S. Bulfurch
Klon d Palfrey #15/12

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, September 23. 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed Attestation, William Chandler 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. H. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Middlesex COUNTY, }
On this Nineteenth day of September 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Eunice Thorning a resident of Lexington in the county of Middlesex aforesaid aged ninety two 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
William Thorning who was a resident of Lexington and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of thirty dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Eunice  her  f Thorning 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of William Chandler  William Chandler Justice of the Peace. Mary Wood
I Certify , That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
William Chandler Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY, }
I, Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Chandler is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly sworn and qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
In my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this 18
CLERK.