Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 31308-160-55, for Jonathan Lambert, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Lambert, Jonathan Bannah
B.L.Wt 31308-160-55
CONTENTS

128308
Ad 3/5 5
May 11/55
Anna Lambou mag Schmachau Lambou prov.
Col. Thomas Leigh Bell Col. Nathan W. Wade
60 358 11079 Mid. 60 358 12 1779 100 100 11 1979
Revolutionary War
Private
Wah. • Bar Pigeon
Ad. 160 acs July 1/56 Dodge
Vol L, page 12
Rev. H. C. Burleigh Boston Mass

State of Massachusetts, County of Essex, Town of Rowley
Jonathan Lamb & Hannah Gage both of Rowley, were married March fifth, seventeen hundred and ninety six, by Revd Ebenezer Bradford.
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 March 5 th 1796.
John S. Prime
I John S. Prime above named, do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county and state aforesaid and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
John S. Prime } Town Clerk.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fifty five, and hereby certify that the above signatures are genuine.
Edward Todd Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts County of Essex
On this Tuesday first day of March , A. D., 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Essex  Hannah Lambert aged seventy nine years, a resident of Newbury in said Essex Co who being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of Jonathan Lambert deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Merrill of Newbury in the Regiment of Soldiers commanded by Col Nathaniel Wade in the war with Great Britain , enlisted by the United States, on the 18th day of June, 1812, — that her said husband was drafted at Newbury Mass on or about the tenth day of July A.D. 1812 for the term of Three Months and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of Ninety two days  at point and was honorably discharged at West-point-N.Y. on or about the tenth day of October A.D. 1812 as will appear by reference to the rolls, that he received no printed or written discharge, and that neither he nor she ever received or applied for, or is entitled to bounty land for any other service, except that she received for the same service, under the act of September 1850, a 40-acre warrant, No. 12345 which she had sold and cannot return, and moreover that neither he or she ever received or applied for any pension annuities under the existing Acts of Congress
She further states that she was married to the said Jonathan Lambert of Newbury in Newbury on the fifth day of March 1826, by Ebenezer Bradford Clergyman of said town and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Gage that her husband died at Newbury Mass Co on the fifth day of November 1832, proof of which will be found on file with her previous application, that she is still a widow, — that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress passed March 3, 1855, and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to Horatio Woodman, Boston, Mass.
Hannah Lambert
Subscribed and duly sworn to, the day and year first above written. I certify that she is the identical person above described. I have no interest in the case.
Edward D. Field
Justice of the Peace.
Continental Troops

128.308
March 3, 1855
May 11, "
Hannah Lambert
Widow of Jonathan Lambert
Private Mass. Mil.
Ent. Jan'y 1, 1779
Dis. Oct. 1, "
Revolutionary War
Warrant 31.308
Original Brief enclosed
Vol. L. P. 12
Horatio Woodman Boston, Mass

Admiral wid. in case of [illegible] wid. of [illegible]
Hannah Lambert Mrs Jonathan
Mr. Bryanston
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

128,308
Oct 18th 3 c
May 11.
Anna Lambert, with Johnathan Lambert
Kept nights here
Mary M c E
July 1, 1779 Oct 1, "
Rev d M c E
31. 308 160 Acres Original briefs

Addis Grid. in case of Hannah Lambert
Hannah Lambert
Wid
Jonathan
Commissioner
Post Office
Pensions
Washington
D. L.

No 128.308
Addiv. Brid. in case of Hannah Lambert
X
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Boymann
128808
Hannah Lambert True Mother

31.308
160 Acres

Insider Office. March 10, 1856.
Sir:
The claim for bounty law of Mrs. Hannah Lambert, will be favorably considered upon proof being filed, which will identify her husband as the soldier whose services are described in the certificate of the Secretary of State of Mass; recently filed to establish the service of Jonathan Lambert.
Yours Respectfully, C. H. Merrill.
Commissioner.
Horatio Woodman Esq. Boston. Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. May 8 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Edmund Todd was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex.
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.
E. M. Wilson
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Sir:
February, 7 th 1856.
The claim of Hannah Lambert, for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 128.308 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Matthew Lambert, the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully,
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
Horatio Woodman Esq., Boston, Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
March 1. 1856.
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 the name of Jonathan Lambert is borne on pay roll of Capt James Mallon's Comp. under command of Maj. Gen. Hancock from Oct 8 to Nov. 10. 1778 1 month 5 days, as private, from Rowley.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
H. De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts
County of Essex
I Hannah Lambert having been duly sworn, depose and say, that I am the Widow of Jonathan Lambert who was a Revolutionary soldier, — that he is believed to have enlisted at or near The River of Beverly, Essex Co. Mass. that the names of some of his officers are believed to have been Col. Nathaniel Wade & Capt. Thomas Alighill. that he is believed to have been in the battles of unknown that he is supposed to have served for The term of Three Months at West Point N.Y. & other places unknown. from July 10 th 1780 to Oct 10 th 1780 and that I pray to receive from the Secretary of State a certificate from the rolls in his office of the service of the said soldier. Through Horatio Woodman of Boston - Mass. -
her X Hannah Lambert
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this Xmas  Eighteenth day of February A.D. 1856.
Edward Dodd } Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
185
I  H ereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Justice of the Peace for the County of
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
H. D. Pillsbury Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts County of Essex
of Rowley We John Harris and Benjamin H. Smith having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Jonathan Lambert of Rowley who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution , at West-point-New-York whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than twenly years before his death, which occurred at Rowley in said County of Essex about seventeen years ago,—that we know that he died about that time because* that we attended his funeral on the eighth day of November 1837—three days after his decease, that we are residents of Rowley in said County of Essex that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried,—that her declaration was signed and acknowledged by her in our presence,—that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,—and that we are disinterested.
John Harris Henry H. Smith
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this twentyfirst day of March A.D. 1853.
Edward Sodd } Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of John Harris and Benjamin H. Smith of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that the Widow Hannah Lambert is the widow, remaining unmarried at this time of the late Jonathan Lambert who was a soldier in the Continental Army of the War of the Revolution and that the said Jonathan Lambert died at Rowley Essex Mass on or about the fifth day of November A.D. 1837.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty first day of March 1853. I have no interest in this case.
Edward Sodd , Justice of the Peace.
* "We attended his funeral," or "were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.

128308 APPLICATION OF
Widow of Jonathan Lambert Revolutionary War
for a 160 acre warrant.
Act of March 3d, 1855.
WARRANT TO BE SENT TO HORATIO WOODMAN, Boston, Mass. AS WITHIN REQUESTED.

State of Massachusetts County of Essex
We Edward W Gervett and Milton Todd having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we are residents of Rowley a Town in the said county,—that we well know the Widow Hannah Lambert who now applies for Bounty Land,—that she  he is a credible and respectable person,—that we have full confidence in the statements of her  his affidavit, executed in our presence,—and that we are disinterested.
Edward W Gervett
Milton Todd
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this twenty first day of March A.D 1855 I certify that the deponents are credible, and that I have no interest in the case.
Edward Todd
{ Justice of the Peace.

Case of Widow Hannah Lambert - Certificate of Town Clerk.

State of Massachusetts, County of Bristol, Town of Rowley. I, John S. Prime of Rowley do hereby certify that the records of said town afford the name of the identical Jonathan Lambert who was reputed to be a soldier of the War of the Revolution - that according to the records aforesaid he was born December Second A.D. seventeen hundred and sixty three, December 2 nd 1763 that he was the only resident of the town (as the records show) who bore the name of Jonathan Lambert - during said Revolutionary War - a term of eight years - and also the only one of that name (as the records show) at any subsequent period to this day; I also certify that the aforesaid records afford his (the said Jonathan Lambert's) marriage with the identical Hannah Lambert, who has now applied for Bounty Land - and the date thereof as follows, viz, Jonathan Lambert and Hannah Gage both of Rowley were married March fifth A.D. seventeen hundred & ninety six, (March 5 th 1796) (Also his (the said Jonathan Lambert's) decease and the date thereof as follows, viz, November fifth A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty seven, aged seventy four years.
John S. Prime
I John S. Prime, above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid, and that the certificate to which I have subscribed my name is true.
John S. Prime
} Town Clerk of Rowley
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me. this twenty fourth day of April A.D. 1856 I have no interest in this case.
Edward Foss
} Justice of the Peace

Case of Wilson Hannah Lambert - Affidavits of Joshua Jewett Ex Wife Lydia Bailey

State of Massachusetts. County of Essex. On this twenty eighth day of April A. D. 1856. personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, of Essex, Joshua Jewett aged eighty seven years and Lydia Bailey aged eighty five years both residents of Rowley a town of the aforesaid County, who being duly sworn according to law do hereby declare that from their earliest recollections to the present time, they have been residents of said town - that they well knew Jonathan Lambert the husband of the identical Hannah Lambert - who has applied for Bounty Land under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1855, - That the said Jonathan Lambert served in the capacity of a private soldier of Capt. Thomas Nichill's Co. in the War of the Revolution, as at Westport in 1780 they fully believe, not only from the evidence of an authentic work of History in the History of Rowley by Thomas Gage Esq. of said town, but from the public reports in relation to his service as a soldier in said, Revolutionary, War, which have in every particular corresponded with the or oral Historical statements referred to, in in the records of the past by the said Thomas Gage, which material was probably furnished from the rolls of the State of Mass., who was for many years himself a resident of said Rowley. - That they knew the aforesaid Jonathan Lambert for more than sixty years before his death, which occurred at said town of Rowley about eighteen years ago - that they know that he died about that time, because that they were in the Thomas Gage is now deceased. He died in 1852.

neighborhood at the time — — (That they have known his said Widow — Hannah Lambert — from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried), and they also declare that they are disinterested, in whatever may concern the said Jonathan Lambert this matter. They moreover declare that he was the only resident of the town of Hawley and vicinity, where the name of Jonathan Lambert at any time within the recollection of either of the affiants, as the limits of their present knowledge, and which the records of said town have confirmed. Joshua Jewett. Lydia Bailey
The foregoing declaration made and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year as therein before written. So I hereby certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and moreover that to my certain knowledge the affiant and sub- joshua Jewett has received the confidence of the public during a long life — having been a man of influence in Church and State as well as a man of undoubted integrity of character, in the private walks of life, from the date of my first- acquaintance with him to the present time comprising a term of not less than fifteen years — That for many years he represented the town of said town in the Legislature of the State is (Mass.), — that during the long term of forty five years, he has officiated as one of the first Officers of the Congregational Church in said town — That for the term of twenty

two years he held the Office of Town Clerk in said Town of Rowley, - That for many years he held the Office of Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Essex, and faithfully performed those duties and requirements of the law; which devolved upon him in said Office. - And I, also, testify That I have no interest or concern whatever in the result of this case of application for Bounty Land, or in any other claim of the Widow Hannah Lambert of Rowley (the Widow of Jonathan, as referred to in this declaration in the and affidavits of Joshua Gennett and Lydia Bailey as aforesaid. - The first named eighty seven years of age - The latter eighty five years as I fully believe, & I also certify that the faculties of either are but slightly impaired. Edward Dodd } Justice of The Peace

Case of Hannah Lambert, Widow of Jonathan Lambert.

State of Mass. County of Essex ss
Newbury March 25 th 1856.
We Benjamin H. Smith aged (fifty five) 55 and John Harris aged (fifty) 50 both residents of Newbury a Town of said Essex Co. State of Mass., having been duly sworn depose and say that we well knew Jonathan Lambert of Newbury a Town of said Essex Co. who was a Revolutionary Soldier - who served in the year seventeen hundred and eighty as a private in the Company under the command of Capt. Thomas Ellighill. (Regiment of Col. Nathaniel Wade) That we know that he served at that time - from the testimonials of respectable elderly persons who were living at the time and who were acquainted with the circumstances of the said Jonathan's service, but who are now deceased. In addition moreover we depose and say that to our certain knowledge, the Public Records of the Town of Newbury corroborate the above and that the Jonathan Lambert - who served as aforesaid, was the identical Jonathan Lambert who was (as the Records of the Town have shown) for more than forty years the legally married husband of the identical Hannah Lambert (Widow) who has now applied for the Bounty Land, to which she may be entitled under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1855. - That we well knew the aforesaid Jonathan Lambert and also the The aforesaid Hannah his wife - that to our personal knowledge, they lived together as husband and wife for more than twenty years before his (Jonathan's) decease, which occurred at Newbury about eighteen years ago - That we have known the aforesaid Hannah Lambert (Widow) from the date of her husband's decease, until this day - that she is the Widow of the only (as well as the identical) Jonathan Lambert with whom we have ever been acquainted That she

is still a Widow, — That she has remained unmarried since his decease, and That we are disinterested. Wherefore we depose and say that she is the identical Hannah Lambert by whom the declaration which was forwarded to the Department in April last, was sworn to and subscribed according to law.
Benj a H. Smith John Harris
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me On this twenty fifth day of March — A.D. 1856. and I hereby certify that the deponents are credible. I have no interest in this case. The deponents are personally known to me.
Edward Todd
} Justice of The Peace, in and for The County of Essex aforesaid. & State of Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 3, 1856
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Edward D. Dumas
Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex.
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 of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
H. D. Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.