Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,620, for Thomas Tarbell, Massachusetts

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Farbell Thomas
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6823.
Massachusetts
Thomas Barbell
of Pepperell in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by Col Robinson in the Mass line for 7 Days 15 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 24 Dollars 99 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Mar 1833 and sent to Dana Present
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1833 $49.98 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept 33 12.49 $62.47
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by S. H. Blair Clerk Book D - Vol. 2 nd Page 86.

Thomas Larbell
20.661
Providence Nov 15 day Alma
$24.99.
Sam Dana Esq Groton Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Thomas Garbell  of Pepperell in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1889.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. Gen.     for part of - Summer In 17 77 " 6 " Private Col Lakin Col Robinson   78 79 " 1 15 " " Porter " Denny  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Groton Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 2 living witnesses for 1st term and documentary proof for last term  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct in every respect 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. D. Alderman Examining Clerk.

Thomas Sarkell
Declaration of Thomas Sarkell
Please to deny same Danahy Gigton No 11
20/5/07
Thomas Sarkell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
On this seventh day of November personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate Common Pleas, now sitting at Groton within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid
Thomas F. Ball of Reference in said County aged Seventy three 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 in the fall of the summer AD 1777 he enlisted for six months to go to Rhode Island in a Company commanded by Capt. North Lakin, L t Samuel Laurens in the Regiment of Col. John Robinson he went to Concord N H where he was mustered and then proceeded to Providence, was stationed at North Kingston & there served out his time, was discharged & returned to Groton the last of December 1777 2 o In AD 1779 he engaged to go to Albany for three months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. John Patten, B t Dodge of Shirley and his Company was in the Reg t of Col. Denny of Leicester . John Buttrick, of Concord N H Col. he understood they were to go to Mohawk River, he proceeded with his Company to Albany and after being stationed in that vicinity about one and a half months, he was discharged and returned home all the Company Officers who were with him in service in AD 1777 have, so far as he knows, died and he does not know of any Soldier who survives and whose testimony he can procure save only Eben Ball whose deposition is herewith annexed.

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, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
L. R. Day  W. B. Dyer  Thomas Farbell We James How Commonwealth of Massachusetts a Clergyman residing in the town of Pepperell in the county of Middlesex and James How do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Farbell who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy three 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.
Before me Sam. Dana Justice of the Peace for all the Counties in said Commonwealth
J. F. Howe Amos Farnsworth
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 the Rev. James How of Pepperell in said County who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the said Town, and that Amos Farnsworth is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Fisher  Augustus of the Court of do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Thomas Farbell for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
And I further certify that Samuel Dana Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for all the Counties in said Commonwealth and that his signature to the above Certificate, and to the Caption on the Deposition of Chen all are with his proper signature and also his signature on the Caption of the Deposition of Mrs. Chase is also his proper signature.
Isaac Fisher

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate within and for the County of Middlesex begin and holden at Groton day of November A. D. 1882 on the seventh  Thomas Tarbell claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I'm Groton Ms. on the 17 Oct. 1758
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no family record, but my age is recorded on Groton Town book
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I'm Groton Ms where I lived till I removed 1781 when I removed to Pepperell where I have lived ever since —
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, my services were all voluntary and on my own motion —
5. 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 will remember Maj. Genl. Robinson, Lawlor's line can not call to mind the names of other Officers to do you ever receive any discharge from service? Ans. never received any written discharge from service.
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, Abijah Whitney of Pepperell, Dea. Batch. Rufus Moore, Samuel Dana Esq. & Amos Bancroft and Caleb Butler Esq. all of Groton — Ms
Thomas Tarbell
Midsp. Nov 7 th 1882
Sworn to before me J. P. May Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
J.F. 18620
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Tarbell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1777 6 mos. Pvt. Nathaniel Lakin John Robinson Mass.   Oct. 19, 1779 1 1/2 mos. John Porter Denny        
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Grafton, Middlesex Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Nov. 7, 1882 Residence at date of application, Pepperell, Middlesex Co. Mass. Age at date of application, born Oct. 17, 1758 at Grafton Mass.
Remarks:
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Moses Chase for Thomas Laddell

I Moses Chase of Groton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy five years, do depose and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution as by my Declaration on file in the Pension Office, will appear:
And I do further testify and declare that I well known and remember Thomas Farbell then of Groton but now of Pepperell in said County, and knew that he served as a Soldier in that war, that he was a private Soldier, in the Company of Capt Nath Lakin in Colo.
John Robinson Regiment, in which Company, I also served.
In the summer of A.D. 1777, we both enlisted into the company of D. Lakin. Our company was mustered at Providence from thence they marched to North Kingston where our company was stationed during the greater part of our engagement. Our term of enlistment was for six months. I daily saw said Farbell who was my townsman. I served out my term of enlistment, and well knew that said Farbell served out his enlistment of six months. in presence of Moses Chase mark James Dana
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Middlesex to wit December 15 th
AD. 1882.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth Moses Chase well known to me as a credit
ble witness
who subscribed 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.
Sam Dana

Affidavit of Eben Ball in the case of Thomas Farrell
1830 I, Eben Ball, do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original now in my possession and that the same was made by me at the request of Thomas Farrell and that the facts stated therein are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

I Ebenezer Ball of Farnsworth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do affirm, and say that I served as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, as by my declaration on file, in the War Department fully appears.
And I well know that Thomas Tappell now of Pepperell in the same Commonwealth was a Soldier in that War, and that he served for the term of 14 months at Rhode Island in the Battle of Red Bank in the Company of Capt. Nathaniel Lakin in Col. John Robinson's Regiment in which Company I also served & -----
Ebenezer Ball

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. July 21 st 1882
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for all ————— the Counties in said Commonwealth
Ebenezer Ball who subscribed the annexed Deposition and is well known to me as deserving full faith and entire credit and made solemn Oath that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sam l Dana

Rev Sec 5
Richford, N. H.
Feb 9 th 1919
Pension Office Washington D.C.
Sir,
I would like to learn whether Thomas Tarbell Jr was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. I have nothing to show that he was, but if he was, would like his war record. He married a lady by the name of Esther, what her maiden name was I do not know. They lived at Groton Mass. He must have been born not far from 1752. If he did not draw a pension, and you cannot give

2 me information, is there any off War Office that I can write to, for information as to his being in the War,
Respectfully
Ellen E. Gordon

18620
INVALID.
1919 Rec. 18 Hist. to Allen E. Snyder
File No. 18620
Thomas Harbell
Br Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 45
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 28 1832.
* 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 Thomas Tarbell is borne on a Pay roll of Capt. John Porter company of Militia commanded by Col. Samuel Denny Esq.r. for the space of 1. month and 15. days from the 19. th of October 1779—
I further certify that there is no roll of Capt. Nathaniel Gakin's company in service in A.D. 1777. on file in this office —
Edward D. Bangs. Secy