Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2274, for Benjamin Thurber, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Thurber, Benjamin Mary Ann
N 22.74 B.L.W. 11052-160-55-
CONTENTS

75 Bristol
21. 94 3 Massachusetts Benjamin Thurber Bristol in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Corp commanded by Captain Martin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Webb in the Mass. line for 8 months
Mass. line
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Nov. 1833 and Levitt J. Basset Canan
Arrears to the 4th of April 20 $66 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Mch 34 13 33 $179 99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. Colby Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2. Page 85

75339
Act March 3, 185- Act Feb 155-
Cin B. Cornell Oct B P 15 51 let " " Nov 19 " "
Mary Ann Thurber wid of Benjamin Thurber Thurber, Pa.
Map: Mil. Rev. Nov
MS 11.052
Rev. Pensen Map Feb 53- 1460
AD: 160 Benton Nov: 23 755.
Blyth.
MS 11.052
Rev Cornell Providence R.I.
Vol I. page 58

1460.
Massachusetts.
Mary Ann Shurbees widow of Shurbees Benjamin who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 22 d day of Aug. 3 d , and sent to
Benj. Cowell, Providence, R.I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 46 Vol. A.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } BRISTOL, ss. }
At a COURT OF PROBATE holden at Seekonk in and for said County on the Third day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two three before the Honorable HODIJAH BAYLIES, Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared Benjamin Thurber a resident of Seekonk in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated; to wit: under
Captains Martin, Bullocks, Cole, Willmarth & Ide under Col's Carpenter, Jacobs, Webb & Putnam.
and further declares as follows; in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born? In the Town of Swansey in said County of Bristol
Ans. That I was born in  in the County of  and  of in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty .
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? I have no knowledge of any record of my age except in the family Bible of my Father.
3 Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
That he lived in Rehoboth in said County when he was called into service; that he has lived in that part of the Town Rehoboth aforesaid which has since been incorporated into a Town by the name of Seekonk, and continues to live there still.

4. How were you called into service ; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom ?
That he enlisted twice; once was a substitute for Leonard Thurber, his Father; once was a substitute for Asa Bowen; and once was a substitute for Amos Thurber and once was a substitute for Samuel Allen
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served ; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
That on the last day of April 1778 he enlisted as a private Soldier in the Massachusetts State Militia in Captain Silvanus Martin's company, and that on the first day of May following he marched from said Rehoboth to the Town of Warren in the State of Rhode Island and there joined Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regiment; that he served in said Warren and at Bristol in said State until the first day of August following, making a term of service of three months; that he was at Bristol when the British fired the Town: that he with several other of the American troops, took two prisoners from the British troops: that he was in no other engagements; and that no regular troops were known to him while there: that he knows of no person living by whom he can prove the aforesaid term of service; and at the end of said service he received no written discharge -
Also that he entered the Massachusetts State service as a Substitute for his Father Leonard Thurber on the first or second day of August A. 1778 as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Stephen Bullock in Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regiment in Genl. Lovel's Brigade; that he marched from said Rehoboth to Howland's Ferry, and from there on to the Island of Rhode Island, and there served under Gen. Sullivan

and others of the Continental Officers, until a few days previous to the engagement with the British troops, which was on the 29 th day of August, when we were ordered to Warwick neck in said State and there served in guarding the shores until the 15 th day of September, when he was discharged, making a term of one and a half months service : that he was in no battle, and at the expiration of said service received no written discharge. And for proof of said service refers to the Affidavit of Joel Bower, which is hereto annexed.
Also, that on the 20 th or 25 th day of September A.D. 1778 he entered as a substitute for Asa Bower of said Rehoboth who was drafted as a private in Simeon Colis company and Col. Jacob's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, and joined the company at Slades Ferry, and served in said company, at said Ferry, and at a place called Hog-neck in the Town of Swansey for the term of one month. At the expiration of said term he engaged as a substitute for Amos Thurber and served in said company guarding the shores of said Swansey until 10 th day of November following, making a term of service, in the whole, of one and a half months : That there were no regular troops were stationed there, and no regular Officers were known to him while there: that he was in no battle: That at the expiration of said term he received no written discharge, and that he knows of no person living by whom he can prove this service.
Also, that on the 10 th day of March A.D. 1779 he entered the service for one month as a substitute for Samuel Allen of said Rehoboth and served in a company commanded by Capt. Joseph Wilmouth in Col. Webb's Regiment, Genl. Coombs Brigade ( Continental Officers) at Howlands Ferry in the State of Rhode Island, and there served as a private until the 10 th day of April following: That he does not recollect the names of any other continental Officers: that he was in no battle and at the end of said service received no written discharge, and that he knows of no person living by whom he can prove this service.
Also, that on the first day of August A.D. 1779 he enlisted as a private in a company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Ide in the Massachusetts State Militia in Col. Patnam's Regiment, that he marched from Rehoboth to Providence, Rhode Island and there served until the first day of September in said year, making a term of service of one month : That no regular troops were stationed to his knowledge there: that no regular Officers were known to him while there: that he received no written discharge: that he was in no battles, and for proof would refer to the Affidavit of Joel Bower, which is hereto annexed.

27-928 Benjamin Thurber
Private 8 mos admd
A. Babbitt Taunton Mass. a
Thurber, Benj. Mass W'2 2/4

6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if a Soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
Ans. I was a Soldier. I never received a written discharge.
7. State the names of the 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.
Dr Samuel Bullock, Mason Barney Esq, Samuel Allen Esq, May: Allen Munroe, Thomas Munroe & Peter H. Wheaton - - Allin Hunt Esq There is no regular settled clergyman in his neighborhood
And the said Benjamin Thurber doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Benjamin Thurber H. Baylies, Judge of Probate.
WE Allin Hunt Esq & Samuel Allen Esq residing in Seekonk and Mason Barney Esq residing in the same Swansey hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Thurber who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; 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 of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Allin Hunt Esq  Samuel Allen  Mason Barney H. Baylies, Judge of Probate.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and in putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Allin Hunt Esq  Samuel Allen Esq who has signed the preceding certificate is  are resident in the Town of Seekonk in said County of Bristol, and that Mason Barney Esq who has also signed the same is a resident in said  the Town, and are credible persons, and that their one statement is entitled to credit.
H. Baylies, Judge of Probate. Register of Probate.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } BRISTOL, ss. }
I Anselm Bass Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Thurber of Seekonk in said County, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
Anselm Bass

Margaret Thurber

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Bristol.
on this fifth day of April 1853, personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for said County, Maryann Thurbur now resident in Seekonk in said County aged Eightyfive years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the second section of the Act of Congress, passed February 3 d 1853 granting pensions to the widows of the Officers and soldiers of the Revolution. Married since the year, Eighteen hundred, viz. That she is the widow of Benjamin Thurbur late of said Seekonk, deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution and when the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 was passed he the said Benjamin Thurbur applied for and obtained a pension under the provisions of said act at the rate of $28, per annum payable at the agency of the United States for paying pensions in Boston which pension he received up to the time of his death. And she further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Thurbur on the sixth day of October A. D. 1814 as will appear by the records of said marriage a copy whereof is hereto annexed, and she

further declares that her said husband the said Benjamin Thurber departed this life, on the thirteenth day of September 1837, and since that period she has remain- -ed a widow. She was married to him at the time above stated, was a widow at the time of the passage of the above act, and is now a widow, and never before applied for any pension, but is now by the laws of the United States entitled to the same pension her husband drew in his life time
Mary E. Thurber
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, in open Court
Before
Oliver Russell Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss - I hereby certify that Oliver Russell Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was made and who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court This fifteenth day of April 1853 -
John Daggett Register of said Court

I Oliver Chaffe of Seekonk in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do certify that I am Town Clerk of said Town, and hold by virtue of my office, the records of marriages which have taken place in said Town, and from an examination of said records it appears that Benjamin Shurber was united in marriage to Mary A. Medbery on the sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fourteen - The record is in the following words and figures.
"I hereby certify that Benjamin Shurber and Maryann Medbery both of Seekonk was married by me this 6 th day of October A.D 1814" "John Medbery Justice of Peace"
Oliver Chaffe Town Clerk of Seekonk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. March 28 th 1853. Personally appeared before me; the above named Oliver Chaffe, known to me as Town Clerk of said town, and made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him signed Viall Medbury Justice of the Peace

I Hannah Grant of Seekonk in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of the age of forty eight years; do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Thurber, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that he was the Husband of Maryann Thurber, that he departed this life on the thirteenth day of September A.D. 1837 and since that period the said Maryann Thurber, has remained a widow and is now his widow Hannah Grant
Bristol ss. At Seekonk March 31 st 1853 Personally appeared, Before me, the above named Hannah Grant, and made oath to the to the truth of the above affidavit by her signed and I further certify that she is a creditable witness
Viall Medbury justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Mass ts
Bristol County ss. I hereby certify that Viall Medbury before whom the foregoing description was made and who has subscribed the foregoing was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and authorized to administer oaths, and I further certify that his signature to the above is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Probate Court this 26 th day of April 1853. John Daggett Register of said Court.

95339
Mary Ann Thuburn

Massachusetts State of Rhode Island , &c.
County of Bristol
On this twenty sixth day of March A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, personally appeared before me, William Ide a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, Mary Ann Thurber aged 87 years, now resident in the Town of Seekonk in said County, who being duly sworn according to law, declares and says she is the widow of Benjamin Thurber who was a Private in Capt. com- pany, and in a Regiment commanded by Col. in the war of the Revolution, and that her said husband was in actual service more than Six months in said war, and was honorably discharged.
And she further declares that she was married to said Benjamin Thurber on the sixth day of October A. D. 1814 by John Medbery Esq.  Mary Ann Medbery and that her name before marriage was and that her said husband died on the 13 day of September A. D. 1833 and that she is now a widow.
And she further declares that she is now a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $26 66 per annum; which pension was granted her on account of her said husband's services in said war; which pension is payable at the Agency for paying pensions in the City of Providence  Boston . And she further declares that when she made a declaration to obtain her said pension she produced satisfactory evidence of her said marriage to her said husband and of his death, to which declaration and the evidence therewith filed, she now refers for proof of her said marriage, of her said husband's death, and her claim to Bounty Land under the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1855, and she makes this declaration for that purpose. She further declares that she has never made any application for Bounty Land before the present.
Witness William Ide
Mary Ann her X Thurber mark
We Abel Grant and Benjamin Grant residents of Seekonk - in said State upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said Mary Ann Thurber in our presence and that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be -
Abel Grant Benjamin Grant

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
William Ide Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Printed H.
I, James Sprague, Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that William Ide Esq., whose signature is affixed to the foregoing Certificate, is, and was on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Taunton, this twenty day of April in the year Eighteen hundred & fifty four.
J. Sprague

December 8, 1935.
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Miss Delia Bush Pulaski New York
BA--J/ady Benjamin Thurber W.2374
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Benjamin Thurber, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W.2374, based upon the military service of Benjamin Thurber in that war.
Benjamin Thurber, son of Leonard, was born in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, in 1760, day, month, and the name of his mother not stated.
While a resident of Rehoboth, (that part which later was called Seekonk) Bristol County, Massachusetts, he enlisted April 30, 1778 and served three months as a private in Captain Sylvanus Martin's Company, Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Massachusetts Regiment. He served one and one half months from August 1, 1778 as a substitute for his father, Leonard Thurber, in Captain Stephen Bullock's Company, Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted September 25, 1778, served one month as private in Captain Simeon Cole's Company, Colonel Jacobs' Massachusetts Regiment and at the expiration of this service he served to November 10, 1778 in the same company as a substitute for Amos Thurber, relationship to soldier not stated. He enlisted March 14, 1779 and served one month as a private in Captain Joseph Willmarth's Company, Colonel John Hathaway's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted in August 1779 and served one month as a private in Captain Nathaniel Ide's Company, Colonel Carpenter's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

September 3, 1833 while a resident of Seekonk, Massachusetts.
He died September 13, 1837.
Soldier married October 6, 1814 in Seekonk, Massachusetts, Mary Ann Medbery. They were then both residents of said Seekonk. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 5, 1853 while a resident of Seekonk, Massachusetts, aged eighty-five years.
No reference is made to children.
This is the record of the only Benjamin Thurber, all spellings of the surname searched, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

No. 75339
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 16, 1855.
Benjamin Thurber Rev. War.
Warrant 11052-100-55
Benj. Currell Providence R. I.

Rev. man
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2274
Mary Ann Shuber. Widow.
Benjamin Shuber. Bapt. Rev. War.
Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. M. Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 Nov. 13. Visit to Ruth Hemings Adair. 1935 June 4. Visit to Mrs. William Winifred Adair. 1935 Nov. 6. Visit to Delia Bush Adair.

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By [Signature]

June 3 d 1853
N o 1937
App d of Mary Ann
Thurber widow of
Benjamin
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Mafs: P#28
Act 3 d Feb y : 1853.
Rev:
Allowed 26 66 / 100 per ann m
Comm Feb 3. 1853
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
Benj. Gowell
Providence
R. Island

Pension Office Aug 17/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of William named pensioner
Respectfully to J. Burt Esqr. G. Cook V. and Present, Clerk
Benjamin Thurber, act 32 $26.66 per an. — Died 13 th Sept. 1837, Paid to his death.
J. Burt Auditor.

75339
Thurber Mary Ann wid of Benjamin
Boston
FREE
Minot
Committee of Pensions
Washington
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75339
Shurber Mary
with Benjamin
Hon. G. H. Boynton
Minist Council of Pensions Washington
FREE

1.400 Massachusetts Mary Ann Thunker widow of Benjamin who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private .
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
31st February 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Aug 1833 and sent to
Benjn Coode Providence R. I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1818 , Page 46 Vol. A
3/33
1832
Reg 5 in 58-75339
C. W.

Thurs

Brief in the case of Mary Ann Thurler widow of Benjamin Bristol County and State of Massachusetts act of Feb. 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832, at $ 26 \frac{66}{100} per annum
Private
(If for increase.)
Marriage proved, by cr. witts.
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death and report
Identity cr. witts.
Name and residence of Agent
Benjamin Goull Esq Providence R. Island
Examining Clerk.
J. H. Gray

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. November 9 th 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 Benjamin Sharpe is borne on pay roll of Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter's (Comp. Col. Thomas Carpenter's) Regt. from July 20. 1777 and milage from Providence to Rehoboth. 1 month 5 days, as private.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Joseph Willmarth's (Comp. Col. John Hathaway's) Regt. from March 14. to April 12. 1779. 30 days, as private.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Nathaniel Ide's (Comp. Col. Carpenter's) Regt. from Aug 13. to Sept. 12 th 1779. 1 month, as private.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Joseph Willmarth's Comp. Col. Carpenter's Regt. from July 28. 1780. 5 days, as private, from Rehoboth.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Providence Nov 13 1855 Sir
I recd your communication of 31 st inst g respecting the claim of "Mary Ann Thurber" widow of Benjamin Thurber No 75,339 in which you observe that there is no "record evidence" of his services &c
I have to request that you will inform me, under what officers he served & what services he alleged & claimed in his declaration for a pension, that I may apply to the Secretary of War & request for an examination & certificate of them if to be found in his department, — Be kind enough to send this information as soon as convenient will admit —
Yours Respectfully Brigham Lowell
Hon J. M. Hunt

Providence November 16 1855
Sir
I received a communication from you of 31 Ult relative to the claim of Mary Ann Thurber widow of Benjamin Thurber for Bounty land No 75,339 in which you observe as soon as "record evidence" is produced the "claim will be favorably considered". A few days ago I wrote you requesting to be informed in what company she served that I might apply to the Secretary of Massachusetts for such evidence. Since which I have received from him the enclosed certificate of a part of his service enough known for the purpose of obtaining her Bounty Land. As this old widow is now almost 90 years of age I have to request that her Land Warrant be granted.
I am Respectfully your obed Servt Benja Lowell
Hon J. Morton

I Joel Bown of Seekonk in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy two years; being duly sworn do testify and say, that Benjamin Thurber of Seekonk in Said County, served as a private Soldier in the Company with me from the first day of August A.D. 1778 to the fifteenth day of September being one and a half Months that we both served under Capt Stephen Bullough in Col Thomas Carpenter's Regiment and in General Lovell's Brigade that the aforesaid Service was performed at Rhode Island and at Warwick neck in Said Rhode Island - Also, that Said Benjamin Thurber in the year A.D. 1779 served one Month with me at Providence in the Month of August in the Company commanded by Capt Nathaniel Dole in Col Putnam's Regiment Joel Bown
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss.
Seekonk August 30. 1833
Then personally appeared Joel Bown and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed, and I further certify that the Said Joel Bown is a man of truth and a credible witness in the premises
Min. Henry Just. of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I Amos Barrett Register of the Court of Probates for said County do hereby certify that Allin Hunt Esq. before whom the within Affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Bristol & that the within signature purporting to be his are genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this fourth day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty three — A Barrett

November 13, 1931.
BA-J/ADY
Miss Ruth Henning, 3328 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Benjamin Thurber, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W.2274, based upon his military service in that war.
Benjamin Thurber son of Leonard, was born in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts in 1760, day and month not stated.
While a resident of Rehoboth, (that part which later was called Seekonk) Bristol County, Massachusetts, he enlisted April 30, 1778 and served three months as a private in Captain Sylvanus Martin's Company, Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Massachusetts Regiment. He served one and one half months from August 1, 1778 as a substitute for his father, Leonard Thurber, in Captain Stephen Bullock's Company, Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted September 25, 1778, served one month as private in Captain Simeon Cole's Company, Colonel Jacobs' Massachusetts Regiment and at the expiration of this service he served to November 10, 1778 in the same company as a substitute for Amos Thurber, relationship to soldier not stated. He enlisted March 14, 1779 and served one month as a private in Captain Joseph Willmarth's Company, Colonel John Hathaway's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted in August 1779 and served one month as a private in Captain Nathaniel Ide's Company, Colonel Carpenter's Massachusetts Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1833 while a resident of Seekonk, Massachusetts.
He died September 13, 1837.
Soldier married October 6, 1814 in Seekonk, Massachusetts, Mary Ann Medbery. They were then both residents of said Seekonk. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 5, 1853 while a resident of Seekonk, Massachusetts, aged eighty-five years.
No reference is made to children.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to Abner Beebe.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

June 4, 1935.
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Mrs. William Windrow 69 Davenport Street North Adams, Massachusetts
BA-J/ady Benjamin Thurber W.2274
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Thurber and John Thurber.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of John Thurber as described by you, all spellings of the surname searched. a.w. search
The data contained here in are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W.2274, based upon the military service of Benjamin Thurber in that war.
Benjamin Thurber, son of Leonard, was born in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, in 1760, day, month, and the name of his mother not stated.
While a resident of Rehoboth, (that part which later was called Seekonk) Bristol County, Massachusetts, he enlisted April 30, 1778 and served three months as a private in Captain Sylvanus Martin's Company, Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Massachusetts Regiment. He served one and one half months from August 1, 1778 as a substitute for his father, Leonard Thurber, in Captain Stephen Bullock's Company, Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted September 25, 1778, served one month as private in Captain Simeon Cole's Company, Colonel Jacobs' Massachusetts Regiment and at the expiration of this service he served to November 10, 1778 in the same company as a substitute for Amos Thurber, relationship to soldier not stated. He enlisted March 14, 1779 and served one month as a private in Captain Joseph Willmarth's Company, Colonel John Hathaway's

Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted in August 1779 and served one month as a private in Captain Nathaniel Ide's Company, Colonel Carpenter's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1833 while a resident of Seekonk, Massachusetts.
He died September 13, 1837.
Soldier married October 6, 1814 in Seekonk, Massachusetts, Mary Ann Medbery. They were then both residents of said Seekonk. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 5, 1853 while a resident of Seekonk, Massachusetts, aged eighty-five years.
No reference is made to children.
This is the record of the only Benjamin Thurber, all spellings of the surname searched, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Pulaski N.Y.
Nov 20 1935
Bureau of Pensions,
Dear sir, -
Can you give me the date of Benjamin Thurber's death?
Benjamin Thurber born at or near Rehobath Putman county Connecticut several in June 12 1789 served in the revolutionary war from 1778 to 1780 in Col. Carpenter's regiment Col. John Haskaway's "

His wife was Esther Allen and drew a revolutionary war pension.
He lived near Peterburg New York at the time of his death.
I want the date of his death and the date of his marriage .
Yours,
Delia Bush
Pulaski
N.Y.

WILLIAM WINDROW 69 DAVENPORT ST. NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs-
Please tell me if you have the War Records of the following men who fought in the War of the Revolutions also
✓ Benjamin Shurber  Shurber of Rehoboth Mass. born 1745-
married 1771 to Esther Allen
died 1834 in Williamstown Mass
✓ John Shurber of Rehoboth Mass born 1720 5
m - 1745..
Sincerely Yours.
(Mrs. William)
Emily H. Windrow

Chicago, Illinois, October 27, 1931.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please advise me if the pension rolls of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War show the following information in regard to two of my an- cestors.
✓ Benjamin Thurber (Mass.) Abner Beebe (Conn.)
Place and date of Birth " " " " Marriage " " " " Death
Name of Wife and any data relative thereto.
Names of Children and any data relative thereto.
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Ruth Herring
3328 W. Adams St., Chicago, Ill.