Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33011, for Stephen Long, Massachusetts

SERVICE
continental Mass.
Long; Stephen
NUMBER _____
8 33011
CONTENTS

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Massachusetts Roll
Stephen Long Mass 8th Regt Capt Parnham's R. Grenadiers 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 8 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of Sept. 1818 and forwarded to Stephen Minot Esq. Hampshire Essex Co. Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 $ 39.20 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819. 48 00
Arts 4 Mos. 27 days. $ 87.20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
One Year
Continued Andover Essex Co.
Stephen Long Mass 8th Regt Capt Parnham's R. Grenadiers private. Massachusetts Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Stephen Long. 59

James Varnum makes oath and says that Stephen Long enlisted and served one year under me as a soldier in the year service in the year 1776
James Varnum
Middlesex ss March 30 th 1818
Personally appeared James Varnum and made oath to the above
Before me Nathl Wright J. Peace

33.011 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33.011
Stephen Long in Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 287
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Steph n Long
Sept 1879
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on this the test of the said Court in 1879...
city exhibited in the... the opinion of the said... from the record of the... that the foreign... VICHARD ROD BUCKER...
took and subscribed the... then the... ...
March 1819 Sept 1819

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Stephen Long resident in Andover - - - - - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 2861 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
" WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Stephen Long - - - - - late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and 18
***** * L. S. * *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24th day of September one thousand eight hundred and 18
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
No real or personal estate or income.
He is in the 68th year of his age, a day-labourer. he is infirm, has the sciatica, and can earn very little.
He has not and never had any family.
He served as a year's man all 1776 in Capt. Reed's Company in the Regiment under Col. Varnum in Rhode Island Line.
Stephen Long.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Stephen Long do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Stephen Long
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Stephen Long took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Sam l Dana - - - - - Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is nothing dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker

Class roll. 59 Stephen Long Jr. April 8. 1818 - }
To. Stephen Minto Starhill Episc. Ch.
Admitted
Admitted

I, Stephen Long aged 66 years, declare and say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States, that I now belong to & reside in the town of Andover in the County of Essex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: — That in April 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier, for the term of 8 months, into the Army of the Revolutionary war, & entered accordingly in the Company of Capt. Benj a Farnham, in Col. James Foye's Reg t of Massachusetts troops, & served therein in the vicinity of Boston till the last of December, same year, & then my time expired; but I previously, on the latter part of December had enlisted into the service for one year from the first of January 1776, & then entered into the Company of Capt. Joshua Reed, in Col. James M c Namara's Reg t : of Rhode Island: I accordingly served therein that year out until the last of Dec r 1776 when I left the service by my time of enlistment expiring. — I had no written discharge. I further 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 laws of the United States.
Stephen Long
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss. April 8. 1818
Then the above named Stephen Long 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, Isaac Lovejoy depose and say that I was a soldier in the same company above mentioned for that year, and do know that the said Stephen Long served therein, during the year as he above states. I also know him to be in need of assistance for support,
Isaac Lovejoy
Essex ss. April 8. 1818 Then the above named Isaac Lovejoy made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me
Stephen Minot, Judge etc.

Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Stephen Long did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in his declaration of service, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case of that proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, & in need of assistance from his country for support.
Stephen Minot.
{ Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, Simon Wardwell, depose & say I know the said Stephen Long did serve the eight months & also the year by him stated in his said declaration, I also know him to be in indigent circumstances & in need of assistance for support.
Simon Wardwell
Essex ss. July 21. 1818 Thus the above named Simon Wardwell made solemn oath that the said declaration by him subscribed, is true, before me
Stephen Minot, judge as aforesaid.