Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30159, for Edward Thomas, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thomas, Edward
S. 30159
CONTENTS

31.527 Massachusetts
Edward Thomas 524 of Plymouth in the State of Mass.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Crane of the Regt. commanded by Col. _____ in the Mass line for 16 months & 8 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 20 Dollars 89 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Sept. 1835 and sent S. H. C. Lord Plymouth Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1838 $156.67
Pension allowance ending March 39 - 10.44
$167.11
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by N. H. Addison Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2 nd . Page 86

Edward Thomas Son of Hushia Thomas by Lucy his Wife was born March the eighteenth Seventeen Hundred and fifty nine.
I Allen Shaw certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record of the Town of Middleborough, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows March 18 th 1759.
I Allen Shaw above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Middleborough - County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Middleborough April 18 th 1838.
Allen Shaw Town Clerk of Middleborough.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss April 18 th 1838 Personally appeared Allen Shaw a man well known to me and made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed and I certify that the said Allen Shaw is a credible person
Wilkes Wood Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Willies Wood Esq. is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County & a Justice of the Peace for said County & that the signatures to the several annexed affidavits pur- porting to be signed by him are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County this twentieth day of April 1838 Jacob H. Lord

I Joseph Clark of Middleborough. Massachusetts aged eighty two years on oath depose and say that in the war of the Revolution I was in the military service several periods of time as Surgeon's Mate and as Surgeon in the State of Rhode Island, that in the latter part of the year 1776 and about the time when the British Troops took possession of the Island of Rhode- Island I was the Surgeon of a Reg t commanded by Col Daggett & stationed at Tiverton in st Rhode Island in the winter season. That during that season I saw two of my Neighbors who were in the service of the United States & stationed at Howland's Ferry in the same Town in which I was stationed but not in the same Reg t and one of these Neighbors was Edward Thomas with whom I was well acquainted then and since and a President of Middleborough aforesaid but I do not recollect the Officers of the company or Reg t in which he served. I remember there was a Col. Stanton of the State of Rhode Island stationed about that time at Howland's Ferry and that the troops were reviewed by Gov. Lincoln but I do not think said Thomas was in Stanton's Reg t and I cannot recollect what Reg t he was in. - I further state that said Edward Thomas is a man of good moral character and has ever sustained a good reputation for truth & veracity
Joseph Clark
commonwealth of Massachusetts
Weymouth County ss. December 27 th 1837 Personally ap- peared Joseph Clark who subscribed the above affidavit and whose character for truth and veracity is well established and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated in said affidavit.
Before me Wilkes Wood Justice of the Peace

I William Drake of Middleborough, Massachusetts, aged seventy six years, depose and say that I was a Soldier in the army of the Revolution at several periods of the war, and particularly in the winter season of the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven, - eight: as I now recollect; I enlisted or was drafted and mounted with a company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Wood of said Middleborough to North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island. The British troops were then in possession of the Island of Rhode Island, there was an other company under Capt. Abraham Wathen of Bridgewater at said N. Kingston at the same time and said companies were under Col. Ebenezer Droot. And I well remember that Edward Thomas then and now of Middleborough was a private in the same company and we both served three months at said N. Kingston and then returned home.
William Drake
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hyannis County ss. - December 27 th 1837. Personally appeared William Drake a man well known to me to be a man of truth and whose character for veracity is well established and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Willes Wood Justice of the Peace

I Daniel Tucker of Middleborough Massachusetts, aged seventy seven years of age and say that I was a Soldier in the war of the American Revolution and served as a Private in Captain Crane's Company at Barton three months or more in the latter part of the year 1778. or beginning of the year 1779 and well remember that Edward Thomas then & still of Middleborough served with me in the same Company & during the same time as a Private. I have always been acquainted with P. Thomas and he now lives near me. —
Daniel Tucker
April 6 th 1838.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. April 6 th 1838. Personally appeared Daniel
Tucker a man who is well known to me and is a credible person and made solemn oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Wilkes Wood Justice of the Peace

No 34582 Edward Thomas
Mass.
Declaration of Edward Thomas & depositions
Vol 17.210. p. 2.29 - Evan 3.193. Japp. 9 - Ward 3.
6-8 Adm. l. 8 days for $20.88 per ann.
J H Lord Esq. Plymouth Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth ss. On this twenty seventh day of December 1837. personally appeared before me Walker Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County aforesaid Edward Thomas resident in Middleborough in said County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy eight years, and being so aged & infirm in health as to be not able to travel to a Court to make his declaration, who being 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 7 th 1832. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say that he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated.
That he enlisted into a company in December 1776 or January 1777 commanded as he believes, but not positive, by Captain Nathaniel Wood of Middleborough aforesaid and is certain that James Norton was ensign, and marched to Howland's Ferry in the State of Rhode Island with said company there three months and served there and in the vicinity of said Howland's Ferry three months and then returned home to Middleborough aforesaid. -
In the year 1778 according to the best of his recollection and in the winter season he enlisted into a Company of which John Mardack was a Lieutenant the Captain's name he cannot now recall; and marched to North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island & there served three months, the troops at that place were then com- manded by Colonel Ebenezer Dyer.
Afterwards in the year 1778. I enlisted into a Com- pany commanded by Capt. Crane & marched to Boston in Massachusetts and served three months

Guarding the then Town of Boston and Prisoners there collected; the last service I think was chiefly in the year 1779 & the first part in Dec. 1778.
In the summer or Fall of the year 1778 as near as I can recollect I served on an Alarm at New Bedford in a Company commanded by William Tappan three days according to the best of his memory. in a Regiment commanded by Col. Eben Sprague. He also served in a Company three weeks at Providence in Rhode Island but cannot state the year or the Officers. also on an Alarm at Hawlaid; Ferry aforesaid several days but cannot state the time when nor the Officers.
The two first periods of service was performed Guarding the country against the depredations of the Enemy who were then in possession of the Island of Rhode Island. That he served in the whole of the periods above mentioned together ten months. That he had no written discharge. That he was born in Middleborough Massachusetts in the year 1759 That he is known generally known to the older Inha- bitants in Middleborough aforesaid and thinks his birth is recorded in the records of Middleborough. That he is personally known in particular to William Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth.
Edward Thomas
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above mentioned before me William Wood Judge of the Court of Probate — —
We Israel W. Putnam a clergyman residing in The Town of Middleborough, and Joseph Clark re- siding in the same Middleborough hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Thomas

who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revo- lution, and we concur in that opinion.
Israel W. Putnam
Commonwealth of Massachusetts To Joseph Clark Myrrimont County ss. April 18 th 1838 Personally appeared Israel W. Putnam and Joseph Clark both men well known to me and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by them subscribed and testify that they are both credible persons Before me Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate
And I the said Wilkes Wood Judge as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Ap- plicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that Israel W. Putnam who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy- man resident in Middleborough aforesaid and that Joseph Clark who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Middleborough and is a credible witness and that their statements are in- titled to credit.
Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate
April 18 th 1838.
Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edward Thomas for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this twentieth day of April in the Year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight. 1838 Jacob H. Lord

30 159 INVALID. Rev
File No. 30/159
Edward Thomas
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 52 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 418
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Plymouth April 20. 1838
Sir
I send herewith the Pension application of Edward Thomas of Middleborough in this County & request that any communication in relation thereto may be made to me
Yours with respect Jacob H. Lord
Hon. James L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Edward Thomas supplementary declaration

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. On this first day of August in the year eighteen hundred & thirty eight Personally appeared before me Wilson Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Plymouth Edward Thomas of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth aforesaid and on oath makes the following affidavit supplementary & explanatory of the de- claration which he recently made and sent on to the Pension Office to obtain a pension under the act of Congress passed on the seventh day of June in the year 1832. viz. as to the objection that he did not make his application for said pension earlier: the reason why he did not make said application sooner than he did, is that having no children and only him- self & wife to provide for; and having property, as he hoped, sufficient to support himself & wife, with prudence, comfortably this life without the aid of the government; and so neglected to make said application, but that through age & infirmity he and his wife have lost the ability to labour and having recently lost property by the failure of those who were indebted to him, he is now re- duced in his circumstances & which has at last obliged him to apply for the aid which the govern- ment in their liberality has seen fit to provide for those who served in the war of the Revolution. From the loss of memory I cannot state any further particulars of my services or the officers under whom I served.
Edward Thomas
I have read and subscribed the day and year first above written before me. And I further certify that the above named Edward Thomas is man with whom & whose character I have been well acquainted from my youth. That he is scrupulous in his statements of facts, and that in piety, morality and circumspect conduct has but few equals among men.
Wilson Wood

Affidavit of W M c Drake
J. H. Land Edwardsburg, N.Y. Miss. Aug 20-
Parole for 1st Council of Plymouth

I William Drake of Oldfieldborough County of Plymouth, Massachusetts aged seventy seven years before and say that I was a soldier in the army of The Revolution in several campaigns - That according to the best of my present recollection I was draughted into a company of militia for three months service which company was commanded by Captain Nathaniel Wood then of said Oldfieldborough in December in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven. I thereupon marched with said company under said Captain Wood to North- Kingston otherwise called Oldike-Newton in the state of Rhode Island and there served the term out Col. Eben n Sprout Commandant. - I well remember that Edward Thomas of this Town with whom I was then & since have been well acquainted was a Private in said Company; and served during the said term of three months. In a former deposition which I gave in support of said Thomas' claim for a pension, I believe, I stated that according to the best of my recollection the aforesaid draught & commencement of the service was in the latter part of the year 1776 or beginning of 1777 - which I have now reason to believe was erroneous as to the time. Upon further examination and reflection I now think that the time I marched with said Company, was December seventeen hundred & seventy seven. This I am led to believe to be the true time from a recollection of my age when I was draughted; I was sixteen years old in April previous to the aforesaid service and was born in the year 1761. My former deposition in other respects I believe to be correct.
William Drake
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. August 10 th 1838. Personally appeared the above named William Drake a person well known to me and subscribed & made oath to the above affidavit and I further certify that the said Drake is a credible person. William Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Plymouth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth Yr. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Miller Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the signatures to the two annexed papers purporting to be signed by him are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this fourteenth day of August 1838.
Jacob H. Lord