Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,281, for John Ladd, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Ladd, John
S. 29.281
CONTENTS

15723
Massachusetts John Ladd
of Exeter in the State of Massachusetts who was a Privat in the Company commanded by Captain Davis of the Regt commanded by Col. Frye in the Mass. line for 5 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May 1833 and sent to John Kenney Attorney
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $53.32 Semestral allowance ending 14 Sept 13.33
$66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 2 Page 50

John Ladd Map
Thurs 8 Months
15130
John Ladd McHane Map

BRIEF in the case of  John Ladd  of  Wisc  in the State of  Miss  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Green Bay  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 83  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     1812 In 17 th Substitute 8 Private B. J. Davis Col. 1 st Regt.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Miss  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not properly attested according to the regulations. 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George J. Ladd
Examining Clerk.

John Ladd 15136

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this Twenty fifth day of September A. D. 1832; personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, John Ladd , a resident of Methuen , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 83 years, who being first 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 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
Capt Davis of Methuen. Lieut. Herrick of said Methuen and Lieut. Eliphalet Bodwell of said Methuen in Col. James Frye's regiment: that he volunteered as a substitute for John Wilson in April A.D. 1775 for the term of eight months, and served out the full term of his engagement of eight months and was regularly dismissed in December following; that he marched to Cambridge near Boston and was quartered there in one of the buildings of Cambridge University until he was discharged; he has no written discharge, and knows of no documentary evidence by which he can prove said service.
and he further says that he was born in Haverhill where his birth is probably recorded, and that he resided in Haverhill H.H. about eighteen years since the war and the remainder of the time at said Methuen

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.
John Ladd
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
R. H. Pierce
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Charles C. Kimball a clergyman, residing in Methuen aforesaid, and Benjamin Osgood Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Methuen aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Ladd who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 83 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.
Charles C. Kimball Benjamin Osgood
Subscribed and sworn to before
John Tenney, Jus. Peace

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 Charles B. Kimball , who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Methuen , and that the said Benjamin Osgood , who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Methuen , and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. H. White Judge of Probate
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Ladd for a pension.
I also certify, that John Tenney , before whom the affidavits of Charles B. Kimball and Benjamin Osgood , and also of Elisha Richardson , hereto annexed, purport to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county, and that the signature of his name to each of the certificates following said affidavits, is his genuine signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fifth day

29 281 Pwy INVALID.
File No. 29,281
John Sada
Mr. Rev. Mass
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 986
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Elisha Richardson of Methuen in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy one years depose and say, that I know John Ladd of Methuen aforesaid, that I resided near him in said Methuen in 1775. I know that he entered the service of the United States as a substitute for John Wilson of said Methuen, under an engagement for eight months in April A.D. 1775. I saw him when he marched away under Capt Davis in April aforesaid and know that he was absent, it was said at Cambridge in Col Frye's Regiment till December following. I saw him when he returned
Elisha Richardson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss August 13 th 1832 Personally appeared the above named John Elisha Richardson and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me
John Tenney Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Elisha Richardson and that he is entitled to full credit for truth and veracity
John Tenney Jus. Peace

I Nathan Russ of Salem in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire testify and say that I knew and was well acquainted with John Ladd in the year 1775. That in the spring of said  the year said John Ladd enlisted as a soldier in the army of the Revolution and continued in said service eight months, during all of which time I served in the same company with said Ladd. Capt Davis commanded said company, which belonged to Col James Fryes regiment. said Ladd now resides in Methuen in the County of Essex and Common- wealth of Massachusetts and is eighty years of age or upwards - and is a just applicant for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832. Nathan Russ
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. August 29. 1832. Then personally appeared Nathan Russ and made oath that the above affidavit to him signed is true. Before me Oliver Dickey Justice
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Nathan Russ and that he is entitled to full credit for truth and veracity. Oliver W. Dickey Justice

Nathan Ennis Affidavit
I Peter Bradwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that David W Becker before whom the within affidavit was sworn to is a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Rockingham and that I believe that his signature to the certificate thereof is in his own handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 13 th day of September Anno Domini 1872
Peter Bradwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County