Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29971, for Robert Lord, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lord, Robert
S. 29971
CONTENTS

10650  Massachusetts  Robert Lord Spence in the State of Mass who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Colton of the Reg t commanded by Colonel in the Mass s for 15 months Service and 6 " Discharged
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 155 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April 1835 and sent March  Calderell Spence Mass Arrears to the 14th of March 1835 $310.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1st " " 77.50  $387.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ald. Nelson Clerk Book 2 Vol. 20 Page 49

Rev. Lord Forwarded by Isaac Baldwin Ipswich Mass.
N o . 1989
16 Oct
Dec 1. 1832
Sept 15 Mrs
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Isaac Baldwin Ipswich Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Robert Lord  of  Essex  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 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? Eighty one -  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.     In 1775- 9 Sergeant Col. Moses Little   76. 6 " Col. Samuel Brown   77 6 Lieutenant Col. E. Wadsworth  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Gloucester Essex County after first service, lived in Essex County.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & Traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect Incorrect Witnesses not attested 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. Richardson Examining Clerk.

Robert Lord
No 1983.
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4 State of Massachusetts.
County of Essex ss.
On this Seventh day of August 1882 of Probate personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Daniel A. White Judge, now sitting at Ipswich within and for the County of Essex aforesaid
Robert Lord aged eighty one 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 that in March 1775 enlisted in the Company of Capt. James Collier as Sergeant and in the Regiment of Col. Moses Little. I then resided in Gloucester in said County of Essex - & served eight months at Prospect Hill in Cambridge near Brattle Hill in Charlestown and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill and at the expiration of said eight months the soldiers were needed to remain & by request of the officers I continued as a volunteer one month in addition to the first eight months - making in all nine months - I further say that I have no documentary evidence - Abraham Perkins, & Jober Farley were in the same Regiment and know the facts about it and I further declare that in July 1776 I engaged as Sergeant in Capt. Menter's Company in the Regiment of Col. Samuel Brewer - was at Branderburg & was engaged for and completed six months, was then discharged but have no documentary evidence - I do not know that any one is now living in Ipswich who was with me in this service.
At this time I resided in Ipswich my native place
I further declare that in the spring or early in the summer of 1777 I was commissioned in Militia of Massachusetts as a Lieutenant in Capt. Ara Prince's Company in Col. Nathaniel Leader's Regiment and was in Rhode Island six months - but have no documentary evidence nor being able to find my commission or discharge. Jober Farley Esq. and Aaron Lord were in the same Regiment and can testify that the above is true. I was born in Ipswich May 22 1757 and now reside in Gloucester at the (excepting a residence of a few years in Gloucester as above stated) I have always resided. I am now eighty years of age & have been an Invalid fifteen years.

I was in the Service in all twenty one months viz fifteen months as Sergeant and six months as Lieutenant After serving six months as Lieut. I was commissioned as Captain but before receiving my commission I was mustered out of service.
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,
Robert Lord before Dr. Al White Judge of Probate.
We David T. Kimball a Clergyman residing in the town of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Jabez Farley Esquire hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Lord who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be eightyone 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. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
before David T. Kimball Jabez Farley Dr. Al White Judge of Probate.
And the said Court thereupon proceeded to propound the following interrogatories, which he answered under oath, as follows:
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Ipswich May 22 - 1751.
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I believe my birth is recorded in the Office of the Town clerk of Ipswich - my baptism is there recorded May 26. 1751 - My birth is also in my family Bible.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, When first called into service in Gloucester County of Essex & State of Massachusetts - after the first service in Ipswich and have lived there 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, I never acted as a substitute but was each time a volunteer
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, - Captains Collins, Menton, Prime - Colonels Little, Brewer, Ledge - General Greene. I cannot distinguish between the continental and militia Regiments but the foregoing were my officers.
6. 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, Rev. David T. Kimball - Jabez Farley Esq. Abraham Perkins. - & Honor Lord
Robert Lord
These answers and the statements of Jabez Farley and Abraham Perkins, sworn

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. David S. Kimball who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Shrewsbury, County of Cuyahoga and John Farley  of Shrewsbury a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. D. H. Miller Judge of Probate. Nathaniel Lord Register of the Court of Probate.
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Robert Lord for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Chas. H. Lord Jr.
We John Farley and Abraham Perkins do swear that we know the statement of Robert Lord on the other side is true - as respects his service in Cambridge and we do know that he was in the Battle of Bunkerhill - we further state that we believe his other statements are true
John Farley Abraham Perkins mark
to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, (preparatory to the declaration of the opinion of the court. Said Farley and Perkins are credible witnesses. D. H. Miller Judge of Probate.

L. W. B. I . 29971.
January 11, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data given the name of Peter Coffin has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension or bounty land records on file in this Bureau.
Robert Lord made an application for pension on August 7, 1832, at which time he was 81 years of age and residing at Ipswich, Mass., and his pension was allowed for twenty-one months' actual service as a sergeant and lieutenant in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Gloucester, Mass., and served under Capt. Collins and Col. Little.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. J. P. Lord,
Paxton Block,
Omaha, Nebr.

Robert Lord
1983
Isaac Calvino Sponek Map

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Robert Lord which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
# XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No — Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

29971 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,971
Robert Lord
Lieut Genl War
Act: same  29971
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 246
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jan 11 '99. J. P. Lord, Omaha, Neb.
Aug 1 '99 Mrs. Addie L. M. Lord Dorchester Mass

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23/2/99 Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Can you give me information in regard to Robert Lord Jr. , Revolutionary Soldier in Capt Peter Coffins company of Pension Exeter or Portsmouth New Hampshire. What was his age and the date of his death?
Thanking you in advance
I am yours cordially Addie L McIndoe #37 Bellerive St
May 6. 1899.
Dorchester Mass.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 29971.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
August 3rd, 1899.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Robert Lord made an application for pension on August 7th, 1832, at which time he was 81 years of age and residing at Ipswich, Mass., and his pension was allowed for twenty-one months' actual service as a sergeant and lieutenant in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Gloucester, Mass., and served under Capt. Collins and Col. Little.
The date and place of his death can possibly be ascertained upon application to the Hon. Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, this city, giving the above together with the following data: Cert. No. 10650; Mass. Agency; Act of 1832; Issued April 18, 1833.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Addie L. McIndoe, 37 Bellevue Street, Dorchester, Mass.