Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33089, for William Mears, Massachusetts

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Mears, William
S 33089
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11. 512 R Massachusetts.
William Mears,
of Middlesex Co. in the state of Massach tts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey, of the Massach tts he, for the term of three years.
scribed on the Roll of Massach tts , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7. of June, 1819 and sent to Samuel Dana, judge Groton, Middlesex Co: Mass tts .
  Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. . .  88. 23.     Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 7  48 "     10 mo s 27 1819. }  $136. 23.     8 4/31 ... }   { Revolutionary claim, }      { Act 18th March, 1818. }  
Notification sent to Mr. P. ... Cambridge Mass. Oct 13. 1820.

33 089 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,089
William Meass
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Mears
on rolls of Bailey's yg t
The Judge's certificate of indigence wanted
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To whom it may concern
We the subscribers selectmen & overseers of the poor for the town of Westford in Mass t . Do. certify that William Mear who (it is said) was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution is now a poor person in indigent circumstances
Westford May 5. 1849
Sam l Wright Jr. Isaac Goodwin Thomas Fletcher

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BE it remembered, that on this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, SAMUEL DANA , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid) comes William Mearr of Melrose in said county of Middlesex and on oath declares that he served in the War of the Revolution for the space of six years, and seven months, having served on two different tours, seven months
On the second day of April, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven hundred, and Seventy seven, he enlisted under Isiah Blood a Sergeant into the Army of the United States, upon the Continental establishment, during the war, was sent to Coram and there mustered, by Col. James Barrett , from there he proceeded, to Albany , in New York , was there placed in Capt. Hugh Marshall's Company, in Col. Barry's Regiment, being the second, as he believes, in the Massachusetts Line , in this Company he continued until the next April, when he was ordered, to the Engineers, of which there were four Companies, called Sappers and Miners, commanded by French Officers, his Capt. name, as well as he can remember, was Delarende , in this Company he continued until April, A.D. 1783 when Col. James Gordin gave him a document, which authorized him, to return home and remain till called for, this discharge he left among the papers of his Father, where it remains and after his Father's death he sought it, but could never obtain it. He is now Sixty years of age, destitute of property, has no means to procure a subsistence, but by manual labor, which he can not perform much longer, and in
he stands in need of assistance from his country for his support, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life
Thus, made, subscribed, and sworn to, at Groton the day and year aforesaid.
William Mearr in said county of Middlesex Sam d Dana

To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the fourth - - - day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  William Mears Personally appeared and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed.
from which it appears to me, that the said William Mears did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy, upwards of nine months.
Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Sam d Dana
I Samuel Dana Chief justice as aforesaid, Do further certify that the above named William Mears is a poor man in indigent circumstances, entitled to relief from his Country under the Act aforesaid
Sam d Dana

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William Mears
Residence
11512
Cal
June 19 th

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
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, William Mear resident in Westford - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 11512 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, William Mear of Mid d County Mass a 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 fourth day of
April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen "Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen J. L. Edwards in the absence of J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War, behalf of the
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,
  1 case of drawers 2 00 1 chest, 1 00 3 00   1 meat chest 0 50 1 bread trough 0 75 1 25   1 half bucket 0 17 1 light stand 25 2 62   1 shovel & tongs 0 83 1 pr of hand irons 0 75 1 58   2 tables, 2 00 1 kettle, 2 00 5 58   1 spider 0 50 1 griddle 0 50 1 70   1 pair of flat irons 0 75 1 knife, fork 0 75 1 67   1 sieve 0 12 4 milk pans 0 40 0 82   1 bean pot 0 10 2 mugs 17 1 77   1 tea pot 20 1 doz earthen plates 0 50 1 77   1/2 doz cups & saucers 1 25 1 25   1/2 doz pewter plates 1 25 1/2 doz pewter plates 1 00 2 25   1/2 doz tea spoons 0 25 2 tumblers 0 12 0 62   3 glass bottles 0 25 1 linen wheel 1 00 1 75   1 tea kettle 0 40 1 coffee pot 0 25 16 65   1 teaant-saw 2 00 1 rice saw 1 00 4 50   1 broad axe 1 00 1 shof axe 1 00 4 00 

   2 shavers 100 1 set bench plane 100 8 augers 350  6 50    1 adz 100 4 pr chisel, 150 3 gouges 050 1 hammer 33  3 33    1 pair compasses 017 1 shovel 067 1 hoe 17  0 96    4 old cedar barrel, 150 1 meat barrel 067  2 17    1 grindstone  0 50     $ 12 67   
William Mears.
$ 12 67
And the said William Mears states and declares upon oath that his family consists of himself and wife each aged sixty two years one daughter aged thirty five years who has been confined to her room two years by sickness is apparently likely to continue sick as long as she may live and another daughter aged twenty six, that his aforesaid family are dependent on him for support and maintenance and that his only means of doing this is from his occupation, which is that of a wheelwright, that he was in the Revolutionary war during its continuance on the Continental establishment having first enlisted in the company of Capt d Hugh Maxwell in Col d Bailey's regiment was wounded at Stillwater & at the end of said war was dismissed in April 1783 on furlough by Col d Francis Gouvion as will more particularly appear by his original declaration on file in the War office.
William Mears."

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana Esq. a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
7 I, William Mearns 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.
William Mearns
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed William Mearns took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Sam. Dana Judge of said Court. 7
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, 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
sixty two dollars ninety nine cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow