Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5321, for David Lakin, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lakin, David
S. 5321
CONTENTS
carded

Massachusetts
Dion Lakin
Woodcutter in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Fitch of the Regt commanded by Col Brewster in the Mass. time for 7 months & 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 24 Dollars 67 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of July 1833 and sent June 1 st . Diana Norton Lakin
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $49.24 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sept 12.33 $61.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by William Wilson Clerk. Book 9 Vol. 50 Page 50

No 25629 David Lakin Middlesex County Massachusetts
Print 7 Mar 12 day
28.33 1.55 29.88
Sam d Dana Groton Massachusetts

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of David Lakin Middlesex County Massachusetts.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted { 1775 1776 - 1 12 private Capt Haskell 79 years Groton Middlesex County Massachusetts Traditional evidence and three depositions - papers correctly Attached -   Enlisted { 1776 Served June 1776 - 5 - " Capt Fitch, Col Brewer Col Carlton,   Served fall 1777 - 1 - " Capt Laurence, Col Need,  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ye
SS.
On this
Seventh,
day of May
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of the now sitting at Grosvenor within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid Deed of Gift of Grosvenor in said County
aged seventy nine 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 Ad in the latter part of the year AD 17
officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say that in the latter part of the year A.D. 1775, or beginning of A.D. 1776, when the Army lay in the vicinity of Boston and men were wanted to reinforce it, during the departure of the right wing and the arrival of the year men he enlisted into the Company of Capt. John  Shattuck Henry Haskell, his Lieutenants John  Shattuck and Peter Bradfield to serve for six months that he marched from Boston to Cambridge and was there stationed and acted duty for said term of six months, when he was regularly dis- charged, owing to his great decay and loss of memory he can not recall any words of orders to which his Company belonged, and he has no documentary evidence of this service, nor has he been able to find any person living by whom he can now prove the same. —
2 In the Summer of 1776 he engaged to go into service for five months to serve under Colonel and colonel of the Pennsylvania Key Stone Battery, which Josiah Barstow and Nathaniel Bledsoe and his Company was on a Leg. Com. manded by Col. Samuel Greener, Lt. Col. B. B. Barton. The Battery was at Binnington where they fought batteries and killed and were then moved to Skeensborough where they were encamped and had duty. He was taken by Capt. Welch as his assistant on which service he continued until he ended out his term of five months when he was regularly discharged.
3 In the fall AD 1777 he engaged with the  British after volunteered a march to the Northern frontier to oppose the progress of General Burgoyne, and was enlisted in the Company of Captain Laurens which was attached to a Reg t of Massachusetts forces commanded by Col. Jonathan Read, they came up on  the a few days before the surrender of Genl Burgoyne's Army after the capture of that Army he was ordered by Capt Laurens to take charge of a number of horses belonging to Gentlemen who had volunteered in that Campaign and conduct them to Boston as which he did accordingly having been absent on service not less than thirty - days.

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
We J. D. D. and Lakin Pay 30 Nov. Charles Robinson - a Clergyman residing in the town of Lyndon in the county of Wadsworth and Calumet Baynton of the same Lyndon hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Lakin who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy one 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, Chs. Robinson
And the 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 Charles Robinson who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Lyndon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. J. D. D. Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of David Lakin for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three.
And I further certify that Samuel Dana Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for all the Counties in said Commonwealth, and that I believe his signature to the Captions on the Depositions of Benjamin Bowers John Pease to be his true and genuine signature.
In testimony of all which I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this Eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred thirty three.
Isaac Fiske My

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Groton — within and for the County of Middlesex on the Seventh day of May — A. D. 1833 — On the application of David Lakin — claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit :
1. Where, and in what year were you born ?
Answer, In Groton Ma on the 18 th day of October A.D. 1783
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it ?
Answer, I have a family record of my age in a 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, I was living in said Groton when I have always
lived except some short periods when I was young I went out to labor in other towns.
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, all my services were voluntary and under my
own enlistment
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, I saw Col. Wm Prescott Major Henry Woods, and Col. Brown when I was on the western frontier.
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, Samuel Dana Esq. Stewart James Park, Amos Danforth Esq. and Mr. Jason Williams all of Groton Ms.
7. Did you ever receive any written discharge from service ? Ans r I never rec d any such discharge. David Lakin
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid — J. P. Fay Probate

Rehran
5321.
INVALID.
File No. 5321
David Lakin
Prison Kaps 1868
Act: June 11th 1882
Index:—Vol. M , Page 214
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov. 5-1902 Mrs. Ida K. Johnston Fall River Mass
1917 May 23. Hist. to Miss Mary D. Bailey & 1918 July 29. Hist. to Ida M. Arneson
Born on Graton May 10 1753 3 where he entered service there

Aurora Illinois 222 South Ave. 7-19-18.
Mr. Saltgaber -
Dear Sir: -
Kindly send me
Pension record of
David Lakin - 1753-1846 enlisted 1775-
He was born and died in Gorton Mass.
And oblige
Ida Marion Vrosman (Registrar) D. A. R.

Glow Fall River Mass. Nov 1 - 1900
Dr. Sins
Can you tell me if David Lakin  Poirier in Rev War received a Pension ? He was on Lexington Alarm Roll of Capt Josiah Sartell's Co. which marched on Alarm Apr 19 1775 from Groton to Cambridge served eleven days. Residence Groton Mass. his name is also on Pay Abstract Capt Henry Haskell's Co. Col Prescott's Regt for mi- leage Jan 13 - 1776

His name is also in a Pay Abstract of Capt Zachariah Fitch's Co. Col Samuel Burns Regt for service from Aug 23 to Sept 30, 1778 this information I get from Mr M. Allen or Sec of State of Mass. I am about to join D.A.R and have been directed to your office for information in regard to his receiving a Pension as I have under- stood from my people he received one, any in- formation you may be able to give me will be gratefully received and payment made for it

necessary
Yours very Sincerely Ada Lincoln Johnson 410 Prospect St Fall River Mass

County of Kane, GENEVA, ILLINOIS. CHARLES DOETSCHMAN - RECORDER MARY D. BAILEY, DEPUTY.
Rev Sec acc
May 14, 1917.
G.W.Saltzgaber, Esq.,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension certificate of David Lakin, of Grotton, Mass, allowed in 1832, for service in the Revolutionary War? The Number given me is 34674 if that is of any help in locating it. If there are any charges, let me know and I will send the money, immediately.
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Mary D. Bailey Geneva,
Box. 511.
Ill.

A Warrant of Arrest Benj n Bawler in the cause of David Lakin

I Benjamin Bowers of Billerica in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 74 do depose and say, that I served in the war of the revolution, as by my declaration on file in the Pension office, will appear.
And I further testify that I well know and remember one David Laken, said to belong to Grafton and know that he also served in that war and was in Captain Hitchcok's Company in Col. Brewer's Regt. on a tour on the northern frontier in 1776  for months, in which Company I also served the same term of time.
Benj a Bowers

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. August 3 d 1882
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth
Benjamin Bowers who subscribed the annexed Deposition
and made solemn Oath that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sam d Dana
I Also certify that the above named Benjamin Bowers is a disinterested and credible witness
Sam d Dana jus. Peace as aforesaid.

I John Rushee of Westford in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty four years, do depose and say that I served in the war of the revolution, as will appear by my declaration on file in the Pension office well known and remember David Loker who then lived in Grafton Mass. who at 1 st still lives there, and know that he also served in that war and was in a Campaign at Ticonderoga and on the frontier in 1776 in the Company of Capt Leitch Fitch Company Col d Brewer Regt. when he served five months, in which Company I also served. —
John Rushee

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex
ss. August 2 d
1832
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for Counties in said Commonwealth
all
the
John Kushee
who subscribed the
annexed Deposition
and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief
And I Certify that the above named Sam l Dana John Kushee is a qualified and credible witness entitled to faith and credit. Sam l Dana pro Se as aforesaid.

I Jason Williams of Lyndon in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty one years, do depose and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution by my Declaration as fit in the Pension Act they will appear: And I do further testify and declare that David Laken
served as a Soldier in that war, that he was a private Soldier, in the Company of Cap. Asa Lawrence in Colo. Jon Reed Regiment, in which Company, I also served.
The said David marched with his Company to Bennington and I remember him at Pattenkill in New York and continued with his Company until he was ordered to take a number of horses which the Volunteers had rode and return with them toward Lyndon which he did - I can not tell exactly how long said David continued in service but at the rate we marched and the time we were in Camp before we departed it could not be less than one month in my opinion from the time he left home until he reached home again -
Jason Williams
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Middlesex to wit May 6 th
AD. 1833.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth Jason Williams, well known to me as a disinterested and credible witness, and
who subscribed the
above deposition and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sam. Dana

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of David Lakin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 5321
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Battle post 1775   Winter of 1776 6 weeks Private Henry Haskell ✓ Mass.   Summer 1776 5 mos. Zachariah Fitch Samuel Brewer   Fall 1777 1 mo. Asa Fitch Jonathan Reed        
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Groton, Middlesex Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, May 7 1833. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Groton, Mass. Age at date of application, born Oct. 10, 1753 at Groton, Mass.
Remarks: There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.