Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,921, for Caleb Lane, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Lane, Caleb
S 15,921
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15338 Massachusetts
Caleb Lane of Abington in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Burbeck of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Mass line for _____
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June 1833 and sent to Ld Plymouth Mass Arrears to the 14th of March 1835 $160.00 Pension, allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by _____ Clerk, Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 50

Cobalt Lane
7795

No 47
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - County of Plymouth
Plymouth ss.
On this eighth day of August 1832
Personally appeared in open Court before the court of Plymouth Probate for the County, now sitting Caleb Lane of Abington in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty nine 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 Officers and served as herein stated -
I enlisted as a private Soldier and went on to the Castle (now Fort Independence) and served as a Soldier from January 1780 - to January 1783 - then going a short time before we left I heard of the Revolution - Gen. John Hancock had the Chief command - our other Officers were Col. William Bertrick. Samuel Treat. William Hinckley they all resided at the Castle except Gen. Hancock - He used to come down and stay here on these weeks at a time and sometimes with his Family We saw no enemy during that time - our duty was to guard the Harbor - Prizes used frequently to be sent in by our private as well as private Ships - Caleb Lane and Bradley Shaw were alive and in this house went on with me and served here the whole time I was there - and Shaw within a few months - several

- others also of this Town were with me - now dead or removed at great distances. -
I was born in said Abington Nov. 4. 1763 - a Record of my birth is now in the Town Records - and have here resided ever since except short occasional absences -
And I do hereby relinquish every claim which I claim to a War Pension or Annuity except the present - and declare that my Name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Caleb Lane
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after an 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.
By the Court, Attest,
Jacob H. Lord Register
I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of Caleb Lane for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twentieth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

We Silas Hall a Clergyman residing in the Town of Abington and Alexander Wash residing in the same Town do hereby certify that we are acquainted with one Calib Sam who has subscribed and sworn to the within Declaration, that he believes him to be his wife's grandfather; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion -
Silas Hall
Alexander Wash
Plymouth ss. April 10. 1833
Personally appeared the above named Silas Hall and Alexander Wash and made oath that the above declaration by them signed is just and true - so being sworn premonished for them to appear before the Judges of Probate in the cause by the above Declaration was made before a justice of the Peace -
Before me
Asa D. Whitney Justice
And the said Court further certify that Rev Silas Hall who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman & Mr. Alexander Wash a respectable citi- zen both resident in said Abington, both credible persons & that their statement is entitled to full faith. By the Court. Attest
Jacob Howland Regt.

7795
Colt Sam
Private 2 nd year Arm'd
16.00
March 20 1893
303
Blank Weymouth Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Caleb Sawin  of  Abington  in the State of  Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Sixty nine years  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 1750 Aug 3 As a Gen. Putnam  For Haverhill  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Abington  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Saint Paul from George Sawin Brackley Shaw from Roger, & a friend  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
G. Hunt , Examining Clerk.

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[Arrangement of 1870.]

1775 Caleb Lame
J. H. Lord & Co. Plymouth Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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?
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? answered
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."

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 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 shewn 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.
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 authenticates 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 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
Application should be made to S. D. Bangs for evidence of Service

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 6 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Caleb Lane is borne on the Castle Rolls, and recorded in Books, as having served under the following Officers, viz.
   Books Warrants Captains Am t paid. Dates & etc.     Abstracts I. N o 39. W m Burbeck. 12.0.0 Sept. 3 rd 1783.   N o 1. I. 56 Thos Cushing 12.0.0 Nov. 13 th 1782.   Ditto 60 Ditto 4.9.4 March 13 th 1783.   Ditto 64 W m Burbeck 19.12.0 July 2 nd 1782.   £48.1.4  
Total Amount paid is Forty eight Pounds one shilling and four pence.
Edward D. Bangs Esq.
Exdo.

I, Samuel Beal of Winchendon in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts ages twenty one years do testify and say that Caleb Lane of Abington in the County of Plymouth was with me as a Soldier stationed upon the Castle near Boston now Fort Independence - and served with me in that capacity from November 1790 - to January 1793 the term of three years -
Samuel Beal
Plymouth ss. August 20. 1832 -
Personally appeared the above named Samuel Beal and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true -
Andrew Pitman Atty Pro Se
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth being a Court of record do hereby certify that Jacob Whitman Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that his name subscribed above & upon the paper annexed one is his genuine hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twentieth day of August in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

Memorandum of April 2, 1933 -
I hereby certify that the within named Defense Seminole Base is personally known by me - and that in my opinion he is a naturalized citizen.
Edward Whitman, Jr., Clerk

I Brackley Shaw of Libington in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts and twenty one years - do testify and say that I entered as a priest John and Mary in the United States in when the latter was still independent - from Jan. 1900 to the same time in 1902 - and that Caleb Ladd and Caleb Ladd both of this town were with me as priest during the whole of that time - In Jan. 1902 It was in hand the said religious and stayed there six months - on my return to the latter I found the said Ladd and Ladd still doing duty there. Satisfaction with me - Brackley Shaw
Deposition of August 6. 1902.
Personally appeared the within named Brackley Shaw and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is just and true.
Before - Joseph Whitman J. P.
Deposition of August 2. 1902.
I hereby certify that Brackley Shaw the above deposition was taken before me and to full credit as a witness.
Joseph Whitman J. P.