Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,431, for William Tolman, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Tolman William
N 22,431
Jemima
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 717 Jemima Tolman widow of William Tolman Mass who died on the 11 March 1810 of Norfolk Co. in the State of Mass ts . who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Payson of the regt. commanded by Col Clapp in the Mass ts . line for eight months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of April 1837 and sent to Mrs Ellis Dedham.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $160. - Semi-annual allowance ending 11 Sept 37 13 52
$173.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by J. H. Ellis Clerk Book Vol. 1 Page 70

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Norfolk.
I Jonathan H. Cobb, Register of the Court of Probate for the County & State aforesaid hereby certify that Sherman Leland is judge of said Court of Probate & that William Ellis is a justice of the Peace within for the County of Norfolk & that David Gilbert is a justice of the Peace within for the County of Bristol in said Commonwealth & that their respective signatures to the papers annexed are genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the seal of said Court to be affixed this third day of January A.D. 1837
Jonathan H. Cobb

Application of Jemima Tolman for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 —
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk — ss On this sixth — day of December A. D. 1836, personally appeared before the honorable Sherman Leland Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Norfolk, Jemima Tolman a resident in the Town of Sharon in said County aged eighty five years, who, being first sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed July 4 th A. D. 1836 —.
I Jemima Tolman of Sharon in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being eighty five years of Age Declare , That I am the widow of William Tolman late of said Sharon dec who rendered military services to the United States, during the Revolutionary War as a Soldier or Private as follows. —
I perfectly recollect that for several months previous to the breaking out of the revolutionary war, my late husband William Tolman belong d to a minute company of soldiers and and often turned out for drill, and on the nineteenth day of April 1775, he marched under Capt. Samuel Payson from Stoughtonham (now Sharon) to the scene of action at Lexington or Concord near Boston, and remained in that quarter ten days on duty, and then returned home —.
Also — About the first of May A. D. 1775 said William Tolman engaged or enlisted into the first eight months service in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Samuel Payson, Lieut s Royall Holbrook and Enoch Herring in Col. Clapp's Regiment, and marched from Stoughtonham now Sharon to Squantum a promontory by the Sea, within the present Town of Quincy in said County of Norfolk and at that place and vicinity performed Soldiers duty under said Capt. Payson for the term of Eight months , and was then honorably discharged and returned home to Stoughtonham now (Sharon) early in the month of January A. D. 1776 —.
Again about the middle of August 1776, my late husband William Tolman engaged as a soldier in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt Robert Swan Lieutenants Jacob Caste and John Puffer, Col. of the Regiment not recollect d , and marched from said Stoughtonham now (Sharon) to Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and at that place or vicinity performed two months service under said Capt. Robert Swan was then discharged and returned home to Stoughtonham now (Sharon) in the month of October following —.
Making the amount of services thus rendered by my late husband William Tolman Sen months, and Ten days
I would here state that I have no revolutionary documents in my possession or at my command, to offer in support of my claim, and I believe that my late husband William Tolman performed the aforesaid service as a Volunteer, and never received any pension from the Continent, or any State —.
And I the said Jemima Tolman further Declare , that my maiden name was Jemima Pitcher, that I was lawfully married to the aforesaid William Tolman on the the twentyseventh day of May A. D. 1757 , by the Rev Samuel Danbar, that my late husband said William Tolman, died at said Sharon on the Eleventh day of March A. D. 1810 — and that I have remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed —.

Again about the middle of August 1776, my late husband William Tolman engaged as a soldier in a Company of Infantry Commanded by Capt Robert Swan Lieutenants Jacob Coste and John Puffer, Col. of the Regiment not recalled, and marched from said Stoughtonham now (Sharon) to Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and at that place or vicinity performed two months service under said Capt. 1776 Robert Swan was then discharged and returned home to Stoughtonham now (Sharon) in the month of October following —.
Making the Amount of services thus rendered by my late husband William Tolman. Sen months, and Ten days
I would here state that I have no revolutionary documents in my possession or at my command, to offer in support of my claim, and I believe that my late husband William Tolman performed the aforesaid service as a Volunteer, and never received any pension from the Continent, or any State.
And I the said Jemima Tolman further declare, that my maiden name was Jemima Pitcher, that I was lawfully married to the aforesaid William Tolman on the the twentyseventh day of May A.D. 1767, by the Rev Samuel Danbar, that my late husband said William Tolman, died at said Sharon on the Eleventh day of March A.D. 1810—, and that I have remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed —.
Jemima Tolman monk
Sworn to, and subscribed before the subscriber, on the day and year, first above mentioned. And I hereby certify, that by reason of old age, and bodily infirmity, the said Jemima Tolman was unable to attend before a Court to make the above declaration —.
J. Leland Judge of Probate
Note. At and before the Revolution, the territory now Sharon was incorporated into either a Town or Parish by the name of Stoughtonham, and about the close of the Rev. war, the name of the corporation was altered by the Legislature of Mass. to that of Sharon and still retains that name —.

I Leonard Everett of Canton (formerly a part of the town of Stoughton) in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, hereby certify and say that I am at this time the Parish Treasurer of said Canton, and have the custody and keeping of the parish books and Church records of said Canton and Stoughton, and that on these records, it definitely appears, that William Tolman and Jemima Pitcher were married on the twenty seventh day of May Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty seven, by the Reverend Samuel Dunbar.
Canton December 23 d 1836
Leonard Everett Parish Treasurer
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss
December 23 d 1836, Then Leonard Everett, known to the subscriber as a credible witness, subscribed to the above Certificate, and made oath that the matter of Record therein set forth is true.
Before me W m Gellis Justice of Peace

To whom it may concern
I Benjamin Bullard of Sharon in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being seventy eight years of age hereby Testify and say, that I was well acquainted with William Tolman late of said Sharon dec d , from the commencement of the Revolutionary War till his death, which, according to my best recollection took place in the early part of the year A.D. 1810. And I further Testify and say that I am knowing to the fact, that said William Tolman entered as a soldier in a company of soldiers commanded by Capt Robert Swan, Lieut. Jacob Costa, and John Puffer, what Colonel I do not recollect and marched from this town (then called Stoughtonham) and marched to Bristol in the state of Rhode Island and at that place performed military service about one month, and whether said Tolman performed any longer service at Rhode Island that year I do not remember. According to my best recollection this term of service began in the early part of April A.D. 1776.
And I further Testify and say that Jemima Tolman is yet living in said Sharon the widow of said William Tolman is yet living in said Sharon, and has remained unmarried from the time her husband, (said William) died, to the present day.
Dec r 10 th 1836
Benja Bullard
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk SS. Dec r 10 th 1836 Then Benjamin Bullard, known to the subscriber as a man of veracity, and a credible witness, subscribed to the above statement, and made oath that the matter therein set forth, is true.
Before me W. G. Ellis Justice of Peace

950. B. M.
Jemima Salmon & Mass.
not on roll 19 after 1775 for as etc.
on roll for 8 months. 1775 Vol 15 page 93 name nearly obliterated.
not on roll for 1776
admitted for 8 months.
p 26. 66

I Oliver Drake of Mansfield in the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being eighty two years old, do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with William Tolman, in the year A.D. 1775, then of Stoughtonham that he enlisted into into the Company of Infantry commanded by Col. Samuel Payson, for the term of eight months, in the month of April or May A.D. 1775, and served in said Company to the expiration of said eight months, said Company was stationed at Roxbury & the neighboring Towns. The reason why I know the above facts is, because I then resided in said Stoughtonham and at the same time enlisted into the Company of Infantry commanded by the said Col. Samuel Payson for the term of eight months, and served that term in said Company with said Tolman.
Oliver Drake
State of Massachusetts ( ) Bristol County ss } December 7 th 1836, Then the above
named Oliver Drake, known to the subscriber as a credible witness, subscribed to, and made oath that the matter set forth in the foregoing statement is true.
Before me David Gilbert Justice of the peace.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22481
Jemima Tolman widow of William Tolman Pr. Rev. War
Act July 4 th 36
Index: Vol 16 , Page 279
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4/10/8
See note to this
James F. Edwards Esq., U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City.
FREE
DEDHAM MASS APRIL 4
1050 950 957 Eliz Johnson James F. Edwards Catherine 1050

Dedham Mass ts April 4 th 1837.
Sir
To relieve the anxieties of Elizabeth Johnson, Jemima Tolman and Catherine Harring, Applicants for Pensions under the Act of July 4 th 1836. I am induced just to remark, that some or all their Applications, if not lost by accident on their way, must have been received at the Pension Office at Washington, three months since, hence their Applicants (hearing nothing from them) entertain fears that they either had never reached the Pension Office, or if they had, that the communication of the Department, on these claims either having been rejected or admitted, had been misdirected to some other place in this State &c.
Therefore I must request you will have the goodness to inform me , as soon as convenient; if these Applications have not yet arrived at the Pension Office; if otherwise, you will doubtless inform me of whatever is necessary concerning them.
Very Respectfully Your Humble Servant
James P. Edwards Esq.
W. Ellis

950 Nassau
Mass. July 1 '36 3 3/4 cc
James L. Edwards Esq. U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
War Department Washington City
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Dedham January 3 rd 1837 Mr Edwards
Sir
If any further Evidence or explanation is required in support of the inclosed claim of Jemima Tatham or what ever may be its results please as usual, to communicate it to the Subscriber at Dedham Mass.
= The claimant lives at a distance from any Post office —
Respectfully yours
H. Ellis