Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29959, for Samuel Larnard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Larnard, Samuel
S. 29959
CONTENTS

21-459 Massachusetts
Samuel Garnard
Springfield in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Moore of the Regt. commanded by Col. Patterson in the Mass. - " line for 14 months
Mrs
178 Hamden
Inscribed on the Roll of Massetts . at the rate of 40 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Sep r . 1833 and due to A. D. Morris Springfield
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 33 $116.66 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th M ch 34 23.33 $139.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. Estlin Clerk Book E Vol. 2 , Page 51 .

Samuel Larnard,
Declaration
with the Depositions of
8842
Jacob Belcher
Isaac Goodridge
Samuel F. Merrill Esq.
Luther Brown

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss.
On this twenty seventh day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before Oliver B. Morris Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Hampden now sitting in Springfield in said County Samuel  Samuel a resident of Wilbraham in said County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and sixty six 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 named Officers and served as herein stated.
That in the Month of April 1775 he volunteered in the Massachusetts Militia at the breaking out of the War, that he then resided in Framingham in the County of Middlesex and that he was in the Battle of Lexington and followed the enemy on their retreat until evening that he was in the Company of Capt Joseph Moore - That immediately after the fight at Lexington he enlisted for Eight Months in a Company commanded by Capt Joseph Moore in Col Pattersons Regiment and was stationed at Cambridge and vicinity and was discharged about the first of January following having served out the Eight Months the time of his enlistment - and that he does not recollect any other Officers in the Service than those above mentioned. That he offers the Deposition of Isaac Coolidge who was a Sergeant in the said Company as evidence to substantiate his Claim for Service - and that he knows of no other person living who can testify to his service
That in the Month of August in the Year 1778 he again entered in the Massachusetts troops for six weeks and marched into Rhode Island in a Company commanded by Capt Perry at  in Col Harris Regiment and that he now recollects that the Regiment went from Providence to Newport in Boats. That he was in the Battle under Genl Sullivan on Rhode Island and was with him when he retreated from the Island. That he served
8 Months
6 Weeks

out this time and was dismissed at the end of six weeks and returned home. That he offers the deposition of Jacob Belchan who was in said service with him to substantiate his declarations which deposition is hereto annexed - and he further says that the annexed depositions were procured in the year 1819 for the purpose of enabling him to preserve the testimony of his service and with a view to procure a pension at that time under the act of 1818. and that he does not know whether the said deponents be now living or not or that any person is living who can testify to his service; that he never received a written discharge.
That he was born in Framingham in the county of Middlesex in the Month of June in the year 1756 and that he has resided in Templeton Mass t since the revolutionary war until about thirty years ago when he removed to Melbrabam where he now resides. has no record of my age. That he never received a written discharge. That Samuel J. Merrick Esq r & Dr. Luther Brewer Samuel Bleebe and Joel M Lyman all of Melbrabam well know the said Applicant and can testify as to his character. The depositions of said Merrick & Brewer are hereto annexed. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity 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
Samuel Learned
We Samuel Bleebe and Joel M Lyman both of Melbrabam in the county of Hampden hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Learned who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Samuel Bleebe Joel M Lyman

We the subscribers residing in the Town of Wil- -braham County of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel L Lannard a resident of said Town, and have been acquainted with him for many years, that he is a person of truth and veracity, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to, have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we have no doubt but that such was the fact
Sam l F. Merrick
Luther Brewer
Hampden ss. The above named Samuel F. Merrick, and Luther Brewer, personally ap- -pearing made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit or certificate by them sub- -scribed to be the truth, this 24 th day of August A.D. 1832
Before me William Knight Justice of the Peace
I further certify that Samuel F. Merrick Esq. and Luther Brewer, who have signed and made oath to the foregoing Depositions, and both residents of the Town of Wilbraham in said County of Hampden: and are credible persons; and that their statements are entitled to full credit. William Knight Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that William Knight Esqr before whom the within certificate was verified was on the 24th day of August A.D. 1832 a justice of the for the County of Hampden and that his name thereunto subscribed is his true & proper signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
John Ingersoll Clerk

I Isaac Coolidge of Natick in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Do hereby certify that I was a Sergeant in Capt. Joseph Morris's Company in Colo. Patterson's Regiment at Cambridge in the eight months service in the Revolutionary war and that I served and the same Company & Regiment and during said term. Isaac Coolidge. Natick June 26 th 1818.
Middlesex ss. Then the above named Isaac Coolidge personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Instrument by him subscribed. Before me.
June 26 th 1818. — William Goodwin Justice of the Peace
John Ingersoll Esq.

Middlesex ss. June the 14 th 1833 I hereby further certify that the aforsaid  with Isaac Goodridge the deponent was at the time of taking the within deposition a resident in Natick and that he was  then in the year 1819 or 1820 and at the time of making foregoing deposition and and untill his death he was a credible person and that his statement is intitled to full credit
William Goodnow Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Elias Thurney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record in said County of Middlesex do certify that William Good- now Esquire, was on the 26 th June 1818, and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex, and that I believe his name subscribed to the foregoing certificates respectively, to be his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, the first day of July 1833.
E. Thurney

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion,
I Jacob Belcher of Framingham in the County of Middlesex & state of Massachusetts aged fifty seven years do depose testify & say that I was a soldier in the Company commanded by Capt Simon Perry in Col Harris Regiment, at Rhode Island in the year eighteen hundred & seventy eight with Samuel Leonard who enlisted with me at Framingham some time in the month of August in said year for the term of six months and there he was in the battle under Genl Sullivan and served his time out as a Good soldier and was regularly discharged & returned with me — Jacob Belcher
Middlesex ss June 27th 1888
Then the above named took Jacob Belcher personally appeared & made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but truth relative to the subject matter therein contained Before me Jon. A. Maynard Justice Peace
Middlesex ss June 20th 1888
Further testify the above named Jacob named Jacob Belcher was a resident in Framingham at the at the time of making or making the above Deposition, & that he was then and now a a Credible person person and that his Statement is entitled to full credit Jon. A. Maynard Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. I Elias Munney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of records in said County of Middlesex, do certify that Jonathan Maynards Esq., was on the 27th June 1818, and now is a Justice of the Peace, within & for said County, and that his name subscribed to the within certificates respectively is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the first day of July, 1833.
E. Munney.

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion, after investigating the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - And the said Court further certifies that Samuel Beebe & Joel M Lyman, who have subscribed the proceeding certificate are resident in said Wilbraham and that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit
I Justin Willard Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Barnard for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this Twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Justin Willard Register

29,959 Rev. INVALID.
File No. 29,959
Samuel Lazard
Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8842
Samuel Lannan
Parole 14 Months Capt Moore's Campy Col. Patterson's Regt Mass
9 7 7 7 9 2 3 7 6 6 1 6
R. D. Morris Esq Springfield 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 Samuel Larward which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? yy 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

 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? no clergyman good as to others  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no  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? no  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?  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no  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."

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 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.
†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.

J. G. Edwards Esq. Commission of Peninsular.

Homesfield Mass ts July 3 1833
Sir Herewith I return to you the application of Samuel Lamard for a pension, with the evidence of Louis having procured the certificates of the Magistrates to the credibility of the witnesses used also the certificates of the proper Officers to the official character & signature of the Magistrates and the papers all properly authenticated. I have not procured the certificates of a clergyman the said Applicant residing in a parish in Wilbraham where the clergyman has but recently been settled. and the said Applicant has produced direct & positive evidence as to his services and also the testimony of four respectable gentlemen as to his character & reputation. I hope that the testimony will be found sufficient and an certificate will soon be granted
I am Respectfully Yours &c Bishop D. Morris
Edwards Esq