Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,276, for Joshua Leland, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Leland Joshua Waits till
NUMBER _____
R. 6276
CONTENTS

Declaration of Ezra Leland and Uriah Leland to obtain a pension &c. to which Waitstill Leland was entitled as widow of Joshua Leland, at the time of her death.
State of New York, County of Madison ss. On this Eighteenth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared in open court before the County Court of the said County of Madison now sitting Ezra Leland and Uriah Leland residents of the Town of Eaton, in the county and State aforesaid the former aged 62 years, and the latter 57 years each of
whom being first duly sworn according to law, declares on oath that he is the son of Joshua Leland and Waitstill Leland his wife, late of the said Town of Eaton in the said County of Madison deceased, and who formerly resided in the Town of Sherburne, in the County of Middlesex, in Massachusetts; that as they are informed and believe the said Joshua Leland entered the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution under the following named officers and served as herein after stated, to wit.
In Captain Benjamin Bullard's Company of minutemen, of Col. Pierce's Regiment,

marched from Sherburne on alarm April 19, 1775 as Ensign 5 days. Stated in a certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts which is annexed.
2 d Service mentioned in the annexed certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts. "On rolls of 8 mos. Service in 1775 in Capt Benjamin Bullard's Co. Col. J. Brewer's Regt as a Lieutenant of Sherburne from Apr. 24. returns dated Aug t 7. Oct t 6."
3 d Service mentioned in the said certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts as follows "On a pay roll of his Co. as guards in Boston, under Maj t Heath, as Capt. from Sep r 30. 1779. 1 Mo. 12 days."
4 th Service mentioned in the said certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts as follows. "On a pay roll of his Co. in Col. Perry's Regt. marched from Sherburne to R.I. on alarm July 28 th 1780 as Captain 14 days."

The said Joshua Leland was married to the said Waitstill Leland the mother of these declarants on the 29 th day of March A. D. 1786 at Sherburne in the County of Middlesex in Massachusetts. He died in the Town of Easton in the County of Otsego in the State of New York on the 22 nd day of June A. D. 1810. and left the said Waitstill Leland his widow, who remained a widow until her death.
The said Waitstill Leland died in the Town of Madison in the County of Madison in the State of New York on the 13 th day of April A. D. 1838 and when she died she left living the following named persons her heirs at law, to wit:
Ann Leland, who died September 26 A. D. 1843 and left one son, his heir, now aged 8 years, whose name is Uriah A. Leland. Ezra Leland, Orison Leland, Uriah Leland, Sylvia Leland, who is the wife of James H. Leland. Yale Leland & Joshua G. Leland.
The said Ezra Leland and Uriah Leland make this declaration in behalf of the other heirs of the said Joshua Leland.

and Waitstill Leland and for themselves to obtain all the benefits, which the said Waitstill Leland might have obtained and was entitled to under and by virtue of the act of Congress, of the 3 d of March 1837, providing that "If any person who served in the war of the Revolution" &c. "have died leaving a widow whose marriage took place after the expiration of the last period of his service and before the first day of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four, such widow shall be entitled to receive for and during the term of five years from the fourth day of March eighteen hundred and thirty six, the annuity which might be allowed to her husband in virtue of said act, if living at the time it passed" and also to obtain all the benefits which the said Waitstill Leland was entitled to and might have obtained as widow of the said Joshua Leland under and by virtue of any and every other act of Congress; and further, to obtain any and every benefit, of any and every other act of Congress, which the said Joshua Leland was entitled to claim as a pension when he died; and which

the heirs of the said Joshua Leland, as such, may claim on account of any military services in the war of the Revolution rendered by him,
And the declarants further state that they are informed that there exists an opinion that the right to a pension is "a vested right" and if this be so then they claim interest on every cent every sum which the said Nathaniel Leland had right to, and which they may claim from the time that the same became vested in her. And also on every sum which they may claim as heirs of said Joshua Leland if it shall appear that there is any thing which they may have, and can claim as his heirs,
And the said declarants further state that they have been informed and have believed, that the said Joshua Leland served in the Army of the Revolution as a Colonel

and in the record of his marriage a copy of which is annexed. They see that he is called "Col. Joshua Leland " and if there is any record evidence of any service, by the said Joshua Leland, in the office of the Secretary of War, or belonging to the war department, as a Col. in said Army. They refer to such evidence, and respectfully claim the benefit thereof upon this application. All which they state according to the best of their information, knowledge & belief. alteration (1) (2) made before they sign same
Ezra Leland
Micah Leland
Sworn to and subscribed the 18 th day of March A. D. 1857. before me in open court and J. L. D. Davis Clerk of the aforesaid court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of the affiants to above named Ezra Leland and Micah Leland for the pension of the above named. Gaildill Leland as widow of Joshua Leland. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of March A. D. 1857.

resided: Guitille Leland, as widow of Joshua Leland. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of March A. D. 1857.
L. D. Dana Clerk.

Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Services, made by the heirs the John A Leland of the party who rendered the service.
State of New York, County of Madison. Town of Eaton.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Joshua Leland in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Sherburne in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
He enlisted from entered the service of the United States from the Town of Sherburne - in the county of Middlesex - in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. in the year early part of the war and served as an officer, and as the undersigned claimants have been informed served before he left the said service as a Colonel in the Massachusetts Troops. but of what Regiment the said claimants are not informed. From the best knowledge the claimants have he must have been born about the year 1741.
The applicants are, that is to say the undersigned Ezra Leland is 62 years old, and said Uriah Leland is 57 years old and memory does not enable them to state the services more fully than above.
Witness our hands this 4 th day of February A. D. 1851.

Signed by said Ezra Leland and Uriah Leland in my presence.
Ezra Leland Uriah Leland
E. Norton Justice of the Peace.

State of New York, County of Madison ss: I, A. D. Dana Clerk of the County Court of the aforesaid County, holden at the Court House of the said County, in the Town of Eaton in the said County, on the twenty eighth day of January in the year of our Lord 1851 do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Col. Joshua Leland served as an officer in the Massachusetts Troops in the war of the Revolution, and died in the Town of Eaton in the County of Madison in the County of Madison in the State of New York on the 22 d day of June A. D. 1810 aged 69 years: that when he died he left a widow whose name was Waitstill Leland, and heirs who were children of the said Joshua Leland and said Waitstill Leland, whose names follow to wit: Amasa Leland, who died September 26 th 1843 then aged 56 years and left one son who is now 8 years old, named Ulrich A. and no other child, and his widow named Mariette. Ezra Leland now aged 62 years Isaac Leland, who died February 22 d 1816 age 25 years Orison Leland aged now 59 years Uriah Leland now aged 59 years Sylvia Leland now wife of James Howard & now aged 53 years Yale Leland now aged 48 years Joshua G. Leland now aged 45 years
That the said Waitstill Leland, widow of the said Joshua Leland died in the Town of Madison in said County on the 13 th day of April

A. D. 1838 aged 76 years, and then left living all 4 the above named children of her and her husband the said Joshua Leland, her heirs except Isaac Leland who died the 22 d day of February 1816 and was never married.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 2 nd day of January AD 1957
L. D. Danna, clerk.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis H. North Secretary of the Commonwealth.

6 Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
February 13. 1851.
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 Joshua Sealand is found in a muster roll of Capt. Wm. Bullock's Co. of minute men of Col. Dyer's Regt. marched from Dedham on alarm Apr. 19. 1775. in Company 5 days.
(Another of same name in 1775 in Capt. Wm. Bullock's Co. of Minute Men Regt. as a Lieutenant of Men from Wrentham returned dated Aug. 1. 1775.)
On pay roll of his Company in Boston, under Maj. Dyer, in Capt. from Sept 3. 1775 to Dec 12 days.
On a pay roll of his Co. in Col. Dyer's Regt. marched from Wrentham S.R. to New Bedford July 28. 1775. as Captain 14 days.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. — I the Subscriber Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth within and for the said County, do hereby certify that Jer- emiah Bullen, Esq. whose signature in his own handwrit- ing is subscribed to the within certificate is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified — having authority to administer and certify oaths — that his official acts & certificates are entitled to full faith & credit — and that the said Court is a Court of Record with general jurisdiction.
In witness I have hereunto set my signature & the seal of the said Court this Twentieth day of March A.D. 1851
Seth Ames
Clerk

Town Clerk's Office Sherburne January 6. 1851 I hereby certify that the following is a true copy from the record of Marriages in the Town of Sherburne "March 29 th 1786 Col Joshua Leland & Mrs Waitstill Greenwood both of Sherburne were Married by the Rev Mr Elijah Brown"
Alpheus Clark Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex Town of Sherburne ss: I Alpheus Clark above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town.
Middlesex ss.
Alpheus Clark
Sworn and subscribed to before
me the fourth  10 th day of March A.D. 1851
Jeremiah Bullock Justice of the peace
"of" interlined before being signed & sworn to.

No 14.340.
Visit to Leland & Miss J. Leshner N. Y.
Act 7 July 1838 -

 I. In this case Johna Leland served in the Army of the war of the Revolution &c  II. He died leaving Waitstill Leland his widow, whose marriage to him took place after the expiration of the last period of his service, and before the first day of January 1794.  III. "Such widow shall be entitled to receive for and during the term of five years from the fourth day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty six, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband in virtue of said act, if living at the time it was passed." See edition of Pensions Laws of 1849. Chap. XXXI. page 16 bottom of the page.  IV. Waitstill Leland was living & widow of Joshua Leland on the 4 th day of March eighteen hundred and thirty six and lived until the 13 th day of April A. D. 1838 two years & some days after the 4 th March 1836. 
Ms. B. 1. 6. 340.
Waitstill Leland Wife of Joshua N. Y.
Act 7 July 1836 -
To the Commissioner of Pensions -
Declaration of Ezra Leland and Ulrich Leland, to obtain a pension due widow Waitstill Leland when she died on account of services of her husband Joshua Leland.
Mail answer to this declar- ation, to
E. Holmes, Meomsville Madison Co. N. York

No 14.340.
To the Commissioner of Pensions -
Waitstill Leland Mid p Lasher N.Y.
Declaration of Ezra Leland and Uriah Leland, to obtain a pension due Widow Waitstill Leland when she died on account of services of her husband Joshua Leland.
At 7 July 1838 -
Mail answer to this declar- ation, to
E. Holmes, Morrisville Madison Co. N. York

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
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P. O. Whitwell Leland Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

The Hon. H. C. Gordon Mr. C
Abolition Dept of War Washington
Dear
The papers mentioned has been sent
Assure me that copies of the papers will be sent as soon as they can be prepared - or - see me.
Yours
send the copies to the Hon. H. C. Gordon,
Asst Secy
Copies sent Jan'y 27/58
H. C. Gordon

No 14. 346
Waitstill Selandack widow of Joshua NY.
Act of 7 th July 1838.
Letter to E. Holmes. June 14 th 1857
Hon H. C. Goodwin Jany 27. 58 } " " enclosing copies } " " Jany 28 9
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W. to till Seland N.Y. W. Jacob

House of Representatives July 21 1858
Dear Sir
Will you oblige me by sending some a cutted copy of the papers mentioned in the within letter, to be used before the House commences on Revolutionary pensions
Respectfully Yours &
J. G. Gordon
Please also to return to me the enclosed letter