Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30143, for David Swain, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Letter of Marque Navy (Mass)
Swain, David
S. 30143
CONTENTS

21862 Massachusetts
Maria Main the widow in the State of Massa who was a seaman in the ship Boston commanded by Captain Chicker of the Mass commanded by Simon the in the Mass line for Simon the
Navy x Letter of Marque.
Inscribed on the Roll of MASSACHUSETTS at the rate of 32 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Nov 1833 and sent Hon J Rev  Garments  Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 $ 81.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1833 16.00
$96.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by William Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 80
72 Nantucket

26157 David Swain Map
Seaman 8 Months
10.416 06 Jan 30 1833
Letter to Aug 1833
32.00
64.00
16.00
80.00 P-227.
Hond J. Read
H. A.
Yarmouth Map

BRIEF in the case of David Swain  county of Nantucket in the State of Massachusetts  (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? 70  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. As a Gen.      In 1779 he served on Board the Frigate Boston from 1 st Nov r this year until July the 1 st 1780 making 8 months  he then shipped on board the Dash Prince a letter of Marque -   as a Seaman - Commanded by Samuel Tucker   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Napaquasset -  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional one living Witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached agreeably to the regulation - he refers to the Navy Department for his services on board the Boston Frigate 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Davia Swan
Attention for Indian
deficiency supplies
26157

In the matter of David Lewis's Petition for a Pension, under the act of June 7, 1832 -
The papers having been ex- amined at the Pension office, are deemed satisfactory, except in 2 particulars - viz -
1 o That the Clerk's seal has no distinguishing device or mark
2 o Want of Clergyman's certifi- cate -
These deficiencies are now supplied in papers marked A & B and additional evidence of service, though not required by the

Pension office, is furnished with the affairs of Robert R. D. in kindled
C

A I, Isaac Coffin, of Nantucket in the County of Nantucket, and State of Mas- sachusetts, make oath, and say, That I have been during more than twenty years Judge of the Court of Pro- bate, to wit: since 1800 for the County of Nantucket, appointed by virtue of a Commission under the hand and official Seal of the Governor of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts.
I further make oath, that there is no seal of a distin- guishing character from other seals, as to mark or device, of the Court of Probate in this County.
But it has been the custom to apply the common wafer stamps in cases requiring the Seal of this Court.
Isaac Coffin Judge of Probate State of Massachusetts County of Nantucket
Town of Nantucket H. D. Allen fifteenth day of March A.D. 1833

before me this subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, came the Honorable Judge Isaac Coffin, and made solemn oath to the truth of the matters stated in the affida- vit by him signed, on the other side written -
Charles Brinkerhoff Justice of Peace
I further certify, that in the course of professional business I have had frequent occasion to be conversant in the Court of which Hon. Isaac Coffin is Judge - and the said Court never used for authentication of its papers and documents any other ordinary letter seal or stamp
Charles Brinkerhoff
Justice of Peace

B I S. D. Swift of Nantucket in the State of Massachusetts make oath, that David Francis of Nantucket is known to me - that it is a matter of reputa- tion in this town, that he served in the war of the Revolution - His character for veracity is fair, and his statements are entitled to credit I further make oath that I believe David Francis, the petitioner aforesaid to be Twenty Years of age - Lester T. Swift.
United States of America -
State of Massachusetts - Nantucket ss. On this twenty fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, before me the Subscribed Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Nantucket, came S. D. Swift known to me as a cler- gyman and settled minister of the

Gaspe in Kamouraska, and made over to the trust of the foregoing officers by him signed — The witness to this as fair copy Charles B. Dumont —
Ashta of Peace

1. Ruben R. Brinker of Nantucket in the State of Massachusetts, make oath that I am well acquainted with David Jrann, having known him during the last fifty years - It has been a matter of current reputation & I heard of the same many years ago, that he was a seaman in the war of the Revolution - His char- acter for veracity is good, and his state- ments are entitled to credit - He is of the age of seventy years
R. R. Brinker
United States of America -
State of Pennsylvania ss - Before me, a Notary Public in and for the said State
the following person appeared Ruben R. Brinker who is personally known to me as one of undoubted veracity

and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed Charles Brinker San. Pease

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Nantucket ss. On this sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord One Thousand, Eight Hundred & Thirty Two personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, David Swan a resident of Nantucket in said County, aged Seventy Years: who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th - 1832 -
That he was born at Nantucket in the County and State aforesaid on the 27th - day of September A.D. 1762 - That he was in the United States service from the first part of November September 1779 to the first of July 1780, as a

Seaman, in the marine service - He further says, that he entered on board the Boston frigate, then lying in Fantaskit Roads - commanded by Samuel Tucker. The first lieutenant was named Greville. He was a Novascotian from Halifax. The second lieutenant was named Welsh and the third Gardner. We were fitted out to take Bermuda. There were four vessels composing our squadron - The Boston, The Providence, Com. Whipple, the Queen of France and the Ranger.
We sailed from Fantaskit Roads on the 7th. November 1779 - Went to Bermuda, and off Bermuda took a pilot to carry us in - But seeing an English frigate that appeared too heavy for us, we thought it best to run off. We took a gale of wind, sprung our masts, and were obliged to put into Charleston to refit -
While we were here, the

English laid siege to Charleston, which continued six weeks: The American ships had their guns taken out, and we were put into the line with the troops - Finally Gen. Lincoln gave up the defence of Charleston surrendered - We were made prisoners & put on board the King George - after that we were transferred to the Amherst Providence, & from her to a flag of truce and brought to Philadelphia, where we were discharged about the first of July 1780 -
Then shipped on board the Black Prince, a letter of marque brig of 1000 tons, 14 guns, bound to Amsterdam -
My name is on the books at the Navy Department as a seaman on board the Boston frigate - and in 1784 by the aid of Judge Coffin

Then member of Congress from this district, I obtained my wages, at the rate of Ten Dollars a month —
The whole time of my service in the Continental ships was from November 1st 1779 to July 1. 1780 —
I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pensions roll of the agency of any state — David Lewis
Sworn & subscribed to, the day & year first aforesaid —

We David Allen, and George North
residing in the town of Nantucket, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Swain who has subscri- bed and sworn to the annexed decla- ration - That we believe him to be Seventy One years of age = That he is respected and beloved in this neighborhood where he has always resided, to have been a seaman in the war of the revolution - and we concur in that opinion -
David Allen George North
Swain I sub- scribed to as above -
And the said Justs do hereby de- clare their opinion after the inves- tigation of the matter, and after

putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Sea- man of the Revolution and served as he states -
And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that David Allen and George North
also residents of the Town of Nantucket who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons, and their state- ment is entitled to credit -
Isaac Coffin Judge of Probate
Timothy Hussey Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of David Swain for a pension - Witness my hand & seal at office, the day & year aforesaid Timothy Hussey Reg. of Probate

I David Worth of Nantucket in the County of Nantucket master mariner make oath, that I have known David Swain, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 during the last fifty years - He has sustained a fair moral charac- ter during that time, and any state- ment made by him can be depended upon -
I know that it has always been a matter of current reputation that he served in the United States' service during the war of the Revolution -
I have also frequently heard conver- sations between David Swain the pe- titioner & Prince Coleman, a gentle- man of respectability now deceased - in relation to their service & adven- tures on board the Boston Frigate

where Coleman served at the same time with David Swan - as, for example, in regard to their leaving Boston in the Boston frigate, for the purpose of taking Bermuda - of their hav- ing fallen in with an English frig- ate off Bermuda, & of the Boston having sprung her main mast, in running from the British vessel - & of having put into Charleston for repair; & of that city having, at the time they were there, been blockaded by an English squad- ron by sea, & invested by an in- sist army by land - of their having been drafted from their ship into the American line - and of their having been quartered

with other seamen from Nantucket to a party of two pounders during the siege - I recollect having heard in their conversation of a bomb having been thrown into the magazine of Gen- eral Lincoln and destroyed it, with- out doing any injury to a negro who was sleeping there - These & other in- cidents have during the last thirty or forty years been frequent subjects of conversation between the deceased Prince Coloman & Mr. Swain the ap- plicant - David Worth
State of Massachusetts
Nantucket ss -
Dec 8. 1832 } Before me the subscriber as Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Nantucket, personally came David

Worth, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed -
I further certify, that he is a person of reputable credit and that his statement is truth to the best of his knowledge.
Charles Brainerd Dist. Atty.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County ss. Benjamin Gardner, Clerk of the Courts herein for said County, certify that Charles Brainerd, before whom the foregoing af- fidavit appears to have been made, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County.
Benj Gardner Clk R. P. D. Atty.

Yarmouth County of Barnstable State of Massachusetts Sep 27 th 1833
Sir
I lately received from Your Department the Documents in support of claims to a pension in the cases of James Swain David Swain Thomas Hiller & James J. Coffin
I herewith return the above papers except in the case of James Swain with my certificate as to the signing & Official Character of the Judge of Probate which You say will be deemed sufficient —
Respectfully
Mr Ob: Len —
James L. Edwards Esq
John Reed

Barnstable County State of Massachusetts Sep. 27 th 1833 -
I hereby certify that I well know Isaac Coffin Esq of Nantucket & well know his hand writing - I have examined his signatures in Documents No 26158. James Josiah Coffin in support of his claim for a pension - Do in No 26157. David Swain - Do in No 26159. Thomas Miller & find them to be the true signatures of said Isaac Coffin & I further certify that said Isaac Coffin now is & for many years has been Judge of Probate for the County of Nantucket
John Reed { Member of Congress

INVALID.
Rev WIDOW, &c. Navy
File No. 30443
David Swain Seaman
Ship "Boston" Capt Tucker — Rev War
Act June 7 1832
Index : Vol 2 , Page 80
[Arrangement of 1870.]