Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14578, for Peter Taft, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Taft, Peter Daniels, Mary
W 14578
Former widow
CONTENTS

1767 June 4 th Then were Married Peter Taft of Uxbridge and Mary Arnold of Gloucester in the Colony of Rhode Island P r N. Webb Pastor
Uxbridge Nov r 1 st 1837
A true copy of the Record
Daniel Carpenter Town Clerk
Capt. Peter Taft died Sep r 13. 1802 Etat 61
Uxbridge Nov r 1 st 1837
A true copy of the Record
Daniel Carpenter Town Clerk

R. Massachusetts. Rhode Island 1897
Mary Maria's formerly widow of Peter Goff dec'd
who died on the 13th September 1802 of Providence in the State of R.I. Island who was a Seal. in the Company commanded by Captain Tracy of the Regt. commanded by Col. Heid in the Mass. line for 20 months & 4 days
Inscribed on the Roll of R.I. Island at the rate of 268 Dollars - 00 - Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of March 1838 and sent Hon. J. R. Knight Senate U.S.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1835 - 1876.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. - 134.00
$2010.00
Revolutionary Claim, No July 2, 1836 Section the 32 July 1837
Recorded by Wm. Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 85

Letter to Hon. W. S. Hastings and kind to Pen Agt 7. July 1840
o. Maps. - From 4 March 1840 23 July 1840. Notification to Hon. W. S. Hastings Mendon Mass

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence.
On this 13 th day of November A D 1837 person- ally appeared before me Benjamin Cowd- chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County Mary Daniels resident in Smithfield in said County aged 87 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the acts of Congress of July 4 th 1836 & March 3 d 1837. To wit said Mary declares that on the fourth day of June A D 1767 she intermarried with Peter Taft of Webbridge in the State of Massachusetts as will appear by the records of said Town a copy whereof is hereto annexed. That she continued to

live with said Peter as his wife until the 13 th day of September A D 1802 when the said said Peter departed this life. And she further declares that she continued to live as said Peter's widow until the first day of June A D 1805. when she inter- married with Darius Daniels of Mendon in said State of Massachusetts. she was mar- ried by John Estlin Esq Justice of the Peace in Gloucester in said County of Providence & she continued to live with said Daniels as his wife until the 23 rd day of May A D 1832 when the said Daniels died & since then she has lived a widow & unmarried - And the said Mary further declares that during the war of the revolution, her first husband the said Peter Taft was an officer in

the army of the United States & as such he served in the years 1775 & 1776. He served as Lieutenant, in Captain Seagraves Company in 1775 & in Capt Moses Knapp's Company in 1776 Col Reads regiment & she thinks he did other services but she cannot specify them. - Wherefore she requests that the same pension which her first husband the said Peter was entitled to under the act of June 7 th 1832 may be extended to her. She thinks & believes that during the year 1776 he was promoted to the rank of Captain & served as such. Mary Barrell
Providence
In Smithfield Nov 13 1837
I sworn to & subscribed before me this day & I further certify said Mary is too old & infirm to attend Court
Benjamin Cowell 6 of 66 Mass

I William Arnold of Smithfield in the County of Providence being now 60 years of age & upwards on oath do testify & say that I was well ac- quainted with Peter Tift formerly of Wexbridge & the first husband of Mary Daniels who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration - said Peter died in September 1802 I was with him when he died - I was also acquainted with Darius Daniels, his second husband who died on 23 d day of May 1832. I was at his funeral I further testify that since the death of said Darius the said Mary has remained unmarried & is now the widow of said Darius Daniels W m Arnold

Providence R.I.
In Southfield Nov 13 1837 Sworn to & subscribed before me I further certify as a officer in a credible witness.
Benjamin Russell 6 of 66 Years

Deposition of John Esten Esq -

John Esten of Burrillville in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island, of lawful age and engaged according to law do testify and say that on or about the first of June, one thousand eight hundred and five, I as a justice of the Peace of the Town of Gloucester in the County and State aforesaid, joined Darius Lamb a citizen in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Mary Graft Melon of the late Peter Graft formerly of Uxbridge, Massachusetts and more recently of Gloucester aforesaid, in the bonds of marriage -
John Esten
Smithfield Nov. 7 th 1887
Providence R.I. Affirmed and subscribed to before me Wetcalfe Marsh Pub. Notary
I do hereby certify that the said John Esten the deponent is a credible witness -
Wetcalfe Marsh Pub. Not.

Mary Daniels
3,007 wid of Peter Fast.
Marr'd 1767 died 1802
Allaw Great 20 mo 4 days $268= per ann comg 4 h Mar 1831
Mch. Con't line Cape Knapp C. & Rail
Hon M c R. Knight U.S.S.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT , Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
Edward Everett
Know Ye, That Francis Deane Jr is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester (and has been such for more than three months past) in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this fifteenth day of December A. D. 1837, and in the sixtieth Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John P. Kimball Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Baptist Halls Affidavit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss
I Baxter Hall of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify say that I formerly knew Peter Graft formerly of said Uxbridge deceased and was well acquainted with him from the days of my earliest recollection to the time of his decease - In the year seventeen hundred & seventyfive, in the Spring of that year, said Peter Graft enlisted a number of men, & went into the service of the United States, in consequence of his enlisting his number of men he received a Lieutenants commission or acted as such - He was in the service eight months - He was stationed at Roxbury in that neighborhood, in the vicinity of Boston, during the whole eight months - Capt. Edward Seagrave commanded the company, in which said Peter served as Lieutenant - Said Peter was there at the time of the battle of Bunker Hill - I was in the service at the same time & served during the same time but in an other company Soon after said Peter's return from Roxbury, in the early part of the year 1776. He again enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of one year, & went into the State of New York he served one year & returned soon after his term of enlistment had expired - He held a Lieutenants commission but before his term had expired I have always understood that he received a captain's commission - I was in the service during three months of that year - I was in an other company & not another regiment - I am eighty years of age the 12-day of October last Baxter Hall
Worcester ss November 4-1837
Sworn and subscribed before me
Francis D. Larned Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that Baxter Hall, the above named deponent is a credible witness -
Uxbridge Nov. 4-1837
Francis D. Larned Justice of the Peace

Daniel Carpenter Affidavit

I Daniel Carpenter of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Town Clerk of said town of Uxbridge, testify & say that as Clerk I have the custody of the town records, in which are recorded the marriages & deaths that have taken place in said town or most of them -
I further say that it appears from said records that Peter Jaff & Mary Arnold were married June 4 - 1767 -
And that said Peter Jaff died Sept - 13 - 1802 as appears from said records -
I further testify & say that the certificate hereto annexed is as a true extract from said records -
Daniel Carpenter Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss November 1 - 1837 - Then personally appeared Daniel Carpenter who subscribed the above affidavit & made oath that the same was true.
Before me Francis Dames Justice of the Peace

John Stephenson Affidavit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss-
I John Jefferson of Uptonridge in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, testify & say that I have been acquainted with Peter Graft, then of said Uptonridge, & now deceased, from about the time of his marriage in 1767 to the time of his decease - In the early part of the year 1776 said Peter Graft enlisted into the Revolutionary service for one year & served during that period in the State of New York - He was Lieutenant in the Company for the whole year - Capt Moses Knapp commanded the company - Col. Joseph Read commanded the Regiment - I was in the same company & served under him during the same time - A few days before the year expired, when our company marched to Princeton & Trenton, New Jersey, I was left at the High Hills (so called) on North River, as an invalid - After I separated from the company at the time above mentioned, I did not see said Peter Graft till his return. I did not return till my time was out, & he returned soon after - Our Company & Regiment was engaged in the battle at East Chester, said Peter Graft was in the same battle -
I am about seventy-eight years of age - And further the deponent saith not
John Jefferson
Worcester ss Nov. 4 - 1837 Sworn & subscribed before me
Francis D. Clegg
Justice of the Peace
I further certify that said John Jefferson, the deponent who has sworn & subscribed the above affidavit is a credible witness Uptonridge Nov. 4 - 1837 Francis D. Clegg Justice of the Peace

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name, " HENRY BOWEN, " to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who at the time of subscribing the same was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi- dence, this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven and of Independence the sixty- second
John Brown Francis
By His Excellency's Command.
Henry Bowen Very State.

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Notary's Office Decm. 4. A. D 1837.
I certify that at the session of the General Assembly of said State on the first Wednesday of May last Benjamin Corwell was elected Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Providence. for one year. That at the session on the third Monday of June last Methyl Marsh was elected a Public Notary within said County for and until the first Wednesday in May next. And they have been severally commissioned accordingly.
Witness- Henry Bowen Secy

Peter Tapp. mar d 1767 die d 1802 Mary. Danish. — 1832
† 1775. 8. 4. Lieut. Capt. Scrapeaw † 1776 12. — — Knapp. Col. Reid.
+ Mass Militia rolls Vol. 16. f 22. Peter Tapp 2 d Lieut. Capt. 26. 1775 † See the papers of Mr. Tapperson Oct 1832 No. 1499

Academy Bank Providence July 10 th 1840
Sir
I have received your letter of the 7 th inst., in reply have to inform you, that Mary Daniels a pensioner now on the Roll of this Agency, under the act of 4 th July 1836 at the rate of 268 dollars per annum, was last paid to the 4 th of March 1840 & as instructed, shall cease to pay her thereafter.
I am very respectfully your obed. Servt. J. Waterman Pen. Agt. for H. Green
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Am W. S. Hastings N 22

County of Worcester ss. State of Massachusetts. On this twenty seventh day of June A. D. 1840 before me, the Subscriber, a justice of the peace for the said County of Worcester, personally appeared Mary Daniels, who, on her oath, declares that she is the same person who was formerly widow of Peter Graft deceased - that the said Peter Graft formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Edward Scagrave, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Root in the service of the United States; that her name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Rhode Island, from whence she has lately removed; that she now resides in the state of Massachusetts, where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable in future. The following is the reason for removing from Rhode Island to Massachu- setts. She wishes to live with her relatives now residing in the state of Massachusetts.
her Mary X Daniels mark
Sworn subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. Henry Chapin Justice of the Peace
I Robert G. Graft of Mendon in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, do depose and say that Mary Daniels above described, is the identical person whose name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Rhode Island, as formerly widow of Peter Graft deceased. I also depose and say that the said

Mary Daniels who has taken the above oath is the same person described in the above affidavit. Robert G. Taft
Worcester. June 27. 1840 -
Sworn to and subscribed before me by the said Robert G. Taft, who is a person of veracity.
Henry Chapin Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester - I Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County, certify that Henry Chapin above named is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly qualified, and that the signa- ture of his name above written appears to be in his own hand writing -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester this second day of July AD 1840 - Jos. G. Kendall. Clerk

Rey
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14578
Mrs. Daniels Widow of Peter Graft Lieut. Rev. War.
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 170
[Arrangement of 1870.]