Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13827, for Aaron Porter, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Porter, Aaron Eunice
N. 13827
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Roll
Aaron Porter Corporal Private 4
Massachusetts line — 1 st 3 years. In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War. Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Samuel Putnam, Salem, Mass.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 3 months /30 $40.26
{Revolutionary claims, {Act 18th March, 1818, }
Not entitled
Salem, Essex Co.

Aaron Porter
4/18
Correct DM
[Signature]

I Aaron Porter of Salem, in the County of Essex, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on solemn Oath Declare -
That I served as a private soldier, and a corporal in Captain Henry Burbeck's Company, Col John Crane's Regiment, on the Continent- al establishment, in the war of the Revo- lution three full years, as will fully appear by my discharge, herewith ex- -hobited - I further declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I need the assistance of my Country for support - And I hereby relinquish any claim to every pension hitherto allowed by the laws of the United States -
Aaron Porter

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. - On this fourth day of April 1818, before me Samuel Putnam, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said Commonwealth, personally came and appeared Aaron Porter, and subscribed and made solemn Oath to the truth of the annexed declaration - and it appears to my satisfaction, that there Aaron Porter, served more than nine months, on the Continental establish- ment, in the War of the revolution; and I hereby certify and transmit the testimo- ny in the case, to the Hon d . Secretary of the Navy department -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed, the day & year above written -
S. Putnam Just.
S. J. Court of Mass to

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. I. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth aforesaid in & for the County aforesaid hereby certify to all whom these presents may concern that the aforementioned Hon: Samuel Putnam is a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court as aforesaid, that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said Court & the signature aforesaid is his proper hand -
Attest: Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
Aaron Porter
4/12/2
Correct JM

632
Aaron Porter
632
May 1818
not entitled
age 63 currick infim worth noth. 9 brother of Genl M. Porter
Sep 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Aaron Porter resident in Salem in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 632 — now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Aaron Porter — — — — — late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight — — — dollars per month, to commence on the fourth day of April — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .”
***** * L. S. * *****
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of May — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .”
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
All his real estate is mortgaged for more than it is worth - it is a small tenement in South Salem about 33 poles of land, and wooden building 14 by 19 feet, upper story for his dwelling and lower for his work shop with an old out house for drying leather - appraised at $600,00. The same was mortgaged March 2. 1801 to secure payment of a bond for $500 and interest and all the interest and principal sum are due and unpaid - he also owes a note of hand and interest on the principal sum $226.80 from date Jan'y. 1. 1803.
So that his debts greatly exceed all that the value of what he possesses.

  Tools of his currier's trade - - - - - $ 14.82   birch desk - 4 tables - light stand - looking glass - - - 7.50   8 chairs, shovel tongs, bellows, 2 pictures - - - - - 4.65   3 waiters - 5 volumes books - andirons, pot - kettle - - - 5.12   Another iron pot, skillets, dish kettles, tubs, flat irons - - - 5.05   Coffee pot - Crockery glass & tin ware - spider - - - - - 8.50   teakettles, bake kettle - 2 small & 1 table silver spoons - - - 3.50   Coffee mill - old trunks - toaster - grate iron - - - - - 1.87   Old chest - brushes - 2 candlesticks - - - - - 0.95   Earthen ware - 5 baskets - knives, forks, steel yards - - - 3.83   Wooden boxes - line - saw - spade - shovels - clothes horse - 1.50   Old barrels - water casks - garden tools - - - - - 3.00   axe - hatchets, currying stock - sundries $2. - - - - - 10.00   71.94   wheelbarrow - - - - - 2.00   73.94 
He is sixty three years old - a currier, but too infirm to work hard.
His family are his wife aged 52 and son Alfred aged 11 years.
He served from June 1777 three years in Capt. Burbeck's Company in Col. Crane's Regiment of Artillery in Massachusetts line.
Aaron Porter

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Aaron Porter do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Aaron Porter
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Aaron Porter took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Wm Wetmore , Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seventy five dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker

6052
Massachusetts
Eunice Porter
widow of Aaron Porter
who was a Corporal Mass in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 3. December
Certificate of Pension issued the 2. day of Sept r . 1844 and sent to J. H. Dearborn Hon. D. P. King Exeter, N. Hampshire Danvers Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 52.
Ref d ?
at 6 SW Dearborn NW 25.
1844.
Appl d 18th 1845.
Ent d in under Joint Reso. of July 23. 1845 at 88 c per Annum Comm g on the 4th March 1843 & ending on the 3rd Dec r . 1843 & sent to Hon. Wm. Parmach
Earl Cambridge Mass
M c 1/45 Repealed

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting Half Pay and Pensions to certain Widows."
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State of New Hampshire , County of Essex ss. }
On this sixteenth day of December
A. D. 1843, personally appeared before Joseph G. Waters Esquire, Judge of the Police Court within & for the District of Salem in and for said County Eunice Porter a resident of Danvers in the County aforesaid, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Con- gress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"—that she is the widow of Aaron Porter who was a private in the Revolutionary War and a pensioner, (evidence of his rank and services being in the Pension Office at Washington.)
She further declares that she was married to the said Aaron Porter on the fifth day of February seventeen hundred and eighty eight and that her husband, the aforesaid Aaron Porter died on the thirteenth day of December eighteen hundred and forty three that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz : at the time above stated.
Eunice Porter
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written by the above named Eunice Porter at the place of her residence in said Danvers , she being unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court, having been confined to her house for more than a year Before me,
Joseph G. Waters Judge of the Police Court.

Salem Mass December 12 th 1843
I, Jos Blountman, city clerk of the city of Salem do hereby certify that I have the legal custody of the Records of Marriages in said Salem, and that by said Records it appears that Aaron Porter and Eunice Hathorne were Married by Rev Joshua Spaulding Feb y 5 th 1788 2 and that the entry in said Record is in the words and figures as follows -
1788
February 5 th - Aaron Porter & Eunice Hathorne both of Salem "
Attest J Blountman city clerk

I Andrew Porter of Danvers in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged forty one years depose and say that I am the son of the late Aaron Porter late of said Danvers who died on the third day of December present I was present when my Father died and attended his funeral and I further state that my Mother is now living and still remains the widow of my late Father and that my Father drew a pension of the United States and I have seen a certificate in his possession which entitled him to draw a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month from the eighteenth day of March A.D. 1810 and I will also state that I have frequently heard my Father say that they were married by the Rev Joshua Spaulding
Andrew Porter
Essex ss. Dec. 20 th 1843. Then personally appeared the above named Andrew Porter & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit
Before
Joseph G. Waters Jus Pa

I, Israel p Porter of Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose and say that I am the son of the late Aaron Porter late of said Danvers who died on the third day of December present I was present when my Father died and attended his funeral and I further state that my Mother is now living and still remains his widow and that my Father drew a pension of the United States and I have seen a certificate in his possession which entitled him to draw a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month from the eighteenth day of March A.D. 1818. and will also state that I have frequently heard my Father say that they were married by the Rev Josephus Spaulding of Salem
Israel P. Porter
Essex ss Dec 16. 1843. Personally appeared the above named Israel P. Porter and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit
Before Josephus Spaulding Jus Pax

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex. S.S.
I Joseph Waters Clerk of the Police Court within & for the District of Salem, do hereby certify - That Hon. Joseph G. Waters is Judge of said Police Court within & for the District aforesaid and that his signature hereon is genuine.
That Joseph G. Waters Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Essex; that his Commission is dated April 20 th A. D. 1838. and will expire in seven years from that date; and that his signature hereon is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of said Court at Salem. This twentieth day of December A. D. 1843.
Joseph Waters. Clerk.

May 20 Personal Estate
$ 73. 94.
Real Estate Mortgage for more than it is worth proof within —
63 yrs old — Carrier, but too infirm to work hard — wife 52 — Son — 11 — served 3 years —
Brother of Gen Moses Porter
Reunited
July 20 1821
Spent to J. Hicken Salem
Re

10403
Eunice Portis Mans of Sam Map Act 7 July 1838
Rejected muster roll 1843
6342
Adm d 2 years Corporal under the act 3 March 1843 commencing on 3 Decem. 1843 and terminating 3 March 1844 $108. per Annum.
S S. W. Deaton Escalro N. Hampshire

[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page] Joseph Porter [Signature]
Aaron Porter Continental W13827
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page] [Signature] Mass.

Aaron Porter: Corporal in Cap ty Henry Burbeck's Company, in the 3 d Regiment of Artillery, commanded by Col l J m Crane; Having Served as a good Soldier, during the Term of his Three years enlistment, is hereby discharged from the Armies of the United States of North America: And is entitled to all privileges that may Arise to the Three years Men from the Massachusetts and United States of North America.
Given at West Point This 1 st day of May 1780.
Henry Burbeck Cap t in 3 d Reg t Artillery
Nath l Darnell C mdt 3 d Reg t Artillery

Cont. Res. Jan 23
1845.
N 145
Rev.
9209
Massachusetts
Eunice Sota
widow of Aaron Sota who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 3rd Dec. 1843, of Essex in the State of Mass who was a Capt in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution line for _____
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of April, 1843 and sent to Hon Wm Pierpont, Dist Cambridge Mass.
Total amount, $ 440.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by _____ Clerk. Book _____ Vol. 1. Page 65

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13827
Emmice Porter
Widow of
Aaron Porter
Capt Rev War
Act: March 8 th 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 137
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr. 6/86 Soldier's Memorial Mrs. S. Ellen Brown Salem, Mass. M.E.

Cester N H Nov 19. 1844
Rev J L Edmards
Dear Sir
I hope you will excuse me for calling your attention to the case of Cunin Porter of Danvers Mass the old lady is very aged and is so impatient for her certificate that her friends are writing me every few days if you can forward the certificate to me in a few days you will much oblige Your very Respectfully S. W. Dearborn

Danvers (Mass.)
Aug. 29. 1844.
Col. Edwards.
Dear Sir,
In reply to your printed letter and a note in writing of the 11th inst. I desire to say that the claim of Eunice Porter, widow of Aaron Porter, a Revolutionary Pensioner, was forwarded to your office in or near the month of Jan'y last - and will be found I hope in your files.
With great respect Yr ob. S. Servant Daniel D. King.
In late her hand Eunice Porter claims an arrangement of her late husband's pension - and to the attached on the new law list.

Damascus (Mass) Aug. 6 th 1844
Sir,
Your letter of the 27 th ult. was reasonably received. When I made the inquiries in relation to the pension and arrears due to Eunice Porter, I sup- posed that all the papers in the case were on file in your office. Should any further evidence be requir- ed, I will be obliged to you to give me in- formation, and it will be forwarded immedia- tely.
Eunice Porter was mari-

ed to Aaron Porter Feb. 5. 1788 - Aaron Porter died Dec. 3rd 1843 -
I have the honor to be Very respectfully
Yr R.S.T. servt Daniel P. King -
To Col. J. L. Edwards Comr. of Pensions -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston March 25 th 1845
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joseph G. Water was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Water, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 d January 1845.
State of Massachusetts. } a.
County of Essex. }
Whereas the Act of the 30 th April 1844. prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above men- -tioned. I am the widow of Aaron Porter who was a corporal in the war of the Revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of Eighty Eight dollars per an- -num. from the 3 d day of December 1843. and now ask for the amount due me from the 4 th March 1836 to the 3 d December 1843. when my former pension com- -menced.
Eunice Porter
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this twenty first day of March 1845. at Danvers in. the County and State aforesaid.
Joseph D. Waters Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and, that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Joseph D. Waters Justice of the Peace.

To Hon. M c C. Calhoun Sec y at War,
I hereby certify that my brother, Aaron Porter, of Salem, Mass s a Revolutionary Pensioner, named in Certificate N o 632, served as a private of Artillery in Col. Crane's Regiment the full term of Three Years: and to my knowledge he is in indigent circumstances, depending entirely for his subsistence on his daily labor. He now owns no Real Estate; the same having been taken by his Creditors, to whom it was mortgaged many years ago, for a sum of money much more than it is worth. All his personal estate is not worth a hundred dollars. He is now sixty three years old. If his Pension is discontinued he will be in distress. M c C. Porter M c C. Porter M c C. Porter

Anson P. Porter (M.P.)
Recd. Mar. 1831
FREE
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secy of War
Washington City
Pens n office

Salem, Mass ts , Jany 22. 1821
Hon. Jno. B. Calhoun, Sir,
Aaron Porter, a Revolutionary Pensioner N o 632, encloses these documents with the wish that his case may be reconsidered, he having been stricken from the Roll.
On inspection of these documents & his Schedule on file in the War Office, it is believed he will be found entitled to be continued on the principles & rules practised on.
I am with the highest respect Sir,
Yr. obedt Servt Brig. Merrill

Know all men by these presents that I Aaron Porter & Salem in the County of Essex Currier with the consent of Eunice my wife who hereby gives up all claim to dower in the Estate in the Estate conveyed by this deed - In consideration of five hundred dollars paid me by the said Aaron Porter, by Lerub Porter of Danvers in the County aforesaid Tannor - The receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give grant sell & convey unto the said Lerub Porter his heirs & assigns a Lot of Land in the South field, so called in said Salem - containing thirty six poles Seven eights of a pole more or less - bounded Easterly on the way leading from Salem to Marblehead, namely five feet northerly on Land of Isaac Howland, sixty six feet & a half westerly on Land of Jack Black twenty six feet & Southerly on Land left for a way one hundred & seventy one feet - it being the same piece of Land described to me by Deed from Samuel Luscomb bearing date 1 st Jany 1793 - To have & to hold the same to the said Lerub Porter his heirs & assigns to their use & behoof forever, & I do covenant with the said Lerub his heirs & assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises that they are free of all encumbrances that I have good right to sell & convey the same to the said Lerub to hold as aforesaid & that I will warrant & defend the same to the said Lerub his heirs & assigns for ever against the claims & demand of all persons - provided nevertheless that if the said Aaron Porter or his heirs executors or administrators pay to the said Lerub Porter his heirs executors or administrators or assigns the sum of five hundred dollars with lawful interest therefor annually the said principal sum to be paid on or before the first day of March which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & seven - Then this deed as also a certain bond given bearing date with these presents given by the said Aaron to the said Lerub conditioned to pay the same sum & interest at the time aforesaid - shall both be void, otherwise shall remain in full force & virtue
In witness whereof we the said Aaron Porter & Eunice Porter have hereunto set our hands & seals this second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & one Aaron Porter Seal Eunice Porter Seal in presence of Lake Derby Rose Derby

Essex
Taken July 18 th 1801 Then Aaron Porter acknowledged this Instrument to be his free act
Before Richard Ward Justice of the Peace Aaron Porter Do Leubal Porter Essex Rec in the Registry Office deed July 18 th 1801 Recorded Book 168 Leaf 225 & stamped by John Pickering Regt
Essex Dancers January 6 th 1821
Then the within named Leuballe Porter personally appeared and made oath, that the within is a true copy of a mortgage deed given by Aaron Porter within named to him the said Leuballe Porter bearing date March the second A D 1801 - before me George Osgood Justice of the Peace
Essex Jan 22 1821 then before Very much obliged
I, Aaron Porter, Pensioner by certificate No 632, do on oath declare that the within is a copy of the mortgage deed I gave to Leuballe Porter to secure what I owed him - that I have never had the mortgage money, that the land is not worth enough to pay the debt, and I have now no interest in the same Real Estate. Aaron Porter

I, Aaron Porter, Pensioner by certificate N o 632, do on oath declare that the within is a copy of the Mortgage Deed I gave to Zebubbabel Porter to secure what I owed him - that I have never paid the mortgage money, that the land is not worth enough to pay the debt, and I have now no interest in the same Real Estate.
Aaron Porter
E/Seas. Jan y 22. 1821 sworn to before
Brig. M c Intosh Inst. P ar .
Justice of the Peace