Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13806, for William Pearson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Pearson, William Abiah
No. 13806.
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Abiah Pearson
widow of William Pearson who was a Private in the Mass line for 3 years
Rev. July 5
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of July, 1843. and sent to Wm Thomas Rymouth, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1 Page 30.

5586.
Massachusetts
William Pearson private
Massachusetts 77 to 80
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of Jan y 1819 and sent to Nahum Mitchell Esq r - East Bridgewater Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 - 4 22 / 30 37.86 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.
$85.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Plymouth
Continued
Application for Pension of John B. Thomas of the town of Plymouth, Mass. dated 1820

State of Massachusetts
On this fourteenth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared, before the Court of Common Pleas, holden at Plymouth in said County, Abiah Pearson resident of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth aged seventy six years, who, being first duly sworn, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the ben- efit of the provision, made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of William Pearson, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and a Pensioner under the Act of Congress of 1818, March 18 th . And she refers to the state-

ment and evidence on file in the Pension Department in proof of his service.
She further declares, that she was married to the said William Pearson on the fourteenth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four. That her husband, the aforesaid William Pearson, died on the twenty fifth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty one. 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. and that she has no documentary proof.
Abigail his Pearson mother

Sworn and subscribed on the day & year above written, before - the said Court of Common
Pleas
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas on the day & year aforesaid
William Blackford Clerk of Common Pleas

I William Pearson of Plymouth in the state of Massachusetts, of the age of thirty eight years, testify and say, That I am the son of William and Abiah Pearson. That my mother, the said Abiah, is the same person, that was married to the said William in seven- teen hundred and eighty four. That my father was a Pensioner under the act of ben- efits of 1818. That he died on the twenty fifth day of November in the year eighteen hun- dred and thirty one. That my mother, the said Abiah has not since been married, but remains his widow. The proper spelling of our name is Pearson. but it is variously spelt by others. It is often spelt in the same way, as in the Town books, viz, Persons. My Father

always insisted on spelling it Pearson.
William Pearson
County of Plymouth S.S.
On this Fourteenth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared the above named William Pearson, and made oath, that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true.
and I further certify, that said deponent is well known to me, and that he is a credible witness, before Wm. Thomas, Esq. Peace

I Thomas Dnew Clerk of the Town of Plymouth, in the state of Massachusetts, here- by certify, that in the book of Records of said Town, containing the Marriages and Births, page two hundred and ninety one, under the head of "Marriages solemnized by Josiah Cotton Esq r at Plymouth", there is the following entry. "seventeen hundred and eighty four, October fourteenth William Parsons and Abiah Throck- a both of Ditto."
And I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the excep- tion of the date, which is expressed on the Re- cord in fair legible figures, as follows. "1784 Oct r 14".
I Thomas Dnew above named

depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Plymouth in the state of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above men- ed as certified by me.
Thomas Drew Clerk of the Town of Plymouth in the state aforesaid.
Plymouth July 21. 1838.
Plymouth County S.S.
21 st July 1838. Sworn before me
Wm. Thomas Jus. Peace.

I Thomas Drew, Clerk of the Town of Plymouth, testify and say, That I knew the late William Pearson or Persons, who has been dead some years, and whose widow is now an applicant for a Pension . I knew of his reputation as a soldier of the Revolution, and as a Pensioner under the Act of 1818. and I further testify and say that the above surnames variously spelled belong to the same person.
Thomas Drew
County of Plymouth S.S. On this tenth day of August in the year eighteen hundred & thirty eight, before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named Thomas Drew, and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true - and I further certify, that said Deposition

is well known to me, and that he is a credible witness.
Wm. Thomas, Esq. Dean

Abiah Pearson Wid of William Mass Ad 7 July 1838 Married 1784 Died 1831 $80 per ann
M rs Thomas E. Plymouth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Plymouth County,
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that William Thomas Esquire before whom the annexed depositions were sworn, was, on the day of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth, duly commissioned and qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth to administer oaths and take depositions — And that his signature subscribed to the Jurat of the same depositions is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this sixteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
John B. Thomas

Wm Pearson
Plymouth
/36 m on the map the / Rolls
W. Pearson
Nov 13-1818

I William Parsons of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts & a citizen of the United States & now resident therein set forth and declare that I was a soldier in the war of the revolution for more than nine months on the continental establishment - that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support and am desirous of obtaining a pension from the United States agreeably to an act passed the 18 th of March last. That I entered the service in the year 1777 in a company commanded by Jacob Allen and in Col. John Bailey's Regiment, 2 d Massachusetts Regiment and served three years and was discharged in New Jersey September 13 th 1780 and received a printed and written discharge which I here with exhibit.
William Parsons
Sworn to April 13. 1818.

William Carson

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820; before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County William Pearsons aged Sixty one years, resident in Plymouth in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of Three years in Col. John Bacon's Regt. Massachusetts Line in the Company commanded first by Capt. Aliah Gaffey and afterwards by Capt. Adam Bacon and that he has received a pension certificate dated Jan'y 21 st AD 1819 and numbered 5586 in pursuance of his original Declaration made April 13 th AD 1818 and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 28th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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.
That I am a carpenter by trade that I am able to work most of my time but by the infirmities of age I am unable to obtain common wages for my labour My family consists of myself & wife - my wife Aliah is fifty nine years of age her health is feeble she is unable to contribute to her support she is able about one half of the time to do merely the house work & the rest of the time I am obliged to do the house work such as cooking &c. myself, that I have no property, real or personal, excepting wearing apparel & bedding, but what is stated below viz. a small unfinished house built on the land of the town of Plymouth by their permission seven chairs 3 tables 1 looking glass crockery & iron ware. I am indebted to sundry persons about thirty dollars & have due to me about seven dollars & have no income but my labour Sworn to, and declared, on the 17 th day of July A.D. 1820 before me
value at $54.25
William Mitchell Justice of the Court. Wm. Pearsons
I, John B Thomas clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the 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 Fifty four dollars and twenty five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty second day of July 1820.
John B Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

Admit, private
$ 80.
Map. Agency
Send to
M m Thomas
Plymouth
Map.

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth S.S.
80 On this twenty first day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty three, before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally ap- peared Abiah Pearson a resident of Plymouth in the County aforesaid, aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declara- tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- vision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the third day of March 1843, granting pen- sions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of William Pearson, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and served as set forth in her application for a Pension under

the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838, and for which service she received a Pension for the term of five years at the rate of eighty Dollars per annum.
She further declares she is still a widow.
Attest -
Betsey Ann Perkins
Her Abiah + Pearson mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written by the above named Abiah Pearson, who is well known to me to be the same person, who obtained a Pension under the act of July 7 th 1838, and she is also well known to me to be the widow of William Pearson, deceased. Before me
Wm. Thomas, Gen. Pleas.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County Jr.
I John B. Thomas, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth, do hereby certify, that William Thomas, Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, was, on the day of the jurat of the same, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth, duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth to administer oaths and take depositions: And that his signature sub- scribed to the Jurat of the same Declaration is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twenty second day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty three.
William Thomas Clerk

William di. Pearson Plymouth 13 th Ap r 1818 - private Bailys reg t Mass s 77 th to 80 Admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this ss. 13 th day of April A. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared William Pearson of Plymouth aged _____ years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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." /see his said Declara- tion enclosed/

And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said William Pearson did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, and that he needs the assistance of his country for support. —
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

T H E Bearer hereof William Parsons a Soldier in the Second - Massachusetts Regiment, having served as a faithful good Soldier in the said Regiment, the Term of Three Years - being the full Term for which he inlisted, is hereby discharged from the same.
Given under my Hand, at Head Quarters - this Thirteenth Day of September 1700. •
Syria Badlam  W. W. Loomis Q.M. P.

Joseph Sampson - Debit
By hiring Timber Saw Ways and half 0:10:0
By Trimen four Ways 0:16:0
By Coffin for Child 0:3:0
By Mennon Cart Wheat 0:5:4

313
Massachusetts
Abiah Pearson
widow of William Pearson decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 25 November 1831 of Plymouth in the State of Ms.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bailey of the Regt commanded by Col Bailey in the Mass. line for Sycars
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Sept. 1838 and sent offm Thomas Plymouth Ms.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 $200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. 39, 40.00
$240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by N. L. Addison Clerk Book 4. Vol. 1 st Page 119

Key
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13806
Abiah Pearson Widow of William Pearson Prv. Mass. Line
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. M , Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]