Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13790, for John Page, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Page John Mary
N 13790
CONTENTS

753 Massachusetts
Mary Page of Boston widow of John Page who was a Private
in the Mass. line Mass 9 mths. 828. 3/4 for 8 " 5 " Inf.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 65 Dollars & 72 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. Parmenter Boston Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 50.

642
642
Mary Page Wid of John Mass died 7 July 1838
Married in 1784
died 1813
Allow. gmo sd. amt. $38.11
8. 5 diff 27.11
pram $65.72
L M Store. Boston.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That Richard D. Harris and Charles W. Sewell Esqrs. are now and were at the date of their several attestations Justices of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court: that the within Attestations are in due form, and by the proper Officers.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this fifteenth day of August, A. D. 1838, and in the sixty third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Edward Everett

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County — ss.
On this fourth day of August A. D. 18, one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight personally appeared before the Hon. Peter C. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court in the City of Boston —
Mary Page, a resident of said Boston in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid, aged Seventy four 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 Congress, passed July 15 th 1842, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" —
That she is the widow of John Page who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution & enlisted in the Concord Middlesex County Compy. commanded by Capt. Elijah or Heshai Brown in April 1775, to serve the last eight months of that year: was at Bunker Hill, Cambridge and elsewhere during that period.
In 1776, he again went into the service under the same Capt. Brown in Col. Whiting's or Whitney's Reg't & served according to the best of her belief from May to August (was at Cambridge & Dorchester) at which time he entered the Compy. commanded by Capt. Joseph Josiah Balch in Col. Crafts Reg't & performed three months service. —
In 1777, he served in and about Boston under the above officers Crafts, Balch, Brown & Capt. Asa Stoddard from May to July.
In the year 1778, he served under Captain Brown at Hull, in Boston Harbour from

April to July, and at Boston under Capt. Caleb Chamberlain in a Military Corps called, "Major Heath's Guards" from July to September.
In the year 1779 she served under the officers Balch and Crafts from Feb. 1. st to May 8. th
In the year 1780. she was, as she believes on duty in and about Boston, probably under the same Capt. Jos. Balch, but had no distinct recollection of service. —
In the year 1781. she again enlisted under Capt. Balch & served in Boston but for how long time she is unable to state—she thinks she entered on or about the 20. th of May of that year.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Page on the eleventh day of A.D. seventeen hundred & eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid John Page died on the sixteenth day of June eighteen hundred & fifteen, 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.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, (the words "at Concord, Middlesex County" on the first page, being first interlined)
Before me,
Mary Page
Witness my signature, Peter O. Thacher
and I certify that the said Mary
Page the applicant, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable
personally to attend in Court.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Boston August 4. 1830.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss;
I, Thomas W Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher Esquire is Sole Judge of said Municipal Court & that the signatures on this paper purporting to be his, are genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Municipal Court hereto set this tenth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty eight. Thomas W Phillips, Clerk
I Eleazer Homer of Boston in the County of Suffolk & State of Massachusetts of full age, do hereby testify and say, that I have been well acquainted with Mrs Mary Page the applicant for a pension mentioned in the foregoing declaration for more than thirty years last past, and know that she was the wife, & is now the Widow, of John Page who was, as I always understood, a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution - and that she has not intermarried since his death.
I was intimately acquainted with John Page the husband of said Mary Page, having lived a near neighbour to him for many years & know from personal knowledge that he died on or about the time stated by her, viz: in the year eighteen hundred & thirty eight. Eleazer Homer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Suffolk County — 3 ss .
Be it known that on this 14 th day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Subscribers a justice of the Peace in & for said county, Ebenezer Hovey within named & made oath that the affidavit by him subscribed is true. —
And I further certify that said Hovey is personally known to me to be a credible witness & entitled to belief.
Chas H Lovett. Jus. peace 3

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
{ City of Boston June 14 th 1837.
This certifies to whom it may concern That John Page and Mary Leach were joined together in Holy Matrimony according to the rites and ceremonies of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the City of Boston and the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the twenty first day of August A.D. one thousand seven hundred & eighty four as appears by the Registry of Publications for the Town and City of Boston.
Samuel W. Cleary, City Clerk.
City of Boston, August 2 nd 1838.
I the subscriber do hereby certify that it appears by the Registry of marriages in the City of Boston, there is the following record of marriage, viz: John Page & Mary Leach married by the Rev. Stephen Lewis, eleventh April, one thousand seven hundred & eighty four, —
That it is a true copy of the record, with the

exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures, as follows
John Page & Leach, married by the Rev. Stephen Lewis, 11 April, 1784.
Samuel H. McCleary, City Clerk.
I Samuel H. McCleary, above named, do hereby say, that I hold the office of City Clerk of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, and that the foregoing is a true extract from the records of marriages in said Boston with the exception above named, as certified by me. And the list certificate on the other side of the publicment was taken from the book of publicments of intended marriages, and is a true extract from the same.
Samuel H. McCleary.
Suffolk, ss. Boston, August 7 th 1838. The above named Samuel H. McCleary, personally appeared & made oath that the foregoing certificates by him subscribed are just and true.
Before me,
Rich d D. Harris Just: Peace

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13795
Mary Page Widow of John Page Prov. Mass Line
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. M , Page 111
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts. 1812
Mary Page of Boston, widow of John Page, dec d .
who was a pensioner under the Act of  and who died on the 16 June 1813, of Boston in the State of Mass s . who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Brown of the reg t commanded by Col Crafts in the Mass s line for 9 mos 8 ds arty 8 mos 5 ds Inf
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass s at the rate of 65 Dollars 72 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Nov r . 1838, and sent to L. M. Stone Esq r . Boston, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 38 $164.30 Semi-annual allowances ending 4 Mar ch 39 32.86
$197.16
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Eddy, Clerk Book 4, Vol. 2, Page 119.

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Admits private of Infy & Artillery $65.72.
Mass. Agency Send to
William Parmenter Boston Mass.

State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk. ss.
Speth
On this twenty second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for the County aforesaid. Mary Page a resident of Boston in the County of Suffolk aged about eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law did on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed March 3 d 1843, relating to the pensions of widows in certain cases. That she is the widow of John Page, who was a private in the army of the United States during the war of the Revolution, & whose services has been particularized set forth in a declaration made by the declarant now on the file of the Department.
She also declared that she was married to the said John Page on the eleventh day of April 1784 that her husband thereafter John died on the sixteenth day of June 1810 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January nineteen hundred & nine years viz at the time stated. She further declared that she is still a widow. She also refers to the evidence in possession of the Department in proof of her marriage.
Mary Page

Sum to 2 Subscribed on the day & year above written before.
Edw. Crutt J. Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 22 d 1843
I hereby Certify, That Edward Lunt h. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk
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.
Jno. A. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts } County of Suffolk. } ss.
I, Mary Kimball of Boston in said County & Commonwealth of lawful age, on oath depose & say, that I well knew Mary Page the within declarant; that she formerly received a pension for the services of John Page in the war of the Revolution; that she now re- sides in Boston, and is still a widow. Mary Kimball
April 22 d  March 1845.
Personally appeared the above Mary Kimball and made oath to the above affidavit, before me -
Col. C. Wright Justice of Peace

729 ap. 26. 1843.
Mass. Mar 3. 1843 Mary Page
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James L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Boston April 24 th 1843
Sir
I enclose the Application of Mary Page of Boston, for her- pension under the Pension Act of March 3 1843.
Respectfully
Your obed Servt
J. M. Washburn
J. L. Dumas Esq. Comm te of Pensions.