Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15181, for Seth Perry, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Perry, Seth Barnah
W. 15181
CONTENTS

2571-
Massachusetts
Seth Perry
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Corporal in the company commanded by Captain Weston of the Regt commanded by in the field time for 6 mos Comp 6 " Private
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 4 1/2 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Nov 1832 and sent to Saml Plymouth Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 63 - Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 March 21 - $ 84 -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H S P Blain Clerk. Book D. Vol. 229 Page 75

1877. Increase Massachusetts.
Hannah Perry widow of Seth Perry
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 42 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Dec 1847 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass.
Increased from $37.33.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 122 Vol. 2
Agency book, Died Oct 31, 1854

405 Dec. 19. 1846
Hannah Perry, June 17. 1844. Meth. widow of Leach Perry
Marr'd 1782 21 st Sept. husband died 1841
Her. A. Hove Hove of Rev

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston December 5 th 1846.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation, Horace Collamore and David Oldham were Justices of the Peace for the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their 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. Palfrey. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I David Oldham, of Pembroke, in the County of Plymouth aged Seventy years, in Oath do testify & say that I have been well acquainted with Mr. Seth Perry late of Hanson in said County, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner after United States & died in the month of September last. I also knew his wife Hannah Perry whose maiden name was Hannah Jopelyn to whom he was married in early life. She is now living & has not intermarried since his decease. I have been well acquainted with them both during my whole life. David Oldham
Plymouth Is November 27. 1846
Then the above named David Oldham personally appeared and made Oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true
Before me
Horace Collamore Jus. Peace

Married by the Rev Thomas Smith July the second Seventeen hundred and eighty two Seth Perry and Hannah Jopelyn for both of Pembroke
The above is a true copy of the Records, with the exception of the date which which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows
July ye 2 d 1782
Nath l Smith } Town Clerk of Pembroke
I Nath l Smith above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth Massachusetts that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Pembroke with the exceptions above named as certified by me
Nath l Smith } Town Clerk of Pembroke
Plymouth Jo October 17 th 1846 Sworn to and Subscribed Before me David Oldham Justice of the Peace

I Mary B Perry of Hanson in the County of Plymouth on Oath testify and say that I well knew Seth Perry late of Hanson in said County deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States said Seth Perry died at said Hanson on the twentyfirst day of September 1846 leaving a Widow whose name is Hannah Perry who is now living
Mary B. Perry.
Plymouth 30 October 9 th 1846 Then the above named Mary B Perry made Oath that the above declaration by her subscribed is true.
Before me David Blaham Justice Peace

Died at Hannon on the twenty first day of September eighteen hundred and forty six Mr. Seth Perry of Hannon aged ninety one years a United States pensioner
The above is a true copy of Record of the Town of Hannon.
Attest
Christopher C Tilden / Town Clerk of Hannon
I Christopher C Tilden above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Hannon in the County of Ply- mouth, Massachusetts. That the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Han- son, as certified by me.
Christopher C Tilden / Town Clerk of Hannon
Plymouth So October 9 th 1846 I sworn to and Subscribed before me David Oldham Justice of the Peace

N o 4316
Seth Perry
6 Months Calumet 6 do Pouch
4 Months
$42
J. H. Lord Esq.
Plymouth Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Seth Perry of the County of Plymouth in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? cont  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  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.     In 1776 July — 6 — Private Gen. Capt. Weston, Lieut. Smith   " 77 June — 6 — Corporal Major Goodwin, Capt. Washburn  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pembroke  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  no written discharge  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

Seth Perry No 43 PB
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REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this twenty second day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. Wilkes Wood, Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Hanover within and for said County of Plymouth, Seth Perry a resident of Hanson in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted in a company of State troops commanded by William Weston, Captain, Andrew Samson, Lieut. Josiah Smith Ensign, and marched to the Fort on the Gurnet, at the entrance of Plymouth Harbour about the first of July 1776. That he served there as a soldier six months, and was dismissed about the first of January 1777, when he returned home, but received no discharge.
That he entered the service again and enlisted in June 1777 and served under the following officers, Abraham Washburn, Captain, Bartlett, Lieutenant, Ames, Ensign, in a

detachment of State troops commanded by Major Nathaniel Goodwin of Plymouth, (afterward a Major General in the Mass. Militia), that he marched to Boston, and was stationed there the whole time of his enlistment which was six months, during which time he served in said company as a corporal ; that he returned home in December, but received no discharge.
That he was born in Pembroke, now Hanson, June 26. 1755, but has no public record of his age. That he lived in Pembroke, now incorporated as Hanson, when called into the service, and has always lived at his present place of residence on.
That he is known to Isaac B. Barker Esqr and Oliver Whitten Esqr. and others of Hanson, to Rev Merrill Allen and David Oldham Esqr and other good citizens of Pembroke, who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Seth Perry,
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We, Morrill Allen a clergyman, residing in the town of Pembroke and Isaac B. Barker a Magistrate residing in the town of Hanson hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with Seth Perry who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Isaac B. Barker Morrill Allen
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, in Probate Court Attest Jacob H. Lord, Register
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Morrill Allen who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Pembroke and that Isaac B. Barker Esquire who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Hanson and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord 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 application of Seth Perry for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth Yp. On this twenty fourth day of November, in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty six, before the Court of Probate now holden at Scituate within & for said County, by the Hon. Aaron Hobart Judge, personally came Hannah Perry of Hanson in said County Widow, aged Ninety one years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the seventeenth day of June 1844
She declares that she is the Widow of Seth Perry late of Hanson aforesaid, deceased who was a Corporal & Private in the Army of the Revolution & served as set forth in his declaration for a Pension now on file in the Pension Office of the War Department at Washington, for which services he was pensioned under the Act of June 7. 1832 at the rate of forty two dollars a year, to which papers she begs leave to refer.
She further declares that she was married to the said Seth Perry on the second day of July in the Year Seventeen hundred and eighty two; that her husband the said Seth Perry died on the twenty first day of September in the Year One thousand eight hundred & forty six; that she has not intermarried since his decease but still continues his Widow, that said Marriage took place after said Seth Perry left the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War & before the first day

of January in the Year Seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit at the time afore- said.
Hannah Perry
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court before the Hon. Sam Hobart Judge of Probate the day & year first before written, Attest J. H. Lord Register
Plymouth Y. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original declaration of Hannah Perry made, subscribed and sworn to as above attested. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty fourth day of November 1846
Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Seth Perry a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( his his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. File 15,181
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1, 1776 6 mos. Priv. Wm Weston ✓ Mass.   June 1777 6 mos. Coplt. Abraham Washburn Maj. Nathl. Goodwin                                            
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pembroke Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 4. 1832. Allom. Residence at date of application, Hanson Plymouth Co., Mass. Age at date of application, B. Pembroke, Mass. June 26, 1755 d. Sept 21, 1846 Hanson Mass. Remarks: Sol. m. Pembroke, Mass. July 2, 1782 Hannah Dosselyn Jr.  his appln. Nov. 24, 1846 at 91 res. Hanson, Mass. Bureau record endorsed  died Oct. 31, 1854 -

Seth Perry. Map act 7 June 1832 $42 00 per Ann
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office
B 6 A
Feby 11. 1847
paid to 4 March 1846.
W. Syton

Hannah Perry & map at 2 Fely 48, f 37 33 pan mo of Seth
To what time was the last paid?
Pension Office Decm. 8. 1849 & P. L. 4. March 1849 H. B.
N.B. This is as far as the acct has been Recd.

No. 405
Hannah Perry
widow of Seth
Map
act 17 June 1844
Adm 11 mo 11 days 1846
$37 33 per ann
from 21 st Sept. 1846
Hon A. Hale
House of Reps

Increase Hannah Perry widow of Seth Nash
act 17 June 44 & Joint resolution of Mr July 1848
Adm'd $42. 00 pr an from 21 st Septem 1846 to 4 March '48 accounting what has been paid at the rate 37 33 pr an from same time -
Adm'd act 2 nd July 48 $42. 00 pr an from 4 March 48. accounting what has been paid at 37 33 pr an -
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass

V N 405
Hannah Perry Map
Am. A. Bk. 28. R. 6.
act 17 June 1844

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S. M. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., November 7, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Seth Perry --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. June 1776 6mos.18dys. Pvt. William Weston Lt. Josiah Smith Mass. June 1777 6 mos. Corpl. A. Washburn Not stated. Mass. July 1778 4mos.18dys. Pvt. A Washburn Gerrish Mass.
Battles engaged in,
None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pembroke, now Hanson, Mass.
Date of application for pension. August 22, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Hanson, Mass.
Age at date of application, Born in Pembroke, now Hanson, June 26, 1755.
Remarks: Married Hannah Josselyn July 2, 1782, and died Sept. 21, 1846.
Very respectfully,
Mr. A. Gorton, 1528 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Commissioner.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15181
Johannah Perry Widow of Seth Perry Pris Rev War
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov. 7/95 Hist. to Boston - 1528 Arch St. Phila. Mass 1907 June 22 History to Mrs. H. R. Stark -
Bess Pembroke found in Harrison all Plymouth

1528 Arch St. Phila. Oct 22/95
Commissioner of Pensions
P
Draw Supt - not
My Dear Sir:
There was a Seth Perry a Revolutionary Pensioner . If you have his record in his application; his date birth, birthplace, date of death and any other data of use in the genealogy, please send it to me. And also of any Abner, Saul, Josiah, Elisha, Eli, Seth or Elijah Levi - of Revolutionary war period only .
Yours Very Truly
A. Gorton
Parents names or wives names, if they should be mentioned.

St Peter Minnesota June 13 - 1907 -
Dear Sir,
Will you please inform me whether the name of Seth Perry a soldier in the Revolutionary was ever pensioned or not.
I am a descendant and am anxious to get his record.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness I am
Respectfully
Mrs H. L. Stark - St Peter Minnesota

I John Mansdell of Hanson in the County of Plymouth I Caleb Sylvester of Townsend in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts aged 78 years do testify and say that I entered the service of the United States and en- listed for six months in June 1777 and served under the following officers, Abraham Washburn Captain, — Boston Lieutenant, — Amos Garrison in a detachment of State Troops com- manded by Major Nathaniel Goodwin of Plymouth, That both I and Caleb Sylvester (then Pembroke), County of Plymouth enlisted in the same Company and served with me at the same time as Caleb Sylvester in the Company, that we marched to Boston, and were stationed there till our enlistment expired, when we were dismissed and returned home.
Pembroke July 31. 1832
Caleb Sylvester
State of Massachusetts, County of Plymouth To, July 31. 1832. Then the above named Caleb Sylvester per- sonally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Anthony Colbom, Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Witnesseth I John B. Mansdell Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of Record in the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Anthony Colbom was before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to in a matter of the Revere for the County of Plymouth And that I believe his name there subscribed to be his true and proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court on this Thirteenth day of August A.D. 1832
John B. Mansdell

I John Mansdell of Hanson in the County of Plymouth a State of Massachusetts aged seventy four years. I testify and say that Seth Perry of said Hanson served as a Soldier with me in the service of the United States in the Company commanded by Capt d Lester, Andrew Sampson Lieutenant, Josiah Smith Ensign at a place called the Gurnet at the entrance of Plymouth Harbour in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts for the term of six Months - commencing about the first of July A D 1776 & further your deponent saith not -
John Ransdell
Hanson July 31 1832
State of Massachusetts, Plymouth County Jo.
Then the above named John Mansdell personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Anthony Colbom, Justiciary
I hereby certify that Caleb Sylvester and John Mansdell are reputed and believed to be credible persons
A. Colbom
  1776 Seth Perry has service. Prof.   July 1 to June 1 Place Gurnet — 6 mo. John Mansdell def.   1777 Boston — 6 mo. Caleb Sylvester   June to Dec 12 months 

Pension Office, December 28. 1846.
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you, that the evidence presented in the case of Hannah Perry, widow of Seth Perry, satisfactorily establishes the date of their marriage; but the alleged service of her husband for 6 months in 1776, under Captain Weston, as a Private, and 6 months in 1777, under Capt. Washburn and Major Goodwin, should be verified by the records in the State Department at Boston, before her claim, under the Act of 17 th Jany 1844, can be admitted.
I have the honor, Sir, to be Very Resp ly , Your Ob st . J. L. Edwards
Hon. A. Hale, House of Rep s .

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
February 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Seth Perry is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt William Weston's Company for defence of harbor of Plymouth, as a private from June 26 to December 31 1776. 6 Months + 18 days. so stated upon the roll
6 mo 18
Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Capt Ethan Washburn's Company, in Col. Gerrish's regt for service at or near Boston as a private from July 31 to December 14 1778. 4 Months + 18 days.
4-18 11 mo 6
No roll of Capt Washburn, Maj Goodwin.
Large decorative flourish or signature at the bottom of the page.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of December 28 1846 was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Sir,
Boston 14 Nov r 1849
Enclosed is a Declaration made by Hannah Perry for increase of Pension under the Joint Resolution of 1 July 1848.
She wishes her new Certificate to be sent to my care.
Very Respectfully Your obedt servt G. S. Bulfinch
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comt of Pensions.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Hannah Perry. widow of Seth Perry. who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty seven dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 8th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
J. G. Mason,
Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. By J. S. Evans

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Seth Perry which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so ? yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served ? yes V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled ? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal ? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
† QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 15. 1849
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestation hereunto attached, David Oldham was a Justice of the peace for the County of Plymouth.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; 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.
M. Wells Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Declaration under Joint Resolution of 1 July 1848.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Plymouth COUNTY, }
ON this Sixth day of November 184 9 , before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Hannah Perry who was and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Leah Perry who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution; that she is now receiving a pension from the United States, at the rate of thirty seven dollars per annum, under the Act of February 2 nd 1848 ; that her husband drew a pension at the rate of thirty seven  thirty three cts ; that she asks for an increase of her present pension, to which she may be found entitled under any and all of the Acts and Resolutions of Congress, which are applicable to her case; that she is a resident of Hanson in said County, and is a widow, and is ninety four years of age.
Witness, Mary B. Perry ; David Oldham
her Hannah Perry mark
Sworn and subscribed this Sixth day of November 18 49 .
Before me,
David Oldham Justice of the Peace.
I CERTIFY, That I am personally acquainted with the above named declarant, and that she is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
David Oldham Justice of the Peace.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
Increase I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 2 nd February 1848. the pension of Hannah Perry has been increased of Massachusetts, widow of S th Perry who was a private in the Revolution and died 21 Sept. 1846, has been increased from $37 33 / 100 per annum to $42. 00 per annum. Commencing on the 4 th March 1848.
The amount is due & payable to the said Hannah Perry at the latter rate, after deducting what has been paid at the rate of $37 33 / 100 per annum
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 13 day of Dec one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
Increase I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 17th June 1844, and Joint Resolution of 1 st July 1848, the pension of Hannah Perry of Massachusetts widow of Seth Perry who was a private in the Revolution and died 21 st Sept r 1846. has been increased from $37. 33 / 100 to $42. 00 per annum, commencing on the 21 st September 1846 & ending 4 th March 1848.
The amount is due payable at the latter rate to the said Hannah Perry, after deducting what has been paid at the rate of $37. 33 / 100 per annum
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 13 day of Dec one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

340 Increase. Massachusetts Hannah Perry widow of Seth Perry who was a Private in the Mass: line
Increased from $37. \frac{33}{100}
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 42 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1840.
21 st Sept r
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Dec r 1849 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.] and Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848. Recorded in Book Vol. 2 Page 36.

Rep o .
340. Massachusetts Hannah Perry widow of Seth Perry who was a Private in the Mass. Line Husb d die d 21 Sep. 1846.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 37 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 21 September 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of Feby. 1847. and sent to
Hon. A. Hale, H. of Rep.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2. Page 36. 7
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Admitted
David Holham Pembroke Mass
340-44
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H. Brown

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Plymouth COUNTY, }
On this fourth day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Hannah Perry a resident of Hanson in the county of Plymouth aforesaid aged Ninety three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
Seth Perry who was a resident of Hanson and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of thirty seven dollars and thirty three cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
her Hannah Perry mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of
Mary B. Perry David Oldham
David Oldham Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
David Oldham Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY, }
I , Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that David Oldham is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this day of 18
CLERK.