Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37261, for William Morris, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. Navy
Morris, William
S. 37261
CONTENTS
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8381
Maine
William Morris
of S. Berwick in the State of Maine who was a Lieut. of Mass in the regiment  skirmisher commanded by Col. Capt. Simpson of the U.S. Navy for the term of 4 years. Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of March 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of March 1818 and sent to B. Greene, Esq. South Berwick, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1817 - $ 223.07 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819. 120.00
62/70 $ 343.07
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued York County.
William Morris Hon. Jos. Danks Hosp. Repts. W. S. Danks

William Morris.
Mr. William
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St. John Dane
Person of age
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W B Sewall
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STATE OF MAINE.
York ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday of July being the fourth day of said month and by adjournment  from day to day, on the  day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit county, William Morris aged sixty two years, resident in South Berwick in said Circuit county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt.  in the Regiment commanded by Colonel  Navy of the United  in the line of the States on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the thirtieth day of March A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8,381 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
William Morris.
Sworn to and declared, on the 4 th day of July } A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Benj a Greene
Ch. Justice { One of the Judges of the said Court.
Atty. Daniel Searle, Clerk.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: The right of redeeming my life estate in 7 acres of tillage land with a small house & barn standing on the same, under the incumbrance of a mortgage to one Joshua Roberts for two hundred & forty two dollars, being nearly or quite the value of said estate. — The income of 2½ acres of land in common with Edmund Haggens, equal to the pasturing of one cow. — 1 cow worth 15. — no furniture except the necessary articles for daily use, & those very old & much out of repair, worth perhaps ten dollars.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me William Morris who, by occupation am a farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of infirmity.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     No family. Wm Morris.  
STATE OF MAINE.
York ss. I, Daniel Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 thirty dollars, exclusive of the right of redeeming his life estate in the house & land first mentioned which is considered to be nothing worth . IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York .

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File No. 37262
William Morris Lieut. of Marines Ship "Ranger" Revolutionary
Act March 18. 1818
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W th Morris - Lieutenant on board the Sloop of War Ra- nger. Capt. Sampson
1778 to 1782
Dec 30 Mar: 1818
Admitted

I Elijah Hall Esq d of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire, testify and say, that I was a Lieutenant of the United States' Sloop of War Ranger, commanded by Thomas Simpson Esq d in the year 1778, & after until she was captured by the British at Charleston in South Carolina May 1780 - That I well know William Morris of South Berwick in the District of Maine. That the said Morris entered the S d Sloop of War at Brest in France, prior to, or in the month of August 1778, to serve on board said Ranger in the Revolutionary War - That he continued to serve in said Vessel as Lieutenant commanding Marines, from the time of his entering as aforesaid until said Ranger was taken by the British at Charleston South Carolina, in May 1780.
Elijah Hall -
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. Portsmouth.
On this 17 th day of July 1818, before me Daniel Humphreys of S d Portsmouth, Notary Public duly commissioned & sworn, & a Justice of the peace & Juror throughout S d State, personally appeared the before named described Elijah Hall and made oath in due form to the truth of the above declaration, by him subscribed in my presence.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial seal, the former day
Dan l Humphreys Not y Pub l & Jus t Peace & Juror
the assistance of his country for his support. - And I do 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 before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
Seventeenth day of July
Anno Domini, 1818.
Bry a Green

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this fourteenth day of March A. D. 1818,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears William Morris aged sixty years resident in South Berwick in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration 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:"—
That he the said William Morris in the Month of July A.D. 1778 at Brest, in France, was appointed a lieutenant on board the Ranger, Sloop of War, in the service of the United States, commanded by Thomas Simpson Esq re that he continued to do his duty on board said ship as a lieutenant commanding marines, from the time of his entering as aforesaid, until the said Ranger was taken by the British at Charleston, South Carolina in the Month of May A.D. 1780—That he remained a prisoner until January 1781—That in November 1781 he was ordered on board the Alliance then bound to France—that he continued on board the Alliance as lieut t commanding marines, & continued to do his duty as such, until she arrived from France at New-London in May 1782.—That he carried despatches from Doct r Franklin to the American Congress then sitting at Philadelphia, at which place, he resigned his commission in the naval service of the United States.
(And in proof of the foregoing declaration made by the above named William Morris— he offers the affidavit of Elijah Hall which is herunto annexed.)
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj a Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Morris did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do 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 before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
fourteenth day of July
Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj a Greene