Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 41979, for Jonathan Read, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Read Jonathan Reed
S 41979
CONTENTS

7016-1  Vermont
Jonathan Read
Brookfield in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Paton of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year 1776.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 11 th of Oct r 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March 1819 and sent to the Hon. G. Chase Randolph Vermont
  Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  $86.37    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819  48 "     $134.37  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Orange County
Note f: sent to H. E. G. Mr. Langdon, William- No. 10. W. 22 July 1820 =

Decl n of Jonathan Read Private of Brookfield Orange Co Vermont
1 st May 1775. 14 years in Col. Walker's Mass t Reg t
1 st Jan y 1776 Col Patterson's Mass t Reg t Lewis's bde end of Jan y 1779 —

State of Vermont, Orange county ss
In this 11 th day, April A D 1818 before me the subscriber Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, personally appeared Jonathan Read of Brookfield, Orange County & State of Vermont aged 66 years 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 en- -gaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war"; That he the said Jonathan Read at the commencement of the Revolution- -ary War resided in Rehobeth, State of Massachusetts, that at the alarm from Lexington he turned out and about the 1 st of May A D 1775 he enlisted into the American Army & faithfully served out his time of enlistment in Captain John Perrys Company Col. Timothy Walkers Regiment, Massachusetts Troops & was honorably discharged about the 1 st of December A D 1775; ~ That before he was dismissed as aforesaid he enlisted again into the United States Army for one year & that under sd enlistment on the 1 st of January A D 1776 he joined Captain Moses Arkleys Company, Col. John Pattersons Regiment, Mass ts Line and faithfully served out the whole of the year of his sd enlistment & was honorably discharged on the 31 st of December A D 1776, but was induced at the earnest request of his Officers to remain with the Army and do duty till the latter part of January A D 1777 when he left the service; That he was at the battles of Trenton & Princeton; That he performed the aforesaid service in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishment; in the capacity of a private soldier, then a corporal, then a sergeant, & then because of

his weak state of health as a waiter of W m Walker the Adjutant of the Reg t last aforesaid & was discharged as waiter, but has lost his sd discharge; That he is a resident citizen of the United States & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his sd services.
Sworn to & declared before the 11 th day of April A D 1898.
Dudley Chase Chief Judge of Sup. Court
Dudley Chase Chief Judge Sup. Ct. State of H t do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the sd Jonathan Read did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of one year on the Continental establishment; & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department after pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
Dudley Chase Chief Judge Sup. Court
I also certify that Jonathan Read, above named, is in reduced circumstances in life and stand, in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Dudley Chase Chief Judge Sup. Court

Jonathan Reeds Declaration and Schedule
7016 Grosvenor
7016 St. Mark's
C
Sept 1899

STATE OF VERMONT, } Orange  Rutland County, ss. }
On this
Third
day of
July
1820
personally appeared before the County
court for said county of Rutland  Orange , in open court,
(said court being a court of record, agreeably to the laws of this state, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c.) Jonathan Neele aged 68 years, resident in
Brookfield in said county of Rutland  Orange , who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth,
on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: Enlisted for three years under Capt. Ashley in Col. Pattersons Regiment Massachusetts Line of Troops and served the 3d Time
that he made his original declaration on the
11
day of April
1818
has received a Pension Certificate, No. 7216 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
A piece of one acre of land, with a Dwelling house thereon, one cow, one calf, two pigs, fowls &c. amounting in the whole to the sum of $58 and I have bills due me from Secretary French $35.87 making $93.87 and I am owing $84.50 my family consists of my self and wife named Polly aged 61 years and in good health and one daughter Deborah aged Seventeen years in good health — my occupation is a cabinet maker and in tolerable health Signed Jonathan Neele
Sworn to and declared on the
Third
day of
July
1820
E. G. B. Lapham — CLERK.
STATE OF VERMONT, } Orange  Rutland County, ss. }
I, E. G. B. Lapham clerk of the Orange court for the county of Rutland , 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 ninety three dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, at Rutland  Orange ,
this Third
day of
July
1820
E. G. B. Lapham

241979 Southampton Road
Apr 11, 1918 Brooklyn, New York 76.66
Retired from the U.S. Navy Mass Full Navy 75% Cap. John Paterson Col. John Paterson
dis last Dec 25 - 1918
Jan 1, 1919 - 20 Sept 1919 - 1920 1. Col. John Paterson 15 Court St.
10 Jan 1919 - Col. John Paterson 15 Court St.
1920 10 Feb 1920 - 1921
name Red ?

41979 INVALID.
Nov. 26, 1904 Hist. to Mrs — E. R. Hicks, Oshkosh, Wis.
1907 Oct 9 Hist. to Mrs Henry E. Coonley
Rev
File No. 41979
Jonathan Read His Rev. Mrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7016
E. R. HICKS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW OSHKOSH, WIS.
NOV 12 1904
Commissioner of Pensions; -
Will you be so kind as to furnish me with a copy of the papers of Nathan Read, who was pensioned from Orange Co. Vermont in 1819.-
Yours Respectfully, U
Mrs. E. R. Knott
Oshkosh Wisconsin. 732 Algoma St. -

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U. S. Commissioner of Pensions War Dept. Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me the Military History & Categori- cal Service of the Revolutionary Soldier Samuel Adams of Canterbury Connecticut, later residing in Vermont.

and served during the war.
Also the military history of Jonathan Read (1818-1865) of Rehoboth, Mass. also a pensioner and residing in Vermont.
These are ancestors of mine and I will be very glad of their records.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Mary K. Cooley 1018 Prairie Avenue Chicago, Illinois.