Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7448, for Seth Morton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Morton Seth Priscilla
R. 7448
CONTENTS
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth Y. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the signa- tures to the several papers hereto annexed purporting to be signed by him are his true & genuine signa- tures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this thirtieth day of Aug- ust 1838
Jacob H. Lord

The following Marriages Solemnised by Joseph Barker at the Times Specified by the dates as follows Seventeen Hundred Eighty nine, May Twenty first. Seth Morton jun r & Priscilla Morton both of Middleborough Attest Joseph Barker
I Allen Shaw certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Record of said town of Middleborough with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows, 1789 May 21.
I Allen Shaw above named depose and say that I hold the Office of town clerk in the Town of Middleborough County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Middleborough Aug t . 18 th 1838.
Allen Shaw Town Clerk of Middleborough
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. August 20 th 1838. Personally appeared Allen Shaw a man well known to me and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed - Before me Wilson Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Plymouth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Nyymouth County ss.
On this twenty third day of August in the year eighteen hundred & thirty eight before me Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Nyymouth aforesaid personally appeared Priscilla Morton of Middleborough in said County, Widow, aged seventy five 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 of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" That she is the Widow of Seth Morton junior late of Middleborough in said County, deceased, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and served in said war, according to the best of her knowledge and belief as follows, to wit, - That in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six, the said Seth then being a member of a Company of militia in said Middleborough commanded by Capt. John Barrows was called out and marched to Boston in the State Rhode Island and served there about fourteen days under said Barrows and that the said Seth with a party of said company then Captain company enlisted for the term of three months and served the time then out and is supposed under the same Captain company.
That the said Seth in the year 1777. The said Seth served in a company of militia commanded by Capt. William Tupper of said Middleborough three months at Roxbury and its vicinity near Boston. That in the year 1775 or 1776 the said Seth served at Rhode Island two months in a company commanded by Capt. Nehemiah Allen of said Middleborough - That in the year 1778. the said Seth served three or four days at an alarm at New Bedford in Capt. John Barrows' company, That the said Seth also served three or four days in said Capt. Barrows company at an alarm at Weymouth near Boston and for proof of said service she refers to the affidavits & documents hereto annexed.

She further declared that she was married to the said Seth Morton junior on the twenty first day of May seventeen hundred & eighty nine - That her husband the aforesaid Seth Morton junior died the second day of December 1805. -
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 & ninety four viz at the time above stated. -
N. B. The words "Company" & "Captain" were understood before the signature hereto. Dorothea Morton -mark.
I sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written Before me William Wood Judge of the Court of Probate

Priscilla Morton Cook W o of Seth. Jr Middleboro Plymouth Co Mass

Brasilia Mestria R. pichu 88/mop
Jan 1853
Wade

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Bristol } ss:
Be it known, that before me, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorised by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Elias Morton a resident of New Bedford in the county of Bristol in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, states that he is the son of Seth Morton Jr of Middleborough in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts who was a revolutionary Soldier and that he believes the United States are still indebted, under existing laws, for the pension that was due under the application heretofore made, and that he is directly interested as a claimant in the pension for which application was heretofore made as aforesaid, and constitutes and appoints Willis G. Warr , of Washington, D. C., true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable power to examine into, investigate, and establish the claim for said pension, and do all acts necessary thereto.
In Witness Whereof, the said Elias Morton has on this third day of January 1853, hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal. Witness: Oliver Prescott  Elias Morton [seal]
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me, on this third day of January 1853 Oliver Prescott J. P.
* Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name; if he is dead, and the widow is living, insert her name; if both dead, insert one of the living children's names; if the children are all dead, and either of them survived the former unsuccessful applicant, insert the name of the administrator of that former applicant. † Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name again; if the widow is living, insert the words "widow of," and the name of her husband; if both dead, insert the words, "son or daughter of," and the name of the former unsuccessful applicant. ‡ Here insert the word "soldier," or "officer," whichever he was. NOTE.—When a female is the person who executes this paper, please put the letter s before the word he in every place where it occurs.

REJECTED
JHHS
P. O.
Priscilla Morton
Service:
wid sets
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.

Priscilla Morton Mapachusetts
Rejected let 5 Nov 1838
J. M. Lord To same Feb 7 16, 1839, (enclosing copy of above)
7 H 18
Aug 7 July 1838

personally appeared the above-named Sylvanus Wood a man well known to me and made solemn oath to the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me: and I certify that the Deponent is a credible person. —
William Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Plymouth
Priscilla Weston of Plymouth
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on roll vol 17 page 15 Will 1847

I Joseph Clark of Middleborough Mass s aged eighty two years Humbly depose and say that early in the war of the Revolution in 1775 or 1776 then being a Surgeon. Note in the Public service in the State of Rhode Island and well recollect that Seth Morton J d . then of Middleborough aforesaid but since deceased; was in one of the years above mentioned a private in a company from said Middleborough commanded by Nehemiah Allen Captain was at Tiverton in said Rhode Island and served, I now think, two months.
And in the year 1778, September, I recollect, that said Morton was called out in a company of militia commanded by Capt. John Baines to New Bedford in and an alarm and was there a few days not more than four days - The said Morton was on a like occasion called with the company commanded as aforesaid and was gone there or four days at very most. The said Morton was a Relative of mine, was born & brought up and lived until his death, a near Neighbor - That the said Morton has been dead many years - left a widow who is now living with whom I have always been acquainted and who is an Applicant for a pen- sion. That she now is, and has since the death of the said Seth been a widow - Joseph Clark August 23 d . 1838.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. August 28 d . 1838. Personally ap- peared Joseph Clark a man well known to me and a credible witness and made solemn oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me Wilson Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Plymouth.

I Ephraim Norcott of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the eighty first year of my age depose and say, that while a young man I well knew Seth Morton of said Middleborough, now deceased, that in the time of the Revolutionary war and I think in the year seventeen hundred and sixty-seven & in the summer season: I saw said Morton at Roxbury near Boston, and he was then in the public service in a company of militia commanded by Capt. William Duffin then of said Middleborough; and according to the best of my re- collection he served at Roxbury & in that vicinity three months. The means I had of knowing the above facts were, being a soldier in a company of artillery at the above mentioned time in Boston and others of my acquaintance belonging to said Capt. Duffin's com- pany I visited them at said Roxbury. I further de- pose and say, that from the time of the aforesaid service to the time of his death I was acquainted with the said Seth Morton, and with Priscilla Morton his wife, now his Widow. The said Morton has been dead many years, but his Widow is yet alive and has not since been married. - said Morton when said deponent was Seth Morton Junior. Ephraim Norcott
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. On this eighteenth day of August in the year 1838. Personally appeared the above named Dependent a man well known to me and a credible person and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate

I Silvanus Wood aged seventy nine years depose and say that Seth Morton (late of Meddel- borough, County of Devon, M.P.P.), who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, now de- ceased, was a play-mate with me when a Boy he was a little older than myself - That in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six the said Seth was called out with a Company of Militia in Meddelborough aforesaid commanded by Cap n John Barrows, and marched to Exeter in the State of England - That a short time after they were stationed at Exeter a part of the Company enlisted into the service for the term I think of three months, and the said Seth was one according to my present one that so enlisted recollection, and as I suppose served the time out. The means I had of knowing the above facts were I was one of the Company when they first marched to Exeter, but did not enlist after we arrived but I had a Brother now deceased who did enlist & served with the said Morton. I further say that I was acquainted with the said Seth Morton until his death, and also with his wife Mar- cella Morton, now his widow. She being a cousin of mine, and know that she has not been mar- ried since the death of the said Seth. - I cannot be positive but am confident that the said Cap n Barrows commanded the Company enlisted as you said. N.B. "I am that I enlisted" & "with" { J. V. R. } were inserted at the time of execution { G. } Garrison County of Massachusetts My own the County of. August 18 th 1838. Then

personally appeared the above-named Sylvanus Wood a man well known to me and made solemn oath to the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me: and I certify that the Defendant is a credible person.
William Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Monmouth
Priscilla Horton of Milford
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on oath and before me William Wood
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of February 1877