Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16145, for John Prentiss, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Mass
Prentiss, John Bannah
W 16145-
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168.
New Hampshire
John Prentiss
of Cheshire Co. in the State of New Hampshire who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Lyons of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wheeler in the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years from May 1777. from May 1777 to May 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eighty Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of Aug 1832 and sent to Dear Henry Hubbard
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 80. Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept 1832 40
$ 120.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 10, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
June 7. 1832
Read in book D. Vol. 1 p. 176
H.H.H.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss - On this twenty eighth day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court before Frederick A. Sumner Judge of the Probate Court of said County now sitting. John Prentiss of Langdon in the County of Sullivan aforesaid and now residing in said Langdon - Aged 71 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. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated - That he enlisted some time in October 1777 in Capt John Gilis company of Artillery in Colonel Crafts Regiment, Massachusetts State line, for the term of three years from the preceding May in that year - & that he continued to serve until he was discharged in the month of May 1780 at the end of his term of enlistment - During the enlistment in 1778- he was part of the time stationed at Rhode Island, & was there when General Sullivan evacuated the Island - After the evacuation of the Island he returned to Boston, where he remained a short time, & then went to Maine to do duty on the Penobscot - That he went to Penobscot under the command of Capt Perez Cushing, in which service he continued about six weeks, he then returned to Boston, & was discharged as aforesaid -
That he was born in Striling Worcester County State of Massachusetts, in 1760, that he has no record of his age except an entry of his own in his family Bible - That he lived at Winchester Massachusetts, when he first joined the service - Since the Revolution he has lived in Walpole in the County of Cheshire & in Langdon in the County of Sullivan in New Hampshire, in which last place he now lives - That he recollects no other officers than those mentioned, except Lieut Col. Paul Revere, General who took command of the Regiment when Col

crafts resignee, & Lieutenant Robert Leggett, who was the officer under whom he enlisted. He never received any written discharge. He is known to Abel French Esq. & William Wilson inhabitants of Langdon aforesaid, who can testify to his character for veracity, & to their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension List of any Agency in any State. He has no document any evidence of his services & does not know of any one who can testify to them.
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
John Prentiss
Before me Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
We Abel French & William Wilson residents of Langdon in the county of Sullivan & State of New Hampshire hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Prentiss who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 71 years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Abel French Wm Wilson
Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
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 above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Abel French & William Wilson who have signed the foregoing certificate, that they are credible witnesses & that their statements are entitled to credit -

State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss
I, Frederick A Sumner Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Pentell for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty eighth day of July A.D. 1832 -
Frederick A Sumner Judge of Probate

Pop Nov 28
2945
New Hampshire  Concord
Wenah Prentiss widow of John Prentiss who was a Private in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 10 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Nov. 1843. and sent to
Tho. M. Edwards Weene N. He
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1, Page 20.

10,015 Declaration of Hannah Prentiss 5 years
N.H.
act 7. July 38
m 88. d 40
adnd
2 yrs pri
80 $
J. M. Edwards Keene N.H.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows."
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Sullivan, COUNTY, ss. }
On this Fifteenth day of May 1843, personally appeared before me, Ambrose Capit a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, Hannah Prentiss a resident of Langdon in the County of Sullivan and State of New-Hampshire, aged seventy three 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 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows." That she is the widow of John Prentiss who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army , and a Pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832, on the New Hampshire List at the rate of Eighty dollars per Annum , and served as she believes as stated in his declaration under said act, for which she refers
She further declares that she was married to the said John Prentiss on the fourth day of March  seventeen hundred and eighty eight , That her husband, the aforesaid John Prentiss died on the twenty first day of February  eighteen hundred and forty . That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four , viz: at the time above stated. That her maiden name was Hannah Redington
Hannah Prentiss
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written,
Before me,
Ambrose Capit a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County

We Mearh Chase and Hannah S. Prutip of Langdon in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that we were acquainted with John Prutip late of said Langdon deceased That he was a Revolutionary Pensioner That he died on the twenty first day of February A.D. 1840 - That he left a Widow, Hannah Prutip who still survives and remains his widow and That she is the identical person named in the within declaration
Mearh Chase
Hannah S. Prutip
State of New Hampshire Sullivan County ss
May 15 - 1843
Subscribed and sworn to Before me Ambrose Cope, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County.
I certify that the above deponents are credible persons -
Ambrose Cope, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

It is true that the foregoing is a true and correct
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Antion Caput is an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Sullivan duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the eighth day of January 1853 and will expire on the twenty eighth day of August 1855 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this seventeenth day of
May 1853
Josiah Stevens Jr. Secretary of State.

I certify that the foregoing declaration was taken at the dwelling of the within named Hannah Prutts the Langdon she being unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmary
Amos Root judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Sullivan.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Town of Lunenburg County of Worcester
Extract from the Town Records
Marriage consummated by Rev. Leubovic Adams John Prentice, Malachi & Hannah Redington March fourth One Thousand seven hundred & eighty eight
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows.
March 4 th 1700
Edmund Cushing Town Clerk
I Edmund Cushing above named depose and say that I held the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Lunenburg County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me May 3 rd 1843
Edmund Cushing Clerk of the Town of Lunenburg
Worcester ss. May 4 th 1843. Then the above named Edmund Cushing made oath that the above certificate by him sub- scribed was true
Before me Esda Whiting Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 9 th 1843
I hereby Certify, That on the fourth day of the present month Esek Whiting was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester
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.
Wm. A. Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16145 Hannah Prentiss widow of John Prentiss Dr. New Mar
Act March 3 d 48
Index: Vol. M , Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7417
New Hampshire
Rep 14 July
Hannah Prentiss widow of John Prentiss — who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 21st: February 1840 Sullivan in the State of N. H. — who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Giles — of the Regt commanded by Col Crafts in the Napsley — line for 2 years —
Enscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 80 — Dollars — Pensions per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th: — day of July 1843 and sent to J. M. Edwards Keene, N. H. —
Whole amount due . . . . . $400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Welles Stevens Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 — Page 50

This may certify that I am well acquainted with John Prentiss Esq of Langdon. Who has this day made his declara- tion in the Probate Court to obtain the benefit of the Act of June 7. 1832. - And I know him to be a man of irreproachable character & one of our most respectable cit- izens - I also well know Messrs French Esq and Mr William Wilson who have testified to their belief in his services. And know them to be men of the first respectability and character
Henry Hubbard
July 28 th
1832

3108 Declaration of Hannah Prentiss 1 year act 8. March 43 adm 884
Please return to Thos Medwards Kindly not

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Sullivan COUNTY, ss. }
On this Fifteenth day of May 18 43 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sullivan and State of New-Hampshire, Hannah Prentiss a resident of Langdon in the County of Sullivan and State of New-Hampshire, aged Seventy 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 3d of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John Prentiss who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and a Pensioner under the Act of June 7 th 1832, on the New Hampshire List at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, and several as she believes as stated in his declaration under said act & which she refers. That she believes herself entitled to five years pay under the Act of July 7 th 1838. and has this day made her declaration under said act. That her husband the aforesaid John Prentiss died on the twenty first day of February A.D. 1840. She further declares that she is still his Widow
Hannah Prentiss
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written,
Before me,
Ambrose Copest Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above declaration is personally known to me
Ambrose Copest Jus Peace

We Mearle Chase and Hannah S. Prouty of Sanbornton in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire of lawful age, dispose and say that we were acquainted with John Prouty late of said Sanbornton That he was a Revolutionary Pensioner — That he died on the twenty first day of February A.D. 1840. That he left a Widow Hannah Prouty who still survives and remains his widow, and that she is the identical person named in the foregoing declaration Mearle Chase Hannah S. Prouty
State of New Hampshire Sullivan County ss }
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this day of May 1843
Ambrose Leggit Jus Peace
I certify that the above deponents are credible persons
Ambrose Leggit Jus Peace

State of New Hampshire.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, Jerick Stevens Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Asahel Cossitt is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Sullivan duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the twentyfirst day of May 1839 and will expire on the twentyfirst day of May 1844 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said State this seventeenth day of May 1843.
Jerick Stevens Secretary of State.