Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13,814, for Job Peirce, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
R. I.
Peirce, Job
or Pierce,
or Pearce,
or Pearse,
Mary.
W 13,814.
CONTENTS

Rep. Duplicate Certificate issued 18 th Jany 1844. and sent to Hon Henry Williams. House of Reps
Massachusetts
Mary Pierce
widow of Job Pierce R J & Maf who was a private
in the Massachusetts line for 2. years.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80. Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of May 1843. and sent to Hon. H. Williams,
A. Barrett Esq House of Represent s  Lowell Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 57.

See letter Dec. 24. 1834 to Hon. T. Burges H.R. do do to May 9th 1834 —
National Bank October 16, 1800 Richard Smith, Bristol, Rhode Island
9708 Rhode-Island.
Job Pease,
of Bristol, in the state of Rh: Isl d who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel H. Jackson , of the Massach ts line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode-Island, at the rate of 8. Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. of April 1819, and sent to Daniel Bradford, judge, Bristol, Rhode-Island
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. . . 89. 03.
Semi-anl. all ce ending 4. Sept. 7 48 "
11. \frac{4}{31} mo: 1819. 8: 137. 03.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

I Job Peap, late residing in Swansey but now living in Barrington in the County of Bristol, State of Rhode Island, do declare & say, that I am now & always have been a Resident Citizen of the United States, that I served as a Private Soldier, in the land Service, during the Revolutionary War upwards of Six years, I first enlisted in Capt. Mathew Allen's Company, in Col. Thomas Church Regiment of the R. Island line, served Eight months at Providence & was then dismissed, agreeable to the terms of Enlistment I then Enlisted in Capt. James Sear's Company, in Col. Christopher Lippitt's Regiment, served about seven months and then enlisted in the 3 year Service in Capt. Jonathan Brown's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, 16 th . Regiment of the Massachu- setts Line. soon after belonged to the company of Capt. Hunt same Regiment, in 1780 January; I enlisted during the War, in same Regiment served until the War ended & was discharged June 23 rd 1783 — I was at the Battle of York Town at the Capture Lord Cornwallis and also under the Marquis La Fayette at the Battle of James Town, I further declare that I am in my 68 th year, extremely poor, having no property of any kind and in need of Assistance, I further declare that I had a discharge under the hand of Gen. George Washington, which discharge about twenty years ago was sent on to the land Office in Boston for the purpose of procuring my Bounty land & never was returned to me
Job Peap

State of Rhode Island Bristol ss at Bristol April 1 st AD 1818
Personally came Job Penn who subscribed the foregoing declaration & made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me I have also affixed the Seal of the Court
Daniel Bradford Chf Just e D. C. Bristol
Sir, part of the above Certificate of Col. Jackson's being gone with the Christian name of the Person except the last letter b, which leaves no doubt of its being the Christian Name of the Applicant

Job Pearse France
9.700
Sept. 1819.
Am

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Bristol ss.
On this 26 th day of June 1820. personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, and the Court of Com- -mon Pleas for said County of Bristol, Job Pearce, aged Sixty- -nine Years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his Oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War Six Years in the Regiment of Col. Henry Jackson in the Company of Capt. Hunt of the Massachusetts line, and that I have received a Pension Certificate N o 9708. and dated 21 st April 1819. Original Declaration dated April 1 st 1818. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." passed on the 18 th 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 any income other than what I receive from Government according to the above Pension Certificate, that I have no property whatever excepting necessary Clothing & Bedding with some old Chairs, Table &c. not worth enu- -merating. That I never learned any Mechanical trade, but have earned my livelihood by dayly labour; my family now consists of my self and Wife. - (Signed) Job Pearce
Sworn to, and declared in open Court, on the twenty sixth Day of June A.D. 1820. Before said Court. Witness. Rich d Smith Clk
Rhode Island District.
Bristol ss. Clerks Office of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol. -
I Richard Smith Clerk of said Court, do hereby Certify that the foregoing Oath is truly Copied from the Records of the said Court; And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the said Job Pearce has no property whatever to exhibit excepting as above mentioned. -
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this Twentieth Day of July A.D. 1820. Rich d Smith Clerk of said Court

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Mary Pearce widow of Job Mass.
Act 7. July 38. 5 years.
Did in 1829-
Married 1786
Allao $80 per ann
Hon N B Borden H R A B B 7 Taunton Mass.

State of Massachusetts } County of Bristol }
On this seventh day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirtyeight, personally appeared before the Oliver Prescott Judge of the Court of Probate in Her said County at a term thereof held at Westport in Her said County on the day first above written -
Mary Peirce a resident of Swansey in said County of Bristol aged seventytwo 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838, entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and for other purposes,
That she is the widow of Job Peirce who was a Soldier (or Sergeant) in the Army of the Revolution and who was a pensioner under an Act of Congress passed March 18. 1818, at the rate of ninety six dollars a year which pension was paid at the Rhode Island Agency. That according to the best of her knowledge and belief, the said Job Peirce resided in Smithfield, Rhode Island at the time of entering the service, and was enlisted as a volunteer at Swansey Massachusetts by Captain Jonathan Drown, that he served in the Massachusetts State Troops three years, during the whole or the greater

part of which he served in the capacity of Sergeant. That after the expiration of said term he enlisted as a volunteer into the United States service during the War, and served therein until honorably discharged. She further declares that she is unable to state the time when he entered the Service, or the time he received his discharge, or to state distinctly any other particulars of the Service, except that he served under Colonel Henry Jackson, Colonel De Mott and General Lafayette, that he marched through New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and was at the capture of Lord Cornwallis, he had a written discharge from the United States service, with a blue seal upon it which he left in John Peck's office in Boston about fifty years ago, and did not obtain it afterwards, that being the only document he had (to her knowledge) relating to the Service, and for further proof of the Service she refers to the Books forwarded by the State of Massachusetts in 1836 to the War Office, and to the testimony of Philip Pierce of Dighton, and Nathaniel Phillips Esq of Warren (both now deceased) and other documents accompanying the application made by the said Job Pierce under the law of 1818. The Pension Certificate of her late husband was surrendered by her upon the payment of the arrears due thereon at the time of his death.

She further declares that she was married to the said Job Pierce on the fourteenth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six; (she is positive as to the month and year, but may be mistaken as to the day of the month) that her husband the above said Job Pierce died on the sixth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, at the time above stated, / And she also further declares that she has been unable to find any record of the aforesaid marriage, and that she believes that Lucinda Barry of Warren, R.I., the State of Rhode Island is the only person now living who saw the marriage ceremony performed,
Witness Wheaton Luther
Mary her Pierce mark
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year above written
Before me Oliver Prescott.
} Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Bristol —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss. I Anselm Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in for said County do hereby certify that Oliver Prescott whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is Judge of said Court of Probate — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of August Eighteen hundred & thirty eight — A Bassett

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Job Peirce (Pierce Pearce or Pearse) a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. File 13814
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 8 mos. Pri. Matthew Allen Thomas Church R.I.   ✓ 7 mos. James Tew Christopher Lippitt   * ✓ 6 years { Jonathan Drowne Thomas Hunt Henry Jackson 16" Mass.   discharged June 23, 1783 Sergeant  
Battles engaged in, Yorktown & Saratoga Residence of soldier at enlistment, Smithfield R.I. Enl. Branford, Mass. Date of application for pension, Apr. 1, 1818. Residence at date of application, Barrington Bristol Co. R.I. Age at date of application, in his 68 th year Remarks: Sol. wid. Swaney, Mass. Oct. 14, 1786. Mary Dwing  he died Sept. 6, 1829, and she was allowed pens. on her appln. Dec. Aug. 7,  1838 while 72 yrs. of age and a res. Swaney, Mass.  They had only 1 chld. Richard Pierce, he was 51 yrs. of age in 1838.
Very respectfully,
See Mass Archives "Peirce"
Commissioner

Job Pearce, Jr. Bristol County, R.I. Various services, 3 years in col. H. Jackson's reg t . Mass s . Apt d April, 1818.
Adm d .
3y s . Jackson's reg t .
Daniel Bradford, judge Bristol, R. Isl d .

This is to Certify whereas Job Pease of the Revolutionary war, and who is now an applicant for Pension for intigent Person according to a late act of Congress. That the said Job Pease has worked for me for the sixteen years last past as a part half of his time and has no property of any description to the value of Twenty Dollars and is Very Poor and Widowed and has a wife to support. and is almost Blind
April 8 Day 1818
Mason Moroney
Bristol at Bristol April 8 th 1818
personally came Mason Barney who subscribed the foregoing Certificate & made solemn oaths to the truth of the same before me
Daniel Bradford Ch. Just.
C.C. Clerk County of Bristol

We the Subscribers of the Town of Swaney and the Town of Barrington - and Neighbors To Job Pease of the Revolutionary army and now an applicant for Pension according to a late act of Congress for indigent Persons. Do Certify that the said Job Pease is Poor and needy and in very low circumstances and almost blind and is a fit subject for said Pension Dated April 1 Day 1828
William Mason } Select John Gibbs } men of Benjamin Mason } Swaney
Richard Chase
Thomas Pugh Jonathan Munton
Ebenezer Barney Joseph Barney
Simeon Chase
Ebenezer Grant
Squire Allen
Joshua Grant
Benjamin Norton
Ezra Bullock
Benjamin Church
Josiah Barney

H Edward Esq Court of Nuns Washington

Taunton Nov. 12. 1838
Sir, The annexed documents are to be made a part of the case of Mary Neira dec d M rs of J. B. Neira, an Applicant for a pension under the Act of 1838 —
Very Respectfully Your Friend A. B. Alcott
H. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington —

J. L. Edwards Esq. Court of Pensions Washington

Fauntleroy Oct. 9. 1843
Sir,
Herewith are affidavits for the purpose of showing that the Pension certificates of Mary Neal and Mary Pierce which have issued under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1843 were destroyed by fire at Full River on the 2 d day of July last past — The said Mary Neal & Mary Pierce request you that other Pension certificates may be granted them — Any communication which you may be pleased to make relative thereto may be made to me —
Very Respectfully
Mary A. Atkinson
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions Washington

Amosn Bassett of Taunton in the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I received, from the Commissioner of Pensions, two Pension Certificates, which were granted under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1843. viz. One for Mary Neal of Somerset in said County, and the other for Mary Peirce of Swaney in the same County - That shortly after the receipt thereof, I inclosed said certificates in a letter and directed the same to Wheaton Luther Esquire - That I gave the letter to the Hon. Charles J. Holmes, Collector of the Port of Fall River in said County, to be delivered to said Author - Afterwards I was informed that the letter aforesaid was destroyed by the fire at said Fall River on the second day of July 1843 - A Bassett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. August 11. 1843. Amosn Bassett a credible witness made oath to the truth of the above statement by him signed - Before me James D. Ellis Justice of the Peace

I Charles Holmes, within named, legally qualified to give evidence, depose and say: that, previous to the second day of July last past, Anselm Babbett Esq, the within affiant, delivered to me a packet, addressed to Wheaton Luther Esq of Somerset, informing me that it contained Persian certificates, and desiring me to deliver the same to said Luther. I never delivered, nor sent the same to said Luther, nor have I it now in my possession. I have no doubt the same, with its contents, was destroyed by the fire of July second, which consumed almost all of my papers. C. H. Holmes.
Bristol G. Sept. 6. 1843 Charles Holmes, a credible witness made oath the truth of the above statement by him subscribed — Preserve me & assist & put of the Peace

I, Wheaton Luther of Somerset in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I drew the application of Mary Neale of Somerset aforesaid, and of Mary Peirce of Swansey in said County, for Pensions under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1843, and handed the same to Anselm Basset Esquire to be certified and forwarded to the Commissioner of Pensions. Afterwards I was informed by said Basset that the Pension certificates for said Mary Neale and Mary Peirce had been received by him and forwarded in a letter to me, by the Hon. Charles J. Holmes Collector of the District of Fall River in said County, and was also informed by the said Holmes on or about the 29th day of June last, that he had at Fall River a letter from said Basset addressed to me, I told him that I was apprised of its contents, and should be at Fall River soon and take it. I saw the said Holmes at Fall River on the 17th of last month (July) when he informed me that the said letter and its contents were destroyed by the fire that occurred at Fall River on the 2 nd day of July last, therefore, the said Pension Certificates have never come to my possession.
Wheaton Luther
Bristol P. August 22 d . 1843. Wheaton Luther made solemn oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the above affidavit by him subscribed, before me the undersigned; and I further certify that said Affiant is personally known to me, and that he is of good reputation for truth. C. J. Holmes. Dist. Dist.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Apr. 1855. I James Sprague, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Charles J. Holmes, Andrew B. Arnold, and William D. Southwick, Esqrs., whose signatures are affixed to the foregoing annexed Certificate, are Justices of the Court, in for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. J. Sprague

I, Mary Keale of Somerset in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty six years, do testify and say that I employed Wheaton Luther of said Somerset to draw my application for a Pension under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1843. That the Pension certificate, which I have learned was granted, never came to my possession
Witness Charles W Luther
her Mary + Keale mark
State of Massachusetts
Bristol County Ss. August 12. 1843. Personally appeared before me, the above named Mary Keale and subscribed and made oath to the foregoing Affidavit, and I further certify that the said Mary Keale is well known to me, and is the same person for whom I drew an application as she has above stated
Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace
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I Mary Pierce of Swansea in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts aged seventy six years, do testify and say that I employed Wheaton Luther of Somerset in said county, to draw my application for a Pension under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1843. That the Pension certificate, which I have learned was granted, never came to my possession.
Witness Charles W Luther
Mary his  X Pierce mark
State of Massachusetts } County of Bristol } ss. August 15, 1843. Personally appeared before me, the above named Mary Pierce and subscribed and made oath to the foregoing affidavit, and I further certify that the said Mary Pierce is well known to me, and is the same person for whom I drew an application for a Pension as she has above stated. Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace

Boston Febr 2. 1802
may Certify that the bearer Pierce was an enlisted Sol- my Regiment in the War and three years in the Revolu- Ranks of the United States
— F. D. L. N. M. late Col: in the Massachu- — setts Line
When it — } may concern }
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I, Elizabeth Franklin of Swansey in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts aged seventyseven years do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Job Pierce and Mary Diney previous to their marriage, that according to the best of my knowledge and belief the said Job and the said Mary were joined in marriage in said Swansey by Elder Charles Thompson about fifty years ago or perhaps a year or two more - I was invited to the wedding but did not go, I resided within forty rods of the house where said Mary resided and where the said marriage was said to have taken place, and have a perfect recollection of all the usual circumstances upon such occasions in relation to the said marriage -
Elizabeth her  Franklin mark
Witness William Barney
State of Massachusetts
County of Bristol ss. I October 22, 1838. Then personally appeared Elizabeth Franklin who I certify is a credible witness and made oath that the above Affidavit by her subscribed is true
Before me Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace
For further proof of the marriage see the affidavit of Lucinda Barney annexed to the declaration on file David Hensley

I David Kingsley of Swaney in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts aged fiftyfour years do testify and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the First Baptist Church in said Swaney and have the custody of the Records of said Church, That it appears by said Records therein that Elder Charles Thompson became the Minister of said Church October the seventh in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine, the same being recorded thereon in plain and legible word and figures as follows. viz -
"October 7th 1779. The Church having met together Then Charles Thompson was received by the Church as a member and an Elder,"
And that it also appears by the said Records that he continued to hold the office and perform the duties of an Elder from the time above mentioned until the second day of September in the year eighteen hundred and two.
And I further testify and say that among the Records of said Church there is no list of marriages solemnized by any of the Elders thereof, and that the Rules of said Church do not require that a record of such marriages should be kept upon said records - and that no parish or precinct records are kept relating to any of the affairs of said Church, distinct or separate from the Church Records aforesaid,
David Kingsley

State of Massachusetts Bristol County ss. October 22, 1838. Then personally appeared David Kingsley who I certify is a credible witness, and made oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace

I John Mason of Swansey in the county of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty five years do testify and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of said town of Swansey and have the custody of the books of Records of said town, that among said Records is a register of marriages that have been solemnized within said town. That I have carefully examined said Register and have not been able to find the marriage of Job Pierce and Mary Dring, entered therein. And I further testify and say that said Register appears to be very imperfect particularly from the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four to the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety one. There is no record upon any of the books in the town clerks office of marriages solemnized by Charles Thompson
John Mason Town Clerk of Swansey
State of Massachusetts
County of Bristol ss. On October 22, 1838. Then personally appeared Hon. John Mason known to me as Town Clerk of Swansey and a credible witness and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true is true. Before Me Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace

I, William Barton of Somerset in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts aged Sixty six years do testify and say that I was the Elder of the First Baptist Church in Swansea in the year eighteen hundred and nine, that no records of marriages solemnised by Charles Thompson a former minister of said Church or by any other minister of said Church were ever transmitted to me, or ever came to my knowledge, it was my opinion at the time that the Records of said Church had been kept for many years previous in a very imperfect manner. W m Barton
State of Massachusetts } County of Bristol } October 23, 1838. Then personally appeared William Barton who I certify is a credible witness and made oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before Me Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace

I, Richard Pierce of Swansea in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts aged fiftyone years do testify and say that I lived with my Father and mother, to wit, Job. Pierce and Mary Pierce of said Swansea, from the time I can first remember until I was about thirty years of age, and that I have no knowledge that any family Record was kept by my Father or mother or any member of the family, that I have never seen any Record of the marriage of my said father and mother, or of my birth or having been the only child of my said Parents Richard Pierce
State of Massachusetts County of Bristol fr.
October 19, 1838. Then personally appeared Richard Pierce who I certify is a credible witness and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before Me Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace

I, William Barney of Swaney in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts aged sixtyfive years do testify and say that I was acquainted with Job Peirce and Mary Dring, that they both resided in Swaney at the time of their marriage and had resided there for some time previous, that according to the best of my knowledge and belief the said Job Peirce and Mary Dring were joined in Marriage at said Swaney about fiftytwo years ago - I was not present at said marriage but resided within a quarter of a mile of the house in which the marriage was said to have been solemnised, and Received my knowledge of the transaction from the common notoriety of the subject at the time
And I further testify and say that I was acquainted with Elder Charles Thompson formerly Minister of the First Baptist Church in said Swaney, and to my knowledge the said Thompson frequently solemnised marriages in said town while he officiated as Pastor of said Church.
William Barney
State of Massachusetts
Bristol County ss. October 22. 1838. Then personally appeared William Barney, who I certify is a credible witness, and made oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true, Before Me Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace

commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnes H. Plummer Esq. Register of the Court of Probate in for said County, do hereby certify that Wheaton Luther whose signature is affixed to the fore- going Certificate is a Justice of the Peace in for said County - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this twelfth day of November 1838 - J. B. Bassett

I Anselm Burdett, of Taunton in the County of Bristol, aged fifty four years, do testify and say that I have diligently examined the records of Marriages, kept by James Sprout Esq. Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, Court of Common Pleas &c. in & for said County, and have not been able to find there, any record of the marriage of Job Peirce and Mary Dingle - A Burdett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. November 12. 1838 Anselm Burdett made oath to the truth of the above statement by him signed - J. S. Sprout Jus. Paris
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. I Anselm Burdett Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County, do hereby certify that James Sprout whose signature is affixed to the above certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twelfth day of November 1838 A Burdett

I Luinda Barney of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, aged Sixty Seven years, do testify & say that I am acquainted with Mary Pierce the widow of Job Pierce, who now resides in Swansea Massachusetts, that I was also acquainted with her late husband, that I saw said Job Pierce and Mary joined in Marriage at said Swansea by Rev. Charles Thompson Minister of the Baptist Church. — I further testify that I was married fifty two years ago next October, and that the marriage of the said Job and Mary were married within three months of that time, — my impression is that said marriage of Job and Mary was before my marriage but I cannot be positive whether it was before or after but am certain it was within three months of the time of my marriage. I further testify that said Job Pierce was reported to be a Soldier of the Revolutionary War,
Luinda Barney
State of Rhode Island de. Bristol ss. in Warren July 20th. 1838. Then the above named Luinda Barney, personally appearing before me the Subscriber, and being sworn ac- cording to law, made oath to the truth of the above written Deposition to which she sub- scribed her name in my presence.
And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Luinda Barney, and that she is a credible person and her statements entitled to credit.
Samuel Randall Justice of the Peace
State of Rhode Island ss.
County of Bristol
ss. Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial
Court for the County of Bristol in said
State, I hereby certify that Samuel Randall whose signature is affixed, in his own proper hand writing, to the taking

of the foregoing Deposition is a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned under the seal of said State, and engaged therein according to Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of our said Court, this twenty first day of July eighteen hundred and thirty nine eight.
Wm. Shropshire
Grand Jurors

Town Clerk's Office Swansea July 23. 1838
I John Mason Town Clerk of the town of Swansea in the county of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. do certify and say that after examination I cannot find the marriage of Job Pinn and Mary Dning was ever recorded in the records of said town. I also certify that I believe that many marriages have taken place in this town many years since which never have been recorded
John Mason Town Clerk of Swansea
State of Massachusetts County of Bristol ss
July 23. 1838. Then personally appeared before me the Subscriber the above named John Mason known to me as Town Clerk of the Town of Swansea and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is correct
Wheaton Luther Justice of Peace

I John Earle of Swaney in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, a Justice of the Peace, aged fortyeight — Years, do testify and say, that I am acquainted with Mary Pearse, now a resident of said Swaney, widow of Job Pearse late a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818 — That I have been acquainted with the said Mary for thirty Years past, and that I was also acquainted with the said Job Pearse until the time of his death which occurred about several Years since, that I have lived several Years about one mile distant from them, and always believed them to have been lawfully married, and that their son Richard Pearse who is (as I believe) now more than fifty Years of age was born after their marriage —
And I do further testify and say, that the said Mary is frequently called "Polly Pearse" and that I made application for her by that name and obtained a gratuity of Fifty Dollars granted by the State of Massachusetts to the said Mary otherwise called Polly Pearse on account of the performance of three Years service by her said husband in the Army of the Revolution — And I also further testify that the said Mary Pearse has not intermarried but still remains the widow of the said Job Pearse — John Earle

State of Massachusetts } County of Bristol ss. }
July 23. 1838, Then personally appeared before me, the aforementioned John Earle and made oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace
And I further certify that the said John Earle is a credible Witness
Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace

I Richard Pierce of Swansey in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts aged fiftyone years do testify and say that my father Job Pierce died on the sixth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and twentyone, and that my mother Mary Pierce has not intermarried since his death but still remains his widow, that I resided in the family of my said father and mother from the time of my earliest recollections until I was about thirty years of age - And I further testify and say that the said Job Pierce was a pensioner under an Act of Congress passed about twenty years ago at the rate of ninety six dollars a year - that he worked in Bristol in the State of Rhode Island at the time of applying for his pension and the pension was paid at the Rhode Island Agency - And that I have frequently heard my father say that he served in the Army of the Revolution under Capt Thomas Hunt, Col. Henry Jackson and Col. De Mott.
Richard Pierce.

State of Massachusetts } County of Bristol } ss.
August 21. 1838. Then personally appeared Richard Pearce who I certify is a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Wheaton Leith Jus. of the Peace.

I Wheaton Luther of Somerset in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts aged Seventyfour years do testify and say that I have made diligent search for a Record of the Marriage of Job Peirce and Mary Dins and have not been able to find such Record, but have been credibly informed that Charles Thompson formerly minister of the "Upper Baptist Church" in Swaney died many years since, and that after his death when his family were about to remove from the parsonage house many papers left by the said Charles Thompson were burnt and destroyed. And I do further testify and say that I have been acquainted with Mary Peirce of Swaney for thirty five years past, and was also acquainted with her late husband, Job Peirce who, died about nine years ago, that I resided for about nine years within a half mile of them and have no reason to doubt that they were lawfully married long before the first day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and ninetyfour, That I was credibly informed previous to the death to the death of the said Job Peirce that he was a pensioner under the Pension Act of 1818 and was paid at the

Rhode Island Agency, And I further testify that the said Mary has not intermarried but remains the widow of the said Job Pierce Wheaton Luther
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. Aug. 21. 1838 Wheaton Further a credible witness made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed Before me A B Barrett Just. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss. I Amos Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County do hereby testify That Amos Barrett whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace in for said County - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of August Eighteen hundred thirty Eight - A B Barrett

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol County ss. I Amos Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in for said County do hereby certify that Wheaton Sather whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates is a Justice of the Peace in for said County of Bristol - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty eight - A Bassett

1546
Massachusetts
Mary Pierce widow of Job Pierce
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 18. 1818 and who died on the 6. September 1829 of Bristol Co. in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Jackson in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Jany. 1839 and sent to Hon. N.B. Borden, A. R.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 38  200.00    Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. 39  40.00     $240.00  
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 1
Clerk,
Page 119

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J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City Dist. Columbia

Declaration of Mary Peirce, Swansey, Mass.
State of Massachusetts
County of Bristol
On this sixth day of April 1843, personally appeared before me the Subscriber, a justice of the Peace within and for the county of Bristol aforesaid, Mary Peirce a resident of Swansey in said county of Bristol, aged seventy six 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd of March 1843, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Job Peirce who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, and according to the best of her belief and knowledge served in the Continental Army and was in the service during nearly the whole of the war, a part of the time in the Massachusetts Line, she cannot remember many particulars, she thinks he served in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and further South, and was at the capture of Cornwallis' Army. He received the annual amount of Ninety six Dollars

paid at the Agency in Providence under the Pension act of 1818, and she received the Annual amount of Eighty Dollars paid at the Agency in Boston under the Act granting Five years Pension to certain widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. She further declares that she is still a widow
Witness Thomas E. Manning      Mary X Peirce mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, and I certify that the above named Mary Peirce is personally known to me, and was a pensioner as she has above stated.
Wheaton Luther Justice of the Peace
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Forward to W. Luther, Somerset Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss. I Andrew Basset Register of the Court of Probate in for said County do hereby certify that Wheaton Butcher whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate, was at the date thereof, still is a Justice of the Peace in for said County -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of April 1843 - A Basset

I Phillip Pears of Dighton in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, do testify and say on Solemn Oath that Job Pears the aforesaid Appearer; served in the 16 th Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Col. Henry Jackson for three years as a Private Soldier being the time he enlisted for; having myself enlisted in the same Regiment February 25 th 1777 for the same term of time; the said Job Pears enlisted a short time before me — I also know that said Job Pears enlisted after his three years of service expired in the same Regiment for or during the War — but do not know when or when's Job was discharged only by Reputation which I have always understood was at the conclusion of the War — Philip Pears
Warren, R. I. Sept. 4 th 1818. —
I Nathaniel Phillips, of Warren, in the county of Bristol and state of Rhode Island, &c. — Do testify and say on Solemn Oath That Job Pears was an enlisted Soldier for the War, in Thomas Hunts company, sixteenth Massachusetts Regiment, which was afterward arranged as the fourth, Henry Jackson, Col. commandant, from which he was discharged at the close of the War I served, to the best of my recollection three years or thereabouts. —
Nathaniel Phillips, D.M. Serj. to said Regt.
Bristol J. Personally came Phillip Pears and Nathaniel Phillips who subscribed the foregoing depositions and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me — the said Phillip Pears and

Nathaniel Phillips are well known to me as Persons of respectability and their full credit ought to be given to their Testimony, Mr. Phillips is an United States Officer the Surveyor of the Port of Warren and Mr. Pease an Elder of a Baptist Church
Daniel Bradford Chieff. Just. C. Pleas County Bristol
Bristol ss. State of Rhode Island &c
I Richard Smith, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Bristol, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Daniel Bradford Esq. by whom the Oaths were Administered is Chief Justice of said Court - And the Signature purporting to be his, is his own proper hand writing. —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court This Thirtieth Day of November, in the Year 1818.
Rich d . Smith Clk

1912 Apl. 13. History to Mrs. Samuel J. Curran. F.
Ray
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13814
Mary Pierce Widow of Job Pierce Prio. Meas. Linn
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. M , Page 131
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dept. of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Mrs. Samuel J. Curran Haddonfield N. J.
Apr. 10, 1912
If the name of Job Pierce of Rehoboth (I think) Mass. A soldier of the Rev. War. Who served as a private in Capt. Hunt's Co. Col. Henry Jackson's Regt. appear on the Pension Records, will you please give me his Military History, also any family records there may be on file.
Truly Mrs. Samuel J. Curran, Haddonfield, New Jersey.