Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15199, for Daniel Prentice, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Mass.
Prentice, Daniel
S. 15199
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21. 780 Massachusetts
Daniel Guntico
of Middlesex in the State of Mass o who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Shepherd of the Reg t commanded by Col. Guntico in the Mass o line for 9 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct r 1833 and sent Sam l . Hanna Guntico Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $75.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 34 — 15.00 90.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded By H. H. Madison Clerk Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 66
76 Middlesex

Declaration of
Daniel Frenette
26/40
Paul 9 Months left Stephen's country last Spokane's Reg No.
Sam (Sana) Groton, N.S.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex
 55. 
On this seventeenth day of August A D 18 32  Richard personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas  probate , now sitting at Leicester within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid
aforsaid . . . . . Daniel Rantice of Townsend in said County, aged seventy four years Who being 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
  1 In the year AD 1776 Our Timothy Sherman was drafted to go on a tour of 3 months to New Jersey and he procured knows his Substitute, he entered the Company of Capt. Kimball, L t Reuben L t Bournman in Col o  Hearts  Stark Stark's Reg t of Mass. Militia in Worcester Co. Me. He marched from Grafton to New Jersey, there served his 3 mo. and was dismissed. —  2 o In July  January AD 1777, Before the Capture of Burgoyne Army Recruits were called for from Grafton, he then was in Capt. Company who drafted him for three months to go to the Northern frontier, but news of that Capture having arrived - The Company were ordered to Winter Hill in Mass a to guard that Army, He was in Capt. Seargent's Company in Col o Gerrish's Regiment, where he served out his tour of three months. — Genl. Heath was the Commanding Genl.  3 o In AD 1779 He was again drafted to go on a tour of three months to Rhode Island 10, or 12 men being called for from Grafton Capt. commanded commanded the Compy, he proceeded to Rhode Island, & was ordered into Capt. McNair's Company (of Brookfield) in Col o Cornwall's Reg t and was stationed at Tiverton to guard the shores and there finished his Campaign of three months and was dismissed. — after diligent search and inquiry, he has not been able to obtain any proof of where the persons who served with him, having all died or removed to parts unknown to him  

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. P. May Wm. B. D. David Prentice
Middlesex David Palmer
--- Townsend --- in the county of Middlesex and Solomon Jewett jun 2 of the same Townsend hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Prentice who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid , 74
Before me Sam d Dana jus Peace
David Palmer Solomon Jewett
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that the Rev d David Palmer who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Townsend in said County and that Solomon Jewett jun 2 is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Daniel Wm. Prentice of Providence in and for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Prentice for a pension.
J. P. May Clerk of the Court of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Isaac Isbell
And I further certify that Harry Wood Esqr. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Gloucester and that his signature to the caption on the Deposition of Aaron Kimball , appears to be his proper signature.
Isaac Isbell
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832. On the application of Daniel Prentice claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit :
1. Where, and in what year were you born ?
Answer, I was borne in Grafton Co of Worcester M t on the 26 Jan y A.D. 1758.
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a family record in my Bible which I had kept from Grafton Town records —
3. Where were you lying, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ? Answer, I was living at Grafton aforesaid, when I contined to live untill 1801 in Jan y I removed to Townsend where I now live
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ? Answer, In 1776 I was hired for Timothy Sherman who was drafted and I was his substitute for 3 mo. In 1777 I was drafted to go to the Northern frontier 3 mo. In 1779 I was again drafted to go to Rhode Island 3 months —
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I saw Genl. Warner at Trenton in New Jersey, when I went after Brandywine, I often saw Genl. Heath — and I remember Capt. Prouty, my Reg t !
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Paul Gresham Esq r Rev d Sam l M c Rogers, D r Lovejoy Samuel Brooks Esq r Mr. Thaddeus Spaulding, Capt. Eliab Gowing Aaron Keyes Esq r and Mr. Solomon Jewett. —
7. Did you ever have any discharge given to you?
Ans r  I never had
Daniel Prentice Sworn to J. P. May

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
Out S-16-199 Mar. 4
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Prentice 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 3 mos. Pvt. Kimball Sparhawk Mass.   July 1, 1777 3 " Nathan Sergeant Berrish   1779 3 " Joseph McNeil Barnwell        
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Grafton, Worcester Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 17, 1832. His d. was al.
Residence at date of application, Townsend, Middlesex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, in Grafton Worcester Co. Mass. Jan 26, 1758.
Remarks: No data as to family on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1917 Apr. 2. Hist. to Grandine P. Holden. aut.
✓ 15.199 INVALID.
File No. 15.199 Daniel G James Prentice # Prior Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev. 1-6B26.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
My dear Sir: -
I am writing you in regard to the record of my g. g. g. grandfather Daniel Prentiss of Prentice in the War of the American Revolution.
He was born in Grafton, Massachusetts January 26, 1758, son of Stephen & Esther and died in 1840. According to the Prentiss genealogy he was a United States pensioner of Vermont. I'm looking him

up in the Soldiers and Sailors of the American Revolution, I find three men three soldiers of that name, and unless I can find out which regiment he served in, I can not determine which one was my ancestor.
I was told at the State House in Boston, that I could obtain this information at the Pension Office, as his war record would be there, if he was a pensioner.
Thanking you for the courtesy of an early

reply, in order that I may make out my papers for the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. I am
Yours truly,
(Miss) Caroline Prentiss Holden, Concord, Massachusetts
March 17. 1917.

Daniel Prentice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 14. 1833.
I hereby Certify , That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Daniel Prentice is borne on a roll of Capt. Nathan Sergeants Company, Col. Gerrish's Regiment of guards stationed at Winter Hill from July 1 st to July 17. 1778 — time of service made up for 15 days — also on a roll of Capt. Joseph M c Call's Company, in the Regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Samuel Pierce, for service at Rhode island in 1779 — where he is stated to have served one month, 24 days, from May 12. 1779 to July 1. 1779.
15 May 1. 24
There are no rolls of any Company commanded by Capt. M c Haws. There are two Rolls of Capt. Caleb Kimball — one for service from Nov. 12. 1777 to Feb y 3. 1778 — and one for service from Feb. 3. 1778 to April 3. 1778 — but the name of Daniel Prentice is not on them.
Edward D. Bangs