Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22006, for Samuel Pritchard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Navy (Mass.)
Pritchard, Samuel Martha
W 22006
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Massachusetts
Martha Pritchard of Boston in the State of Mass who was a  in the  commanded by Captain M c of the  commanded by  in the for widow of Samuel Pritchard old late a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 320 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Nov. 1836 and sent Obenezer Smith Jr. Boston Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $1760.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 37 160.00 $1920.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 64

1 Martha Pritchard, Declaration
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3. Sec. Adm l Sec y of Marine, $320 pr. ann., annu y 14 March. 1837
Exec d Smith B.M.

State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk, ss.
On this seventh day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally appeared before the Honorable Peter O. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston,
Martha Prilehard a resident of Boston in said County of Suffolk, aged ninety one 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 4. 1836; That she is the widow of Lieutenant Samuel Prilehard who was a Lieutenant of the marines and served his country in the war of the Revolution. That the said Prilehard entered the service soon after the commencement of the war, and served on board several different armed vessels the names of which

she does not now recollect, except the Dean and the Alliance. She is not able to state the exact time when the said Pritchard en- tered into the service, how long he served on board each frigate, or the names of the officers under whom he served; but she does recollect that he was in the service most of the time from the commencement of hostilities till the time of his death. He was kil- led on board the frigate Alliance in an engage- ment, but at what time she is not able to state. She further declares that she was married to the said Pritchard but cannot state the day or the year of her marriage. She has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Pritchard, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. The Power of Attorney hereto annexed, was given to her at the time it was executed and has since been in her possession.
Witness to the signature of Martha Pritchard Peter O. Thacher.
Subscribed and sworn to, on the day and year first above written before me Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Martha Pritchard

I certify that the foregoing applicant, owing to her great age and infirmities, was unable to appear before the Municipal Court, and further that she is a person of great respectability, is worthy to be believed on her oath, and that her foregoing statement is entitled to credit.
Boston, November 9 th 1836.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of The Municipal Court of the City of Boston
I Wendell Phillips clerk of the Municipal Court of the city of Boston, the same being a court of Record do certify that the Honorable Peter O. Thacher is Judge of the said Court and that his signature affixed three times to this paper and once to the paper annexed is known to me as his genuine signature. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of November in the year eighteen hundred thirty six
Wendell Phillips Clerk of the Municipal Court

4 Martha Haskell deposition

I Martha Haskell of Deer Isle in the State of Maine aged sixty three years testify and say that I am the daughter of Martha Pritchard of Boston and of Samuel Pritchard who was killed on board the frigate Alliance. I was eight years old when he died. When the Alliance arrived at Boston, I well remember that one Mrs. Baps called upon my mother and abruptly gave her the first information of my father's death. I was present at the time and remember my mother's distress. I afterwards saw my father's trunk of clothing which was brought home, and understood that he was shot in the thigh which so shattered his leg that it was amputated and he died soon after. When I was a little girl my mother told me that my father was taken prisoner by the enemy and put into an English Jail - that he and some

others broke sail and escaped to France, and was there protected until his return to America. I was frequently told that my father was in the frigate Dean and have always understood that he entered the service soon after the commencement of the war and continued in the service to the time of his death, and that he held the rank of Lieutenant, except once when I have been told he acted as captain in consequence of the death of his superior officer. — To the best of my knowledge and belief my mother is now from 91 to 93 years old. Her memory fails her so that she can now remember very little concerning my father. She has always gone by the name of Pritchard and has never to my knowledge been married.
Martha Heskell

Suffolk ss. Oct. 27. 1836. Then Martha Haskell personally appearing made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed before me
John Mills
Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the said Martha Haskell is a credible witness - John Mills Just of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss.
I, Charles A. Barker, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, the same being a Court of Record in the County of Suffolk, do hereby certify, that John Mills, Esq. before whom the above deposition was sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Suffolk, duly commissioned & qualified, and that his signature above written is his true & proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Boston this ninth day of November, A. D. 1836.
Chas. A. Barker Clerk

Rev. War Section.
November 12, 1920.
Miss Mary F. Lewis, East Walpole, Massachusetts.
Madam:
In response to your letter received the 11 th ultimo, you are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. File No. 22,008 that Samuel Pritchard entered the Navy soon after the commencement of the Revolution and served on board of several armed vessels the names of which are not recollected excepting the Deane on which he was a Lieutenant of Marines under Samuel Nicholson, and the Alliance under Captain Barry.
In an engagement while on the last named vessel on May 28, 1781 soldier was killed.
He married March 3, 1768, at Boston Massachusetts, Martha Blowers. She was allowed pension on her application executed November 7, 1836, while a resident of Boston, Mass. aged ninety-one years. In 1836 their daughter Mrs. Martha Haskell was a resident of Deer Isle, Maine, aged sixty-three years.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

tory to field Mass. L.W.B.
Marine WIDOW, &c.
Jan. 16. 1897. His Mr. George H. Mans Canton. 1920 Apr. 12 Hist. Soc. Mary F. Lewis.
File No. 22006
Martha Pritchard widow of Samuel Pritchard Lieut Rev War
Act June 19 th 32
Index : Vol 16 , Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Postage stamp recd. 1 1/4
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Have you a record of Martha Blowers Prichard pensioner of the Rev. War. Will you send me a record of husbands name and service and from what State did he serve
I have a record of Lent, Sam'l Prichard age 36, who was killed in action on board of the Alliance May 21, 1781
Is he the husband

Please address
Miss Mary F Lewis
East Walpole
Massachusetts

RECEIVED JAN 10 1897 U.S. DEPT. OF THE NAVY

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Ex.
Canton Mass. to Jan 1 - 1897
Pension Department
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen
Samuel Prichard was in the Naval Service during the Revolution and lost his life. As your department paid his widow - Martha - a pension many years I trust you can give me information I am unable to obtain from the Boston records which I am sorry to say are far from complete
Samuel Prichard { Place of birth Date of birth Date of death Rank
Martha Prichard, Date of death
Your answer would receive the sincere thanks of Geo H Mansfield

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Certificate of Marriage

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I the subscriber do hereby certify, that it appears by the Registry of marriages in the town (now city) of Boston, that Samuel Prichard and Martha Blowers were duly married by the Rev. Samuel Mather, all of said Boston, on the third day of March A. 1768. Samuel F. McCleary, City Clerk.
Suffolk Gs. Boston Nov. 8. 1826
Personally appeared Samuel F. McCleary Esquire, who is well known to me as the Clerk of the City of Boston, & made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is a true extract from the Records of the said City. Before me
Bradford Sumner { Justice of the Peace

Suffolk ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Charles A. Parker, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, the same being a Court of Record in the County of Suffolk, do hereby certify that the within named Bradford Sumner is a Justice of the Peace, in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, and that his signature within written is his true & proper Signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Boston this Ninth day of November A. D. 1836.
Chas. A. Parker. Clerk.

2 Certificate of the Register of the Treasury

Treasury of the United States - N o 2261, Register Office 1 st May 1793 -
By virtue of a Warrant from the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States, unto me Directed, I do hereby certify to all to whom it may concern, that there is due from the United States to Martha Pritchard Adm ress to the Estate of Samuel Pritchard dec d late Lieu t of Marines in board the Frigate Deane - the sum of Three hundred & Sixty seven Dollars & fifty one Cents, bearing Interest at six per cent per annum, from the Thirtieth Day of May 1781, which debt is duly recorded in the Books of the Treasury, & Transferable there only by a personal appearance, or by legal Att y . according to the rules & forms in that behalf made - Dollars
367  51 Cents
Joseph Nourse Reg r -

Now all Men by these Presents,
That I Samuel Brichard of the City of Boston now seer d / of Mariner on Board the Sloop Freight Sam l Nicholson Esq r / have constituted, ordained and made, and in my Stead and Place put, and by / these Presents do constitute, ordain and make, and in my Stead and Place put / my Lawfull and Loving Wife Martha Brichard of the / City of Boston New England aforesaid
to be my true, sufficient and lawful Attorney, / for me and in my Name and Stead, and to my Use to ask, demand, levy, / require, recover and receive of and from all and every Person or Persons whom- / soever the same shall or may concern, all and singular Sum and Sums of Money, / Debts, Goods, Wares, Merchandize, Effects and Things whatsoever, and where- / soever they shall and may be found due, owing, payable, belonging and coming / unto me the said Constituent, by any Ways and Means whatsoever, / But more Especially Respecting what pay or prize / money that may be due me on Board the Sloop / Freight Effa or Elsewhere that I may be removed
Giving and hereby granting unto her said Attorney my full and / whole Strength, Power and Authority in and about the Premises; and to / take and use all due Means, Course and Process in the Law for the obtaining / and recovering the same, and of Recoveries and Receipts thereof: In my / Name to make, seal and execute due Acquittance and Discharge; and for the / Premises to appear, and the Person of me Constituent to represent before any / Governor, Judges, Justices, Officers and Ministers of the Law whatsoever, in any / Court or Courts of Judicature, and there on my Behalf, to answer, defend, / and reply unto all Actions, Causes, Matters and Things whatsoever, relating to / the Premises. Also to submit any Matter in Dispute to Arbitration or otherwise. / With full Power to make and SUBSTITUTE one or more Attorneys under / her my - said Attorney, and the same again at Pleasure to revoke. / And generally to say, do, act, transact, determine, accomplish and finish all / Matters and Things whatsoever, relating to the Premises, as fully, amply and / effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as the said Constituent, if present, / ought or might personally, although the Matter should require more special / Authority than is herein comprised. The said Constituent RATIFYING, / allowing and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever the my said Attorney / or her Substitutes shall lawfully do, or cause to be done in and about the / Premises, by Virtue of these Presents. In Witness whereof I have hereunto / set my Hand and Seal the Second - Day of January in the / Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine
Signed, Sealed and Delivered / in Presence of
Richardson Turner / Rob t M c Avoy - Master
Samuel Brichard
Paper mentioned in / Mr. Brichard's deposition / John Noble Clerk of the Court / 1836 Nov 28th This paper was mentioned at the time Martha Brichard & her application / was verified by her husband Peter O. Brichard Judge of the Court

3.
Extract from the Continental Journal —

Boston June 14. 1781
Wednesday 7 night arrived here the Continental frigate Alliance capt Barry from L'Orient in France. She left that port on the 29 th of March in company with the Marquis de la Fayette , a ship of about 600 tons burden mounting 26. 18 and 14-6 pounders and had 250 men with clothing on account of the continent, with whom they parted company in a violent gale on the 25 th of April and she has not since been heard of. — The day after the Alliance sailed a conspiracy was discovered, which was that the crew were to rise and take the command and carry her into the first port of his tyrannic majesty's dominion: capt Barry secured 3 of the ringleaders, and after severely whipping them put them in irons hands and feet, and ordered them to be kept on bread and water. On the 2 nd of April they fell in with two privateers viz. the Mars fitted out at Guernsey mounting 20 12 pounders & 6, and 12 or 14 Caronades with 112 men, the other the Minerva of 10 guns and 55 men from the same port, both of which they captured and manned, and ordered for Philadelphia: the former was manned by the Alliance (and has since arrived in this port as has been already mentioned) and the latter by the Marquis de la Fayette and is supposed went for France as they were separated in the above gale. On the 2 nd of May the Alliance fell in with a Brig and a snow; part of the Bristol fleet bound from Jamaica for London the former laden with
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with 230 hogsheads of sugar and the latter with 300 both which she captured and ordered for Port. Soon after they descried a fleet of 95 sail convoyed by 10 sail of the line of which fleet the above two were a part; But the Alliance did not think it prudent to meddle with them. On the 7 th of May, in a Thunder Storm the Alliance had her main top mast split in two by the lightning from the cap to the heel of the mast and a number of men knocked down and some burnt. On the 21 st ult. the Alliance fell in with two sloops of war, belonging to George the Tyrant viz. the Atlanta, commanded by a Mr. Edwards nephew to Rear Ad- miral Edwards, and the Trepassee com- manded by Capt. Smith who was kil- led in the engagement; they bore down on the Alliance and after a smart engagement of near three hours they both struck — In the action the Alliance had five killed and 24 wounded four of which have since died. Capt. Barry is amongst the wounded having received a ball through the shoulder but in a fair way of recovery. Ac- cording to the account of the Capt. of Atlanta he had 5 men killed and 15 wounded, among the latter is his first lieutenant, who had his right arm shot off. On board

the Trepasa there were 6 killed and 12 or 15 wounded, a number of which died afterwards. Capt. Barry having a great number of prisoners on board thought it prudent to send the Trepasa as a cartel to Newfoundland, which he did with about 220 prisoners, first throwing her guns overboard, and taking away her military stores reserving the Capt. of the Atalanta and first lieutenant of the Trepasa as hostages for the return of the Trepasa. Of the killed on board the Alliance were Lieutenant Samuel Pritchard of the marines. M c John Pounding and M c David Brewer, son of Col. David Brewer all of this town. On board the Alliance came passengers M c Samuel Bradford son of Capt. John Bradford of this town: Capt. Samuel Gerrish of Portsmouth, and a M c Kent, who came to serve as a volunteer in the American army.
Saturday last the Alliance's Prize Brig arrive here safe."
The foregoing is a true and correct transcript  abstract from the 277 No. of The Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser, Printed at Boston: dated Thursday June 14. 1781. The volume containing the number is now preserved in the Boston Athenaeum.
Attest John Mills Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss.
I Charles A. Parker, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, the same being a Court of Record in the County of Suffolk, do hereby certify that the Venerable John Mills, before whom who signed the within attestation, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified & that his signature within written is his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Boston this ninth day of November A. D. 1836.
Chas. A. Parker, Clerk.
3. Extract from the Continental Journal -