Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33450, for William Pecker, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Hoass.
Tucker, William
S. 33450
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Roll
1100
William Pecker Capt Greenleaf
Private
Massachusetts line - 1777-1783 In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818 and sent to Dan d A. White, Esq. Salem, Mass. —
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
4 months 32/30. $ 40.53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
✓ Not entitled Amesbury, Esq. —
William Pecker Massachusetts line - 1777-1783 Private Capt Greenleaf

Wm Pecker Amesbury. Mass: 3 April — Correct D.H.
Judge Watt Salisbury Mass

I William Pecker of Amesbury in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Testify and Declare, That I enlisted in the Army of the late Revolutionary War, as a soldier, in February or March 1777, and served three years, under Captain Moses Greenleaf, Colonel Frances' Regiment, against the common enemy. and was regularly discharged, but have lost my discharge.
And I further swear that by reason of my reduced circumstances, I am in need of assistance of my country for support, and to assist in my old age Wm Pecker father

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss:
Daniel D. White Judge of the Court of Probate of the County of Essex aforesaid do certify that Wil- iam Pecker of Amesbury in said County personally appeared on the third day of April A.D. 1810. and made the declaration aforesaid by him signed under oath before me; that Nehemiah Emerson personally appeared on the twentyfirst day of the same April and made oath to the truth of the annexed af- fidavit by him signed. That it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Pecker served in the revolutionary war during the time mentioned in his said declaration.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the fourth day of May in the year aforesaid. D. D. White.

William Pecker. Jan 1825
1100
June 1825
Amor Vesp
not on
Sep. 1818
On this _____ day of _____ A.D. The Seal of the said Court at Salton in said County of Essex in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, William Pecker resident in Amesbury in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1100 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, William Pecker late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this 30th day * L. S. * "of June one thousand eight hundred and 1818 *****
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  Real estate, One Acre of land with a dwelling house and two out buildings - $440.   Three Acres of tillage land - - - - - 120.   Personal estate, Five tables & a light stand - - - - - 3.   Twelve chairs - - - - - 2.50   Three looking glasses - - - - - 2.50   Two desks - - - - - 2.   One case of drawers - - - - - 1.25   One pair fire dogs, one pair andirons - - - - - .75   Two pair tongs, two shovels - - - - - .50   Trammels & hooks - - - - - .30   Two iron pots, one dish kettle, one teakettle - - - - - .75   Prying pan, tin ware & gridiron - - - - - 1.50   Glass & crockery ware - - - - - 1.   Amount carried forward $576.05 

  Amount brought forward  $ 576.05    Silver plate  1.25    Knives and forks  .50    Warming pan & bellows  .75    Tubs, pails & empty casks  2.-    Cow  12.-    Two swine  3.50    One calf  2.-     $ 599.05  
W m Parker
And the said William Parker aged sixtyone years doth solemnly swear, that he did serve as a Private in the revolution-ary War, as he hath before on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen sworn (reference to the said Oath, on file in the Office of the Secretary of War). He also swears, that his occupation is that of a Potter, that by reason of bodily infirmity, he is wholly unable to labor at any business whatever, or even to feed himself, or to remove himself from one place to another: and that his wife Hannah Parker, is aged fiftyfive years, that her health is not firm; that his daughter Sally Parker, is aged twentythree years, appears to be far advanced in a Consumption, and is unable to support herself by her labor or otherwise: that his daughter Suky Parker, is aged twenty years, her health is tolerably good, but not rugged: that his son Welder Parker, is aged seventeen years, but by the providence of GOD, he is naturally non compos mentis, and not capable of providing for himself, or of assisting his father: that his daughter Charlotte Parker, is aged eight years, healthy, but too young to support herself: these persons constitute his whole family residing with him.
He also swears, that he is indebted the full and just sum of three hundred Dollars, to various persons: and that owing to the peculiar situation of his family, he is under the necessity of hiring female help to assist in the work of it.
W m Parker
Exec. ss. Subscribed and sworn to by the said William Parker this tenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty Before me Stephen Minter, Judge of said Court

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. S. Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, William Parker do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
W m Parker
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed W m Parker took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is two hundred ninety nine dollars five cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820.
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Wm Lloyd
R. Emerson's aff.
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a continuous letter.]

I Schenck Person of Haverhill in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, do hereby certify, that William Barker of Ames- bury in said County, served as a British soldier in Col. Mose Greenleaf's Company, in Col. Brig. Fitch's Regiment, on the Continental establishment from 1777 to 1779 during three years and I was a Subaltern in the same Company during the same period Schenck Person
April 25, 1810.

33 450 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33 450
William Pecker
Pr Rev 189
Act: 18 th March 189
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 319
[Arrangement of 1870.]

This may certify whom it may concern, That in our opinion Dea William Peckin of Amesbury on account of the state of his health for some years past has actually been reduced to indigent circumstances & it is with difficulty he has been enabled to support his family without the aid of charity
Amesbury April 3. 1818
Christopher Sargent Wilki Patten Joshua Sargent James Chase Josiah Sargent Jr
Massachusetts.
We the subscribers, Selectmen and Town Clerk of Amesbury in the County of Essex, hereby certify, that William Peckin of said Amesbury, and late a Soldier in the late Revolutionary War, now aged fifty nine years, and by a severe paralytic affection rendered entirely un- able to labor, is so reduced in his circumstances, as to need the assistance of his Country. —
Amesbury April 3. 1818
Samuel Hendrick } Selectmen Robert Patten
Hazekiah Gidley. — Town Clerk