Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15222, for Abijah Pratt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Pratt, Abijah Mary
N. 15222
CONTENTS
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21. 396
Massachusetts
Abijah Pratt
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a Whale in the Company commanded by Captain Knapp of the R.P. commanded by Col Read in the Mass line for 22 months
Abijah Pratt
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 13 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Sept R 33 and Sena Metcalf Everett Wrentham Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 $182.50 Semi-annual allowances ending Sept 34. 36.50 $219.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by ELW Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 66
75 Norfolk 596 comg 12 May 1819 14 July 1819

Abijah Pratt
9089
Meliah E. Pratt
Wrentham

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss.
On this Twenty fifth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Probate Court now sitting at Wrentham in and for said County, Abijah Pratt a resident of Dorchester in said County, aged seventy three 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 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Hanover now Dorchester
on the twenty eighth day of March A. D. 1759, and that there is a record of his birth in Dorchester records : that he was in the United States service from the first day of May A. D. 1775, to the first day of June A. D. 1776 8 months as a private soldier in the Massachusetts Troops Militia : that he was residing at Hanover now Dorchester
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Moses Knapp in Col Joseph Dootright
: that he marched from Hanover to Dorchester , from to from to
: that he served at Dorchester with six months of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Dorchester & that he has documentary evidence of a part only of this service
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from about the last day of April A. D. 1778, to the last day of August A. D. 1778 2 months as a private soldier in the Massachusetts Troops Militia : that he was residing at said Hanover
when he entered the service; that he was drafted and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Nathaniel Moore Col William Dootright
: that he marched from Hanover to Providence , from Providence to Field's Point from Field's Point to East Greenwich from East Greenwich to Providence  where he served : that he served at said Providence  two months with a company of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him: that he was in a battle when the British were defeated from the Island and at the end of his service received no written discharge. But he has no documentary evidence of this service
also that he was in the United States service from ALSO: that he was in the United States service from
the day of A. D. 17 , to the day of A. D. 17 : that he was
residing at in the when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from to , from to from to
: that he served at with of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him: that he was in battle
and at the end of his service received written discharge.

one year month in the whole
That he the said Abijah Pratt was upon the Pension Roll of the Massachusetts Agency under the Act of March 1818 as a private in the Army of the revolution, and that at the time of first application he was residing in said Foxborough where he now resides, and has ever since resided that he served as a volunteer in the regular troops of the United States during the whole of the year 1776, under Capt. Moses Knapp in Col. Joseph Reed's Regt. That he was chosen from said Pension roll an amount of property. That the widow of said service in the War Department said Pension certificate is herewith returned
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity 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 first aforesaid.
Abijah Pratt
We William Pierce of Foxborough
a clergyman, residing in the Town
and Melatiah Everett
residing in Wrentham
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abijah Pratt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier in the United States of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
William Pierce Melatiah Everett
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that William Pierce, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said Foxborough; and that Melatiah Everett who has also signed the same is a resident in Wrentham and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Sherman Lee and Judge of Probate
I Samuel Haxon, Reg. of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Abijah Pratt, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Haxon

3461
Massachusetts
Mary Pratt widow of Abijah Pratt Maj who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 73 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of Jan'y 1849 and sent to G. J. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 123 Vol. 2,
Report
Aug 29/49

1168 Mrs Pratt
Act 1838
admitted Pr. ram $73.-
S. Lelande Roxbury Mass

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, } County of Norfolk } ss
On this First day of September  One thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight  Henry Pratt (now in residence at Roxbury in the County of Norfolk) aforesaid personally appeared before the Hon. Judge of the Court of Probate , Mary Pratt a resident of Foxboro' in the county of Norfolk aged Sixty nine 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 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Abijah Pratt who was a* Private Soldier in the War of the Revolution , that the said Abijah Pratt served at sundry times for the term of one year and ten months and was a pensioner of the United States , under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 , and she refers to the Application and Declaration for a pension under said act for the particular and evidence of said service , as she is not aware that she has any other means, whereby she can substantiate her claim to a pension under the aforesaid Act: and further she says that the said Abijah Pratt resided at Foxboro' aforesaid when he made his application as aforesaid for a pension -
She further declares that she was married to the said Abijah Pratt on the Twenty Seventh day of November in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty-eight ; that her husband, the aforesaid Abijah Pratt died on the Sixth day of December , Eighteen hundred and thirty two that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz.: at the time above stated.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me,
Mary Pratt
J. Leland judge of Probate
* Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.

Town Clerk Office, Foxborough, County of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, August 20 th 1838.
I hereby certify that the following appears among the Records of Marriages in said Town of Foxborough returned by Rev. R. Green, November twenty- seventh, Seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, then Mr. Abijah Pratt and Miss Mary Robbins both of Foxborough aforesaid were joined together in marriage. — And 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 27 Nov. 1788.
Attest, Warren Bird, Town Clerk of Foxborough
I Warren Bird above named depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk in the town of Foxborough aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception abovenamed, as certified by me
Warren Bird, Town Clerk of Foxborough
Norfolk ss August 20. 1838
sworn & subscribed before me
John Sherman Justice of the Peace

I Warren Bird, Town Clerk of Foxborough, County & State within named, do testify and say that it appears from the Records of said town, that Abijah Pratt within named Died December Sixth, Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Two, leaving a Widow, viz. Mary Pratt with named still who is living in said Foxborough, and that the said Mary Pratt has never been married since the decease of the said Abijah Pratt.
Foxborough Aug. 20. 1838 -
Warren Bird
Town Clerk of
Foxborough
On this day personally appeared Warren Bird known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit, and acknowledged that the same was true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Given under my hand and the seal of the said Warren Bird this 20th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and of the Independence of the United States the sixteenth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk, ss.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for the County aforesaid hereby certify that Sherman Stearns a judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid that Deborah Sherman is a Justice of the Peace within the said County of Norfolk & that their respective signatures to these papers are genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this first day of September (A.D. 1838)
Jonathan H. Cobb Reg.

9069 Abijah Pratt
Private 22 Months
14 16 06 May 18 1833
Hd (no) D 11 04
Sept 1834
73 00 2 146.00 66.50 182.50
Meletiah Everett Wrentham Mass

9069
BRIEF in the case of  Elbajah Pratt  of Norfolk  in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? →  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     1 May 75 to 1 Jan'y 76 1775 8 private Gen. Capt Knapp Col Reed   about last of June 78 to about last of August 78 2 " Leaph Col Morse Col H Gade   during the whole of the year 1776 " Leaph Knapp Col Reed    main pension Roll under Act of 1818
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Houghton Mass 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Suzzy Clapp's certificate - Old Pension Certificate 2 living witnesses
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not properly authenticated, nor has the proper official Certificate to the official character of the Magistrate  I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk, 18 July 1833

Elijah Pratt Map. art of Jan - 1832 to what time paid?
Pen Offic
Oct 30. 1838
Died 11 th Dec. 1832 p to that period J/H
in our books - died 6 Dec. 1833

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15222
Mary Pratt Widow of Abijah Pratt Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2 d 1848
Index:—Vol. M , Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]

See letter Aug. 25. 1843 to S. Lelande.
Massachusetts. 917 - Mary Pratt - widow of Abijah Pratt, m d .
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 22 and who died on the 6 th Oct r 1832 of Norfolk in the State of Mass ts . who was a Pen. in the County commanded by Captain Knight of the Reg t . commanded by ———— R d in the Mass ts . line for 22 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts at the rate of 73 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1832
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Nov r . '38, and sent to S. Lelande Roxbury, Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Sept — $ 142 50 Semi-annual allowance ending 36 50
$ 179 00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burrows Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 — Page 119

22. 406
4
Massachusetts
Elijah Pratt
of Foxborough in the state of Mass t . who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed, of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 of May 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1819. and sent to Jairus Wood Esq. Judge, Wrentham, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 September 1819 $30.22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
14. 4 16 16 May 18 1835

1779.
Massachusetts
Mary Pratt widow of Abijah Pratt who was a Private in the Mass line for 22 months
Rep Sept 6
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 73 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Sept, 1843. and sent to S. Leland Norbury Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1.2, Page 50

Roxbury, Mass. May 17th 1842
Sir
Therewith I send you the Declaration of Mary Pratt widow of Abijah Pratt deceased for a pension under the Act of Congress of the third of March 1843. Please communicate with her upon the subject through me.
Very Respectfully
James L. Schweneck Esq. Com t of Pensions Washington City
Your Ob t Serv t H. Leland

Mary Pratt $73 per ann
J. Leland, Roxbury Mass.

Notbury September 2 nd 1843.
Sir
I herewith return you the declaration of Mary Pratt, widow of Abijah Pratt deceased, for a pension, and hope it will now be found correct, both in substance & form
Very respectfully
your obedt
Servt
1 I Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions I Selby Washington City

Rockbury September 3 rd 1838
Sir
I herewith send the applications of Sarah Howe, Mary Root, Elizabeth Thayer & Mary Hoagwood, for pensions. As soon as you have decided upon these cases, please inform me of the result
Very respectfully
Your obed
serv
J. L. and
J. L. Edmonds Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

1202
S Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk. On this Sixteenth day of May 1843 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mary Pratt a resident of Framborough in said County aged 74 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 third day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Abijah Pratt deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution and that for his services in said capacity he received a pension from the United States under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832. and for the dismemberment of the corps in which he served and the officers under whom he served she respectfully refers to the declaration made by him at the time the pension was granted. and that she as the widow of the said Abijah received a pension from the United States under the act of Congress of July 7 1838 for five years commencing on the 4 th day of March 1836. at the rate of seventy two dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Pratt
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written
before me J. Leland Justice of Peace
The foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. J. Leland Justice of Peace
I, Francis Leland Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, hereby certify that I personally knew Mary Pratt, the above named applicant, and that she is the same person who was personally identified before me on the 7 th day of June 1838 as the widow of Abijah Pratt deceased, as she has obtained a pension from the United States under the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838. Witness my hand September 2 nd 1843. J. Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Norfolk hereby certify that Sherman Leland is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Norfolk & that his signature on this paper is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this sixteenth day of May A D 1843.
Jonathan H. Cobb Reg. Prob.

Mary Priest
aa
1779

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 26 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joseph Kingsbury was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
W. H. Cabot
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Norfolk COUNTY, }
On this 19 th day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Mary Pratt a resident of Foxborough in the county of Norfolk aforesaid aged seventy nine 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Abijah Pratt who was a resident of Foxborough and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of seventy three dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Pratt
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of Olneybury  Joseph Ringbury Justice of the Peace. Addison P. Fowle
I Certify. That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY, }
I,
Clerk of the
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
At the Seal of said Court, this
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CLERK.

Abijah Pratt
Evidence of Sinners

Abijah Pratt.
Private
Col: Reads Regt
May 1776-1 year
Service admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk.
ss.
On this 12 day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Abijah Pratt aged sixty years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."
I Abijah Pratt of Foxborough in the County of Norfolk on Oath declare that while a Soldier in the 8 months service at Roxbury I enlisted for One Year in the Late Revolutionary War. I served in Capt. Moses Knapp's Company in Col. Joseph Reed's Reg't Mass. Line from Jan'y 1. 1776 to Jan'y 1. 1777. when I was discharged at Peek Kill, State of N. York. I received no discharge in writing. I further state that I am in reduced circumstances, of feeble and declining health.
which renders me incapable of performing much manual labour and need the assistance of the Country I have served for support.
Abijah Pratt
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Abijah Pratt did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. And I further certify from evidence rec d I am satisfied the Applicant is in reduced circumstances & as he has stated in his declaration.
Jairus Ware
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

I Ezra Carpenter of Foscobrough in the County of Norfolk do declare on Oath that I served as a Soldier in Capt Oliver Ponds Company in Col. Reads Reg t Mass: line from Jan y 1. 1796 to Jan y 1797. I well knew Abijah Pratt of the same Foscobrough who served as a Soldier in Capt Moses Knappes Company in the same Reg t . He enlisted for the term of one year. I very often saw him and am fully persuaded he served out his time faithfully.
EZRA Carpenter.
I Oliver Comee of Foscobrough in the County of Norfolk on Oath declare that I well know that Abijah Pratt of Foscobrough served as a Soldier in the late Revolutionary Army in Capt. Moses Knappes Company in Col Jos: Reads Reg t Mass: line from Jan y 1. 1796 to the following year. I served in the same year in Capt Sam Pigeons Company in the same Regiment and was intimately acquainted with the sd Pratt in the Army & believe he faithfully served & was honorably discharged.
Oliver Comee
Comm: of Massachusetts.
Norfolk ss. May 9. 1819. This day Ezra Carpenter & Oliver Comee above named made oath to the truth of the above Affidavits by them subscribed. I am personally acquainted with them. They are credible witnesses & I believe their statement correct & true.
Jairus Ware Judge etc.
May 9.

Abijah Pratt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept 3 d 1832.
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 Abijah Pratt is borne upon the Muster Roll of Capt Moses Knapp in Col Joseph Read's Regt for the period of three months & five days from the fourth day of May 1775
3 m 5 d
Edward D Bangs. Secy
I further Certify, that for the 8 months service of the year 1775, there are no rolls in this office beyond the early part of August of that year; a fact which has been repeatedly certified to the War Department
Edward D Bangs. Secy

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in
Boston at the Branch Bank of the United States
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Elijah Pratt 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 com- mence on the twelfth day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. B. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

For Experimental
RECEIVED BY CLAIM
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1883,
the sum of _____ dollars per month, to commence on the 1st day of _____, 1883, and continue for a period of _____ years, or until the death of the said _____, is hereby allowed.
Given under my hand at _____ this _____ day of _____, 1883.
12. 406

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
I, JAIRUS WARE, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of
Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that Benjamin Reynolds & Esquire, Melatiah Everett Esquires before whom the annexed depositions were taken were at the time of the taking thereof Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said of- fice, and that their  his signatures on the same are genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid at Dedham, this twenty sixth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Jairus Ware

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
I, JAIRUS WARE, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
Roland Green Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions were taken. Was at the time of the taking thereof is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid  Bristol duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature to on the same are genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth hereunto at Dedham, this twenty sixth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Jairus Ware

# Lanes A New I David Grover of Mansfield in the county of Bristol & common wealth of Massachusetts being of lawful age & of the religious denomination of Friends, do solemnly affirm that I am well acquainted with Abijah Pratt of Foxborough, in the county of Norfolk, & common- wealth aforesaid, & that he was in the eight months service in the year 1775, & that the said Abijah Pratt belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Moses Knapp, & I believe that he served the whole eight months, & that he was stationed the greatest part of the time at Newbury. — Also in the year 1776 he the said Abijah Pratt served in the company commanded by the said Moses Knapp — Also I affirm that I the said David Grover, at the expiration of the year's service in 1776 was discharged the first day of the first month in the year 1777 at Pickhill in New York & further saith not
David Grover
Bristol ss. Mansfield August 18, 1832. Then personally appeared the above named David Grover & solemnly affirmed that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true upon the pains & penalties of perjury. — before me Roland Green Justice of the Peace.
I this may certify that the subscriber is well acquainted with the said David Grover & that he is an honest man & creditable witness.
Roland Green

... at Sharon in the County of Nova George Hawes of whom there in the County of Norfolk aged seventy years do testify and say from my knowledge that Abijah Pratt was in the United States since for the third herein mentioned by him in the within statement George Hawes
Subscribed & sworn to August 11 1832
I William Dunham of Mansfield in the county of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of lawful age, do testify & say, that I was well acquainted with Abijah Pratt of Foxborough in the county of Norfolk, & that he was a soldier in Capt Moses Knapp's company in the year 1775 stationed at Roxbury. This was in the eight months campaign. The company commanded by said Capt. Moses Knapp belonged in the regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Reed, & further saith not. W m Dunham
Bristol ss. Mansfield August 17 1832. Then personally appeared the above named William Dunham & made solemn oath that the above affidavit, by him subscribed, is just & true. Before me Roland Green Justice of the Peace.
This may certify that I am acquainted with the above named William Dunham & that he is a creditable witness Roland Green.

We the Subscribers of Sharon in the County of Norfolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of lawful age do testify and say that we were well acquainted with Abijah Pratt Esq of Hanchettough in the County and Commonwealth before I said that he served as a Soldier with us under Capt Nathaniel Morse in the Massachusetts troops on Rhode Island under Gen Sullivan in his Expedition on said Island in Col Wade Regiment and after we left the Island were commanded by Capt Putnam Benj a Bullard Isaac Johnson
Norfolk ss August 7 th 1832
Then the above named Benj a Bullard and Isaac Johnson personally appeared and I solemnly read that the above instrument was true in every part thereof Benj a Raymond Just of Peace
I the Subscriber do certify that the above named Benj a Bullard and Isaac Johnson are reputed in law to be men of truth and their testimonies may be relied on Benj a Raymond Just of Peace

I David Grover of Mansfield in the county of Bristol & commonwealth of Massachusetts being of lawful age & of the religious denomination of Friends, do solemnly affirm that I am well acquainted with Abijah Pratt of Foxborough, in the county of Norfolk, & commonwealth aforesaid, & that he was in the eight months service in the year 1775, & that the said Abijah Pratt belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Moses Knapp, & I believe that he served the whole eight months, & that he was stationed the greatest part of the time at Roxbury. — Also in the year 1776 he the said Abijah Pratt served in the company commanded by the said Moses Knapp. — Also I affirm that I the said David Grover, at the expiration of the year's service in 1776 was discharged the first day of the first month in the year 1777 at Pickskill in New York & further saith not.
David Grover
Bristol ss. Mansfield August 18, 1832. Then personally appeared the above named David Grover & solemnly affirmed that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true upon the pains & penalties of perjury. — before me Noland Green Justice of the Peace.
I this may certify that the subscriber is well acquainted with the said David Grover & that he is an honest man & creditable witness.
Noland Green