Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5696, for Uriah Rice, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Rice Uriah Molly
NUMBER
W. 5696
CONTENTS

1890 Sept 21, CC Entry history (me) Prior
867 Massachusetts
Molly Rice widow of Uriah Rice Maf who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 87 1/2
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
22 d of Sept r 1850 Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Nov r 1857 and sent to
Elijah Clark Esq Brighton Massa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 45, Vol. A
Entered at Framingham Sept 22 1850

10460 Uriah Rice
Ph at 7 M o & 2 days
5.16 ob
March 29/1839
S315
Isaac Fisher Esq. East Cambridge Mass

10460
BRIEF in the case of  Uriah Rice  County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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.     Decem In 1775- 42 Private Gen. Capt Edg. Col. Gleason   Octobr 1776 " a little more than " Capt Frenliff.   Decem 1778 enlist 2 months " " Capt Brad. Col. Thacher   1780 " between 20 & 30 days, " Capt Drury St Bent.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Framingham Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached to the seal as required. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J Waugh Examining Clerk. Feb 27 th 1833

10.946 Massachusetts
Anaconda
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Estell of the Regt commanded by Col. Deason in the Mass line for 7 mos & 20 days
Met
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 23 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May 1833 and sent to Isaac Fiske Esq Cambridge Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $47.18 Semestral allowance ending 1 st Sept. 11.77
$55.85
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Ac. June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. Addison Clerk Book 8 Vol. 2a Page 71
77 Ms. D. 1. 1. 1

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this Twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, William Thibe a resident of Avermsham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy five years, 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 7, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
I enlisted & served as a soldier in the Militia of Massachusetts under Simon Colgell Captain, Joseph Coomer Lieutenant & Col. John Glendora was then ensign in December 1775 — was marched to Roxbury and served there six weeks we were employed principally in keeping guard —
In September or October 1776 I enlisted as a soldier under Captain Prentiss of Boston we marched to Boston and thence to Noddles island — staying first a short time at Charlestown — I was employed on said Island in working on the fort and on the well — I staid & served a little more than two months on this tour — There is no person living who was present in me in that service to my knowledge except Phinehas Thibe & Jonathan Thibe.
In the latter part of December 1776 I enlisted in the said militia service and went to New Jersey — first marching to Providence on the 14th of said December — staid there one week and then marched to Danbury in Connecticut — then to Fort Independence — then to White Plains — thence to Elizabeth town in New Jersey — I served out my term of service which was three months. Hezekiah Broad was my Captain, Mr. Melick was Lieut. — Aaron Perry was my ensign. Nathan of Cambridge was my Colonel. Siprian How was Lt. Col. — Bryant was my major — I was absent from him on this expedition three months and a half or about that time.
In 1780 I was called to Rhode Island on an alarm under militia officers of Massachusetts — Nathan Drey was Captain, John Hunt was Lieut. Abiel Stone was my ensign — we had no battle. I served on this expedition between twenty & thirty days —

Framingham, Middlesex County Mass. Aug. 28. 1832 Nicholas Rice The Son of Peter Rice & of Ruth his wife was born upon the 7 th day of July A.D. 1757
A true Copy from the Town Records
Attest
Ebenezer Temple
{ Town Clerk of Framingham

Dear Miss Gladys Mr. M. Miller
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter.]

I Plincha Rice of Framingham in the County of Middlesex to wit I say that Captain Rice of Framingham according to my best knowledge and belief was a soldier in the Massachusetts militia in the fall of 1776 on Noddles Island near Boston I cannot say how long he staid there
Plincha Rice
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. August 27. 1832
Then the above named Plincha Rice personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me
W. B. Brinsfield J. H. Appan
I certify that I am personally ac- quainted with the said Plincha Rice who signed the above written affidavit and that he is a credible witness
Framingham August 27. 1832
W. B. Brinsfield J. H. Appan
acquainted with Jonathan Rice who sub- scribed the above affidavit & that he is a credible witness
Framingham August 27. 1832
W. B. Brinsfield J. H. Appan

Jonathan Price of Natick in the County of Middlesex & Cambridge of Massachusetts testify I say that Capt. William Price of Framingham served as a soldier in the Massachusetts militia in December 1775 & staid in said ser- vice at that time six weeks in Roxbury
He was also a fellow soldier with me in the Campaign in New Jersey which commenced by his enlisting in December 1776 — Then we both enlisted for three months & staid our term out, we were absent from home on said expedi- tion three months & a half —
In 1780 said William Price was called out to Rhode Island on an alarm as a soldier — on this occasion he served some thing more than twenty days — I was with him in that service
sworn to
Jonathan Price
Cambridge of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. August 27. 1832
Then the above named Jonathan Price personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affida- vit by him subscribed before me
Wm. Buckingham Deputy of Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Jonathan Price who sub- scribed the above affidavit & that he is a credible witness Wm. Buckingham Deputy of Peace
Framingham August 27. 1832

10.460 Declaration of Wright Price

I was born in said Framingham on the 7th of July 1757 - The record of my age is in the Town Clerk's office in said Framingham a copy of which is hereto annexed. I have always lived in said Town of Framingham both before and since the revolution.
I entered the service as a volunteer by enlistment except in 1780 when our Regiment was detached to R.I. Island - General Washington had the chief command when I was at Roxbury - he was at Cambridge, Gen. Heath was the general officer - Also General Ward of Shrewsbury.
I never received a written discharge. I am personally acquainted with Col. David Brewer Rev. David Kellogg & Major Josiah Stone. I have no documentary evidence except of my birth.
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 any state,
Uriah Rice
We, Charles Train a clergyman, residing in the town of Framingham and Josiah Stone residing in said Framingham hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Uriah Rice who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; - that we believe him to be seventy five years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Charles Train Josiah Stone J.P.P. Prob. Prob.
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 above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Charles Train who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Framingham and that Josiah Stone who has also signed the same, is a resident in Framingham and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J.P.P. Prob. Prob. I Isaac Fisher Register of the Court of Probate 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 Uriah Rice for a pension. I also certify that William Buckminster whose original signature is set to the certificate on the deposition of Uriah Rice & of Uriah Rice hereto annexed is a justice of the peace within said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Fisher

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex "ss."
On this first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before the Hon. S. P. P. Fay, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, and State aforesaid, Molly Rice, a resident of Framingham in said County of Middlesex, being eighty eight years of age, 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 th 1838, and the Act of Congress passed July 1 st 1848, allowing to widows of Revolutionary soldiers the same amount of Pension, which their husbands received.
That She is the widow of Uriah Rice, late of Framingham in said County of Middlesex, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the law of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, at the rate of Twenty Three dollars, and fifty four cents per annum, and was paid to him at the agency for paying Pensions at Boston in the State of Massachusetts up to September four th 1850, in consideration of his services in the War of the Revolution from said town of Framingham. She further declares, that She was Married to said Uriah Rice on the eighth day of June.

Seventeen hundred and eighty four. by the Rev d David Kellog. Pastor of the first Church & Society in said Framingham. That her husband the aforesaid Uriah Rice. died in said town of Framingham on the Twenty-Second day of September eighteen hundred and fifty. 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 that She remains a widow.
Molly Rice
Subscribed & sworn to by said Molly Rice, in open Court, on the day & year first above written. Before
J. P. P. Gay Prob te for Middlesex County.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss
I Joseph Pike Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid hereby certify that the Hon ble Sam l P. P. Gay is the Judge of said Court & that his signature above is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this second day of July in the year Eighteen hundred & forty one Joseph Pike by

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 2 d 1851
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; 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.
Marcus Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Extracts from the Records of the first Church in Framingham.
"Entered the Marriage Covenant."
June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty four.
Uriah Rice; Molly Emes
I certify that the above is a true extract from the first Church in Framingham, with the exception of date in fair legible figures, as follows June 17 th 1844 J. H. Phipps. Pastor.
I J. H. Phipps, depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of the first Church in Framingham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church, with the exception of date, which is expressed as above certified by me; the particular day on which the marriage was performed not being recorded.
J. H. Phipps
M ch 14 th 1844 "ps"
Sworn to on this 14 th day of March A.D. 1844.
Before me, Elijah Colarke, justice of the Peace.

Pay  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5696
Molly Rice Wid. Uriah Rice Post Rev. Wa
Act: July 29 th 18
Index:—Vol. e No , Page 161
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 9 1896 Sold P. end to C. C. Esty Framingham Centre Mass. JWB

Molly Rice, wid of Uriah Map:
Act 29 July 1848
$23.54 per Ann: from 22 d Sept 1857 when her husband died.
bequeath to
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass:

Wriah Ric - Map. Dec 7 Sun, 1832 - $23.54 per ann. To what time paid? H. F. C. Dipett
Pension Alpha } October 21. 1857 }
pay to 4 th Sept. 1850.
1850.

✓ No 999 Ms. A. 1. 18.
Molly Rice widow of Uriah Moss
Act 7 th July 1838 29 July '48
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Pitkin, Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Uriah Pierce was a Pensioner of the United States, under the Act of the 7 th of June 1832, at the rate of twenty three dollars & fifty four cents per annum, that he resided in Framingham in said County & died at said Framingham on the twenty second day of September last (1860) & that he left a widow whose name is Molly Pierce who is still living & remains the widow of said Uriah Pierce, never having been married since his death.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this fourth day of July in the year Eighteen hundred & fifty one the word "Act" in the fifth line inserted by me Isaac Pitkin

Brief in the case of Molly Rice, wid of Uriah County and State of Mass. act 29 July 1848.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $23.54 and died 22 d Sept 1850.
Evidence of marriage; Record.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass.
F. F. Kilby Examining Clerk.

Brighton, Mass. Sept. 1 st . 1857.
Dear Sir,
The claims of the Children of Loid Walther, widow of Timothy Walther, forwarded to you June 3 rd was answered by a certificate, and all cases which I have forwarded prior to that date have been answered.
The claims of Mrs Molly Rice , of Furnishing, widow of Wrick Rice forwarded to you July 3 rd st. had not been answered up to this date. She having wrote for information respecting her claims, & will expect to receive her pension this month. in the same manner as her late aged husband received
Very Respectfully Yours Colt. S. H. E. Elijah Clark
M. J. E. Heath, Commissioner of Pensions Washington, City. D.C.

Brighton, Mass. June 8 th 1857.
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the claims of Mrs Molly Price of Framingham widow of Uriah Price. for a Pension.
Very Resp t Yours Ob dt Serv t Elijah Colark
Hon. J. P. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Washington, City, D. C.

cc City                      mab
July 29 1890
Ulrich Rice (Hudson) mab Mary "                            } Reuben Whitney } mab Grace "                        }

C. C. ESTY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW, FRAMINGHAM CENTRE, And (Smith Block,) SOUTH FRAMINGHAM.
LAW AND INSURANCE OFFICE.
Framingham Mass. July 27 1890 To the Hon d Secretary at War Washington D.C. Dear Sir
Allow me to ask, as a special favor, for official copies of the pension certificates of the following named Revolutionary Pensioners : -
Uriah Rice , a Revolutionary Soldier from Framingham Mass. Mary Rice of Framingham, his Widow, and
Grace [Esty] Whitney of Charlestown Mass Widow of Reuben Whitney a Revolutionary Soldier from Newton Mass.
They were my grandparents. The original certificates have been lost and I wish for copies to present with family papers.
Very respectfully Yours C. C. Esty.

C. C. ESTY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. ... POST OFFICE BLOOD.
R
Framingham Centre, Mass., May 1, 1896
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
Uriah Rice of Framingham, Middlesex Co., Mass., my grandfather , was a Revolutionary pensioner
I desire to obtain a copy of his application for his pension , and will remit whatever may be your office charge.
RECEIVED MAY 13 1896 PENSION OFFICE
Very Respectfully
C. C. Esty