Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4073, for Moses Metcalf, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Metcalf, Nurses Glover, Mary
PL. 4073.
Former Widow.
CONTENTS

W3492
Mary Gloom
former wife of
Moses Metcalf
Page 3
Hm. H. J. Anderson WR

I Mary Glover of Vinalhaven in the county of Hancock State of Maine of eighty two years of age do testify to day that I was the widow of Moses Metcalf of Wrentham in the county of Norfolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts I was married to the said Metcalf September 7 th 1774 and in September 1776 my husband went in to the American Army in the revolutionary service under the command of Capt Samuel Fisher to defend the sea coast on towards New York and Marched as far as Fairfield in the State of Connecticut and there (died) as I was informed and in consequence of his death I was under necessity to leave my home & place of residence & in Sept 1783 I was married to James Glover in the town of Framingham in County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts at this time my husband was the the owner of a good farm and stock of cattle but previous to this had signed a bond with one John Mester as surety a contractor to supply the troops of the revolutionary army with provision and lost all his property we then removed to the State of Maine County of Hancock Town of Vinalhaven in the year 1789 and resided there till the year 1806 when the said James Glover died and left me a widow and I have remained his widow ever since and are now at said Vinalhaven dependent on my children for my support
Mary Glover
Hancock ss. August 19 th 1837 -
Personally appeared the above named Mary Glover and gave oaths that the above declaration by her subscribed was true
Before me Benjamin Crabtree Justice of the Peace

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Hon. H. J. Anderson June 4 H.R.
Mr. H. C. H.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Town Clerk's office. Wrentham July 14. 1837 I Calvin Fish Jr do hereby on oath declare that I am Clerk of the Town of Wrentham County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that I have the custody of the records of said Town and that it appears by said records that Moses Metcalf and Mary Hill were married Sept. 7 th A.D. 1774.
Calvin Fish Jr. Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss July 14 th 1837 Personally appeared the above named Calvin Fish Jr and made solemn oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true
Before me Willis Fisher Justice of the Peace of Norfolk County

Weymouth Oct 1796
Mrs. Mary Wren To be on Hills
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

Dear Wife
Having another opportunity to write, I would inform you that I still enjoy a good state of health and am very well contented in my present state of separation from all that is dear to me.
My time is very short, therefore only inform you that we expect to move from our present situation to Fairfield and where next I know not. Remember me to all enquiring Friends and Relations in particular to our Parents and little Brothers, and Sisters, and give our Jesse a Kiss on my account. Take the first opportunity to write to me, for I long to hear from home — I am under an unhappy necessity to break off with subscribing your ever loving husband Moses Metcalf

Hancock is well he has not bin without good Company but want of years I fear makes him think that the days and minutes are turned into months and years

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4073.
P. O.
Mary Glover
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Rejected
in lib. to Hon. N. P. Ains.
Dec. 11, 1838.
[act 4 July '36] do to E. Glover,
May 14, 1839 =
4073

For
Mrs Mary Metcalf in Wrentham
To be conveyed to Mrs Aaron Hills

Dear Wife
It is with the greatest pleasure that I inform you that I am in the enjoyment of a good degree of health, and am in as good spirits as my present circumstances will admit of. We arrived here about one o'clock this afternoon when we had orders from the Brigadier General to make a stand till farther orders, tho' we don't expect to stay here above two or three days at longest, when we shall have orders to move, but where our place of destination will be we know not. Our Company are all in very good health considering we have march-144 miles through a very rough and hilly country and most of us unacquainted with the fatigues of travelling.
It is altogether uncertain when I shall have liberty to return to my relations and Friends, but I desire to acquiesce in all the dispensations of divine Providence. I trust that the

same hand that has kept and preserved me hitherto will be the guide and director of all my future Fortune, and if he sees it to be for the best that he will return me to all my Friends in safety and happiness; and in the mean time remember that nothing will condone more to my felicity than to reflect that your mind is serene and contented under our present unhappy separation. Give my duty to my hon- Parents and my Love to all my Brothers and Sisters, but take the greatest share of it to yourself. I wish you all manner of Happiness and prosperity, and may Heaven keep you in the Paths of Virtue and Felicity till I return and have an opportunity to assure you by word of mouth that I am and ever shall be

I Robert Ray of Franklin in the county of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of eighty one years of age do hereby and say that some time in the autumn of the year 1876 I marched under the command of Capt. Samuel Fisher 1 st Lieut. Jerrold Gild & 2 nd Lieut. Joseph Hills as a private Moses Metcalf of Wrentham also being a private in the same company said Metcalf marched with said company as far as Fairfield in Connecticut on our way to the State of New York where he was left sick, and I was informed on my return that he there died the company company company stopped at Milford four days and at Fairfield about two weeks prior to said Metcalf being left and further the deponent saith not Franklin July 16 th 1887 Robert Ray Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss July 16 th 1887 Personally appeared the above named Robert Ray and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declarations by him subscribed Before me Willis Fisher Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk

Wm Alhburn the / Penn St August 22
Honorable Joseph Hal Camden
Mr Post master Please to for word the without delay

Joseph Hall (Esqr) Sir
Enclosed you have the papers we talked of for you to hand to Mr Silley the Rep t to Congress If you will have the goodness to do the same and give him what Instruction you may think proper you will oblige Yours with Respect
Elijah Glover
Wadsworth August 19 th 1837

I Thomas Gay of Franklin in the county of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Eighty Three years of age do testify & say that sometime in the first part of the month of October of the year 1776 on my return home from Quebec where I had been a prisoner & discharged on my parole of honor, I met with Moses Metcalf of Wrentham then a private & doing duty duty in the militia company commanded by Capt Samuel Fisher & Joseph Hill Lieutenant which company had been drafted & were then on their march to the state of New York, the place where I met with said Metcalf was in the town of Farmington in the state of Connecticut where stopped & dined with him being an acquaintance of mine & from the same town, and that I never saw said Metcalf after, about that time understanding that he died in the service sometime during that year & further saith not —
Franklin July 13. 1837
Thomas X Gay
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss July 13. 1837 Personally appeared the above named Thomas Gay and made solemn oath to truth of the above Declaration by him subscribed
Before me Luther Metcalf & Gustavus Pease Justices of the Court of Sessions of Norfolk