Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 61170-160-55, for Daniel Reed, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
W. A. S.
Reed, Daniel Anna
B.L.W. 61170-160-55-
CONTENTS

S.A. Weston, Mch. 13/57 End P
269. 381
Act Mar. 3. '55
6A 170 April 16 th 1857
Alma Rud. und. Daniel Rud. pri.
Capt. Edward Cobb.
Re. J. Ma.
100 60 000 Ak. 115 py
Revij. war.
One original
Special. by chief cause.
S. Hall C.C.
Mon. 2. '57
Vol R. page 46.
Emelind Weston.
Skowhegan.

State of Maine Somerset County ss. On the thirtieth day of January A.D. 1857 before me Lawrence Westland Esquire one of the justices of the peace in & for said County & State of Maine personally appeared Mrs. Anna Read aged ninety four years a resident of the Town of Madison in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Daniel Read late of said Madison who was a soldier in the Company of Capt. Edward Coll in the Reg't commanded by Major Ephraim Gary that marched from the Town of Halloway to Rhode Island in the Revolutionary War; that her said husband was called into said service on or about the 30 th day of July A.D. 1780 for an indefinite term & continued in service in actual service for the term of at least 90 days, & was absent from home for the term of three weeks and was finally discharged at Scituate about the 10 th day of August A.D. 1780.
She further states that she was married to the said Daniel Read on the fourth day of April A.D. 1782 by the Rev. Mr. Niles of said Halloway a settled minister of the Gospel duly ordained according to the rites and ceremonies of the Gospel and that her name before said marriage was Anna Blanchard and that her said husband died on the 17 th day of February A.D. 1834 aged 88 and that she is now a widow & has remained so ever since said death.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act she may be entitled under the act of Congress approved March 3 rd 1855 and its subsequent amendment of May 14 1856. She further declares that she has not nor has applied for a bounty under these or any other act of Congress.
Attest: Christopher Weston Justice of the Peace Anna X Read her mark

We the undersigned and John Blanchard of Madison in the state of Illinois do hereby declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed before us by Anne Marie Blanchard in our presence and that we believe her to be the person described in and who executes the foregoing Declaration and that she is the identical person who represents herself to be and we know that she is a widow as she declares.
Feb 11 1857 John Blanchard De Sal Blanchard
The foregoing Declaration & Affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons & that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim.
Eusebius Weston Justice of the Peace
State of Illinois Seventh Judicial Circuit, ss. I S. D. Lindsey Clerk of the Judicial Circuit of said county in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Eusebius Weston is a Justice of the Peace within & for the Circuit of Seamen's duly commissioned & qualified and that he was such at the date of the foregoing Declaration & that his signature to the same is genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State on this second day of Feb AD 1857.
S. D. Lindsey Clerk pro tem

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss I John Nash Town Clerk of the town of Abington in the county of Plymouth and common- wealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that by the Records of said Town now in my care and custody it appears that "Daniel Reed Jr and Anna Blanchard both of Abington were married the fourth day of April in the year One Thousand seven hundred and eighty two" I certify that the foregoing extract is a true copy of the Records of said town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "Ap l ye 4 th 1782"
Abington March 10 th 1849
John Nash Clerk
I John Nash above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Abington in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, and that the above extract is a true copy of the Records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
John Nash Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss Sworn this tenth day of March 1849
Before me
Ezekiel Shapley Just: of the Peace

I Elizabeth Reed of all advised in the County of Somerville & State of Maine do hereby depose & say that I was well acquainted with Mr. Daniel Reed late of said Alladison who was my husband's father in his lifetime & at the time of his death and that I made a memorandum of his death about the time of its occurrence & from it I found that he died Daniel Reed died on the seventeenth day of February A.D. 1839 aged eighty one years
Attest & I can speak off Webster Reed
Elizabeth Reed
State of Maine Somerville County ss. Be it known that on the 20th day of Febry A.D. 1857 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in & for said County, Elizabeth Reed wife of Daniel Reed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her signed & I certify that she is a credible person & perfectly reliable. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the date.
Enoch W. Weston Justice of the Peace

61.170.
160 acres.
Daniel Reed due
March 1733
Not paid due in due time
10 3/4 5 3/4
Washington
W
To the Hon. the Governor of Pennsylvania
Anna Reed not paid due in due time

Anna Reed M rs of
Daniel Reed decd
Original
Skaneateles
To the Hon. C. ...
Case of Anna Reed Law of March 30 th 1855 Amendment March 23 rd 1856

269381
Anna Reed
wid of
Daniel Reed - dec'd
Hood
Sent Feb 4/57
ad. er.
indp dir
ap 7/57
Hood's file

State of Illinois
Declaration additonal
Somerset County ss. On this 24 th day of March A.D. 1857 personally appeared Anna Reed and declared in addition to her former declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty which may be due her as the widow of Daniel Reed late of Princeton under the act of Congress of March 3 rd 1855 & of May 12 1856 that she saw him a hundred times before he married her and recited in detail as above as he said in the morning & had seen him a few days since when a very artist. Eusebia Weston Eusebia Weston
Anna X Reed
State of Illinois
Somerset County ss. On this twenty fourth day of March A.D. 1857 before me a justice of the peace in & for said County personally appeared Anna Reed above named & made oath to the foregoing as additonal to her declaration for the purpose of obtaining bounty under the act of 1855 & made oath to the truth of said declaration & I certify that she is very inform & deaf & the foregoing matter in  she is as left honest & reliable as the testimony further I see nothing in testimony whereof I have to set my hand as above dated -
Eusebia Weston Justice of the peace
State of Missouri
Somerset County ss. I J. D. Lindsey Clerk of the Judicial Circuit Court of said County do hereby certify that Eusebia Weston is a justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified and was such at the date of the foregoing declaration & certificate and that her signature thereto is genuine
Given under my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State on this twenty eighth day of March A.D. 1857
J. D. Lindsey
Clerk as aforesaid

I Lydia Blanchard of Madison in the County of Somerset & State of Maine do on oath depose say that I am a daughter of Daniel Reed & Anna Reed who formerly lived in Abington in Washington and that the said Daniel Reed died on the thirteenth day of February 1839 and that my mother his widow have resided with me as his widow & her name intermarried since said decease and I further say that I have heard my father speak of being out in the Revolutionary war for a time & there was no fighting while he was out.
Lydia Blanchard
I Lydia Blanchard of Madison in the County of Somerset & State of Maine do on oath depose say that I am a daughter of Daniel Reed & Anna Reed who formerly lived in Abington in Washington and that the said Daniel Reed died on the thirteenth day of February 1839 and that my mother his widow have resided with me as his widow & her name intermarried since said decease and I further say that I have heard my father speak of being out in the Revolutionary war for a time & there was no fighting while he was out. I have heard him say that he was out in the Revolutionary war for a time & there was no fighting while he was out. I have heard him say that he was out in the Revolutionary war for a time & there was no fighting while he was out. I have heard him say that he was out in the Revolutionary war for a time & there was no fighting while he was out.
State of Maine Somerset County ss. On this twenty fourth day of March A.D. 1857 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in & for said County & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. Lydia Blanchard to the first & Daniel Reed to the last as signed by them & I certify that they are the persons described in and who testified to the truth of the foregoing affidavit.  Ebenezer Dyer Justice of the Peace

I Doan that of Madison in the County of Somerset State of Maine do on oath depose & say that I am a son of the late David Root formerly of Arlington in Massachusetts whose nativity of said Madison where he died on the 13 th day of February 1839 - and that Mrs Anna Root his wife is now living in the said Madison - I further say that I have heard my said Father tell of his services in the Revolutionary War many times on the field at the station in Rhode Island where he served as a large quantity of powder & spread it out on a board for all to get a part I recollect hearing him say what time he was in it (that is) the season of the year but it has gone from my recollection at present but then further that it was in November & that it got some from the town of
Attest - Webster Root Ensign Western
State of Maine I do hereby certify that the within copy of the foregoing is a true copy of the original of which before me is a true copy of the original as to the foregoing is a true copy of the original and I certify that he is a credible person and is the son of David Root who died in the County of Somerset State of Maine Ensign Western

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, March 26 th 1857
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed, Zebiel Taylor was on the 10 th March 1849 a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
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 of which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Shoreham Feb 7 3 rd 1857
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I sent you a Declaration from Mrs. Anna Reed widow of David Reed late of Madison so entitled for Benefit Laws under the act of March 3 rd 1855 & the subsequent granting travel - This case is based on evidence procured several years ago for the purpose of getting pension but found too short - The form of service will not be doubted tho' it usually would have been signed in two places - the hand writing will be recognized as that of Capt. Reed; & the signature of Mrs. Calhoun is good - The certificate of marriage is made under the gen l Laws of Mass ts - there a certificate from a Rev. officer needs no confirmation to copies of records - I did not have it attached to now - I had no use for it & now send it rather than wait - I think you will receive it - Mrs. Reed was not married at the time 1780 but in 82 - she is now 80 & certainly unsofisticated & I called when not at all expected so that her mind was entirely devoid of bias - she was a neighbor I knew of her going & after marriage saw the vest he wore for her which was spoiled by perspiration - Elizabeth Mrs. Reed's affidavit to the death is from a little memo nd which she keeps of events with recollection - is undoubted - As the old lady is aged & needy I hope an early attention may be given to this as possible that she may be the better for it while "life as a candle flickers" & "the socket" - entirely reliable I suppose may be need even to waiving some formalities especially in cases so long deferred - It is on the heart of the Gov t that the blame rests for not granting this been so soon
With the assurance of
Much respect I remain
yours truly
Ebenezer Weston

Skowhegan March 30 th 1857—
To the Hon ble Commission of Pensions
Dear Sir
In the case of Mrs Anna Reed of Madison applicant for Bounty Land under the Act of 55 & 6 I believe I give you fully to understand that Daniel Reed the husband & soldier & Anna the widow were from Abington in Mass & came here about 1815 - & were bro't up as I now say children at the same school —
Mrs Reed is now nearly deaf & very infirm with age & has lost her memory very much - but remembers a few things going to school getting married coming here just after he came home (but won't say where in) about his not being rolled with several so I give you that much - David Reed is a son sixty seven years old recollects the old mans talk a does Dean Reed an older son - I recollect tho' I don't give it in form hearing him talk about eating horse beef & picking up & age along like horses at meat & they knew it by the round riffs - These I think may satisfy you in the absence of other facts who are as far as they know all dead —
The Pratts lived here & the Pratts several of whom served with him but are dead - Daniel Reed I have not seen - I may get him to say more I could have proved by them had I not of these no other Daniel Reed of that generation lives there of all the rest of Reed there - I think like other towns Abington has no record of the soldiers for they nearly all went - I have found none here to join - enough is now given to satisfy you I think Mrs Anna P is but little & I hope as she is dependant & is clearly entitled you will in consideration of her great age & infirmities give the an early attention & forward a warrant as soon as may be — Dean Reed has talked with N. M. Merrill about it here to you who told him he was with our soldier Reed
With the due respect & much consideration
Yours truly, Isaac Davis Weston

your pleasure in the subject of the [?]. I believe you are satisfied that Mr. [?] is [?] have taken the affidavits of [?] [?] at [?]. [?] [?] I [?] I hope [?] I will [?] I hope [?]

Daniel Root dued
March 11/33
Mr. Daniel Root Washington City
11/5/33
To the Hon. the Commission of Pensions
Statement in cur. of Anna Root — Sent Feb. 10 th never receipted

Shenington March 30 th 1857
To the Honble. Administration of Pensions
Dear Sir
I have seen Mr Daniel Reed the son of Daniel Reed deceased who was the husband of Mrs Anna Reed now a claimant to Pensions has just of March 3 rd 1856 - and he informs me that in 1780 the father of said Daniel & husband of said Anna was 60 years old & had held the office of Lieutenant & was uniformly denominated Lieut d Reed & whose name was Daniel and that this Lieut d in fact was named Daniel but had been called many years. I have never in the knowledge of any of them any other Daniel Reed - and to wit, Daniel Reed the son of Daniel Reed deceased who was the husband of said Daniel styled Lieut d 60 years old & Daniel Reed the soldier & husband of Anna aged then about 18 or 20 - I suppose in these are some statements - but Lieut d Reed says that the son says he knows by the age of himself & his grandmother & the date of the old man's death - so that there could be no other Daniel Reed to be a soldier & file the place of the Maplehurst Pensions - shall keep the secret that it is doubted for fear of consequence.
Very respectfully & hopefully your obedt
servant E. Adams West
PS Daniel Reed says he did not mean to say that there was no other Daniel in town but none other of right age.

Daniel Reed and
Martha his
labeled as the class of Anna Reed last, interest
The Hon. the Commissioner of Pensions
Providence
Washington City
D.C.

Providence Feb. 11 th 1831 To Hon. Hon. the Commissioners of Pensions Doc. for
In the case of Mrs. Anna Reed for loss of husband in the act of March 3 rd 1828 to suit the act of 1830 I think it is to state the distance from Abington the residence of David Reed under whom she claims as her husband to Kingston in Rhode Island. The certified copy of the return of Mr. Reed's former states that he marched from Abington which is all the church to Kingston in Rhode Island and the best information I have as to the distance is from my Gazetteer which gives it 64 miles from Boston to Kingston & 18 from Boston to Abington which will leave it 46 miles from Abington to Kingston but this would not now be the direct route I would not when the Gazetteer was made which would leave Abington out one side & Newport to present thus he traveled 46 miles each way making 92 miles - I can if necessary get better evidence but hope it will be unnecessary as you can perceive this is not any where where there is a library for satisfaction this I assure you I quote rightly
Very respectfully & truly
Yours affec t
Edward
Greenough

To the Secretary of State of Massachusetts
Dear Sir
There is a Widow Molly Reed living in Madison in the County of Somerset - Me - who thinks she is entitled to a small pension & if so is very anxious to receiving it - she is the Widow of Daniel Reed who was born & always lived in Abington in Mass ts until he moved to Madison His service by which she wants to draw a pension was performed before their marriage & altho' she can't tell the year like some was probably by what she does remember in '82 - she is now 86 If any service is returned for Mr Reed it will be found as Motion in an Expedition to Rhode Island about '77 & the only clue to his officers is the location the service may have been later as she thinks he wore some clothes after marriage which he wore in the service - Should it be absolutely necessary to have a declaration or statement from her before examination as in some cases I have had I wish you to send me a form tho' if possible I would have it waived in this case as she remembers nothing but that he was out - neither officers nor length of time - It is a fact of general notoriety however that he was out & "exists in the memory" of his children & the old people of his former acquaintance but no one knows the fact no one known to be living is old enough - It is a small matter at best & to gratify the remaining spirit of '76 somewhat that she wants this the convenient for her - She wants her husband's memory shall stand as a Soldier - Or if you can get round the regulation you might send the whole to goth & have the request sent back - Or - an examination which will be short work can be made & if adverse some considerable trouble to both of us - As I make no charge only for time & frequently not that unless successful I would gladly have the least trouble possible for me & you too in this inprint stage tho' I would do something to gratify old age
With respectful Estem yours
Ebenezer Weston
Skowhegan Somerset Co Me Febry 10 th 11, Aug

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
February 11 th 1847.
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 Daniel Reed is found upon a Muster Roll of Capt Edward Cook's Company in Major Colphals Garrys Regt, that marched from Abington to Tiverton R Island, as a private from July 30 to August 9 th 1780 11 days.
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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