Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,034, for Miel Pearce, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Pearce, Miel Pierce or Mial or Doreas.
P. 8,034
B.L.Wt. 34.623-160-55
CONTENTS

Miel Pearce
Mistle Co
Mass-
38639 V. Lee Pearce
Mass.
: :
the 7th June 1894
Pearce Miel Mass R8034

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } BRISTOL, ss. }
At a COURT of PROBATE holden at Dighton by Adjt. in and for said County on the Second day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two six , before the Honorable Horatio Oliver  Barrows , Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared Michael Pease — a resident of Swansey — in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged eighty eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration.
Capt. Job Slade, Nelsy Neck, Nathl. Gull, — Col. Carpenter, Col. Daggitt
and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. That he was born in Swansey — in the County of Bristol — and State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty three and on the twelfth day of April of that year
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it?
Ans. That he knows of no record of his age —
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Ans. That he resided in Swansey when called into service & since the war he has resided in Bethel & Swansey aforesaid —
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?

ans. That he resided in Swansea when called into service & since the war he has resided in Rehoboth & Swansea aforesaid —
4. How were you called into service ; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
Ans. He always voluntarily enlisted — excepting at one time he was drafted —
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served ; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans — In July 1778 as he believes, he served in a company under the command of Job Slade of Swansea, at Fall River at the time the Mills were there burned, and did guard duty for a period of one week or more —
Early in August 1778 he enlisted into and served as a private soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Neleg Peck of Swansea and he thinks in Col. Colubal Carpenters Regiment, or in Col. Suggs Regt and marched to Rhode-Island and there joined the Army under the command of Genl. Sullivan and was employed during the battle on R d Island in taking care of the wounded. Soon after the battle the Island was evacuated by the American Army, we were marched through Providence to Warwick on the west side of Narragansett Bay, & were there employed
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in Great duty & throwing up breastworks until we were discharged - In this service he says he was employed for a period of not less than two months -
1.15 In Oct. 1778 he enlisted & served in a Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Dole, whose Lieutenant he thinks was David Hicks or Hix, at Providence in Rhode Island for a period of one and a half months in guarding the shores -
3.11 He further says that he served in a company commanded by Capt. Christopher Carpenter, whose Lieut. was James Horton not less than three months as he verily believes: but may be more - In this service he marched from Swaney to Providence and thence to White Plains in New York - This service was in 1776 - and he refers to the Application of Lieut. James Horton for a pension and the evidence there, under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832 for proof of the service and he has

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and thence to New York - that was in 1776 - and he refers to the Application of Lieut James Horton for a pension and the evidence there, under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832 for proof of the time  service time he was engaged in this campaign - and he has been informed that there is a document in said Horton's application for a pension which will show that he was in this service at the time -
He refers to the annexed affidavits and to the records in the War Office for the above and all other services by him performed in the war of the Revolution and there credited him -
He further says that he commenced procuring evidence of his services in 1833 and has delayed making application in order to obtain further evidence, which has proved unsuccessful -

6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if a Soldier, did you ever receive a discharge in the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
A. He always served as a Private Soldier & does not recollect of ever having received a written discharge
7. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
A Rev d Childs Luther 2 Rev d Bliss Esq
And the said Miel Pearce — doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of  Miel Pearce
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Oliver Pray Judge of Probate. Miel Pearce
WE Childs Luther — residing in Rehoboth adjoining the town of Swansey and Ezra Bliss — residing in the same Rehoboth hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Miel Pearce — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Elder Childs Luther  Ezra Bliss Judge of Probate.

WE Childs Luther the town of Swansey and Ezra Bliss certify that we are well acquainted with Michel Peirce above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
residing in Brehobeth adjoining residing in the same Brehobeth hereby who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Elder Childs Luther  Ezra Bliss Judge of Probate.
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 certifies, that it appears to them that Childs Luther who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Brehobeth in said County of Bristol, and that Ezra Bliss who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Oliver Prescott : Judge of Probate.
Register of Probate.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } BRISTOL, ss. }
I Asahel Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Michel Peirce of Swansey in said County, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
A Bassett

76. 54 B / act Mar. 3/55
June 2 3/ 55
Dorcas Pierce Wid
Mical Pierce Priv
Capt. Nat. Idl. et al Lieut. Carpenter Keep. Mil
Ent. Aug. 17 1779 Dis.
Private
for Carpenter Disb. Mil Rev. War
No Papers
Ad. 160 acs July 15/56
Dodge
Benj. Cowell Providence R. I.
Nat P. 92

Doucar Pined
176.543

State of Rhode Island, &c.
County of Providence
On this ninth day of June A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, personally appeared before me, Sylvester Hunt Brown a Justice of the Peace within aforesaid County, Dorcas Pierce of Providence aged 74 years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares and says she is the widow of Mial Pierce late of Swansey, Massachusetts , deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Ide & the Captain in the Regiment commanded by Col. Carpenter being the war of the Revolution in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812; that her husband was drafted enlisted at Rehoboth, Mass. , on or about the 17 day of August A. D. 1812 for the term of as per enlistment arranged and continued in actual service for the term of some three months — and was honorably discharged at,
She further states that she was married to the said Mial Pierce in Rehoboth on the 23 day of April A. D. 1808 by Ebenezer Pierce that her name before her marriage was Dorcas Goff — and that her said husband died at Swansey on the 15 day of April A. D. 1840 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty to which she may be entitled, under the Act approved March 3d, 1855. And the said Dorcas further says that her said husband the said Mial Pierce was a soldier of the Revolution & that when the act of Congress of February 3 1853 was passed granting pensions to widows, she thought she was entitled to a pension, but was advised her said husband did not serve long enough in said war to entitle her to one as will appear by the certificate of his service hereto annexed but enough to entitle her to one hundred and sixty acres of land Dorcas Pierce Witness Sylvester Hunt Brown

We Deborah C. Barron and Jane C. Black and residents of the City of Providence in said State upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by said Doreas Pierce in our presence & that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Deborah C. Barron
Jane C. Blackmore
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed, before me on the day and 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, and that I have no interest in this claim
Sylvester Hartshorne Justice of the Peace

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
PRO
CLERK'S OFFICE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
PROVIDENCE, June 21 st A. D., 1855
I,
Amasa L. Westcott
Clerk of the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS of said State, within and for the County of Providence:
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Sylvester Hazard was on the 9 th day of June A. D. 1855 a Justice of the Peace for said County of Providence
duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
Amasa L. Westcott Clerk.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, COUNTY OF BRISTOL, TOWN OF Rehoboth
(11) Eighteen hundred and Eight. April twenty three Mr. Miel Pearce and Dorcas Goff of Rehoboth were Married by Preserved Pearce Elder in S d . Rehoboth
I 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:-- (1)
" 1808: April 23 "
Cyrus M. Wheaton } Town Clerk.
I, Cyrus M. Wheaton above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the Town, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Cyrus M. Wheaton } Town Clerk.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this twenty first day of May A. D. 1855, and I certify that I am not interested as agent, or otherwise concerned in the prosecution or result of the above claim. of Dorcas Pearce Widow of the above named Miel Pearce John Barney Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full. (b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

Thom H. G. Williams to B. G. Neville Esq.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 20 th 1855,
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed, That on the Second day of March A D. 1853 Jonathan Barney was Commissioned a Justice of the peace for the term of Seven Years for the County of Bristol
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. M. Wightman
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
July 13. 1853.
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 Miel Pira is borne on "pay roll of Capt. Nathaniel Ide's Comp. Col. Carpenter's Regt. detached from the Massachusetts State and ordered to do duty in the State of R.I. for the term of four months, under command of Capt. Samuel Tifer for the additional pay" &c. Engaged the 17. of Aug. Discharged the 16. of Sept. 1779. - One Month.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Hon ble E. H. Wright Secy of the American Rev l War of Massachusetts Sir
My late husband Miah Pierce of Swansey, was a soldier of the American Revolution and served in various Companies & Regiments He served in Capt Christopher Carpenter's Company as a private five Months & went to White Plains New York in 1776 also in Captain John Stader's Company Nathaniel Carpenter's Company in Capt. Nathaniel Dyer's Co also in Capt. Peter Pabst's Co in other Companies & Regiments as I have often heard him say - I have to request therefore that the Rolls of Revolutionary Service may be examined & a certificate granted, that I may obtain a Pension under the recent act of Congress to which I am entitled
Yours sincerely
Providence.
In the city of Providence the Seventh day of July, A.D. 1833 the above named Dorcas Pierce signed the above Application, in my presence.
Thomas C Greene
Justice of the Peace

May 17, 1935
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Mr. Arthur Whitcomb Buell Salt Creek Gas Plant Midwest, Wyoming
HA-J/EEL Miel Pearce-R.8034
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Mial Pierce, of Swansea and Somerset, Massachusetts, born September 25, 1728, died in November, 1810, married Hepzibeth Mason, and, you think, served as a captain in the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of a Mial Pierce, or similar spelling, as described by you. However, the record has been found of a Miel Pearce, of Swansea, Massachusetts, who served as a private in the Revolutionary War. His record is furnished herein as it may be of interest to you.
Miel Pearce R. 8034
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in the claim under R.8034, based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of Miel Pearce in the Revolutionary War.
Miel Pearce(as he signed) was born April 12, 1753, in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Swansea, Massachusetts, Miel Pearce enlisted in 1776, served as a private in Captain Christopher Carpenter's Massachusetts Company, marched to White Plains in New York and served about three months; he enlisted July 1, 1778, and served about one week in Captain Job Slade's Massachusetts Company at Fall River when the mills at that place were burned; he enlisted in August, 1778, served as a private in Captain Peleg Peck's Company, Colonels Carpenter and Doggett's Massachusetts Regiment, marched to Rhode Island and was in General Sullivan's Rhode Island Expedition and at the time of the battle on Rhode Island was engaged in caring for the wounded:
Could not identify any of these officers except Col Doggett

length of this service about two months; he enlisted August 17, 1779, and served until September 16, 1779; as a private in Captain Nathaniel Ide's Massachusetts Company.
Found col under this last name in Mass list
Miel Pearce died April 15, 1840, in Swansey, Massachusetts.
The soldier married April 23, 1808, Dorcas Goff, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. They were married by the Reverend Preserved Pearce, of said Rehoboth. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. No relationship of the Reverend Pearce to the family was shown.
No reference was made to children.
Soldier's widow, Dorcas, was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction for the service rendered by her husband, Miel Pearce, in the Revolutionary War, on her application executed June 9, 1855, at which time she was aged seventy-four years and resided in Providence, Rhode Island.
In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the following data; Warrant Number 34623-160-55/
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Joseph Carr Deputation

I Joseph Case of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman aged Seventy Eight years do testify and say that I lived in the neighborhood with Miel Pierce in the time of the Revolution and believe that the said Miel Pierce was a Soldier in said revolution on Rhode Island in Sullivan's Expedition so called I also believe him to be of the age of Eighty two years and that the said Miel Pierce was absent from the neighborhood at the time of said Expedition Revolution and it was the common saying that the said Miel Pierce was gone a Soldier in Sullivan's Expedition Joseph Case.
November the 7 th 1834 —
Bristol ss. November the 1 st AD 1834 —
Then Personally appeared the above named Joseph Case and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me Thomas Puck Justice of the Peace and I further certify that the said deponent is a man of truth and veracity and that his Evidence is entitled to credit
Thomas Puck Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Kingsley of Swansey in the county of Bristol in the commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman aged Seventyfour years do testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary army in the year 1778. in the company commanded by Capt. Pelag Peck in the regiment commanded by Col. John Dazgett - Stationed at Warwick in the State of Rhode Island that I heard the name of Mel Pierce called frequently by the clerk of said company and believe the said Pierce was a Soldier in said company but was not acquainted with him our time of service was three months I also certify that I was in Sullivan Expedition so called and believe that the said Pierce was in the same company with me which company was commanded by the said Pelag Peck and that we served as Soldiers in said company two months I also certify that I was a Soldier in the company commanded by Nathaniel the Ide Lieut David Hicks and that the said Mel Pierce was a Soldier in said company and served in the same at Providence six weeks further the Deponent saith not Swansey October the 30 th 1834 - Benjamin Kingsley
Bristol ss. October the 30 th 1834 -
Then Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Kingsley and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me Thomas Peck justice of the Peace and I further certify that the said deponent is a man of truth and veracity and that his evidence is entitled to credit Thomas Peck justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss -
I Abraham Brannatt Registrar of the Court of Probate in for said County do hereby certify that Thomas Nick before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, is a Justice of the Peace & the the signatures to the foregoing certificates purporting to be his are genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this second day of November eighteen hundred and thirty six -
Benjamin Greenleaf Deputy

To be appended to the Application of M rs Alice Nears of Swaney, Mass. for a Pension; which application has once been examined & disallowed -

I, Ephraim West resident in Bristol, in the County of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, of the age of eighty three years, on solemn oath depose and say, that at the beginning of the war of the Revolution in 1775, I lived in the Easterly part of Rehoboth in the State of Massachusetts and within a half a mile distance from Miel Pease, who lived in the neighbouring town of Swansey, and I was acquainted with him when we were lads, I remember he served at several different times as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and I was with him as a soldier at Fall River, when a detachment came off Rhode Island and marched into Tiverton and destroyed the Mills at Fall River, a short time I think it was before Sullivan's expedition; All the militia of the Towns of Swansey and Tiverton were then mustered out and so, was Captain Stephen Bullock's Rehoboth company to which I then belonged and with which I was marched to Fall River. Said Pease was there in that alarm I saw him there and also at Howland's Ferry which the enemy crossed in their retreat to the Island when we drove them back - and where we killed several of them as they were getting into their Boats, we took a number of their cannon but not till after they had destroyed the wheels of the carriages and spiked up the cannon. Said Pease was engaged in this affair as well as myself several days and I am quite sure six or seven days - We were kept under arms the whole of this time between Howland's Ferry and Fall River - were dismissed at Slades Ferry and said Pease and I returned home together.
I further testify that said Pease was in Sullivan's expedition in Captain Pels Peak's company I saw him there several times but as we belonged to different companies and the army there was very large I do not recollect particulars while we were on the Island - I remember the night after the Battle we retreated off the Island to Tiverton encamped.

in the edge of the Woods but in sight of the River and the next day were marched to Pawtucket on our way to Providence, and then through Providence to Warwick where we were stationed two or three weeks untill our enlistment was out which was for three two months - Said Pease and myself returned home from this service together - This was all the service I performed as a soldier except in alarms. I was called out with a small part of our militia company when Bristol and Warren were invaded and burnt on which occasion I remember said Pease was also out, a number of militia companies were marched to Bristol at that time - I remember seeing said Pease at Bristol and at Bristol Ferry near which the enemy under Col. Campbell embarked in boats and escaped to their shipping - I think Pease and myself were detained at Bristol three or four days on this alarm - Said Pease I know was in several other parts of the service at least I know he was absent & I then understood he was in the army but I am not particular as I was at home attending to my farm - While we were in the Fall River affair one Slade commanded the militia Said Pease belonged to, I do not recollect whether he was the Captain or Lieutenant of it then
Ephraim H. Pease
State of Rhode Island &c.
Bristol ss At Bristol this 22 d day of July A.D. 1837 Then personally came Ephraim H. Pease and signed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me. And I certify that said Deponent is personally known to me and is a man of truth & veracity
W. M. Blake Just. Peace

State of Rhode Island } Clerk's Office Supreme Judicial Court Bristol County ss } July 24. A D 1837
I Green Reynolds Clerk of said Court for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify, that Joseph H. Blake before whom the deposition of Ephraim West purports to have been taken is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Bristol, and that the signature of his name at the bottom this certificate to of said deposition is his genuine signature,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day & year above written
Greenwood Reynolds Clerk

July 78 Capt Slade 7 days 1 Aug 78 " P Beck 2 mo - 3 Oct 78 " Ide - 1.15 2 76. " G Gaspah 3 mo - 1
1 - no roll
2 Aug 79 - 1 mo. Capt Ide 1 mo Vol. 2 p 145
3 July 27th Sept 10 78 Vol 3 p 59
4 mo 13 days
 1.13 2.13
1.

Michael Pearce Mass.
Rejected, see let. to
A Bapst Aug 28
1876. Could not find
did not know how,
do do Aug 16 1877 Could not find
80 3/4
Und 7 June 1872

8034
O. Mial Pearce
Service: _____
Enlisted: REJECTED _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Printed list of 1852 shows cause of rejection Application filed: _____, 18
"Lee did not serve six months" Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1935 May 17 - sent to Arthur H. Russell - E&S

STANOLIND OIL AND GAS COMPANY
Salt Creek Gas Plant, Midwest, Wyoming. April 25, 1935.
A. D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
My wife has an ancestor who may possibly have been a Revolutionary War officer and we are very anxious to find out if he were and to get a copy of his record.
His name was Mial Pierce and family records give him the title of Captain but fail to say for what reason. He was the only son of Mial Pierce and Mary Wood and was born Sept. 25, 1728 and died Nov. _____, 1810. He married Hepsebeth Mason, March 26, 1752. He resided in Swansey and Somerset, Mass. The children of this couple were, Mial, Anna, Sarah, Bethany, Hannah, Lydia, Phebe, and Asa.
We will be very grateful indeed for any information that you can give us.
Very truly yours,
Arthur W. Buell
Arthur Whitecomb Buell, Chief Chemist.

I, Benjamin Kingsley of Swansey in the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven do testify and say that I was a private soldier in Captain Nathaniel Ide's Company of drafted militia in the month of August and part of September A.D. 1780, and served six weeks at the least and I further testify that Mial Pearce of said Swansey was drafted or enlisted into the same company at the same time or was at any rate a private soldier during the whole of my said service of six weeks in said Company. We were both encamped in said Company to Providence about the first of August and stationed in tents out at a Fort near that town. General Gates was there at the time and Providence appeared and I think was the place of Head quarters. Sentries were stationed all around the town from Foxpoint to Field's point. Our business was to guard the town. Apprehensions were entertained that the British Fleet or a part of it would come up the Bay on the West passage. David Hicks was
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 2 p. 148. Out name no claim a. the roll

Lieutenant of the company - Said Pease and myself were both dismissed together and returned home at the same time - Our service was six weeks each - We went for six weeks and staid in the service the whole time out -
I further testify that I was with said Pease and myself both being private soldiers in Captain Peleg Peeks militia company in Sullivan's  expedition expedition to Rhode Island, we were on the Island and in the Battle in August 1778, as was the whole of our company - This Company belonged to Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regiment - said Lieut Pease as well as myself served in the whole of that expedition - was were in the service on that occasion at the least two months - for after Sullivan's Retreat we were marched through Tiverton, over Slade Ferry, through Tawney to Providence to Warwick Point where we were stationed a while and then dismissed - We served both as private soldiers these two months
Benjamin Kingsley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Bristol ss. Swansy June the 12 th A.D. 1837 Personally appeared before me the subscribers this

day Benjamin Kingsley the Subscriber to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with said Deponent and that he is a man of truth and veracity and intitled to full credit - - - - - Thomas Peck justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I Anselm Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that Thomas Peck, whose signature is affixed to the above and foregoing certificate as a Justice of the Peace, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of June eighteen hundred and thirty seven - A Barrett
Vol 3 p 58. Not name roll 2 m 21 a. l. l. name of Peck and on page to age 1778 Wit a roll Vol 2 p 145 claim Cape Id

34.623.
160 acres.

Miss Wheaton's disposition

I Niel Wheaton of Swansey in the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman aged Seventy years do testify and say that I lived in the neighborhood with Niel Pierce in the time of the Revolution and heard and believe that the said Niel Pierce was a soldier in said revolution in Sullivan Expedition so called and also heard that the said Niel Pierce was called upon to take care of one Francis Barrn a wounded man after the battle on Rhode Island in said Expedition — November the 1 st 1834 — — — — — Niel Wheaton
Bristol ss. November the 1 st A. D 1834 —
Then Personally appeared the above named Niel Wheaton and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me Thomas Puck Justice of the Peace and I further certify that the above deponent is a man of truth and veracity and that his Evidence is entitled to credit Thomas Puck Justice of the Peace