Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25550, for Stephen Powers, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Powers, Stephen Dutton, Phebe
No. 25550.
(Former widow.)
CONTENTS
This woman's last husband, Oliver Dutton, (born, Continental 2nd Mass.) was also pensioned for service in the Revolutionary War. See S. 18383 and B. L. 9437-160-55.

4924
Massachusetts Roll -
Stephen Powers
Massachusetts Line - }
Private
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776 80
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818 -
ertificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Dec r 1818. and sent to Jonathan Leavitt Prov d Judge Worcester, Mass t -
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4W + \frac{18}{30} - 36:80 emi-aul. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: -
$ 84: 00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
File Mich. 19
Enclosure continued
Canterbury - Franklin Co.
Notification sent Sep. 20. 1820 to Rev. Alvah C. C. Bliss Greenfield, Mass.
Two Dollars a month of the same pension due him

Stephen Powers
Stephen Powers his Putnam's Map. Reg. 1777 to 1780
Admitted

I Stephen Powers, a Citizen of the United States resident in the Town of Shutesbury  Shutesbury in the County of Franklin and the State of Massachusetts do hereby declare that I volunteered to the Army of the United States in the revolutionary War. In the year 1777 I entered the service for three years & served during that time in the Company of Capt. David Shay in the Regiment of Col. Pease Patriot of the Massachusetts Line. The Discharge which I enclose is here unto annexed. I am almost wholly destitute of property, & by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in need of assistance from my Country for support. Dated this 17th day of April A D 1878-
Stephen Powers
State of Massachusetts - Franklin Co. April 17th 1878 - The affirmation of Stephen Powers made before that the Declaration of said Stephen Powers written is true - Reference Jonathan Leavitt, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
I Noah Eager of Deerfield in the County of Franklin testify & say that I am well acquainted with the above named Stephen Powers & know him to be almost wholly destitute of property & in need of assistance for his support. Dated the 17th day of April A D 1878 -
Noah Eager Sworn to the day & year above Reference Jonathan Leavitt, Judge

To the Secretary of the Department of War,
I the undersigned Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the State of Massachusetts, which includes the County of Franklin aforesaid, do hereby certify that from the Testimony aforesaid it ap- pears to my satisfaction that the before named Stephen Pow- ers served in the revolution- ary War against the common enemy as he has set forth in his Declaration within & that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid. The 17 th Day of April A 1878
John L. Curritt

To the Hon ble Jonathan Leavitt Esquire of Greenfield in the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts one of the Justices of the Western circuit Court of Common Pleas in said Commonwealth.
The subscribers Selectmen of the Town of Shutesbury in the County of Franklin aforesaid hereby certify that the bearer Mr Stephen Parsons resides in said Town of Shutesbury - That he was a Revolutionary Soldier - That he has not much Property - That by reason of the decline of life and his reduced circumstances he stands in need of assistance from his country for a comfortable support.
Dated at Shutesbury April 16 th 1818. - { Abner Smith Selectmen of Shutesbury Josiah Beaman Princhas Hemenway

4.924
Stephen Powers
Shutesbury
4924
[Large stylized signature, possibly 'S' or 'M']
Dec r 1818
cont d Sep r 20
1820
Mar 1819

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
P ERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, Stephen Powers. aged seventy  sixty years, resident in Shutesbury in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
He served three years from May A.D. 1777 in a company commanded by Capt Daniel Shays in a regiment commanded by Col Rufus Putnam, in Massachusetts line.
The date of his original declaration is the 17 th day of April A.D. 1818 A.D. 1818, — The number of his pension certificate is 4,924.
I follow farming, when I am able to labour, but am troubled with a break, and have been for many years, which prevents my being able to support myself.
My family consists of the following persons viz. Mary Powers, my wife, aged sixty years, Thomas Jefferson Powers, my son, aged sixteen years. My wife has been in a weekly state for five years past and unable to labour; my son Thomas Jefferson has been a weekly boy from his birth

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed,
Stephen Powers
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court. Attest, E. Alvord CLERK.
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is forty seven dollars and eighty eight cents
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord CLERK.

A schedule of the estate of Stephen Powers of Shutesbury in the County of Franklin & State of Massachusetts applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1 st 1820
  2 Swine  10.00  —  Iron ware  4.50  —  Old Chest & Desk  2.50  17.00    2 Old Tables  2.00  —  2 Axes  1.75  —  2 Sickles  .75  4.50    Fire shovel & tongs  1.25  —  1 Flat iron  0.17  —    1.42    2 Cranes & Hooks  2.25  —  2 Hay Forks & other small irons  1.75  —    4.00    1 Looking Glass  1.00  —  3 Old Baskets  .50  —    1.50    2 Old Spinning Wheels  3.50  —  Tubs & Pails  1.50  —    5.00    2 Sythes & Snaths  2.00  —  4 Old Barrels  1.33  —    3.33    Knives & Forks  .75  —  8 Old Chairs  2.00  —  2 Old Rakes  .25  3.00    Sundry Books  1.42  —  6 Glass bottles  .75  —    2.17    2 Pewter Basins & 1 Platter  1.50  —  Tin ware  .50  —    2.00    4 Milk Pans  .50  —  3 Earthen Pots  .38  —  Crockery ware  1.45  2.33    2 Old Hoes  .67  —  1 two & thirty weavers Reeds  .96  —    1.63     $47 88  
Stephen Powers
I am indebted to the several persons following in the several sums set against their names and have no other funds to discharge those debts but the property mentioned in the foregoing schedule
  George Clark  6.00  —  Abiah Powers  12.00     John Powers  2.00  —  Capt. Increase Lock  1.62     William Ward Esq  2.00  —  Daniel C Vaughan  1.90      Total  25.52  
Stephen Powers

3614 Massachusetts.
Phoebe Dutton formerly widow of Stephen  in  Towers. who served in the Revolutiona-
ry war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 — Dollars 10 —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 8 th day of Feb y 1854. and sent to
Preston N. Barber.
Shutesbury Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 38. Vol. A
X

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN, ss.
I, GEORGE GRENNELL, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Joseph L. Smallidge Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificates on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Joseph L. Smallidge Esq and believe his signature to said Certificates is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this — 21 st day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty four .
Geo. Grennell Clerk.

Widows Declaration
State of Massachusetts } ss Hampshire County }
On this Eleventh day of October 1853, personally appeared before Nathaniel L. King, Judge of Probate Court for said County. Phoebe Dutton, of Pownal in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed February 3rd. 1853 - That she is the Widow of Stephen Pears who was a pensioner under the Act of March 18 - 1818
And rec d for many years a pension of Ninety Six Dollars per annum. She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Pears at Sherburne in the County of Franklin on the twenty fourth day of March Eighteen hundred and twenty three - That her name before her marriage was Phoebe Brigg and that her husband the aforesaid Stephen Pears died at Hubbardston in the County of Worcester in the month of December 1825 and that she now is a Widow with residence of
James R. Spear, Luther Brattle
Phoebe Dutton mer 12
Hampshire ss. October 11, 1853
Subscribed & sworn to in Probate Court
Before me Nathaniel L. King Judge of Probate.

No-1
I, Luther Brien of Hutesbury in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts (Depose and say that Phoebe Dutton of Prescott in the County of Hampshire and State aforesaid claiming a pension under the Act of February 3d. 1853 as the widow of Stephen (Deceased) Rivers late of Hubbardston in the County of Worcester and State aforesaid who was a pensioner under the Act of March 18th A.D. 1818 and who drew a pension of ninety six dollars per annum for a number of years, is the widow of the aforesaid Stephen Rivers that they were married in Hutesbury aforesaid at her residence by John Coughlin Esq. She soon after removed out of the state, that I was present at the time of the aforesaid marriage & to the best of my knowledge, that her name prior to the time of such marriage was Phoebe Briggs, and that she is a widow - I further depose and say that signature of Phoebe Dutton to the Declaration to which this affidavit is attached, is her signature, subscribed in my presence & that the name of Luther Brien as attesting Witness to said Declaration is my name as such attesting Witness
Luther Brien
State of Massachusetts
Franklin County
On this nineteenth day of January 1854 Personally appeared Luther Brien of Hutesbury in the County of Franklin aforesaid who is a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Joseph S Smallidge Justice of the Peace

I, Jonas Winter of Shutesbury in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts Depose and say that Phebe Dutton of Prescott in the County of Hampshire and State aforesaid claiming a pension under the Act of February 3d. 1853 as the widow of Stephen Powers late of Hubbardston in the County of Worcester and State aforesaid, Deceased, Who was a pensioner under the Act of March 18 A. D. 1818 and who drew a pension of ninety six dollars per annum for a number of years, is the widow of the aforesaid Stephen Powers, that they were married in Shutesbury aforesaid at her residence by John Canby Esq. who soon after removed out of the State, that I was present at the time of the aforesaid marriage & saw them married. That her name prior to the time of said marriage was Phebe Briggs and that she now is a widow
Jonas Winter
State of Massachusetts } ss Franklin County } On this nineteenth day of January A. D. 1854 Personally appeared Jonas Winter of Shutesbury in the County of Franklin aforesaid who is a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Joseph S. Smallidge Justice of the Peace

I, James R. Spear of Sturtebury in the County of Franklin & State of Massachusetts Depose and say that the signature of Phebe Dutton to the Declaration, to which this Affidavit is affixed, claiming a pension under the Act of February 3d. 1853 as the widow of Stephen Parsons late of Hubbardston in the County of Worcester & State aforesaid, deceased, who drew a pension under the Act of March 18 - 1818, and who drew a pension of twenty six dollars per annum, for a number of years, is her signature, subscribed in my presence, and that the name of James R. Spear as attesting witness to said Declaration is my name subscribed by me as such attesting witness
I further depose and say that the aforesaid Phebe Dutton is now a widow, and that she is the widow of the aforesaid Stephen Parsons
James R. Spear
State of Massachusetts
Franklin County } ss On this nineteenth day of January 1854 personally appeared James R. Spear of Sturtebury in said County of Franklin who is a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Joseph S. Smallidge - Justice of the Peace

I, Thomas J. Powers of Windell in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, Depose and say that, Stephen Powers named in the Declaration hereto annexed the former husband of Pluba Dallon, claiming a pension under the Act of February 3 rd - 1853 as the widow of the aforesaid Stephen Powers, who was a pensioner under the Act of March 18 - 1818 and who drew a pension of ninety six dollars per Annum for a number of years, (Died at Hubbardston in the County of Worcester and State aforesaid in the month of December A.D. 1825 at the residence of Stephen Frost, his son in law - That I was present at the time of his death & at his funeral - And that the said Stephen Powers was my father.  Thomas J. Powers
State of Massachusetts } ss Franklin County } On this seventeenth day of January - 1854 personally appeared Thomas J. Powers above named of Windell in the County of Franklin aforesaid who is a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.  Before me Joseph D. Doolittle Justice of the Peace

I Asubah Wilder of Wendell in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts Depose and say that Stephen Powers named in the Declaration to which this Affidavit is attached, the former Husband of Phoebe Dutton Claiming a pension under the Act of February 3-1853 as the widow of the deceased Stephen Powers who was a pensioner under the Act of March 18-1818 and who drew a pension of ninety six dollars per annum for a number of years Died at Hubbardston in the County of Worcester and State aforesaid at the residence of Stephen Frost, his son in law in the month of December A D. 1825 - That I was present at the time of his death and at his funeral - That the said Stephen Powers was very further -
Asubah Wilder
State of Massachusetts
Franklin County } On this sixteenth  seventeenth day of January 1854 personally appeared Asubah Wilder of Wendell in said County of Franklin who is a credible Witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscription
Before me Joseph Smallcomb Justice of the Peace

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I Hardin Hemenway, of Hutesbury in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, Depose and say that I am Clerk of the Town of Hutesbury aforesaid and have in my Official Custody the Records of Marriages of the said Town, and that I have carefully examined them and cannot find therein any Record of the marriage of Stephen Powers and Phebe Briggs
Hardin Hemenway Town Clerk
State of Massachusetts } ss Franklin County } On this nineteenth day of January A.D. 1854 Personally appeared Hardin Hemenway of Hutesbury in said County of Franklin, Clerk of the Town of Hutesbury aforesaid and who is a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me Joseph S Smallidge - Justice of the Peace

This Certifies That STEPHEN POWERS. has served Three years in the 5 th  Massachusetts Regiment. being the full Term of his Enlistment, has Conducted himself as a good and faithfull Soldier. and is hereby discharged the Service.
Given under my hand at Quarters Soldiers Fortune this 21 st day May 1780.
Douglas Putnam { Col. 5 th APR

Stephen Powers Discharge
De
Stephen Powers Nassau
STEPHEN POWERS

Ref WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25.5 50
Phebe Dutton formerly wid of Stephen Powers in Rev War
Act: Feb 3 d 53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 201
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Paym t Offic February 4, '54
Sir
see a 25
Please certify date of Stephen Powers' death - Pension Act 1818, #96 - for ann y Massachu- setts roll.
Respr. Yours
J Burt Esq. } Sollicitor 3 d audr. } Commr.
Stephen Powers, 1st. Act 1818. Died 20 Dec. 1825. Paid.
J. Burt Auditor
Feb. 6

Mass 18
dec 23
Phoebe Dutton
Isabella Powers
Boynton
Feb 3/54
Isabella Powers Washington City
5 3/4
FREE

No. 4. 180 Massachusetts
Phebe Dutton formerly widow of Stephen Powers
Admitted 496 - per ann. commg. February 1853
Boston
Preston N. Cutter Hartford Mass.

Shurton Park Feb 11 1853
Dear Sir
enclosed are the papers of Phoebe Dutton in relation to her claim for pension under the act of Feb 3rd 1853 - Please direct all communications to me as her agent at this place
Preston, N. C. Carr.

Mike Dutton

Phoebe Dutton

Brief in the case of Hebe Dutton widow of Stephen Powers. County and State of Massachusetts act 7, February 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a penniless at 196. Act 1818.
Marriage & Identity of parties, as also death of husband in Decr 1825, proved by numerous witnesses of Credibility
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Preston N. Cutter Stockbridge Mass.
W. P. Rice Examining Clerk.