Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33451, for Nathaniel Perkins, Massachusetts

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Perkins, Nathaniel
S 33451
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11.603 R Massachusetts
Nathaniel Perkins
of Ipswich in the state of Mass! who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Little of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of June 1819 and sent to William Melmore Esq. Boston Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 remd \frac{29}{30} \times 8 = 7.73 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48. $135 43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Nathaniel Perkins Ipswich, Mass. Pension 1818 to Massachusetts

33 451 Rev. INVALID.
File No. 33 451
Nathaniel Perkins
Dr Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 320
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nath l Perkins
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Entered Jany. 1776
served one year in Col. Little's Regt & one in Col. Baldwin's —
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for the evidence of services rendered
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2 1/2 1776

State of Massachusetts
I Mathaniel Perkins a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Haverhill - in the County of Essex - in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on January in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & seventy six.
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the con- tinental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the 14th of January in the year of Our Lord Seventeen hundred & seventy eight.
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Israel Smith's Regiment Company in Colonel Moses Little's Regiment for one year & to Captain Low's Company in Colonel Judath and Baldwin's Regiment as an artificer for one year.
and that I left the service on the expiration of the term aforesaid being Honorably discharged and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of seventy two years - I have no other evidence in my power to offer than is herewith exhibited.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Mathaniel Perkins
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the District Court of Common Pleas for the middle District within the State aforesaid presiding pro hac vice.
the abovenamed Mathaniel Perkins and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court
Wm. Wetmore.
May 1. 1819. I now further certify the supple- -mentary

Supplementary evidence herunto annexed, & that the said Deponents Nathaniel Wade & Joseph Hodgkins Esqrs. are both personally known to me, are persons of great respectability & veracity, & are disinter- ested witnesses, & full faith & credit are & ought to be given to their depositions. Witness my hand & the seal of the Court aforesaid as within affixed.
Wm Wetmore

We Nathaniel Wade and Joseph Hodgkins Esquires to wit the said Nathaniel Wade a Capt in Moses Little Regiment on the Continental Establishment in the year AD 1776 and the said Joseph a Lieutenant in the same Regiment & same year depose and say that our com- missions for that year were from the the Congress of the United Colonies in January 1776 and we further say that we were well acquainted with Nathaniel Perkins, that he then was and now is a native & inhabitant of Ipswich and that he enlisted about or on the first of said January 1776 in Capt Ezra Lunt's Company in said Moses Little's Regiment, and being a townsman and acquaintance we often saw him in the Service during the whole of that year and we know that he served the whole of that year in said Regiment, and we further say that & declare that from our knowledge of his circum- stances in life know them to be reduced and that he now has not any real or personal Estate of any kind, that by reason of his age which is Seventy five years, he is unable to gain a living or Support, without assis- tance from his Country -
Nath l Wade
Joseph Hodgkins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss April 24 th 1819. Then Nathaniel Wade and Joseph Hodgkins Esquires appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition before me
Asa Andrew Justice of the Peace and of the Inferior for the County of Essex.

11603.
Nathl. Perkins
June 1819
Nov 25/19
1820
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Nathaniel Perkins of Ipswich resident in
Pension Certificate No. 11603 in said Circuit, who is named in now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Nathaniel Perkins - - - - - late a private "in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate "of eight - - - - - dollars per month, to commence on the seventh "day of April - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ."
***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventh day * * * * * "of June - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and nineteen . * L. S. * J. L. Edwards in the absence and on * * * * * behalf of Mr. J. C. GALLISON, Secretary of War, "
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  One case of drawers - - - - - 4.00   Small desk - - - - - 1.00   Small looking glass 75 cents. two old chests 40 cents - - - - - 1.15   Two old tables 60 cents. 1 light stand 20 - - - - - .80   Nine old chairs - - - - - 1.50   one pair handirons & 1 pair tongs - - - - - 1.00   1 pot 50 cents. 1 pail 30 - - - - - .80   Tin ware - - - - - 1.00   one warming pan 50 cents & 2 1.10   8 pewter plates 60 cents - - - - - 1.10   Four knives Forks Hold crockery ware - - - - - 1.10   13.45 
In 1776 in January enlisted in Capt. Ezra Lunt's Company & Moses Little's Regiment in the Massachusetts line on the Continental Establishment for one year and served

one whole year and was discharged. Then in January 1779 enlisted in Jacob Law's company & Col. Jeduthun Baldwin's Regiment for one year and served the whole of that time This was also in the Massachusetts line and on the same establishment. Was in the service in the Militia eight months in 1775 - Was in the several battles at the capture of Burgoyne and his army.
Is aged seventy seven years - his wife Elisabeth is aged eighty two years and no other person in family but themselves. no other disability than old age.
Nathaniel Perkins.
Essex p. July 12. 1820. Then the above named Nathaniel Perkins made oath that the said schedule and statement, by him subscribed are true, before me.
Stephen Minot, Judge of said court.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Nathaniel Perkins do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Nathaniel Perkins.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Nathaniel Perkins took and subscribed the forewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot — Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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
Thirteen dollars forty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D.
1820
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Ichabod Tucker, Clerk.