Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,476, for Samuel Pike, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Pike, Samuel
S. 33,476
CONTENTS

618
Massachusetts Roll
Samuel Pike
Capt Thorpe
Private
4
Massachusetts line - p 81. 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Samuel Putnam, Salem, Mass.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 4 months 7/30 $ 33.86
{Revolutionary claims,} {Act 18th March, 1818,}
Continued Master Hampton Co.
hbt to Geo Davis May 29 '48
Notification and ordering 1820 to April 1821 Boston Mass.

Samuel Pike

Samuel Pike of Chester in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby make Oath under the following Declaration -
That in the month of April 1781 he enlisted as private for the term of three years into the army of the United States called the Continental Army & Massachusetts line that he enlisted into Capt. Phelps Company & Col. John Brooks Regiment & Genl. Patterson's Brigade that he faithfully served in said capacity until peace was proclaimed and that he was honorable discharged at Paterkill in the State of New York which discharge is herewith presented And this Declarant further saith that he is fifty one years of age & has been subject to much sickness & is entirely destitute of property & by reason of his poverty stands in need of assistance from his country for support -
Samuel Pike

I Justin Root of Chester in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Husbandman do on oath testify that in March 1781 I enlisted for three years in Capt Mills Company & Col Brooks Regiment & that I well knew the said Peter & that he served in Capt Thorps company as he has stated in the foregoing declaration by him made
Justin Root
Hampden ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts On this twenty eighth day of April AD 1818 personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth the aforesaid Samuel Peter & Justin Root and in my presence subscribed & made oath to the aforesaid Declaration & Affidavit by them respectively made & it appearing to my satisfaction that the above named Samuel Peter served for the term of more than nine months in the War of the Revolution on the Continental establishment to wit from March 1781 until January 1783 against the common Enemy I hereby certify the testimony in the case & the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the War department In testimony whereof

I hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of April A.D. 1818
S. Putnam Just S. S. Court of Mass } 5
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss
I John Ingersoll Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said Commonwealth for the County of Hampden do certify that Samuel Putnam is one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth & that the above signature is his proper hand writing and that the seal hereunto affixed is the Seal of said Court April 28 th A.D. 1818
Attest John Ingersoll Clerk

Samuel Pike
618
Brookfield
May 18
Con

Schedule of the Estate of Samuel Pike, of Brookfield in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
1 Milk pail 11 cts - 1 snuff Box 4 cts. 1 Basin 10 cts - 1 set cups & Yawes 20 cts - 9 white plates 36 cts 1 Skirt 17 cts - the whole amounting to ninety eight cents $0.98 -
The above is a schedule of all the property which I own, of what name or nature so ever.
I also hereby further certify that my family consists of myself and wife; I am infirm and unable to maintain myself by labour. My wife is 39 years of age, is also incapable of lending much assistance towards our support.
his Samuel + Pike mark.
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.
his Samuel + Pike mark
Sworn to and declared, on the eighth day of September 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the 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 ninety eight dollars and cents.
$0.98
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth day of September 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this Eighth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Samuel Pike , aged fifty three years, resident in Brookfield , 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: I enlisted as a private soldier at Western in the County of Worcester aforesaid, in April 1781, and arriving at West Point about the first of May following, I was attached to Capt. Thorp's company, in Col. John Brooks' Regiment; I continued in the service, and was employed with the army along the north River till December 1783, or January 1784, and was at that time regularly discharged at Puckkill. I hold a Pension Certificate No 618, dated May 20, 1818.
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.
Samuel Pike his mark
Sworn to and declared, on the eighth day of September 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the 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 ninety eight dollars and cents.
89.98
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth day of September 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

NEW YORK MAY 26
Hon. J. L. Pike to the Commissioners of Pensions office City of Washington
sent back May 28 1848

Hartbridge May 23 1855 County of Worcester -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Dear Sir - Betsy Furbash the widow of Noah Furbash & formerly the widow of Samuel Pike of Brookfield in said County, who was a pensioner for a number of years, & died a pensioner, she thinks about the year 1822. His pension, she says, was $96 - per year - She was married to Pike not far from the year 1820. She is not able to find the certificate of her Pike. Does not know whether she ever saw it or not.
I have not seen the last pension law or any regulations under it.
I wish to ascertain whether she is entitled to a pension by virtue of her marriage to said Pike, & if so, whether she must furnish evidence that Pike was a pensioner or whether the evidence in the pension office will be sufficient to establish that point.
Be please to transmit to me such documents as I may need in regard to my inquiries, and excuse me for making this urgent -
With high respect I am your obed. Servt -
George Davis

33476 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33476
Samuel Pike
Br. Rev. Mr.
Act: 18 th March 187
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 589
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR GENERAL KNOX,
Commander of the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Samuel [blank] in the [blank] Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the [blank] Day of December
178
HN Knox
By the General's Command
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Thos Hardy Adjutant

J. F. 3347a. Samuel Pike, ms. a. 2.
ART OF READING.
Piz. Hence, or dread my anger. Elo. I will not hence; nor do I dread thy anger. Al. Generous loveliness! spare thy unavailing pity. Seek not to thwart the tyger with his prey beneath his fangs. Piz. Audacious rebel! Thou art a renegado from thy monarch and thy God! Al. It is false. Piz. Tell me, art thou not a deserter from thy country's legions; and with vile heathens leagued; hast thou not warred against thy native land? Al. No! Deserter, I am none! I was not born among robbers! pirates! murderers! when those legions, lured by the abhorred lust of gold, and by thy foul ambition urged, forgot the honor of Castilians, and forsook the duties of humanity, they deserted me. I have not warred against my native land, but against those who have usurped its power. The banners of my country, when first followed arms beneath them, were justice, faith, and mercy. If these are beaten down and trampled under foot, I have no country; nor exists the power entitled to reproach me with revolt. Piz. The power to judge and punish thee at least exists. Al. Where are my judges? Piz. Thou wouldst appeal to the war council? Al. If the good Las Casas have yet a seat there; yes; if not, I appeal to Heaven! Piz. And to impose upon the folly of Las Casas what would be the excuses of thy treason? Elo. The folly of Las Casas! Such, doubtless, his mild precepts seem to thy hard-hearted wisdom; O! would I might have lived as I will die, the sharer of the follies of Las Casas! Al. To him I should not need to urge the foul barbarities which drove me from your side; but I would gently lead him by the hand through all the lovely fields of Quito; there in many a spot where late was barrenness and waste, I would show him how now the opening blossom, blade, or perfumed bud, sweet bashful pledges of delicious harvest, wafting their incense to the rising sun, give cheerful promise to the hope of industry.
Shakespeare
ART OF READING.
world at your royal feet. It is boisterous to your enemies, but it knows you to be its sovereign. Canute. Is not the tide coming up? Oswald. Yes, my liege; you may perceive the swell already. Canute. Bring me a chair then; set it here upon the sands. Offa. Where the tide is coming up, my gracious lord? Oswald. ( Aside ) I wonder what he is going to do! Offa. ( Aside ) Surely he is not such a fool as to believe us! Canute. O mighty ocean! thou art my subject; my courtiers tell me so; and it is then thy bounden duty to obey me. Thus, then, I stretch my sceptre over thee, and command thee to retire. Roll back thy swelling waves, nor let them presume to wet the feet of me, thy royal master. Oswald. ( Aside ) I believe the sea will pay very little regard to his royal commands. Offa. See how fast the tide rises! Oswald. The next wave will come up to the chair. It is folly to stay; we shall be covered with salt water. Canute. Well, does the sea obey my commands? If it be my subject, it is a very rebellious subject. See how it rises, and dashes the angry foam and salt spray over my sacred person. Vile sycophants! Did you think I was the dupe of your base lies? That I believed your abject flatteries? Know, there is but one Being whom the sea will obey. He is Sovereign of heaven and earth, King of kings, and Lord of lords. It is only he who can say to the ocean, "Thus far shalt thou go, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." A king is but a man; and man is but a worm. Shall a worm assume the power of the great God, and think the elements will obey him? Take away this crown, I will never wear it more. May kings learn to be humble from my example, and courtiers learn truth from your disgrace, vile flatterers of a worm!
H.