Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2326, for James Newell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Miss
Newell, James Newhall
W. 2326
Mary
CONTENTS

2230 Massachusetts
Mary Newell, widow of James Newell who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private of Artillery Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 — Dollars 00 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Dec r /53 and sent to
James Gregory & Son Marblehead Mass:
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 43. Vol. A

2471
Massachusetts
James Newell
of Essex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Crafts in the [blank] line for 2 weeks
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 100 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Nov 1832 and Issued to Isaac Dater [blank] Mass
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $150.- Pension allowance ending [blank] 50.- $200.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. [blank] Clerk, Vol. 2 nd Page 69.
Oct 18. 33. Dup ip'd & sent to the Thos R Davis of Boston, on 19- of same month. Set to G. Stickney, Jan 1836 19. 1836. Same, Feb 27. Same, Mar 24. 1836

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this Fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, in Salem  James D. Russell , a resident of Lynn , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 71 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That he entered the service of the said State and enlisted as a private in a company commanded by Winthrop Gray Capt, in a Regiment whereof were Colo Crafts Lieut Colo Paul Revere & Major Thomas Melville the same being a Regiment of Artillery in May 1777, and continued in the service of said State from the time of his enlistment which was for three years until the latter part of the summer of 1779 when the said Regiment was disbanded. After his enlistment he was stationed in Boston and vicinity to protect the sea coast, till said Regiment was ordered in 1778 to March to Rhode Island. He was there at the battle and retreat of the Americans under General Sullivan, and after the return of said Regiment to Boston the same was stationed at Castle William, now Fort Independence, and there continued till the same was disbanded.
Questions propounded by the Court
Court. Where and in what year were you born? Answer. I was born in Lynn in the year 1761.
Court. Have you any record of your age if so, where is it?
Answer. I have no record of my age
Question. Where were you living when called into service; where had you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer. I lived in Lynn and Lynn has always been my home, where I have lived and I now live in Lynn.

Question. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I voluntarily enlisted by the consent of my father. I never was a substitute.
Quest. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental & militia regiments as you can recall and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. Col. Thomas Crafts, Lt. Col. Paul Revere & Major Thomas Melville. At Rhode Island Genl. La Fayette, Genl. Sullivan, Col. Crane with his regiment of artillery and joined Col. Crafts. Col. Livingston was mortally wounded there, by three shot holes in his body and died the next day after the battle.
Question. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
Answer. I received a discharge signed by Paul Revere at Castle William and he then commanded the regiment. I gave my discharge to my father, and I do not know what has become of it.
Quest. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution. Isaac Gates Rev. Daniel Chasman  Eliza D. Dunning  Harvey He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
James D. D. D.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Daniel Chasman a clergyman, residing in Lynn aforesaid, and Isaac Gates Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Lynn aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James D. D. D. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 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.
Daniel Chasman Isaac Gates
Subscribed and sworn to before
D. A. D.

And the said Court hereby declares its 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 Daniel Chism who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Lynn and that the said Isaac Bates who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Lynn and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. D. White Judge of Probate.
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Hubbard for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August , A. D. 1832.
Nath. Lord Jr.

N o 4053

6 Dunhall
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Maps

I called Newhall of Lynn in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts now in the eightieth year of my age, depose testify and de- clare upon oath, that I have known James Newhall of Lynn aforesaid ever since the said James Newhall was a child and I well recollect that the said James Newhall enlisted into the service of the State troops, in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven. Colo. Crafts was Commander of the Regiment & Paul Revere was Lieutenant Colo of the same Regiment to which the said James Newhall belonged and the Company to which the said James belonged was commanded by Captain Winthrop Gray; My brother Increase Newhall was adjutant of said Regiment, and in the fall of said year 1877 on a visit to said Regiment at a place called Nantasket, now Hull, I saw & conversed with the said James Newhall then in said service, and after said Regiment retired from Nantasket to Boston, I frequent- ly saw the said James Newhall in said service at Boston and I believe that he was then com- manded by another Captain in the same Regiment but of this my memory does not permit me to state with certainty. I do not remember whether Capt Gray went with said Regiment to Rhode Island or not, but said Regiment went to Rhode Island and was compelled by the British to retreat from the place, afterwards I think, that said James Newhall was stationed on Castle William, now Fort Independence

ence. According to my best recollection the said James Newhall served more than two years from the time of his enlistment, but I am positive and do know that the said James Newhall served more than one year from the time of his enlistment in said service.
Colley Newhall
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Essex ss
On this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1882, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Daniel Appleton White, Judge of Probate for the County of Essex, aforesaid now sitting in Salem within said said County of Essex, Colley Newhall, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. And I the said Judge from the questions put to him and by an examination of the whole matter do certify that the said Colley Newhall is entitled to all his full credit.
In testimony whereof I the said Daniel Appleton White Judge as aforesaid have hereunto set my hand affixed my seal  of office the day and year above written.
D A White Judge of Probate

State of Massachusetts County of Essex } ss.
On this eighth day of July A.D. 1839, personally appeared before Nathiel G. Howe Judge of Probate within & for said County Mary Venable, a resident of Lynn, in County & State aforesaid aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn acc- -ording to law, with her oath, make the following declaration, in order to claim the benefits of the provision made by Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd February 1839, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of James Venable, who was Pen- -sioned as a Private in the War of the Revolution, at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum, under Act of June 7 th 1832.
That her said late husband was a resident of Lynn & was paid his Pension at the Pension Agency, Boston, Mass. And she begs to refer to the evidence upon which he was Pensioned in proof of her title to the benefits of the said law of Feb 3 rd 1839. That she knows of no record whatever of her marriage. She further declares that she was married to the said James Venable, on the _____ day of _____
eighteen hundred and _____ I am uncertain of the precise date, but it was subsequent to 1800.
That her said husband died on the _____ day of _____
eighteen hundred _____
That she was not married to him from the 3 rd day of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now a widow.
Mary Venable
Mary Venable
John Williams
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written (said Mary Venable being unable to read the foregoing declaration) (See I) before me, N. G. Howe, Judge of said Probate Court.

I, Julia A. Newhall, of Lynn, in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts, do on my oath testify and declare that I am in the forty fifth year of my age, that I was well acquainted with James Newhall, late of said Lynn, Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, who died on or about the seventeenth day of April A.D. 1849.
That said James Newhall left a widow named Mary Newhall, who signed the declaration herein, & I do well know that said Mary Newhall is now a widow, and has not married since the death of her husband James Newhall aforesaid.
Julia A. Newhall
Sworn to and subscribed on this eighth day of July A.D. 1853. I believing that the above is true to the best of my knowledge & belief. Before me, B.S. Hodge, Justice of the Peace.
I, Julia A. Newhall, above named do on my oath solemnly declare that during all my acquaintance with the late James Newhall, aforesaid, & Mary Newhall who signed the declaration herein, they have lived together as man and wife known and acknowledged as such by all persons of their acquaintance.
Julia A. Newhall
Sworn to & subscribed this eighth day of July, 1853. Before me, B.S. Hodge, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office. Boston. July 19 th 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation N. S. Howe was Judge of the Court of Probate, B. F. Aldridge and G. W. Fairbanks, were Justices of the Peace and all for the County of Essex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their 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.
T. H. D. Smith Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, William Parker, of Bangor in the County of Penobscot & State of Massachusetts, do on my oath solemnly declare, that I am in the sixty seventh year of my age, that I am well acquainted with James Kendall deceased, late a resident of Lynn Mass. the Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.
That between the year eighteen hundred and eighteen hundred and five I was present at the marriage of said James Kendall to Mary Hart, who is now his widow & who signed the Declaration Pension. That I do well remember all the circumstances attending the marriage, and that the date as above declared by me is correct,
William Parker.
Given to me subscribed on this sixth day of July A.D. 1853 & I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Parker afore who subscribed to the foregoing affidavit. I do well know him to be a man of veracity, and every way credible.
J.W. Fairbanks, Justice of the Peace.

N o 4053 James Newall
2 years Matsap. Col. drafts Post Whitley Maps
Alberty
$1.00
Isaac Gates Esq. Lynn Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  James Newhall of the County of Essex  in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1779. May 3 — — As a Private Gen. Col. Crafts, Capt Gray  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? R. Island  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lynn  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Deposition & document  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Regular 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

Sir. Sir
Hearst City
Reading Office 30 th Sept. 1853.
Sir. Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid, on the date of his death.
Yours Respectfully,
J. Cole For G. Amos, 10 th
James Newhall, set 32, $30.00 p. an. - Paid to 4 th March 1843, no date of death on our Books.
J. Birch Auditor.
Francis Root, Esq. Thos. Alderton, Clerk.

N o 4.053
James Newhall
Isaac Gates Esq r
Synn Map

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Newhall which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes.
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____: and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Marblehead, December 22 d 1853.
Honored Sir:
At the request of Mrs. Mary Newhall, widow of James Newhall, of Lynn in this County of Essex, we herewith return to the Department her Pension Certificate under the law of the 3 d of February last for review .
Mr. Newhall served as a private in the Massachusetts State Artillery, and according to the printed Massachusetts Pension Roll he was pensioned at the rate of One Hundred Dollars per annum under the law of June 7 th . 1832, for that service only , and therefore he must of course have served in the Army at least two years.
It will be noticed that the Certificate allows the widow $30. per annum, only, and there is no intimation or knowledge that any portion of the services of the husband was performed in the Navy.
Under these circumstances it is respectfully submitted that there must be an error somewhere, though we are sorry to trouble the Department about it.
Hon. Loren A. Waldo, Comm ee of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
We are, with great respect, Your Honor's humble serv t . James Gregory & Son.

Payment to be made at Boston by F. Haven Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Mass
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 23 Vol. W
H. C. Johnson Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Cancelled Mary Verrhall, widow of James Verrhall, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars and ————— cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Cancelled Given at the Department of the Interior, this 10th day of October one thousand eight hundred and 53.
[Signature]
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
[Signature] Commissioner of Pensions.

Brief in the case of Mary Newell, widow of James Essex County and State of Mass. act 31 July, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Has been in possession under the Act of June, 1832. Marriage proven by two Witnesses who were present.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jas. Gregory Marblehead, Mass. Name and residence of Agent
J. H. Kingston Examining Clerk.

July 15
Blanchard
Wall
Wash
Hon.
J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
War Department
Washington D.C.
RECEIVED

Lynn Mass. 10 Feby 1836
Dear Sir
In I wrote you several weeks since asking for copies of Discharges in the cases of Moses Blanchard and Laurens Knut Hall, the former in the right of a stipend under the Act of March 18 1818 & the latter under the Act of June 7, 1832, to enable them to obtain a bounty under a recent resolution of the Committee of Massachusetts - Your answer informing me that no such discharges were filed with their Papers when they applied for U.S. Pensions, came to hand only -
Inasmuch as several of the witnesses who then testified are either dead or not to be found, & some proof is required to substantiate their claims to the bounty, I have to ask of you, the documentary on the evidence, as was filed in their respective cases - or if this is not consistent with the regulations of the Department, then that you will cause me to be furnished with

authenticated copies of the same - or so much thereof as refers to service as a Revolutionary soldier at any one time not less than 30 months. By so doing you will confer a great favor upon two worthy old soldiers & their families
In out respectful sent J. C. Hickney the atty

WIDOW, &c.
Boyer File No. 2326
Mary Newell, Widow, James Newell, Pré. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1852.
Index: —Vol. M. Page 79
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2250. Massachusetts Mary Herrhall widow of James, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a serv.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 " day of Oct r 1853, and sent to J. Gregory 3d Son. Marblehead Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act February 3, 1853, Page 43 Vol. C

State of Massachusetts } H. & County of Suffolk. }
On this ninth day of September 1833 before me Peter Openbridge & Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston in open Court personally appeared James Newhall who on his oath declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company artillery commanded by Capt. Pond in the regiment commanded by Col. Reed in the service of the United States: that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts as appears from advice received from the War Department by his attorney Thomas H. Davis on or about the 1 st of July last; that a certificate to that effect, as tapped from the same advice was forwarded on the 3 rd day of July: which said certificate was either misdirected, or has miscarried & never reached him: accordingly he makes this his application for a new certificate, according to due form of law to be awarded him.
On the day and year first above written, the within named James Newhall appeared before me, in open court, and made oath to the truth of the contents of the above decla- ration. Peter A. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City
James Newhall

names was not application for a new certificate, according to due form of law to be awarded him.
On the day and year first above written, the within named James Newhall appeared before me, in open court, and made oath to the truth of the contents of the above declaration.
James Newhall
Peter A. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Certificate of Elijah Mears
I, Elijah Mears, Merchant resident in Boston hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Newhall who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; & that he is the identical person that he describes himself in the above application to be: & that my certificate according to the original declaration upon which the Patent was granted, the certificate of which as appears from the above application is lost.
On the day & year first above written, the within named Elijah Mears appeared before me, in open Court, and made oath to the truth of the contents of this certificate, and further avers that he is personally known to me, and is in every respect entitled to credit, that I believe the contents of this certificate. Peter A. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court.
Elijah Mears

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I, Thomas R. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that the Honorable Peter Cambridge Thacher, is sole Judge of said Court and that the signatures on the opposite side of this sheet, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at said Boston, this twelfth day of September, A. D. Eighteen hundred & thirty three.
Thomas R. Phillips.
I further certify that said Municipal Court is a Court of Record, legally established in and by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Attest, Thomas R. Phillips, Clerk of said Court and the seal of said Court hereunto affixed. This twelfth day of September, A. D. Eighteen hundred & thirty three.

Issue a new Certificate of James Newhall
J. L. Edwards Esq. Philo's Office War Dept Mt. Washington. D. C.

Boston 33 Court Street. September 12. '33.
Sir, In compliance with your letter of the 31 st of July I enclose James Newhall's application for a new certificate made according to the rules of the Pension Department. Respectfully Yrs B. H.
By Thomas H. Davis An answer as soon as other claims may permit, is in this case very much desired.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington

Have duty at Mar.

Lynn Mass.
Hon Secretary of War,
Sir, any communication upon the subject of the appli- cation of James Ducharme a pension will at his request be made to me.
I am, Sir, with great respect your humble servant Baker Gates

Sir - Please return notification of the names of Hall discharge & Packard within names which were not on the notification of the name of Newhall were this day - Rufus H. Barnes Jr. The loan of pensions Baton. 7 Jan. 1854

PENSION OFFICE, Oct 4 1853.
Emk
Sir: Be pleased to inscribe on your roll under the act below mentioned the following names, and pay the pensions as directed opposite the names.
Respectfully, To J. O. Turner Esq.
J. McLee Commissioner of Pensions.
   NAMES. RANK. ACT. ANNUAL AMOUNT. COMMENCEMENT OF PENSIONS. CONTINUATION OF PENSIONS.     Anne Hall, alias Frank, widow of Simon Hall, Pirate 32.23 7 mo 1 day Feb 4 1853 $55 Feb 4 1853 During Widowhood   Mary Newhall widow of James Newhall Pirate 17.55 7 mo 1 day do $20 do do   Enceinda Packard widow of Philip Packard Pirate 56.27 7 mo 1 day do $96 do do  

Downey City James Knutt to St. Louis

Power of Attorney.
KNOW ALL MEN, That I James Merrill of Lynn in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts gentleman
have made, constituted, and appointed, and do hereby make, constitute, and appoint Jeremiah C. Stickney of said Lynn & Lynn
to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name and stead to obtain from the War Department at Washington any Papers, Documents or other evidence or copies of the same necessary to prove before the Agency of the Massachusetts Land Office or any other Tribunal my claim to a Bounty under a resolution of said Commonwealth for services rendered by me as a soldier in the War of the Revolution
HEREBY GIVING AND GRANTING to my said Attorney, full power and authority to do, transact, and determine all matters, things and business relating to and touching the premises, as fully and effectually as I said Merrill could or might do, if personally present; with power to substitute one Attorney, or more, under his said Stickney and the same at his pleasure to revoke.
HEREBY RATIFYING and CONFIRMING whatever my said Attorney or his substitute or substitutes shall and may, by virtue hereof, do in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED IN PRESENCE OF
James Merrill
James Merrill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. 10 March 1836
Then the above named James Merrill acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his free act and deed, before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within the said County, James Merrill

James Van Alst

In Abstract of the Wages of the 5 th Company in Col. Pro- crafts Reg t of Artillery in the service of the Massachusetts State from their Enlistment until the first day of Aug t 1777.
   Mens Names. Rank. Wages per Month Time of Service. Whole Amount.     Winthrop Gray Capt. 12. 0. 0 85 Days 34. 0. 0   Alex r Martin Capt. Lt. 9. 0. 0 85 do 25. 10. 0   Benj a White 1 st Lt. 8. 5. 0 85 do 23. 7. 6   Will m Gordon 2 nd Lt. 8. 5. 0 85 do 23. 7. 6   John S. Wendell 2 nd Lt. 8. 5. 0 85 do 23. 7. 6   Eph m Bullard Serg t . 3. 12. 0 58 do 6. 19. 2 3/4   Anth y Morse Serg t . 3. 12. 0 72 do 8. 12. 9 1/2   Jn o H. Riedel Serg t . 3. 12. 0 83 do 9. 19. 2 3/4   Ichab d Gay Corps t . 3. 6. 0 37 do 4. 1. 5   Jona s Hollis Corps t . 3. 6. 0 70 do 7. 14. 0   Will m Leving Corps t . 3. 6. 0 60 do 6. 12. 0   Dan d Hollis Gunner 3. 4. 6 70 do 7. 10. 6 181. 1. 7   John Adams do 3. 4. 6 80 do 8. 12. 0   W m M c Gurtin do 3. 4. 6 72 do 7. 14. 10   Noah Gay do 3. 4. 6 30 do 3. 4. 6   Isaac Pillsbury Mattrass. 2. 8. 0 64 do 5. 2. 4 1/2   Jacob Bull do 2. 8. 0 50 do 4. 0. 0   Benj. Hollis do 2. 8. 0 45 do 3. 12. 0   James Newhall do 2. 8. 0 60 do 4. 16. 0   Prince Dinah do 2. 8. 0 63 do 5. 0. 9 1/2   Comfort Bird Fifer 3. 6. 0 65 do 7. 3. 0   Jn o S. Barretto Drum t 3. 6. 0 66 do 7. 5. 2 3/4   Jn o Stanley Mattrass. 2. 8. 0 47 do 1. 7. 2   Will m Griffis do 2. 8. 0 40 do 3. 4. 0   Arthur Thomas do 2. 8. 0 40 do 3. 4. 0   Pln m Braypole do 2. 8. 0 39 do 3. 2. 4 3/4 67. 8. 3   248..9. 10  

Capt. Winthrop Gray in Col. Crafts Reg- Roll.
Examined and found Due $248. 9. 10
Ezra Sargeant for Vides.
Exam d
for Will m Harris Clerk to y e Board.
In Council July 31. 1777.
Read & allowed & ordered that a Warrant be drawn on the Treasury for $248. 9. 10 - in full of this Roll.
for Avery D. Searle
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office June 19. 1832.
I hereby Certify, that the foregoing is a true Copy of an Original "Abster Roll" on the files of this Office; and that there are various "Rolls", so called, showing the subsequent ser- vices of the Company of Artillery commanded by Capt. Winthrop Gray, as late as Feb. 26. 1779; but that these "Rolls" state only the numbers , and not the names of the persons enrolled in said Company; - the Roll of which the foregoing is a copy being the only one on which the names of any individual is borne. — I also Certify that the Regiment of Artillery of which the said Captain Gray's Company was a component part was raised, for the service of the State of Massachusetts Bay, by a Resolve, of April 14. 1777 to serve for the period of

three years.
Edward D. Bangs,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

July 27, 1853. #2982.
Appl. of Mary Newhall, widow of James Newhall, Essex co., Mass.
15526
ad 3 a Feb. 1853.
$100.00 Per An. Comm. Feb. 3 d 1853.
Rev. $100. 00 Per An. Comm. Feb. 3 d 1853.
Jas. Gregory & son, Marblehead, Mass.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE. OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commission

L. P. Waldo Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
FREE

FREE
Hon. Loren P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.

Julia A. Newhall, 140 Park St of Essex Co: 17 th April 43.
BB { See other Case when ret d from } 3 rd Aud t Dec. 29 th / 53.
"By [unclear]"

Rev. C. Coffin, 29 th Decr. 1853.
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid, or the date of his death, Very Respectfully,
I am
For the Secy of War,
James Newell, Act 1832 $100 per annum. Paid 17 April 1843. paid.
J. Burr Auditor
Francis Root Esq., Chief Auditor, Treasury,