Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,046, for Simeon Proctor, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Proctor, Simon
L. 300 H 6
CONTENTS

76 Middlesex
10.059 Massachusetts
Simeon Proctor
of Lexington in the State of Massa who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stearns of the Regt. commanded by Col Robinson in the Mass unit for 6 months 19 days
Male
Subscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 22 Dollars 12 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of March 1833 and State of  Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 4.24 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept 33  11.06 $ 15.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. C. Adams Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 15 Page 63

30046 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 30,046
Simeon Proctor
Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 39"
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 898
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Declaration of Simson Proctor. —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
On this Twenty fourth ————— day of December one Thous and Eight hundred & thirty two — personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Cambridge — within and for the County of Middlesex ————— in the Commonwealth aforesaid Simon Proctor of Lexington in said County aged seventy two years
Who being 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1 That in the summer of the year AD 1777 he engaged to go into the service at Rhode Island under an enlistment for six months, he entered the Company of Capt: Alpheus Brown of Concord his 1 st Lt was Daniel Bacon, and the 2 nd Lt was James Brown and the Company was attached to Col: John Brown Reg t of Massachusetts, he marched to Rhode Island and passed thro North Kingston and was in various other places which he can not enumerate until he served five months and some days, he can not name state the day he entered the service, nor the day on which he was discharged, but he can affirm that he served more than five months, and he did not want a full month to complete his term of six months when he received his discharge. 2 In the year AD 1779 he again agreed to enter the service for three months to go to the Northern frontier, and enlisted in the Company of Capt: John Porter of Littleton his Lt were ————— and his Company was attached to the Regiment of Col: Denny of Leicester, John Burtick of Concord Lt Col: he marched with his Company to Hoosick river and continued with them in the State of New York in the vicinity of that river, it was expected an Army would come from Canada, but there was no force from that quarter to oppose and having served with full six weeks, the Company was discharged and he returned home some time in the fall of 1779.

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to and
Wm. E. Thurney Simeon Proctor We Daniel Chandler, late a Captain in the United States Service, Josiah Reed a Soldier in the Revolutionary war both of Lexington & Charles Briggs a Clergyman residing in the town of Lexington
in the county of Middlesex - I hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Simeon Proctor who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Wm. E. Thurney
Charles Briggs. Daniel Chandler Josiah Reed
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he stated. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Rev. Charles Briggs who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Lexington and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Elias Thurney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Middlesex do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Simeon Proctor for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at office this twenty fourth day of December - in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two.
E. Thurney
S. Dana Boston Mass
Simeon Proctor 21544 Pence 6 Months 215 days Other

Simeon Proctor
21544
Private
6 Months & 19 days
Alma
Approved by the War Department, and the above named officer is hereby mustered out of service.
S. Dana
Eroton Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Cambridge within and for the County of Middlesex on the Second day of December A. D. 1832 On the application of Simon Proctor claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Chelmsford in Mass on the 16th day of October A D 1760
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a family record of my age in my possession
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I was when called into service, living in Littleton in said County where I continued to live after the war until about six years since when I removed from there and have since in other towns until I removed to Lexington where I now reside
4. When you were called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer, Both terms of service were voluntary and under enlistments as stated in my Declaration -
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I can not call to mind any officers or states describe any troops that were in service with me, there were many both at Rhode Island and on the Northern frontier.
6. State the names of 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?
Answer, Rev. Mr. Briggs, Rev. Nathan Chandler , Capt. Daniel Chandler and Dea. Nathan Chandler . — Josiah Reed
Did you ever receive any written discharge from service.
I never received any written discharge from service, but departed the service by leave, and under the directions of the Captains, under whom I served.
Middlesex ss. Court of Common Pleas Dec. 7. 1832 Simon Proctor
Sworn to in Court Atty. E. Putnam
Sworn to in Court Atty. E. Putnam

Simeon Proctor

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 27 1832.
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 Simeon Proctor is borne on "A Pay roll of Bounty due to Capt. Abishai Brown's company, in Col. John Robinson's regiment of the Massachusetts Bay 1777" for the space of 3 months and 4 days, from the 1st of August. 1777.
Again, Simeon Proctor is borne on. A Pay roll of Capt John Porter's company in Col. Samuel Dany's regiment, raised for the defence of the United States of America," for the space of 1 month and 15 days, term to return home included, from the 19th of October. Discharge dated November 23 d 1778.
Edward D Bangs Secy