Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13826, for John Powers, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Powers, John or Poor
N. 13826
Mass. Sea Service
Navy and Privateer
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 2570
Elizabeth Powers
widow of John Powers, died
POOR
who died on the _____ AD 1808
of Essex Co in the State of Mass.
who was a privt Seaman in the _____ commanded
by Captain Mass of the _____ commanded
by _____ in the Inf & Navy
line for 17 mos Seaman
7 " pr Infantry
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ Mass at the rate of 96. Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Inc d from $35.66
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of March AD 1839 and sent to James Gregory Marblehead, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $726.64
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 45.41
$772.05
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d }
Recorded by D.M. Curdy , Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 57
Head
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 to from 4 Sep to 28. Dec 1839. Agent Nicholas D. Kelley 1843

Elizabeth Powers V675 Widow of John Powers N o 675. 3. sec. Mass.
Married Dec r 78 Dec r 1805
75. 8mo. pri - Capt Broughton vol 6. 216. Sec - cruise march 5. 356. Gates - private
Allow 8 mo pr 24.66  2 mo Seaman - 9  private 35.66 17 mo Seaman 17.50 7 - pr half 23.33 private $ 90.83
Jas Gregory Esq Marblehead Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County Ys } on this Twelfth day of
November in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty six Personally appeared before Hon David Cummings one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Mass ts Elizabeth Powers a resident of Marblehead in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aged Seventy six years who being first duly Sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836; That She is the Widow of John Powers late of Said Marblehead deceased, that her late Husband the Said John Served in the War of the Revolution as a Mariner on board the Schooner Warren  Polly 10 Guns, Captain Nicholas Broughton 1775. Sailed for the St Lawrence in Company with Capt John Selman in the Schooner Warren 8 Guns, Captured the Governor of Nova Scotia and returned home 23 December 1775, That He also Served in Col Glousters Reg t 8 months, Then on board of the States Brig Yates 14 Guns Capt Skeemer, then again in June Viper when Said Capt Skeemer was killed in an engagement with the Enemy.
She further declares that She was Married to the Said John Powers her late Husband by the Rev Isaac Story on the 28 th December 1778. That he Said Husband died in March 1808 and that She has remained ever since and is now a Widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Elizabeth X Powers mark
Witness Chas W. Athorp
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and Year above written before me I also Certify that Elizabeth Powers the above applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court David Cummings

I John Teshaw of Marblehead in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the Eighty sixth Year of my Age, having first been duly sworn according to Law, do testify and declare that I served in the War of the Revolution both in the Land and Naval Service, That I was well acquainted with John Powers, late of Marblehead dec. Said John and myself were Soldiers together in Capt. Nicholas Broughtons Company, Col. Glousters Reg. t of State Troops from Marblehead, We marched to Cambridge about the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775. Said Powers and myself remained there about two months and were then detached with about twenty others to Man two Vessels fitted out at Marblehead to Cruise in the St. Lawrence, The Polly of 10 Guns Captain Nicholas Broughton and the Warren of 10 Guns Capt. John Teshaw were the Vessels employed in said Expedition. Served as Boatswain and Said Powers served as Mariner on board the Polly we Cruised till late in December and landed at the Magdalen Islands where we Captured the Governor of Nova Scotia and the Commissary, and brought them into Salem at which place we Arrived about Christmas of that Year, Said John Powers continued in Company with me during the whole of this Service. Said Power died in this Town and left Elizabeth Powers his widow who is still Surviving and has not since Married. -
John Teshaw
Witness
Chas. W. Athorp
Essex ss. Then personally appeared the above named John Teshaw a person well known to me of Respectability and truth, and make solemn Oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him Subscribed. Before me, James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.
Marblehead November 14 th 1836

I William Harris of Marblehead in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty one being first duly sworn according to Law do testify and declare that I was well acquainted with John Powers late of Marblehead deceased and that the said John Powers was respected and believed to have served in the War of the Revolution, I am also acquainted with Elizabeth Powers, Widow of said John, that she is now residing in this Town of Marblehead that she has not married since the decease of her said Husband and she now remains a Widow.
William Harris
Witness Chas. W. Atherp
Essex ss Marblehead November 14th 1836.
Then the above named William Harris personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit subscribed by him, before me the subscriber. And I hereby certify that for the said William Harris is a person whose testimony is a person good for truth and veracity.
James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

Marriage Certificate of John Powers & Elizabeth Fousland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Town of Marblehead November 10 th 1836.
Town Clerk's Office
I Richard Homan do on oath declare that I am Clerk of the Town of Marblehead in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that I have the custody of the records of said Town and that it appears by the said records that W m John Power and Miss Elisabeth Pousland both of Marblehead were joined in Marriage by Rev. Isaac Story December 28 th 1778
Rich d Homan Town Clerk
Essex ss
Marblehead November 10 th A.D. 1836
Then personally appeared Richard Homan the subscriber to the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me,
James Gregory, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.
I John Prince Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County do certify that Hon. David Cummings is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County & Commonwealth & that his signatures hereon are genuine & do further certify that James Coneyguy is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his signatures hereon are genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Courts at Salem November 15. 1836.
John Prince Clk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec. 25 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child ren of Elizabeth Powers, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Ninety — Dollars and 83 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. — to the 28 th Dec. 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

for a statement of the military history of John Powers a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Wid. F. 13,826.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE.    CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.      May 15 1775  2 mos. 23 days  Pvt.  Wm Courtis & A Grant  John Glover  Mass.    They served to Dec 23, 1775   Muskr  Nicholas Broughton  on Schooner "Polly"     1777  —  Gunner  John Skinner  on privateer "Lee"     —  —  Gunner  John Skinner  on U.S. brig "Gen Gates"     $ 1779  3 or 4 mos.  Boatswain  John Barnes  on ship "Hector"     1780  —  —  Lowell  on privateer sloop "Thorn"     —  —  —  Stevenson  on privateer Syren, captured,      and carried to Norfolk and detained for some time on Jersey prison ship  Battles engaged in, St Lawrence and Penobscot Expeditions and in engagement on "Gen Gates"  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Marblehead Mass  Date of application for pension, Nov. 15, 1836. Her claim was allowed  Residence at date of application, Marblehead Mass.  Age at date of application, 76 yrs  Remarks: Sol was the son of an Irishman name not stated, and served under the name Poor and was always called by that name until after the Rev. Sol mar at Marblehead Mass Dec. 28, 1778 Elizabeth Porsland both of said town where he died in Mar 1808. A son John was 59 years old in 1839. other children referred to no names stated. Very respectfully,

2570 Massachusetts
Elizabeth Power widow of John Power, dec?
who died on the _____ A.D. 1808 of Essex Co. in the State of Mass, who was a pri & seam in the Comp y commanded by Captain Broughton of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Reg t line for 8 mos s private 2 " seaman
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 35 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of March 1839 Gregory, Marblehead, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $285.28 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 17.83
$303.11
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3a }
Recorded by D. M. Curdy Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 57.

Feb. 15, '08. Hist. to Mr. H. Atkins.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13826
Elizabeth Powers Widow of John Powers Prim Reer War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. M , Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. Lamparter
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____ On Schooner, Franklin; Res. Marblehead Claimant _____
Soldier John Powers
Service Mass.
Additional Service Reev. War
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim as above except (not res. Marblehead) Invd. # 33492 Not ident. Army service. Wid. # 13826 Wid. # 15730 not ident. Army service (not res. Marblehead)

8 mo 75 pri- Capt Broughton - rolls 1. 12 ds - 79. Boatswains mate Hector. Penobscot - parole & rolls - Lee - Capt. Skienum - Letter of marque & reprisal Gales " " " privateer

Elizabeth Powers wid of John du o Lt. Rutha Baldwin Nov 14 1837. do do Jan 17 1838. do do March 15 1838 Aug 8. 38 same " 29 " do
48 24 72 450 6750

See the admitted papers of Mrs Lucy Howard Mass. wid M d . Ad. 7 July 1838 for information relative to the Jewels on board the Lee Genl. Gates.

My Own Ingraves &
Great the mass. engine -
James L. Edwards Esq - Washington, D.C.

Washington, March 1 st 1839.
Honored Sir:
The object I had in view yesterday in desiring to make certain verbal enquiries - which you required to be first put in writing - was to elicit information upon the following subjects: -
1 st An Affidavit of John Graves of M'head, Massachusetts, (accompanied by his Pension Certificate) was forwarded to your Department in Dec. last with the view of claiming an addition to his Pension by reason of his serving as a Sailmaker on board the Spruance State Brig - he having been allowed for the services of a Seaman only - as alleged. The Cert. was wanted to obtain his Semi Annual pay. Also the very Honor on the case. Deafness of a 2 nd To solicit an answer to my letter directed to your office some two months since (the exact date I have not with me) relative to the claim of Sarah Roundy through her first husband John (Dufarr, alias Duffer, which claim was forwarded 15 months ago.
Attended to
3 d Relative to the claim of the widow of John Poor, alias Power, which, as I am informed,

was forwarded 27 months ago to your office - to present the affidavit of William Thompson relative to the identity & service of the late husband of the applicant. Also your decision thereon.
The crest should cer- tify the living children. Declaration may be made by one or more th. To enquire whether in an application of the heirs of any person who may have died entitled to the benefit of the existing Pension laws - it is necessary that more than one of the heirs should make the requisite Declaration before the proper Court - so long as the proper proof, under the seal of the proper Court should be furnished, proving the names of all the heirs, & forwarded with the application.
Could I have an answer or decision upon the enquires & statements herein contained while in the City - say during office hours tomorrow - or, as I shall leave the City before Sunday, forwarded to me next week?
I am, with very great respect, Your Honor's ob't. serv't. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January, 2 1838.
I hereby certify that from the Rolls of the War of the Revolution remaining in this Office it appears that John Boor enlisted on the 15 th day of May 1775, in Capt. William Courts' Company in Col. John Glover's Regiment, and served as a private two months and twenty two days.
In testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow
Secy of the Council

I am very sorry to secure evidence of the arrival of your letter of 10/10/07. I am, dear Sir, your obedient servant, and conversed with Mr. [illegible] and I believe you will find nothing of the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] I hope to see you [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] over which would [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Yours very truly, [Signature]

N. H. Atkins, 13 Greenough Ave., Cambridge, Mass.
Feb. 4, 1908.
Pension Commissioner, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am very anxious to secure evidence of the services of John Powers, of Marblehead, Mass., during Revolutionary times. He was connected with privateering, and I believe was with Capt. James Mugford, of the schooner "Franklin", and with Capt., later Commodore Manly.
I write to ask you if you have any record of any nature whatever which would serve as proof of his having served in the "navy" if it could be called such, of those times.
Yours very truly,
N. H. Atkins.

In a roll of Capt. Selman Co. dated Ala Nov 1775 See the papers of Daniel M. Griffin Ad. Mags Power na Poor, not on

Aug 1 st
Conn
Chs- mt
Mary Rivers
Sis.
James L Edwards Esq. Court of Pensions Washington

Sir
Boston Massachusetts
July 28th 1837
I respectfully invite the attention of the Department to the case of Mrs Mary Powers, Widow of John Powers dec. whose application for pension with several others from Marblehead were forwarded in my letter of November 22 d last, and noticed in your letter of April 13 - 1837 - in which it is objected that Capt Broughton and Solomon are alleged to have served in the Army and Navy at one and the same time. It is believed that the Department is now satisfied that those officers were both in the Land and Naval Service in 1775, though not at one and the same time; and as the establishment of this fact has a particular bearing on the services of John Powers, consequently on the claim of his Widow. I ask for a reconsideration of her case and will add that from the best evidence I am able to obtain, said John Powers commenced service as an eight months Man in Capt Thomas Grants Comp y of Col John Glens Reg t of Militia and marched from Marblehead on the night preceding the Battle of Bunker Hill to Cambridge and continued in the service until Capt Broughton and

and Salem were detached from the Army, together with many of their fellow Townsmen, to man the two Schooners Franklin and Polly, preparing for an expedition to the St Lawrence, in which said John Powers took an active part, and continued until the return of these Vessels late in Dec r 1775
vol 5-356 Gates Lee march 1777
In your letter relating to this claim the mention is made of his alleged Service in two Successive Cruises with Capt John Skinner in the Schooner Lee and Brig Gates, and I do not recollect whether this last Service was clearly stated in the Writings Declaration, neither his Service on board of the Ship Hector in the Penobscot expedition, under Capt John Barnes, - I earnestly solicit the early attention of the Department to this case,
I am respectfully
Sir Your obedient Servt
Reuben Balwin
James D r Edwards Esq r Com d officers here Washington

recd: Oct. 28 675 Mrs. Hoff Eliz: Powers
James I. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington

Sir
Boston Mass th October 24, 1837
Your letter dated September 2 nd has been rec d in which you say that the claim to a pension by Mrs Elizabeth Powers is disallowed on the ground that her Husband John Powers performed no Military Service after Marriage in 1778. And that the Lee and Gates commanded by Capt Skinner were not public Armed Vessels; This decision of the Department appears extraordinary as it is a well known fact that there are and have been several persons drawing pensions for this very Service, Some of the following names amongst them viz t
 Micah Orcutt of Norfolk County, Act of 1818 and 1832. —  Jacob Hiler of Suffolk County " 1832  John Shute of Middlesex County " 1818  John Skinner of do do " 1818 
The latter also of Capt Skinner
I would further observe that no notice appears to be taken of the alleged Service in the Penobscot expedition in 1779 in any of the cases heretofore forwarded to the Department, and to which your attention is requested in the case of Mrs Powers, Supported as it is by the Affidavit enclosed of Edmund Brooks, — I respectfully solicit that this claim may receive another investigation,
Very Respectfully Yours Sir Your Obedt
J L Edwards Esq law officers Washington
Reuben Baldwin

July 28.
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James L Edwards Esq Com d of Pensions Washington

Boston Massachusetts July 24 th 1838
For I would respectfully and earnestly solicit the attention of the Department to the case of Mrs Elizabeth Power, widow of John Power or Poor, whose claim has not been noticed by the Department. Since the 15 th March the date of your last letter on this subject, - On the 9 th April I forwarded additional testimony in support of this claim, particularly identifying John Power and Poor as the same individual, which is almost universally so understood and confirmed by aged people his contemporaries in Marblehead, Mrs Power is aged, and is desirous to have her claim decided, and as it is probable the Department will be pressed with numerous applications under the late Act I hope and request this case will receive the immediate attention it merits from its long standing
Yours very respectfully,
In Your Obs t
Reuben Baldwin
James L. Edwards Esq Comm r of pensions Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County Marblehead April 7 th 1838.
I Mary Quiner, wife of Nicholas Quiner of said Town of Marblehead; Being sworn do on Oath testify and say that I am in the seventieth year of my age, and that I was born and brought up in this Town of Marblehead and that from my infancy I was acquainted with John Power and his wife Elizabeth, whose maiden name was Pousland; said John Power was always called John Poor untill his death, and by that name is the family known untill the present time. said John Power died in this Town many years since and left said Elizabeth his widow, who is still living, and resides near me, with her children Mary her Quiner mark .
Witnessed by James Gregory
I John Prince of Marblehead in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being sworn do on Oath testify and say that, I am in the seventysixth year of my age; that I was born and brought up in this Town of Marblehead, and that from my infancy I was acquainted with John Power, otherwise called John Poor, of this Town of Marblehead. said John Power married Elizabeth Pousland, who is still living. I sailed one or more cruises with said Power in the year 1780 in the private armed Sloop of War called the Thorn, Capt Gowell. Said John while on board of said Vessel was Boatswains Mate and as often called John Poor as John Power. I always understood that said John Power, otherwise called John Poor served either by sea or on land, thro the Revolutionary War.
John Prince

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Marblehead, April 7th, 1888. County of Essex - - - - - }
Then Mary Quinn, a Lady who is known to me as a person of good character for truth & veracity, personally appeared & made solemn oath in due form of law that the within affidavit, by her subscribed, is in all respects true.
Before me, James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Marblehead, April 7th, 1888. County of Essex - - - - - }
Then the Honorable John Prince, a gentleman, of unquestionable good character for integrity & truth & veracity, formerly a member of the Senate of this Commonwealth & who is now & has been for many years past an acting Magistrate, personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the within affidavit, by him subscribed. Before me,
James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

Edmund Brooks affidavit

I Edmund Brooks of Marblehead in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy five years do on Oath testify and say that I knew John Powers of this Town of Marblehead. Said John Powers and myself served as Mariners in the War of the Revolution on board of the Ship Hector of twenty Guns commanded by Capt John Barnes of Salem in the year 1779. We joined the Penobscot Expedition under Commodore Saltonstall and were defeated and driven on shore at Camden in the new State of Maine and after much suffering we returned home in Company through the Wilderness after an absence of about four Months. I knew that Said John Powers performed the above stated Service as we must together. My Uncle Edmund Brooks who was Gunner on board Said Ship Hector and Said John Powers was first Boat-swains Mate. I have always understood and believed that Said John Powers performed other Service during the early part of Said War, partly in Col Glowers Reg t and also in the expedition to the St Lawrence under Captains Saltonstall and Broughton. And I Sailed with Said John Powers several Cruizes in Privateer Service during the Revolutionary War and was intimately acquainted with him until the day of his death, which occurred in this Town of Marblehead about thirty years since and left his Widow Elizabeth who is still living and resides in this Town of Marblehead, and still remaining Edmund his Brooks Mark sworn and Witnessed by James Gregory

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex Marblehead Oct. 20th 1837
Then personally appeared the within named Edmund Brooks, a respectable inhabitant of said town of Marblehead, & known to me as a man of good character for morality, truth & veracity, & made oath to the truth of the within affidavit, by him subscribed, before me,
James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

Apr. 14.
Elizabeth M. Bowery
Wash
add proof
Mass
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm d of Pensions Washington
Jerome

Boston Massachusetts
April 9th, 1838
Sir I herewith enclose Affidavits, as additional proof in support of the claim of Mrs Elizabeth Power Widow, of John Power otherwise called John Poer, for a pension for services of her late husband in the War of the Revolution. I do not know, how it is possible at this late day to satisfy the Department of the identity of John Power with John Poer, by any stronger proof than this additional testimony will furnish.
Secretary Bigelow, has re-examined the Rolls of Capt Coates' Company of Col John Glover's Regt. this day, by which the following facts are made to appear. Viz. there are sixty persons enumerated as composing said Company, amongst whom is said John Poer, at the head of the list is the Town of Marblehead, and the names of the following officers are given John Wells Esq Colr. - Gabriel Johannot Lt Col, William Lee Esq Major - Caleb Gibbs Esq Adjutant, these last names have been erased, together with the Town Marblehead, then follows the sixty names mentioned above with no other indication than do under the erased Marblehead; this will account for the Town being omitted in Secretary Bigelow's Certificate alluded to in your letter of 15 March. I hope this circumstance may not deprive the Widow of realizing her just expectations, of a pension Yours

I am Respectfully
Sir Your Obedient
Reuben Baldwin
James L Edwards Esq
Law offices
Washington

675 Mar 26.
Ms. recd Adolf Pfeff V. Eliz. Power
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm of pensions Washington

Boston, Massachusetts January 22 nd 1838
Sir
Your letter of the 17 th inst. is received relating to the claim of Mrs Elizabeth Power, Widow of John Power or Poor, in which it is stated that the name of John Power or Poor, cannot be found upon any of the Rolls in this Office.
I herein enclose a certificate from the Secretary of this Commonwealth showing that John Poor was a soldier in the company of Capt William Courtis in Col John Glover's Reg t in 1775; there must have been an oversight in the examination of the Rolls in the Department must be imperfect. It is hoped that this case will receive an early attention.
I am Respectfully
Sir Your Obdt
Reuben Baldwin
James L. Edwards Esq, Comm r of Pensions Washington

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James Gregory Esqr Marblehead Mass. James Gregory Esqr

Boston. Jan'y 17 th 1839.
Dear Sir
In reply to your enquiry contained in your Letter of this date, I have to state that, at the solicitation of Mr Goodwin, one of your Representatives, I have surrendered to him the case of Mrs Elizabeth Power, together with all the Letters from the Pension Office, (being seven in number) for the purpose of having the claimant employ whomsoever she pleases in the further prosecution of her claim; and shall be pleased to hear that your self or any other person has had better success than I have had. Mr Goodwin has guaranteed that I shall have fifteen Dollars for my services in the prosecution of the above case. From your Friend, in haste
Heuben Baldwin
James Gregory Esqr Marblehead Mass,

I, William Thompson, of Marblehead in the County of Essex do on oath testify & declare, that I am in the eighty second year of my age: that I took an active part in the War of the Revolution, & served in the Army from the fifteenth day of May 1775 through the whole war - first as a Private, then as a Corporal, & afterward as a Sergeant: that I first enlisted into the 21 st Regiment of Massachusetts Foot commanded by Colonel (afterwards General) John Glover: that I served in that Company of said Regt. which was commanded by Capt. Joel Smith - until the expiration of the year 1775: that I then immediately enlisted into the Second Regiment of Artillery, New York Continental Line, commanded by Colonel (afterwards General) Knox: that I continued in said Corps throughout the whole War, & was at the capture of Lord Cornwallis: that I am now a Pensioner under the act of 1818: that according to the best of my knowledge & belief I am now the only person living in the town of Marblehead of all that belonged to the Regiment of Colonel John Glover in the aforesaid year of 1775.
And I do further declare that I was well acquainted with "John Poor", alias Power, the late husband of Elizabeth Poor alias Power - who I have understood has applied for a Pension. said John Poor alias Power belonged to this town - as his widow also now does - And I do well recollect that said John Poor alias Power - the late husband of said Elizabeth E BELONGED TO SAID GLOVER'S REGIMENT At the same time I did myself.
He enlisted into said Regiment about the same time I did, & marched with us to Cambridge & served there & around Boston, but how long he served in said Regiment I cannot tell, as many of us Marbleheadmen (being mostly mariners) were detached

from the ranks to serve on board the State & Continental vessels. I am nevertheless certain he belonged to & served in said Regiment as I have stated. At the time said John Poor alias Power served in said Regiment I never knew him called by any other name than JOHN POOR.
I have from my youth up been acquainted with the widow of said John Poor, alias Power - whose maiden name was Elizabeth Pousland, & I well know that she is now a widow - has been a widow for many years, & has not intermarried since the death of her said late husband.
Witnessed by - Rebecca Bartoll J. Gregory
his William X Thompson mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. U'hed, Feb. 16th, 1839 Essex County
Then the above named William Thompson - a witness who is personally known to me to be of good moral character, & good character for truth & veracity, personally appeared & made solemn oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed -
Before me James Gregory, J. of the Peace.

To Mr John Poor
YOUR STATE TAX for 1804.
   Dolls. Cents.     Number of Polls 2   Poll Tax 6 8   Real Estate 5 3   Personal Estate and Income } 1 7     1 38    
YOUR TOWN & COUNTY TAX for 1804.
   Dolls. Cents.     Number of Polls 2   Poll Tax 2 88   Real Estate 2 19   Personal Estate and Income } 68     5 75    
JOHN BROWN, COLLECTOR.
I John Power of Marblehead in the County of Essex, Master Mariner, do on my oath testify & Declare that I am in the Sixtieth year of my age; that I have always understood & believed that my late father, John Power, alias Poor, was in public service both by land & sea in the War of the Revolution; that I have understood this by his own statements & the statements of others made during his life time: that my said late father is the John Poor alluded to in the affidavit of William Thompson herein: that my said late father was always called "John Poor" & that I myself am generally known by the same name & am to this day seldom called by any other name: that my said late father always used in his younger days to sign his name "POOR" & not Power - & until after the Revolution - when, being mate of a vessel to Europe he procured a "Coat of Arms" & his father being an Irishman, he was told his proper name was Power & this last name was then adopted, & that after this he signed his name Power accordingly: that he was still called "Poor" & his name so written on the Assessor's Books. And I do further Declare that the tax-bill which is appended hereto is one which I found among the few papers of his that are remaining, & I have no doubt whatever that it was intended for him & none stamped by J. Green. Rebecca Powers (certificate of oath next page.) John Power

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Marblehead, February 16th. 1839. Essex County.
Then the within named, John Power - a credible & undoubted witness - personally appeared & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me, James Gregory, J. of the Peace.
House of Representatives,
Washington,
Feb. 28th, 1839.
I hereby certify that James Gregory is a justice of the Peace, within & for the County of Essex, within the State of Massachusetts - duly qualified & empowered to perform the duties appertaining to said office, & that his signatures hereon are genuine.
Levi D. Cotton Hall { Member of Congress.
Mrs. Dowd.
J. Gregory

Eliz th Power Map.

Boston Massachusetts
January 2 nd 1838
Sir
I herewith return the original papers relating to the application of Mrs Elizabeth Power, Widow, of John Power dec d . accompanied by her amended Declaration and the Annexed affidavit of Asa Blaney. You will perceive that there is an inadvertent error, committed in making out her papers in calling her husband's name Powers when in fact it was Power this fact is established by reference to the marriage Certificate, in addition to which he was always called in the place of his residence John Poor and his Widow is so called at the present time, Blaney's Affidavit states this fact also. If there are any Rolls of Capt Kurtis' Compt of of Col Gloucs Reg t in 1775, it is presumed that the name of John Poor the husband of Elizabeth Power will be found thereon, and will exhibit the Commencement  period of his eight months Service which ended with the return of Capt n Sellman and Broughton from the cruise to the St t Lawrence in December of 1775, the error in relation to the Name given him of Poor instead of Power may have an important bearing on the alleged Service as a Gunner on board of the Continental Vessels Gen t Lee and Gen t Gates Commanded by Capt n John Skinner in 1777 & 1778, The Service after Marriage on board of the Hector Capt n Barnes, as Boatswain's Mate is proved by the Affidavits of Mr Brooks and Mr Blaney, As this case has been long on the files of the Department I solicit an early attention to its decision,

I am respectfully Sir Your Obst
Reuben Baldwin
James L. Edwards Esq Com d of pensions Washington

Paris
W. L. West
18 1/2
Aug 25.
Inab
mass.
James L. Edwards Esq. Govt of Penna was Washington

Sir
Boston Massachusetts August 24 1838
I would respectfully call your attention to the case of Mrs Elizabeth Power widow of John Power otherwise Poor, and request a final disposal of this case. - As the Roll of the Brig Genl Gates does not exhibit the name of her late husband, the claim for that part of the Service is relinquished, and in relation to the Service on board the Lee Capt Skinner, although that Vessel was rated a continental Cruiser if it should appear that she was a privateer no claim will be insisted on for that Service, on this view of the case there will remain only the eight months Service in Capt. Curtis, Comdt of Col Glens Regt, and the Pensylvania expedition on board the Hector Capt John Barnes which together will make about ten months Service, which appears an equitable claim for Mrs Power.
I would here remark in regard to the Brig Genl Gates of which so much has been said, it is evident from all the information to be obtained here that she was a continental Vessel , commissioned by Congress and she

took on board her Armament and Stores from the Continental Magazine in this Town. It is insisted upon by persons who are now living and who were on board of that Vessel that Capt Skinner Sailed under a continental Commission
I am Respectfully Sir Your Obedt
Reuben Baldwin
James L. Richards Esq. Govt of Pennsylvania Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.
I John Prince Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do certify that William Tabens is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his signature hereon is genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court December 27. 1837.
John Prince Clerk.
By H. Powers bty Amend? sec

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Essex County } J.D.
I, Elizabeth Power, of Marblehead, in the county of Essex, and commonwealth of Massachusetts, do on oath depose and say, that in addition to my declaration made before Hon. David Cummings, one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county aforesaid, I further depose to the following service performed by my late husband, John Power, otherwise called John Poor; first in the eight months service under Col. John Glover in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, in the militia service - but after three months service as a militiaman he was detached with a number of his townsmen to man two vessels designed for an expedition to the St. Lawrence, under capt. Nicolas Broughton and capt. John Selman. And that my late husband, said John Power, shipped as a seaman on board the Polly, commanded by capt. Broughton, and sailed to the St. Lawrence, and after having taken many prizes, and capturing the Governor and Commissary of Nova Scotia, they returned to Salem in December of said year - That in the year 1777 he served as a seaman on board the Continental Cruiser General Lee commanded by capt. John Skinner, and performed one or more cruises in said vessel - That he served as a seaman on board the public armed vessel Gen. Gates, commanded by capt. John Skinner, and was in the engagement in which his said commander lost his life in the year 1778 - That in the year 1779 he shipped as boatswain's mate on board of the ship Hector, commanded by capt. John Carnes, in which ship he was employed in the Penobscot expedition, and after an absence of three months he returned home by land, said expedition having been totally defeated. He then engaged in the Privateer service and was captured and carried in to New York, where he was detained some time, as a prisoner on board

of the Jersey Biscuit Ship - upon a farther recollection, I further depose in correction of the service of my husband on board the Gen. Gates and Gen. Lee, that he acted as Gunner not as a seaman merely -
Signed in presence of Wm. Sabers
her Elizabeth J. Power mark
Ebenezer Matthews Dec. 27th. 1837 - Then the above-named Elizabeth Power, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the foregoing deposition by her subscription before me William Sabers Jus. Pac.

Concord 1th of March 1837 Essex County } ss.
I, Asa Blaney, of Marblehead, in said county, do on oath depose and say, that I am now seventy one years of age, and was born, and have always lived in Marblehead - At the commencement of the Revolutionary war, I was a lad of ten twelve thirteen years of age, and distinctly remember and then took an active part in the events of that period - I was well acquainted with John Power of this town, who was generally called John Power, having lived in the immediate neighborhood from my infancy - I distinctly remember the fitting out of the Squadron in 1779, to dislodge the British at Penobscot, and that John Power then shipped as a seaman on board the ship Hector, commanded by Capt. James of Salem, and sailed on said expedition, and returned, after an absence of several months, by land and often related the hardships & sufferings of himself & the troops on their return through the wilderness after the disastrous failure of that expedition - After that time, in the following year, I served with said Power on board the Privateer Brig. Aspen, commanded by Capt. Stevenson, & with said Power was captured & carried into New York, and there confined on board the Jersey Prison ship - Said John Power died in this town about twenty years since, leaving a widow, Elizabeth Power, who has remained a widow since the period of his death -
Asa Blaney
Essex ss. Marblehead Dec. 27th 1837 Then personally appeared the above named Asa Blaney, a respectable and intelligent in- habitant of said town, a wood wharfinger and grocer, and one well known to me, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition and signed the same in my presence & before the correction in the fourth & fifth lines of "mine" for twelve and "ten" for thirteen - Before me
William Sabry - Jus. Pac.