Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,018, John Blasdell, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Blasdel, John
NUMBER
S. 29,018
CONTENTS

15.112 Massachusetts
John Blaseell
of Usir in the State of Mass who was a Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain Brattle of the Regt , commanded by Col Muggleton in the Mass line for 18 months Private on Sergeant
Capt + Milt
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 90 Dollars ~ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of May 1833 and Jan  7 th  Mrs  Doat Newburyport Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $180.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept.  $45.00 $225.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W.B. Addison Clerk, Book 2 a Vol. 2 a Page 6
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
State of Massachusetts: County of Essex, ss.
On this eleventh day of September 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 at Newburyport John Blasdell a resident of Salem in the county of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, aged Seventy three years and upwards 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 7th 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated:
He first enlisted at Amesbury aforesaid in the company commanded by Captain Timothy Bernard in the regiment commanded by Colonel  and served at Cambridge in said State, the full term of Eight months - enlisted in the month of April 1775 and was discharged at Cambridge in February following.
Afterwards in the month of April A.D. 1776 he enlisted at said Amesbury, in the company commanded by Captain Eleazar Doolittle in the regiment commanded by Colonel  to serve therein for one year and did faithfully serve in said company at Trenton and  the full term of one year, and was then discharged at Albany in the month of April 1777.
Afterwards he enlisted at said Amesbury in the company commanded by Captain Albin Titcomb, in the regiment commanded by Colonel  and served therein at  a further term of six months he enlisted on in the year 1777 in  and was discharged at same place one part of which time he served as Sergeant.
That at the time of the passing of the Law of Congress of the 18th March 1818, he enjoyed good health and being then accustomed to labor, was enabled to support himself and family without the aid of charity, and was therefore unwilling to declare himself in such reduced circumstances, as to meet the provisions of his Country for support - but afterwards by reason of increased infirmities he became unable to labor for his support and that of his family, in the month of April 1829 he made application for the benefit of said act accompanied with a schedule of all his effects and estate in amount $242 only, and evidence of such service as he then believed to be on the Continental establishment certified by the Court of Common Pleas for said County of said term 1829, which he has understood was presented by the Honorable John D. Sleeper, but not returned to him, authentic copies whereof he now asks leave to annex to it such additional evidence as is within his power to produce.
That he was born at Amesbury in the year 1759 - has a record of his age on the Town books lived at said Amesbury when he enlisted, had a written discharge from Colonel  but is in now lost - had no commission, served as a private Samuel Dyer (ad  will testify to his character for morality and then belief of his being a soldier of the  That he now resides in Salem aforesaid where he has  lived only a few months previous to which he resided in said Amesbury .
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.
John Blasdell
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
D. Appleton White Judge of Probate

We Benjamin Sawyer a clergyman, residing in Amherbury aforesaid, and Lowell Bagley Esquire, a Magistrate, residing in Amherbury aforesaid, do hereby certify, that our will ascertained with John Blassdell who has subscribed, and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventyseven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Subscribed and sworn to before.
Benj. Sawyer, Lowell Bagley
Essex ss. September 7 th A.D. 1832. Then personally appeared Benjamin Sawyer and Lowell Bagley, above named, and made oath in due form of law that the above written Certificate by them subscribed in my presence, is true.
Edward Dorr, Justice of the Peace.
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as the States. — And the Court further certifies that Rev Benj o Sawyer who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Amherbury aforesaid and that the said Lowell Bagley Esquire who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Amherbury aforesaid — and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. H. D. N. C. Judge of Probate
I Nathaniel Lord Junr 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 John Blassdell for a pension — Lowel Bagley and Edward Dorr are Justices of the Peace for said County of Essex, and that their respective signatures to the affidavit annexed are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this eleventh day of September A.D. 1832.
Nath. Lord Jr.

Original Claim
Declaration, in order to be placed on the pension list, under the Act of 18th March, 1818.
At the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and held at Ipswich, within and for the county of Essex, on the last Tuesday of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty nine.
Present. Honorable Samuel S. Wilde, one of the Justices of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, personally appeared John Blasdell, resident of Amesbury, in said county of Essex, aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, did on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress, of the 18th of March, 1818 and 1 st of May 1820.
That he the said John Blasdell, enlisted in the army of the United States, and served in the war of the revolution, and in the continental establishment, more than nine months, at one and the same enlistment. That he first enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Timothy Derrard in 1775, and served Eight months, at the commencement of the Revolutionary War, at Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts, that afterwards, in the month of April 1776, he enlisted in said Amesbury, in the company commanded by Captain Lynde Doodwell, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth, and in the continental establishment, to serve as private in said company for one year, that he continued to serve as private in said company, until the month of April 1777, when he was discharged at Albany, in the State of New York, that afterwards he enlisted in Captain Oliver Sturtevant's company, in the regiment commanded by Colonel John C. Gerrish, in which he served a further term of six months, a part of the time in which he was in said service, he acted in the capacity of Sergeant. — That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present, and that the following are his reasons for not making earlier application for a pension — That at the time of the passing of the Law of 1818 he enjoyed good health, and had been accustomed to labour, and was then able to support himself and family, without the aid of charity, and was therefore unwilling to declare himself, in such reduced circumstances in life, as to need it, which he cannot now avoid, he required of him before he received the benefit of said Act; but that the case is now altered, and as he has advanced in life, he has become infirm, and is entirely unable to support himself by manual labour, and absolutely needs the assistance of his country for support. — And the said John Blasdell exhibits to the Court here, a Schedule subscribed by him as follows, to wit
Schedule
containing his whole Estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit
  That a dwelling-house in said Amesbury, with about \frac{1}{2} of an acre of land annexed, also about \frac{1}{2} acres of swamp land valued at . . . . . $227.   House hold furniture — nothing . . . . . One Cow $15 . . . . . 15.   $242 
John Blasdell
And at the same time he produced to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him before the Honorable Samuel S. Wilde, one of the Judges of said Court, as aforesaid, to wit:
"In pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1 st of May 1820 — 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 any property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of the 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 here to annexed, and by me subscribed.
John Blasdell.
Supreme Judicial Court, April term A.D. 1829.
Essex ss. The above named John Blasdell, took and subscribed the oath, and declaration aforesaid, in open Court, before Hon. S. S. Wilde, presiding Judge — The above valuation now written to $242.00 appears to me, a true and just valuation of said property, in said Schedule contained, upon a careful examination touching the same.
S. S. Wilde. J. S. S. C.
I John Prince Junr Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule have been admitted to the record of said Court; and I do further certify, that in the opinion of the said

Court, the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Four hundred and forty two dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Salem, in said county, this fourth day of May A D 1829. John Prince Jth
I David Lowell of Amesbury, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age depose and say, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, I know that John Blaseell of said Amesbury enlisted in the service of the United States, in the month of April of that year under Lieutenant Erichiel Goodridge, and Smith Joseph Hays of said Amesbury took a trial, and carried the said John Blaseell with Sixteen other recruits to Hanoverhill, and saw him paraded and ready to march. David Lowell.
Essex ss. March 13th 1830. personally appeared the above named David Lowell, and made oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true in all its parts. before me Lowell Bagley Justice of the Peace
I Simson Lowell of Salisbury, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose and say, that I was a Soldier in the continental army, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, and that John Blaseell, was there a Soldier in the same regiment, which was commanded by Colonel Jacob Gerrit, in the company commanded by Capt Oliver Tilton, and I know that said Blaseell was at Winter Hill near Boston, nearly all winter, and later discharged, and came home, and left said Blaseell there, from long to short after I came away I cannot tell. Simson Lowell
Essex ss. April 19th 1830. Simson Lowell made solemn Oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is true in all its parts. before me Lowell Bagley Justice of the Peace the said Simson Lowell is believed by me to be a credible witness.
I Edmund Barnard of Ware in the county of Hampshire and State of New Hampshire, depose and say - That John Blaseell of Amesbury in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was in the continental service, in the year one thousand seven hundred, and ninety six, in the company commanded by Capt Elephale Dackwell, in Col. Higgens's regiment, and that I was with him nine months or more at one time, he was a Sergeant at part of the time. We were at Lake George - Ticonderoga & etc. and further deponent saith not. Edmund Barnard
Essex ss. May 10th 1830. personally appeared Edmund Barnard, and made solemn Oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me. Lowell Bagley Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport. - William Waite, Notary Public for the county of Essex, by legal authority commissioned and sworn, and a Justice of the Peace and Quorum in and for said county residing therein, do hereby certify and make known, to the Hon Secretary of War of the United States, that Lowell Bagley whose name is signed to the annexed Certificates, affixed to the depositions of David Lowell, Simson Lowell and Edmund Barnard, is a Justice of the Peace for said county, and that the signatures to said certificates, are in his hand writing.
In testimony whereof I do also hereunto set my hand, and affix my seal of office the eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
Wm Waite Not Pub Fin Pa

I David Lowell of Amesbury, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say, that in the month of April, in the year, one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, Joseph Weyt and William Goodridge, went to Haverhill in a boat, and carried up John Blaseell and six or seven other recruits who had enlisted in the continental service, and saw them mustered at Haverhill and ready to march under Lieutenant Ezekiel Goodridge, and I know that said John Blaseell, enlisted in the service previous to that time.
David Lowell
Essex ss January 21 st 1831. Personally appeared David Lowell above named, and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, to the best of his knowledge and belief, and I certify that said David Lowell is entitled to full credit for truth.
Lowell Dayley Justice of the Peace
I Oliver Cogswell of Salisbury, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty nine years, do hereby testify and say, that I am personally acquainted with John Blaseell of Amesbury in said county and have so been acquainted with him from his childhood. - I also know that said John Blaseell did enlist as a soldier, in the army of the United States, in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment, in a company under Lieutenant Ezekiel Goodridge, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth; said at Amesbury aforesaid in the spring of that year, and saw the soldiers mustered, and said Blaseell with a number of others, marched from said Amesbury for Nantucket, and later change to join said Regiment - I belonged to Captain Oliver Titcomb's company of Artillery, almost that time, and was afterwards on duty in said company, and was myself away from home more than eight months, and on my return said Blaseell was still absent with said regiment, and did not return till long after my return, our families were connected, which led to my knowledge of him, and I also know, as well as I ever knew any thing, which I did not see all the time, that said John Blaseell did serve in said Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment, more than nine months, on the continental establishment. Oliver Cogswell.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss January 21 st 1831. Then personally came the above named Oliver Cogswell, and made oath, in due form of Law, to the truth of the above written testimony by him subscribed, the same having been first reduced to writing by me in his presence - And I hereby certify that the said Oliver Cogswell, is a credible witness entitled to full credit for truth, and this day of full and sound mind and memory notwithstanding his advanced age.
Subscribed before me
Edward Dorr Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport
I William Wood Notary public for the county of Essex, by legal authority commissioned and sworn and a Justice of the peace and Quorum in and for said county, residing in Newburyport aforesaid do hereby certify and make known to the Hon Secretary of War that the foregoing are exact copies of the record thereof, as made by me at the request of the within named John Blaseell carefully examined and compared therewith by me.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of Office this fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
W Wood Not Public New Par

John Blasdell
Mass
See letter 12 Feb to Mr ret? to Hon J. Varnum on 12 Feb 1831, see letter also to H. H. Hills informing him of the above —
Sergt. 6 Months
Private 18 "
15092
M. Waarte
Newburyport
Mass

BRIEF in the case of  John Blaseell  of  West  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  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. Gen.     April In 1795 entered 8 Private Genl. Bernaree   " 1796. " 1 " Genl. Doudwall Col. Magglsworth   " 1799. " 6 Sergeant Genl. Simomb Col. Gerish  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amesbury Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary thru living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  a commissioner before whom one of the witnesses testified is not officially certified 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George S. Dyer Examining Clerk.
He refers to a former application (a copy herewith) for pension which was rejected

29 018 Ruz INVALID.
File No. 29,018
John Blasdell
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Burden
15092.

At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Amesbury July 15, 1776.
At the same meeting it was voted that the town will pay forty dollars to each man of the first thirty men that shall pass muster including the twenty dollars already voted.
At the same meeting it was voted that the Selectmen be directed and enjoined to hire the money and pay it to those soldiers that are intitled to it by the above vote.
A true copy as of record
Attest,
Daniel Weed } Town Clerk
Amesbury March 28, 1829.
Amesbury July 18, 1776.
We the subscribers being enlisted soldiers in the Continen- tial army belonging to the town of Amesbury have each of us received of the Selectmen of Amesbury twelve pounds each as bounty agreeable to a vote of the town in their late meeting.
Received by us in full
Wilm Jones Gideon Colby Jacob Brandall Thomas Foot Robert Hastings Benjamin Worthen Levi Sargent Timothy Silver John Weed Thomas Lancaster Sam l Barnard Ebenezer Barnard Stephen Lowell Sam l Blasdell Stephen Badger Robert Hoyt John Currier Aaron Colby Samuel Foot John Blasdell Orlando Badger Benjamin Sweet Levi Blasdell Jonathan Hoyt Nicolas Colby William Lowell Matthias Hoyt in the behalf of Timothy Hoyt jun
A true copy as of record,
Attest,
Daniel Weed } Town Clerk
Amesbury March 28, 1829.

At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Amesbury June 12
I Levi Blaisdell of the Town of Coeymans in the County of Albany and State of New York depose and say that John Blaisdell of Amesbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts was a Soldier in the Continental Army in the year One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Six in the Company commanded by Capt. Elphalet Bidwell in Colonel Wigglesworth Regiment and that I was with him - nine Months at one time, and the principal part of the time was stationed at Ticonderoga on the Borders of Lake Champlain
Levi Blaisdell
State of New York Greene County 3, ss
I certify that on the ninth Day of August in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two Before the Subscriber personally appeared Levi Blaisdell to me personally known and made Oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief - and I further certify that the above named Levi Blaisdell is a Person of Good Moral character and a creditable witness
Elisha D. Hall — - Commissioner &c to take affidavits

At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Amesbury July 15
I Jacob B. Carrier of Amesbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Testify and say, That John Blackel was a soldier in the Continental service, he was a minute man in the company commanded by Capt. Timothy Barnard. in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, and I was a soldier in the same company, and we marched to Cambridge together. Jacob B. Carrier
Essex ss. January 21-1831
Personally appeared Jacob B. Carrier abovenamed and made oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, and I hereby certify that said J. B. Carrier is entitled to full credit for truth. before me Lowell Bagley Justice of the Peace

I Obediah Colby of Amesbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Testify and say, That I was ploughing in the field with John Blasdell, of said Amesbury in the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five; when he was called upon to Muster & march, as a minute man, in the service, under command of Capt. Timothy Barnard; and we left the team and plough in the field, and the said Blasdell marched the same day. Obediah Colby.
Essex ss. January 21 st 1831 Personally appeared Obediah Colby, above named and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, to the best of his knowledge, and belief, and thereby certify that said Obediah Colby is entitled to full credit for truth. before me Lowell Wagley Justice of the Peace