Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27,867, Jeremiah Blanchard, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER
Blanchard, Jeremiah Sarah
W 27,867
B.P.W. 3529-160-55
CONTENTS

No 4
Massachusetts
Jeremiah Blanchard
of Newburyport in the State of Massachusetts who was a Matross in the Company commanded by Captain Lightman of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Revere in the Mass State Arty Res , for the term of three years from May 17 th to 9 May 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 100 Dollars per annum month, to commence on the 1 day of March 1831
Certificate of Debt issued the 20 of June 1831 and sent to W m Moart Esq d Newburyport Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $100.00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1, " 50.00
$150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Acts March 18, 1818, } { and May 2, 1820. }
7 June 1832
Recorded Book D. Vol 2 page 97 PVB
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2054 Aug. 14 Cir to Payt. " " 18 Transf'd from Boston to Portsmouth NH from 4 March 1854 note to D. Muncay
Concord  New Hampshire Sarah Blanchard widow of Jeremiah Blanchard who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Matrose
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Octr. 1853 and sent to S. M. Knight Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 41. Vol. A
(321)

22,927 Mar. 3. 1855.
" 29. " Sarah Blanchard, widow of Jeremiah Blanchard, Matross.
Capt. Amos Lincoln, Head of Col. Revere, } Mass: State troops
End.
Dis.
Revolutionary War.
Pensioner.
Admit 160 acres Aug. 3/55. Bottle.
Bryant
3529 ip Aug 8/55
11/11/55
Augustus C. Walker. New Market. N.H.
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7th, 53- no 2422
Vol. B. 158.

June 25 1832
Reborn
Pension Office
Washington Secretary of War
Hon. Lewis Cass

To the Honorable - Lewis Cass. Secretary of War
Jeremiah Blanchard of Southbury, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Mariner, respectfully Represents
That he served in the Army of the United States, in the War of the revolution as follows, viz - In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five he enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Charles Furbush and in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Bridges, for the term of six months, that he faithfully served as a private soldier in said company, at Cambridge in said Commonwealth, the full term for which he enlisted, and did after that term of service expired, continue at the request of General Washington, Commander in chief, a further term of two months, when he was discharged. - That he also enlisted after the above service was ended, in a company commanded by Captain Samuel Lang, and in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Whitney, in which he served a further term of six months, and afterwards in the year 1777 he enlisted in a company of Artillery, which was then commanded by Captain Datch, and afterwards by Captain Lincoln - in the Regiment at first under command of Colonel Thomas Crafts, and afterwards under Colonel Paul Revere - that in this Company and Regiment, he served a further term of three years, the full term of his enlistment, and at the expiration thereof received an honorable discharge, which discharge under the hands of Colonel Revere under date May 9th 1780, was after a verbal discharge to him placed in the hands of his father from whom he has since received it, and now respectfully asks leave to annex to this declaration
That after the expiration of his said several terms of service, he was employed as a Mariner and served as such on board a letter of Marque, called the Hasket and John, a private armed Brigantine of the United States owned by Eliza Hasket Derby Esq of Salem, and then under command of Captain Adam Wellman - and while in said service they captured a British privateer of Ten Guns and manned with thirty five men, and also a British Brig from Cork, bound for New York with supplies of provisions for the enemy, both of which prizes were secured, but the said Brig Hasket and John was afterwards captured by a British Frigate and carried into Plymouth where her crew were confined in Mole prison, a full year, and until the capture of the British Army under Cornwallis, when he was regularly exchanged and he returned in a parcel to the United States. - That not long after his return he again entered on board a letter of Marque, belonging to the same owner,

in which last mentioned service he was again taken prisoner by the enemy, carried to the Island of Jamaica, and there detained until the war ended.
He would ask leave respectfully further to represent that soon after the passing of the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 he made application for the benefit of the provisions of that act, accompanied with a declaration of such services, as he then considered, and justly believed, were within the limits thereof, and this application, and the Certificate of the Honorable Daniel D. White, were returned to him with endorsement that his services were "not in Continental Establishment" (Are now believing that the provision of the act of Congress of the seventh of June A. D. 1832, authorises his present application, he respectfully transmits again his said original application as made on the 1 st day of April A. D. 1818, with the said Judge White's Certificate attached, together with the original discharge which was not then known by him to have been preserved, but which has since come into his possession, as he has herein before stated. — and should the evidence of his services be satisfactory, would respectfully request that his name may be inserted on the roll, and Certificate forwarded for him to Mr. Wheat.
Jeremiah Blanchard
Newburyport June 18 th 1832.
United States of America - Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport. - Be it known, and made manifest to all whom the same doth, or may concern, that on this eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, before me William Wheat Notary Public for the county of Essex by legal authority commisioned and sworn, and a Justice of the Peace and Quarum, in and for said county residing in Newburyport aforesaid personally came Jeremiah Blanchard alias named and on Oath declared, in due form of Law, that the facts and allegations by him stated in the foregoing application by him subscribed in my presence, are correct and true, and according to his best knowledge and belief.
In Testimony whereof I do also hereunto set my hand and affix my Seal of Office, the day, month, and year, last above written.
W. Wheat Not Public

Jeremiah Blanchard
April 1 10 AM.
Madenville Not in Continental Establishment

I Jeremiah Blanchard of Newburyport in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Mariner on oath do testify and declare as follows viz z . That in the year of our Lord 1776, I enlisted, as a Soldier in the service of the United States for the term of nine months and served that time in the Company, commanded by Captain Charles Hartshorn, in the Regiment under Colonel Dodge - afterwards, I enlisted in said service and served for the term of Six months, in the Company, commanded by Captain Samuel King in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Widney. Afterwards, I enlisted into the Regiment of Artillery, in the Company commanded by Capt. Batchelder. The Regiment under Colonel Thomas Crafts, and afterwards commanded by Colonel Paul Revere, in which Regiment I served in my said capacity, as a private Soldier in the service of the United States on the continental establishment for three years, the last year of which was viz z . in 1780, a company was selected from the said Regiment of Artillery, under Captain Gordon, which was stationed at New Haven and New Bedford in which company I continued and served as a private Soldier, until the expiration of the time for which I enlisted, which was for the term of three years.
Jer h Blanchard
I do further swear, that I received no other discharge when I left the army than a verbal one at the - Also I swear that from my reduced circumstances I am in need of the assistance of my Country for support
Jer h Blanchard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Assys:
I Daniel D. White Judge of the Court of Probate of said County do certify that Jeremiah Blanchard aforenamed personally appeared on the first day of April A.D. 1818 and made the declaration aforesaid by him signed under oath before me, that it ap- pears to my satisfaction that the said Govt. Blanchard served in the Revolu- tionary war, as set forth in his said declaration, that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the Thirtieth day of Augt. A.D. 1818. D. D. White.

State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Essex } of probate
In this nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before the subscriber a Judge of the Court held in and for the County and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, personally appeared Mrs. Sarah Blanchard — who is to me known — a resident of the Town of Newburyport in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts aged eighty two 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, approved 3d February A.D. 1853, viz:
That she is the widow of Jeremiah Blanchard deceased, who was a Member of the Massachusetts State Artillery of the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under Act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of $100 per annum which was paid at the Boston agency. That she was not married to the said Jeremiah Blanchard prior to January Eighteen hundred, but was at the time herein after mentioned.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Blanchard on the fourteenth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and ten. (1810) — as will more fully appear by the proofs hereto annexed: That her husband the aforesaid Jeremiah Blanchard died on the thirteenth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and forty four, (1844). She further avers that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application as attorney, agent or otherwise.
N. S. Howe. Judge of Probate
Sarah Blanchard Witnesses, Charles Kimball Geo. R. Lord.
I do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel M. Knight of Washington D.C. any time a lawful attorney for the purpose of presenting this my application for a Pension, to attend to the same while pending and to receive the Certificate when issued and to do all things necessary and proper, as fully as I could do were I personally present. Dated this nineteenth day of July 1853.
Witness. Charles Kimball Geo. R. Lord.
Sarah Blanchard
State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Essex } It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited
before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of probate a Court of Record held in and for the said County that Jeremiah Blanchard
died on the thirteenth day of September eighteen hundred and forty four, and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz: Sarah Blanchard, his widow, and Lois Niles, Rebekah Putnam, James P. Blanchard, Fanny Blanchard, Frederick Blanchard and Susan G. York, his children.
Witness my hand this nineteenth day of July, A.D. 1853.
N. S. Howe, Judge etc.
State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Essex } I do hereby certify that Hon. Nathaniel S. Howe
whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of probate held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this nineteenth day of July, A.D. 1853. Geo. R. Lord, Register of probate.

Capt. Jeremiah Blanchard of Newbury and Mrs Sarah Allen, of Newburyport, were married January 14th (fourteenth) 1810, (eighteen hundred and ten) by Rev. John S. Popkin of Newbury.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Town Record of Newbury, Massachusetts.
Attest,
Joshua Coffin, Town Clerk.
Sept. 6, 1853 } Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex, ss. } Then personally appeared before me Joshua Coffin, Town Clerk of Newbury, whose genuine signature is attached, and made oath that the above was a true extract from the Records of the town of Newbury.
Joseph H. Brazdon, Jus. Pacis.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Essex, } District of Newburyport. }
I hereby certify that Joseph H. Brazdon, esquire, is a Justice of Peace for and within the county of Essex, in said commonwealth, that his commission is dated January 3d, 1852 and will expire January 3d, 1859, that full faith and credit are due to his official acts; and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed the seal of the Police Court of Newburyport, for and within the said District in said County, this sixth day of September, A.D. 1853.
S. W. Marston Clerk.

The State of New Hampshire } COUNTY OF Rockingham }
On this 19 day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Blanchard aged 84 years, a resident of Lee in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath declare, that she is the widow of Jeremiah Blanchard who was a Cooper in the company commanded by John H. H. H. in the 8th regiment of U S Troops commanded by Brig Genl in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th June 1812 that he Enlisted at Nutbury in the State of Massachusetts on or about the day of July in the year 1812 and continued in actual service for the term of and was honorably discharged at Nutbury in the State of Massachusetts on or about the day of July  1815 as will appear by the muster rolls of said company, he never having received a written discharge and that he was a pensioner at his death
She further states that she was married to the said Jeremiah Blanchard in Nutbury state of Massachusetts on the 10th day of January A. D. 1810 by one John P. Kim a Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah H. H. that her said husband died at Nutbury in the State of Massachusetts on the 10th day of September  1844 and that she is still a widow.
She further declares that she is a pensioner under the act Feb'y 3. 1853 at 100 per annum certificate No 24122 dated Oct 12. 1853 payable in Portsmouth having been transferred from Boston Massachusetts She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act granting "bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," passed March 3, 1855 . having never received a bounty land certificate made application
Witness my hand and seal this 19th day of March  1855 Sarah H. Blanchard Mark Witnesses Charles A. Whiting Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I further certify that I believe the said Sarah H. Blanchard to be the wife of Jeremiah Blanchard , and that she is of the age above stated, and that I have no interest in the result of the above claim and am not engaged in its prosecution.
Timothy Murray JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
STATE OF New Hampshire } COUNTY OF Rockingham }
Personally appeared Mary J. Blanchard and Charles Whiting residents of Lee in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Sarah H. Blanchard sign her name or make her cross to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant, and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they (deponents) do reside in the town and county aforesaid.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Seventeenth day of March 185 5 Timothy Murray JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

I David Murray of Newmarket in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged fifty eight years and upwards, depose and say; that I am acquainted with Sarah Blanchard now of Lee, County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, formerly of Newburyport in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, that she is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the second section of the act of Feb'y 3 d 1853, as the Widow of Jeremiah Blanchard a Matross in the Revolutionary War, at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum. That her certificate is numbered, 2422, and dated the thirteenth day of October, AD 1853; that she is the only Revolutionary Pensioner of that name that ever lived in said Lee or this region and that she has never intermarried but continues the Widow of the said Jeremiah Blanchard, and I further depose and say that I have no interest whatever in her claim to bounty land.
David Murray
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. March 21 1855. Subscribed and sworn to before me; and I hereby certify that the Deponent is a respectable and intelligent Witness Timothy Murray Justice of the Peace

Sarah Blanchard 22.9.27.
Power of Attorney.
To the SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR,—
SIR,—Please send the land warrant to which I am entitled to Augustus C. Walker of New Barkel in the State of New Hampshire whom I hereby constitute my attorney to prosecute the above claim.
Witness— Mary A. Blanchard
Sarah X Blanchard mark
The State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham J. W. B. Morrill
Court of Probate, Register's Office.
Register of said Court, hereby certify that Timothy Burney within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified
is a Justice of the Peace and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit. Commission is dated September 29 th A. D. 1854 and will expire Sept 29 th A. D. 1859 and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are true and genuine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 27 th day of March A. D. 1855
William B. Morrill
Register of Probate for said County of

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
L. W. B. W. 27867.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
February 20, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Jeremiah Blanchard, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to advise you that he made an application for pension on August 31, 1818, at which time he was residing at Newburyport, Mass. (age not stated), and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Lincoln and Col. Paul Revere. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Hon. N. M. Curtis,
House of Representatives.

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This will certify that Jeremiah Blanchard a Matross in Capt. James Lincoln's Company in the Corps of Artillery commanded by Lieut. Col. Revere has served three years faithfully and is now legally discharged.
Boston May 9 1780
Paul Revere, Col.

Dis Cert bearing sig of Paul Revere in safe
J. H. D.
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No. 3, 1853.
copy of Sarah
Blanchard,
widow of Jose
Miranda,
Isle of
Martin.
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Act 3 d Feb. 1853.
Allowed. $100 per annum
Con. Feb 3. 1853
G. M. Knight,
Present.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Rev. S. P. Waldo Comm. of Pensions Washington D. C.

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New Hampshire Massachusetts
Official Business
Sarah H. Lanchard
Oct 1883
transferred to
Stephen Lanchard
Commissioner
Washing D.C.
L. P. Waterman

Pension Office Oct 18/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully F Burt Esqr 3 Aud for Comm ee Pension
Jeremiah Blanchard, Act. 32, $100. p. annum.- Died 13 th Sept. 1844, Paid to his death.
F Burt Auditor.

No. 22927
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received March 29 th , 18 55
Sarah Blanchard wid. of Jeremiah Blanchard matrons Capt. Amos Lincoln Col. Revere Mass. State troops Rev. War
Warrant 3529-160-55
Augustus B. Walker New Market N. H.

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Enact p 3, W.H.
1877

State of New Hampshire
Shafford County, ss. On this ninth day of August 1884, before the Subscriber, a justice of the Peace throughout the State aforesaid, personally appeared Sarah Blanchard who, in her oath declared that she is the widow of William Blanchard who was a soldier in the Revolution; that she is now a pensioner under the Act of Feb 3, 1853 at the rate of $100 per annum; that her certificate is numbered 2422 and dated October 13, 1853; that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts, where she formerly resided; that she now resides in the State of New Hampshire where she intends to remain and collect her pension there. Portsmouth, payable in quarters. The reason why she has removed from Newburyport is that she has moved to said Newburyport where she now resides in a permanent residence there.
Adm. Mary T. Blanchard (David Lunt)
Sarah her Blanchard mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid; and I certify that the Declarant is the person to me to be the person who represents herself to be in her said affidavit. David Lunt Justice Peace

I Mary J Blanchard. of Lee in the County of Stafford a m rs State of New Hampshire before me do say that I have for many years been acquainted with Sarah Blanchard within named, and testify that she is the same the person herein before in her said affidavit See August 9. 1854
Mary J. Blanchard
State of New Hampshire Stafford ss. August 9 th 1854
Subscribed and sworn to before me, and I certify that the Deponent is a respectable wit- ness
David Hovey Justice of the Peace Throughout the State

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
County of Rockingham } ss.
I, George W. Kittredge M.C. 1 st District of New Hampshire
certify that David Murray, whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace and Quorum throughout the State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the 24 th day of June A. D. 1857 and will expire in five years from that date & that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand at New Bedford
this 10 day of August A. D. 1854.
G. W. Kittredge M.C.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept. 17 1853
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 third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents,
the widow of Sereniah Blanchard de.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of One Hundred Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the
7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1844 to the 13 Sept. 1844,
Respectfully, yours,
Wid Act 1853 No 2422
J. M. Brookehead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

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Washington.
Sept. 15 th 1853.
Hon. L. P. Waldo, } Com te of Pensions. } Sir,
I respectfully request that the enclosed proof of marriage be filed with the claim of Mrs Sarah Blanchard under act of Feb. 3rd. 1853, 2 nd section, which was filed in the Pension Office, on the 19 th August last.
Yours obediently,
D. M. Wright

Washington
August 19, 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo Chair of Pensions Comtee.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the application of Mrs. Sarah Blanchard widow of Jeremiah Blanchard died for the benefits of the act of 3 February 1853.
Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servt L. M. Knight

New Market Va Aug 10. 1884
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Mrs Sarah Blanchard for the transfer of the payment of her pension. She resides within about fifteen miles of Portsmouth, and consequently it would be much more convenient for her to receive her pay there. Please return the certificate to me,
I am, very respectfully, Your Obed Servt, David Murray
L. P. Waldo. Esqr. Commr of Pensions Washington DC

Tension Agency Boston 16. August - 1854
Sir
In answer to your inquiry of the 14 th inst. I have to inform you that
Sarah Blanchard widow of Jeremiah Blanchard, a pensioner on the roll of this Agency under 2 nd Sec Act 3 rd Feb. 1853 at $100 per annum. has been paid to 4 March - 1854.
Reply J. O. Barnes P.A. M.P.
Hon: L. P. Waldo Commr of Pensions

Brief in the case of Mrs Sarah Blanchard widow of Jeremiah Coosen County and State of Massachusetts act of Feb. 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") Husband a pensioner under act of June 7 1832 at Proof exhibited, (if original.) $100 per annum
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
A Patrol in the Massachusetts state artillery 3 yrs. Paid to his death Sept. 13. 184
Allowed $100 per annum
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record
Death " " Auditor's report
Identity " certificate of court
Name and residence of Agent
S. M. Knight Esqr Present.
Examining Clerk.
H. Gray