Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 35,292, James Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Brown, James Ruth
N. 35,292
CONTENTS
born Newbury, Essex Co. Mass. in 1762. & pub. there In 1832 res of Princeton, Worcester Co. Mass. & there died Feb. 1, 1839

6952
Massachusetts
James Brown
of Princeton in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  of the Regt commanded by Col Prekering in the Mass line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Mar 1833 and deliv d to the Widow Davis  House Rep
Arrears to the 4th of March '33  $46.16 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 Sept '33  11.17 $58.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. G. Addison Clerk, Book D Vol. 2a Page 96
8 Feb 1835 Birth m d 1810 Record of m s Silas & Amos key.
71 Mack

5351
Massachusetts Ruth Brown, widow of James Brown who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 19 th day of July 1853. and sent to
J. Hall (no 39. State St.) Boston Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 9. Vol. 10

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of an act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this 14 th day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of the Probate Court now sitting James Brown a resident of Princeton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born in Wenham in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1762 where I suppose the record of my birth to be. I entered the Revolutionary service in November 1776 in the Company commanded by Captain John Dodge of Wenham Wenham in Colonel Pikerings Regiment. I enlisted into that Company for four months. We marched to Bannall Brook in New Jersey where we were stationed and continued there till our discharge at the end of four months aforesaid. My discharge was a verbal one from our officers. After this I returned home.
In 1780 in the last of July I enlisted into Captain David Moores Company of Boston in Lieutenant Colonel Halletts Regiment for three months to go to Rhode Island. I enlisted at said Wenham and marched to Providence and from there to Butts Hill in Portsmouth on the Island of Rhode Island where we worked upon a fort which was then constructing. I served out the three months for which I enlisted at this place and was then discharged verbally by our officers and returned home.
I have lived in Princeton nearly fifty years & live there now. I offer as proof of my service the depositions of Samuel Brown and Joseph Pearson which accompany this application.
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Sworn to before me NATHaniel Paine Probate Judge James Brown in the County of Worcester

We
a Clergyman residing in the residing in
and hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with
who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that
who signed
the proceeding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
and that
who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
NATHL. DAME, Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Brown for a pension. I that Nathl. DAME before whom the annexed affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the Court of Probate this
14 th day of August
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theoph s Wheeler Register of Probate & Notary Public in & for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
Worcester Jp. November 19 th 1832
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that since the accompanying Papers were returned from the War Department, they have been examined at this Office, and found to be the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Brown for a Pension. And in testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court upon the Tape connecting the said Papers.
Theoph s Wheeler Register as aforesaid -
No 2.798 Application of James Brown

State of New Hampshire, } p. Cheshire County, } p.
On this fifteen day of May A. D. 1855, personally appeared, in open court, before the subscriber, Judge of Probate within and for said County, Ruth Brown, a resident of Princeton, in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts, but now commorant of Rindge, in said County of Cheshire, aged 90 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the second section on an Act passed on the 3 d February 1853: — That she is the widow of James Brown dec d , who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of twenty three 33\frac{1}{3} dollars per annum, on account of his services in the war of the Revolution, and for proof thereof refers to the papers on file in the Pension Office with his declaration under said Law.
She further declares that she was married to said James Brown at Sterling in said County of Worcester on the thirty first day of October, eighteen hundred and ten: — that her name previous to her marriage was Ruth Waldron: — that her said husband died on

The second day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty nine, and that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now and was a widow on the 3 d of February, 1853, and that she has appointed Franklin Hall of Boston, her true and lawful attorney in the premises.
Met. General Deputy Ruth Brown Xenas Britton
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged on the day & year above written before me, and I certify that I have no interest in the claim of declarant to a pension and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Larkin Baker judge of Probate for the County of Cheshire

State of New Hampshire, } Cheshire County, } p.
I, Geo W. Sturtevant
Registrar of the Court of Probate within and for said County, do hereby certify that Gardner Baker, before whom the foregoing declaration was made, is Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County, and that the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day May eighteen hundred & fifty four.
Geo W. Sturtevant Regr

James Brown From a two Map.
No 2498-
Papers are not properly authenticated
From J Davis Not as too Map.

BRIEF in the case of James Brown of Princeton in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Nov In 17 76 " 4 " Private Col Pickering   July 80 " 3 " " Col Haller  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wenham  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The seal not on same sheet, and the tape does not pass under as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. D. Atkinson Examining Clerk.

Extract from the records of the Town of Sterling in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts.
" No. Marriages consummated " Eighteen hundred and ten " October Thirty first. " Mr James Brown of Princeton to " Miss Ruth Waldron of Sterling.
I William D. Peck on oath depose & say that I held the office of Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz:— 1810 October 31
W m D. Peck { Town Clerk of Sterling
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester County ss. October 10 th 1854. Sworn to & subscribed before me & I certify that the above named William D. Peck is personally known to me & is the Town Clerk of Sterling, & that I have no interest in the claim of Mrs Ruth Brown to a pension & am not concerned in its prosecution.
Silas Thurston Justice of the Peace.

We Silas Keyes and Amos Keyes of Princeton in the County of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, do hereby testify and say that we are well acquainted with Mrs. Ruth Brown, the within applicant for a pension as widow of James Brown dec d . & during his life time were acquainted with said James Brown: that said James Brown was the husband of said Ruth Brown & was reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & was a pensioner of the United States for said services: - that said Ruth Brown is now and was a widow on the third day of February, 1853, & is the widow of the identical James Brown who was a Revolutionary soldier & pensioner as aforesaid, & who died at the Lunatic Hospital on or about the 2 o day of February, 1839.
Silas Keyes Amos Keyes
State of Massachusetts. Worcester County ss. This is to certify that the foregoing was sworn to & subscribed before me the day of May 1855. I certify that the above affiants are personally known to me, & that they are residents of Princeton & credible witnesses. I further certify that I have no interest in the claim of Ruth Brown to a pension & am not interested in its prosecution.
John Brooks, Jus. of the Peace.

Extract from the records of the Town of Princeton in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts.
"James Brown Died at the Lunatic Hospital February second in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine"-
I David H. Gregory on oath depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz,
"Feby 2 d , 1839"
D. H. Gregory
{ Town Clerk of Princeton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss. October 12 th 1854. Sworn to & subscribed before me and I certify that the above named David H. Gregory is personally known to me & is the Town Clerk of Princeton & that I have no interest in the claim of Mrs. Ruth Brown to a pension & am not concerned in its prosecution.
Solon S. Hastings Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 12 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed, John Brooks. Solomon A. Hastings and Dilek Thurston were Justices of the Peace for the County of Worcester
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wight Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25292
Ruth Brown wid of James Brown Pr. Rev War
Act Feb 3 d 58
Index: Vol A , Page 93
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ruth Brown widow of James Mays adm? 3 rd Feby 1853 7 mo. pri $ 23 33 per annum from 3 rd Feby 1853.
sent to Franklin Hall Esq 39 State Street Boston Mass

Brief in the case of Ruth Brown Widow of James County and State of Miss act 3 Feb 1863
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1838 at $23 33 Record of marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Identity, his death & her present wid- owhood proved by 2 vital records to be credited.
Name and residence of Agent
Franklin Hall Boston Mass
Thomson L. Linton Examining Clerk.

29 State St. Boston July 12 th 1855.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith, I send the application of Ruth Brown, widow of James Brown, dec d . for a pension under the 2 d section of the Act of February 3 d 1853.
Mrs Brown desires that her name may be placed on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency. - her residence in New Hampshire, when she was when she made her declaration, being but temporary.
I am, Sir, very respectfully Your obed t serv t Franklin Hall.
Lt. Waldo, Esq., Comm r of Pensions. Washington, D.C.

No 5894 Ruth Brown, widow of James Maf
3 Feb 1853

James Brown died 2 Feb 1839, paid in full.
July 17/55
Robert Simmons Director
Index

No 2 Feb 39
Pen off. July 17 1855
Sir
Please inform me when J. S. Brown of Mass. Oct 1832, at p 233 33 was last paid
R. J. Atkinson Esq 3 and 1/2
Very Respectfully D. Call Ch. Clerk

James Brown Fremont Mass
May 58-
FORM NO. 1. Blank of unadulterated paper.
attached to the certificate. the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being im- printed with the seal of office of the certifying officer, by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must be on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit or other paper authenticated, the in the instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the paper is not
James G. Davis Worcester Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Brown which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? No. In this favor IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes, with an inscription -

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

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

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. August 10 th 1832.
Whereas James Brown of Princeton in the said county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy one years, requesteth me to take the Deposition of Samuel Brown of Sterling in said county of Worcester aged eighty one years, doth testify & say, that the said James Brown and himself, at Wenham in the County of Essex in said Commonwealth where the said James did then reside, in November 1776 did enlist for four months under Capt. John Dagg and in Col. Pickering's Regiment of Salem, and did march to the Jerseys and did camp duty for four months and was honorably discharged, all which I am personally knowing to
Samuel Brown
Worcester ss.
On the tenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, the aforesaid deponent was cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the above deposition before me the subscriber one of the justices for the said county of Worcester.
Robt. D. Thomas Just of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above deponent is entitled to respect for truth & veracity where he is known.
Robt. D. Thomas Just of the Peace
I Joseph Pearson of Sterling in said county of said Worcester do testify and say that I the said Joseph Pearson did enlist with said James Brown at said Sterling some of the last days of July in the year 1780 for the term of three months under Capt. David Moore of Bolton & Lieut. Col. Hallet, and was marched to Rhode Island and was stationed on Butts Hill where where  we did camp duty to the last day of October 1780, when we were honorably discharged & returned home, all which I was knowing.
Joseph Pearson
Worcester ss.
On the thirteenth day of Aug t in year A.D. 1832 the above deponent Jos. Pearson was cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the above disposition before me the subscriber one of the justices for the county of Worcester.
Robt. D. Thomas Just of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above deponent is entitled to respect for truth & veracity where he is known.
Robt. D. Thomas Just of the Peace