Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,621, Jonathan Bowles, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Bowles, Jonathan Tabitha
NUMBER
N. 18,621
CONTENTS

Massachusetts - 169.
Jabitha Bowles widow of Jonathan Bowles,
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the _____ 1798 - of _____ in the State of _____ who was a Sgt. in the _____ Company commanded by Captain Porten of the Regt. commanded by Col. Francis in the _____ line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 120 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Sept. 1838 and signed Abner Batchelder Massford, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. $ 280.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 60.00
$ 340.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A - Vol. 1 - Page 70.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss.
On this seventh day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the judge of the Court of Probate for the said County at a special Court held at the Probate Office in for said County - Tabitha Bowles a resident of Medford in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid widow aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pro- vision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Jonathan Bowles who was a private in the Army of the United States in the re- volutionary war, and that according to her best knowl- edge and belief the said Bowles served under Captain Porter in Colonel Francis' Regiment under one enlistment the term of three years commencing early in the year 1777 and that he at the expiration of that service enlisted for service during the war as I always understood & do believe

She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Bowles on the twenty fourth day of May in the year seventy seventeen hundred and eighty five, that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Bowles died at sea in the year seventeen hundred and ninety five that her maiden name was Tabitha Pearsall
that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four; to wit, at the time above mentioned, that she was married by the Rev Joseph M c Lean of Beverly, and has never been married since the death of her said husband the aforesaid Jonathan Bowles.
Tabitha her Bowles mark
Subscribed & sworn to by said Tabitha Bowles, the day & year first above written
J. P. Fay Judge of Probate for said County.

Middlesex ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Isaac Dike, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that Saml. P. D'Gray Esquire is the judge of said Court of Probate duly commissioned & qualified, & that his signature written on the preceding paper, is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this seventh day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight.
Isaac Dike Reg

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Town of Beverly. County of Essex. August 6 th 1838.
Jonathan Bowles and Tabitha Poursland both of Beverly were married by Rev Joseph Mc. Keen the twenty fourth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five -
The above is a true copy of the record of the Town of Beverly with the exception of the date which is expressed on said record in fair legible figures as follows. May 24 th A. D. 1785.
Attest.
John I Baker, Clerk of the town of Beverly aforesaid.
I John I Baker above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Beverly in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the rec- ords of Marriages in said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.
John I Baker, Town Clerk of Beverly aforesaid.
Essex ss. Beverly Aug. 6 th 1838. Personally appeared John I. Baker and made solemn oath to the truth of the forgoing certificate by him subscribed
before me Stephens Baker Justice of the Peace

Reprinted
Massachusetts 3407
Tabitha Bowles widow of Jonathan Bowles who was a Sergeant in the Massachusetts line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of — 120 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the Seventh day of December 1843 and sent to Thomas Rulfinch Boston Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 37

3875
Tabitha Bowles
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$120 per an
Thos. Bulfinch Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County } ss.
Be it known that on this twenty third day of August 1843. personally appeared before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county and Commonwealth, Mrs. Tabitha Bowles a resident of Medford in the County of Middlesex aged Eighty — 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843. granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War =
That she is the Widow of Jonathan Bowles who was a Sergeant — in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of the 7 th July 1838. to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department, she would refer for a more particular statement of his services. For the proof of her marriage identity and the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said act at the rate of One Hundred & Dollars Twenty five per annum which amount she received from the 4 th March 1836. to the 4 th March 1841. at the agency in Boston Massachusetts, and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said act to the Pension agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband but is now and ever since has been the Widow of said Jonathan Bowles deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further she saith not
Witness William Otis
Tabitha her x Bowles mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described
Tabitha her  x Bowles mark
Before me
Abner Bartlett Justice of the Peace
I William Otis of Medford, in the county of Middlesex, of lawful age, on oath testify and say, that I have been well acquainted with Tabitha Bowles the applicant named in the within declaration for many years last past. I know that she was the wife and is now the Widow of Jon n Bowles deceased who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that she was a pensioner under the law of 7 th July 1838 as stated by her William Otis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County } Aug. 23 d . 1843.
Then came William Otis who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true
Before me Abner Bartlett }
Justice of the Peace {

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 24 th 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Abner Bartlett was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his 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.
Wm. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I William Otis of Medford in the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that I have seen and perused a deposition of Benjamin Woodbury of Beverly, taken and certified by Stephen Baker Esquire under date of sixth August Instant, relating to the revolutionary services of Jonathan Bowles, depon and say that I am the person mentioned in that deposition, as having married the daughter of the said Jonathan Bowles, and I further say that Tabitha Bowles, who is also named in that deposition as the widow of said Jonathan Bowles, now resides in my family at said Medford, and that she has not been married since the decease of her said husband Jonathan Bowles. I also say that I was present at the taking of the said Woodbury's deposition at Beverly on the sixth Instant and that the date inserted at the bottom thereof was a mistake of the Justice who took it.
William Otis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. - In Medford this seventh day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared William Otis, the subscriber to the above affidavit and known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and was duly sworn to the truth of the same. Before me Abner Bartlett Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Medford ss. I Isaac Dike Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify that Abner Babbitt Esquire is a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature within written is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this seventh day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight. Isaac Dike Reg

I Benjamin Woodbury of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, deposed and say, that I am eighty one years old, that I enlisted in the service of the United States, in the company commanded by Capt Billy Porter, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Francis, on the thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven for three years, that Jonathan Bowles of said Beverly, enlisted in the same company at the same time with myself, and for the same term of three years, that we both served out the whole of said term, for which we so enlisted, at the expiration whereof, I left the service, but said Bowles then enlisted for during the war, and I believe served through the same and received an honorable discharge at its close.
I further testify that said Bowles returned and settled in Beverly, at the close of the war, and afterwards married Tabitha Poulton of said Beverly whom I also personally knew, they continued to reside there until his death, which happened at least as I am informed about forty three years ago. His widow Tabitha Bowles continued to reside there after his death a widow and unmarried twelve or fifteen years, she then went to reside in the family of William Otis, who had married one of her daughters, said Otis now resides in Bedford, County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. And I have no reason to suppose that she has ever been married since the death of said Jonathan Bowles her husband, as aforesaid.
I further testify and say, that the said Jonathan Bowles was with me, and engaged in the Battles at Hatteras, and Monmouth.
Beverly. August 7 th 1838.
Benjamin his Woodbury mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Beverly August 6 th 1838 on this day the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, Personally appeared Benjamin Woodbury, subscriber to the within affidavit, and well known to me as a person of truth and veracity, and made solemn oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed. Before me Stephens Baker Justice of the Peace

Reg WIDOW, &c.
own
No. 18621
Sabitha Bowles Widow of Jonathan Bowles Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1893
Sex: — Vol. 19, Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Application of Tabitha Bowles for Widow's Pension

Medford Aug. 9. 1838.
James L. Edwards Esq.!
Sir.
I herewith for ward for your inspection the papers in the case of Tabitha Bowles now resident in this Town widow of Jonathan Bowles a soldier of the revolution in the company of Capt. Billy Porter Col. Francis Regt. & whom the widow supposes served during the war from early in 1777.
I hope Sir this case will come in course to receive your notice in season for her to draw her pay as shall be allowed on the next pay day - I am Sir Respectfully yours
Abner Bartlett Ady. for Tabitha Bowles "

Jabitha Bowles widow of Jonathan Mass.
at 7 July 38 5 years
married in 1785.
Rolls. 2 years length
120 $
no deduction
Abner Ball Medford Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT , Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth
To all whom it may concern:
Edward Everett
Know Ye, That Stephens Baker Esq d is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestation is in due form, and by the proper Officer.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this sixth day of August, A. D. 1838, and in the sixty third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.