Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29041, Joseph Burrill, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Burrill, Joseph
S. 29041
CONTENTS

21022 Massachusetts
Joseph Burrill
of Essex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Michael of the Regt. commanded by Colonel Lawrence in the Mass. line for 12 mos 129 days
State & Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 43 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension, issued the 15 th day of Aug. 1833 and sent to Minot Worcester Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $86 44 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th March 21.62 $108.06
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by LL Cool Clerk Book E Vol. 2 a Page 8
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 31. May 1837 the day of his death. Age Notified 14 Nov 1839
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13102 Joseph Burrill Map
That 12 Mr 29 days
16 th May 1833
P 404
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6 Minot
Shoreline May

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Burrill  60 of Essex  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? 76  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.     19 th April he served before his enlistment In 1795 enlisted 8 15 Private Genl Newhall Col Mansfield   Octo 1796 " 3 7 " Genl Pool Col Cogswell   Octo 1797 volunteer 1 7 " Genl Putnam   12 29  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Lexington present at the capture of Burgoyne  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lynn Mass 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached agreeably to the regulation. 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payson
Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 8 th , 1839.
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," Five of the ten children of Joseph Burrell, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Forty three Dollars and twenty two Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, have been paid the said pension at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837, to the 31 st May, 1837, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Abdoo B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

14255-00755 Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this Twenty fifth 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, Joseph Burrill , a resident of Flaverhill , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 76 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 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That on the 28 th of April 1775 , I enlisted as a private soldier in the army of the United States for the term of eight months in Capt. Enoch , Putnam's  Dana Newhall's company in Col. Mansfield's regiment of the Massachusetts line. I was a minute man in Capt. Newhall's company before the 19 th of April 1775 ; and marched as a minute man to Lexington and as a minute man was in the battle of Lexington, and after the battle the next day I enlisted as above mentioned, in Capt. Newhall's company for 8 months, and on the same day marched to Cambridge where we remained till the 17 th of June , when we marched to Charlestown and I was on the neck, during the battle, being kept by the British ships and batteries from going onto the hill; and after the battle, we retired to Prospect Hill which is in Cambridge or Charlestown, where we remained about a month, and then marched to Winterhill, where we staid till the first of January 1776 and were discharged 15 days after our time was out; and then I returned to Lynn whence we I had enlisted.
I served as a minute man a week before the 19 th of April 1776

Also I again enlisted as a volunteer, at Lynn Mass. on the first of October 1776: and marched immediately as a private, in Capt. Pool's company of militia, in Col. Poggswells regiment, and marched from said Lynn to a place called the saw pits; not far from the city of New York; we were the only company then at the saw pits; we marched from them, to White Plains where we arrived the day after the battle; we had been engaged in scouring the woods the before the battle; from White Plains we marched to a place called North castle and there we remained there, being the only company there till our time of enlistment expired, which was for three months; we were dismissed at North castle the first of January 1777: about 400 miles from home, where we did not arrive till the middle of the month. I know of no person living by whom to prove this service again in September or October 1777; at Lexington Mass I entered the service as a volunteer for the purpose of taking Burgoyne and marched at the same time under Capt Farrar or Hoar and marched to Saratoga N.Y. and was present at the capture of Gen. Burgoyne and marched from Saratoga to Still Water, and then as one of the guard troops to Winter Hill where we were dismissed after a service of 37 days.
I never received a discharge from the service, have no documentary evidence, know of no person by whom to prove the second service; was born at Haverhill Mass. Feb. 13. 1756 has a record of his age in the town book of said Haverhill; since 1780 has lived in this Haverhill. Hon. Moses Wringate the Hon Stephen Minot, David How all neighbors will testify to their belief of his veracity and his services in the war of the revolution 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.
Joseph Burrill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[Signature]
JUDGE OF PROBATE,
We, Rufus Longley a clergyman, residing in aforesaid, and Gilman Parker Esquires a magistrate residing in Haverhill aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Burrill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Rufus Longley Gilman Parker
Subscribed and sworn to before me
Stephen Minot, Justice of Peace.
I Stephen Minot Jus. Peace hereby certify that all the clergymen of Haverhill were but lately settled, and, therefore in their stead the certificates of two Justices of the Peace are substituted & also I concur in the opinion above expressed by them Stephen Minot 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 abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Rufus Longley who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in  are and that the said Gilman Parker who has also signed the same is a  are Magistrates resident at Haverhill and is a  are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. A. White Judge of Probate
Signed and sealed anew, this thirtieth day of May, A.D. 1833.
Nath. Lord Jr.
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, 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 Joseph Burrill for a pension. Also that Stephen Minot and Benjamin Merrill Esquires are Justices of the Peace for the said County of Essex and that Nathaniel Mullen is a Justice of the peace for the County of Middlesex and that the signatures of the above certificates are their genuine signatures
WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fifth day of September A. D. 1832.
Nath. Lord Jr.

29 041 Rey  INVALID
File No. 29, 041
Joseph Burrill Rev Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1495.
P. O. Joseph Burrell
Service: REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

13102
Joseph Durrill
C. Minot
Haverhill
Mass
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Durrell 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? yy  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? yy  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? yy  VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy  IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy  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? yy 

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?
Certified by two Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yy
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yy
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? yy
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? NO
[Handwritten signature]
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yy
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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c., without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

I Levi Harrington of Lexington, in Massachusetts, aged 72 years, on oath testify
That in the month of October 1777 Joseph Burrill, now resident at Haverhill, volunteered his services to go to Saratoga in the Compa- ny commanded by Samuel Harrar, in Col. Jonathan Reed's Regiment, of which company I was myself a member. Said Burrill mar- ched from Lexington to Hadley, crossed the River to Northampton, passed through Ben- nington, and was quartered with me at Botten- Hill, we were present at the surrender of Burgoyne, and were employed to guard his troops to Cambridge in Massachusetts. Said Burrill was in the service with me at the time above men- tioned about thirty seven days. Levi Harrington
Middlesex ss. Sept. 13 - 1832 Then the above named Levi Harrington a credible and disinterested witness, subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me
Wathaniel Whittier Justice Peace

I, Wm Mansfield Esq c of Salem. in Massachu- setts, aged 70 years, on oath testify
That in the spring of 1775 Joseph Burrill, now resident at Haverhill, was an inmate and member of my father's family in Lynn in this County and a bound apprentice to my father: I know that said Joseph Burrill then, about the time of the Battle of Lexington, enlisted in Capt. Putnam's or Capt. Newhall's Company in Col Mansfield's Regiment in the Massachusetts line then stationed at Cambridge: I served the first part of the Eight-months service at Cambridge and I know that Joseph Burrill served all the time I did, and I left him in the service there and I have no doubt he served all the Eight months, for after the end of that year, 1775, he returned to my father's family.
W Mansfield
State of Massachusetts: Essex County. to wit, Sept. 12. 1832 Then the above named William Mans- field Esq c , a credible and disinterested witness subscribed and made oath to the above affi- davit before me
Brig. Merrill Inst. Peace & Quorum
Joseph Burrill born Feb 13, 1756.
A true copy from the records of the Town of Haverhill
Attest
James Gale Town Clerk

Joseph Burrill
March 28. 1818
Joseph Burrill
Map
Lot 18 March 1818
1495
Did not serve nine months at one herod
Rejected

I, Joseph Burrill of the Age of 63 years declare and say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I reside in and belong to Haverhill, in the County of Essex in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; — That in the latter part of April 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War, for the term of eight months; I entered the service in Capt. Enoch Putnam's company, in Colonel John Mansfield's Regiment of Massachusetts troops, & served therein all that time out, & then returned home by my time of enlistment expiring: — Again about the last of September 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier for 3 months; I entered in Capt. Pools company, in Colonel Cogswell's Regiment of Massachusetts troops & served at White Plains & thereabout during that 3 months, & then the time being out I returned home. And again About Sept r 1777 I volunteered & went to Saratoga, served about two months, in Capt. Hoar's company, in Colonel Regiment Little's Regiment, was there at the surrender of Gen l Burgoin, & came as one of the Guard of the Hessian Troops to Winter Hill, & then I left the service. — I also say that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support, and that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States: — Also that I have now no other direct evidence of the above service in my power.
Joseph Burrill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex ss. March 28 th 1818 Then the above named Joseph Burrill made Solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed, is true, before me,
Stephen Minot, } Judge of the Circuit Court } of Common Pleas for } the Middle Circuit.