Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,072, Edmund Blood, Mass. Navy

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. Navy
Blood, Edmund or Edmond
S. 21072 B.L.Wt. 32206-160-55
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 15257 Edmund Blood
of Middlesex in the State of Mass ts who was a Marine & priv in the company commanded by Captain Hartshorn of the Reg t commanded by Col. Jackson in the Massachusetts line for 16 months & 10 days and Navy
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 61 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of June '33 Pepperell Mass ts and sent Dr. Lewis
  Arrears to the 4th of March '33 -  121.66    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept u -  30.66 1/2         $152.32 1/2  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2 Page 6.

16/160 July 9/53
Edmund H. N. Blood Minor Son of Edmund Blood
Rev. Ransom
32206
Harriet
Resolution
map June 22 - 1825
AD: 160000 per 27/56 Boston
Levi F. Prescott & Co Boston Mass
Vol. B. 1-165. 2

Edward Blood
18717
MS. A. 9. 2. 10

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this sixth day of November - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, a resident of Middlesex aforesaid, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 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, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That in the latter part of June 1780 he entered the service as a volunteer that he passed muster at Concord in said County on the 26th of June 1780 then again at Springfield in Massachusetts on the 8th of July then next - that he then marched immediately to West Point in New York where he joined the Army of the United States under Capt. Houshous - Lieut. Colonel Nathan - then after Houshous - Col. Ennis - then Col. ... Colonel Michael ... in a few weeks we marched down the north River into the State of New Jersey that he was at Hackensack at the time called the English neighborhood in the State of New Jersey - that he remained in said County till about the first of December then left when he left the town ... hospital at ... till the expiration of six months the time for which he enlisted when he received a written discharge subscribed by Col. John Bailey ... January 5. 1781 which he kept till within a few months, but which is now mislaid or lost so that he cannot find it - that in May 1782 he entered the service again as a volunteer having enlisted into the Navy as a marine with Col. the 2nd Lieut. of Marines, in company the Frigate Hague then commanded by one Mr. Nelson who was removed from office before the Hague left Boston Harbor & Capt. John Mance appointed to command the same that he served on board said Frigate some time and received a dis. house dated he thinks about the middle of May 1783 which last mentioned discharge he supposes is now on file in the Department at Washington - that he has previously been on the Pension Roll under the Act of March 18. 1818 as will appear in the certificate hereto annexed that he has been struck from the same that he was residing in said Pepperell at the time when the first application was made that he was born in said Pepperell in the year 1764 - that there is a record of his age in the Town Clerk's office in said Pepperell - that he lived in

said Pepperell when called into service each of the times above mentioned - that he now resides in said Pepperell that he has always resided there except when in the service - that he entered the service each time as a volunteer - that Col. Wilson's Regiment was stationed in the night of Col. Gookin's Regiment & Col. Parley's Regt. on the night of which that he would mention the Rev. James Hove junior - he is D. D. & D. John Walton a person whom he is known in his present neighbourhood who can testify to his character for veracity and his belief of his services as a soldier 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 any state,
Sworn & subscribed this day Edward Blood Ayes as said - J. P. P. Day James Howe
We, James Howe a clergyman, residing in the Town of Pepperell aforesaid and Asa F. Lawrence residing in said Pepperell hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Edward Blood who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; - that we believe him to be sixty eight 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.
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-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that James Howe who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in said Pepperell and that Asa F. Lawrence who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Pepperell and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Isaac Pish Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edward Blood for a pension. I also certify that John Pish the proper signature is set to the Deposition of Ezekiel Young, a justice of the peace within said county of Middlesex. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Pish Reg.

APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
(By a person who has never before had a Land Warrant.)
STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Welders }
Poppenwell June 30 th 1835
On this thirtieth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Edmund H. N. Blood - Minor aged twenty years, a resident of Poppenwell in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Edmund H. N. Blood who was  is the only in the Company commanded by Captain  Son of the late Edmund Blood who was a revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death - which occurred on the 16 th day of November 1842 - his pension certificate was returned in the  March 1843  Regiment of  refers to the pension rolls for his Father's service in the war with
Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, awarded to his guardians certificate from the probate office - also the marriage certificate of his Father & Mother - she being his second wife and that she died at Poppenwell - leaving no other child that he
the  day of A. D. for the term  and continued of  in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at  on the  day of A. D.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the Act approved March 3d, 1855. He also declares that he has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. and that he prays that the - certificate thereof may be - Edmund H. N. Blood sent for him to - Livi T. Prescott Esq. Nathaniel H. Nuttall Guardian Boston Mass.

STATE OF Massachusetts } COUNTY OF Middlesex }
Piperell June 30 th 1855-
We, John Walton and Charles Crosby residents of Piperell - in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by John and his wife Mary J. Blood in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be. and we have known the parties for many years -
John Walton Cha s Crosby
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
E. M. Billings Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF } COUNTY OF }
I,
certify that
whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the _____ day of _____ A. D. 185____, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand
this
day of
A. D. 185____

Under the head of Marriages solemnised by the Rev. James Stowe during the year ending April 1831, as recorded in the Book of Records belonging to the town of Rippereall now in my possession, containing the Records of Births Deaths & Marriages, I find the following entry attested by Amos Hutchinson the then Town Clerk of Rippereall, to wit
Dec 31 { Emmanuel Blood } Rippereall Phoebe Dole } Gournay
I do further certify that under date of April 13 th 1835 is entered in the Records of said Rippereall the birth of Emmanuel Henry Newton Son of Emmanuel Blood. Also under the head of Death in said Records is entered July 31 1852 Phoebe Blood. (Widow of the late Emmanuel Blood) who was born in Gournay and the daughter of Ebenezer Dole
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy as stored, from the Records of the town of Rippereall
Rippereall June 30 1855
Chas Crosby } Clerk of the } Town of Rippereall

Middlesex SS. June 30th 1855 Then the within named Charles Crosby personally appeared before me and made oath that the within certificate by him subscribed was true G. M. Bellows justice of the peace

18414 Edmund Blood Map
Admit as a private  Mannie 10 wks. & 10 days 41.33 6 mo. spur — 20.00 $61.33
Old case
J. L. Lewis Peperell Map

BRIEF in the case of Co of Middlesex
Edmund Blood 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? 68  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.     June In 1780. volunteer 6 Private Capt. Northorn Lieut. Jackson   March 1782 entered the Navy. Frigate Quartermaster commanded John Manly   Served on board Frigate 1 10 10   1 6   16 10  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middlesex Co Mass 
7. Is the statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by pension rolls? In a statutory a document and one living witness
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached agreeably to the regulations 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
was on the Pension Roll under the act of 1818
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Debit for two Days to Mr. H. H. H.
Edward Lloyd Naup...
821072

T HIS may Certify that Edmond Blood (Marine) having served out his Time of Enlistment on board the Continental Frigate Hague, under my Command, is hereby discharged.
Given under my Hand on board said Frigate,
Thirtieth Day of May 1783.
John Manley
no 109

October 9, 1933.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
DI 2900 branch 970.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rev. War claim for pension of Edmund Blood, File No. S.21072.
Actual 2 1 copy for official use.
uncertified.
xxx
25¢..... 1 page discharge Ctf,
Kindly leave margin of 1½ in. at top of page and return papers in folder with corre- sponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
See order in Samuel Wright, W.26138, Rev. War.

16.035 R Massachusetts
Samuel Blood,
of Pepperell in the state of Massachusetts who was a boarded Marine in the frigate  regiment commanded by Capt. Manley of the U.S. Navy line, for the term of Ten Months
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 of October 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of Nov 1819 and to Samuel Dana Esq. Groton Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1820.  40 02
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 mo 27 4 31 30
$ 40.02
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Revolution
21072
INVALID.
1933@CH. Photo delivered to Maj. E.H. + Account. Rev. M. H. See Samuel Wright, W. 2613 B. A.V. G.
File No. 21,072
Adams
Pr.
Act: June 10 1890
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 41
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Capt. Edm d . Blood

To whom it may concern
We the Subscribers Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, resident at Pepperell in the same County Do Certify that we well know Capt. Edmund Blood of the same Pepperell, who has always resided there, & been the character of a respectable Citizen - has enjoyed some property on which he lived & has raised a Family, but within the last thirty years, he served a long time in the Militia and commanded a Company of horse, which was always attended with heavy expense, so as to reduce his circumstances in the a way that in our opinion entitles him to the benefits of the Act for the relief of the Soldiers and marines who served in the war of the revolution —
Joseph Hoad John Hutchinson
Oct. 1819. —
Samuel Farrar John Walton

Edmund Blood
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March, next, in Massachusetts, at the Branch Bank of the United States, Boston.
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Rebecca

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Edmund Blood, of Pepperell, Massachusetts, — # — late a marine onboard the frigate Hague, Navy in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts — # — Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fifth day of October , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of November , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
C Vandeventer Acting Secretary of War.

32,206
See Accts

18417 Gamina Blood

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Blood which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy 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? yy 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? 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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 6 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed,
J. W. Bellows was a Justice of Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, and Alfred Prescott, Register of Probate for the same County
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.
T. M. Wainwright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
I, ALFRED A. PRESCOTT, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, aforesaid, hereby certify, that at a Court of Probate holden at Cambridge in and for said county, on the eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Nathaniel Shattuck of Brookline in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire was duly appointed Guardian Edmund H. V. Blood a minor child of Edmund Blood late of Pepperell in said County of Middlesex deceased and gave Bond to the acceptance of the Judge of said Court for the due performance of said trust according to law :
I ALSO CERTIFY, that it appears by the records and files in said office, that said appointment remains in full force, in no wise revoked, reversed, or annulled.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this Twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Alfred A. Prescott REGISTER.

I Ezekiel Goin of Townsend in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts upwards of sixty seven years of age do testify and say that I have been acquainted with Edmund Blood of Pepperell in said County and Commonwealth ever since we were boys. In the year 1780 we were fellow soldiers; we both belonged to the same company at Springfield, where we paraded muster and kept in the same company until we arrived at West Point, where I joined the Light Infantry and was attached to a company commanded by Capt. Hartshorne Company in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Michael Jackson. We enlisted for six months, and I am confident that said Blood served out his time, and I saw him almost daily & recollect particularly that I saw him a day or two previous to our discharge. We enlisted in the forepart of June of 1780 and were discharged the last of December of the same year or some one of the first days of January in the preceding year. Our services were principally performed in the Jerseys, at different times and places. In the year 1782 we both enlisted into the Navy under the command of Capt. John Manly on board the Frigate Essex and were in the Navy Department about one year, and were in the West India islands viz. at Martinico, when peace was declared; & we were both discharged at one and the same time, I further saith not.
Ezekiel Goin
Middlesex ss. Pepperell Aug t 31 st 1832 Then personally appeared Ezekiel Goin before me the undersigned and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed; and I further certify, that said Ezekiel Goin is a man of veracity and entitled to credit.
John Walton Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex.

To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the fifth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen  Edmond Blood personally appeared and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed. and at the same time he exhibited to me a certain paper purporting to be discharge from the Continental Frigate Blague dated the 10 th of May 1783 and signed John Manly , And also a certificate signed by Joseph Neal  Wm Hutchinson  Samuel Ferrar and John Walton by all of them Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex —
from which it appears to me, that the said Edmond Blood did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy, upwards of — nine months. And that he is, in reduced and and indigent circumstances —
Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration with the Documents aforesaid to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen .
Sam. Dana

Camuna Blood Marine
82 to 83
Frigate Hogue - Manly
Comander
Admitted
Camuna Blood

Commonwealth of Massachusetts October
Be it remembered that on this fifth -- day of, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred, and Nineteen before me Samuel Dana Clerk justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit being a Court of Record duly established by law comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid.
Comes Edmund Blood of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, and on Oath declared that he served in the war of the revolution, against the common Enemy, for the space of sixteen months & upwards; he entered the service at the age of sixteen years and was in the eighth Massachusetts Regt. commanded by Col. D. D. D. at Arnold's defeat. In the Fortnight of July, or last of June AD 1782 he enlisted as a Marine on board the Continental Frigate Deane, then commanded by Capt. Nicholson, the Lieut. of Marines under whom he enlisted was Lieut. He entered on board the Frigate, then lying, in the harbor of Boston the Fortnight of July, soon after which Capt. Nicholson was suspended from his command, & Capt. Manly came on board, & took the command & the name of the Frigate was changed to the Hague. He proceeded on the cruise, and continued in service, on board the Frigate until the tenth day of May AD 1783 when he was discharged at Boston, this discharge he now has he now has the And since that period, has acquired & enjoyed some property, he is now fifty five years old, and not able to labor as he has  heretofore  he has and such as his present situation, as to property that he has in need of assistance from his Country, which he has, faithfully, for his support.
Edmund Blood
Thus made, subscribed and taken at Groton within the said County of Middlesex, the day and year aforesaid —
Sam: Dana