Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14400, Moses Brown, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Brown, Moses Mary
W 14400
CONTENTS
res. of Beverly, Essex Co. Mass d. June 15, 1820.

Massachusetts - 3,593
Mary Brown, widow of Moses Brown, Maj. who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 15 th June 1820 of Essex in the State of Massachusetts who was a Capt. in the County commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt. commanded by Glover in the Mass. Militia line for 18 days & 6 nights
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 364 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of July 39, and sent Genl. Bay. Mearns, Salem, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar — $1092.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 182.00
$1274.00
{ Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdine Book A Vol. 1 — Page 72

✓ 4398 Mary Brown Rec. Dec. 8. 1838 widow of Moses
Mass. 3573 act 7-July 38 m 89. d. 20.
35 p 231. Capt. Moses Brown sea coast for 6 mo 6 days.
Documents for 76. 12 mo 6 days
Adm d 18 mo 6 days Capt.
3648
No deduction
Benj. Merrill Salem, Mass. Agt.

Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
State of Massachusetts County of Essex Is:-
On this twenty eighth day of November 1838 personally appeared before the Honorable Daniel A. White Judge of Probate for Essex County, Mary Brown, a resident of Beverly in said County aged 78 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows - That she is the Widow of Moses Brown who was a Captain in the Army of the Revolution and served as a Captain from Dec r 1775 all the year 1776 till the Regiment, which was commanded by Col. John Glover, in which he served was disbanded in the Early part of 1777: and she thinks the Rolls will shew he served some time in 1777: he was at the battle of Trenton: She further declares that she was married to said Moses Brown on the third day of May in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty nine: that her husband the aforesaid Moses Brown died on the fifteenth day of June Eighteen hundred and twenty: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
Mary Brown
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me
D. A. White Judge of Probate
She begs leave to refer to the Rolls of the Army for Proof of Service.

I Brown Emerson pastor of the Reli- gious Society called The South Church Society in the City of Salem, County of Essex, & State of Massachusetts hereby certify that the fol- lowing is a true extract from the Book of records of marriages delivered to me as the record kept by my predecessor in said ministry, and which I believe to be a genuine Book of Records -
"Heading of the Book -
The under named persons were married agreeably to the dates following by me Dan- iel Hopkins State of Massachusetts Salem:
"Seventeen hundred Eighty nine May third - Moses Brown & Mary Bridge."
The above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is ex- pressed on the record in fair legible fi- gures as follows "1789 May 3."
attest Brown Emerson, Pastor.

I Brown Emerson above named depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of the South Church religious Society in the City, County, & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of the said society with the exception above- named as certified by me
Signed Brown Emerson,
City of Salem, Essex, ss. November 15 th 1838
Sworn to before me
John Pynchard Justice of the Peace

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Moses Brown a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
N. 14400
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 to Oct. 1775 ✓ ✓ not stated. ✓   Dec. 1775 to early in 1777 Captain of the 7 th co., John Glover Mass.   ✓          
Battles engaged in, Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, " of Beverly, Mass. "
Date of application for pension, by widow, Nov. 8, 1838.
Residence at date of application, Beverly, Essex Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, seventy-eight years.
Remarks: soldier married at Salem, Mass., May 3, 1789 Miss Mary Bridge  He died June 15, 1820, age not stated and her claim was allowed.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1918 Mch. 29. Hist. to T. A. Wright Jr. letter in S. 29,661 Isaac Brown, Mass.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14,400
Mary Brown Widow of Moses Brown Capt. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. a , Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I hereby Certify that Luke Woodberry, formerly of Beverly in Massachusetts, now said to be an inhabitant of Bridgewater in the County of Oneida State of New York, was a soldier belonging to the 14 th Regiment commanded by Col o John Glover in the Continental Service A.D. 1776 - He enlisted in my company in the said Regiment, the 23 rd day of January when he was about sixteen years of age and joined said Regiment the next day - and that to the best of my knowledge and belief he served faithfully as a private from the time he joined the Regiment till he was honorably discharged the 1 st of January 1777.
Moses Brown
Beverly 25 January 1820.
Leave in this claim
There is an affidavit as above from Moses Brown in Luke Woodberry S.H. 159

S. W. L. Saltonstall July 25 '37
7 July 1858 -

Little Woodberry's Letter Bridgewater County of Oneida in New York Nov. 20. 1819
10 Capt Moses Brown of Beverly
if living if not return the same to me

Captain Moses Brown Sir I have made an application to the Secretary for my pension but for the not finding my enrolment I could not draw a stipend and now I am under the greatest obligation to you Captain Brown for a shore testimony that I served the United States under your command as a good faithful Soldier if it stands you in hand to see me face to face if not or either send by my friend the barico. Whom I have communication as I have such distance from you you will oblige me to vote By the barico he will wait on you. — — — — — This opportunity serves with a great cost.
in the town Bridge water in the County of onida In the state of new November 11 th 1819
I want Enquire after your welfare and families —
I would wish for you to vote as soon as possible for I must have my stipend by the forth of March next or expect to loose it forever.
Luke Woodbury

Capt. Brown's Abstract
100

An Abstract for the pay due to the 7 th Co. of the late 12 th Reg t . for their time from camp to their respective homes allowing one Day for every twenty Miles Travel.
   Rank Travel Days Amount Total     1 Capt. 20 5 6 8 5   1 1 st Lieut. 13 1/2 2 8 7   1 2 d Lieut. 20 3 12 0   1 Ensign 20 2 13 4   4 Serjs. 73 1/2 5 17 4   1 Corp l 73 1/2 5 17 10   1 Fife 20 1 9 4   45 Privates 832 1/2 55 9 7 802 4 8   one Private Wounded at Trenton and confined 45 Days 8 9 7 10 171 12 6   1 private sick 45 Days after his time expired 2 0 0 6 Not received   88 4 8  

An Abstract for the Milage due to the 17th C av of the late 1st Reg t (commanded by John Glover) began from Camp to their respective homes — likewise  from their several homes till the Milage & Billeting of Camp from their Enlisting till they join'd the Reg t .
  1 Capt. 400 Miles @ 3-10-10     11 th Lieut. 270 @ 3-10-10  670 Miles 10-10-11-13-4    12 th Lieut. 100 @ 3-10-10  5-5-10    1 Enff. 100 @ 2-10-10  2-18-1 { 2-15-10 1-13-4    54 Non-commis d Officers & privates 19.981 Miles @ 1-03-5-4  83-5-4 { 6-2-6 83-5-4 89-7-10  
93-10-4
For Billeting 67 Men from Enlisting till they join'd the Reg t being 115 Days @ 10-7-6 For the Travel of 67 from their several homes till they join'd the Reg t 505 Miles @ 2-2-1
£ 107-9-8
1st 0.2 1-10 11 20 15/145

I hereby certify that William Herrick was a soldier in my Company of the 14 th Reg t . in the Continental Service commanded by John Glover Esq r . A. D. 1776. that he faithfully served as a private in said Company from the 25 th day of April in that year to the 1 st day of Jan y 1777 when he was regularly discharged. near Trenton in Pennsylvania after the capture of the Hessians that he is so reduced in his circumstances as to need the assistance of his Country for support. —
Moses Brown
Beverly 7 th April 1818.
No claim on file for above noted Wm. Herrick Ad. Oct. 5. 1918

Salem, 2d April 1889
James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
I trust that these Supplementary Declaration Proofs will be adequate to show 1. That she could not appear in open court, 2. That her husband served till end of 1776 as one of the habeas , the abstract , alluded to as one of his soldiers being wounded in Battle of Trenton.
Very respectfully
Yours sincerely
B. S. Merrill

Copy
James L. Edwards Esq. Govt Prns
Washington D.C.
11/13/71 20.00

Salem, 3d April 1839
James E. Edwards Esq:
Sir,
Mrs Mary Brown, widow of Moses Brown dec d (who is applying for a Pension,) requests me to forward to you a copy of James Patch's Declaration. He is dead: but his papers are on file; and shew that he served all 1776 in Capt Moses Brown's Company.
Very respectfully your servant
Rich. Merrill

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Brown
In at Feb 16 Mak
A. S. Johnson Saltonstall H.R. Merrimack Washington

Dear Sir
I take the liberty of enclosing a letter I have just recd & am up very respectfully
L. Saltonstall -
Washr. Feby 15 - 1839.

I Hale Hilton of Beverly, county of Essex and State of Massachusetts on oath do testify, that I was a musician  fifer in Col Hutchinsons regiment, during part of the revolutionary war, and that I well knew Capt Moses Brown of said Beverly who commanded a company in Col Glovers regiment in the years 1775 & 1776, and that I was in habits of seeing the said Brown at different times during those years & knew that during that time he was an officer commanding a company in the said Col Glovers regiment. I do further testify that I believe the said Moses Brown commanded a company in the said regiment at the Battle of Trenton, as, although I was not there myself, being in sick quarters, I perfectly recollect that one of his company after the Battle, informed me that, "he should always have a high opinion of Capt Browns courage from his conduct in that engagement as well as from the address he made to the men previous to it, which was, "My friends in a few minutes we shall be in presence of the enemy, and I hope you will behave like the men I take you to be." I further testify that there was but one Moses Brown living in the town of

Beverly in the years before mentioned
Heale Hilton
Essex ss. Beverly. April 1. 1839. Then the above named Heale Hilton appeared before me and made oath that the foregoing statement was true. I also certify that the above Heale Hilton is a respectable citizen of this town and worthy of credit, the word musician interlined before signing
Stephens Baker Justice of the Peace Dooly Public
Salem, April 16. 1. 1839 I certify that Stephens Baker is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Essex duly qualified and that his Signature above written is genuine.
Levi H. Storrs V. C.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that Hon. D. A. White is Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County. That Franklin Dexter Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Suffolk - that John Runchard Esquire , is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, of Essex and that their signatures hereon are genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,
November 30, A. D. 1838,
John Prince Clerk.

I Mary Brown of Beverly in Massachusetts widow of Moses Brown Esq e who was a Captain in Col. Glover's Regiment in the Revolutionary War, do on oath further declare that my late husband the said Moses Brown served, as I have understood and believe, in the First Eight months term of service in 1775 from April to October of that year at Cambridge & vicinity, and I pray that the same service may be considered in computing my pension, in addition to the year 1776.
Mary Brown
State of Massachusetts Essex County /s: March 28. 1839 Then the above named Mary Brown made oath that the above affidavit is true Before me
Thos. Stephens
Just. Peace

Salem, April. 1. 1837 I certify that Thomas Stephens is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex duly qualified and that his Signature aforewritten is genuine
Levi Root M. C.

I Charles Brown of Boston in Massachusetts on oath testify that I know that in 1820 Moses Brown Esq r late of Beverly, who was the husband of Mrs Mary Brown now applying for a Pension, received the letter from Luke Woodbury, one of his Soldiers which is herunto annexed: and that said Moses then in answer dictated to me and I wrote the Certificate annexed, which the said Moses then signed: I know it is his signature: I further testify that among the papers of said Moses I have found the Certificate which is annexed dated April 7. 1818, and I know it is all in his hand writing: and further that the "Abstract for the Pay" of his Company, which is annexed, is a genuine ancient document in his handwriting - the same are now in the condition in which I found them, unaltered.
The abovenmentioned Certificates remained among his papers, because he made duplicates or more extended Certificates.
Charles Brown.

State of Massachusetts Essex ss: April. 2 d . 1839
Then Charles Brown afore named who is a credible witness made oath that the aforewritten affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before Rev. Merrill Just: Peace.
The above signature is genuine
Leviathan Hall - N. B.
Charles Brown

I William Prescott of the City of Boston in the State of Massachusetts, Esquire, depose that in the Spring or early part of the Summer of the year 1789. I was present at the marriage of Moses Brown of Beverly in the County of Essex in said State, then commonly called Major Brown to Miss Mary Bridge at the dwelling house of Captain Samuel Ingersoll in Salem in said County of Essex where she then resided. They were married by the Rev d Daniel Hopkins, an ordained settled minister in said town of Salem, according to the best of my recollection & belief. She removed immediately afterwards to Beverly and lived with him as his wife till he died which was in the year 1820 - and has not since been married - I did not know Mr. Brown while he held a commission but I understood & have no doubt from

what I then heard that he had held a captains commission in the continental army - I think it was said to have been in Hovers Regiment
W m Prescott
Boston 10 th Nov r 1838.
State of Massachusetts. County of Suffolk, City of Boston Novem- ber 10 th 1838. Personally appeared the above named William Prescott, to me well known to be a person of the highest credibil- ity, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate or affidavit, by him. subscribed
Before me
Franklin Dexter Justice of the Peace for said County of Suffolk.
N.B. * The alteration of the word since to has not on the first page was made before signing.
Franklin Dexter