Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15441, Peter Blackinton, R. I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Re 9
Blackinton, Peter
W. 15441
Daughter
Hepzibah
Former Widow
CONTENTS

State of Massachusetts Norfolk County County } ss
On this Eighth day of December AD 1842 Personally appeared before the Hon. Sherman Selcure Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Norfolk Rebekah Taft of Wrentham In said County of Norfolk Aged Seventy three 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 acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838 and the 23d of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolution- ary war That She is the widow of Peter Blackinton who was a Soldier of the Revolution that he served three months as orderly Serjeant at West Point in the State of New York as testified to by Nathan Richards, and that He served three months in said war at Warwick in the State of Rhode Island as also testified by said Nathan Richards in his affidavits annexed to her former declaration and also that She verily believes that her said husband served some other short campaigns during the said war but from the lapse of time and the absence of those who were with him She is unable to prove the requisite proof and claims a pension for the six months above mentioned at least and hopes more may be found in the returns in the war department. She also declares that She was married to the said Peter Blackinton December the Seventh day of in the Year Seventeen hundred and eighty eight That her husband the said Peter Blackinton died on the twenty Seventh day of July in the Year one thousand eight hundred and two. That She was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place at place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz as above stated. She fur- ther declares that after the death of the husband above said She was married to Salaman Taft on the 30th day of December 1818 and that the said Taft died on the 24th day of December 1833 and that She is still a widow
Rebekah Taft
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
S Selcure Judge of Probate
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original document on file in the office of the Clerk of Probate for the County of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 27th day of December 1842.

State of Massachusetts } Bristol County }
Be it known that on this 5th day of Dec 1842 personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said County Esther Blackinton and after having been duly engaged according to law testifies as follows viz. That she has been well acquainted with Stephen Fafft from his childhood say fifty years that after the death of her first husband Belen Blackinton who died the 27th day of July 1802 she afterwards married to Salomon Fafft on the 30th day of Dec 1818 and that the said Salomon Fafft died on the 24th day of Dec 1833 that she has not since married but is still a widow
Esther Blackinton
Subscribed and sworn to this day and year above written before me and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said deponent and that is a credible witness
Noah Chaplin Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk
I Jonathan H. Cobb, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Norfolk hereby certify that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate & that Noah Chaplin is a justice of the peace within and for the County of Bristol & that their several appointments registered in this place are genuine & true
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this tenth day of December A.D. 1842
Jonathan H. Cobb Reg. Probate

R.S.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
15441.
Hepsibah Craft
Former Widow of
Peter Blackinton
Pre Rev War
Act:
Feb 2 d 48.
Index:—Vol.
M
, Page
286
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W 7365 Mass.
Rejected
let to N. Chaplin 16. Oct. 1840. " " 2. July 6. 1841 ✓ " " " Oct 12. 1842 ✓
act. 7 July '38

6936
Massachusetts
Hepsibah Taft, formerly widow of Peter Blackinton
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 27. July 1802 of Norfolk in the State of Mass, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Winthorp of the Regt commanded by Col in the R. I. line for 2 mos. 23 days from 3 " 27 " Jan
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass: at the rate of 28 Dollars 44 3/8 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6, day of Jany. 43 and sent to Col Glasgow Atleboro Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 Semi-annual allowance ending Oct 23. Jany 42
145 20
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thos G. Ledy Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 137
Reported
This certificate was returned as dead letter Jan 16, 1843 I recommend to Atleboro. Mass.

Massachusetts
Mercy Dyer, formerly widow of Peter Blackinton who was a Private in the Revolution
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 14 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Dec r 1843 and sent to
Noah Claflin Arlington Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book d
Vol. 1 Page 55

July 1 1841 Hillsboro us June 24 Maf
file
J. L. Edwards. Pension Agt. U.S. War department Washington City

Atleborough June 26 th 1841
J L Edwards Esq
By request of Hephzibah Taft widow of Peter Blackinton I take the liberty to address you on the subject of her claim to a pension you will doubtless recollect that she made application I believe in August or September 1840 claiming a pension under the act of 1838 but was rejected on account of her after marriage to Taft altho' he died previous to the passing of said act.
If I am in error you Congress passed a law or resolve last winter which removed the only objection to her claim as I understood by your communication to me on the subject. If I am right in then I wish you would inform me whether any thing more on her part is necessary to be done to procure her pension and if any thing what, I think the proof you will find to be positive by looking at the testimony accompanying her declaration. by informing me on the above subject you will much oblige
Your most obedient and very humble Servt.
Noah Grafton

No 7365.
Map,
July 7. 1838.
Hepzibah Taft.
Sept 11. 1840
From H. L. Edwards War department Msl.
Washington
at Ricard
J. L.

Atleborough September 5 th 1840 To J. L. Edwards Esq. P. Atty. U.S.
Dear Sir by the Special request of Miss Hephzibah Tafft I herewith enclose her declaration made before Judge Leland and the papers there with connected. — If any thing farther is necessary to prove her claim you will please write me on the subject. If she is placed on the list you will please direct the certificate to my address Atleborough Bristol County Mass —
Noah Chaplin

Oct 10 1842
Rev. Saml. J. May. Massachusetts J. P. Jewett's Commission of Pensions Wadsworth
Washington City
Spec

Atleborough October 3 rd 1842
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir In behalf and by request of the Widow Hephzibah Tapp to take the liberty to respectfully invite your attention to the claim of the said Hephzibah to a pension of five year on account of the revolutionary services of her former husband Peter Blackinton of Atleborough Massachusetts she presented her claim if mistake not in later part 1840 or the early part of 1841 I have your letter of July 6. 1841 Informing me that her claim was barred by her second marriage that as I then understood was the only objection that bar is I presume now removed by the late act of Congress I believe her papers were all duly authenticated and the evidence of the services proved by living witness who served with him I presume that the papers are all on file in your office and that nothing more is necessary to be done on her part to substantiate her claim if any thing more is required please to inform me
If you send an a certificate she wishes you to direct it to me as I reside near her and the Court before whom she made her declaration is at a greater distance from her
With great respect your very humble serv t
Noah Clapton
Bristol County Mass

Nov 22 d 1842 Mass. To Messrs. for Department Washington City
Declarations enclosed Nov 22, '42

Atleborough Nov 16: 1842
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Deer Sir Your Letter of the 12 th ult was duly Rec d wherein you wrote as follows viz
Enclosed you will receive the regulations under the Act of 23 d August last for the guidance of Mrs. Stephenson Taft in asserting her claim under it. The proof of the validity and of the date of her marriage with her husband, is Satisfactory, but no regulation farther than the above refers to her. I am somewhat at a loss how to understand your meaning. Mrs. Taft in her declaration and application for a pension I suppose complied with all the then known requirements to be entitled -ry, if there is any thing more on her part to do to establish her claim I requested in my last letter that you would inform me, if any thing more is wanting I don't learn what it is by your letter I am inclined to suppose that you inadvertently left out what you meant to in close.
She therefore respectfully requests further infor- mation as to the subject.
with the Great Respect Your obedient Serv t
Bristol Co. Mass.
Noah Peabody

Dec 17 1842
free
Hon. J. H. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
26 Dept. War Department
Washington City

Atleborough Dec. 14 th 1842
Hon ble J o L ord Edwards Com r of Pensions
Enclosed is the declaration and proceedings of the Court of Probate there on of Rev. Joseph Luff. In your late communication to me you stated that the proof of the Service and of the date of her marriage with her husband Peter Blackwater was satisfactory we have therefore supposed it need not to furnish evidence on that point and further than her own statement
If any thing more is necessary to be done on her part you will have the goodness to write as she lives near me and the probate office is at the distance of twenty miles from her She wishes you for her convenience to make your communications to me
Respectfully your obedient Servt
Noah Luffin

(Declaration of Lehrstuhl Staff)
all 3979

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Bristol COUNTY, }
On this Seventeenth day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Leperibah Taft a resident of Wrentham in the county of Norfolk aged Eighty four 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Peter Blackington her first husband who was a resident of Attleboro' in said county, and who was a private in the War of the Revolution. She don't know under what officers. and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of twenty eight dollars and forty four cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Leperibah Taft (with a mark)
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of Nancy Mason
Noah Clapton Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Noah Clapton Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Secretary's Office COUNTY, }
I, William Duff Clerk of the Deputy Secretary Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Noah Clapton of Bristol is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this eighteenth day of July 1848.
Wm. Duff Clerk.

3758
Hop. Taph
$28:44 per an
Noah Blafun Attleborough Mass

State of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss
In this fifth day of August A D 1843 Personally appeared before John Chamer — a justice of the peace within and for the said County of Norfolk Hephzibah Taft a resident of Wrentham in said County of Norfolk aged 79 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 of the 3 rd of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the war of the Revolution
That She is the widow of Peter Blackinton who was a private and a serjeant in the army of the revolution that he served at several different times as by the affidavit of Nathan Richards annexed to her former declaration as was also the certificate of the Town Clerk showing the time of her marriage to the said Peter Blackinton That the said Peter Blackinton died on the 27 day of July In the year 1802 That She afterwards married to Solomon Taft. And that the said Solomon Taft died Oct. 24. 1833 — That She has not since married and is still a widow That She is the identical person who applied for and received a five years pension of twenty eight dollars 44 cts per annum under the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 for proof of service and marriage reference may be had to her former application as it is deemed that will be satisfactory
Hephzibah Taft

The within declaration sworn to and subscribed the day and year first within written before me. John Cheever Justice of the Peace And I further certify that I have been well acquainted with the said Hephzibah Tapp for at least forty five years past that I know her to be the widow of Peter Blackinton who died In 1802 and that she is still a widow
John Cheever Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Norfolk.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Norfolk, do hereby certify that John Cheever Esquire of Mendham in said County is a Justice of the Peace within the said County of Norfolk & that his several signatures on this paper are genuine and true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight, hundred and forty three.
Jonathan H. Cobb

State of Massachusetts Norfolk County
I Fisher Blackinton of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk having been duly Sworn according to law do testify and say that I have been intimately acquainted with Hannah Taft married in the election herunto annexed for at least forty nearly fifty years past and I know her to be the widow of Peter Blackinton who died in July 1802 I know her to be the identical person who applied for and received a five years pension of 250 44 cents per annum and I know that she is still a widow
Fisher Blackinton
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me
M. Grewer Justice of the Peace

3758
Hope Taft
Sept 28: 44 New ans
Noah Blafin
Littleborough
Mass
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com te of pensioners
Dear Sir Mrs Taft wishes you to write or send her certificate to any address, Athleteborough Bristol County Mass as it will be more convenient for her
Respectfully
Noah Blafin

Declaration of Heinzebah Laff No 7365
W 7365. ✓ Heinzebah Laff Mass.
act 7. July 38
m 88. d 02.
Married a 2 nd time.
vol 24. 107 - Jan'y 28. R. G. pri. 2.25 1. 52. 81. - Serg t 3.27 6.12
attnd
2mo 25d pri
3mo. 27. d, Sergt.
$ 28.44.
Noah Clasen Atteboro
Map: XX

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk.
I Jonathan H. Cobb, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Norfolk, hereby certify that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate. That Melatiah Emery is a Justice of the Peace within for said County of Norfolk. That Noah Cluett is a Justice of the Peace within for the County of Bristol within said Commonwealth. that their several respective signatures to these papers are genuine. Thus In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty fourth of August A.D. 1840.
Jonathan H. Cobb

Commemorant of Massachusetts Dorset County & Town of Mendham
I Calvin Fishke S r Clerk of said Town do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of a record now in my possession as such Town Clerk with the exception named herein after "Married by the Rev David Amy Dec eleventh Seventeen hundred eighty eight Peter Blackington and Hepsibah Fishke"
And I further certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "Dec. 11 1788"
I Calvin Fishke above named do hereby say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County of Dorset & State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Calvin Fishke Town Clerk of Mendham

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss April 23 1840 Personally appeared the within named Calvin Fisher Jr Town Clerk of Wrentham and made oath to the truth of the certificate by him within subscribed. Before me Melatiah Everett Justice of the Peace

24/10/2 2.25 P.M. Gammanweth of Massachusetts } ss Bristol County
On this fourth day of April 1840 Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Bristol Fisher Blackinton of lawfull age and who having been first sworn according to law deponeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Hephzibah Taft That she was married to Peter Blackinton as I have under stood by the record of their marriage on the 11th day of December 1788 and her husband the said Peter Blackinton died on the 27th day of July 1802 That she after-wards married to Solomon Taft who died on the 24th day of December 1833 and that she the said Hephzibah has not since married but still remains a widow
Fisher Blackinton
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Fisher Blackinton and that he is a credible witness
Noah Claplin Justice of the Peace
Gammanweth of Massachusetts } ss Bristol County
On this fourth day of April 1840 Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Bristol Nathan Richards of the age of eighty years and having been first duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that he was with Peter Blackinton in the war of the revolution in two different campaigns of three months each the first was at Warwick in the state of Rhode Island under Capt. Moses Wilmarth as a private three months. The date of the above service he cannot recollect The second term of service was at Westpoint State of New York under Capt. Harry and Lieut. Guebert said Peter Blackinton served three months as orderly sergeant this was in the summer & autumn of the same year that General Cornwallis was taken. I believe that the said Peter was out in the service one or two short campaigns before but I was not with him and I cannot recollect so as to be positive
Says that he is well acquainted with Hephzibah Taft the widow of the said Peter Blackinton the said Peter died as near as he conjectured in the year 1802 the widow afterwards married to Solomon Taft who died about seven or eight years ago and the said Hephzibah has not married since but still remains a widow
Nathan Richards
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Nathan Richards and that he is a credible witness
Noah Claplin Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk  Suffolk
On this 18 th day of May  June 1840 personally appeared before the Hon. the Sherman Leland Judge of the court of probate within and for the County of Norfolk in the Commonwealth aforesaid at at Wrentham within said County Rebekah Traft of the town of Wrentham aforesaid aged Seventy six years who being first 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 Seventh A 1838. That she is the widow of Peter Blackinton who was a soldier in the war of the revolution That she very much believes that her said husband served at two differ- ent campaigns six months at least and from what she has heard him and others say she thinks he was in the service one or two other terms besides the the above mentioned service that she believes he served in one of three months campaigns as a private and the other three months as orderly sergeant
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Blackinton on the Eleventh day of December 1788 - and that her husband died on the twenty seventh day of July Eighteen hund- red and two . That she was after wards married to Solomon Traft who died on the the Twenty fourth day of December 1833. That she has not since married but was a widow upto and on the 4 th day of July 1836 and stills remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed
Rebekah Traft
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me & I hereby certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the said Rebekah Traft, is unable to attend before a court to make the above declaration
S Leland Judge of Probate