Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4974, David Brewer, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass,
Brewer, David
S. 4974
CONTENTS
carded

15.800
Massachusetts David Brewer
of the State of in the State of Massachusetts who was a R. Corp. Captain the Company commanded by Captain Leland of the Regt.; commanded by Col. Doolittle in the Mass. Genl. line for 10 mos per 6 " Corp 20 ds. Capt.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 88. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1833 and sent to J. Fiske E. Cambridge
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $137.32 Pension, allowance ending Septm 34.33
$171.65
40 D
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book Vol. 2 Page 8
1893 April 15. H.D.
Hobson history Prior

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this Thirty first day of August 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, David Brewer a resident of Framingham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty 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:
On the 14 th of April 1775 I marched from Holliston to Concord and Lexington - I staid a few days at Cambridge doing duty as a private soldier when I enlisted in the Massachusetts militia service for the term of eight months in Col. Doolittle's regiment - Col. Moore of Paxton in the County of Worcester was my major - John Leland of said Holliston was my Captain until after the Battle at Bunkerhill when a gentleman by the name of Jacob Miller took the command of the Company, and the said John Leland was sent there as a sergeant - Samuel Prescott was our P.S. - we had no ensign - I did duty as a soldier on Bunkerhill in the battle of June 17, 1775 - At the expiration of said eight months in the latter part of December I again enlisted for two months in the same service and served out the whole ten months - When I was discharged, but my gun and equipments were obtained by my officers for the service of my Country - I came home in some of the last days of February or the first of March 1776 - General Ward was Commander in chief till after the arrival of Gen. Washington which was as I think in July -
In the last days of June 1776 I volunteered my services as a soldier being then a resident of said Framingham and enlisted as a corporal for six months in Captain Simon Dyer's company of the Massachusetts militia - On the first day of July following I marched with about a hundred men under me to Providence and put myself under the command of Col. Wadsworth - I think he was from Plymouth County - Capt. Simon Dyer came on in about ten days after me - In the latter part of July we were marched on to the Island of Rhode Island to the town of Portsmouth - thence we marched and encamped before Newport which was then occu-

field by the British and staid there till the French fleet arrived — Soon after the dis- persal of said fleet we were marched off of the island to Rivertown — at the end of the term of six months we were dismissed & came home — Gen. John Sullivan had the chief command there — Col. Wigglesworth com- manded a regiment on the island — Capt. Gell went home same time in August after which Capt. Griffith was my Captain On the 16th of September 1779 I received a Captain's commission in the militia aforesaid in a company in the Regiment of Col. Abner Perry — about the last of June 1780 I was ordered by Col. Perry to march my company to Rhode Island — I went under said Perry as a captain with my company — John Trumbull was my Lieut. Col. A. Heathcock Wood was my major In this term I served about a month — It takes more more than thirty nor less than twenty days I was born in Framingham aforesaid in the year 1752 but have no record of my age — on my first enlist- ment I was a resident of said Holliston — after that before my second enlistment I became an inhabitant of Framingham where I have ever since lived — I never received a written discharge have no documentary evidence — I am personally known to Jonathan Hapgood Esquire by Major Josiah Stone and to Mrs. Sarah Kelley & Mrs. Abigail Murray all of said Framingham 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,
David Brewer
We, Artemas B. Muzzey a clergyman, residing in the town of Framingham and Samuel Warren residing in Framingham hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with David Brewer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be eighty 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.
Samuel Warren Artemas B. Muzzey Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. J. P. P. Fay Probate
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 Artemas B. Muzzey who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Framingham and that Samuel Warren who has also signed the same, is a resident in Framingham and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit. J. P. P. Fay Probate
I Isaac Fisher 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 David Brewer for a pension. I also certify that Esther Goodwin reposed on broken signature set to the affidavit on the deposition of Samuel Jones, and that William Bruckmiller where own broken signature is set to the affidavit on the deposition of Sarah Munn are parties of the Preamble within said county. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
I also certify that the signature of said William Bruckmiller set to the additional declaration of David Brewer is his genuine signature Isaac Fisher

10463 David Brewer
Photo 10 Mws Caption 6 Capt ~ 20 days 5. 16 20 5. 16 16
March 29. 1832
P. 315
33. 33 22. 00 13. 33 68. 11 6
20/8. 66 2/3 13. 33
J. Furke Esq East Cambridge Mass

10463
BRIEF in the case of  David Brewer  County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80  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.     April In 1770 — 8 Private Gen. Capt Leland. Col Doolittle   Dec 1775 enlisted 2 " Same officers   June 1778 Vol 6 Corporal Capt Edge R. Col Wade   June 1780 — about 12 Month 20 Captain Col Perry  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Holliston Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary, Witnesses & Documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached to the seal as required. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
T Waugh Examining Clerk.  Feb 24 th 1833

July 18, 1928
Mrs. Henry H. King 608 Conley Ave Columbia, Mo.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 4674 , it appears that David Brewer was born in 1752 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
While residing in Holliston, Massachusetts, April 19, 1775 he marched to Cambridge and served a few days as a private, when he enlisted and served ten months as a private in Captains John Leland's and Jacob Miller's Company, Colonel Doolittle's Massachusetts Regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.
While residing in Framingham, Massachusetts, he enlisted in 1778 and served six months as a corporal in Captains Simon Edgell's and Griffith's Company, Colonel Wade's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was commissioned, September 16, 1779, Captain of the 10th Company in Colonel Abner Perry's Fifth Regiment of

Militia in the county of Middlesex, Massachusetts, and in June 1780 served twenty days under said commission.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1932, at which time he was living at Framingham, Massachusetts.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Col Brewer's Amendment of Declaration

Col Brewer's Amendment of Declaration

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace within & for the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts David Brewer 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 ac- cording to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades viz. for ten months I served as a private — for six months I served as a corporal — for twenty days I served as a captain, and for such services I claim a pension
I also depose that for the time during which said services were performed I was not employed in any civil pursuit — note I have not the least hesitation in saying that my services were at least as long as above stated — I think they were longer David Brewer Middlesex Jr. Sworn to before me this
nineteenth day of April 1873 by Col. David Brewer above named Wm. Bromfield Justice of peace

Revised
4974
INVALID.
File No. 4974
David Brewer
Priv. Mass. State
Act: June 14th 1882
Index: Vol. M , Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1920 - Mss. 3. History to Henry C. Quincy and 1922 - Dept. 16. Copy delivered to C. C. Palmer and 1928 - July 18. Hist. to Mrs. Henry M. King and

} The Major Part of the COUNCIL of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England.
David Brewer Genl. Greeting.
YOU being appointed Captain of the 7th Company in the 11th Regiment of Militia in the County of Middlesex, whereof Abner Perry Esquire is Colonel
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Captain in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from
the Major Part of the Council or their Superior Officers
G I V E N under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the sixteenth Day of September in the Year of our LORD, 1779.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.
S. Adams
Middlesex ss: Capt David Brewer Oath required by Law to the party and also Voluntary Took the oath of before us
Abner Perry John Trowbridge Ezekiah Bowditch John Glean
sworn and took the Discharge of his office loyalty and Allegance
Field Officers
Rev. Amos Root William Ward
10 Joshua Moses Gill B. White
Oliver Prescott N. Cushing Joseph Simpson Samuel Viles Aaron Wood Edward Tuttle Isaac Goodwin John Pitts

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Brewer 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 ? Yes 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 ? Yes 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 ? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? Yes 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 ? Yes

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? yes
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? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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."

Mr. Samuel Jones Affidavit for D. Bremer

I Samuel Jones of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex testify and say that I am acquainted with David Brewer of Framingham in said County that soon after the 19 th of April 1775 the said  said Brewer being an inhabitant of the said Town of Holliston Framingham in said County then enlisted in the State troops of Massachusetts for the term of eight Months and served out said term, about the time of the expiration of said term said Brewer again enlisted in the same service for the term of two Months more and it is my impression that he served out the Most of said term of two Months - I was a soldier in the same company with him and served ten Months at that time and further saith not Samuel Jones Mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. August 25 th 1832
Then the above named Samuel Jones personally appeared and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Asher Goodnow Just of the Peace
I further certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Jones above named & that he is a credible Witness Asher Goodnow Just of the Peace

Blue Windy Richardt Jr Col. Bremer

I Silas Winch of Framingham in the County of Middlesex aged eighty eight years, testify & say that I was acquainted with Col. David Brewer of Framingham that in July 1780 I marched to Rhode Island as a soldier under said Brewer who was then my cor- poral — The term of our service was six months — I think ac- cording to the best of my recollec- tion that said Brewer served out the whole of said term.
In July 1780 the said Brewer was called to Rhode Island again he was then a Captain of a company of the same regiment with me viz Col. Perry's regiment — The said Brewer & myself both served on this expedition nearly one month, I cannot say precisely how long it was between twenty & thirty days
Silas Winch
Cambridge of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. August 30 th 1832
Then the above named Silas Winch personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed before me
Wm. Brinkminster Just of peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Silas Winch & that he is a credible witness
Wm. Brinkminster Just of peace

Missouri Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
STATE VICE-REGENT MRS. LON SANDERS 208 OAKWOOD AVENUE WEBSTER GROVES, MO.
STATE TREASURER MRS. ARTHUR M. WILSON 5547 WATERMAN AVENUE ST. LOUIS, MO.
STATE RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. GEORGE H. COLBERT MARYVILLE, MO.
STATE REGISTRAR MRS. JOSEPH L. GOSS CLINTON, MO.
STATE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. HENRY P. WHERRITT INDEPENDENCE, MO.
STATE LIBRARIAN MRS. H. H. KING COLUMBIA, MO.
STATE CHAPLAIN MRS. HOWARD BOONE 3920 WARWICK BOULEVARD KANSAS CITY, MO.
STATE HISTORIAN MRS. FRANK S. LEACH 522 WEST SEVENTH ST. SEDALIA, MO.
STATE REGENT MRS. BENJAMIN L. HART 3660 CAMPBELL STREET KANSAS CITY, MO.
Columbia, Missouri June 26th. 1928
Department of The Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Will you please send me military History of David Brewer who served in Revolutionary war, private, born 1752-d. 1834 He was granted a pension 1832.
Have you a record of Howell Brewer? He lived in Randolph Co. North Carolina 1790
Respectfully
Mrs Henry Haviland King, 608 Conley Ave.
Columbia, Missouri -

STATE CHAIRMEN
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ARROW ROCK TAVERN BOARD
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MRS. ARTHUR M. HITCH RELICS BOONVILLE, MO.

Address Cash 15¢ from Elsie C. Palmer of Pension Bureau (Widow Div.)
Delivered in person Wanda
SEP 16 1922 FINANCE DIVISION
Sept. 7-1922
Photostat copy of one page not cert.
from
Rev. War Pension Claim
David Brewer S. 4974
Mass. Troops.
Proctor SW Sams 9/7/22

M233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
SEP 8 . 1922
19 —
Chief of Rev. Val Section
Sir:
I have this day received from
Eva C. Palmer draft
No. Cash for $ 15/100
requesting copy  post-office addresses
as per letter herewith
Copy Delivered to Mr Palmer Sept. 16 1922 I said did not see
Very respectfully, O. J. RANDALL Chief of Division.
J.H.
Serial No. 7058
Rev Clerk.
Remarks: Rev. [Signature] Chief Rev. [Signature]
Photographic copies wanted of pieces, consisting of 1 pages.
Name David Brewer Rev. No. 31497H Date Sept. 15, 1922 (ME 12)

HENRY C. QUINBY 165 BROADWAY
NEW YORK November 1, 1920
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Rev K The name of my father, Henry Brewer Quinby, formerly Governor of New Hampshire, has been presented for admission to the Society of the Cincinnati, upon the assumption that his great grandfather, Capt. David Brewer , a Revolutionary soldier , was a member of the Continental Line or regular American Army, rather than the Militia. Capt. Brewer fought at Bunker Hill and received a Government pension, but I am unable, without your assistance, to determine whether he was a member of the American Army or of the Massachusetts State Militia.
His residence at enlistment was given as Holliston, Mass. He applied for a pension in August 1832, giving his residence as Framingham, Mass., in which town he was born. If you can supply me with the information requested, I shall, of course, be extremely glad to pay the appropriate compensation or fee therefor.
Yours truly,
Henry C. Quinby

HENRY D. HOBSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 15 CORTLANDT STREET, Room 41.
Continental soldiers
NEW YORK, Feby. 10 189 3
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir:
I would like to ascertain if there are any records in the Pension Department of pension granted to a Continental soldier by the name of David Brewer of Framingham, Mass. He was in service several times, but records show that a non-com. officer by that name received a pension.
He was corporal in Capt. Simon Edgell's company, in Col. Nathan Wood's regt. and company was raised June 12. 1778.
Respectfully, Henry D. Hobson

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of David Brewer a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19. 1775 twelve days Pvt. Stationed at Cambridge Mass   1775 10 mos Pvt. John Leland & Jacob Miller Dr. Luther Regt. Mils. of Mass   1778 6 mos Corpl. Simon Edgell Wade   Sept. 16. 1779 and in Capt. of the 10 th Company in Abner Perry's 5 th Regt. of Militia in the County of Middlesex, Mass   June 1780 20 days Capt Major said Com.  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Holliston and Framingham, Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug. 31. 1832. His claim was al.
Residence at date of application, Framingham, Middlesex Co. Mass
Age at date of application, 80. born in Framingham Mass in 1752.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.