Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,648, Joseph Bond, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Bond, Joseph Polly
N. 23648
CONTENTS

643
Massachusetts
Joseph Bond
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Burnham of the reg t commanded by Col. Sacken in the line for Breendon 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of 1821 at the rate of Eight Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of October 1832 and due to Joseph Bond Wilmington (Nat). Woburn 1830
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $120 -- Pension allowance ending March 31, - 40
$160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. M c Blain Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 2 nd Page 39.
See letter to Hon. L. Woodbury Sept. 2, 1836, do. to P. Agt. Sept. 3, 1834. Let to Pav. March 1, 1837. Restored, See letter to P. Agt. March 23, 1837.

887. Massachusetts. Polly Bond widow of Joseph Bond Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1848. and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page Vol. 2

Seventeen hundred and eighty four - March twenty second - Joseph Bond to Polly Laurence
I, Manton Eastburn, Rector of Trinity church in Boston, certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the marriage of Joseph Bond to Polly Laurence as borne upon the Records of the said Church with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "1784 - March 22. Joseph Bond to Polly Laurence."
I also, the above named Manton Eastburn, depose and say that I hold the office of Rector of Trinity church, in the city of Boston above named, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said church, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Manton Eastburn
Suffolk. Mass. April 10. 1843.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County — } ss.
City of Boston, April 10, 1843.
Then appeared before me the subscribe a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Rev. Manton Eastman who is personally known to me to be the Rector of Trinity Church in this city and made oath that the within certificate and affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Thomas Bulfinch.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office.
Boston, April 13, 1843.
I hereby certify that at the date of the above attesta- -tion Thomas Bulfinch was a justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth aforesaid duly constituted and commissioned.
Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth
Isaac A. Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth

I Joseph Bond of Wilmington in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Yeoman do testify and say that I made evidence of my having served six years & five months in the army of the Revolution - & that I was put on the Roll of Pensioners under the Law of the 18 th March A D 1818 as will appear by the evidence now in the office of the Secretary of War - & that I was dropped from the Pension Roll on account of the property in my possession - that at the time I made my application & was put on the Pension Roll, I lived in Wilmington at which place I now & ever since have lived - that I served as a private soldier in the eighth Regiment commanded by Col o Michael Jackson in the company commanded by Capt t John Burnham - three years - (viz) from February A D 1777 to Feby A D 1780 - that I afterwards enlisted during the War & served three years & five months - in the company commanded by Capt t Moses M c Farlane in the Invalid Regiment commanded by Col o Lewis Nicola - as will appear by the evidence now in the office as by me furnished at the time I was put on the Pension Roll - and that I now hold a certificate, by which I receive a pension of six Dollars & sixty six 2 / 3 cents a month - Under the Act entitled an Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, approved 16 May 1820
Joseph Bond

State of Massachusetts } Middlesex ss. }
August 22 - 1832
Then the within named Joseph Box made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true - Before me William Blanchard Just of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Middlesex, do here by Certify, that William Blanchard Jr. Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, and his name set to the foregoing certif- icates, are his own proper signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty third day of August, A.D. 1832.
E. Phinney
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War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Joseph Bond
late a private , 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 com- mence on the second day of May , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 26 day of May one thousand eight hundred and 20 .
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

I Joseph Bond Jun r of Wilmington in the county of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Yeoman do testify & say that Joseph Bond who signed the foregoing affidavit in my presence is the identical Joseph Bond whose name was put on the Roll of Pensioners under the law of the 18 th March A D 1818 & received the Pension certificate which is herunto annexed -
Joseph Bond Jun r
State of Massachusetts } August 22 - 1832 Middlesex ss -
Then the above named Joseph Bond Jun r made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true - Before me - (William Blanchard Jun r Justice of the Peace)

I, Albert Bond of Dover in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, one of the heirs of Joseph Bond late of Wilmington in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts deceased do hereby constitute and appoint Benja- min B. French of Washington in the District of Columbia my lawful attorney for me & in my name to examine into and adjust any claim I may have against the United States by virtue of the Revolutionary claim of the said Joseph Bond. Dated at Dover aforesaid, this fifth day of April A.D. 1852.
Albert Bond
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of Chas. E. Gonte

Polly Bond Mass.
amt 7. July 38 m 54. d 40 on Roll Capt. Burnham Col. Jackson Mass. Line adm'd 2 gn sci 80 $
Am W. Carpenter Cambridge Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex County - } ss.
On this twelfth day of April A.D. 1843, personally appeared before the Hon. Gault P.P. Hay Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, Mrs. Polly Board, a resident of Wilmington in the County of Middlesex aforesaid aged seventy six 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;" and also of the decisions of the Attorney General & Secy. of War under said Acts; -
That she is the widow of Joseph Board who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the U.S. under the law of the 7 th June 1832, at Eighty Dollars per annum, which amount he received from the 4 th day of March 1831, until the day of his death and for the particulars of the services performed by him in the Army of the Revolution she would refer to his original declaration for a pension under said Act now on file in the War Department. = The following is the best account she can give of his services. She always understood & sincerely believes that her said Joseph Board enlisted as a private when he was sixteen years old into a Company commanded by Capt. Burnham in Col. Mocker's Regiment, at Lynn in the County of Essex, Massachusetts & in the month of February 1775 or 1776, & there he marched to Cambridge, & continued in the service for the term of three years under this enlistment, at the expiration of which term he again enlisted as a private to serve during the war & continued in the service under this enlistment for the further term of three years & five months, making in all six years & five months, & was at the Battle of Monmouth & a great variety of other battles & was several times wounded; but from age & defect of memory cannot particularly set forth the particulars.

She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Bond by Rev. Dr. Parker of Boston on the twenty second day of March seventeen hundred and eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Bond died on the twenty sixth day of July eighteen hundred and forty; - 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, and that since his decease she has not intermarried but now is the widow of Joseph Bond aforesaid. =
Witness Isaac Dike
her Polly X Bond mark
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me at a special Court held at the Probate Office in Cambridge
J. H. F. Full Esq. of Probate for S d County -

I Joseph Bond of Walmington in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say that Polly Bond whose name is written on the foregoing declaration is my Mother; that Joseph Bond was her husband & was a Pensioner, under the Act of Congress & that I sincerely believe the facts stated by her in said declaration are true; & that the said Joseph Bond her said husband served in the War of the Revolution during the term therein set forth; I further testify that the said Polly Bond has not intermarried since the death of her said husband, but still remains his widow
Joseph Bond
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss. April 12, 1843
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Bond who is well known to me as a man of truth & entitled to credit & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true.
Before me -
J. P. P. Gay
Notary Public
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Sarah B. Dyer of the County of Middlesex in & for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that I and P. P. Gay Esquire is the judge of said Court & that his signatures written on the foregoing certificates are his genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty three
Sarah B. Dyer

205
Joseph Bond 17176
May 26. 1820
Not End

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1824
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Joseph Bond resident at Wilmington in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 17176. now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the late a “ 18th March, 1818, Joseph Bond “ Private 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 second day of “ May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen “ Given at the War Office of the United States, this tenth  sixth “ day of May one thousand eight hundred and twelve . L.S.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
“ A farm situated in Wilmington with the built ings valued at $1400 would rent at $100 per annum. Personal Estate
 Stock of Cattle - 175  Hogs - 40  Cloak - 10  Chairs and swaggers 100  Household furniture 80  Farming utensils 10 
Total amt $1875.00 Joseph Bond
Subscribed & declared before me Mr. Melancthon Judge etc. He served in the Revolutionary war as stated in my application May second A.D. 1818 reference being had

to said application. I am fifty nine years of age my wife is fifty six years of age and very infirm my son is eighteen years of age and so debilitated as to be unable to perform any labor they are both dependent on me for support, I am by occupation a baker I am partially blind, I am so troubled with the Rheuma as to be unable to perform any manual labor I served in the eighth Regiment in Massachusetts Col Michael Jackson Com John Brooks Lt Col in the company commanded by John Burnam Joseph Boardman

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
11 I, Joseph Boud do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Joseph Boud
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Joseph Boud took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one thousand eight hundred & twenty five dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820.
Attr. Abraham Biglow

Brohm Maas
Rev
Oct. 3-1907 A.T. Bond
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23648  Accord
Polly Bond Widow of Joseph Bond Brin River War
Act: Feb 22nd 1824
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 76
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1318. Massachusetts
Polly Bond
widow of Joseph Bond who was a Private
in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of August, 1843 and sent to Mrs. P. Bond, Boston, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 9. Page 36.

Massachusetts-7222
Report May
Polly Bond widow of Joseph Bond
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June '32. and who died on the 26th: July, 1840 - of Middlesex Co in the State of Mass ts - who was a private - in the company - commanded by Captain Burnham - of the Regt: - commanded by Col: Jackson - in the Massachusetts line for 2 years -
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the - 3 d - day of May 1843 - and sent to Hon: W. Pursuer - E. Cambridge - Mass ts
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
$400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Nell Stewart Clerk, Book A - Vol. 1 - Page 73

17.176 Massachusetts.
Joseph Bonds.
of Middlesex Co in the state of Mass. who was a private — in the regiment commanded by Colonel M Jackson, of the Mass. line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 5 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of May, 1820 and sent to M rs Davis Esquire, Boston, Mass.
  Arrears to 4th of March 1820 —  176.77    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. —  48. —    22 mo 3/31.  $224.77  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Notification sent to Graham Register Esq. 22 d Sep. 1820. Cambridge, Mass.

Joseph Bond, Massachusetts roll. Act 15 May 1828 - No 143. His name was struck from the roll in consequence of having drawn two pensions.
Will Mr. Stewart please look on the book, in Mr Evans' room, and say to what time he was last paid?
paid to 3 rd March 1834.
struck off - See let to Sec. loan. 6 th Sept 1834.
Joseph Bond - Massachusetts roll. Act 1832.
He was Up to what time has his pension been paid?
Pension Office } Feb 25. 1837 }
to the 4 th March 1834
H

Medford April 25 th 1818.
This is to certify that Joseph Bond was a soldier in the late 8 th Mass ts Reg t . — That he enlisted in the beginning of the year 1777 and served in said Reg t until the year 1779 & was then transferred to Col o Nichols's Reg t of Invalids.
J. Brooks, Lt. Col o late 8 th Mass ts Reg t .

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the Act entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15 Mar. 1828.
Joseph Bonde
Pay Certificate of
I Certify that Joseph Bonde — of Wilmington in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts is entitled to receive pay in the Invalid reg't  Line of the Army of the Revolution, at the rate of Six dollars and Sixtysix  \frac{2}{3} cents a month, payable during his life on the third day of March, and third day of September, in each year.
It is provided by law that the said pay shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States, this third day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, and of Independence, the fifty fourth.
J. D. [Signature]
Secretary of the Treasury
Eng d by D. D. [?]
Woburn

Ex 100-444444 August 23
Revolutionary claim to the Secretary of War Pension Department Washington
22

Wilmington August 22. 1832
To the Secretary of War—
Sir. I herewith send you my Affidavit— that I was put on the Pension Roll under the Law of the 18 th March 1818— that I was droped from s d Roll on account of property— that I served as a private soldier six years & five months in the Revolutionary Army— as will appear by the evidence now in your office. as by me furnished at the time I was put on the Roll— I also send you my Pension Certificate as evidence that I was on the Roll— I send you the Affidavit of Joseph Bond f- stating that I am the identical Joseph Bond who received this certificate & was put on the Roll— Should the evidence I now furnish together with the evidence now in your office be satisfactory my request is that I may be restored to the Pension Roll at full pay (say 8 Dollars p r month.) & that I relinquish the Pension I now receive—
Sir with all due respect &c &c
P.S. Please to direct your Letter to Joseph Bond Capt d Joseph Bond
Wilmington (Mds.) p r Wilmington Post Office —

B 390 July 20 1837 Union Office
Joe Bond
328 28
Wilington 16 July 15 Revolutionary claims
EX-104
157 - No. 143
To the Secretary of War
Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Wilmington Feby 10 - 1837
To the Secretary of War
Sir - I was put on the roll of Pensioners agreeable to an act, entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the Revolution - approved 15 th May - 1828. - on which certificate I regularly received the sum of six dollars & sixty six 2 / 3 cents p r month untill March 4 1834 - I afterwards applied to be put on the Pension roll agreeable to the act of the 7 th of June 1832. I was put on - & received for three years on this certificate Eighty Dollars p r annum - last payment to me made March 4 1834 - The cause of my making application to be put on the Pension roll in 1832 was, I was informed that the sum I should receive by the act of 1832 would be greater than the amount I received under the act of 1828. I did not expect to receive two pensions at the same time - when I made my application in 1832 I stated in my application that in case I was put on the roll agreeable to the act of 1832 that I would relinquish my claim under the act of 1828. contrary to my expectations the money was sent to me on both of my certificates - The cause of which was to me unknown - As three years will have elapsed on the 4 th of March next since I received any pension - (the term of time that I received the extra payments) I now

desire & request that my name may be restored to the Pension roll agreeable to the act of the 7 th of June 1832 on the 4 th of March next — I am necessitated to resume my application as by reason of the infirmities of old age having lost the use of my limbs by the Gout I am unable to do any thing to support myself & my aged wife —
I served in the Revolutionary War six years & five months — I hope Sir that this my request may be noticed by you —
Sir with all due respect
Joseph Bond

Apr 15 1826 Settled at Green Bay
Count with Madison file # 23648
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I, Joseph Bond of Wilmington in the county of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, & continued in its service untill its termination; at which period I was a private in Capt. Moses McFarlane's company, in the Invalids Regiment commanded by Col o Lewis Nicola — And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty Dollars to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15 th of May 1778. — And that I received my discharge signed by Gen l George Washington which certified that I had faithfully served six years & five months — (which discharge is now out of my possession) — And I further declare that I was not, on the the Pension List, on the fifteenth day of March. 1828 —
Joseph Bond
Before me William Blanchard jun r a justice of the Peace in the county of Middlesex, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, personally appeared, this day William Blanchard & William Blanchard of the said county, who did severally make oath that Joseph Bond by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed & believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated — Witness my hand, this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty eight. —
William Blanchard jun r Jas. Paine

I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Middlesex, in the State of Massachusetts, do certify that William Blanchard Jr, before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn, was, at the time a Justice of the peace within and for said County of Middlesex, and duly empowered to administer Oaths. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court this sixteenth day of June in the year 1828.
Abraham Biglow Clerk

Earl Sandwich April 15. 1843
Sir
I send you the papers of Polly Bower for the benefit of Act of July 1818.
Very respectfully
W. Rowland
James L. Edwards Esq.
Council of Revision

Testimony claimed
Mar 18 Hon. 643
Advocate
Mr Bond Oct 1828 on March 1832 of previous Washington

Wilmington March 11. 1837
Hon ble J. L. Edwards -
Sir - Your esteemed favour of the 1 st instant came duly to hand - in answer to mine of the 10 th of Feby to the Secretary of War - Agreeable to your instructions, I herewith enclose to you my Pension Certificate which was issued May 15 1828 - Please to accept my gratefull acknowledgments for your prompt attention to my business -
Sir, with all due respect
Yours &c
Joseph Bond

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 18 th 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Samuel Thompson was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his 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.
W m Lloyd Secretary Secretary of the Commonwealth.

No 547
Joseph Bond private Jackson Mass Aug. 1 st 1883 — hays 2 May 1818
Servecia Admittia Enrolls Full get Certificate of dredging circuit- stances wanting Com. App.

United States
Massachusetts District
Joseph Bond of Wilmington in the County of Middlesex and District of Massachusetts a resident citizen of the United States and applicant for a pension from the United States under an Act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war make the oaths, That he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for upwards of six years in manner following - viz. Enlisted in the beginning of the year 1777 - in the company commanded by Captain John Burroughs, in the Massachusetts regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson, and served in said corps until 1779 - at West Point, at the capture of Burgoyne - at Ticonderoga - and in Pennsylvania - and was at the battle of Normandy - In 1779. He was transferred to the corps of invalids commanded by Colonel John Sheldon, and remained in said corps until the end of the war when he was honorably discharged in writing, which discharge he sold to Nathan Bond - and needs the assistance of his country.
Joseph Bond
Massachusetts District } Boston 2. May A.D. 1818 } Sworn to before me
M Davis
Dist Judge Mass. Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 15 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Joseph Wood subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
W. Davis } Judge of the District Court U.S. Massachusetts District.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
11. December 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Joseph Brant by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c Dowell { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
of er- ary aid, the rict T.S.

1205
Polly Bond
for per. in
Th e Bulfinch Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
Be it known that on this Twelfth day of March 1843 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex, Mrs. Polly Bond a resident of Wilmington, in said County, Commonwealth, aged seventy six 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 provi- sion made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served dur- ing the Revolutionary War;
That she is the Widow of Joseph Bond deceased who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes, as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the Law of the 7 th July 1838. to which declara- tion, and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department, she would refer for a more particular state- ment of his services, for the proof of her marriage, identity and the time of her husband's death.
She further declares, that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum which amount she has received from the 14 th of March 1838. to the 14 th March 1841. at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston, agreeably to the rules of the Department. [said certificate having been issued on the 3 rd inst.]
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband but, is now, and ever since has been the Widow of said Joseph Bond deceased, as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed. And further she saith not.
Witnesses Walter Blanchard Charlotte D. Blanchard
her Polly X Bond mark
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year first above written, and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me, to be the person above  within described,
Before me.
Walter Blanchard Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Bond of Wilmington in the County of Middlesex, of lawful age, on oath testify and say that I am the son of Polly Bond the applicant named in the within declaration. My Father the late Joseph Bond deceased was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum which pension has recently been granted to my Mother the aforesaid Polly under the claim of 7 th July 1835. at the same rate. She has not intermarried since the death of said Joseph which took place on the 26 th day of July 1820.
Joseph Bond
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County - } ss.
On this Twelfth day of May 1823. Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Joseph Bond and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true, and I further certify that said Bond is personally known to me to be a credible witness and entitled to belief.
Walter Blanchard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 15 1845
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Walter Blanchard was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his 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.
Wm. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Polly Bond
ad 131
admitted
G. T. Bulfinch Boston Mass
CLERK.
18
day of

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. Middlesex COUNTY, }
On this fourteenth day of July 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Polly Bond a resident of Frankbury in the county of Middlesex aged eighty two 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 Joseph Bond who was a resident of Gloucester when he entered the Army and who was a private in the Army of the Revolution on the Continental Establishment , about six years 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 eighty dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
her Polly X Bond mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of G. H. Bond Samuel Thompson Justice of the Peace.
I Certify , That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Samuel Thompson Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY, }
Clerk of the
County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that [blank] is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this day of
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
9 July 1828.
Joseph Bond of Wilmington in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain McFarlane's company, in the Invalids regiment of the the commanded by Col Steine ; Nicols . and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. D. Perkins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
10 th July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Joseph Bond in the Invalids Regiment
It further appears that Joseph Bond is now on the pension list of the  any agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month .
John Hagner Aud r
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NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AGENT.
Personal consideration of Mr. Bryan
Boston, Mass., September 6th, 1901
Dear Sir:-
Will you be so kind as to send me---at your earliest convenience, the military record of JOSEPH BOND , of Wilmington, Mass.----who served in the War of 1812. I have his Revolutionary record, and, knowing that he was a pensioner (Recorded as such in the printed Census of Pensioners for Rev. and Military Service, pub. 1841, with his age---79 years, at 1840), I am anxious to discover, for genealogical purposes, under whom he served in the War of 1812, where and for how long. He was born in Gloucester, Mass. 1761, and died, at Wilmington, Mass., 1842.
One other thing:- I am writing a history of Wilmington, Mass and, if within your province, will consider it a courtesy if you will inform me the proper method to pursue to obtain a List of ALL the Wilmington, Mass. men serving in the War of 1812, in the Volunteer and Regular Army---the rolls for which I am informed are in Washington---perhaps in your custody.
Cordially,
A. T. Bond
To The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, WASHINGTON, D.C.