Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 27,387, Samuel Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Brown, Samuel Bethiah
NUMBER
W 27,387
CONTENTS
of 1850 in the town of Assiniboia Mass. son of John Michael, Michael's son was in 1880 at St. John, New Brunswick Mass. & there MAR d. Nov 2, 1894

Thomas Adams was Born Feby: 15 th 1723 20 th 11 Dec r : Feby Elisabeth Brown was Born May 4 th 1723 and Died March the 14 1803 They Were Married June 14 th 1744 and have Issue
Deborah Was Born May 1 st 1745 Died Feby the 15 th 1773 Elisabeth was Born Dec r the 5 th 1746 Hannah was Born Feby the 10 th 1749 Abigall was Born Sept r the 21 st 1750. Died March 28 th 1781 Belkiah Was Born Dec r the 12, 1752 Lucy was Born Nov r the 1 st 1754 Sarah was Born Jany 15 th 1756 Died Sept r 26 th 1761 Thomas was Born Sept r 2 nd 1757 Moses was Born Sept r the 15 th 1759 Died Octo r 27 th 1796 Mary was Born March the 2 nd 1763 Lydia Was Born Oct r the 25 th 1762
Samuel Brown & Wife was Married March the 7 th 1775 and have Issue Elisabeth was Born August the 11 th 1775 Samuel Was Born April the Seventh 1786 Dec r 21 st 1811 M

Thomas Adams was Born Feby: 15 th 1713 Dec d : Feby 20 th 1771 Elizabeth Brown was Born May 4 th 1723 and Died March the 14 1803 They Were Married June 14 th 1744 and have Issue
Deborah Was Born May 1 st 1745 Died Feby the 15 th 1773 Elizabeth was Born Dec d the 5 th 1746 Hannah was Born Feby the 10 th 1749 Abigail was Born Sept r the 21 st 1750. Died March 28 th 1781 Belkiah Was Born Dec d the 12, 1752 Lucy --- was Born Nov r the 1 st 1754 Sarah was Born Jany 15 th 1756 Died Sept r 26 th 1764 Thomas was Born Sept r 2 nd 1757 Moses was Born Sept r the 15 th 1759 Died Oct r 27 th 1796 Mary was Born March the 2 nd 1763 Lydia Was Born Oct r the 25 th 1762
Samuel Brown & Wife was Married March the 7 th 1775 and have Issue Elizabeth was Born August the 11 th 1775 Samuel Was Born April the Seventh 1786 Dec d Feb y 25 th 1811

Mass.
See letter to the Hon. John Davis July 6 th 1833. for L. Lincoln and 1836
4836.
Massachusetts
Samuel Brown
of Sterling in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by Col. Stutchener in the _____ line for 13 mo.
died Mar 2 nd 1834 and paid at that time — $461.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of June 1833 and sent to of Davis (copy of original)
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $64.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 Mar 33 21.66 $86.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. F. H. Clerk, Book D. Vol. 2 nd Page 95.

Massachusetts 347
Rich Brown widow of Samuel Brown dec. Co. in the State of Massachusetts Private in the Company commanded by Col. Hutchinson in the Massachusetts line for militia
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 1 1/3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Dec 1836 and sent Rev. S. Lincoln N.B.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 1836. 58 00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. 36 21 66 $ 79 66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836 }
Recorded by Henry H. Smith, Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 45.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Worcester ss. August 10 th 1832 -
Whereas Samuel Brown of Sterling in the county of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 80 years requesteth me to take the Deposition of James Brown of Princeton in said county of Worcester aged about seventy one years, doth testify & say, that in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy five. I resided in the town of Wenham in the county of Essex in said Commonwealth, that sometime in the month of April in the year 1775 my elder brother Samuel Brown aforesaid did enlist for eight months service in Capt. Francis company & Col. Hutchinson of Danvers Regiment, and was about eight months or more -
And the said James Brown further testifies and says, that the said Sam l and himself, in November 1776 did enlist for four months under Capt. Doyg and in Col. Pickering's Regiment of Salem, and did march to the Jerseys and did camp duty for four months & was honorably discharged -
James Brown
Worcester ss. On the tenth day of Aug t . A.D. 1832 - The above deponent was cautioned & sworn agreeable to law to the above deposition before me the subscriber one of the justices for the said county of Worcester -
W th D. Thomas, Justice of the Peace
Hereby certify that the above deponent is intitled to respect for his truth & veracity when he is known -
W th D. Thomas Justice of the Peace
Worcester, ss. August 13 th 1832 -
Elizabeth Bailey wife of Jonas Bailey of Sterling in the said county of Worcester & sister of the s d Samuel Brown did reside in Wenham in the county of Essex in said Commonwealth with her father the s d Brown in the year 1777 & being a near neighbour of the s d Sam l Brown (aged 78) years) - Testifies & says under oath. I was knowing that my brother Sam l Brown went from home at the taking of Bunker Hill & was absent a month or more - I think when he went from home was about the middle of September 1777
Elizabeth Bailey
Worcester ss. On the 13 th day of August A.D. 1832 - The above deponent was cautioned & sworn agreeable to law to the above Deposition before me the subscriber one of the justices for the said county of Worcester - Mrs. Eliz t Bailey in a woman truth assessing - W th D. Thomas Justice of the Peace
W th D. Thomas Justice of the Peace
sworn to

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting Samuel Brown a resident of Sturminster in the County of Worcester 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born in Wenham Essex County Massachusetts in 1752 & I suppose the record of my birth is there. I enlisted into said service in the month of April 1775 in the company commanded by Captain Francis G. Braly in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Fletcher Johnson of Danvers. I marched with the company to Cambridge near Boston & were stationed on Winter Hill till after the Battle of Bunker Hill and afterwards on Ploughed Hill. We enlisted for eight months and did duty that period of time and I was at the end of it discharged verbally by our officers on Ploughed Hill. I then returned to Wenham.
In November 1776 I again enlisted into Captain John Dodge Company of Wenham in Colonel Timothy Pickering's Regiment. We marched to Bound Brook in New Jersey. We enlisted for four months and were stationed at Bound Brook till the expiration of our terms of enlistment when I was discharged by a verbal order from my officer and returned to Wenham having served four full months.
I have lived in Sturminster
In the fall of the year 1777 I again enlisted for one month to go to meet Burgoyne. The company was commanded by Captain Richard Dodge of Wenham. I enlisted at Wenham and marched to Saratoga by the way of Albany. We were present at the surrender of Burgoyne and assisted to guard the prisoners then taken to Cambridge where we left them on "Ploughed Hill" above spoken of. I served out my enlistment of thirty days and was then discharged by verbal order. My impression is that our company was not attached to any Company Regiment.
I have lived in Sturminster about fifty years - The proof that I offer of my having done service as aforesaid are the depositions accompanying this application, of James Brown and Elizabeth Bailey.
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 the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathaniel Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Samuel Brown

We a Clergyman res d  and residing in  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that  who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the  and that who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Shephard Wheeler Register Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Brown for a pension. That Robert B. Thomas, before whom the annexed affidavit was made, is a Justice of the Peace for said County in full credit. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of the Court at Rutland this 14th day of August — in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Shephard Wheeler Register of Probate at Rutland Rutland for said County of Worcester in Massachusetts
November 8th 1832 I further certify that the signature purporting to have been made by said Robert B. Thomas to the Oath on the annexed affidavit, is genuine. Shephard Wheeler Reg of said Probate Court
Samuel Brown Application No 2.797 16th Feb 1832
Worcester ss. Probate Office November 19th 1832
I Shephard Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that since the accompanying papers were returned from the War Department, they have been examined at this office and found to be the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Brown for a Pension. And in testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court upon the same connecting the said papers. Shephard Wheeler Register as aforesaid

Wenham Nov. 26 th 1836.
Mrs. Deborah Brown Worcester S.S.
Subscribed Judge of the Court of Sessions
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned for the County of Worcester this twenty third day of December A.D. Eighteen Hundred & thirty Six, Deborah Brown late of Sterling in Said County and now a resident of West Boylston in said County & State of Massachusetts 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 benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. That she is the Widow of Samuel Brown late a Pensioner who was a private in the Revolutionary Army, the Certificate of whose service was on his decease given up to the Pension Office - reference to be had thereto. She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said Samuel Brown on the 13 th month day of March A.D. 1773. - that her husband the said Samuel Brown died on the second day of March A.D. 1834 and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will further appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed. She further declares as to her marriage with the said Samuel, that she was married in the town of Wenham in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth, by her Uncle Nathaniel Brown a justice of the Peace for said County of Essex; that he deceased about sixty years since; that the persons present at her marriage were Abraham Brown & wife, William Begglesworth with one of her Sisters, all since deceased. She believes that the official record of her marriage is lost, but that family records in herunto annexed and respectfully referred to the best documentary evidence she possesses. She further

states that she had five children by the said Samuel Brown, only one of them Samuel now deceased. Three of them were still born & do not ap- pear in the family record. Deborah D. Brown, Bethiah & Brown, the day since year of service. Before me
Mrs. B. Brown Judge of the Court of State Justice County.
And therefore the Court do declare it as their opinion, after a full investigation of the matter that the said Samuel Brown was a soldier of the Revolution, as by a reference to the documentary evidence appears to all officers. That the said Applicant was married to the said Samuel, that the said Samuel has deceased and that the said Bethiah has remained his widow ever since, as she is with the old district. She being reported to be in house of mother and in my opinion entitled to full credit.
Mrs. B. Brown Judge of said Court

Wenham Nov. 25 th 1836.
Dear Sir -
In agreeable to your request I have examined the records of our town, and find the following records of Mr Brown's publicment, but no records of his marriage.
Samuel Brown of Wenham, and Bethiah Adams of Ipswich entered their names and intentions of marriage with me January 28 1775, and were published in said town according to law. - Feb'y 20 th 1775, gave a certificate.
Signed Tyler Porter T. Clerk
A true Copy from the records
Attest - Moses Foster T. Clerk

2799
Samuel Brown
Kwah
13 Mar
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Defection in the H. Y. E. 16 interrogating
$43.33
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BRIEF in the case of  Samuel Brown  of  Sterling  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? Eighty Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 17 75 " 8 " Private Col. Hutchinson   76 " 21 " " Col. Pickering   77 " 1 " " Capt. Dodge  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wrenham  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Refused The not on same sheet, nor the last not under the seal as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. A. Morrison Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
N.Y. 27387
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Brown 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. 1775- 8 mos. Pvt. Francis Hutchinson Mass.   Nov. 1776 4 mos. John Dodge Timothy Pickering   Fall of 1777 1 mo. Richard Dodge  
Battles engaged in, Surrender of Burgoyne Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wrentham Essex Co. Mass. son of Thos Date of application for pension, Aug. 14. 1832. His cl. was at Residence at date of application, Sterling Worcester Co. Mass. Age at date of application, born in Wrentham Essex Co. Mass. in 1752.
Remarks: (died Nov. 2. 1832 at Sterling Mass. of Spanish war) Soldier married Mar. 7. 1775, at Wrentham Mass. Bethiah Adams She was allowed pens. on an application executed Nov. 29. 1836, while a resident of W. Boylston, Mass.  See Supplement for family data.
Very respectfully,
Brother James Brown
Commissioner.

Massachusetts,
Worcester, ss.
Personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Worcester, this twenty ninth day of November A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Six, Samuel Brown, of West Boylston in said county and state of Massachusetts, of lawful age, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath testify and say that he has examined the family record of the late Samuel Brown of Sterling in s d Worcester County and finds it there recorded that the said Samuel Brown, his father was married to Bethiah Brown his mother on the 7 th day March 1775 and that the s d record was made in his father's hand writing and also that he the s d deponent recollects having seen said record thirty five years ago - The s d Samuel Brown, the deponent, further testifies that the said Samuel Brown his father, died November 2. 1834 and that his widow Bethiah Brown has not since been married and is still living
Samuel Brown
Worcester ss.
On the twenty ninth day of November A.D. 1836 the above deponent was cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law to the truth of the above deposition before me the subscriber one of the justices of Peace for the said county of Worcester
I hereby certify that the above deposition is entitled to respect for truth & veracity when ever known -
Rich. D. Bromar Justice of Peace
Rich. D. Bromar Justice of Peace
time over -

I Samuel Brown within named do further testify and say that the proper records annexed purporting to be a record of the family of Thomas Adams the father of my said mother, and also a record of the marriage of my father and mother and the birth of their children, except such as were still born, is in the honest history of my said father, and has always been presented in our family as a correct record.
Shore and Salubree
this 23 rd day of Dec r A D 1836
Samuel Brown
Before me -
Lee Barber Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Linn

Massachusetts Worcester S.S. }
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Worcester, this twenty third day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred thirty six Joseph White of West Boyston in the County of Worcester aforesaid of lawful age, who being Sworn according to law, doth on his oath testify and declare that he personally knows Deborah Brown, late of Sterling and now a resident of West Boyston aforesaid who is the Widow of Samuel Brown late of Sterling Worcester County, a Revolutionary Pensioner, and that he believes her to be a person of veracity and that her deposition, accompanying this, he fully believes to be strictly true. He further testifies that the said Deborah Brown has remained a Widow ever since the death of her husband the late Samuel Brown, and that she is still living.
Joseph White
Sworn & subscribed the day and year above before me. And I certify that the said whole is a true copy of truth. Pre. Barker Judge of the Court of Probate for Worcester County

Boystown Pa Dec 6th
Free
Hon Levi Lincoln Ladd
Member Congress
H. R.
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Lawrence

Weymouth. Dec. 8 th 1836
I Bethiah Brown, further testify and say (having reference to her former testimony) that I Bethiah Brown was married to Sam l Brown in the town of Weymouth the County of Essex. Mass. by my Uncle Nathaniel Brown a justice of the Peace for said county at his house house in said Weymouth. Witnesses present, Abraham Brown and wife, W m Wigglesworth, with one of my sisters, all since dead. — I have had five children by my late husband Sam l Brown, one only survives —
Bethiah Brown
To which due testimony was made
Before me Robt. D. Thomas Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts Worcester County ss.
I Robt B. Thomas of West Boylston in said county having resided in Sterling and West Boylston, two towns adjoining, nearly seventy years — do testify and say that I have known Samuel Brown late a petitioner in the Revolution Army, and that he came to Sterling more than fifty years since, having at the time he came to Sterling which is more than fifty years ago one child, since he the said Brown has had several children, one only survivor, — that he lived with his wife Bethiah Brown in the utmost peace & harmony, for any thing I do know to the contrary — he the said Saml. Brown died some two years since leaving his widow Bethiah Brown who has never married since, and is now living in my neighbourhood and is very aged and infirm —
Robt. B. Thomas
Worcesters.
On the sixth day of Decr. A.D. 1836 the aforesaid deponent was sworn agreeable to law to the above deposition, before me the subscriber one of the justices of peace for the said County.
Joseph White justice Peace
I further certify that the above Robert B. Thomas is a man of truth.
Joseph White justice Peace

Worcester ss. November 18 th 1836
James Brown of Pinrington, late Wenham in the county Essex, state of Mass.
Do testify and say, That I was knowing to my late brother Samuel Brown living with Bethiah Brown in said Wenham, in a married state previous to his going into the Revolutionary army, who is now his widow
James Brown
Worcester ss.
On the 18 th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six, the aforesaid deponent was cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law to the above deposition before me the subscriber one of the justices of peace for the said county.
Robt. D. Thomas Jus. Peace
Worcester ss. Nov. 18 th 1836
Elizabeth Bailey wife of Jonas Bailey of Sterling and formerly of Wenham in the county of Essex Mass. Do testify and say that I was knowing to my late brother Samuel Brown living with Bethiah Brown in said Wenham in a married state previous to my said brother going into the Revolutionary army, who is now his widow living in West Boylston in said county.
Elizabeth Bailey
Worcester ss. On the 18 th day of Nov. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six the above Elizabeth Bailey was cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the above deposition before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace for the said county.
Robt. D. Thomas Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that the above deponents are intitled to respect for truth and veracity.
Robt. D. Thomas Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss. I, Theophilus Wheeler, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Worcester, do certify, that Robert B. Thomas, Esquire, is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that his signature to the certificate of the oath of the Deponents, to the several Depositions hereto annexed, is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the seal of said Court, at Worcester, this thirtieth day of November, 1836.
Patrick Shaw.
Theoph s Wheeler Reg d of the said Probate Court
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss. I, Theophilus Wheeler, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Worcester, do certify, that Ira Barton, Esquire, is Judge of said Court of Probate, in and for said County, and that his signature to the papers hereto annexed, is in his own proper hand writing. I also certify, that Robert B. Thomas, and Joseph White, Esquires, are Justices of the peace in and for said County, and that their signatures to the certificates of the oaths of the Deponents, to the several Depositions hereto annexed, are in their own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the seal of said Court, at Worcester, this twenty third day of December, in the year 1836.
Theoph s Wheeler Reg d of the said Probate Court
The above certificate is made, by reason of the papers having been returned for correction.
1786. 3. etc. Arthur Dimes Apprentice for a term with the Court House Worcester.
Witness the hand of Theoph s Wheeler
Dec 23 HK Worcester

Atkins Nov. 19 th 1836
I hereby certify, that according to the Records now in my possession & as made by me at the time Mr. Samuel Brown died November 2 nd A.D. 1834
Luther Allen, Town Clerk

papers incorrectly executed, but returned to the department L. Barlow / P. M.

Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
Personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Worcester, this twenty-ninth day of November A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Six, Bithiah Brown late of Sterling in said county and now a resident of West Boylston in said County and State of Massachusetts, 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 benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Samuel Brown late a pensioner, who was a private in the Revolutionary Army, the certificate of whose service was on his decease given up to the Pension office - reference to be had thereto.
She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said Samuel Brown on the seventh day of March A.D. 1775 - that her husband the said Samuel Brown died on the second day of March A.D. 1834. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will further appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Joseph White
Worcester ss. On the twenty-ninth day of November A.D. 1836 the above named deponent was cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law to the above deposition before me the subscriber one of the justices of the Peace for the said county of Worcester.
I hereby certify that the above deponent is entitled to respect for truth and veracity where they are known.
Richd. D. Brown Justice of the Peace
Richd. D. Brown Justice of the Peace

Massachusetts } Worcester Co. } Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace for the county of Worcester, this twenty ninth day of November A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and thirty six, Joseph White, of West Boylston in the county of Worcester aforesaid, of lawful age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath testify and declare that he personally knows Bethiah Brown, late of Sterling and now a resident of West Boylston aforesaid who is the widow of Samuel Brown late of S t Sterling, Worcester county, a Revolutionary Pensioner, and that he believes her to be a person of veracity and that her affidavit deposition accompanying this he fully believes to be strictly true - He further testifies that the said Bethiah Brown has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the late Samuel Brown - and that she is still living
Bethiah Brown
I the subscriber hereby certify, that the above named Bethiah Brown is very aged and infirm & not able to leave her bed chamber.
Robt. H. Thomas Justice of the Peace

Samuel Brown Sterling Mass
N 02797.
Forwarded by J. Davis Worcester Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Brown 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? Yes 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, in his favor 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, with an inscription whereby it can be distinguished

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? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 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."
* In every case when all the service is proved by living witnesses who are actually knowing of a claimant's service the certificate is not required

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Ad 43. 33 per an. from 4th March 1831. and thence forward to the end of the year 1832 up to the time of the death, Nov 2 nd 1832

Petrick Brown
Mass
Wid. of Sam Brown
$43.83 per ann. comf March 4 W.R. died the next paid her her- broad under the Act 7 Jan 1832 repts Nov 2 W.R. the term of her death

Wilson.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Oct. 27/97 John F. Chicago Ills. 1912 Sub 19 Hist. Soc. Mr. J. C. Clark. V.P.M.
No. 27.287
Bethiah Brown
Widow of
Samuel Brown
Pr. Rev War
Act July 4 th 86
Index: Vol. A , Page 93
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 19, 1912.
Mr. J. C. L. Clark,
Lancaster, Mass.
Sir:
In addition to the military history of Samuel Brown, Wid. File No. 27,387, Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data:
Thomas Adams born February 15, 1723, died February 20, 1790. Elizabeth Brown " May 4, 1723, " March 14, 1803. They were married June 14, 1744, and have issue.
Deborah born May 1, 1745, died February 11, 1771. Elizabeth " December 5, 1746. Hanah " February 10, 1749. Abigall " September 21, 1750, died March 28, 1781. Bethiah " December 12, 1752. Lucy " November 1, 1754. Sarah " January 15, 1756, Died September 26, 1764. Thomas " September 2, 1757. Moses " September 11, 1759, died October 7, 1796. Mary " March 2, 1761. Lydia " October 25, 1762.
Samuel Brown and wife were married March 7, 1775, and have issue:
Elizabeth born August 11, 1778, died July 24, 1814. Samuel " April 7, 1786.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

The Town Clerk
LANCASTER MASS.
15 July, 1912.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I wish to obtain any record of service that may be on file in your office (commands in which he served, etc.) of Samuel Brown, a Revolutionary pensioner, who died at Sterling, Mass., 2 Nov., 1834. His widow, Bethia Brown, probably received a pension also. She died at West Boylston, Mass., 3 Jan., 1837. I need any data that may be procurable to disentangle his record from that of another Samuel Brown, also of Sterling, Mass., who served in the Revolution, and died in 1816.
Also any data you may have relative to any Mass. soldiers or soldiers of the Revolution named Thomas Gleason.
I will pay promptly the charge for this research. Yours respectfully, H. C. L. Clark.

# 2019 Michigan Avenue CHICAGO Oct. 17 1887
Hon. H. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir:,
Will you kindly inform me what the records of your department show with regard to my great-grandfather, Samuel Brown , a soldier in the Revolution , present at the battle of Lexington and I believe wounded there and who received a pension .
He was born in 1751 or 1753 at Beverly Mass. or in the vicinity I think but am not certain — at all events he came from that town soon after the close of the war of the revolution to Sterling Mass. and died there or in

the adjoining town of West Boylston Mass. November 2 nd 1834.
Very respectfully John F. Wilson 2019 Michigan Ave. Chicago Ill.