Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23535, Samuel Black, R. I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. J.
Black, Samuel Bailey, Rebekah
W. 23535
Mar. Daniel
Former widow
CONTENTS

Maine 1227
Rebekah Bailey widow of Samuel Black
Mafs who died on the 16. Octbr 1795. of Cumberland Co. in the State of Maine who was an Ensign & Lieut. in the Conspiracy commanded by Captain Field of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nitchcork in the Mafs.
  line for 8 mos. En n  80.00    " " Lieut.  53.33     $133.33  
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 133 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of July 1837 and sent to Hon. M. K. Paris Present
  Arrears to the 4th of March '37.  800.00    Pens. and allowance ending 4. Sep. "  66.66     $866.66  
{ Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836. Section the 3. — }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 1 — Page 2 — Clerk

District of Maine, ss.
On this nineteenth day of June 1837. Personally appeared before me Asahur Ware, Judge of the U. S. District Court for Maine District, Rebekah Bailey, a resident of Portland in the county of Cumberland, and State or District of Maine, aged eighty eight 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 was the widow of Samuel Black who was an Ensign and Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt John Field in the Providence Regiment commanded by Col: Hitchcock, and served in said Company and Regiment, in Roxbury and the vicinity of Boston for the term of eight months, being from the first of May 1775 - to the last day of December of the same year. That she verily believes that he served six months of the time as Ensign & two months as Lieutenant. That after he returned from Roxbury, the said Samuel Black in the spring of the year 1776 - was appointed Lieutenant in the Rhode Island, or Providence Militia, she thinks in Capt Burrills Company - and that he served every third month thro' the year 1776 & 1777 - and as she verily believes thro' part of the year 1778 - That the Providence Militia, were called out by detachments or drafts, of a quarter of the companies at a time, and for the term of one month, during the three years that the British had possession of Newport and other places on the Narragansett Bay. - That said Samuel served in Tiverton, at Patuxet, and on Board the French Fleet, between Providence & Newport - every third month, but not always in the same Company, as the Officers were often transferred from one Company to another. That he was absent not less than ten times on his

monthly tour of duty, and she verily believes that he did serve as Lieutenant at least ten months at different times, of one month each, during the three years the British had possession of Newport and other places in that vicinity.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Black at Providence, on the seventh day of February in the year seventeen hundred and sixty eight, that her name before she married was Rebekah Paine - her husband the that said Samuel Black died at Providence on the 16th day of Oct r 1795. That afterwards she removed into Westbrook, in the state of Maine - and that on the seventeenth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and seventeen, she was again married to Daniel Bailey of Westbrook, with whom she lived till he died, which was on the 7th day of August one thousand eight hundred & twenty six, that ever since the 7th day of August 1826, she has remained the widow of said Daniel Bailey, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Her Rebekah X Bailey mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written.
before -
Asahel Ware
{ Judge U.S. Dist. Court for Maine District
I certify that the above named Rebekah Bailey by reason of bodily infirmities was unable to attend court & to make an admission to her at her dwelling house, Asahel Ware
Judge of the United States for the Dist. of Maine

Application of Rebekah Bailey for a Pension —
V 2071
Rebekah Bailey widow of Sam Black da Me
Adm o Ens o 8 mo $80
Lient 4. 53 33
per ann. $133.33
Commencing 4 Mar. 1832.
R. F. Millett
Hon A. R. Paris Present —

This certifies. That Daniel Bailey and Mrs. Rebekah Black both of Falmouth were lawfully joined in marriage by me on the fourteenth day of October 1817. — I also certify that I attended the funeral of said Daniel Bailey, who died in Westbrook, formerly Falmouth about ten years since. —
Caleb Bradley late Pastor of the church in Falmouth
State of Maine } June 19th. 1837. Cumberland ss. } Subscribed & sworn to before me by the said Caleb Bradley who I certify is a respectable & credible Witness — Joseph Pope Jus: of the Peace
United States } Maine District }
District Clerk's Office June 21. 1837
In testimony that Joseph Pope Esquire is a Magistrate that the above is his genuine signature that full faith and credit are due his official attestations I have here to set my hand & affixed the Seal of the District Court the day & year last above written.
John Mussey Clerk U. S. Courts, Maine

I Sarah Nesbit Waite of Portland, formerly Sarah Nesbit Black, of Providence, aged sixty four years, do testify and say that my father Samuel Black, named in the annexed declaration of Rebekah Bailey, died at Providence on the sixteenth day of October in the year 1795 - and that I was present with him when he died - That in the year 1816. My mother, Rebekah Black removed to Hahnouth now Westbrook - and on the fourth day of October 1817, was married to Daniel Bailey of said Westbrook at my house - and in the presence of myself and family - and that said Daniel Bailey died at Westbrook on the seventh day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty six - and Rebekah Bailey his widow, is now living with me in Portland, - and still remains the Widow of said Daniel Bailey -
Sarah Nesbit Waite Sworn to and subscribed this 19 th day of June 1837 Before me,
Asher Ware { Judge U.S. Dist. Court for Maine District
I certify that the above named S. N. Waite is in my view in a candid attitude & that her declaration is satisfactory proof of the facts stated in it -
Asher Ware
Judge U.S. Dist. Court for Maine
United States Maine District } District Clerk's Office June 20 th A.D. 1837
In testimony that the above and annexed signatures of the Hon. Ashur Ware Judge of the United States in and for Maine District are severally his true and genuine signatures I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court the day and year last above written.
John Nufsey Clerk U.S. Courts Maine

Feb 7 } Samuel Black and Rebekah Pain 1768 } were lawfully joynd together in marriage, February 7: 1768. pr Jos: Snow.
This certifies that the above is copied from the record of Marriages belonging to the Richmond Street Congregational Society now in my possession.
{ Providence R.I. } Chas: T. Torrey, } { June 9 th 1837 } Pastor of said Society }
Providence.
In the City of Providence the June 9 1837 Sworn to & Subscribed before me and I further testify that said Charles T. Torrey is known to me as the Pastor of the above named Society & is a very respectable citizen & creditable minister.
Benja Lowell 6966 Phas

Rebekah Bailey widow of Samuel Black, Ld. Maine Sur. see Lt. Hon. A. N. Paris June 29. 1837 Adm l .
Ad 4 July 1837

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23633-0
Rebekah Bailey Formerly Wid of Samuel Black Leicht Rev. u.
Act July 4 th 1836
Index: Vol. A , Page 40
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington June 27, 1837
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir
I have been requested to hand you the inclosed application of the widow Rebekah Bailey for a pension - Very respectfully &c
Abner K. Parsons

Hon. Albion K. Parris, 2 d Comptroller, Treas y Dep t . Washington, D. C.

Pettland July 12. 1837.
Hon. Albion H. Parris.
Dr Sir,
Mr Edwards' communication to you, which you forwarded to me, was duly rec d , and I have made every effort in my power to procure farther evidence relative to Mr Black's service in the Providence militia. The old lady, Mrs Bailey, is very positive that her husband was absent not less than ten times on his tour of duty a month each time, but cannot prove any more than the four months at Patuxet, which is proved by Daniel Pettey's deposition. I have been to Providence in search of evidence - and found that there was no other person known to be living who served with him. It is true that Mr Black was not commissioned as Lieut till 1776 - but did the duty of Lieut. two months at Roxbury - and was in commission as Lieut. the four months he served at Patuxet. If under the existence of the impossibility of procuring farther positive testimony, it is inconsistent with the regulations of the Commissioner to admit the declaration of Mrs Bailey as evidence for the whole time of service stated, she will be glad of a pension for the twelve months service which is proved - viz. 8 at Roxbury & 4. at Patuxet. -
I am Sir very respectfully
Yours truly. Joseph Pope.

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Secretary's Office June 10. A D 1837.
I certify that at the session of the General assembly of said State in May seventeen hundred seventy five, Samuel Black was elected an Lieutenant Ensign of Capt John Fields company in the Army of Observation - W itchcocks Regiment. That in a return of Invalid Pensioners in Rhode Island now on file in this office, the name of Samuel Black is included, by which it appears that he belonged to W itchcocks Regiment and was placed on the pension roll "in consequence of "A bad rupture in the groin contracted while in service" in the year aforesaid, before Boston.
I further certify, that in July seventeen hundred seventy six the said Samuel Black was elected Lieutenant of the second company of Militia in the town of Providence of which James Burrill was Capt. - and so continued until May 1778. when he was superceded.
I further certify that at the session of the General Assembly on the first Wednesday of May last Benjamin Ladd was elected

Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Providence for one year and commissioned accordingly.
Witness Henry Brown Secretary

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name, "HENRY BOWEN," to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bow- en, Esquire, who at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Prov-
idence, this tenth
day of June
in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven
and of Independence the sixty- first
John Brown Francis
By His Excellency's Command.
Henry Bowen Secy

I Daniel Pettig of Providence in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island being now 80 years of age on oath do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Black formerly of said Providence & knew him well up to the time of his death. In the year 1775. I well remember said Samuel was a Lieutenant in Capt John Fields company & Hitchcocks regiment which regiment was raised in Rhode Island & served eight months near Boston and I well remember said Samuel went soon after the Lexington battle & served until the end of said year I did not go myself but I well remember said Samuel went & returned as above stated And I further testify that in 1777 I was a private in Captain James Branns company of militia in said Providence at least & as such served four monthly tours stationed at Pawtucket in Col. Jacob Bowers regiment, and I well remember that said Samuel was an Lieutenant & served four monthly tours with me. I cannot specify the months by name but according

To my best recollection one was in the Spring one in the summer one in the Autumn & one in the winter. We were obliged to serve every third month & I remember I served not only my own term but sometimes served as a substitute for others depriving that & the following year - Daniel Pettey
Providence R.I. In City of Providence. June 9 1837.
Sworn to & subscribed before me, and I further certify said Daniel is a respectable citizen & a credible witness in the premises
Benja Cowee 6 J 66 M rs

I John Howland of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, now aged Seventy nine years, do Testify and say, that in the year 1770 I came to reside in Providence, that I lived near the residence of M c Samuel Black for several years and knew him and his family well, that the General Assembly convened in Providence on the next week after the Lexington Battle, and then Voted to raise three Regiments of Infantry and one company of Artillery, one of which Regiments was raised in the County of Providence and in that regiment M c Black was appointed a Subaltern Officer, either an Ensign or Lieutenant I am not certain which, and that he marched to Roxbury, where the Rhode Island Brigade was Stationed under the Command of General Nathaniel Greene, till the 31 st of December 1775 when their times expired.
And I further Testify that after his return from that Service he served as a Lieutenant in one of the Companies of Militia in this Town, and that during the Revolutionary War the Militia were frequently Ordered on Service in drafts or detachments, more especially during the three years in which the British Army had possession of the Island of Rhode Island and the other Islands in Narragansett Bay, that during these three years some portion of the Militia were constantly called out on Service, and that in these Services no person was exempt from duty between the ages of Sixteen years and Sixty But as for a considerable portion of these three years I was a Soldier in the Main Army under General Washington at the westward and after my return from this Service I resided in a different Part

part of the Town I cannot determine the particular times or terms of Service of M c Black in the militia, but as I was drafted four or five times on militia Service after my return from the Continental Army, these several times of Service were generally for one month each, it is highly probable that M c Black during these three years served more terms in the militia than I did as he was not absent as I was during most of the time, but of any further particular I cannot testify, except that Lieutenant Black had the reputation of a good Officer and a Respectable Citizen. The Regiment raised in this County as mentioned above, was commanded by Col Daniel Hitchcock
John Howland
Providence
In the City of Providence th June 9 1837 I swear to & subscribed before me and I further certify that said deponent is well known to me & he is a very respectable cit- izen & a credible witness in the premises
Benjamin Law all G. J. C. C. Mass

I Ephraim Bowen of Warwick in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island being now 83 years of age on oath do testify & say that in May 1775 about the first of the month I was appointed & commissioned as Lieutenant in Captain Christopher Huey Company & Col. Daniel Hitchcock regiment & served in that grade & capacity until the end of the year, and I further testify that I was well acquainted with Samuel Black formerly of Providence was acquainted with him several years before the war of the Revolution. Said Samuel, I well remember, was an Ensign in Captain John Field's Company in said regiment & served as such as much as six months & then was promoted to be a Lieutenant & served until the end of the year about two months more. Said regiment served eight

months, before our time expired - After the expiration of the above service I have a clear recollection he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Militia, in one of the companies of Militia, in Providence & as such did a good deal of service especially when the enemy took possession of Newport. I have no doubt he served every third month after that event. so long as he was Lieutenant as all the Militia were obliged to serve in that manner, by the law of the State, but with his services as a Lieuten- ant of Militia I am not particularly acquainted, as I was absent with the continental Army - His services in Col Hitchcock's regiment were performed near Boston where our regiment was stationed General Nathaniel Green commanded

The Brigade composed of Col. Hitchcock, Col. Varnum & Col. Church's regiments all Rhode Island Troops & one regiment of Massachusetts Troops - Ephraim Bowen
Providence
In the City of Providence
June 10 1837
Sworn to & Subscribed before me and I further certify said Deponent is well known to me & he is a very respectable citizen & credible witness in the premises
Benjamin C. G. P. M.