Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S4936, Jonathan Barron, Mass.

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Barron Jonathan
S4936
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15793 Massachusetts
Thomas Barron of Wellesley in the State of Mass & who was a Mate in the Ordinary commanded by Captain Donaton of the Ship commanded by Col. Gates in the State line for Wellesley
72 In dollars,
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 36 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1833 and last James D. Laws Pepperell Mass Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $73.34 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/11/33, 18.35 $91.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. C. Atkinson Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 7

No 5517 Jonathan Barron
Plat 11 M rs
16 06 Jan 18 1833
R 206
James Lewis Esq. Pippin Hill Mr.

BRIEF in the case of  Jonathan Barron of the County of Middlesex  in the State of Mass  (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? 70 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.     In 1778 — 9 — Private Gen. Wade, Capt. Doynton   '79 — 2 — Volunt. Capt. Sabin  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? R. Island  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pepperell  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin D. Delt Examining Clerk.

State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex } ss. On this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and of thirty two personally appeared in open Court before Samuel P. R. Fay Judge of the Court of Probate in said County of Middlesex now sitting Jonathan Bannon a resident of Pepperell in said County of Middle- -sex and State of Massachusetts aged seventy 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. 1832 — That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers to wit: Col. Nathl. Wade Lieut. Col. Henry Woods & Major Mann Field officers — and Capt. Joseph Boynton — 1 st Lieut Benjamin Lawrence 2 nd Lieut. Holden and Ensign Abel Parker Company officers — that he enlisted in March 1778 with Ensign Abel Parker for nine months and on the first of April then next marched from Pepperell directly to Providence where he was sta- -tioned till the August following — then went to Rhode Island where he was stationed three or four weeks — says that the French Fleet lay west of the Island & left while he was there — that he was in the battle there and under the command of General John Sullivan & that he retreated with him to Greenwich thence to North Kingston where he remained in the service till January 1 st 1779 when he was dismissed having served nine months as a volunteer — that he served a part of the time with Darnall's Brigade & Glover's Brigade which belonged either to the Continental troops —
That he entered the service again on or near September first  November 1779 as a volunteer having enlisted with Capt. Nathl. Lakin then of said Pepperell for two months — a left the service November 1. 1779 that he marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island thence to the island of Rhode Island where he arrived just as the British troops were leaving that he served the two months as a waiter to Capt. Lakin, that he thinks the Lieutenant's name was Wiswall — that he has no documentary evidence of either term of service having never received a discharge.

that he has always lived in said Pepperell except when in the service -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and future that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jon a Barron
We James Howe residing a clergyman residing in said Pepperell and Aba F. Lawrence of the same Pepper- well hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Barron who has subscribed and sworn to the above and that we believe him to be seventy years of age, or nearly of that age that he is respected and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revo- lution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
J. Howe A. F. Lawrence
and the said court thereupon proceeded to propound the following interrogatories which he answered under oath, as follows,
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born in Pepperell aforesaid September 15 th 1762 -
2. Have you any record of your age & where is it?
Answer - I do not know that there is any record of my age
3. Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer - I have always lived in said Pepperell except when out in the service -

4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer - I enlisted  enlisted as a volunteer in both my terms of service -
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer - I have stated as fully as I now recollect in my declaration.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it -
Answer - I never received a written discharge from the service -
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution?
Answer - Dr John Walton Rev d James Hance Richard Wannend Luther Bancroft Esquires & Samuel Tucker Jona s Pease
And the court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and hearing 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 certifies that that it appears to them that Rev d James Hance who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in

said Pepperell, and that Asa F. Lawrence of said Pepperell who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Pepperell and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit -
J. P. P. Bay ? Book
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Barron for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Isaac Fiske -

Reahan
4936
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File No. 4936
Jonathan Burron
Prin. Capt. 1768
Act: June 16th 1832
Index:—Vol. M , Page 18
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 5519 Jonathan Barron
James Lewis Esq.
Pepperill 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
Jonathan Barron 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? no 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 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 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? one yes one no Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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? yes 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."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.

I Nathaniel Sattell of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts upwards of seventy one years of age depose & say, that in 1778 Jonathan Barron of said Pepperell was a soldier with me in the revolutionary war. We marched on the first day of April in that year and were in the service some months in Rhode island at the time. The company to which we were attached was commanded by Capt. Joseph Barron of said Pepperell in Col. Wood's Regiment. Then Col. Wood, then of said Pepperell was after Lieut. Col. I have been acquainted with said Barron since we were small boys and have talked  since  with  him  since  he  is  now  present at the caption of this deposition. Further saith not.  Nath l Sattell
Middlesex fr. Pepperell Aug t 25 th 1832 Then personally appeared before me the subscriber Nathaniel Sattell and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed & I hereby certify that he is a person of veracity and entitled to credit.  John Walton Jus. of the Peace for said County of Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex fr. I Isaac Fiske Register or Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex do certify that John Walton is a justice of the Peace within the said County & his name set to the foregoing certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1832.
Isaac Fiske

Thaddeus Spaulding of Townsend in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy four years do depose and say that I have been well acquainted with Jonathan Barron of Pepperell in said County even since he was a boy & I well remember that he was in the nine months service in the year 1778 in the State of Rhode Island - I was a fellow soldier with him a part of the time in Capt. Joseph Baynton's company and in Col. Nathl. Wade's Regiment - previous to my entering Capt. Baynton's company I was in Capt. Minot's company - also that he was a fellow soldier with me in the two months service in 1779 in the State of Rhode Island commencing I think on or near the first of September of that year and left on or near the first of November - We were in Capt. Nathaniel Lakin's company
Thaddeus Spaulding
Middl sp . Aug. 17 th 1832
Sworn to before J. P. Fay Wrote And I further certify that the said Thaddeus Spaulding is a respectable & credible man. J. P. Fay Wrote

Jonathan Barron Application for Pension
No 5517