Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5969, Thomas Burgess, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Burgess, Thomas
N 5969
or Burgiss, Jemima
B.L.Wt. 24615-160-55
CONTENTS

674 Massachusetts
Emilia Burgess
widow of Thomas Burgess who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 3. February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June 1853 and sent to
Franklin Hall Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act of 1842 Page 37 Vol. A 3. February 1853.
ex 3 mar 55- 169879

169879 et et mars
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Yemima Baragp. via Thomas Baragp. Paris
Map of Hill line,
East No. 10.
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Pensions
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adm 60 Aln May 2 1852.
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Vol. Bo-142.

I Jerimiah Burgess of Plymouth, County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose & say; that I was published for marriage to Thomas Burgess of s d Town some time in the Month of June inst. 1808. That I was married to him by Zacharias Baullett Esq r , the following afternoon. That I lived with him as his wife until his death, which took place about fourteen months after our marriage; & that during that time I had by him one son, who was born five months & five days prior to my husband's death.
Attest Samuel Stephens " Elizabeth Shields
Jerimiah Burgess mark
Plymouth ss. March 8 th 1853. Then appeared the aforesaid Jerimiah Burgess & made oath to the above affidavit before me,
Joseph Lucas Just. of the Peace And I hereby certify that I have no interest in the claim of Jerimiah Burgess to a pension, & am not concerned in its prosecution. Joseph Lucas. Just. Peace

A Copy of a Record of a Publishment as found recorded in the records of the town of Plymouth County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts
"Publishments for Marriage Eighteen hundred and eight June fourth Thomas Burgess of Plymouth and Jerimiah Mayhew, resident in Plymouth
I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Plymouth with the exception of the date which is expressed in the records in fair legible figures as follows viz "June 4, 1808"
Leander Sowell Town Clerk
I Leander Sowell above named on oath depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of said town of Plymouth and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
Leander Sowell { Town Clerk of Plymouth
State of Massachusetts Plymouth County
Subscribed and sworn to this fourteenth day of March A D 1853 and I further certify that I have no interest in the claim of Jerimiah Burgess to a pension and am not concerned in its prosecution
Jacob H. Lord Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts, 3 p. Plymouth County, 3 p.
On this eleventh day of April, A. D. 1853, personally appeared in open Court, before the subscriber, Judge of Probate within and for said County, Emmina Burgess , a resident of Plymouth in said County, aged 78 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 second section of Act of February 3, 1853:-
That she is the widow of Thomas Burgess who was an Invalid Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of sixty dollars per annum and was paid at the Boston Agency. She further declares that her said husband rendered upwards of two years service as a private in Col. Brooks' Regiment, 3 d Company, and that she received a bounty of fifty dollars from the State of Massachusetts for said service, & for proof thereof she refers to the accompanying Certificate of the Secretary of State.
She further declares that she was married to said Thomas Burgess on the day of September, eighteen hundred and eight: that her said husband died on the twenty second day of November, eighteen hundred and nine, & that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January, eighteen hundred,

but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow, & that she has appointed Franklin Hall of Bos- ton her true & lawful attorney for her and in her name to prosecute her claim under the above named act.
Attest Joseph S. Beal
Jemima Burge
Sworn to, subscribed & acknowledged the day & year above written before me. & I certify that I have no interest in the claim of the declarant to a pension and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Aaron Hobart Judge of Probate for said County -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth.
I Joseph G. Beal Register of Probate within & for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Aaron Hobart Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration of Jerimiah Bangs was made is Judge of Probate in & for said County of Plymouth and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate Court for said County of Plymouth this eleventh day of April in the year eighteen hundred & fifty three.
Joseph G. Beal
Reg. Probate.

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth 2
On the twenty second day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Jerimiah Burgess aged eighty years, who being duly sworn, according to law, Declares, that she is the widow of Thomas Burgess, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War - that to the best of her knowledge and belief, no warrant for Bounty Land has ever been obtained for said service - That she is a Pensioner under the 2 d section of the act of February 3 d , 1853 - and that a Copy of her certificate is herunto annexed - and that all proof of her husband's service is on file in the Department of the Interior at Washington - she further states, that the certificate and proof of her marriage to the said Thomas Burgess, and the

death of her said husband have also been duly filed, and that she has never since been married, but still remains the Widow of said Thomas Burgess.
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land, to which she may be entitled under the Act, passed March 1855, and prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to William Thomas, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Her Lemina T Burgess mark
Plymouth S.S. sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify, that I believe the said Lemina to be the widow of said Thomas Burgess, and that she is now unmarried. Rev. Wm. Thomas, pastor of De Lemuel Stephens and William Thomas
of Plymouth, in the State of Massachusetts, having been duly sworn, depose and say, that I well knew Thomas Burgess, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, whose Widow Lemina Burgess, now applies for Bounty land, That

we knew him for more than ten years before his death, which occurred at Plymouth many years ago - that we knew the time of his death, because we were both inhabitants of the same Town - we have known his widow from his death to this time - that she is now unmarried - and that we are disinterested.
Lemuel Stephens Wm. Thomas
State of Massachusetts Plymouth S.S. It is hereby certified, that satisfac- tory proof has been exhibited before me, the under- signed, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Lemuel Stephens and William Thomas of the said County and State, who are personally known to me, and entitled to credit, and who swear, that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the foregoing application - that the applicant for the Bounty land is now unmarried, and that she is the wid-

one of the late Thomas Dargiss, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and that her said husband died as stated.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand this twenty sixth day of March 1855.
Allen Davenport, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I certify that Allen Davenport Esquire and Wm. Thomas Esquire before whom the foregoing declarations & affidavits were made and sworn to, were at the dates thereof - Justices of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and to take acknowledgments of deeds &c. and that their signatures thereto are genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County and Commonwealth this twelfth day of June A.D. 1855.
W. V. Waterman
Clerk of said Court

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Burgess a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. F. 5969.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 17, 1777 to Dec. 31, 79 9 mos. Pvt. Nelson Brooks Mass   Apr. 1, 1780 McFarland ✓   June 17, 1776 to Nov. 1, '76 Seth Turner Marshall  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated. Date of application for pension, Apr. 11, 1853. Her cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Plymouth, Plymouth Co. Mass. Age at date of application, 78 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier mar. in Sept. 1808, Jemima Mason.  He died Nov. 2, 1809, at Plymouth, Mass. They had a son, name  not stated, who was born about May 28, 1809.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1917, July 11. History to Mrs. W. F. Robertson. Letter with cl. S.F. 34,575 Joseph Wright.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5969
Jemima Burgess Wid.
Thos Burgess Prov. Rev. War
Act: Foley, 34/53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 101
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
March 24. 1853.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name Thomas Burgess is borne on a roll of Capt. Seth Turner's Co. Col. Marshall's Regt. as private from Duxbury from June 17. 1776 to 1 st Nov. 1776. 14 mo. 13 days.
On trace roll of Capt. Nelson's Co. from Ft. Edwards to Plymouth, as private of Plymouth, 280 miles, dated Dec. 30. 1776.
On Army books 3 d Company 7 th Regt. Col. Brooks, as private of Plymouth from Feb. 1777 to Dec. 31. 1779. 34 mos. 14 days, entitled for P.W.
On Army Books Capt. McFarland's Corps of Invalids from Feb. 1. 1780 to Dec. 31. 9 months; transferred from the 7 th Regt.
On this 2 nd of Aug. 1833 a warrant was drawn in favor of Jerimiah Muxine, Widows of Thos. Burgess for his service as above given; according to a resolve of March 27. 1833. granting Fifty Dollars to non comd. officers & privates or their widows in cases where the soldier enlisted for three years or during the war.

and served not less than two years & six months at one time.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
C. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.
BURGESS, THOMAS

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, made by the widow of the party who rendered the service.
State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth Town of Plymouth
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Thomas Burgess in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts , in the year 17 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain in Regiment and he served as follows,* viz:—
He was a Revolutionary Invalid Pen- sioner at the time of his decease, and some time in 1833 or 1834 I received a bounty of fifty dollars from the State on account of his services in the Revolution.
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.
BURGESS, THOMAS

I am now 84 84 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this eighth day of March A. D. 1855
Signed by said Jemima Burgeps in my presence Levi S. Stephens Elisabeth Shields
Joseph Lucas
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
See Jemima Burgeps mark
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Revolutionary claim for bounty land -
169879
Hon. Robert M. Mellen Esq.
FREE
Secretary of the Interior
Washington D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 21 st 1853.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attatins Aaron Hobart was Judge and Joseph S. Beal was Register of Probate - and Jacob H. Lord, Joseph Lucas, and John S. Russell were Justices of the Peace, all for the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their 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.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Winslow Warren, of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say that I am a physician in said Plymouth and have been such for the last twenty years — That I married a daughter of Dr. Zaccheus Bartlett, formerly a physician and Justice of the Peace in said Plymouth — That since said Bartlett's decease, which occurred about seventeen years ago, his books of account have been in my possession and custody — That I find in one of them a charge of two dollars against Thomas Burgess for marrying and travel, dated September, eighteen hundred and eight — That said charge appears to be the genuine and original charge as made by said Bartlett and in his handwriting — and that I verily believe it is such, and was so made.
Winslow Warren
State of Massachusetts } County of Plymouth }
On this eighteenth day of March A. D. eighteen hundred & fifty three personally came Winslow Warren above-named and made oath that the above statement by him signed is true, before me. And I further certify that I have no interest in the claim of Jeremia Burgess to a pension, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
In: I. Russell } Justice of the Peace for said County

I James Kendall of Plymouth in the county of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say - That I am the Pastor of the First Church in Plymouth, and have been for the last fifty three years - That I am acquainted with Jemima Burges of said Plymouth, and have known her for thirty years and upwards, as the wife and widow of Thomas Burges deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States during his life time - That he died on or about the twenty-second day of November, A.D. Eighteen hundred & nine and that I attended his funeral on the twenty fifth day of said month of November. James Kendall.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth County.
On this fourteenth day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred & fifty three personally appeared James Kendall and made oath that the above statement & deposition by him subscribed is true, before me. And I further certify that I have no interest in the claim of Jemima Burges to a pension, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Justice of the peace J. I. Russell for said County

Department of the Interior Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2 nd section of the Act of February 3 rd , 1853, Lemina Burgess, widow of Thomas Burgess, who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Eighty Dollars and 83 cents per annum, commencing on the 3 rd of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of The Interior, this 10 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
N. M. McLend
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

Brief in the case of
County and State of
act
Jemima Burgess widow of Thomas Massachusetts Feb, 1833.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service proved for 3 years & more by record from Office of Secretary of State of Mass.
Death proved by affidavit of the clergyman who attended his funeral, & also by the Secretary of State's certificate that a warrant was issued to Jemima Burgess, widow of Thomas Burgess -
The claimant identified as the widow, by the reputation which she has borne - by publication of marriage between Jemima Burgess & Thomas Burgess, June 1808 & by a charge found among the papers of a Justice for marriage of Thomas Burgess in Sept, 1808. (If for increase.) Christian name of Jemima -
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Franklin Hall Boston, Mass.
M. Kne Examining Clerk.

No. 962 ✓
Emine Burgen Widow of Thomas
Massachusetts c Feb 3. Feb. 1853 $80 pr. ann. Comm V. 3. Feb. 1853
Franklin Hall Boston Mass

Boston Apr. 21 st 1853.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith I send the application of Fanny Burgess, widow of Thomas Burgess, for a pension under the Law of February 3 rd 1853. Her husband was an Invalid Pensioner during his life time at the rate of $60 per annum. I enclose herewith, a certificate of his services from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, by which it appears he would have been entitled to a full pension under the law of 1832, had he lived until that time. You will observe that in the warrant for the State Bounty, Mrs Burgess is called "Fanny Muggins". How the mistake occurred I am unable to explain, unless the Clerk supposed she retained her maiden name for a middle name. The probability however, is, that it was simply a mistake, a clerical error. There can be no question as to the identity, for immediately after she is described as the "widow of Thomas Burgess". Mrs Burgess never was married the second time, as I am informed, & never resumed her maiden name.
I am Sir, most respectfully Your obedt servt Franklin Hall.
L. P. Waldo, Esq., Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.