Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14445, Caleb Carey, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
barey, baleb or bary
W 14445
mary
CONTENTS

Massachusetts - 23,23
Sarah Sarah Barag Mary of Caleb Barag, dm!
who died on the 13 th May 1783 - of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts who was a Serjt. in the Company commanded by Captain Washburn of the Regt. commanded by Colonel in the Mass'ts line for 12 Mths 11 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 66 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Sept. 38, and said I. M. Coles, Plymouth, Mass'ts
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. $ 501. 22 Semi-annual allowance ending " 33. 41
$ 534. 63
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by R. Benion Clerk, Book A - Vol. 2 - Page 47

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss.
On this first day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared Before me Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Plymouth, Mary Cary a resident of Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, 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 fourth one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. That she is eighty six years of age. That she is the widow of Caleb Cary of said Bridgewater who was a private in the company commanded by Capt. James Allen of said Bridgewater, which was mustered into Col. Bailey's Regiment in an eight months campaign at Roxbury near Boston Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy five. Also That in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he served in the company commanded by Capt. James Allen which was mustered into Col. Cary's Regiment in a five months campaign at New York. That he was a resident in said Bridgewater at the time he enlisted as aforesaid and that according to the best of my knowledge and belief he served during the whole of both said campaigns. Also That in the month of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, being three or four days after our marriage, he went to New Bedford on an alarm and was absent two or three days.
She further declares that she was married to the said Caleb Cary September the third in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eighty eight. That her husband the aforesaid Caleb Cary, died on the thirteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty three, and that she has remained

a willow ever serve that purpose, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
N. 10. The word right was erased & the word secretly interlined before the oath & subscription reads:
Mary X Gary's
Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me And I further certify that the above named Mary Gary is a credible person but from age and bodily infirmity is unable to travel to and attend Court to make her declaration. —
Wilson Wood. —
Plymouth J. Jacob H Loud Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willes Wood Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this seventh day of August 1838.
Jacob H. Loud
Vol 14 p 2 Say 8 mo July 22 1780 m t Capt. Allen Capt. Gary B 11 1/2 a Gpm no 2309 Capt. Atkinson Co Vol 24 p 12 Aug 1780 Capt. Caleb Gary or 11 d up —
Mary Gary's declaration

I Sarah Cary of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth and commonwealth of Massachusetts being of sound mind and memory do depose testify and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred & forty five my brother Caleb Cary of said Bridgewater was absent eight or nine months and as I understood by him on his return that he was in the Army in the company commanded by Capt James Allen at Roxbury and I also further depose and say that in the year fourteen hundred and sixty six he was absent five or six months and as he told me on his return that he had been that time in New York a Soldier in Capt James Allen's company and I think in Col Cary's Regiment I also well remember that my brother Caleb Cary was married to Mary Perkins of Bridgewater in the month of September one thousand seven hundred and sixty eight by the Rev John Shaw and that on the Sabbath following the marriage of my brother Captain Ebenezer Washburn who was then captain of the company of Militia in this town came into the meeting House in the time of service and ascending the Pulpit stairs made Proclamation that the enemy had landed at New Bedford and required required all who were able to bear Arms forthwith to assemble and be in readiness to proceed to New Bedford & I well remember that my brother Caleb Cary went and was absent two or three days
Perkins Cary
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth county ss
Be it known that on the twenty fifth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for & within the county of Plymouth Personally appeared the above named Sarah Cary who is a person of truth & veracity and made oath that the above by her subscribed is true
Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace

Copy from the Book of Records of Marriages belonging to the Town of Bridgewater in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Seven hundred and Seventy Eight September the Third Caleb Lary and Mary Perkins both of Bridgewater by the Rev. John Shaw
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows 1778 Sept 3 rd
Mitchell Keith Town Clerk
Mitchell Keith above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Mitchell Keith Town Clerk of Bridgewater Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Plymouth County, Ss } July 23 1838
Sworn to before me Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14445
Mary Carey Widow of Caleb Carey Serjt Rev War
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. A , Page 118
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Widow signs X
Soldier's sister signs "Cary" and name so appears in Mass. Archives.

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Probate Office
Plymouth Mass.
Sep 24, 1838
Sir
I rec d a day or two since a Certificate for Sarah Carey Widow of Caleb Carey dec d . I apprehend there is a mistake in the Christian name. The Widow of Caleb Carey I believe is Mary & in old times was called Molly. Will you please refer to her papers & see if I am not correct. I return you here with the Certificate for correction.
Yours with respect
Jacob H. Lord
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Great Sept 24
Mass
Paris
J
James L. Colborne Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Bridgewater Sept 19 th 1838 Hon James L Calvans
Dr Sir. On the seventh of Aug t last I forwarded to your Department through the Post Office the Declarations of Mrs. Betheah Bottom Hannah Washburn Mary Tobes & Joanne Wilber for Pensions under the Act of Congress of the seventh of July 1838 for all of which Declarations I have received Pension Certificates. I also at the same time forwarded to you the Declaration of Mrs Mary Cary under the Act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836 and as I have not heard from the Declaration of Mrs Cary they feel anxious to know if it has been received by you and what occasions the delay in forwarding the certificate. Could you see the widow and the Sister of  Daughter Caleb Cary Dark Cary the officer by which the service of her brother is proved in the Hamm at New Bedford I am sure you would be satisfied of the service at that time. I personally have no knowledge of the fact nor have I any interest in the result of the Pensions whether under the Act of 1836 or 1838 but I believe she is fully and honestly entitled under the Act of 1836
Please answer immediately Very Respectfully Yours Philp Leach

I have sent to Jacob H. Loud Esq. Reg r of Probate to be forwarded the Declarations of Mrs Phoebe Leonard Mrs Mary Perkins Mrs Jane Loyell & Mrs Abiah Tobes. If you think it proper I wish you to send the Declarations Certificates to me as it will save me considerable expense in procuring them from Mr Loud the distance being about 20 miles. I will however request Mr Loud to write to you upon the subject if he feels not ready of you with it
Very Respectfully Your Obed t Serv t Philo Leach
N.B. Please accept my thanks for the promptness with which you have attended to the application which I have had the honor to be requested to make for Certificates
Yours P Leach

I Caleb Keith aged eighty three years last May depose and say that I was personally acquainted with Caleb Cary of Bridgewater County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and I know that the same Caleb Cary enlisted with Capt James Allen of said Bridgewater and served as a Soldier and Sergeant in said Company the full term of eight months in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five - said Company was of and belonged to Col n Baileys Regiment General Thompsons Brigade. And I further testify and say that the same Caleb Cary in the Summer of seventeen hundred and seventy six enlisted with the same Capt James Allen and Marched with us to the City of New York and served as Sergeant in said Company during the full term of five months in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six and that Capt Allens Company then belonged to Col n Gages Regiment and General Fells Brigade and further I say not Caleb Keith
Grafton Is { State of New Hampshire July 31: 1838
Personally appeared before me the above named Caleb Keith and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition
Moses Eaton 2 d Notary Public
Grafton Is July 31: 1838
I certify that the above named deponent is a credible Witness
Moses Eaton 2 d Notary Public
State of New Hampshire
Grafton Is. I Nathan B. Filton Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County hereby certify that Moses Eaton 2 d , whose name is subscribed to the two certificates above written is an acting Notary Public for said County and as such authorized by law to administer oaths in said County and that his name as subscribed is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 31 st day of July A.D. 1838 N.B. Filton Clerk

Mary 3704
Sarah Cary
wid of Caleb Act 4 July 1836
Mass.
Marr'd 1778
died 1783
Allow 13mi 11 days
Supp and p 6.6.83 per
names sent name
Mch. Melick
Coq. Markham H. C.
Cary
Vol. 14. p 23 Mch
" 24 - 127 rdy
J. H. Lord Esq
Plymouth
Mch

I Sarah Cary of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose testify and say that my brother Caleb Cary of Bridgewater died on the thirteenth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three and that Mary Cary now resident in Bridgewater is his surviving widow & that she has not since been married I further say that I was present at the time of his death and have resided in the house with his widow ever since
Sarah Cary
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth county ss
Be it known that before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for & within the county of Plymouth on the twenty fifth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight Personally appeared Sarah Cary above named and made oath that the above by her subscribed is true & I further certify that the above named Sarah Cary is a person of truth & veracity
Philo Leach { Justice of the Peace

I Thomas Pope of Halifax in the county of Plymouth and commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby testify and say that I was well acquainted with Caleb Cury of and Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth in the commonwealth of Massachusetts that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five I was a Soldier in the company commanded by Captain James Allen of Bridgewater which was mustered into Col John Baileys Regiment for an eight months campaign at Roxbury near Boston Massachusetts that Caleb Cury aforesaid was a Sergeant in said company and served therein eight months
Thomas Pope
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County, f.
Be it known that on the third day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Thomas Pope above named who is a man of truth and veracity personally appeared Before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for and within the county of Plymouth and made oath that the above by him subscribed is true
Philo Leach Justice of the Peace

Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Philo Leach Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the several sig- natures to the annexed affidavits purporting to be signed by him are his true & genuine signatures In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this seventh day of August 1838.
Jacob H. Lord
2 2

I Jacob Leonard of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Depose and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five I was a Sifer in the company commanded by Captain James Allen of Bridgewater in an eight months campaign at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts that Caleb Gary of said Bridgewater was a Soldier in the company that he served therein eight months in Col. Bailey's Regiment Jacob Leonard
State of Massachusetts July 24. 1838 Plymouth County ss Be it Known that before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for & within the County of Plymouth. Personally appeared the above named Jacob Leonard who is a man of truth & veracity and made oath that the above by him subscribed is true Philo Leach Justice of the Peace

I Samuel Leonard of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth & commonwealth of Massachusetts being now in the eighty fifth year of my age but of sound mind do depose testify & say that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution that in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy five I enlisted into the company commanded by captain James Allen of said Bridgewater which was mustered into Col Baileys Regiment for an eight months campaign that Caleb Hary of said Bridgewater was a soldier in said company & served therein eight months at Roxbury
Samuel Leonard
State of Massachusetts, } Plymouth County } Be it known that on the twenty fourth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight Personally appeared before me the Subscribed a justice of the Peace for & within the county of Plymouth Samuel Leonard above named who is a man of truth and veracity and made oath that the above by him subscribed is true
Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace

I Nathaniel Washburn of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth and commonwealth of Massachusetts do depone testify and say that I was well acquainted with Caleb Cary of Bridgewater in said county of Plymouth that in the year 1775 he enlisted into the company commanded by Capt James Allen which was mustered into Col Baileys Regiment and that served as I always understood in said company eight months at Roxbury in Massachusetts. That in the year 1776 he enlisted into said company and went to New York and as I always understood served five months in the company commanded by James Allen and which was mustered into Col Carys Regiment that in the year 1778 my Father being captain of the company of Militia in this Town he being at home on a furlough from Boston sometime in the month of September an alarm was given that the Enemy had landed at New Bedford my Father went into the Meeting House on the Sabbath day during service and made Proclamations that the Enemy had landed and he required all who were entitled to forthwith prepare themselves and be in readiness to proceed to New Bedford that many accordingly went and I well remember that my Father went part of the way but returned on account of sickness and the company proceeded without him & I always understood that Caleb Cary went at that time and was absent two or three days I was well acquainted with said Cary until his death which happened in the Spring of the year 1783. I was well acquainted with his wife during his life and have known her ever since she now resides in Bridgewater her maiden name was Mary Perkins
Nathl Washburn

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss
Be it known that on the twenty fifth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight Personally appeared before me the Subscribed justice of the Peace for & within the County of Plymouth the within named Nathaniel Washburn and made oath that the within by him subscribed is true and further certify that the within named Nathaniel Washburn is a man of truth and veracity
Philo Leach Justice of the Peace

Nathan Mitchell of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being now in the seventy sixth year of my age, do testify & say, that from my youth, I was well acquainted with Caleb Cary of said Bridgewater, untill his death.
In the year 1774 he was a soldier in a Company of Minute-men commanded by my Father Nathan Mitchell, & on the 19 th of April 1775 they were summoned & marched to Roxbury & there he enlisted & served in Capt a James Allen's Company 8 months, being the first regular campaign after the commencement of the Revolutionary War. He also in the year 1776 enlisted in S p Capt a Allen's Company & went to New-York & served 5 months, or more, I think it was called the 5 months campaign at New-York -
He was married to Mary Perkins in the fall of the year 1778 & moved his Wife to the house where she now lives in S p Bridgewater & continued to live there untill the time of his death, which took place in May 13 th 1783.
He was enrolled in Capt a Abram Washburn's Company of Militia & during the War they frequently were called out to defend those parts of the country most exposed, but I do not recollect any particular service performed by him except in the year 1781 when an invasion on Rhode Island was apprehended & the Militia called to protect them, Capt a Washburn's Company, to which I then belonged, marched to Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island, we continued there 10 or 11 days & were then discharged, & I think Caleb Cary served during the time in capacity of S t S t - we were under the command of Maj r Eliphalet Gay who was then the senior Officer of the Regiment of the Bridgewater Militia.
Nathan Mitchell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County p
Be it known that on the sixth day of Augt. in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Personally appeared Nathaniel Mitchell Esqr the within affidavit before me the Subscribed a justice of the Peace for and within the County of Plymouth and made oath that the within by him subscribed is true and I further certify that the word regular was interlined before it was signed and that the said Nathaniel Mitchell is a man of truth and veracity
Photo Leach { Justice of the Peace
Nathaniel Mitchell