Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,639, Abner Blanchard, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Blanchard, Abner
S. 29,639
CONTENTS

79 Norfolk
15-980 Massachusetts
Abner Blanchard of Norfolk in the State of Mass a who was a M st in the Comp y commanded by Captain Gould of the R t commanded by Lt. Hearn in the Mass a line for 20 mos 40 days service 3 rd " 20 th " Reg t B M ch
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars 12 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of May 1833 and sent E. T. Deliver to Mary Mass a Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $12.24 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept r " 43.06 $215.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. F. Fernald Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 8

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss.
On this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Quincy in and for said County, Ebenezer Blanchard a resident of Weymouth in said County, 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 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Weymouth in said County
on the twenty third day of August A. D. 1775, and that there is a
record of his birth on the records of the town of Weymouth that he was in the United States service from
the first day of July A. D. 1775, to the first day of January A. D. 1776 six
months as a Soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was
residing at Weymouth aforesaid
when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Abel Dyer in Col.
Follen's Regiment
: that he marched from Weymouth to
Borabury , from there to Dorchester from there to
: that he served at Borabury, Dorchester, and Cambridge with none of the regular troops ; and
some regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge : that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Weymouth
Also that he knows of no man living that was with him in this service
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from
the first day of January A. D. 1776, to the first day of January A. D. 1777 one
year as a Soldier in the States service (Continental) : that he was
residing at Weymouth aforesaid
when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Jacob Gould in Col. Gration's
Regiment
: that he marched from Cambridge to
New London , from there to New York , from there to the head of Lake Champlain, then crossed the Lake and went on to Pendergast : that he served at Pendergast and Ticonderoga
in New Jersey with some of the regular troops ; and Gen. Sullivan, Gen. Shaeffer and Gen. Arnold some of the regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received a written discharge, which is lost
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from
the month day of June A. D. 1778, to the month day of December A. D. 1778 six
months as a Soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was
residing at Weymouth aforesaid
when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Pitman in Col. Wadsworth's
Regiment
: that he marched from Weymouth to
Rhode Island , from there to Gurnick from there to
: that he served at Rhode Island with none of the regular troops ; and
with
no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge.
Also that he knows of no man living that was with him in the last service

Also that he was in the United States service from the month of July A.D. 1780 to the month of January A.D. 1781, as a soldier ; that he was residing at Weymouth aforesaid when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer, and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Gen. Ross, or in his Brigade — the said Gen. Ross was Brigadier General La Fayette was commander of two Brigades; that he marched from Boston to Yellow Hill, where the main Army lay. Then crossed into Jersey and marched to Orange Town; and then to West Point; that he served at Yellow Hill, Orange Town and West Point with some of the regular troops; Gen. Washington and Gen. De Faget now under the spy law regular Officers were known to him; that he was in no battle, and at the end of the service received a written discharge which is lost
Also that he was in the United States service from the month of July A.D. 1781 to the month of December A.D. 1781 as a Sergeant, the warrant is hereto annexed; that he resided at Weymouth aforesaid when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer, and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. De Gussard in Col. William Duer's Regiment; that he marched from Boston to Rhode Island at Waller Hill Fort and served at said Fort with some regular troops and some regular officers were known to him; that he was in no battle and at the end of the service received no written discharge
Also was in the United States service in Capt. Stephen's Artillery company three months and 19 days. Also served as a soldier in Capt. Thomas Morton's company 2 months & 10 days, as appears by the certificate of the Secretary of War, hereto annexed. And hereby certifies that he has no other documentary evidence (That he was on the pension roll under the Act of 1818 as a private in the Army of the Revolution and that at the time of his application he was residing at Weymouth aforesaid, and that he was struck from the Pension Roll in account of the amount of his property)
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 first aforesaid.
Abner Blanchard
We Jonas Perkins Residing in the said County of Norfolk
a clergyman, residing in the County of Norfolk
and John B. Hall Clerk of the Court of Weymouth residing in said Weymouth hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abner Blanchard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Jonas Perkins John B. Hall
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Jonas Perkins, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said County of Norfolk; and that John B. Hall who has also signed the same is a resident in said Weymouth and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Hermon S. Lane Judge of Probate
I Samuel Haxon, Reg. of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Abner Blanchard for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Haxon

I Job Hark of Weymouth in the county of Norfolk aged seventy six years, testify and say, that Abram Blanchard within named was a soldier in the United States service in the Revolutionary war, and to my knowledge served as a soldier in said service during the second period of time within mentioned as he has therein stated Job Hark
Norfolk August 17 th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to
I further certify that said Job Hark is a credible witness Before Nathan Hale Judge of Probate S. Leland Probate
I Barnabas Thayer of Weymouth in the county of Norfolk aged seventy two years, testify and say, that Abram Blanchard within named was a soldier in the United States service in the War of the Revolution, and to my knowledge served as a soldier in said service during the fourth period of time within mentioned as he has therein stated Barnabas Thayer
Norfolk August 17 th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to
I further certify that said Barnabas Thayer is a credible witness Before Nathan Hale Judge of Probate S. Leland Probate

7089
Abner Blanchard,
Sept 3 mo. 20 days, Pm 20 - 10
14 06 Apl 17 1835
P. 311
Edwin I. Seland Roxbury Mass
3 33 1.17 5 00 182 0 250 83 18 33
66.67 1.17 2/3 67.79 18 33 86.12 5/500 166 3 9.00

7089  BRIEF in the case of Abner Blanchard in the State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk (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? 77  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.     1 st July In 1775 vol 6 Private Gen. Thayer Col Fellow   1 st Jan'y 1776 " 1 " Capt J. Goble Col Ganton   June 1778 " 5 26 " Capt Putnam Col Wade   July 1780 " 6 12 " Gen Poor, Major Porter   " 1781 " 3 20 Sergeant Capt De Gussard Col W m Sumner   " not mentioned 2 19 Capt T. Wilder,   " " 2 10 Capt Nash,    He was on the pension roll in law 4/1818
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Weymouth,  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, Documentary, Witnesses  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.
J. Knapp Examining Clerk. Jan'y 25 th 1833

P. C. L.
Abner Blanchard
S. 29639

West Point Jan y 12 th 1781 This certifieth that there is due to Abner Blanchard late a Soldier of the 6 th Mass s Reg t Eleven Dollars ten Ninetieths in the old, and Thirty Three Dollars Thirty ninetieths in the new Bills, which I promise to pay him on sight when the same is Paid by me from the Public
M c Laughlin Capt. W.M.

BLANCHARD, ABNER
(S. 29639)

By WILLIAM TURNER, Esq; Colonel of a Regiment, raised by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to serve in the State of Rhode-Island, for the Term of Five Months.
To John  Blanchard - GREETING, Third
YOU, being returned a Serjeant in Captain Raimond De Guevards Company, are hereby ordered to do the Duty, and to be obeyed, as such, during the Term above specified, for which this is your sufficient Warrant.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal this Thirteenth Day of August - Anno. Domini, 1781, and in the Sixth Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
Wm Turner Col Comd 42

648 Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March — next, in Boston. at the United States Branch Bank
Recorded

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t 6 1832.
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 of Abner Blancher is borne on a roll of Capt. Theophilus Wilder's Company, Col. Benjamin Gill's Regiment; and is therein stated to have served three months & nineteen days from Aug. 24. 1777.
3 19
Edward D. Bangs Secy
Also is on a roll of Capt. Shumer's Co., in Col. David Cushing's Regiment, and is stated to have served from Dec. 26 th 1777 to March 1 st 1778 - Pay roll made up for a month & 20 days.
2 10
Edward D. Bangs. Secy
It also appears that said Abner Blanchard served as follows (viz,
m 2 1 8
Under Capt Abel Dyer in Col. Fellows Regt for the period of one month & eight days commencing June twenty sixth 1775 under Capt Jeremiah Putnam.
5 26
in Col. Wades Regt for the period of five months.

+ twenty six days commencing July 10 th 1778 & under Capt Raymond De Guiscard in Col Turners Regt for the period of three months + twenty days commencing Aug 10 th 1781
3. 20 The name of Alexr Blanchard is borne upon the Roll of the six months men, raised by the Town of Weymouth to reinforce the Continental Army, - is therein stated to have served for the period 6. 12 of six months + twelve days commencing July 12 th 1780. Said Roll is returned by the Selectmen of said Weymouth & the names of the officers do not appear
Edward D Bangs Secy

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, —
Abner Blanchard — late a Private — in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of — Eight — dollars per month, to com- mence on the — 8 th — day of May — one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen —
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this — 18 th — day of October — one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen —
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.

29639 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,639
Abner Blanchard
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1821
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15.468 R Massachusetts
Abner Blanchard of Weymouth in the state of Massachusetts who was a private — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greateu of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of October 1818 and sent to John Davis Esq. Judge Boston
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 31 \frac{24}{30} — 31:25 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th March 1820 — 48:
8 79:25
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

648 V Abner Blanchard - Priv.
1 st year 1776 - Greatons Regt
+
Service is proved by two credible witnesses.
Adm.

United States.
Massachusetts District.
Abner Blanchard of Weymouth, in the county of Norfolk, and District of Massachusetts, a resident citizen of the United States and applicant for a pension from the United States, under an act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war, maketh oath, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, one year, in manner following, viz. Enlisted the first of January 1776 - in the company commanded by Captain Jacob Gould, in the Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Colonel John Greaton, and served in said corps in Massachusetts - Canada, and New Jersey principally, until the first of January 1777 - when he was honorably discharged at Morristown in New Jersey, but not in writing. He is in such reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country. Abner Blanchard
Mass D. Ct. May 8 th 1819
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
8. May A. D. 1819
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Abner Blanchard subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
William Wetmore Judge of the District Court U. S.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
October 2, 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named

United States.
Massachusetts District.
Abner Blanchard of Weymouth, in the county of Norfolk, and District of Massachusetts, a resident citizen of the United States and applicant for a pension from the United States, under an act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war, maketh oath, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, one year, in manner following; he enlisted the first of January 1776 in the company commanded by Captain Jacob Gould, in the Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Colonel John Greaton, and served in said corps in Massachusetts, Canada, and New Jersey principally, until the first of January 1777, when he was honorably discharged at Morristown in New Jersey, but not in writing. He is in such reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country. Abner Blanchard
Mass'ts Dist. Ct. May, 8 th 1819
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
8. May
A. D. 1819
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Abner Blanchard subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
W. Davis Judge of the District Court U. S.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
October 2 d 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Abner Blanchard by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
W. Davis { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

A
of Norfolk ss. Weymouth April 28 1819 personally appeared Elijah Shaw & Samuel Bates & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me Eliphalet Lord Justice of the Peace
Alma Blanchard
These certify that the testimony of Elijah Shaw & Samuel Bates is not doubted in this place of their residence.
Eliphalet Lord Justice of the Peace
Norfolk ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Horatio Townsend Clerk of the Judicial Court in said County, do hereby certify that Eliphalet Lord Egner is a Justice of the Peace within said County, duly commissioned by the Executive authority of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, and that the signature to the above certificate are in the hand writing of the said Lord - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Dedham, this twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thou- sand eight hundred & nineteen. Horatio Townsend

These certify to all whom it may concern that I Elijah Shaw of Weymouth, in the county of Plymouth, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gentleman, & Samuel Samuel Bates of Weymouth in the county of Plymouth & Commonwealth aforesaid Yeoman, Testify & declare that on or about the first day of January 1815 we enlisted into the United States Service at Cambridge to perform military duty in Capt. Sarah Goulds company & John Gralons regiment, for the term of one year, at which time Oliver Blanchard of Weymouth aforesaid, enlisted into the same company with us as a private Soldier, & performed Service in said company & regiment for & during the term of twelve Months, & on or about the 18 th day of March following, the regiment Marched from Cambridge to Berwick & New London, from thence took passage to New-York, from thence we went into Canada as far as the river Sorel at the confluence of the river St. Lawrence, from thence we retreated to Mount-Independence opposite to the Old fort of Siconderoga & about the middle of November we Marched into the State of New-Jersey & on the first day of January 1817 we were discharged at Morristown in the State of New-Jersey all which time the said Oliver Blanchard was with us & performed duty as a private Soldier, & further the deponents saith not
Elijah Shaw
Samuel Bates