Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,603, Nathan Brown, Conn. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Mass.
Brown, Nathan
W 15,603
Philadelphia
BLt. 36613-160-55
CONTENTS
A. Mar. 25, 1758 at Scituate, R.I.
100. at end Thompson Conn.
A. June 17, 1811 at Southbridge, Worcester Co. Mass

1865
Massachusetts
Philadelphia Brown widow of Nathan Brown
who served in the Revolutionary Conn. war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 57 Dollars 67.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7. day of Sept. 1848. and sent to
Moses Prayton Southbridge Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 7. Vol. 2.
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Lett to Mass. Pympton June 7th 1835 76 Worcester
11.716  Massachusetts 
Nathan Brown of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gyon of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Mass line for 15 Months & 15 Days Cont'd Milia
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 51 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of April 1833 and sent Theophilus  Whalen  Worcester  Mass 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $103.34 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th " 25.83 $129.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. H. Atkinson Clerk. Book C Vol. 2a Page 9 

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A Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of The Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester ss. Sept 5. 1832. On this fifth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court before me, the Subscribed, a Judge of the  Probate for the County of Worcester court of the  probate now sitting at Worcester in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Nathan Brown of Southbridge in said County of Worcester, aged seventy four years, of the who being first duly sworn, ac- cording to Lord's Acts on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. Nathan Brown of Southbridge afore- said in May 1776: I was listed for six months into the Army of the revolution, into a company of Militia, belonging to Connecticut, com- manded by Captain Stephen Lyon of Woodstock Connecticut. Josiah Child was Lieutenant, and a Mr. Ingalls whose Christian name I do not now remember was Ensign of said company my company was stationed in the City of New York, August the 30 th 1776 at the time the American soldiers evacuated the City from the City of New York, our Regiment marched to the White Plains from there He marched into the State of New Jersey in December 1776 the time of my Enlistment ended and returned home to Thompson

In 1777 I volunteered into the Army of the Revolution and served the United States three months and an half: in capturing General Burgoyne; I belonged to the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Abel Hobson then of Stockbridge In June or July 1780 I Enlisted for six Months into the Continental Army, into a Company, commanded by Captain Goodbridge, my time expired in Janu- ary 1781 - and was duly discharged at West point by Asa Labaree as my discharge here to affixed will more fully appear I served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution fifteen and an half Months my term of Service of six Months: I am now unable to prove by any surviving Soldier or Officer in the Company or Regiment to which I belonged; in 1776 - The Soldiers and Officers being either dead or removed to parts not known by me - I have no documentary Evidence except the discharge annexed To this my declaration I hereby relinquish every claim whatever, to a Pension or Annuity except the present, and declare that my Name, is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any Staff whatever - Asahel Brown
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before Nathan James Judge of Probate for the County of Stockbridge

We Addison Parker a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Southbridge, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Luther Ammidown Esquire President in said Southbridge hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Brown, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that he believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is respected and he lived in the right neighborhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Addison Parker. Luther Ammidown
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. Sept. 11. 1832 Then Addison Parker and Luther Ammidown Esquire personally appeared and made solemn oath, that the above testimony is true before me. Frederick W. B. Attorney for Plaintiff
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above mentioned Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and it appears that that Addison Parker who signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Southbridge & that Luther Ammidown Esquire who has signed the same is a resident in the Town of Southbridge and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.  Nathan James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester

1 I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Probate Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Brown for a Pension, and that Frederic W. Bottom before whom the annexed affidavits were made, is a justice of the Peace in & for said County of Worcester in full credit & that he signed the same In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County this 5th day of September in the year of our Lord 1832 Theoph l . Wheeler Register of said Probate Court

The following are Interrogatories propounded to Nathan Brown an Applicant for a Pension for services in the Army of the Revolution by virtue of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - By me the Subscriber a Judge of a Court of Record -
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Mrs. I was born March 25 th 1758 at Scituate in the State of Rhode Island - as my parents always told me -
2. Have you any Record of your Age; and if so, where is it?
Mrs. I was recorded in my Mother's Family Bible; I have often seen it.
3. Where were you living when called into the Service; where have you lived, since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Mrs. I lived during the Revolutionary War in Thompson Connecticut. Since the War I lived a few years in Thompson then moved to Chastleton and lived a few years - I have lived nearly forty years where I now live in South Bridge -
4. How were you called into Service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute and if a Substi- tute, for whom?
Mrs. I have answered this Interrogatory in my declaration -

5. 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.
Ans. This Interrogatory I have also answered in my declaration.
6. Did you receive a discharge from the Service; and if so where was it given and what has become of it?
Ans. I never received but one discharge and that one is hereto affixed -
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. Addison Barker and Luther Townsend Esquire - A. N. Brown

I Charles Brown of Charlton, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, being seventy three years of age, do testify and declare that I know that my Brother Nathan Brown served three trips in the Army of the Revolution. In 1776 I think and felt pretty certain that my Brother Nathan served six months in the Army of the Revolution. He belonged to a Company commanded by Captain Stephen Lyon of Hunsdack. I remember him very well. I was drafted for three months the same year but did not belong to the same corps - I have no doubt of my Brother Nathan's serving in said Stephen Lyon's Company six months in the War of the Revolution in 1776. I know he was absent and be- lieve he was in the Army and served six months in Stephen Lyon's Company but cannot state positively where I was not with him - further deposition to not Charles Brown
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester August 29. 1832 Then Charles Brown who signed the above depo- sition in my presence, personally appeared and made solemn oath, that the same is true before me. Frederick W. Brattle my Friend.
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Charles Brown and he is reputed to be a man of veracity. Frederick W. Brattle

I, Alpheus Brown now of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth- wealth of Massachusetts, being seventy one years of age, do declare and testify that in the Spring of 1776 I lived with my Mother, in Thompson Connecticut which adjoins Dudley in Massachusetts. In April or May 1776 I remember a company meeting was had in Thompson to beat up and to obtain Volunteers for the Army. Captain Samuel Chandler was the Captain of the company - I attended the company training - I will remember that Nathan Brown, then about sixteen or seventeen years of age - was the first that turned out a volunteer for six Months, my brother John Brown turned out as a volunteer for six Months, I lived at that time within a half mile of Mr Alexander Brown Father of Nathan Brown - I know that Nathan Brown left home for the Army with my brother John. He was absent and my brother John (who is now dead) were both absent six Months - I will remember when both left for the Army and when both

returned - I allways understood that both served six months - Captain Ste- phen Lyon, was the captain of the company into which said Brown volunteered - said Captain Lyon belongs in Woodstock Connecticut which joins Thompson - Captain Stephen Lyon I know to be dead - and Captain Sam- uel Chandler is also dead - further the deponent saith not -
Alpheus Bowers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & Dorchester Augt 29th 1832 -
Then Alpheus Bowers who signed the above deposition in my presence personally appeared and made solemn oath that the same is true before me -
Frederick S. S. Bottome Justice -
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Alpheus Bowers who signed the above deposition and he is reputed to be a man of veracity -
Frederick S. S. Bottome -

No 12479 Philadelphia Penn Maw of Nathan Map act 7 July 1838
Rejected Winstana and 17 June 1841

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss. 3
1845
On the twenty eighth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five, before me, Moses Plimpton a justice of the Peace, in and for said County of Worcester, appeared Noah Blackmar of Dudley in said County, aged seventy two years, who, for most of the time for the last thirty five years, has resided in Southbridge in said County, but a part of the time aforesaid in said Dudley, and in Woodstock in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, - who, being duly sworn, upon his oath testifies and says, that he is a brother of Philadelphia Brown, lately the wife, but now widow of Nathan Brown, late of said Southbridge deceased; that, when he was about eleven years of age, and he thinks about the year nineteen hundred and eighty four, his said sister Philadelphia was married to the said Nathan Brown, by the Rev. Mr Johnson of said Woodstock, and at the house of his father, Levi Blackmar, then residing in said town of Woodstock; and the said Noah Blackmar testifies and

says that he was present, and witnessed the ceremony of the marriage of the said Nathan Brown to his said sister Philadel- phia. And he further testifies that he has understood, and believes that said Nathan Brown, during the last years of his life, was a pensioner of the United States.
Wash. Blackman
Sworn and subscribed before me
Moses Plumptone Jus Peace for the
I have been acquainted with Nathan Brown & his family from my earliest youth and from the ages of the children whom I knew in my boyhood - being neighbours I am fully satisfied that the affix was intermarried with said Nathan before 1794. I do not doubt the truth of Wash Blackman's statement March 8 th 46 - A. G. Mace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester.
On this fourteenth day of July eighteen hundred and forty five before the court of Probate for said county in open court appeared Elizabeth Brown of Worcester in the county of Worcester and State of Maine that aged twenty eight years was the within two years last past was a resident in Southbridge in the county of Worcester for more than forty years, who being first duly sworn doth upon her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 and the acts of March 3 rd 1843 and June 27 th 1844 in addition thereto.
That she is the said widow of Nathan Brown deceased who for the last forty years of his life resided in the town of South- bridge in said county of Worcester, which town was formerly a part of the town of Worcester that said Brown her hus- band was a private in the army of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under the act

of longstop paper June 7th as 1832 at the rate of fifty two dollars and some cents per an- num as by the original certifi- -cate returned to the department will fully appear
Her husband went into the service from the town of Charlton in the lines and she has heard him speak of king in several campaigns particu- larly at the taking of Burgoyne but her marriage having taken place after the close of the war she is unable to specify his services from her own knowledge and must refer to the papers filed in her husband's case and the certifi- cate of the Secretary of this comy. Mowbray accompanying this declaration
She further declares that she was married to the said Brown on the twenty fifth day of March sixteen hun- dred and eighty four in said Woodstock by the Rev Mr Johnson of said Woodstock whose Christian name she does not now re- ollect, that her husband the a- foresaid Nathan Brown died on the twentieth day of June

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, ss.
I, Joseph G. Kendall , Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Moses Plimpton, Esquire , is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of Noah Blackmer , hereunto annexed, is genuine; and that said Plimpton was such Justice, on the day of the date of said said certificate: and that Benjamin B. Thomas, Esquire , is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County (the same being a Court of Record), duly qualified, and was such on the fourteenth day of July, 1845, and his signature to the certificate hereto annexed, is in his own proper hand writing. GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of said County, this seventeenth day of September , in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
J. G. Kendall

eighteen hundred and forty One that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but her marriage took place previous to the first day of January fifteen hundred and ninety four but at the time above stated.
her Philadelphia + Brown
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written upon me Mark B. J. Thomas Judge of Probate.

Bounty Land Claim.
Form of declaration for Widow of a deceased Officer or SOLDIER.
State of Connecticut County of Windham } ss. Woodslock Janz 24 th 1856-
On this 24 th day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six , personally appeared before me Phoebe G. G. Hall a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid. Philadelphia  Brown aged 88 years, a resident of Woodslock (since 1842) in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Nathan Brown , deceased, who was a Soldier in the War of 1812  Revolution in the Revolution  as will appear by the papers in file at the Pension office at Washington and she further that her said husband states that since the death of her said husband ( Nathan Brown ) she has been in the receipt of a Pension as of the 4 th of March A. D., 1848 as appears by a certificate given for the term of at the office of the U. S. the 7 th of September 1848 and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and viewed in the Pension office at the Roll of Pensioners under act of Feb 2 1848 Page 7 th Book 2 the No of her certificate is on the book of the same (1865)  Nathan Brown lived as will appear by in Southbridge Massachusetts up to time of his death - then William L. Miley secretary of State was personally acquainted with him
She further states that she was married to the said Nathan Brown - in _____ on the _____ day of A. D. _____ by one and that her name before said marriage was Philadelphia Blackamoor - that her said husband died at Southbridge Massachusetts on the 17 day of June A. D., 1848 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the acts passed September 28, 1850, and March 3d, 1855.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
her Philadelphia X Brown { SEAL. } mark
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
State of Connecticut - County of Windham } ss. Woodslock Janz 24 th 1856
signed in presence of - Elizabeth Bacon Ruth G. G.
On this 24 th day of January A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and County aforesaid Wesley Dye and Kath. G. G. & Elizabeth Bacon residents of the State of Connecticut and County of Windham & Town of Woodslock who being duly sworn according to law, declare that Philadelphia Brown is the widow of

Nathan Brown deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary commanded by Captain War between the U S and Great Britain in the company commanded by Regiment of
in the the said Philadelphia Brown (his wife) was married to the said Nathan Brown deceased for the term of their lives to live together for many years as husband and wife and know the number of children children and have no doubt that the name of the said Philadelphia Brown before her marriage aforesaid was Philadelphia Blackmore to her further say that her husband, the said Nathan Brown died at Southbury on the 17th day of June A. D. 1840 and that she is still a widow. * That she is the widow in the family of Mr. Wesley & Ruth Ide and is present and signs this declaration for the purpose of the said
And they swear that they are disinterested witnesses.
Wesley Ide Ruth Ide Elizabeth Brown
237.719
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th
day of January
A. D. 1856
And I hereby certify that Mrs. Ruth Ide & Mrs. Wesley Ide and Mrs. Elizabeth Brown are respectable women & are credible witnesses.
Peleg C Child Justice of the Peace
*Witness will state here the reasons upon which their evidence is founded.
To the commission of Pension You are hereby requested to forward to Peleg C Child North Woodstock Connecticut my warrant for Pensions and when when the same shall be granted who is my agent to receive & transmitt the same to me - Signed in name of Philadelphia Brown Mark Ruth Ide Elizabeth Brown
Notes.
The declaration to be executed before a Justice of the Peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths for general purposes. If the deceased officer was a regimental or staff officer, the declaration must be varied so as to express the fact. After the words "in the," state in what war, whether in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th of June, 1812, the Mexican war, (if an officer,) or any of the Indian wars since 1790, describing the same. After the words, "that her said husband," insert whether he enlisted volunteered, or was drafted. After stating the term of actual service, say whether honorably discharged or killed in battle. After the words "as will appear by," if the discharge be in existence, say "as will appear by his original certificate of discharge herewith presented." If the discharge be lost or destroyed, or it is ascertained on inquiry or examination that one was never received, insert after the words "as will appear by" the words "by the muster rolls of said company," and in the two following lines state the facts in reference to the missing discharge. If no public or private record of the marriage exists, or can be procured, state the fact in the declaration; after stating the name before marriage; and in such case, other evidence, such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to be so reputed, will be admissible. If a public or private record exists, an authenticated copy thereof must be furnished; if it be a private record, the authenticated copy thereof must be accompanied with the affidavit of some disinterested person, proving the genuineness of the original, and that the copy certified is a true and correct copy of it. A certificate from the clergyman or magistrate, who solemnized the marriage is not competent evidence, unless the genuineness of the certificate be proved, and the persons who gave it be shown to have been authorized to solemnize marriages.

Nathan Brown lived as will appear by in Southbridge Massachusetts up to time of his death - then William L. Mover secretary of State was personally
( )
State of Connecticut
County of Windham } ss.
I Thomas Gray Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that _____ Peter C. Child Esq., whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, is, and was, at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Superior Court, is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and seal of office, at said Windham County this fifth day of March A. D., 1856.
Thomas Gray Assistant Clerk of Superior Court Windham County

10.027
Nathan Booron
Plat 15 Mr 15 day
14 ob March 21 1833
P. 308
Theophilus Wheeler Vincent May
unimpaired. 2. CITIES for the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above. 3. For the papers defective as to form or authentication, and if so, in what respect. 4. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 5. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 6. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 7. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 8. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 9. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 10. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 11. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 12. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 13. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 14. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 15. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 16. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 17. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 18. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 19. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts. 20. In what respects the foregoing statement is in substance a true statement of the facts.
1. If before a judge, does it appear that the applicant is entitled to a public hearing? 2. Was the declaration made before a Court or a judge?
REMARKS in the case of  (See also this page)  in the case of

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BRIEF in the case of Nathan Brown County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts (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? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. Gen.     Enlisted In 1776 May — 6 — Private Capt. S. Lyon St. Childs   Vol. 1777 — 3 1/2 — do. Capt. A. Mason —   Enlisted 1780 June — 6 — do. Capt. Woodbridge Continental   on rolls of same Army —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Saratoga  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampson, Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & witnesses & documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The official character of one of the Magistrates is not certified, but that of another is. 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk. Feb. 9, 1838.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathan Brown 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. 15603
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1776 to Dec. 1776 Private Stephen Lyon ✓ Conn.   Aug. 13, 1777 3½ mos. " Abel Mason Job Cushing Mass.   July 1780 6 mos. " Woodbridge ✓ Mass.   discharged Jan'y 13, 1781 by Asa Coburn ✓ 7 th Mass.  
Battles engaged in, capture of Burgoyne .
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Thompson, Conn. (Adjoins Dudley, Mass)
Date of application for pension, Sept. 5, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Southbridge, Worcester Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, born Mch. 25, 1758 at Scituate, R. I.
Remarks: he married at Woodstock, Conn. Mch 25, 1784 Philadelphia Blackmar, at the home of her father Levi Blackmar. Soldier died June 17, 1841 at Southbridge, Mass. & she was allowed pension on her application executed July 14, 1845 while 78 years of age & a resident of Woodstock, Conn. where she still lived in 1856 with Wesley & Ruth &c.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
(Col. John Brooks - 7 th Mass)
Pro - Charles 7 th in 1832.

The Bearers here of Nathan Brown soldier in the 7 th Massachussetts Regiment having served as a faithful good soldier in said Regiment The term of his enlistment being the full term of his enlistment is hereby Discharged from the same
Given Under my hand at Westpoint this Thirteenth day of January 1861
Geo. Coburn Capt Commandant
The Gaging Commissioners are requested to furnish the above mentioned Nathan Brown with a Discharge on his route from this post to Charleston S.C. of Mass ts

The within Nathan Brown is valued for the fifteenth instant at this Post and is enlarged.
Whitney 9/11
Given two days notice John White Atty for Burnham Chairman
Hartford Jan y 4/81 Given 2 days notice
Daniel Pitkin
Nathan Brown N. 15,603 Conne + Mass.
Given notice for

1918 Mar. 23, Hist. to Alice L. Mason letter in L. 34110 Andrew Brown. C
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15603
Philadelphia Brown widow of Nathan Brown Prs Rev War
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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I Eleazer May of Brookfield in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that Nathan Brown son of South bridge in said Worcester county, was a private soldier in the company of Militia under the command of Captain Abel Mason in Colonel Job Dushing's Regiment of Massachusetts Bay Militia - and that said Nathan Brown was engaged in the service of the United States as a private soldier in said company from the nineteenth day of August 1777 till the Thirtieth day of November in the same year that said company was at the Taking of Burgoyne - and that said Nathan was then there and and that said Nathan was engaged in actual service during the whole of the time aforesaid from said 19 th day of August 1777 to the Thirtieth day of Nov. of the same year - that I was present & a corporal in said company there & was with said company and from my own actual knowledge know that said Nathan served as aforesaid & further say not
Eleazer May
Worcester ss. June 23 1832
Then personally appeared Eleazer May the signers of the foregoing and made oath that the foregoing deposition is true -
before me
Levi Child justice of the Peace

Worcester
Worcester ss March 26. A.D. 1833
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within-named deponent and that he is entitled to full credit
Linus Child Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I, Stephen Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that Linus Child, signing before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Worcester, duly commissioned & sworn, and that the signature purporting to be his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Probate this twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Stephen Wheeler Reg of said Court of Probate

I Jonathan Upham of Sturbridge in the county of Worcester ss commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that Nathan Brown now of Southbridge in the county aforesaid, was a private soldier in the company of Militia commanded by captain Abel Moser in Col Job Cushing's Regiment of Massachusetts Bay Militia and that said Nathan was engaged as a private soldier in said company in the service of the United States from the 13 th day of August A.D. 1777 till the 30 th day of November of the same year. That said company was at the taking of Burgoyne and that said Nathan was there and was engaged in actual service during the whole of said time from the said 13 th day of Aug. A.D. 1777. till the Thirtieth day of Nov. of the same year. That I was with said company and from my own personal knowledge know that said Nathan served as aforesaid - And further say not
Jonathan Upham
Worcester ss. June 23 d 1832
Then personally appeared Jonathan Upham and signed the foregoing deposition and made oath that the same was true
before me -
Levi Child Justice of the Peace Worcester ss March 26 1833 I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named deponent and that he is en- titled to full credit Levi Child Justice of the Peace

Clerk
John D. Sleeper
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, the 24th day of February 1848. Commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine. is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said Court, and Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John D. Sleeper Clerk of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
COURT. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Before me, John D. Sleeper , a Justice of the Peace, in the presence of Abigail Dyer and your above written. sworn to and subscribed on the day
She further declares that she is still a widow. under the act of 1st June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband, the identical person who drew a pension in the sum of 76 14 per month. widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of pension made by the act of Congress, passed on the 5th March, 1842, granting pensions to all, both on her own, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act, who being that said widow, according to a resident of Southbridge in the county of Worcester . before the aforesaid, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the court aforesaid.
COURT. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
admitted
in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 5th March, 1842, entitled "An act to extend the benefits of the act of Congress of 5th March, 1842, to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers who were not entitled to a pension under the act of 5th March, 1842."
DECLARATION
Moses Plimpton Southbridge Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Worcester COUNTY, }
On this seventeenth day of August personally appeared Philadelphia Brown a resident of Woodstock in the county of Windham aged eighty one 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Nathan Brown , who was a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Abel Mason (as she thinks, but is not positive) and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of fifty one dollars and sixty seven cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of Moses Plumptone  Moses Plumptone Justice of the Peace. Worcester
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner as she declares. Moses Plumptone
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Worcester COUNTY, }
I, Charles W. Bartolom , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court , of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Moses Plumptone is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine, and that he was such Justice on the seventeenth day of August current . Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this eighteenth day of August 1848.
Chas. W. Bartolom CLERK.

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Matthew Brown
Theophilus Wheeler Worcester 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 Nathan Brown 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? _____ 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? Document
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes one only - the other not
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes, as to one of them there being two. The
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
other not.

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Massachusetts
Philadelphia Brown
widow of Nathan Brown
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 51 Dollars 67
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of March 1846 and sent to Hon. W. L. Meany, Secretary of War
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 26.

Louhbridge Mass May 27, 45
Moses Plimpton
Pension claim of widow of Nathan Brown.
P 314. Rec May 31/45 665
Pension Office
Hon. J. Miley Secy of War Washington
Hon. Nathan Brown Mass. July 32
FREE

Southbridge (Mass) May 27. 1845
Dear Sir,
I transmit herewith an application of the Widow of Nathan Brown, late of Southbridge to the Secy of this State, - with his certificate and statement, as to the services of her husband. Mrs Brown is undoubtedly entitled to a pension, and, as she has requested me to assist her in obtaining it, I should be much obliged if you will inform me on net of this, what course it is necessary for her to pursue, as to evidence &c - or what proof is necessary, and the forms prescribed, by the department.
I wish also to obtain for Mrs Lydia Plumptone, the additional pension to which she is entitled; she having rec d the "five years" pension, and one year additional, and her certificates having been surrendered to the pension agent. Will you be so kind as to inform me what additional pension she is entitled to, and what proof, with the forms, is required to obtain it.
Hon. Wm L Marcy, Secy of War
Respectfully Your Obedt Servt
Mrs Plumptone (over)

P.S. The persons named in the foregoing, and the writer are personally known to the War Secretary of War; it is therefore desired that this communication be handed to him, if not opened by him,
M.P.

Philadelphia Brown, widow of Nathan Brown, Private -
$57:67 per am
cts 43 2/3 } 8458 44 } 462
Massachusetts Roll married 25 March 1784 husband died 17 June 1841 1841
Col: to Har. W. L. Marcy Sec. of War

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
March 13 1845.
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 Nathan Brown is borne as a private upon a pay Roll of Capt n . Abel Mason, Col. Job Cushing from Aug. 16. 1777, to Nov r 30. th , including allowance for 184 miles travel, 3 months, 23 days; — Upon a pay Roll of the 6 months men raised by the town of Charlton, marched July 11. th 1780, discharged Dec r 29 — including 8 days for travel, 5 mo s 26 days. — Upon a descriptive list of the same in the 14. th division, marched under the care of Capt n . Thomas Pritchard, arrived at Springfield July 13. th — and further upon a muster Roll of a number of men from the County of Worcester — as a private from Charlton, term of service from July 1. 1781, 6 months. the last being a description of the men whose names are borne upon the roll; the names of the officers under whom the service was performed,
3mo 23 5. 26 6 15. 19

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.
John G. Packer,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE BY THE WIDOW OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of my husband, Nathan Brown , in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Charlton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as near as I remem ber as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Abel Mason in Col. Bige low's — Regiment, that is, he served in said and he served as follows, viz:—
As to the services of my husband our marriage having taken place soon after the close of the War of the Revolution, I am unable to state any other particulars than that I have heard him speak of being in several campaigns — at the taking of Burgoyne &c. His services were such as entitled him to a pension of about fifty two dollars per annum for several of the last years of his life
I am now seventy seven years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this Eighth day of October A. D. 1844.
Signed by said Philadelphia Brown in my presence,
Moses Plumptown
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
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