Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,092, Job Brocklebank, Continental

SERVICE
Continental
or
★ Brocklebank Job Brocklebank
NUMBER
S. 34,092
Residence: Broomfield 1818.
CONTENTS

7238
file 34 092
Massachusetts
Job Brocklebank
of Rowley in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Mass: line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of March 1819 and delivered to the Hon: W m Nelson
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 9 mos 22 / 31 - 74.67 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819. 48 -
$ 125.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
[Faint vertical text on the right page, likely bleed-through from the reverse side:] Job Brocklebank Rowley Massachusetts 1818

Job Brocklebank of Rowley, Ess ex Co. Mass s
Job Brocklebank put Baldwins Clapp's Reg d 1 year 1776
Decl d May 14. 1818. of Rowley, Ms.
Admitted
Admitted
Hon. W m Nelson, of Mass. H. R.

11 Job Brocklebank of Rowley in the county of Essex in Massachusetts yeoman, upon Oath makes the following Declaration: - That in January A.D. 1776 he enlist- ed for the term of one year as a private in Capt. Verrill's Com- pany of foot in Col. Joammi Baldwin's Regiment in the Massa- chusetts line and that he continued to serve in said company during the whole of said term until the latter part of January A.D. 1777 when he was honorably discharged at Fishkill by Capt. Verrill. He had no written dis- charge. That soon after his enlistment, he marched from Cambridge to Providence, New London, and thence through the Sound to New York and the Jerseys.
That he is sixtyone years old, and from his reduced cir- cumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for support: and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the Laws of the United States.
Job Brocklebank

I Amos Pillsbury of Crowley in the county of Essex aforesaid upon oath testify that I served in the Revolutionary War during the year 1776 and know that Job Brocklebank the Declarant served during that time that I have been long acquainted with him and believe what he has stated in the above Declaration to be true Amos Pillsbury
I Daniel AlWhite Judge of Probate for the said county do hereby certify that the aforenamed Job Brocklebank & Amos Pillsbury per- sonally appeared before me on the fourteenth day of May A.D. 1818. & made under oath the aforesaid declaration & affidavit, by them re- spectively signed. That it appears to my satis- faction that the said Job Brocklebank served in the Revolutionary War as set forth in his said declaration, that by reason of his re- duced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support. Given under my hand & official seal this third day of Feb. A.D. 1819.
D AlWhite

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Yorss fr: On this fourteenth day of May  April A.D. 1818 personally appeared before me Daniel A. White Esq r Judge of the Court of Probate for said County the said Amos Pillsbury the said Job Brocklebank and subscribed and made upon oath the aforesaid affidavit as his then veritarily signed the aforesaid Declaration: And it appearing to my satisfaction the said Job Brocklebank did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy and is in reduced circumstances in the manner he has above declared, I hereby certify the testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the War Department.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of May  April A.D. 1818.
D A White

7238 March 1899 Job Brocklebank
age 64 farmer $512.00

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Job Brocklebank resident in Bowley in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7238 — now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Job Brocklebank — 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 commence on the fourteenth day of May — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .”
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“Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .”
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
A right in forty acres of land in Bowley with the buildings on it, subject to the incumbrance of maintaining for life his sister Ruth . . . . . $ 400,00 Three cows $54.00. Two swine $8. . 6 chairs $3. . . . . 65,00 Nine other chairs 2,25 . Case of drawers 4. . . . . 6,25 Loom & wheel 3. . iron, earthen, pewter & tin ware . 11,50 . . 14,50 Subs & casks . 2 . Three tables 4 . looking glass 1 . . . . . 7,00 Knives, forks, spoons $2. & debts due $17 . . . . . 19,00 511,75
He is sixty four years old — a farmer — ; his family are his wife aged fifty two, Moses aged twelve — and his sister Ruth aged sixty nine — who is infirm and depends on him for support.
He served as a year's man all 1776 in Capt. Pettingell's

Company in Col. Baldwin's Regiment in Massachusetts Line.
Job Brocklebank.
Sworn to and declared before
W m Wetmore judge within named.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore , a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Job Brocklebank do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of 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," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Job Brocklebank
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Job Brocklebank took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore — — — — — Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is five hundred and twelve dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker

34 092 Reog INVALID
File No. 34,092
Job Brocklebank Pri Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 55
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Duplicate file No Name Note found but Joseph