Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,277, William Blanchard, Continental (Mass).

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Blanchard, William
S. 30,277
CONTENTS

Massachusetts
William Blanchard
of Wilmington in the State of Mass who was a Lieut t in the Company commanded by Captain Kimball of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hutchinson in the Mass ts line, for the term of One Year from Jan y 1776 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts at the rate of 160 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th day of March 1801 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of August 1832 and sent to William Blanchard Wilmington Mass
the Roll on _____ day of 182 _____ and notification sent to at _____ Pension commencing on the _____ of 182 _____
Amount due on 4th of } June 1832 $ 160 Semi annual due } Sept " 80 $240
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. June 1832
Recorded Book 5 Vol 2 Page 39
Da letter to Isaac Fiske, March 19, 1834 Hlo. Hlo. Hlo Apr. 14, 1834

Col. Wm Blanchard
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I Jonathan Nichols of Wilmington in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, yeoman do testify and say, that in the last of April or first of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy five I enlisted into the State Troops in the service of the United States at Cambridge in said County into the Company commanded by Capt. Batchelder, and Regiment commanded by Col Eben Bridge as a soldier for the term of eight months and served in said Company in said Cambridge during said eight months. At which time I was well acquainted with Col. William Blanchard of said Wilmington, that he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. John Hamden, as a Lieutenant, belonging to the same Regiment, for the same term of eight months, and that he actually served as Lieutenant in said Hamdens Company during said months.
6 27 N. Nichols
State of Massachusetts. } ss. August 1 st A. D. 1872 Then the Middlesex } above named Jonathan Nichols made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true before me Joshua Pillsbury Justice of the Peace

I Daniel Killarn of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire Yeoman - do testify & say - that in the last of the months of April or first part of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred & seventy five I enlisted in to the State troops of Massachusetts in the United States service - at Cambridge in s d State of Massachusetts - into the company commanded by Cap t John Harnden and Regiment commanded by Col o Ebenezer Bridge as a soldier for the term of eight months & served in s d company in s d Cambridge during s d eight months at which time I was well acquainted with Col o W m Blanchard of Wilmington - that he enlisted into s d company commanded by the s d Cap t John Harnden in the Regiment commanded by the s d Col o Ebenezer Bridge as a Lieutenant - for the term of eight months & that he actually served as Lieutenant in s d Harnden's company during s d eight months - Daniel Killarn
State of Massachusetts } Middlesex ss - } August 22 - 1832
Then the above named Daniel Killarn made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true Before me William Blanchard Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I, Isaac Tinker, Deputy of the Court of Probate and for said County hereby certify that Joshua Prescott whose even genuine signature is set to the Certificate on the deposition of Jonathan Nichols hereto annexed & William Blanchard junr. whose genuine signature is set to the preceding certificate, are justices of the Peace within said County of Middlesex.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty seventh day of August AD 1832
Isaac Tinker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this twenty seventh day of August — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open at his residence in Wilmington, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, sitting Col d William Blanchard a resident of Wilmington — in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty one 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 7, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
On the nineteenth day of April 1775, he was Lieutenant of a company of Infantry called my own men raised by the town of Wilmington aforesaid where he then lived, Cadwallader Ford being the captain. He marched with said company on that day to Concord & thence to Cambridge & continued in said service until the latter part of said month of April He marched with said company on that day to Concord & thence to Cambridge & continued in said service until the latter part of said month of April beginning of May when he engaged or enlisted into the company commanded by Capt John Warrenden in the regiment commanded by Col d Ebenezer Bridge for the term of eight months & served in said company as first lieutenant for Cambridge & the vicinity for during said eight months. Lieutenant-Col d Parker who was mortally wounded at Bunker hill battle & Major John Brock were the other field officers of said Regiment. Eleazer Dookrey was Second lieutenant of the company. At the end of that period of service he engaged for a year in the continental service in the same rank viz Lieutenant. I served during the year 1776 in that office of which service the proof is now in the War office, made to obtain a pension under the law of 1818. & for which he was then placed on the pension roll of the Massachusetts agency — Very recently  And after receiving one two payments, on that pension certificate was struck off, by reason of his possessing property — Recently within a few days, he has received a new pension certificate dated the 15 th of Aug t instant by which he is entitled to receive the sum of one hundred & sixty dollars per annum during life. But at the time his application so exceedingly ill as to  to the pension a few weeks since, he was so exceedingly ill as to  left  believe that he had not life or strength sufficient to  comply to comply with the requisitions of the law of June 7 th 1832 as to his eight months service — He is  now  better  the  very  low , & looks forward to but a very short duration of life  time of life — And to the questions proposed he answers that he was born in Billerica on the first day of April 1751. has no record of his age. — Was living in Wilmington a town adjoining Billerica in April 1775. Has lived in Wilmington ever since, except while in the service — The manner of his entering the service & the other

questions relative to his office, he has answered above — His First commission of lieutenant was signed by a majority of the Executive Council of Massachusetts sitting at Watertown — & the other in the conti- nental service, he does not recollect by whom signed — It is long since he has seen either & presumes he sent the latter, perhaps both to Washington when he applied first for a pension — He is known to every body in Wilmington over thirty years of age, particularly to Wm Blanchard junr Esq. & The Rev. Francis Norwood minister of his town —
He retains his pension certificate of the 13 th instant, last in the hope that his case will entitle him to a somewhat larger sum of his country's bounty, as he now very much needs it — And provided a pension be granted under this application
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 any state, except as above stated —
William Blanchard
We, Francis Norwood a clergyman, residing in the town of Wilmington — and William Blanchard Jr residing in Wilmington hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with William Blanchard — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be eighty one years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Francis Norwood William Blanchard Jr
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. O. Pay Wood
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 above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Francis Norwood who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Wilmington and that William Blanchard Jr who has also signed the same, is a resident in Wilmington and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. O. Pay Wood
I
Isaac Dike
Register of the Court of
Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Blanchard for a
pension. That said P. P. Pay where our John's signature is above authorized
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Dike

We the subscribing Selectmen of the Town of Wilmington at the request of Col. William Blanchard have viewed his Farm & personal estate & have appraised the same as follows
Viz. His Farm situated in Wilmington estimated at one hundred twenty acres appraised at $3300,00
Personal Estate Viz
  one Iron Warr $ 1.80 one Manure Fork $ 1.75 one Shovel $ 1.33 2 88 due   three Chairs $ 2.00 one stool $ 1.12 one Saw $ 1.20 2 32   one pair Steelyards $ 1.50 one Scythe $ 1.50 No 1 Cow $ 16.00 17 00 due   No 2 Cow $ 18.00 No 3 Cow $ 13.00 No 4. $ 16.00 47 00   one Cart and Ladders $ 12.00 one set ploughs $ 10.00 22 00 7   two pigs $ 12.00 one lot Iron ware $ 5.00 one lot Chain $ 1.75 18 75 due   one lot Tables $ 2.00 one Clock $ 20.00 two looking glasses $ 1.75 22 75   one lot Crockery ware $ 1.50 one lot Pewter ware $ 1.50 3 00   one lot Northern ware $ 1.00 one lot Tin ware $ 1.25 1 25   one set knives & Forks $ 1.50 five Spoons $ 2.00 3 50   one lot glassware $ 1.50 No 2 Lot Crockery ware $ 1.25 2 75 in   two old chests $ 1.50 one Night Cabinet $ 1.00 one lot wooden ware $ 1.50 1 50   one basket $ 1.50 two old Measures $ 1.25 two Rakes $ 1.50 2 87   1 Copper Coffee Pot $ 1.00 one hand Saw $ 1.25 one flail $ 1.25 1 50 due   one Bed & bedding $ 6.00 one Q $ 1.00 7 00   one lot Meadow Hay $ 25.00 one lot Blacksmith Job $ 5.00 30 00   $3486 77 
Dated at Wilmington the 16 th day of February A.D. 1829
James Saques Abiel Cartter Benjamin Foster } Selectmen of Wilmington
Middlesex ss. Wilmington March 10 th 1829. personally appeared the above named Abiel Cartter and Benjamin Foster and made solemn oath, that the property contained in the above schedule by them subscribed was by them appraised at its just & true value.
Before me James Saques Justices

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Middlesex, do certify that James Jacques is a Justice of the peace within and for said County, duly qualified, and that his name set to the within certificate is his own proper signature. —
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of March 1829. —
Abraham Biglow
That the has bee That I best of my ti been of his terms the a inter
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Declaration in order to be restored to the Pension List.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Widdowes vs. Court of Common Pleas at Concord.
78 years) In this eleventh day of March 1829. personally appeared in open court, being a Court of record for the County of Middlesex, William Blanchard of Wilmington residing in said County aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818. and the 1 st of May, 1820. that he the said William Blanchard entered first Lieutenant for the term of one year on the first day of January in the year 1775. in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt. Stephen Steimbalt in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Daniel Hildreth in the line of the State of Rhode Island in the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the 1 st of January 1777. when he was discharged from the service in Red Bank in the State of New Jersey; that his name has been placed on the Pension List and dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress.

entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Rev- olutionary war" passed on the 18 th . day of March 1818;— and that I have not, nor has any person for me in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is con- tained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me sub- scribed. —
William H. Hanchard.
Sworn to and declared on the 11 th day of March 1829. before Solomon Strong an Associate Justice of said Court.
Attest.
Thos. Biglow Clerk. —
A.B. 3

Schedule of all my estate and income, my necessary clothing, and bedding excepted. — to wit.
  My real & personal estate as the same is on oath appraised by the Select Men as per their inventory annexed —  Dolls. Cents 3485. 77  
  Demands in the hands of John Neal Esq r of Ditchfield in the State of Maine to be collected. — — — — —  50.  
$ 3535. 77
Schedule of my Debts.
My bond to the Trustees of Phillips
  Academy dated Nov. 20. 1810. for — $ 2000. 00   
  Interest due on this bond March 1 st 1829. —  30. 00  
  My note to James Merrill dated Janu- ary 25. 1829. for — — — — —  700. 00  
  Interest due on this note March 1 st 1829. —  3. 50  
  My note to Miss Mary Blanchard dated April 22. 1822. for — — — — —  100. 00  
  Interest due on this note March 1 st 1829. —  5. 00  
  Balance due to my Housekeeper for thirteen years services. — — — — —  100. 00  
  My notes to my son Mr. Blanchard for for Taxes now due — — — — —  179. 52 15. 25  
3100. 27.
  Total amount of my property — — — — —  $ 403. 50  
I am by occupation a Farmer but have been unable to labour for many years. — My family consists of one son Abner Blanchard an invalid destitute of property & two young grand children — children of said Abner, & a housekeeper. —
William Blanchard
[Signature]

I Abraham Biglow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said William Blanchard did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental establishment.
I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 three thousand five hundred & thirty six dollars & seventy seven Cents. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of March 1829. —
Abraham Biglow

I William Blanchard jun r of Wilmington in the county of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of lawfull age do certify & say - that for twelve years last past, at the request of my Hon ble Father, (late W m Blanchard) I have superintended & managed his business: he by reason of old age & bodily infirmities being unable - that for seven years last past he has been the greater part of the time confined to his house - that it has been necessary frequently during that time to procure for him medical aid - that his family has been himself, one son (Abner Blanchard an invalid destitute of property) two young grandchildren of s d Abner, a housekeeper & a hired man part of the time - that I have examined the schedule of his property and debts, by him subscribed & to which this is annexed & that the same is a true & full inventory to the best of my knowledge - that his Bond for two thousand Dollars to the Trustees of Phillips Academy was given Nov r 30 - 1810 & the payment secured by a mortgage on his farm - for cash by him then loaned of s d Trustees - that his note to James Morrill of Boston has grown out of the purchase of a tract of land in the State of Maine, made about thirty years since the debt was originally thirteen hundred & twenty five Dollars - that on the 25 th of July 1820 a note was given to s d Morrill for six hundred Dollars the balance then due (see s d note herunto annexed) that on the 26 th of Jan y 1829 a new note was given for seven hundred Dollars the balance then due - that his note to Mrs. Mary Blanchard was given April 23 - 1822. for cash of her loaned & which was appropriated to the payment of his debts - that there is a balance now due to his housekeeper of one hundred Dollars for thirteen years services - that the amount due to me (one hundred & seventy nine Dollars & \frac{52}{100} ) is for monies by me advanced since 1824 for necessaries for his family & to pay the interest on his debts -
$3300, 00 2 88 2 32 17 00 47 00 22 00 18 75 22 75 3 00 1 25 3 50 2 75 1 50 2 87 30 70 5 1 50 7 00 5.00 30 00 $3486 77 1.9.1329  Selectmen of Wilmington do hereby certify that the foregoing schedule is true in part

That the interest on his Bond to the Trustees of Phillips Academy has been regularly paid semiannually to Nov r 30 th 1828 — That I have economized the expenses of his family to the best of my ability, & that I have never received one cent for my time, services, & expenses. — That there has not been one year in the seven last past in the which the income of his Farm has been equal to his expenses — that during that term of time his property has been yearly diminished by the amount of part of his expenses & the amount of the interest on the amount he owes —
(William Blanchard Jun r —
Middlesex ss. Wilmington March, 10 th 1829 Personally appeared the above named William Blanchard Jun r and made oath to the full  that the above deposition by him subscribed is true —
$100.00
Wilmington July 25 th 1820
On demand I promise to pay James Morrill or order Six hundred Dollars with interest for value received
William Blanchard
Attest. (William Blanchard Jun r —

That the interest on his Bond to the Trustees of Phillips Academy has been regularly paid semiannually to Nov r 30 th 1828 — That I have economized the expenses of his family to the best of my ability, & that I have never received one cent for my time, services, & expenses. — That there has not been one year in the seven last past in the which the income of his Farm has been equal to his expenses — that during that term of time his property has been yearly diminished by the amount of part of his expenses & the amount of the interest on the amount he owes —
(William Blanchard Jun r —
Middlesex ss. Wilmington March, 10 th 1829 Personally appeared the above named William Blanchard Jun r and made oath to the truth of  the the above deposition by him subscribed in true
Before me. James Jacques notary
p —
1829
On demand I promise to pay James Morrill or order Six hundred Dollars with interest for value received
William Blanchard
Attest. (William Blanchard Jun r —

Wm. Blanchard placed on Rev. Map. Roll 20 th Sept. 1819 & dropt. He cannot be restored. See letter to Hon. J. Varnum May 22. 1829.

14-073 Massachusetts
William Blanchard
of Wilmington in the state of Massachusetts who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Kitchcomb of the Rhode Island line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of April 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Sept 1819 and sent to S d Wainwright Boston - Mass s
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 - 4 10 / 30 93.33 Semi-ann. all ce ending 11 March 1820 120
$ 213.33
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued.
Certificate sent to Mr. William Blanchard Cambridge, Mass.

30277 Very INVALID.
File No. 30,277
William B. Buchard
First Nat. Bk.
Act: June 7 th 1894
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina , to William Blanchard Gentleman
WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be first Lieutenant of Captain Stephen Nimbell's Company in the Eleventh Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Daniel Stilwell
in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of
Lieutenants by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as
Lieutenant . And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Attest Chatham January 1. 1776.
By Order of the Congress,
John Hancock President

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Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Boston, Mass s at the Branch Bank U.S. En
Recorded
M c Blane

I William Blanchard of Wilmington in the county of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts - Esquire - do testify & say - that I made evidence of my having served one year in the Army of the Revolution - & that I was put on the Roll of Pensioners under the Law of the 18 th March A D 1818 - as will appear by the evidence now in the Office of the Secretary of War & by my Certificate which is herewith annexed - And that I was dropped from the Pension Roll on account of the property in my possession - that at the time I made my application & was put on the Pension Roll I resided in Wilmington & that I now, & have ever since, resided in said Wilmington - That I served in the Army of the Revolution one year - in the Regiment commanded by Col o Daniel Hitchcock, in the Company commanded by Cap t Stephen Kimball, as Lieutenant in said company - as will appear by the evidence aforesaid now in the Office of the Secretary of War -
William
Blanchard
State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex } August 1 st A D 1832.
Then the above named William Blanchard made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true before me
Joshua Pescott Justice of the Peace

I William Blanchard jun. of Wilmington in the county of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts begin to testify & say that William Blanchard who signed in my presence the certificate within deposition - to which is annexed his pension certificate is the identical William Blanchard who received the said certificate & whose name was put on the Pension Roll -
(William Blanchard Jun.)
State of Massachusetts } ss. August 1 st AD 1832. Then the above County of Middlesex } named William Blanchard Jun. made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed was true before me Joshua Prescott Jur. Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss.
I Elias Minney clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Middlesex, do hereby certify that Joshua Prescott Esquire, was a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex and that his name set to the foregoing Certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court the third day of August 1832
E. Minney

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
William Blanchard late a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to com- mence on the fifteen th day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. B. Callan
Secretary of War.

Freehold N.J.
James S. Edwards Esq. Pension Office War Department
April 6. 1829

Washington April 6 th 1829
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir, I am obliged to recommend to the enclosed paper. I am per- sonally acquainted with Col. Blanton, and his son Wm. Blanton Esq. as well as the Magistrate, and know them to be highly respectable, & entitled to full credit for the respect &c (Yours &c. &c.)
Thos. Poynton

Pensions August 10 Office - 1872 =
Revolutionary claims
To the Secretary of War
Pension Department
Washington
$160. Benjamin
Wm Blanchard Dr Rockington Mass

Wilmington August 1 st 1832
To the Secretary of War -
Sir Enclosed I send to you my fathers Deposition - stating his having been on the Pension Roll under the Law of the 18 th March 1818 - his name being dropped from the Roll on account of his property - his place of residence when he was put on the Roll, & at the Present time. The term of time he served - the capacity or rank he served in (Lieutenant) & the commanders of the Regiment & Company he served in &c - The evidence of his service & the term of time he is in your Office - as the same was given at the time he was put on the Roll - evidence which could not now be obtained as his witness is dead - Also you'll receive my Deposition stating his identity - & his Pension certificate certificate showing that he was on the Roll & that he served in the army as a Lieutenant - I hope these papers with the evidence now in your office may be satisfactory & that his name may be replaced on the Pension Roll again - If they are not, please to inform me what further is necessary - My father is an aged man - eighty one years old - confined to his bed, unable to help himself or rise from his Bed without assistance - without one cent of property - receiving all his support from his relations -
Please to direct your letters to William Blanchard jun - Wilmington (Mds.) P.O. Box No. 100
With all due respect &c
(William Blanchard jun -

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
Sep r . 22 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. William Blanchard. Care of A. Biglow Esq r Cambridge - Mass.
Mr

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Martin Herrick of Reading in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Physician do testify & say that I served in the continental service in our late Revolutionary War as Surgeon's mate to the Regiment commanded by Col o Daniel Hitchcock, in what was called the years service (viz) from January seventeen hundred & seventy six to January seventeen hundred & seventy seven — And that I was intimately acquainted with Col o William Blanchard of Wilmington who then served in said Regiment as a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt e Stephen Trimball and that I was knowing to his having served during the year. & that he received his discharge in company with me on the first day January A D 1777 according to the best of my recollection — And further your deponent saith Martin Herrick not —
Middlesex ss. Reading June 29 1819 Then personally appeared Martin Herrick a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed Before me Daniel Flint Just-Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Whereas, I Abraham Higginson Clerk of the Judicial Court in the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Daniel Flint is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and his name set to the within certificate is his own proper Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this 28 th day of July 1819.
Abraham Higginson

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I Benjamin Floyd of Medford in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Carpenter do testify & say that I served as a private soldier in the Company of Infantry commanded by Cap t John Spurr in the Regiment commanded by Col s Daniel Flitchcock in the late Revolutionary war in the continental service from the first of January seventeen hundred & seventy six to January seventeen hundred & seventy seven - And that I was acquainted with Col s  Hen Blanchard of Wilmington in the County of Middlesex who then served as a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Cap t Stephen Kimball in the same Regiment to which I belonged and that I was knowing to his serving during that term of time -
Benj n Floyd
Middlesex ss
April 21 st 1819
Then personally appeared the abovenamed Benjamin Floyd a Credible witness and made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Samuel Swan Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Middlesex, do certify that Samuel Turner is a Justice of the peace acting under the au- thority of this Commonwealth, & his name subscribed the within certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this 21 st day of April 1819.
Abraham Biglow

Massachusetts, County of Middlesex East Cambridge Feb. 17. 1834
Hon Sir,
Among the Applications made to the Probate Court in this County for Pensions under the late Act & which were forwarded to the Pension Department, were those of William Blanchard of Wilmington & John Merrick of Concord both of this County; - As no returns have been made relative to those Applications, will you have the goodness to cause an examination to be made in the Department, & inform me what proceedings have been had respecting them? -
I am very respectfully Yours
Isaac Tiske
Hon J. L. Sedgwick -

Mass.
East Cambridge March 26. 1854
Sir,
In a late package containing the application of Mr. Mead for a pension I also addressed you a letter requesting information in relation to the applications for Pensions of John Merrick of Concord and of William Blanchard of Wilmington; — Since forwarding the above I have received a communication from you in answer to a former letter of mine upon the same subject; — in this communication you inform me that no such application as that of John Merrick has ever been received. Will you have the goodness to cause a thorough examination to be made in the department; I suspect that it has been mislaid. I forwarded the application in a Package with several others. I have received Certificates on other applications contained in the same Package. —
As to William Blanchard, no certificate has ever been received by him or me. — His application was forwarded by me with a request that a return might be made to me. I have never received any certificate

neither has Mr. Blanchard. If any was ever forwarded, the same has been lost or mislaid.
Will you have the goodness to cause a new certificate to be made out & forwarded to me. —
I am very respectfully Yours,
Isaac T. Hopper

Adm
644
William Blanchard
Lieutenant
Col. Hitchcock's Regiment
Rhode Island Line
1776
year
A second witness produced Admitted
28. July 1819 New Evidence marked C. -

I William Blanchard of Wilmington in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts do testify & say that I served the whole of the year Seventeen hundred & seventy six as a Lieutenant in the Company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Stephen Kimball in the Regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Hitchcock in the late Revolutionary war in the continental Rhode Island line. service - and that I received my discharge in the month of January seventeen hundred & seventy seven - and that by reason of bodily infirmities and reduced circumstances I am in need of assistance from my country -
Mass. Dist. L. Boston } 24 April 1819 } sworn to before me
Middlesex ss. April 15 th 1819
Judge Mass. Dist.
William Blanchard
Then personally appeared the above named
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
April 24 th A. D. 1819
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that William 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 testimo- ny in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war in pursuance of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain per-"
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
April 24 th 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, William Blanchard by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c David { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

I William Blanchard of Wilmington in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massa- -chusetts Esquire do testify & say that I served the whole of the year Seventeen hundred & seventy six as a Lieutenant in the Company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Stephen Kimball in the Regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Hitchcock in the late Revolutionary war in the continental Rhode Island line. service, and that I received my discharge in the month of January seventeen hundred & seventy seven — and that by reason of bodily infirmities and reduced circumstances I am in need of assistance from my country —
Mass. Dist. C. Boston } 24 April 1819 } sworn to before me
William Blanchard Judge Mun. Dist. Middlesex ss. April 15 th 1819
Then personally appeared the above named
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
April 24 th A. D. 1819
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that William 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 testimo- ny 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 per- "sons 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 B- 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.
J. Davis } Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

I William Blanchard of Wilmington in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts Esquire do testify & say that I served the whole of the year Seventeen hundred & seventy six as a Lieutenant in the Company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Stephen Kimball in the Regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Hitchcock in the late Revolutionary war in the continental Rhode Island line. service — and that I received my discharge in the month of January seventeen hundred & seventy seven — and that by reason of bodily infirmities and reduced circumstances I am in need of assistance from my country —
Man. Dist. 1. Boston } 24 April 1819 }
Sworn to before me Middlesex ss. April 15 th 1819 Judge Man. Dist.
William Blanchard
Then personally appeared the above named William Blanchard and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed, before me
Josiah Crosby Jr. Justice of the Peace }

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Middlesex, do certify that Jonah Crosby Jr. is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, & his name set to the within certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this 21 st day of April 1819.
Abraham Biglow
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205 William Blanchard
14673
Sep 1810
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1821
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices
STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
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, William Blackwell resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 14673 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, William Blackwell late a Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the fifteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and since then. Given at the War Office of the United States, this March 11th day of September one thousand eight hundred and since then.
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,
Real Estate, a farm situated in Wilmington with the buildings valued 3000 would net 100 per annum. mortgaged for 2000 but part can annually 1200 300 Personal estate. Provisionary note & bond has net recd 50 annually. Cattle 40 Harness & utensils 64 Household furniture 68 7 horses 80 7 cows 120 1 yoke of oxen 60 1 hog 10 Total annual income 700 William Blackwell. Sworn to & declared before Wm Blackwell Judge.

He served in the whole three years, during the Revolutionary war and also as set forth in his original declaration of, April 13 A D 1819 in the eleventh Regt commanded by Col Daniel Hethcock in the Rhode Island line in the company commanded by Cap Stephen Kimball he is in the seventieth year of his age and by reason of bodily infirmities, is & has been for five years past unable to transact or perform any business he has two grandchildren the oldest of which is two years old who are dependent on me for support the No of his certificate is 14673
William Blanchard

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Melville a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
// I, William Blanchard 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.
William Blanchard
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Wm Blanchard took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Wm Melville Judge of said Court. //
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, 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 two thousand five hundred dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow