Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,283, Edward Brown, Mass. Mass Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Brown, Edward
8 30,283
Mass Sea Service.
CONTENTS
b. Apr. 8, 1756 at Wenham, Mass. res. at end. Salem, Essex Co. Mass. thru in 1832

78 Essex
10.260.1
Massachusetts
Edward Brown
of Essex in the State of Mass who was a sergt in the company commanded by Captain Ward of the regt commanded by Col Pickering in the war
time for 6 mos Benj
" " Private
3 " Carpenter's Mate
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 80 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Apr 1833 and sent Benj Serrill Salem Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $161.32
Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Feb " 40.33
$201.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H  Blain Clerk, Book 3 Vol. 1 st Page 4

Edw d Brown Sergeant,
No 3178
Please address reply to Brn. Merrill Sal m

State of Massachusetts Essex County ss:
On this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Daniel A. White Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting at Salem within and for the county aforesaid, Edward Brown, resident at Salem in the county and State aforesaid, aged 76 years, who first being 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. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated, viz: -
That soon after the Battle of Lexington in April 1775, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Edw d Francis' Company, which Company was part of the time commanded by Capt. Porter - the Colonel's name he does not recollect and served therein Eight months at Cambridge, Winter & Prospect Hill: this was in the Continental service: He was a Volunteer.
That in the winter of 1776 he again enlisted and served Three months in Capt. Ward's Company in Col. Timothy Pickering's Regiment of Volunteers and marched to White Plains and Boundbrook in New Jersey: He was a Volunteer.
That in the fall of 1777 he at Salem again enlisted in Capt. Z. Buffum's Company of Massachusetts Militia, the Colonel he cannot recollect, and marched to Saratoga and served Three months, at the capture of Burgoyne and other duty: he was then Sergeant: he enlisted on the 15th August 1777: He was a Volunteer.
That in the summer of 1778 he again at Salem enlisted as a Volunteer in Capt. Joseph Hiller's Company of Massachusetts Militia as a Sergeant, the other officers he cannot recollect, and marched to Rhode Island and served

served under Gen Sullivan at the siege of Newport and Battle of Rhode Island Three months: - He was born April 8 1756: at Wenham, lived there till he was 14 years old, & since at Salem. That in July 1779 he entered as Carpenter, mate on board the public armed Ship Hector, Capt. John Barnes, and proceeded on the Expedition to Penobscot against the British in the Fleet under Com. Saltonstall and served Three months and lost all his tools. He never had a written discharge, nor record of his birth: and always served as a volunteer and lived at Salem when he entered the service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension-roll of the agency of any state Edward Brown
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year aforesaid before
N. A. Pills Judge of Probate
We John Braser a clergyman and Benjamin Pickman Esq both residing in Salem hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Dea. Edward Brown who has sworn to and subscribed the above Declaration: and we believe he is 76 years old: that he is reputed and believed in this neighborhood to have been a Soldier of the Revolution: we concur in that opinion. His character for truth and integrity is unexceptionable.
John Braser
Benj Pickman
Sworn to and subscribed by said Braser and Pickman the day & year aforesaid before me
Rev. Merrill Inst. Place

And the said Court hereby declares its 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 I further certify that John Brazier is a clergyman and Hon. Benj. Pickman is a magistrate; they both dwell in Salem and full credit is due their certificate. The said Edward Brown is well known to me to be a man of veracity and integrity.
D. H. White Judge of Probate
I, Nathaniel Lord Jr Register of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edward Brown for a Pension. I further certify that Benjamin Merrill is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and his signatures on the annexed papers are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 14th August A.D. 1832
Nath. Lord Jr.
Signed and sealed anew this tenth day of December, A.D. 1832.
Nath. Lord Jr.

C 3178 Edward Brown
Mass
Sept 6 Month
Parish 11.
Carpent Math 3
 20
up 66
Papers not properly authenticated
$80.66
Benj Merrill Salem Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Edward Brown of Salem, of Essex Co.  in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court of Probate  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Born after Battle of Lexington April 19-75   Winter of '76 8 private Capt Ed. Francis. Capt Peter   fall '77 3 " Capt Ward. Col Tim. Pickering   Spring '78 3 Sergeant Capt L. Buffumton   July '79 3 ditto Capt L. Miller   3 carpenter's mate Ship Hector (public Armed) Capt Carnes  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Capture of Burgoyne Battle of Saratoga  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Salem  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 4 living witnesses — Tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
all right
* Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. G. Easton Examining Clerk.
* Continental Service

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Edward 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. S. 30,283
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 1775 8 mos. Private Ebenezer Francis Porter Hutchinson Mass.   Winter 1776 3 mos. Ward Timothy Pickering   Aug. 15, 1777 3 mos. Sergeant Zadock Buffington ✓   Summer 1778 3 mos. " Joseph Hiller Titcomb   July 1779 3 mos. Carpenter's mate John Carnes ship "Hector"  
Battles engaged in, capture of Burgoyne + battle of Rhode Island.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Salem, Essex Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 14, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Salem, Essex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, born Apl. 8, 1756 at Wenham, Mass.
Remarks: there is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

nd M.E.C.
INVALID.
Rev 30283
Mch. 31/86 Sldier pension Mrs. Luinda F. Merritt Salem Mass. 1918 mch. 22. Hist. to Ella Bohannon letter in N. 12/18 John Brown cont. Mass. f
File No. 30,283
Edward Brown
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3178
Edw C Brown
By Merule C Salem 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 Eduward 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?  [Handwritten signature]
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?  [Handwritten signature]
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  Yes
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?  No
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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ 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.

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I Joseph Eveleth of Salem in Massachusetts on oath testify
That I am well acquainted with Dea. Edward Brown, of Salem and know he served on board the Fleet in the Expedition to Penobscot in 1779. I served at the same time. We served in the armed ship Hector, Capt Carnes, the said Brown as Carpenter's mate - I as Armorer Joseph Eveleth
E/558/6: August. 3. 1832 Then the said Eveleth subscrib- ed and made oath to the above. He is a credible and disinterested witness.
By Merrill Inst. Place

I, John SKerry, of Salem in Massachusetts, aged 80 years, on oath testify:
That in the campaign of 1777 at Saratoga, I served as a Soldier in Capt Clark's Company and I well recollect that I then saw Edward Brown now of Salem then serving as a Soldier in Capt Ladock Buffinton's Company. John Skerry
State of Massachusetts Essex County ss: Aug. 3. 1832 Then said John SKerry, a credible and disinterested Witness, subscribed and made oath to the above before Rev. Merrill Dist. Clerk

I Samuel Ropes Esquire of Salem in Massachusetts on oath testify,
That I am well acquainted with Dea. Edward Brown, of Salem, and know he served as a soldier in a Regiment of Massachusetts Militia under Col. Timothy Pickering, which volunteered in the winter of 1776-7 and marched to New Jersey to re- inforce Gen. Washington. He was in Capt. Ward's Company: I was in the same company and we served three months: - we went in December and returned in March 1777. Samuel Ropes
Ypsilanti; Aug. 3. 1832 Then the above named Samuel Ropes Esq. subscribed and made oath to the above. He is credible and disinterested
Rev. Merrill Dist. Clerk

I Thomas Francis Esq r of Salem in Mass ts aged 84 years on oath say
That I know that Edward Brown now of Salem, served Eight months in 1775 in a Com- pany commanded by my brother Capt Ethan Francis in Col. Hutchinson's Regiment at Cambridge. I was in the same Company.
Tho s Francis
Essex ss/s: August. 6. 1832 Then the said Thomas Francis Esq r . a credible & disinterested witness subscribed & made oath to the above before
Dej. Merrill Just H rs

I, Thomas Roberts, of Hamilton in Mass ts : on oath testify.
That I know that Edward Brown, now of Salem, served three months in 1778 in summer in Capt Jos: Hiller's Company in Col Pitcomb's Regiment of Mass ts Militia. I was in the same Company & we marched to Rhode Island & served out our full time.
Thomas Roberts
State of Massachusetts Essex County ss: Aug t 6. 1832
In the above named Thomas Roberts a credible and disinterested witness subscribed and made oath to the above before
Rev. Merrill Inst. Pease