Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,592, Ichabod Bozworth, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bozworth, Ichabod or Bosworth,
N. 15,592
Ruth
CONTENTS

9201 Massachusetts.
Ichabod Bozworth, of Norfolk co: in the state of Massach ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nison, of the Massach ts line, for the term of seven years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9. of April 19, and sent to Jairus Ware, judge, Wrentham, Norfolk co. Mass ts
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. 86.36 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 48 " 10 mo.  \frac{20}{30}  1819. } $ 134.36 8 4  \frac{1}{31} } Revolutionary claim, } Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Revolutionary Pension Act Dec. 28. 1820. to Jairus Ware Wrentham, Mass.

1399 Massachusetts Ruth Bafworth decd widow of Ichabod
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Vied from $80.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
1 st of July Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of April 18 52 and sent to
Geo M. Prentiss Worcester. Mass a
Engr 2 d Sept r 1850
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1818. Page 8 Vol. 2

Isaac Bozworth.
Adm l .
Correct.

I. Ichabod Rozworth, a Citizen of the United States, residing in Bellingham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts, do hereby declare, that after having served as a Soldier in Cap o . Andrews Sater Company. Col. Read Regiment in Mass. Line, on the 15 th of May 1777 as near as I can recollect I enlisted into Captain Joseph Daniels Company. Col. Th o Nixon Reg t being 8 th of Mass. Line, Genl. Nixons Brigade. The term of my enlistment was three years but before my time expired I enlisted during the War . I continued still in said Cap o Daniels Company, as before and Col. Nixons Regiment but at the close of the War. the Reg t . was under the command of Col. Tupper. I faithfully served as aforesaid till the termination of the War. — Still being desirous of serving my Country further, I then entered into a Company, as a Substitute for one Richard (I think) who had enlisted for three years and whose time had not expired. The Reg t was commanded by Col. Sprout. — I was discharged on the 1 st of Jan y I think 1784. and rec d a Certificate thereof, but being lost is out of my power to produce it. — And I further state that I am in reduced circumstances in life and have need of the assistance forth from the Country I served as aforesaid. for present & future support.
Ichabod Rozworth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. April 11. 1818. Before me the subscriber one of y s Judges of the Circuit C. C. Mass for y s Circuit, personally appeared the before named Judge Ringer Ichabod Bosworth president in said Circuit who being by me first duly cautioned made Oath to the foregoing declaration by him subscribed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the U. States in the revolutionary War. And I do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ichabod Bosworth did serve in the revolutionary War as he has stated in his s d declaration for many years in the Continental establishment. I now transmit the proceed- ings & testimony taken & had before me to the Hon ble Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to directions from said Act of Congress.
Isaac Ware Judge of Circuit C. C. Mass for y s Circuit

I Elias Thayer of Bellingham afores d on Oath state that I am personally acquainted with Frederick Bozworth who made the foregoing affidavit, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of support from his country. Elias Thayer
Woburn Fe. Apr: 7. 1818. Elias Thayer afores d known to me to be a respectable & credible person made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit, I believe therefore the statement therein made true. James Ware. Judge etc.

Copy Schedule No 1 Schubert Boynorth
9201 April 189

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.—CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL SESSION, JULY 17, 1820.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, 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, Schubad Bozworth aged seventy years, resident in Wollaston in said County, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: I enlisted into the service on or about the third day of April 1775 into Capt Andrew Peters Company Col. Joseph Hedges Regiment and served in that and other Regiments during the whole war, and at the conclusion thereof was honorably discharged as is more particularly set forth in my former affidavit, for which services a pension was granted me and a certificate duly issued dated the ninth day of April 1819 & numbered 9201
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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.
Schubad Bozworth
Sworn to and declared, on the seventeenth day of July A. D. 1820 before
James Ware Judge of C. C. Common Pleas for S d Circuit
A. Horatio Townsend Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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
Sixteen dollars and ten cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July 1820
Horatio Townsend Clerk.

A schedule of the property of Ichabod Bozworth, of Bellingham in the County of Norfolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on application for a Pension under the law of May 1 st 1820, except necessary clothing, beds & bedding
No Real Estate
Personal Estate
One Chest & chest of Drawers 3.00 Two tables, one stand & seven chairs 3.00 Brass Kettle, paster & tin ware 3.25 Crockery ware 1.25 Iron ware 3.25 Two old wheels & two harts 1.00 Two old scives .25 Glass and Earthen ware 1.10 16.10
Ichabod Bozworth
I have a wife aged sixty two years which is feeble, and one daughter sixteen years of age.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire p.
In this eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared Open the Shuttle Judge of the Court of Probate for said County. Martha Brooks a resident of Upton in said County of Hampshire, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth as she calls, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress of July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay to some persons to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Solomon Bosworth late of Framslane in the County of Dorset, who was a soldier of the United States and a pensioner of the United States. He was a native of Cumberland in the State of Maryland, but when he came to go into the service he went for the town of Bellingham in said County of Dorset. She was a native of Hinton in the County of Bristol but when she was eleven years old her father moved to said Cumberland, but the name became augmented with the Bosworths as he came out of the service. She has been informed and believes that he was in the Continental service five years, but she is wholly unable to state any particulars about it; she is obliged to refer to the papers in his case as a pensioner under the law of 1818.
She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Bosworth at said Cumberland on the fifth day of August seventeen hundred eighty five. She knows it was fifty three years ago this August but she is not quite certain as to the day of

the mother. She was married by Roger Rathbone Shepardson a justice of the Peace, but she has been unable to prove the name of her marriage. Roger Shepardson is dead, and the only person living who has present is Miss Whipple whose deposition is respectfully referred to. The defendant has had seven children by her said husband to wit - Chloe, Nabby, Sally, Mary, John, William and Philadelphia.
She further declares that her husband the deceased Deborah Borthwick died at said Franklin on the sixteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and twenty, and that she has re- married his widow ever since, but she was not married to him prior to his having the widow, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year mentioned hereunder namely from to wit, at the time above stated as will fully appear by the proof annexed.
Given to cover substance the day and year aforesaid - for said Roger Borthwick mark
John Borthwick judge of the court of Probate for said county of Linn
Platt Borthwick
Jno. Borthwick

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, Charles G. Parent , Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Ruth Bosworth , of Grafton , was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum ;
was a resident of the County of Worcester , in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and died in Grafton, in said County , in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty , on the Second day of September ;
that she left Seven Children only whose names are  Ezekiel Bradley, Alcy Bradley, Chloe Harrington, Ruth Bosworth, Stacy Bosworth, John Bosworth and Sylvanus Bosworth ; and that it is the wish of said Children that the said Stacy Bosworth , as Administrator of the Estate of said Ruth Bosworth receive the arrears or balance of Pension to which the said Ruth Bosworth was entitled, in their behalf, and for their benefit.
And I further certify, that Stacy Bosworth , of Grafton aforesaid , was, on the first day of October A.D. 1850, duly appointed Administrator of the Estate of said Ruth Bosworth deceased , and that inasmuch as by the records and files of said Court that said appointment remains in full force, in no wise revoked, altered, or annulled.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester, this tenth day of January , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two .
Chas. G. Parent , Register.

Rev. and 1 st Wars Section.
May 12, 1905.
Mrs. Martha Bosworth Stetson, 9 Boardman Street, Westborough, Massachusetts.
Madam:
I have to advise you that, from papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W15592, it appears Ichabod Bozworth , or Bosworth, who was born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, date not stated, enlisted at Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, April 3, 1775 and served as a private in Captain Andrew Peter's Company, Colonel Joseph Reed's Massachusetts Regiment, length of service not stated.
He enlisted May 15, 1777, in Captain Japheth Daniel's Company, Colonels Thomas Nixon's and Tupper's Massachussette Regiment, length of service not stated.
He next enlisted in Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged January 1, 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, April 11, 1818, while residing at Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
He died in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, November 16, 1820 aged 71 years.
He married August 5, 1785 at Cumberland, Rhode Island, Ruth Braley, who was born in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Mass-

achusetts, date not stated.
She was allowed pension on her application, executed, August 11, 1838, while residing in Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts , aged 80 years.
She died September 5, 1850 in Grafton, Massachusetts.
In 1838 the widow stated that she had seven children by Ichabod Bozworth, namely: Chloe, Rufus, Sally, Stacy, John, Sylvanus and Philadelphia.
In 1851 the son Stacy, aged 58 years and a resident of Grafton, Massachusetts, stated that the following children survived their mother, Ruth, namely: Ezekiel Braley, Chloe Farrington, who was born in May, 1786, Rufus, Stacy, John and Sylvanus.
Respectfully,
WILDER S METCALF Commissioner.

A Chloe Harrington of lifetime in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts, being fifty two years of age last May, do on a rather dispassionate way that I am the oldest child of Nathaniel Harrington late of Franklin County and Martha Harrington his wife. I have always been like that I was born in the town of Cumberland in the State of Rhode Island. I have been six brothers and sisters by the same parents, to wit Nathan, Sally, Mary, John, Silvester and Isaac. The four first named were born in Mendon in the County of Worcester and the last two in the town of Bellingham in the County of Norfolk. I have always been advised that my father and mother were married at said Cumberland by Elisha Shipman, and a few weeks since I was at Cumberland to get the evidence of their marriage. I could find none either upon the town records, or amongst the papers of Elisha Shipman which I found in the hands of a Mr. Ellis who married his grand daughter. But I found evidence enough of their marriage by registration though I could find no one who can prove. I further say, that my said father died at Franklin in said County of Norfolk on the sixteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and twenty. I then lived close by him. My Mother

were lives in Boston and has never been married since the death of my father After the death of my father she as her widow drew the balance of the fur- niture that was then due to her
Chloe Fanning ton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Suffolk Aug. 16. 1838 Then Jenny appears Chloe Fanning ton also known as is reported to be a person of truth, and such is the that the above affidavit by her subscribers is true
Before me
Isaac Boston judge of Probate court

1925 - May 12, memo- Mrs Martha B. Stewart 24 dy
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15592
Abigail Boonswell
Widow of
Richard Boonswell
Rev. Rev. War
Act: Feb 22 48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reported
Massachusetts 1302
Ruth Bosworth
widow of Ichabod Bosworth who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of August 1843 and sent to L. M. Stone Boston Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 1. Vol. 1. Page 36.

Massachusetts - 524.
Ruth Bosworth, widow of Ichabod Bosworth, decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818. and who died on the 16 th December 1820 of Worcester, in the State of Mass. who was a private in the ————— commanded by Captain ————— of the Regt. commanded by Col. Vixen in the Mass. line for 2 years private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1830.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sep- tember 1838 and sent to G. G. Prentiss, Worcester, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '38 = $200:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '39 = 40:00
$240:00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott, Clerk, Book 1, Vol. 1, Page 10.

Reporter
1399. Massachusetts Ruth Bosworth widow of Ichabod Bosworth who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of August 1848 and sent to
Hon. C. Hudson Westminster Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page  8  Vol. 2

I Olin Wales of Franklin in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawfull age do testify and say that Schobas Rozworth of Bellingham in said County a Pennions who lived in my house at the time of his decease which was in the Year one Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty and in the Month of November of said Year I should think on or about the middle of said Month and the deposent further saith not
Olin Wales
Subscribed to Bellingham August the eighth A.D. 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Olin Wales and made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me John Bates Justice of the Peace
Bellingham August Eighth 1838 I hereby certify that the above named John Bates is at this time a Justice of the Peace in actual Commission and that the above is his genuine signature
Edward C. Crampton Clerk of
for Bellingham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for the County & Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that John Bates is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Norfolk, & that his signature on this paper is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this tenth day of August A.D. 1838
Jonathan H. Cobb
in attestation of the truth of the foregoing deposition

Norfolk January the 14th 1838
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Elias Wales and is convinced to be a man of truth and veracity and I further certify that the within named Ishak Bosworth drew a Pension from the United States a number of times as I had made the papers for him to draw his money John Bates Justice of the Peace

I Olive Whipple of Richmond in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was present at the Marriage of Ichabod Bosworth and Ruth Braly of Cumberland State of Rhode Island that they were joined in Marriage by Esquire Shepherdson of said Cumberland upwards of fifty years ago
Russell Whipple
Olive her X Whipple marks
Richmond August the 6th A.D. 1838 Then the above named Olive Whipple appeared and made solemn oath that the above deposition is true
Before me Silas Gilson justice of Peace
I Silas Gilson of Richmond in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire do testify that the deponent is widow of Frederick Whipple family of Cumberland Providence that she is a respectable person and a woman of truth and veracity
Silas Gilson justice of the peace
I hereby certify that the above named Silas Gilson is actually in Commission as a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, and also that the Signature above annexed is his genuine signature
Jarvis Weeks Town Clerk of Richmond N.H. Richmond Aug. 6th. 1838.

State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss. — . }
I Henry Goodridge Clerk of the Superior Court of Indictments for the County of Cheshire, certify, that Silas Tilton was on the tenth day of August instant, and still is, a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire, duly commissioned and sworn - and that his name within written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Superior Court of Indication at Keene this tenth day of August A.D. 1838.
H. Carling Clerk

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence ss. I, John W. Smith clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County of Providence, in the State aforesaid, being a Court of record, do hereby certify, that Dan A. Daniels Esquire before whom one of the annexed affi- davits was sworn, is a Public Notary for said County of Providence; — (and that) Ariel Cooke Esquire before whom the other three annexed affidavits were sworn, is a Justice of the Peace for the town of Cumberland in said County; — that by law, said Dan and Ariel are qualified & authorized to administer oaths and take depositions; — (and that the two signatures of said Daniels, & the three signatures of said Cook, to the documents hereto annexed, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand (and affix the seal of our said Court, at the City of Prov- idence this twenty second day of August) A 1838
John W. Smith clerk
(H)

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence ss. Town Clerk's office burnt building August 14 th 1838
I certify that the marriage of Deborah Besworth to Ruth Besworth is not on the records of this Town - and also that it is not customary for the person who performs the ceremony of marriage to cause the same to be recorded - but is left wholly to the person who is married to cause the same to be recorded at his option
Attest. Pardon Sayles Town Clerk
Pardon Sayles Town Clerk of the Town of Cumberland above named - upon my say. That I hold the office of Town Clerk at this time, and the foregoing is a true statement as attested by me
Pardon Sayles Town Clerk
Providence ss. in Cumberland this fourteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight
Then personally appeared the above named Pardon Sayles Town Clerk and was duly sworn to the foregoing certificate according to Law
Before me Dan A. Daniels Public Notary Providence R.I. Cumberland Aug. 21 st 1838
To whom it may concern I Dan A. Daniels a Public Notary within and for the County of Providence do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Pardon Sayles Town Clerk and do consider him in every respect a person of implicit confidence truth and veracity
Dan A. Daniels Public Notary

Lvina Whipple Deposition

I Lavin Whipple of Cumberland in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island on solemn oath do testify and say that I was eighty three years old in December the eighth day in the year Ad 1837 and that I was well acquainted with Ichabod Bosworth and his wife Ruth Bosworth previous to their marriage and after they were married and that they were married some where between fifty and fifty five years ago I did not see them married I lived in the neighborhood with them at the time that it was so stated that they were married and I never had a doubt of the correctness of it and I was knowing to their keeping house together for they went to keeping house in a short time after it was said they were married in the neighborhood where I lived in said Cumberland
Lavin her X Whipple Mark
State of Rhode Island Providence fr
In Cumberland August 22 Ad 1838 then the above named Lavin Whipple appeared before me and made oath to the foregoing deposition which was reduced to writing by me in her presence and by her subscribed to in my presence by making her mark and I further certify that said Lavin Whipple is known to me as of good reputation and that her statements are entitled to full credit
Asahel Cook Justice of the Peace

James Cogh Deposition

I James Cole of Cumberland in the County Providence and State of Rhode Island on solemn oath do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Deborah Bosworth and her wife Ruth Bosworth previous to their being married and after they were married in the year Ad 1785 I think in the month of August I was not present at their marriage but I have not a doubt but that they were married at that time I lived in the same neighbourhood with them at the time it was said they were married I will recollect that they went to house keeping about that time for they went to house keeping within a half a mile from where I lived and I further state that I shall be if I live to the twenty eighth day of August Ad 1838 I shall be sixty two years old
James Cole
State of Rhode Island Providence ss
In Cumberland August 22 Ad 1838 Then the above named James Cole appeared before me and made oath to the foregoing Deposition which was reduced to writing by me in his presence and by him in my presence. Subscribed to and I further certify that said James Cole is known to me as of good reputation and that his statements are entitled to full credit
Asahel Cook Justice of the Peace

Richard Ellis Disposition

I Richard Ellis of Cumberland in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island on solemn oaths do testify and say that I have the papers of Nathaniel Shepherdson Esq. Buried in my hands and that I have examined said papers, and do not find any thing among them appertaining to the marriage of Ichabod Bosworth and Ruth Bosworth his wife Richard Ellis
State of Rhode Island Providence ss In Cumberland August 22. A.D 1838 Then the above named Richard Ellis appeared before me and made oath to the foregoing deposition which was reduced to writing by me in his presence and by him subscribed to in my presence and I further certify that said Richard Ellis is known to me as of reputation and that his statements are entitled to full credit Asahel Cook Justice of the Peace

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Ruth Bosworth widow of Ichabod Mass.
abt 7. July 38 5 years.
Marr'd in 1785. died in 1820
abt n years pri.
80 $
no deduction
C. G. Prentiss Worcester Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Nathl Barton is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures to two of the papers hereto annexed are his own genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court this twenty third day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

Hon. James S. Edwards Commr. of Pensions Washington City.

Worcester (Mass.) August 23. 1838.
Sir,
I send the application of Ruth Bosworth for a Pension.
Please to send the certificate to
Your obedt. Servant,
Chas. G. Prentiss.
Hon. J. S. Edwards.

Due to pass for ann debt, p 80, County 1 July 1848 & 1849 2 Sept 1850, payable to Stacy Bosworth, Adm r for the benefit of Ezekiel Bradley, Eloy Ballou, Chloe Farrington, Rufus Bosworth, Stacy Bosworth, John Bosworth & Sylvanus Bosworth, only surviving children
Geo. A. Brattle Worcester Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County
Be it known that on this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one before the issuance of process of the Court in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Ruth Basmith, of Grafton in said County of Worcester aged fifty-eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the common insurance of Pension or tract Pension, which Ruth Basmith, late of said Grafton deceased, was entitled under the act of Congress of the 3 rd of March 1857, of March 3, 1843, of June 17, 1844, and of February 2, 1848.
That she the said Ruth Basmith, is a daughter of the said Ruth Basmith deceased, and has been duly appointed Administratrix of the Estate of the said Ruth Basmith deceased, and is still acting in that capacity; that the said Ruth Basmith, was at the time of her death the widow of Leonard Basmith late of Bellingham in the County of Norfolk, deceased, who was at the time of his death a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States at the rate of twenty-five dollars per annum, and who died in Franklin in said County of Norfolk, on the sixteenth day of November, A.D. 1820. That the said Ruth Basmith

made application, and obtained a Pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her said Husband at the rate of Eighty — Dollars per annum, which Pension continued to the time of her death, which took place at said Grafton, on the second day of September, in the year one Thousand eight Hundred and fifty, and that the Pension certificate which she said Ruth Bosworth held at the time of her death has been surrendered, and the arrear due thereon awarded by said Master, for the benefit the children of said Ruth.
And the said Stacy Bosworth further declares that the said Ruth Bosworth at her death left seven children only, whose names are Elizabeth Braly, Mary Patton, Chloe Harrington, Rufus Bosworth, Tracy Bosworth, John Bosworth and Sylvanus Bosworth, who are now living, and that it is the wish of said petitioner that the said Stacy Bosworth, as Administrator of the Estate of said Ruth Bosworth receive the arrear or increase of Pension to which the said Ruth Bosworth was entitled, in their several shares for their benefit, and he makes this declaration for himself and in behalf of the other children of said Ruth for the purpose of obtaining such arrear or increase of Pension, which he claims to amount to Sixteen Dollars per annum from the foundation of March, A.D. one Thousand eight Hundred and Fifty — six to the second day of September.

Stacy Bosworth the clerk of said Courts.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, CHARLES W. HARTSHORN, Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Geo. M. Prentiss on the third day of October A.D. 1851 was and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the Certificate of Oath upon the Deposition of Stacy Bosworth hereunto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this Twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Chas. W. Hartshorn Clerk.

one thousand eight hundred and fifty the date of the death of said Ruth Bicknell.
Stacy Bicknell
Heard and delivered by the above named Stacy Bicknell on the day and year first herein before written.
Before me
Geo. H. Merrill Justice of the Peace.
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

Brief in the case of Ruth Bosworth, &c. late of Worcester County and State of Massachusetts act 2 Feb 1848,
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, ( if original. )
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Increased under the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848
Name and residence of Agent
Geo. A. Pray Worcester, Mass
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

House of Representatives Aug. 3. 1848
Sir I enclose you the declaration of Ruth Bassett of Grafton Worcester Co Mass. for a new pro- nunciation. which you will please to send to me when it shall issue.
Yours Respectfully
Charles Hudson
James L. Edwards

1019
R. Bosworth
$80 per an
L. M. Stone Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk County S.S.
Be it known that on this twenty ninth day of April 1843. Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Norfolk, Mrs. Ruth Bosworth now a resident of Bellingham (late of Upton) in said County & Commonwealth, aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843. Granting of Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War;
That she is the Widow of Ichabod Bosworth who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes, as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the Law of the 7 th July 1838. In which declaration, and the papers accompanying the same, now on file in the War Department, she would refer for a more particular statement of his services. for the proof of her marriage identity and the time of her Husband's death.
She further declares, that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of Eight Doll s per annum which amount she received from the 24 th of March 1838. to the 4 th March 1841. at the Agency in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the Rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband but, is now, and ever since has been the Widow of said Ichabod Bosworth deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
Witness
And further, she saith not.
John Bates
her Ruth Bosworth mark
Edward G. Cram
I know to said Subscriber on the day and year first above written, and I certify that the Applicant is personally known

to me, to be the person within described.
Before me
John Bates Justice of the Peace
I Edward C. Craig of Bellingham, of lawful age, on oath testify and say, that I well know Ruth Bosworth the applicant who has signed the within declaration. She was the wife and is now the widow of Ichabod Bosworth decd. who as I have always understood and nearly believe was a soldier in the army of the Revolution. She the said Ruth was a pensioner under the law of 1838. as stated by her which fact I am knowing to from hearing at different times acted as her attorney in receiving her pension at the Agency in Boston.
Edward C. Craig
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County - 3 55
On this twenty ninth day of April 1842. Came Edward C. Craig, who is personally known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true.
Before me
John Bates - Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 6 th 1843.
I hereby Certify , That at the dates of the annexed attestations John Bates was, and is now a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
No. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss , Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Isaac Benven was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety-six Dollars per annum ; was a resident of the County of Suffolk , in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and died in Franklin, in said County of Suffolk in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty on the sixteenth day of November , that he left a Widow, whose name was Ruth D. Asworth .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester, this tenth day of January , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two .
Chas. G. Prentiss , Register.

Ad 1857
admitted
H. C. Hudson Westminster 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 twenty sixth day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Ruth Bosworth a resident of Grafton in the county of Worcester aforesaid aged ninety - - - 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 Ichabod Bosworth who was a resident of Bellingham and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1814, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of eighty dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day Ruth her mark Bosworth Before me, and year above written,
In presence of Daniel Lincoln Nahum W. Holbrook Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Nahum W. Holbrook Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Worcester COUNTY, }
I, Charles M. Warthorn Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nahum W. Holbrook is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this twenty sixth day of July 1848
Chas. M. Warthorn
CLERK.

9 BOARDMAN STREET WESTBOROUGH, MASS.
Dear Sir, Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me the record of the service of Ichabod Bosworth, or Bozworth, of Bellingham, Mass. who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Both he and his widow Ruth (Cole) Braley Bosworth drew pensions. Could you tell me where and when

they were married as this is the only information I lack to join the D. A. R.
Thanking you in advance, I am Very truly Yours
(Mrs.) Martha Bosworth Stetson.
March 10 th 1925