Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,765, Thomas Brown, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
Continental Mass.
Brown, Thomas Esther
NUMBER
W. 20,765
CONTENTS
born at Billerica, Middlesex Co. Mass. there at enlarge in 1820. then 65 yrs old. but resided in Schoharie Co. N.Y. in 1818 d. Mar. 15, 1830 -

181263 R
Massachusetts Thomas Brown
of Dillerica in the State of Mass ts who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel S. D. Legerant of the Mass. line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 31. of May 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of Sept 1821 and sent to Abraham Priglow Cambridge, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1821  313.31
Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1822  48.
  39 mo 1 / 8  31  4 / 30  $361.34    31 2 25     1 6     313.31     { Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
may 1, 1820

Albany 956
Esther Brown of Thomas Brown Mass
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. March 1818 and who died on the 18. March 1830 of Oswego Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Sergeant in the Mass. line for 20 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 2/3 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Nov. 1838 and sent to Hon. A. P. Grant, Oswego N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '38 166.66 2/3 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. March '39. 33.33 2/3
$200.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 Page 67

Nov 13. p 118 - Capt Stickney not on Lexington " 16 p 21 - " " " " for some reason
Thomas Brown Mass. line Col Paul D Serjeant Regt 1776-1781
Services proven by his credible testimony  his credible testimony Thomas Brown in 1775 - what evidence is there of his services at that time -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency JOHN BROOKS , Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
J. Brooks.
Know ye, That David Witter Esq r
was on the twelfth of December last, and still is, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester.
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 caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this sixteenth day of January A. D. 1821, and in the forty fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Timothy Whiting of Lancaster in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esq r testify and say, that Thomas Brown, a Native of Billerica in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid, who had a peculiar impediment in his speech - enlisted as a private soldier in Capt. Jonathan Stickney's Company and Col. Bridges Regiment in the latter part of the month of April A.D. 1775 soon after the Lexington Battle (so called) for the term of eight months - and shortly after joined said Company at Cambridge and faithfully performed his duty as a Soldier therein during said term.
I further testify that the said Thomas Brown, again enlisted as a private soldier, in Capt. Wiley's Company, Col. Paul Dudley Sergeant's Regiment, on the first day of January A.D. 1776 for the term of one year, called the year service, in the War of the Revolution, and thereupon joined said Company and Regt. at Cambridge and were stationary at & near Boston until some time in the month of July the same year when the Regt. was ordered to New York and Stationed at a place, called Horns hook, near Hurl gate. Untill the Enemy were in possession of the City of New-York - When the said Regiment were ordered into the State of New Jersey where they endured the Winter Campaign of 76 (so called) Being myself an Orderly Sergeant in said Capt. Wiley's Company, and Witnessing the said Thomas Brown's enlistment for the said years service, and constantly with said Company & Regiment during said term - Near the close of which, was the battle of Trenton, in which said Thomas Brown was personally engaged, and conducted himself therein, with that fortitude and perseverance which the occasion required - and such was his fidelity & constancy during said service - he never incurred a censure from his superiors - and further say Not.
Timothy Whiting
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss
Lancaster Ms. December 12 th 1820. Then personally appeared the above named Timothy Whiting, who is a Creditable Witness, and made solemn Oath, that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is just and true.
Before me. David Wilder Jr. Br.

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Thomas Brown.
FORM NO. 10-1

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Cambridge  Concord , within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of December — A. D. 1820
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, Thomas Brown — resident in
Billerica — in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 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,  late “ in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the “ Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of “ dollars per month, to commence on the  day of “ one thousand eight hundred and
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this “ day of  one thousand eight hundred and
“J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
late of Brown in the county of Schoharie, New York, 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 — None.
Personal Estate
  1 looking glass 1.00 2 old tables .50 5 old chairs 1.25 $2.75   1 old chest .16 1 case of drawers .50 warming pan .50 2.16   doz pewter plates 1.50   brockery ware .87 tin ware .85 1 lantern .25 2.02   shovel and tongs .25   2 old irons .33 old brass and iron .70 4 old kettles 1.20 2.48   spider .25   Large wheel .25 1 bushel potatoes .30 1 barrel 1.90   cider 1.35   knives and forks .25 2 junk bottles .12 2 1/2 bush- 1.02   els corn 1.25   1 bushel of meal .58 4 old bags .87 1 old waggon 8.00 9.25   1 cow 14.00 1 do. 12.00 fodder husks &c. 1.20 27.20   ox yoke .34 axe .50 steelyards .50 1.59   part of a wheel .25   1 Bible & 1 hymn book 1.50 1.50   $52.97 
Thomas Brown.

And the said Thomas Brown does on oath declare that he is sixty five years of age that he served in the Revolutionary War as a Private as follows to wit eight months in the year 1775 in capt. John Stickney's company, Col. Bridge's regiment Massachussetts line one year 1776 in capt. Wiley's company in Col. Sargeant's Regiment and afterwards eight months at one time and six months at another time and was stationed at West Point - that he was at the taking of the Hessians at Trenton - that he is a husbandman by occupation but now wholly unable to support himself by labour by reason of a rheumatism, lameness and the common infirmities of age - that he has no family except his wife Esther aged 50 years of a very feeble constitution and unable to perform much labour - And the said Thomas Brown does on oath further declare that in the month of May A.D. 1818 he made application to the Hon John Reynolds a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Schoharie and state of New York (in which county he then resided) to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of March 18, 1818 agreeable to the certificate of the said John Reynolds herewith transmitted
Thomas Brown.
Middlesex ss. C.C.C. Pleas Dec. Term 1820.
Sworn before me.
Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court. }

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Thomas Brown 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.
Thomas Brown
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. Dec.
Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Thomas Brown took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot 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
fifty two dollars and sixty seven cents
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 23 d day of Jan y 1821
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

Declaration of Rether Brown Widow of Thomas Brown An applicant for A. Pension
1775 Vol 16. page 21. 8 Mo 1776 ————— 12 " 20 months
Admitted Paid into 20 months
Hon A. P. Grant Osage New York

State of New York } Osceola County ss: }
On this 20 th day of October 1838 personally appeared before me Esther Brown a resident of the town of ... in the County of Osceola aforesaid aged seventy years, who first being 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 July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" - That she is the widow of Thomas Brown who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and as appears by a Certificate in the hands of this deponent, executed under the seal of the War Department by the Honorable E Calhoun as Secretary of War and dated the seventh day of September eighteen hundred and twenty one, the said Thomas Brown deceased was a Pensioner at the time of his decease and his name was inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per Month to commence on the 31 st day of May 1828.
She further declares she was married to the said Thomas Brown on the 9 th day of April in the year nineteen hundred & thirty - That her husband the aforesaid Thomas Brown died on the 18 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
- That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service - But the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & thirty four - viz, at the time above stated -
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above Written Before Me -
James Freeman Judge Osceola County Court

I hereby certify that the said Esther Brown did not write her name to the foregoing deposition but made her mark for the reason that she does not know how to write her name as I was informed by her on my arrival
Samuel Freeman Judge Oswego County Courts
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Esther Brown, the Applicant for a Pension who, on made an oath before me the foregoing deposition - that she is in feeble and impaired health and entirely unable in the opinion of the undersigned, from bodily infirmity to attend in person any of the Courts of Records held in & for Oswego County, her residence being about twenty miles distant from the Court House nearest to her residence and that the foregoing deposition was taken before me in consequence of the inability of said Esther Brown to attend in person in Open Court before any Courts held in said County. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand this 25 th day of October A. D. 1838.
Samuel Freeman Judge Oswego County Courts

I Lucy Whiting of Westford, in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, widow, aged seventy four years, do depose and say, that I was present at the marriage of Thomas Brown and Esther Hildreth, who was my sister, in the month of April, as I now recollect 1790. I do not recollect the day of the month they were married: They were married at my mothers house in Westford aforesaid, by the Rev Edmond Foster of Littleton, there being no settled minister in Westford.
Witness John W. P. Abbot.
Lucy her + Whiting mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss Westford September 3 d 1838
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber the abovenamed Lucy Whiting and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed; and I furthermore certify that the said Lucy Whiting's character for truth and veracity is good and unimpeachable.
John W. P. Abbot. Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Middlesex ss. I Elias Hemenway Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the County of Middlesex, do certify that John W. P. Abbot Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within aforesaid County of Middlesex and that his name subscribed to the within certificate is his genuine signature —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the fifth day of September 1838.
E. Hemenway

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
cum
File No. 20765
Esther Brown Wid of Thomas Brown prior Rev War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. 84 , Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Osceola Nov 3. 1838
Hon Jas L Edwards
Sir.
Enclosed I return you the papers in the matter of Esther Brown an applicant for a Pension--
Please let me hear from you as to the determination of your Department thereon
Respectfully Yours
A. P. Grant

N.Y.
Esther Baron adm. 38. passing
No 956

Osceola Oct 10 th 38.
Hon Jas L. Edwards Sir.
I am requested to send you the enclosed papers asking for a pension to the widow of Thomas Brown deceased -
The said Esther Brown now resides in this County and enclosed is proof of her marriage. No record I understand was made at the time.
Have you within a few days recd some papers in behalf of an application for a Pension for the widow of Leide Gains - If so please state who sent them -
Respectfully Your Apt Servt
A. P. Grant

State of New York Oswego County ss:
I Daniel B Marsh Clerk of the County of Oswego and of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby Certify that Samuel Freeman, whose Name is affixed to the Annexed declaration of Esther Brown, was, at the time the same purports to have been taken, a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Oswego and of the Oswego County Courts and still continues to be such Judge, duly com- missioned and sworn to act as such Judge. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Samuel Freeman and that his signature attached to the said Annexed declaration of the said Esther Brown and the two other Certificates on said Annexed papers subscribed with the name of said Samuel Freeman are the genuine signatures of said Samuel Freeman.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my Name and affixed the Seal of said Court & County at Oswego this thirty first day of October in the year of Our Lord one Thousand eight Hundred & thirty eight.

Thomas Brown.
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by The Pres: U: S: B: Bank in Boston, Mass:ts No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
Registered, by J. H. Henshaw Clerk, in book B, volume 2 page 62

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Laws of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, & May 1 st 1820,
Thomas Brown late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Eleventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

testicate is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Pitt. On testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this Eighteenth day of April 1821.
John Dargan Clerk.
testificate
The official character & signature of the Magistrate should be attested by clerk's certif- icate & seal of Court.
27. March 1821

I John Reynolds late a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Schoharie State New York do certify that Thomas Brown appeared before me some time in the month of May in the year 1828 one thousand eight hundred & eighteen and made a declaration in order to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress passed the 18 th of March 1818. and exhibited to me all the Proof of his services stated in the said declaration, that was in his power as said, which proof according to my recollection was a discharge written discharge from a short term of service, and which declaration together with the said proof I enclosed and directed to the Hon Secretary of War at Washington, and that I have not rec'd any returns or heard anything about the said declaration since.
Bneome June 28 th 1820
John Reynolds. late Judge
State New York Schoharie County ss. Be it remembered that on the 28 th day of June 1820 before me came John Reynolds the above signed, a person to me known and made oath to the truth of the above signed by him
Burkhard Gillet Justice of the Court
Office note; Ad. Oct. 18, 1918
No declaration executed in 1818 from Schoharie Co. N.Y. found in any claim of any Thomas Brown & no record of such a claim on written rejected list.

State of New York } Schoharie County Clerks office } I John D. Larrayen Clerk of the Court of Common pleas, in & for the County of Schoharie Do Certify that Buckland Gillet whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of of the taking of within affidavit, was on the day of the date of the taking said affidavit, a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Schoharie, commissioned, sworn and duly authorised by law to act as such. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Buck- land Gillet, and verily believe that the signature of the said Buckland Gillet, subscribed to the said Cer- tificate is the proper hand writing of the said Buckland Gillet. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this Eighteenth day of April 1821.
John D. Larrayen Clerk.

I Joseph Ruggles of Billerica in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do on Oath Testify and say that I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt. Wileys Company and Col. Paul Dudley Sergeant's Regiment some time in the month of November or December 1775 for the term of one year to commence the first day of January 1776 under the Continental Establishment in the War of the Revolution and served therein as such during said term. — And I further testify that Thomas Brown of the same Billerica, who had a singular impediment in his Speech — with whom I was intimately acquainted. — Also enlisted into the said Capt. Wileys Company & Sergeant's Regiment about the same time for the same term of one year — called the year service and served therein as such, during the whole of the year 1776 — and further say to
his Joseph x Ruggles mark
Middlesex ss. Billerica Jan y 2. 1824 When personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace for said County the above named Joseph Ruggles, who is a credible Witness, and made solemn Oath, that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is just & true
Francis Follen Justice of the Peace
Middlesex ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Judicial Court in the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify that Francis Follen is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, & his name set to the above Certificate is his own proper Signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas this eighteenth day of January 1824.
Abraham Biglow