Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 34037, James Blake, Continental (Mass). Navy

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental (Mass).
Blake, James
S 34037
Navy
CONTENTS

10628
Massachusetts
James Blake
of _____ in the state of Mass who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane of the Massachusetts line, for the term of two years . 1818
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of May 1819 and sent to Hon John Davis Judge etc. Boston .
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 84.76 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819. 48
10.30341  $132.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Letts R Baldwin, Mass 25.1836
Notification sent to Abraham Dighton Esq. 22 Sep. 1832 Cambridge Mass. Copy of declaration sent to J. M. Davis, Boston, Mass.

No 464
James Blake
Service admitted In this case Adm. of reduced interest - Stacey required -

Charlestown - April 13 - 1818
This May - certify - that Solomon Tufts of Charlestown hired As-A-Substitute James Black of Charlestown to serve as a Soldier for me in the year 1781 1782 & 1783
Given under my hand this 13th day of April 1818 Then said Tufts and Isaac Nash made oath to the above certificate and they further state that the knave that said Blake was murdered and
T.S.

sent to the castle in Motte's harbor as when the newly enlisted soldiers were ordered preparatory to their being marched for the Army.
Mr Davis Dr Judge K. S. D.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
8. April 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, James Blake by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M Duer
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
M Duer
{ Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston July 18 A. D. 1818
James Blake
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that 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 testimony 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 persons 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. 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. D. D. [Signature]
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
James Blake

United States,
Massachusetts District,
James Blake, of resident citizen of the United States and Charlestown in the County of Suffolk and
District of Massachusetts, a resident citizen of the United States, and applicant for a pension from the United States, under 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," maketh oath, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, for upwards of two years in manner following. He enlisted in the winter of the year 1781 in the company commanded by Captain Readwell, in the Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Crane and served in said corps at West Point until the Autumn of the year 1783. When he was honably discharged, and is in such reduced circumstances, as to re- quire the aid of his country, — James Blake
Massachusetts District Boston 17. April A.D. 1868
Sworn to before me
M Davis Dist. Judge Mass. District

44 James Blake Charlestown
10,620
May 1819 Cont 22 fts 1820

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. 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, James Blake resident at
Charlestown
in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 10,678, 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, James Blake  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 seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .”
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .” J. L. Edwards, in the absence of J. Q. 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,
“Has no real estate of any kind, his personal estate consist of
  2 old Chests 1 50   4 old Chairs 1 00   1 old Table 0 50   1 new Table 1 00   1 small Trunk 1 00   1 old Looking Glass 0 50   $5 50 
In the Revolutionary war he enlisted in the year 1781 in Capt. Durdwell's company of Artillery Col. Cramer's Regt and Massachusetts line and served to the latter end of 1783 after which he enlisted and served on board the Protector Frigate

commanded by John Foster Williams as his age fifty three years lived in Charleston for four years his occu- pation a Sailor has had no real estate of any kind for the ten years his wife is fifty three years of age and is all the family he has and has no income but his pen- sion
James Blake
Sworn to & declared before Mrs Wetmore Judge re " "

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, James Blake 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.
James Blake
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed James Blake took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me,
Wm Wetmore 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
five dollars & fifty 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 20 th day of July 1820
Attr. Abraham Biglow

34037 Key INVALID
File No. 34,087
James Blake Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mar 14
Mr Blake 15 Mar 19
Mr Blake 29 Jan 19
Mr Blake
Mr Blake
Mr Blake
Schwartz Esq
Commiss'ry of Penang
Washington
[Signature]

Boston, Massachusetts March 9 th 1836.
Sir
Your communication, Mailed the 5 th Instant. Enclosing certified copies of the Discharges of Michael Eagles & Abel Benson, is received.
The widow of James Blake, deceased late a Pensioner of the United States, and resident at Charlestown, in this Commonwealth, has authorised me to solicit from the Pension Office a copy of the Original Declaration of said James, & the accompanying affidavits, which were forwarded to the War Dept. as proof in support of his claim to a Pension under the Act of the 14 th March 1814.
Said Widow Margret Blake alleges that said James Blake, her late Husband, Enlisted as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and served from April 1781, untill December of 1783 in Capt. Treawell's Company of the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel John Crane.
Mary Blasdell of Charlestown, Widow and relict of Henry Blasdell deceased has requested me to submit an enquiry, whether or not, any person has ever claimed the balance of Pension, due at the death of said Henry, which occurred at Providence in Rhode Island, in the year 1824, but drew his Pension at the Mass'ts Agency.
Please answer this communication and forward the same to me at this place.
Very Respectfully Sir & am Your Obedient Servant.
Reuben Baldwin
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm'r of Pensions Washington