Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,004, Daniel Bemis, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Bemis, Daniel
S. 34,004
CONTENTS

6626 4 Massachusetts
Duplicate Certificate given Dec 10. 1822 sent to D. T. Fuller Esq Dear Sir
Daniel Barris
of Weston — in the state of Mass ts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Barris — of the Mass ts line, for the term of 1 year —
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Feb y 1819 and sent to John Daves Esq Boston
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 mo 24 / 30 = 38.40 Semi-annual P ce ending 4 mo 1819 — 48.
86.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Danl Bernis.
No 305 Daniel Bernis (Private) Bonds Regt - Mass. Line
Jan 7 1876 enlisted for, a service of
1 Year.
Declaration dated 30 th  March 11 th April 1878
Adm l
Wanted, the Certificate of the Judge, that Applicant, in his belief, is in reduced circumstances in life.

I Daniel Prentiss of Weston in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and declare, that I am now in the sixty first year of my age, that I am a citizen of the United, resident within the same, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance for my support; and that previous to this period I have never received or been entitled to any pension from the United States of America; that during the war of the Revolution I served in the American Army in the manner and form herein after stated; to wit; in the spring of the year 1775 I enlisted under Lieutenant John George, into a Company commanded by Capt. Nathan Fuller, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Gardner (who was killed at Bunker Hill); that I marched to Cambridge, & that I served at that time for the term of eight months; that in the January following, to wit in 1776, I again enlisted in the Continental service into a Company commanded by Capt. Nathan Hatch of Malden, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Bond; that I marched to Cambridge, from there went to New York & from thence to Albany from Geneva to Canada under the command of General Thompson, that I served as a soldier at this time for the term of one year; - that in August 1777 I again enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Capt. Merrill of Concord, that I marched to & was at the Battle of Freeman's Heights; that at this time I served about three months; soon after I again enlisted into the service under the commander I do not recollect; I went to Cambridge as a guard & served at this time about three months; - In 1778, in the spring, I enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Bachman of Framingham I went to Princeton & at this time served about three months; -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Thirtieth day of March A.D. 1818. -
Daniel Prentiss
Massachusetts District Boston W. April 1818
Sworn to before me J. D. Davis Dist. Judge & Bandit.

We the subscribers Electmen of the town of Weston hereby certify that Daniel Merrill who has signed the 'petition' declaration is an inhabitant of said town & by reason of his reduced circumstances is in need of assistance; - we further certify that he sustains a good reputation as to veracity.
Weston April 4 th 1810.
William Linn } Electmen William Major } Jed. Mayhew } Weston Jonas Cushman }

Mass. Dist. 1. April 1818.
Isaac Tike of Wethers in the District of Massachusetts Esquire, is appointed Commis- sioner to take any evidence to substantiate the claim of Daniel Dennis, who has signed the within Declaration
W. P. Gist Davis Elk. Mass. Dist.
I Nathan Smith of Weston in the county of Middlesex gentleman, now in my seventy seventh year of my age, do testify and declare that in the forepart of the year 1776 I was a Lieutenant in the Continental Service, in a company commanded by Col. Nathan Fuller, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Bond of Watertown, that Daniel Dennis who has signed the foregoing declaration was a private soldier in a company commanded by Col. Hatch, which company belonged to the aforesaid Regiment; that the said Dennis served in said company for the term of time mentioned in his said declaration & marched in the regiment with myself to New York, to Albany and from thence to Canada; after we arrived to New York we were under the command of Genl. Thompson and after wards under the command of Genl. Gates; that said Dennis served one year in the Continental Service at this time.
Nathan Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. April 4 th 1818. Personally appeared the above named Nathan Smith and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me. Isaac Tike, Justice of - the Peace

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 10 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Daniel Bemis 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 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.
M. Davis { Judge of the District Court U. S.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
30 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Daniel Bemis by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M. Davis { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

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Daniel Bernis
6626
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Feb 19
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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. 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, Daniel Berris resident in Weston in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 2020 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, Daniel Berris 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 11 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen “Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifth day of February , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen L. S.
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, one chest of drawers of the value of $1.00
   2 tables 1. 1 trunk .75 coffee mill .20 1. 25   8 old chairs 1.50 old pewter .25 1. 75   brockery ware 1. tin ware .25 1 looking glass .25 1. 50   enitchen ware .50 iron pot & 2 small kettles .80 1. 10   1 tea kettle .50 2 pails .15 . 65   2 old barrels .25 wash tub .10 . 35   2 old chests .25 knives & forks .25 . 50   2 pigs 2. 1 crane and frying pan 1.50 3. 50   toasting iron and grid iron .75 . 75   ding fork and shovel 1. 2 hoes .20 1. 20   bill hook and hatchet .50 iron bar .25 . 75   shave and hammer .20 . 20  
$15.21
Daniel Berris.
“And the said Daniel Berris being duly sworn doth on his oath declare that he served in the

war of the Revolution as follows to wit he enlisted in April 1775 in a company commanded by Nathan Sutter of Newton in a Regiment commanded by Col. Gardner and served eight months was at the battle of Bunker hill - immediately after the expiration of said service to wit the last of December 1775 or first of January 1776 he again enlisted into a company commanded by Nathan  Nathan Hatch of Malden in a Regiment commanded by Col. Board of Watertown in the continental service and served at this enlistment one year - in the month of August 1777 he again enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Linscott of Concord and served at this enlistment three months and a half was at the battle of Bemis heights on the 27 th of October 1777 - in the month of April 1778 he again enlisted into company commanded by Lawson Buckminster and at this enlistment served one month and a half. He is now sixty two years of age; - has a wife and two children only under his care. Daniel Bennis.
Declared & sworn to, before
Saml Dana Judge."

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
11 I, Daniel Bemis 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. Daniel Bemis
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Daniel Bemis took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Samuel Dana, 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
fifteen dollars & twenty one 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 20th day of July 1820 .
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 8, 1920
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Berric a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 34004
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     April 1775 1 mo. Col. Nathan Gille Lydon Mass.   1 mo. 1 yr. Nathan Gille Post   1 mo. 3 mo. Wirt ✓   ✓ 3 mo. ✓ ✓   Spring 1778 6 wks. Sergeant Quartermaster ✓  
Battles engaged in, Pennington, Bristol R.R. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated Date of application for pension, Feb. 11/1882 Residence at date of application, Milton, Middlesex Co. Mass. Age at date of application, 68 years
Remarks: In 1820 he married his wife and had children. Name of age not stated. No further family details.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

34 004 Rev INVALID.
1920, Act- 8 Hist to Mrs. C. J. Akeley-
File No. 34 004
Daniel Bemis
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 33
[Arrangement of 1870.]

David Hume -

To the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of The War Department.
Respectfully represents Washington Pierce of Weston in the county of Middlesex, and Commonwealth That on the fourteenth day of February A.D. 1822 he was duly appointed, agreeably to the Laws of the said Commonwealth, guardian of Daniel Bemis of the same Weston, a spendthrift. - That the said Daniel Bemis, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18 th March, 1818, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars per month; - And the said Pierce further states, that the certificate of said said Pension has never come to his possession, but that the same is withheld withheld or lost. That there he has duly filed the evidence of his appointment as guardian to the said Bemis at the Pension office in Boston; that there is now due thereon two semi-annual payments amounting in the whole to the sum of sixty four dollars; - That he the said Pierce cannot obtain the same without a new certificate; & that the said Bemis & family are in a destitute condition & stand in need of the same for their support; - Wherefore he prays that your Honor would grant a new certificate of said Pension, & as in duty bound will ever pray.
Washington Pierce
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex, ss. Dec. 21 st 1822. Personally appeared Washington Pierce & made oath that foregoing representation by him submitted was true, before me Israel Fiske, Justice of the Peace.
Washington Pierce. Dec. 21 st 1822. I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original now on file in the Pension Office, Boston, Mass.

I Daniel Bemis the Pensioner within named hereby confirm the truth of the foregoing Statement. I hereby request that a new certificate may be issued to enable the said Pierre, my guardian to obtain my pension.
Novr 21 1822
Daniel Bemis

TO all People, to whom these presents shall come,
Samuel P. Fay, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. in the county of Middlesex, within the commonwealth of Massachusetts,
SENDETH GREETING.
W HEREAS it hath been made to appear to me, by the complaint of the Selectmen of the town of Weston, made to me as the Law directs, & subsequent proceedings thereon, that Daniel Memis of Weston, husband, is a Spendthrift.
Therefore, know ye, That I, the said Judge, trusting in the care and fidelity of Washington Pierce of Weston in said county, landholder have, and by these presents do, (pursuant to the power and authority to me granted in and by an act or law of the said commonwealth, entitled "An act empowering the Judges of Pro- bate to appoint guardians to minors and others,") assign and appoint the said Washington Pierce to be guardian of the said Daniel Memis hereby directing and empowering him in said capacity, to take care, as well of the person as estate, both real and personal, of the said Daniel Memis and to make a just and true inventory of the said estate, to be exhibited into the Regis- ter's office of Probate for the county aforesaid. And the said guardian shall improve, fru- gally, and without waste and destruction, the estate aforementioned, and apply the annual profits and incomes thereof for the comfortable maintenance and support of the said (Daniel Memis and also of his household or family (if any such he have) And the said guardian is hereby empowered to settle ac- counts, receive, and (if need be) sue for, and recover, all such just debts as are due to the said (Daniel Memis from any person or persons whomsoever; and to manage, improve, divide, or take care of his real estate, in as full and ample a manner as he would or might do, were he a sober & discreet man & not under Guardianship
And the said guardian shall also pay all such just debts as are owing from the said (Daniel Memis
out of his personal estate; or in case that be not sufficient, then out of his real estate, (being first duly empowered to make sale thereof, or of such part thereof as shall be sufficient for that end,) and he shall render a plain and true account of guardianship, when and so often as he shall be thereunto lawfully required.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
Samuel P. Fay, J. Prob.
A true copy of record. Attest Isaac Fiske, Regr. of the Court of Probate
Middlesex ss. I ORDER the above named Guardian to give public notice of his appointment to and acceptance of that trust, by posting notifications thereof in some public places in said Weston and inserting the same three weeks successively in the newspaper, printed at Boston, by Benjamin Nuffell within three months, and make return thereof to this office, on oath, within seven months from this date. Given under my hand in open Probate Court, this fourteenth day of February , A. D. 1822 Samuel P. Fay, J. Prob.
Countersigned
Isaac Fiske
Regr.
A true copy of record. Attest Isaac Fiske Regr. of the Court of Probate

Rev Sec
Rev - Rec
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
I desire information in regard to Daniel Bemis , said to have been a Revolutionary Soldier . probably born at Weston, Mass. March 5, 1758 He died at Weston, Mass Jan. 4, 1832 age 74 years. Have you proofs that he received a Pension.
Thanking you for your reply,
Yours truly,
Mrs. C. T.) N. M. P. Akeley.
224 Canal St.
Brattleboro, Vt.
Sept. 1, 1920.