Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,089, Benjamin Brown, Continental (Mass.)

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Continental (Mass.)
Brown, Benjamin
S. 34,089
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19.527.
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Massachusetts.
Benjamin Brown
of Suffolk County in the State of Massachusetts who was an Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain A. Turner of the regiment commanded by Colonel H. Jackson in the Mass'tts line, for the term of 19 months from May 14, 1778 to Dec 22 o 1779 (Name on Roll)
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of November 1825
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of November 1825, to John W. Davis Esq. Boston, Mass'tts
Arrears to 4th of Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1826 $71.91
  3 mo $60-     14/30 9-33     4/31 2-58     $71.91   
$71.91
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
March 1. 1823.

United States of America
Massachusetts District ss
On this thirteenth day of October 1825 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, Benjamin Brown, resident in Boston, in the County of Suffolk, in said State of Massachusetts, aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st May 1820; that he, the said Benjamin Brown enlisted for the term of three years on the third day of June A D 1777 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Turner in the regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the nineteenth day of March A D 1779 when he received a Commission as Ensign, and served as an Ensign in the same Regiment from the said nineteenth day of March A D 1779 till the twenty third day of December A D 1779 when he resigned his Commission, and was honorably discharged from the service in Morristown in the State of New Jersey; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present; that his name is not on the roll of any State, except Massachusetts; and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a Pension. That he was keeping a School and attending a Store in Lancaster in Pennsylvania, whereby he obtained a comfortable subsistence, until July A D 1824 when his constitution

being much broken, and thus disabled from doing business, he set out on his return to Boston his native place with a view of applying for a Pension; that on his way to Boston at Killington in Connecticut about the twenty fifth day of said July his thigh bone was broken in consequence of a fall from his horse; that he was detained thereby on the road until his resources were entirely exhausted; when on the eleventh day of February A D 1825 he was removed to the Town of Seekonk in the State of Massachusetts, where he was supported as a Pauper belonging to the City of Boston and at the charge of said City until the seventeenth day of September last, when he was removed to said Boston by the Directors of the House of Industry in said City, where he has remained ever since, and still remains, supported at the expence of said City of Boston: That he is unable to move except by the aid of crutches.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st of May 1820, 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 eighteenth 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. That since the 18th of March 1818, the following changes have been made in my property: viz on the 18th day of March 1818, by

attending on a Store in Lancaster in Pennsylvania. I was just able to support myself with my earnings which were fifteen Dollars per month and some small privileges, and this was my whole support till I left Lancaster as above stated in July 1824. Since breaking my thigh in July 1824. I have had no income or property whatever. Am now supported by the City of Boston, and expect so to be supported during my life, unless I should obtain a Pension. I lost my Commission many years since. I further swear that I am not able to attend personally in Court, by reason of bodily disability —
Benj m Brown
Sworn to and declared on the thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty five
Before me J m D r Davis Judge of Dist Court of United States Mas- sachusetts Dist t
— Schedule Annexed —
I have no property whatever, excepting my clothes which I have on. I have two children only, neither of whom live with me; they are both sons: One of them when I last heard from him was in Chatham in England: I do not know where the other is. My Wife is dead. I have no occupation, being unable to do any thing, by reason of my infirmities —
Benj m Brown
J m D r Davis Judge of the District Court of the United States holden at Boston within and for

the Massachusetts District, and in the County of Suffolk, where the Declarant resides. Do hereby certify, that the above named Benjamin Brown, is from a disease called a broken thigh bone, and general bodily disability, with which I am credibly informed, and believe, he has been afflicted, for the space of one year and upwards, unable to attend the Court of which I am Judge and I do not think, from present appearances, that he will be able to attend the Court above named at its next session. I have therefore in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1 st March 1823 attended at his place of abode, and administered the foregoing oath.
John Davis Judge of the U. States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
I John Watson Davis, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the Massachusetts District, certify that John Davis, before whom the above Affidavit of Benjamin Brown, who is now sick and confined to his house, was made, is Judge as aforesaid. I also certify, that the said schedule and oath have been admitted to the record of said Court, and that the same are truly copied therefrom. 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 no dollars and no cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventeenth day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
William Davis Clerk of the United States District Court, for the Massachusetts District

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ 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.
8,324,087
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 3, 1777 to Mar 19, 1779 Sgt John Trumbull Henry Jackson Mass   Mar 12, 1779 to Dec 23, 1779 Private " "  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Oct 19, 1835. Then at home Oct 18, 1838
Residence at date of application, Boston Mass In the "House of Industry"
Age at date of application, 67 yrs. born in Boston Mass. Died Mar 3, 1833
Remarks: In 1835 his wife was dead and he had two sons, the whereabouts of one was unknown and the other when last heard from was in Chatham England. The names of wife and sons are not stated & there is no further data as to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

PRESIDENT, THOMAS ALLEN JENCKES, 32 WESTMINSTER STREET.
VICE-PRESIDENT, HENRY CLINTON DEXTER, CENTRAL FALLS, R. I.
SECRETARY, CHRISTOPHER RHODES.
RHODE ISLAND
See below *
3-571
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by AD. Apr. 19, 1913-
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Benjamin Brown
Service Who served as Secretary to Maj. Gen. Sullivan and Additional Service Mar. 9, 1779.
Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191
No claim, combination records _____, 191
REMARKS:
No claim as above & Mr. Christopher Rhodes *do info on Apr. 19, 1913 with return of copy of discharge of Lt. Col. of Col- man which had no bearing on any 6-194 Benj. Brown claim Chief Division

PRESIDENT, THOMAS ALLEN JENCKES, 32 WESTMINSTER STREET.
VICE-PRESIDENT, HENRY CLINTON DEXTER, CENTRAL FALLS, R. I.
SECRETARY, CHRISTOPHER RHODES, 290 BENEFIT STREET.
TREASURER, ARTHUR PRESTON SUMNER, 639 GROSVENOR BUILDING.
RHODE ISLAND
REV. CHARLES FREMONT ROPER, RIVER POINT, R. I.
POET, JOHN PRESCOTT FARNWORTH, 42 TOBEY STREET
PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 9 1913.
Dear Sir -
Will you please send me a Certificate of the service of Benjamin Brown, a Revolutionary Soldier, who was a pensioner. Was on Pension Roll. 60th 1818. Died Mar. 5, 1833.
I would like to know if he was ever Secretary to Genl. Sullivan.
I enclose a copy of discharge paper of Lt. Col. Dudley Coolman. 13th Mass., in the War of the Revolution, and I wish to identify the signature on the discharge paper, which looks like the name of Benjamin Brown.
Very Respectfully
Christopher Rhodes Secretary
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.

34089 Rev INVALID.
1913. Apr. 19. Hist. to Christopher Rhodes aw
File No. 340894089
Benjamin Brown Ensign Rev Ins
Act: March 18 th May 1 st 20 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 55
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Robert Williams of Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, aged seventy two years and upwards, Depose and say, that I served in the War of the Revolution, on the Continental Establishment from the early part of the year 1777 till the close of the War, when I was honorably discharged; that I served during said period, partly as Ensign or Lieutenant in the Regiment, commanded by Colonel Wm R. Lee, and partly as Lieutenant and Paymaster in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson — I further Depose and say, that I well recollect, that there was a person named Benjamin Brown, who served as a Private in said Jackson's Regiment, at the time when I was attached to said Regiment — that in October last past, I went to the House of Industry in this City at the request of one of the overseers, and there saw a Man who is called Benjamin Brown, and who has made his Declaration before the District Judge in order to obtain a Pension; that I had much conversation with said Brown, and from his statements and narrations of events which took place at the period referred to, in the

Revolutionary War, I am well satisfied that he is the Benjamin Brown who served in said Jacksoms Regiment - I also recollect that the Benjamin Brown who served in said Regiment had a remarkably strong voice, and I think, that upon hearing the person who now applies for a Pension speak, I can recognize that voice -
Robt Williams
United States of America, Massachusetts District ss. At Boston on the fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, personally appeared the said Robert Williams, a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Affi- davit. Before me W. D. A. A. A. Judge of the United States District Court for the Massachusetts District.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Department, Oct. 7th. 1825.
By this I certify, that it appears by public official documents remaining in this Department, that Benjamin Brown was in Turner's Company, Henry Jackson's Reg- iment (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the continental es- tablishment) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, as a Sergeant from 3 d June 1777 to 19 th March 1779, when he was promoted to be an Ensign & served as an Ensign in the same Reg- iment, served thereon from Mar. 19. 1779 to 25 th Dec r 1779, when he resigned
Edward D Bangs Secy of the Com th . of Mass.

Hon. James Barbour Secretary of War
District Clerk's Office Boston
21. November 1825
Sir
I have the honor to enclose the Aff. idavit of Benjamin Brown, made before the Judge of the District Court for Massetts District, in order to be placed upon the Pension List, together with the Cer- tificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts as to the services of said Brown in the Rev- olutionary War, the Deposition of Robert Williams, and a letter from the overseers of the Poor for the Town of Seekonk to one of the Directors of the House of Industry in Boston, showing the miserable condition of the applicant.
Very respectfully
I am Sir
Your Obedt Servt.
William Davis Clerk of the Mass. Dist. Court.

Sister Whitmore's letter about Benjamin Brown Recd Sept 6 th 1825
Seacomb
Garrison, R.I. Sept. 5 th
10
Mr Daniel Hastings —
Chairman of the Committee of directors for the House of Industry. Preston (R.I.),
direct to Patuxet Post office
draft on the overseers for fifty Dollars can be paid on Mr Dazgetts order the money being appropri- ated by the overseers for that purpose

Lebanon 22 d August 1825
Mr Daniel Hastings
Sir In reply to yr. of the 8 th re d on the 20 th inst we would state that Benj Brown's health & situation is so much better as that he may be removed to Boston, yet on account of his broken leg & other infirmities he will require particular care & it is not very probable that he would be able to accomplish the journey in less than two days, we might hire a horse & carriage for his conveyance for about seven dollars then there would be the expences on the road for some person to go wome person to go if that you should wish us to send him you will give us the information we should suppose that the overseers of the poor of yr City had given you all the information respecting Brown's situation when he became chargeable to Lebanon as they have rec d several letters from the Overseers of the poor & have also been made acquainted with his case personally by Mr Daggett one of them lest you might not however know his situation (which is absolutely necessary in order to decide on the claim) I would state generally that a more pitiable object could scarcely be concieved of he was completely covered with lice his legs hands & feet were badly frozen he was besides sick & nearly naked his clothes were never made up after he was cleared & before the expence of cleaning him Nursing & for boarding him from 11 th February to 19 th August there is due the Town of Lebanon - $ 67.50 for clothing furnished him trouble to the overseers of the poor $ 22.50 90  the which sum of Ninety dollars with whatever other expence we may incur for his support &c you are requested to forward previous to his removal as he has been suffered to remain here about 7 months since notice yr immediate attention is requested to the settlement of the charges hereby exhibited as also to the removal of P r Brown we shall continue to charge his expenses to yr City untill his removal with respect I am Sir Yrs &c
Seth Whitmarsh one of the overseers of the poor for the town of Lebanon before the other overseers