Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14393, Elias Bryant, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Bryant, Elias Mary
NUMBER
N 14393
CONTENTS

Letter to Hon. W. Parmachooz 10 th April 1844 Hon. M. W. Tappan Feb'y 13, 1857
Massachusetts, 3924-
Mary Bryant
widow of Elias Bryant
who was a private
in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 22
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of Decr. 1843 and sent to
Thos. Bulfinch
Boston
Mass'ts.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 - Page 37-

78 M c Intosh
10.890. Massachusetts Elias Bryant of Stoneham in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col Reed in the expedition time for 14 (M c Intosh) Days
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 1/8 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May 1833 and first Payment Priscilla Reading Mass Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $96.42 Semest. allowance ending 4 Sep r 24.10 $120.52
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H M c Blain Clerk, Book 2. Vol. 2. Page 5.

791 Mary Bryant widow of Elias
Mass. at July 38
5 years.
Marryed in 1782 Died in 1834
adnd (hi $30 22 cents 9 mo 20 d)
No deduction
Isaac Fiske Cambridge Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss
Chelsea August 18 th 1838
I Ralph Beatley the subscriber do hereby certify that it appears by the Registry of Marriages in the records of the town of Chelsea in said county of Suffolk that there is contained the following entry of Marriage viz. Seventeen hundred eighty two March fourteenth Elias Bryant to Mary Boardman
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows
1782 March 14 th
Elias Bryant to Mary Boardman
I Ralph Beatley above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Chelsea with the exceptions above named as certified by me
Ralph Beatley Clerk of said Town of Chelsea
Middlesex ss. August 18 th 1838 Then the above named Ralph Beatley personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing by him described before me
Arthur H. Austin Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss
Chelsea August 18 th 1838
I Ralph Bealley the subscriber do hereby certify that it appears by the Registry of Marriages in the records of the town of Chelsea in said county of Suffolk that there is contained the following entry of Marriage viz. Seventeen hundred eighty two March fourteenth Elias Bryant to Mary Boardman
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows
1782 March 14 th
Elias Bryant to Mary Boardman
I Ralph Bealley above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Chelsea with the exceptions above named as certified by me
Ralph Bealley Clerk of said Town of Chelsea
Middlesex ss. August 18 th 1838 Then the above named Ralph Bealley personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing by him described before me
Arthur H. Austin Justice of the Peace

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS : COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ss.
On this fifth day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE SAMUEL P. P. FAY, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Elihu Bryant , a resident of Stoneham , in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: see
That in the last of June or first of July A D 1778 he enlisted in Stoneham as a private soldier in the see  Company commanded by Capt James Bonoft  for five months in Col. Reed's Regiment and went from Stoneham for  Providence and Walpole  for five months  New Hampshire and Ludlow and Rutland , in Vermont , and then to Shenoborough at the head of Lake Champlain  4 1/2 months  New by water to Concord where he served his time near out and was then marched with his company to Albany and there regularly discharged when his time of service for which he enlisted was out.
see also  see also He further declares, that in June or July A D 1778 he enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt Edgell  if he recalled correctly in Col. Ward's Regiment  for the term of six months and went to Providence in Rhode Island , and then and other places served his time of service out and was dismissed.
see also also he says that he was called out on an alarm under Capt Samuel Thragone in Col. Gerrish Regiment in the year 1778 from ten to twenty days at Cambridge , and was then dismissed. for this service of 13 days He also says that he for 3 months served at Cambridge in the spring of the year 1776 for the term of three months in Fort moore but he has forgot the captain's name, nor can he find any person living who can testify to his services, at that time no evidence but he well remembers his services there on guard and fatigue fatigue during said term, and that he was dismissed. He says he was born in said Stoneham on the twelfth day of July A D 1756. and is 76 years of age His birth is recorded in

the Records of the town of Stoneham and a certified copy thereof is hereto annexed, that he lived in Stoneham when called into service, and has always lived there since the Revolutionary war and now lives there, and was called into service as above stated, and the names of some of his officers who were with the troops with whom he served and such continental and militia Regiments as he now recollects and the general circumstances of his services, one as above stated, that he has no recollection of ever receiving any written discharge, that Peter Hag, Daniel Stevens, James Hill all of said Stoneham can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services, as a soldier of the Revolution, He further says that the Rev. Reuben Emerson of South Reading is the nearest neighboring clergyman with whom he is well acquainted who will below certify to his belief of his age and his reputed services as well as his his belief that he served as he has declared, He says that the clergyman in Stoneham has been settled there but a few weeks and could not testify for him, and that the Hon. John Hart of South Reading, with whom he was well acquainted being at Cambridge he has procured him to certify for him also as below.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Ezra Bryant
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. P. Fay
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Reuben Emerson a clergyman, residing in South Reading, aforesaid, and John Hart Esquire, a magistrate, residing in South Reading aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elias Bryant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
John Hart
Reuben Emerson.
Subscribed and sworn to before
J. P. Fay W. B.

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Reuben Emerson who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in South Reading and that the said John Hart who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at South Reading and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. Fay  M. Hobbs
I, ISAAC FISKE, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elias Bryant for a pension.
I also certify that Jeremiah Prescott whose own proper signature is set to the affidavits on the deposition of Jonathan Wakefield & Aaron Parker hereto annexed, is a justice of the Peace within said county of Middlesex.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifteenth day of September A. D. 1832.
Isaac Fiske

21316 Elias Bryant of Massachusetts
Private 14 mo 14 days Adm d
$1821.-
Joshua Prescott Reading Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer Bryant  of  Stoneham  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 76 5 private Capt Bancroft Col Reed   78 64 1 " " Edgell " Wade   75 13 " " Sprague " Gerrish   76 3 " In fort no 2 officers names not re collected   14 mo 14 d  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stoneham  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by two living witnesses and E. D. Bangs certificate  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? lost 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. Clapp Examining Clerk.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, } ss County of Middlesex }
On this twentyfirst day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
Bryant personally appeared before the Judge of the Probate Court Mary a resident of Stoneham in the county of Middlesex aged seventy eight 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 July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Elias Bryant of said Stoneham who was a* private in the army of the Revolution, & according to the best of her knowledge & belief, was sometime in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five in a company commanded by Capt. Saml Sprague, in Col. Gerrish's regiment, & served there twenty days; that in the spring of the next year he was at Cambridge in Fort No. two, on guard & fatigue duty, three months; that the last of June or first of July he enlisted in Capt. Bancrofts Company, Col. Reed's regiment, at Ticonderoga, & served there five months, in the same year; that in June or July in the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight, he enlisted in Capt. Edgells Company & Col. Wade's regiment in Rhode Island & served there six months. & she positively declares that she is the widow of the said Elias Bryant, & has never been married since his decease; that he was a pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress passed the Seventh day of June A. D. 1832, & so continued till his death; & that at the time he entered the service he was a resident of Stoneham in the County & State aforesaid. (See next page for continuation of declaration)
She further declares that she was married to the said Elias Bryant on the fourteenth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two; that her husband, the aforesaid Elias Bryant died on the twenty fifth day of May in the year eighteen hundred & thirty four, 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 and ninety-four, viz. : at the time above stated.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, in open Court
J. P. Fay Judge of Probate mark Mary F Bryant
* Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.

(Continuation of declaration -)
and that his name was placed on the Pension list Roll of the Massachusetts Agency on the third day of May A.D. 1833
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac D. Dyer of the Court of Probate in and for said County hereby certify that Samuel P. Dyer is the Judge of said Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex & that his signature written on the foregoing Paper is his genuine signature: -
I also certify that Joshua Prescott Esquire is a justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signatures written on the Writs herewith annexed are his genuine signatures: -
I also certify that Stephen W. Dyer Esquire is a justice of the Peace within & for said County & that his signature written on the Writs herewith annexed is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
Isaac D. Dyer

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elias Bryant , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 14393
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 19, 1775 13 days Private Samuel Sprague Gerrish Mass.   Spring 1776 3 mos. at Cambridge Reed   June or July 1776 5 mos. James Bancroft Yacobs   July 3, 1778 to Dec. 31, 1778 Benjamin Edgell Trask  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stoneham, Middlesex Co., Mass. Date of application for pension, Sept. 5, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Stoneham, Mass. Age at date of application, born July 12, 1756 at Stoneham, Mass.
Remarks: Copy of town record of Chelsea, Mass. shows that soldier married March 14, 1782 Mary Bordinan. He died May 25, 1834, and she was allowed pension on her appln. executed Aug. 21, 1838 while a resident of Stoneham, Middlesex Co., Mass. & 78 yrs of age.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1917 Dec. 21. Hist. to Mrs. Z. M. Churbuck. P
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14393
Mary Bryant widow of Elias Bryant Pr. Rev War
Act: March 8 th 48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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18th Dec 1841 London My dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. C. Mansel-Pleydell

75 not on Sprague's roll
76. 3 mo. No roll
78 4. 2ds - roll Cap Edgell
no officers named for the 3 mo in the fort

Let. to Prescott & Halsey Oct. 22, 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt Notified 8 Dec 1840
Massachusetts - 527
Mary Bryant, widow of Elias Bryant, Decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 Jan 1832. and who died on the 25 th of May, 1834 of Middlesex in the State of Mass. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bancroft of the regt commanded by Col. Reed. in the Mass. line for 9 mos. 2 days private
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sep- tember, 1838 and sent to Isaac Fiske, 8 Cambridge, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 = $75.55 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 39 = 15.11
$90.66
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk, Book 1, Vol. 1, Page 70.

State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex
I Timothy Bryant of Charlestown in said County of Middlesex do depose and say that Elias Bryant late of Stoneham in said County yeoman, deceased who was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his decease, died on the twentyfifth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty four, that Mary Bryant of said Stoneham the afore named applicant is his widow, and has never been married since his decease.
August 21 st A.D. 1838
Timothy Bryant
State of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. } August 21 st A.D. 1838 Then the above named Timothy Bryant personally ap- peared the above named and made oath, that the foregoing facts stated in the above deposition by him subscribed were true. And I further certify That said _____ is a credible witness.
Before me
Joshua Prescott
Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts } County of Middlesex ss }
I Joshua Howard of Stoneham in said County of Middlesex do depose and say that Elias Bryant of Stoneham aforesaid yeoman deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his decease, died on the twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirtyfour, that Mary Bryant of the same Stoneham then within named applicant is his widow and never been married since his decease.
August 21 st A.D. 1835.
Joshua Howard
State of Massachusetts } Middlesex County ss. } August 21 st A.D. 1835 Then the above named Joshua Howard personally appeared and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed were true. And I further certify that said Joshua Howard is a credible witness
Before me
Joshua Purdie
Justice of the Peace

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 4 th , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary Bryant, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and 22 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Paton
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 4 th . 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary Bryant, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and 22 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Paton
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

To J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

State of Massachusetts.
Reading October 17. 1838.
To J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Sir.
We have received from the Pension Office in Washington by the hand of Isaac Fiske Esqr, Register of Probate for the County of Middlesex in this State, two Pension certificates, in which as it appears to us there is a mistake in the sums awarded —
Sarah Bancroft widow of James Bancroft, deceased, is entitled by the Act of Congress of the 7 th of July, 1838, to the same pension which might have been allowed to her husband in virtue of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of June, 1832, if living at the time it was passed.
By this last mentioned Act James Bancroft would have been entitled to a full pension of Four hundred and eighty dollars annually, he having served in the army of the Revolution five years, during more than four of which he held the rank of Captain. His pension under the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March, 1818, he would of course have relinquished for the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832, as permitted by this latter Act.
The certificate to his widow should consequently be given to his widow for Four hundred & eighty dollars instead of Two hundred & forty —

Mary Bryant, widow of Elias Bryant, deceased is also entitled by the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1835 to the same pension, which might have been allowed to her husband in virtue of the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832, if living at the time it was passed.
Under this latter act Elias Bryant actually received a pension of forty eight dollars and twenty one cents Annually, as appears from the Pension List Roll of the Massachusetts Agency - His widow should therefore receive a certificate for forty eight dollars & twenty one cents , instead of thirty dollars & twenty two cents -
If you will be kind enough to examine this matter, & make the necessary corrections, you will oblige much the person interested And also your
Obt Servt
Prescott L. Abers their Atty

Boston, Sep. 7. 1843.
Dr Sir,
I enclose the affidavits of sundry widows, for a renewal of their pensions under the act of March 3. 1843. and will thank you to transmit the certificates to me. —
Your obed Servt
Thomas Bulfinch.
James L. Edward Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

10890 32 48 3924
No. 1. Rep. Jan. 29, 1857.
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting,
My Dear Sir:—
I have very frequent requests from my constituents, to obtain for them information from your Department, and I have been obliged, more frequently than I could have desired, to make inquiries of you. How far it accords with the policy of the Department to furnish such information, in reference to the time of service of soldiers

in the various wars etc. I do not know. — Mr. Elias P. Bryant of Framctown N. H. writes me for information in reference to the service of his grandfather & his grandfather's two brothers, in the war of the Revolution, Unit. of pension etc: —
Answers
1 st  Elias Bryant  (Grandfather) of Middlesex Mass. stationed, he thinks at Dorchester Heights — how long did he serve? and how much pension did he draw?
2 nd as to Ebenezer Bryant , who served with him — and Joseph Bryant , who had the command of a regiment & was, he thinks, stationed at Hog Island Chelsea Mass. — The same information is desired of them last?

Mexican War.
3 rd  Millard G. Buckminster of Newport N. H., enlisted in the 2 nd Regt, Arkansas Cavalry just before the bombardment of Vera Cruz - was wounded & dis- charged in 1848 - the detachment was commanded by Col. Yell & his Captain's name was Hop- kins - served six months, I suppose the Regimental & Co. papers were returned to the proper department at Washington.
He desires to know how this is whether the papers are so returned & whether they show that he was wounded?
4 th  Asa Wilkins of Newport N. H. - enlisted at Boston

under Capt Harney, now Gen. Harney. "he was wounded on going to Green Bay " & wishes to know whether his discharge is on the files at Washington, and what other proofs are necessary to place his name on the invalid pen- sion list - and also, the address of Gen. Harney?
By answering my inquiries as your earliest con- venience you will confer a favor on
Very truly
New Haven Sept.
M. W. Chapman
Will Mr Wilson please answer the second half of this letter & refer it to you, please? D. H. H.

Timothy Wakefield and Aaron Parkers Depts for Elias Bryant.
Elias Bryant 
21578
Parish

and Aaron Parker both We Timothy Wakefield, of Reading in County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts do depose and say, That in the last of June or first of July A.D. 1776 when in said Reading listed for the term of five months in the service of the United States as a private into the company com- manded by Capt. James Bancroft in Col. Reed's Re- giment and went from said Reading to Billeri- ca in said County, and there joined said company and from that place we marched through Keene New Hampshire, and Ludlow and Rutland Vermont, and on to Skeneateles at the head of Lake Champlain, and there we took water passage to Ticonderoga, where after our arrival we were stationed and performed Military service, till a short time before the term of our service was out, when we and our company were marched to Albany, and soon after our arrival there the term of our enlistment expired, and we were dismissed and came home.
During which time we were well acquainted with Elias Bryant of Stoneham in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, who enlisted at the same time into the same company and there with us performed military service during the whole of said five months and he was  were dismissed at the same time at Albany with us after the term of our enlistment expired.
August 20 th A.D. 1832. Timothy Wakefield Aaron Parker
State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this 20 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared the above named Timothy Wakefield and Aaron Parker and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Deposition by them subscribed were true.
I hereby certify before me Joshua Prescott Justice of Peace said Timothy Wakefield

and Aaron Parker are highly respectable men and that their testimony is worthy of all credit
Joshua Prescott Jr. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Novem r 30 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Elias Bryant has served under the
   Following Officers viz Term of Service Claim'd found Rolls Where Stationed   Captains Colonels When Enlisted Ended on Rolls on Rolls not found     1 Sam l Sprague Gerrish 1775 April 19 th no date m o 0 days 13 m o 0 days 13 m o 0 days 0 Cambridge   2 not recollected D o 1776 spring " 3 0 3 0 D o Fort N o 2   4 Ben Edgell Jacobs 1778 July 3 Dec r 31 6 0 6 1 0 0 Rh Island   3 Ja s Banerft Reed 1776 Summer Sag Harbor 5 0 5 0 Tienderogue   Amount of service found 14 13 6 14 8 29 declared   Six Months & Fifteen Days " " "  
Edward D. Bangs Sec y

4161.
Mary Bryant
$ 30. 22
Mrs. Belfinch Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County 3 ss .
Be it known that on this
Twenty third day of August, A. D. 1843. personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth, Mrs. Mary Bryant a resident of Stoneham in the County of Middlesex aged Eighty three 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 d day of March 1843. granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Elias Bryant who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and served as she verily believes or stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the Law of the 7 th July 1838 to 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 Thirty 22 / 100 Doll s per annum which amount she received from the 4 th of March 1836. 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 Elias Bryant deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
Attest, Peter Hays Joseph Bryant
And further she saith not.
Mary her Bryant mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written and I certify, that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described.
Before me,
Peter Hay. } Justice of the Peace
I Joseph Bryant of Reading, Yeoman, in the County of Middlesex of lawful age, on oath testify and say, that I have been well acquainted with Mary Bryant the applicant named in the within declaration for many years last past, I know that she was the wife and is now the Widow of Elias Bryant deceased who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that she was a pensioner under the Law of 18th July 1838 as stated by her.
Joseph Bryant
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County, } ss. Aug. 23 d . 1848.
Then came Joseph Bryant who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true.
Before me,
Peter Hay. } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 2 d 1823
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Peter Hay was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
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.
Geo. A. Bollen
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Brockton, Mass.,
December 14th, 1917.
United States Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please give me the full name of the widow of Elias Bryant, of Stoneham, Mass., born July 12, 1756.
It is recorded widow drew a pension in his name.
Yours very truly,
Mabel L. Churchuck (Mrs. L. Churchuck)
72 Glenwood Avenue, Brockton, Mass.