Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,876, Jonathan Blake, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Blake, Jonathan
NUMBER
S. 30876
CONTENTS

6396  Massachusetts Ornathan Blake
of Warwick in the State of Mass who was a V. Sgt & Adj t in the Company commanded by Captain Ward of the Reg t . commanded by Col Boggs in the Mass line for 8 mos 24 days service 3 " B'dly Sergeant 1 " 15 days Adjutant
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of - (4) Dollars - 53 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Feb 1833 and Issued from the  General House of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1832 $96.50 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar ch 33 32 16 $128.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by N. D. Madison Clerk Book D Vol. 2 a Page 90

Jonathan Blake Warwick
19517 ✓

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY SS.
ON THIS Sixteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, Jonathan Blake a resident of Warwick in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged Eighty Three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an 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. (Viz) 1st. That Volunteered into an Independent Company of Militia on the Fourteenth of April 1775 in the town of Dorchester whereof Abner Wheeler was Captain. Preserved Baker, Lieut. and William Simmons Ensign. All of said Dorchester and did duty twelve days in said Dorchester and in Roxbury toward Roxbury. 2d. In January 1776 Volunteered into a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Northwick and did duty in said Company two months in said Dorchester & Dorchester Heights. 3d. After the British Troops left Boston he was drafted (on account of having previously had the Small Pox) and did duty in Boston six weeks in Col. Andrew Crossman's Regiment. 4th. Volunteered for Five Months to go to Ticonderoga in the Month of July 1776 in a company commanded by Capt. Dwyer of Roxbury First Lieut. Hays of Milton and 2d Lieut. Jackson of Brookline. The Regiment was commanded by Col. Wheelock. Horatio Gates General. We marched through Lancaster, Keene, and Charlestown thence through New Hampshire to Ticonderoga. While there he was detached with eleven others to take care of the Battery for about two months - was very sick with the dysentery while there. Returned from Ticonderoga and was at Whitehall Oct 1st marched home through Saratoga & Deerfield in (Mass) to Dorchester arrived at home on Boxingday in November & Deerfield in (Mass) to Dorchester arrived at home on Monday and was taken sick on Saturday with a Billows Fever and did not go out for twelve weeks. 5th. Volunteered into a Company of Militia Capt. Edward S. Mayhew's Lieut. Gulliver of Milton in Col. Gannett's Regiment and served 3 months as orderly sergeant in said Company and received Eight Dollars per Month in Discontinued Pay. 6th. Volunteered under Lieut. Col. Samuel Pierce of Dorchester and marched to Rhode Island was stationed at Green Bay over much about the middle of May and was appointed Adjutant in said Regiment and did duty in that capacity until the first day of July 1779. Said and six weeks - that he does not know any more than being that he can prove his Service by all the evidence he has as his Warrant as Adjutant which is hereto annexed.
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. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jonathan Blake
WE, Preserved Smith Jr. a Justice of the Peace both
residing in Warwick hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Blake who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty Three 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. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Preserved Smith Jr. Justice Russell
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Preserved Smith Jr. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of said town of Warwick; and that Justus Russell Esq. who has also signed the same is resident of said Warwick and that he is a Justice of the Peace for said county and a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. E. Alvord Clerk
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Blake for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this Sixteenth day of August in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord Clerk.

Jonathan Blake 19.517
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Wm Geo Grennell No. R.

BRIEF in the case of
Jonathan Blake in the State of Mass (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? 83 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.     April 19 In 1775 " " 12 Private Gen. Washburn   Jan'y " 76 " 2 " " Capt. Washburn   After the British left Boston " 1 12 " Col. Symmes   July " 76 " 3 " " Col. Dyer & Col. White   " Nov 15? July 79 " 3 15 Sergeant Capt. Ward & Col. Gogswell   1 15 Adjutant Col. Pierce  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dorchester Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone cannot produce living witnesses. In commission  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. A. Addison Examining Clerk.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
Q January 12, 1929
Lucy E. Brown 21 Munro Court Troy, New York
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30876, it appears that Jonathan Blake enlisted at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and served with the Massachusetts Troops as follows:
From April 19, 1775, twelve days as a private in Captain Abraham Wheeler's Company; from January, 1776, two months in Captain Washburn's Company; six weeks in Colonel Andrew Symmes' Regiment, no dates of service given; from July, 1776, five months in Captain Draper's Company, Colonel Wheelock's Regiment; three months as orderly sergeant in Captain Ward's Company, Colonel Cogswell's Regiment, no dates of service given; from June 2, 1779, six weeks as adjutant in Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Peirce's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was living at Warwick,

Franklin Count, Massachusetts, aged eighty-three years.
There are no data relative to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Col. SAMUEL PIERCE Esq. of Middlesex, in the Massachusetts State at Boston in the State of Massachusetts
Greeting
Whereas the several Persons herein mentioned are the true and lawful heirs and successors of the Regiment in the several parishes and districts to which the said Regiment belongs and as such are entitled to the several parishes and districts to them in good Order and Discipline. And they are hereby commanded and you are required to cause and follow such as you shall from time to time receive from your
Given under this Day of June A.D. 1779
BLAKE, JONATHAN (MASS) S. 30876

Lieut Col. SAMUEL PEIRCE Esq. r
Commander of a Reg. t of Militia raised in the Massachusetts STATE and ordered to do duty at Tiverton in the STATE of RHODEISLAND
To Jonathan Blake Gentleman Greeting
By Virtue of the Power vested in ME I do by these Presents. reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty Courage and good Conduct Appoint you Adjutant of the Regiment under my Command. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of an Adjutant — in leading ordering and exercising said Regiment in Arms both Inferior Officers and Soldiers and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby Commanded to obey you as their Adjutant — and you are yourself to observe and follow such orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from your Superior Officers Whereof This is your Sufficient Warrant —
GIVEN under my Hand this 2. Day of June A.D. 1779
Samuel Peirce

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Blake 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. S. F. 30.876
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19, 1775 12 days Priv. Abraham Wheeler ✓ Mass.   Jan. 1776 2 mos. Washburn ✓   ✓ 6 wks. ✓ Andrew Symmes   July, 1776 5 mos. Draper Wheelock   June 2, 1779 3 ... Chd Pgt Ward Coffin   July 6, 1779 6 wks. Adjt. ✓ Lt. Col. Samuel Pierce  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Enl. at Dorchester, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 15, 1832. His cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Warwick Franklin Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 83 yrs.
Remarks: There are no data relative to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

12 Troy, N. Y., March 22, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen; -
Can you furnish me with any data of birth, marriage or death of - Johnathan Blake - Dorchester - who served in five campaigns in Revolutionary War - was Adjutant at Rhode Island He was a pensioner until he died.
If you also have any data on Thomas Blake - Hanover connected with General Montgomery and also in Col. Baldwin's Regiment - White Plains.
I am interested in obtaining any information regarding these two persons and their children's names.
Yours truly, Lucy E. Brown
Address; 21 Munro Court.

Milton, Mass. Nov. 2. 1918.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir.
In compliance with my request, you sent me a statement of the military history of my great grandfather, Jonathan Blake, a Revolutionary Soldier. There is a remark on the document, "There is no data relative to family."
A genealogy of the descendants of Samuel Blake by his grandson, Samuel Blake, was published in Boston in 1857. This book gives the descent of Jonathan Blake from William Blake, who came from England and settled in Dorchester, Mass, about 1636. An account of the descendants of Jonathan also appears.
I am respectfully, Henry Nichols Blake, A Pensioner of the Civil War.

Milton, Mass., Mar. 24, 1914.
Dear Sir:
My great grandfather, Jonathan Blake, Warwick, Franklin County, Mass. was put on the pension roll March 19, 1833, under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832. He is described as "pri - ser & adjt Mass. State Troops."
What do your records show respecting his service as "adjt"? The archives of Massachusetts are defective in this matter.
I am respectfully, Henry N. Blake, formerly Co. K, 11 th Regt. Mass. Vols. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.

Rev. Sec 4.28 Genealogy of Henry Nichols Blake, Pensioner, Civil War, 11 th Regt. Mass. Vols. Inf.
Jonathan Blake, Sixth Generation. His family has been traced from William Blake and the record is in this Department, to which reference is hereby made as a part hereof. James Blake, Seventh Generation, was born in Dorchester, July 24, 1774; removed to Warwick with his father in 1781; married Susannah Con- ant, Nov. 3, 1799; she was daughter of Asa and Martha (Merriam) Conant of Warwick, Mass., and a descendant of Roger Conant.
James Howe Blake, Eighth Generation, was born in Warwick, Dec. 7, 1804; removed to Dorchester 1821; married Mary Beal Nichols Nov. 26, 1829, daughter of Joseph and Mary Beal Nichols of Cohasset, Mass.
Henry Nichols Blake, Ninth Generation, born in Dorchester, June 5, 1838; served in Eleventh Regt. Mass. Vols., Inf. over three years and is a pensioner for his services; married in Boston January 27, 1870.
Henry Nichols Blake
June 20, 1919.

Milton, Mass., June 20, 1919. Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir.
My great grandfather, Jonathan Blake, Mass. Troops, received a pension as soldier in the Revolutionary War. On the statement of this fact, which was sent to me at my request, it appears there is no record on file in your archives respecting his family. I enclose with proper references a genealogy of the Blake family to establish his identity, as well as my own.
I am respectfully, Henry Nichols Blake late 11 th Regt. Mass. Vols. Inf.

Genealogy of Jonathan Blake, Mass. Pensioner, as soldier in the Revolution.
By Henry Nichols Blake, LL.B., Harvard. First Generation. William Blake, born in England, baptized in Westminster July 10, 1594; married Agnes Band, Sept. 23, 1617; emigrated to New England in the fall of 1635 or spring of 1636; settled in Dorchester, Mass.
Second Generation. James Blake, born in Westminster, baptized April 27, 1624, came to New England with his father and settled in Dorchester; married about 1651 Elizabeth Clap, daughter of Edward and Prudence (Clap) Clap.
Third Generation. James Blake, born in Dorchester, Aug. 15, 1652, and married Ruth Bachellor, July 8, 1684; she was born in Hampton, N.H. May 9, 1662, daughter of Nathaniel and Deborah (Smith) Bachellor.
Fourth Generation. James Blake, born in Dorchester April 29, 1688; married Wait Simpson, daughter of Jonathan and Wayte (Clap) Simpson; she was born in Charlestown, Mass., 1685.
Fifth Generation. Samuel Blake, born in Dorchester, Sept. 6, 1715; married Patience White, daughter of Edward and Patience White, June

5, 1740; she was born in Dorchester.
Sixth Generation. Jonathan Blake, born in Dorchester, Jan. 1, 1749; married Oct. 14, 1773, Sarah Pierce, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pascenden) Pierce; she was born in Dorchester, Dec. 5, 1750. Mr. Blake was the pensioner above-named.
Authorities.
Every date and place designated in the foregoing statement appears in records, which are extant to-day, and have been compiled by genealogists.
Samuel Blake, son of Jonathan Blake, published in Boston in 1857 a book entitled "Blake Family", a valuable narrative.
Francis E. Blake, a descendant of James Blake, Third Generation, published in Boston in 1898 a book entitled "Increase Blake, His Ancestors and Descendants", relates to some of the ancestors of Jonathan Blake and other branches of the family tree.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register can be consulted with profit by investigators.
June 20, 1919.
Henry N. Blake.

30 876 Recd INVALID.
1914, Apr. 2. History to Henry N. Blake. Fr. 1929-Jan. 12-Hist. L. Lucy E. Brown avt.
File No. 30 876
Jonathan Blake Adjutant Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]