Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29068, Reuben Childs, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Childs, Reuben
S. 29068
CONTENTS

1891 Feb 24 Rev d P Childs - history Pres
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Franklin
Massachusetts Reuben Childs of Marlinton in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Cont t commanded by Colonel Stetson of the Rep t commanded by Col. Brewer on the Mass line for 11 Mos.
Mch
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Aug 1832 and to  E. Alvah Reuben d.
Arrears to the 4th (Mch 1) $1 32 3/4 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mch 55 1 8 39
$91 66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. H. H. Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 , Page 13 .

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Franklin 3/
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before David Cummings Esq. the justices of the court of Common Pleas now sitting Reuben Childs, a resident of Deerfield Conway in the county aforesaid, aged 97 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 I entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as is herein stated. I was born in Deerfield in the county aforesaid on the 14 day of February 1755, & resided in said town till about 20 years ago, since which time I have lived

in Conway & Shelburne in the said County. In the month of April 1775, I enlisted in the militia of Massachusetts at Cambridge. I left home on the 23 d of April & proceeded directly to Cambridge where I joined the company commanded officered by Capt. Stebbins; our company was attached to the regiment of Col. Wheeler. Buckminster was I believe our Lieut. Col. He was not long with the regiment, being wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill. At the time I joined Gen. Ward & Warren were with the army & I believe Ward had the command. Washington came some time in June & took the command. Gen. Putnam & Green & Lee were with the army while I was there. I remember the regiments of Col. Whetcomb as in our Brigade, which was under the command of Gen. Green. I was in the battle of Bunkerhill on the 19 th June. I left the army about the first day of January my time of service, which was eight months, being expired. I had no written discharge.

In the month of December 1776 I volunteered to join a company which was embodied in Deerfield to march to Ticonderoga. We left home on the 25 th December A. D. 1776 under the command of Capt Phillips, James Gilmore & Amasa Kemp being our Lieuts. Our Regiment was officered by Col. Robison, Majors Dickinson & Locke. We marched to Ticonderoga through the Towns & at the dates which appear on the inclosed journal, which is a copy made by myself from an original journal which I kept on the route. I engaged for three months & staid during  out that time, leaving the on 25 th March 1777. I had no written discharge. I have no documentary evidence of having served but I can procure the testimony of Timothy Catlin of Ashfield & Abraham Packer of both in the county of Franklin  Ashfield Hawley as to my having served at Cambridge & of Timothy Tving of Conway in said County as to my having served at Ticonderoga. They were in the same companies with myself.

Reuben Childs
I hereby affirm that every whatever claim to a pension or annuity or pension except the present, & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Reuben Childs
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
We John Ware & John Boyden, both residents of Conway in the County of Franklin do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Reuben Childs who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed & believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John Boyden John Ware
Attest E. Alvord Clerk

No 17.459. Reuben Childs Massachusetts
Private 11 Monthly
14 08
June 1/1835
P. 419
E. Alford Greenfield Mass

County of Franklin  BRIEF in the case of  Reuben Childs  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? 77 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.     Enlisted In 1775 - 8 - private Gen. Washington Capt. Libbey Co. Drew   Vol. - 1776 - 3 - - Capt. Phillips Co. Robinson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunkerhill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not properly attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. L. Ladd Examining Clerk.

Reuben Child
Born in Deerfield Franklin Co Mass Feb 14, 1755 when he resided until about 1812, since which he has lived in Conway & Shelburne both in Franklin County, in which former place he was living in Augt 1832 when he applied for his pension—
On receiving the intelligence of the commencement of hostilities at Lexington, April 19, 1775 he left home April 23 & on arriving at Cambridge he enlisted for 8 mo under Capt Joseph Stubbs, was attached to the regiment Com d by Col o Jonathan Brewer for the Siege of Boston Station at Prospect Hill
He was wounded in the battle at Bunker Hill June 17, 1775 & discharged in Dec 1775 In Dec 1776 he volunteered for 3 months & in the latter part of that month he left home for Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, NY under Capt Ransom Phillips in the reg t of Col o Robinson & was stationed at Mt t Independence
Reuben Child daughter

A journal of the Times Roads & inns of my Marching From Deerfield to Seconderoga
   Days of the Week Months & Days Reuben Childs Stops & Weather Inns March to Each Day & Distance Name No of Miles from Deerfield     Wednesday 25 th Whateley Whateley 13   Thursday 26 th Tories Committed to Goal Northampton 5   Friday 27 th Northampton 9   Saturday 28 th Dwight's 9   Sunday 29 th Wollington 8   Monday 30 th Pefferd 16   Tuesday 31 st Equivalent Strongs 16   Wednesday Jan 1 st New Lebanon Phillips town 16   Thursday 2 nd Grenbury Cammerhorn 20   Friday 3 rd Albany Barracks   Saturday 4 th Varied at Albany   Sunday 5 th   Monday 6 th   Tuesday 7 th Left Albany New City Stillwater   Wednesday 8 th Hall's Moon Bloodgood 25   Thursday 9 th Fort Ann Fort Ann 43   Friday 10 th Moved to Mount Independent Skeneborough Skeneborough 42   No of Miles from Deerfield to Seconderoga 206  
CHILDS, REUBEN (MASS) S-29062

29068 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,068
Richard L. D.
His Rev. Mr.
Act: June 1 st 1892
Index:—Vol. 2 Page 25
[Arrangement of 1870.]

File 29068 with Rubin child
FILE WITH CASE
Old War DIV. Please see FEB 19 1891 COMMISSIONER.
of the information asked for with can be furnished?
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FEB 19 1891 FILES

Information wanted in regard to Asaph King who was an officer in the Revolutionary Army from Massachusetts. who drew a pension for some years before his death. (died about 1834) Evidence wanted (1.) That he was in the Army & (2.) that What officer he filled. (3.) That he drew a pension. (4.) Any facts in regard to his service that may be on record.
The same information is also desired in regard to Reuben Child's who was also in the Army from Massachusetts. Was at Bunker Hill & Crown Point. Ask if known whether
Please address Rev. T. S. Childs 1308 Conn. Ave City.

FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington
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Greenfield Mass. July 20. 1833
Sir I return the papers of Reuben Childs for a pension. I trust they will be now acceptable. The witnesses are now certified to be credible and I have certified the reason of the want of the certificate of the clergyman. This reason should have been drawn into the original proceedings of the court. I was relied upon by the court to draw up a certificate of their proceedings and carelessly omitted it
Respectfully yours E. Alvord
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Reuben Childs Conway
1745-9

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.
WE,
residing in
believe him to be
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.
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood
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 John Ware and John Boyden who have severally signed the preceding or annexed certificate are residents in Conway in said county and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Attest 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 Reuben Childs pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this fourteenth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ruben Childs which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 2 Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Documentary & living witness
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? (Answered)
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

I Timothy Batlin of Ashfield County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say that I enlisted in Capt. Joseph Stebbins company April 23 rd 1775 and was annexed to Col o Jonathan Brewer Regiment I left my home a very short time after and served in said company and Regiment at a place called Prospect hill - and in Cambridge near Boston untill the last days of Dec r of 1775 of that year - was well acquainted with Reuben Childs a private in said company & Regiment and do know that the said Reuben Childs did serve all said term of his enlistment and did not return home till about the beginning of Jan y . 1776 making a service of eight months the time of going too and returning from camp extra - Timothy Batlin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss June 21 st 1832 Personally appeared Timothy Batlin the subscriber of the above instrument and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true - Before me. John Williams Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the county of the Franklin do certify that John Williams Esq. before whom the above and annexed affidavits purport to have been verified is a Justice of the Peace for the said county. And I believe his name, to the above and annexed certificates of caption to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield on the fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord 1832.
E. Alvord Clerk

Timothy Shavings deposition -
Reuben Childs Timy Shavings att.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss June 18 th 1833
I do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with Timothy Shavings the within named deponent and consider him a person of truth & veracity. John Williams Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss I Elijah Alvoord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Commonwealth for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that John Williams Esq. before whom whose signa- ture is set to the two certificates as to the credibility of the witnesses whose affidavits are contained in the within and annexed pages, is a Justice of the Peace for the said county, and that the said signatures appear to me to be genuine. And I do further certify that at the time of the making of the original declaration of Reuben Childs for a pension on the fourteenth day of August last it was proved in court that Daniel Crosby the clergyman of the town of Conway was absent on a journey without the Com- monwealth and could not be produced.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this nineteenth day of June A.D. 1833
E. Alvoord Clerk

Reuben Childs Timothy Callin Aff
Timothy Callin deposition to Reuben Childs June 21-1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss June 18 th 1833
I do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with Timothy Callin the within named deponent and consider him to be a person of Truth and veracity —
John Williams Justice of the Peace

I Timothy Throwing of Conway formerly Hampshire County and Commonwealth of Massachusetts now of Frank- lin County in said Commonwealth having resided in said Conway sixty five years last past. depose and say that in the Month of December 1776 I was draughted for the service of the American States Revolutionary service and was mustered on the twenty third day of said December and was annexed to the Company of Capt. Benjamin Phillips of Ashfield in the above named County of Hampshire and was annexed to Col. Robinson Regiment
he was of Granby in said County of Hampshire. I left my home for the Army immediately after I was the Mus- tered and went to Albany and State of New York and from the ence to Tienderoga where I spent my term of service in said Company and Regiment untill the twenty third day of March 1777 was well acquainted with Reuben Childs of Deerfield in said Counties a private in said Company and Regiment and do know that the said Reuben Childs did serve the whole term of his enlistment in said Company & Regiment being the same term of three Months for which I was drafted and was dismissed on the same day with me the deponent - we were about one week on our march to the said Tienderoga and our return, home was over and above the said three Months
Timothy Throwing
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Franklin Co - Conway July sixteenth 1832 Personally appeared Timothy Throwing the subscriber of the above instrument and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true - John Williams Justice of the Peace

I Abraham Parker of Hadley in the county of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and declare that on the alarm of Lexington I marched a volunteer to Cambridge and on April 23 rd 1775 entered into the service of my country in a company commanded by Captain Joseph Robbins in Lieut. Jonathan Brewer's Regiment for eight months and served also time of time at Cambridge and Prospect Hill near Boston till the last days of December of the same year. was well acquainted with Reuben Childs a private in said company and Regiment and do know that the said Reuben Childs did serve said time of eight months in said company and Regiment and did not return home till the beginning of January 1776 the above time of going to and returning from Cambridge. Abraham Parker
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. June 26 th 1832 Personally appeared Reuben Parker subscribers to the above instrument and made oath to the truth of the same. —
Before me Edmund Longley Jr Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Franklin do certify that the above named Edmund Longley Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was first to have been verified is a Justice of the Peace for the said county. And I believe his name to the same above subscribed to be his true and perfect signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Greenfield on the fourteenth day of August A.D. 1832. E. Alvord Clerk

to the within named... 15 th 1833 I hereby certify that Matthew Parker of Hawley in and county signed to the within affidavit is a person whose reputation for truth and veracity is good and that he has been in the habit of being relied on as a truth. Edmond Loring Esq. Justice of the Peace
Matthew Parker Deputy for Reuben Childs
Reuben Childs Matthew Parker off
I the within named Clerk do hereby certify that the above named Edmond Loring Esq. continues to be a Justice of the Peace for said county, and that his name to the above certificate appears to me to be his true and proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greenfield this nineteenth day of June 1833 E. Alvord Clerk