Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29758, John Dewing, Mass.

SERVICE
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Mass.
Dewing, John
S-29758
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15949 Massachusetts
John Kurns
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Nichols of the Regt commanded by Col Mason in the Chap line for 20 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massa at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Aug 1833 and Leah  Estlin Adams  Widow  of  John  Kurns
Arrears to the 14th of March  1833 $1100.00 Fem-anl. allowance ending 14th  March  1833 40.00 $1140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Adams Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 17
78 Middlesex
546 Compt. April 1833 p. 49

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, John Dewing a resident of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy six 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, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
I made an application for a pension under the act of Congress passed March 18. 1818 which was successful & my name was placed on the pension roll as will appear by the certificate thereof which is herewith annexed. I was dropped from the roll on account of my property - The evidence of my revolutionary and service, was filed in the War Department when my memory was much better than it is at present - I lived in said Hopkinton at that time & ever since - I was a corporal for a short time & a private the remainder of the time my services, which amounted to twenty nine months in the whole - I was in a Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. Joseph Reed about twenty months during & the remainder, was commanded by Col. Thomas Nix on - I cannot remember the names of the Regiments, otherwise than by the names of the commanding officers. John Dewing

John Dewing
claims for 2 years & more -
That 2 years Capt Daniels Compy Leut. Maxim's Regt Mass
Leut Adams

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 any state.
John Barend
We,
a clergyman, residing in the
residing in quainted with
and
hereby certify, that we are well ac- who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
id. J. P. May Book
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 certify, that it appears to them that
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in _____ and that who has also signed the same, is a resident in _____ and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
ment is entitled to credit. J. P. Morgan      W. B. Morgan
I Isaac Stone Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Denny for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Francisco O. Chap

29758 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,758
John Dering
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 107
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DEWING, JOHN (MASS.)
5-29758

John
John
who Will March 1 st 1879
This may certify that John Dearing has served as a Soldier in Capt. Daniels Company and Col. Keane Regt. for the space of nine months and is hereby Discharged from the service all concerns. J. Calam Smith Col.
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14 & 16 06 March 22 1833 to Isaac Fiske Cambridge Mass
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Massachusetts.
John Dewing, 4
of Hopkinton, in the state of Massach ts . who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon, of the Massach ts . line, for the term of nine months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14, of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22. of March, 1819 and sent to John Davis, Judge, Boston, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. $: 85.56
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 2 48 "
1819. } $: 133.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Joe Derrin Massachusetts
Paint 2 years
Sept Daniels Campy Col Nixon's Rest Shop
Joseph Adams Esq Farmingham
James Fiske Esq Cambridge Mass

Framingham (Mass) June 1833
Hon. Lewis Cass, Sir,
The application of John Dewing, which accompanies this, was, by mistake, returned to Isaac Dike Esq. to be corrected, & was by him handed to me. It is now returned to the office, corrected as to all the objections taken, except that the Justice cannot certify the credibility of Paul Ramsdell. I trust however that this will not affect the claim, as it is one of a class in which no affidavits were required , & is precisely similar to Thomas Nixon's application, which was in the same parcel, & was allowed on his own testimony. Dewing had procured his affidavits, before he applied for my assistance, and I then saw no harm in annexing them, though

They seemed superfluous. Probably the pressure of business in your office prevented attention to this circumstance -
As the time of service " as a corporal " is stated to be "short," & is not specified, no allowance is expected on that account, unless sufficiently stated in the former application -
Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt,
Josiah Adams

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John D. Davis which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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? No
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so 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."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
This requires the papers to be connected by a ribbon & the seal of the Court to be placed over it, to prevent imposition. When you have procured the Justice to certify that the deponents are entitled to the clerk or Registrar or Notary Public that he is a Justice & forward the papers to me, I will connect them. Yours S c .

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
March 1
1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, John Sewing by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
M c Dowell { District Judge U. S. { Massachusetts Dist.
M c Dowell { Massachusetts District.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 12 A. D. 18 18
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that John Dewing 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 document marked A. 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 c Davis } Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

I John Dewing of Hopkinton a native citizen of the united states do 1773 testify and say that in the month of April 1775 that I enlisted as a soldier in Capt Samuel Dunn Warrens Company in the 13. Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colo Joseph Dedi and served as a soldier in said Company and Regiment until the first of January 1776 and then enlisted again in the same Company and Regiment for the term of one year and served as a soldier in said Company and Regiment until the first of January 1777 and was then discharged at the Dicks- kill near the Hudson River in the State of New York and I further say that in the year 1778 I enlisted into the Continental army in Capt Jafit Daniels Company and Colo Thomas Wiscons Regiment and served as a soldier in said Company and Regiment until the seventh day of March 1779 and was then discharged at the Dickskill and I further testify and say that I am now in reduced circumstances and do stand in need of help from my Country John Dewing

Massachusetts District of Boston 14th April 1818. The within Declaration sworn to Before me
Es J. M c David Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.
Dan d White and John Howard knew the applicant in the army and subscribed his declaration as to the years service.
Sworn before me
No 433 John Fleming June 1818 Niles Peaple Mass Dist J. M c David Dist. Judge

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September , next, in Massachusetts , at the Branch Bank of the United States, Boston.-
Recorded ❧

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818. John Dwing, of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, 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 fourteenth day of April, ————— one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen ).
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty second day of March, ————— one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

I Saul Ramsdell of Milford in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of lawful age do testify and say, that in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight, John Dasing of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid, was a Soldier in Captain Japhet Daniels Company & Colonel Nixons Regiment with me & served there nine months,
Saul Ramsdell
Worcester ss. August 16. 1832. Then the above named Saul Ramsdell personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above instrument, by him subscribed is true.
Before me Nathell Nelson Justice of Peace.

I Edmund Bowler of Milford in the County of Worster & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman aged Seventy four years do testify & say that John Dusing of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid Yeoman, served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war war of the United States eight months from the first day of May A. D. One thousand seven hundred & seventy five to the first day of January, Seventeen hundred & seventy six the greater part of the time aforesaid was served in or about the town of Roxbury, the above service was performed in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Read and was in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Warren.
Edm Bowler
1 Worster ss. On the sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty two the aforesaid Deponent was examined & confirmed & sworn agreeable to law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of John Dusing. - And I certify that the said Edmund Bowler is a credible witness
Before me Newell Nelson Justice of Peace

I Adams Chapin of Milford in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire aged the eighty two years, do testify & say that according to the best of my recollection, that John Dewing of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War of the United States. One whole year from the first day of January A.D. One Thousand Seven hundred & seventy six to the first day of January A.D. Seventeen hundred & seventy seven the greater part of the aforesaid time of service was in or about the City of New York, the above service was performed in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Read & was in the Company command- ed by Captain Samuel Warren Adams Chapin
Worcester ss. On the sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty two the aforesaid Deposition was examined & cautioned & sworn agreeable to law, to the deposi- -tion aforesaid by him subscribed, taken at the request of John Dewing. — And I certify that the said Adams Chapin is a credible witness Before me Newell Nelson Justice of Peace

I Adams Chapin of Milford in the county of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire aged eighty two years, do testify and say, that John Dewing of Hopkinton in the county of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid, served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War of the United States eight months from the first day of May A.D. one thousand seven hundred & seventy five, to the first day of January A.D. one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, it being eight months, the greater part of the aforesaid time of service was in or about the town of Roxbury, the above service was performed in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Read & was in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Warren.
Adams Chapin
Witness. On the sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the aforesaid Deponent was examined and cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of John Dewing. - And I certify that the said Adams Chapin is a credible witness.
Before me Newell Nelson Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss. I, Abijah Bigelow, a clerk of the judicial courts within and for said County of Worcester, do certify, That Newell Nelson, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits were sworn, is a justice of the peace, within and for said County; and that his signature to the certificates of the oaths of said deponents, appears to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand, and affix the County Seal, at Worcester, this first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. —
I further certify, that the said Nelson was such justice as aforesaid, on the sixteenth day of August, 1832. —
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk