Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19618, Nathan Crage, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Brage, Nathan
S. 19618.
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1669. Massachusetts Nathan Brage
of Spencer in the State of Mass who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col [blank] in the [blank] time for 10 days service
1 " Capt 3 " Lieut 5 " Lieut
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 128 Dollars 60 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Nov 1832 and [blank] George Folsom [blank] now [blank] Arrears to 14th of Decr 32 $ 192.99 Pension allowance ending 4 Decr 33 161.33 $354.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk, Book D- Vol. 27 Page 3.

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twenty eighth day of August , in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two — personally appeared in open Court, before Hon Nathl Paine, Judge of the Court of Probate , now sitting, Nathan Brage , a resident of Spencer , in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy eight 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he, the above-named Nathan Brage , was born on the eleventh day of June , A.D. 1754, at Leicester , County Worcester aforesaid, where his birth is recorded in the Town Records; when thirty years of age he removed to said Spencer , where he has ever since resided. That when news of Lexington battle arrived, he marched as a minute man to that place, thence to Cambridge , where he enlisted for eight months in the company of Capt Seth Washburn , Lieuts. Joseph Livermore & Horatio Lincoln , Regt of Col. Ward , Lieut. Col. Braves , Maj. T. Bigelow . That he was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill , after which he was stationed at Brookline , where he served out the term of eight months. Having been drafted, he went from Leicester to Bernington July 1, 1777, in the company of Capt. David Bowditch , of Spencer , Lieuts. Newton Livingston , Regt Col. Cushing , Lt. Col. Rice ; remained there till a short time previous to the battle, when we marched to Halfmoon ( North River ), and on the day before the battle of Bernington , were ordered back to that place by Gov. Lincoln , and arrived the day after said battle. We were dismissed there after a service of two months. Soon after enlisted under Capt Wolman at Leicester , Regt (commanded by Maj. Walden ), proceeded to Bernington , Battenkill , (near where Burgoyne capitulated), thence to Fort Edward , where he was stationed when Burgoyne capitulated. Was gone this term but one month, during which he served as Corporal. He next enlisted under Capt. Nathan Harrington Lieut. Livingston , at Leicester , first of April, 1778, went to Roxbury , thence into Boston ; was attached to the Regiment of Col. Symmes , and served three months, as sergeant; was dismissed July 1, 1778; he knows the exact date of his dismissal by a receipt which he retains, of certain cooking utensils, from the agent of Thos. Chase , a regimental officer, & annexed to this declaration. His next term of service was performed in Rhode Island , as second Lieutenant; he was commissioned July 1, 1781, in Col. Washburn's Regt, as will appear by his commission annexed to this declaration. He was at first stationed on Bulls Hill , upper part of Rhode Island ; after New London was burned, marched down to Newport for the defence of that town. Was verbally discharged at Bulls Hill at the expiration of five months service.
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.
Nathl Paine Judge of Probate for said County, of Worcester Nathan Brage

We
a Clergyman residing in the residing in
and
certify that we are well acquainted with
herby
to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
who has subscribed and sworn
years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Rev. Levi Packard , who signed the proceeding  annexed certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Spencer , and that William Dyer Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Dyer Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Esq. , Clerk of the Court of Probate for Worcester County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Dyer for a pension. That John King & James Dyer before whom the annexed affidavits were made TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of the said Probate Court this 6th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theophilus Wheeler Esq. of the said Probate Court in Massachusetts

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
JOHN HANCOCK, Esq;
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the COMMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS.
To Nathan Brage Gentleman Greeting.
YOU being appointed Second Lieutenant of the second Company in the first Regiment of Militia in the County of Worcester whereof Seth Washburn Esq. is Colonel
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) Commission you accordingly.---You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a second Lieut. in leading, ordering and exercising said Company 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 second Lieutenant and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from me or your Superior Officers.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the said Commonwealth, the First Day of July — in the Year of our LORD, 1784 and in the fifth Year of the Independence of the United States of AMERICA.
John Hancock
By His Excellency's Command,
John Avery Secy

JA Cragg
Leicester July 10 th 1781
Nathan Cragg Esq r appeared and took the several Oaths required by the Constitution of the Commonwealth to qualify himself for the Execution of the trust reposed in him by virtue of the within Commission before me
Seth Washburn Col

Nathan Coage
Ms. A. 9. 2. 22
1869
D. D. Wilson
May 12, 57

Spencer (Mass) March 24. 1851
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, Mr. G. L. Addison of the City of Washington is hereby authorized and empowered to act as my attorney in establishing my claim to an increase of Pension. Should he desire to refer to my papers on file in your office under the act of 7th of June 1832, you will confer a favor on me by permitting him to do so. The amount which may be found due, I wish payable to myself, by the United States Pension Agent at Boston in the State of Massachusetts.
Witness Joel Groot Ebenezer Root
His Nathan Corrage mark

19618 INVALID.
File No. 12618
Nathan Origer First Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
Rev War

A. Wright from Boston
CRAGE, NATHAN (MASS.) S-19618

Boston July 1. 1778
Rec d of Sergeant Nathan Grage Ten Bowls & Seven plates, Three Trays, which he drew for Col: Symonds Militia Rec d for Thomas whose D r m y Will: Swift

Joseph G. ...
Lieut. Nathan Craig's Application.
Mr. ...
$128.66

I Joseph Wheat of Spencer in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, being seventy eight years of age do testify and say that Nathan Grage then of Leicester Mass, but now of Spencer aforesaid, with myself and others, enlisted as volunteers into a company of Massachusetts Militia, commanded by Capt. David Prouty, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Holman and Asa Baldwin was Major, in the war of the revolution. The said Nathan Grage with the others in said company marched to Bennington Vermont sometime in the month of September 1777, thence to Mattinehill, N. York, and from thence to Fort-Edward, and near to Saratoga, where he was and assisted at the surrender of General Burgoyne, and was discharged sometime in the month of October 1777 being in the service aforesaid one full month. Joseph Wheat
Worcester ss. } Then the above named Joseph Wheat personal August 23, 1832 } came before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester and was sworn to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
James Draper Just. Peace
This may certify that the above named Joseph Wheat sustains a good character for truth and veracity.
James Draper Just. Peace

Spencer August 25 - 1832
We Levi Packard a Clergyman residing in the Town of Spencer and William Pope Esq. residing in said town of Spencer hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lieut. Nathan Grage of said Spencer who intends to apply for a pension under the late act of Congress, that we believe him to be twenty eight years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid ————— Levi Packard
before me.
William Pope
James Doyen Justice of the Peace

I Isaac Livermore of Leicester in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 85 years, do testify and say that in the year 1775 Nathan Craig of Spencer in said county was then an inhabitant of said Leicester. That I was well acquainted with him and that on the 19th of April of that year I marched with him in the same company, under the command of Capt. Seth Washburn for Cambridge, and was stationed at Cambridge until some time after the Battle of Bunker hill, and then removed to Dorchester, I was with him in the Battle of Bunker hill, and was discharged with him after serving the full term of eight months, and am confident he earned the whole of that term.
Isaac Livermore
Worcester ss. August 18th 1832 Personally appeared Isaac Livermore and made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true. Barnabas John King Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss. August 18th 1832 This certifies that Isaac Livermore above named sustains a good character for truth and his statement is entitled to full credit. John King Justice of the Peace

I Abijah Craige of Ward in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy one years do testify and say that in the year 1781 I was an inhabitant of the town of Leicester and was well ac- quainted with Nathan Craige he being my own brother and having his home in the same town at that time and knew that in the year 1781 he had orders from the Col. of the Regiment to March as a Lieutenant to Rhode Island for the term of five months and that he did march accordingly, and was absent from home on that service the full term for which he was detached
Abijah Craige
Worcester ss. Sept. 3. 1832. Personally appeared Abijah Craige and made solemn oath that the above depo- sition by him subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me John King Justice of Peace
Worcester ss. Sept. 3. 1832. I hereby certify that Abijah Craige above named is reputed to be a man of truth and veracity, I have been well acquainted with his character for many years.
John King Justice of the Peace

I Caleb Barton of Leicester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy six years, do testify and say that in the year 1778 in the month of June I was in Watertown and saw Nathan Grange then as a soldier in actual service, I am well ac- quainted with said Grange and was knowing to his being in the service that year, but can not pre- cisely state how long a time Caleb Barton
Worcester ss. August 28th 1832 Personally appeared Caleb Barton and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true Before me John King Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss. August 28th 1832 This certifies that the above named Caleb Barton sustains a good character for truth and his statement is entitled to full credit. John King Justice Peace

Ch. Babbitt

I Levi Baldwin of Spencer in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts being seventy seven years of age do testify and say that sometime in the month of July 1777, I enlisted into a company of Massachusetts Militia, said company was commanded by Capt. David Prouty in the Regiment commanded by Col. Cushing. I marched from said Spencer to Brattleboro Vermont, was stationed there a short time, was then marched to Half-Moon, then returned to Brattleboro, and while on the way Brattleboro took place just before our arrival there, and was discharged sometime in the month of September the same year, being in the service as near as I can recollect two months and Nathan brace then of Leicester Mass. but now of Spencer aforesaid was with me in the same company during the same time and performed the same service with myself.
Levi Baldwin
Worcester ss. } August 25. 1832 } Then the above named Levi Baldwin personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester and was sworn to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed.
James Draper Just. Peace
Worcester ss. } August 25. 1832 } This may certify that the above named Levi Baldwin sustains a good character for truth and veracity and is fully entitled to credit.
James Draper Just. Peace