Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19160, Isaac Delano, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Delano, Isaac
W. 19160
Elizabeth W.
CONTENTS

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Delano, Isaac
W. 19160
Elizabeth W.
CONTENTS

18.891 Massachusetts
Isaac Delano.
Boston in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Emerson of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford in the Mass e, for the term of three years
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of March 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of March 1823 and sent to the Hon: J. Nelson Present.
Arrears to 4th of March 1823 $ 1-03 Semi anl. all'ce ending 4th Sep 1823  48
$ 49.03
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

3727
Massachusetts
Elizabeth M Delano
Mass
Widow of Isaac Delano
who was a private in the Mass ts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r 1843 and sent to
Isaac Fiske E Cambridge Mass ts
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 40
Cert. mispent. Ret'd & sent to Mr Fiske Dec 30 1843

— Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
Isaac Delano of Duxbury County of Plymouth Commonwealth afore said maketh oath and saith that he is a native Citizen of the U States born in Duxbury - and that he was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war and served more than nine months in the Continental army viz. enlisted for six months in the year 1780 in Levi Bates Company and served that time in Colonel Bradford's Regiment Massachusetts Line afterwards enlisted and ser- ved eight months in Colonel Tupper's Regiment in the year 1782 Massachusetts Line & he further deposes & says that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support. Isaac Delano
Massachusetts Dist. } Boston 4. April 1818. }
Sworn to before me M c David Dist Judge Mass Dist
I Gamaliel Bradford make oath that I was an officer in Colonel Bradford's Regiment in the year 1780 - and that I remember the sd Isaac Delano - having been acquain- ted with him before, and that I am knowing to his having served in the sd Regiment - but cannot say how long Gam t Bradford

Massachusetts Dist. p. 2 Boston 7. April 1818
The within Garnet Bradford made oath to the within Certificate by him subscribed
Before me J. D. Davis Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.
No 235 G. A. C. Delano
Gu. it registers from officers in Rejected - not having served nine months at any one period.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston September 23 d A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Isaac Delano , 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 documents marked A. B. 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 David
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

Isaac Delano
enlisted 8 th of July 1780, served 6 months
14 Regt Bradford
On final settlement, Page 82, Vol: 2.

District of Massachusetts
On this twenty third day of November 1822 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record vice the District Court for the District of Massachusetts Isaac Delano of Boston aged sixty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following supplementary declaration in order to obtain the provision - made by the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 - and the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Isaac Delano enlisted for the term of three years on or about the seventeenth day of November in the year 1781, in the State of Massachusetts and marched and joined the company commanded by Captain Nehemiah Emerson in the regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Tupper in the Massachusetts line in the continental establishment, on the first of January 1782, this regiment was then stationed at the Hampshire hills near West Point in the state of New York - He continued to serve in the said corps until the thirty first day of August when he was honorably discharged from said service at the Hampshire hills aforesaid the state of New York - He further declares that on the 4 th April 1818 he made a declaration before the Hon. Judge Davis who misstated the term of his service in the years 1781. & 1782.

District of Massachusetts
On this twenty third day of November 1822 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record viz the District Court for the District of Massachusetts Isaac Delano of Boston aged sixty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following supplementary declaration in order to obtain the provision - made by the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 - and the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Isaac Delano enlisted for the term of three years on or about the seventeenth day of November in the year 1781. in the State of Massachusetts and marched and joined the company commanded by Captain Nhemiah Emerson in the regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Tupper in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment, on the first of January 1782, this regiment was then stationed at the Hampshire hills near West Point in the state of New York - He continued to serve in the said corps until the thirty first day of August when he was honorably discharged from said service at the Hampshire hills aforesaid the state of New York. He further declares that on the 4 th April 1818 he made a declaration before the Hon. Judge Davis which misstated the time of his service in the years 1781. & 1782.

and did not state the time particularly of his enlistment and discharge, owing to which mistake his claim was rejected. and he further declarath that he has been sick and absent since that time and has not returned until now his application founded on nine months full service he having enlisted on the fifteenth of No- vember and continued in the service until the thirty first of the following August The reason of his discharge was that his place was supplied by another man - And in pursuance of the act of the 7 th May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a res- ident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it or to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress enti- tled an "Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person on trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Isaac Delano.
Sworn to and declared on the twenty third day of Novem- ber A. D. 1822.
Before John Davis Judge of the Massachusetts District Court

Schedule.
  1 old horse on cart $20.00   2 beds 10.00   1 chairs & 2 tables 5.00   Pots kettles & crockery ware 5.   $40.00 
I am sixty three years of age, a morriner by profession but too old and infirm to obtain subsistence thereby I have a wife aged sixty able to work a little. and four children the oldest of which is eighteen a female and able to do some work. a son sixteen able to earn his living - another son fourteen who is able to earn a part of his subsistence
Isaac Delano-
I John Watson Davis Clerk of the Massachusetts District Court. Do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court, And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Forty Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twentieth day of January A.D. 1823.
John Watson Davis Clerk of the District Court for the Massachusetts District

48 - an Elizabeth W. De lano widow of Isaac
Mass.
act. 7 July 1838 5 years pension
adml 2 yrs pri
5 years pension no deduction
J. H. East Cambridge Mass.

State of Massachusetts } Middlesex County } ss
On this third day of August A.D. 1898, personally appeared before the Hon. Samuel P. P. Fay Judge of the court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex Elizabeth W. Delano a resident of Medford in said County aged seventy five 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 an act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows — That she is the widow of Isaac Delano late of Charlestown deceased who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & served at different enlistments & periods more than two years for which service he was pensioned under the act of Congress passed in the year 1818 and for a particular detail of his services I refer to his declaration on file in the pension office & to the evidence on which his pension was granted. She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Delano on the Twenty sixth day of August in the year seventeen hundred & eighty two and that her husband the aforesaid Isaac Delano died on

eleventh day of September AD 1839 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 & ninety four vir at the time above stated Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me
Elizabeth W Delano
Subscribed & sworn to the third day of August 1838. by said Elizabeth, at her own residence, she being sick & unable to go from home
before me
J. P. P. Gay Judge of Probate for said County -
I William M Delano of Charlestown of lawful age do depose & say, that I was well acquainted with Isaac Delano late of said Charlestown, deceased & with his wife Elizabeth W. Delano who subscribed the foregoing declaration, who is now living in Boston his widow she never having been married since his death. That said Isaac was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death for his services as a private in the army of the Revolution. That said Isaac died about five years ago according to the best of my remembrance —
Middlesex ss: Aug. 3 rd 1838 —
W m M Delano
Subscribed & sworn to by W m M. Delano, who is a credible person before me
J. P. P. Gay J.P.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
I hereby certify that Sam l B t Day Esq r is the Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth therein duly commissioned & qualified; and that his signature written on the preceding paper are his genuine signatures:—
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this fourth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & Forty eighth
Isaac Dike Esq r
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 10

Married by Zedekiah Sanger August twenty sixth One thousand seven hundred eighty two Isaac Delano & Elizabeth White Ripley The above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in less legible figures as follows "August 26 1782"
Josiah Moore pastor of the congregational church in Duxbury
I Josiah Moore above named depose & say that I hold the office of Pastor of the congregational church in Duxbury whereof Zedekiah Sanger was formerly Pastor & that the above is a true extract from the records of said church in my possession with the exception above named as certified by me
Josiah Moore pastor of the congregational church in Duxbury
Plymouth County ss On this twenty sixth day of July 1838 personally appeared Josiah Moore above named & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above certificate before me I further certify that Josiah Moore is a man of good character & his testimony is entitled to credit And that Elizabeth W Delano is the widow of said Isaac Delano & has not been married since his decease Seth Sprague Jr Justice of Peace

and 1812 Section
MEE/hms
July 8, 1929.
Mrs. Paul H. Fairchild, 87 Boulevard, Passaic, New Jersey.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 19160, it appears that Isaac Delano was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts , date not stated.
He enlisted in the State of Massachusetts in 1780 and served six months as a private in Captain Levi Bates' Company, Colonel Bradford's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted November 15, 1781, served as a private in Captain Nehemiah Emerson's Company, Colonel Benjamin Tupper's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged August 31, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1818, while a resident of Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
In 1822 he resided in Boston, Massachusetts, and was then aged sixty-three years.
He died September 11, 1833 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
The soldier married August 26, 1782, Elizabeth White Ripley. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 3, 1838

while a resident of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, then aged seventy-five years. In 1843 she was living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In 1822 the soldier made reference to five children, the eldest a daughter, aged eighteen years, one son sixteen years and one son fourteen years of age. No names are given.
One William N. Delano was a resident of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1838, no relationship stated.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
December 6, 1921.
Mrs. Paul H. Fairchild, 87 Boulevard, Passaic, New Jersey.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated November 20, 1921, you are advised that in the papers in the Revolutionary War claim, W. file No. 19160, Isaac Delano, the date of the death of the widow of the soldier is not stated.
For the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and date of death of Elizabeth, widow of Isaac Delano, you should apply to the Pension Section, Interior Department Division, General Accounting Office, Walker Johnson Building, Navy Annex, 18 th Street and New York Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data:- Elizabeth W. Delano, Widow of Isaac Delano, Certificate 3727, issued December 13, 1843, rate $80, commenced March 4, 1843, lot of March 3. 1843, Massachusetts Agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

BOULEVARD
Feb. 28-1929-
Passaic, N. J.
Department of the Interior-
Bureau of Pensions-
Washington - D. C.
Heretennere -
I am desirous of learning a member of the "Daughters of the American Revolution", and also the great-granddaughter of Isaac Delano of Newbury, Mass. Private in the American Revolution . If you have such a record, I should deeply appreciate a

definite statement of such reasons from the Government - If possible give me services Need persons - With thanks, I am, Very Truly Yours -
Georgia Everett Fairchild (Mrs. Paul H.)

Rev. mt
87 BOULEVARD
Passaic, N. J. Nov. 20. 1921-
U. S. Pension Office - Washington, D. C. Gentlemen -
I would like to obtain if possible, the record of date and place of birth of Mrs. Elizabeth Delaco, widow of Isaac

Delaco - Isaac Delaco died in Boston, Sept. 11. 1833, and was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, according to Mass. Pension Recs. - at the time of his discharge July 4. 1781 - he was a private in Capt. Joseph Bates Co. in the 14 th Regiment -
His widow Elizabeth Delaco, received his pension until her death -
Yours Truly, Georgia E. Fairchild (Mrs. Pader H.)

1921, Dec. 6 Mrs. Paul H. Fairchild advised him to obtain date of Widow's d.
1929- July 8, Dist to Mrs. Paul N. Fairchild, M.E. C.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 19163 Elizabeth W. Delano Widow of Isaac Delano Rev. Rev. War
Act: Mar. 3 1843
Box:—Vol. 1 , Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts 18.
Elizabeth W. Delano,
widow of Isaac Delano, deceased, (late bonnier)
who died on the 11 th of September 1833, Middlesex Co. in the State of Massachusetts, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Emerson of the regt. commanded by Col. Bradford, in the Massachusetts line for 2 years, private.
Enscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, the rate of 80 Dollars in Cents per annum, commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of August, 1838, and sent to Isaac Fiske, Esqr. East Cambridge, Mass.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1838, $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sept. " 40.00
$ 200.00
5 years pension. { Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7 th , 1838, Section the 1 st }
Recorded by G. T. Rhodes Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1, Page 82.
Note after

4103 Sept. 9. 1843
E.W. Delano March 22/43.
Miss $80 per an
Isaac Fiske E. Cambridge
Mass Consume of Persons
Washington
FREE

Easthampton County of Middlesex - Mass. - Sep 6. 1849
Dear Sir,
When the enclosed application of Elizabeth W. Dillane shall have been examined & passed upon, please to communicate the result to me
I am respectfully Yours Isaac Pitkin

Duxbury September 4 th 1822
This May certify that M c Isaac Delano entered to service in the Continental Army, in the revolutionary war in the later part of the year 1781 - That is about the 15 th Day of November of said year, and that he soon after joined the 10 th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by L t Commandant Benjamin Tupper and served as a soldier in said Regiment during said enlistment to whom it may concern
Andrew Samson

Plymouth ss September ye 30 th 1822 Then the within named Andrew Sampson personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the within certificate Before me Seth Drown Justice of peace
I certify that Capt d Andrew Sampson the subscriber to the within certificate is a Gentleman of understood veracity and truth
Seth Drown Justice of peace

Married in 1782:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That Seth Sprague Esq. is now and was at the date of his attes- tation a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestation is in due form, and by the proper Officer.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this Second day of August A. D. 1838, and in the Sixty third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John P. Briggs Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Edward Everett

Nashua Nashua April 6 th 1818 I William Emerson of Nashua in the County of Hills and Common- wealth of Massachusetts. Captain of a Company in the tenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Troops on the Continental establishment in the Revolutionary war, testify and say, that Isaac Dobson of Duxbury in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts served as a private soldier in my said Company eight months in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty two. The said tenth Regiment was then commanded by Col. Benj. Tabor William Emerson
May 11. April 17 th 1818 Then the above named Col. William Emerson made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me John Warren Justice of the Peace

I Andrew Sampson of Duxbury in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts certify as my, I know Isaac Delano formerly of Duxbury that the said Isaac enlisted into the Continental army at said Duxbury in the service of the United States some time between the first & fifteenth of November in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty one; that he continued in the service some days at Duxbury preparing to march and did then march and joined the Continental army sometime about the last of December of the same year as nearly as I can recollect, the army being then at West Point as I believe in the state of New York - said Delano as I have always understood continued in said service until the last of August 1782. -
Andrew Sampson
Plymouth ss. December 9 - 1822 then Andrew Sampson personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
before me Judah Helen Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have a long time known the above said Andrew Sampson and have always considered him as a man of truth
Judah Helen Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I John B Thomas. Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Plymouth. certify that Judah Alden Esq. is a justice of the Peace, for said County of Plymouth, duly qualified to administer oaths & take depositions, and that the signature to the foregoing attestation is the true signature of the said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have

hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the courts the ninth day of December 1822.
Mo B Thomas

(48) Aug 8 Mass. 7 July 1838 CAMBRIDGE
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Cannonville 1 May.
Maddison Co. East Cumberland August 4, 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
Inclosed is the Application of Mrs. Delano for a Pension with Documents in relation thereto; When examined & acted upon please to communicate the result to me.
Yours respectfully
Isaac P. Cooke

Recd. 30 Jan. 1823
Hon John C Calhoun - Secretary of War - Washington City
Mr. [unclear]

Boston July 9. 1823
Sir - I beg leave to ask your particular attention to the case of Isaac Delano. He petitioned with respect to his last enlistment, four years since, stating only the time of service that he was in Capt. Conner's company, which being less than nine months, his petition was rejected. The facts of his case however are that he enlisted at least six weeks before joining Conner's company. I was engaged during that time in preparing to leave and in marching to the army. The portion of time thus spent renders his period of service more than nine months, at one time as will appear by the accompanying depositions. At the time his first petition which accompanies this, was drawn up, nothing was said of any other period than the time which he spent in Conner's company, without reference to the period which elapsed before & during which he was also in the service of his country. He is very regular. By a reference to the depositions of

Sampson Jr It will be seen at what time he enlisted in 1701 - and by Grenon's deposition that he was in his company eight months in 1702 which makes the period of his leaving Grenon's company the last of August as stated in his unsworn application - I hope that his claim will be favorably considered. He is still very poor -
Very respectfully
I have the honor to be
Yr most obedt Servt Stephen Hooper
Dear Mr Calhoun -
As His first petition mentions a period of more than six months service before - but he served nine months at one time during the period of the last enlistment -

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September - in the year 1823 at Boston by the President & States
Branch Bank
Recorded by Byr L Brattle Clerk, in Book B, Vol. 2 page 78.
Examined and countersigned by
J. S. Edwards

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, 1 st of May 1820 and 1 st March 1823.
Isaac Delano
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 first day of March — one thousand eight hundred and twenty three .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth — day of March — one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

[Stylized signature or mark]
Hon Jeremiah Nelson Member of Congress, Washington City.
Jeremiah Nelson Boston 29 Jan 1839

Boston Jan'y 29 - 1823.
Dear Sir -
The papers of Belane which had not been received at Washington, when you wrote, have since been forwarded. I am very sorry to give you so much trouble but shall feel obliged if you will have the goodness to call there again referring to my former last letter for information respecting them.
Yours respectfully Stephen Hopper
Hosmerick Nelson -

District Clerk's Office Boston 25. Jany. 1823
Sir
I have the honor to transmit herewith the Affidavit of John Bullard, an original applicant for a Pension, accompanied by the Depositions of Samuel Clark and William Clark.
Also the Papers of Isaac Delano, whose Claim has been rejected, owing, as is supposed to a misstatement of his services in his original Affidavit. His supplementary Affidavit, with Schedule of property, and the Depositions of Andrew Sampson and Oliver Delano are now forwarded.
With the highest respect I am Sir
Your most Obedt. Servt.
Isaac Davis Clerk of Mass. Dist. Court.
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss. Be it known that on the fifth day of September 1863
Personally appeared before me the
Subscribed Judge of Probate for the County of Middlesex Elizabeth W. Delano, a resident of Cambridge in the County of Commonwealth aforesaid, aged eighty four years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the process made by the Act of Congress passed on the Third Day of March 1843, granting Pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is now the widow of Isaac Delano who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and served as she amily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a Pension under the Law of the 7 th of July 1838, to which declaration & the Papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of her and said Isaac Delano's services; for the proof of her marriage to the said Isaac Delano; her identity; & the time of the death of the said Isaac Delano.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, which amount she received from the 4 th of March 1836, to the 4 th of March 1841, at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts, & at the time of receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act, to the Pension Agent at said Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the demise of her said husband the said Isaac Delano but is now & ever since has been the widow of the said Isaac Delano as will more fully appear by the proof annexed & further she saith not.
Subscribed in presence of John R. D. Delano Isaac Delano
Elizabeth W. Delano her mark

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first mentioned. Before me in open Court
J. P. P. Ray Judge of Probate for County,
I John R. Kidder of lawful age do hereby say that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth M. Delano the foregoing applicant & know that she was the widow of Isaac Delano, who was reported to have been a soldier in the war of the revolution; said Elizabeth M. Delano was a pensioner under the Law of 1838, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, as stated by her & has not intermarried since the expiration of said Act, and is now the widow of the said Isaac Delano.
John R. Kidder
Middlesex ss, September 5 th A.D. 1843 Personally appeared the above named John R. Kidder, well known to me as a man of veracity & entitled to credit & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed near true
J. P. P. Ray B.B.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Fisher Register of the Court of Probate at and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid hereby certify that Samuel P. P. Ray Esquire is the Judge of said Court, & that his signature above written was his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Isaac Fisher Reg
Isaac Fisher X not
Isaac Fisher

I Oliver Delano of Duxbury in the State of Massachusetts testify and say that I well knew Isaac Delano a petitioner for a pension from the United States. Said Delano enlisted into the Continental army in the service of the United States at said Duxbury some time in the first or middle part of the month of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one. I also enlisted, and after remaining some days in said Duxbury preparing to march we did march and joined the army at West Point about the last of December 1781 or first of January 1782 said Delano served as a private in Col d Saffron Regiment. Oliver Delano
Plymouth ss Decm r 9. 1822 then personally appeared before me the subscriber Oliver Delano and made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed - Judah Alden Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above said Oliver Delano is a man of truth that I have a long time known him and that his testimony may be relied on - Judah Alden Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Plymouth testify that Judah Alden Squire is a justice of the Peace for said County of Plymouth duly qualified to administer oaths & take depositions & that the signature to the foregoing attestation is the true signature of the said justice
In testimony whereof I have

hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the courts this ninth day of December 1922
Mo B Thomas