Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5320, Zelek Darling, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Darling, Zelek
S. 5320
carded
CONTENTS

3057
Massachusetts
Hezekiah Darling of Sutton in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  of the Regt commanded by Col Putnam in the  line for  years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 80 Dollars  Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec 1832 and Hezekiah Darling Sutton Worcester Co Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $120  Pemi=ant. allowance ending 2 nd mo 33  40 
$160 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Bliss Clerk, Book D Vol. 25 Page 46

16.124 Massachusetts R.
copy of Discharge sent to Hon J. L. L. 16 June 1822.
Leleah Darling
of Sutton in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three years
inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 of May 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of Nov r 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq. Worcester Mass s
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819 42.02 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1820 48.
3 27 1/2 31 30
$ 90.02
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Zeke Darling Private 2 years
$80.
Clarent Sutter Napa County Calif L. K. Darling

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 _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty personally appeared in open Court, before now sitting Isaac Darling a resident of Sutton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy 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 in 1810 he made a declaration of his service which was sent to the War Department and a certificate was thereon issued, but the pay was after words suspended and he has never been restored. He now refers to that proof which was a discharge under the hand of Gen. Know dated the 4 th of Dec 1703 from his Enlistment for 1 st service during, three years on the Continental Establishment in the Mass. Line to which proof he now refers. He then & now lives in Sutton in the county of Worcester aforesaid - said discharge is countersigned Ralph H Bowles. Capt & Adjutant as registering officer.
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. Except as above -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Nathl. James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Isaac Darling

We
a Clergyman residing in the residing in
and hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with
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
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
who signed
the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
and that
who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. Greene Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Hezekiah Harding Justice
I Shephester Wheeler Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Huld
Darling for a pension. —
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two .
Shephester Wheeler Register of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
70

Yeleh Darling Sutton
4 June 1819
Masa line 5 Pregon Col. Putnam 8 Febr 1781 42 Dec 1783
Correct from a Discharge signed J. H. not
Judge has not certified to the reduced circum- stances of Applicant Service admitted Certificate annexed Adm d

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester
I Zeke Darling a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Sutton in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the eighth day of Feby AD 1701
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the 24 th day of Decr AD 1703
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Capt Goodale's Company, fifth Massachusetts regiment, and was afterwards transferred to the first Massachusetts, to which I belonged when discharged
and that I left the service on the 24 day of Decr 1703 when I received an honorable discharge, which is herewith transmitted, and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of 57 years — all the above service and much more I performed in the Massachusetts line — was in the battle on Rhode Island and at Kings bridge.
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Zeke Darling
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me Jonathan D. Dinsmore Judge of Probate within and for the County of Worcester
the abovenamed Zeke Darling and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of office to be affixed
J. D. Dinsmore Judge of the Probate of Wills in & for the County of Worcester

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss.
I Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Judicial Courts held within and for said County of Worcester, certify, that the Hon ble Nathaniel Paine Esquire, before whom the affidavit of Seth Darling, within named, has been made, is Judge of Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration, within and for said County duly qualified for that purpose, and acting under the authority of said Commonwealth, of Worcester, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this seventh day of June A.D. 1819.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts: At Worcester in the county of Worcester. On the 6 th Nov r . A.D. 1819.
I certify. That Zebulon Darling within named, (after due examination) is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the country, for the services in the revolutionary War by him performed.
Nath l Paine Judge of Probate Seale for Wills, for the County of Worcester.

FREE
old case
War. Department,
Washington, City.

Womans Act 7. 1819
Sir I herewith enclose the Application of Zillah Darling for a pension having procured such a certificate of the Judge as is required.
Your Obt. Servt.
John Davis

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River,
Isiah Darling Soldier - - - - - in the first Massachusetts - - - - - Regiment,
being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States
Given in the State of New-York, the Twenty fourth Day of December
1783
Knox M c Lean
By the General's Command,
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Ralph H. Bowes Capt. & Adj t

Reuben
5320
INVALID.
File No. 5320
Yelele Harding Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index Vol. M , Page 89
[Arrangement of 1850.]