Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34215, Benjamin Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Clark, Benjamin S. 34215
CONTENTS

16 A.36 R
Massachusetts
Benjamin Clark
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wesson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of Novr 1819 and sent to William Ferson Esq. Gloucester Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep 1819  136.53    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar 1820  48.00    4 Mo \frac{2}{30}   $184.53  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Application sent July 26th 1820 to Michael Sweeney Esq.

Benj n Clark. Master 1 year 1876. Wilson's reg t B. Dodge's Comp y .
Benjamin Clark Private 46 to 47 Wepan Mapto Reg t
Admitted

State of Massachusetts.
I Benjamin Clarke a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the month of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & Seventy six, in the month of December preceding. 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 month of January one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven, for a term of one year, as a private soldier, against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the company of Capt. B. Dodge, in the regiment of Col. Wilson, in the Massachusetts line of the army; which regiment was first commanded by Col. Gurney in 1775 then by Col. Sedgwick Baldwin & lastly by Col. Wilson.
and that I left the service at the expiration of my said term of enlistment.
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 sixty four years. I also declare that I had previously served for eight months in the same company & regiment, in the year 1775 - for which term I had enlisted & that I also continued in the service six weeks after my term of a year service as above stated had expired, & that I was present at the battle of Trenton & Princeton, in New Jersey, when the Hessians were captured, & carried to Philadelphia.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Benjamin Clarke
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen 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 the Subscriber an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit within the State aforesaid, presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed Benjamin Clarke after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. Witness my hand & seal of said Court. Tom Wetmore
November 1st, 1819. I now certify the evidence in this case, which is herewith annexed, & that it appears

appears to my satisfaction, that the declaration above written of said Benjamin Clarke is true & well sup- ported by Providence & that he still is so poor & in such reduced circumstances of life, as that he stands in need of assistance from his country for support. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court as within affixed. —
Wm. Wetmore

16.036
Benj. Clark
Nov: 1849.
Ghastly
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age 69 fishman worth $10.—
March 1829

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Benjamin Clark resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 16036 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Benjamin Clark of Gloucester in 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 first day of April - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ."
***** L. S. *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of November - one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ."
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War."
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, No Real Estate.
A little poor and mean furniture.
Three or four broken chairs, two tables, pot, kettle - spoons, knives, forks, a little crockery.
He is Sixty nine years old - is a fisherman but has made not more than 8 or 9 dollars since the season opened and must go to the work house if he loses his pension.
His family are his wife aged 69 - daughter Debby 16 - & Betsey 17 - all.
He served as a year's man all 1776 in Capt. Dodge's company in Col. Baldwin's Regiment in Massachusetts line.
Benjamin Clark.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Benj a Clark — do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in 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. So help me GOD.
Benjamin Clark.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Benjamin Clark took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
W m Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and 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
ten dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

No 12.909 Percy Clunie Mr Lot 6 Same J. Anderson August 1. 49.
act 7 July 1838

I Ebenezer Cleaveland of Gloucester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, Gentleman, do on oath testify; that in the war of the Revolution I served in the capacity of 1st Lieutenant in Capt. Josiah Fay's company in Col. Jonathan Ward's Regiment on the continental establishment in the Massachusetts line during the year 1776: That while in said service I was well acquainted with Benjamin Clark, a private in Capt. Barnabas Dodge's company in Col. James Wesson's Regiment in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment; and to my certain knowledge he served the whole of the year 1776 as a good and faithful soldier in s d Dodge's Company and s d Wesson's Regiment; and at the expiration of the year 1776 he was honorably discharged from said service: and from his reduced circumstances in life stands in need of his country's assistance for support. I further testify, that Benjamin Clark, now present, is the identical person who served as above declared. Ebenezer Cleaveland. 1 st Lieut.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Gloucester ss } Be it known, that on this eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, Before me John Rogers notary Public, by legal authority admitted and sworn, and swearing in Gloucester, in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, personally came and appeared Ebenezer Cleaveland, above named, with whom I am personally acquainted, a person of veracity - and, as I believe, disinterested - and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above declaration by him Subscribed -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal, the day and year last above mentioned.
John Rogers. N.Y. Public

34 215 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34 215
Benjamin Clark
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 14
[Arrangement of 1870.]