Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13741, Israel Colley, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Colley Israel Montgomery Mary Former widow
W13741
CONTENTS

8189. Massachusetts Mary Montgomery, da. widow of Israel Colley who was a Private in the Mass. Line Husb. d died in 1802 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 34 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843, ending 13 April 1844. Certificate of Pension issued the 10th. day of June 1847. and sent to J. P. Frothingham, Newburyport Mass.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2. Page 34.
To Mary Kimball, only child.
Rep d . 2 beets

133.00 Declaration 9297 1448
Mary Montgomery dec. for's wid. of Israel Colley Mass.
Act 7. July 38
m 81. d. 02 —
claimt. died 13 apt. 44
adm d
10mo. 8ds / pri
$34 22
also acts 43. 0444
$34 22 to 13
apt. 44 when she died
To Mary Kimball
only child —
J. J. Frothingham Newburyport Mass.

I Mary Kimball, wife of William Kimball, a resident of Avond, in the County of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, aged fifty one years being first duly sworn, according to law, do, on my oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Acts of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, and the 23 d of August 1842, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war - That I am the only child of Mary Montgomery, deceased, who was formerly the widow of Israel Colley, who was a private in the army of the United States, and served in the company of Capt John Wentworth, in Col. Gerrish's regiment in the year 1778. four months and twenty seven days; also in the company of Capt Stephen Jenkins, Col. Gerrish's regiment, one month and ten days; - also in the company of Capt Richard Pitcomb, in Col. Wadsworth's regiment, three months and twenty one days, as I have understood and fully believe; that my mother, the said Mary Montgomery was married to my father, the said Israel Colley, on the twenty second day of July, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one; that my father, the said Israel Colley, died on or near the year Eighteen hundred and two, there being no records of his death; that my mother was not married to my father, the said Israel Colley, prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated; I further declare that after the death of my father aforesaid, my mother was married to Moody Montgomery (who was a Lieutenant in the revolutionary Army) on the eleventh day of December A. 1806; that he died on the fifteenth day of November 1814; that my mother, the said Mary Montgomery, also died on the thirteenth day of April A. Eighteen hundred and forty four; and that she lived a Widow from

the time of the decease of the said Moody Montgomery, until she died. Mary Kimball
State of Connecticut ss: Avon, Hartford County September 10 th A. D. 1845.
Personally appeared the above named Mary Kimball, who being first duly sworn according to law, made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, before me
Alfred Kellogg, Judge of Probate for the District of Avon.
State of Connecticut ss:
I, B. C. Kellogg, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Avon, and keeper of the seal thereof, do hereby certify that Alfred Kellogg Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was duly appointed Judge of Probate for the District of Avon, by the General Assem- bly of the State of Connecticut, at their late annual session, and duly commissioned by the Governor of said State on the 31 st day of May A. D. 1845.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this 14 th day of September A. D. 1845. B. C. Kellogg Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston February 1 st 1877-
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation James P. Frothingham was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Sleeper,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, George D. Granger, of Newburyport, in the County of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, on oath, depose and say, that I hold the office of Senior Warden of St. Paul's Church of said Newburyport; that the rectoryship of said Church is now vacant, and that I have in my possession the records of marriages of said Church; that under the caption of marriages by the Rev. Edward Bass, appear the following - "July twenty second, seventeen hundred and eighty one, married Israel Colley, and Mary Halliday" -
I further depose that the above is a true extract from said records, with the exception of the date, which is in fair legible figures, thus "July 22. 1781."
In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this nineteenth day of February, A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty five -
George D. Granger
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - County of Essex - February 19. 1845.
Then the above named George D. Granger, personally appeared before me, and made oath that the above certificate signed by him is true, and I certify that he is the Senior Warden of St. Paul's Church -
James P. Frothingham, Jus. Peace -

Newburyport - May 31. 1847. - J. L. Edwards, Esq. Com r of Pensions.
D Sir
Yours of 17 th inst. in relation to the case of Mary Montgomery, is recd. - and I am somewhat at a loss how to answer it - I have always heretofore supposed that the object of the pension laws, was to grant assistance to such soldiers and widows of soldiers, as could by any satisfactory means, prove the service in the revolutionary war for a sufficient length of time; without any particular inquiry as to the means by which the information respecting such service may be acquired - In this particular case however, I stated to you in my letter dated April 27. 1847, that the information respecting the service was partly derived from the mother of the present applicant, and from her uncle (Samuel Pelsbury) now deceased, who was well acquainted with him, (Colley,) and who as he states, was with him in the same Company, the term of three months - Will you please understand that although the rolls, now in the possession of our Secy, do not show any longer term of that particular service, than one month & 20 d. yet etc. Pelsbury who was a fellow soldier with Colley, says that he was with him three months , & also states very particularly, that he served with him in the same company and that they came home together - Now, the probability is, that your rolls, will show that same three months service, in addition to the other service which is proved, and even if not, the evidence which I now forward you, from a Comrade who

was well acquainted with him and served with him, and returned home with him, would seem to be sufficient to show satisfactorily that the service was rendered -
The second husband of the widow of Israel Colley, also served as 1 st Lieutenant for 3 mo. in the Comp y of Capt. Huse of Col. Wade Pitcomb, - Lieut. Col. Huse, at Fort Arnold - West Point - but I have as yet been unable to prove sufficient service of Lieut. Montgomery to entitle to a pension, and I have delayed the presentation of this claim, because I hoped to obtain for Montgomery's service as Lieutenant - I hope you will fully consider all the circumstances and will allow the whole time mentioned in Samuel Pelsbury's deposition (3 mo.) although our Sec'y's Certificate, shows for that service only 1 mo. & 20 ds.
You are well aware that widows of revolutionary soldiers cannot with distinctness at this time, or at the time of life at which they were entitled to receive a pension, recollect the service which their husbands rendered, before their marriage, and the only wonder is that they recollect as well as they do - In regard to the intimation from you that information was obtained from the documents in the possession of our State, I have to say, that not the least information has ever been received by me or by any other person for me, directly or indirectly to my knowledge in any case from such rolls, although I cannot see any impropriety in obtaining knowledge of service in any honest case - I am well satisfied that imposition and fraud have been practiced upon your department, and therefore it is necessary to be particular in requiring evidence, and I am sorry to feel myself obliged from the malpractice of others, to make so particular and minute a statement of this case - I enclose herewith depositions of Simeon Brainer,

(now living), and of Samuel Polsbury, deceased, as in part corroboration of the correctness of the Certificate of our Secy. I should have sent these depositions before, had I supposed them requisite, in addition to the Secy's Certificate —
I have in my own possession many old original records, receipts, &c. — from which I have sometimes in the course of examination obtained facts in regard to Service, but which, being corroborated by other testimony, such as recollection of widows, records in the possession of the Secy's of the different States, and when necessary to identify the persons by extraneous means, such as evidence of Comrades, or by other minutely detailed circumstances, I cannot conceive as in the least, improper or contrary to the true intent and meaning of the laws —
I suppose also that in most cases the evidence appears upon the documents in your, or in the War Department —
I am sorry to trouble you with so long a communication upon a business matter, but the necessity of the case seemed to require it —
Very Resp't
Yr Most obedt Servt
James P. Dithridge

This certifies that Mary Montgomery, widow of Moody Montgomery, and formerly widow of Israel Colley died in this town on the 13 th day of April A D 1844, as appears of record. Most Alfred Kellogg Town Clerk
(Avon Hartford County.
(State of Connecticut April 17 th A D 1847.
I Alfred Kellogg, on oath depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the town of Avon, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, and have in my possession the records of said town, and that the fact of the death of Mary Montgomery widow of Moody Montgomery, and formerly widow of Israel Colley, appears in one of the volumes of said records Avon April 17 th 1847. Alfred Kellogg Town Clerk
Avon Hartford County April 17 th A D 1847.
Personally appeared the abovenamed Alfred Kellogg, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed — before me
Noble Towner Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut.
I, CHARLES WM. BRADLEY,  Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That  Noble Towner, Esquire, of Avon,  is, and since the 20th day of June last past, hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford, in said State, duly appointed and commissioned,===having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of court and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify,  that I believe the foregoing signature of the said  Noble Towner  to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this twentieth day of April, — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
Charles Wm. Bradley.
Secretary of State

Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13741
Mary Montgomery Widow of Israel Colley Priv. Meass. Line
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1845
Index:—Vol. M , Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ Letter to ..
"J. P. Frothingham
April 8 th 1847
Same May 17 th 47

Rep.
10.292.
Massachusetts.
Mary Montgomery dec'd. Widow of Israel Colley who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the year 1862 Lot of Essex Co. in the State of Mass. who was a Pri. in the Comfy commanded by Captain Wentworth of the Regt. commanded by Col. Ferrish in the Mass. line for 10 mos. 8 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 34 Dollars 92. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
She died 13 April 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of June 1844 and sent to J. V. Frothingham, Newburyport.
Total amount, $171.10
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. A. Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 63.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Mary
Montgomery, late of Avon in the state of Connecticut; widow, deceased, testate, died on the thirteenth day of April, A. D. 1844; that she was the widow of Moody Montgomery, who died in the year 1814; that before her marriage with said Moody Montgomery she was the widow of Israel Colley, late of Newburyport in said county of Essex, gentleman, deceased, intestate, who died on or about the year 1802; that said Mary Montgomery left one child, and no more, viz. Mary Reinbald, wife of William Reinbald, of said Avon; and that she the said Mary Reinbald is still living, and is of full age; as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this second day of February, A. D. 1847.
Nath. Lord jr.

Newburyport - March 17. 1849. J. L. Ednards, Esq. Com te of Pensions, Dear Sir,
Enclosed herewith I have the honor to transmit to you the applica- tion of Mary Kimball for a pension on account of her mother Mary Montgomery, deceased - If found satisfactory will you have the kindness to send to me such Certificate as she may be entitled to receive —
Yr. Ob t Serv t
James P. Fotheringham

Certificate of Service
10. mo 8 dr. per.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Feb. 5. th 1815.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Israel Colley is borne as a private upon a pay Roll of Capt n John Wentworth, Col. Gerrish's Guards stationed at Cambridge, from July 26 to Dec r 14. 1778, including allowance for 160 miles travel, 4 months, 27 days; — Upon a pay Roll of Capt n Stephen Jenkins, Col. Jacob Gerrish, detached from the militia in the counties of Suffolk and Essex, from Oct r 14 to Nov r 22. 1779, & allowance for 240 miles travel, 1 month, 20 days; — Upon a pay Roll of Capt n Richard Titcomb, Col. Nath l Wade, from July 3 to Oct r 10, 1780, & allowance for 260 miles travel, 3 months 21 days, — from the County of Essex. The preceding is all the evidence of service in the case. (The last two terms of service, were to re-inforce the Continental Army.)
4 27 1 20 3 21 10 8

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Pease;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I am now years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this third day of December
A. D. 1844.
Signed by said in my presence,
J. P. Frothingham
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Mary Kimball } per J. P. Frothingham
Mary Kimball per J. P. Frothingham
048

I hereby authorize and appoint James P. Frothingham of Newburyport to act for me in any and all matters which may be necessary in order to procure a pension for me on account of the services in the revolutionary war of my late father Israel Colley deceased
Mary Kimball
Signed in my presence
Attest C. Oct 21 st 1844. } Alfred Kellogg Justice of the Peace

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE BY THE WIDOW  HEIR. OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
State of Massachusetts County of Essex Town of Newburyport
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my husband's  father Israel Colley's service in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Newbury in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts in the year 17 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Stephen Jenkins in Regiment and he served as follows,* viz:—
In said Company of Capt. Jenkins, I do not know how long — - He also served three months in the Company of Capt. Richard Titcomb, in Col. Dadi's Regiment at West Point in 1780 — He also served in the Company of Capt. Wentworth, in Col. Dennis's Regiment, at Winter Hill in the year 1778 — I do not know whether he performed any other service or not —
*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the soldier, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

I, Simeon Brazee, of Newburyport, in the County of Essex, and State of Massachusetts aged eighty two years, do hereby on oath solemnly swear that in the year 1780, I was in the Revolutionary War, and served in the Company of Capt. Richard Titcomb, in the Regiment of Col. Wake the full term of three months at West Point - I was there at the time of Arnold's treachery and was one of the Senty at the house where Maj. Andre was kept during one night - I do know that Israel Colley served as a private with me in the same Company the full term of three months -
In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this sixth day of March, A. D. 1843. -
Simeon Brazee
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Essex ss. March 6. 1843.
Then personally appeared the above named Simeon Brazee, and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true; - and I certify that he is a credible witness -
J. S. Northingham, Jus. Peace -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 29 th 1847.
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation James B. Frothingham was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Dargay,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Samuel Pelsbury, of Newburyport, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a Revolutionary Pensioner, of the United States, aged about Eighty one years, on oath do solemnly testify and declare, that I was in the Revolutionary War and served in the Company of Capt. Stephen Perkins, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Gerrish in the year 1779, that our Company was ordered to Fort Stanwix from said Newburyport, but prior to our arrival there our orders were countermanded and we arrived at Albany in the State of New York, and while there were ordered about Seven Miles below, on the North River - I served in the war at that time and in that Company the full term of three months, and was then discharged and returned home - I do know that Israel Colley of said Newburyport was in the same Company with me, and served the full term of three months and that we came home together -
In witness whereof, I hereto subscribe my name this sixth day of March A. D. 1843. -
Samuel Pelsbury
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Essex ss. - March 6. 1843 -
Then personally appeared Samuel Pelsbury who has signed the above deposition and made oath that the same is true - and I certify that I am personally acquainted with him, and that he is a credible witness - James P. Northingham, Jus. Peace -

Newburyport - April 27. 1847 - J. L. Edrards Esq. Comr of Pensions,
Sir,
Enclosed herewith is the town clerk's certificate of the death of Mrs. Mary Montgomery - Mrs. Kimball, the applicant, knew from her mother, (Mrs. Montgomery) that she was entitled to a pension, and also from her uncle Samuel Pillsbury, who was a pensioner, and who has since died, and learned from them the facts in regard to the service of her father, which she represented to the Secy of our State in order to obtain the certificate of service rendered by her father -
Yours very Respectfully
James P. Frothingham -