Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2021, Amos Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Clark, Amos Ursula
NUMBER
R 2021 B.L. No. 36,243-160-55
CONTENTS
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L.H.
July 10/65
Ursula Clark widow of Amos Clark Private
Capt. Ralph Hancock Capt. Ralph Thompson born Hancock
2nd Sep 25 - 1779. died March 1781 -
Rev. Warr
Private Map of Mila Map July 38
Ad. 160 acres July 26/56. Dodge
Vol C-1-154
Elias Cook Bald Heill Mass.

Know all Men by these Presents.
State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Norfolk }
On this Ninth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, Elias Cook a justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid Ursula Clark aged 89 years, a resident of Medway in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Widow of James Clark who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Ralph Thompson in the Regiment of Infantry commanded by General Hancock in the Revolution in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, A. D. 1812 that he was Brafted or at Enlisted at Medway on or about the 25th day of September A. D. 1779 for the term of unknown and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days or upwards and was honorably discharged at Castle Island R.I.  on the  or about  19th day of March A. D. 1781 on account of Expiration of Service as will appear by the Muster Rolls  he had no written or printed Discharge or it is lost She further states that he nor she never received or applied for bounty land before She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act granting
bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," passed the 3rd of March A.D. 1855  She further states that she was married to the said James Clark at Medway on the Eighteenth Day of August 1788 by Rev David Sanford and that her name before her said marriage was Ursula Richardson that her said husband died at Oakham Worcester County Massachusetts September the 21 Day A.D. 1823 and she is now a widow She also prays that a warrant may be sent for her to  Ursula Clark Elias Cook Baled Hill Massachusetts
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify, that I believe the said Ursula Clark to be the widow of the the identical man who served as aforesaid, and that she is of the age above stated. and that I have no interest in the claim.
Elias Cook justice of the Peace { }
STATE OF
ss.

State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk } ss
Town of Medway I, A. M. B. Fuller Clerk of the aforesaid Town hereby Certify that the Records of said Town are in my possession and in the Record Book of Marriages I find the following Viz by Rev. D. Sanford "Mr. Amos Clark of Medway & Miss Ursula Richardson of Medway were Married August eighteenth Seventeen hundred & Eighty eight" I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures thus ("August 18 th 1888") A M B Fuller J. Clerk of Medway
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk - ss
June 9 th - 1885
Then personally appeared the above named A. M. B. Fuller and made oath that the foregoing Certificate by him subscribed is true
Elias Cook,
Justice of the Peace

Ursula Clarke Declaration

State of Massachusetts
On this twentieth day of November, personally appeared before the Court of Probate now in session at Wrentham Ursula Clarke a resident in Medway in the County of Norfolk aged seventytwo years who being first duly sworn according to law doeth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Amos Clarke who was a private in the army of the revolution and was in the service as she believes two different times but she does not clearly recollect having no knowledge except what she recollects of his conversation respecting the revolutionary war. She recollects hearing her said husband speak of being at Warwick or Warren in Rhode Island arriving there from one of the Islands in a dark and stormy night climbing up a difficult place to get ashore which appear when viewed in the daytime to be almost impossible; also of his speaking of hard fare in the service some days laborious work to perform when poorly supplied with provisions and those of poor quality. has heard him her said husband say he was sixteen years old when in the service; he would if living be now seventyseven years old. The particular time of his entering or leaving the service or under what officers he served she cannot tell as she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim.

She further declares that she was to the said Amos Clarke August the Eighteenth in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty eight and that she has never since been married. that her husband the aforesaid Amos Clarke died the 21 st day of September in the year Eighteen Hundred and twentythree. That she was not married to him prior to his leav- ing the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninetyfour viz. at the time above stated
She further says that the Deponent Timothy Partridge of Barre has mistaken her name calling her Julia instead of Ursula and that he the said Timothy made the same mistake in her presence some years ago and was corrected by her whereupon he immediate- ly acknowledged he was mistaken
Ursula Clark
Subscribed sworn to on this day & year first above written I Seluel J. Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk. I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for said County hereby certify that Shurman Seluel is Judge of said Court of Probate & that his signature above is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this true-till day of November A.D., 1838. Jonathan H. Cobb

"The list of Marriages Solemnized by the Rev. David Sanford since the 30 th of April 1788, to the 2 d of April 1789. Vis."
Mr Amos Clark of Medway & Mrs Ursula Richardson of Medway were Married August eighteenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight."
I, Joseph L. Richardson of Medway in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, depose and say, that I am Clerk of said town of Medway, and have the records of said town in my possession and that in Volume second of said records is recorded the Marriage of Amos Clark & Ursula Richardson as above transcribed except the dates, which are expressed in fair legible figures, thus " August 18. th 1788. "
Medway Nov. 6. 1838.
Joseph L. Richardson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss November 6 th 1838 Personally appeared the above subscribed Joseph L. Richardson and made oath in due form of law that the above transcript and affidavit is true before me Christopher Slocum Justice of the Peace

190705-
Paid 9
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2021
P. O.
Natalia Clark
Service:
Amos
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

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Rev. Amos
V. Mass.
cut 7. July 38 Lt. to Hon. W. S. Hastings, Jan 15, 1839.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 12. 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Chas. Cook was
Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk
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.
W. M. Dighton
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk { 55
We Joseph Curtis and John C. Clark Midway having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Amos Clark who was a Revolutionary Soldier
whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than Forty years years before his death, which occurred at Cohann on or about 21 Day of September 1823 years ago,—that we know that he died about that time because* we attended the funeral
that we are residents of Midway in the County of Norfolk Massachusetts that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried,—that her declaration was signed and acknowledged by her in our presence,—that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,—and that we are disinterested.
Joseph Curtis
John C. Clark
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this Ninth day of June A.D. 1855
Elias Cook } Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Joseph Curtis and John C. Clark of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Ursula Clark is the widow, remaining unmarried of the late Amos Clark who was a Revolutionary Soldier
and that the said Amos Clark died at Cohann on or about the 21 st day of September A.D. 1823
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this Ninth day of June 1855 I have no interest in this case.
Elias Cook Justice of the Peace.
* "We attended his funeral," or "were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, December 14 th 1838.
I hereby Certify, That at the dates of their several attestations Sherman Seland was Judge of Probate Jonathan H. Cobb Register of Probate, and Christopher Bloom was a justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk; - and Syman Sibley was a justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester, in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their 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.

Please examine the Roll of capt Cowell's company (supposed to be in 1776) for the name of Titus Adams, late husband of Anna Adams. & for the name of Amos Clarke, husband of Ursula Clarke, when examining the applications & evidence of the said Anna Adams & Ursula Clarke & give notice of the result to Wm. Hastings of the House

Please examine the Roll of capt Cowell's company (supposed to be in 1776) for the name of Titus Adams, late husband of Anna Adams, & for the name of Amos Clarke, husband of Ursula Clarke, when examining the applications & evidence of the said Anna Adams & Ursula Clarke & give notice of the result to Wm. Hastings of the House

I, Timothy Partridge of Barre in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of the age of seventy four years, and a Revolutionary Pensioner, do testify and say that, in the year 1777 as near as I can recollect, I lived in the town of Medway Norfolk County State of Massachusetts and that I was then Amos Clark who was then a resident of said Medway, and that I know that said Amos Clark enlisted in to a company commanded by Capt Nathaniel Woolbrook and that said company marched from Medway in May 1777 and went to Rhode Island, I belonged to the same company, we enlisted for the term of nine months, I was gone from home nine months and ten days, said Amos Clark after serving five or six months went home to see his Father who was then sick, and as near as I can recollect returned to the army and served his term of time. our Colonel's name was Amos Durner. said Amos Clark married Julia Richardson.
Timothy Partridge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss. September 14th. 1838 Then personally appeared the above named Timothy Partridge and made oath to the truth of the facts above subscribed by him, and I hereby certify that said Partridge is a man of truth and veracity
Before me Lyman Sibley Jus. of Peace