Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1569, William Cushing, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cushing, William Ruth
No. 1569.
CONTENTS

No. 712  Massachusetts
William Cushing of Pembroke in the state of Mass who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford - of the Mass. line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of July 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sep: 1819 and sent to Nahum Mitchell Esq East Bridgewater Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sep: 1819 37. 49 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 120.
anno 23/31/30 $157.49
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
amt due as a Rev. Pns. to 4 Sept 1819 $ 37. 49 amt paid as an Invalid Pns. from 9 July to 4 Sept 1819 at $11 33 1/3 per month $ 21. 24 Diff. between Inv. & Rev. Pns. to 11 Sept. 1819 $ 16. 25

83.
Massachusetts, Ruth Cushing widow of William Cushing who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Lieutenant.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of March 1849, and sent to
Hon. A. Hale Hoff C
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 535, Vol. 1
July 29 th Book D.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County Ys.
On this thirty-first day of October, in the Year One thousand eight hundred & forty eight personally appeared before the Hon. Aaron Hobart Judge of Probate for the County of Plymouth Ruth Cushing of Scituate in said County, Widow aged Ninety one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed on the 29th of July 1848 entitled an Act for the relief of certain Officers & Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army
That she is the Widow of William Cushing late of Pembroke in said County deceased, who was an Officer in the Army of the Revolution & was wounded at the surrender of Burgoyne as she was informed & believes & thereby was made an invalid for life and for many years was an Invalid Pensioner prior to his death. For a more particular statement of the said William's services, reference is hereby had to the annexed Certificate of William Faple under the seal of said Commonwealth, dated at Boston October 26. 1848; and also to the said William's Declaration on file in the War Department at Washington.

That she was married to the said William Cushing on the thirteenth day of November in the Year Seventeen hundred and ninety six; and that her husband the aforesaid William Cushing died on the fourth day of January in the Year Eighteen hundred & twenty five, leaving this declarant his Widow; that she has not been married since but still remains his Widow; that the marriage between her & said William Cushing did not take place until after the close of his service but that it took place prior to the first day of January in the Year Eighteen hundred & six at the time above stated.
Ruth Cushing.
Plymouth. This may certify, that the above Declaration of Ruth Cushing is

sworn to and subscribed by her before me, the day and year in said Declaration first mentioned; and that the same was done at the Dwelling-House of Elias W. Pratt, the place of her residence, in Scituate in said County, she being unable by reason of her great age and bodily infirmity to attend the Probate Court for that purpose.
Aaron Hobart J. Probate for s d County

William Bushing
Pembroke
$ 11.33 1/3
6
68.00
Not
Exhibit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Plymouth ss.
A special circuit court of common Pleas for the Southern circuit, begun & holden at Plymouth within & for the County of Plymouth on the seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty pursuant to an act of the Legislature of this Commonwealth aforesaid passed June the seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred & twenty for the purpose of administering the oaths & receiving the declarations of Pensioners under the acts of Congress passed on the eighteenth March one thousand eight hundred & twenty & on the first of May of the year aforesaid.
On this seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty personally appeared in open court being the circuit court of common Pleas for the southern circuit begun & holden at Plymouth within & for the County of Plymouth the same being a court of record for said County & circuit. William Cushing of Pembroke in said County aged sixty nine years & resident in said County & circuit, who first being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows viz. I was commissioned as first Lieutenant in Capt. Isaiah Nethers company in November 1776, & belonged to Col. Gamaliel Bradfords Regt. was in actual service until wounded by a cannon ball at the taking of Burgoyne & received my discharge in February 1779. I have received two certificates as a Pensioner the first returned. The second dated Sep r . 6 th 1819. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of

March 1818, & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it or to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 10 th day of March 1818, & 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, I the undersigned.
I further testify & say declare that by reason of a wound I received from a cannon ball, which took away the fleshy part of my thigh great lameness has ensued that I am utterly unable to walk without two Staves & am wholly unable to labour being a shipwright by profession or do any other kind of labour for my support. I have a wife in the sixty third year of her age who is feeble in health & unable to do the business of my family without assistance that I had one son by the name of William who has been absent for about 20 years & whether dead or alive I know not, the usual number of my family is four & further your deponent saith not.
Schedule re.
I have a small dwelling house & \frac{1}{16} acre land. 1 small Barn & 12 acres of land, a wood lot mostly cut off & a small piece of meadow. Household furniture, horse, cow & sheep. notes collectable $132.
William Cushing
Vouched att. 934

Sworn to & declared on the 17 th day of July A D 1820.
Before
Nahum Mitchell b. justice of said court,
I John B Thomas clerk of said court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court & I do further certify that is the opinion of the said court that the total amounts in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Seven hundred & thirty four dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court on this 26 th day of Dec r . A D . 1820.
John B Thomas } Clerk of said court for the County of Plymouth

"Married by the Rev. David Barnes November the thirteenth Seventeen hundred & ninety six William Cushing of Barnstable & Ruth Phipps of Scituate"
The above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows
Nov. 13. 1796
Josiah Cushing Town Clerk of Scituate
I, Josiah Cushing above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Scituate in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Scituate with the exception above named as certified by me
Josiah Cushing 1/2 Town Clerk of Scituate
Plymouth Is October 5 1848
Sworn to and subscribed
Before me David Oldham Justice of the Peace

William Cushing Pembroke Mass.
9 July 1819.
Capt. Station - Col. Bradford Mass. line - first 3 years.
Invalid Pensioner which he relinquishes for the benefit of the act of the 10 March 1818
Adm.
Correct by

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Plymouth
ss.
On this ninth day of July A. 1819, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared William Cushing of Pembroke eth aged 68 years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."
I William Cushing of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth do depose, set forth, and declare, that I was a Lieutenant in the war of the revolution for for more than nine months on the continental establishment - that I entered the service in November 1776 for the first three years service and received a Commission as First Lieutenant in Capt. Isaiah Stetson's Company & Col. Bradford's Regiment of Mass. line, and continued to serve faithfully in said capacity in the same company till the 13 th of October 1777 when I rec. d a wound from a cannon ball at Saratoga four days before the taking of Burgoyne and am now in consequence of it a pensioner as

an invalid - I did not retire from the service till Feb 7. 1779 - and then only in consequence of inability occasioned by said wound - my name will undoubtedly appear on the rolls - my commission I lost by having my pocket book stolen, & I have had no written certificate of my pension, but was placed on the pension rolls in 1811 by a letter to from the war office to Mr. Austin the Loan officer at Boston -
William Cushing
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said William Cushing did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, and I am satisfied the said Cushing needs the assistance of his country for support as he has sworn. —
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1569
Ruth Cushing
Widow
William Cushing
Lt. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts
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William Cushing Lieutenant, In the Army of the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll as an Invalid @ $10.- per month, Increased by Law of 18. th of March 1818.
Stricken from roll of Revolution-ary pensioners under Law of 1 st of May 1820 on the 22 nd Jany 1821 and reinstated as an Invalid under said Law on the same day.
Reinstated as an Invalid, under Law @ $11.33 1/3 p m : commencing 4 March 1820
Certificate issued 22 Jany 1821, and sent to John B. Thomas Esq r Plymouth, Mass.
Amount from 4 th of March 1820 to 4 Mar: 1821. . . $136 ,,

No 115
Ruth Cushing, wid Mrs Cushing, Mass.
Act 29 July 1848
Married in 1794 Husband died 1825
Adm d 2 years Lieut $320. per annum for 4 March 1848,
Hon A. Hale W of R

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
October 26 th 1848.
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 William Cushing is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Freedom Chamberlain's Company in Col. John Bailey's Regt as a private of Pembroke from April 19 1775 - 2 weeks. — Upon a Muster Roll of Capt Freedom Chamberlain's Company, in Col. John Thomas's Regt, as a private of Pembroke from May 3 rd to August 1 1775, 3 Months and 6 days — also upon Return of said Company, in said Regt, as a Corporal of Pembroke, no Service named and said Return is dated, Camp at Roxbury Oct 6 1775." Also upon an Order of said Company for Coat Money dated Camp at Roxbury November 9 1775." — Upon an account in Army Books as a Lieutenant in Col. Bradford's Regt, and there credited by his service from January 1 1777 to February 8 1779 25 months and 5 days at £8 per month. It is noted in said account as follows, viz. Resigned 5 th Feb

1779"
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.
William Tufts Dep y Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES BY THE WIDOW.
State of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth Town of Scituate
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of my late husband William Cushing of Pembroke in said County
He enlisted in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy five from the town of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts in the Company of Capt. Frederick Chamberlain in Col n  John Bailey's Regiment, and served as a private eight months at Roxbury . We were married in the year eighteen  seventeen hundred & ninety six. He died in the year eighteen hundred & twenty five
The only other facts which I recollect, are as follows, viz:—
He served in Captain Isaac Stetson's Company as a Lieutenant from the early part of the year 1776 the company Marched to New York and the company did duty there until the surrender of Burgoyne at which time the said Cushing was wounded and some time after words he was discharged I do not recollect who commanded the Regiment that the said Isaac Stetson , Company belonged to,

I am now ninety one years old, and my memory does not enable me to state any thing further material to the search required.
I have empowered David Oldham Esquire of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth to act in the premises as my Attorney.
WITNESS my hand, this twenty first day of October
A. D. 1848
Ruth Cushing
Signed in my presence } by said
Ruth Cushing
Horace Collamore
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
3579

I Deborah Oldham of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth and state of Massachusetts aged seventy seven years on Oath testify and say that I well know Ruth Cushing of scituate in said County widow of William Cushing of said Pembroke deceased who was a United States Pensioner I well knew the said Ruth Cushing before her Marriage her Maiden name was Briggs she has not been married since the death of the said William Cushing I lived a near neighbor to the said William Cushing at the time of his Marriage to Ruth Briggs and for many years after the said Ruth Cushing is still a widow.
Deborah Oldham
Plymouth So Sworn to and subscribed this twentieth day of October 1848
Before me David Oldham Justice of the Peace

Died in Pembroke January the fourth eighteen hundred and twenty five William Cushing a United States pensioner
The above is a true copy of the Records of the town of Pembroke with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows
January 4 th 1825
Nath l Smith Town clerk Pembroke
I Nath l Smith above named depose & say that I hold the office of town clerk in the town of Pembroke in the county of Plymouth Massachusetts that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Pembroke with the exception above named as certified by me
Nath l Smith Town clerk Pembroke
Plymouth Is October 21 st 1848
Sworn to and subscribed. Before me
David Oldham Just of the Peace

Pembroke ms. } Feb. 21. }
Man 1/4 W. Cole
Hon. Artemas Hale
free Hon. H. Hale
Member of Congress
Washington. D. C.

Pembroke ms. } Feb. 21. }
Manuscript W. Cote
Hon. Artemas Hale
Member of Congress
Washington. D. C.
free Hon. A. Hale

Pembroke February 19 1849
Dear Sir In December last I wrote you respecting a Pension Certificate which I had not received on the application of Ursula Fish which Certificate I received from the Pension Office on the next day after the date of my letter to you. About the middle of November last I forwarded to the Pension Office the application of Ruth Cushing of Scituate widow of William Cushing for a Pension under the Act of Feb y 2 nd 1848. I have not received any information from the Office respecting the same which I expected to receive by this time I feel anxious to receive the Certificate as the Applicant is a very aged widow and wants the effects of her Pension for her support I wish to receive information from the Office where it is probable the Certificate will be granted do will you be so kind as to ascertain in such way as you may think proper the above information stated and inform me by letter and oblige your humble servant
David Oldham
Hon ble A Hale

J L Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions, Washington.

State Massachusetts
Pembroke Nov. 1 st 1848
Sir I send you the declaration of Widow Martha Bushnell and other papers to enable her to obtain a Pension when her certificate is granted please direct the same to me at Pembroke Mass a declaration of the widow Ursula Fish widow of Thomas Fish was sent to you in August last no certificate has been rec d the other certificates ten in number have been rec d
Yours respectfully
J L Edwards Esq r
David Oldham

Know all men by these presents, that I William Cushing of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth, Gentleman, in consideration of an act of Congress passed on the eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen in which act it is provided that those who were, then Pensioners of the United States might, on resigning their said pensions to the United States, be put on the list of pensioners, under the late Act aforesaid - & in order to avail myself of this act of the Government agreeable to the provisions aforesaid, and in consideration of the Act aforesaid I have remised, released and forever discharged (and do hereby remise, release and discharge) the United States of America from the pensions granted me by the Congress of the United States bearing date the 1811 act aforesaid, and from the fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, I hereby discharge the said United States from all dues and demands on account of the Pension first granted as aforesaid - claiming by virtue of the late Act aforesaid to be placed on the list of Pensioners under this last, act aforesaid agreeable to the Act aforesaid. in witness of which I do hereunto set my hand (and seal this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen -
ATTEST
John Winslow Whitman
Nathl Smith
William Cushing
Plymouth to Pembroke June 21 1819
Personally appeared before me the above named William Cushing, and acknowledged this instrument by him subscribed, to be his free act & deed. - Nelson Whitman justice of Peace -