Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14572, Isaiah Cobb, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Cobb, Isaiah Lydia
NUMBER
N. 14572
CONTENTS

15542 Massachusetts
Isaiah Cobb of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Shaw of the Regt. commanded by Col. Jacobs in the Mass line for 7 months
Mrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 25 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of June 1833 and sent to W. H. Lock Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $46.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 11.47 $58.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by AK  Johnson Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 12
70 Plym

6068
Massachusetts
Lydia Cobb,
widow of Isaiah Cobb
Mass, who was a Private
in the Revolution
Died 30 Nov. 1842
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $24 Dollars 10 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Sept. 1844 and sent to Seth Miller Jr. Wareham, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 265.

Isaiah Cobb
20081
Person and that their statement is entitled to credit also that the same is a true and correct statement of the facts of the case and that the same is true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Given under my hand this 10th day of March 1908. Isaiah Cobb

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this tenth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County now sitting at Wareham within and for said County of Plymouth, Isaiah Cobb a resident of Rochester in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Sixty Eight 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 7, 1832. 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine as I believe, it being the year that there was a scarcity of corn. I enlisted into company of Militia (for three months), commanded by Capt. Lorne, the Subaltern officers were Spear, & Cushman and marched to Boston and was stationed at Fort Hill in Boston. and in said company and under said officers, at said place I served three months and was then discharged by a verbal discharge the duty which I performed there was to keep guard, and protecting the war stores. John Morton now living in Middleborough in said County served in said company with me
Afterwards in the same year I again enlisted into a company of Militia (for one month), common

-ed by Capt Hammond of Rochester in said County - and marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and there I served in said company one month. and was discharged by a verbal discharge. The duty that I performed with the rest of the company was to guarding a prison ship and and the War stores in said Providence. While at Providence one night the prisoners on board the ship made an attempt to take command of the ship. and I with others was ordered, and went on board the next morning and kept guard on board of her. John Morton now living in said Middleborough served with me in said company who can testify to my services.
Afterwards in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one. I enlisted into a company of Militia commanded by Edward Sparrow. and marched to Rhode Island and was stationed on Butts Hill. Said Sparrow soon after we arrived there. acted as a Major and the Lieutenant Ezra Harlow commanded the company - while there our company removed their quarters to Quaker Hill - about a mile. I should think from Butts Hill. we were in Col. Jacobs Regiment. I served in said last mentioned company three months, being the full time for which I enlisted, and was discharged I did not have a written discharge. The duty on the Island was fatigue duty building a fort on Butts Hill and standing guard. George Hocket of Middleborough - & Rowland Leonard of Wareham served in said company with me according to my best recollection.

We, town of _____ and residing in the _____ quainted with _____
a clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well ac- 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 to, 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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Levi Cobb who has signed the annexed  preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Middlebury and that Stephen Bennett who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Loud Register
I, Jacob H. Loud Register 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 Isaiah Cobb for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said office, this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Loud

I was born in Middleborough aforesaid on the eleventh day of February in the year seventeen hundred and sixty four as I was told by my parents, and I suppose the record of my birth is on the records of the town of Middleborough I lived in Middleborough at the time of the several enlistments above stated and continued to live there until about thirty eight years ago, when I moved into said town of Rochester where I have ever since lived I have no documentary evidence of my service above stated
Isaiah Cobb
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year as foresaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

State of Massachusetts Plymouth County - } ss
On this thirty first day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Plymouth Lydia Cobb a resident of Rochester in said County of Plymouth widow aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 8 th March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Isaiah Cobb late of said Rochester deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, who served as a soldier in the war as by him stated in his declaration made to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832. to which reference is to be had, as I cannot state his service the said Isaiah Cobb received a pension under said Act of Twenty Three Dollars and Thirty Three Cents per annum.
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaiah Cobb on the fourth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and ninety three that her husband, the aforesaid Isaiah Cobb died on thirtieth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and forty two that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.

She further declares she is still a widow Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written
Lydia h Cobb Mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written before me as I certify that the said Declarant is unable by reason of sickness and badly infirmity to attend Court to make her declaration. And I further certify that she is a credible person.
Willis Wood Judge of Probate
Plymouth Y. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willis Wood is Judge of Probate for said County and that the above is his true and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of July 1843.
Jacob H. Lord

"Isaiah Cobb of Middleborough & Lydia Chubbuck of Plymouth were marryed August the third in the year seventeen hundred and ninety three"
I Ebenezer Crocker of Wareham in the County of Plym- outh & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I am clerk of the town of Wareham aforesaid and that the above is a true copy of the record of said town, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "August the 3 1793," and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named, as certified by me
Ebenezer Crocker { Town Clerk of Wareham
Sworn before me on the twelfth day of June 1843
Before me Seth Miller Jr Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Ebenezer Crocker is a man of truth & veracity
Seth Miller Jr Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth, ss.
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth, here by certify that Seth Miller Jr Esq t before whom the foregoing Affidavits were sworn, was on the day of the caption of the same & now is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth, duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth to administer oaths & take depositions - And that his signature to the jurat of the same affidavits is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this fourth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty three.
W. H. Murray, Clerk

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Cobb County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1779 — 2 3 — Private Gen. Capt Crane   ~ 1781 ~ 4 1 — — Gen. Hammond   ~ 1781 ~ 2 3 — — " Sparre Jacobs  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middleborough Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Mayhew Examining Clerk

Isaiah Joseph Cobb 20681 Man
Photo of Mother
W. Lord Plymouth Mass

I Isaiah Cobb of Rochester in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say, that Isaiah Cobb, my father, was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and that the said Isaiah Cobb died on the thirtieth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and forty two leaving a widow now alive whose name is Lydia Cobb who is now living. the said Lydia is my mother.
Isaiah Cobb
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss
On this thirty first day of May 1843 then the above named Isaiah Cobb whom I certify to be a credible witness personally appeared, and deposed the foregoing deposition, and subscribed the same, and made oath in due form of law that the same is true
Before me Seth Miller Jr Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob N. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Seth Miller Jr. Esq is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the signatures to the above & annexed papers purporting to be signed by him are his true & genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this fourteenth day of July 1843.
Jacob N. Lord

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14572
Lydia Cobb Widow of Isaiah Cobb Pre Rev War
Act: March 3 d 48
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 148
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V No 9381.
Lydia Cobb
Mass s
in Suspense
Rejected
Set to J. Holand Sep. 22. 1843 -
Set to Seth Miller Sep. 5. 1844
Act July 7 th 38

 9351 6375 Lydia Cobb Mass 5  Oct 7 th 38 Mar. 3 rd 43 ad 7 m 700 pr priv  $ 24.10 per an
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Lieut. Miller Jr Esq Wareham Mass

Probate Office
Plymouth Mass
July 14, 1843
Sir
I send herewith the Declaration of Mrs. Lydia Cobb for a Pension under the Act of July 7, 1838 & Act of 3 d March 1843.
The Certificate may be sent to
Your obdt.
J. H. Lord
J. L. Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov 21, 1843
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 Isaiah Cobb is borne upon the pay rolls of Capt. Abner Brand, from Feb. 4 to May 4, 1779. Upon the pay rolls of Capt. Edward Hammond from August 13 to Sept 13, 1779 & Upon the pay rolls of Capt. Edward Sparrow, from July 23 to Oct 29, 1780. in all as a Private.
3mo 1 - 3.7 7-7

Pension Office
September 22 1843.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Lydia Cobb, claiming a pension under the act of 7 July 1838, have been examined and filed, with the exception of the one containing the certificate of identity and the date of the marriage, which are herewith returned for proper authentication. The claim of Isaiah Cobb was admitted on parol evidence for the want of record proof, but there are at present in the office of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts complete revolutionary rolls and the certificate of that officer should be produced to establish the alleged service in this case.
I Am very respectfully, Your obedt Servant, J L Edwards
J. H. Lord, Esq., Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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 which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Isaac A. Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Cobb which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? ys II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? ys III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? ys V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? ys VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? ys VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? no VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? ys IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? ys X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? ys

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 2 Clergymen XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Living witnesses XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? ✓
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss On this thirty first day of May - in the year eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Hon Wilkes Wood, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, Lydia Cobb a resident of Rochester in said County aged Seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Isaiah Cobb, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and served in the manner and for the period set forth in his declaration now on file in the Pension Office for which services he was a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832. His certificate is dated June 22 d , 1833 & numbered 15542
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaiah Cobb on the fourth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and ninety three, that her husband the aforesaid Isaiah Cobb died on the thirtieth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and forty two; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seven hundred & ninety four, viz, at the time above stated
Lydia Cobb her mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written before me and I certify that the said Declarant is by reason of age & infirmity unable to attend or travel to Court to make her declaration and I further certify that she is a credible person.
Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate

Plymouth Yrs, I Jacob N. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Wilkes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the within is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of July 1843
Jacob N. Lord

I John Morton of Middleborough, Massachusetts, of lawful age to give evidence; testify & say. That I was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution. That I enlisted into a military company, commanded by Capt. Crane, Spear, & Ensigns of this Town were his Subalterns, for three months in the year 1779. as I think it was the year during which there was a great scarcity of corn in this part of the Country. I marched to Boston in the said company & served there in a fort on fort-hill the term of said enlistment. I well remember that Isaac Cobb then of Middleborough aforesaid but now of Rochester in the same County, was a private Soldier in the same company & served the same term and was I believe honorably discharged but we had no written discharges.
I further testify that after words but I think in the same year I served as a substitute for my Brother Samuel in a company commanded by Capt. Henry Clark & Winston his Subalterns, all of Rochester, one month at Providence in the State of Rhode Island. And that Isaac Cobb aforesaid was a member & a private in the last mentioned company & served in the company the whole time I belonged to it. When the time of enlistment expired we were discharged but had no written discharges. — And further the Deponent says as —
John Morton
Physicants p. Septem. 8 th 1832 Personally appeared the above named John Morton & made oath to to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed he being a credible person. Before me Welker Wood Judge of Probate

I George Hacket of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawfull age do testify & Say that I was on Rhode-Island as a Soldier under Capt d Edward Sparre three month in the year 1781 and Mr r Isaiah Cobb was there as a Soldier. I believe by the account which he give me & by the circumstances which he relates to me that took place at that time Middleborough Sept r . 6 th 1832 George Hacket
Plymouth Is Sept r . 6 th 1832 Then the above named George Hacket made oath to the above statement or deposition before me Seth Miller Justice of Peace

I Rowland Leonard of Wareham in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age to give evidence, do testify and say, that in the latter part of the time of the Revolutionary War, I think in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, in the summer season, I enlisted into a company of Militia commanded by Edward Sparrow. Ezra Harbon was Lieutenant, and marched to the Island of Rhode Island and was first stationed at Butts Hill. Said Sparrow, after we arrived at Rhode Island, acted as a brigade Major and the Lieutenant commanded the company. While we were there, we removed our quarters to Quaker Hill. Said company belonged to Col. Jacobs Regiment. In said company and under said officers I served three months, being the time for which I enlisted and was discharged. I was then and ever since have been acquainted with Isaiah Cobb of Rochester, in said County, and he the said Cobb served in said company at said time & place three months with me, and was discharged at the same time I was. Our duty there was to work on the fortifications and keep guard.
Rowland Leonard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. September 7th, 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Rowland Leonard and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed. Before me Seth Miller Jr, Justice of the Peace. Testify that the said Rowland Leonard is personally known to me and that he is a man of truth. Seth Miller Jr Justice of the Peace

Charles Holmes of Rochester in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that I am, and for many years have been, acquainted with Isaac Cobb of said Rochester, who is applying for a pension under the late law of the United States; that I ever have and still do consider him a man of veracity and integrity; never having heard either impeached or suspected. I never heard any thing said with respect to his services in the war of the Revolution until since the passage of the late Act, but he lives in a remote part of the town, five miles from me, and the war having terminated years before I was born, it is not the less likely that he performed the servi- ces named in his declaration recorded.
Charles Holmes.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. Sept 28 A.D. 1842. Charles Holmes by me personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said County of Plymouth and I certify that the foregoing statement has been examined with, and that his testimony is entitled to full faith and credit.
Abner Holmes justice of the peace.

We Levi Cobb and Stephen Bannett both of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts legally qualified to give evidence, testify and say. That Isaac Cobb, now of Rochester in said County, formerly resided in this town, in which he was born. That he lived in the same neighborhood with us during and until some years after the War of the Revolution. That he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the War of the Revolution in the neighborhood where we then resided and now, are reside, and when he then resided. We believe him, toward both not quite seventy years of age, and that he is of good character for truth and entitled to credit.
Levi Cobb Stephen Bannett
Plym o P. Sep r 8 th - 1832. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Levi Cobb and Stephen Bannett appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by them subscribed before me the undersigned. And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponents, and that they are of good reputation for truth, and entitled to credit.
Seth Miller Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth Y. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Hon. Wilkes Wood is Judge of said Court & that Seth Miller, Seth Miller Jr. & Abraham Holmes are Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that I believe their several names subscribed to the foregoing affidavits are true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of December A.D. 1832.
Jacob H. Lord