Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2591, Gregory Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Clark, Gregory Margaret
No. 2591
CONTENTS

Letter Hon. S. C. Peck 23 August 1849
200 Massachusetts
Margaret Clark widow of Gregory Clark who served in the Revolutionary war, as a
Private
Mass State
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
49 Dollars 43
Cents per Annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June, 1848 and sent to
Meeklin & Under
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 2, 1848, Page 33
29th July,
books

Letter Hon S. C. Peck 23 August 1849
200 Massachusetts
Margaret Clark widow of Gregory Clark who served in the Revolutionary war, as a
Private
Mass Service
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 49 Dollars 43
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June, 1848 and sent to
Meeklin & Winder
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 53 Vol.
29th July,
br M C.

74 Mrs Oliver
15.803
Massachusetts
Gregory Clark
of Middlesex Co in the State of Massachusetts who was a for art y . t ch in the Company commanded by Captain St all of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Lovel in the Mass a line for Penn s art y . 7. 10 d. bat }
Cont d & Mile
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 49 Dollars 43 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of July 1833 and sent to Isaac Fiske East Cambridge
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $ 98.88 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 1, 24.71
$ 123.57
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 12

Gregory Clark 6884.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Gregory Clark a resident of Moston — in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy two — 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, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
He enlisted into a company of Militia commanded by Capt John Hall, Col. Palmer's Regiment, assembled March 4 th 1776 & went to the sea shore down Braintree horse neck so called & was in service seven days; — see the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts He enlisted in the month of December 1776 into a company commanded by Nathl. Belcher, as a substitute for his father James Clark who was discharged; marched to Providence, from there to White Plains, Tarrytown Bay & then went into barracks; in December went on a scout to Valentine's Hill near Kings Bridge New York, & drove the British from their redoubt, to the fort, exchanged shots for two days, & then retreated back to Tarry town; next morning crossed the river into the Jerseys, quartered with the inhabitants near Trenton, under the command of General Heath. Col. Lowell's Regiment, Adolp Gould. He knows of no person living who can testify as to this term, & has no documentary evidence relative thereto; — he was in the service under this enlistment as a substitute for the term of three months.
In the year 1778 he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Abel Hubbard, & Col. John Coggswell's Regiment & served in Boston & Dorchester hills for the term of two months & eighteen days; — see the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass. as to the end thereof.
He also did service on the company commanded by Capt. Eliphalet Seward Col. M cIntosh Regiment for thirteen days in the year 1778. See the Secretary's certificate aforesaid. —
He also enlisted into a company commanded by Col. Abner Crane, Col. Jacob Gerish's Regiment in 1779 for the term of three months; & was discharged before the expiration of said term & was in the service under this enlistment one month & two days. — See said Secretary's certificate.
In the year 1780 he was in a detachment from the town of Braintree as a reinforcement to the Continental Army and did duty as a soldier for the term of six months; he was in Col. Seargent's Company & a Regiment commanded by Col. Crane Genl. Knowl's Brigade; — He was discharged, but has lost his discharge. The discharge was signed by Lt. Col. Phippin; — see also Secretary's certificate.
He also enlisted in the year 1781 in the month of March as Sergeant of Marines under John Cathcart Esq. Commander of the Ship Essex, mounting 20 guns, commissioned by Congress, fitted out in Boston; Samuel Clark (his brother) Captain of Marines. After a rendezvous in Boston to recruit sailors & marines, & in the month of April 1781 sailed from Boston on a cruise. He was captured on the coast of Ireland by the frigate Queen Charlotte & carried to Ireland & there imprisoned a short time, taken from prison & placed on board the Vengeance 64 gun ship, thence to Spithead, then on board a tender to Plymouth Dock on board the Guard ship Diligente & on the 22 nd day of July 1781 carried before a prison court & committed to Mill Prison, Plymouth by James Young & Ralph Mitchell Esqrs & remained in prison till August 14 th 1782 & was sent to America in a cartel, having been exchanged as a prisoner of war & landed at Marblehead in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; — the while in prison He escaped into a brook the bank under which he was committed, which was in the woods contained in the paper hereto annexed marked A.
He served as a soldier, in all, for the term of thirteen  thirteen months & ten  ten days, and as a Sergeant of marines for the term of sixteen months & a half.

The Commission or warrant as Sergeant of marines has been lost and cannot be found. — He was born in Braintree, April 5 th 1760, has no record of his birth; the same being destroyed. — He lived in Braintree when he went into the service & have lived since the Revolutionary war in Boston, & now lives in Weston in the County of Middlesex where has lived for about twenty five years: — He voluntarily enlisted. — He never received any Commission except that of Sergeant of marines, before stated. — He was born in Braintree April 5, 1760. Has no record of his birth: — Never received any other Commission than that of Sergeant of marines: — Has no documentary evidence except that which is hereto annexed; — He is known to the Rev Joseph Field Jr & Abraham Hewes, Pastors, both of Weston
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 any state,
Gregory Clark
We, Joseph Field Jr a clergyman, residing in the town of Weston and Abraham Hewes residing in said Weston hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Gregory Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be seventy two years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Joseph Field Jr Abraham Hewes
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. P. P. Hays D. P. Sob
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 above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Joseph Field Jr who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Weston and that Abraham Hewes who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Weston and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. Hays D. P. Sob
I Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gregory Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Tinker

No 288
Margaret Clark wid of Gregory Map
act 29 July 1848
Maria 1799
husband d. 1832
Adm. #49. 43 p.m. am from 4 March 1848
McClellan & Mason Present

State of Massachusetts Suffolk ss.
On this nineteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before me, George T. Bigelow, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, a Court of Record, for said County and State; Margaret Clark, a resident of the city of Boston in the County and State aforesaid, aged eighty eight years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 29 th day of July 1848. "for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army." She declares, that she is the widow of Gregory Clark, late of Weston, in the state aforesaid revolutionary war with Great Britain; and who, for his services therein, obtained, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, to the best of her recollection, a pension, and arrears of pension, at that time due and unpaid; as by reference to papers on file in the Pension Office will more fully appear. She further declares, that she was married to the said Gregory Clark on the second day of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine; that her husband, the aforesaid Gregory Clark, died on the nineteenth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty two; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but, the marriage took place previous to the second of January, eighteen hundred six; at the time aforesaid. She further swears that she is now a widow; and that she has never before made any application for a pension. Subscribed to my oath Margaret Clark
Subscribed and sworn to before me (the said Margaret Clark being prevented by bodily infirmity from appearing before the Court) on the day and year first above written.
No. - 1715 Bydown Justice of peace of Brecon Pleas of the State of Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk St.
Suffolk St. Joseph Willard, Clerk of

The Court of Common Pleas for said County of Suffolk, said Court being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the Hon. Geo. T. Bigelow was on the 19 th day of December instat, and still is one of the Judges of said Court for said Commonwealth, and for said County of Suffolk in full commission, and that the foregoing signature is his genuine handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty third day of December A.D. eighteen hundred and forty eight.
Joseph Willard Clerk

Extract from the Records of Hollis Street Church, Boston, County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts.
" Marriages by Rev d Dr West Gregory Clark to Margaret Brown
State of Massachusetts..
Suffolk ss. Boston December 18 1848
I Samuel May, of said Boston, Senior Deacon of Hollis Street Church, in said Boston, having the legal custody of the Records of said Church, do hereby certify, that the above extract is a true copy of the Re- cord, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures, as follows "
1799 January 2 - One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, January second.
I Samuel May, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Senior Deacon of Hollis Street Church, in the county, city, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church with the exception above named, as certified by me
Sam l May
} Senior Deacon of Hollis St. Church
Sworn before me December 18 th 1848. Chas. S. Hancock } Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston December 20 th 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Charles L. Hancok was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
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 L. Swift Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

1884
Gregory Clark
Private City 6 Mos " " 10 day
No. 16 ob
March 29. 1833
P. 315.
25 37 23 1.10 49 47
Isaac Fiske
Rev Probate East Cambridge Middlesex Co Mass

6884  BRIEF in the case of Gregory Clark  of Middlesex in the State of Mass  (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? (circled)  3. How old is he? 72  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.     14 March '77 27 Private Gen. Col Palmer Cap Wall   Nov In 1776 3 Substitute Cap Belcher — Col Lovell   '78 2 18 Private Cap Richards — Col Logswell   '78 13 " Cap Elphinstone — Col M c Intosh   '79 1 2 " Cap Crane — Col Pervish   '80 6 10 " Cap Sargent — Col Crane   March '81 1 4 15 Sgt Marine Ship Essex Cap Cathcart  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he ended the service? Braintree Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Documents  1 living Witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
affidavit not properly authenticated
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.
23 Jan 1833
Not a public armed vessel

Parry
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2591
Margaret Clark Widow
Gregory Clark Brn Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: —Vol. A , Page 135
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6,881 Gregory Clark
M. C. E.
Isaac Huske Reg d Probate E. Cambridge Middlesex Co. Mass.

6,881 Gregory Clark
M. C E
Isaac Huske Reg d Probate E. Cambridge Middlesex Co Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Gregory Clark which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 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? (Blank line) IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 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? Yes

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?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
No
X
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?
No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
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 the 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.
† 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 authenticated 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 end 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.
+ The official character & signature of the Magistrate must be certified in each case
Satisfactory evidence must be produced to show that the ship Essex was a public armed vessel & not a private one. This may properly be obtained from E. D. Bangs Esq. & also evidence of the claimants service on board of her. — I have made application to E. D. Bangs, Secretary's Office, but cannot find any record of the ship Essex; by enquiry, I find that the general report & General Armstrong, the Capt. is that it was a public armed vessel. — The declaration of Gregory Clark, among those who knew him, would be taken as evidence of the fact. — — Isaac Tinker Esq.

Washington 28 th Dec r 1848. Jas: L. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions Sir.
We respectfully submit the enclosed papers to establish the claim of Mrs Margaret Clark for a pension under the Act of Congress of 29 th July 1848. as the widow of Gregory Clark who, up to his death, received a pension on account of his Revolutionary Services.
Very respectfully. Yr Obdt Servt. Mechlin & Hinder "

Montpelier, Vermont Aug. 14. 1869
Sir,
The accompanying papers are transmitted for your examination Sir -
I desire to ascertain the situation of the claim of Margaret Clark, widow of Gregory Clark of the Me- chants Line, for a pension. She was married in 1799, & the papers were for- warded to your Bureau some time last winter. She is a distant relative of my family which is the reason of my troubling you with the enquiry.
Have the honor to
Yours obedt. Servt
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions.
Sir, 13. Park

I, Lucy Clark, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, Singlewoman, do in faith declare, that I was in attendance at the last sickness of Gregory Clark, late of Weston, in state aforesaid, deceased; that he died in said town of Weston on the nineteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two; that Margaret Clark, of said Boston, whose application for a pension under the act of Congress of the 29 th of July 1828, I have seen, is the widow of the said Gregory Clark, and has never intermarried since his decease. Lucy Clark.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this nineteenth day of December eighteen hundred and forty eight.
George T. Bigelow Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss
I Joseph Willard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County said Court being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the Hon George T. Bigelow was on the nineteenth

day of December instant and still is one of the Judges of said Court for said Commonwealth, and for said County of Suffolk, in full commission, and that the foregoing signature is his genuine handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty third day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty eight.
Joseph Willard, Clerk.

1 I, Margaret Clark, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, declare on oath, that I am the widow of Gregory Clark, late of Boston, in the State aforesaid; who served as a soldier in the American Army in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain; and who, for his services therein, obtained, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, (to the best of my recollection), a pension and arrears of pension, at that time due and unpaid: that I have not since intermarried, but continue to be widow of the said Gregory Clark.
Margaret Clark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this nineteenth day of December eighteen hundred and forty eight.
J. L. Biglow Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Suffolk ss.
I Joseph Willard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Suffolk, said

Court being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the Hon. George T. Bigelow was on the 19 th day of December instant, and still is one of the Judges of said Court for said Commonwealth, and for said County of Suffolk, in full commission. and that the foregoing signature is his genuine handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court this twenty third day of December A.D. eighteen hundred and forty eight.
Joseph Willard, Clerk.

Washington. 29 th Jan y 1849. James L. Edwards Esq. Com r . of Pensions Sir.
Some time since we submitted to you sundry papers going to establish the claim of Margaret Clark to a pension under the late Revolutionary pension act of 29 th July 1848 in favor of those widows who were married prior to 1800 ) as the widow of Gregory Clark a Revolutionary pensioner of Weston. Mass; and who died at that place on the 19 th Dec r . 1832. We have now the honor to enclose further testimony in the case, and respectfully to request, that it may meet your early & favorable attention -
We are Sir. very respectfully y r obedt Serv s . Mechlin & Winder "

I Lucy Clark, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, single-woman, do in vath depose and say, that I was in attendance at the last sickness of Gregory Clark, late of Weston, in said state, deceased; that he died in said town of Weston, on the nineteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two; that in the same year, to the best of my recollection, he obtained a pension, and arrears of pension to that time unpaid, for his services in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain; that at the time of his death, he was the husband of Margaret Clark, of said Boston, who, as his surviving widow, has, through her agents and attorneys (Messrs Meadlin) Winder of Washington City) applied for a pension in account of the Revolutionary services of her husband, the said Gregory Clark; under the Act of Congress of the 29 th of July 1848: and that the said Margaret Clark has not since intermarried, but continues to be the widow of the said Gregory Clark
Lucy Clark
Suffolk p. Boston Jan'y 15, 1849
Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifteenth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine; and I hereby certify that the said Lucy Clark is entitled to full credit as and belief.
Chas. L. Hancock
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January 15 th 1849.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Charles L. Hancock was a Justice of the Peace and Edward G. Loring, was Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Suffolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
M. G. Ballou
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss.
Boston, January 15 th 1849
I, Edward G. Loring, Judge of Probate within and for the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has this day been adduced before me, that Gregory Clark, late of Weston, in said State, died in said town of Weston, on the nineteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two; that he received a pension for his Revolutionary services; that at the time of his decease, he was the husband of Margaret Clark, of said Boston; who, as his surviving widow, has, through her agents and attorneys, Messrs Meeklin and Winder of Washington City, applied for a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her husband, the said Gregory Clark; under the Act of Congress of the twenty ninth day of July, eighteen hundred and forty eight; and that the said Margaret Clark has not since intermarried, but continues to be the widow of the said Gregory Clark
Edw G Loring
Judge of Probate

Feb 8 49
James Margaret Clark No. 200 Feb 29 49
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

This certifies that I the subscriber of Braintree in the County of Norfolk in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy years of age, do testify and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty in the month of June a detachment was called for to join the army of the Revolutionary war. that I enlisted for six months, was mustered and marched to Boston when we arrived. at Boston, we were put under the care of Lieut. Jackson, and under his command we marched to West Point, did duty and remained in the Service. The period of time enlisted for, and that Mr. Gregory Clark then of said Braintree, enlisted at the same time, marched with us to Boston thence to West Point, did duty, and was dismissed at the same time that I was. and further, that in the year A D 1781 in the month of March I enlisted for a cruise on board the ship Essex of twenty guns, commanded by Capt. John Cathcart, and commanded by Sergeants. Samuel Clark Capt. of Marines and Gregory Clark Sergeant of Marines. that we sailed in April following, and was captured on the fourth day of June, and carried to Ireland, from thence to Spit-head in England, thence to Plymouth, thence to a Justice Court, and there committed to Mill Prison remained there till the fourth day of April following, when I was exchanged, and went to France. that the said Gregory Clark entered on board of said ship

at the same that I did. was with me all the time, and when I was exchanged I left him, (the said Clerk), in said Prison Signed in presence of Minott Thayer
Bryant Stewart
Norfolk ss. I certify that on this day personally appeared Bryant Stewart, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing statement, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Before me Minott Thayer, Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that the above named deponent, is well known to me, is a man of strict veracity, and entitled to the fullest credit. The copy of my commission, as a magistrate for the County of Norfolk, is forwarded on to the Secretary of War's office at Washington.
Minott Thayer
Norfolk ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I, James Ward Clerk of all the Judicial Courts (being Courts of Record) within & for the County of Norfolk hereby certify that Minott Thayer Esq. above named and before whom the foregoing Deposition purports to have been taken, was at the time of the taking thereof (Aug t 15. 1832) and now is, a Justice of peace in and for said County duly appointed Commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office and that his three signatures above, I believe to be true and genuine, being well acquainted with the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth at Dedham this eighth day of April in one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
James Ward

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t 22 d 1832.
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 Gregory Clark was a private in the company of John Hall, Col. Palmer's Regt., assembled March 4 th 1776, and did duty seven days. also that he did duty in a detachment from the Town of Braintree as a reinforcement to the Continental Army for six months and one day, 1780 also, that he did duty as private in Capt. Abner Clance's company Col. Jacob Garifhes, Regt. for the term of one month and two days. also, 1779. in Capt. Abel Richards company, Col. Ino. Cogswell's Regt. for two months and eighteen days. 1778 also in Capt. Cripplet Sawins company Col. W m McIntosh's Regt for thirteen days. 1778. — making in the whole six seven months and eleven days.
Edward D. Daines. Secy

Copy of a Commitment of American Prisoners - 1791 - Devonshire County ) To the Constable of the Parish, in Stock-Demerell in the said County, and the Keeper of the place of confinement, lately appointed by His Majesty, by Warrant - under His sign-Manuel, called Old-Mill-Prison - Borough of Plymouth, in said County, - to each, and every one of them - Gregory Clark. Forasmuch as it appears unto us, James Young - and Ralph Mitchell Esqr - two of our Sovereign Lords, the King's assign- ees, to keep the place, where the said, on the examination of - Gregory Clark, Mariner - taken off the Coast of Ireland - Born in Braintree, Mass. North-American - a Prisoner, brought before us, charged with being found in, Arms and Rebellion, on the King's high Seas, on Board the Ship Essex - American Privateer, fitted out at Boston, in Massachusetts Bay - North American - and commissioned by the American Congress, which was taken by the Queen Charlotte out of London - brought before us, this day, that, etc, the said Gregory Clark, was taken at sea in the act of Piracy and high Treason - committed on the high Seas, out of the Realms, on 10th of June 1791 - being there & then found in an open Rebellion, and aiding the King's Enemies - and was landed at Plymouth Dock, in the County of Devonshire - and the said Gregory Clark is now before us, at Stock- Demerell, charged with said offence, and to be committed to Old-Mill-Prison, in the borough of Plymouth in said County - the place appointed by His Majesty, for the confin- ement of such Prisoners under His royal seal Manuel, in pursuance of an act of Parliament, in that case made and approved of, in the 16 year of his High Reign - These are therefor in His Majesty's name to enquire into, and com- -and you, the said Constable safe to the Body of the said Gregory Clark, into your custody, and him safely keep, in the

social place of confinement, untill he shall be discharged from thence by due course of Law — And, for your so doing, this, shall be to You, and every one of You a sufficient Warrant.
Given under our hand & seal, this 22 nd day of July - 1791 -
James Young - Ralph Mitchell Esq