Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,603, John Coolidge, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Coolidge, John
S. 34,603
CONTENTS

3653.
Massachusetts Roll
John Coolidge, 4 Capt Fuller 2 years Musician. Mass. Line - War In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of Oct. 1818 and sent to the Hon. Isaac Parker Worcester Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 37.86 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1819 48.00
Arrear & Mo. 22/30 $ 85.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Leominster Worcester County continued
Notification sent October 19. 1820 to Hugh Higley, Worcester, Mass.

State of Massachusetts
John Coolidge a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Westminster in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the first Monday in March in the year of our Lord fifteen hundred and eighty one
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the latter part of December in the year of our Lord fifteen hundred and eighty three as a Musician against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain John Fuller's Company, and Col. William Sheppard's Regiment, afterwards commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, in General Howe's Division.
and that I left the service on the latter part of December, A.D. 1783, and that I had a discharge near Westpoint, which discharge I have lost and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty four years, and having a Wife and eight children, most of them in ill health, dependent on me for support.
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
John Coolidge
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 13 th day of April - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Isaac Parker Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Massachusetts
the abovenamed John Coolidge and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination due made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. Isaac Parker C.J.S.C. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

I, James Baper, of Fitchburg in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do testify and say, that I have been in the town within named John Coolidge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify, that John Shepley and Josiah Stearns Esquires before whom the annexed Affidavits have been made, are Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that their names subscribed thereto are their own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this Twenty third day of September A. D. 1818.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk
Application of John Coolidge
I Eleazer Priest of Lunenburg in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age, do testify and say that I was a soldier in the fourth Regiment of the Massachusetts line of the army of the united States in the late war of the Revolution, and in the company commanded by capt John Fuller, and John Coolidge within named was a musician in said company, and that I personally know that said John Coolidge was in said army upwards of two years, and that he has an honorable discharge, at the same time I received mine Eleazer Priest Worcester ss - September 22 - 1818 - Eleazer Priest personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above testimony by him subscribed - I also certify that said Priest is a competent witness in a court of law, and that I believe him to be wholly disinterested in this case. Josiah Stearns Justice Peace
John Coolidge 13 April Eleazer Priest Abijah Bigelow

I, James Capen, of Fitchburg in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do testify and say, that I have served in the same company with the within named John Goodridge for about the term of two years and eight months, and that I know, the said Goodridge served for the term above mentioned in the company commanded by the within named Captain John Fuller.
James Capen
Worcester ss. April 13. 1818. Then the above named James Capen personally appeared, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, and that I personally know that the said James Capen is a credible witness, and wholly disinterested. John Shepley, Justice of the Peace.
I Eleazer Priest of Lunenburg in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age, do testify and say that I was a soldier in the fourth Regiment of the Massachusetts line of the army of the United States in the late war of the Revolution, and in the company commanded by capt John Fuller, and John Goodridge within named was a musician in said company, and that I personally know that said John Goodridge was in said army upwards of two years, and that he has an honorable discharge, at the same time I had mine.
Worcester ss - September 22 - 1818 - Eleazer Priest personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above testimony by him subscribed - I also certify that said Priest is a competent witness in a court of law, and that I believe him to be wholly disinterested in this case. Josiah Stearns Justice Peace

John Goodridge
3653
Oct 1818
C

I Schedule of the Estate of John Coolidge of Leominster in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of May 4. 1890.
   1 3 yr. old heifer and calf $20.   1 pig 6 weeks old 1.25   1 horse cart 5.   1 Sleigh 2.   1 Horn plough 2.   3 old hoes and 2 old axes 1.75   1 old iron shovel and 1 old saddle 1.20   1 collar, 1 bridle & 1 breech-band 1.25   1 pr. traces, 3 old chests 3.25   8 old chairs a table & light stand 2.25   1 shovel and tongs, 1 pr. dogs 1.75   1 pr. small stelyards 0.60   1 loom and reed, 2 spinning wheels 6.50   3 meat tubs and 2 wash tubs 1.50   7 Cider Barrels & 2 pails 2.10   1 lantern & 1 pr. Bellows .40   2 crank-dish kettles 1 tea kettle .80   1 porridge pot and skimmer .50   2 milk pans, 1 earthen pot 1 earthen platter & 5 earthen plates 1.05   2 blk. Bowls 1 tin dish & case knives & forks .55   1 set cups & saucers 1 tea pot & mug .50   1 coffee pot and 1 tea canister .20   2 jugs, 3 glass bottles 1 vinegar cruett .55   6 iron spoons, 1 wine glass 1 Tumbler .10   1 salt mortar, 1 small tray 2 candlesticks .35   1 large old bible, 1 testament, 6 school Books 2.   3 pks of Indian Meal .56   2 broad axes, 1 hatchet, 1 hammer 3.50   4 saws, 7 bench planes 6.50   1 plough 2 match planes 1.75   9 man tools, 2 iron squares, 4.   6 augers, 12 chisels 4.   1 bit stock, 5 bits 1 pr. pinchers 1.75   1 adze, 1 shave 2.   Sundry small tools 2.   83.52  
By occupation I am for a part of the time a labourer, cultivating land for myself or for others, and a part of the time I am employed in the business of a Carpenter; by reason of age and a rheumatic complaint, to which I am subject, I am not able to obtain full wages for my labour, and am frequently disabled by Rheumatism so that I cannot work at all; I have in my family a wife & 8 children; my wife is a weakly woman, much of the time unable to labour. My oldest child, a daughter 19 years of age, has always been feeble & sickly. My third child a girl aged 8 years, has been confined with an unusual disease of the fingers and feet.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this tenth day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, John Coolidge, aged fifty five years, resident in Leominster, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: On the 5th day of March, 1781, I enlisted as a private into the company of Capt John Fuller, of the 4th Regt of Infantry in the Mass Line, under the command of Col William Shepherd, in Genl Glover's brigade, and I served in said Company till the 25th December, 1783, when I recd an honourable discharge. The date of the original declaration in my application for a pension under the act of March 18, 1818 is April 13th 1818, and the number of the pension certificate granted me is 3653; and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and 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 so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and 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, and by me subscribed.
John Coolidge
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July, 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is eighty three dollars and fifty two cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of July 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

34 603 INVALID.
File No. 34,603
John Coolidge Musician Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Davis Letter to C Judge Parker
Applicant says he never has received a Pension Certifi- cate & produces the within letter (marked C.) from John Davis Esq. Judge Parker's Agent at Worcester, to Judge Parker showing that a Mr. John Lodridge of Leominster has received a Pension Certificate, & which is probably the Certificate alluded to at the War Office.
J. D.
Boston. July 24. 1819

John Davis letter to C. H. Harkness respecting John Coolidge a Rev. Soldier 11. July 1819
Boston.
Hon. George Barker,
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Waukegan July 11. 1819
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 9 th instant was rec d last evening. and in answer thereto I observe, that I have a distinct recollection of receiving a certificate for a person by the name of John Caolivlyp, who I have no doubt, lives in Leominster in this County. as I find among my papers an order signed by him dated at Leominster upon which the certificate was delivered. This order is witnessed by a very respectable man, well known to me - I think also that I have a further recollection of this man, as I felt almost certain that he made affidavit for several other applicants, who had lost their discharges, whose names were not found on the muster rolls - Indeed I think there can be no doubt that there are two persons of the name of John Caolivlyp
I remain Sir sincerely Your friend.
and Oat Servt.
Honb. Chief Justice Parker Boston
M c Davis