Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14617, Seth Dean, Mass.

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in use a month
With Love
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Farnsworth of the 1st Regt commanded by Col. Haws in the Mass line for 23 days & 20 days
With Love
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 78 Dollars - 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Sept. 1833 and sent Mr. Dorrance Monday Mar 4
Bears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $117.22 Semi-ant. allowance ending Feb 34 $119.45 $236.67
Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. H. H. Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 18

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who has signed the preceding certificate is now a resident of the United States. And the court further certifies that it has found the information prescribed by the War Department, that the aforementioned appli- cant has been found to properly dispose of his opinion after the investigation of the matter, and thereby and subject to the order of the court.
On the translation, and that we concur in that opinion. It is the order that the petition be granted in the neighborhood, subject to the order to have been fully executed and that the same be properly filed in the office of the War Department. Given under my hand and the seal of the court this 22nd day of March, 1864.
a chairman residing in the
who has

Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
On this twenty first day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate now sitting at Wrentham in said County of Norfolk within & for said County John Dean of Franklin in said County Gentleman aged seventy one years and ten months, who being first sworn according to law with the oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated - viz
 1 - Under Capt James Mitchell of Wrentham (now Franklin) for two months as a volunteer, commencing the service in the month of November 1775 and remaining therein until the following February when he was regularly discharged - The service being short and confined to Roxbury near Boston was undistinguished by any remarkable event -  2 He enlisted in the Militia service about the first of April 1776 at said Wrentham under Capt. Ebenezer Dyer and Lieut. David Partridge, Ordly Serjt - was marched from said Wrentham to Boston where he remained about one month, from whence he marched to Nantasket where he remained in service until the month of December following - He went with said Dyer's company to Boston soon after its evacuation by the British but while they remained in the harbor - He was again discharged after a service of between 7 and 8 months -  3 He again enlisted in the Militia service in Capt. James Pitkin's company at said Wrentham and was marched to Boston - 

Kingston in the State of Rhode-Island - This was for a three months service and was in the winter of 1777 - said service being completed he was discharged -
4. He was also called out & served in two or three short expeditions to the State of Rhode-Island in the summer of 1777 making in all about one months service - But they were sudden movements, & being undistinguished by any remarkable occurrence, the officers of the Company and regiment (if attached to any regiment) are not now remembered -
5. He again enlisted and served in what was called the Secret expedition to Rhode Island, in Capt. Asa Fairbanks company in Col. Benjamin Daws's Regiment for the term of one month. This service was at Little-Compton R. I. - in the autumn of 1777. He was discharged in the month of November of that year -
6. Your applicant further states, that he again enlisted into the Militia service at Franklin aforesaid (that town being now incorporated) in a Company raised from the town of Holliston in the County of Middlesex, Mass. under Capt. Moulton as Captain, Ephraim Hastings 1 st Lieut. & Bernard Claplin 2 nd Lieut. in Col. Mowatt's Regiment. In or about the middle of May 1778 - We first marched from said Holliston in a few weeks after, to Worcester in this State, & from thence on to Hartford in its immediate vicinity & from thence on to Pitskill in the State of New York where we arrived June 22. 1778. - Having received orders, we next marched to the White Plains July 1 st and remained watching the operations of the British within & near the City of New-York until we were marched to West Point which place we reached on the 25 th of July - We then proceeded to build Fort Putnam and continued engaged in this work until the 30 th of August 1778 when the fort was completed & we were then marched to King

Ferry and from there to White Plains and returned the service in which we had been previously engaged; in which we conti- -nued until February 25. 1779 when we received our discharge. Your applicant reached his home in Franklin on the first of March 1779. Having kept minutes of this service at the time which an error by him was  is attributed to the various misstatements of his enlistment  service with the  the  company  company  for the  for the enlistment — Arrived is an pay roll of said company for the month of August 1778 made out by me in the hand writing of Lieut David Patridge from whom I received it at the time it purports to have been made, it has  has been thrown aside and a new one made out, on account of the error & want of clear- -ness in the figures at the foot, as your applicant thinks it is a correct list of our company not  not  not  not  not  not a man neighbor of Lieut Patridge is a school-mate. I know the hand-writing of the roll (the name "Elizabeth Hastings" is copied) to be his —
7 He once more enlisted at East  West Franklin in the autumn of 1779 in Capt. the  the  Franklin  Franklin  company  company in which Prince was of said Franklin was  was  the  the named of the other officers he did  did  not  not  remember  remember  in  in  the  the  com-  com- -pany was assigned to any regiment — He was marched to Howland's Ferry in Rhode Island opposite the town of West  West on the Island of R. Island where he remained from there  there to six weeks (he cannot determine exactly) when they were discharged. This service was performed soon after the British had left
Newport R. I. — for the South — Your applicant was born in East  West in the County of Franklin Oct. 5. 1760 — was residing in Franklin at the period of the several enlistments above mentioned & have con- -tinued residing there — I do not know of the existence of any record of my age — Your applicant has never received any pension or any  any  other  other  benefit  benefit  for  for  his  his  service  service  in  in  the  the  service  service  of  of  the  the  state  state  of  of  Rhode  Rhode  Island  Island 

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 agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Seth Dean
We Nathaniel Erskine D.D. a clergyman, residing in the town of Franklin
and Herman C Fisher residing in said town
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Seth Dean who has been described and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Nathaniel Erskine Herman C Fisher
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 certify that it appears to them that Nathaniel Erskine, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Franklin; and that Herman C Fisher who has also signed the same is a resident in Franklin and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Herman Lee and J. Fisher
I Samuel Havin, Reg d of the bond of probate office, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Seth Dean for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Havin

prosecution of the orders prescribed by the War Department for applications of this nature. Having filed with him my claim to a pension as a widow, and after the present, I declared that his name is not on the pension rolls of the army of the United States.
Seth Dean
Heath July August 21 st 1882 Then the above named Seth Dean personally appeared and made known that the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration were true before me this 21 st day of August 1882.
We, Nathanael Simmons, Esq., an attorney at law in the City of Boston, do hereby certify that the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing application, and who has been sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be upwards of seventy years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Nathanael Simmons.
Heath July August 21 st 1882 Then the above named Nathanael Simmons personally appeared and made known that the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration were true before me this 21 st day of August 1882.
Hermanus Fisher
Epiphany Pond Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk and town of Franklin to Wilkes Gay the Clerk of said town of Franklin hereby certify that the following is a true copy from the records of said town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in six legible figures To wit seventeen hundred and eighty two, May twenty third "Married Seth Dean and Edene Pona both of this town" (23 1782)"
(Wilkes Gay Jr Town Clerk)
I Wilkes Gay Jr above named do hereby certify that I hold the office of Clerk of said town of Franklin and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
(Wilkes Gay Jr Town Clerk)
Norfolk ss August 19 th 1858
Sworn and subscribed
Before me William Fisher Justice of Peace

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act 7. July 38
Moved in 1782
Died in 1834
adm 23 mo. 20 ds hi
$18.89
no deduction
S. Leland
Roxbury
Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss. On the twenty first day of August A.D. 1858, personally appeared before Sherman Williams, Esquire, Judge of the Court of Middlesex in and for said County, Edene Dorne a resident of Franklin in said County, aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the ben- -fit of the provision of the Act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1858, entitled, "An act of granting half pay and pension to certain widows." -
That she is the widow of Seth Dorne late of Franklin in said County, deceased, who was a soldier in the Army of the United States, and served, according to the best of her information and belief several periods of time as a private & corporal in the Massachusetts Stationary Continental Army, amounting to two years or more for which service a pension was granted him under the acts of Congress of June 7 th 1832; and for a more particular description of the several periods of the service & the officers under whom it was performed, she respectfully refers to the declaration made by her him when the pension was granted -
She further declares that she was married to the said,

Seth Drown on the twenty third day of May in the year from one hundred eighty two O. that the said band, the aforesaid Seth Drown died on the fifth day of March  April one thousand eight hundred eighty two  eighty three and that he was not married to him prior to his leaving the Re- -vire, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January since his death, and ninety four, all at the time above stated.
Alma Dean
Given to each person entitled, on the day and year above written. in your house. Before me J. L. and J. Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Norfolk hereby certify that Sherman Leland is judge of said Court of Probate & that Willis Fisher a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Norfolk & that these respective signatures to the papers annexed are genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty fourth day of August. A.D. 1823.
Jonathan H. Cobb
Seal of the Court of Probate for the County of Norfolk, ss. I, Jonathan H. Cobb, Register of said Court do hereby certify that the annexed is a true copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Dedham, this 24th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, and of the Independence of the United States the Eighteenth.

21796 Little Dean Mass
Flu at 23. Mr. today
80 9889
June 19. '33
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McLovering
Meadway
Mass

BRIEF in the case of Seth Dean Co of Norfolk in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  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. As a Gen.     Nov. 1775 volunteered 2 Private Capt. Mitchell   April 1776 enlisted between 6 28 " Capt. Guild   1777 " 3 " Capt. Peters   called out 2 or 3 times served 1 2 " Capt. Fairbanks Col. Hovey   fall " 1 "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norfolk Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, documentary and two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not all attested agreeably to the regulations. The witnesses are not certified competent. 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
   May 1778 enlisted about 9 " Capt. Hastings Col. Poor   1779 " from 2 " Capt. Fairbanks Examining Clerk.   23 .. 20  

1.034 - out Feb '48
Mar 7

21796 Sith Dean
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certifying officer should accompany the papers.
officer, the certificate of a member of the court, proving the official character and signature of the officer, the certificate of a member of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office attached to the certificate.
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attested must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass written on the same sheet of paper which contains the signature or other paper authentication, the certificate is not
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the paper is not
ARTICLE XXI. None of the authentication papers, or any part thereof, is subject to be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office, must certify to the credibility of the witness, and the official character and signature of the magis-

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Seth Duan which require further proof or explanation.
 I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy  II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy  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? yy  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? yy  VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
 IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy  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? yy 

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his life 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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes
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? No
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? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes  at 2-6
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, deposeh 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.
The applicant should have furnished some proof of her enlistment under Genl. Don, as the Secretary of State has not entered to that service.

- Eliza Dean - widow of Seth Dean , decd., who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7, '32 and who died on the 8 th June 1834. of Norfolk in the State of Mississippi who was a Pri. in the County commanded by Captain Faribault of the Regt. commanded by Stearns in the Mississippi line for 22 mths & 20 dys
Incribed on the Roll of Miss s at the rate of 78 Dollars 89 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Oct r . '38, and sent to and S. Leah , Roxbury, Mass.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r $197.22 Semi-annual allowance ending 39.44 $236.66
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burrows Clerk Book A Vol. 1 Page 82 

Let to P. agt. Mar 25. 1839.
W. Fisher B. 28 43

✓ 3726 Massachusetts
Edene Deane widow of Seth Deane who was a private in the Mass ts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 78 Dollars 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r 1843 and sent to Willis Fisher Franklin Mass ts
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. / Page 40

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 9 th 1845-
I hereby Certify, That on the sixteenth day of December eighteen hundred (an) forty one, Willis Fisher was appointed for the term of seven years a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. Nathan
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Eden Dean ad 3726
Admitted
Willis Fisher Franklin & Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Norfolk COUNTY, }
On this Eleventh day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Ebenezer Dean a resident of Franklin in the county of Norfolk aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Seth Dean who was a resident of Franklin
and who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army
and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of Seventy eight dollars and Eighty nine cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Ebenezer Dean
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of Arnold P. Bates  Willis Fisher Justice of the Peace.
* Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Willis Fisher Justice of the Peace.

William Fisher Franklin
Edene Beam.
In all these cases Mr Fisher wants a certif. of Mr. A. E. Daniels Magis- tracy.

Edwin 1839 G. Gann
$78:89 per an
Willis Fisher Franklin Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 22 1842.
12-18-137 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 Seth Dean is borne upon the descriptive list of men raised for nine months in the Company of Capt Wilder in Col. Stark's Regt and that he enlisted June 2. 1778 from the town of Templeton to go to the State of New York.
The name of Seth Dean is not found upon any other list of soldiers in this office.
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.
William Fisher Esq Franklin — Jno. A. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 1. 1845
I hereby Certify, That
Willis Fish of Franklin is now, & ever since Decr 1841 has been a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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.
Geo. A. Pillsbury
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress of the 8 of March 1833 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
On this fifth day of September 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned Edene Dean a justice of the Peace of the of Norfolk aged seventy nine years who having first been duly sworn according to law Doth on her oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 8 th of March 1833 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Seth Dean who was a soldier in the Company of Capt. Wilder Col. Starkweather's Regt. in 1778 (see certificate annexed) for other services of the said Seth Dean in the Army the department are respectfully referred to the evidence furnished by which he obtained a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832 to the receipts for payments of pension to me the said Edene under the act of July 7 th 1838 & to my certificate under the last act which was returned to the pension Office in Boston and is now supposed to be in the Office of way department and that the amount of pension she received under the act of July 7 th 1838 was seventy eight and 89 100 Dollars per annum She further declares she is still a widow
Sworn to & subscribed on Monday next year above written before Wilks Fisher Justice Peace
Edene Dean
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Edene Dean the signer of the above declaration and that she was a pensioner under the act of July 7 th 1838
Wilks Fisher Justice Peace

I Nathanial Emmons of Franklin in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged thirty three years of age and say that I was well acquainted with Seth Dean who died in Franklin about four years ago and was well acquainted with his widow Edna Dean who now resides in Franklin they were both natives of Franklin and lived in good repute as husband and wife until his death and the said Edna has remained unmarried and the widow of the said Seth ever since his decease. They brought up a family of three children two of whom are now living
Nathanial Emmons
Norfolk ss. August 11 th 1888 Sworn to and subscribed by the said Nathanial Emmons who is a credible witness
Before me
William Estlin Gushing Dean

Little Bear
and Germany, though I doubt if France in the end of the European struggle remains in the Department, it appears to be the case that the war is not yet over.
Dear Sir,

I, Joseph Richards of the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachu- setts; being seventy one years of age, do testify and say, that in or about the thirteenth of June A D 1778, I enlisted into the service of the United States, Militia, (or the Militia here so called), at Framingham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth, aforesaid under Colonel Moulton as Captain, Eliphalet Hastings as first Lieutenant, Cornelius Claplin second Lieutenant, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Paine, under whose command I marched in or about the sixteenth of June aforsaid, & arrived at Peekskill Village in the State of New York some time near the close of said month of June, (where I became acquaint- ed with Seth Paine of Franklin in the Coun- ty of Norfolk & Commonwealth aforesaid, he being a member of the same Regiment) where we remained according to the best of my recollection until the first part of July, when we were mar- ched to White Plains and remained until the lat- ter part of the same month, we removed from thence to West Point & remained there until about the last of January or the first of Feb- ruary A D 1779 where we were marched to Kings Bridge; where we remained till the latter part of February, when I left the service. The said Paine at that time having been detached for further service. And your deponent fur- ther saith, that he was well acquainted with the said Paine, as he was soon mate with him the said Paine the most of the above specified time of about eight months. And further your deponent saith not.
Richmond County Commonwealth of said July 8 th
A D 1838.
Joseph Richards

Berkshire ss July 30 th A.D. 1883
Then personally appeared the within named Joseph Richards and made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed
before me Wm. S. Leadbetter Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within named Joseph Richards and have been for a number of years past, and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Wm. S. Leadbetter Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss.
I Charles Sedgwick a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record in the County of Berkshire do hereby certify that William S. Leadbetter Esq. before whom the foregoing Deposition was executed, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Berkshire And that I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his true & proper Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court at Lenox on this Thirtieth day of July A.D. 1883.
Charles Sedgwick Clerk

whom it may concern.
I, Eliphalet Rhoads, of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify and say, that in the twenty seventh year of my age, hereby testify and say, that I served seven or eight months in the Milton Company commanded by Capt. Aaron Guild and Lieut. Ebenezer Dean, that this service commenced in May (I think in the early part of that month) in the year 1776, and that this service was rendered by guard duty and fatigue service on the fortifications at Nantasket, in Boston harbor - and I further testify and say, that Seth Dean of Franklin in said County of Norfolk, was a soldier with me in said Capt. Aaron Guild's Company of Militia at the same time and performed the service of a Reliever at Nantasket aforesaid, during my term of service in that company -
Eliphalet Rhoads
Dedham August 10 th 1832 -
known to the subscriber as a credible witness Norfolk ss. August 10 th 1832. Then the above named Eliphalet Rhoads, personally appeared and made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed, is true -
Subscribed to the foregoing declaration of Eliphalet Rhoads
Before me Wm. G. Ellis Notary Public Norfolk August 22 nd 1832 I certify that William Ellis is a Notary Public in and for the County of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, and that the within copy is a true copy of the original now on file in my office.

Elias Ware of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk and being about Seventy five years of age Commonwealth of Mass., on Oath do Depose and say that in the Winter of Seventeen hundred and seventy seven & eight , I was an enlisted Soldier in Capt Thomas Petti's company, at North Kingston and did serve the full term of three months. And I do verily believe that Mr. Seth Dean of Franklin, did serve the same term of three Months at the same time, and further do say that in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven, I was at Little Compton, in the Months service, called the Secret expedition at Rhode-Island in Col. Benj. Hawes. Regt and Capt. Asa Fairbanks company, and did serve the full term of one Month and I have full faith, and do believe that Mr. Seth Dean, of Franklin, did serve the term of one Month in the said Secret Expedition at Rhode-Island in the said Capt. Fairbanks's company, and further your Deponent saith not.
Wrentham, July 28 th 1832.
Elias Ware.
Norfolk ss July 28 th 1832. Then the above named Elias Ware made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Deposition and I further certify that the deponent is well known to me & possesses a good character for truth. before me Calvin Fisher Justice of the peace
Norfolk ss August 22 nd 1832 I hereby certify that Calvin Fisher is of full age the law for said County & that the names signed to the foregoing certificates are his true names under order of court. S. Leland J. Peabody

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept 6 th 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 the name of Dith Dears is found upon the Pay Rolls of Capt Aaron Gailis Company in Col Joseph Whitney's Regt for the period of six months & eighteen days from sixteenth of May 1776 Also upon the pay rolls of Capt Asa Purbanks Company in Col Benj. Hance's Regt for the period of one month & two days from the thirtieth day of September 1777
Edward D Bangs. Secy