Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,558, Abner Curtis, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Curtis, Abner Lydia
NUMBER
W. 14558
CONTENTS
2

10.236
Massachusetts Abner Curtis
1 Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by Col Whitney in the  time for 10 Mts 7 Days
Mts
87
Plymouth
Inscribed on the Roll of  at the rate of 24 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of   1833 and sent  to  Plymouth Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of  1833 $68.20 Semi-annual allowance ending 2 nd Rep  17.05   $85.25
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by  Blair Clerk, Book  Vol. 2  Page 10.

Massachusetts - 2662
Sybil Curtis
widow of
Abner Curtis,
who died on the 2 d December 1838 at Plymouth in the State of Mass s who was a P er in the Company commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Abner  in the Mass s line for 10 m th & 7 d ys
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass s Pensioners at the rate of 34 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1839.
2 d Dec r 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of May '39, and a bill for S. W. L. Com. Plymouth, Mass s
Arrears to the 1 st of March - $ 14 13 Semi-annual allowance ending
17 13
$ 31 26
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by R. Bendire Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 48

Home Curtis
Private 10 Mar 7 days Alb
$32.10
18036
J. H. Lord Esq Plymouth Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Abner Curtis  Co. of Plymouth 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? 80  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.     1 th State Troops In 1776 entered 2 Private Gen. Putnam Col. Whitney   1777 2 " Col. Moyes  does not recol. others   time of the alarm 1778 Service of 26 days 1 7 " Lieut. Col. Gaily Col. Hall  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plymouth Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George D. Dyer
Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Plymouth
Clerks. Office December 1 st 1838
I John B. Thomas, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Plymouth aforesaid, hereby certify, that it appears of record in this Office, that on the twenty fifth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, Abner Curtis of Hanover in the County of Plymouth and Lydia Bowker of Scituate in said County, were married at Scituate in the County of Plymouth by the Rev d David Barnes.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Plymouth on the day and year aforesaid.
John B. Thomas

Abner Curtis 13.036

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this Twenty Second day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before H Wilkes  First Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Hanover within and for said County of Plymouth, Abner Curtis a resident of Hanover in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty 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 he enlisted in a company of State Troops a private - under the following named officers in the year 1776 - April 1 st Capt Nathl Winslow - Lieut John Griffin - Ensign Calvin Curtis - Field officers Col Josiah Whiting - Lieut Col Calvin Curtis - Ephraim Jackson - Major Miller left the Service 1 st November same year - Marched to Boston with the troops of said company. From thence to Point Shirley. Thence to Nantasket having served the time for which he enlisted was dismissed with the company none of whom to my recollection had a discharge, he assisted in the capture of two British Transports still at Nantasket - That he again enlisted in the State Service the year 1777 in Feb under W m Turner Major - the only officer recollects. Marched to Livetown Rhode Island. was in said service two months. That when he enlisted as above stated he was an inhabitant of the Town of Hanover - Plymouth County - State Massachusetts. That he has no documentary evidence to prove this service -

Also in the Alarm Service after the 26 April in the year 1775 at Stockfield under Col. Hall. Lieut Col. Boyle 10 Days ————— at Cohasset 7 Days ————— at Winchester 21 Days,
Sworn to, and subscribed the day & year afore said 6.
Abner Curtis
He was born in the said town of Hanover in the year 1752 & has always resided in Hanover except temporary absences. He is well known to John Bayley, Wm Morse Esq & other citizens of said town.
Abner Curtis
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We, John Bayley a clergyman, residing in the town of Hanover and W m Moose residing in the town of Hanover hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with Abner Curtis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty 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.
John Bayley
W m Moose
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
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 John Bayley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Hanover and that William Moose Esq. who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord 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 Abner Curtis for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord

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Plymouth ss. On this twenty seventh day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred & thirty eight Before the Court of Probate for said County of Plymouth personally appeared Lydia Curtis a resident of Scituate in said County aged Eighty one 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 the 4th day of July 1836 & the joint resolve of July 7, 1838. That she is the widow of Abner Curtis late of Hanover in said County decd who was a Soldier of the Revolution & served as is particularly set forth in his application for a pension under the Act of June 7, 1832 which was granted, & to which she refers.
She further declares that she was married to said Abner Curtis by the Rev. David Barnes on the twenty fifth day of May in the Year Seventeen hundred & seventy five; that her husband the aforesaid Abner Curtis died at said Hanover on the second day of February in the Year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight & that her marriage took place previous to his entering the service to wit at the time above stated & that she has not been married since his decease but now remains his Widow.
Lydia C. Curtis mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written. William Ward Judge of Probate

I Job Curtis of Scituate in the County of Plymouth of lawful age to give evidence on Oath do testify & say that I well knew Abner Curtis late of Hanson in said County deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. He died on the second day of February in the Year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight leaving a Widow whose name is Lydia Curtis to whom he was married in early life. The said Lydia is now living & has never been married since the decease of her said husband the aforesaid Abner Curtis.
Job Curtis
Plymouth P. Nov 27, 1838 Then the above named Job Curtis whom I certify to be a credible person appeared before me & made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Willis Wood Judge of Probate
Plymouth P. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willis Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature & that the signature on the preceding leaf is also his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this first day of December 1838. Jacob H. Lord

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14558
Sydia Curtis Widow of Abner Curtis Briv. Rev. War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. A , Page 161
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Abner Curtis Mass. act 7. June 32 when last p'd? May 25. 39
Deed 2 nd Dec. 1838 p to that period JH

Clément Katé Léopoldine P. Anna Lucia

I Clement Bates of Hanover in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy Seven, do testify and say that other letters of Hanover in said County and State of Massachusetts served one campaign of Six months in the war of the American Revolution at Boston, Point Shirley, and thence to Nantasket, in a Company Commanded by Capt Nathaniel Winslow, Lt not recollected, Ensign Calvin Curtis, and were attached to Col. Josiah Whitney Regiment, Lt Col. Ephraim Jackson, and Major Miller, said Curtis may have served longer in said Company, but without my knowledge, and further will not, Clement Bates
Plymouth 22 August 22-1832 Then the above named Clement Bates made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true. before me Samuel A Turner Just of the Peace
And I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Clement Bates for many years, and that he is a credible person. Attest Samuel A Turner Just of the Peace

Probate Office Plym o Mass.
Dec 1. 1838
Sir
I send you the pension application of Lydia Curtis under the Act of July 4, 1836 & joint resolve of July 7, 1838. Communications in relation thereto may be addressed to
Your Oble. Servt.
J. H. Lord
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

I Joel Sylvester of Hanover in the county of Plymouth do  hereby certify that I was born in Hanover in the year 1755 - that I was a Soldier of the Revolution - That I enlisted in the Service of the State of Massachusetts private the first of April 1776 - under the following named officers Math o Winslow Col. John Griffin Lieut. - Calvin Curtis Ensign - Josiah Phillips Col. - Ephraim Jackson Lieut. Col. - Benj r Miller Major - Marched to Boston - from thence went to Point Shirley thence to Nantasket - Returned home being out seven months - I further State that Abner Curtis of Hanover was in the same Company with me, under a private - under the above named officers at the above named time & places & through their Campaign Joel Sylvester
Plymouth In August 22 nd 1832 then personally appeared the above named Joel Sylvester and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him Sub- scribed is true according to the best of his knowledge before me David Pray (Jurat) I further certify that the above named Joel Sylvester is in my opinion a creditable person. David Pray (Jurat)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Sessions for the County of Plymouth being a Court of Record do hereby certify that David Rooty Esq & Samuel A. Turner Esq before whom this & the annexed deposition were taken are Justices of the Peace for said County & that I believe their names subscribed thereon are true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord
Henry Rooty
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