Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23796, Samuel Child, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Child Samuel Lucy
N 23796
CONTENTS

391
Massachusetts
Lucy Child
widow of Samuel Child
Mass who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
22 day of June 1848
and sent to
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 26 Vol. 2

7183
Lucy Child
Mass
Act 7. July 38.
Vol 14. 12. on fri: 8mo. Capt. Bemis - Col. Whitcomb.
m 79. d 29.
adm d. 8mo. fri -
Apr 26. 66/100
No deduction
H. W. Parmachew H. R.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
Middlesex County ss. On this second day of June A.D. eighteen hundred & forty, person- ally appeared before the judge of Probate for said County of Middlesex, Lucy Child a resi- dent of Cambridge in said County the common- wealth, widow, aged eighty years & eight months, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Samuel Child late of said Cam- bridge, deceased, who served as a private in the army of the revolution, in the year 1775 & 1776. as follows. Viz. On the nineteenth of April in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five the day of Concord fight, he belonged to a company of minute men, so called, in Westminster in the County of Worcester commanded by Captain Whiting or Dennis, as she has always understood. — That he marched with said company on the night following said day to Concord & thence to Cambridge & there remained, doing military there & in that vicinity un- til the end of said year — That soon after he arrived in Cambridge, he entitled into a com- pany commanded by Captain Dennis. as she has always understood & believed, for what was called the eighth months service — and re- mained in service during that whole term. He also, went as a private in the latter part of the year 1776, she thinks in November, for three months to Ticonderoga, but under what captain or

or other officer she is unable to say - What she has above stated relative to his service, she states from her recollection of his conversation, at many times after her acquaintance & marriage with him, & is not very positive as to the names of the Captains, but believes she is right, as those names are still well remembered by her - Her maiden name was Lucy Mason - she was a native of Cambridge & has always lived there, both before & after her marriage. -
She was married to said Samuel Child, by the Rev. Mr Cook, minister of the north parish of Cambridge, then called Mendotomy Snow West Cambridge, on the, on the fourth day of July Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine - Her husband did the said Samuel Child died on the 29 th day of January A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty - And she has remained a widow ever since - She was not married to said Child previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 viz at the time above stated - Respect with to the Captains above named, her impression is that Captain Whiting or Whitney commanded the company of minute men & Captain Dennis the company into which her husband enlisted as above stated & that that Captain Dennis was in Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment - but of these facts she intends not to be positive -
Lucy Child
Subscribed & sworn to by said Lucy Child at her brother's house in Cambridge (she being so aged & infirm as to be unable without suffering to attend court before me, the day & year first above written) J. P. [unclear]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify that Samuel P. Dey, Esq r is the Judge of said Court, & that his signature written on the foregoing document, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty second day of June in the year Eighteen hundred & forty Isaac Fiske By

I David Damron of West Cambridge in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Clerk, do hereby certify that I now have in my custody the Records of the Congregational Church & Society in said Town of West Cambridge - that in said Records as kept by the late Rev. Samuel Cooke formerly Pastor of said Church and Society under the article "Marriages" is the following - seventeen hundred & seventy nine, July tenth eighth, "Samuel Childs & Lucy Mason Cambridge" - that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the Record in fair legible figures as follows "1779. July 8"
I, David Damron, above named, Depose & say that I hold the Office of Pastor of the Congregational Church & Society in the Town of West Cambridge aforesaid, & that the above is a true Copy or extract from the Records of Marriages as kept by the late Rev. Samuel Cooke, formerly Pastor of said Church & Society, with the exception above named as certified by me
David Damron
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. April 7 th 1840 Then the above named David Damron personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. By me James Russell Just. Peace

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Clay
January 17, 1928
Miss Bertram French Medora Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 23796, it appears that Samuel Child was a Minute-Man in Westminster, Worcester County, in Captain Whiting or Whitney's Company, and marched "the night of the Concord Fight" to Concord and on to Cambridge, where he enlisted and Captured as a private eight months in Captain Bemis' Company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Massachusetts Regiment; he enlisted in November 1776 and served three months as a private, no officers stated; he also served as teamster, no details of this service given.
He died January 29, 1830 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Soldier married July 4 or 8, 1779, Lucy Mason, a native of Cambridge and always lived there. She

was allowed pension on her application executed June 3, 1840, while living in said Cambridge, aged eighty years and eight months.
There are no data as to children.
The above noted Samuel Child, Childs or Childes, is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Massachusetts. 5584.
Lucy Child, widow of Samuel Child, Dec 2
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the 29 th of January, 1830- of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts - who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Beman of the Regt. commanded by Col. Whitcomb in the Massachusetts - time for 8 months private
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of July, 1840 and sent to Hon. W. Parmenter, House of Representatives
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 1840 = $119.97
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mo. 41 13.33
$133.30
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elish Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1, Page 81.

6782
Massachusetts
Lucy Child widow of Samuel Child who was a Private in the Mass a Line
repro
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of April 1843 and sent to
Hon W Parmenter Cambridge Mass a
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book
Vol. 2
Page 27
June 17. 1844

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 9 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
[Signature]
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.
6782
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[Signature]
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Elijah Clark Justice of the Peace
Attested

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this eleventh day of April eighteen hundred and forty eight, personally appeared Lucy Child, a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid. Lucy Child, a resident of Cambridge in said County, aged fifty eight 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 February 2 d 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Samuel Child, who was a private in the Massachusetts Militia and that she has received a pension of Twenty five dollars and sixty six cents per annum under the law of June 17 th 1844, and she further declares that she is still a widow.
Lucy Child
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written. And I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, a widow, and a Revolutionary pensioner as she declared.
Before me, Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23796
Louy Child wid of Samuel Child Pris New War
Act: Feb 2 nd 48
Index:—Vol. A Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925 Jan 17-1925 Feb 23 Reclaim French Substation

DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
W. C. BAER, PRINCIPAL DANVILLE, ILLINOIS
June 9, 1927.
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
I am seeking your data on a Revolutionary soldier. Samuel Child, of Weston, Mass. who was in the Lexington Arms Rolls which marched in the alarm of April 19, 1775, from Weston His service was three days, and he was known as Ensign having been the regimental color bearer in the Revolutionary army.
I should also like to know if your records show any information concerning a William Haven of Weston, Mass. born June 5 1751, as to whether or not he gave any service in the Revolution. He died in Vermont near Weybridge, but do not know date.
Shall greatly appreciate this service.
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Bartram Friesel
Sent answer to
Medora, Illinois.

I Thomas Mason of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby on oath depose and say that I am eighty two years old, that I was acquainted with Samuel Child formerly of said Cambridge, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, that he was a private soldier in the American Army of the Revolution during the first eight months of the Revolutionary war, and that from the expiration of the said eight months till about the year seventeen hundred and eighty, said Child was employed as teamster in the Army; that said Child married my sister in the year seventeen hundred seventy nine, and resided in said Cambridge till his death.
Thomas Mason
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. May 5, 1840. Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Mason, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Henry M. Chamberlain Justice { of the Peace

Am 10 Parmenter H 2

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Timothy Lindsall Garrison of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex physician aged seventy eight years, do testify and say that I well knew Samuel Child who died in this place since January 1825, or thereabouts. I also did business professionally in his family subsequently to 1811, to the time of his death. His widow Lucy Child has to this time generally resided here. I have also recently seen a written application by her made for obtaining a pension as his widow, under a late Act of Congress, he having been a Revolutionary soldier in the early part of the war. - Said her request did this week send on to the pension Office the same application to the care of the Honble William Paymenter. I did also in May last (I believe) send to him, a certificate of the marriage of the said Samuel Child and Lucy Mason in the year 1779. The said Lucy's maiden name was Mason & she has remained a widow since the death of her husband the said Samuel Child -
Timothy L. Garrison
Mid Sp: June 29 th 1840. Then personally appeared Tim o L. Garrison, well known to me as a respectable citizen & credible person & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
J. P. Fay W. Judge of Probate for P. County

Washington July 1. 1840.
Sir
I enclose the application of Henry Chapman for a Pension - See your letter to me of March/40
Very respectfully Yours obedt Servt
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions
Wm Paterson

7031 Sent by Elisha Clark Asper Peabody
Lucy Child, widow of Samuel Child - W. Parmenter Act 30 May 1, 1843 - Child
Lucy Child Sent: $26.66 per ann. March 5 th 1843, Date 17 June, 1844
Re March 6. 1845.
act No 289 act 1844
Hon: W. Parmenter East - Cambridge Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex.. ss.
On this sixth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and forty five, personally appeared Before Me, Elijah Clark a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid. Lucy Child, a resident of Cambridge in said County, eighty four years of age, 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 third of March, 1831, granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War, That she is the widow of Samuel Child who was a private in the Militia, and rendered his service from Cambridge aforesaid, or West Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and that she received a pension at the rate of Twenty five dollars, and sixty six cents per annum under the act of July seventh 1838, which was paid to her at the agency for paying pensions in Boston Massachusetts, and she further declares that she is still a widow.
Lucy Child
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before Me, Elijah Clark, justice of the Peace.
Middlesex.. ss. Cambridge February 6. int. 1845. I hereby certify that Lucy Child who has subscribed and made oath to the above Declaration, is credible reputed to be the widow of Samuel Child of Cambridge deceased, and that she has received a pension of five years only, under the act of Congress, 1838, the intendment of which is to cause the said Lucy Child to receive the benefits of the act of Congress, 1831, and that she is still a widow. Elijah Clark, justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston February 6 th 1845
I hereby Certify, That Elijah Clark of Boston is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
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.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.