Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14491, William Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Clark, William Eunice
W. 14491
CONTENTS

5559 Massachusetts
Eunice Clark, widow of William Clark, who was a Private, in the Rev. War Mass
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of May 1844 and sent to Thomas Bulfinch, Boston, Massachusetts,
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 265.
rep. 23. May '44

9788

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County - } 55.
On this twentieth day of September A.D. 1843. personally appeared before the Hon. John Gray Stoyard one of the Justices of the Police Court of the city of Boston the same being a Court of Record Mrs. Eunice Clark now a resident of Boston in the said County of Suffolk aged seventy eight years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oaths, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;"
That she is the widow of William Clark who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and served as she verily believes as follows. He first enlisted for the term of six months from the town of Benning, Essex County, Mass. went to West Point, Morristown, the Jerseys, and other places as she has often heard him say. - saw Maj. Andre hung. - thinks this service was performed in the year 1780. or 1781.
He afterwards enlisted for the term of three months and rec d . an honorable discharge which I have often seen but which is now lost or destroyed. The said Clark having been insane some years previous to his death, she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim. She further declares that her husband never was a pensioner and never made application to her knowledge. The reason of her not applying for a pension after the passage of the law of 1838. she states to be from the fact of her residing in the State of Maine and since that period in the Western parts of this State and had no friends to

interest themselves in her behalf,
She further declares that she was married to the said William Clark on the fifteenth day of December seventeen hundred and ninety; that her husband died in the month of April in the year eighteen hundred and twenty five; (April 2 d as she thinks) that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated, and that since that time she has not intermarried but still continues the widow of Mr. Clark aforesaid
her Dannie I Clark mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day & year first within written at a court held at Boston aforesaid this day - before me
John Gray Rogers One of the Justices of the Police Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss.
I Thomas Power, Clerk of the Police Court of the City of Boston, do hereby certify that John Gray Rozon, Esquire, whose name is hereinafter subscribed, was, at the date hereof, one of the Justices of the Police Court of the City of Boston; that the signature of his name hereinafter is his proper handwriting; and that the said Court is a Court of Record within said Commonwealth.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, at Boston, the Twelfth Day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Thomas Power. Clerk.

I John Clark of the city of Boston in the county of Suffolk, aged forty six years on oath testify and say that I am the son of William Clark dec d . formerly of Beverly and Lemice Clark named in the annexed declaration. I well remember my Father the said M r and often heard him say that he served in the War of the Revolution at two different times for the term of six and three months as a private soldier as I very believe. He died in the year 1825 in Gammworth New Hampshire where he had resided 30. or 40 years after leaving Beverly. Since this period my Mother has not been married but has ever remained a widow and is now a resident of my family.
John Clark
State of Massachusetts } ss. September 21. 1823. Then Suffolk County } came John Clark above named and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. (5. words first erased & 4. first interlined)
Before me
Samuel M. Stone Just. Peace

[Faint, illegible handwriting]
James Gregory, Esquire,
Marblehead. —
OCT 7

I Ebenezer Burnham of Ipswich, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify, that William Clark then of Beverly, and Eunice Glidden, then of Ipswich, were joined in Marriage, the fifteenth day of December, seventeen hundred and ninety by the Reverend Joseph Dana, then Minister of the Gospel in said Ipswich, as appears by the records of Marriages in the town of Ipswich - The following is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible figures, "Seventeen hundred ninety December fifteenth". The following is a true copy from the record in words and figures as it stands upon the said record in fair legible words and figures - "1790. Dec r 15. Will m Clark of Beverly & Eunice Glidden of Ipswich." - Ebenezer Burnham.
Ipswich October 6, 1843.
I Ebenezer Burnham, above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town County, and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages of said town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Ebenezer Burnham, Town Clerk of Ipswich.
Commonwealth, vs. October 6, 1843. Ebenezer Burnham above named makes oath to the truth of the above written affidavit, by him subscribed, before
M c L. Lord Jr., justice peace. M c

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss Probate office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Nathaniel Lord junior esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Ebenezer Burnham, town clerk as therein mentioned, purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and that his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature. I further certify, that I know, and have for many years known, said Ebenezer as the town clerk of Ipswich as therein mentioned, and his name, subscribed as within in two places, is his genuine signature, to me well known.
Given under my hand and seal of office this sixth day of October, A.D. 1843.
Nath. Lord jr.

Amount of Fees two dollars, please to remit by mail.
E. B.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office,
Sept 6 1863
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 W m Clark of Beverly is borne in the Six months roll of the town of Beverly from July 8. 1780 to Jan 8. 1781 a time of 16 days including travel; his name does not appear after this date.

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.
Jno A Blee
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES BY THE WIDOW.
State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk  City  Town of Boston
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of my late husband
William Clark
He enlisted in the year -(not known) from the town of Beverly in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts in the Company of Capt. -(not known) in Genl. Glover's Regiment, Col. Wade until and served as private We were married in the year 1790 . He died in the year 1825 , in the month of April
The only other facts which I recollect, are as follows, viz:—
He first enlisted for the term of Six months from the town of Beverly went to West Point, Morristown the Jerseys and other places as the had heard him say. saw Maj Andre hung. - thinks this service was performed in the year '80, or '81.
He afterwards enlisted for the term of 3 months and recd. an honorable discharge which I have after seen Hunt which is now lost or destroyed He said Clark having been insane some years previous to his death

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES BY THE WIDOW.
State of Massachusetts Court of General Sessions The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the files in his office of the service of my late husband James Clark during the war. He enlisted in the year 1812 in the town of Wrentham and State of Massachusetts in the Company of Artillery and served until the year 1815 . He was mustered in the year 1812 and out of service in the year 1815 . The only other facts which I remember are as follows: viz - He was a member of the Wrentham Baptist Church and was a member of the same at the time of his death.
I am now seventy  Eight years old, and my memory does not enable me to state any thing further material to the search required.
I have empowered  of to act in the premises as my Attorney.
WITNESS my hand, this Twenty fifth day of August A. D. 1843.
Signed in my presence by my mark  By said Eunice Clark
her mark Eunice Clark
Lowell McStone JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

5844
Eunice Clark
act 43
$21:11 per am
Thos. Bulfinch Boston Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Suffolk County }
Be it known that on this Eighth day of May 1844, personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth Mrs. Eunice Clark a resident of Boston in the County of Suffolk aged Seventy Nine years, 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 on the 3 d day of March 1843. granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of William Clark dec d who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a Pension under the Law of 7 th July 1838 to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of his services for the proof of her marriage, identity, and the time of her Husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said act at the rate of Twenty one \frac{11}{100} Doll s per annum, which amount she received from the 4 th March 1836, to the 4 th March 1841, at the agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this Declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband but is now and ever since has been the Widow of said William Clark deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further she saith not
Eunice Clark
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first within written, and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described
Before me
Lowell M. Stone Justice of the Peace

I Huldah Clark of Boston in the County of Suffolk of lawful age on oath testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Eunice Clark the applicant named in the within declaration for many years last past. I know that she was the wife and is now the Widow of William Clark deceased who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that she was a Pensioner under the Law of 7th July 1838 as stated by her.
Huldah Clark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Suffolk County }
May 8, 1844.
Then came Huldah Clark I believe  who to be to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is strictly true
Before me
Lowell M. Stone
Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 7. th 1844.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the within attestation, Lowell M Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk.
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.
John G. Sleeper, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

9788.
Eunice Clark
Mass 5
Act 7 th July 38
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$21.11 per An
L M Stone
Boston
Mass 5

Boston, 13 th Oct r 1843.
Sir,
I enclose herewith the applications of Eunice Clark & Deborah Wild, for pensions under the law of 7 th July 1838.
Very Respectfully, Yr. Obedt Servt L. M. Stone
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 11 th 1843 Boston
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Lowell M c . Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk and Nathaniel Lord h was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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.
Wm. A. Boles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

rep: 30, ap. 1844
8356
Massachusetts.
Eunice Clark
widow of William Clark
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 2 d Apr. 1825 of Suffolk Co. in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Regiment line for 6 mos. 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 21 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of April 1844 and sent to L. M. Stone. Boston Mass
Total amount, $105.55
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. S. Gann Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 55

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14491
Emmice Clark
Widow of
William Clark
Pre Civil War
Act: March 3 d 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 139
[Arrangement of 1870.]