Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,899, Oliver Holden, Navy (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy (Mass.)
Holden, Oliver
S. 29,899
Unofficial information: This means composed the hymn "Coronation"
CONTENTS

32.559 Massachusetts
Oliver Haden
of Middlesex in the State of Mass. who was a Marine in the Company commanded by Captain Nicholson of the Ship commanded by Captain Nichols in the Frigate Boston line for 12 months. m.f.
Navy
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of April 1836 and to Mrs. S. Haden Widow of Reuben Haden
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 20.00 $220.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. H. H. H. Clerk. Book E Vol. 2 Page 36

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Middlesex COUNTY OF Worcester , ss.
Oliver Holden, Esquire
ON this sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty six personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Charlestown in said County a resident of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That is to say, In the early part of the Spring of A. D. 1782. he was living with his father in Freshwater, Mass. and Lieut. Reed came up here as a recruiting officer, and he enlisted under him as a Marine on board the Siren Frigate , for the term of one year, and received from him a bounty of ten Dollars. Soon after this he joined the Frigate in Boston Harbor, under the command of Capt. Nicholson , who was afterwards tried by a Court Martial, and Capt. Manley then took command of her, and her name was changed to the " Hague ". She sailed in the month of August, on a cruise among the West India Islands. They captured four British prizes and made the Port of St. Pierre in Martinique . The morning after they sailed from this Port, after a short conflict they captured a British letter of marque, called the Lac Bailly , of twenty guns. He was placed on board this ship, of which Capt. Daniels was prize master and lieut. Reed and Dana Motte . They returned to Boston, where they arrived in the latter part of the winter of 1783. They remained on board for some time: the vessel was discharged, and he received his discharge from the hands of George Richards who had returned in the Frigate  with them . Richards was Chaplain, and acted as assistant Captain Clerk. He thinks this was sometime in April of 1783. and after he had begun service about one year Palmer was Captain of his company, and Reed and waterman his Lieutenants. His brother Richard Holden was orderly Sergeant. He recollects Cochran was Boatswain, and that one McClellan was Sailing Master.
And the said Oliver Holden makes the following answers to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. Viz:
 To the 1st. In Shirley, Massachusetts. A. D. 1763  To the 2nd. He has none, except one he made from a family bible and he does not know where the bible is.  To the 3rd. In Freshwater Mass. Soon after the war he moved to Charlestown where he has since and now lives.  To the 4th. He was a volunteer, and always went into service of his own free will.  To the 5th. He recollects those he has stated above in his declaration.  To the 6th. Governor, Edward Everett. Genl. Nathl. Austin, John Skinner Esqr.  To the 7th. Thomas Kettle Esqr. Col. Austin Esqr. Col. Loammi Baldwin. He did receive a discharge from the hands of George Richards, Chaplain and assistant Captain Clerk on board the Hague Frigate , but not considering it a paper of importance he has lost it by time and carelessness. 
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Oliver Holden
J. M. Day Judge of Probate for said County

We Henry Jackson a Clergyman residing in the town of Charlestown and James H. Frothingham Esq. residing in the same Charlestown hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Holden, Esquire who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. P. May  Wrote  Henry Jackson Pastor of Mt- Baptist Chh. Charlestown James H. Frothingham  clerk
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 above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Henry Jackson who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Charlestown and that James H. Frothingham who has also signed the same is a resident in the town Charlestown and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. May Wrote
I Isaac Peske Register or Clerk of the Court of Probate of said county of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Oliver Holden for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty four .
33.539 Oliver Holden Majr.
com R 12mo Marine $40-
Mr. S. Homan HR James Dana agent Charlestown Mass

Invalid WIDOW, &c.
File No. 29899 Oliver Holden Marine Frigate Boston Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832 Book E Index:—Vol. 25 , Page 86
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New Hampshire
Oliver Holden
Suspended
See letter to Hon. G. Hoar 22. Mar. 1836
Massachusetts

Oliver Holden 70. years old in '36 or Hague Spring '82. Marine Dean Tufts " 1 year.

I Oliver Holden of Charlestown, County of Middlesex & Comm th of Massachusetts, aged seventy years, depose and say, in reply to the Requisition of the Pension Office dated March 22. 1835, that my reasons for having so long, delayed making application for a pension under the law of 1832 are as follows—viz.—
Because I did apply for one in the year 1818, when the Judge of the District Court in Boston, who examined my papers, decided that no plea but that of poverty would avail—and another reason is, I was not acquainted with the liberal provisions of the law of 1832 which recognizes the merits of the soldier irrespective of his pecuniary circumstances—but upon being reminded of this, late as it is I have been induced to present my claim to the Department
Oliver Holden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. March 30. 1835
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for and within said County of Middlesex, Oliver Holden Esq r who subscribed the above Deposition, and is well known to me as deserving full credit and belief and made solemn oath that the above Deposition is true
M c Myman—Geo. Ladd

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Midsummer G. I Elias Preney Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, being a Court of record in said County, do Certify that William Wymann Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, — And that his name subscribed to the within Certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, the 31 st day of March 1836.
E. Preney

Capt. Josiah Bakers Dep n in case of Oliver Holden Esqr

I Josiah Barker of Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman aged seventy two years, do depose and say that I served in the war of the Revolution -
In the summer of A.D. 1782. my brother in law, Gilden Crooker, came down to Scituate where I was then living, as a recruiting officer, and I enlisted under him, as a Sailor on board the Deane Frigate, for the term of one year - When I joined the Frigate she was laying in Boston Harbour. and I think did not sail. before the month of August or October  October in that year. Capt. Nicholson commanded the Frigate, but before we sailed, he resigned the command; and Capt. Manly, took command of her, and her name was altered to the "Hague" - I think one Pagdall one Silloway were Lieutenants on board - We sailed on a Cruise among the West India Islands - And it was by about ten months, from the time of my enlistment before I returned home
During all this time I well remember Oliver Holden, Esquire, of Charlestown, - who was a Marine on board the above Frigate -
I think one Palms was Captain of the Marines (over)

and that one Freed, and one Waterman were Lieutenants — Also that Richard Holden brother of said Oliver Holden, was Sergeant of Maines — I was accustomed to see said Oliver almost every day — I recollect he was on board at the time I joined the Frigate in Boston Harbor — and am confident he did not spend a day time than I did —
I have known Mr. Holden, and he has been my neighbour for a long time, and we have frequently talked over the circumstances of our Cruise Jonah Markum
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss. February 16 th A. D. 1856.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber, a Justice of The Peace within and for said County of Middlesex, Capt. Josiah Barker above named well known to me as a credible witness, whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief at all times and places, who subscribes the above Deposition

and made solemn oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief. Wm Wymen
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex /
I, Isaac Foske Register of the Court of Probate of the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby certify that William Wymen is a justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, & that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand & seal of said Court this twentieth day of February. A D 1836,
Isaac Foske Reg