Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14948, Peter Hoar, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hoar, Peter
W. 14948
or Gore
Marcy
CONTENTS

755.
Massachusetts
Mary Hoar
widow of Peter Hoar
who was a Priv. Serj. & Lieut. Mass.
in the Mass line
for 20 mos. Lt. Sgt & Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 144 Dollars & 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of July, 1843 and sent to
Peter H. Pierce Middleborough Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 43 1/2
Date of death not on A. B. J. R. R.

2384 Mary Haur's death  death Map,
admitted 26.66 Pn 8 mo — 30. On 1st 6 mo — 88. St 6 mo 18 dos — 144.66
Vol 16. p 56 Pn 8 mo Ch Isaac Wood Apr 24
no will left N.W. for July 1776
on will Vol 3 p 121 St, Sep 1 to Jan. — 4 mo.
Vol 29, page 181, wasnt up. Apr 16, 1782, St, was 5.5 = 2 mo 18 dos
J. H. Lord Plymouth, Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth County. ss.
On this Eighteenth day of September, 1838. personally appeared before the Honorable Wilkes Wood, Judge of Probate, in and for the County of Plymouth, Mary Hoar , aged Seventy Six Years, 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, 1838, entitled "An Act, granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows".
That She is the Widow of Peter Hoar , late of Middleborough in said County deceased, who was a Soldier and Officer in the Revolutionary War, that the said Peter Hoar enlisted into a Company of Militia, commanded by Captain Isaac Wood, in Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment, in the Month of March or April in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Five, and marched to Roxbury and served Eight Months, there —
The said Mary Hoar further declares, that the said Peter Hoar enlisted into a Company of Militia, commanded by Captain Nathaniel Wood, in the Regiment, commanded by Col. Ebenezer Sproat, in the year Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Six, in the Month

of July and served six months, in said Company, commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Wood, and the said Peter Hoar was the Orderly Sergeant of said Company, during the whole period of the said six months — this Service was performed in the State of New York.
The said Mary Hoar further declares, that the said Peter Hoar served six months, as a Lieutenant, in the Company commanded by Captain Edward Sparrow, in the Regiment commanded by Nathan Tyler. Said Service commenced in July in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Nine and closed on the first day of the January following — said Service was performed at Rhode Island.
A Commission of the said Hoar is made a part of this declaration, dated July first, 1779.
The said Mary further declares, that the said Peter Hoar served three months, as a Lieutenant, in the State of Rhode Island, in the Company of Captain Henry Allen and in the Regiment, commanded by Col.
Said Service commenced in the month of February, in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty two and closed sometime in the month of the May following all of which will appear by the proofs hereto annexed.
And of other services which she thinks probable were per- formed by her said husband in that war but which she is unable to specify she hopes if found upon the Rolls of the military service she may be allowed the benefit

She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Hoar on the Eleventh day of October in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Two. That her Husband the aforesaid Peter Hoar, died on the Twelfth day of March in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifteen, 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.
Mary Hoar
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and above written, and I further certify that the said Mary Hoar by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to travel to any Court to make declaration.
Willis Wood J. Prob.
Plymouth ss. 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.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this eighth day of October 1838.
Jacob H. Lord

certificate of Marriage of Mary Hoar
III
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Arad Thompson Peter H. Peirce, Willies Wood & Seth Miller Jr Esquires are all Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to the annexed affi- davits purporting to be signed by them respectively are their true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County this sixth day of October 1838
Jacob H. Lord

Middleboro. Octo r Eleventh Seventeen Hundred Eighty two Then Peter Hoar & Mary Pierce both of Middleborough were joined in Marriage.
by Eben r Hinds Baptist Minister Allen Shaw certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record of said Town with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows Octo r 11 1782.
I Allen Shaw above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Middleborough County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Middleborough Aug t 10 th 1838.
Allen Shaw Town Clerk of Middleborough
Sworn before me
Abad Thompson Justice of the Peace
Middleborough August 11 th 1838

March 13, 1933.
Mrs. Ernest D. Bloom Kaumerer Wyoming.
BA-J/ILL Peter Hoar W. 14948
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Peter Hoar, Benjamin Warren, Nicholas Silvernail and Phillip Silvernail, all of whom may have served in the Revolutionary War.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made in your behalf and fails to show such claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of the Benjamin Warren described by you, or of any Nicholas or Phillip Silvernail.
The record of Peter Hoar given below is the record of the only soldier with that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data furnished are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 14948, based upon his military service in that war.
Peter Hoar, while residing in the neighborhood of Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, enlisted in March or April, 1775, and served eight months as private in Captain Isaac Wood's company, Colonel Theophilus Cotton's Massachusetts regiment; he enlisted in July, 1776, and served six months as orderly sergeant in Captain Nathaniel Wood's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's Massachusetts regiment, this service rendered in New York; he was commissioned July 1, 1779, 1 st Lieutenant in Captain Edward Sparrow's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's Massachusetts regiment and served six months, this service rendered in Rhode Island; he was commissioned July 1, 1781, 1 st Lieutenant in Captain Henry Peirce's 7 th Company, Colonel John Nelson's 4 th Regiment of Plymouth County, Massachusetts militia; he served three months as lieutenant in said company and regiment from sometime in February, 1782.

Peter Hoar married October 11, 1782, Mary Peirce, daughter of Job Peirce; both parties were then of Middleboro, Massachusetts.
The soldier died March 12, 1815 in Middleboro, Massachusetts.
Mary Hoar, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed September 18, 1838, at which time she was seventy-six years of age, the date and place of her birth not stated. She resided in Middleboro, Massachusetts, at that time. No reference is made to children.
One Peter H. Peirce was a Justice of the Peace for Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in 1838, no relationship to the family stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
JOHN HANCOCK, Esq;
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the COMMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS.
To Peter Hove Esq. Greeting.
YOU being appointed First Lieutenant of the Seventh Company commanded by Captain Henry Fins in the Fourth Regiment of Militia in the County of Plymouth whereof John Nelson Esq. is Colonel.
By Virtue of the Power vested in me, I do by these Presents, (reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct) Commission you accordingly. — You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a 1 st Lieut. in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their 2 d Lieut. and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from me or your Superior Officers.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the said Commonwealth, the first Day of July in the Year of our LORD, 1781 — in the Fifth Year of the Independence of the United States of AMERICA.
By His Excellency's Command,

STATE of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. }
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England.
To Peter Hoar Esq. Gentleman Greeting.
YOU being appointed First Lieutenant in the Company (Commanded by Col. Edward Sparre) in the Regiment whereof Nathan Tyler Esq. is Colonel; ordered to be de- tached by the Resolves of the General Court of the 8th of June last, to do Duty in the State of Rhode Island until the first day of January next.
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Lieutenant in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Lieutenant and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from
the Major Part of the Council or Your Superior Officer.
G I V E under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the 10th Day of February in the Year of our LORD, 1776
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council. Sam Adams Secy
Jer. Powell Walter Spooner Thomas Cushing Sam Adams Moses Gill McDill H. Ames Sam Davis Mitchell Oliver Prescott Sam Niles N. Cushing Sam Baker Onkel A. Wood

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2505
Massachusetts
Mary Hoar widow of Peter Hoar decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 12 March 1815 of Plymouth in the State of Mass.
who was a Priv. Sgt. in the Comp. commanded by Captain Wood of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cotton in the U.S. line for Dovers St. Sgt. & Private
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass.
at the rate of 144 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Feb. 1839 and sent to Lord Plymouth Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 39, $433.98 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept., 72.33 $506.31
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by A. Addison Clerk, Book Vol. 1st Page 95

Josiah Smith. Deposition

affidavit of Peter H. Price —

Edward Payson Affidavit

I Edward Raymond of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty four Years do testify And say, that I was acquainted with Peter Hoar and was with him, in the Revolutionary War. In the Year, Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six I was with the said Hoar, in the State of New- York, and in Capt. Nathaniel Wood's Company and the said Hoar was the Orderly Sergeant of the Company, during the whole six months that I was with him — and the time, which he served, was six months, and Ebenezer Sproat commanded the Regiment,
Witnesses Eliab Ward Enoch Haskell
Sir Edward L Raymond mark
Plymouth County ss August 29 th 1838.
Then
personally appeared Edward Raymond, the subscriber to the foregoing affidavit, and known to me to be a creditable Witness made oath to the truth of the same. Before me Peter H. Paine Justice of the Peace
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29 th day of August 1838 Peter H. Paine

Deposition of Jeremiah Thomas

① Jeremiah Thomas of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy four years, do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Peter Hoor late of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth, deceased. I served with the said Peter Hoor, three months in the Revolutionary War. I was in the Company commanded by Captain Henry Pierce, and of which the said Peter Hoor was the first Lieutenant in the Regiment, commanded by
I left home, in the month of February, in the year Seventeen Hundred & Eighty two, and served three months, I do not recollect the month that I returned home, but I recollect, that they were planting Indian Corn, which is generally planted in May - and the said Hoor served all the time, that I did, - and in the capacity of Lieutenant - we were stationed on Rhode Island, at Battles Hill, or Tower Hill -
Jeremiah Thomas
Plymouth County ss. September 17, 1838. Then personally appeared Jeremiah Thomas, the subscriber to the foregoing affidavit, and well known to me to be a creditable witness and made oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Peter H. Pierce Justice of the Peace

I Peter H. Price of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Peter Hoar late of Middleborough in said County and Commonwealth, while living and with his wife Mary Hoar. I have resided near and with the said Mary Hoar since the death of the said Peter Hoar. I further testify and say that the said Peter Hoar died on the Twelfth day of March in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifteen - and that the Mary Hoar has remain- ed a widow ever since that period & that she is the identical person who is now applying for a pension as the widow of P. Hoar
Peter H. Price
Plymouth ss. September 20 th 1838. Then personally appeared Peter H. Price, subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, and well known to me to be a creditable witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit.
Before me
Wilkins Wood Justice of the Peace

Affidavit of — Joseph Clark

I Joseph Clark of Middleborough County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Myself aged eighty three years depose and say that I served at several at several periods of the war of the Revolution as a Surgeon in army at Rhode Island in the State of Rhode Island and at one period of the said war I well remember that Peter Hoar of said Middleborough with whom I was well acquainted was in said service at said Rhode Island as a Lieutenant in a company commanded by Captain Edward Sparrow in Col Tyler's Regiment. This service was I believe in the year 1779 the length of time the said Hoar served under Capt. Sparrow in said company I cannot now state.
I also remember that at an other period of the said war the said Hoar was at said Rhode Island and served as a Lieutenant in a company commanded by Captain Henry Dyer and I am satisfied that the last mentioned term of service was in the year 1782. I think the company were engaged for two months but many of the officers and privates were detained and served longer but not exceeding three months in the whole.
Joseph Clark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. October 4 th 1838. Then personally appeared Joseph Clark a man well known to me and is a credible witness, subscribed the above affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Wilkes Wood Justice of the Peace

I Josiah Smith of Wareham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to give evidence do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Peter Hoar late of Middleborough in said County, he and I were brought up in the same neighbourhood and I was intimate with him in early life; in the month of March or April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, the said Hoar enlisted into a company of Militia, with me, commanded by Capt Isaac Wood, and marched to Roxbury, where we arrived in the first part of April in said year and the said Hoar served in said company eight months at said time & place, our company was stationed at Governor Hutchinson's House, the said Hoar and I were messmates and after we had served out the said eight months, being the time of our enlistment we were discharged and returned to Middleborough together, said company belonged to Colo. Cotton's Regiment. The said Hoar some few years after married Mary Pierce a daughter of Job Pierce, with whom I have been acquainted for many years. I saw her at Middleborough about two years since, and have understood she is now living.
Josiah Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss July 17 th 1838 Then the above named Josiah Smith personally appeared and being duly cautioned deposed the foregoing deposition and subscribed his name to the same and made oath in due form of law that the same is true.
Before me Seth Miller Jr. Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the said Josiah Smith is a credible witness and an honest man.
Seth Miller Jr. Justice of the Peace

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State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth ss On this fourteenth day of April 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the County of Plymouth Mary Hoar a resident of Middleborough in the County aforesaid 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 on the 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, That she is the Widow of Peter Hoar who was a private (Bilive) Sergeant & Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution & served at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts & in the States of New York & Rhode Island in Regiments commanded by Col. Theophilus Cotton & Col. Ebenezer Sprout & I believe that he also served in other Regiments of which being aged I am not certain The annual amount of the pension received by me under the act of Congress July 7 1838 was one hundred forty four dollars & sixty seven cents - She further declares that she is still a widow
Mary Hoar
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written before me the subscriber & I further certify that the above named Mary Hoar is personally known to me & that she is a credible person
Peter H. Pierce Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
Clerks Office April 19 1843
I William Morris Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of Plymouth, hereby certify, that Peter H. Pierce, before whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified & acting under the authority of said Commonwealth & that his signature before written is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Courts on the day & year aforesaid
William Morris

Sir
Middletboro. April 21 1843
I herewith forward to you the Declaration of War there hope you will find the same executed agreeable to the requisitions of your department, it will prove a great trouble to some of these old Ladies to be obliged to show in what regiments their husbands served if that could with propriety be dispensed with it would be a great convenience to them as well as a saving of expense
Very respectfully Yours
Peter H. Pierce
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm: of Pensions
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1933. March 13 - Hist. to Mrs. Ernest D. Bloom - J.L.L.
Re: WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14.948
Marcy Hoar Widow of Peter Hoar Lot Mass Line
Act: Mar 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. a , Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]

School District Number One
LINCOLN COUNTY
KEMMERER, WYO.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT
Feb 16, 1933.
Veteran's Administration Revolutionary War Records, Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir;
I am desirous of obtaining records of Revolutionary War service of the following persons if there is such a record.
1. Peter Hoar (later changed to Hoard) OK born 1757 - lived at Lansingburg, New York. 1st wife Mary Pierce 2nd wife Eunice Warren Richardson daughter of Benjamin Warren. 2. Benjamin Warren not as - he died born July 30, 1720 at Middleboro, Mass. died Jan 11, 1802. married Jedidah Tupper Dec 31, 1741. Served in Col. William Tupper's co, Ebenezer Sprout's regiment in 1778. 3. Nicholas Silvernail born 1742 - wife Margaret. 4. Philip Silvernail born 1761, Dutchess Co. N. Y. lived at Copekal and Albany N.Y.
I thank you. Mrs Ernest D Bloom Kemmerer, Wyo.