Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14438, Daniel Holt, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Holt, Daniel Carly, Mary (Former widow)
W 14438
CONTENTS

3473.
Massachusetts
Mary Carley former widow of Daniel Holt.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Mass Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. day of Jan'y 1849 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 37 Vol. 2
Reported
May 29/49

108246.1
Mary Farley formerly widow of Daniel Holt
Mass.
2nd d 04 Oct 7 July 38
on Holt
3 yrs adm
2 yrs pri-
807
Paul Gerrish Esq Townsend Harbor Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Middlesex County. }
On this twenty ninth day of September 1842. personally appeared before me the Hon.
David Cummings Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the State of Massachusetts the same being a court of record Mary Carly a resident of Townsend in said County aged eighty 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 th 1838. entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" and also of the Act of 23 d August 1842. amending said act, - That she is the widow of Silas Carly deceased, and previous to her marriage to said Carly was the widow of Daniel Holt who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and served according to the best of her belief and recollection as follows, viz. Three years in the second Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Lt Col Ezra Badlam my husband the said Holt was out in the War of the Revolution at Short periods at other times But to what place he went or under what officers he served I do not know I further declare that the discharge of Daniel Holt for three years since signed by Ezra Badlam dated May 25 th 1780 is a discharge for my husband's services in said Army of the Revolution. He read the discharge to me after he came out of the Army and before I married him and then observed that it would free him from any further service in the army unless he again enlisted I saw the same discharge a number of times in the life time of my husband the said Daniel Holt. Said discharge has always been in my possession since said Holt's decease until about the year 1833 when it was sent to the land office in Boston Mass to establish the service of said Holt to entitle me to a bounty

of land granted to certain widows of Soldiers of the war of the Revolution by the State of Massachusetts My husbands forther, name was Daniel Hott and was alive when I married his son he was then quite an aged man I should think he was near 70 years of age he lived in Townsend during the War and I also lived in Townsend during said War and I never knew of his being out in the war. except a short time at the time of the Concord and Lexington Battle
5 She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Hott Jr on the 13 th day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one; - that her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Hott died on the thirty first day of August seventeen hundred and ninety eight; - 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.
She further declares that she remained the widow of said Daniel Hott deceased for about five years when she was again married to Silas Carly of Fitchburg who died on the latter part of June A.D. 1804 since which time she has not intermarried, but has ever since been, and now is, the widow of said Silas Carly deceased. Mary Carly
Sworn to, and subscribed, on this day and year above written before me, in open Court Before me D. Cusson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss.
I Elias Thurney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Middlesex, do certify that the Honorable David Cummings is a Judge of said Court of Common Pleas, duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith and credit are due & are given to his official acts & attestations, and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the twenty ninth day of September 1842.
E. Thurney Clerk

State of Massachusetts Middlesex County } S. Town Clerk's office
Gardner Sept 28. A.D. 1842
I John Bertram Clerk in & for the town of Gardner, County & State aforesaid, make the following extract from the records of marriages in my possession, where married Daniel Heath with Mary Butterfield both of Gardner Dec the thirteenth in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty one
I certify 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 1781. Dec 13.
I the above named Clerk of the town of Gardner, County & State aforesaid that the above is a true extract from the records of the said town in my possession, with the exception above named, as certified by me
John Bertram } Clerk of the town of Gardner
State of Massachusetts Middlesex County } S
September 28 th 1842
Then personally appeared the above named John Bertram who is a credible person and made solemn oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me Paul Gervise Justice of the Peace State of Massachusetts } S Middlesex County } S
Town Clerk's office
Gardner Sept 28 th A.D. 1842
I John Bertram Clerk in & for the town of Gardner, County & State aforesaid, make the following extract from the records of marriages in my possession, Silas Early of Fitchburg & Mary Heath were married the thirteenth

April 28 twenty eighth one thousand eight hundred & three.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the Date which is as expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows. April 28 th 1803
I John Bertram the abovenamed Clerk of the town of Townsend County & State aforesaid certify that the above is a true extract from the records of the said town, in my possession, with the exception abovenamed as certified by me
John Bertram { Clerk of the town of Townsend
State of Massachusetts } S.S. September 28 th 1842 Middlesex County
Then the above named John Bertram who is a credible person personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me Paul Gervise Justice of the Peace
I Hannah Scales of Townsend in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts aged 81 years testify & say that I am well acquainted with Mary Conly of said Townsend and have always been acquainted with her since she was a young girl her maiden name was Mary Butterfield. I was well acquainted with Daniel Holt Jr of said Townsend. I remember well the time he marched from Townsend as a soldier in the Revolutionary War and I then understood he had enlisted for the term of three years. I have no recollection of seeing said Holt after he marched as aforesaid for three years or more when he came home and said he had served his time out viz three years. I further testify that the said Daniel Holt Jr married to the said Mary Butterfield within three years after

as near as I can recollect he came out of the army, Hott died as near as I can recollect eighteen or twenty years after he married said Mary Butterfield why I remember it was about the time I have stated her oldest child at the the time Hott died was about 16 years old. Mary Hott remained the widow of said Daniel Hott a few years the number of years I do not recollect. She then married Silas Carly. She lived with Carly but a short time the number of years I do not recollect and Carly died and said Mary has remained the widow of Carly ever since so far as I have ever known or heard
N.B. The words (as near as I can recollect) and the word (remember) interlined before signing
State of Massachusetts { September 28 th 1842 Middlesex County }
Then personally appeared the above named Hannah Searles who is a credible person and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true according to the best of her knowledge and belief. Before me Paul Gervick Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Elias Phiney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Middlesex do certify that Paul Gerrish Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, duly com- missioned & qualified, and that his signature, placed to the several foregoing Certificates, is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court the 29th day of September 1842.
E. Thurney

Townsend Harbor Me
Oct 4 -
Oct 7 1838
No 8446
Mass: July 7. 1838 Mary Corly
Free
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

Townsend Harbor Oct 4 th 1842
Dear Sir enclosed in the application of Mary Carly for a pension. I supposed the discharge & her declaration & the marriage certificate was sufficient to make a good case. But by the marriage certificate I perceived the records say that Daniel Hott Jr was married to Mary Butterfield and the discharge says Daniel Hott served 3 years and upon inquiry of Mrs Carly I found that her husband's father's name was Daniel & he was alive when she married Daniel Hott Jr whether Hott the first husband of Mrs Carly signed his name Daniel Hott Jr when he enlisted in the three years service or not we have no means here of knowing. you will perceive that the papers in the case we have taken some pains to establish the fact that Daniel Hott named in the discharge was the same Daniel Hott Jr who married Mary Butterfield. we do not know of a man now living who was in the war with the said Daniel Hott Jr. Please make Return to me directed to Townsend Harbor Mass J. L. Edwards Esq r your Obed t Servant Commissioner of Pensions Paul Gurnish
N.B. The discharge referred to is inside the declaration

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
15438
Mary Carly Former Widow of Daniel Holt
Priv Rev. War
Act: _____
Feb 2 d 1848
Index:—Vol. _____
A
, Page _____
118
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts 1163.
Mary Early, formerly widow of Daniel West who was a Private in the Mass. line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of July, 1843. and sent to
Isaac Fiske East Cambridge Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 39.
Reply 27.

Massachusetts,
Mary Early, formerly widow of
Daniel Holt deceased, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1. Augt 1798 Middlesex in the State of Mass. who was a Pri: in the Comp: commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Badlam in the Mass. line for Saratoga
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Oct. 1842 and sent to Paul Ferrish. Townsend Harbor. Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841
Semi-annual allowance ending
Oct. 33 Aug. 1842
400
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Nico Smady Clerk,
Book A Vol. 1 Page 81

T HE Bearer hereof Daniel Holt a Soldier in the Second Massachusetts Regiment, having served as a faithful good Soldier in the said Regiment, the Term of three Years being the full Term for which he enlisted, is hereby discharged from the same.
Given under my Hand, at Day of May
West Point this twenty fifth 1780
Capt. Little Engr. Ezra Badlam H. W. Blomman

Daniel Holt Discharge
April 30 th 1869
Payment Rec d by Det. Wright Rec d
Daniel Holt Mass. W. 14438

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Townsend Mass
Middlesex COUNTY, }
On this Twenty sixth day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Mary Gearly a resident of Lunenburg in the county of Worcester aged Ninety 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Daniel Gearly, her first husband who was a resident of Townsend aforesaid and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her first husband aforesaid, at the rate of eighty dollars and cents per annum. She afterwards married J Gearly Who is now deceased. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Gearly (with a seal)
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me,
and year above written, }
In presence of Mary Lewis and Joel Adams
Joel Adams Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Joel Adams Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
COUNTY, }
I, Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this day of 18
CLERK.

Note - The word, late was erased, and the word first was enterlined before signing
Joel Adams Justice of the Peace
William Carly and 11/63

I Ruth Emery of Lowensund in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts, testify and say that I am near eighty four years of age. That I was well acquainted with Daniel Holt and Daniel Holt Jr. of said Lowensund. They lived near neighbours to me during the War of The Revolution. I further testify that Daniel Holt Jr. enlisted in the said War for the term of three years or it was then said by every one who spoke of it I knew when he went away and when he came home and I should think he was gone three years or more. I further testify that I was well acquainted with Mary Butterfield and that the said Daniel Holt Jr. married the said Mary Butterfield a short time after he came out of the army. I never knew of the elderly Daniel Holt being out in said War at any time during said War except a short time when the news came that the regulars had come out of Boston where he and almost all the men in the neighbourhood went. Holt was gone a short time and returned home if he had been in the War at any other time I think I must have known it as I lived near him during the whole War. Subscribed in presence of Paul Gerrish Susan Emery Mr Ruth H. Emery marks
State of Massachusetts } S October 4 th 1842 Middlesex County }
Then personally appeared the above named Ruth Emery and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true. The above named Ruth Emery is a credible person. Before me Paul Garrison Justice of the Peace

897
8
Deulation Many Carly
$80 per am
Isaac Fiske East Cambridge Mass

State of Massachusetts Middlesex County } ss
Be it known that on this 21 st day of April 1843 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Mary Carley a resident of Townsend in said County and State aged 88 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 rd day of March 1843 granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is now the widow of Silas Carley and was formerly the widow of Daniel Holt who was a private in the Revolutionary War and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original Declaration for a Pension under the Law of the 7 th of July 1838, and under an Act approved the 23 rd day of August 1842 amending thereof and a Resolution approved the 16 th day of August 1842 entitled a Resolution declaration of the pension Act of July 7 th . 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 her the said Holt's services. For the proof of her marriage, to said Holt and said Carley, her own identity and the time of her the death of her said Holt and Carley. She further declares that she was pensioned under said Acts and Resolves at the rate of Eighty Dollars per Annum, which amount she received from the 4 th day of March 1836 to the 4 th day of March 1841 at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of 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 Silas Carley, but is now and ever since has been the widow of said Silas Carley deceased, as will more fully

appear by the proof herunto annexed and further she saith not -
Subscribed in presence of Paul Garrison
Mary Lewis
Mary Carly
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written
Before me Paul Garrison Justice of the Peace
I Chloe Holt of Townsend of lawful age testify and say that I am well acquainted with Mary Carly the foregoing Applicant and know that she was the widow of Daniel Holt at the time she married Silas Carly. Said Holt was reported to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution, said Mary Carly was a pensioner under the Law of 1828 and 1829 at the sum of Eighty Dollars per annum as stated by her and has not intermarried since the expiration of said Act but is now the widow of said Silas Carly deceased
Chloe Holt
State of Massachusetts Middlesex County } ss.
Townsend April 21 st 1843
Personally came Chloe Holt - a credible witness and made oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true
Before me Paul Garrison Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac D. Sleeper of the County of Middlesex aforesaid, do hereby certify that Paul Gerrish Esq. is a justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified & that his signatures written on this Paper are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County of Middlesex this third day of May in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three.
Isaac D. Sleeper