Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14874, Josiah Hatch, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Batch, Josiah Martha
W. 14874
B.L.M. 11194-160-55
CONTENTS

10.578
Massachusetts
Josiah Hatch
Pembroke in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Whitney in the Mass line for 18 (May) 15 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Apr 1833 and sent James Booley Granville Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Apr 1833 $123.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Feb " 30.83
$154.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Blain Clerk, Book 8, Vol. 2 nd Page 31.
Pension Certificate returned from Mr Booley & sent to J H Lord Plymouth
Mar 30 Apr 1833

2570.
Massachusetts.
Martha Hatch
widow of Josiah Hatch
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
61 Dollars 67
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
28 day of Dec r 1848
and sent to
Hon. D. Webster
HofR
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 56 Vol. 2.
Repeated Dec r 24/48

No. 92266
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 23 d 1875.
Josiah Hatch Pri. Sec Col. Whitney Mass Troops Rev. War
11194-160-55-
E. D. & C. A. Dyer St. Abington Mass.

Page 1 REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this twenty second day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon Wilber Wood judge of - - the Court of Probate for said County now sitting at Hanover , being a Court of Record within and for said County of Plymouth, Jonah Hatch a resident of Pembroke in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven 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 7, 1832. 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the year 1775 and in the Spring of that year, I enlisted in a Company of State Troops commanded by Capt Joseph Soper of Hanover, the Officers of said Company were Lt Turner & and Ensign Enos Briggs, I then resided in Dunbury in the County of Plymouth - I marched with said Company to Marshfield and the Gurnett at the mouth of Plymouth Harbour and was stationed there three months, from thence I went to Scituate Harbour, where I served three months, & I did not know that the Company was attached to any Regiment and after a service of six months under this enlistment, I was discharged but the discharge is lost, & I have no documentary Evidence
In the year 1776 and in the spring of that year, I enlisted in the Company of Capt Nathaniel Winslow of Scituate, and in the Regiment commanded by Col Whitney; I marched to point Shirley at the mouth of Boston Harbour, and continued in service six months and one half under that enlistment

In the year 1777, and in the Spring of that year, I enlisted again as a Soldier, in the Company commanded by Capt Calvin Partridge of Dunbury and in the Regiment commanded by Col Gamaliel Bradford, that I marched in said Company to Dorchester, and there served six months and was then discharged, but the discharge is lost - then several enlistments were called State service I further state, that I was born in the Town of Pembroke that I now reside in the Town of Pembroke - that I have no record of my age - I voluntarily enlisted in each of the campaigns above referred to, and to the best of my knowledge & belief the several Companies in which I served were Militia - I have no Documentary evidence to produce - I am known to the Revd Merrill Allen & Hon ee Silborn Whittman and who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution - Josiah Hatch
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register.

1078
Martha Batch M.F.
Admitted
Pa 18/10
$61. \frac{66}{100}
J. N. Lord Plymouth M.F.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. On Thursday the sixteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, before the Court of Probate for said County, personally appeared Martha Walch, resident of Duxbury in said County, Widow, aged seventy two 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 July 7. 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Josiah Walch of Duxbury deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and served as is particularly set forth in his declaration now on the files of the Pension Office at Washington, for which services he was a Pensioner of the United States, under the act of June 7. 1832.
She further declares that she was married to said Josiah Walch on the twenty second day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven; that her husband the aforesaid Josiah Walch died on the second day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety four viz: at the time above stated.
Martha Walch Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above mentioned
Before me Willes Wood Judge of the aforesaid Court of Probate
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willes 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 thirtieth day of August 1838 Jacob H. Lord

92265

State of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
On this Twentyfourth day of March A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Martha Heath aged eightyone years, a resident of Hanson in the State of Mass who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Josiah Heath deceased, who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in the company commanded by _____ in the _____ regiment commanded by _____ in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812; that her said husband _____ on or about the _____ day of _____ A. D. 181_____, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of More than fourteen days and was honorably discharged with said company at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____ A. D. 181_____, as will appear by the roll of said company. - That she receives a Pension of sixty dollars a year from the United States under the Act of March 2 d 1848 at the Pension Agency at Boston
She also declares that neither herself nor her husband have applied for or received any bounty land under any Act of Congress, except a _____ acre land warrant, No. _____ which was issued under the Act of Sept. 28th, 1850.
She further declares that she was married to the said Josiah Heath in Marshfield on the Twentyfourth day of February A. D. 1786 by one William Shaw a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Martha Dyer that her said husband died at Marshfield on the second day of December A. D. 1834 and that she is still a widow - for the proof of his service and her marriage the Commission is referred to her application for her pension
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress passed March 3d, A. D. 1855, and she prays that a certificate thereof may be sent for her to E. D. & C. A. DYER, South Abington, Mass.
Witness. Mr. P. Carthell _____ Martha X Heath Ezekiel D Dyer _____ mar
Subscribed and sworn to before me, the day and year first above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I have no interest in the above application. Mr. L. Colthell Justice of the Peace.
pension

State of Massachusetts
Plymouth County.
We, Lucy Cushman and Mercy Dameron having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Josiah Hatch who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than fifteen years before his death, which occurred at Marshfield about twenty years ago,—that we know that he died at about that time, because we were his neighbors & saw him after his death — that we saw Martha Hatch sign the within declaration and are near every reason to believe that she is identical person who represents herself to be that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Lucy Cushman
Mercy Dameron
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this twenty first day of March A. D. 1855- and I certify that the claimant is the person who represents herself to be and that I have no interest in her claim.
Mrs. L. Cuthell Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Lucy Cushman and Mercy Dameron of the said County and State, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the foregoing application ; that Martha Hatch the applicant for bounty land in the foregoing declaration is now unmarried, that she is the widow of the late Josiah Hatch who was a and that the said Josiah Hatch died at the time above stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this twenty first day of March 1855-
Mrs. L. Cuthell Justice of the Peace.

Copy from the Town records of marriages in the Town of Marshfield Mass.
Josiah Hatch and Martha Keen both of Duxborough were married February twentysecond seventeen hundred eightyseven
I certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed in the records in fair legible figures as follows viz February 22 d 1787.
Samuel Curtis } Town Clerk
I Samuel Curtis above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Marshfield County of Plymouth state of Mass. and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Samuel Curtis } Clerk of the Town of Marshfield
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss. Sworn before me, this fifteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
John Ford Jr. Jus: Pacis.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that John Ford Jr. Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to the annexed affidavits purporting to be signed by him are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County this thirtieth day of August 1838 Jacob H. Lord

R2283 Jollah Watch
March 18 Mr 15 day
defective in the 14 th Interrogatories
$ 61.66.
J. H. Lord Esq. Plymouth Mass James Cooley Esq. Granville Mass Hon J. C. Bates House of Reps
(P165)

BRIEF in the case of Sarah Wash of Penobscot in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy Seven Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Spring In 17 75 1 6 2 Private Gen. Loper,   Spring 76 " 6 15 " Capt. Manslow of Whitney   Spring 77 " 6 " " Capt. Partridge of Bangor  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sturtevant Maine.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective witnesses not stated as evidence 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. Headorn Examining Clerk.

South Abington Mass Nov 19, 1855.
Sir
We herewith enclose record evidence of the service of Josiah Hatch, which please file with his widows application for bounty land No 92266.
Very Respectfully E D & C A Dyer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. November 15. 1855.
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 Josiah Hatch is borne on pay roll of Capt. Freedom Chamberlain's Comp. (Col's name torn off) from March 5. 1776, to take possession (Dorchester Heights, 5 days, as private from Pembroke. Also on pay roll of Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Comp. Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. from Aug 1, 1776. 3 mos. as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES.
Made by the widow of the party who rendered the service.
County of Plymouth State of Mass Town of Hanson
The Secretary of Mass is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Josiah Hatch in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth and State of Mass
He enlisted from the Town of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth and State of Mass in the year 17 as a in the Company commanded by Captain
Regiment in and he served as follows, viz:— at the battle of Bunker hill,
which is all the information I have concerning the service of my husband ; and you will please forward the result of your examination of the rolls to E. D. & C. A. DYER, South Abington, Mass.
Witness my hand this thirteenth day of November A. D. 185 8
Attest Cyrus Alden Ezekiel Dyer
Martha  Pen  Hatch _____ Martha
Signed by the said
Martha Hatch
before me,
Cyrus Alden
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Josiah Hatch
person and that their statement is entitled to credit. also signed the same, is a resident in the who has signed the foregoing certificate is a competent witness in the the Court in that certificate, that it appears to them that the aforementioned affidavit is a resolutionary matter, and stated as in state. manner, and after hearing the interlocutory proceedings by the Hon. Deborah Vng the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation

We, Merrill Allen - a clergyman, residing in the town of Pembroke and Hilborn Whitman residing in the same Town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Josiah Hatch who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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. and S. Alden Briggs who knowing the said Josiah Hatch, believe him a man of veracity
Merrill Allen Hilborn Whitman Alden Briggs
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Merrill Allen who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Pembroke and that Hilborn Whitman & Alden Briggs who have also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and the credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court, Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Hatch for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord

William Lordy Deposition

I William Lord of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth Blacksmith - of Lawful age to give evidence testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Josiah Hatch of Duxbury - who now applies for a Pension - and he to my knowledge was a Soldier in the State service in the Spring of seventeen hundred & seventy six - he was with me in Capt Nathaniel Winslow, Company, the Regiment to which he and I belonged was commanded by Col. Whitney - he served under that enlistment with me six Months & one half & then he was honorably dismissed & further the Deposition saith not - the service was performed at Point Shirley & Nantasket -
Will m Lord
Plymouth Is. Pembroke August 4 1832
Personally appeared before me William Lord, who made solemn Affirmation, to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed -
Hilborn Whitman justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth Is. Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plym- outh do hereby certify that Hilborn Whit- man, Seth Sprague & Anthony Collamer are Justices of the Peace in for said Coun- ty & that I believe their names upon these several annexed papers are true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty first day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

Clement Bates Deposition for Jericho Hatch.

7 Clement Bates of Hanover in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged 77 years do testify and say that I enlisted in June 1775 in a company of State troops, and served under Joseph Viper, Captain, — Lieut. Turner & Ensign Ennis Briggs, that Josiah Hatch of Pembroke, then living in Duxbury, in said County enlisted and served in the same company that we marched to Marshfield and were stationed there and at the Gurnet at the entrance of Plym- outh Harbour about three months as a guard on the shore, and then we were ordered to Situate Har- bour, where we served three months and having served six months, the term for which the said Hatch and myself enlisted we were dismissed and returned home. I did not know that the company was attached to any Regiment. Clement Bates
Plymouth Jo. State of Massachusetts, August 8. 1832
Then the above named Clement Bates subscribed and made Oath to the truth of the above decla- ration, before me Anthony Collamore, Justice of Peace

Nathaniel Simmons Deposition for Josiah Hatch.
SWORN

I Nath Simmons of Duxbury testify & say that Josiah Hatch of Duxbury was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & that he served at Dorchester in the year 1775 in the same company I was in viz in Capt. Patridges company Col. Woodfords Regt that we enlisted in the spring & was discharged in the fall of 1775 the term of our service was six months we were townsmen & have been from our youth well acquainted given under my hand the 9 day of August 1872
Nathaniel Simmons
State of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss } Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before me
Seth Sprague Jr. Justice of the Peace

Lapham Station Josiah Hatch 12.283

I Lemuel Lapham of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth of Lawful age to give evidence do Testify and say - that I am well acquainted with Lemuel Lapham Josiah Hatches of Danbury now residing in Pembroke and was with him in the War of the Rebellion - he was with me on point Shirley in Boston, in the Spring of seventeen hundred & seventy six, in Captain Nathaniel Lewis's Company in Col. Whartrey's Regiment - the said Hatches joined the Company at point Shirley a few days after our arrival there & continued with me in service, about six months and one half - according to the best of my recollection & this entertainment as I should judge was what was called the State service & further your Deponent saith not -
Lemuel Lapham
Plymouth J. Pembroke August 8 1882
Personally appeared before me Lemuel Lapham who made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed -
William Whitman Pease

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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.
Plymouth COUNTY, }
On this nineteenth day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Martha Watch a resident of Duxbury in the county of Plymouth 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
Josiah Watch who was a resident of said Duxbury - and who was a private in the Army 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 late husband aforesaid, at the rate of sixty one dollars and six seven cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Martha X Watch mark.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me,
and year above written, }
In presence of
Sally Hatch
John Ford
John Ford Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
John Ford, Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Plymouth COUNTY, }
I, John B. Thomas Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Ford by me 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 twenty third day of August 1848
John B. Thomas
CLERK.

3776
Martha Hatch M Hatch
$61.57
36/18
244
J. Lord Plymouth Mass

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth ss.
On this third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the subscribed one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Plymouth aforesaid, Martha Hatch a resident of Duxbury in said County aged seventy eight years, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the Act of Congress passed on the third of March one thousand eight hundred and forty three, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Josiah Hatch late of said Duxbury, deceased, who was a private in, the Regiment she does not recollect, but for the length and description of his services and the proof of the same she would refer to his original application now on file in the war department at Washington, and that the annual amount of pension that she received under the Act of Congress of July 7. 1838 was sixty one dollars and sixty seven cents. and she further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness Sally Hatch
Her Martha Hatch mark.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above written before me, & I hereby certify that declarant is personally known to me. John Ford Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that John Ford Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & qualified & that the within 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 fourteenth day of August 1843 Jacob H. Lord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston Decem r 19. 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation John Ford was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth,
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.
Isaac D. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Sally Hatch of Duxbury in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Josiah Hatch late of Duxbury deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States; that I was with said Hatch when he died, which was on the second day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, and that he left a widow whose name is Martha Hatch, who is now living and has not been married since his decease, and she is the same person to whom he was married in early life, and that her maiden name was Martha Reed.
Sally Hatch
County of Plymouth ss. August 15. 1838. Then personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County the above named Sally Hatch - and made oath that the above statement by her subscribed is true, and I hereby certify that the said Sally Hatch - is a credible witness. John Ford Jr. Jus: Pacis.

Probate Office Plymouth Mass. Aug 30. 1838
Dear Sir
I send you the pension applications of the following persons under the Act of July 7. 1838. —
Lydia Corbett Sarah Cook Betty Gundaway Martha Hatch Abigail Baker
Any communications relating to the same may be made to
Yours &c Jacob H. Lord
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions Washington D. C.

Granville Mass. 22 nd April 1833
Hon. Mr. Edwards
I inclose to you the Pension Certificate of Josiah Hatch which must have been sent to me by mistake - It probably belongs to a person by that name in the Eastern part of the State, whose Declaration was sent to me from your Department for amendment, in the winter, and returned
I have the honor to be most respectfully (Your) most Obs James Cooley

Josiah Hatch, Mass. Act of June 1832 to what time paid?
Died 2 d Dec. 1834 Pen. Office. p t L. that paid Oct 25, 1838.
J.H.

Massachusetts 31118
Reported
Martha Hatch widow of Joseph Hatch who was a Pirate in the Massachusetts line for 18½ Months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Sixty one Dollars Sixty Seven Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of December 1843 and sent to
J. H. Lord Plymouth Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 44

Dea (Frank) note to H. Clark
Massachusetts 183
Martha Hatch widow of Josiah Hatch dec d
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 2 d December 1834 of Plymouth in the State of Mass a who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Whitney in the M.S. line for 18 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 61 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Oct. 1838 and sent to Plymouth Ms.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 38, $154.17 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March, 30.83  $185.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 st Page 94

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14874
Martha Koatch
Widow of
Josiah
Pri Rev. Mar
Act: Feb. 2 d 1848.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 311
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 20, 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed,
M c P. Corthele was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
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.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M c Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.