Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24456, John Day Howard, Navy Privateer (Mass)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy Privateer (Mass)
Howard, John Day Lucy
W. 24456
CONTENTS

649 Massachusetts
John D. Howards of Norfolk in the State of Mass a who was a Seaman in the Company ship commanded by Captain Rathbone of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass a line for 3 mos 15 days Seaman 20 " 15 " Carpenter, Seaman
Cutt Navy
75 Norfolk
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 107 - Dollars 12 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Oct 1833 and sent to S. C. Island Roxbury Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $252.80 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th March 34. 50.56 $303.36
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by K. W. Addison Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 35

1113
Massachusetts.
Suey Howard widow of John D. Howard
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as Ann Carpenter
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 10 Dollars 12
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of August 1848 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Reported
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 56 Vol. 2

6525
Ino D Morrard
Carpenter's German 20 Mo. 15 da. Haman 3 15
W. C.E.
$102. 6. 3 full pension
5- 11. 12. 13 of
Apr 29 1835
8.50 P. 361
  87.12  27.50    14.00  8.50    111.12  2.12  
E. Leland 07.12
Roxbury
E. A. D. E.
Boston Mass

6525  BRIEF in the case of  John D. Howard  of Norfolk Co., in the State of Mass.  (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? 73  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.     about 1 June to In 17 } 1 — 3 — Seaman Gen. U.S. Schooner Lee   about 1 Sep r 77 Capt n  Skimmer   about 15 Feb y 78 — 8 — Seaman U.S. Brig. Gen. Gates   to about 15 Oct r 78 Capt n  Skimmer   about last Oct r 78 1 8 15 Corporal Seaman Queen of France   to about last Oct r 79 Capt n  Rankbone  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? don't say 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
no clergymen + — no living witnesses — no tradition
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Right
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. C. Easton Examining Clerk. 24 Jan '32

John L Howard
In testimony whereof
the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts this 14th day of
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
and of the Independence of the United States the
D Lee Child

State of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk ss. On this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Probate Court now sitting at Dedham in and for said County, John D Howard a resident of Dorchester in said County, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Boston in the County of Suffolk & State aforesaid on the first day of April - A. D. 1758 and that there is a record of his birth in the town records of Boston that he was in the United States service from the first day of July A. D. 1777, to the fifteenth day of February A. D. 1778 (7m 15d) as a seaman in the Continental Navy : that he was residing at said Boston when he entered the service; that he enlisted with Capt John Skinner to serve on board the U S Schooner Lee and served for the period aforesaid under the command of said Skinner and the other officers of said vessel Dennis 1st Lt Lewis 2d do and Pearson sailing Master : that he marched from Boston to Marblehead from thence to the Grand Bank where said vessel continued to cruise until she took several prizes among which was the Industria as Bee of the regular troops; and were known to him: that he was in no battle but entered immediately on board the General Gates a U S Brig of War : that he left the service on the 15th day of February A. D. 1778 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Boston & Dorchester.
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the fifteenth day of February A. D. 1778, to the fifteenth day of October A. D. 1778 (7m 15d) as a seaman in the aforesaid Navy that he was residing at said Boston when he entered the service; that he enlisted to serve on board the S Brig Gen Gates and served for the period aforesaid under the command of said Skinner : that he marched from Boston to Marblehead & thence to Grand Bank where he cruised until he was ordered aboard of a prize under the command of Pearson : that he arrived at said Boston some time before the Gen Gates got in of the regular troops; and regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge after the arrival of the Gen Gates and left the service on the said fifteenth day of October.
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the twentieth day of October A. D. 1778, to the first day of July A. D. 1780 (20m 15d) (17 7m 15d) as a Seafaring Yeoman in the S Navy that he was residing at said Boston when he entered the service; that he enlisted with Captain Rathbone in the U S Ship Queen of France and served for the period aforesaid under the command of said Rathbone Boatswain Murray, the Carpenter's name was Reddock the Purser Ash and one Hawes 1st Lt Charles (S.C.) : that he sailed from Boston to Charleston (S.C.) when the Queen of France was sunk by order of the Commander of the place and was afterwards stationed at Wappoo. : that he served with West Point Regiment of the regular troops; and Gen Lincoln regular officers were known to him; that he was in the siege of Charleston, was taken prisoner exchanged and that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on said first day of July.

State of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk ss. On this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Probate Court now sitting at Dedham in and for said County, John D Howard a resident of Dorchester in said County, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act...
John D Howard
70 20m in the For B C D State
Gen Lincoln regular officer was known to him; that he was in the the siege of Charleston, was taken prisoner exchanged and that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on said first day of July.

The general circumstances of his service were as follows viz. Previously to entering in the Lee he had made one cruise in a privateer in the spring and summer of 1776 He made two cruises in the Lee under Skin-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 22 1833.
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 on the 12 th of March 1777 the Schooner Lee was a continental ship of war, that she was commanded by Capt John Skin- ner and carried ten guns.
I further certify certify that with the excep- tion of the document by which the above fact appears, there is no record or document in this Department relating to the said Schooner, nor any whatever relating to the Brig of war Gen Gates or and the ship of war Queen of France
Edward D. Bangs Secy

T. I Micah Orcutt of Braintree in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy seven years testify and say that I was Steward on board the U. S. Brig of war General Gates, Capt John Skinner, during her cruise from Boston & from Villarblhead off the Grand Bank, February or March A.D. 1778 to October of the same year; that John D Howard then of Boston & now of Dorchester in sd Commonwealth was a seaman on board said brig and served on the same cruise. I have known said Howard ever since, and I have heretofore testified before Judge Davis, District Judge to the same facts as I have I have now stated. Micah Orcutt
Suffolk ss Boston Sept 4 th 1893. Subscribed and sworn before me, and I certify that said Orcutt is a credible person & his statement entitled David Lee Child Jus: P.

I Jacob Hiler of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that I was Master of Arms on board the U S Brig of War General Gates, Capt John Skimmer commander during her cruise from Boston and Marblehead off the Grand Bank in the year 1770, and that John D Howard then of Boston, and now of Dorchester in said Commonwealth served as a seaman on board said brig during said cruise, and that I have been well acquainted with said Howard ever since and have testified to the same facts herefore before Judge Davis District Judge of Massachusetts Jacob Hiler
Suffolk ss. Boston Sept. 4 th 1893. Subscribed and sworn before me; and I certify that said Hiler is a credible person in this statement entitled to credit. David Lee Child Jus: P.

The general circumstances of his service were as follows viz. Previously to entering in the Service he had made one cruise in a privateer in the spring and summer of 1776. He made two cruises in the Service under Skinner, but there was no interval between them and he states them as one term of service. He will recollects that he was coming into Boston harbor in the Service with two prizes West Indiamen when they were met with the news of Burgoyne's surrender. After this he made another short cruise in the Service when the Redoubtable was taken. He well recollects that he was on board the prize to the Gen. Gates when "the Dark Day" took place. During a short time between his arrival on board so prize and the arrival of the Gates he was assigned as an officer on the R.I. expedition in building flat-bottomed boats at Providence. Total service 345m
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.
John D Howard
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
We Thaddeus Mason Harris W.D. residing in the said Town of Providence  Dorchester and Joshua Gardner residing in said Dorchester hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John D Howard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a seaman of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Thaddeus Mason Harris
Joshua Gardner
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 certify that it appears to them that Thaddeus Mason Harris who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said Dorchester ; and that Joshua Gardner who has also signed the same is a resident in Dorchester and an credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Cushing of Providence
I Samuel Hovey, Register of the court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John D Howard for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Hovey
I Samuel Hovey, Register of the court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John D Howard for a pension. Witness my hand and the seal of the said court hereunto affixed this fifth day of September, A.D. 1833. Samuel Hovey.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency LEVI LINCOLN , Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That David L. Child, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk;
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, 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 caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this thirtieth day of January, A. D. 1832, and in the Fifty Seventh Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Bangs
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

2570
2194 Howard
Mass.
A-1. 95
act 9 July 38
miss d 36
adm d
3 1/2 Seaman
20 1/2 Carpenter Yeoman
101:12
died 14 march 36
pen: Com: 15. March 36
Thos Tolman
Boston Mass

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, } County of Suffolk } ss
On this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, before the Hon. Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston personally appeared before the Judge of the District Court - Lucy Howard a resident of the City of Boston in the county of Suffolk aged Seventy four 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 John D. Howard late of Dorchester in the county of Norfolk in the State in the Navy of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, which pension was granted to him on the Fifth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, to the record of which & of the documents on which the said pension was granted now remaining in the War Department in the City of Washington, she respectfully refers for the terms of his service and all particulars relating thereto, she being aged, & her memory infirm, & having no documentary evidence thereof in her possession.
She further declares that she was married to the said John D. Howard on the twenty fifth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five; that her husband, the aforesaid John D. Howard died on the fourteenth (14) day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty six 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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, Lucy Howard Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year first aforesaid, (viz on 30th August 1838) before me: and I further certify that the said Lucy Howard, the Applicant, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable personally to attend in court.
Peter O. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston
* Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.

I, Chandler Robbins, at the present time Pastor of the Second Church & Society in Boston, Mass, do hereby certify that I find recorded in the Record of Marriages kept by Rev John Lothrop DD, one of my predecessors, the marriage of Mr John Day Howard, & Miss Lucy Clark as having been solemnized by him on the twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seventeen  eight hundred & eighty five.
The following is an exact copy of the record, which is in the handwriting of Dr Lo- throp & expressed in the original in fair, legi- ble letters & figures,
1785 202 Mr John Day Howard, & Miss Lucy Clark, married Sept 25 - - - £ 0.12.0.
N B. The figures on the left indicate the number of the marriage, & those on the right the fee, both of which circumstances Dr Lothrop was wont particularly to record.
I, Chandler Robbins, depose & say, that I hold the office of Pastor of the Second Church, in Boston, County of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, & that the above is a true & exact copy from the Records of Rev John Lothrop, DD, kept by him.
Boston Sept 1. 1858.
Chandler Robbins.

I Frederick W Lincoln of Canton in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Merchant, and in the forty third year of my age, do testify and say, that I well knew John D. Howard, late of Dorchester in said County of Norfolk and a pensioner of the United State, having married one of his daughters - I know that he was always reputed to have been in the Naval Service of the United States du- ring the Revolutionary war, & was for that cause placed on the pension list. The said John D. Howard died at Dorchester aforesaid in the month of March one thousand eight hundred thirty six; and he left at the time of his death a widow, to wit, Mrs Lucy Howard the present applicant the mother of my wife - The said Lucy Howard hath continued sole and unmarried & the widow of said John D. Howard from his death to the present time
Frederick W. Lincoln
Sept 1-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. On this first day of September, A.D. 1838, the Reverend Chandler Robbins of the City of Boston, in the said County, Pastor of the Second Church in said City, and Frederick W. Lincoln, of Canton, and both persons of respectability and veracity, appeared before me, the subscriber, and made solemn oath to the truth of the contents of the foregoing affidavits which were by them respectively subscribed in my presence
Peter A. Macher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston and Justice of the Peace throughout the said Common- wealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss; I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher Esquire is Judge of said Municipal Court and that the signatures on this sheet purporting to be the signatures of said Thacher, are his genuine signatures. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court hereto set this ninth day of October A.D. eighteen hun- dred & thirty eight. Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk
2570 2194 New and Mass. A-1-95 Oct 7 July 38 255 a 366  adm 3 3/2 seaman 20 7/2 Carpenter Thomas [104:12] died 14 March 36 pen: Com: 15 March 36 Thos Solomon Boston Mass

Ref
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24456
Soney Howard Wid of John D. Howard Corpl Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol A , Page 359
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts - 2194
Lucy Howland widow of John Q. Howland
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7: June '32 and who died on the 14 th March 1836 of Suffolk in the State of Mass s who was a Seaman in the ship commanded by Captain Richardson of the line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass s at the rate of 101 Dollars 12 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st 15 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of March '39 to Lucy Howland of John Howland, Boston, Mass s
Arrears to the 15 th of March - $ 303.36 Semi-annual allowance ending 50.56 $ 353.92
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book A - Vol. 1 - Page 9

Massachusetts-2194
Lucy Howard widow of John D. Howard who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 14 March 1836- of Suffolk in the State of Mass: who was a Seaman in the Ship commanded by Captain Rathbun - of the the U. S. Navy line for 2 years -
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 101 - Dollars 12 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836. & terminating 14 March 36
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of May 1843 and sent to S. M. Hove Boston, Mass:
Total amount, $2.78-
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. H. Steward Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 95
Reptd May 19 New certificate issued in this case see opinion of atty: Genl. of the AD September 1842

Rept.
2169
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6. April 1838 from 4 March to 15 March 1836. Agt notified 17. Oct 1844
Massachusetts
Lucy Howard
widow of John D. Howard who was a Seaman Carpenter.
in the U. S. Navy for 2. years.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 101. Dollars 12 1/2. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1843 and sent to
L. M. Stone Boston Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 1 Page 43.

John D. Howard Mass. all 7 June - when last fid? G.M.C.
27. March 35 price to 4 th March 1836
LH

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 26 th 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Ellis Ames was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
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.
M c Dooty Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Howard, John Day Navy-Privateer (Mass) W24456

Lucy Howard
ad
admitted
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
W 24456 Howard, John Day Navy-Privateer (Mass)

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. Norfolk COUNTY, }
On this twenty first day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Lucy Howard a resident of Canton in the county of Norfolk aged Eighty three 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 John D. Howard who was a resident of Boston and Dorchester and who was a seaman and carpenter 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 late husband aforesaid, at the rate of one hundred and one dollars and twelve cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of Lucy H. Lincoln
Ellis Ames
Justice of the Peace.
I Certify , That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Ellis Ames
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
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CLERK.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 17 th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widows of John D. Howard, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of one hundred & one Dollars and 12 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March — to the 15 th March 1836,  Respectfully, yours,
J. Wood B. Davis
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Howard
(2570
Oct 17.
Mass
7 July 1858
Lucy
Howard
[Stylized signature]
Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions Pension Office Washington City

Boston Oct. 13, 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir, I send you enclosed the Declaration of Lucy Howard, widow of John D. Howard, with depositions annexed.
Your ob t Servant Thomas Tolman
(Please address Thomas Tolman Counsellor at Law, Boston Ms.)

Howard
Mar 25
Jun 6
Oct 17 No 2570
L. Edwards Esq. (Pension Office) Washington City

Boston March 20 th 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir, At the particular re- -quest of Mrs. Lucy Howard widow of the late John D. Howard, I wrote you some time since, for information whether her application for a pension with the accompanying papers were duly rec d . at your Office. They were sent to you in October or November last.
If rec d ., please state what is the prospect of her obtaining a pension.
An early answer is respect- -fully solicited -
Yr. ob t Servant Thomas Solman

Boston, 14 th April 1843.
Sir,
I enclose herewith the following applications for pensions under the law of 3 d Mch.
Rebecca Beanes
Mary Coleman
Phebe Pillebrown
Catharine Gibbs
Thankful Hodge
Lucy Howard.
also the affidavit of Mrs. Howard for arrears of pension under the law of 1838. -
I am, very resp t .
Yr. obt. Serv t
L. M. Stone
J. L. Edw ds Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Lucy Howard Mass.
Act 7. July 38 $107.12 from 4 March 36 to 14 March 36-
2194
L. M. Stone Boston

On this twelfth day of April 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Suffolk Mrs. Lucy Howard a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk aforesaid aged seventy seven years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amt of pension which she claims from the 1 st of March 1831 to the 15 th of March 1836. from which period she has been already paid under the act of the 7 th of July 1838. and the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Jn o . D. Howard who was a Pensioner during the Revolutionary War; - that her pension was allowed at the rate of one hundred & one 12 / 100 Doll s per annum and was paid to her at the Agency in the State of Massachusetts at Boston Mass and further she saith not.
Lucy Howard
Com th of Mass s Suffolk Co } ss On this 12 th day of April 1843. personally came Lucy Howard, known to me to be the person above described

and made oath to the truth of the within affidavit,
Thomas Tolman Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office April 13. 1843
I hereby Certify that at the date of the above attestation Thomas Tolman was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, duly constituted and qualified.
Witness the Seal of the State
Jno A. Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss.
On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Probate Court now sitting at Roxbury in and for said County, John D Howard a resident of Dorchester in said County, aged 73 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 A. D. 1832.
19 3m the first day of June A. D. 1776, to the first day of Sept A. D. 1777 as a Seaman in the Continental Navy : that he was residing at Boston in the County of Suffolk and County aforesaid when he entered the service ; that he entered on board the U S Schooner Lee and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt John Skinner and the other officers of said Schooner were Dennis & Lewis Lieutenants & Pearson Sailing master : that he marched  sailed from Boston to Grand Bank , from to  from to and there continued to cruise capturing several vessels, and among them the Industrious Bee West Indian which that he was in battle was converted into a Continental ship & war under the name of the Gen Gates - ALSO : that he was in the United States service from about the fifteenth day of Febry A. D. 1778, to the fifteenth day of October A. D. 1778 as a Seaman in the Continental Navy : that he was residing at said Boston when he entered the service ; that he entered on board the U S Brig of War Gen Gates and served for the period aforesaid under the command of said Capt Skinner and the under officers were the same as aforesaid : that he marched  sailed from Boston to Marblehead , from thence to  Grand Bank & there continued to cruise that he was in no battle  in  Brooksville on board a privateer before the battle  having been captured - ALSO : that he was in the United States service from about the last day of October A. D. 1778, to the same day of October A. D. 1779 as a seaman in the Continental Navy : that he was residing at said Boston when he entered the service ; that he entered on board the U S ship Queen of France and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Rathbone : that he marched  sailed from Boston to Charlestown , from  to  from  to of said Charlestown and the officers & crew finally made prisoners : that he was in the battle  seige and the Queen of France was sunk by order of Gen Lincoln at said Charlestown
THAT he upon the pension roll under the act of 18 as a in the and that at the time of his application, he was residing at
24 11m Total Service

ble persons & their statements entitled to credit.
Map
Should be filed in widow's case
24.456 (for no)
Lucy Howard
Davis
Judge U. States Dist Court
Mass. Dist
Index 2114
J. Howard

Soldier File No 17484 I John  David Williams of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy three years testify and say that I was a mariner on board the Continental brig of war General Gates of 16 guns, Capt John Skinner commander, from about the middle of Feb y 1770 to about the middle of October of the same year, during which time said brig was cruising for the most part to the Southward of the Grand Bank, where in an engagement with the British Brig called the Montague Capt Nelson, our said commander was killed; and John D. Howland then of said Boston and now of Dorchester in the County of Norfolk but until the last ten years of at Boston, was a seaman on board said Brig & served with me during the aforesaid period.
John Williams
U.S. District Court Mass ts ss. Boston August 2 1032. Subscribed & sworn to in open Court before me J. Davis Dist ct Judge U.S. Mass ts . Dist ct

I Jacob Hiler of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth aforesaid aged seventy six testify and say that I was Master at Arms on board the brig aforesaid during the period & cruise aforesaid, and the above named John D Howard was a seaman served on board said brig as aforesaid. Jacob Hiler
U.S. District of Mass ts p. Boston August 2. 1832. Subscribed & sworn in open court before me
J. Davis
Dist d Judge U.S. District Court
21649 Resch 232
Dist d Mass ts p. Boston Dec 10 th 1832
I certify that the above named John Williams & Jacob Hiler are in my opinion credible persons & their statements entitled to credit.
J. Davis
Judge U.S. District Court
Mass ts Dist d
[Signature]
John D. Howard Master at Arms Should be held in widow's case No 244.456 (fol 70) E. Howard Lucy
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J. Howard

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, county of Suffolk ss. }
Be it Known that on this twelfth day of April 1843, personally appeared me, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Lucy Howard a resident of Boston in said County and Commonwealth, aged seventy seven 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 the widow of John D. Howard who was a farm r & Carpenter in the Revolutionary War and served as she well believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of the 7 th of 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 One Hundred One 12 / 100 dollars per annum, which Am t she received from the 15 th of March 1836. to the 24 th of March 1841. at the Agency in Boston Massachu- setts, and at the time of receiving her last payment sur- rendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston, agree- ably 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 John D. Howard deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed. -
And further she saith not.
Lucy Howard

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 within person within described
Before me,
Thomas Tolman Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary's Office April 13. 1843
I hereby certify that at the date of the within above attestation. Thomas Tolman was a justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, duly consti- tuted and commissioned.
Witness the Seal of the State
Jno A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth