Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 581, James Harlow, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Harlow, James Bartlett, Hannah Former widow
R. 581
CONTENTS

State of Massachusetts Plymouth Y.
On this first Tuesday of October in the Year One thousand eight hundred & fifty one, before the Court of Probate for said County now held at East Bridgewater in said County, personally came Levi Boutell of Plymouth, in said County as he is Administrator of the Estate of Hannah Boutell late of said Plymouth Widow deceased, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to recover the amount of Pension to which he believes said Hannah Boutell to have been entitled under the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 & the Acts of Congress in addition thereto.
He declares that the maiden name of said Hannah Boutell was Hannah Bagnall and that on the twenty fifth day of December in the Year Seventeen hundred & eighty she was married to James Harlow Junior by the Rev. Charles Robbins. That her husband the said James Harlow served in the War of the American Revolution for the

term of three years in Capt Cooks Com- pany in Col. Cramers Regiment as a Bombardier as she always stated in her life time that she had been informed by her husband said James Harlow.
This declarant further states that said James Harlow junior after his marriage became a Mariner & followed the Seas & died at Sea in the Year Seventeen hundred & ninety five leaving her a Widow with seven children. This declarant further states that on the twenty fifth day of November in the Year Eight een hundred & two the said Hannah then the Widow of said James Har- low was married to one Dimeu Bart- lett by the Rev. Adoniram Judson The said Dimeu Bartlett died on the twenty third day of March in the Year Eighteen hundred & eight leaving the said Hannah his Widow; and that she remained his Widow until the day of her death which took place on the thirteenth day of March in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty

one. In the Year Eighteen hundred & thirty four the said Hannah Bartlett being then in full life recovered of the State of Massachusetts the State Bounty of fifty Dollars to which she was entitled as the Widow of her first husband James Hurlow for his Revolutionary Services & the said Hannah was then informed that she could not obtain a Pension from the United States on account of her second marriage and she died without ever knowing that she was entitled by any subsequent act.
And now this declarant prays that he may receive the Amount to which said Hannah Bartlett was entitled at the time of her death for the Revolutionary services of her first husband James Hurlow.
Levi's Bartlett
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court on the day & year herein first before written, Attest
J. H. Lord
Register of Probate

Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Probate Court for said County in the matter of the application of Lewis Bartlett Administrator for the Amount of Pension due Hannah Bartlett his intestate at her decease.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Probate Court for said County this twentieth day of October 1851
Jacob H. Lord Reg. Probate

Extract from the records of Deaths in the office of Town Clerk Plymouth Mass,
"James Harlow Jr. Died at Sea Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Five."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows. 1795.
Attest Timothy Barry Town Clerk
I Timothy Barry, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and State 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.
Timothy Barry Clerk of the Town of Plymouth.
Plymouth ss. October 20. 1851 Subscribed & sworn to Before me J. H. Lord Jus. Pierce

Extract from the records of marriages in the office of Town Clerk Plymouth Massachusetts.
"Marriage Solemnized by the Rev. Adoniram Judson of Plymouth. Nov: Twenty first Eighteen Hundred and two Dionum Bartlett and Hannah Harlow both of Plymouth.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is express- ed on the record in fair legible figures as follows Nov: 21. 1802.
Attest Timothy Barry Town Clerk
I Timothy Barry above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and State of Massa- chusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Timothy Barry Clerk of the Town of Plymouth.
Plymouth J. October 20. 1851 Subscribed & sworn to Before me J. H. Lord Jus. Peace

Extract from the records of Deaths in the office of the Town Clerk Plymouth Mass.
"Diman Bartlett died March Twenty third Eighteen Hundred and Eight"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows. "March 23. 1808"
Attest Timothy Barry Town Clerk
I Timothy Barry, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and State 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.
Timothy Barry Clerk of the Town of Plymouth Plymouth ss. October 20. 1851. Subscribed and sworn to Before me J. H. Lord Justice of Peace

Extract from the records of deaths in the office of Town Clerk Plymouth Mass.
"Mrs Hannah Bartlett died March Thirteen th Eighteen Hundred and Forty One."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows March 13th. 1841.
Attest. Timothy Barry Town Clerk
I Timothy Barry above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and State 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.
Timothy Barry Clerk of the Town of Plymouth
Plymouth ss. October 20. 1851 Subscribed and sworn to. Before me J. H. Lord Justice of Peace

Extracts from the records of marriages in the office of Town Clerk Plymouth Massachusetts
"Marriage Solemnized by the Rev. Mr. Chan- -ler Robbins of Plymouth,
Dec r . Twenty fifth Seventeen Hundred and Eighty. James Harlow Jun. and Hannah Wraggall both of Plymouth.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible fig- ures as follows.
Dec r 25. 1780.
Attest Timothy Barry Town Clerk
I Timothy Barry above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and State 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.
Timothy Barry Clerk of the Town of Plymouth.
Plymouth Ys. October 20. 1851 Subscribed and sworn to Before me J. H. Lord Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Falmouth ss.
I William H. Whitman Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jacob H. Lord Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and Commonwealth duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature to the papers hereto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand & seal of said Court this twelfth, Seventh day of October A.D. eighteen hundred & fifty one. W H Whitman } Clerk.

No. 14.501
Hannah Barter family will go to Paris Star line
Map
see 7 Aug 1838-
J. B. Lord Plymouth
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Probate Office Plymouth Mass ts Oct 28. 1851
Sir
I transmit herewith the application of Lewis Bartlett Adm r . for a Pension with the proofs in support of the claim which I trust will be entirely satisfactory. The Certificate may be sent to me.
Very respectfully Your Ob t Sv. J. H. Lord Register
Hon. J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
PLYMOUTH ss.
I, JACOB H. LOUD, Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth, within said Commonwealth, do hereby Certify, that at a Probate Court holden at Hingham in and for said County, on the last Tuesday of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, Lewis Bartlett of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth, was
duly appointed Administrator in the Estate of Hannah Bartlett late of Plymouth aforesaid, Widow, deceased
and took upon himself that trust by giving bond as the law directs, and still continues in the exercise of said trust.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County, this twenty eighth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Jacob H. Loud

H. of Reps.
Decr 26/56
Hon Geo. C. Whiting, Sir:
See files B. L.
I enclose letter of Hon Mr Ladd and papers relating to the case of Patricia Allen which I hope will soon be settled, and ask the return of Mr Ladd's letter.
Coak
Please state to me also what progress is made in the case of Children of Hannah Barlett. Mr Thibaut informed me at the close of the last session, that it would soon be decided.
I am
Very respectfully
Yr Obed Servt
R. B. Hall

H of Neps. Aug 12/1836
Sir,
I enclose the letter of the Hon of Wood late Master of the Crown Malts & Mop, with certain affidavits concerning the claim of Hannah Bailliff for which I can vouch from personal knowledge. The deponents are well known to me & their identity is indisputable. May I ask that the subject may have the earliest consideration & despatch.
Very respectfully
Yr Most servt
H. B. Hall
The Hon
Stuart
Comr of Pensions for L & C

No 14. 501.
Hannah Bartlett formerly widow of
James Harlow
Maps:
Act 7 th July 1838
2. 14. Lond. Jan: 9. 1852.
Ha R. B. Hill, Aug. 14/56
Same Jan 3 1857
Same Jan. 6/58

1889 No 1 History by M. M. Bartlett P. 100
Ex'r.
INVALID.
501
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Hannah P. Dabell
P. O. former widow
James Harlow
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Plymouth August 9. 1856
Hon. Robert B. Hall
Dear Sir
I enclose several affidavits in relation to the claim of the heirs of Hannah Bartlett for a Pension. There is no more question of her identity than there is of mine. You will recollect old Mrs. Keyes the Nurse living over Thomas Loring's Store. This Hannah Bartlett was her sister. Her deposition & those of the Widow of old Capt James Bartlett & Miss Brewster & that of Benjamin Barnes positively prove the fact. You will know them all. Mrs. Bartlett & Miss Brewster's Depositions were taken in 1852 & I mislaid them & could not find them until quite recently. Mrs. Keyes was then in Maine but has since returned. As to the first part of the Commissioners letter herewith returned the facts are that Mrs Bartlett died without knowing that she was entitled. In her lifetime she applied to W m Thomas Esq & he informed them that she could not draw on account of her second marriage.
She obtained the Bounty from Mass

chusetts when Joseph Lucas Esq. was Representative. He obtained it for her. As the fact is so indubitably established by the evidence enclosed I have not applied at the State House.
If you will present this case to the Commissioner you will greatly oblige Mr. Lewis Boutelle & the other heirs as well myself. I plead negligence in the matter. After I went into the Warney Department I neglected all such matters and really feel ashamed of my neglect of these people. Mr. Boutelle I believe spoke to you about this case.
I thank you for a copy of your Speech for other favors. My opinion of the Speech is expressed in a brief editorial in the Memorial when it was published.
I addressed you a line some two weeks since in relation to some Bounty Land Claims which I trust you recd. If not please drop me a line.
For your many favors I beg to tender my acknowledgments & with assurance of my highest regard. I am Dear Sir Yours truly Jacob N. Lord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth Jr. At a Court of Probate holden at East Bridgewater within & for said County on the first Tuesday of Octo- ber in the Year One thousand eight hundred & fifty one.
It was satisfactorily made to appear to the said Court that Hannah Bartlett late of Plymouth in said County, Widow, deceased, who was at the time of her death the Widow of Diman Bartlett deceased & formerly the Widow of James Harlow deceased, died at said Plymouth on the thirteenth day of March in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty one; that she left at the time of her decease seven chil- dren, to wit, Benjamin Harlow, James Harlow Simson Harlow, Clarissa Spear & Harriet Kneeland, all by her first husband James Harlow & Lewis Bartlett & Ephraim Bartlett by her last husband Diman Bartlett, deceased, and the said James, Benjamin & Simson have since deceased.
In testimony whereof Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this seventh day of October A.D. 1851 Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate

I Benjamin Barnes of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth aged seventy nine years on Oath de- pose & say that when I was young I knew James Harlow then of Plymouth, He married Hannah Bagnall. I knew her before her marriage & was well acquainted with both families, after they were married they lived in the same house with my father. We lived in the Lower Story & Harlow Albany . They had several children. I know them all. Two of them are now living in this town Mrs. Spear & And Mrs. Rueland. The others are all dead as I believe. Mr. James Harlow was either lost at Sea or died at Sea. I don't distinctly recollect which a great many years ago. Sometime after the death of James Harlow above mentioned his Widow Hannah Har- low married one Simon Bartlett & she had two more children Lewis Bartlett & Ephraim Bartlett both of whom are now living in this town. Simon Bartlett died many years ago leaving her a Widow & she remained a Widow until her death which took place I should think about fifteen years ago. I always heard that James Harlow above named served in the Revolutionary

War.
Benjamin Barnes
Plymouth J. Aug 8. 1856 Then the above named Benjamin Barnes well known to me take a credible person affirmed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. Before me
Jacob H Lord Justice of the Peace

I Lydia Keyes of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth, Widow, aged Eighty three years on Oath depose & say that my maiden name was Lydia Bagnall. My father name was Benjamin Bagnall. He had seven children including myself. The eldest was named Hannah Bagnall. She married James Harlow of Plymouth, I distinctly remember the evening when they were married. They boarded at my father for a time. Mr. Harlow went to Sea & when he returned he came to my father & they soon went to house keeping. They had several children I think six, James, Hannah, Clarissa, Benjamin, Simeon, & Harriet, of whom Clarissa & Harriet alone survive the rest being all dead. He went to Sea from Boston I cannot remember the name of the vessel, nor the year bound to the West Indies. A few days after they sailed there was a severe gale & the vessel was undoubtedly lost as she was never heard from afterwards. She remained a Widow for sometime & then married Dinnart Boutlett of Plymouth. I was present at the wedding. By him she had two children

Lewis & Ephraim both of whom are now living. Both of my sister Hannah's husbands served in the Revolutionary War as I have often heard them say & I knew that were always so recognized. Mr. Simon Bartlett died I think in 1808 & my sister remained a Widow after his death until she died about 1841 if I recollect aright.
her Lydia X Keyes Mark
Plymouth Co. August 2. 1856 Then the above named Lydia Keyes well known to me to be a credible person appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit Before me
Reuben H. Lord

I Elizabeth T. Brewster of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth Widow, on Oath do testify and say that I am Eighty two years of age, I was acquainted in my youth with James Harlow and with Hannah Bagnell whom he married. They lived in the same neighbourhood with me in this town and had several children, some of whom are still living in this town now. Said James Harlow went to sea and was lost. The said Hannah remained the widow of said James Harlow a few years and then married one Dimon Bartlett whom I knew very well. The said Hannah had several children by her last husband Dimon Bartlett some of whom are now living in this town. He died a great many years ago and the said Hannah Bartlett remained his widow until she died I think in 1841. The said Hannah Bartlett was the same identical person whose maiden name was Hannah Bagnell, who first married James Harlow and after his death Dimon Bartlett. The said Harlow and the said Bartlett were both Revolutionary Soldiers as I was always informed & believe. There are now living in this town at the present time four children of the said Hannah, two of whom were by her first husband James Harlow to wit Mrs. Kneeland & Mrs. Spear and two by her last husband Dimon Bartlett to wit Lewis Bartlett and Ephraim Bartlett.
Elizabeth T. Brewster
Plymouth Jy. February 27. 1852 Then the above named Elizabeth T. Brewster personally appeared and made oath

To the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribers and I certify that I am well acquainted with the within deponent and that she is a credible person
Before me, Leander Lovell Jus. of the Peace.

I Mary Bartlett of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth Widow, on oath declare and say that I am ninety two years of age, I was born and have always resided in said Plymouth. I know James Harlow who married Hannah Bagnall. They lived together and had several children all of whom I knew and some of whom are still living. Said Harlow was lost at sea and a few years after his death she married one Simon Bartlett by whom she had several more children some of whom are now living in this town. Simon Bartlett died a great many years ago.
The said Hannah remained his widow until her death in 1841. I always lived a near neighbour to them. It was always understood and believed by his contemporaries that said Harlow served a long time in the Revolutionary War.
Mary Bartlett
Plymouth Jf. February 20. 1852 Then the above named Mary Bartlett personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by her subscribe and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent and that she is a credible person.
Before me, Leander Lovell Jf. of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss.
I certify that Jacob W. Lord and Scander Suck Cosyns before whom the foregoing and attached declarations & affidavits were made, & sworn to, were at the dates thereof Justices of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & authorized to administer oaths and to take acknowledgments &c. and that their signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County & Commonwealth this ninth day of August A.D. 1856.
M. V. Whitman
Clerk of said Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
September 23 1851.
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 James Harlow is borne on Army Books in Capt. Cook's Co. Col. Cram's Reg't of Plymouth, enlisted by service from March 11. 1777. to March 11. 1780. 3 years — 13 mo. 20 d. as Matross a 50/ pr. mo. 17 mo. as gunner a 52/ & 5 mo. 11 days, as Bombardier a 54/ pr. mo. —————
A bounty of $30 was granted by this State, according to law, to Hannah Bartlett, she having exhibited satisfactory evidence that her former husband James Harlow of Plymouth had served more than 30 months at one time in Capt. Cook's Co. Col. Cram's Reg't of Artillery. — Warrant drawn Jany 1834.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis H. Nichols Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office of the service of James Harlow Jun. of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth.
It was, always understood in the family, that said James Harlow Jun. served three years or more in Col. Crane's Regiment in Capt Pools Company as a Bombardier. The above statement was made by his Widow in her life time, but the date of his service is now unknown to his children. Said James Harlow Jun. was married to Hannah Bagnall on the twenty fifth day of December in the Year Seventeen hundred & eighty; he died at sea in the Year Seventeen hundred & ninety five leaving the said Hannah his Widow. She married one Dimes Bartlett on the twenty first day of November in the Year Eighteen hundred & two. The said Dimes Bartlett died on the 2 nd day of March in the Year Eighteen hundred & eight leaving the said Hannah his Widow; the said Hannah Bartlett died on the eig

day of March in the Year Eighteen Hundred & forty one,
The Undersigned has been appointed Administratrix on her Estate and is interested in a claim which said deceased had for a Pension for the Revolutionary Services of her first husband James Wadsworth Jr. and desires such evidence as the Rolls furnish of his service.
Witness my hand this tenth day of September A. D. 1851.
Lewis Bartlett
Signed in my presence by said Lewis Bartlett J. H. Lord Justice of the Peace