Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,029, Edward Grant, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Grant Edward
NUMBER _____
S. 37029
B.L.W. 867-100.
CONTENTS

Due Grant to Rollins
Grant, Edward N.H. 5 37029

I know all men by these Presents that I Edward Grant now resident of the town of Berwick in the County of York Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bay husbandman in Consideration of forty two Shillings to me in hand Well and truly Paid me before the Delivery hereof by Daniel Rollins of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire Gentleman I do hereby sell and convey & Confirm forever Unit claim unto him the S d Daniel Rollins his heirs and assigns forever all the Right title claim property and Demain I have of an and unto one hundred Acres of Land Wherever it may be assigned and located in as A Soldier in the Continental army During the Late War in the Hampshire Battallion having enlisted & served and being regularly Discharged therefrom by his Excellency General Washington Capt Gen of S d army
To have and to hold the said hundred acres of Land to him the said Daniel Rollins his heirs and Assigns forever in as full and ample a manner with all the privileges and appurtenances then to belong in as full and ample a manner as the same was granted to me in consequence of my Enlisting into and serving in said army During the Late War as will more fully appear by the Resolves of the Hon ble Cont l Congress for Raising and Establishing an army - The Condition of the above obligation is such that if it should hereafter appear that the said Edward Grant has Disposed of or conveyed the above said Land in any manner or form Whatsoever to any Person or Persons with the said Edward Grant is to Refund Double the sum above With Interest from this Date
For Witness Whereof I do hereby set my hand and seal this first Day of April Anno Domini 1788 Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of us
Edward Grant
Witnesses Ebenezer Goodwin Joseph Pease
York Feb y April 26 th 1788 The S d Edward Grant acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his act & deed before me Benj Chadburne Justice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
York vs. I Daniel Sewall, clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the county of York, hereby certify, that Benjamin Chadbourne, now deceased, before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the time when the same was taken, a justice of the peace within & for said county, and duly qualified to act as such; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and that the foregoing appears to be his signature.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, the tenth day of February, A. D. 1819.
Daniel Sewall.

Grant, Edward.
B.L.Wt. 867.
Jacket is with Claim of Truworthy Dudley B.L.Wt. 863-100.

12.642 Maine
Edward Grant
of Berwick dist. in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Read of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of the war. 4001
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of July 1810 and sent to Benj n Green, Esq. South Berwick, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 \frac{27 \frac{1}{2}}{30 \cdot 31} 188.23
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Dec r 1819 40.97
Continued 24 136.23
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
  End of Rec d Pension @ $8 per mo th from Sept r 1818 to 4 th March 1819  3  88.23    End of Rec d Pension @ $8 per mo th for same period (in Mass s )  3  66.17    Nil. between Inv ce & Rec d  3  22.06    Pension to 4 th Mar: 1819  3  48.00      $224.46  
Information sent July 29, 1880 to David Stuart, Newmarket, Maine

Edward Grant (Rev) 600 Purcell Road Newport, R.I.
4th Apr 1815
2 nd M. Hampshire Regt.
1779 - War - with the
decided
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Admiral

I Edward Grant of Brewster in the County of York & Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman aged sixty four years testify that on the fifth day of May A.D. 1840 I was placed upon the pension list of the United States at the rate of three Dollars and seventy cents per month commencing on the 23 rd day of January A.D. 1840 - And I am the same Edward Grant named in a letter from the Secretary of War dated the fifth day of May A.D. 1840 directing me to be placed on the pension list of the United States at the above mentioned rate per month - That several years ago I had the misfortune to lose my original pension certificate - since which time I have regularly drawn my pension at the office of the Commissioner of Pensions within and for the District of Massachusetts upon a Certificate of my Oath that I am the same Edward Grant named in the letter of the Secretary of War above referred to -  Edward Grant
Commonwealth of Massachusetts  York ss. On this first day of May A.D. 1840, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, and within the peace thereof the Commonwealth aforesaid, personally appears the above named Edward Grant, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, he upon his Oath does say that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true - and that he is the same Edward Grant named in the before mentioned letter from the Secretary of War dated the 23 rd day of February A.D. 1840 as he has above declared -
No testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this day & year above said -  Bryant Greene

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this fourth day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Edward Grant aged fifty three years resident in Berwick in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War:"—That he the said Edward Grant in the month of December A.D. 1775 enlisted as a private soldier in the continental army under Capt. Jonathan Powell in Col. Prescott Regiment Massachusetts Line for the term of twelve months, is continued to do his duty in said Company and Regiment until the twelve months for which he had enlisted expire when he was honorably discharged—And that in the month of March A.D. 1779 he again enlisted as a private soldier under Capt. James Carr of the 2 d Regiment New Hampshire Line for and during the war that he continued to do his duty in said Company until the close of the war when he was honorably discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York in the month of June 1783—That he was in several Battles during the war and in the Battle which terminated in the capture of Burgoyne & his army, he was severely wounded in the left leg which wound has proved incurable, and in consequence thereof on the 23 d of January A.D. 1810, he was placed upon the pension list and has ever since regularly rec d from the United States three Dollars and seventy cents per Month—But in consideration of his obtaining the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war he hereby freely & absolutely relinquishes his claim to any pension hereafter allowed him by the laws of the United States.
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj e Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Edward Grant did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before-mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fourth day of April Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj e Greene

Edward Grant
Benark
12.6.2
Ben
Sept 1819

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit , begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday of July , being the fourth day of said month and by adjournment  from day to day, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, county , Edward Grant aged sixty six years, resident in Berwick in said Circuit county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolu- tionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Carr in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fourth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12,642 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is con- tained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Edward Grant.
Sworn to and declared, on the 4th day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Benj a Greene
Atty. Daniel Sewall, Clerk.
Ch. Justice One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
An old one story house scarcely inhabitable. 2 yearling heifers - 1 pig - 4 sheep & 5 lambs
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Edward Grant who, by occupation am a labourer — which I am unable to pursue by reason of infirmity & lameness in my left leg, for which I have been a pensioner of U.S. ten years.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Rebecca my daughter 16 sickly & unable to work most of the time   Charles my son — 19 able to work. Edward Grant.  
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York ss. Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York. do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto an- nexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty nine dollars and ninety cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall, { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York.

37 029 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 029
Edward Grant His Rev Ward
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq. General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Edward Grant Soldier in the 1 st Battalion Regiment, having faith- fully served the United States five years and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 6 th day of June 1780
Geo Washington
By His Excellency's
Command,
Thos. M c Callin Secy
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
J. Mills Adjutant.

HEAD-QUARTERS, June
1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
This discharge was presented before P. Allard 1847
ms 225 280
Edward Grant. B. I. Mt. 867-100 N. H.
Edward Grant Discharge