Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,519, Peter Gould, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gould, Peter
N 19,519
Margaret
CONTENTS

H. 624 Vermont Peter Gould
of Bennington Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Dr in the Company commanded by Captain Heath. of the Regt commanded by Col. French. in the Mass'tts Line Troops
6 Mo Private - $20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of May 1833 and sent to - J. Swift, Manchester, VT
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 10
$ 50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, As June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Sprague, Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 - Page 60

2429
Mary West Margaret Smith widow of Peter Smith who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Aug. 49 and sent to
V. Swift Manchester N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 34 Vol. 3

H. 1
Peter Gould 13.030 a/p
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State of Vermont } County of Bennington }
On this 3 rd day of October in the year 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. the Probate Court for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, now sitting. Peter Gould, a resident of Bennington said County of Bennington, aged Sixty nine 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. That he was born in the Town of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk & State of Massachusetts, on the 11 th day of May, in the year 1763. where he resided until some time in or about the month of April 1787. according to his best present recollection. That he knows of no Record of his age except the usual family Record.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officer & served as herein stated
That some time towards the latter part of the month of May A.D. 1778. he was drafted at said Wrentham to serve in the militia of the State of Massachusetts for the term of six months. That within a few days thereafter he marched from said Wrentham to Boston in said State, where on one of the first days of June 1778 A.D. as he now vividly figures he joined the Company commanded by Capt. Nathl. Heath, & Lieut. Thos. George, the name of the Ensign has at present escaped his recollection & in the Regt. commanded by Col. Genish, & as he now thinks in Genl. Heath's Brigade. That he continued in said service & was stationed at said Boston during the whole of the said term of six months. For a part of the time in guarding two prison or guard ships stationed in Boston harbor - for a part of the time in guarding stores on Hancock's wharf, & other stores - for a part of the time on guard on Fort hill, & also at the old fortifications at the south end of said Boston, & a part of the time in building a Fort on Boston neck so called, which was nicknamed at the time, Fort Moxie - That about the time of the expiration of the said term of service, there was talk amongst the soldiers, that they would be detained on duty two months longer. & he was detained beyond the time for which he was so drafted, but how long he is not now able to state, but should think it must have been as long as two or three weeks & that he continued in said service as late as about the middle or towards the latter part of December 1778. A.D. when he was regularly discharged or dismissed by parol, & returned to his home at said Wrentham

That in or about the month of April 1787. as near as he can at present recollect, he removed from said Wrentham to the adjoining town Walpole in the same County, of Norfolk, where he lived about one year as he now thinks, & then removed to the Town of Medway in the same County from whence he removed agreeably to his best recollection in or about the month of April 1798. back to said Wrentham from whence in or about the fall of the year 1799. as near as he can at present ascertain, he removed to the Town of Franklin in the same County of Norfolk from whence agreeably to his best recollection, in or about the month of April 1807. he removed to the town of Lancaster in the County of Worcester, in said State of Massachusetts & from thence on or about the first day of February A.D. 1817. he removed to the said Town of Peru, where he has ever since resided.
That he has no documentary evidence to support his above statements that after much enquiring trouble & expense, he has been able to find & procure the testimony of two living credible Witnesses, whose Affidavits he herewith produces & part of by whom he thinks he is able abundantly to prove the greater part of his services by him above detailed. The one of whom is Susannah Boyden of Medfield in said County of Norfolk & the other is Elijah White of Whiting in the County of Addison & said State of Vermont. I is also ready, if required, to refer to the testimony of any of his respectable neighbours as to his standing in society for uprightness & truth, & their belief in the correctness of his statements. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State. Peter Gourd
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid by the fore in Court Attest: Henry Robinson Register —
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states.
certified by me
Myron Clark Judge of the Probate Court

I Henry Robinson Register of the Probate Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Gould for an administration
In testimony whereof I Henry Robinson Register of the Probate Court, aforesaid have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of our said Court at Manchester this 3 rd day of October A.D. 1832 -
Henry Robinson Register

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Marquis Gould Mann of Peter
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Act 17 June 1844

State of Vermont - Bennington County ss.
On this 30 th day of October 1845 personally appeared before the Hon. the Probate Court within & for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington, State of Vermont, Margaret Gould a resident of the Town of Pown, in the County of Bennington aforesaid, aged eighty - 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 June 17. 1844. entitled "An Act to continue the Pensions of certain Widows" that she is the widow of Peter Gould late of said Town of Pown, deceased, who was a Private during the revolutionary war for whom said services he became entitled to, & enjoyed during his lifetime, a Pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832 of twenty Dollars per annum, for a specification of which said services she refers to the declaration of her said husband, on file in the Pension Office, at Washington.
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Gould on the sixth day of April in the year one hundred & fifty five. That her husband the aforesaid Peter Gould died on the 19 th day of August 1844. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, one hundred & thirty four (viz.) at the time above stated.
Witness Fineman Lyon
Margaret Gould
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before me
W. W. Fowler Register
State of Vermont, Bennington County - Manchester Probate District ss.
I, Harvey W. Fowler Register of the Probate Court within & for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington, State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Probate Court, in the matter of the application of Margaret Gould, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature & the seal of said Court, at Manchester, in said Probate District, this 30 th day of October - in the year of our Lord 1845. & of the independence of the United States the sixtieth.
W. W. Fowler Register

No. 155
Margaret Gould Widow of Peter vt.
act 17 June 1844
Married 1783- Inst died 19 Aug t 1844

State of Vermont - Bennington County - Manchester Probate District ss.
I. Harvey R. Fowler, Register of the Probate Court, within & for the Probate District of Manchester, in the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify, That satisfactory evidence has been adduced to the said Court, that Peter Gould, late of Pico in said Probate District, & late a Pensioner of the United States inscribed on the Pension list Rolls of the Vermont Agency, under the Act of June 7 th 1832, died on the 19 th day of August, in the year, one thousand eight hundred & forty four - and I do further certify, that Margaret Gould of said Pico, is the surviving widow of the said Peter Gould deceased.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Official signature, & the seal of the said Probate Court at Manchester, this 19 th day of August, 1845. Of the independence of the United States the seventieth.
H. R. Fowler Register
At a Probate Court regularly held at Manchester in & for the Probate District of Manchester, in the County of Bennington, & State of Vermont, on the 19 th day of August 1845. the following proceedings were had & testimony taken, upon the application of Margaret Gould, the widow of Peter Gould, late of Pico, in said Probate District, deceased, before said Court, (viz.)
I. Aaron Gould a resident of the town of Pico in the County & State aforesaid, aged forty nine years, do testify depon & say, that I am the reputed son of Peter Gould late of said Pico deceased, & Margaret Gould above named, & that I have lived in the same house, or in the near neighbourhood, with them, until the time of his death, which took place, one year since, on this day (i.e. Aug t 19 th 1844) - soon after which time, she came to reside in the same house with me, where she has ever since resided & still resides. She has remained single & unmarried - I have ever understood from my said Parents, that her maiden name was Margaret Frost - that they were married by the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Common, late of the town of Franklin, in the State of Massachusetts, deceased, on the 6 th day of April, A.D. one thousand, seven hundred & eighty five & that they ever after, lived together, as husband & wife, until the time of his death, as above named. - That they never had but two children, to wit a daughter (whose name was Sarah & died at the age between eight & nine years) & myself - that his proper christian name was Peter, but his Grandfather on his mother's side, whose name was Adams, wished to have the name of "Adams" inserted as a middle name, & that he sometimes was so called, & so spelt his name, but that he generally omitted the middle name - I am well knowing that during his life time he frequently, in his Account Book, & notes & other instruments, in writing, sometimes wrote his name "Peter Gould" & sometimes "Peter A."

sometimes "Peter Adams Gould" but was most generally called "Horace" by the first name, or "Peter Gould" - I am also well knowing that my said hon. father received a Pension from the United States of twenty Dollars per annum, to the time of his death, for his services during the revolutionary war.
And I do further testify, that the leaf which is attached hereto, by a wafer, purporting to contain a record or memorandum of Births & Deaths is in the hand writing of my said father, & was detached from his family Bible, attached hereto, in my presence, & in which I have seen & noticed it from my earliest remembrance & I have always understood from him that it was a true family record, so far as then specified & so, so far as my knowledge extends.
Horace Gould
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year last above mentioned before me
W. W. Fowler Register
And I do further certify, that it hath been satisfactorily made to appear to me, that the above named Horace Gould is a credible person. Attest,
L. Fergusson
Judge of Probate Court.
State of Vermont - Bennington County - Manchester Probate District ss.
I Harvey H. Fowler Register of the Probate Court within & for the Probate District of Manchester, in the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Margaret Gould for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature, & the seal of said Court, at Manchester this 19 th day of August 1845. & of the Independence of the United States, the seventieth.
W. W. Fowler Register

Peter Adams and Goult was Born in Wrentham May 11 th ye 1763
Margret Swann was Born in Wrentham in June 10 th ye 1765 the wife of Peter Goult Sabine Goult was
Born in Medway January 20 th ye 1789
Horris Goult was Born in Franklin June 26 th ye 1796
Sabine Goult Died July 12 th 1798 aged 8 ye 5 Month 22 Days aged 8 ye 5 Month 22 Days

Admitted 11 months $20.-
L. Swift Esq. Manchester V 2

BRIEF in the case of Peter Gould County of Pennsylvania in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? on in Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 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. As a Gen.     may In 1798 6. Private Col' North Col' Garrison  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wrentham Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cloutier Examining Clerk.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19519 Margaret Gould Widow of Peter Gould Pr. Rev. Mass.
Act: Feb 24 48
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V No 155
Margaret Gould
Lib D Swift Oct 8. 45
ad 17 June 1844

Poultney, Vermont
Margaret Gould
widow of Peter Gould
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
19 " " August
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of December 1845 and sent to S. Swift, Manchester, Vt.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book G.
Vol. 1 Page 129.

Margaret Enead
Mother of Peter
VT
at 17 June 1844
Adm d 6 mo. per
$20 00 per An.
per 19 th August 1844
S. Swift Manchester VT

Nov 4 1845/184
Maynard Lodge
Nov 17 1844
James J. Orchard
Commissions of Sensory
Washington D.C.
10

Mar 4 1895 184
Maynard
Mar 17 1894
10
Mr. James L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington. D.C.

Manchester Oct. 31 st 1845.
Hon. S. L. Edwards,
Hon. Sir, I herewith forward to you the Declaration of Margaret Gould, a quably requisition. I have seen no distinct form, under the Act of June 17, 1844. I have therefore merely attended the form given under the Act of July 7, 1838, in reference to the Statute, under which the claim is presented.
I have the honor to be Hon. Sir,
Very respectfully, your most obed. Servt.
S. Swift

Mc G
120-14
[Faint, illegible handwriting on a strip of lined paper]

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows of soldiers of the revolution - State of Vermont, Bennington County ss. On this 1 st day of September 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace, in & for the County aforesaid, Margaret Gould, a resident of the Town of Pown in said County, aged 83 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 2 nd February 1848, granting Pensions to widows of Persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Peter Gould who was a Private in the army of the United States, during said war, in the Massachusetts line, but in what Company or Regiment he served, if she was ever informed, she from want of recollection is not now able positively to state. That for his said services he received a Pension in his lifetime, & since his decease, she has received a Pension under the Act of 17 th June A.D. 1844, of the annual amount of twenty Dollars.
Witness
Margaret her Gould mark Henry C. Russell Freeman Lyon
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me
Freeman Lyon Justice of the peace
I certify that the above Declarant is personally known to me, that she is the same individual who drew a Pension as stated by her in the foregoing Affidavit. Freeman Lyon Justice of the peace
State of Vermont Bennington County ss.
I Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Bennington aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the above named Freeman Lyon is a Justice of the peace in & said County, duly commissioned & qualified. That his commission bears date from the first day of December 1847, & will expire on the 30 th day of December 1848. - That his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand at Bennington, this 6 th day of September 1848, & of the independence of the United States, the seventy third.
Sam H. Blackmer Clerk

I Elijah White of Whiting in the County of Addison and State of Vermont of the age of seventy years do hereby depose and say that during the year 1778. I was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and was stationed in Boston in Capt. Nathan Heath's Company, and that Peter Gould then of Wrentham (Mass) now of Peru in the State of Vermont joined the same Company sometime between the 1 st day and 10 th day of June in that year, and served as a soldier in said Company from that time until into December following I was all that time in the same Company and knew the said Gould very well & now know him to be the same man that then served then, his father Daniel Gould belonged to the same Company - and further say not. Elijah White
State of Vermont - Addison County } September 29 th 1832. Then personally appeared Elijah White and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is made according to truth. And I further certify that the said Elijah White is a person of truth and a creditable witness. E. N. Briggs Justice Peace

State of Vermont, I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for Addison County ss the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Ebenezer N. Briggs, before whom the within affidavit of Elijah White was made was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name subscribed thereto in his own signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 29 th day of September 1832.
Sam d Swift Clerk

Norfolk ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I James Ware Clerk of the Inferior Court within and for the County of Norfolk hereby certify that William Felt Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken to have been taken, is a Justice of peace in and for said County duly appointed Commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said Office and that his signature within is genuine and true.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth this twenty fifth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty two at Dedham in said County.
James Ware.

I susannah Bayden formerly of Wrentham, now of Middlefield in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being now in the seventieth year of My age hereby Testify and say, that I well remember Peter Gould formerly of Wrentham now of Peru in the State of Vermont, also, I well recollect that when said Peter Gould was sixteen years of age he went into the service as a Soldier which caused his mother much anxiety and trouble, and I further Testify and say that said Peter left his fathers house in the first week of June 1778 - I think it was on the fifth or sixth day of that month - and returned home to Wrentham some time in the month of the following December -.
Susannah mark X Bayden Norfolk SS Sept. 20 th 1832 Then the above Susannah Bayden, of good reputation, personally appeared and gave Oath to the above statement as being true in all its parts before me Wm H. H. Justice of the peace

Anaconda
June 17. 1844
over 1 oz 30 cts
Hon. James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington.
D. C.

Manchester Aug. 20 th 1845.
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Hon. Sir, I forward herewith some Vouchers to support the claim of the widow Margaret Gould for a Pension - I send no Declaration, as she lives about 15 miles from here, the place of holding the Probate Court, and as the mountain is aged & infirm, & there is no Judge living near to her. I had expected her to have attended the Probate Court, in person, but she was found to be too feeble to come here. Her Pension, which she expects, is too small, to warrant the payment of much expense she is quite poor. to obtain it - besides, I have no other form of Declaration, under the law of 1844. I know not that any has been prescribed except the one I adopted in the case of Mrs. Reed, all the facts necessary to be shown appear from the testimony adduced.
In the Affidavit of the town Clerk, there is a mistake in the date of the Century, but it is so apparent that I did not think it necessary to send it back for correction, more especially, as the true date appears in the transcript from the Record, in the same Affidavit.
The Affidavit of Mrs. Boyden which I send, is not authenticated by the County Clerk, but the proof I consider competent without it, & that it is merely confirmatory, & therefore send it as it is.
I also send the Deed & Vouchers of Mrs. Huldah Martindale for a Pension.
Very respectfully I am Hon. Sir,
Your most obed t Serv t
L. Swift
P.S. I find there is an omission in one of the Bps of Mrs. Martindale, shall therefore defer sending them, at this time.

I, Susannah Boyden, of Medfield, in the county of Norfolk, - Widow, - of the age of seventy five years, on oath depose and say that I was present and witnessed the marriage of Peter Gould, of Wrentham, and Margaret Frost of Wrentham, by the Rev. Nathaniel Emmons at the house of Timothy Kingsbury in Franklin, then called Wrentham; that I was then about fifteen years of age; that I was well acquainted with said Peter Gould and Margaret Frost, and know that they lived together as husband and wife, in said Wrentham, for many years, and that two children, a son and daughter, were born to them there.
Susannah Boyden her mark
Norfolk ss. Medfield, July 14. 1845 Then the above named Susannah Boyden personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed is true,
Before me Chas C Sewall Justice of the Peace.

Norfolk. ss. Medfield, July 14. 1825. I hereby certify that Susannah Boyden, who has made and subscribed the foregoing deposition, is well known to me, and that she is worthy to be believed as to the declaration there made.
Chas. C. Sewall J. P. " " 3

April six one thousand eight hundred and eighty five Married by the Rev Nathaneil Emerson Peter A. Gould and Margaret Frost.
I hereby certify that the foregoing 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 April 6 1785. Certified by me,
Edwin Ide Town Clerk
I Edwin Ide above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Wrentham, in the County of Norfolk, 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, Edwin Ide Town Clerk. Sworn to this 9 th day of August 1845 before me Oliver Pills Justice of the Peace
is a Justice appointed, com- petent, and that his signa-
certificate is
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid at Dedham, this twelfth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty five Ernest Sampson Clerk

April six one thousand eight hundred and eighty five Married by the Rev Nathaneil Eminent Peter A. Gould and Margaret Frost.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record with the exceptions of the date, which is expressed on the Record, in fair legible figures as follows April 6 1785. Certified by me,
Edwin Ide Town Clerk
I Edwin Ide above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Wrentham, in the County of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town, with the exceptions above named as certified by me, Edwin Ide Town Clerk.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
Ezra Sampson
I, JAIRUS WARE , Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
Oliver Felt Esquire,
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature to the annexed
certificate is genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid at Dedham, this twelfth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty five Ezra Sampson Clerk