Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19821, John Homan, Mass. Mass. Sea Service Navy

SERVICE
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Mass.
Homan, John
No. 19821
Mass Sea Service
Sarah
Navy
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(1490) Massachusetts Roll
John Homan - Private Massachusetts Line 1775. 4 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and sent to Hon. Sam Putnam Salem - Mass
Arrears to 4th of Septm 1818 - Semi-annual - after ending
4 mos 17/30ths $ 36.53 not continental
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
stricken from the roll cannot be re-instated - see letter to Hon: G. Barstow, H.R. 2 April 1822 -
Charles Head Esq
The soldier Hancock was not a soldier -

Refused
Massachusetts 3659
Sarah Homan widow of John Homan who was a Private in the Massachusetts line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eighty — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of December 1843 and sent to
James Gregory Marblehead Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 44

1815
Sarah Homan widow of John
Mass.
act 7 July 38
m. 84. d. 29.
adm'd 2 yrs private
Marine
80 $
No deduction
James Gregory Marblehead Mass.

State of Massachusetts } ss. Marblehead. County of Essex - - - }
In this third day of September A.D. 1888, personally appeared before me, David Cummings Esquire, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, & a Court of Record, within & for said State & County, SARAH Homan, a resident of said Marblehead, aged seventy-nine years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, & from the best of her knowledge & belief, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows": That she is the widow of John Homan, who was a man, who was a Private in the Company of John Glover junior, of the 14th Regiment of Infantry, of the Continental Army, Massachusetts Line, commanded by Colonel John Glover (being the same Colonel that formerly commanded the 21 st Regiment of Massachusetts Foot) in the War of the Revolution: That her said husband resided in said Marblehead at the time of his enlistment, & enlisted in said Corps & in said town, in the one years' service, as a volunteer, on or about the first day of January A.D. 1776: That he immediately proceeded to Cambridge, near Boston, & joined said Regiment then stationed there: That in a short time after said Regiment was ordered to March to Beverly, in the County of Essex, aforesaid, for the purpose of guarding the Port, recruiting more men for the new term of service, & for furnishing crews to such State & Continental Privates as might wish to obtain them from its ranks - said Regiment being composed mostly of Mariners: That her said husband accordingly marched with said Regiment to said Beverly, & continued doing his duty there until some time in the month of August following, when he marched with said Regiment for New York: That said Regiment after its arrival at said City was employed in & about it doing Garrison duty there until the City was captured by the enemy: That said Regiment then retreated with the rest of the American Army to the neighboring Country, & was with it at the Battle of White Plains: That soon after, the said Regiment retreated either to "Fiske's Hills," New York State, or Morristown, in New Jersey, where they went into Winter Quarters: That her said husband continued with said Regiment doing his duty till on or about the first day of January A.D. 1777, when the term of enlistment having expired said Regiment was discharged, & he returned home. The further Declaras

New York State, or Markstown, in New Jersey, where they went into Winter Quarters: that her said husband continued with said Regiment doing his duty till on or about the first day of January A. D. 1777, when the term of enlistment having expired said Regiment was discharged, & he returned home. She further declares
She further declares from the best of her knowledge & belief, that her said husband soon after his said return home entered the Continental Naval Service, & served as a Seaman & volunteer some time in the said year of 1777, on board the Continental Brig General Gates, John Schimmmer Esquire commander: one cruise; but that she cannot declare either the length of said cruise, or the precise time he entered the said Naval Service; that she has no documentary evidence, & knows of no person whose testimony she can procure in proof of any of the several herein stated: that her said husband was pensioned under the act of March 18th, 1818.

on the thirteenth of June of that year, & was dropped from the Roll on the second day of December, 1819, & very unjustly as she thinks, & for the alleged reason that the service was "not Continental."
She further declares that she was married to the said John Homan, on the twenty-first day of December, in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty-four; that her husband, the aforesaid John Homan, died at home in said Marblehead, of the "Numb Palsy" on the eighteenth day of September, in the year eighteen hundred & twenty-nine, & that she has remained a widow ever since his death; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred & ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Witness
D Cummings James Gregory
Sarah her X Homan mark
Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written — the said applicant being unable by reason of infirmity to appear in Court. Before me,
David Cummings

Extract from the Record of Marriages in the Town of Marblehead, County of Essex & State of Massachusetts.
One thousand seven hundred eighty four December twenty first W. John Homan & Miss Sarah Dennis, both of this town.
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, viz 1784 Dec. 21.
Richd Homan
I, Richard Homan, above named depose and say that I hold the office of clerk of the Town of Marblehead, County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Essex ss.
Richd Homan, Clerk of the Town of Marblehead.
Marblehead September 13th 1838.
Then personally appeared Richard Homan, a credible witness & made solemn oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me.
James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.
9. Reuben Cahoone, of Marblehead, in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do on oath testify & declare that I was well acquainted with John Homan, the late husband of Sarah Homan, who has signed the Declaration heron, & I well know that said John Homan has been dead more than eight years , & I further have no doubt that he died at the time said widow has heron declared, & I do further well know that she the aforesaid Sarah is now a widow & has remained a widow ever since his death.
Attest.
J. Gregory
Reuben Cahoone
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Essex
ss. Marblehead, September 13th, 1838.
Then Reuben Cahoone, a Constable of the said town of Marblehead, & a credible witness, personally appeared & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me. James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that Hon. David Cummings is Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County. That James Gregory of Marblehead Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, and that their signatures hereon are genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas, at Salem this 15 th day of September A. D. 1838
John Prince Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That John Homan aged sixty of Marblehead — in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION , to wit,
That he the said John Homan was enlisted into the service of the U.S. by Captain John Glover in Col John Glover's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in December A D 1775 continued in the Regiment about six months was then ordered to the Continental Schooner Hancock Capt Samuel Tucker Comman- -der continued on board about 2 months was then drafted to go on board the Sch r  Franklin Captain John Scheurer commander was put on board a prize to the Franklin about the first of October following, was taken in the prize by a British Letter of Marque and carried to Cork Ireland and confined in Prison over four years that Heman had any written discharge
That the Declarant is infirm ; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support ; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
John Heman

AFFIDAVIT.
I Joseph Homan - of Balen in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Marine do on oath depose and testify,
That As I am well acquainted with the within named John Homan I was in the service of the United States with him the said John Homan in the Schooner Franklin was put on board the same prize with him and was captured with him By the British Letter of Marque and carried to Cork that I was with him for two years That I believe the Declaration of him within named to be true and correct
Joseph Homan

ADDITIONAL
PROOF.
I, John Tesheu of Middlesex in the County of ESSEX, in the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU- SETTS, Mariner do on solemn oath testify and depose, as follows:—
That I well knew John Homan named in the annexed declaration, I know that he came on board the U. States Schooner Hancock during the American Revolutionary war in the month of April 1776. and remained on board of Schooner about two months, when he was transferred to the U. States Schooner Franklin John Scheimer Commander and I know that he was afterwards taken on board of a vessel & the Franklin by an English vessel and carried to Ireland and was not discharged for two or three years — I know J. Schooner was a continental vessel —
John Tesheu
Essex ss. June 23 d 1818. Then John Tesheu personally subscribed and made solemn oath to the above written affidavit Before me Reuben W. H. Kimball J. Pease

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the aforementioned Deponents, John Teshew & Joseph Norman
are credible and disinterested witnesses; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service; and I further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 30 th day of June Anno Domini 1818.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass s
I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the within named Ralph H. French Esq. who has certified the aforewritten depositions, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ff.
On this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam Esquire one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court in said Commonwealth
the aforementioned John & Joseph Homan and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforeswritten Declaration and AFFIDAVIT , by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforementioned John Homan served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the  day of December A. D. 1775, to the  day of  A. D. 1784, at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby cer- tify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court a- foresaid, at Marblehead , this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just } S. J. Court of Mass. }

John Hovey
Very
Rev. A.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Ex p
I Ichabod Tucker clerk of all the Judicial courts of said State in & for the county of Essex do certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial Court that the within signature is his proper hand writing & that the seal hereunto affixed is the seal of said court
Salem April 20 1818. Attt. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
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John Homan
1490
June 1818
Mass.
[Large decorative flourish]
Stricken from Roll Dec r 2. 1819. See letter to John Homan of that date. Letter Book vol: 8. page 37 also letter to J. Tucker Esq. Salem, Mass: 18 Oct 1820
on the the test of the said Court, as appears in said Court, by order in testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal my seal is hereunto affixed the opinion of the said Court, that the said amount is just due to the plaintiff from the record of the said Court, and I do hereby certify that it is that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge J. WILLARD TUCKER, Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Homan resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1490 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Homan late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 18th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War.
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, No real estate -
1 Looking glass 1.50 Bellows 50 1 case of old drawers 4.00 Gold chains 3.00 9.00
1 walnut table 2.00 2 pine tables 1.00 1 pr of andirons 1.50, 2 iron pots 50 5.00
1 frying pan 40 1/2 knives & forks 33 1 Lamp, shovel & tongs 1.06 1.79
He is 62 years old, is very deaf, was formerly a fisherman, but his deafness disqualified him for it; now sometimes saws wood and occasionally goes in the bay a fishing in a small boat: has a wife 61 years old who is lame in her arm, it once having been broken and renders her unable to work; has one son aged 17, who is a cripple from having a rheumatic fever, not able to render any assistance in supporting himself. served in Capt. John Glover jr's company, Col. John Glover's Regiment in the Massachusetts line - John Homan
Sworn to & declared before
Wm Wetmore Judge
above named

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, John Homan do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
John Homan
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed John Homan took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, 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 Eighteen
— — — dollars seventy nine cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July — A. D. 1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clk.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19821
Sarah Woman Widow of John Woman Brn Rev War
Act: Mar 3 rd 1845
Index:—Vol. 84 , Page 349
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dropt from the Roll, not having served on the continental establish- ments. See letters to Hon. G. Barstow, H. R. 2 d Ap l . 1822, and to Hon. B. W. Crowninshield H. R. May 24. 1824.

Massachusetts 1,364
Sarah Holman, widow of John Holman, dec. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1816. 18 and who died on the 18 th Sept. 1827 of Essex in the State of Mass. who was a P. in the Company commanded by Captain - G. Brown of the Regt. commanded by G. Brown in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Oct. '38, and said Sarah Holman, Essex, Mass.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. - $ 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00
$240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
J. Elliot
Recorded by Book A
Vol. 1 - Page 94
Clerk,

4635
Sarah Homan
$80
3159
44
James Gregory Marblehead Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } ss. Marblehead. County of Essex . . . . }
On this fifteenth day of July A. D. 1843, personally appeared before me, James Gregory, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Essex, Sarah Homan, a resident of said Marblehead, aged eighty-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 March 3 d 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served "during the Revolutionary War."
That she is the widow of John Homan, who was a Private in the Company of John Glover jr. of the 14 th Regiment of the Continental Army, Massachusetts Line, commanded by Colonel John Glover in the year 1776; Also a Seaman in the Continental Navy General Gates, all in the War of the Revolution.
She further declares that on the twelfth day of December, 1838, she was pensioned for said service, under the law of July 7 th , 1838, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, and that she is still a widow.
Witnessed by John Harnson
Sarah her Homan mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me, - and I certify that said Deponent is personally well known to me the said Justice.
James Gregory, J. of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 26. 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation James Gregory was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
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in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
No. A. Bollen
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Marblehead, September 17th. 1838.
Honored Sir, - I have the Honor herewith to forward to you the Declarations of Sarah Homan, widow of Edward Homan, Hannah Hooker, widow of Philip Hooker, & Sarah Homan, widow of John Homan, all of whom claim the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, & all of whose husbands WERE PENSIONED under the Act of March 18th, 1818.
Two of their husbands were afterward dropped from the Pension Roll, to wit, Edward Homan & John Homan, & for the alleged reasons, & at the times set forth in their respective Declarations . There is reason to think that Philip Hooker was in the far famed Penobscot Expedition: if so, as the service occurred after her marriage she is of course entitled to claim under the Act of July 4th 1836. If he was in said Expedition, he probably served as a Seaman, in either the Ship Hulton, Black Prince or Monmouth, but as I have ransacked the neighboring Country with the view of consulting the few living witnesses remaining of that service, without being able to prove it, she will probably be obliged

to claim under the last Act if at all. If, however, Your Honor will deign to cause the Rolls of said Expedition to be searched, & his name should be found thereon, it is respectfully requested that her Declaration may be returned with the particulars of his service in said Expedition. I am authorized & requested to ask this favor in behalf of Mrs. Hooker & her friends.
If there is any extra service (Declared for by any one of the three widows herein mentioned, other than that specified in the original Declarations of their late husbands themselves , now on file in your Honor's Office, they must be content to forgo it unless the Records of the War Department &c. confirm it.
I will observe with regard to the alleged service of John Homans on board the Continental Brig General Gates , that it is the same vessel that William Lasky late of this town, & now of the State of New York, was pensioned for service on board of - for two cruises - from November '77 to October '78.
Lasky was pensioned for $32 dollars a year, August 6th, 1883. I have the Honor to be, with great respect,
Your Honor's ob't. serv't. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Petition of Jno. Norman of Marblehead
Sept 1878 -
Records from coll
2 Dec 1819 -

To the Hon the Senate and the Hon. House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled -
Respectfully represents John Homan of Marblehead in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts that he was a Soldier in the Revolution- ary war between the United States of America & Great Britain, and that agreeably to the provisions of the acts of the Congress of the United States of America granting Pensions to such as served their Country in s d war & had become poor, he applied for and did receive a pension accordingly, & that he did also agreeably to the last acts of Congress regulating the same, cause a Schedule of his property to be made out & for- warded to the Hon. Secretary of War, & that he has since been informed that his name has been struck off from the Pension List for his not having served the term of time required by the acts of Congress aforesaid - Wherefore your memorialist respectfully begs leave to lay his case before your Honors with a true statement of his service, and fondly prays that if your Honors shall be satisfied that he did serve a time amply sufficient to entitle him to the benefits of s d act, that your Honors will cause his name to be restored & placed upon the Pension List, & that he may receive what now remains his due as a meritorious pensioner - And as in duty bound will ever pray - Mem d read Nov. 13. 1821. John Homan

I Joseph Hornan of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath do depose and say that I was a Soldier in the American Revolutionary War, that I am well acquainted with John Hornan of Marblehead in the foregoing peti- tion named, and that in the month of January in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six he with myself entered the service as privates in Capt. John Glover Company in Col. Glover's Regt. upon the Continental establishment for the term of twelve months, that we were stationed at Beverly in said County where we remained about five mo- nths, when there were orders to detach a num- ber out of the several companies to go on board the Continental Schooners Hancock & Franklin The Regt. was drawn up and the Drums sent round for Volunteers, (this being the course the General thought most advisable) and the s d John Hornan & myself were among the number who turned out, the s d John went on board the Hancock under Capt. Sam l Tucker & myself on board the Fran- klin under Capt. Sleeper. The Regt. soon after we left marched to New York. The s d John Hornan in about two months, after was then transferred to the Schooner Franklin, and afterwards the s d John with myself others were put on board a Prize and ordered for Boston, and soon after were captured in the Gulf Stream by an English Letter of Marque & carried to Cork in Ireland, and from thence were sent to Engl- and and were kept on board a man of war, and after having remained there about eight months I made my escape, and left the s d John Hornan remaining on board the s d Prison Ship, and I

never saw the s d John until he returned about three years after Joseph Homan
Essex ss. Attleborough Nov. 13. 1821. Then Joseph Homan person- ally appeared and made solemn oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed are true, and I further certify that the s d deponent is a credible witness. Coram. Ralph H. French Jus. Peace
I John Tesher of Attleborough on oath depose & say that some time in the month of June in the year 1776 John Homan mentioned in the foregoing Petition with many others from Col. Glover's Regt. then at Beverly was sent on board the American Continental Schooner Hancock under Capt. Tucker, where I then belonged, and after about two months was transferred to the Schooner Franklin under Capt. Sleeper, we sailed in company, and captured a English Ship, and the s d Homan with others were put on board & ordered for Boston, but were captured, and I never saw s d Homan afterward un- til he returned to Attleborough which was as much as three years. I know that the s d Homan enlisted for twelve months, & that it was by the order of Government that he was transferred to the Navy - John Tesher
Essex ss. Nov. 13. 1821. Then John Tesher personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me, and I further certify that the s d John Tesher is a respec- table & credible witness. Ralph H. French Jus. Peace