Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15906, Nicholas Greely, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Greeley, Nicholas Mary
W 15906
CONTENTS

3600
Massachusetts
Warrant notified, see letter of Sept. 1841 Lett. of Gregory Sept 30 1841.
Mary Greely, decd. wife of Sarah Greely, late Mary H. H. H. and Greely widow of Nicholas Greely children of said deceased.
who died in the year 1814
of Essex Co. in the State of Mass.
who was a Br. of Inf. Beaman in the company commanded by Captain Mass of the regt. commanded by Col. Glover in the Mass.
time for 7 months & 16 days Inf. 7 " 20 " Seamen } 55.54
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 55 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834 & ending October 10, 1836, the day of the death of said
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. day of Sept. 1841 and sent to James Gregory Esq. Marblehead, Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Due to 10. Oct. 1836 — $ 311.63
{ Revolutionary Class Act July 16, 1836. Section the 3. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book C. Vol. 1. Page 55

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that
Mary
Greely, late of Beverly in said county, widow, deceased, intestate,
was an applicant for a revolutionary pension of the United States; that she died on the tenth day of October, A.D. 1836, at the age of eighty four years; that she left three children, and no more, viz. Sarah Greely, Jane Herrick wife of Thomas Herrick and Margaret Greely; and that they all are still living, and of full age; ————— " ————— " —————
as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this sixth day of July , A. D. 1841.
Nath. Lord Jr.

State of Massachusetts. } ss. Salem. County of Essex. }
On this sixth day of July A.D. 1841, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate within and for the said County of Essex Margaret Greely — of said Salem, Singlewoman, & a resident of said Salem, aged fifty-two 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 14th 1836, which accrued and accrued to her late mother, Mary Greely, late of said Salem  Beverly in said County , widow, deceased: — That your Declarant & her two sisters, named in the Certificate of the Register of said Court hereto annexed, are all & the only children of her late mother that were living at the time of her decease: that her said mother was entitled to the benefit of said Act by & through the Revolutionary services of her late husband, Nicholas Greely, alias Greely, Greely, deceased, — who was also the father of your Declarant & her said sisters — from the 11th day of March, 1831, to the tenth day of October 1836, — she having died at the last named date, at the age of eighty-four years, without having presented her claim to the benefit of the Act aforesaid.
She further Declares, that her said father was a private in the Company of Capt John Merritt, of the 21 st Regiment of Massachusetts Foot, (sometimes known as the Middlesex Regiment,) commanded by Colonel John Glover in the War of the Revolution: that her said father resided in Marblehead in the said County of

of Essex, at the time of his enlistment, & enlisted in said Corps, & in said town, in the eight months service, as a Private & volunteer, on or about the first day of May, A. D. 1775: That he continued in said Corps doing his duty in & about said Marblehead, until a few days after the Battle of Bunker's Hill, when he marched with said Regiment to Cambridge, near Boston, & joined the American Army at the Siege of Boston - then under the command of General Ward, & shortly after under General Washington: That her said father continued with said Regiment doing his duty at said Cambridge & around said Boston until the last day of December following, or the first part of the following month of January, when the term of enlistment having expired said Regiment was discharged, & he returned home - after having served eight months.
She further declares, that her said father was afterwards engaged in said War in Privateering, & in the Public Naval Service: That from the best of her knowledge & belief he was captured he was captured & carried into the West Indies & escaped from Prison about the beginning of the year 1778, & joined the Massachusetts State Brig Syren, Jonathan Harraden Esq. Commander, in the Port of Martinique, when she was refitting in order to return home from the cruise on which she had been engaged, - with a number of others, fellow townsmen of his. - That she cannot state with certainty what grade he served in on board said Brig, but declares that he did his duty on board until her arrival home & the discharge of the crew, sometime in the month of May, 1778: - That knowing of no living witness, & having no documentary evidence, she begs to refer to the Roll of said Brig, among the Massachusetts Documents in the War Department, for the term of time & the grade of her said father's service on board said vessel.
She further declares that her said father was in much other Privateering & other service in said War - both by Land & Sea she believes - but that she is at present unable to state any particulars of it - other than what she has herein declared.

She further declares that her said mother was married to her father, (your declarant) Nicholas Greeley, alias Greeley, Grayson, aforesaid, on the seventh day of July, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, and that her husband the aforesaid Nicholas Greeley, died of sickness while engaged in the Gun Boat Service - sometime in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen; and that her said mother remained a widow from that period to the date of her decease aforesaid, - as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Witnessed by the undersigned in said County & State, this 3rd day of July, 1841.
Margaret Greeley
Anson O'Knights
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written.
Before me, D. A. White { Judge of said Court of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office. I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that the honorable Daniel A. White, whose name is subscribed to the above written certificate, is the judge of probate for said county; and his name subscribed as above is his genuine signature. Given under my hand and seal of office this sixth day of July, A.D. 1841.
Nathaniel Lord Jr.
I Sarah White of Marblehead in the County of Essex widow, do on my oath testify & declare, that I am in the seventy-first year of my age, that I was well acquainted with Nicholas Greeley, alias Grayson & Greeley, who formerly belonged to said Marblehead - together with Mary Greeley, who was his wife, and who died a widow at Beverly in said County in the autumn of 1836. I lived with said Nicholas Greeley in my youth & later days, & I have heard his relations, & among others John White, a Revolutionary War Pensioner, state & describe much service performed by said Nicholas in the War of the Revolution - both by Land & Sea, & in particular I recollect of heavy and arduous, John White, relate the suffering & services of said Nicholas at Cambridge - at the siege of Boston - in Col. John Glore's Regiment.
And, I do further testify & declare that said Mary Greeley maiden name was Mary White, & that said Nicholas Greeley died about many years ago, & said Mary was his widow, & had not intermarried at the time of her decease as aforesaid.
Witnessed by
Sarah * White meets
John White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Marblehead, August 14, 1841. County of Essex
Then the above named Sarah White, who is personally well known to me as a lady of good character for veracity, truth & veracity, formally affirmed & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit, by her in my presence subscribed -
Before me, James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

Extract from the records of Marriages in the Town of Marblehead, County of Essex & State of Massachusetts.
Seventeen hundred seventy seven. July seventh.
Nicholas Greshy and Mary White, both of this town
I certify that the above is a true extract from the records of Marriages in this Town, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in full legible figures, as follows. 1777 July 7. Richd. Homan I, Richard Homan, above named depose & say, that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Marblehead, County & State aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception of the date as certified by me.
Richd. Homan, Clerk of the Town of Marblehead.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Marblehead, August 21 st 1841. County of Essex }
5436
Then the above named Richard Homan, who is personally well known to me the subscriber as Clerk of the said Town of Marblehead, is a credible witness, personally appeared & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed -
Before me, James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office August 28 th 1841.
I hereby certify that the above named James Gregory is now and was at the date of his attestation a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex, duly constituted and commissioned.
Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written
John L. Bigelow
Secy of the Commonwealth

Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15906
Sarah Jane Margaret Freely Children of Nicholas Freely Pris New War
Act July 4 th 36
Index: Vol. a , Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(Confidential.)
Warrenton, September 27th, 1841. Honored Sir:
Upon a comparison of the amount allowed to the heirs of Mary Grewly, deceased, under the law of July 14th, 1838 (third section) and the provisions emanating from it, with the Declaration made, forwarded in the case, I have felt it my duty to return the enclosed Certificate, issued on their behalf, for the review of the Department.
Although there are reasons for believing that Grewly was in public Revolutionary Service enough to entitle his late widow to a full pension , yet, as the Declarant could not state with sufficient particularity any other portion of it than that of the eight months' service & part of a cruise in the Brig Syracuse , I have thought the Government might have inadvertently wronged itself, in allowing the amount named in the Certificate, for the service named, stated in the Declaration.
The same reasons, therefore, have governed me in the premises, which are more fully set forth in a letter of mine, dated September 6th, 1839, returning for review a Certificate issued in favor of Margaret Savage of Maine, law of '38, and I shall be most happy, if, upon

a reexamination of the last Certificate, it shall be found, (unlike the case of Mrs. Savage,) that the heirs are entitled to the whole amount allowed therein.
Under all the circumstances of the case, I have felt myself warranted in marking this communication confidential .
I have the Honor to be, with the highest respect,
Your Honor's obt. servt.
James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Mary Greeley du,
Wid of Nicholas
Ad July 4 1836
Map.
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Capt Merrill f. C. Glou
Ad 7 m. 20 day Seana
Q Board Org Tyrannus
h 55. 34 pr Am pen
March 4. 1831 to Oct 10. 1836
Catalogue is the name of
Sarah Greeley
Jane Herrick
Margaret Greeley
Children of same ad
J. G. G. G. E.,
Marblehead
Mass

War Department. Revolutionary Claim.
I certify, that in conformity with the 3 d section of the law of the United States, of the 4 th of July 1836, Mary Greely, de? of the State of Massachusetts, widow of Nicholas Greely, who was a Private of Infantry & Seaman in the war of the Revolution, was entitled to receive fifty-five Dollars and fifty four cents per annum, and that having died on the 10 th October 1836, the amount due from the 4 th March 1831 to the day of her death, is payable to Sarah Greely, Jane Herrick, and Margaret Greely, children of said de?
Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of September eighteen hundred and forty-one.
Secretary of War
Examined and } Countersigned }
Commission of Pensions

Marblehead, August 31 st 1841.
Honored Sir, -
I have the Honor herewith to forward to your Office the Declaration of one of the children of Mary Grew, who claims the benefit of the law of July 4 th 1836, in behalf of herself & two sisters, & in right of said Mary - she having lived 3 months & 6 days within the provisions made & growing out of the 3 d section of said law, by the Revolutionary service of her only husband, Nicholas Grew, alias Grew, Grew, Grew Descendant.
This is the same case upon which Sarah Grew, one of the children of said Deceased, addressed your Honor on the 31 st of March last, & which you kindly answered in a letter directed to the writer of this on the 19 th of April following.
I am, with the highest respect, Your Honor's ob dt . serv t . James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

(Marblehead) Nicholas Greeley d. 1814.
Mary Greeley m. 1777 do Oct 10 1836
Children
Sarah Greeley } Jane Hornick } Margaret Greeley }
75. 7. 14 d Glover Rep d (at Mount)
1778. 6. 8 Tyrannade (at
1 st " Danvers
7. 20 th roll See letter
1 Jan Guppy age 15 119 th
1841

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 28. th 1841.
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 Nicholas Graly is borne on a Muster Roll of the Company under the command of Captain John Merrill in Colonel John Glover's Regiment, to the first of August 1775, as a private from Marblehead. Enlisted May 16. th The name also appears on an order signed by him and twenty six others, to the Committee of Clothing, dated "Camp at Cambridge, Dec r 29 1775" for "Coat money" due to them as "Soldiers in the seventh Company in Col o John Glover's Regt."
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J. D. Sleeper
Secretary of the Commonwealth.