Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,463, Ansel Harlow, Mass.

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Harlow, Ansel
S. 30.463.
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10439 Massachusetts
Ansel Warlow
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Warlow of the Left , commanded by Col. Cotton in the Mass line for 1 Year resided at Shrewsbury in Vermont his children Martha  Lucina Mary  Abigail & Abby  Logan
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April 1833 and sent from  De Wadsworth Washington D.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1832  346.00 2nd day of his death  28 July '32  16.00 362.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W.H. Adams Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 do Page 31

Pension Application Sebastian Martin Admiral of the Fleet
22/10

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this 4 th day of Decem r 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Plymouth within and for said County of Plymouth, Ichabod Morton, administrator of Ansel Harlow's  estate of said  Plymouth resident of Plymouth in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged  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. He hereby relinquish-
es every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that said Harlow's  his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. to the best of his knowledge That is to say, that
he entered the service of the United States  the Revolution war under the following named officers, and
served as herein stated , as said administrator has good rea- son to believe from the annexed depositions & Josiah Clark & Zenas Bryant, & Zachary Bartlett.
Said administrator also further declares that he knows of no record of said Har- low's birth; but believes he can prove him to have been born in said Plym- outh, & there to have lived all his days.
For his character, & his own he refers to Dr James Thacher, a veteran of the Revolution, & Dr Robert Cotton, Register of probate - both of said Plymouth.
Ichabod Morton Administrator

We, James Kendall a clergyman, residing in the town of Plymouth and Joseph Thomas residing in the same Plymouth hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with Isaac Kendall  who has subscribed and sworn to the above  who was the within named intestate declaration ; that we believe him to have  have been 88 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
James Kendall Joseph Thomas
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest  William Thomas Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Kendall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Plymouth and that Joseph Thomas who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Plymouth and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of the Court
William Thomas Clerk
I, William Thomas of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Kendall  for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office , this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
William Thomas

Charles Morton Administrator for Abel Harlow
Sworn to be subscribed on the day & year aforesaid before the Court of Common Pleas
William Mansel Clerk

February 3, 1939
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Miss Lena A. Wheeler 726 S.W. Salmon Street Portland, Oregon
BA-J/MCS Ansel Harlow, S.30463
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Ansel Harlow of Plymouth, Massachusetts, who served in the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.30463, based on the military service of Ansel Harlow.
He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and it was stated that he always lived there. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted in 1776 and served nine months as private in Captain Jesse Harlow's (relationship not shown) company in Colonel Cotton's Massachusetts regiment, was in the garrison in the fort at the entrance of Plymouth harbor. He enlisted in December, 1776, and served three months in Captain Partridge's Massachusetts company.
An application for pension was made on July 9, 1832. Ansel Harlow was then "in the 89th year of his age." He died July 28, 1832. The certificate for the pension due on account of his service was issued on April 6, 1833, for the benefit of the following, who were his surviving children: Hannah Perkins, Sally Rogers, and Mary Churchill, all of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Rebecca of Duxbury, state not given, and Jedidah of Vermont.
Ansel Harlow died in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
In 1833 one Z. Bartlett of Plymouth, Massachusetts, stated that Ansel Harlow's "last wife", name not given, died within a very few years of one of his near neighbors.

One Charles Churchill was living in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1833 but his relationship was not shown.
There are no further data relative to the family of Ansel Harlow.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Portland, Me. Jan. 4, 1939 726 So. H. Salmon St.
Co. S. Pensions Dept. Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen -
Will you kindly send me the war record of one Ansel Harlow who is listed as a drummer boy in the Rev. Army, and probably lived & enlisted from around Plymouth, Mass.
I am anxious for this information to help establish my claim as a descendant and eligible for a D. G. R.
Thanking you for same,
Yours truly
(miss) Lena A. Wheeler

30 463 INVALID. Rev
1939 Feb. 3. hist. to Miss Lena A. Wheeler, Y.U.C.
File No. 30 463
Ansel Harlow His Rev Wad
Act: June 1 st 39 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 179
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Annel Harlow Recd
Massachusetts
Part 12 Month Cpts Harlow's Company lost some bottoms Rest.
Your certificate in favor the said Children -
Hannah Perkins Mary Churchill Sally Rogers
Recd 28 July 1832
Ha. J. L. Adams Plaint

Affidavit of lines of Trustel Harrow

We the subscribers testify, that, we Hannah Perkins. Sally Rogers - Mary Churchile of Plymouth are the children of the late Harlow of this town, who died in our poor house last July; that we have a sister Rebecca in the town of Dunbury, & a sister Sedidah in the state of Ver- mont, & that we, & they are the only children of said Harlow
Hannah Perkins Mary Churchill Sally Rogers
Plymouth Mass - January April 1. 1833 Then the subscribers to this affidavit made oath to its truth before me Lucius Barrett. Just of peace

certificate that A. K. left no wid o

I the undersigned do hereby declare that I have known Enock Harlow, for whose his pension is now claimed, all my life, & know that his last wife died within a very few years one of my near neighbors I Bartlett
Plymouth Mass - Ap' 2 1833

Certificate of the death of Annie Harrison

Plymouth, Mass - April 1 1833
I certify, that Israel Norton late of this town, & incumbent in the poor house in said town died there July 28 1832
Charles Churchill } Warden of the poor house in said Plymouth
Plymouth April 1 - 1833. Having had the oversight of our poor house under my professional care at the date of the above certificate I certify, that said Charles Churchill was warden thereof at the date thereof, & now is.
Lachus Bartlett then physician of the house

I Bryant gov Mrs. Karlow
Mr.

I Zenas Bryant of Plymouth, Massachusetts testify, that in the war of the Revolution I was a drummer for nine months in a company commanded by Capt Luke Harlan in a garrison at the entrance of Plymouth Harbor in said State. I believe in 1776, & that Ansel Harlan of said Plymouth, was a private in the same company, according to my belief, for the same term, & duly discharged at its close.
Zenas Bryant
Massachusetts. Plymouth 13 Nov 24 1832
Then said Zenas Bryant subscribed, & made oath to the truth of this deposition and I declare him a credible witness
Lachus Bartlett Justice of peace.

Josiah Clarke for Anne Karlow
14/7.

I Josiah Clarke of Middleborough Massachusetts, & now a petitioner for a pension, was a soldier in this state's service in the war of the Revolution for nine months, ————— Captain Isaac Harkness. Col. Cotton's regt. keeping gar- rison at a fort in the harbor of Plymouth and on its shores in said town in 1776 — And in December of the same year I again enlisted for three months, & went & served on said term in the state of R Island, & can so testify, that Isaac Harkness of the town town of Plymouth in said state, & now a petitioner for a pension, was a soldier for the same said terms of nine & of three months, in the same company, the latter term being under Captain Partridge in Rhode Island. Josiah Clarke
Mass. — Plymouth 30 June 30 1852 Then Josiah Clarke above said made oath to the truth of this deposition & subscribed the same, & I declare him a credible witness. Zacharius Bartlett Justice of peace

Z Bartlett's declaration town for Ansel Harlowe
Commissioner of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia

I, Ichers Bartlett of Plymouth, Massachusetts testify, that on the ninth day of last July, with a view of preserving evidence of Asahel Harlow's title to a pension, who is named in the declaration of Ichabod Morton, his administrator, at the request of his friends, I took his deposition "that in 1776 he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Asahel Harlow for nine months, in Colonel Cottons Regt., & kept garrison in said Plymouth in a fort in its harbor during the term aforesaid. And in December of the same year he enlisted under Captain Partridge for three months, & served that term out in Rhode Island." He also testified that he was in the 89 th year of his age.
Ichers Bartlett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Plymouth Jr.
5 th December 1832. Then personally appeared
the above named Ichers Bartlett, and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, said deponent being well known to me as a magistrate and man of integrity & truth.
Wm. Thomas, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I, William Thomas Clerk of the Federal Court for the District of Plymouth, hereby certify that William Thomas & Leekins Bartlett appeared before the foregoing Deputy Clerk and was known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and that I believe their names to be subscribed to the foregoing instrument
Witnesseth whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Judicial Court on this fourth day of January A.D. 1983
William Thomas