Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21224, Daniel Gray, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gray, Daniel Tabitha
No. 21224.
CONTENTS
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49.
3052.
Massachusetts
Daniel Gray
of Andover in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col [blank] in the [blank] line for [blank]
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r 1832 and sent to Merrill Salem Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $215- Pensional allowance ending 21 March 33 15-
$60-
{ Revolutionary Claim. } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk. Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page 54.

Date of death not on AB
Massachusetts 1135
Jahitha Gray wife widow of Daniel Gray who was a Private in the Mass. line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of July, 1843. and sent to J Merrill Andover, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 43.

Dan. Gray
Private
9 Month
Formerly on Pension Role
500-
P. Merrill Esq. Salem Mass
Please address reply to P. Merrill Salem

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS : COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Daniel Gray , a resident of Andover , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 71 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 entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That in June or July 1779 at Andover he enlisted as a Volunteer in Capt Silas Clark's Company in Col. Tupper's Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Continental Army in Genl Patterson's Brigade, and served therein nine months and was discharged at West Point.
He has been on the Pension list under Act of Congress of 1818 Roll of Massachusetts Army. The proof is on file in the War Department.
He was born in Andover in 1760 & has lived there ever since: he never had a written discharge or record of birth; and is known to Rev. B. Loring and Hon. Hobart Clark of Andover.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
D. M. Page
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. M. Page
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, _____ a clergyman, residing in _____ aforesaid, and _____ Esquire, a magistrate, residing in _____ aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to before
5

And the said Court hereby declares its 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 the person who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in and that the said person who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. A. White
I, Michael Burton, of Andover in Massachusetts on oath testify, That Daniel Gray, now of Andover, served nine months in Col. Dummer's Regiment on the Continental Establishment in Silas Clark's Company. He has been on the Pension list & was struck off on account of property. Michael Burton
Subscribed & sworn to Aug. 11. 1832 before Dorrick Just. Prace
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Gray for a pension, and said Merrill is a Justice of the Peace & the above is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of August A. D. 1832.
Nath. Lord Jr.

1945
Daniel Gray —
July 1818
not entitled

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, Daniel Gray resident in Andover in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1945 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, Daniel Gray 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 ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty eighth day of July 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,
Table listing assets: Real estate (Twenty three acres of light land with a small old house and barn both out of repair) - $330.00; Personal estate (Two cows 20.00, one horse 25.00, one yearling 4.00, three sheep 3.00, 1 calf 1.50, two swine 14.00, one old horse cart 6.00, 1 plough 1.50, traces 50c, ten old chairs 3.00, three old tables 2.50, crockery/ware 1.00, tin 2.00, iron 2.00, old brass kettle 1.50, old pewter & milk pans 1.33, an old case of drawers 2.50, knives & forks 40c, And irons, shovel and tongs) - $422.98
and he owes one debt of two hundred and three dollars for which his real estate is mortgaged to Orlando Abbot - and he owes more than two hundred dollars more to Physicians and other persons -
He is fifty nine years of age, a laborer, but

is a very feeble and infirm man, and wholly unable oftentimes to perform any kind of labor - he is ruptured in the groin -
His family are his wife aged 54 years, a poor sickly woman, on whom he has expended all his living, to Physicians nurses, &c. but she still remains the same - They have been assisted by charity for many years -
He served nine months from July 10th 1779 in Capt. Clark's Company, Col. Tupper's Regiment, Mass. line, and was discharged April 10th 1780
Attest N. Swift
Daniel his mark Gray
Essex ss July 13. 1820 Then she said Daniel Gray made oath that the said schedule and statement by him subscribed are true before me, Stephen Minot Judge of said Court

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Daniel Gray 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.
Daniel his mark Gray
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Daniel Gray took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot 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
nineteen dollars ninety eight 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 17 th day of July — A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

2692 Tabitha Gray
widow of Daniel Gray.
at 12 1/2 yrs In 86d 33
about 9 mo hi 30 1/2
No deduction
Hen. C. Cushing

Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Massachusetts.) County of Essex ss.
On this seventh day of September, A.D. 1838, personally appeared before the Honorable Daniel Cummings, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Massachusetts, Tabitha Gray, a resident of Andover in the County of Essex and State aforesaid, aged seventy three 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 July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Daniel Gray, late of said Andover, deceased, who was a Private soldier in the War of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of 1818.
That said Daniel served the term of nine months from July 1779 in Captain Clarks Company in Colonel Tuckers Regiment, Massachusetts Line, and was discharged April 10 th 1780.
That he was placed on the Pension Roll of the

Massachusetts Agency on the 28 th of July 1818, for the abovementioned service.
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Gray on the 14 th day of December A.D. 1785, ; that her husband the aforesaid Daniel died on the eighth day of July 1833 ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January A.D. 1794, viz, at the time above stated.
Tabitha her Gray mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, the applicant being unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity.
Daniel Cummings
I do hereby certify that David Cummings, whose name is subscribed to the above just, is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Massachusetts, he being well known to me as such, & said court being a court of record; and that the above just is signed with his genuine signature, to receive full faith & credit accordingly.
Caleb Cushing,
Andover, 17 th October 1838
Mr. House of Reps.

We the undersigned citizens of Andover, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath testify that we know and are well acquainted with Mrs Gray before named, that we know that she is the widow of Daniel Gray deceased, who was always reputed to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that he died about years ago, and that she has not since been married.
William A Stiles Thomas C Foster
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County ss: October 1st 1838 - Then personally appeared William Stiles and Thomas C. Foster above named, who are well known to me and are credible witnesses, and severally made oath to the truths of the above affidavit before me
Samuel Merrill Justice of Peace
I do hereby certify that Samuel Merrill, whose name is subscribed to the above just, is a justice of the peace in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts aforesaid, & personally well known to me as such; and that said just is signed with his genuine signature, to receive full faith & credit accordingly. -
Caleb Cushing
Andover, 17th October 1838.
M. Hon. of Repn.

The following is an Extract from the Town Record of Marriages in the Town of Reading in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"Daniel Gray Tabitha Allen" were married by "Rev. Mr. Stone the fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty six."
I hereby certify that the above Extract is a true copy of the Town Record of marriages in said Town of Reading with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible Figures, as follows, viz.
"1786" "Dec r 14"
Daniel Pratt Jr. Clerk of the Town of Reading
I Daniel Pratt Jr. above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Reading County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true Extract from the Records of said Town now in my custody and keeping with the exception above named, as certified by me
Daniel Pratt Jr. Clerk of the Town of Reading
Middlesex S.S. Sep. 24, 1830
Sworn before me John Weston Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that John Weston, whose name is subscribed to the above justat, is a justice of the peace in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts aforesaid, & personally well known to me as such; and that said justat is signed with his genu-

my signature, to which full faith & credit are to be given accordingly.
Andover, 17 Oct. 1838.
Calib Cushing
M. Huns of Repres.

June 29, 1935
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BA-J/KEL am
Daniel Gray-W.21224
Mrs. Lena H. Murray 52 Eastern Avenue Beverly, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Daniel Gray, who served in the Revolutionary War and drew a pension for his services and whose widow was Tabitha Gray.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.21224, based upon the military service in that war of Daniel Gray.
Daniel Gray was born in 1760, in Andover, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not shown.
Daniel Gray enlisted at Springfield or at Andover, Massachusetts, July 10, 1779, served as a private in Captain Silas Clark's Company, Colonel Tupper's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged April 10, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, while residing in Andover, Massachusetts.
He died July 8, 1833, place not shown.
The soldier married December 14, 1786, Tabitha Allen. Their marriage was recorded on the town records of Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Tabitha, was allowed pension on her application executed September 7, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-three years and resided in Andover, Massachusetts.
There is no reference to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

to Hon. to same
Petition sent Oct. 18. 1820 to John D. Sleeper
V (1945) Massachusetts.
Daniel Gray, 4 private,
Mass Line - 1779 - 9 months
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 9 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of July, 1818, and sent to Stephen Minot, Esq. Haverhill, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
Surplus allowing
4 mo. 26/30. $ 38. 93.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
V Andover, Essex Co. Discontinued.
see letter 3 rd March 1830 J. Varnum H. R. do. 10 Jan. 1831 & 3 rd Feb. 1831 Certificate of the case sent to Hon. Hultard 31. Jany 1832.

Massachusetts 2824
Tabitha Gray
widow of Daniel Gray,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7: June 1832 and who died on the 8 th July 1832 -
of Essex in the State of Massachusetts who was a P.M. in the Company commanded by Captain Clarke of the Regt. commanded by Tupper in the Mass'ts line for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Mar. '39, and issued to Hon. L. Burleigh Newburyport, Mass'ts.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. - $ 90. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 15. 00
$105. 00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A - Vol. 1- Page 90

52 Eastern Ave., Beverly, Mass., Apr. 23, 1935.
Director of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Tabitha Gray, wife of Daniel Gray of Andover, Mass. made an application either in 1873 or 1874 for a widow's pension as her husband, Daniel Gray served in the Revolutionary War and was a pensioner of the U.S.A.
Have you by any chance this application in your files and if so does it give her birthplace and father's and mother's names?
I am trying to trace her ancestry and this letter to you is my last resort and I shall appreciate it very much if you can give me the above information if such is on her application.
Yours respectfully,
(Mrs.) LENA H. MURNEY
(United States)
P.S. Daniel Gray died in July 1873.
P.S. I'm not sure it was a pension (widow's). She applied for money or what was due her as a U. S. Pensioner's widow (according to a paper in Salem, Mass. Probate court).

52 Eastern Ave., Beverly, Mass., Apr. 23, 1935.
Veteran's Administration Washington D.C.
Tabitha Gray, wife of Daniel Gray of Andover, Mass. made an application either in 1833 or 1834 for a widow's pension as her husband, Daniel Gray served in the Revolutionary War and was a pensioner of the U.S.A.
Have you by any chance this application in your files and if so does it give her birthplace and father's and mother's names?
I am trying to trace her ancestry and this letter to you is my last resort and I shall appreciate it very much if you can give me the above information if such is on her application.
Yours respectfully
(Mrs.) LENA H. MURNEY
(United States)
P.S. Daniel Gray died in July 1833.
P.S. I'm not sure it was a widow's pension she applied for or what money was due her as his widow (according to a paper in Salem Probate Court)
L. H. M.

1936. June 29 - List To Mrs Lena H. Murney Ek
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21224
Tahitha Gray
wid of
Daniel Gray
Rev Rev War
Act: March 30  1862
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To the Secretary of the Department of War
Sir, please to transmit the Certificate of allowance of my Pension under the late law, to Stephen Minot, Esqr. of Haverhill Mr. who will forward it to me.
Andover April 9. 1818
Teste Michael Carlton
Daniel his L Gray mark

Daniel Gray April 9 1818
67
Stephen Minot, Esq. Judge, Essex County, Mass. ts
Daniel Gray, Massachusetts line. Revolutionary Claim.
found on the rolls for 9 months. They
Correct. - found on the rolls.
The judge is desired to Certify, under the seal of the Court, that he is satis- fied the applicant is in indigent circumstances, and needs the support of his country: the testimony one soldier to that effect, in behalf of another, is inadmissible.

I, Daniel Gray aged 57 years depose and say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I now reside in & belong to the Town of Andover in the County of Essex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; that in the forepart of July 1779 I enlisted as a private Soldier, for the term of nine months into the Army of the Revolutionary war. I entered the service the 10 th July 1779 at Springfield in the Company under Capt. Silas Clark in Col. Dapser's Regt. of the Massachusetts line, & served accordingly in the same Company under same officers, until at West Point, until the 10 April 1780 when the time was out, & then I left the service at West Point by my time of enlistment expiring, & so came home. — I had no written discharge. I also say that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support; and that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States.
Teste Habel.
Stephen Minot.
his Daniel X Gray mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex, ss. April 9 th 1818 Then the above named Daniel Gray made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me.
Stephen Minot. { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, Michael Carlton, of Andover depose and say that I was a soldier in the same company with the above named Daniel Gray, during the whole of the said nine months service above stated by him, & know that he did serve in the Army as he above states: I also know him to be in need of assistance for support.
Michael Carlton
Essex ss. April 9. 1818 Then the above named Michael Carlton made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, before me.
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Gray did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case & the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I also certify that in my opinion the said Daniel Gray is in indigent circumstances in life & in need of assistance from his country for support. — Stephen Minot, Judge etc.
I David Stevens of Andover depose & say I know the within named Daniel Gray, I live near him, & know he is in indigent circumstances in life & in need of assistance for support.
David Stevens
Essex ss. July 13 1818 Then the above named David Stevens made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me,
Stephen Minot, Judge, as aforesaid.

2692 Oct 23 Mab 7 July 1838 Isabella May
FREE
L. Edwards, Esquire. Commissioner of Pensions
Mr. [unclear]
Washington City. D.C.

Andover, Mass. Oct. 18. 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq c Comm tee of Pensions
Dr Sir,
I enclose the Declaration of Mrs Tabitha Gray, the Widow of Daniel Gray, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838. entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows!"
Respectfully yours &c
Samuel Merrill.

888
Jabitha Gray
$30 per a
J Merrill Andover Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Essex County
Be it remembered that on this second day of May 1843, personally appeared before me, the Subscribed Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Essex, Mrs Tabitha Gray, a Resident of Andover in said County and Commonwealth, aged seventy eight 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 Provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1843, granting Pensions to widows of Persons, who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Daniel Gray, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and served, as she verily believes, as stated by her in her original Declaration for a Pension under the Law of the 7th of July 1838, to which Declaration and the Papers accompanying the same, now on file in the War Department, she would refer for a more particular statement of his services, for the proof of her marriage, identity, and the time of her Husband's Death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the Rate of thirty Dollars per Annum, which amount she received from the 14th of March 1836 to the 14th of March 1841 at the Agency in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the time of her receiving her last payment, surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act, to the Pension Agent at said City of Boston, agreeably to the Rules of the Department.
And this Declarant further, alledges, that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband, but is now & ever since has been, the widow of said Daniel Gray, deceased, as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further saith not. Witness to her mark. } Tabitha Gray Samuel Merrill } X mark
Sworn & subscribed on the day and year first above written, and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described.
Before me,
Samuel Merrill, Justice of Peace.

I, William Stiles of Andover in the County of Essex of lawful age on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Tabitha Gray, the applicant within named, and have been for many years last past. I know that she was the wife, and is now the widow of Daniel Gray dec d , and that she was a pensioner under the Law of 1838, as stated by her.
Wm A Stiles
State of Massachusetts } ss. Essex County — }
Andover May 2 d 1843.
Then personally appeared William Stiles above named, who is well known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed, before me.
Samuel Merrill, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 4 th 1843
I hereby Certify, That on the second day of the present month Samuel Merrill, was (am) is now a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex;
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.
John D. Slee
Secretary of the Commonwealth.