Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29237, Consider Howland, Mass.

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NUMBER
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Howland, Consider
S. 29237
Q.L.Wt. 11059-160-55
CONTENTS

21.064 Massachusetts
Consider Howland
sergeant in the State of Mass who was a private in the Camp commanded by Captain Turner of the Regt commanded by Col. Marshall the Mass line for 8 Mo
Mch
14 Phym
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of July , 1832 and Rev. Mr. D. D. D. Phym out
Arrears to the 4th Mch D $53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mch 13.32 $66.66
Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832. C. O. O'Callaghan Clerk
Recorded by Book E Vol. 2 Page 14
Ms 3 m 55-17561

Col. E. D. B. Col. Dyer Nov 6/65
Vol. No. 51.
1561 det m and
App 55
Southside Highland
Prov.
Private J. L. Titcomb
Capt. M. P. Troop G
Dec 4/59
11.59
Rev d war
Rev d Pensioner
Map AD 32 - 210644
Boynion
ad. 160 acs Nov 23/65
Dodge
[Handwritten signature/initials]
J. L. B. Col. Dyer
South Abington Mass.

11070 Massachusetts
affirming eight hundred and thirty day of in the year of our Lord one in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of in the matter of the application of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court.
person, and that their statement is entitled to credit also signed the same, is a resident in the and that who has signed the foregoing certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the
Converse Hemenway

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this twenty second day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. Wilkes Wood, Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Hanover within and for said County of Plymouth, Conoider Howland a resident of Situatu in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged twenty two 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 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he served as a substitute for his brother Arthur Howland on Castle William, now Fort Independence in Boston Harbor under the following Officers, Thomas Turner, Captain, Joshua Eddy Lieut, Elkanah Haskell Ensign, in Col. Marshall Regiment of State troops, that he went on to the Fort the last of August 1776 and served there two months, when his brother Arthur came and took his place, and he returned home.
That he entered the service again, and enlisted in a Company of Militia, commanded by Joshua White, Capt King Stephen, Lieut. Joseph Ozias Ensign, in Col. Hall's Regiment, and marched to Bristol, Rhode Island in December 1776 and was stationed there the whole time of his service which was three months, and was dismissed in March 1777, and received no discharge.

That he enlisted into the service again in April 1777 and served in Capt. Amos Gurney's company of Militia King's Light Dragoons, Lieut. Stephen Dyer Ensign. That he marched to Rhode Island and was stationed at an old distill house about a mile from Howland Ferry, and served two months at this time no other company was stationed there, & he does not recollect any Field Officers as the company never paraded with any Regiment. Received no discharge.
That he enlisted the service again in October 1777 and served under the following Officers, John Gurney Capt. King's Light Dragoons, Lieut. Joseph Gurney Ensign in Col. Hall's Regiment of Militia, that he marched to Rhode Island and was stationed near Fogland Ferry so called; he was called to go on a "secret Expedition", the expedition was abandoned, and having served one month the term for which he enlisted, he was dismissed & returned home; but received no discharge.
That he was born in Marshfield, County of Plymouth, August 12, 1760, that his age is recorded in the Records of the Town of Marshfield. - That he lived in Marshfield until 1796, and since that time he has lived in Natick.
That he is known to Rev. Samuel Dyer, Dr. Freeman Foster, Samuel Waterman & others of Natick and Rev. Calvin Walcott, Robert Bell, and others of Haverover who can testify to his character for piety and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Consider Howland
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. Attest Jacob H. Lane Register

We, Calvin Wolcott a clergyman, residing in the town of Hanover and Ebenezer T. Pogg , a Magistrate residing in the town of Scituate hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with Comsider Howland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Calvin Wolcott Ebenezer T. Pogg
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
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 Calvin Wolcott who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Hanover and that Ebenezer T. Pogg who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Scituate and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Comsider Howland for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord

11070 Lemuel Howland
Plat 8 Months
16 ob.
May 15 1833
P. 402.
J. H. Lord Esq. Weymouth Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Conner Newland  u  of  Sutton  in the State of  Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Substant  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 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.     In 1775 2 Private Gen. Putnam  Col. Houghall   March 1776 3 " Col. White  Col. Houghall   April 1777 2 " Col. Putnam   Oct. 1777 1 " Col. Putnam  Col. Houghall  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sturminster Newton  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? None 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nathaniel Cottle  Examining Clerk.

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth
On this seventeenth day of March A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Consider Howland aged ninetyfour years, a resident of So Scituate in the State of Mass who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Consider Howland who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war in the company commanded by  for more than fourteen days in the regiment  of commanded by
in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812; that he
at  on or about the  day of  A. D. 181 ,
for the term of  and continued in actual service in said war for the
term of  and was honorably discharged with said company
at  on or about the  day of  A. D. 181 , as will appear by the roll of said company.
That he received a pension of twenty six dollars & thirty six cents per annum at the pension agency in Boston under the Act of June 7, 1832 that his certificate of pension is dated Aug 16 th 1833, and signed by H. Edwards. Com of Pension and for the first of his service
He also declares that he has not applied for, nor has he received any bounty land under any Act of Congress, except a acre land warrant, No. which was issued under the Act of Sept. 28th, 1850.
Mr. Commonweal is referred to his application for said pension.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act of Congress passed March 3d, A. D. 1855, and he prays that a certificate thereof may be sent for him to E. D. & C. A. DYER, South Abington, Mass.
Consider Howland
Subscribed and sworn to before me, the day and year first above mentioned. and I certify that I have no interest in this claim Cyrus H. Dyer Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth
Personally appeared Luther Howland and Fidelia Howland residents of So Scituate in the State of Mass
persons whom I certify are respectable and entitled to credit, and who being sworn according to law, say that they were present and saw Luther Howland sign his name to the within declaration, and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that the deponents do reside in the aforesaid town and State.
Luther Howland Fidelia Howland
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this seventeenth day of March A. D. 1855, and I certify that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in his claim. Cyrus A Dyer Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 13. 1855.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed, Cyrus A Dyer was a Justice of the peace for the County of Plymouth.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
19562
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

29 237 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29 237
Consider Howland Rev Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 193
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11.059
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160 Aug

Additional evidence No. 77561.
Consider Howland
Berwick
FREE
Hon. J. Minot Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

FREE
19-64
HON. L. P. WALDO,
Com. of Pensions,
Washington,
D. C.
A handwritten signature or set of initials in dark ink, consisting of large, flowing loops.

No. 77561
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 18, 1855
Cashier Howland Rev. War
Warrant 11059-160-55
E. D. & C. A. Dyer South Abington Mass

11070
Under Newland
Conrad Howland
Jacob H. Lord Esq Plymouth Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Leonidas Newland  set forth  at p. 4 which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? no yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 121 XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 121 If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? NO Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 121 XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 121 XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 121 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

South Abington Mass Nov 19. 1855;
Sir
We herewith enclose the record evidence of the service of Cousin Howland which please file with his application for bounty land No. 77561.
Very Respectfully
C O & C Adger

South Abington, Mass., Apr 16 1855
Sir,
We herewith enclose the applications of Moses Thompson John Bourne Gonsider Howland
Soldiers in the company commanded by Capt. in the Revolution & Pensioners,
for bounty land under the Act of March 3d, 1855, and you will please forward the warrants to which they may be entitled to our address.
Yours, very respectfully,
E. D. & C. A. DYER.
Hon. L. D. Waldo, Com. of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 18. 1855.
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 Consider Howland is borne on pay roll of Capt. Amos Dyer's Comp. Col. Titcomb's Regt. from April 11. 1777 2 Mths. 6 days, as private. Also on pay roll of Capt. Amos Dyer's Comp. Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regt. R. Island service, from Sept. 28. 1777 1 Month 1 day, as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. M. Wingham Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES.
Made by the
of the party who rendered the service.
State of Mass County of Plymouth Town of South Scituate
The Secretary of Mass is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Ebenezer Howland in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Marshfield in the County of Plymouth and State of Mass
He enlisted from the Town of Marshfield in the County of Plymouth and State of Mass in the year
17 as a in the Company commanded by Captain White in Regiment and he served as follows, viz:—
on Castle Island in Boston harbor and on a secret expedition at Rhode Island
which is all the information I have concerning the service of my self ; and you will please forward the result of your examination of the rolls to E. D. & C. A. DYER, South Abington, Mass.
Witness my hand this thirteenth day of November A. D. 1855
Ebenezer Howland
Signed by the said Ebenezer Howland before me,
Cyrus A Dyer
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Plymouth Jc. May 30. 1833.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joshua Magoun, Colburn Samson, Samuel Lapham, and Constant Fobes Pabman, who have subscribed the annexed Affidavits to prove the service of Colonel Howland of Natick. Maf. in Revolutionary War, are persons of credibility and their statements entitled to belief.
Anthony Collamore! Justice Peace

I Joshua Magoun of Pembroke in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged 70 years do testify and say that Consider Howland of Situate then of Marshfield, served in Capt Amos Durner's company of Militia with me two months at Rhode Island. That we marched there in April 1777 and were stationed at an old distill house about a mile from Howland's Ferry and remained there the whole time, no other company was stationed there and I knew no Regimental Officer commanding there.
Pembroke August 2 1832. Joshua Magoun
State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth
Subscribed and sworn to this second day of August AD. 1832 before me Anthony Collom, Justice of the Peace
I Colson Samson of Duxbury in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged 75 years, do testify and say that I enlisted in a company of State troops under the command of Capt. Thomas Durner in the Spring of the year 1776 for six months, that Consider Howland of Situate in said County served with me in said company on the Castle now Fort Independence in Boston Harbor, a part of that time, I should think as long as two months as a substitute for Arthur Howland.
Duxbury August 2, 1832.
Colson Samson
Plymouth to State of Massachusetts
Subscribed and sworn to this second day of August AD. 1832. before me Anthony Collom, Justice of the Peace
I Samuel Lapham, of Pembroke in the county of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, aged 70 years, do testify and say, that Consider Howland of Situate in said County served with me two months in Capt. Amos Durner's company of Militia and marched to Rhode Island in April 1778 and were stationed at an old distill house about a mile from Howland's Ferry; and I further testify that the said Howland served one month with me in October 1777 in the "secret expedition" as it was called to Rhode Island in Capt. John Durner's

company in Col. Halls Regt. of Militia, and were stationed about a mile below Howlands Ferry near Fagland Ferry; we enlisted for one month and having served that time and the expedition being abandoned we were dismissed & returned home. State of Massachusetts, ss. I, Leviuel Lapham County of Plymouth, ss. I subscribed & sworn to this ninth day of August 1832 before me Anthony Collamore, Justice of Peace.
I Constant F. Dabman of Marshfield in the county of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, aged 73 years testify and say that I went to Bristol Rhode Island, on the Bristol Alarm so called in November 1776 in Capt. Clifts company of Militia from Marshfield and soon after enlisted in the company commanded by Joshua White Capt. King Lapham 1st Lieut. and Joseph Osier Ensign, and was station- ed at Bristol the whole time which was four months and was dismissed in March following; that Constant as Howland then of Marshfield, now of Scituate went in Capt. Dingleys company also from Marshfield, and then enlisted in Capt. Whitts company and served all the time I did, and came home the last of March 1777.
Constant F. Dabman State of Massachusetts, ss. County of Plymouth, ss. I subscribed and sworn to this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1832. before me Anthony Collamore, Justice of Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby cer- tify that Anthony Collamore Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that his name sub- scribed to the foregoing certificates are true & genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. Jacob H. Lord
Consider Howland. A.P. x