Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9,806, Zachariah Hall, Mass. Navy

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass Navy
Hall, Zachariah or Hale. Smith Mary
R. 9806
CONTENTS
Former widow

3418 V 3 P1282 - Apr 20 '08.
Pension office
Mass. 4 July 1836 3 rd Sec.
(enter.)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That John Gray Rogers Esq r is one of the justices of the Police Court for the City of Boston; - and that Charles C. Baine Esq r is a justice of the Peace, for the County of Suffolk, (and they both were so at the date of their attestation)
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestation an is in due form, and by the proper Officers.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this Sixteenth day of April, A. D. 1838, and in the Sixty second Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Edward Everett

Boston, April 14. 1838 -
Sir, I herewith forward to your Department the application of Mary Smith for a pension as Widow of Zachariah Hale deceased - Hale appears to have been known to many persons as serving in the public navy during the Revolution - there are no rolls of the public vessels here - but it is supposed that on board some of your Department at Washington City, Hale's name will doubtless appear on some of the muster rolls of the ship Alfred, the Deane, the Queen of France, & Protector - but not strong enough to state such impressions under oath - As a Justice of the Peace in this County I certify to you that I saw & conversed with Saml Skillin, Nathl Hildreth & Joseph Nosten, whose affidavits accompany the application, & they each appeared to be respectable conscientious people whose testimony is fully worthy of credit - the applicant has likewise a worthy family, but Fortune poor -
Your attention to this claim in its due order is respectfully requested - I also certify that Francis Parkman is the Pastor of the New North Church in this City -
Yours in Respectfully
Chas. H. Paine
Hon. J. R. Poinsett, Secy. N. Dept.
Communication may be addressed here on this subject -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. p.
On this tenth day of April 1838 personally appeared before me John Gray Rogers of Boston in the County of Suffolk Commonwealth aforesaid one of the Justices of the Police Court for said County of Suffolk - the same being a Court of Record - Mary Smith of said Boston Widow aged ninety 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 4. 1836, and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3. 1837 :
That sometime prior to the Revolutionary war she was married by the Rev. Dr. Eliot to Zachariah Hall of said Boston carpenter : that her husband, said Hall, during said war enlisted in the Continental Service, & served therein more than two years = part of which time he served in the Continental army & part of it at sea : he went in said service in several naval expeditions ; from one of which he came home severely wounded with a splinter in his thigh, which wound he received in an engagement with the enemy at sea : the Physician or surgeon at the Hospital offered to take him there, but he preferred to remain at his home & did not go to the Hospital, & said Physician paid her thirty dollars towards his expenses while sick : he was laid up from six to eight weeks with the wound, & was attended by Dr. Coast, a Physician of said Boston = that Robert Sash
went with her said husband in some of these expeditions : that she had issue by said Hall twelve children, of

that one of her sons - Zachariah jr, now deceased, likewise served on board of one of the public vessels during said war - of whom three only are now living - that sometime after the war her said husband, Zachariah Hale, died in said Boston, and she soon afterwards was again married to Benjamin Smith of said Boston, who also died not many years thereafter - that she was a Widow on the 4 th July 1836, and still remains a Widow: Mary Smith
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me, the Subscriber, and I further certify that said Mary Smith, the Applicant, cannot, from her bodily infirmity, attend in Court.
John Gray Rogers.
One of the Justices of the Police & Justice Court (a Court of Record) within & for the County of Suffolk.

I, Samuel Skillin, of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty nine years, do on oath declare, that I was acquainted with Jeremiah Hall formerly of Boston in the County of Suffolk, Carpenter, now deceased; I became acquainted with him in the year 1776, soon after the British left Boston; shortly after I became acquainted with him, he engaged in the public service, & went as Master Carpenter in the public vessels on several voyages = he was well known to my father's family & visited frequently in his & my uncles' families. I often saw him then with his cockade in his hat. I cannot say in what particular vessels he sailed, nor how long he was engaged in the public employment, but I know he was then in the United States service & I think he was in it pretty much during the whole Revolutionary war, with occasional intervals when he was at home & worked on shore = I knew him well after the war till his death, & often heard him speak of his voyages in the public vessels & in the public service during the war. Sam l Skillin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss. Boston. April 12. 1838 - this day personally appeared the above named Samuel Skillin & subscribed & swore to the foregoing declaration.
before me,
Whe. B. Daine,
Justice of the Peace for said County.

Declarations of the undersigned
Suffolk ss. On this tenth day of April of the year 1838 personally appeared before me John Gray Rogers, of the City of Boston - one of the Justices of the Police Court for said County of Suffolk - the same being a Court of record - Nathaniel Hiles, of said City, Shipwright, of the age of seventy six years and up, deposes that when I was an apprentice in said City - I became acquainted with Zachariah Hall - who worked with me occasionally for my master, Mr. Titus Morgan, in ship building - in the first part of the Revolutionary war. That I well remember that said Hall served on board the Ship of War or Frigate called the Alfred, mounting about 32 guns - as Master Carpenter. That said Frigate went on two cruises from Boston when said Hall was Master Carpenter. That from my acquaintance with said Hall I went frequently on board the Alfred while she was in the harbor of Boston, and saw him employed on duty - as Master Carpenter. He wore a uniform. I believe said Hall was in the public Naval Service at least two years - and during this period was wounded as he mentioned and was constantly

= newly reported and believed in an engagement with the enemy. After the peace said Hall worked in a ship yard as a master carpenter and continued in that employment till a few years prior to the year seventeen hundred ninety six. I am not sure the precise time of his death having occasionally been absent about that time at the myself
2 nd of Feb y
I sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me the subscriber
John Gray Rogers Justice P. C.

I Joseph Foster of Boston in the County of Suffolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby declare years on oath declare that at the time of the Revolutionary War I was well acquainted with Zachariah Hark- of said Boston Carpenter was in the habit of seeing him every day & knew almost all that friend when he was ashore - always understood & believed  I knew that he served in the public service during that war in the United States Navy - I have seen him then with his uniform on - that is - such uniform as they then were in the habit of wearing - his rather a fancy dress - I cannot say in what vessels nor how long he served but have no doubt  knew he was in the public employ - I do not recollect when he died -
Jos. Foster
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. Boston April 14. 1838 - This day personally appeared the above named Joseph Foster and subscribed & swore to the above written declaration before me, Chas. C. Paine,
Justice of the Peace for said County.

Record of marriages
1765 Sept: 11 } Zechariah Hall Mary Skilling.
I certify, that the above is a true copy of from the Record of marriages, kept by the Pastor of the New- North Church in Boston.
Francis Parkman
[om.]

Record of marriages
1797 } April 11 }
Benj: Smith Mary Hall.
I certify also, that the above is a true copy from the same Record of marriages, kept made by the Pastors of the New- North Church; the former being in the ministry of An- drew Eliot D.D. - and this in the ministry of his son, Rev. John Eliot D.D.
Francis Parkman, Pastor } of said New-North Ch: }

REJECTED
9806
P. O. Mary Smith
Service: former Widow Zachariah Hale
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Mary Smith Massachusetts Suspended see let. to Charles C. Paine April 21, 1838
980 E
Act 4 July 1836