Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32761, Manuel Greenough, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Greenough, Manuel
NUMBER
S. 32761
CONTENTS

Set to C B Pense age 18 1814
Notification sent the 21 st April 1821 to Rev. Merrill Esq. Salem Mass
16.039
Massachusetts.
Mannel Greenough of Marblehead in the state of Massach ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greadon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of the war
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of May 1820 and sent to Hon ble M. Pillsbee, A. Rep ts U. S.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 - 100. 49 Semi-ann l all ce ending 4 Sept r 1820 - 40. 00
22 mo s  \frac{13}{30} \frac{4}{31}
$228.49
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Essex Co. Mass

Manuel Greenough private 18 April 1818 not on Rolls DH -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That Manuel Greenough of Marblehead in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION, to wit,
That He the said Manuel Greenough enlisted as a private in a company commanded by Capt William Haskell in the 21 Regiment Massachusetts Line under Col John Glover & served to 1 Jan y 1776 then re-enlisted in a company commanded by Capt Picket in the Regiment under Col Hitchcock Massachusetts & served them to the end of the war - was at the capture of Genl Burgoyne - & was honorably discharged - That he lost his written discharge by time & accident - That he is sixty five years old
That the Declarant is infirm ; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support ; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
Signed before S. Putnam J S. C
his Manuel X Greenough mark

AFFIDAVIT.
I Richard Wheeler of Marblehead in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Manuel do on oath depose and testify,
That I well remember that Manuel Greenough was a soldier for four years immediately before the close of the war and served faithfully during the time.
his Richard Wheeler mark
Supplementary Declaration.
I Manuel Greenough, within named, do further declare that I enlisted to serve during the war in Col. Greaton's Regiment in the Mass ts Line of the Continental Army, and I served therein from 1777 to the end of the war as a private, first in Sumner's, next in Pritchard's Company. I am a foreigner, and talk so unintelligibly that I always find it difficult to make my speech understood.
Manuel his  X Greenough mark
Ef ss : Feby 16 th 1820 Then said Manuel Greenough made oath to the truth of the above declaration before me Nathan Bowen Jus t Peace

Essex: Feby 23 d . 1820 I further certify that Manuel Greenough is in very indigent circumstances, and he is supported by the alms of the town of Marblehead. I also certify that Richard Wheeler, John Withington and Patrick Mc Namara are credible and disinterested witnesses.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass t }
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me S. Putnam one of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth
the aforementioned Manuel Greenough Rich d Wheeler and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforeswritten Declaration and AFFIDAVIT , by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforementioned Manuel Greenough served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the first day of Jany A. D. 1776 to the day of A. D. 1783 at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby cer- tify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court a- foresaid, at Marblehead , this eighteenth day of April, in the ye r Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass t }

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. I Ichabod Tucker clerk of the Judicial Court of said State in for the County of Essex do hereby certify that the Hind Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial Court that the within signature is his proper hand writing that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said court
Salem Apr 20 1818. Atty. Ichabod Tucker Clerk
Essex ss. Feb'y 23. 1820 I further certify that Nathan Bowditch Esq r is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and his signature within written is genuine; and Benjamin Merrill is a Justice of the Peace and his signature within is genuine
Atty. Ichabod Tucker Clerk

16,839
Manuel Greenough
Sept. 10 20
Con
Hartto
Ben. Merrill Esq. Salem
April 21. 1821

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit  Supreme Judicial Court , begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third  fifth  Monday of June  Tuesday of October , A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA , Putnam, one of the Justices 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, William Elliot of Marblehead, legal Guardian of Manuel Greenough non compos mentis resident at Marblehead in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 17425  16,839 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, Manuel Greenough 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 eighteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
***** * L. S. * *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourth day of May , one thousand eight hundred and twenty
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, a small piece of land, about 15 feet, with a hut on it, large enough only for one person $15.00 two kettles, a bucket, mug & dishes 1.50 $16.50
The said Manuel is over seventy years of age; a Spaniard by birth, but came to the U. States before the War of the Revolution & dwelt here ever since. He cannot talk intelligibly and has no occupation; he has many years past been maintained as a pauper by the town of Marblehead. -
W. Elliot
and

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Sam. Putnam a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Wm Elliot Guardian of  Manuel Greenough do solemnly swear, that I  he was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that he  he has not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of his  his property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself  himself 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 him  him , any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to him  him ; nor has he  he any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Supp: Jud. Court, Oct. Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term , A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed William Elliot took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Sam. Putnam - 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
Sixteen dollars fifty 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 second day of January A. D.
1821
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Washington City, Feby
1820
I, Joseph Story, an Associate Justice of the Sup. Court of U.S. do hereby certify that I know the person of Manuel Greenough, otherwise called Manuel Potegrene, and otherwise called Manuel Soto, now dwelling in Marblehead in Mass ts , where I formerly resided: he is reputed to be of foreign birth, probably a Spaniard: and cannot articulate words in any language so as to be clearly understood. [ I have ever been informed by those inhabitants of Marblehead who saw and participated in the scenes of the Revolutionary War that the said Manuel Greenough served as a private soldier in the Continental Army during the whole or the principal part of that War: ] and I fully believe the testimony exhibited with his application for a Pension is true. He has resided in Marblehead ever since my earliest remembrance, & is exceedingly poor - Whether he served in the Revolutionary War or not I do not know - nor recollecting to have heard anything on the subject - But I should have entire confidence in what respectable witnesses in Marblehead would state. —  Joseph Story Ass. Jus. Sup. Ct. of U.S.
Manuel Potegreneough Private 3 rd Mass Regt 15 th Feby 1777 the War - On Roll
Hon. Mr. Silsbee.

I Isaac Orgin of Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & say, that during the Revolutionary war I served as a Drummer Six years and six months, in the third Massachusetts Regiment, that during the whole of said time Manuel Greenough who I well know was a private in said Regiment, and I think belong'd either to Capt. Watson or Capt. Sumners Company, and that at the close of the war he was honorably discharged, & that I well know he belong'd to Marblehead and that he had a wife there at the time — Isaac Orgin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. Boston Jan'y 28: 1820
Personally appeared the above named Isaac Orgin & made solemn Oath to the truth of the above affidavit, by him signed —
Before me Sam l Andrew Justice of the peace

32 761 Rey INVALID.
File No. 32,761
(Mannel Greenough) Rev Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 495
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Merchants Bank, Boston, 15 th April 1844.
Yrs
It having been intimated to me some time since that payments of the Pension on account of Mabel Greenough had been made after his decease, I addressed a letter to James Gregory Cope the Collector of the Port of Marblehead on the 10 th inst. to ascertain the date of said Greenoughs decease. Enclosed I transmit copies of the correspondence.
It appears by the books of this office that the pension of Greenough was paid to his Guardian, James Appleton, up to the 4 th of September 1838. being nearly two years after the stated time of his death, the said Appleton making the necessary oaths at the time of each payment, (as will be seen on reference to vouchers of my accounts in the Third Auditors Office per act 18 th March 1818. No. 27. quarter ending 30 th June 1838. & No. 23. quarter ending 31 st December 1838.
Mr. Appleton I am informed

is now a resident of Portland, Me.
I am, very respectfully Your obed. Servt.
Franklin Haven
Pension Agent.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm te of Pensions Washington D.C.

Manuel Greenough
Col. Hitchcock's Massachusetts Reg't
1776 - war - Col. Greaton's Massach. ts Reg't
1777 - war - Roll. 10 th Apr. 1810 -
Admitted -

[Proof.]
We John Withington of Boston in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts laborer and Patrick M c Namara, of Boston aforesaid laborer. Do severally testify and declare that we were both Revolutionary soldiers, and belonged to the Regiment called the 8 th Massachusetts Regiment in Sumner's Company. That we well knew a man in the same Regiment and Company by the name of Man Manuel Grenough, or Manuel Pettigrew, passing sometimes by one name & sometimes by the other, and that he served in the same Regiment a number of years that he was regularly and Honorably discharged, sometime after the termination of the war of the Revolution, that he was discharged at Newburg in the State of New York, as we believe in June 1783 — and I the said Patrick Namara. Do also know that said Manuel Grenough or Pettigrew was some part of the time aforesaid in the Company under Captain Thomas Pritchard, in the same Regiment, commanded by Colonel Grooton, and we recollect that the said Manuel had a wife in the Regiment who went by the name of Peggy, and we also know that the said Manuel was a Spaniard by birth but had been many years an inhabitant of Marblehead, and we are informed that he is still living at Marblehead.
John Withington
Patrick
M c Namara mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. On the twenty second day of February Boston. in

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before me Stephen Coodman Notary. Publick, by lawful Authority admitted and sworn an a Justice of the peace for the County of Suffolk & dwelling in Boston aforesaid, personally came and appeared John Withington and Patrick M c Namara who being first by me duly cautioned and sworn to declare the truth and nothing but the truth did severally make Oath, that the foregoing depositions by them subscribed, having been by me first clearly & distinctly read to them / contained the truth and nothing but the truth - except that the said Withington says he did not belong to Sumner's company but that he was part of the time in Edward R. Williams part in Samuel Boston part in James Tisdale. part in Alice Watson part in Simon Jackson company all in the same Regiment
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, the day & year aforesaid
Stephen Coodman
Notary Public
& Just. peace

I Jacob B. Winchester Esq. of Salem in Massach- setts on oath testify:
That I served in the Continental army in the Mass ts Line from 1777 to the end of the War: I well remember that in the fall of 1781, when I returned with my detachment from Virginia to the Highlands on the Hudson, I found Manuel Greenough, now of Marblehead well known to me, serving as a private in the Third Mass ts Regiment, to which I then belonged and I know he continued to serve in it nearly two years, that is, till the close of the War, when he was honorably discharged.
I have made no application for a Pension.
I have known Greenough ever since: he appears to be of Spanish extraction and cannot talk very intelli- gibly. He is poor.
Jacob B. Winchester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss: Octr. 15. 1818 Then Jacob B. Winchester Esq. subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit. He is a gentleman of credit and respectability.
Brj. Merrill Asst. Pac.