Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33310, Nathaniel Holbrook, Mass.

NUMBER
SERVICE
Mass
Holbrook, Nathaniel
833310
CONTENTS

7531.
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Holbrook of Randolph, in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sargent of Massachusetts line, for the term of one Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of March 1819 and sent to Mr. William Eddy Salem Mass.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 86.36 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 $ 8.
13436
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Verification sent Decr 20 th 1820 to James Ware Wrentham, Mass.

Nath. Holbrook
Massachusetts Lin- 1777-1781
Admitted

State of Massachusetts.
I Nathaniel Holbrook a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Randolph in the County of in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on January First Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Six
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the con- tinental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to January First Anno Domini Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Seven, being the term of one full year
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain John Vinton in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent, being the 16 th Regiment Massachusetts Line
and that I left the service in the month of January aforesaid being then honorably discharged and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty seven years
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Nath l Holbrook
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
The Subscriber one of the Associates Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice the abovenamed Nathaniel Holbrook,
and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court. I also certify that the within document Deponent is a credible & disinterested Witness.
W m Wetmore

I Ichabod Holbrook a 2 d Lieutenant in Capt John Winton's Company, Col. Paul D. Sargent's, regiment being ye 16 th in the Massachussetts line of the Continental revolutionary army, do testify that I enlisted the within named declarant into my said company in January A.D. 1774 to serve for one year, the said declarant served accordingly till his term expired
Ichabod Holbrook
Sworn to before me
W m Wetmore the Judge within named

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.—CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL SESSION, JULY 17, 1820.
On this fourteenth day of July 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, 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, Nathaniel Holbrook aged sixty three years, resident in Randolph in said County, before who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: I enlisted as a
Private in Capt. John Vinton's company in Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Regiment, in the year 1776, and faithfully served my Country for that whole year and was there honorably discharged as is more particularly set forth in my declaration for which service a pension has been granted me and a Certificate duly issued dated March 9th 1819, and numbered 7531.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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.
Nathl. Holbrook
Sworn to and declared, on the A. D. 1820 before
17th day of July
James Ware Judge of C.C.P. Pleas for the Circuit.
by  Horatio Townsend Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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 fifteen dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of July 1820
Horatio Townsend Clerk.

Copy Schedule No 4 Nathaniel Hulbrook
7531
gmarry

I Nathaniel Holbrook, of Randolph, in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of the 1 st May 1820, testify & declare that I have no property either real or personal except necessary clothing, bed and bedding for myself and wife, and a few necessary articles of household furniture for our use. I have no family but a wife aged sixty five years who is feeble & infirm as I am also myself, I have procured the necessaries of life by light labour and the assistance of my children who are settled by themselves but are not able to support me.
Nath l . Holbrook

33 310 Rev INVALID.
File No. 83,310
Nathaniel Holbrook
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1815 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]