Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19956, William Hall, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Hall, William Page, Mary Former widow
W. 19956
CONTENTS

4282 Massachusetts
Mary Page widow of William Hall Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, at a Gifer of Arts
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 10 4 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of March 1849 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page
124 Vol. 2

Declaration
State of Massachusetts } ss County of Suffolk }
On the sixth  seventh day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and forty two - Personally appeared before me Peter A. Macher, sole Judge of the Municipal Court for the city of Boston, in said County & State, the same being a Court of Record for the same
Mary Page a resident in the City of Boston, County of Suffolk and State of Massach- usetts, aged seventy five 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 July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows", and the amended act of August 33 rd 1842, That she is now the widow of W m M c Page late of Boston in the County of Suffolk and State aforesaid deceased, that previous to her mar- riage to the said W m  M c Page she was the widow of W m Hall of Houghton in the County of Norfolk and State aforesaid, who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War, and served according to the best of her knowledge & belief as follows (viz) He enlisted at Houghton in 1775 and served near Boston in Capt. Frederick Pope's Company in Col Paul D Sargents Reg t as a fifer eight months - He again enlisted and served two years and eight months in Capt. Frothinghams company and Col Eames Regiment at the northward, and
over

I believe was taken prisoner, he served as a fifer in Capt Grothinhams Company -
She further declares that she was married to the said Wm Hall in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty six and according to the best of her memory in the month of September of the same year, by the Rev Moses Pratt the then settled minister of Braintree in the County of Norfolk & state aforesaid, that the said Wm Hall her former husband died at Georgetown in the District of Columbia in the month of March in the year Eighteen hundred and ninety eight. He was supposed to have been murdered as his body was found with marks of violence upon it, as she was informed by a gentleman who was at Georgetown the time his body was found
That she was married to the said Wm W Page her late husband on the twenty-fifth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and three, and that the said Wm W Page died on the fifth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and forty one
That she was not married to the said Wm Hall prior to his leaving the service in the army, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year 1794 at the time above stated, that she has not married since the death of the said Wm W Page, that she is now a widow residing in the City of Boston in the County of Suffolk and state aforesaid
Mary Page
Witness to signature John L Hobbs
The erasing, and alteration of the time of the death of Wm Hall was done before the execution of this declaration - it was written 1897 instead of 1798 Attest John L Hobbs

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. City of Boston, October 6 th 1842. Then Mary Page the foregoing deponent, subscribed the application offered said & made oath to the truth of the contents of the same, before me. I also certify, that Mary Page by reason of her age & infirmity is unable to attend personally without great inconvenience in Court.
Peter O. Thacher Sole Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston which is a court of record for said County Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk. Town of Stoughton ss: July fourth Seventeen hundred and eighty six The Intention of Marriage between William Hall & Mary Hayward both of Stoughton - The above is a true copy from the record of Intentions of Marriages in the Town of Stoughton, with the exception of the date which is impressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, July 4 1786. I hereby certify that I find no record of the Marriage attest Martin Wales } Town Clerk of Stoughton
I Martin Wales above named depose & say that I hold the office of clerk of the Town of Stoughton aforesaid in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Stoughton with the exception above named as certified by me
Martin Wales Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss. September 21st 1842. Sworn to & Subscribed by the said Martin Wales
Before me
Benjamin Richards Justice of the Peace

8458
Mary Sage former widow of William Hall Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By the Honourable William Heath Esquire,
JUDGE of the Probate of Wills, and for granting Letters of Administration on the Estates of Persons deceased, having Goods, Chattels, Rights or Credits in the County of Norfolk — within the Commonwealth aforesaid.
To Mary Hall, of Stoughton, in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Widow,
Greeting.
WHEREAS William Hall, late of Stoughton aforesaid, Trader,
deceased, having while he lived, and at the Time of his Decease, Goods, Chattels, Rights or Credits in the County aforesaid, lately died intestate, whereby the Power of committing Administration, and full Disposition of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, Rights and Credits of the said Deceased; and also the hearing, examining and allowing the Account of such Administration, doth appertain unto Me: Trusting, therefore, in your Care and Fidelity, I do, by these Presents, commit unto you full Power to administer all and singular the Goods, Chattels, Rights and Credits of the said Deceased, and well and faithfully to dispose of the same according to Law; and also to ask, gather, levy, recover and receive all and whatsoever Credits of the said Deceased, which to him while he lived, and at the Time of his Death, did appertain; and to pay all Debts in which the said Deceased stood bound, so far as his Goods, Chattels, Rights and Credits can extend, according to the Value thereof: And to make a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, Rights and Credits; and to exhibit the same into the Registry of the Court of Probate for the County aforesaid, at or before the fourteenth Day of November next ensuing: And to render a plain and true Account of your said Administration upon Oath, at or before the fourteenth Day of August , which will be in the Year of our LORD One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine . And I do hereby ordain, constitute and appoint you Administrat rix of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, Rights and Credits aforesaid.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of the said Court of Probate. Dated at Quincy — the fourteenth Day of August — in the Year of our LORD One thousand seven hundred and ninety eights .
W Heath

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept r 26 1842.
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 William Hall of Stoughton is borne as fifer, in a Return of Captain Frederick Pope's Company, Col. Paul D. Sargent's Regiment. Said Return is signed by the Captain and not dated, but is on the regular files of the 8 months service in 1775, and accredited as such. The name of William Hall of Stoughton is also borne on the Army Books, as fifer in Capt n Frothingham's Company, Col. Crane's Reg t from March 1 st 1778 to the 31 st day of Dec r 1780, is 34 months at 52/ per month.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Isaac O. Bishop
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Benjamin Richards of Randolph in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being in my sixty third year of my age, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with William Hall, of Stoughton in the County and State aforesaid that before he was married he lived a near neigh- our to my Father, altho. young at the time I well knew him, as he was a fifer, I used to amuse my self with hearing him fife. He lived not more than a hundred rods from me; He married Mary Hay- ward of Stoughton in the same neighbourhood, I did not see them married i was young & in my eighth year of my age, after he was married he built him a dwelling House in Stoughton and lived with the said Mary and had four children - He went to the southward & never returned, it was the comm- on report that he was found dead and it was sup- posed he was murdered; my father Joseph Richards of Stoughton now deceased kept a daily journal where he wrote down the events of the day that happened to take place such as his business, the Deaths and Marriages that took place in his neighborhood and the vicinity, and in this journal is written in his own hand wrighting, September 11th 1786 William Hall was married" I would further testify that I have had occasion in many instances to search the records in the Towns of Stoughton & Braintree (now Randolph) respecting those persons said to be married by the Rev. Moses Taft, and never could, find any record of the same, the Father of the said Mary Hayward belonged to his parish. a portion of Stoughton was attached to a part of Bran- tree now Randolph, which formed said Tafts Parish why I make this declaration or affidavit is I was called upon by the said Mary, who now is the widow of William Page of Boston, who I understand claims a pension under her will her bond William Hall
Benjamin Richards
Suffolk ss October 1 st 1842. Subscribed & sworn to by the said Benjamin Richards, who is a credible witness. Before me S. Saltonstall Justice of the Peace

I William Curtis of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say that I am eighty nine years of Age, that I was acquainted with William Hall of Stoughton, he was a fifer, he enlisted in the time of the war of the rebellion, when he was very young, he went to the northward as I then understood and was taken prisoner I was not with him but that was the common report in the vicinity where he lived, I was born in Stoughton, and lived near where the said Hall was brought up - I did not see said Hall after he went into the Army for a number of years; after he came home to Stoughton I there saw him again he was a fifer in the company that I belonged to in Stoughton after the war closed I know no person by the name of Hall in Stoughton but this William Hall - He married Mary or Polly Hayward of Stoughton after he came home out of the war I think it was three or four years after after he was married to the said Mary or Polly Hayward - he lived with his wife in Stoughton and had several Children - He traded in continental money or securities and other trading business. he went to the southward and never returned. The common report was he was murdered for his money there was news come to Stoughton that he was dead his wife I believe settled his estate -
Wm Curtis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss. Sept Embled 29th 1848. Then the above named William Curtis personally appeared and made Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Benjamin Richards Justice of the Peace I the said Justice hereby certify that the above named William Curtis is a person of truth and veracity and his word may be depended upon Benjamin Richards Justice of the Peace

I Samuel Bell of Boston in the County of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts being in the twenty fifth year of my age do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Mrs Mary Page the Widow of Mr W Page deceased late of Boston aforesaid, since that I was acquainted with her previous to her marriage to Mr W Page when she was the widow of Mr Heath deceased formerly of Houghton in the State of Massachusetts.
I do further testify that the said Mr W Page died in Boston on the fifth day of April in the Year Eighteen Hundred and forty one and that I attended his funeral.
Samuel Bell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss. City of Boston, Oct. 6. 1842
Then Samuel Bell the above deponent signed & made solemn oath to the truth of the contents of the above deposition: The said Samuel Bell being personally known to me to be deserving of credit as a witness — before me
Peter A. Thacher Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretarys Office Boston October 8. 1842.
I hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher is Judge of the Boston Municipal Court and Sherman Leland is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk — and that Benjamin Richards is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk (and they were so at the date of their several attestations) in the said Commonwealth duly constituted and commissioned and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are to be given.
Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth the day above written.
John F. Brigham
Sec'y of the Commonwealth

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 12956
Mary Page Former widow of William Hall Stifter New Mar.
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts 2818
Mary Page, family
widow of William Hall
who was a Fifer of Ar.
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
104 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
22 d day of Nov. 1843
and sent to John Hobbs
East Cambridge, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A,
Vol. 1. Page 51.

Reported,
Massachusetts 6960
widow of Mary Page, formerly William Hall
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the March 1797 of Suffolk in the State of Mass who was a Hfser of Ar. in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Sargent _____ in the Mass, line for 2 yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 104 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Jany '43 and sent to Hon W. Parmenter H. Reps
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 Semi-annual allowance ending
520
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Theo L. Woody Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 121

8458 Mass.
Gift J. L. Hobb. Oct 14. 1842
act 7. July 35.

28/2
July 28. 1843
Mary Page March 5/43.
M rs H
$104 per an.
for the Town's
John L. Hoots East Cambridge Mass
James J. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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East Cambridge July 35 th 1843
Rev Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed is an application from Mary Page, for a Pension agreeable to the act of Congress passed on the thirteenth of March 1843, which I hope will prove satisfactory.
Respectfully Your obed Servt John L. Hobbs
P.S. Direct to John L. Hobbs care of the New England Glass Company Boston

present ✓ See no 8458
Mary Page
Mack.
act 7. July 35.
advised
2 yrs pifer garty
104
Hulb. Parmenter 1802

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the seventh day of July 1838 entitled An act granting half pay once Pensions to certain Widows
State of Massachusetts } County of Suffolk }
On this Seventh day of January in the Year Eighteen hundred and forty three, Personally appeared before me Peter O. Macher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston
Mary Page a resident of Boston in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, Widow aged Seventy five 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 once pensions to certain Widows, That she is now the Widow of William F. Page late of Boston in the County & State aforesaid deceased, that previous to her marriage with the said Page, she was the Widow of William Gull of Houghton in the County of Norfolk and State aforesaid who was a soldier in army of the war of the Revolution, and served as a Hiker, whose services have been fully set forth in a former application, She further declares that she was married to

the said William Hall in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six and according to the best of her memory in the month of September of the same year, and that her husband the aforesaid William Hall died in the month of March, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety seven, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above stated
Signed & sworn before me Peter O. Thacher
Mary Page
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss. On the day & year first before written, the above named Mary Page made solemn oath to the truth of the contents of the foregoing declaration. Further say, that the said Mary Page is a person of truth, whose testimony is worthy to be received in a court of justice. Further that by reason of age & infirmity, the said Mary Page is unable to attend personally in Court. Boston. January 6 th 1843
Before me
Peter O. Thacher
Sole judge Municipal Court of the City of Boston; which is a court of record for said county Commonwealth. Henry Munroe

Com't'te of Massachusetts. Sec'y's Office, Jan'y. 6. Bk 3.
I hereby certify that Peter D. Thacher whose name is by him written on this document is fully of a lawful Record in the Com- monwealth. Witness the Seal of the State
John D. Sleeper
Sec'y of the Com't'te

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss Suffolk County — }
Be it known that on this 15 th day of July 1843. personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth, Mrs. Mary Page, a resident of Boston, County & Commonwealth aforesaid aged seventy six 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 on the 3 d day of March 1823, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of William Page, & formerly of William Hall, who was a officer of Artillery in the Revolutionary War & served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of 7 th July 1838, & August 1842 to which declaration & the papers accompanying the same she would refer for a more particular statement of his services, for the proof of her marriage, identity & the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said acts at the rate of one hundred & Four Dollars per annum which amt. she had rec d for five years & at the time of receiving payt. surrendered her certificate to the Pension Agent at the City of Boston where her pension was payable.
She further declares that she has not intermarried since the death of William Page her last husband but has ever remained the widow of said Page & of Mr. Hall for whose services in the Revolution she was pensioned as aforesaid.
Mary Page

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first within written, and I further certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described.
Before me
Lowell M. Stone Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 24 th 1842
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Lowell M. Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
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.
Isaac Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Virginia COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Ohio COUNTY, }
On this thirteenth day of September 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Mary Page a resident of Cambridge, State of  in the county of  Massachusetts, but now residing in aged  Virginia, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of William Hall, her first husband who was a resident of Stoughton in Massachusetts and who was a fifer in the Artillery in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of one hundred and four dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Mary Page
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, a justice of the peace and year above written, } in and for ohio county and state
In presence of James Baker } of Virginia John L. Hobbs } James Baker Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
James Baker Justice of the Peace.
State of Virginia COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Ohio COUNTY, }
I, Mom Collocher Clerk of the County Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
James Baker is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this Twenty eighth day of September 1848
Mom Collocher CLERK.

Washington Jan'y 11. 1845-
Sir
I send you the additional declaration of the Page under of the State wherein the presence is all that is necessary to entitle her to a certificate -
Respectfully
Yours sincerely
James L. Edwards Esq. J. P. [unclear]
This your minor's record is a complete case excepting that the husband died subsequent to passage of the Act of 7th July 1838 - & this additional application shows her right to be allowed

East Cambridge Jan y 1842
Dear Sir
Your esteemed favor of the 31 st was duly received, I am pleased to learn there is so favorable a turn taken in my Mother's case - Applicable to your instructions I have the pleasure to transmit to you another declaration which I hope will be satisfactory -
I understand since making out the declaration that Col Cromie's Regiment, to which William Hall belonged, was a Reg t of Artillery, and that soldiers of Artillery receive more than Infantry, would it not be well for you to enquire about it when you hand in the declaration, to call their attention to it, in making out the Certificate,
Respectfully Your Obedt Servt John L Hobbs
To the Hon ble William Forster

Boston Octo 10 th 1842
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions Sir Sir
We have the pleasure herewith to transmit to you a Declaration from Widow Mary Dage (formerly (formerly) Widow of W m Hall deceased, a Soldier of the Revolutionary Army, together with several affidavits of such testimony as I trust will be satisfactory, to enable her to obtain a Pension agreeable to the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, and the amending act of August 23 d 1842.
We have not been able to obtain a Certificate of her marriage to W m Hall as there is no record to be found of the marriages that was solemnised by the Rev d Moses Graft the Minister that married them,
I presume the affidavits of Martin Wales W m Curtis and Benjamin Richards Esq rs will be sufficient to substantiate the fact
As Mrs Dage has authorized me to act for her, please direct to the writer.
To the Care of the New England Glass Company Boston Mass t
Respectfully Your Obed Serv t John L Hobbs