Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14810, Silas Grout, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Grout, Silas Susannah
W 14810
CONTENTS

Sec. Isaac Hick, July 20 '39 de. Part A. 9. - July 20 '39
Massachusetts - 3,352
Susannah Groot widow of Silas Groot
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 29 th Ap r 1820 of Middlesex in the State of Mass ts who was a P er in the Comp y commanded by Captain Gaudin of the Reg t commanded by Bellows in the Mass ts line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of July '39, and sent to Isaac Hick, E. Cambridge, Mass ts
Arrears to the 4 th of Mass ts $ 60.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 10.00 $ 70.00
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk Book A Vol. 15 Page 91-

Glasgow Oct 8
10
Mr. William C. Groat
Wayland Mass.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, } ss County of Middlesex, }
On this Thirtieth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight
Susannah Grant personally appeared before the Hon. Saml P.P. Fay Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County a resident of Wayland formerly called East Sudbury in the county of Middlesex aged seventy seven 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, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Silas Grant who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution; that he enlisted at Sherburne in said County of Middlesex, sometime in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven for the term of three years; as he was a blacksmith by trade & served as an Artificer, she does not know the name of the Captain, but she believes it was in a Regiment commanded by Col. Myles Putnam, he was at New York & Albany & was stationed at several places between New York & Albany; she always understood & used to believe that he served under this enlistment or other enlistments two years & upwards; - She always understood from him in his life time that he was in the service of the Revolutionary war in the whole two years & ten months.
She further declares that the said Silas Grant again enlisted as a private soldier in the year seventeen hundred & eighty, in what month she cannot tell, into a Company commanded by Col. King in a Regiment commanded by Col. Bradford; he then resided in Sherburne in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, & went to Springfield & then was placed under the command of Continental Officers & from there went to Westport & joined the Army under General Washington, was at the execution of Major Andre & saw him hang; he served under this enlistment six months.
She further declares that she was married to the said Silas Grant on the twenty first day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight; that her husband, the aforesaid Silas Grant died on the twenty ninth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty 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, viz.: at the time above stated. That she is still the widow of said Silas Grant never having been married since his death. Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me,
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court by said Susanna Grant, the day & year first above written. J. P. P. Fay. Probate
* Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. I Isaac Fisher Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Saml P.P. Fay is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature above written is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Thirtieth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight. Isaac Fisher Register.

I Joseph Douse of Sherburne in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, depose and say: That in the year 1780, I served six months in the Army of the Revolution in the Company commanded by Capt King and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Bradford. Silas Groot of Sherburne who afterward lived in East Sudbury, was in the same Company with me. At Springfield we were placed under the command of Continental Officers, and from thence we marched to West Point, and soon after joined Genl Washington's Army. I was in the same mess with Silas Groot a part of the time. I marched with said Groot from Springfield and came home with him from Fishkill, where I was discharged. Further your Deponent saith not. Joseph Douse
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. September 20th 1838. Then personally appeared before me the above named Joseph Douse, and made oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I further certify that said Joseph Douse is a highly respectable man, and a credible Witness.
(Dalton Gourdling, Justice of the Peace)
I William Clark of Sherburne in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose and say, that in the year 1777 I enlisted into the Army of the Revolution in the three years service and served in the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Morse and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam. I served out my term of three years, was at the taking of Burgoyne, and at many places between Albany and New York. Silas Groot of Sherburne was in the Army with me on the North River. He was in the Corps of Artificers. I saw him often. I used to go where he worked on purpose to see him. I saw him a great many times in the course of a year or more. I saw him at Peek's Hill and at a great many other places. I cannot say how long he continued in the Army, as he was with the Artificers, and I was a private Soldier. I am now eighty four years of age. Further your Deponent saith not.
William Clark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss September 20th 1838. Then the above named William Clark personally appeared and made oath before me, that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I further certify, that the said William Clark is in my opinion a highly credible Witness.
(Dalton Gourdling, Justice of the Peace.)

I Ebenezer Ames of Wayland in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, depose and say, that I attended Silas Groot of East Sudbury (now Wayland) in said county in his last sickness, as a practising Physician, and that he the said Silas Groot died on the twenty-sixth day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty, further your deponent saith not.
Ebenezer Ames
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. Oct. 20 th 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Ames and made solemn oath that foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true - and I further certify that said Ames is a credible person and fully entitled to belief.
Edward Mellen Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Dalkon Giddings & Edward Mellen Esquires are respectively Justices of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified & that their signatures written on the foregoing Papers are their genuine signatures. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Thirteenth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight.
Isaac Fiske Reg.

Susannah Grew, 2976 Massachusetts
ms. vol. 4 page 214
0780 — 6. —
no paper
adm'd bmo pri 20 $
No deduction
Isaac Fiske Esq Cambridge Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex Town of Sherburne I Alpheus Clark hereby certify that the following is a true Copy from the Records of the said Town of Sherburne now in my possession "August twenty first one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight Silas Groot of East Sudbury and Susanna Clapp of Sherburne were Married by the Rev Mr Brown" with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "Aug 21. 1788"
I Alpheus Clark above named depose and say that I held the office of Town Clerk in the County Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me Sherburne Septem r 20. 1838
Alpheus Clark. Clerk of the Town of Sherburne Sworn before me. Dutton Goulding. Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. I Isaac Pease Myer of the County of Middlesex and in the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Dutton Goulding Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly sworn and qualified & that the signature of the said Dutton Goulding above written is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of October A 1838. Isaac Pease Myer

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14810
Susannah Groot
Widow of
Silas Groot
Prv. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. a , Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Groton
FREE
Great Falls J. L. Edwards Esqum
Comm. of Pensions
Washington

EastCambridge County of Middlesex Mass
June 26. 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
I have neglected to write you hereto in answer of your notice to me in the matter of Mrs. Susannah Grant's application for her pension, at her special request: - She is well satisfied that her husband served as an artificer, (blacksmith) as stated in her application, from the account he frequently gave on his life time: - She has not been able at however to procure any further evidence, which I consider as having a material bearing; - It is possible that the service was performed in the year 1776, 7. - Will you have the goodness to turn to the Rolls of those years & see if the name of Silas Grant is not there to be found. - - If not, I have advised her to receive a pension for the time, which you state, is made out; reserving the right of furnishing evidence hereafter of further service of her husband, if any proper & legal evidence can be procured; in which case, it will be forwarded by her then Representative, Representative from this District, at the meeting of Congress. You will please therefore to forward a certificate for the term of service which is satisfactorily made out by the evidence furnished & such evidence, if any, as may be found

Upon the Moll, & smile on some to me.
I am respectfully
Yours J. A. Brooks.