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"5281, New
Hampshire, Concord
Mercy
Barrett
decd. widow of
Nathaniel
Barrett
who died on the .... of NH of the State of NH who
was a private in the ... commanded by Captain ....
of the ..... commanded by ..... in the Revolution
for 8 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 26
Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day
of March 1831 & ---?-- Jany 14th 1840.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11th of April,
1854 and ---?--- [looks like a signature]
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Declaration
In order to
obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the
4th July 1836 ----
State of New Hamspshire , Cheshire County
On this
twenty [sixth crossed out] seventh day of
December AD 1838 personally appeared before me
Fredrick Gore Esq Judge of the Probate in afore
said County at her dwelling house,
Mercy
Barrett,
a resident of Stoddard in said County, aged ninety
one years last January, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on her oath make the
following declartion in order to obtain the benefit
of the previsions made by the act of Congress
passed July 4, 1836
That she is
the widow of Nathaniel
Barrett who
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War ~ and
perscived according to the best of her knowledge
and belief as follows vir
In the year
1775, eight months, stationed near Boston
Massachuttes, went from Milford New Hampshire into
said service, was in the New Hampshire troops - and
she thinks in Captain Grosbys
Company.
She further
declares that she was married to the said
Nathaniel
Barrett
on the fourth day of June in the year of our Lord
seventeen hundred and seventy two in Petersham in
the State of Massachuttes, by a Justice of the
Peace. That her husband the aforesaid
Nathaniel
Barrett,
did at Nelson in the County of Cheshire aforesaid
on the thirteenth day of [November crossed
out] October AD eighteeen hundred and twenty
eight - and that she has remained a widow ever
since that period as wife more fully appears by
reference to the proof hinto [?]
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annexed
& that her madiden name was
Mercy
Cummings.
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her
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Mercy
X Barrett
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year
above written.
Before Frederick Gore, Judge of
Probate
I certify
that the above declarant is unable to attend Coury
by reason of bodily infirmity.
Frederick Gore, Judge of Probate
The word
sixth erased and the word seventh interlined to
correspond with the fact, & the word November
erased & October interlined before signature
oath Frederick Gore, Judge of
Probate
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Hannah
Barrett,
Daughter of Nathaniel Barrett and Mercy, his wife,
was Born July 10th 1773.
Nathaniel
Barrett son
of Nathaniel Barrett and Mercy his wife was Born
July 15th 1775.
Nabby
Barrett
daughter of Nathaniel Barrett and Mercy his wife
was Born Aug 23d 1777
John
Barrett
son of Nathaniel Barrett and Mercy his wife was
Born June 22d 1780
Phineas
Barrett
son of Nathaniel Barrett and Mercy his wife was
Born Dec. 7th 1782
William
Barrett
son of Nathaniel Barrett and Mercy his wife was
Born April 23d 1791
Nelson
January 18th 1854
I hereby
certify that the above is a true Copy of the Record
of the Births of
Nathaniel
Barretts
Children as they stand on the Records of the Town
of Nelson.
A true Copy, Attest Chas. H. Whitney (Town Clerk of
Nelson)
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State of New
Hampshire Cheshire County. ss
On this sixth
day of April in the year of our Lord, Eighteen
hundred and fifty two personally appeared before
the County of Probate, held this day Record within
and for the County of Cheshire,
John
Barrett,
resident of Stoddard in the County of Cheshire and
the State of New Hampshire, aged Seventy one years,
who being --?-- sworn according to law, doth on his
Oath, make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefits of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed July 4, 1836. That he is the
only surviving child of
Mercy
Barrett,
widow of Nathaniel
Barrett who
was a soldier in the war of the Revolution.
That the said
Nathaniel
Barrett entred
the service from the town of Mason, on or about the
first of May, 1773 as a private in Captain Orasly's
Company in Col. Reeds Regament and was at the
Battle of Bunker Hill, the seventeeth of June and
continued in the service about eight months when as
honorably discharged.
That in the
year 1781 the said
Nathniel
Barrett enlisted
into the service from Mason. In February, 1781 and
continued in active service until the close of the
war in 1783. That at the time of his discharge, he
was in Capt. Issac Fay's Company in the 7th New
Hampshire Regiment.
That he has
often heard his father narrate his services and
tell of the hardships and [-?-] that he
endured while he was in the Service. Also of others
that served with him - that those who were knowing
the facts are to his best knowledg and belief,
dead.
That his
mother, Mercy
Barrett,
applied for a pension [-?-] the act of July
4, 1836 and had her claim suspended from what
[-?-] he is unable to state. - That the
aforesaid Nathniel
Barrett performed
the aforesaid services [-?-] July appears
... reference to the Certificate of the Secretary
of State of his serveces as sworn upon the
[-?-] now in his office herewith
presented.
He further
delares that his mother, the said
Mercy
Barrett
was married to
Nathniel
Barrett
on the fourth day of June year seventeen hundred
and seventy two. That
Nathniel
Barrett
died on the thirteenth day of October in the year
Eighteen hundred and twenty
eight.
and that
Mercy
Barrett
remained a widow from that period down to the time
of her death which was on the fourteenth day of
January, AD 1840. As will ...?... appears by
reference to the proof herto annexed that he is the
only surviving child and that he is
interested.
[signed]
John
Barrett
Sworn to and
subscribed on the day and year about written before
me in open court
Larkin Baker, Judge of Probate for Cheshire
County
State of New Hampshire } I George W. Sturtevant
Register
Cheshire ss } of Probate for said County herby
certify that the above named Larkin Baker is Judge
of Probate of said County and that the Signiture to
the above is his true and guenine signiture.
In testimony where of I here to set my hand and the
Seal of the Courty of Probate at Keene this
Sixth day of April A.D. 1852 [signed] Geo.
W. Sturtevant Regs
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