Morrison's Pensions
Pension Application for Joseph Jarvis
R.5558 (Abigail)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County SS.
On this
ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
thirty eight personally appeared before me William P. Walker, Judge of Probate
and of Wills within and for said County of Berkshire.
Abigail Jarvis,
a resident of Lanesboirough in sd County of Berkshire aged Seventy Five years
who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on here oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the Act
of Congress passed July 7, 1838 en titled “An Act granting half pay
and pensions to certain Widows that she is the widow of Doctor Joseph Jarvis
who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, that he enlisted into the service
in the year 1775 the day and month thereof it is impossible for me to tell, the
time he served nor the time when he left the same, but refer to the duly joined
depositions of Samuel P. Tyler relative to the same—That in the year 1776
he again served in the Army of the United States the day & month of his enlistment
into this service I can not tell only that he was at St. Johns in the month of
June of that year. The length of time he served or the name of his
officers, I do not remember.
His next service
that I am able to refer to was performed in the year 1780 in the expedition against
the Indians under Col. John Brown. He enlisted about the 1st of July for
three months under Capt White and was at the engagement at Stone Robby under
Col. Brown. I had no documentary evidence whatever [a line of text
crossed out]
She further
declares that she was married to the said Joseph Jarvis on the twelfth day of
January 1783. That he husband the aforesaid Joseph Jarvis died on the Seventeenth
day of October in the year of our Lord on thousand Eight hundred & Six. 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 & ninety
Four vix at the time above Stated.
(Signed
with her mark) Abigail Jarvis
Subscribed
and Sworn to the day & year aforesaid before William P. Walker Judge
of Probate.
Return to opening page of Morrison's Pensions