Rev. War Pension: Ann widow of John Jarvis (1842); Baltimore City, MD Contributed by: Scott Wiesman ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** State of Maryland City of Baltimore Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that on the August 21st, 1842 before the Orphans Court for Baltimore County, the same being a Court of Record, personally appeared Ann Jarvis aged 83 years a resident of said city and former resident of Anne Arendel and Baltimore counties and State of Maryland, who, being duly sworn according to law did on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of John Jarvis, who enlisted as a private soldier in the Company of Captain Bird, in the First Maryland Regiment under command of Colonel Otho Williams and that her husband served until the end of the Revolutionary War and received pay for his service from John Hamilton, agent for the Maryland Line, that she the said Ann Jarvis formerly, Ann Richards and her husband John Jarvis werer lawfully married in the month of December in the year 1779 by the Rev. Walter Magowan in St. James Parish Anne Arundel County and State aforesaid and that after their marriage the said Ann and John Jarvis were the mother and father of five children, namely Sophia, Eliza, Rosillan,John and ???? Ann Jarvis, "all of whom are married and have children" and this Deponent further declares that her aforesaid husband John Jarvis died on the 13th day of March 1826 since which period the said Deponent has remained unmarried. Ann Jarvis (her mark) August 25th, 1842 This is a transcript of NARA microfim M805--468 Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pensions and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files.