Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15536, Benjamin Ames, Mass.
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Service Mass. Ames, Benjamin Dorcas
Number W. 15536
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Massachusetts....1,37[illegible]
Dorcas Ames widow of Benjamin Ames, who died on the 10th of JanY, 1809; of Essex co in the State of Masstts. who was a Capt. in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Massts. [illegible] line for 8 mos.. Captain. Mass

Inscribed on the Roll of Masstts at the rate of 160 Dollars [blank] Cents, per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Sept [illegible], 1837. and sent to Hon. C. Cushing,  [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1837=$1,040:00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar. .. 80:00
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                                                         $1,120:00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3.}
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk, Book A, Vol. 2 Page 44.
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A Copy of the last Will & Testament of Capt. Benjamin Ames
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In the Name of God Amen
I Benjamin Ames of Andover, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Gentleman being in good bodily health, & enjoying a sound mind & memory at this time: Best calling to mind the mortality of my body; think it my duty to dispose of my temporal affairs in the best manner I am capable therefore do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament..And first of all, I recommend my Soul to God through my Redeemer, and my body I recommend to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named, and as [illegible] with temporal estate, as it hath pleased God in His Providence to bless me with, I give & dispose of the same in the following manner.  My will is that all my just debts of funeral charges be honestly paid by my Executor and of my estate.
[Illegible,] I give to Dorcas, my dearly beloved wife all my household goods and utensils of every sort & denomination, to be her own property forever, excepting my Clock or timepiece, and also one good Cow, & two good Sheep, and one third part of my books.  And whereas myself & wife have [illegible] [illegible] Lease of about one acre and half of Land & Buildings of my son Simeon Ames during our natural Life, which I desire & expect she will enjoy agreeable to the Lease, in that aspect I consider she will be amply provided for, and I give her the improvement of one third of all my other Lands that I shall {illegible] [illegible] of in my own right, those above mentioned improvements & priviledges I give to my said wife during the whole term she remains my widow and no longer, and I also give her the improvement of my Clock during athe aforesaid term, and it is my will my wife have one third of all my houshold provisions, at my decease, and also fodder for her creatures till the land produce some, if she shall need the same, and I order my son Simeon to find her a suitable horse to ride on to meeting & elsewhere as she may have occasion during her widow hood and a man to ride with her if she require it. And moreover to give her a decent burial provided she dies my widow..