Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44018, Melcher Ward, N.H.
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(3-1776) Service N.H. Ward, Melcher Number S 44018 Contents
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6686 New Hampshire 
Melcher Ward of Kensington in the State of NH who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Robinson of the New Hampshire line, for the term of 5 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13th of April 1818.
Certificate of pension issued the 6th of February 1819 and sent to D. Gookin Esqr Exeter N.H. Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 6 mo 22/30 34"86. Semiannual all'ce ending 4th March 1819 48 $85"86
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th march, 1818
Dead see old note, page 105
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44.018
Invalid. 
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File No. 44.018 Melcher Ward Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 1818
Index:- Vol. 3, Page 536
Arrangement of 1870.
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Melcher Ward 
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We the Subscribers Inhabitants [illegible]
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We the subscriber Selectmen of the Town of 
Kensington in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire do Certify that Melcher Ward of said Kensington who has applied for a pension & who was a soldier in the Army of the United States in the War of the revolution is in very indigent circumstances & stands in need of relief from his Country.
 Jany 12th 1819. 
Jere Fellows
 Stephen Brown Jr 

State of New Hampshire,
 Rockingham ss 
Exeter January 22 1819. 
Jeremiah Fellows and Stephen Brown 
Stephen Brown Junr both reputable citizens & worthy of full credit personally appearing severally made solemn Oath to the truth of the above certificate by them subscribed
before me
Oliver Peabody Justice of the peace & Quorum through out the State
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 I Peter Chadwick Esq Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire hereby certify that Oliver Peabody is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and of the Quorum throughout said State and that his signature to the within oath or affirmation is in his own hand writing.
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this twelfth day of January Anno Domini 1819 
[signature] P. Chadwick
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Correct as to service  - the judge does not certify to his reduced circumstances -

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I Melcher Ward of Kensington in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Testify and Declare that in the year 1775 I inlisted into the United States Service in Captain Caleb Robinson's Company a soldier and continued in the Service in said Company
in 1776 and was in said Captain Caleb Robinson's Company in the year 1777 in the Second New Hampshire Regiment and continued in the New Hampshire line of the Army in the Revolutionary war until peace took place when I was discharged that at the time of my discharge to the best of my recollection the company was commanded by Joseph Potter. and I do further say that I have lost my discharge. and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life stand in need of assistance from my Country for support.
April 13th 1818
Attest John J Parker
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Melcher X Ward
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Rockingham s.s. Probate Court at Exeter in said County April 13th 1818 Melcher Ward being duly examined and cautioned made solemn Oath before me that the above declaration by him signed contained the truth and the whole truth and is now appearing that the said Melcher Ward did serve in the United States Army on the Continental establishment in the Revolutionary War until the close of the war
I have hereunto set my name and caused the Seal of Office to be affixed.  
Daniel Gookin Judge of Probate
John J Parker Reg Probate