Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,189, Silas Adams, Mass.
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Mass. Adams, Silas. Dodge, Lucy (Former Widow) N. 19, 1890. Res during Rev. Newlery, Esseiles. Mass, + died there Nov. 15, 1800
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3455. Massachusetts Lucy Dodge, Formerly widow of Silas Adams maps who was a Lieut & Captain in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 146 Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Certificate of Pension Issued the 8th day of Dec. 1843 and sent to J. P [illegible] Newburyport, Mass. [Act of March 1843] Recorded in book A Vol. 1 Page 40.
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2434 Lucy Dodge former Widow of Silas Adams Massachusetts
Nov. 15-8-75-88 8mo Service of Captain [...] 1777 Nov. [...] 23 [...] 7mo
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
County of Essex, ss Probate Office. I Nathaniel Sovd Junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that the honorable Daniel A. White, before whom the declaration have to announced of Lucy Dodge [...] to have been taken, is the judge of probate for said county; and his [...] subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature; and that William Woart esquire, before ammened of Joseph Toppan, Adams J Euigho, Erza Hale and Daniel Adams junior [..] to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and his name, subscribed to the certificate on each, is his genuine signature. Given under my hand and seal of office, this fourth day of October, A.D. 1838.
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Declaration of Lucy Dodge widow of Silas Adams
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of [...] of July 7th, 1832, Entitled "An Act grauting half pay, and pensions to certain [...]" Hate of Masschusetts- Essex county ss. - On this seventh day August in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before the Honorable Daniel A White. Judge of [..] for aid county of essex. Personally appeared Lucy Dodge resident of Newbury county and State afaresaid a god Eighty years. Who being first duty [...], according to [...] on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtsain the benefit of the [...]  made by the Act of being reso & assed JULY 7TH 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" - That she is widow of Silas Adams late of said Newbury deased, who was a commissioned officer and served with the rank of Lieuntenant, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy four, at Cambridge to time of Eight months and now afterword, as she has always understood and believed commissioned as [...], and denied in other places [...] Rhode Island in other states a further time,  but [...] or in what year. She [...] of memory was determined, but respectfully [...] leave to [...] The said Lucy Dodge  [...] further, on her said [...] declare that she was lawfully married to the said Silas Adams at said Newbury, on the eigth day of September one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine. That her said husband, the said Silas Adams died at Newbury on that fourteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred.