Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,100, David Farnham, Mass
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass
Farnham,David
Abigail
NUMBER
W.21.100
CONTENTS
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Rep?
2 Cents.

Maine. 7898. -
Abigail Farnham
widow of David Farnham
MSS
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26
Dollars
66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Husband died 6th Sept. 1814
Certificate of Pension issued the
First day of August 1846.
and sent to Rich Russell, Esq.
Sumerworth,
N. H.
and sent to
Acts of March 3, 1843.
and June 17, 1844,
Recorded in Book A
Vol.2 Page 3.
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Declaration of Abigail Farnham
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of
Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled
An Act granting half pay & pension to certain widows State of Maine York County Ss-
On this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty six personally appeared before the
Hon . William A. Hayes, Judge of the Court of Probate being a Court of record within and for the County of York in said State of Maine
Abigail Farnham a resident of Lebanon in the County of York & State of Maine aged Ninety-one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838, entitled, "An Act granting half
pay & pensions to certain Widows"" that she is the widow of David Farnham late of said Lebanon deceased, who was a privatesoldier in the army of the revolution. In the month of April in the year seven-
teen hundred & seventy five he enlisted into Captain Ebenezer Sullivan's Company in Col James Scammons Regiment
of Massachusetts troops for the term of eight months. Under this enlistment he entered on duty about the first of May in
the 1775 joined his company under said Captain Sullivan at Brunswick[?] and marched to Cambridge near Boston, there joined the
army & served out his term of eight months
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and was honorably discharged about the last of December
the same year.
The said David Farnham did not return home at the expiration of his said eight months service, but immediately on his discharge
as aforesaid, he enlisted again in the army of the revolution & served till about the first of April 1776 -- I have not been able to ascertain
in what company or regiment he thus served but have reason to 
believe that this service was three months in some Company that went from York County then in Massachusetts, on in same company from New Hampshire, as he then lived near the line between the two States
She further declares that she was married to the said David Farnham on tenth day of December in the year seventeen hundred & eighty eight, that her husband the said David Farnham died on the sixth
day of September eighteen hundred and fourteen,
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 and ninety
four, viz. at the time aforesaid. her
Witness John M Farnham Abigail   X Farnham
Wm. A. Hayes      marks
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written.
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate York Co Maine
I certify that said Abigail  Farnham by reason of
her great age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel or attend Court,
Wm. A. Hayes Judge
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State of Main
York County Ss.
I William Hammond Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that William A Hayes Esqr is the acting Judge of Probate for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be
his are genuine, In testimony whereof I have affixed
the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this third day
of May June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty six
Wm Hammond Register of the Court of Probate
York County Maine
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I Thomas Wentworth, Town Clerk of the
Town of Lebanon hereby certify that I
have carefully examined the Records of
Marriages in this Town and cannot
find the Marriage of David Farnham
and Abigail Smith therein recorded
Thomas Wentworth Town Clerk

I Thomas
Wentworth Town Clerk of
the Town of Lebanon in the County of
York and State of Maine depose and say
that under the head of Publishments in said
Town is the following entry, viz,
Published November the ninth seventeen
hundred and eighty eight. David Farnham
and Widow Abigail Smith.
I Thomas Wentworth Town Clerk of said
Town of Lebanon, depose and say that the
foregoing is a true copy of the record
with the exception of the date which is
expressed on the record in fair legible
figures as follows,Viz.
1788 Nov 9. David Burnham and widow
Abigal Smith were published,,

Thos Wentworth} Town Clerk of Lebanon
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I Thomas Wentworth before named depose and
say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk
in the afore said Town of Lebanon and
that the foregoing is a true extract from
the records of said Town with the
ceptions aforesaid as certified by me
Thomas Wentworth  }Town Clerk of Lebanon

State of New Hampshire
Shafford ss. Samuswirth May 4th 1846
Then personally appeared the above named Thomas
Wentworth and made oath that the foregoing is a
true extract from from the records of said Town.
Before me Richard Russell Justice of the Peace
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I Ralph Farnham of Acton in the County of York and State of Maine aged eighty three  years depose and say that I enlisted
as a soldier into Captain Philip Hubbards Company and Colonel Scammonds Regiment of Massachusetts Troops and served eight months in the year 1775
That I was acquainted with David Farnham that he enlisted and served in Captain Ebenezer Sullivans Company and Colonel Scammonds Regiment eight months at the same
time with me in the same Regiment at Cambridge, Massachusetts near Boston. Our term of enlistment was out the last day of December 1775. I took my discharge and came
home; but the said David Farnham did not come home then, he continued in service through the winter and returned
home in the Spring. I believe about the first of April 1776.
The said David Farnham was a  Cousin of mine & we both belonged to the Town of Lebanon in said County & State.
The said David has been dead thirty years. his widow is living in Lebanon and has children now living & I have no interest in the Pension which she is entitled to whatever
Ralph Farnham

State of New Hampshire
Strafford County ss.  February 4, 1846. Then personally
appeared the above named Ralph Farnham a credible and
inteligent man, to me well known and made oath that the
above affidavit by him signed is true.
Before me
Richard Russell Justice of the Peace
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19847
Sir
Somersworth N.H. June 6. 1846
This bundle of evidence to support
the claim of Wid. Abigail Farnham to
a Pension is respectfully submitted
Edward
Your obt, humble servt
Richard Russell
J.L. Edwards
Com of Pensions, Washington D.C
State of New Hampshire
County of Strafford ss. Court of Common Pleas
Clerk's office
I, John H. Smith, Clerk of said court, hereby
certify that Richard Russell is a Justice
of the Peace throughout the said State of
New Hampshire, duly commissioned and
qualified, that his commission is dated
May 20th A.D. 1844 and will expire May
19th A.D. 1849 and that the signatures to this
and the papers hereto attached, purporting to
be his, are true and genuine-
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court, this sixth ┃
day of June A.D. 1846,
John S. Smith, Clerk
[seal attached]
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office
lee, War Department.
Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolution
ary War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.
L.W.B.
W. 21100.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 5th, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that
Abigail, widow of David Farnham, made an application for pension on
April 20th, 1846, at which time she was 91 years of age and residing
at Lebanon, York County, Maine, and her pension was allowed for the
actual service of her husband as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary
war, for a period of eight months. He entered the service
at Berwick, Mass., and served under Capt. Sullivan and Col. Scarrion.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mr. Frank Battles,
505 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, Penna.
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WIDOW, &c.
[Cas]e No. 21.100
Abigail Farnham
Widow of
David Farnham
Pri Rev War
---
Act March 1843 & June 13th 44
[I]ndex: Vol. A, Page 228
Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr 5"99
Frank Battles
Phila, Pa
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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE
BY THE WIDOW OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
Widow of David Farnham State of Maine
County of York Town of Lebanon

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my husband's  service in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine in the year 1775 as a Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Sullivan in Colonel Scamells Regiment Massachusetts Troops and he served as follows, *viz:-
He the said David Farnham served eight months as a soldier under Capt Ebernezer Sullivan & Colonel Scammell in 1775 and continued in service during the winter of 1776 from the first of January to the first of April
following.
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*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the soldier, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.
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I am now ninty
years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this fourth day of February
A. D. 1846.

Signed by said
in my presence,
Abigal Farnham } Abigail  X  Framham
Richard Russell  }
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Attests all service   Farnham
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
April 4 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of David Farnham
of Lebanon, is borne upon a Muster roll
of Capt Ebenezer Sullivan's Company in
Col James Scammons' regt in the
Eight Months service, as a private
from May 5 to August 1. 1775.  3 Months
and 13 days probably travel is included,-.
Upon a Return of said Company, in said
Regiment, as a private    said Return is
not dated,
Mr. Coat Rell of said Company--Name not found upon rolls
for 1776 service
⎬
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I Unice Jones of Somersworth in the County
of Strafford and State of New Hampshire
aged sixty three years, depose and say that I
was brought up in the Town of Lebanon, in the
County of York and State of Maine and was a
very near neighbor to David Farnham of
said Lebanon, from my earleyest recollection
to the time of his death in 1814. That I was acquainted with his Wife Abigail Farnham during that period of time and continued my acquaintence with her from the death of her husband untill last December, 1845, at which time I moved into this Town
I recollect the time when it was said the said
David Farnham & Abigail Smith now his widow, were married. I was then a small girl and did not go in to see them married. They lived together as man & wife under the tongue of good report and brought up a large Family of children and I have no doubt whatever but that they were lawfully married.
Eunice Jones

State of New Hampshire
Strafford County Ss.
Somersworth June 5th 1846
Then personally appeared the above named
Eunice Jones a person of undoubted credibility to me known
and made oath that the above affidavit by her signed is true
Before me Richard Russell Justice of the Peace
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I  Moses Rollins of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged fifty four years, depose and say that I was brought up in the Town of Lebanon County of York & State of Maine and that I moved from
that Town to said Somersworth two years ago, that I was brought up & lived within one mile of David Farnham and was acquainted with him & his wife until his death, more than thirty years ago & have been acquainted with
his widow ever since. they lived together as man and wife, brought up a family of children in a respectable manner under the tongue of good report. I have no doubt, but
that they were lawfully married. I never heard any insinuation to the contrary what ever.
Moses Rollins

State of New Hampshire
County of Strafford Ss Somersworth June 6th 1846
Then personally appeared the above named
Moses Rollins, a man of truth, to me long known and made oath that the above affidavit by him signed is true   Before me
Richard Russell Justice of the Peace
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No 12847
8988
670.
Abigail Farnham
Maine. AH.
7 July 1838
M. 1778,
d-6 Sept 1874
Admitted
8 Mos $26.66
Also 3 March 1843
7 June 1844
Richard Russell Esq
Somersworth
N. H.
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11094.
Maine
Abigail Farnham
Widow of David Farnham
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 6th Sept. 1814.
of York in the State of Maine
who was a Pri. in the compy
commanded by Captain Sullivan of the
Regt. commanded by Col Scamens in
the Mass
line for 8 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836
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Certificate of Pension issued the 101 day of
August 1846 and sent to
Richd Russell, Esq.
Sumerworth
N. H.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838].
Recorded by D. Henry Wood Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 5
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FRANK BATTLES,
BONDS, LOANS, MORTGAGES,
505 CHESTNUT ST.
TELEPHONE 5327.
Philadelphia
Feb. 9th, 1899
H. Clay Evans, Esq.,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
[date stamp Feb 18]
Dear Sir: --
Will you kindly give me the military services in the Revolutionary war, so far as your records show, of David Farnham, who died September 6th, 1814. His widow, Abigal Farnham, was a
pensioner. She died September 30th, 1846 and was a resident of either Maine or New Hampshire at the time of her death. David
Farnham probably served in a company recruited at York, Maine.
Very truly yours,
Frank Battles