Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13928, for Elisha Story, Massachusetts
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SERVICE |    | NUMBER

Conti
Mass
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Story Elisha
     Mehetabel (or)
     Mehitable
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W.13928
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196
Massachusetts
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Mehitable Story
widow of Elisha Story
who was a Sergeant
in the Mass a Line
Increased from $360. per annum.
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
450 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843
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Certiface of Pension issued the
27th day of May 1844
and sent to
Hon. W. Parmenter
House of Rept.
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[Act of March 3 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1.  Page 267

(right side)
2 Certs:
Inceased under 38 & 43} rep by Setter 27 May '44

Hon C. Stets on Apl 10/51 -
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4692
Mehitabel Story
widow of Elsha
Mass _
Act 7.July.38
m.78. d.1805
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(in pencil)
Rolls
26/210 - on 30 June 15 -
Matting Gmo on 75
J 12 . 76

admd
18mo - Surgeon
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360$
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no deduction
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Hon. Jos. Story
Cambridge
Mass.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
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Secretary's Office April 1st 1839

I hereby Certify, That at the time of the Several within attestations. N. I. Bowditch was a Justice of the Peace for the county of Suffolk. and Nathan Bowen and William Woart, Justices of the Peace for the County of Essex.

in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestation, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonthwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

(applied seal)
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United States of America.
State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk Js
At the Police Court of the City of Boston, holden within & for the County of Suffolk.

On the thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine appeared in Court Mehitable Story formerly of Marblehead in the County of Essex, but now a resident of Boston in the County of Suffolk. and State of Massachusetts widow of aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to said doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the seventh day of July AD1838 entitled "an act granting halfpay and pensions to certain widows," — that she is the widow of Doctor Elisha Story, late of Marblehead aforesaid, deceased, who was a Surgeon of the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Moses Little employed in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution. That she verily believes that the said Elisha Story served as such surgeon in the said Regiment from the time when he was appointed and commissioned on the twelfth day of July A.D.1775 to the month of February A.D. 1777 when the said regiment was disbanded. That as her marriage with said Elisha Story as herein after mentioned did not take place until after the disbanding of said Regiment. She has no positive knowledge of the fact, but she so always understood from the said Elisha that he accompanied said Regiment during the whole time of service and was with the Regiment at Cambridge, Charlestown, in New York and New Jersey during the campaign of 1776 and until the Regiment
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was disbanded as aforesaid. That recently searching amongst the papers left by the said Elisha she found the commission or appointment to Sid Elisha a copy where of she here was to annexes marker (ct) which she believes to be genuine papers, and she recently herewith handmits the original registrations that the same as appears of curious interest to herself and family, maybe volumes after it has been examined with Department. She further declares that she was married both said Elisha Story on the twenty ninth day of November A.D. one thousand eight and seventy eight - by the reverend Isaac Story then pastor of the Second Church of Christ in Marblehead aforesaid - that the said Elisha Story her husband died on the twenty seventh day of August A.D. One thousand and Eight-hundred and five; the she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety four by at the time above and stated — came thus she has never since the death of her said husband been married, but she has ever since been and continued like a widow.

(signed) Mahitabel Story

State of Massachusetts, Suffolk p.
Personally appeared the above aimed Mahitable Story Before the Police Court of the City of Boston, the same being a Court of Record, and made oath to the Court of the above declaration by her subscribed, this Seventieth Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty 
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