Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,490, Samuel Adams, Continental Mass
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SERVICE: Continental Mass.
Adams, Samuel (Abigail)
NUMBER: W. 3,490
B.L.Wt. 5204-160-55

CONTENTS:
res at enl. Truro, Barnstable Co. Mass,
died Mar. 6, 1819 at Bath, Lincoln Co. ME. aged 74 yrs
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Left side:
5884. 
Maine
Samuel Adams 
Surgeon
 Massachusetts line- 6 years 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine 
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 25 of April 1810

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th Jany 1819
and delv  R. C. Vose 

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1810[?] 4 mo 10 /30  86.66 
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 March 1819 120.00
[=] $206.66 
{Revolutionary claim,} 
{Act 18th March, 1818.} 
Bath 

Right side:
Died 6 Mar 1819.
Died March 6, 1819 
from A.B.
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H.R. Jany 18th 1819. - This may certify that Doct Samuel Adams of Bath, is in my opinion, in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. 
[Signed] Benj. Orr.
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The Subscriber, Samuel Adams, a Citizen of the United States of America, resident in the Town of Bath, County of Lincoln and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Declares and says, That he served his county in the war of the Revolution in the office of Regimental Surgeon, in the Several Regiments and during the periods as follows Viz. from June 28th 1775 to the end of that year, in a Regiment of Foot whereof John Fellows Esqr was Colonel:-  And during the War in the year 1776 in the 18th Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Edmund Phinney - And from March 14th 1778 till Augt 8th 1782 in a Regiment of Artillery whereof John Crane Esq. was colonel. Which Several Regiments were in the Massachusetts line of the Army, and on the continental establishment as will fully appear by his Commissions. - And that at the last mentioned period (Augt 8th 1782) he was compelled by the want of his family, who were visited with Sickness at that time, to resign his Commission, as will be seen by his Discharge: by which resignation he was deprived of receiving any Land or any commutation for half pay.-  And having had a Large family of Children to maintain, five of whom are Still Dependant [sic] on him for Support; and being now at the age of Seventy three, and considerably infirm, is actually "by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for a Support." And conceives himself fairly and honestly entitled to the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 18th 1818. - At the end of the years 1775 & 1776 severally the Regiments in which he served as aforesaid were Disbanded by a completion of the time for which they were raised. Though in the period of service last mentioned this commission bears date June [?th] 1782 he had Served for the whole term as a Surgeon under an appointment from General Knox which was lost by the loss of his Pocketbook in which it was contained. But the capacity in which he served, may appear from the furloughs herewith transmitted. 
[Signed] Sam'l Adams 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss.  Second Eastern Circuit 
On the twenty fifth day of April A.D. 1818 the above named Samuel Adams, having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him signed, before me Josiah Stebbins, Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit.
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I Samuel Adams of Milton in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts baker[?] do depose testify and say that I am the son of Samuel Adams late of Bath in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine who was a surgeon in the army of the revolution; my father died at said Bath on the sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, leaving my mother Abigail Adams his widow - My mother has since that time removed to Roxbury in said County of Norfolk, where she now resides. She has never been again married, but still remains the widow of the said Samuel Adams. And I do further declare and say that my father was during his life time a pensioner under the act of Congress made & passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen entitled ""an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" 
[Signed] Saml Adams 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Suffolk ss. July 27th 1838. Then Samuel Adams personally appeared & having subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence made oath to the truth thereof - and I further certify that the said Adams is known to me to be a credible person & worthy of belief 
[Signed] A H Fiske Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
SUFFOLK SS.
[SEAL]
I George C. Wilde, a Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, for the County of Suffolk, do hereby certify that A. H. Fiske Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk that his commission bears date the twentieth day of March A. D. 1832 and expires on the twentieth day of March A. D. 1839 and that his signature above written, is his true and proper signature.  
In witness whereof, I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. 
[Signed] Geo. C. Wilde, Clerk
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270
Abigail Adams
Mass'tts
admitted
Surgeon
2 yr $600
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts}
County of Norfolk}  SS. 
On this fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Probate held at Roxbury within and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid Abigail Adams a resident of Roxbury in said County of Norfolk aged Sixty Six 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 the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" 
That she is the widow of Samuel Adams who was a Surgeon in the Army of the Revolution - the said Adams at the time he joined the army aforesaid was a practicing Physician in the town of Truro in the County of Barnstable & Commonwealth of Massachusetts - He joined the army on or about the seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and received a commission as army surgeon on or about the Eighth day of July in the same year in the Regiment under the Command of Col Fellows which was then Stationed at said Roxbury; the said Adams remained attached to said Regiment & doing constant and active duty as surgeon until the latter part of the month of December in the same year when he joined "the eighteenth regiment of foot in the service of the United American States" under the
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command of Col Edmund Phinney and was duly commissioned as surgeon thereof - Said Adams remained attached to this said Regiment until the sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six when he left the regiment on leave of absence. He was during all this time engaged in active and constant duty as army surgeon in said Regiment at Cambridge, Boston, Ticonderoga, Fort George and elsewhere - That again the said Adams joined the army of the Revolution in the early part of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight, and was in the month of March in the same year attached to the Regiment commanded by Col Crane, and duly commissioned as surgeon thereof - and this deponent verily believes that the said Adams continued attached to the army of the Revolution and doing constant & active duty as surgeon until the close of the war of the Revolution, and from letters in the possession of this deponent she is enabled to declare that the said Adams in the month of June 1778 was at Valley forge in September in the same year at White Plains, in October in the same year at Artillery Park at Fredericksburgh & in March 1779 at the same place - in January, March & August 1780 & in November 1781 at West Point and in December 1780 and in February 1781 at Murderers Creek. She the said Abigail further declares that the said Samuel Adams was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed on the
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eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." and she begs leave for further proof of the services of the said Samuel to refer to his application for that pension and the proceedings had in relation thereto; And the the said Abigail further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Adams on the twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine; that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Adams died on the sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen; 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 & ninety four viz at the time above Stated 
[Signed] Abigail Adams 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written Before 
[Signed] S Leland Judge of Probate 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Norfolk ss. 
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for the County & Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate & that his signature
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hereto is genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fourth day of August AD 1838.
[Signed] Jonathan H Cobb

Crosswise:
270
Abigail Adams
Mass'ts
admitted
Surgeon
2 yr $600
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1276
Massachusetts
Abigail Adams
widow of Samuel Adams
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Surgeon
died March 6, 1819
Massachusetts line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
600 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
19 day of August 1818
and sent to G.S. Bulfinch
Boston Mass

Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2 1848, Page 1, Vol. 2

Right side:
Horace Guylers Dec 22 1853[?]
Reported
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Abigail Adams
Aa
2742

admitted

G.S. Bulfinch
Boston Mass
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DECLARATION 
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution." 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,} 
Norfolk COUNTY,} ss. 
On this First day of August A.D. 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Abigail Adams a resident of Roxbury in the county of Norfolk aforesaid aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Samuel Adams who was a resident of Roxbury he when entered the Army and who was a Surgeon in the War of the Revolution, on the continental establishment and it is believed served during the whole war and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of six hundred dollars and cents per annum. 
She further declares that she is still a widow. 
[Signed] Abigail Adams [SEAL] 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day}
and year above written,} Before me,
[Signed] David F. Drew Justice of the Peace. 
In presence of 
[Signed] Cushing Webber  
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares. 
[Signed] David F. Drew Justice of the Peace. 
[SEAL]

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,}
______ COUNTY,}ss. 
I, _________ Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that __________ is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine. Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this ____ day of______ 18__ 
CLERK.
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Left side:
[3]9.940  Act Mar 3/55
Rec. Apr. 3/55 
Abigail Adams, widow of 
Dr. Samuel Adams, Surgeon 

War of Revolution 
Mass. Contl. line 

Ad. 160 Acres Aug. 27, 1855, 
Boynton 
Boynton 

5204 iss Aug 29/55 
Benj. F. Graves 
Lexington

Right side:
Mass 
Feby 48 no 1276 

Vol. A. 19.
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39,940
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ACKNOWLED [sic] and subscribed before me Presiding Judge County Court in and for the County of Fayette and State of Kentucky this 30 day of March A. D. 1855  
By Abigail Adams 
Benjamin F Graves Presiding 
Judge county court of Fayette 

STATE OF Kentucky COUNTY OF Fayette ss. 
On this 30 day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Benjamin F. Graves Presiding Judge County Court, within and for the County and State aforesaid, David J Ayres and Susan Elizabeth Ayres residents of the State of Kentucky and County of Fayette, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Abigail Adams who signed the foregoing affidavit and Acknowledgement in our presence and we know she is the person she represents herself to ^be the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow, and they swear they are disinterested witnesses. Susan Elizabeth Ayres states she is the daughter of said affiant & Decedent They further state they have seen her pension certified as the widow of said Decedent 
[Signed] David J. Ayres
[Signed] Susan E. Ayres 
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this day, and year above written. 
two credible witnesses known to me to be [lllegible]
[Signed] Benjamin F Graves Presiding Judge county court of Fayette 

STATE OF Kentucky COUNTY OF Fayette ss. 
I, James A Grimstead Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Benjamin F Graves whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration Affidavit and Power of Attorney, is, and was at the time of signing the same the Presiding Judge County Court of Fayette in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Fayette County Court, this 30th day of March A. D. 1855. 
[SEAL]
{Signed] Att. James A. Grimstead
Clk
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State of Kentucky County of Fayette} ss. 
On this 30 day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Benjamin F Graves Presiding Judge County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid Abigail Adams aged 82 years; a resident of Norfolk County, in the State of Massachusetts who, being duly sworn according to law, declares and says that she is the widow of Dr. Samuel Adams deceased, who was a Surgeon in Revolutionary War in the Regiment of Massachusetts commanded by General Knox at one time in the war of the Revolution. She has been informed he served with General Knox a a great portion of his time he was with him 
That her said husband entered the service Massachusetts on or about the __ day of ______ A.D. 1776, for the term of she dont know and continued in actual service in said war for the term of six years about and was Honorably Discharged at _____ on the __ day of _______ A.D. 1783 - She refers to the application of her said husband and certificate issued to him dated 4th March 1819 said certificate was not received until after his death which hapened [sic] 6th of March 1819 and to her application for Pension she refers to 1837 
She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Adams in the County of Essex Massachusetts on the 29 day of January A.D. 1789, by one Ansby a preacher and that her name before marriage was Abegaile Dodge and that her said husband died at Lincoln County Ste of Maine, on the 6 day of March A.D. 1819 and that she is a widow at the date of executing this, her declaration, [and having obtained a Bounty Land Warrant  -- stricken], under act of Congress, 
which warrant she has legally transferred, and disposed of, and not within her power to return. She refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband's service, and her marriage, &c. 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March the 3d, 1855. She further declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress. She is on a visit at this time in Lexington Kentucky But intends returning to her residence in Roxbury, Massachusetts. 
[Seal - handwritten]
[Signed] Abigail Adams

Witness [Signed] D.J. Ayres 

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written, and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim. 
[Signed] Benjamin F Graves Presiding Judge County Court of Fayette 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I Abigail Adams aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint BENJAMIN F. GRAVES, of the City of Lexington, Kentucky, to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for said quantity of Land due to me, as aforesaid; and my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose above expressed. 
[Seal- handwritten]
[Signed] Abigail Adams

Witness 
[Signed] D.J. Ayres
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3-525.
O. W. and N. Division. 
M.B.H. 	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
W.T. 3490. 	Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War 	Washington, D. C., March 24, 1906.

Madam: 
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Adams, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE
June 28 1775 | end of year | Regtl Surg | --/Col. John Fellows | Mass.
1776 | Dec 18 1776 | Regtl Surg | --/Col. Edmund Phinney 18 Regt. | Mass.
March 14, 1778 | Aug 8 1782 | "  "  | --/ Col. Jhn Graves Regt of Art. | Mass.
Battles engaged in, None stated 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Truro Barnstable Co. Mass 
Date of application for pension, April 20, 1818: his claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Bath, Lincoln Co. Mass/
Age at date of application, 73 years: died March 6. 1819 at Bath Mass./ME ME (northern ME)
Remarks: He married Abigail Dodge January 29, 1789 at Ipswich Mass: her claim was allowed while she was a resident of Roxbury Mass. She dieed March 8, 1857 aged 85 years. In 1818 a large family of children was referred to; only name given was that of their son Samuel Adams who resided in Milton Norfolk Co Mass in 1838. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.

Mrs. M. P. White 
371 - W. Gray St. 
Elmira NY
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Center:
Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3490
Abigail Adams
Widow
Samuel Adams
Surg'n. Rev. War
Act: Feby 2, 1848
Index:-Vol. A, Page. 5[?]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Left & Right are split:
[illegible]
not all[?] notes by N.D. Allum Aug. 1883.
and commissions [?]
1893 Hist to [illegible name] H.R. [initialed] j.s.
Apr. 3/94 Genl[?] Hist to Geo. E Fletcher,
465 Washington St., Boston, Mass. [initialed] C
1906 Mch. 24. History to M.B. White (Mrs.) [initialed] M.B.H.
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5,204
160 Acres
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145 
Massachusetts
Abigail Adams 
widow of Samuel Adams 
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 
and who died on the 6th March 1819 
of Norfolk Co. in the State of Ms [Mass] 
who was a Surgeon in the --- commanded
by Captain ---- of the Regt commanded 
by Col Crane in the Mass line 
for 6 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass 
at the rate of 480 Dollars -- Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1838. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Sept 1838 
and sent A.H. Fiske Boston, Mass.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $1200.00 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 300.00
[=] $1500.00

{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 1st Page 68
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Reporteed
13 Jany 1844
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145 
Massachusetts. 
Abigail Adams 
widow of Samuel Adams 
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 
and who died on the 6th March 1819 
of Norfolk in the State of Massachusetts 
who was a Surgeon in the --- commanded 
by Captain --- of the 
Regiment commanded by Col Crane in 
the Massachusetts line for 6 years 
^this pension has been increased from 480$ to $600 pr annum. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts 
at the rate of 600 Dollars -- Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of 
January 1844 and sent to Hon. William Parmenter H of R 
Total amount, $3000 - 00 
[Act July 7, 1838.] 
Recorded by F.L. Swann Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 51
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Rept Nov 17 [?]
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2742 
Massachusetts 
Abigail Adams 
widow of Samuel Adams 
who was a Surgeon 
in the Mass. line 
for 6 years 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
480 Dollars -- Cents per annum, 
to commence of the 4th day of March, 1843. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 
17th day of Nov. 1843 and sent to 
W.E. Parmenter Boston Mass. 

[Act of March 3, 1843 ]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 35.
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Rep'd to Agt. by letter
Apl. 30 1844
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2742 
Massachusetts 
Abigail Adams 
widow of Samuel Adams, 
who was a Surgeon ,
in the Massachusetts Line.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
600 Dollars -- Cents per annum, 
to commence of the 4th day of March, 1843. 
^Increased from $480 per ann.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
30 day of April 1844 and sent to 
Hon. Wm. Parmenter H. of Reps 

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 35.
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No. 39940
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 3,1855.
Dr. Samuel Adams
Rev. War

Warrant No. 5204-160-55

Benj. F. Graves
Lexington Ky.
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This Samuel Adams, W.3490, says in his declaration that on account of resigning in 1782 he did not receive bounty land.
There was a Samuel Adams, Surg. in the General Hospital whose heir Samuel Adams received Bounty Land Wt. 69- for 450 Acres on Feb. 8, 1800.
Mr. Heitman has missed these records in his book
[initialed] aw
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, Boston August 3d 1848 
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation David F. Drew was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, 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 Commonwealth, the date above written. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] W.B. Calhoun 
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Left side:
Samuel Adams.

Right side:
Samuel Adams, Bath
Surgeon. Col Crane's
Mass. Reg. Artillery
1778. to 1782
6 years
April 25, 1818
Judge's Certificate 
as to claimant's circumstances wanted
Jany 18, 1819. Hon. W. Orr. Certificate as 
to reduced Circumstances procured as within.
Admitted
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Lincoln ss. 	Second Eastern Circuit. 
I Josiah Stebbins, Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Circuit aforesaid, do hereby certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Samuel Adams the aforesaid Declarant did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in the preceding declaration: and I now transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honourable the Secretary of the department of War, pursuant to the direction of the law of Congress in the said Declaration mentioned. Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court, this twenty fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
[Signed] Josiah Stebbins 

Lincoln ss. Clerks Office
April 25, 1818. I Nathanl Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of Lincoln, do certify that Josiah Stebbins, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit embracing the Counties of Lincoln Kennebeck & Somerset & that the above is his signature. 
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of the Courts 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Nathl Coffin
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I Ebenezer Burnham of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify; that Doctor Samuel Adams and Miss Abigail Dodge both then of said Ipswich ware joined in Marriage January twenty ninth seventeen hundred and eighty nine by the Reverend Levi Frisbie then Minister of the Gospel in said Ipswich, as appears by the records of Marriages in the town of Ipswich. The following is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures, "Seventeen hundred eighty nine January twenty ninth Doctr. Samuel Adams &  Miss Abigail Dodge both of Ipswich." The following is a true copy from the record in words and figures "Jany 29. 1789 Doctr. Samuel Adams & Miss Abigail Dodge both ^of Ipswich"
Ipswich July 10 1838. 
[Signed] Ebenezer Burnham 
Town Clerk of Ipswich

I Ebenezer Burnham above named depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk in the town county and state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages of said town with the exception above named as certified by me.
[Signed]  Ebenezer Burnham Town Clerk of Ipswich. 
Essex ss. August 10, 1838. Sworn to before me Charles Kimball justice of the peace.
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[SEAL] Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss. PROBATE OFFICE. 
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of [covered by seal] said county, hereby certify, that Charles Kimball esquire, before whom the affidavit hereto annexed of Ebenezer Burnham purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county, duly qualified to administer oaths; and that his name subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature.  
Given under my hand and seal of office, this tenth day of August, A. D. 1838. 
[Signed] Nathl Lord jr.
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Payment to be made at
Boston by 
Franklin Haven Esq 
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of Mass. 
Payable on the 4th September and
4th March 
Recorded in the Pension Office, in 
Book A Vol. 1. Page 35. 
[Everything above stricken]

Issue new Certif
2 yrs Surgeon
600.  deduct what has been paid 
Hon W Parmenter
HR
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War Department. 
Widow's pension. 
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, 
Abigail Adams,
widow of Samuel Adams, 
who was a Surgeon 
and died on the 6th day of March 1819 
is inscribed on the pension list [everything following is stricken:
at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars and --- cents per annum,  commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1844, unless the Pensioner should marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death. 
Given at the War Office of the United States this 17th day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty-three 
Secretary of War.]
[SEAL]
Examined and Countersigned.
[Signed] J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts} 
Norfolk County} ss. 
Be it known that on this twenty first day of July 1843 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County ^and Commonwealth Mrs. Abigail Adams a resident of Roxbury in sd County aged seventy 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 the act of Congress passed on the 3d day of March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. 
That she is the Widow of Samuel Adams who was a Surgeon of Artillery in the Revolutionary War and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the Law of the 7th July 1838, to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statment [sic] of his services, for the proof of her marriage, identity, and the time of her husband's death. 
She further declares that she was pensioned under said act at the rate of Four Hundred & Eighty ^Dollars per annum which amount she received from the 4th of March 1836 to the 4th March 1841, at the agency in Boston Massachusetts, and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband but is now and ever since has been the Widow of said Samuel Adams deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereunto annexed 
And further she saith not
[Signed] Abigail Adams.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, Boston July 25, 1843 
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestations John J. Clarke was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk  
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, 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 Commonwealth, the date above written. 
[SEAL]
Jno A Bolles 
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Norfolk County ss. July 21, 1843 
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first within written, and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described 
Before me 
[Signed] John J. Clarke Justice of the Peace 

I Samuel Adams of Milton in the County of Norfolk of lawful age on oath testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Mrs. Abigail Adams the applicant named in the within declaration for many years last past. I know that she was the wife and is now the Widow of Saml Adams now deceased who was reputed to have been a Surgeon in the Revolutionary War and that she was a pensioner under the law of 7th July 1838 as stated by her.
[Signed] Saml Adams 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts}
Norfolk County} ss. July 21, 1843 
Then came Samuel Adams who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true 
Before me 
[Signed] John J. Clarke Justice of the Peace
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I Samuel Adams, aged Seventy three years, now resident in Bath in the District of Maine, upon Oath testify and declare, that from my advanced age and reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of the assistance of my Country for Support. I served in the war of the revolution more than Six years, in the capacity of a Surgeon, as I have particularly related in my Oath and declaration hereunto annexed, and I hereby relinquish all my claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States if any; but I am not to my Knowledge borne on any pension list whatever.- 
[Signed] Saml Adams 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Lincoln ss.
On this twenty fourth day of June A.D. 1818 the above named Samuel Adams to me well known, personally appeared and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him Subscribed -
Before me 
[Signed] Eben. Clapp Justice of the Peace
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Abigail Adams
Mass.
act 7 July 38
increase
2 yrs Surgeon
[$]600
Deduct what has been paid under said act

Hon. Wm. Parmenter
H.R.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, December 21, 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestations hereto attached, Lowell M Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk
in said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, 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 Commonwealth, the date above written.
[Ribboned SEAL]
[Signed] Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Know all men by these presents that I Abigail Adams of Roxbury in the county of Norfolk do hereby constitute and appoint my son Samuel Adams of Milton in said County my true and lawful attorney to act for me and in my behalf in prosecuting any claim I may have against the General Government on account of the services of my decd husband Samuel Adams who was a Surgeon in the Army of the Revolution and to do any and all things necessary in the prosecution of said claim as if I were personally present- 
Hereby giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority in the premises and to use all due means, course & process in the law for the full, effectual and complete execution of the business above described with power of substitution - hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal hereto set this 13th day of Sept. 1843 
[In] presence of Lowell M. Stone 
[Signed] Abigail Adams [SEAL]
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Suffolk, ss. Sept. 13th 1843. Then personally appeared Mrs. Abigail Adams and acknowledged the within Power of attorney to be her free act and deed.
Before me 
[Signed] Lowell M Stone
Just. Peace
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State of Massachusetts} 
County of Suffolk} ss.
On this twenty first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, Abigail Adams of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk and State aforesaid by her attorney Samuel Adams of Milton in said County of Norfolk, and being duly sworn makes on oath the following declaration, in order to obtain additional pension. 
That she is the widow of Samuel Adams, who was a surgeon in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes, for the space of six years in that capacity. In the year 1775 he was Surgeon to the Regiment commanded by Col John Fellows. During the year 1776 he was Surgeon to the Regt commanded by Col Edward Phinney and from March 14. 1778. till August 8th 1782, he was Surgeon to the Regt of Artillery commanded by Col Jno Crane. He served at these several periods faithfully & constantly, and was particularly useful in his attendance on wounded officers after the Battle of Monmouth.
That the above facts have been presented to the Department in former declarations made by the said Abigail particularly in applying for a pension under the law of Congress passed July 7. 1838. 
That she has received a pension under the act of July 7th 1838 from the 4th of March 1836 from the 4th of March 1836 to the 4th of March 1841 and also under the act of March 3d 1843, at the rate of $480.00 per annum. 
Now the ground of the present application is that the said declarant fully believes that the said sum of four hundred & eighty dollars per year, is not the full amount of the pension to which according to the rules of the Department, she is entitled for the service of her husband, the said Samuel, but that she is entitled to the sum of six hundred dollars per year, and she now desires that the amount due may be paid to her. 
That the said declarant as she further declares, surrendered her certificate of pension, under the law of July 7th 1838.
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State of Massachusetts} 
County of Suffolk} ss.
I Samuel Adams the attorney within named, of lawful age, on oath depose and say that I am the son of the within named declarant Abigail Adams, and that the facts Sworn to in the declaration are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. That the said Abigail now resides temporarily in the State of Kentucky - that before her departure from Massachusetts, she constituted me her agent and attorney to prosecute all claims on her behalf, against the Government of the United States - that the power is herewith transmitted by which said agency was Established.
I further say that the said Abigail still remains a widow.
[Signed] Saml. Adams

Suffolk County, ss. Decr. 21, 1843 - Then personally appeared Samuel Adams who is known to me as a credible witness & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me
[Signed] Lowell M. Stone
J. Peace
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To the Honorable Lorin P. Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions 

Sir, 
I have received, through the Rev. Charles S. Adams of Westford, a Power of Attorney from Abigail Adams of Roxbury Mass, widow of Doct. Samuel Adams who was a Surgeon in Col Cranes Regiment of Artillery under General Knox 
Doct Adams, it appears was pensioned under the Act of 1818 at the rate of $480 per annum and died March 6th 1819, the only payment due him was drawn by his widow after his decease - the widow was pensioned in 1838 at the same rate viz $480 per annum - in 1848 she was pensioned for life at the rate of $600 per annum, and the addition of $120 per annum allowed and paid her for the time she had drawn a pension on her own account 
The claim is that Doct Adams' pension should have been $600 per Annum instead of $480 and that the addition of $120. per annum should be allowed and paid the widow for the time her husband was pensioned up to the day of his death March 6th 1819 
[Signed] Horace Gaylord
Ashford Dec 14, 1853
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POWER OF ATTORNEY. 
Know all men by these presents, That I, Abigail Adams of Roxbury in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, widow of Samuel Adams a Revolutionary soldier, who is now deceased, do hereby irrevocably, constitute and appoint Horace Gaylord of Ashford, in Conn. my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim that may be due, or found to be due, me in virtue of said Samuel Adams' service in the Revolutionary war, and the several acts and resolutions of Congress relative thereto, and that might have accrued to either of the said parties, and not drawn during their lifetime, and now due to their legal representatives, and to receive the certificate of Pension, & c., when issued by the Department: I hereby confirming whatsoever my said attorney may do or cause to be legally done, either in person or by substitution, in the prosecution of said claim, except drawing money on the said claim, I revoking any other authority I may have given to any other person or persons in the premises whatsoever. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this first day of September, 1853. 
[Signed] Abigail Adams
Signed in presence of 
[Signed] Mary Hammatt 

STATE of Massachusetts} 
County of Norfolk}  Sct. 
On this first day of September, in the year 1853, personally appeared before me, Abigail Adams, and acknowledged the within Power of Attorney to be her act and deed. 
[Signed] Saml Adams J.P.
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To James L Edwards Esq 
Dear Sir 
Herewith you have the application of Abigail Adams of Roxbury the widow of Samuel Adams for a Pension under the late act together with the proof of marriage &c For further proof of service of her husband reference is made to his application for a pension which is on file & where I suppose the proof must have been satisfactory. If the enclosed are found satisfactory will you deliver the necessary certificate to me at Boston. If any further proof is wanted it will be furnished by 
Your most obt servt
[Signed] Augustus H Fiske
Boston August 10th 1838
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Washington Decr. 23 1843 

Sir
I enclose you the application of Samuel Adams son attorney of Abigail Adams for arrears of Pension due Abigail Adams for the services of her husband during the Revolutionary War - As the application is only for the increase under the decision of the Pension Department,  I suppose the present papers will be sufficient as all the proofs of a title to a Pension have been heretofore given and her right established by the Pension granted - If any thing else is accessary please advise - It is desirable that whatever should be allowed the should be payable in Massachusetts - 
Respectfully 
Yr Obedt Servt
[Signed] Wm Parmenter

James L Edwards Esq
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2853
July 28, 1843
Abigail Adams
March 3d /43
Mass

$480 per anm
W.E. Parmenter
Boston Mass.

Crosswise:
BOSTON MASS JUL 25 [postmark]
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Boston July 25, 1843

Sir
I enclose the declaration of Abigail Adams of Massachusetts, made in application for benefits of the Act of March 3d 1843 relating to Widows Pensions
Respectfully
Yr Obt Servt
[Signed] Wm Parmenter

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions
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When the [upper left]

2 March
for [illegible] B

2 March 1844
Abigail Adams, for
increase
D.C.

Hon W.E. Parmenter
H.R.

Crosswise:
James L Edwards Esqr.
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Washington March 1, 1844

Sir
Mrs. Adams certificate is enclosed for increased pay-
Respy
[Signed] Wm Parmenter
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Revy[?]
371 W. Gray St. Elmira N.Y. Mar. 20, 1906. 

Mr. E.T. Ware, Comr of Pensions 
Pension Bureau Wahington D.C 

Dear Sir, 
I wish to get documentary proof that my grandmother Abigail Dodge Adams, widow of Dr. Samuel Adams of Truro, Mass. and Ipswich Mass. also of Bath, Me - was a pensioner for many years before her death, which occurred at Milton Mass in the year 1857. Thanking you in advance 
I am Respectfully yours,
[Signed] Susan Adams White 
(Mrs. M. P. White)

O.W. & N. DIV. FILES MAR 22 1906 [receipt mark]
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[Receipt mark] U.S. Pension Office MAR 24 1894
Union Publishing Standard 
Manufacturers and Importers of
Standard Publications
465 WASHINGTON STREET, Boston, Mch. 23 1894 
U.S. Pension Commissioner 

Dear Sir 
I wish to obtain the war record of my grandfather Dr. Samuel Adams. 
He, as I have been told, joined the Continental Army at Cambridge Mass in 1775 or 6 and served as Surgeon six years or thereabouts. His widow Abigail (Dodge) Adams drew a pension (half pay) 600 dollars per year, during the latter years of her life. she died March 10, 1857.
This information is desired that I may join the Sons of the Revolution. I cannot find just what I want at the office of the Secretary of State, in Mass.- though I find Samuel Adams, a Surgeon mentioned. 
I have always been told by my
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mother, and her brothers & sisters that grandfather was on the Staff of Gen Washington, and there is no doubt that such was the case, what I want is the official record. 
Very truly yours
[Signed] George A. Fletcher
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15, 1893. 

Sir:-
I hereby make application for the Commissions of my ancestor Dr. Samuel Adams, who was a surgeon in the Mass. line during the Revolutionary War. Said Commission is now on file in your office with his application for pension. 
I agree to return the same to your office if it is ever called for by a nearer relative.
Respectfully, 
[Signed] W.H. Hatch 
M. C. 1st Dist MO. 

Hon. Green B. Raum,
Commissioner of Pensions.

These commissions forwarded to Mr Hatch Feb 18-93 at House of Representatives.
See memorandum attached. 
Shafleigh 
Feb 18-93.
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Com. as surgeon in Col John Fellows Regt (Mass) signed by Jos Warren and dated at Watertown June 28 1775

Com. as surgeon in Col Edward Phinneys regiment (Mass) Dated Jan 1 1776 and signed by John Hancock President of the Continental Congress

Com. as surgeon in Col John Cranes Regt of Artillery. Dated at Boston June 11 1782 and signed by John Hancock.

Also 3 papers - signed by his Colonels granting leave of absence for short periods

This is a memorandum of the papers returned to Rep Hatch Feb 18-93 See receipt herewith.

Crosswise, right margin:
chief of Division instructed me that a memorandum of these commissions was sufficient
[Signed] Shafliegh