Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1126, Lebbeus Bates, Continental Mass.
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SERVICE: Continental Mass.
Bates, Lebbeus or Libbeus (Melatiah)
NUMBER: W. 1126
B.L. Wt. 7300-160-55
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4087. 
Massachusetts
Libbius Bates 
of Berkshire in the State of Mass 
who was a Sergt of Art'ly in the company commanded 
by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded 
by Col Crafts in the Mass line 
for 2 Years

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 120 Dollars - Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Jany 1833 
and sent H G Bishop Lenox Mass 

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $180.-- 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 60.--
[=] $240 

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk, 
Book D. Vol. 2nd Page 95.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
County of Berkshire, ss. 
ON this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, 
Lebbius Bates a resident of the town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That I enlisted in April 1775, in the Company commanded by Joseph Trufant for eight months & was discharged Jany 1776 - That I enlisted for two months under Capt Seth Stowers & was at Roxbury when the enemy left Boston after my time was out in April 1776 - then enlisted for two months as a Carpenter my time was out June 1776 - I then enlisted into a Company of Artillery commanded by William Gray of Boston, Thomas Crafts commanded the Regiment for the term of one year my time was out May 1777 - in June same year I enlisted for two months under Captain Moses French & marched to Rhod[e] Island was there when Major Barton took Genl Prescott August 8th discharged. Same month 28 day I inlisted for three months under Capt. Theophilus Wilder Col Gills Regt & marched to White Hall from there marched to Stillwater in the State of New York & joined the army under General Gates - after the capture of Burgoyne marched to the White Plains under Genl Putnam & was afterward discharged at East Chester Nov 28, 1777. 
On the 8 Dec. 1777 I enlisted in the only Regiment of Artillery raised by the State of Massachusetts at Nantasket in Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Capt Amos Lincoln the Regt commanded by Col. Paul Revere of Boston. I enlisted & served as a Sergeant - I received the pay of a Sergeant namely eleven dollars
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per month - I was in the Battle on Rhode Island in Genl Sullivans expedition & was there under the command of Col. Crane whose Christian name I do not recollect, but he was an officer on the Continental Establishment & therefor took rank of Col. Revere - I was in the expedition which went to Penobscot & in the battle fought at that place-  I believe this was in 1779. In this battle many of our men were killed - our ships were driven up the River by the British fleet & burnt - After this battle we were marched thro the woods to Kennebeck River a distance of one hundred miles without provisions & in circumstance of the Greatest distress - I was discharged in 1780 having served in this Regiment for twenty nine months - 
The Regiment was raised in May 1777 for three years - I enlisted in December & continued in it the residue of the three years until on or about May 8 1780 - I was born in Maymouth in the County of Suffolk Jany 16, 1760 & resided there when I first enlisted in the service of my Country & until I was twenty two years of age - After my final discharge from the Service in 1780 I removed to Cummington in Hampshire County Mass. where I lived thirty six years. I then removed to Windsor in Berkshire County where I here lived 14 years & where I now reside & I am now in the Seventy third year of my age - I can furnish no other proof of my services than what is contained in the foregoing declaration & the
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affidavits hereto annexed - 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
[Signed] Lebbeus Bates
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
[Signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate 

We Gordon Dorrance of Windsor a Clergyman, residing in the town of Windsor and Stephen Humes residing in said Windsor hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Lebbeus Bates who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
[Signed] Gordon Dorrance
[Signed] Stephen Humes 
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
[Signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states 
And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Gordon Dorrance who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Stephen Humes who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
[Signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate 

I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Lebbeus Bates for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this twenty eight day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate
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4806
Libbius Bates
Windsor
Berk Co
Mass

Sergt of Artillery
admd
2 years
$120--

H W Bishop
Linne
Mass.
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BRIEF in the case of Lebbius Bates 
of Berkshire Cty in the State of Mass 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 72 years 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period | Duration of Service (Y-M-D) | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
In 1775 Apl | 0-8-0 | privt | Capt Jos Trufant
" 76 - | 0-2-0 | " | Capt Seth Stowers
" " - | 0-2-0 | " | "    "
"  June | 1-0-0 | " | Capt. Wm. Grey - Col. Thos. Crafts
" 77 - | 0-2-0 | " | Capt Moses French
" " Augt | 0-3-0 | " | Capt Theoph. Wilder - Col. Gill
" Decr | 2-5-0 | Sergt | Capt Amos Lincoln - Col. P Revere

5. In what battles was he engaged? Rhode Island, Penobscot
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Weymouth  
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary Evidence, Living Witness 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective, not properly connected. 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
[Signed] J. H. McBlair 
Examining Clerk.
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Left side, crosswise:
Reg 3d m 55-49169
Sen A.W. Thayer Oct 22, 1857

Right side:
2797 
Massachusetts 
Melatiah Bates, 
widow of Libbius Bates 
who served in the Revolutionary Mass. 
war, as a Sergeant of Art'y 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
120. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day 
of November 18[53?] 
and sent to Eliphalet Packard 
Cummington Mass 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 3, 1853, Page 41, Vol. A
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State of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss. 
On this fifth of July 1853 personally appeared before the Hon Ithamar Conkey Judge of Probate for the County aforesaid Melatiah Bates a resident of Worthington in said County aged Seventy two 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 March 3d 1853 and sundry previous acts  - that she is the Widow of Lebbeus Bates who was a Sergeant and private in the Revolutionary war that as she believes he enlisted in 1777 for three years and served more than two years of that term as Sergeant in Col Paul Reveres Regiment and Capt Lincolns Company for which service his husband received a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars per anm- to the time of his death for particulars she would refer you to the evidence he exhibited at the time he received his pension 
That she was married to the said Lebbeus Bates on the fourteenth day of June 1807 that her husband the aforesaid Lebbeus Bates died on the Sixth day of September 1844 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed 
[Signed] Melatiah Bates 
Subscribed & Sworn to in Probate Court this fifth 
day of July A.D. 1853 
Before me [signed] Ithamar Conkey Judge of Probate
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I Saml F. Lyman Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Court in relation to the application of said Melatiah Bates for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this fifth day of July A.D. 1853 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Saml F. Lyman Regt of Probate
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
HAMPSHIRE SS. 
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations, done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Eliphalet Packard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine. 
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said Commonwealth, this fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Samuel Wells Clerk.
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Town Clerks Office 
Cummington June 29 1853 
Coll Lebbeus ^Bates and Melatiah Robbins were married June fourteenth one thousand eight hundred and seven 
By Rev James Briggs 
I certify the foregoing is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as ^follows June 14th 1807 
I Lyman E Dawes depose and say that I hold the Office of Clerk of the town of Cummington County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the record of said town with the exception above named 
[Signed] L E Dawes 
Town Clerk 

Hampshire ss. June 29 1853  Then Lyman E Dawes made oath to the truth of the forgoing affidavit 
Before me [signed] Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
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Left side:
49,169 } Act Mar 3d/55
	}April 9th/55

Melatiah Bates  widow & 
Libbius Bates Pensioner
under act Feb 3d 1833 
Melatiah Bates, wid: of 
Libbeus Bates. Corporal 
Mass: Troops 
Revolution War 
Mass Feby 53- no 2797
Wt: 160 Acres Oct 4" 1855, 
Boyton. 

Melatiah Bates 
care of 
Eliphalet Packard ^ Cummington Mass
Crosswise across above:
Wt No 7300 iss. Oct 6/55

Right side:
Cer[t]: to Claimant, Sept: 14"/5[5]
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State of Massachusetts}
County of Hampshire} ss. 
On this twenty seventh day of March 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Melatiah Bates aged seventy four years a resident of Worthington County of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts who made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Melatiah ^Bates to whom under the provisions of the act of February 3d 1853 a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum has been allowed for the Services of her late husband Lebbeus Bates a Sergeant of Artillery in the Revolutionary War and late of Wi[n]dsor County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts. She further states that her Pension Certificate under the aforesaid act of Feb 3d 1853 is numbered two thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and bears date the Seventh day of November 1853 and is payable at the Massachusetts Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of 3d March 1855 never having received or known herself entitled or made application under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her Marriage and proof of service of her said husband she respectfully refers to the proof heretofore adduced now on file in the pension office and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted. 
That since being placed on the list of Revolutionary pensioners she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said Lebbeus Bates 
[Signed] Melatiah Bates
Attest [signed] Eliphalet Packard 
[Signed] Wm H Bates 
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Melatiah Bates to be the identical person she alleges herself to be a pensioner of the United States and at the date of the Execution of this declaration a widow and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent Attorney or otherwise 
[Signed] Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
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State of Massachusetts} 
County of Hampshire} ss 
On this twenty seventh day of March 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace authorised by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Ebenezer Robbins and Royal Joy residents of Cummington County of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts known to me as credible persons who made oath in due form of law that Melatiah Bates who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration is to their knowledge the identical person to whom under the provisions of the act of February 3d 1853 a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum has been granted for the Services of her late husband Lebbeus Bates deceased a Sergeant of Artillery of the Revolutionary War 
That Since being placed on the roll of pensions she the said Melatiah Bates has not intermarried but remains and now is a widow that they have known her for thirty or forty years and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances Viz 
From a personal acquaintance and intercourse many years 
[Signed] Ebenezer Robbins 
[Signed] Royal Joy 
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written 
[Signed] Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
HAMPSHIRE ss. 
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations, done if that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Eliphalet Packard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine: also that the instrument hereto annexed, purports to be duly executed and acknowledged, according to the laws of this Commonwealth, for the purposes therein expressed. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said Commonwealth, this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
[SEAL]
[Signed] Samuel Wells Clerk.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1126
Melatiah Bates.
Widow.
Libbius Bates.
Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 28
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ex'r INVALID.
No 619
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Libbeus Bates
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No. 49169
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. 
Received Apr. 9, 1855 
Libbeus Bates 
Rev. War 

Warrant 7300-160-55 

Melatiah Bates 
Cummington Mass
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No. 2681
Melatiah Bates
Wid: of
Libbius

Let to E. Packard 27" Sept: 1853.

Act. Feby: 3d, 1853.
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Pen: Act/53, Mass:
Boyton

7300
160 acres
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Left side:
July 21st 1853 
Appl. of Melatiah Bates, 
widow of 
Lebbeus Bates. 
Hampshire Co., Mass. 

4087 [faintly]
Act 3d Feb 1853. 
$120.00 Per An= 
Com- Feb:. 3d 1853 
Rev 

Eliphalet Packard 
Cummington Mass. 

Right side:
49169 
Melatiah Bates 
wid
Libbeus
Mass Feb 53 - 2797 
49168 
Sally Nelson [faintly]
Evidence taken out 
172983
Boynton 
Sally Shaw  [faintly]
wid 
John 
Ev in this case taken
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Pension Of:
2d Nov: /53
Sir:
Please Certify the time to which the within named Pension was paid on the date of his death,
Very Respy:
[Signed] J. Cole
For the Commissioner 

Libbius Bates,
Act 1832, $120.00 pr. an.

Paid to 4th Sept 1844,
no date of death on our Books.
[Signed] Saml. S. Rind
Actg. Auditor.
Francis Burt Esqr}
Third Auditor Treasury}
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State of New York
Green County} 
Ss. On the Eighth day of September in the Year one thousand eight Hundred and thirteen before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York personally appeared Libbeus Bates Aged fifty nine Years Last January Lately of the Town of Windsor In Berkshire County State of Massachusetts but now of the Town of Windham in the County of Green and State of New York who being by me first duly Sworn According to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration In Order to Obtain the provisions made by the Late act of Congress Intitled "an Act to provide for Certain persons engaged In the Land and naval Service of the United States In the revolutionary War ["] That the said Libbeus Bates Inlisted in the Town of Boston in the State of Massachusetts on the Eighth day of May in the Year one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy five In the Company Commanded by Captain Amos Lincoln in the regiment Commanded by Colonel Paul Revere of the Artilery [sic] Served as a Sergeant during his Inlistment - Inlisted for three Years which Regiment belonged to the Massachusetts Line that he served faithfully In this said [illegible] until the Eighth day of May in the Year one thousand seven Hundred and Eighty one Except about five months he was transfered [sic] with his Company In Colonel Cranes Regiment being three years to one day and was then Honourably discharged from service In Ilingham below Boston- That he served One Year next preceeding [sic] this three years service - that he was in his first Inlisted Services In a number of actions at the Taking Burgoine and else where and during his Last three Years Service at Rhoadisland [sic] at the Light House Near Boston Harbour and that he Is Now In reduced Circumstances That he has a Large family that he has Two ruptures in His back and has had for about fourteen Years and I unable to do but Very little of service to support his family and that he has one daughter which has ben Lame for about fourteen Years and for about twelve Years the Most of the time ben [sic] under the doctors Care that he Is greatly In debt and that he really stands in Need of the Assistance of his Country for support and that he has has now no other Evidence of his said service but such as Accompanies these proceedings 
Sworn and declared the day and Year aforesaid 
[Signed] Munson Buel 
Judge as aforesaid
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I Munson Buel one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York aforesaid do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Libbeus Bates did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy And I do further state from Testimony before me that the Said Libbeus Bates Is a Very poor man and really stands in Need of the Assistance of his Country for support: and I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid mentioned act of Congress given under my Hand and the seal of the Court the twenty sixth day of April 1820 And I do further State the Witnesses are In No shape Interested from Evidence on Oath before Me
[Signed] Munson Buel 
Judge as aforesaid

State of New York}
Greene County}
Clerks office} ss. 
I hereby Certify that the above Named Munson Buel was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Green at the time of taking the foregoing affidavit I further certify that I am acquainted with the Signature of the said Munson Buel & verily believe the signature to the same to be the proper handwriting of the said Munson Buel Given under my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of said County this 11th Day of August 1820 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Wm. VanBergen Clerk of said County

Crosswise, left margin:
Libbius Bates
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17,260.
Libbeus Bates,
Green Co. N.York
8. September, 1819.

Col. Paul Reeve's [s/b Revere]
regt. Massach'tts
May 1779, to
May, 1781.

619

Not on Cont'l Estb.
Inadmissible.

Rejected- Col. Revere was not 
on Continental Establishment - 3 Mar 1821
Munson Buel, agent,
Catskill, N.Y.
15. Augt. 1820.
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We Nehemiah Joy and Jacob Nash, both of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of lawful age do testify and say, - That we now know Lebbeus Bates, & that he now lives in Windsor in the County of Berkshire. - We also well knew the said Lebbeus in the time of the Revolution. - We also knew the said Lebbeus to be a Soldier in Capt. Amos Lincoln's Company of Artillery, & Col Paul Revere's Regt and that he served in said Company and Regt more than two years. - The said Regiment was raised the eighth day of May, Seventeen Hundred & seventy-seven, for the term of three years, and we also knew the said Lebbeus to be regularly & honourably discharged the eighth day of May, One Thousand seven Hundred & eighty. And we served in the same Regt with him. We were together in Genl Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island, and were there under the Command of Col. Crane, Col. Revere was not on R. Island in said Expedition & at the close of it we returned to the Command of Col Revere, in Massachusetts Line.
Furthermore your Deponents say not. 
[Signed] Nehemiah Joy 
[Signed] Jacob Nash 
Hampshire ss. February 28 A.D. 1820. - Then Nehemiah Joy and Jacob Nash, signers to the foregoing Deposition personally appeared before me, and made oath to the truth of the same. 
I am personally & particularly acquainted with the aforesaid Deponents, and know them to be men of undoubted Probity, Truth and Veracity 
[Signed] James Richards Just. of the Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire ss. I Josiah Dwight Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire certify that James Richards Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his signature to the within Certificate is his proper hand writing. 
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty [SEAL]
[Signed] Josiah Dwight 

State of New York} 
Green County} ss. 
I Munson Buel one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said county do hereby certify that I am satisfied that the within named Nehemiah Joy and Jacob Nash are in no wise interested in the event of the application of Libbeus Bates for a pension - from the testimony of witness on oath before made to that affect [sic]
[Signed] Munson Buel 
Judge as aforesaid
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Melatiah Bates
wid
Libbeus
[Crosswise} Applicant for Pension

Geddest [?]
1833

Crosswise:
Cummington Ma}
Oct 27}
free [postage]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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Cummington Mass Oct 27 1853 
Commissioner of Pensions 

Sir I enclose the affidavit of William Packard Esq and Ichabod Reed at the request of Widow Melatiah Bates as to her identity as being the widow of Lebbeus Bates a Revolutionary Pensioner 
I have known personally Col L Bates and his wife long before they were married and know that the inclosed affidavit is true  
Yours Respectfully [signed] Eliphalet Packard
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Cummington Oct 1 1853 
Commissioner of Pension
Sir  I enclose to you the certificate of the Secretary of this State showing the service of Lebbeus Bates in the Revolutionary army late husband of Melatiah Bates whose application for bounty land is numbered 49169 
Also a certificate of the Marriage of Sally Nelson No 49168 also evidence of the death &c of her husband 
Also a certificate of the service of John Shaw in the Revolutionary War whose widow Sally Shaw has made application for bounty land No 172983 
Respectfully your  [signed] Eliphalet Packard
Ev in case of Shaw & Nelson taken out
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
HAMPSHIRE ss. 
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations, done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Eliphalet Packard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.  
IN Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said Commonwealth, this Fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Samuel Wells Clerk.
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We Jotham Randall and William A Bates of Worthington in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts of lawful age depose and say that according to our best knowledge and belief Col Lebbeus Bates a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States died in the town of Windsor in this State on the Sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty four that at that time we both resided in said Windsor and attended the funeral of said Bates on the eighth day of said month and that he left a widow Melatiah Bates who still survives 
Cummington June 29 1853
[Signed] Jotham Randall 
[Signed] Wm. A. Bates 

Hampshire ss. June 29 1853 Then personally appeared Jotham Randall and Wm A Bates and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed before me And I further certify that the foregoing deponents are credible persons 
[Signed] Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
HAMPSHIRE ss. 
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations, done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Eliphalet Packard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine. 
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said Commonwealth, this twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Samuel Wells Clerk.
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We William Packard and Ichabod Reed of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aged Sixty two and Seventy one years on oath depose and say that we were well acquainted with Lebbeus Bates deceased late of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts who was a Pensioner of the United States for service in the Revolutionary War and who died in Summer or Autumn of 1844. And we further depose and say that we are well acquainted with Melatiah Bates who has made an application for a pension on account of the services of said Lebbeus Bates that she was the wife and is now the widow of said Lebbeus Bates and that her maiden name before her marriage with said Lebbeus Bates was Melatiah Robbins. We further depose and say that we have been well acquainted with the said Lebbeus Bates and his wife Melatiah for the last fifty years 
Cummington Oct 13 1853 
[Signed] Wm Packard
[Signed] Ichabod Reed 

Hampshire Ss October 12, 1853 Sworn to and subscribed by the above named William Packard and Ichabod Reed before me and I certify that said William Packard and Ichabod Reed are residents of said Cummington and are personally known to me and are credible witnesses. I further certify that I have no interest in the claim of Melatiah Bates to pension and am not concerned in its prosecution and that she is personally known to me and is the widow of Lebbeus Bates deceased formerly a pensioner of the United States as she has declared 
[Signed] Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
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4802

Lebbeus Bates
Application for Pension
Windsor Mass
Augt. 28. 1832
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I Joshua Lovel of Cummington in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I know Lebbeus Bates and that he now lives in the town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts I knew the said Lebbeus Bates in the time of the Revolutionary war I also knew the said Lebbeus to be a soldier in Capt Amos Lincolns Company and Col. Paul Rever[e]s Regt of Artillery and ^that he served in said Company and Regt More than two years as a Sergeant the said Regt was raised the eight day of May one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven for the term of three years I was with him the ^said Bates part of the time tho not in the same Company and Regt with him I Belonging to a Company of infantry further your depo[n]ent saith not
[Signed] Joshua Lovell 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire ss July 30 1852   Joshua Lovell came before me and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true 
[Signed] William Ward Justice of the Peace 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire ss.
I Solomon Stoddard, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify that William Ward Esquire whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity-- and that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the handwriting of the said William Ward. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
[SEAL]
[Signed] S Stoddard Clerk
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I Jacob Nash of [illegible] in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, - Do testify and say that I knew Lebbeus Bates in the time of the Revolutionary war. I also now know that the sd Lebbeus Bates lives in the town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I also knew the sd Lebbeus to be a soldier in Capt. Amos Lincolns Company of Artillery, and Col Paul Reveres Regt and that he served in sd company and Regt more than two years as a Sergeant, the sd Regt was raised the Eighth day of May AD. One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven for the term of three years. I also knew the sd Lebbeus to be regularly and honorably discharged, the Eight day of May AD. One thousand seven hundred & Eighty [one? something was written but faded/erased]. I served with with him in the same Regt. We were together in Gen. Sullivans Expedition on Rhode Island and were there under the command of Col Crane, Col Revere was not on Rhode Island in sd Expedition - and at the close of it we returned to the Command of Col Revere in Massachusetts Line. 
[Signed] Jacob Nash 

Hampshire ss. July 13th AD 1832. 
Then Jacob Nash subscriber to the foregoing deposition personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the same. I am personally and particularly acquainted ^with the aforesaid deponent and know him to be a man of undoubted Probity truth & veracity 
[Signed] John Mack, Just. Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. 
I Soloman Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that John Mack Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth - and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity - and that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the hand writing of the said John Mack. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
[SEAL]
[Signed] S. Stoddard Clerk
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Lebbius Bates Berkshire Ct. Mass which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason as signed for his not doing so? -- 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes 
V.* Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? --
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? --
XIV.+ If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes 
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes 
XVI.++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  no [very faint]
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes 

EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For __ year __ months and __ days, I served as a ___. For __ months and __ days, I served as a ____ and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Lebbeus Bates 
Payments to be made 
at Boston Mass 
by the Pres of [illegible] Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners, 
in the Agency of Mass 

Capt Lincolns Compy 
Col Reveres Regimt 
lives in Windsor 17 in 1834 
before in Cummington 

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk ,
in Book D. Vol. 2nd page 95
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Revolutionary Claim. 
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Libbius Bates of the State of Massachusetts who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, 
is entitled to receive One hundred & Twenty dollars and -- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 
Given at the War Office of the United Sates,
this Tenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty Three
[SEAL]
[Signed] Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned} 
[Signed] J L Edwards
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
[SEAL]
Secretary's Office, Boston,
Sept. 26th 1855. 

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 Lebbeus Bates is borne on Continental Army Books in Capt. Lincoln's Comp. Col. Revere's Regt. from Feby 14, 1778 to Dec 31. 1779, 22 mos. & 17 days, as Corpl.
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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. 
[Signed] Chas W Lovett 
Depy. Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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The Secretary of of the State of Massachusetts is requested to search the rolls of Revolutionary Service for the Service of Lebbeus Bates who served in the Revolutionary War - he enlisted as your Applicant believes in 1777 for the three Years in the Company commanded by Capt Lincoln and Regiment Commanded by Col Revere and was in eastern Campaign and was a Revolutionary Pensioner - she make this Application for the purpose of obtaining Bounty land under the act of March 3d 1855 
Cummington Sept 21 1835  [Signed] Melatiah Bates 

Hampshire ss. Sept 21 1855 Personally appeared Melatiah Bates and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit 
Before me  [Signed] Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
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Cummington Mass July 16 1853 
Secretary of the Interior 

Sir  I enclose to you the declaration of Melatiah Bates widow of Col Lebbeus Bates a Soldier of the Revolution for a Pension under the law of March last the papers may not be in the exact form prescribed under that law yet I think she set forth all the material facts in the case 
Respectfully Yours  [Signed] Eliphalet Packard 

Cummington Hampshire Co Mass
Oct 9 1855
Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir I enclose the Apppriation [sic] of Martha Knapp widow of William Knapp for Bounty land 
Also the original ^pension Certificate of Lebbeus Bates for revolutionary Service No 49169 
Yours [Signed] Eliphalet Packard
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Brief in the case of Melatiah Bates widow of Libbius 
Hampshire County and State of Mass:
act 3d Feby. 1853. 

Claim, ("original") 
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7" June 1832.
Record evidence of marriage.

(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of this claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
Eliphalet Packard Esqr.
Cummington Mass:

[Signed] S C Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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Northampton Mass 
Oct. 14, 1857 
Geo. C. Whiting Esqr 
Coms'r. of Pensions 

Sir 
Mrs. Melatiah Bates, of Worthington, widow, who is a Pensioner of U.S. under the act of 1853, having been informed that by a decision of the Court of Claims she is entitled to an additional pension of five years, commencing 1848, wishes me to ascertain what form of proceeding is necessary in order that she may obtain the same. Will you be good enough to instruct me on that point?
Respectfully &c. 
[Signed] A. W. Thayer