Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,674, for Francis Soucee, Massachusetts
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Mass

Soucee, Francis
or
Brooks
               Susanna.

NUMBER
w. 24.674

CONTENTS
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6307
Maine
Francis Soucee
private
Massachusetts line-War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of -8- Dollars per month to commence on the 3d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st of Feby 1819
and deld R.C. Vose
Arrears to 4th of Sep.1818. 5 mo 2/30-40.53
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4.March 1819 48.00
$88.53
[Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Unity,
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[left side]Reported
Dec.28/48
Date of death not on AB
ILL
[right side] 2656
Maine
Susanna Brooks
widow of Francis Soucee
alias Francis Brooks
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Dec. 1818 and sent to 
Hon. H. Hamlin
N.J. Senate
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 2 Vol. 1.
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No 7409
Susanna Brooks 
widow of Francis Brooks
alias Francis Soucee
who was a pensioner 
under Act March 18.1818
Me
Act 7 July '38
m 86 d 19 3 yrs pri
Acmd
2 yrs pri
80$
No deduction
Geo W Morton
Augusta Maine
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JOHN FAIRFIELD
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING:
Ye, That Samuel Corry whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date of attestation thereto, Judge, and that Mason S. Palmer, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date of his attestation thereto, Register of Probate and that J.B. Hill, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date of his attestation thereto, a Justice of the Peace, all within & for the County of Penobscot. That Toppan Robie, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed was, at the date of his attestation thereto a Justice of the Peace within & for our County of Cumberland- and that Eraster Bartlett, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date of his attestation thereto, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Kennebec, & that the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to their 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 caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA, this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty and in the sixty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America. 
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Philip C. Johnson, Secretary of State.
[left margin signature--John Fairfield\
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I Russell Linnell Clerk of the Town of Gorham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine do certify that in the records of Marriages in said Town the Marriage of Frances Brooks & Miss Susanna Stuart is recorded as follows viz January the fourth Seventeen hundred and eighty six Frances Brooks of Northyarmouth and Susanna Stuart of Gorham
The above were Lawfully married by me
Caleb Jewett Clerk
Recorded by Austin Alden Town Clerk
I Russell Linnell above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Gorham aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of Marriage Solemnized by Caleb Jewett in said Town with the exception of the dates which is expressed on the record in Fair legible figures as follows viz January 4th 1786
Attest Russell Linnell Town Clerk
Cumberland SS
Sworn and subscribed
this 18th day of August 1840
Before me
Toppan Robie, Justice of the Peace
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Penobscot County, ss.
On this fourth day of September A.D., 1840 personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Penobscot Susanna Brooks a resident of Bradford in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, 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 July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Francis Soucee late a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18 1818 that his pension was payable at Portland Maine that the said Francis Soucee was a Frenchman and known generally by the name of Francis Brooks that she believes he enlisted for the period of during the Revolutionary War into the Massachusetts line that she refers to the proof presented by him to the War Department for his services in the Army of the Revolution
She further declares, that she was married to the said Francis Soucee or Brooks on the fourth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six; that her husband, the aforesaid Francis Soucee or Francis Brooks died on the twentieth day of March AD eighteen Hundred & nineteen; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving for the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated, that her maiden name was Susanna Stuart and that she was married in the Town of Gorham then District or State of Maine
Susanna [her X mark] Brooks
Attest
Joshua Sinclair Jr
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Saml Cosey} Judge of Probate within & for the County of Penobscot
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I certify that in consequence of the inability of Susanna Brooks to attend Court I was requested by her friends to go to her residence in order to take the within declaration.
I found her entirely unable from decrepitude and sickness to leave her home to make a declaration in open Court. I am satisfied she is the widow of Francis Brooks or Soucee who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that she has remained unmarried ever since his decease
Saml. Corry Judge of Probate for the County of Penobscot
STATE OF MAINE.
Penobscot ss.
I the subscriber Mason S. Palmer hereby CERTIFY, That Samuel Corry before whom the proceedings were had, is sole Judge of Probate for the County of Penobscot I also CERTIFY, That the proceeding contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Susannah Brooks for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this fourth day of September A.D., 1840
Mason S. Palmer
Regr Probate for Penobscot County
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Francis Soucee born in Montreal in Canada, a citizen of the U. States, having constantly resided within the U. States since April or May 1776, now living in Unity in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in April or May 1776 I enlisted into the continental service of the U. States, against the common enemy for one year into the company commanded by Capt  Wheeler, and regiment commanded by Col. Porter of the Massachusetts line. In this regiment I served until Oct 1776 when I reenlisted into the continental service of the U. States, against the common enemy for the period of during the war, into the company commanded by Capt Brewer and regiment commanded by Col Samuel Brewer of the Massachusetts line, as a private soldier. I served in this regiment, being the first Massachusetts line and afterwards selected at West Point to serve in Col. Vose's detachment under the Marquis De la Fayette to serve at the southward, where I marched accordingly and was at the taking of Cornwallis. After which I returned with the detachment to West Point, and there joined my regiment. I continued in the continental service until June 1783 when at NewBurgh New York, I took my honorable discharge from the army. My discharge I have lost. I was in both the battles at the taking of Burgoyne, at the battle of Monmouth and at the taking of Cornwallis. I wintered one winter at Valley Forge. I am indigent, and in need of the bounty of the government. And I do hereby relinquish all my claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be put upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
Francis [his X mark] Soucee
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Ss 
On the third day of April AD 1818, Francis Soucee above named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him signed, the same  having been first distinctly read to him.
Before me
Nathan Weston Jr Chief Justice C. Court
Com. Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I George Parkhurst of Fairfax in the District of Maine upon oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with the within named Francis Soucee. I knew him well in the army, and know that he served from 1776 through the war as he has within stated, having served myself most of the time in the same regiment with him. He is indigent, his health is ruined, and he is in need of the bounty of the government. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
George Parkhurst
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Ss.
On the third day of April AD 1818 George Parkhurst above named after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me
Nathan Weston Jun Chief Justice C Court C
Pleas Second Eastern District
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September 9, 1935
Francis Soucee-W.24674
The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Francis Soucee Brooks who died in Unity, Maine.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 24674, based upon the service of Francis Soucee or Brooks in the War of the Revolution.
He was born in Montreal, Canada (a Frenchman) date of his birth not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
He came to America in April or May, 1776 and [illegible], served as a private in Captain Wheeler's company, Colonel Porter's Massachusetts regiment until October 10, 1776; he reenlisted and served as a private in Captain Brewer's company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's Massachusetts regiment, was in both battles at the taking of Burgoyne, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the battle of Monmouth, continued to serve in that regiment until at West Point, he was transferred to Colonel Vose's 1st Massachusetts regiment marched to the "Southward" and served in the detachment under Marquis de Lafayette was at the suurrender of Cornwallis, after which he returned to West Point, there rejoined his regiment and served until in June, 1783, when he was discharged at Newburg, New York.
It was stated that after the Revolutionary War, Francis Soucee took the name of Francis Brooks and was
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generally known by that name.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, then residing in Unity, District of Maine. His name was borne on the pension roll as Francis Soucee. He had lived in Unity since about 1808. He died March, 20, 1819 in Unity, Maine.
Francis Soucee (Brooks) married January 4, 1786 in Gorham, District of Maine, Miss Susanna Stuart; he then resided in North Yarmouth and she in Gorham.
The widow, Susanna, was allowed pension on her application executed September 4, 1840, at which time she was residing in Bradford, Penobscot County, Maine, where she had moved shortly after her husband's death. She was seventy-two years of age in 1840; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
Reference was made to the family of the soldier but no names were given. One Sarah M. Brooks in 1848 was of Bradford, Maine, it is not stated that she was related to the family.
The application for headstone for Francis Soucee (Brooks) and a letter addressed to your office signed by Carrie Latham Miller, 896 Essex Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts, are returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[left side] Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24674
Susana Brooks
Wid of
Francis Soucee
alias Francis Brooks
Priv. Rev. War
Act Feb 2.1848
Index: Vol. A, Page 92
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[right side] 1934- Nov. 30-Hist to Carrie L. Miller
ILL.
1934-Dec.12-Carrie L. Miller furnished data for last payment of pension-ILL
Sept 9 hist to Memo Br
Avg
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Reported 5543
Maine
Susanna Brooks
widow of Francis Soucee alias Francis Brooks
who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of May, 1844 and sent to Geo. W. Morton
Augusta Me
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1, Page 268.
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5986Maine
Susanna Brooks,
widow of Francis Brooks
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818,
and who died on the 20th March 1819
of Penobscot in the State of Maine
who was a private in the Compy. commanded
by Captain --- of the Regt. commanded
by Col. ---in the Massts.
line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80. Dollars ---Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Jany 1840 and sent to George W. Morton, Augusta, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Sept: 1840 $360:00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '41 40.00
$400:00
[Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by Wm C. Lantzinger Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 1 Page 3.
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[stamp-REC'D DEC 7 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM READER#4]
896 Essex Street,
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
December 4, 1934.
My file reference:
BA-J/ILL
Francis Soucee, or
Brooks-W. 24674
Commissioner of Pensions,
Mr. A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of November 20, 1934, Kindly accept my gratitude for the valuable information you forwarded me concerning Francis Soucee or Brooks -W-24674.
Traditional statements are rapidly developing into positive data.
Apparently Francis (Soucee or) Brooks ancestors were among the families who were captured during the French and Indian Wars.
May I request the date of cessation of Susanna Brooks' pension, also any other data concerning Francis (Soucee or) Brooks and his widow Susanna Brooks, which you may possess.
I am the great grand-daughter of Francis and Susanna Brooks.
Respectfully requested,
Carrie L. Miller.
signature
Carrie L. Miller,
896 Essex Street
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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[stamp-RECEIVED 3 1934 [illegible]
896 Essex Street
Lawrence, Mass.
November, 5, 1934.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir-
Will you kindly forward me a transcript of record of life and service, of,
1. Brooks-Francis, Private in War of 1812. Service in Lieut. B.J. Radcliff's Co., Lieut. Col. H. Moore's Regiment.
2. Brooks-Susanna (Stuart or Stewart), Widow of Francis Brooks. )ok 
Received a pension.
3. Brooks-Francis, Private in American Revolution, in Capt. Benj. Brown's Co., Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment.
4. Brooks-?---Private in American Revolution, in Capt. Abraham Andrew's Co., Col. How's Middlesex Co. Regiment.
5. Brooks-?--Lieut. in Nathaniel Cowdry's Co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regt. of Guards.
6.? Stuart-? (Stewart)-Capt. Wentworth,
Did he receive commission of Lieut.Col. Jan. 1, 1776 in Col. Edmund Phinney's Co.?
Respectfully requested,
Carrie L. Miller
signature?
Carrie L. Miller,
896 Essex Street,
Lawrence, Mass.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
8-30-1933(5?)
Memorandum for The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N.W.
1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grace of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.
2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.
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Request for Rev War service of Francis Soucee Brooks-a pensioner in 1818 died in Unity-Me- 
Record furnished & application for headstone returned also a letter addressed to JMG signed Carrie Lallicin Miller-Lawrence Mass
Accy
Sep-9-35-
[stamp-RECEIVED SEP 3 1935 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER # 10]
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December 12, 1934.
Carrie L. Miller
896 Essex Street
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
BA-J/ILL
Francis Soucee, or Brooks-W. 24674
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of December 4, in which you request additional information in regard to Francis Soucee or Brooks, pension claim W. 24674.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Susanna Brooks, the pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Susanna Brooks, widow of Francis Soucee, alias Brooks.
Certificate #2656
Issued December 28, 1848
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848.
Act of February 2, 1848.
Maine Agency.
This office has no other information relative to Francis Soucee, or Brooks, and his widow, Susanna, than was incorporated in the report furnished you November 20, 1934.
Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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November 20, 1934.
Carrie L. Miller
896 Essex Street
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
BA-J/ILL
Francis Soucee, or Brooks-W. 24674
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Francis Brooks, a private in Captain Benjamin Brown's company, Colonel Michael Jackson's regiment, Susanna (Stuart or Stewart), the widow of Francis Brooks, a pensioner, other soldiers of that war with surname Brooks, a soldier with surname Stuart (Stewart)-Captain Wentworth, and, also, the War of 1812 record of Francis Brooks.
A search of the War of 1812 records has been made and no claim for pension found which has been made to the United States based upon service in that war for Francis Brooks, under any spelling of that surname. No records of other soldiers with surname Brooks and Stuart, or Stewart, can be identified without their full names. The record of Francis Brooks, or Soucee, whose widow, Susanna (Stuart) received a pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War has been found; that record is given herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 24674.
FRANCIS SOUCEE-or BROOKS-W. 24674
Francis Soucee, a Frenchman, was born in Montreal, Canada; the date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
He came to the United States in April or May 1776, and enlisted in the American forces. He served from that time as private in Captain Wheeler's company, Colonel Porter's Massachusetts regiment until October 10, 1776: he reenlisted then, served as private in Captain Brewer's company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's Massachusetts regiment, was in both of the battles of Stillwater, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the battle of Monmouth, and continued to serve in that regiment until, at West
[handwritten in left margin--arrow point to the word Wheeler-This is probably meant for Miller as in Mass. Sol & Sailors.]
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Point, he was placed in Colonel Vose's 1" Massachusetts regiment, served in the detachment under Marquis de Lafayette and was at the surrender of Cornwallis, after which he went with the detachment to West Point, there rejoined his regiment and served until June 1783, when he was discharged at Newburg, New York.
It was stated that after the Revolutionary War, Francis Soucee took the name of Francis Brooks and was generally known by that name.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, at which time he resided in Unity, Kennebec County, Maine District. He had lived in the United States ever since he entered the service in 1776, and in said Unity, since about 1808. His name was borne on the pension roll as Francis Soucee.
The soldier died March 20, 1819, in Unity, Maine District.
He married January 4, 1786 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine District, Miss Susanna Stuart, of Gorham; he resided then in North Yarmouth, and used the name then Francis (Frances) Brooks.
Susanna Brooks, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed September 4, 1840, at which time she resided in Bradford, Penobscot County, Maine; she had moved to that place shortly after the death of her husband. In 1840, she was aged seventy-two years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
Reference was made to the family of the soldier but no names were given. In 1848, one Sarah H. Brooks was with the soldier's widow, said Susanna Brooks, in Bradford, Maine, no relationship between them shown.
Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
[handwritten-Note/Mrs. French/ILL.
Did not use the Mass. Report in this case as Mass. Sol & Sailors indicates there was more than one soldier named Francis-with various spelling of Soucee-because the services overlap in those references-and as the soldier did not allege this service, which may pertain to another Francis-it was omitted.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 20 February 1848 entitled "An act making further provisions for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution"
State of Maine
County of Penobscot Ss.
On the third day of November AD 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Penobscot Susannah Brooks a resident of Bradford in said county aged Eighty two 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 20 February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the widow of Francis Brooks who was a private in the army of the Revolution, that she cannot from recollection state the Regiment or corps in which her husband the said Francis Brooks served but for the same refers to her declaration on file in the department & the accompanying papers: that the annual amount of pension which she receives under the act of June 7th 1844 was eighty dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Susanna [her X mark] Brooks
Witness Sarah H. Brooks
Gorham Davis
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written
Gorham Davis J Peace
I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me & that Kirkland was erased & Bradford inserted before the above was signed
Gorham Davis J Peace
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State of Maine
Penobscot s.s.
I William T. Hilliard Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Gorham Davis is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County; that he is duly qualified to act as such: and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this fourth day of November Anno Domini 1848
Wm. T. Hilliard Clerk
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Senate Chamber
Jany 11.1841
Sir
I have just viewed the enclosed papers & send them to you for your consideration. I am well acquainted with Dr Burnham & Judge Chase whose affidavits are enclosed & assure you that entire reliance should be placed in their statements
I am respectfully
your obt serv
R Williams
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Augusta Jany 6 1841
Dear Sir
I transmitted the papers of Mrs Susanna Brooks in order to obtain a pension for her under the act of July 7th 1838 some time since to the Commr of Pensions, her late husband was a pensioner under the Act of March 18 1818 under the name of Francis Soucee. he was a frenchman. he was known on the rolls of the Army by that name, but was married an generally recognized after the war by the name of Brooks. The papers transmitted to Mr Edwards were not sufficient to identify her late husband with Francis Soucee and her application was not successful. I have sent you the accompanying affidavits in order to identify the late pensioner Francis Soucee as the same person who was known in the neighborhood where he resides as Francis Brooks and who was the husband of Mrs Brooks. You are well acquainted with Doct Burnham who was knowing to the facts in the case and which he states in his affidavit. I think the affidavits will be satisfactory to Col Edwards and will now allow her claim. Your attention to the business will confer a favor upon
Your Obt Servt
Geo W Morton
Hon Reuel Williams
U.S. Senate
Please certify as to the official character of Mess. Burnham & Chase.
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Augusta, Maine
June 25th 1840
Sir
I transmitted you in the month of November last, certain papers in the case of Mrs Jedidah Norris in order to establish her claim to a pension, under the act of July 7.1838. As I have not heard any thing relating to her claim, since the papers were sent you and some considerable time having elapsed, I would respectfully request you to inform me, whether the papers were received, and if they were whether they are satisfactory to you and sufficient to establish her claim.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Geo W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Francis Soucee, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Unity, in the said County of Kennebec, in the District of Maine, on the third day of April, A.D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A.D. 1818, which declaration, and other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution until the end thereof against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, and for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston Cir. C. Just
C.C.C. Pleas 2d E. Circuit.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, Ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec, and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand: 
Dated at Augusta, in the said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis
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Francis Soucee, Unity
Pv. Col. Sprouts Mass.
Reg. 1777 to 1783
April 3.1818
Admitted
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, July 6 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Francis Sussuc served as a Soldier in the Major's Company, and Col. Sprout's Regiment (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Jany 1-1777 to Decr 31-1780, being four years & for the war
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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I Hezekiah Chase of Unity State of Maine aged sixty-six years do testify and say, that Francis Brooks and his wife Susanna moved into said Unity about the year one thousand & eight hundred, that I was well acquainted with him and his family till his death living not far from them, that said Brooks became a United States Pensioner under the Act of Congress of March 1818 and continued to draw a pension till his death, that I understood by him that he enlisted into the United States service by the name of Francis Suce, and that he applied for and received his pension by that name, but he was generally known in Unity by the name of Brooks, his widow in a few years after his death left Unity and I understood now lives in the town of Bradford in this state with one of her sons
Hezekiah Chase
Waldo Ss. December 28 1840
Personally appeared the above named Hezekiah Chase and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Rufus Burnham Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponed Hezekiah Chase that his word may be depend on in all cases Rufus Burnham
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I certify that the within named Thos Chandler is a Justice of Peace in the County of Waldo authorized to administer oaths & that the within is his signature
R Williams
Jany 15.1841
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Augusta, Maine,
May 15, 1844.
Sir
I herewith enclose a declaration of Mrs Susanna Brooks, in order to have her claim to a pension under the Act of March 3, 1843 allowed, which, if satisfactory, I would respectfully request you to send me, for her, a certificate.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Geo. W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.
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Augusta Maine
October 16. 1840
Sir
I herewith enclose the paper in the case of Mrs Susanna Brooks for the purpose of establishing her claim to a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838. Her late husband was a pensioner for a short time under the act of March 18 1818 having been known in the army by the name of Francis Soucee it is hoped the explanation given in the affidavit accompanying the declaration and annexed to it will be sufficient to identify her late husband as the person who did receive the pension by the name of Francis Soucee which fact was notorious in the neighborhood where he resided. Should the papers be satisfactory I would respectfully request you to allow her claim & transmit a certificate for her
Very respectfully
Your obt Servt
Geo. W. Morton
James L Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Susanna Brooks
let to G.W. Morton 24.Oct.1840
Hon. Ruel Williams Jany 14 '44
Act 7.July 38
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DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF MAINE,
County of Penobscot ss.} On this ninth day of May A.D. 1846, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, Susanna Brooks a resident of Bradford in the County of Penobscot aged seventy six 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Francis Soucee or Francis Brooks who was a private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Francis Soucee or Francis Brooks at the rate of eighty dollars and [blank] cents per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838, which was paid to her Power Atty at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Francis Soucee or Francis Brooks having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Susanna [her X mark] Brooks
Witness
Gorham Davis
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
Before me Gorham Davis Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of Francis Soucee or Francis Brooks deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Gorham Davis Justice of the Peace.
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State of Maine
Kennebec County S.S}
I the subscriber, clerk of all the Judicial Courts held for and within the said County of Kennebec do hereby certify that Gorham Davis is a Justice of the Peace as within stated and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine the fifteenth day of May A.D. 1844.
A.R. Nichols
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I Rufus Burnham of Unity State of Maine testify and say that I was acquainted with Francis Brooks of said Unity from the year 1808 till his death, that he was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 1818 and continued to receive said Pension till he died. When he was about to make application for a pension he remarked to me that he feared he should meet with some difficulty in getting on to the Pension list on account of his name he said he enlisted by the name of Francis Suce but since he left the Army he had taken the name of Brooks I directed him to apply by the name he bore on the rools of the company he served in it was generally understood in this town that his original name was Suce but that he disliked the french name as he called it and assumed the name of Brooks.
Rufus Burnham
Waldo Ss Jan 2.1841
Personally appeared the above named Rufus Burnham & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
before me Thomas Chandler Jus Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above deposed Rufus Burnham & that his word may be depended on in all cases
Thomas Chandler
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I certify that Thos Chandler within named is a Justice of Peace in the County of Waldo & as such authorized to administer oaths & that the within is  his signature.
R Williams
Jany 15.1841
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I Joshua Sinclair of Old Town in the County of Penobscot State of Maine aged eighty years do depose and say that I was formerly a resident of the town of Unity in the State of Maine, that I was well acquainted with Francis Soucee many years previous to his death, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18.1818. The said Soucee was a Frenchman and was commonly known by the name of Brooks by which name I understood he was married he was frequently called Brooks while living in said Unity and was generally known by that name though it was generally understood in the neighborhood that he was known in the Army as Soucee and that the identical person know as a pensioner by the name of Francis Soucee was married by the name of Francis Brooks to Susanna Stuart. I lived in the same neighborhood for many years previous to his death . he and the said Susanna continued to live together as husband & wife ever after their marriage till his death. After the decease of said Brooks or Soucee his widow removed from said Unity to the town of Bradford where she still remains having remained unmarried ever since his decease
Joshua Sinclair
State of Maine
Kennebec County Ss
Augusta September 30.1840
Then personally appeared Joshua Sinclair above named and subscribed the above & made oath that the same is true and also certify that the deponent is a credible person
Erastus Bartlett Justice of the Peace
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I Simon Whitenore of Kirkland in the County of Penobscot of lawful aged fifty two years on oath declare and say that I lived in Unity in the County of Waldo formerly in the County of Kennebeck in the State of Maine, from the time I was seven years old till the year 1827. I was acquainted with a man who lived in Unity and who was known by the name of Francis Soucee and Francis Brooks. He was said to be a Frenchman by birth and I have no doubt but was so. I was acquainted with him for twenty years before his death, which was I think about the year 1819 I lived in the neighborhood and was at his funeral. In the latter part of his life he called his name generally Brooks, but sometime Soucee. He generally was known by the name of Brooks. He lived and died at Unity. I am also acquainted with his wife whose name was Susanna. Her maiden name as I understood was Susanna Stuart. I know that the lived together as husband and wife during the time aforesaid in Unity until his death. I have been acquainted with her ever since the death of said Brooks or Soucee. She is now a widow and has so far as I know remained a widow ever since
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the death of said Soucee or Brooks
Simon Whitmore
State of Maine
Penobscot Ss September 11.1860 then personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum within and for said County Simon Whitmore above named and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit.
W.B. Hill Justice of the Peace and the Quorum
Penobscot Ss September 11.1840 I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Simon Whitmore who signed the foregoing deposition and that full credit is to be given to his testimony.
WB Hill J Peace & Quorum