Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25154, for Nymphas Stacy, Massachusetts
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Service: Mass.
Stacy, Nymphas (Abigail)
Number: W. 25154
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11,778
Maine
Abigail Stacy dec'd
widow of Nymphas 
who died on the [blank]
of [Mass?] in the State of [blank]
who was a private in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the Revolution
She died March 12th 1842

Inscribed on the Roll of Portland
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of
August 1855 and sent to
Edmund Flagg
State Depart, Present

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by G.T. Getty Clerk
Book H Vol. 1 Page 113
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Edmund Flagg
State Dept.
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I, Abraham Sawyer of Gloucester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts of the age of Ninety five years, depose and say that I was well acquainted with Dea. Nymphas Stacy of said Gloucester, and also his Son Nymphas Stacy, who afterwards removed to Wiscasset in the State of Maine. That said Nymphas Stacy, the younger, served in the Revolutionary war, in the Company of Capt. Nathaniel Warner, and that it was reported at the time that he was wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill. 
And I further depose and say that I have no knowledge or recollection of any other person of that name except the above named.
[Signed] Abrm Sawyer

Nymphas Stacy Jun. and Isabella Parsons both of this town were married December thirteenth seventeen hundred fifty three by Revd Mr Chandler.
Nymphas their Son was born October twenty fifth Seventeen hundred fifty four (over)
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I, George S. Ford, Town Clerk of Gloucester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record of the Town of Gloucester in my possession, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - December "13" 1753"
October "25" 1754."
And I further certify that there does not appear to be any other Nymphas Stacy younger than this whose name is borne upon the Town Records.
[Signed] George S. Ford
Town Clerk of Gloucester

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.
On this first day of August in the year eighteen hundred fifty five personally appeared before me Joshua P. Trask a Notary Public duly admitted and Sworn, and dwelling in the town of Gloucester, in said County, Abraham Sawyer before named, well known to me as a credible witness, And George S. Ford Town Clerk of said Gloucester, and severally made oath to the truth of the foregoing depositions
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, Boston, August 2d, 1855 

I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed 
Joshua P. Trask was a 
Notary Public for the County of Essex 
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. 
[Signed] E.M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
[SEAL]
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depositions by them Subscribed.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto  subscribed my name and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year last before written
[Signed] Joshua P. Trask
Notary Public.
[SEAL]
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County of Lincom [Lincoln]
State of Maine ss. 
on this Fifth day July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Fifty five, personally appeared before the Judge of the Probate Court of the County of Lincom, William Stacy, a resident of the town of Wiscasset in the State and County aforesaid, aged Sixty four years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following Decleration [sic] in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" 
That he is a son of Nymphas Stacy who was a Copoal [Corporal?] in Captain Nathaniel Warrens Company, Colonel Moses Littles Regiment for a period of eight months, as is more fully set forth by a certificate from the Secertary [sic] of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and by an Affidavit of Benjiman [sic] Webber both of which papers are hereto appended; and that the Said Nymphas Stacy was a resident of the town of Gloucester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts where he entered the Service: And he further declares that on 24th of October 1778 the said Nymphas Stacy was married
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to Abigal Elwell as is fully set forth by the Certificate of the Town Clerk of said town of Gloucester duly authenticated and that subsequently he removed to the town of Pownalborough, now Wiscasset in the District now State of Maine: and there died on the third 3th day of August in the year 1811, that the said Nymphas and Abigail Stacy had six children, all of whom are now dead except this applicant William Stacy: 
That the said Abigail Stacey never married again, but continued to live in the said Town of Wiscasset and there died on the 12th day of March in the year 1842 all of which is fully set forth in a Joint Affidavit of Joshua Damon and Samuel Page both of Wiscasset duly authenticated hereto appended; And the applicant further declares that neither Nymphas Stacy, nor the said Abigail his widow nor any of their children have ever heretofore to his knowledge or belief, asked for or received any pension or other consideration on account of said Nymphas Stacy's Revolutionary Services
[Signed] Wm. Stacy
Attest
E.B. Bowman
Asa F. Hall
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Sworn and Subscribed to the day and year above writen [sic], before me Arnold Blaney Judge of Probate Court of the County of Lincon [Lincoln] who am personally acquainted with the said William Stacy, and who am also personaly [sic] acquainted with E.B. Bowman and Asa F. Hall the subscribing witness[es] hereto, residents of the town of Wiscasset, and credible men, who first being duly sworn, according to law, upon their oaths declare, that the William Stacy whose signature they attest is the same person whose name appears in the Decleration [sic] herinbefore [sic] set forth:- 
And it has been made satisfactory to appear to me, that Nymphas Stacy, whose name appears in the said decleration, died on the third day of August in the year 1811, that his wife Abigail never married again but died his widow on the 12th day of March in the year 1842, that they had six children and that only one of them, William Stacy now survives:- 
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name, and caused the seal official of the Court of Probate (the same being a Court of record) to be affixed the day and year above written 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Arnold Blaney { Judge
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, Boston 
June 18th 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 Nymphas Stacy is borne on return of 8 mos. men in Capt. Nathaniel Warners Comp. Col. Moses Littles Regt name borne on Cont roll , dated Prospect Hill, Nov. 14th 1775, as Corporal from Gloucester  
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. 
[Signed] E M Wright 
Secretary of the Commonwealth



For Letter applying for this certificate 
see papers in case of David [Guyson?]
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I Benjamin Webber of Gloucester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 82 years on oath testify, that I served as a private in Capt Nathaniel Warner's company in Col. Moses Littles Regiment of Massachusetts infantry stationed at Prospect Hill and vicinity from 22 April, 1775 to 22d February 1776. That I was well acquainted with Nymphas Stacy of said Gloucester and to my knowlege [sic] he served as a private in said company and regiment the term of eight months from 1st May 1775 to 31 December 1775 when he was discharged. And if he enlisted after 1st May 1775, he was not discharged until he served out his eight months and was discharged in Jany, 1776. 
[Signed] Benjamin Webber 

"Married Nymphas Stacy to Abigail Elwell the twenty ninth"
"October, seventeen hundred and seventy eight."
I William Savile, Town Clerk of Gloucester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, certify that the above is a true copy of the record of marriages solemnised [sic] by the Rev. Eli Forbes, on file in my office, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, "October 29, 1778. 
[Signed] Willm. Saville  Clerk of the Town of Gloucester

I William Saville 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 said Rev. Eli Forbes in my office with the exception above named, as certified by me. 
[Signed] Willm. Saville Town Clerk of Gloucester

[Stricken paragraph: of Gloucester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts aged 77 years, on oath depose and say that I served twelve months in Capt Nathaniel Warners Company stationed at Gloucester aforesaid, as a private, some time in the years 1777 and 1778]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss. 	On this fourth day of August, 1838, personally appeared before me William Ferson, Notary Public, by legal authority admitted and sworn and dwelling in Gloucester in said County, the above named Benjamin Webber, well known to me as a creditable witness, and William Saville, Town Clerk, who severally made oath to the truth of the foregoing depositions by them subscribed. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, on the day and year last above written 
[Signed] William Ferson Noty Public 
[SEAL]
[Missing]tify, that five lines above my certificate, were written 
[missing] mistake by myself and erased by me 
[Signed] William Ferson, Noty Public
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 7th 1855 

I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestatation [sic] hereunto annexed, 
William Ferson was a Notary Public for the County of Essex 
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. I believe the signature of the Notary to be genuine 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. 
[SEAL]
{Signed] E.M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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STATE OF MAINE. 
LINCOLN COUNTY} ss. OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE. 
I, Erastus Foote Jr, Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify and attest that Hon. Arnold Blaney whose name is signed to the annexed certificate is Judge of Probate in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the constitution and laws of said State: that the annexed signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Official Seal of said Court this Second day of July A.D. 1855. 
[SEAL] 
[Signed] Erastus Foote Jr Register of Probate.
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County of Lincoln
State of Maine ss. 
On this fifth day of July, in the year 1855 personally appeared before the undersigned, Clerk of the Judicial Court of the County of Lincoln, Joshua Damon and Samuel Page residents of the town of Wiscasset in said County and State, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, do, on their oaths, severally, respectively, and individually, make the following declaration: That they each of them knew Nymphas Stacy and his wife Abigail Stacy when they lived, and for many years, as residents of the town of Wiscasset, from a period as early as the years 1809 and down to the date of their deaths:- That the said Nymphas & Abigail Stacy, they have always heard and they believe, came to Maine from the town of Gloucester, Massachusetts, where they had been married about the year 1778:- that they had six children, all of whom are now dead except William Stacy:- that the said Nymphas died at Wiscasset, on the 3th [?] day of August in the year 1811, and that his wife Abigail never married again, but
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continued to live at said Wiscasset, and there died on the 12th day of March in the year 1842 
[Signed] Joshua Damon 
[Signed] Saml Page 

Sworn and subscribed to the day and year above written, before the undersigned, Clerk of the Judicial Court of the County of Lincoln who am [sic] personally acquainted with the said 
Joshua Damon and Samuel Page 
and know them to be old citisens [sic] of said town of Wiscasset, and men of veracity and truth: and it has been made satisfactorily to appear to me, that Nymphas and Abigail Stacy, whose names appear in the above Declaration, were married about the year 1778, that they had children, all of whom are now dead except William Stacy; that the said Nymphas died in the year 1811; and that the said Abigail never married again, but died on the 12th day of March in the year of our Lord 1842. -- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Judicial Court of Lincoln County, the day and year above written.
[Signed]  E. B. Bowman Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Abigail Stacy decd who was the wid of Nymphas 
Lincoln County and State of Maine.
act July 1838. 

Claim, ("original" or "for increase".)  } He died Aug. 3d 1811. 
Proof exhibited, (if original.)  } She  " March 12, 1842 

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
The service for 8 months in 1775 in Col. Moses Littles Regiment, Mass. troops, is established by the Records at Boston. His identity, by old and respectable witnesses one of whom served with him. The marriage, on the 29th of Oct 1778 is shown by a copy of the Record of the town of Gloucester, Mass. The date of death &c are shown in accordance with the regulations 

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

Name and residence of Agent 
Edmund Flagg
State Department 

Examining Clerk.
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Maine Roll
Abigail Stacy, decd.
widow of Nymphas,
who was a private Mass
troops.

An Act July 7, 1838.
8 mo private
$26:66 per Anm.

Com March 4, 1836,
End March 4, 1841.
[She died in 1842 March 12]

Payable to
William Stacy, only child.

Edmund Flagg,
State Department.
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{Nymphas Stacy Mass admd. '32 is not the same man
{See Sarah Stacy Mass '43 admd No. 3187
{Wid. File 25100

Abigail Stacy wid of Amos. Mass 
Act Feb '48 admd. No. 1307 is a different person
Wid. File 25154

Crosswise: 
F
Cole
Abigail Stacy - wid of Nymphas
Mi or Mass original

Upside down: Commissioner of Pensions
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State of Maine.
Lincoln, ss.
I, EDMUND B. BOWMAN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Elisha McKenney whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, was on the days of the dates thereof, legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the signature to the annexed papers purporting to be his are genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICAL COURT, this eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five 
[Ribboned SEAL]
[Signed] E. B. Bowman CLERK
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I, Samuel Sevey of Wiscasset in the County of Lincoln State of Maine, aged eighty six years on oath depose and say that I well knew Deacon Nymphas Stacy formerly of Gloucester Mass: that he removed to this place and lived with his son Nymphas Stacy for a number of years: and that he died in said Wiscasset about the year eighteen hundred and four: that I visited him in his last sickness and know that he died about that time as I lived in the same village with him: I further depose and say that I knew Nymphas Stacy, son of said Deacon Nymphas Stacy, who died in Wiscasset aforesaid in the year eighteen hundred and eleven; that I know he died about that time because I was at his funeral. 
[Signed] Samuel Sevey 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this eighteenth day of August A.D. 1855, and I certify that the above named Samuel Sevey is a credible person. 
[Signed] Elisha McKenney, Justice of the Peace
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I, Chandler Dammon of Wiscasset, County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy five years, on oath depose and say that I well knew Deacon Nymphas Stacy formerly of Gloucester Mass, who removed from that place to Wiscasset aforesaid, where he lived a number of years with his son Nymphas Stacy and died at said Wiscasset about the year eighteen hundred and four, and that I lived in the same village with him at the time of his death. I further depose and say that I have this day visited the grave of said Dea. Nymphas Stacy and find engraved upon his grave stone the following inscription, "Deacon Nymphas Stacy died December 28th A.D 1804, aged 79" I also visited the grave of his son Nymphas Stacy and find there engraved upon his grave stone, "Nymphas Stacy, born Oct. 25, 17544, died Aug. 3d 1811, aged 56 years 9 months"  Both of the above are in the grave yard in the village of said Wiscasset. 
[Signed] Chandler Damman 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this eighteenth day of August A.D. 1855, and I certify that the above named Chandler Dammon is a credible person 
[Signed] Elisha McKenney, Justice of the Peace
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Brief in the case of Abigail Stacy decd who was the wid of Nymphas 
Lincoln County and State of Maine.
act July 1838. 

Claim, ("original" or "for increase".)  } He died Aug. 3d 1811. 
Proof exhibited, (if original.)  } She  " March 12, 1842 

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
The service for 8 months in 1775 in Col. Moses Littles Regiment, Mass. troops, is established by the Records at Boston. His identity, by old and respectable witnesses one of whom served with him. The marriage, on the 29th of Oct 1778 is shown by a copy of the Record of the town of Gloucester, Mass. The date of death &c are shown in accordance with the regulations 

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

Name and residence of Agent 
Edmund Flagg
State Department 

Examining Clerk. 
Ogden Wiles
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Crosswise: Pension Office

Washington,
Aug. 10, 1855.
In reply to a letter from the Pension Office dated July [?] 23rd, touching the identity of Nymphas Stacy, I am desired to file in that office with the papers in the case, the accompanying affidavits.
Very respectfully,
Edmund Flagg
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Washington, 
August 22. 1855 

Josiah Minot Esq.,
Commissioner of Pensions 

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 12th inst. which I forwarded to William Stacy, an applicant for certain arrearages of Pension, & have received the accompanying certificate, which I am requested to file with the papers in the case. 
Very Respectfully, 
Edmund Flagg
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No. 15,329
Abigail Stacy, decd,
widow of Nymphas
Maine

Let. to E. Flagg July 23d, 1855
Same Aug 11/55
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25154
Abigail Stacy
Wid of
Nymphas Stacy
Priv Rev War
Act July 7th 1838
Index: Vol L, Page 250
[Arrangement of 1870.]