Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22557, William Weeks, N H
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SERVICE
NH

Weeks, William
Sarah C.

NUMBER
W. 22557
B.L.Wt. 11099-160-55.-

CONTENTS
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1732
New Hampshire
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Sarah C. Weeks
widow of William 
N. H.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Capt. & Pay Mas'r [Master] 
Inc.d [Increased] From $480
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
600 Dollars--- ["Cents" lined thru] 
per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
7 day of Apl.1857
and sent to J. M. Thayer Boston Mass.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 2, 1848, Page 162 Vol. 1

Death not on A B
JL
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5846
New Hamp:  C
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William Weeks  Dec'd
of ----- in the State of N H
who was a Capt. & P. M. [Pay Master] in the ---- commanded
by Captain-------of the---------commanded
by-----------in the-----------------
line for 2 years
Inc from $480
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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 600 Dollars----["Cents" lined thru]  per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
& Ending 14 Jan'y 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of April
1851 and Sent to
J M Thayer, Boston, Mass
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Arrears to the 4th of-----------
Semi-annual allowance ending----------

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act june 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H.E. Robinson Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 1 Page 129
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Vol. W1---86---

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90.167.

Act Mar. 3/55
Apl. 23/55
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Sarah C. Weeks.
Sarah C. Weeks  wid: of
William Weeks, [illegible stricken out]
___________________________________
Capt.     Paymaster,
N. Hamp: Cont'l. line,
___________________________________
[written diagonally across all of the above]
No 11,899 ifs Nov 28/55

Revolutionary Pensioner, under Act
June 7th 1832
Widow not his Pensioner
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NJ:  160 Acres  Nov:  21"/55.
Boynton.
________________________________________
L. D. Stephens
Concord
N.H.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
______________________________________
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Aaron Whitmore is an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Merrimack duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 8th day of Jan'y 1833 and will expire on the 15th day of November 1844 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 13th day of March 1843
Josiah Stevens Jr.   Secretary of State.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above signature]
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State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State
I, Josiah Stevens, Jr., Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George Odell is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Rockingham duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 13th day of June 1840 and will expire on the 13th day of June 1845 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine. 
Given under my hand and the seal of said State this 13th day of March 1843
Josiah Stevens Jr.  Secretary of State.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above signature.]
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State of New Hampshire

Rockingham ss } Town Clerk's Office, Greenland
N.H.  March 11th  1843.

William Weeks and Sarah Weeks } Married the sixteenth day of September One thousand
.seven hundred ninety

I Certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record, in fair legible figures, as follows.----

{ 16th of September---A.D. 1790. }

Attest, [signature] Charles A. Dearborn--Town Clerk

I Charles A. Dearborn, above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk, of Greenland in the County and State aforesaid, that the above is a true extract, from the records of said Town, with the exception above named as certified by me.---
[signature] Charles A. Dearborn--Clerk of the Town of Greenland

Rockingham ss March 11th 1843.} Sworn to and subscribed, before me--
[signature] George Odell, Justice of the Peace

over
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I, hereby Certify, that by full investigation, that the within named Sarah Weeks, is the identical person who has the name of Sarah C. Weeks, that the letter C in her name was omitted on the record within named.--
Attest  [signature] Charles A. Dearborn--Town Clerk of Greenland

[note: C. and C in above are underlined]
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15,647

Wm. Weeks

on Roll Col Scammell's Regt.
App'd [Appointed]  Pay Master 8 Nov 1776
Resign  1 June 1778---

Lieut  18 Mo  & 23 days

Adm

$ 62.56

[signature] J.M. Harper
H R
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15,647

BRIEF in the case of Wm. Weeks of Merrimack Cy in the State of N.H.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?   A Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  how old is he?  77

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Column 1]
Period.
76--8 Nov. to Jany  79

[Column 2]
Duration of Service
Years,      Months,    Days
 2------------2-------------

[Column 3]
Rank.
As a Captain & Paymaster

[Column 4]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. Scammel--Maj Dearborn

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  none ment'd.

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Don't Say

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   No Clergyman certif.---A Document----No Tradition---No Witnesses

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  Right

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signature] W.C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
12 Feb'y  1833
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Sarah C. Weeks--

90.167
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State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack  SS

On this 19th day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Sarah C. Weeks aged Eighty three years a resident of Capkinton in said County who being duly Sworn according to law declares that She is the widow of William Weeks deceased who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served as a Captain and Paymaster.   that he was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Six hundred dollars per annum under the Act of June 7th 1832:  that she was married to the Said William Weeks in the town of Greenland on the sixteenth day of September in the year 1790:  that her name before her said marriage was Sarah C. Weeks:  that her husband aforesaid died in said Hapkinton on the thirteenth day of January 1842:  that She still remains a widow:  that She is now in receipt of
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of a Pension from the United States at the rate of Six hundred dollars per annum under the Act of Feb 2d 1848 and that her name is on the Roll of the Concord N.H. Pension Agency; that for proof of the facts herein before stated she refers to the evidence filed in the Pension Office in support of her claim for pension under the Act aforesaid.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be  entitled under the Act approved March 3d 1855.
[right[ her
[right] Sarah X C. Weeks [ x being her mark in lieu of signature]

Witness
[signature] Maru Furber
[signature] Mary L. Weeks

We Mary Furber and Mary Weeks residents of said Hopkinton upon our oaths declare that the above declaration was subscribed and sworn to by the said Sarah C Weeks in our presence and that from the appearance and statements
from the
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord,
April 19, 1855

I hereby certify, that at the date of the annexed attestation Lyman Stevens was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Merrimack in the said State, duly  commissioned and qualified, 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 State, the date above written.
[signature] John L. Hadley
Secretary of State.

[illegible State Seal affixed at left]
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of the applicant we believe that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
[signature] Mary Furber
[signature] Mary L. Weeks

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first before written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the applicant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
[signature] L. D. Stevens Justice of the Peace
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I William Weeks on my oath say that the paper hereunto annexed (and on which I have recently indorsed my name) is a copy of the commission which I received and under which I acted while in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war The reason why I am in possession of a copy and not of the original is the following -- Many years ago and while John Langdon (afterwards Govr [Governor] Langdon) was Senator from Newhampshire in the Congress of the United States I was informed there was a probability that some additional compensation would be made by Congress to the officers and soldiers of the revolution for their services and supposing it possible that my commission might be used to my benefit in the business I gave the original to him after taking the before mentioned copy I have no recollection of having seen it since as it was never returned to me. The copy was
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examined at the time it was made by my brother Clement Weeks whose name appears on the back thereof
[signature] Wm Weeks

Subscribed and sworn to by the said William Weeks this 13th day of October Anno Domini 1832
Before me
[signature] Matthew Harvey Justice of the peace & of the Quorum for the State of N. Hampshire and Judge of the U.S. for the District of Newhampshire
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August 4, 1932.
Grace Perry 
15 Liberty Street
Barre, Vermont.
BAJ/ILL
William Weeks
W. 22557

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of William Weeks, a Revolutionary Was pensioner. 
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 22557, based upon the service of William Weeks in that war.
William Weeks of Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, was commissioned November 8, 1776. Paymaster with the rank of Captain in Colonel Alexander Scammell's 3 New Hampshire Regiment: he was at Tioonderoga, at the surrender of Burgoyne at Sartoga, then went to Fishkill, New York, after which he was with the Army near Philadelphia until after the evacuation by the British, and followed the enamy as they retreated to New York, then went to Banbury, Connecticut, where he left the service when the number of officers was reduced, having served about two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he resided in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire: he had moved there from Greenland, New Hampshire.
He died January 14, 1843 in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
The soldier married on September 16, 1790, in Greenland, New Hampshire, Sarah Weeks: her name appears "Sarah" at the time of their marriage, but her signature appears "Sarah C. Weeks" after the death of her husband.
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The soldiers's widow, Sarah C. Weeks, was allowed pension on her application executed February 27, 1843, at which time she was a resident of Hopkinton, New Hampshire: she was then seventy-one years of age, the date and place of her birth not given.
The soldier's daughter, Hannah Weeks, was a resident of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, in 1845, "of legal age".
In 1855, one Mary L. Weeks resided in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, no relationship to the family stated.
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Copy of Commission in Army
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H. H. Sylvester Esq
Washington DC
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Week, 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. Id the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing do?
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 regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the one under 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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness of witnesses as to his service? No
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No to 1,2, 3
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 ledd 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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3.
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &e. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clerly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by component authority; that he was wither in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not, employed in any civil pursuit. 
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 authenticates 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 ends of which must pass under the deal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Concord, N.H. April 19, 1855

Sir,
I Herewith forward the applications of Sarah C Weeks widow of William, Ruth Ellest widow of William, Sarah P Ames widow of Samuel and Edward Edmunds for bounty land warrants under the Act approved March 3, 1855

                                       I am respectfully
                                       Your obs Sent
                                        LD Stevens