Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 47965-160-55, Joseph Flanders, N.H.
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SERVICE
N.H.

Flanders, Joseph
-Hannah

NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 47965-160-55.
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* Left side/sideways script:
No 47965
iss'd Nov 24 / '56 [1856]

170-558- Act Mar 3 / '55 [1855]
June 15 / '55 [1855]

Hannah Flanders Aged
83 years widow of
Joseph Flanders pri [private]

Capt. Ebenezer Webster
Col. Nichols
Private N.H. Mil [Militia]
Revolutionary War

N.H. No Papers
Ad. 160 ac's Nov 19/'56 [1856]

Vol. F Page 78
Wm. W. Hutchins
Bath, N.H.

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Let. W.W. Hutchins May 8 / '56 [1856]
Exd. P

47436-40
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170.558
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State of Vermont 
County of Washington Ss. On this the twenty ninth day of May AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Flanders aged Eighty three years, a resident of Moretown in the State of Vermont who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Joseph Flanders deceased who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Webster in the New Hampshire regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Nichols - in the War of the Revolution. That her said husband volunteered in the Expedition to Rhode Island August 1778 at Boscawen on or about the 5th day of August AD 1778 and was honorably discharged on the 27th day of said August at Rhode Island - for proof of the facts she refers to the papers hereto Marked A.
She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Flanders in the town of Haverhill in said State of New Hampshire on the sixth day of September AD 1810 by one Joseph Peck a minister of the Gospel and that his name before her said marriage was Hannah Colby that her said husband died at said Haverhill on the thirtieth day of March AD 1830. That she is now a widow and she further declares that there is no public or private record of her said marriage to her knowledge.
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She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3 AD 1855.
[signed] Hannah Flanders (Her "X" mark)
Attest [signed] Constant Freeman
Witness [signed] Charles H. Freeman

We Constant Freeman and Charles H. Freeman  residents of Moretown in the State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Flanders in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
[signed] Constant Freeman
[signed] Charles H. Freeman
 
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
[signed] Samuel Pierce Justice of the Peace
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BATH N.H.
JUN 185? (illegible year)

Hon. L. P. Waldo [Loren Pinckney]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington,
D.C.

(3) PAID STAMPS - 3 cents each
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STATE OF VERMONT,}
WASHINGTON COUNTY, SS.} I, Shubael Wheeler, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Washington, in the State of Vermont, which is a Court of Record, hereby certify that Samuel Pierce, Esqu., is on this 29th day of May AD 1853  an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified by the Laws of this State to administer Oaths for general purposes, to take Depositions and the acknowledgment of Deeds and other written instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand=writing, and believe his signature to the foregoing Certificate to be genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said County Court, at Montpelier, in said County, this 29th day of May A,D, 1855.
[signed] Shubael Wheeler Clerk.
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I Nathaniel Bailey of lawful age testify and say that I now hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Haverhill in the County of Grafton New Hampshire & have in my possession the records of said town including those in which records of publishments of intentions of marriage and marriages are made. - I further certify that I have examined the said records diligently and carefully and cannot find therein any record of the marriage of Joseph Flanders of said Haverhill to Hannah Colby of said Haverhill. But I do find in said records a record of the publishment of the intention of marriage between the said Joseph & the said Han- [Hannah]
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-nah which is found in the records of said Town for the year A.D. 1810 and of which I certify the following is a true and exact copy viz"

The intentions of Marriage between Joseph Flanders and Hannah Colby both of this Town have been published according to Laws.
Haverhill Sept 3, 1810~
Attest [signed] E. Kingsbury, T. Clerk

I hereby testify that the above is a true copy of the records. 
Attest [signed] Nath. Bailey, Town Clerk

State of New Hampshire; Grafton County Ss.
June 9th, 1855- Here appears Nathaniel Bailey Town Clerk of Haverhill & made oath that the above affidavit by him Signed is true
Before me
[signed] Walter P. Flanders Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire}
Grafton County Ss.}

 I, J. D. Sleeper, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Grafton, a Court of Record, hereby certify that Walter P. Flanders, Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking and certifying the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Grafton, duly commissioned and qualified: and that the written signature purporting to be the said Walter P. Flanders is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of June A.D. 1855.

[signed] J.D. Sleeper Clerk
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State of New Hampshire.
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.

I DO 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 office, it appears that the name of Joseph Flanders is borne upon the Private Roll of Capt. Ebenezer Webster's Company in Col. Nichol's Regiment & Gen. [William] Whipple's Brigade of New Hampshire Volunteers in the Expedition to Rhode Island August 1778 - Note 2 days are added to the time service for travel home after the discharge at Rhode Island - "Naines" "Joseph Flanders"
 "Time of Engagement" "1778 Aug 5"
"Time of Discharge"  "27" 
"Time in Service"  "25 days"

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, this fourth day of June 1856.
[signed] Lemuel N. Patter (also known as Pattee) Secretary of State.
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Pension Office,
May 8th 1856.

Sir:

The bounty land claim of Hannah Flanders has been examined & suspended. Evidence should be filed which will prove that her husband Joseph Flanders, was the soldier who performed the service described in the Certificate of the Secretary of State of New Hampshire filed in support of her claim.

Yours Respectfully,
[signed] C. H. Rhett

for Commissioner,

W.W. Hutchins, Esq.
Bath, N.H.
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To: C. H. Rhett
Washington.
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State of N.H. Bath. Oct. 9, 1856.

My Dr. [Dear] Sir,

Some time since I rec'd [received] your informing me of examination and suspension of bounty land claim of Hannah Flanders:
I send you inclosed [enclosed] what I hope will amount to send to the petitioner her ability to help her attain what she asks for, and what she thinks she hopes will be able to assists her.

Truly & Respectfully Yours
William W. Hutchins

To C. H. Rhett, Esq.
Washington, D.C.
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170 538

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Washington
D.C.
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Bath N.H. June 15th 1855.

L. P. Waldo
Com'r of Pensions
Washington,
City

Dr. [Dear] Sir:

I send you inclosed [enclosed] the declaration of Hannah Flanders and other sufficient evidence I hope to entitle her to a warrant.
If, upon the attending evidence, she seems to be entitled to a warrant, please its (illegible), and the same to me , as I am the agent of Mrs. Flanders to receive the same.
 I am very truly & Respectfully yours
[signed] Wm. W. Hutchins.
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Affidavit of
Peter Whitaker -
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton Ss.

I Peter Whitaker of Haverhill in said County of Grafton of the age of Sixty Six, depose and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Flanders of Haverhill while he was in said Haverhill now deceased. I am acquainted with Mrs. Hannah Flanders the widow of Said Joseph Flanders. That in the life time of Said Joseph Flanders I heard him say that he was a volunteer in the New Hampshire Militia in the expedition to Rhode Island in the year of 1778, and that he went from Boscawen in said State of New Hampshire. That the said Joseph Flanders was the husband of Hannah Flanders who has made her declaration for bounty land under the act of A.D. 1855.
That I have no interest in said Hannah Flanders Claim for bounty land.
[signed] Peter Whitaker

State of New Hampshire
Grafton Ss. August the 7th 1856
Personally appeared before me the above named Peter Whitaker and made oath that the foregoing
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affidavit by him signed is true: that I am acquainted with said Peter Whitaker and that he is a credable [credible] person.

[signed] A.E. Haywood Justice of the Peace
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Affidavit of
Levi Bradish -
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton Ss.

I Levi Braddish [Bradish] of Haverhill in said County, of the age of fifty depose and say , that I was well acquainted with Joseph Flanders of Haverhill, while he was living there, now deceased. I was also and am now acquainted with Mrs. Hannah Flanders the widow now of said Joseph Flanders: That in the lifetime of said Joseph Flanders, I heard him say, that he was a volunteer in the New Hampshire Militia in the Expedition to Rhode Island in the year of 1778, and that he went from Boscawen in said State of N.H: That the said Joseph Flanders was the husband of Hannah Flanders who has made her declaration for bounty land under the Act of A.D 1855'
That I have no interest in said Hannah Flanders claim for bounty land.
[signed] Levi Bradish

State of New Hampshire
Grafton Ss. July 12th, 1856.
Personally appeared-
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appeared before me the within named Levi Braddish [Bradish], and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true: That I am acquainted with said Levi Braddish [Bradish] and that he is a credible person and worthy of belief -
[signed] William W. Hutchins,
Justice of the Peace.
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Affidavit of Polly
Danforth -
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton Ss.

I Polly Danforth of Haverhill in said County of the age of Sixty one depose and say that I was acquainted with Joseph Flanders of said Haverhill while he was living in said Haverhill now deceased. I was also and am now acquainted  with Mrs. Hannah Flanders , the widow now of said Joseph Flanders. I heard him say that he was a volunteer in the New Hampshire Militia in the Expidition [Expedition] of Rhode Island in the year of 1778, and that he went from Boscawen in said State of New Hampshire. That the said Joseph Flanders was the Husband of Hannah Flanders who has made her declaration for bounty land under the Act of A.D. 1855.
That I have no interest in said Hannah Flanders claim for bounty land.
[signed] Polly Danforth (her "X" mark)
[signed] Witness Hosea B. Flanders

State of New Hampshire
Grafton Ss. August 8th, 1856 that the foregoing affidavit by her signed is true; That I am acquainted with said Polly
Personally appeared before me the said Polly Danforth and made oath
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Danforth and that she is a credible person.

[signed] A.E. Haywood
Justice of the Peace
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I Areathusa Warren of Haverhill in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that I was well acquainted with joseph Flanders and his wife Hannah Flanders whose maiden name was Hannah Colby  and was present at their marriage and that they were married in said Haverhill on or about the Sixth day of Sept. AD 1810 by one Joseph Peck a minister of the Gospel in my presence that after their said marriage I lived a neighbor to them and know that they lived together as husband & wife and that they cohabited together as husband & wife and used to be so reputed, that said Joseph Flanders died at said Haverhill on the  thirtieth day of March AD 1830 and left his widow Hannah Flanders who now remains a widow.
[signed] Areathusa Warren
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State of New Hampshire}
Grafton County Ss.} I J.D. Sleeper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County of Grafton, a Court of Record hereby certify that A.E. Haywood Esquire before whom the foregoing and annexed affidavit purport to have been taken was at the times of taking and certifying the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Grafton, duly commissioned and qualified: And that the signatures thereon purporting to be the said A.E. Haywood's are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this ninth day of June Anno Domini 1855.
[signed] J D Sleeper Clerk.
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I Polly Morse of Haverhill, in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose & say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Flanders and his wife Hannah Flanders whose maiden name was Hannah Colby and was present at their marriage and that they were married in said Haverhill on or about the sixth day of Sept. AD 1810 by one Joseph Peck, a Minister of the Gospel in my presence; that after their said marriage I lived a neighbor to them, and know that they lived together as husband & wife and used to be so reputed that said Joseph Flanders died at said Haverhill on the thirtieth day of March AD 1830 and left his widow Hannah Flanders who now remains a widow.
[signed] Polly Morse

State of New Hampshire, Grafton Ss.
June 7th, 1855
Then personally appeared Polly Morse, to me personally known, and made oath that the above statement by her signed is true.
Before me
[signed] A.E. Haywood Justice of the Peace
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I Peter Whitaker of Haverhill in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that I lived a neighbor to Joseph Flanders in his lifetime for many years said Joseph Flanders died in said Haverhill on the thirtieth day of March AD 1830. I was present and assisted in laying him out. I was called upon to inter his remains which services I performed on the second day of April AD 1830 he departed this life leaving his widow Hannah Flanders who now remains a widow.
[signed] Peter Whitaker

State of New Hampshire Grafton Ss.
June the 8th, 1855 then personally appeared Peter Whitaker to me personally known to be a credable [credible] witness and Signed the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the same is true,
Before me
[signed] Walter P Flanders Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire}
Grafton County Ss.}
I, JD Sleeper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Grafton, a Court of Record hereby certify that Walter P. Flanders Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the time of taking and certifying the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Grafton, duly commissioned & qualified and that the within signature purporting to be the said Walter P. Flanders is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 11th day of June Anno Domini 1855.
[signed] JD Sleeper, Clerk
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary of State's Office.

I do 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 office, it appears that the name of Joseph Flanders is borne upon a "Pay Roll of Captain Ebeneser [Ebenezer] Webster's Company  in Col. Nichol's Regiment [and] Gen. Whipple's Brigade of New Hampshire Volunteers in the expedition to Rhode Island August 1778 - Note 2 days are added to the time service for travel home after the discharge at Rhode Island", Rank Private;
Time of engagement, Aug. 5; Time of discharge, Aug. 27; Time in service 27 days.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this 19th day of May 1855.
[signed] John L. Hadley.
Secretary of State.