Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16648, for John Merrill, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N. H.
NUMBER
W. 16648,

Merrill, John
Sally or Sarah

CONTENTS
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New York Albany 1138 
Sally Merrill widow of John Merrill who died on the 7 April 1814 of Orange in the State of Vermont who was a Corporal in the company
commanded by Captain Ellis of the Regt commanded by Cilley N. H. in the N. H. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Windsor at the rate of 88 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of July 1837 and sent to Ira Davis Norwich, Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March [18]'37 528.00
Semi-anl. [ANNUAL] allowance ending 4 Sep [18]'37 44.00
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$572.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3 -}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1- Page 39.

[illegible]
1840
G from 4 [illegible]1840. 3 March 1841.
Notification to J. Merrill Morrisville New York.

Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838. from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840.
Agt [AGENT] notified 26 May 1841.

Paid as above from 4 Sep 1842 to 4 March 1843.  Agt [AGENT] Notified 5 Decr 1844
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Sally Merrill
Jno [JOHN] Merrill 2 Corp [CORPORAL] Cilley Regt 1786 p-60 final setd [SETTLED] [illegible] 209

Paid Corpl [CORPORAL]$88 per anm [ANNUM] commencing
4 March 1831

NH Cont [CONTINENTAL] line
Col Cilley
Capt. Ellis

Ira Davis Esq
Norwich Vt
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State of Vermont
District of Randolph ss. ⎬ On this 15th day of February AD 1837 personally appears before the Honorable Probate Court for the District aforesaid being a Court of Record, at a stated session thereof holden at Chelsea within and for the district aforesaid. Hon. John W. Smith Judge presiding-- Sally Merrill a resident of Chelsea in the County of Orange in sd [SAID] District aged Eighty years April 1836 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 4th, 1836 -

That she is the widow of John Merrill who was a Private and Corporal in the Army of the Revolution for nearly all the war. that he was belonging to the Army & during the war in
the year 1782. that he served in Col. Cilly.' [sic] Regt. & also in Col. Scammels [sic] Regt. Capt. Benja [BENJAMIN] Ellis Company & other Regts [REGIMENTS] & companies as this declarant has often heard him state in the New Hampshire line. My said Husband had a discharge which I have often seen, and which was destroyed by a fire more than forty years ago as well as all the other papers & effects of the said John Merrill in the town of Bow N.H.

She further declares that she was married to the said John Merrill in Pembroke N.H. on the 14th day of March Seventeen hundred & eighty two - that her said husband the aforesaid John Merrill died in Tunbridge Vt. on the 7th April AD 1814 - And that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sally her x mark Merrill
Witness J. W. Smith

Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written Before John W. Smith, Judge of Probate
I also certify that Sally Merrill above named
is well known to me and is a credible Witness -
John W. Smith Judge of Probate
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State of Vermont
District of Randolph ss.} I J.K. Parish Register of the Probate for said District do hereby certify that the Hon. John W. Smith is the Judge of the Probate Court within & for the District aforesaid & that his official duties commenced on the first day of Decr. 1836 and end on the 30th day of November AD 1837 and that his official signature to the declaration of the widow Sally Merrill
and also to the affidavits of John Merrill & James Merrill accompanying this declaration are genuine.
Given under my hand & seal of office this 15th day of February AD 1837-
J. K. Parish Register
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John Merrill & Sarah Robertson both of Bow were married March 14th, 1782, by the Rev. Zaccheus Colby & Recorded in the records of the Town of Pembroke in Merrimack County in New Hampshire March 29th, 1788.
I Benjamin Cushing Town Clerk of the Town of
Pembroke in the County of Merrimack State of New Hampshire certify, depose & say, that the foregoing is a true copy of the Records of the Town of Pembroke aforesaid.

Benj'a [BENJAMIN] Cushing - Town Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County SS} Personally appeared Benjamin Cushing whom I certify is the Town Clerk of Pembroke & made oath to & subscribed the foregoing this 13th day of June 1837 Before me
Aaron Whittemore Just [JUSTICE] of Peace

State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's office Concord the 13th day of June AD. 1837.
I hereby certify that Aaron Whittemore
the above subscribing magistrate is a Justice
of the Peace in & for said County & that the above is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand affixed & my seal of office this
day & year last above written.

Ralph Metcalf Secretary of State
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State of New York
Franklin County Ss.

On this 7th day of November, the year one thousand eight hundred and forty Before
me William Knowles Esquire the subscribed
a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Franklin Personally appeared Sally Merrill who on her oath declares that she is the same person who is the widow of John Merrill deceased who was a corporal in the war of the Revolution and that she is the identical person named in an original pension certificate now in her possession of which (I certify) the following is a true copy.
"War Department Revolutionary claim I certify that in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States of the 4th July 1836 Sally Merrill of the State of Vermont widow of John Merrill who was a corporal in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty eight dollars per annum during the time she may remain unmarried commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable Semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.
Given at the War office of the United States this Eleventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
JR Poinsett Secretary of war
LS
Examined and countersigned J.L. Edwards 
commissioner of Pensions,"
That her name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Vermont from whom she has lately removed that she now resides in the State of New York where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future. The following are her reasons for removing from Tunbridge in the State of
Vermont to the Town of Franklin in the County of Franklin & State of New York that her son John Merrill resides at the said Town of Franklin and that she wishes to reside with him and does reside with him. Sally her X Mark Merrill.

Subscribed and sworn the 7th day of October 1840 before me

November) William Knowles Justice of the Peace
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State of Newyork [sic]}
Franklin County} Ss On this 7th --- Day of November in the year 1840 Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County personally appeared John R. Merrill --- of the Town of Franklin in the said County and made oath in due form of law that he is acquainted with Sally Merrill widow of
John Merrill deceased and knows her to be the identical person who has taken and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and who is described therein -John R. Merrill
Sworn and Subscribed before me 7 day of     October 1840}                                              
William Knowles Justice of the peace

And I the said Justice of the peace do further certify that I am personally well acquainted with the above named Deponent and that he is a person of veracity & good character
November 7th 1840 William Knowles Justice of Peace

State of Newyork [sic]}
Franklin County} From this 7th day of November in the year 1840 Before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared John Merrill of the County of Franklin and State of Newyork [sic] and made oath in due form of Law that he is acquainted with Sally Merrill Widow of John Merrill deceased and knows her to be the identical person who has taken and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and who is described therein and that she did remove on the 3d day of August 1840 from the town of Tunbridge and County of Orange  State of Vermont into the town of Franklin in the County of Franklin and State of Newyork [sic] and does now reside there John Merrill
William Knowles Justice of the peace

Sworn and Subscribed before me 7th Day of November 1840 and I the said Justice of the Peace do further Certify that I am personally well acquainted with the above named Deponent and that he is a person of veracity and good character 
William Knowles Justice of the Peace
November 7th 1840
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State of New York
Franklin County ss.
I, Uriah D. Meeker Clerk of the said
County of Franklin do hereby certify that William Knowles Esquire before whom the above affidavit was made was on the day of the dates thereof a Justice of the peace in and
for said County duly Elected and Sworn and residing therein, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the said above certificates &c as a Justice of the Peace is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 10th day of November 1840
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ---, 19---

In reply to your request of---, received for a statement of the military history of John Merrill a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his widow's application for pension on file in this Bureau. W.F. 16.648

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |
LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED | STATE. 
✓| 2 yrs, 3 mos. | Private | Capt. Benjamin Ellis Col Cilly [CILLEY] & Scammell | NH. |

discharged at Newburgh N.Y. | June 17, 1783 | Private & Corporal |

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 15, 1837. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Chelsea, Orange Co. Vt. Franklin, Franklin Co. NY in 1840
Age at date of application, she was born in Apr. 1756.

Remarks: he married at Pembroke, Merrimack Co. N.H. March 14, 1782, Sarah (Sally) Robertson of Bow, N. H. He died in Tunbridge, Orange Co. Vt. Apr. 1814. Son John was a resident of Franklin, N.Y. in 1840
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Respectfully,
5 -- 2856 Commissioner.
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16 -648
Rev [REVOLUTIONARY] WIDOW, &c.
File No.16648
Sally Merrill widow of John Merrill
Corp Rev [CORPORAL REVOLUTIONARY] War
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Act July 4th [18]36
Index: Vol. M, Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1916 June 28: history to
Miss. Ina A. Merrill M.13.H
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J. N. M.1
Love Lake N.Y. Revo Ses
June 19, 1916.
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Please send me copy of the application for
Pension, paid to Sally - Widow of Corporal John
Merrill, a Revolutionary Soldier. Pension Commencing Mar 4th 1831 -
Very Truly
Miss Ira A. Merrill
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I Ananiah Bohonon of Chelsea County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 71 years depose & say that in February 1781 I enlisted in the service of the United States & in March following was mustered and attached to Capt Benjamin Ellis' Company in Col Scammel's Regiment of the New-hampshire [sic] line of
the Army of the Revolution. The following summer we were stationed at Philipsburg N.Y. and went into winter quarters at Saratoga. The next summer we remained at Saratoga
& went into winter quarters near Newburgh
 N. Y. The company at the time I joined it was mostly composed of during- the- wars - men. And I distinctly recollect that John Merrill late of Tunbridge, was a Corporal in said company
at the time I enlisted, and served as such untill [sic] the 17th day of June 1783 and was discharged at Genl Washington's headquarters at Newburgh on the above mentioned day. I knew at the time that said Merrill was a during -the -war- man and that he received a discharge as such, which was signed by Genl Washington. In the month of December (as I think) 1781 said Merrill went home on a furlough for sixty days and when he returned he told me that he was married while he was at home. said Merrill when he was discharged wore upon his arm the badge of honor to which all the during - the - war- men were entitled, who had served their time without having been punished, and further say not.
Ananiah Bohonon 

State of Vermont
Orange County Ss}
At Chelsea in said County personally
appeared the above named deponent who
I certify is a witness of veracity & subscribed & made oath to the foregoing affidavit this 20th day of January 1837
Before me
Joshua Dickinson Just of Peace

State of Vermont
Orange County Ss.}  County Clerk's office Chelsea Jany [JANUARY] 20th 1837 I hereby certify that Joshua Dickinson the above subscribing magistrate is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & the above signature is
genuine, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day & year
last above written,
J. W. D. Parker Clerk.
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GIDEON, PRINTER.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
June 13th, 1844.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Sally Merrill, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of
Eighty eight Dollars ["and -- Cents" crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept 1842, to the 4th March 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
Present.
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[left sideways] Nov 20, 1840 W Evans

To know to whom to send 
Notification

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Pension Agency Burlington Vt-Dec 5 1840
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that Sally Merrill under act of 4th July 1836 at 88$ per annum has been paid to 4th March 1840 and am
Very Respectfully
Yr Obt Servt [YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT]
H. Lowry Pension Agent

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Sally Merrill wid [WIDOW] of Jno [JOHN] Vt. 

[illegible] Ira Davis May 29 1837. for proof of marriage

Act 4 July 1836
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Sir:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 20th, 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Sally Merrill,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eighty eight Dollars ["and Cents" crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1840

Respectfully yours
Albion K Parris Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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New Papers
Vt March 11. Act July [18]'36 3d sec. [SECTION]

Free [postage]
War Department
Pension office
Washington City
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Norwich (Vt.) March 3d 1837
Dear Sir, Enclosed is the declaration of Sally
Merrill for a Pension under the act of July 1836
and in support thereof the affidavit of Annaniah Buhonon [also spelled Ananiah Bohannan] showing the applicants husband to have served as a Corporal Two years & three months in the Army of the Revolution, also a copy of the record of her marriage, and two affidavits showing the time of her husband's death, and that she has ever since remained the widow of the said John Merrill. 
Yours Very Respectfully
Ira Davis
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I John Merrill of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont of Lawful age depose testify and say that I was personally acquainted with John Merrill, deceased. late of Tunbridge in sd [SAID] Orange County and formerly of Bow in the State of New Hampshire and his wife Sally Merrill now resident in sd [SAID] Chelsea-
I further testify and say that I was present when the said John Merrill died - he died in Tunbridge in sd [SAID] Orange County on the 7th day of April AD 1814 and the said Sally Merrill is and ever has remained his widow since his decease aforesaid. The said Sally Merrill has resided in my family ever since his decease. John Merrill

State of Vermont 
District of Randolph Ss.}
Personally appeared in open Court John Merrill to me well known as a credible witness, and was Sworn to and subscribed the foregoing
affidavit before me-
John W Smith Judge of Probate
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I James Merrill of Tunbridge in the County of
Orange and State of Vermont of lawful age
depose testify & say that I was personally
acquainted with John Merrill deceased late
of sd [SAID] Tunbridge & formerly of Bow in the State of New Hampshire, and his wife Sally Merrill now resident in sd [SAID] Chelsea-
I further testify & say that the said John
Merrill died at sd [SAID] Tunbridge on the 7th day of April AD 1814, that I was present when he died and that the said Sally Merrill is now and ever has remained his widow since his decease and has not since been married -
James Merrill

State of Vermont}
District of Randolph Ss} Personally appeared in
open Probate Court at Chelsea, on this 15th day of Feby [FEBRUARY] 1837 James Merrill to me well known as a credible witness and was sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit
before John W Smith Judge of Probate
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I John Merrill of
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Merrillsville NY
Feb 18th
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J.L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office Washington D.C.
John P. Merrill P.M.
[sideways] free [postage]Feb 25, 1841 [illegible]
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To J. L. Edwards Esqr.
- Commissioner of Pensions
In behalf and for my Mother - Sally Merrill, Widow of John Merrill a Soldier of the Revolution war - in consequence of which she
is a pensioner - has formerly resided in the State of Vermont but recently removed to Franklin in the County of Franklin State of Newyork [sic] -from which place she sent her request in November last to you wishing the transfer of her pension from the Vermont agency to the Newyork [sic] Agency-- not having received any information on the subject she earnestly solicits an answer from you on the same
Yours with great respect
John Merrill

Franklin Feb - 15 - 1841
Franklin County - NY