Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23169, Mathias Haynes, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass

Haynes, Mathias
Mary

Number
W23169

CONTENTS
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Certificate of
Marriage,
Matthias Haines to
Molly Cammett
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State of Maine
Cumberland ss   Clerks Office Judicial
Courts, Portland July 1. 1844

I, Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, hereby certify that the
following is a true extract from the list of marriages solemnized by the Revd Samuel Deane, Minister of the Gospel in Falmouth, as returned to this office and duly recorded, to wit;
"Matthias Haines to Molly Cammet, September
twenty first, Anno Domini, one thousand seven
hundred and seventy five;"
with the exception of the words "September twenty first Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred and seventy five;" which are plainly and legibly expressed in the words and figures following to wit; "Sep. 21. 1775."

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the Supreme Judicial Court for said State,
the day and year first above written.
Charles Cobb Clerk [signature]

[seal]
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4222
Maine
Mary Haynes, dec,d
Widow of  Mathias Haynes
Mass
who died on the ____ 1798,
of [blank] in the State of Maine
who was a pri. in the Co. commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by
[blank]  in the Massat [Massachusetts]
line for 15 mos 27 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 53 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1831. & Ending 28 Nov '41
when she died.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of May
45 and Sent to
Freeman Bradford,
Portland, Maine

Arrears to the 4th of [blank] 
Semiannual allowance ending [blank] 

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836
Section the 3rd}

Recorded by F. L. Swann, Clerk
Book C   Vol. 1   Page 8.

[right side]
Let sent to agent May 31. 1845
Pay To
Wm Haynes, Mary Prentiss. Thankful H Hammond, Hannah Haynes, Jane Beal
Nancy Berry & Betsy Faden only sur. child
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District of Maine S.S.
On this second day of July 1844 personally appeared Wm Haynes Mary Prentiss Jane Beal Thankful Hammond Hannah Haynes Nancy Berry children of Matthias Haynes & Mary Haynes his widow before me Asher Ware Judge of the United States for the District of Maine who for themselves and Betsey Fader their sister who now resides in Chester in the Province of Nova Scotia make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the fourth day of July 1836. That the subscribers are residents of Portland in the County of Cumberland and with their said sister Betsey are the only surviving children of Matthias & Mary Haynes deceased. That their father served in Capt David Bradish's Company in 1775 as a private Eight months, and afterwards in the Matross Company of Capt Abner Lowell in 1777 eight months or more as a corporal. They further believe that he was in the service at other periods of the war but not able to say whether in a Military or civil capacity. 

Our father intermarried with our mother Mary or Molly Cammett on the 24th day of September 1775 and he died forty seven years ago. Our mother Mary Haynes died on the 28th of November 1841, and had never married after the death of our father but remained his widow to the time of
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her death and had never in her
lifetime made application for the benefit of the act of 1836. The undersigned therefore claim the pension that would have been due to their mother by virtue of the act aforesaid
William Haynes
Mary Prentiss
Thankful H Hammond
Hannah Haynes
Jane Beal
Nancy Berry
Sworn to this second day of July 1844 before me
 Ashur Ware
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6377
Mary Haynes dec,d
widow of Mathias
Me [Maine]
Act 7 July 1838

M. 75
Husb. died, about 97
Widow died 1841}

1775. 8 mos. for Cap Bruosh
1777. 7.23 " Capt Sewell
15 mo 2 3,

from 5 May to 28 Decr 1777

F. Bradford
Portland
Maine
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I Joseph Veasie of Portland in the county of Cumberland aged 80 years on oath depose and say that I resided in Falmouth, now Portland, in the time of the revolutionary war, and was a soldier in Capt. Pride's company in Col. Prime's regiment in 1780 and in Capt John Reid's company, Col. McCobb's regiment in 1786.  Being a resident in Portland during the war of the revolution and knowing that Capt Abner Lowell commanded a company in that place, I know some who served in his company in 1777.  Matthais Haines, who was  a resident at Falmouth in the line of the revolutionary war, and by occupation a blacksmith, served in Capt Lowell's company of Matross in 1777 at least eight months.  Thomas Cammett also served  in said company at the same time and for the same period.  I lived but a short distance from said Haines during the war, and I know full well that he served in said company in the year 1777 to a period above mentioned.  I have seen him doing the duty of a soldier during said time and know that he belonged to the company and I have no doubt that he served eight months during the spring, summer, fall and winter of 1777.  Col Peter Noyes commanded
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the regiment for that time. I recollect also that William Moody was a soldier in the same company with said Haines and that one Dudley Cammett was an officer both of whom were residents of Falmouth at that time.
Joseph H. Veasie

Cumberland SS
November 20th,1844
There personally appeared the above named Joseph Veasie a man of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Freeman Bradford, Justice of the Peace
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United States
Maine District ss

Circuit Court Clerk’s Office

I hereby certify that the Honorable Ashur Ware before whom the within proceedings were held is the Judge of the United States within and for Maine District and that was the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

And I further certify that Freeman Bradford Esquire is a Magistrate duly appointed and qualified; that the signatures to the annexed depositions purporting to be his are genuine and that full faith and credit are due his official attestations

In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Circuit Court this second day of January A.D. 1845 - 
John Mussey Clerk U.S Circuit Court  [signature]

[seal]
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23169
Mary Haynes
Wid of
Mathias Haynes
Pri Rev War

Act: July 4th 1836
Index: - Vol. A, Page 36

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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6344
Mary Haynes dec.d
 ME
Letter to Mr. F O. J Smith 14 March '45

act 4 July 1836
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I Thomas Hammond of Portland in the County of Cumberland on oath depose and say that I have been intimately acquainted with the family of Matthias & Mary Haynes for the last 38 years. The only children of said Matthias Haynes, are William Haynes, Mary Prentiss Thankful H. Hammond Hannah Haynes, Jane Beal, Nancy Berry, & Betsey Fader who resides in the Province of Nova Scotia. The six first named reside in Portland in the State of Maine and have appeared before the Hon Ashur Ware on this 2d of July 1844 and then made declaration for the benefit of the act of Congress granting a pension to the widows of such soldiers as were married previous to the last period of their husband's service. I further testify that Mary Haynes died on the 28th day of November 1841, and that she was never married after the death of her husband, Matthias Haynes. said Mathias died as I have been informed about forty seven years ago Thos. Hammond [signature]

Cumberland SS. July 2d 1844 Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Hammond Known to me as a man of truth and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me 
Freeman Bradford J.P. [signature]
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Memo 

The applicants refer the Commissioner of Pensions to an original certificate made by the Hon Ashur Ware Judge of the United States for the District of Maine apended to & made a part of the proof in the case of Mary Lowell widow of Enoch Lowell deceased of which the following is a copy 

I Ashur Ware Judge of the United States for the District of Maine hereby certify that it has been satisfactorily proved to me by the testimony of Enoch Moody & Samuel Moody both known to me as persons of respectability & as credible witnesses & also by the inspection and examination of Ancient manuscript Journals proved to be in the hand writing of William Moody deceased and to have been in his possession during his life time and which came into the hands of Enoch Moody his administrator & are now in his possession, which journal purport to have been kept by him while he was a soldier in Capt Lowell Company during the Revolutionary War and have all the appearance of being genuine original Journals; that Capt Abner Lowell did command a company of Matross [artillerymen] in Falmouth from July 1776 to the last of December 1777 during which time there appears from said journal to have been several enlistment or services the first commencing July 4 1776, the second December 24 for three months, the third in April 1777 for one month, the fourth May 5 for Eight months & which services continued as appears from said journal as late as Dec 28 1777  & also appear from said journal that Capt Lowell's Company parred [paired] muster under Col. Noyes in May 1778. Signed Ashur Ware 

Portland Oct 17. 1844
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[illegible - faded]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June ? 1844
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 Mathias Haynes [faint words] is borne upon the returns of the eight months men 1775 in October, and in December on the [Contl?] rolls of Capt David Randalls company Col Phinney  
 as a private from Falmouth [illegible] appears upon the rolls in this office. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written 

Wm Tufts Depty [signature]
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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305
Matthias Haynes
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To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The undersigned children of Matthias Haines & Molly Haines his widow request the secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to furnish from the Revolutionary Rolls or other documents in his office evidence of the service of the said Matthias Haines in the company of Capt David Bradish of Falmouth in 1775, if the name of said Haines can be found thereon. The undersigned who make this application have heard their mother say that their father served in the war of the Revolution but they are unable to specify more particularly the Captains under whom he served than is here set forth and they request that the secretary will cause the rolls in his office to be Examined. The undersigned believe that their father served in other companies than that of Capt Bradish during the war of the Revolution 

And for the purpose of this application we do hereby appoint F. Bradford our agent and Atty in the premises. 
[signatures]
Nancy Berry
Hannah Haynes

Cumberland SS. May 22d 1844 
Signed before me 
Woodbury Storer Justice of the Peace. [signature]
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Supplementary

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, July 10 1844
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 Matthias Haynes is [illegible] a return of Men in Capt Abner Lowells
company dated July 3d 1777 in Company
with eighty men stationed at Falmouth
and signed by Peter Noyes Col Aug 11 1777.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I Thomas Paine of Pownal in the County of
Cumberland and State of Maine aged Eighty nine years on oath depose testify and say that I was a soldier in the army of the revolution and am now a pensioner of the United States. In the year 1775 I enlisted into Capt David Bradish's Company Col Phinney' Regiment and served that year Eight months and was stationed the most of the time at Cambridge. The most if not all
the men of Capt Bradish's Company belonged to the town of Falmouth. I was brought up in
the town of Falmouth and knew Matthias
Hains from a boy. He served with me in Capt
Bradish's Company in 1775 and I have no
doubt he served the full term of 8 mos for
which the Company enlisted. Matthias
Haines married Molly Cammett of Falmouth
but I cannot state when he was married.
It was a usual thing for the soldier in Capt
Bradish's company to have a furlough to return
home for a short time while they were stationed
at Cambridge that year. Matthias Haines
was a Blacksmith by trade and has been
dead many years
Witness Daniel Paine
Thomas Paine [with an x] his mark

Cumberland ss. March 19th 1845-Then appeared
the above named Thomas Paine known to me as
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a man of strict truth and integrity and made oath to the foregoing affidavit by him subsribed.
Before me Freeman Bradford Justice of the Peace.
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I Moses Plummer of Portland in the County
of Cumberland aged 73 on the third day of January last on oath testify and say that I have always
resided in Portland with the exception of a year
or two immediately after the burning of Falmouth in 1775. I was acquainted with Matthias Haines after the revolutionary war. he resided in Portland and was a Blacksmith by trade and reputed to have been in the war of the revolution. 
He married a woman by the name of Cammet
with whom I have been well acquainted since
the death of her husband. I have been well acquainted with a part if not all of the children of
said Haines and his wife. Two of his daughters have resided in the same house with me. One of the daughters married Thomas Hammond one of them married a Beal and one a man by the name
of Berry ^& one married a Prentiss
William the ^only^ son now resides in this
City. The widow has been dead two or three years The oldest child of said Haines is about seventy years of age and from that fact I infer that he must have been married sometime about the year 1775
  Moses Plummer
State of Maine
Cumberland S.S. March 20th 1845
Then personally appeared Moses Plummer known to me as
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a man of truth and veracity and made oath to the
foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Freeman Bradford Justice of the Peace
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I Sarah Lunt of Portland in the County of Cumberland State of Maine aged 91 years on oath say that I knew Matthias Haines
who formerly resided in this town. Said
Haines married Molly Cammett and my impression is that he was
married in the year 1775 and a short
time only before the town was burnt. I have been acquainted with the children
of Matthias Haines and my belief
is that the oldest child is nearly if not quite 70 years of age-
Sarah Lunt [ her mark X]
Witness
Mary N Griffith
Cumberland ss March 25th 1845. Then appeared Sarah Lunt known to me as a person of truth & veracity and made oath
to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
Freeman Bradford J Peace
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Original, return
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Ticonderoga August 1st 1776
An abstract of the House Carpenters under the care of Ensign
Jacob Low
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 | When began to work | Work done. | Time lost when sick | price pr. day | Total Amount
Jacob Low Ensign | August 1st | 31. | 0 | 4 | £6.4.0
Stephen Chase | Do. 1. | 28 | 3 | 2 | 2. 16.0
Riverious Lea | Do. 1. | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1. 14.0
David Brown | Do. 1. | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2. 12.0
Samuel Kinket | Do. 1 | 30 | 1. | 2 | 3- 00.0
William Nealy | Do. 1 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 0. 10.0
Samuel Jackman | Do. 1 | 3- | 28 | 2 | 0. 6.0
Frederick Peck | Do. 1. | 8 | 10 | 2- | 0. 16-0
Hasakiah Young | Do. 1. | 29. | 2 | 2 | 2. 18-0
Jonathan Young | Do 1 | 7. | 24 | 2 | 1. 14-0
Phinehas Stephens | Do. 1 | 11 | 20 | 2. | 1. 2.0
Joseph Jackson | Do. 1 | 31. | 0 | 2. | 2. 2-0
Robert Miller | Do 1. | 30 | 1. | 2. | 3. 0-0
Jonathan Emerson | Do. 1.  | 26 | 5- | 2. | 2- 2-0
Hugh McAffa | Augt 8 | 14- | 9 | 2 | 1. 8-0
Ebenezer Collings | Do 8 | 20 | 3. | 2 | 2. 0-0
Moses Hill | Do 8 | 6 | 17- | 2 | 0- 12-0
Enoch Rowell | Do 8 | 6- | 17 | 2 | 0- 12-0
Mathias Hanes | D0 8 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1. 2-0
James Martain | Do 8 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 16-0-16 Shillings
James Ackorn | Do 10 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2-0-0 deduct 2 day to Backer from the [illegible]
John Batten | Do 10 | 7 1/2 | 2 1/2 | 2- | 1.15.0
William Adams | Do 10 | 19- | 2 | 2- | 1 18-0 [illegible]
| | | | over |
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Brot over.

Mathew Anderson | Do 14 | 17. | 0 | 2 | 1- 14-0 Jones or
Edward Dearborn | Do 15 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1. 12-0
Joseph Jones | Do 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1. 10-0 1.4.6
Samuel Haningsway | Do 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1- 10-0 Shillings
Nathan Lain | Do 17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1- 8.0-
Joseph Linn | Do 8 | 19 1/2 | 4 1/2 | 2 | 1. 19-0
Moses McFarling | Do 8 | 21 1/2 | 1 1/2 | 2 | 2 3-0
William Barlett | Do 31. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0- 2.0

Copy from an ancient paper found in the possession of
Mary Low widow of Jacob Low late of Bath Maine
F. Bradford
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6 Jany

Hon. F.O.J. smith
  [Prst?]
Mar 7 45
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Portland February 15 1845
My Dear Sir
  On the 2d of January 1845 I sent to the Commr of Pensions an application made by the heirs of Matthias Haines for the benefit of the Act of 1836 They proved that their father served 8 mos in 1775 and that his name was on a return of the men in Capt Abner Lowells company of Matross in 1777 but no term of service specified on the return. They also stated that they have heard their father say that he was an Artificer in the war of the revolution but was unable to state whether he served in a Military or civil capacity.
 I herewith forward to you an old roll which I borrowed of Mrs Mary Low widow of Jacob Low, on which I find the name of Matthias Haines. I send with the original, a copy which I wish you to leave with the Commissioner, the original must be returned to me after you have shown it to Col Edwards.
 I am in hopes that Col Edwards will be able to find the service of Matthias Haines among the rolls of 1776 now in the War office at Washington. In 1776 Jacob Low was Ensign in Capt Frederick M. Bells Company Col Poors Regiment. The men whose names are borne on the roll may have been detached from several regiments to act as Artificers and it is probable that Haines enlisted for the years service in
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in 1776 into some company that was raised at Falmouth or vicinity.
 You will much oblige me by making a personal application to the Commr. and call his attention to this case so that the rolls of 1776 may be searched for M. Haines name.
  Very truly yours
  F. Bradford

Hon F.O.J. Smith
Washington  D.C.
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Portland December 31, 1844
Sir
I herewith forward to you the application of the heirs of Matthias Haines for a pension under the Act of July 4th 1836. They claim for Eight mos. service in 1775 and Eight mos. in 1777. 
I am Very Respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt. 
T. Bradford

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commr. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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6377
Mary Haynes decd
widow of Mathias
 ME
act 4 July 1836

Admd 15 mo 27 C pri
 $53.00 per ann
Commencing on 4 March 1831 and [comenatry?] [ending] on 28 Nov 1841 the day of her death paybale to
William Haynes, Mary Prentiss, Thankful H. Hammond, Hannah Haynes, Jane Beal, Nancy Berry and Betsey Fadre only surviving children of Mary Haynes decd -
  Freeman Bradford
  Portland ME
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Portland 14th April 1845-
Sir
Yours of March 14th 1845 addressed to Hon F.O. J Smith in relation to the claim of the children of Matthias Hains has been transmitted to me. I herewith forward additional testimony in relation to the service and marriage of said Hains.
The service in Capt Lowell's company in 1777 is
alleged to be 8 mos & to substantiate this service we have produced the best evidence in our power. His name is borne upon a muster roll of his men, another said to be raised by a resolve of the Massachusetts assembly in May 1777, and by the certificate of Judge Ware it will appear that the company was in service from the 1st of May to the latter part of Decr of that
year. It was an 8 mos service. Among the number
borne upon the muster roll of Capt Lowell in 1777 I am able to find only one man living viz
Richard Colley and he is now 91 years of age, and can distinctly recollect only the name of his Capt and Benjamin Tukey who was mortally wounded in the last of Oct of that year. For proof of the length of that service I will therefore refer you to his own declaration made for the benefit of the act of 1832. also to the declaration of Isaac Dyer of Maine for the benefit of the same act.
If the rolls in your Department do not bear 
the name of Matthais Hains I have no means of
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establishing his service in a military capacity in 1776. Ensign Lowe was in Capt Frederick M Bell's
Compy Col Poor's Regt & Gen Sullivan Brigade in 1776 and from the fact of his name being borne upon the returns of the army for that year I have no doubt but he served in a Military capacity. I would suggest whether the roll exhibited to you being the name of Matthias Haines under the command of Ensign Low might not probably be a draft from the several Regiments of such as were practical Mechanics & that the roll was for the purpose of showing the amount of Extra compensation each man was entitled to in consequence of extra services.
I am very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
F. Bradford

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
.