Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24535, for John Lincoln, Massachusetts
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE | | NUMBER
Continental | Lincoln, John | W.24535
Mass. | or Linkhorn |
| Polly |
CONTENTS
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14,779
Massachusetts
John Lincoln of Monson in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 5th of July 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of September 1819 and sent to John Hooker Esqr
Springfield Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sep: 1819 | 16.54
Semi-anl. all'cc ending 4 Mar: 1820 | 48
1 mo 29/31 4/30 | $64.54
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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1338.
Massachusetts,
Polly Lincoln. widow of John Lincoln who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 58 Dollars 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of August 1848 and sent to
G.S. Bulfinch
Boston
Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 83, Vol. 2.
Reported
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[illegible]
John Lincoln
application for Pension -
Mass line
Col Reed
1776 - 1 yr
The [illegible
Adm
Admitted
Springfield, Mass-
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John Lincoln of Monson in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts upon oath makes the following declaration -
That in January 1776 he enlisted into the service of the United States on the Continental establishment, in the Company of which Moses Knapp was Captain & Regiment of which Joseph Reed was Colonel, in the war of the Revolution in the Massachusetts Line for the term of one year. that he faithfully served during said time, and at the expiration thereof he reenlisted into the same Company, & continued therein from time to time till he was discharged in 1780. which discharge is hereunto annexed. And this declarant further saith that he is now Sixty four years of age, and that he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support, & he hereby relinquishes all claim to any other pension to which by Law he may be entitled-.-
John Lincoln
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden July 3rd AD 1819.
Personally appeared before me John Hooker Esquire Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit of said Commonwealth the within named John Lincoln, and in my presence subscribed & made oath to the declaration by him made, and it appearing to my satisfaction that the aforenamed John Lincoln served for the term of more than nine months to wit from January 1776 to January 1777 at one period of the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishment against the Common Enemy - I hereby certify the testimony in the case & the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the Department of War. And I hereby further certify that in my opinion the said Lincoln is in need of assistance from his country for support by reason of poverty- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the seal of said Court to be affixed - the day & year above written.
John Hooker
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden
ss
July 26 1819.-
I John Ingersoll Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said Commonweath for the County of Hampden do certify that John Hooker Esquire is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit of said Commonwealth, & that the above Signature is his proper hand writing and the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said Court for said County of Hampton
John Ingersoll Clerk
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Declaration.
State of Connecticut.
Tolland County
ss
Ellington
On this 31st day of August 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Ellington in the County of Tolland and State aforesaid Polly Lincoln a resident of said Ellington aged Seventy five years 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 seventh AD 1838. entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of John Lincoln late of Monson in the State of Massachusetts who served as a private soldier in the army of the Revolution and was pensioned for his services therein under the Massachusetts Agency under the Act of the eighteenth of March 1818 as a private soldier and at the rate of eight dollars per month, but whose pension was soon after discontinued by reason of his possessing a small property, she further declares that she was married to the said John Lincoln her late husband at Woodstock in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut on the fifteenth day of February 1787 by the Rev Abiel Ledoyt a Baptist Clergyman, she can find no public record of her marriage - She further declares that her said husband died at Monson in the State of Massachusetts on the eleventh day of April 1824. and she has remained his widow ever since that period and now is the widow of the said John Lincoln Deceased that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the First of January 1794. to wit at the time above
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stated- And for the further evidence of the services in the Revolutionary War of my late husband John Lincoln deceased I would refer to the evidence and documents now in the War Office of the United States.
Polly Lincoln [her X mark]
In presence of
[illegible] M. Willey
Asa Willie
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first named viz on this 31st day of August 1838
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the within named Polly Lincoln who has subscribed & sworn to the aforesaid declaration is the surviving Widow of the within named John Lincoln who was a pensioner of the United States under the Massachusetts agency and whose pension certificate is this day brought into court & which is hereby forwarded with the Declaration.
And it further appears from the evidence submitted to the Court That the Declarant was married to the said John Lincoln at Woodstock in the County of Windham Conn. on the fifteenth day of February Seventeen hundred Eighty seven and that the said John Lincoln died at Monson Massachusetts on the eleventh day of April Eighteen Hundred & twenty four &  that the Declarant is still the surviving widow of the said John Lincoln and that she has never again intermarried
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These may certify yt John Linkhorn [Lincoln] and
Polly Clark both of Woodstock were Lawfully
joined together in ye marrage [marriage]
Covenant Febr'y 15th 1787
[illegible] Abiel Ledoyt
Clerk
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In testimony whereof I Moses B Bull Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Ellington in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding before said Court in the matter of the application of Polly Lincoln for a pension 
Whereupon I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of the said Court at Ellington aforesaid this 31st day of August AD 1838 - and I further certify that the annexed certificate was presented to the Court as the certificate of the Clerk viz the said Abiel LeDoet and as the true certificate of her the declarants Marriage
Attest Moses B Bull Clerk
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John Lincoln
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Boston at the Branch Bank U.S.
[illegible]
[illegible]
19 2
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25 5
Recorded
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War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Lincoln late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States , this Sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Know all men by these presence that I Wheeler Phillips of Woodstock in Windham County and State of Connecticut aged Fifty five years do depose and say that I am the town Clerk for the town of Woodstock authorized to keep the records for said town of Woodstock and after a carefull [careful] Examination of the records in the Books containing the marriages I have been wholly unable to find the marriage of John Lincoln to Polly Clark recorded in the town records which are in my possession
Wheeler Phillips Town Clerk
Be it remembered that on this 15th Day of August 1838 Personally appeared Wheeler Phillips Esq who has signed the above deposition and made solom [solemn] oath to the facts therein contained - and I hereby certify that he is town Clerk for the town of Woodstock and that he is a credible witness
Before me
John Fowler Justice of the Peace
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I Theophilus B. Chandler Judge of Probate for the District of Woodstock in the County of Windham State of Connecticut do hereby certify that John Fowler Esqr before whom the within deposition was made is duly entitled as a Justice of the Peace in and for Windham County; that the within signature of his name is his hand writing and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his [illegible] as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said Office
Dated at Woodstock this 15th day of August AD 1838
Theophilus B. Chandler Judge of Probate for the District of Woodstock
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Know all men by these presence I Aaron Gage and Rhoda Gage both of Monson in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts do Depose and say that we ware [were] married on the fourteenth 14 Day of March Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven by Elder Abeil Ledoyt of Woodstock in Windham County and State of Connecticut - and we do further testify that we was both present at the wedding of John Lincoln to Polly Clark and see them married by Elder Abeil Ledoyt some time in the month of Febuary [February] previous to our being married - but what time in the month of Febuary [February] Seventeen hundred Eighty seven he was married we do not remember -  and further the Deponants [Deponents] saith not
Aren [Aaron] Gage
Rhoda Gage
Be it remembered that this Twenty Day of August 1838 Personally appeared Aaron Gage and Rhoda Gage and made Solom [Solemn] oath to the above Deposition by them subscribed - And I hereby certify that they are both credable [credible] witnesses 
Before me Jonathan Torrey Justice of the peace
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampden, SS.
I, JOHN INGERSOLL, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that Jonathan Torrey Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Jonathan Torrey and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this 21st day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Eight
John Ingersoll Clerk.
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Tolland County SS.
Ellington Aug. 31st 1838.
I John Lincoln of Ellington in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that I was present, at the death and burial of my father John Lincoln late of Monson in the State of Massachusetts Decd he then living in my Family; that he died on the Eleventh day of April AD 1824. That he left a widow Polly Lincoln who ever since has remained his widow and is now living And further the Deponent saith not.
John Lincoln
Tolland County SS.
Ellington August 31st 1838
Be it remembered that on the 31st day of August 1838 Personally appeared John Lincoln who has signed the above Deposition and made solemn oath to the facts their contained- and I hereby certify that he is a credable [credible] Witness 
Before me
Asa Willey Justice of Peace
I Moses B Bull Clerk of the probate Court for the District of Ellington in Tolland County Connt hereby certify That Asa Willey Esq who has signed the above certificate is at this time a Justice of the Peace  & Judge of the Probate Court & that the above is his genuine signature in testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix the Seal of said Court at Ellington aforesaid this 31st day of August AD 1838
Attest Moses B Bull Clerk
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Know all men by these presence that I John Clark of Woodstock in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged Eighty years do depose and say that I was well acquainted with John Lincoln and Polly Clark of Woodstock in said County, and do testify that I was present and see them joined together in marriage by Elder Abeil Ledoyt on February the fifteenth Day Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven- and I hereby testify that Abeil Ledoyt was a clergyman and duly authorized to join together persons in marriage- and further the deponant [deponent] saith not-
John Clark
Be it remembered that on the 15th Day of August 1838 Personally appeared John Clark who has signed the above deposition and made solom [solemn] oath to the facts therein contained. and I hereby certify that he is a credible witness-
Before me
John Fowler Justice of the Peace
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I Theophilus B. Chandler Judge of Probate for the District of Woodstock in the County of Windham State of Connecticut do hereby certify that John Fowler Esqr before whom the within deposition was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for Windham County; that the within signature of his name is his hand writing and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said Office
[illegible] at Woodstock this 15th day of August AD 1838
Theophilus B. Chandler Judge of Probate for the District of Woodstock
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24,535
Polly Lincoln
Wid of
John Lincoln
Priv Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol A, Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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THE Bearer hereof John Linclon [Lincoln] a Soldier in the [illegible] Massachusetts Regiment, having served as a faithful good Soldier in the said Regiment, the Term of [illegible] months & 10 days, is hereby discharged from the same.
Given under my Hand, at [illegible] Point this 23d Day of December [illegible].
Agreeable to a sent order the commiss at Litchfield is [illegible] to [illegible] Provision sufficient to carry the above Soldier to the next [illegible] to his place of residence at Mansfield the State of Mass Dec 23 [illegible]
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Connecticut 729
Polly Lincoln of Ellington, widow of John Lincoln, deceased, who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818, and who died on the 11 day of April 1824, of Tolland in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain of the regimt commanded by Col Reed in the Massachts line for 17 mos 20ds
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut, at the rate of 58 Dollars 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Octr 1838, & sent to Jesse Charlton, Esq, East Windsor Hill, Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Septr '38 | $149.72
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 | 29.44
| $179.66
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by D McCurdy, Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 1. Page 193.
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1580
Massachusetts
Polly Lincoln widow of John Lincoln who was a Private in the Massa. line for 17 mo & 20 dy
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 58 Dollars & 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of August, 1843 and sent to W. E Parmenter Esq
Boston
Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 47
Ref Augt 28
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James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
1686
June 8. 1843
Mass.
Mar 3d 1843
Polly Lincoln
$58.89 per an
Payable at 
Boston, Mass.
W. E. Permenter Esq
Boston
Mass.
[illegible] the Transfer
on the Connecticut Roll.
[Stamp: Do not forget]
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Boston June 6th 1843.
Sir
I enclose the application of Mrs Polly Lincoln of Wilbraham Mass for pension under the act of March 3d 1843.
Mrs Lincoln desired that her pension may be payable at the Boston Agency.
Respectfully
Your obt Servt
Wm Parmenter
J. L Edwards Esq.
Comr Pensions.
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East Windsor Hill, Hartford County Conn.
Sep. 3d. 1838.
Sir.
I herewith transmit the application of Polly Lincoln, of Ellington Tolland County, Conn, Widow of John Lincoln late of Monson in Massachusetts, under act of July 7th 1838, Entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows.
And am Sir,
Your Obdt Servant.
Jesse Charlton.
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D C
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I Abijah Pratt of Foxborough in the County of Norfolk Esquire of lawful age do testify and say that I served as a soldier in the Company of which Moses Knapp was Captin & Regiment of which Joseph Reed was Colonel in the war of the Revolution against the Common Enemy in the Massachusetts Line on the Continental Establishment in the years service so called beginning the first day of January 1776 and ending January first 1777 or about that time- And that I knew one John Lincoln there of Mansfield in the County of Bristol that he served as a soldier in the same company with me in the years service begining January 1776 & continued in said Company & said duty until some time in December 1776 when he was called on command at Peekskill & did not return to said Peekskill till the expiration of said years service when I was discharged and I have no doubt but that he compleated [completed] the said years service & further the deponant [deponent] saith not-
Abijah Pratt
Bristol ss Then the above named Abijah Pratt personally appeared before me and after being duly cautioned & sworn made oath that the above affadavit [affidavit] by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts-
June 11th 1819-
Before me David Gilbert Justice of the Peace
Bristol ss. I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Abijah Pratt and that he is a man of truth & veracity-
David Gilbert Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County ss. I James Sproat Clerk of the County of Bristol aforesaid do hereby certify that David Gilbert Esqr before whom the annexed affidavits appear to be made of Abijah White & John Phillips appear to have been made is a Justice of the peace. duly quallified [qualified] for that purpose acting under the authority of this Commonwealth at that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Taunton in said County this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Jas Sproat
Clerk of Courts
Bristol Co-
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I John Phillips of Mansfield in the County of Bristol [illegible] of lawful age do testify & say that I served as a soldier in the Company of which Moses Knapp was Captain [illegible] in the Regiment of which Joseph Reed [illegible] Colonel in the war of the Revolution against the Common Enemy in the Massachusetts Line on the Continental Establishment in the years [illegible] so called beginning the first day of January 1776 and ending January the first 1777 or about that time - And that I knew one John Lincoln there of Mansfield in the County of Bristol that he served as a soldier in the same company with me in the years service beginning January 1776 & continued in said Company and did duty until some time in December 1776 when he was called on command at [illegible] and did not return to said [illegible] till the expiration of said years service when I was discharged- And I have no doubt but that he completed the said years service & further the deponant [deponent] saith not-
John Phillips
Bristol ss. June 11th 1819 Then the above named John Phillips personally appeared before me and after being duly cautioned & sworn made oath that the above affadavit [affidavit] by him subcribed is just & true in all its parts
Before me David Gilbert Justice of the Peace
Bristol ss. I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Phillips and that he is reputed to be a man of truth & veracity-
David Gilbert Justice of the Peace
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J. L. Edwards, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C
[illegible] cb Sept 6
act 7 July 1838,
Polly Lincoln
$58.89 . per ann
Land act: to Jesse
Charlton. Esq
East Windsor Hill
Con.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden
ss
Be it known that on this Twenty fifth day of May in the year eighteen hundred & forty three personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Polly Lincoln a resident of Wilbraham in the County of Hampden aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on ● the 3rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to Widows in certain cases, for the services of their Husbands in the Revolutionary war, 1 That she is the widow of John Lincoler who was a private in the Revolutionary war and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of the 7th July 1838. to which declaration & the papers accompaying the same she would refer for a more particular statement of his services for the proof of her marriage, identity & the time of her husbands death she further declares, that she was pensioned under said act at the rate of about fifty eight dollars per year as near as she can recollect, as her pension certificate was returned to the Pension office she has no record of the exact sum which amount she received from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 4th day of March 1841 at the agency in Hartford in the State of Connecticut, she at the time of drawing her pension resided in Ellington, in the said State of Connecticut and at the time of receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said act to the Pension agent at the said City of Hartford agreeably to the rules of the department - And the declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since
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the decease of her said husband but is now & ever since has been the widow of said John Lincoln deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto [illegible] and and further she saith not-
Polly Lincoln [her X mark] 
Witness, Abner Bennett
Timothy Packard
Subscribed & sworn to on the day & year above written before me, and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me
Timothy Packard Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden
ss
I Abner Bennett of Monson in the County of Hampden of lawful age on oath depose & say that I well know Polly Lincoln the within declarant & that she was the Wife and is the Widow of John Lincoln who served in the War of the Revolution, that the said declarant received a Pension under the act of Congress, passed 7th July 1838. & that she is still a widow -
Abner Bennett
Attest Timothy Packard.
Hampden SS. Monson 25th day of May 1843
Personally appeared the above Abner Bennett and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true to the best of his knowledge & belief and I hereby certify that in my opinion the said Abner Bennett is a credible be person-
Timothy Packard Justice of the Peace
Miss Polly Lincoln [illegible] from Boston
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 6th 1843 
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Timothy Packard was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden, in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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.
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 3 1841
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Timothy Packard was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden 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.
W. B. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Hampden COUNTY,
ss.
On this Thirty first day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Polly Lincoln a resident of Wilbraham in the County of Hampden aged Eighty five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Lincoln who was a resident of Monson and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of fifty eight dollars and eighty nine cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Polly Lincoln [her X mark] 
[Stamp: L.S]
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written,
Before me,
In presence of Timothy Packard
Hiram Bradway
Timothy Packard Justice of the Peace.
*Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and pensioner, as she declares.
Timothy Packard - Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY,
ss.
Clerk of the [illegible] and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly [illegible] ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
[illegible] the Seal of said Court, this
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