Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1825, John Combs, Mass.
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Mass.  Combs, John  W. 1825
Eunice S,  B.L.Wt. 14503-160-55
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15776
Massachusetts
John Combs
of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Newell of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Keyes in the Massachusets line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars   Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1833 and sent Jesse Bliss  Brookfield Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of March 33[?]  $40.00
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 September 1833 10.00
$50.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
Book E  Vol. 2.   Page 12

[Right side of page]
See letter to Pension Agent. December 27, 1836
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327
Massachusetts.
Eunice S. Combs,
widow of John Combs
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Rhode Island or Massachusetts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
per annum, to commence on September 17/[18]48
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of September 1849 and sent to G. S. Bulfinch
Boston, Massachusetts
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29/48  Page 27  Volume 2.

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[illegible] 8 m 55-112334
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112 334
Act March 3
May 2nd
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Eunice G. Combs, widow of 
John Combs, Soldier
Revolutionary war
Private
Colonel Keyes
Massachusetts Militia
Massachusetts July 48 - 329
Admitted 160 acres January 17/[18]56
Dodge
Foster Henshaw
Present
VolumeC 2 - 12 

[Right page:]
Cir J. Henshaw January 4 /[18]56
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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, SS.
On this Twenty third day of October
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of Probate for
the County of Worcester now sitting John Combs 
a resident of Western
in the County of Worcester
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy four
years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.

THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
forepart of July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven he enlisted
in the revolution of volunteers in the six months service in the Town of Western aforesaid in the Company
commanded by Captain Ebenezer Newell there of Brookfield in said
County which company was attached to the regiment commanded by Colonel Danforth Keys of said Martin and Marched with said
Company from said Town of Western to Providence in the State of
Rhode island then to the town of Little Compton and there remained a week or ten 
days making preparations to go on to the Island and then marched back to [illegible] [illegible] 
and then remained guarding the shore and town untill the
month of November at which time orders were [illegible]  and marched to Providence
when remained doing duty in said Company untill the part of
January seventeen hundred and seventy eight marching from the Town of Western to Providence he passed through the Town of Sturbridge  and
Smithfield that he may received there from the
in the town of it in which place he has seen in resided, that he never received a written discharge from the service - was born in the town of Western in which place he has ever since resided. That he has no documentary evidence of his service except what results from
the testimony of Nathaniel Paine and Aaron Kimball whose depositions are hereto annexed - 
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on
the agency of any state.
Signature of John Combs

Sworn  and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Nathaniel Paine Judge of Probate for the City of
Worcester
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We Solomon Gilbert residing in the Town of Brookfield and
James Clark
residing in the same Town hereby x=certify that we are well acquainted with John Combs
who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nath Same Probate for the County of Worcester
Signatures of Solomon Gilbert
James Clark

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Solomon Gilbert
who signed
the preceding certificate, is a [clergyman crossed out] resident in the Town of Brookfield
and that James Clark
who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Brookfield
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Before me Nathaniel Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester

I Theophilus Wheeler register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify 
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Combs, is a justice of the peace in and for the county of Worcester and that the signature is genuine

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court  this
23d day of October
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred [remainder of date is unreadable]
Theophs Wheeler Register of the Court
of Probate for the County of Worcester
in Massachusetts
[left margin:] John CoombsApplication
I, Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County
of Worcester  do hereby further certify that since making the above
certificate, and the return of this case from Washington and
additional paper purporting to be signed by several deponents 
John Combs, David Sheppard and Stephen Baxter Sworn to before 
Jesse Bliss Esquire"has been produced in Court and is now annexed to the paper before produced and annexed by ribbon under the
seal of said Court and that Jesse Bliss is now of a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Worcester duly commissioned
and sworn, and the signatures purporting to be the Jesse Bliss is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Probate Court, this sixth day of March in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty
three
Signature of Theophilus Wheeler Register of said
Court
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the
peace in and for the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts John Combs of Western in said County 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 list of his
recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned
below and in the following grade, viz. for six months he served
as a private in the company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Newell, Jonathan Barrows Lieutenant and Ensign Hoyt in the state of Rhode island in the year 1777
which company was attached to the Regiment commanded by
Colonel Danforth Keyes and Major Clapp and Lieutenant Colonel Wade fro which service he claims a pension-that he was born in
The town of Western on the twenty-seventh  day of July seventeen hundred and fifty seven but has no record of his age- at the time of his service General Spencer commanded the troops and [illegible] [illegible] a [illegible]
that he knows of no other persons whose testimony
he can procure as to his service other then that of Reuben Blair and Aaron Kimball whose depositions were attached to his original application for a pension and the affidavit David Shepard hereto annexed.
John Combs
Worcester Ss March 4, 1833 Personally appeared John Combs
the signer of the above declaration and made oath that the
facts set forth in the same are true
Before me Jesse Bliss Justice of the Peace
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We Stephen Baxter a Clergyman residing in the town of Western and David Shepard residing in said Western aged seventy years
hereby certify that we have been acquainted with John Combs 
of said Weston the signer of the foregoing declaration for 
forty two years last past, who has uniformly supported an
unimpeachable character for truth and veracity, that we believe 
him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and
believed in the neighbourhood when he resides, to have been a
soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion-
David Shepard
Stephen Baxter
I David Shepard further testify that I well recollect the time when said John Combs enlisted as a soldier in the war of the revolution having a brother who enlisted at the same time in the same
Company for the same term of service- said John Combs and his
brother enlisted the first part of July 1777 and 
both marched at the same time from the Town of Western-
said Combs was absent from said town of Western during the
months for which he enlisted but my brother being unwell returned before his time of enlistment expired. I was born in said town of
Westoern and was at the time of their enlistment about
fifteen years of age and have been intimately acquainted with said John Combs ever since I was of sufficient age to know any person
David Shepard
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Worcester ss March 2. 1833 then personally appeared David
Shepard and Stephen Butter a clergyman both residing
in Western aforesaid the signers of the of the foregoing
certificates and made oath to the truth of the facts
set forth in the same before me. I further certify that I am
personally acquainted with said Stephen Baxter and
David Shepard and am of the opinion that their
testimony is entitled full credit and belief
Jesse Bliss Justice of the Peace
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Payments to be made
at Boston Massachusetts
by the [illegible] of U.S. Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Massachusetts
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book No E Volume 2 
Page 12 by D. D. Addison
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States
of the 7th June, 1832, John Combs
of the State of Massachusetts
who was a Private in the army of the
Revolution
is entitled to receive-
Twenty dollars and__cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Ofice of the United States
the Twenty Ninth day of
July one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three
John Robb
Acting secretary of war
Examined and
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[ handwritten] Enclosed are the declaration etc. of mrs. Eunice Combs

for a pension under Act 29 July 1848.

[(illegible]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss.
On this Eighth day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty
nine personally appeared before the Subscribed Thomas
Kinnicutt Judge of Probate in and for the County of Worcester
Eunice S. Combs a resident of Warren in the County of Worcester
aged sixty seven who being first duly sworn according to law, doth
on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July
29. 1848 entitled an Act for the relief of certain surviving
widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army
that she is the widow of John Combs, who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and drew a pension of twenty dollars per annum under the
act of 7 June 1832. She further declairs [sic] that she was married
to the said John Combs of the second day of December in the year
seventeen hundred and ninety eight, that her husband the aforesaid
John Combs died on the seventeenth day of September in the year
eighteen hundred and forty eight, that she was not married to him
prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous
to the first day of January eighteen hundred, inclusive viz [namely] at the
time above stated
Eunice S Combs X  her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written

Before me
Attest Charles G. Prentiss
Judge of Probate
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Commonwealth ofMassachusetts
Worcester Ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss register of the court of probate for the county of Worcester do certify that Thomas Kinnicutt is the judge of the said court duly commissioned and qualified- and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this eight day of may one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
Charles G. Prentiss register
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 [handwritten] "John Combs Jun and Eunice Shepard both
of Western , were joined in marriage on the second day of December in the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight
"The foregoing persons were joined in Marriage
by Stephen Baxter Clarke and returned by
him. Recorded pr Danforth Keyes Town Clerk Warren Dec. 1848 I certify that the foregoing
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 "1798 Dec 2nd"

Lorenzo Warriner

I Lorenzo Warriner above named depose & say
that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Warren, in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town of Warren with the exception above named as certified by me
Sworn to before me this twenty first day of December 1848
Pardon Keyes Justice of Peace
Lorenzo Warriner
Clerk of the town of
Warren
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 12 1849.
hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestations pardon Keyes and
James S. Davis were Justices of the
Peace for the County of Worcester
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted;
and that to their 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
WB Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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I Pardon Keys depose and say that I have known
Eunice S. Combs for the last fifty years or more
that I know her before she was married to the said
John Combs, and when she was called Eunice Shepard
that I heard of the marriage of the said John Combs
and the said Eunice Shepard at or about the time
that the marriage took place, that I have always
lived in the neighborhood of the said John Combs,
and that the said John Combs and the said Eunice
Combs have lived together as husband and wife from
the time that they were reputed to have been married
until the death of the said John Combs, and that
they have raised a family of six children, that I
am the justice before whom the said Eunice S
Combs swore to the petition for a pension, and
that the said Eunice is the widow of the said
John Combs.
Pardon Keyes
Sworn to this twenty second day of December A.D. 1848
Before me
James T. Davis Justice of the peace
I James S. Davis justice as aforesaid certify that the
deponent, Pardon Keyes is a disinterested, respectable
and credible witness
James P. Davis
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112334
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DECLARATION FOR WIDOW
Who has never received Bounty Land
STATE OF Massachusetts
County of Worcester Ss.
On this twenty third day of April 1855, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, (duly authorized by law to administer oaths,) Eunice S. Combs
aged Eighty three years, a resident of
Warren in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn
according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Combs
deceased, who was a soldier 
in the company commanded by Captain___
in the Regiment of
commanded by Colonel ___
in the war with Great Britain
known as the Revolutionary War
That her said husband entered the service of the United States at
on or about the___
day of___
18__ for the term of___
and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said company, not
having any knowledge of the manner of her said husband's discharge. She further states that she was
married to the said
John Combs in the County of Worcester State of
Massachusetts on or about the___

day of 1798, by Stephen Baxter
Clergyman at Western (now Warren) and that her name before her said marriage was
Eunice Shepard, that her said husband died at Warren Massachusetts
on the 17th day of September, 1848, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled
under the Act approved March 8, 1855, never having received Bounty Land under this or any other act, nor
made any other application for Bounty Land except the present.
Foster Henshaw of Washington DC is hereby authorized to prosecute this my claim
and to receive any warrant that may be issued hereon.
Eunice L Combs
AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
We, Samuel E. Blair and Timothy James
residents of the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged
by the above Eunice S. Combs 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
And we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said John Combs and Eunice S. Combs
his wife (now the widow) during the life time of the former,
and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to have been so generally reputed. That her said
husband, the said John Combs died at Warren Massachusetts
on the 17th day of September 1848, and that she is still a widow; and that they have no interest in this claim.

Samuel E Blair
Timothy Jones
MAGISTRATE' S CERTIFICATE.
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.
Joseph F. Hitchcock Justice of the peace

COUNTY CLERK' S CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF Massachusetts
County of Worcester Ss.
I hereby certify that Joseph F. Hitchcock, Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration
and affidavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within an
for the county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of
this twenty fifth day of April
Joseph Mason Clerk
1855.

If no public or private record of the marriage exists, or can be procured, state the fact in the declaration, after the word widow;
and in such case such other evidence, such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and know
them to live together as husband and wife, and to be so reputed, will be admissible.
copy thereof must be accompanied with the affidavit of some disinterested
the copy certified is a true and correct copy of it.
interested person, proving the genuineness of the original, and that
A certificate from the clergyman or magistrate who solemnized the marriage is not competent evidence, unless the genuineness of
the certificate be proved, and the person who gave it be shown to have been authorized to solemnize marriages.
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16753 
John Combs 
Private 6 months 
5-06
January 25 1833 
P 215 
Jesse Bliss Esquire 
 Brookfield 
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
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16.753
Brief in the case of John Combs
County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 75
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period-Volunteered In 1777 July
Duration of Service-not state precisely, 6 months.
Rank-As a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served-Captain E. Newell, Colonel D. Keys
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Worcester County Rhode Island
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary and 2 witnesses
T8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
T. Waugh
Examining Clerk.
January 22 1833
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Massachusetts Roll Act 7 June 1832 
John Combs Private $20 per annum 
To what time last paid?
Paid to September 18, 1848
BLB
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16753
John Combs
Honorable JG Kendall
House of Representatives
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Combs which require further proof or explanation. 
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? he is entitled? 
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 No 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the 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?  2 citisens 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain 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? Witnesses 
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes 
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? yes 
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? 2. 5. 7.  
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, etc. 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 less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For__year __months and __days, I served as a__For __months and for such service I claim a pension."
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8
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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. 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 be 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 authenticated 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 end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. SECRETARY'S OFFICE. Boston January 12, 1856 
Sir:
I send the within to your address because I do not know where to find Foster Henshaw Esquire as the document has no address 
Most truly Yours 
N. L. Strong 
Clerk of Pensions
Honorable J. Minot
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, Boston, January 12. 1856. 
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 John Coombs [sic] is borne on pay roll of Captain Ebenzer Newell's Company Colonel Danforth Keyes Regiment from August 2. 1777 to January 4. 1778. 5 months. 2 days as private In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. 
EM Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Secretary of State of Massachusetts 
Sir
If you will forward to me a certificate of the service of John Combs of Massachusetts you will much oblige an applicant for bounty land Yours Respectfully 
Foster Henshaw
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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
January 4th 1856.
The claim of Eunice S. Combs
for bounty land under the act of the 3rd of March 1855
No. 112. 334 has been examined and suspended.
the revolutionary service of John Combs
the husband of the applicant does not appear of record in this
office
The 3rd section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN
DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE”
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim
will be favorably considered
Very respectfully
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
Foster Henshaw Esquire
Present
[left margin:]
He served under Captain Newell and Colonel Keyes Massachusetts militia in 1777-apply to the secretary of state of Massachusetts for record evidence.
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[handwritten] Revolutionary War

WIDOW, etc.
File No. [penciled in]1825
[handwritten] Eunice S. Coombs
[handwritten]Widow
[handwritten]John Coombs
Private Revolutionary War
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Act:[handwritten]July 29. 1848.
Index:--[handwritten] Volume A, Page 142

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I Aaron Kimball of North Brookfield in the
County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
aged seventy six years do testify and say that I was knowing
that John Combs now of Western in said county in the
year 1777 in the month of July marched from Brookfield
as a soldier in the war of the revolution to the Town of Leinster
in said County on the month and was then mustered and drew his gun.  the Captain commanding the Company was Ebenezer Newell. Said Company was attached to the Regiment of Colonel
Danforth Keyes. said Company then marched to
Providence in the State of
Rhode island and the
remained in the vicinity
of Providence doing duty as a soldier 
in said Company untill the month of
January following. at which time said Company
was discharged. said John Combs was in said company
doing duty as a soldier during the whole of said six months
further the deponent saith not
Aaron Kimball
Worcester October 20th 1832 there personally appeared
Aaron Kimball above named and made oath that the
facts set forth in the above deposition by him subscribed
are true- I further certify that I am personally acquainted
with said Aaron Kimball and am of opinion that his
testimony is entitled to credit
Jesse Bliss Justice of the peace
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I Reuben Blair of Brookfield in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy seven years do testify and say that in the fore part of July 1777 I enlisted as a Solder in the war of the Revolution for the time of six months in the Company commanded by Ebenezer Newell then of Brookfield which Company was attached to the regiment under the command of Colonel Danforth Keyes of Western and Marched to the Area of Leinster and was there mustered and Received my gun. then marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and thus to a place called Little Compton and then to [illegible] [illegible] and there remained until the month of November following, guarding the shore and coast, I then marched back to Providence and and there remained doing duty as a soldier untill the six months expired which was in the month of January 1778. I am knowing that John Combs then and more and of now of said Western was a soldier in the war of the Revolution he having enlisted in the same Company with myself for the same time of six months and performed duty as a soldier in the same Company during the period above mentioned to my knowledge - further this deponent saith not-
Reuben Blair

Month of October 23rd 1832 this personally appeared Reuben Blair above named and made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the above deposition by him subscribed - I further testify that I am acquinted with said Reuben Blair and am of the opinion that his testimony is entitled [sic] to credit.
Jesse Bliss Justice of the peace
Before me
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Commonwealth Bank
Pension Office
Boston 9 December 1836.

Sir
Herewith you will receive the power of attorney of John Combs a pensioner who has neglected to draw his pension for two years.
Be pleased to inform me if payment can be made on the Same.
I am very respectfully
your obedient Servant
LM Stone for 
John K. Simpson
Agent
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I the subscriber hereby testify that the original pension certificate of John Combs giving him a pension of twenty dollars has been kept in my hands the principal part of the time since the same was issued from the war department, that the reason why said Combs has not made application for payment for this years is owing to smallness of amount and ill health of the pensioner as he inform me. I have known him for twenty years last past and know that he is the identical John Combs to whom said Pension was granted Boston December 8. 1836 
Jesse Bliss [illegible] [illegible]of Pensioner
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[Two sides. Left side:]
392.
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17 September [18]48
James L. Edwards Esquire
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Number 392
Eunice S. Combs
Widow of John
Massachusetts
Act 29" July 1818,
Married 1798
Husband died 17 September 1848
Admitted 6 mo private
$20 per annum,
Commencing 17 September 1848,
G.S. Bulfinch,
Boston,
Massachusetts
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Merchant Bank 
Boston 12 May 1849 

Sir,

Enclosed are the Declaration and other papers of Mrs. Eunice Combs. She applies for the Benefit of the Act of 29 July 1848;- and wishes her Pension certificate to be sent to my care. 

Yours Respectively, 

G.S Bulfinch