Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8068, for Benjamin Lufkin, Massachusetts
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
Mass. Sea Service
N.H.
Lufkin, Benjamin Sarah E.

NUMBER W. 8068.
B. L. Wt. 38,516-160-55
CONTENTS
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[left sideways] 225135 [illegible]
737 
Maine
Sarah E Lufkin widow of Benjamin Lufkin
Mass & NH who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars
66 Cents per annum, to commence on [following crossed out "4th day of March, 1848." end cross out] the 3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of June 1853 and sent to T. Bradford Portland Me

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act [following crossed out "July 29, 1848" ] Page 6 Vol. A. Act 3 Feb 1853
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No 18521
Maine
Benjamin Lufkin of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Fogg of the ___ Commanded by __ in the Mass. Troops for 20 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Sept.
1833 and sent to Peter C. Virgin
Rumford Me. [MAINE]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 166.66
Semi-anl. [ANNUAL] allowance ending March 1834 33.33
$200.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E Vol. 1 Page 32
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Act of Mar 3
2125.135. Dec'd [DECEASED] 1855.
Sarah E. Lufkin widow of Benjamin Lufkin dec'd [DECEASED] Private & Pensioner

Sarah E. Lufkin wid: [WIDOW] of Benjam Lufkin,
Revolutionary War

Rec'd [RECEIVED] Pension of $66.66/100 under act of 1832. She rec'd [RECEIVED] pension of $66.66/100
Act of Feby 3. 1853. dated 21st June 1853
No. 739.

Feby 53-139
Ac: 160.66 Aug 12 [18]/56
Boynton
Z.K. Harmon Portland
Vol. L. 163.
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Claim of Sarah E. Lufkin
(Widow of Benjamin)
To Bounty Land
225. 135.
Act of March 3. 1853
War of the Rev. [REVOLUTION]
Z. K. Harmon
Portland Maine
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State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, Nov. 28th, 1855.

I, OBADIAH G. COOK.
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Rufus K. Bunker Esquire is, and at the date of his certificates to the papers hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
within and for [blank] the County of Oxford
as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to
administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in
the County aforesaid,--and that the following Signatures purporting to be his are GENUINE.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
OBADIAH G. COOK CLERK.
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State of Maine.
County of Oxford ss.

On this twenty fifth day of [August crossed out] October A. D. 1855 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah E. Lufkin, a resident of Roxbury in said County and State, aged 85 years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 3d, A. D. 1855.

And your declarant further states that she is
the widow of Benjamin Lufkin late of Roxbury
in the State of Maine that her said husband Benjamin Lufkin was a Soldier of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1832, at the rate of $66.66 cts, per annum which pension he drew
until his death which took place on the tenth day of November A.D. 1844, she also declares that she has not applied for or received
any Bounty Land warrant, under this or any other Act of Congress and believes her said husband never applied for or received any Bounty Land in his life time.
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YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said Benjamin Lufkin on the thirty first day of March A.D. 1839, at Roxbury in said State, and that her name before marriage was Sarah E. Bunker
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of Feby 3d 1853 she made application for a pension, on which application a pension was granted her at the rate of 66. 66/100 Dollars per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated on the 21st day of June A.D. 1853 No. 739.
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint Z. K. Harmon of Portland my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest,
James Huston   Sarah E Lufkin   Elbridge L Huston
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that [I believe is crossed] the said Sarah E. Lufkin is [to be crossed out] the person [following crossed who performed the military service aforesaid, and to be of the age above stated.] she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration. That I have no interest in this claim.
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Rufus K. Bunker Justice of the Peace
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We James Huston and Elbridge L Huston
both of Roxbury in the County of Oxford & State of Maine on oath depose and say that we were well acquainted with Benjamin Lufkin
late of this town deceased, he was a Revolutionary Pensioner, at the time of his death which took place in this town at about [fifteen crossed out] Eleven years ago, we knew the fact of his sickness & death well at the time. We are also well acquainted with Sarah E. Lufkin who was the wife and is now the widow of said Benjamin Lufkin, said Sarah E. Lufkin is now a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. she has remained a widow since the death of her husband as aforesaid, and is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration for Bounty Land, which declaration she has signed in our pres-
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ence, and in which we have no interest
James Huston
Elbridge L Huston

Oxford SS. [August crossed out] October the 25th 1855. Then personally appeared the above named James Huston and Elbridge L Huston who are persons of truth and integrity, & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them signed,
Before me
Rufus K Bunker Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the foregoing was executed on the twenty fifth day of October eighteen hundred & fifty five
Before me Rufus K Bunker, Justice of the
Peace
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13.599
Benjamin Lufkin
April 8th 1833
Obs-14-16.
13.399
P. 322
Admitted
20 mos'
$66.66
Peter C Virgin Esqr
Rumford
Me
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BRIEF in the case of Benjamin Lufkin
of Rumford in the State of Maine
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. |
May In 1778 | 8 months | As a Private | Gen, Unable to name the officers |
May in 1779 | 6 months | As a Private | Capt. [illegible] and Com [COMMODORE Saltonstall |
April 1780 | 6 months | As a private| Capt. Fogg |
May 1781 | 6 months | As a Private | Capt. Drew |
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5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lancaster Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witness & others
8. 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 mentioned.
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk
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Benjamin Lufkin
13.599
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STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford SS.
On this 17th day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Benjamin Lufkin
a resident of Rumford in the county of Oxford
and State of Maine, aged 70 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated as a private at Lancaster in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the month of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight enlisted as a substitute for Joseph Woodbury in the State Militia of Massachusetts for the term eight Months then Company and Regiment by whom commanded I am unable to state. From Lancaster we marched to White Plains State of New York and during said enlistment was sent with a foraging party to a place called Sing Sing in the month of January as near as he can recollect 1779 was discharged at a place called Continental Village near West Point. In May 1779 he enlisted for the term of six months at Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Marine on board of a Brigg called the Three Sisters commanded by Captain Jacob Edmunds of Beverly on an expedition to Penobscot. The command of the fleet was put under the command of Commodore Saltonstall. We sailed to Penobscot. A body of land forces was commanded by Gen Lovell. A [illegible] was made upon the fort -in about two weeks - when a squadron of the British appeared. We then were moved up the river -and went as [illegible] and noticed [illegible] 
through the wilderness and he was [illegible] until his time expired. In the month of June 1780 in the Town of Landaff the County of Grafton State of New Hampshire enlisted as substitute for David Jewett of said Landaff into Company of [illegible]
New Hampshire for the term of six months commanded by Captain Jeremy Fogg the [illegible] of the Regiment I do not recollect. Marched from Landaff to White Plains in the State of New York continued there untill [sic] discharged in January 1781. 

In the month of April or May 1781 at said Landaff enlisted into a company of volunteer Militia of New Hampshire commanded by Captain Drew for the term of six months and Marched to in the State of Vermont to guard the infantries from the depredation of the Canada Indians A [illegible] guard were marched every day up the Canada Road to Black house on union River, and in the winter following I was discharged. 
I have no documentary evidence and know of but one person, and his affidavit is hereunto annexed as to the eight months service whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Benjamin Lufkin
Stephen Emery Judge
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We Daniel Gould a Clergyman residing in the town of Rumford and County of Oxford and State of Maine and Joseph Wardwell of the same Rumford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Lufkin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur  in that opinion
Daniel Gould
Jos [JOSEPH] Wardwell
subscribed & sworn to in open Court, the day & year aforesaid
Stephen Emery Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the
matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the
above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, he [illegible]
the certificate of Daniel Gould, a Clergyman of said Rumford & Joseph Wardwell, a citizen of said Rumford both credible persons-- also the deposition of Jonathan Houghton on oath duly administered in corroboration of his own declaration
Stephen Emery, Judge

I Joseph G. Cole [Clerk crossed out] Register 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 Benjamin Lufkin for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of September A. D. 1832. [Clerk. crossed out]

Joseph G. Cole Register
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No. 711
Sarah E. Lufkin Wid. [WIDOW] of Benjamin
$66.66 per annum
Commencing 3, February 1853

if 3rd and: confirm admit -  [illegible]
F Bradford
Portland
Maine
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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, March 23 A. D. 1853
I, Charles C. Harmon,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, in and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Robinson Parlin and William K. Green, Esquires, are-
Acting Justices of the Peace, within and for _ the County of Oxford -, as appears by papers hereto annexed: that they are DULY QUALIFIED to act as such; that said Parlin's COMMISSION is dated July 10th A.D. 1850 and will expire July 10th A.D. 1857, and that said Green's Commission is dated June 12. 1849, and will expire June 12, 1856. -and that the following SIGNATUREs purporting to be theirs are GENUINE.
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.
C. C. Harmon Clerk.
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STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT,
Cumberland County, ss.
Be it known, That on this second day of March
1853 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Benjamin Lufkin late of Roxbury Me was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $66.66 cts [sic] per annum and that he died at Roxbury on the Tenth day of November 1844.-
And that Sarah E Lufkin is the widow of said
Benjamin Lufkin deceased.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this Second day of March in the
year 1853,
Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate for Cumberland County.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SS
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate
for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreebly [AGREEABLY] to the Constitution and Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this 23d day of March A. D. 1853
Freeman Bradford Register
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State of Maine
County of Oxford Ss.

On this nineteenth day of February A. D. 1853, personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, Sarah E. Lufkin a resident of Roxbury in the County of Oxford aged 83 years, who being sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3d 1853. And your declarant states that she is the widow of Benjamin Lufkin late of Roxbury in the State of Maine deceased, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution.
and a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Sixty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, under the Act of June 7th 1832, which pension he drew until the time of his death which took place on the tenth [eighth crossed out] day of November A.D. 1844.
And the said declarant further states that she was married to the said Benjamin Lufkin on the thirty first day of March A.D. 1839 at Roxbury and that her name before marriage was Sarah E. Bunker
She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
Sarah E Lufkin
Then personally appeared the above named Sarah E. Lufkin and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me,
Robinson Parlin
Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine County of Oxford

I, John K. Bunker, having been duly sworn, depose and say, that I am the Clerk of the town of Roxbury in the said County, and have in my official custody the records of marriages of the said town, and that I have carefully examined them and cannot find therein any record of the marriage of Benjamin Lufkin & Sarah E Bunker, but find a certificate of their publishment, request  [they would "publish the bands" to the public to ensure that no one had any reason to object, for example if they were related and didn't know it]  made March 14th, 1839, and recorded March 29th 1839-
John K. Bunker Town Clerk
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this 19th day February A. D. 1853
Robinson Parlin Justice of the Peace
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We Rufus K. Bunker & Rhoda C Bunker
both of Roxbury in the County of Oxford and
State of Maine on oath depose and say that
we were both present when Benjamin Lufkin
and Sarah E. Bunker were married, that they
were married at our house in Roxbury in said County on the thirty first day of March A.D. 1839, by one Alvan Ross a clergyman, and that we are disinterested -
Rufus K Bunker
Rhoda C Bunker 
Witness Wm K. Greene

Oxford ss. February 21st A.D. 1853 Then personally appeared the above named Rufus K. Bunker and Rhoda C Bunker credible & reputable witnesses and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them signed
Before me William K Greene Justice of the Peace
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October 31, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Benjamin Lufkin, W.8068
BA-J/MCS
 
Mrs. Roger Cutting
3 Cleveland Avenue
Woburn Massachusetts

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Benjamin Lufkin, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.8068, based upon the military service of Benjamin Lufkin, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Benjamin Lufkin enlisted in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in May, 1778, and served eight months as private
with the Massachusetts troops, names of officers not given. He enlisted in May, 1779, at Ipswich, Massachusetts, and served as a
marine on board the brig, "Three Sisters " which was commanded by Captain Jacob Edmunds; he went on the expedition to Penobscot, and served six months during this enlistment. He enlisted in June, 1780, in Landaff, Grafton County, New Hampshire, and served six months in Captain Jeremiah Fogg's New Hampshire Company. He enlisted in April or May, 1781, and served six months in Captain
Drew's New Hampshire Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Rumford, Oxford County,
Maine, aged seventy years.
This soldier died November 10, 1844, at Roxbury, Maine. 
He married March 31, 1879, at Roxbury, Maine, Sarah E. Bunker,
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She was allowed pension on her application executed February 19, 1853, at which time she was eighty-three years of age and was living in Roxbury, Maine. She was living there in 1855.
Rufus K. Bunker and Rhoda C. Bunker who were living in Roxbury, Maine, in 1853, stated that Benjamin Lufkin and Sarah E. Bunker were married at their house but they did not give
their relation to the widow. In 1853 one John K. Bunker was town clerk in Roxbury, Maine, relation to widow not given.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family,
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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State of Maine
County of Oxford Ss.
On this eighteenth day of May A. D. 1853, personally appeared before [me crossed out] the Hon Timothy Ludden Judge of Probate in and for the County & State aforesaid, Sarah E Lufkin a resident of Roxbury in the County of Oxford aged 83 years, who being sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed Feby 3d 1853.
And your declarant states that she is the widow of Benjamin Lufkin late of Roxbury in the State of Maine deceased, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution. and a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1832 at the rate of Sixty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum which pension he drew until the time of his death which took place on the 10th day of November A.D. 1844

And the said declarant further states that she was married to the said Benjamin Lufkin on the
31st day of March 1839 at Roxbury and that her name before marriage was Sarah E.
Bunker and that she knows of no public or private record of her marriage.
She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
Sarah E. Lufkin
Then personally appeared the above named Sarah E. Lufkin and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me,
Timothy Ludden Judge
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State of Maine
Oxford Ss. I further certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the said Sarah E. Lufkin is unable to attend Court and that I administered the oath to her at her residence in Roxbury.
Timothy Ludden Judge

State of Maine
Oxford Ss.
Office of the Court of Probate
I, George K Shaw Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify that Hon Timothy Ludden, whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is a Judge of Probate in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said state, that the annexed signature purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of Said Court and subscribed my name, this eighteenth day of May A.D, 1853
George K. Shaw, Register
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 31. 1833.
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, [crossed out it appears that] I do not find any evidence of the service of Benjamin Lufkin. He claims to have served for 8 months in 1778 in a Company from Lancaster, as a substitute
for Joseph Woodbury-- but not stating his captain's name, it is difficult to determine whether he was in service or not. I have examined a "List of Men" from Lancaster raised to recruit the Continental Army in 1778- but neither the name of Lufkin or of Woodbury is found thereon-
He also claims to have served in 1779 in the Penobscot expedition as a marine in the
Brig "Three Sisters"-- but there is no Roll of any such vessel, or any evidence as I can find that there was such a vessel in the service. He mentions that Commander Saltonstall commanded the fleet, & Gen. Lovel the army; & these facts appear to be so. -
His other services being in the New Hampshire
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Militia cannot be proved in this office. -

Edward D Bangs. Secy [SECRETARY]
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Jon. [JONATHAN] Houghton
affidavit-
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service [cutoff] the several officers under whom we served, have utterly escaped my recollection
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, SS.

RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Charles Whitman Esq whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of Jonathan Houghton is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 27th
day of September in the year A.D. 1832
R K Goodenow 
Clerk of Oxford
County Courts.
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I Jonathan Houghton of Waterford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine do testify and say that Benjamin Lufkin now a resident of Rumford in said County of Oxford, in the month of May 1778, [following crossed out I think] enlisted in the State Militia of Massachusetts in the town of
Lancaster in said State, for a term of eight months; that during the said term the said Lufkin and myself belonged to the same Company & mess - After enlisting we marched together and rendezvoused at White Plains in the State of New York - We continued together [second together crossed out] at various [illegible] on the North River and at the expiration of our Term of service we were honorably discharged at [West Point crossed out] a place then called the continental Village near west point- I further state that so long a time has elapsed since our enlistment and service that the names of the several officers under whom we served have utterly escaped my recollection
Jonathan Houghton
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State of Maine
County of Oxford Ss Waterford July 24, 1832-
Then personally appeared the above named Jonathan Houghton whom I know to be a person of credibility & swore to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed
Before me Charles Whitman Justice of the
Peace
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I James Huston of Roxbury in the County of
Oxford & State of Maine, on oath depose and
say, that I well knew Benjamin Lufkin late of
Roxbury in said County deceased, who was a
Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of $66.66 cents per annum. Said Benjamin Lufkin died
in Roxbury on the tenth day of November A.D
1844, leaving a widow Sarah E. Lufkin, who has remained a widow since the death of said Lufkin and is now living.

James Huston 

Oxford SS. February 19th A.D. 1853 Then personally appeared the above named James Huston (a credible & reputable witness,) and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him Signed
Before me
Robinson Parlin, Justice of the Peace
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I Rufus K. Bunker of Roxbury in the
County of Oxford & State of Maine, on oath depose and say that I well knew Benjamin Lufkin late of Roxbury in said County, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of $66.66 cents per annum. Said Benjamin Lufkin died in Roxbury on the tenth day of November A.D. 1844, leaving a widow, Sarah E. Lufkin, who has remained a widow since the death of sd. [SAID] Lufkin, and is still living.
Rufus K. Bunker

Oxford ss. February nineteenth A.D. 1853. Then personally appeared the above named Rufus K. Bunker a credible & reputable witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed
Before me
Robinson Purlin, Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine
Cumberland County SS. Office of the Court of Probate.
I hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies of the affidavits of James Huston, and
Rufus K Bunker filed in the Probate Court on the first Tuesday of March A.D. 1853, and used by the Judge of said Court as evidence in the case of the application of Sarah E. Lufkin, for a Pension under the act of 3d February 1853.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed
the Seal of said Court, and subscribed my
name, at Portland, this second day of
June A.D. 1853
Freeman Bradford Register of Probate
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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.

Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court, Portland March 3rd A. D. 1853

I, Charles C. Harmon,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Robinson Parlin Esq is an
Acting Justice of the Peace, within and for
the County of Oxford as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIAD [QUALIFIED] TO ACT as such; that his COMMISSION is dated July 10th A.D. 1850 and will expire
July 10th A.D. 1857
and that the following SIGNATUREs purporting to be his are GENUINE.

(L.S.) 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.
C.C. Harmon Clerk.
Copy Attest:
Freeman Bradford Register
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Portland June 2nd. 1853
Sir
Enclosed you will find an additional declaration, in the claim of Sarah E. Lufkin, widow of Benjamin Lufkin, taken before a Court of Record,
agreeably to the regulations of the Pension Office.
I also send you copies of the affidavits on file in the Probate Office, which satisfied the Court of the identity of Mrs. Lufkin as the widow of the Pensioner, and of the date of his death.
It is presumed that corroborative evidence
of the fact of identity and death may be found
in the Third Auditors Office in Washington.
Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt. [OBEDIENT SERVANT]
Freeman Bradford
Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Pension Office
June 11th, 1853
Sir,
Be pleased to say when Benjamin Lufkin died- He was pensioned at $66.66 per annum, Act 7. June 1832 on Maine roll

Very Respy [RESPECTFULLY] Yours &c
L. P. Waldo Commissioner
F. Burt Esq. 3rd Auditor

Died 10th Nov. 1844
Paid to his death
F. Burt Auditor.
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No. 711   739
Maine
Sarah E. Lufkin
widow of Benjamin
Act 3 February 1853
1853 May 30. Let [LETTER] to T. Bradford.
McRay
Act 3, February 1853
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Brief in the case of Sarah E Lufkin widow of Benj [BENJAMIN] of Oxford County and State of Maine, act 3 Feb 1853.
Claim, (original," [crossed out or for increase.")]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband pensioned Act 7 June 1832 marriage proved by credible witnesses, & by record of publishment.
Identity Established to satisfaction of court by affidavits, copies of which are all filed - death of pensioner by [illegible], confirmed
by 3rd Auditors certificate
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim so what?
Name and residence of Agent
F. Bradford Portland Me.
McRue Examining Clerk.
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Bounty Land Claims.
Hon. J. Minot [L.P. WALDO crossed out]
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City, D.C. 

[postage stamp] PORTLAND ME Nov 28 FREE
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38.516
Rev Army [REVOLTIONARY ARMY]
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS/eel
June 6, 1929

George E. Merchant
31 Eastern Avenue
Gloucester, Massachusetts

Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.8068, it appears that Benjamin Lufkin enlisted in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts,
in May, 1778, and served eight months as a private, officers names not given.
He enlisted in May, 1779, at Ipswich, Massachusetts, and served as a marine on board the brig " Three Sisters", which was commanded by Captain Jacob Edmunds; he went on the expedition to Penobscot, and served six months in all.
He enlisted in June, 1780, in Landaff, Grafton County, New Hampshire, and served six months in Captain Jeremiah Fogg's New Hampshire Company.
He enlisted in April or May, 1781, and served six months in Captain Drew's New Hampshire Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, at which time he was a resident of
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Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, aged seventy years.
He died November 10, 1844, at Roxbury, Maine. [Massachusetts crossed out]
The soldier married March 31, 1839, at Roxbury, Maine, [Massachusetts crossed out] Sarah E. Bunker.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 19, 1853, at which time she was eighty-three years of age and was living in Roxbury, Maine. [Massachusetts crossed out] died in 55
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Benjamin Lufkin that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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3 Cleveland Ave Woburn Mass

Department of Pensions
(Revolutionary Soldiers)
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen - only one
Will you kindly give me any information if you have concerning Benjamin Luflour Lufkin or Luffkin Matross, Capt. William Ellery's (1st Artillery) enlisted June 22d 1776 - service to Dec 31st, 1776 (6 mos 10 days) Company at Gloucester in defense of
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sea coast.] If he received a pension there must be for waiter, and possibly anyhow- kindly if possible, state the date of birth, parents, from what town (Gloucester is possible) he came from and any other information.

May I hope to hear at the very earliest possible time

Yours truly
Florence L (Mrs. Roger) Cutting
3 Cleveland and
Woburn Mass.
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3 Cleveland Ave
Woburn Mass.
Bureau of Revolutionary Pensions [ over written] Had already sent when this came

Washington D.C 
Gentlemen

I have written two letters requesting information of one Benjamin Lufkin.  Since then, I have discovered that he is on the 1840 Pension list and was 78 at the time and resided with Rufus K. Bunker at Roxbury Maine. I am endeavoring to get this information to join the D.A.R. and would appreciate an immediate reply. Kindly look this up for me, stating the volume and the number of the page where the formation is to be found, as I have to have these reference to fill out my application for [illegible]
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in the D.A.R.
I have found the grave of this man and the head stone says
Benj Lufkin-
Drew's Co.
Mass Mil.
Rev. War
In the State house at Boston we could find no record of a Drews Co., and so I am anxious to know the company and the years he served in
the Revolution, and anything else that you have in the records - also I am anxious to know who his parents were- so would you kindly quote his application for his pension in order that I may have all available information.
Hoping I may hear at the earliest possible time. Yours [truly crossed out] Mrs. Rose Cutting. 3 Cleveland Ave
Woburn Mass
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1908, Oct. 19. To L. M. Genl. U.S.A.
for monument. F. M.
1929 June 6. hist [HISTORY] to Geo [GEORGE] E. Merchant See case of Moses Lufkin No. 12.162 USA

1933, Oct. 31, hist. [HISTORY] to Mrs. Roger Cutting. MCS

Revy [REVOLUTIONARY] WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8068
Sarah Lufkin wid. [WIDOW] of Benjamin Lufkin Pvt. Rev. [PRIVATE REVOLUTIONARY] War

Act: Feby 3rd, 1853
Index:--Vol. A. Page 446
[Arrangement of 1870.]