Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23403, Asa Adams, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Mass

Adams, Asa
Elizabeth

W. 23403

CONTENTS
b. Nov. 10, 1752 in Douglas, Worcester Co. Mass
res at [eul?] Sherburn, Mass
res in 1832 Hopkinton, Middlesex Co Mass
d. Nov 8 1839
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10901
Massachusetts
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Asa Adams
of Middlesex, in the State of Mass.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Ware of the Reg't commanded
by Col. Bullard in the Mass.
line for 9 months + 15 days.
[UNKNOWN SIGNATURE]

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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 31 Dollars-67 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
===========================
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of May 1833 and sent to Matthew [illegible] Hopkinton, Mass
===========================
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833
[TOTALS RESPECTIVELY]
$63.34
$15.83
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$79.17

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. D. Addison, Clerk,
Book E Vol. 26 Page 1st

[RIGHT PAGE]
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6, April from 4 Sept 1839 to 8th 1839, the day of his Agt notified 9 Dec.
Dead.

[RIGHT VERTICAL]
See let to Hon.: Wm. Hastings
February 2, 1841.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

MIDDLESEX SS. 

On this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid now sitting, Asa Adams a resident of [Illegible] in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obstain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, A.D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: 
That in the month of April in the year 1775 directly after Lexington Fight he was drafted by reason of an alarm and marched to Cambridge in Capt. John Homes Company and stayed in Cambridge one night, and was then marched to Roxbury and stationed near the Punch Bowl Tavern and stayed there doing duty as a private in said Company one month until the Government had got troops raised and he was dismissed and returned home to Sherburn; and that at this time the troops were not very well arranged, everything appeared to be in confusion, and that Col. Bullard of Sherburn and Major Sprout were at Roxbury with him. And that in July 1775 according to the best of his recollection he enlisted to guard some public stores in Sherburn in the county of Middlesex and served there three months, that the guard consisted of one Sergeant and six men, that the Sergeant was Reuben Partridge of Sherburn, that he well recollects the time how long he guarded said stores, but is not positive as to the time when, and that the main object of the guard was to preserve the stores from the Tories. And that in the latter part of December 1775 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Henry Leland of Sherburn, Daniel Eames Lieutenant and Staples Chamberlain Ensign for two months, that he joined the Company in Sherburn and marched to Roxbury near Boston and was stationed at different places in Roxbury, that he served as a private in said company two months and was then dismissed and returned home to Sherburn, and that at this time his business was to supply till an army could be raised and it being in the winter it was very seldom that the Regiment was paraded and he did not see much of the field officers and that he does not recollect their names, they all being strangers to him. And that in the fore part of March 1778 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. John Homes. Joseph Arnold Lieutenant for three months to guard Burgoynes men at Cambridge and that he went to Cambridge and served there as a private in said Company three months guarding Burgoyne's men, it being the British that he guarded on Prospect Hill, that the Hessians were stationed on Winter Hill, that the troops were all militia where he was and that the field officers were strangers to him and he has forgotten their names. And that in July 1778 he was drafted by reason of an alarm to go to Tiverton in the state of  Rhode Island and stayed there a few days and was
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dismissed and returned home to Sherburn and that within two days after he got home he was again ordered to Rhode Island and he went again and stayed a number of days as a private at Rhode Island making in both times at least two weeks, and that Lieutenant John Sanger of Sherburn commanded the Company at this time the Captain being on the Island before tenth day of November 1752, he has a record of his age which he made himself by the directions of his parents and that he supposes that it is on the records in Douglas the town where he was born which is twenty miles distant, that he lived in Sherburn when he entered the service and that he lived there till about the year 1800 when he removed to Hopkinton and that he has lived in Hopkinton ever since, that he never received any written discharge but was dismissed verbally when his time was out, and that he is known in his present neighborhood to Samuel Goddard, Benjamin Pond, Richard Gamage, Joseph Walker, Moses Greenwood, Joshua Miller, Joseph Morse, Joseph Valentine 2nd, and others who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolutions, and that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can provide who can testify to his service except John Deekman, whose affidavit is hereunto annexed.

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 any state.
[SIGNED: Asa Adams]

We, Nathaniel Howe, a clergyman, residing in the Town of Hopkinton, and Matthew Metcalf, residing in said Hopkinton, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Asa Adams who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;- that we believe him to be seventy-nine 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.
[SIGNED: Nathaniel Howe]
[SIGNED: Matthew Metcalf]

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[SIGNED: S. P. P. Fay] Prob

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-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served, as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Nathaniel Howe, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident of Hopkinton, and that Matthew Metcalf, a magistrate, who has also signed the same, is a resident in Hopkinton and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[SIGNED: S. P. P. Fay] Prob

I, Isaac Fiske, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Adams for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of officer on the day and year first aforesaid.
[SIGNED: Isaac Fiske]
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6882
Asa Adams


W. C. E.


16 of P 315
March 28, 1833


Hon. J. Davis Warwick
Mass



[STRICKEN]
Isaac Fiske
Regs Probate
East Cambridge
Middlesex
Mass
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6882

BRIEF in the case of Asa Adams
of Middlesex in the State of Mass.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?
Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?
79

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[ALL RESPECTIVE IN ORDER]
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Period
____________________________________________
April In 1775
July '75
Dec '75
March '78
July '78
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Duration of Service.
____________________________________________
Years, Months, Days.
---------- 1 ----------
---------- 3 ----------
---------- 2 ----------
---------- 2 ----------
--------------- at least [x]15
[x] he says, 2 weeks
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Rank.
___________________________________________
As a
private
private
private
private
private
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Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
___________________________________________
Gen.
Capt. Homes - Col. Bullard
on a Sergeant's guard to guard [illegible]
Capt. Leland - Don't recollect ranked officers
Capt. Homes ----- do----- do-----
Lieut. Sanger


5. In what battles was he engaged?
None

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Sherborn, Ma

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
One living witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Right

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[SIGNED: Wm. C. Easton]
Examining Clerk.
23rd Jan'y 1833
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A list of persons joined in marriage by the Rev'd. Stephen Badger + returned by him with the dates affixed to each couple so married. - Entered by
David Morse, Town Clerk.
Asa Adams (Sherborn) + Elizabeth Kimball, N. September nineth, one thousand seven hundred + eighty-four.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex}
County SS.}
Town of Natick, September 14th, 1840.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the records in Natick, in my possession, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the records in fair, legible figures as follows. Sept. 9, 1784
[SIGNED: Chester Adams] Town Clerk.

I, Chester Adams, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk, in the County, Town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true [illegible] from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
[SIGNED: Chester Adams]
Clerk of the town of Natick.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk County, SS.
Sworn before me this 14 day of September A.D. 1840.
[SIGNED: John Welles]
Justice of the Peace 
thr'o the Commonwealth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, SS. 
I, Isaac Fiske, Register of the Court of Probate, in + for the County of Middlesex. Hereby certify that john Welles, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Duly commissioned + qualified + that his signature within written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand a affixed the seal of said Court. This twenty-seventh day of October one thousand eighteen hundred + forty.
[SIGNED: Isaac Fiske] Reg
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7563.

Elizabeth Adams.
Mass. Omit

Act 7 July 38

M 84 .d'39
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Adm'd.
9 mo. 15 ds. pri.
___________
$31.66
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Hon. W. Parmenter
E. Cambridge
Mass.
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I Elizabeth Adams of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Widow, declare that I am now seventy seven years of age. I was married to Asa Adams of Sherburne in said County by the Rev. Stephen Badger of said
Natick, an ordained & settled minister of the Gospel, in that town, on the ninth day of September in the year seventeen
hundred & Eighty four. My maiden name was Elizabeth Kimball, being a daughter of Richard Kimball then of said Natick. My said husband died on the eighth day of November
last past, leaving me his widow, & I still remain such, not having been married since that time.


Said Asa Adams obtained a Pension of thirty one dollars & sixty seven per annum for services rendered in the war of the Revolution, as will appear by the proper
Certificate of the Secretary of War, which is dated May 16, 1893 and marked on the back (10.901) & which was in his possession at the time his death. The last semiannual payment was made to him a short time before his death, and in support of these facts I refer to the
evidence annexed. I further declare that I have no doubt that my said husband served in said war as stated in his application for his said pension; his conversation at all times since my acquaintance with him was consistent therewith; but I know nothing personally about it except that I frequently saw him while
he was engaged in guarding the public stores in said Sherburne
Dated October 27. 1840
her
Subscribed by making a mark in presence of Josiah Adams
Josiah Adams
Almond Adams
X Her Mark Elizabeth Adams
Subscribed & sworn to by the said
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Elizabeth Adams, on this twenty seventh day
omit of October, eighteen hundred & forty, the words "annexed hereunto" being first struck out & the words & figures following viz "dated May 4th 1833 & marked on the
back (10.901)" were interlined over the word, struck out, before the oath & subscription aforesaid, which were made in open Court before
S. P. P. Fay judge of Probate for S. County
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Middlesex Ss.
I Isaac Fisk Register of the
Court of Probate in & for the County of
Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid hereby
certify that the foregoing are the original
Proceedings of said Court in the matter of the
application of Elizabeth Adams for a Pension
and the above signature of Saml P.P. Fay Judge
in the Judge of said Court of Probate is his
genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of said
Court this twenty seventh day of October
in the year Eighteen hundred & forty
Isaac Fisk
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is made by H.D. Adms
183
1928 July 20 Photos to E.V.
Martindale. See Wm.
Adair W.9691, A. D. Y.
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23,403
Elizabeth Adams
Wid. of
Asa Adams
Priv Rev. War
Act Feb. 2d 1848.
Index: Vol. A Page 4
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Gen. in
Sept. 1
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Mass.
Rejected.
See let to Hon Wm. S. Hasting
February 2, 1841
act 7 July 38
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Refd Apl 1.43
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Massachusetts - 7136
Elizabeth Adams
widow of Asa Adams - 
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June '32
and who died on the 8th: November, 1839 - 
of Middlesex Co in the State of Masstts
who was a private - in the -
commanded by Captain Hawes
commanded by Col Bullard - in
the Massachusetts line for 9 mos 15 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Boston
at the rate of 31 Dollars _ 66 _
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31st _ day of
March 43 and sent to Hon: Wm
Parmenter, E. Cambridge, Mass. _

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
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$158.30
====

[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Wm Steward_ Clerk.
Book A Vol. ^_ Page 68_
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Reported
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Massachusetts 129.9
Elizabeth Adams
widow of Asa Adams
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
31 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
2d day of August 1843
and sent to L.M. Stone
Boston, Mass

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol 1.  Page 35
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1883
-
Asa Adams
Private 9 Mos 15 days

Please to direct
the papers to
Matthew Metcalf Esqr
Hopkinton
Mass
instead of
Hon P Davis
Worcester
Mass

[crossed out]
Isaac Fisher
Regr of Probate
E. Cambridge
Middlesex Co. Mass
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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
Asa Adams which require
further proof or explanation.

I. 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?
the
and
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 amout of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
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
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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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? No
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? Yes

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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, &c. 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 _____days, I served as a _____. For _____months and _____days, I served as a ____ : and for such service I claim a pension."
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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.
of
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1018
Eliz.
Adams
$31.66 per an
L.M. Stone
Boston
Mass
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts-
Middlesex County SS.

Be it known that on this twenty second
day of April 1843 personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Mrs. Elizabeth Adams, a resident of Hopkinton in said County and Commonwealth, 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.

That she is the widow of Asa Adams
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 of July
1838, to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of his service, for the proof of her marriage, identity, and the time of her husbands death.

She further declared that she was pensioned
under said act at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and
sixty six cents per annum per certificate issued to her on the
31st ultimo signed by John Porter Secy of War which certificate she
surrendered to the Pension Agent at the
City of Boston on the 8th inst. at which time she received the amnt of pension due her under said
act from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 4th day
of March 1841.
And this declarant further alleges that she
has not intermarried since the decease of her
said husband, but is more and ever
since has been the widow of said Asa Adams
decd as will more fully appear by the proof annexed.
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And further she saith not

Witness Joseph Valentine 2nd
Elizabeth Adams
her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 5th 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestation Joseph Valentine 2nd
was and is now a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Middlesex,
[illegible]
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.
Jus. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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I Almond Adams of Hopkinton in the County
of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of
lawful age on oath testify and say that I
am well acquainted with Elizabeth Adams the
applicant named in the foregoing declaration and
have been for many years last past. I
know that she was the wife and is now the widow
of Asa Admins decd and that she was a pensioner
as stated by her under the law of 1838, having
acted as her attorney in receiving the money.
Almond Adams
Court of Massachusetts
Middlesex County Ss.
Hopkinton, April 22nd 1843-- Personally
came Almond Adams above named who is
personally known to me to be a credible
witness and entitled to belief and made oath
that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true.-
Before me
Joseph Valentine 2nd  Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 2 1848
I hereby Certify, That on the ninth of
February eighteen hundred and forty six,
Samuel D. Davenport was appointed
for the term of Seven years a Justice
of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
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. Calham
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Hon W. S. Hastings
HR
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We the subscribers, both of Hopkinton in the County of
Middle & Co of Massachusetts testify & say that Asa
Adams late of said Hopkinton, a Pensioner of the United states
, died on the eighth day of November last part
1
at said Hopkinton. He left a widow, whose name is
Elisabeth, who is still living in said Hopkinton immer
ried
Joseph Valentine
Almond Adams
Mids. Oct 27th 1840 Sworn to &
J. P. Fay D.
1
●
and I hereby certify that Joseph Valentine
Salmond Adams who subscribed & made severally
to the above affidavit, and respectable credible
persons & inhabitants of Hopkinton
P. P.
P. Bro
Middle S
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Isaachush Register of the Court
of
Probate in & for said County hereby certify that
Same day is the Judge of said Court
duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature
above written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
affixed the seal of said Court this twenty second
day of October in the year Eighteen hundred & forty
Jaac Broke my
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 6th 1840
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States, Widow of Asa Adams,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and and 67 Cents per annum, under the law of the
7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839
to the 8th Nov. 1839, the day of his death
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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ced
1799
Admitted
P. D. Davenport
Hopkinton
Mass
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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 Sohttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Middlesex COUNTY, ss.
On this twenty ninth day of July 1848, personally appeared
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Elizabeth Adams
a resident of Hopkinton in the county of Middlesex aforesaid
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
Asa Adams who was a resident of Hopkinton
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 thirty one dollars and
sixty six cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
her
Elizabeth Adams
Mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written,
Before me,
S. D. Davenport Justice of the Peace.
witness her mark
S. D. Davenport
Chary C. Adams 
* Certify. That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner,
as she declares.
S. D. Davenport Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY, ss.

Clerk of the
Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly
commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this
day of 18
CLERK.
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Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, ⎬ SS.
Middlesex County
Be it known that on this sixteenth
day of March A.D. 1843. personally appeared before the
subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County Mrs. Elizabeth Adams of Hopkinton, County
& Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy nine 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 7. 1838.
entitled "Act granting half pay and pensions
and also of the joint Resolution declaration of said act passed 16 Augst 1842.
to certain widows". That she is the widow of
Asa Adams deceased who was a private in
the Revolutionary War and a pensioner under the
law of the 7th June 1832, at $31.67 per annum,
which amount be received until the semi=
annual payment prior to his death which
took place on the 8th day of Novr 1839.- That
after his decease she recd as his widow the
arrears of pension due to said date, the same
having been paid to her at the Treasury Department under the law of 6th April 1838.
She further declared that sometime in the year
1840 she made application for a pension under the
act first above named, which application
was duly sworn to before a court of Record
in and for said County as by law required; --
That with said application was forwarded the
evidence of her marriage & identity, & to which,
& the papers accompanying the same now on
file in the War Department, she would
prefer in furtherance of her claim.

The declarant further alleges that she
has not intermarried since the decease
of her said husband but is now and
ever since has been the widow of
Asa Adams decd as will more fully
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appear by the proof hereto annexed-- and
further she saith not.
her
Elizabeth Adams
mark
on N
The in
Sworn & subscribed
day & year above written
Before me
⎬
The interlination on the first page made before signing)
Joseph Valentine 2nd ⎬
Justice of the Peace

I Almond Adams of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex
and commonwealth of Massachusetts being now thirty four
years of Age do testify and say that I am now and ever have
been personally acquainted with Mrs Elizabeth Adams who
subscribed the above declarations, that she is now and ever
has been the Widow of the late Asa Adams of Hopkinton
deceased.
Almond Adams

Subscribed and sworn to this sixteenth
Day of March in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty three
Before me Joseph Valentine 2d Justice of the Peace

I the subscriber do hereby certify that I have been
personally acquainted with the above named
Elizabeth Adams and that she now is and has ever
been since the Death
of her husband, Asa Adams, his widow
Joseph Valentine 2nd Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretarys office, Boston March 22 1843
I hereby certify that Joseph Valentine 2nd is now, and
has been for the month last part a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Middlesex, duly constituted and
appointed, and to his acts - and attestations full faith
and credit are and ought to be given -

Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth
the date above named
Jus A Bolles
Secy of the Court
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Dickman of Hopkinton in the County of
Middlesex do testify and say that I was born on the fifth day of November one thousand seven hundred and fifty and that Asa Adams now of Hopkinton in said County of Middlesex served as a Soldier in the Company
Commanded by Capt John Homes then of said Hopkinton one month. Soon after the Lexington Battle in the Revolutionary War of the United States and also two months in the said War. Stationed at Roxbury Massachusetts in the year one thousand 
seven hundred and seventy five and six
and that Capt Henry Leland then of Sherburn Comand & said Company and that I was a soldier in said Companies at and during said time and further the deponant saith not.
John Dickman

Middlesex ss.
On the twenty fourth day of August in the
year one thousand eight Hundred and thirty two. The aforesaid deponant was examined and Sworn according to Law to
the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed. 
Taken by 
Joseph Valentine 2d Just of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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I have such of the Court of Probate
in & for the county of Middlesex, hereby certify that Joseph Valentine 2d, whose own genuine signature is above written, is a justice of the peace in said county.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of Office this nineteeth day
of August AD 1832- Isaac Fiske

April 15. 1833. I hereby certify that the above named John Dickman was a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to Credit.
Joseph Valentine 2nd Justice of the Peace
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Sept 1841
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WASHINGTON CITY D.C.
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E Adams
Mass

A. Adams '32.'  No 10.901 - 

Hon S. Hastings
H.R.

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Wm Hastings
J. J. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Sept 1841
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WASHINGTON CITY D.C.
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E Adams
Mass

A. Adams '32.' No 10.901 -

Hon S. Hastings
H.R.

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Wm Hastings
J. J. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Washington 30th Jany 1841
Sir
Enclosed I send the papers of the widow
Elizabeth Adams for a Pension -
Very Respectfully Yours as
Wm. Hastings
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Boston 8th May 1843
Sir
I enclose by request sundry affidavits
of Widows formerly pensioned under the
act of 1838 for the benefits of the recent
law=
I am, very respy
Your obt fret
L. M. Stone
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Court of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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East Cambridge March 22 1843
Sir
enclose application of Elizabette Adams for
benefit of Act of July 1818
Respectfully
Gabriel Lent
New Prosecuter 
James L Edwards Esq
Court of Pensions
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Hopkinton Aug 2 1848
James L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir,
Please return
the pension certificate for the
within to me as soon as convenient,  &
much oblige yours very respectfully,
Yours very
respectfully,
S. D. Davenport
P. E. M. Davenport.