Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14853, Roger Haskell, Mass.
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Service Mass
Haskell, Roger ---------W.14853
Haskel, Mary
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27459
Massachusetts
__________________________________________
Roger Haskell

of Berkshire in the State of Mass
who was a private in the Comp J commanded
by Captain Shepherd of the Reget. commanded
by Colo Porter in the Mass line pr

12 months 20 days

__________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 42 Dollars 50 cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
___________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Jun
1834 and Sent to 
Hono G.N. Briggs H of Me
________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834   $127.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4"Sept   21.25

$148.75 {Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

RECORDED BY George Taylor CLERK
BOOK E  VOL 2  PAGE 36

(written on right side of document) 
80
Berkshire
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9681
Roger Haskell
Dalton, Mass
Application for Pension 
Augt. 28 1832
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE ss.

ON this eight day of August personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Wm P Walker Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting in & for the County of Berkshire Roger Haskill resident of Peru in the county of Berkshire and Commonwealth aforesaid aged seventy nine 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.

1st that I enlisted at Gransvills in Massachusetts in Dec. 1775 or Jany 1776 with Capt Shephard served in Colo. Porter'[s regiment I went to Quebec & retracted from there before Burgoines Army - At Fort George as pt. Nov 1776. I was discharged as appears by the certificate of J. Campbell annexed.
2. The next year at Patridgefield  now called Peru I volunteered and served under Capt Fletcher at Barrington Vermont  & escorted  the British Prisoners from Barrington to Pittsfield & then went with Capt Fletcher to Sneedsborough & served there a short time & was discharged. I think the whole of this last continuous service was about six weeks,-

I had no other discharge beside that annexed.  I know of no person living who served with me in the militia. I was born at Hardwick in Mass on (?) day of April 1753 - I believe there a record of my birth at Hardwick
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n 1777 in the spring I moved to Partridgefield now called Peru, I have lived there ever since.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
Roger Haskell (his signature)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
W.P. Walker J. Probate (his signature)

We Smith Phillips a Deacon residing in the town of Peru and Ebenezer Payne residing in Thursdale hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Roger Haskell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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 the opinion 
Smith Phillips (his signature)
E.L. Payne (his signature)

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
W.P. Walker J. Probate (his signature)

I HENRY W. BISHOP Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that the (--------) the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the (-----------) Roger Haskell for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate this twenty eight day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate (his signature)
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Massachusetts
Mary Haskell
widow of Roger Haskell

who served in the Revolutionary War
as a private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
42 dollars 50. cents per Annum 
to commence on
the 4th day of March 1848
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of Dec 1848 and sent to

Hon J. Rockwell
H of R

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848 Page 56 Vol. 2


(written on right side of document at the top)
Reported
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act 44 590
No: 13659

Mary Haskell
widow of Roger
Mass
Act  7 July 1838

married before 1794

Rejected husband
died 8 April 1847

adm act 17 march 44
$42,50

from 8 April 1847

Hon J. Rockwell 
House of Rolls
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Declaration 

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and of the act of the 3d of March 1843 and the act of the 17th of April 1844 and of any subsequent act of congress for the benefit of the widows of Revolutionary services -

State of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire ss
On this sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred & forty eight appeared before William P. Walker Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Berkshire, Mary Haskell a resident of the town of Peru in said county of Berkshire aged eight five years who being first duly sworn according to law, oath on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "an act grating half pay and pension to certain widows" and the act of the 3d March 1843 and of the act of the 17 March 1844 and of any subsequent act of Congress for the benefits of the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers - That she is the widow of Rogert Haskell who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War -  and was a pensioner as will appear by the records in the War Department His pension certificate was dated June 3d 1834 signed Lew Cass Cap Secretary of War and numbered 27459 - at $42.50/100 per annum she further declares that she was married to the said roger Haskell on the tenth day of May One thousand seven hundred and eight one. that her husband the aforesaid Roger Haskell died on the eight day of April 1847 - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the
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marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen Hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated

Mary Haskel (her signature)

sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written - before

William P. Walker Jude of Probate (his signature)
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FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES

May 10th A.D. 1781
Roger Haskell was
married to Mary Webster

rest of page other family marriages
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FAMILY RECORDS
BIRTHS

Roger Haskell was born April A.D, 1753
Mary Webster was born Nove the 20 A.D. 1763

the rest of page other family births
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9681
Roger Haskell
Massachusetts
Private 12 mos & 20 days
admd
16 06
May 7 1853
Mr. Bangs certified receipt 
21 August 1853

H.W. Bishop 
Lenox Mass
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BRIEF in the case of Roger Haskell
County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7th June 1832.)

1. Was the declaration before a court or a Judge?--- In open

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

3.How old is he? Seventy nine 

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.  | 

Enlisted  |  Years,   Months,    Days.  |  As a   |   Gen.

in 1775 0r 76  |   _____11 _____   |    Private   | Col. Porter Cap'n Shepperd

Volunteered 1777       |   __1  14   |   |   |
1777                           

80----------- 6 days

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Granville Massachusetts 

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

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

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

[signature]John L. Watson - Examining Clerk.
21th Feb-
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[Illegible handwritten pen mark, perhaps initials, in upper left corner]
Rev. War Section. 
July 28, 1915.
Mr. Henry S. Dermott, 
554 Hudson Avenue, 
Albany, N. Y. 
Sir:
In addition to the military history of Roger Haskell, W. File No. 14,852, Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data from the papers on file.
Roger Haskell born April 2, 1753, married May 10, 1781. 
Mary Webster born November 20, 1763.
Children. (Births)
Daniel born February 13, 1782
Mary “ March 18, 1783
Zechariah “ November 3, 1784
Simon “ February 2, 1787
Patience “ April 14, 1789
Huldah “ June 13, 1791
Ebenezer “ July 18, 1794
Sylvia “ March 28, 1797
Parthenia “ June 13, 1799
Sally “ August 15, 1801
Allen “ June 28, 1803
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Lester born February 15, 1805
Huzzitah [symbol, possibly quotation mark] February 21, 1807
Marriages.
Daniel married July 21, 1804, Polly Rich.
Mary “ May 14, 1807 Carmi Turny.
Zechariah “ April 3, 1810, Unity Greer, wid., daughter or Jarama Anderson.
Simon “ July 6, 1827, Chloe Haskell.
Huldah “ December 14, 1816, Phinehas Atwood.
Ebenezer “ April 13, 1823, Lydia Phillips.
Sylvia “ February 14, 1822, John W. Smith.
Parthenia “ October 2, 1827, Artemas W. Lloyd.
Allen “ February 14, 1832, Lucy A. Harmon.
Lester “ January 16, 1841, Abigail Howleand of North Lee.
“ [referring to Lester, above] “ May 19, 1843, Jane Eliza Dudley.
[A handwritten bracket added to the last two dates above, indicating both marriages were Lesters.]
Very respectfully,
[handwritten signature, of G.M. Saltzgaben (or  Saltzgaber, or something similar)]
Commissioner.
Haskell - 2 -
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In reply to your request of [blank], received {blank] for a statement of the military history of Roger Haskell a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W.14853

[column headings] Dates of the Enlistment of Appointment, Length of Service, Rank, Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered, [subheadings] Captain., Colonel., [column heading] State.

Dec 1775 or Jan 1776, Nov 1, 1776, Private, Shepard, Porter, Mass. 
1777, 6 weeks, [blank], Fletcher, [check mark], [blank]

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Granville, Mass. Spring 1777 [illegible] to Partridgefield (Persi) Mass. and enlisted there.
Date of application for pension, Aug 28, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Persi, Berkshire Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, born Apl 2, 1753, at Hardwick, Mass. at [illegible] in Worthington, Mass.
Remarks: He married at his [illegible] in Worthington, Mass. May 10, 1781 Mary Webster born Nov. 20, 1763 dau. of Oliver Webster. [illegible] died Apl 8, 1847 and she was allowed pension on her applic. executed June 6, 1848, while a resident of Persi.
[illegible] from date.
Respectfully, Commissioner
0-2856
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Roger Haskell,
W. 14,853
Mass.

[Dark black circle on right side]
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General Hospital. Fortgeorge [Oct. struck through] Nov. 1 1776
This may certify whom it may Concern that I have This day Discharged from the Service of the united States Roger Haskell late a Soldier in Colo Porters Regiment [Illegible word(s), possibly H followed by Captain] Shepard Company being of opinion he can be of no farther Service this Campaign. By order of the General. For Saml [possibly Sam’l] Stringer Esq. Director 
Nov. 1 1776

[Signature as follows] Hamphill: C : G : [illegible initial, possibly H]
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[On left side of page]

Oct. 1 - 1900 - Histy to
[illegible, possibly “Herray” or “Hervay” followed by an illegible letter] P Hubbard
Plymouth Mass.

Nov. 23. 1904. His to
Rev. [illegible letter, possibly “N”] A Lloyd. Chicago [illegible, possibly “Ill”]

May 9, 1905 Histy to
Francis L. Scovill
N.Y. City

1915 July 28 Hist. To H.S. Dermott [symbol that looks like a with a vertical line through it]

[On right side of page]

14,853
Rev Widow, &c.

File No. 14,853
Mary Haskell
Widow of Roger Haskell
[illegible] Rev. War
Act: Feb. [illegible date, starts with “2”] 1848
Index:-Vol. a, Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.] [brackets in original document]
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[Handwritten letter with very light, illegible letters on upper left and a light, barely legible letter “R” on the upper right]

2585 North Hermitage Ave,
Chicago Oct 25, 1904
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to ascertain the complete record of the service in the War of the Revolution of Dr. John White of Blandford Mass. who enlisted from [illegible, possibly “that”] town for three years in 1781 according to tradition. He probably served as surgeon.
I also wish the same information concerning Roger Haskell of Peru alias Partridgefield Mass.
If these inquiries are not properly addressed
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[continuation of handwritten letter]

to your department can you kindly forward this to the proper office? and greatly oblige.
Yours respectfully
[Illegible, possibly “Rev”; followed by two initials, possibly “W” or “N” or “M, then possibly “A”] Lloyd

[There is a stamp in the lower right corner, text inside a circle, with the text arranged to fit within the circle; seems to indicate “U.S. Pension Office  A  OCT 27 1904”]
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No 13659 Mary Haskell
 June 17th of '68 
Act 7 July 1838
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[Handwritten letter]

[In upper right corner, very light text: “Rev. War” followed by illegible year]

No 554 Hudson Ave
Albany NY 20 July 1915.

Com - of Pensions
Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir:
Will you favor me with any information you have of Roger ^W. 14,853 and Phillip ^21,8972 [or “29,872”] Haskell who served in the RevolutionaryWar from Massachusetts? With thanks.
Yours gratefully
[Illegible, possibly “Henry”] Sage Dermott

[There is a stamp in the lower left corner, text inside a circle, with the text arranged to fit within the circle; seems to indicate “U.S. Pension Office D JUL 21 1915”]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

Secretary’s Office, Jan 15 1884 [1883 with last digit replaced by “4”]

I hear by certify, That, from 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 Roger Haskell, as a Corporal, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Wm Fletcher’s Company, in Col. Simons’ Regiment, where he is allowed for services, from Oct. 13, 1780, six days 

[“days 6” appears to the right, in the margin]

Roger Haskell claims for services under Capt. Wm Fletcher, in 1777, and also for services under Capt. Shepard, in 1776 - the rolls for which are not found in this office.

Edward [illegible initial, surname, and letter(s) after surname]
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[Illegible handwritten letters upper left]

[Rectangular stamp in upper right corner, “[Illegible] Navy Files May [illegible date, possibly “5”] 1905”]

Francis L. Scovill
Counselor at Law
156 Broadway
New York
Telephone: 5571 Cortlandt

April 29, 1905.

Hon. E. F. Ware,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send to me a copy of the application for pension made by Roger Haskell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. He applied for pension Augunst [spelling error, should be “August”] 28, 1832, ^(then being a resident of Peru, Mass.) and gave his birth place as Hardwick, Massachusetts, and date of birth April 2, 1753. He was placed on the pension roll June 3, 1834.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy, I remain,
Yours truly,
Francis L. Scovill 

[U.S. Pension Office stamp in lower right corner dated May 3, 1905]
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[Handwritten document with an official document of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts laid on top of it, covering the lower portion of the handwritten document.]

[Visible portion of handwritten document as follows]

I Mary Parsons  of Worthington in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts depose & say that I was present in the month of May 1781 at the marriage of W Roger Haskell of Peru [illegible] Mary Webster of Worthington that said marriage was [illegible] at the House of her father, [illegible initial] Oliver Webster [illegible]

[Official state document covering lower part of handwritten document follows]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire SS
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that [illegible handwritten entry, too light to decipher] Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said [illegible handwritten entry, too light to decipher] and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twenty [illegible, either “eighth” or “fifth”] day of December in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and forty [illegible]

Clerk.

[There is a seal in the lower left corner that seems to include the scales of justice.]
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[Handwritten document]

I Mary Parsons of Worthington in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts depose & say that I was present in the month of May 1781 at the marriage of W Roger Haskell of Peru [illegible] Mary Webster of Worthington that said marriage was [illegible]at the House of her father, [illegible initial] Oliver Webster [illegible] and that the ceremony was performed by the Rev James Briggs of [illegible] and that I am now Eighty years of age.

Mary Parsons [signature] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire County SS December 25, 1847. Mary Parsons came before me & was sworn and subscribed to the truth of the foregoing affidavit & I certify that she is a woman of truth. 

William Ward Justice of the Peace
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To whom it may Concern- I hereby certify that I have ben personally aquainted with Roger Haskell late of Conderay and was a Pensioner under the goverment of the United States and Mary Haskell his widow, for more than sixty years, that they lived in said place even after their Marriage and they were the Parents of a numerous family of Children - and although no record of their Marrage Can be found in the Town Clerks office, yet the Family record in a Large Bible states that Roger Haskell Mary Webster was Married May 10th 1781 which bible was his great delight as appeared through Life and death. I have not the least doubt in my mind with regard to the truth of that record - I was acquainted with them before their marriage and have been frequently at their house, and they at mine which Bible record is hereunto annexed Cord Sept. 7th 1847- Cyrus Stowell - 
I Allen Haskell of Peru in the County of Berkshire and Commonweath of Massachusetts aged forty four years Son of the late Roger & Mary Haskell of said Cord, do certify say, that I have lived with my parents almost the whole of my life and have been well aquainted with the family Bible record, was since I was capable of understanding and as far as I can recall that record is true, which record States that Roger Haskett was Married may tenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and is hereunto annexed and further the Deponent saith not. one Sept. 7th 1847 Cyrus Stowell 
Allen Haskell 
Born September 7th 1847 then Allin Haskell Personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed- Before Cyrus Stowell Justice of the Peace
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I Milo Stowell of Peru in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that I have searched and executed the records of the Town of Partridgefield now Peru, and find that the family of the Late Roger Haskell a revolutionary Pensioner and Mary his wife as recorded in the Town Book refitt of himself and his wife and seven children before the first day of June one thousand [illegible] hundred and ninety four Certified by me Peru June 26th 1844 Milo Stowell ⎬ Town Clerk 
Berkshires June 26th 1848 then Milo Stowell Personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by himself subscribed - Before me Cyrus Stowell Justice of Peace
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[Document 1]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire
I Allen Haskell, of Peru in Saint County, Aged forty-four years. Son of the late Roger + Mary Haskell of Saint Peru, do hereby testify and Say, that I have lived with my Parents almost the whole of my life, and have been acquainted with the family Bible record, which is hereunto annexed, ever since I was capable of understanding, and as far as I can recollect that record is true, which record States that Roger Haskell + Mary Webster were married [cut off] -day of May in the year one thousand and seven hundred and eighty-one - and I further testify + say that the said Roger Haskell died the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and + forty-seven, leaving Mary Haskell his widow, and that the said Mary remains unmarried + is now [the rest of the document is covered by the next document]

[Document 2, covering Document 1]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire, Co.
I, Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify that Cyrus Stowell Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the fate thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly recommissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Cyrus Stowell and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this Sixth day of June, int he year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forth eight.
Charles Sedgwick Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ⎬ Allen Haskell of Peru in said County, aged forty four years, son of the late Roger & Mary Haskell of said Peru, do hereby testify and say, that I have lived with my Parents almost the whole of my life, and have been acquainted with the family Bible record, which is hereunto annexed, ever since I was capable of understanding, and as far as I can recollect that record is true, which record States that Roger Haskell & Mary Webster were married the tenth day of May in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one - and I further testify & say that the said Roger Haskell died the Eighth day of April, one thousand Eight hundred & forty seven, leaving Mary Haskell his widow, and that the said Mary Haskell remains unmarried & is now the widow of the said late Roger Haskell deceased, and further deponent saith not Peru September 9th 1847 Allen Haskell 
Cyrus Stowell 
Berkshire SS. September 9th 1847 then- Allen Haskell Personally appeared and Made Solemn Oath that the above affadavit by him subscribed is the truth.- - Before - CyrusJ Stowell --- Justice of the Peace ┃
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I Joseph Bacon of Peru in the County of Berkshires and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - aged Eighty Six years, do testify and say that I have lived a [illegible] to Roger Haskill and his family from the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty, and that I lived in the family of Mr Haskell and his wife Marg in the years of Eighty four or five, and they had Several Children and they have [illegible] up or [illegible] family of children, I was well acquainted with Mr. Roger Haskell and Magy his wife before they were Married and been as Intimate with them as any neighbours have and I further testify and say that I lived with, and laboured for the said Roger Haskill before I was Married, which ^was in the year one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety two from the fact of my Living in the family of Mr. Haskill and my own marriage I do Say they lived together as Husband and wife before the first day of June one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety four and further the [illegible] saith not, [illegible] [illegible] and Seal at Peru of [illegible] this Twenty [smudge] th day of June in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty eight
          Joseph Bacon
Berkshire Co Peru June 26th hath this Joseph Bacon to be well known as a man of truth and verasity and a very [illegible] memory. Personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit subscribed before me Cyrus Stowell one of the Justices of the Peace for County
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkline [illegible]
I Charles Sedgwick clerk
of the Court of Common [illegible]
County to certify that Cyrus Stowell
Esq before whom the forgoing Deposition
of Joseph Bacon was sworn that
Ebenezer Haskell Esq. before whom
the foregoing deposition of Cyrus 
Stowell was taken are Justices
of the Peace within aforesaid County
have such Justices on the 26th of June
1848. [illegible] believe the foregoing
Signatures purporting to be theirs
are genuine.
In testamony whereof I have
hereto [illegible] hand affixed
the seal of said Court this
27th day of June 1848
Charles Sedgwick
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I Cyrus Stowell of Peru in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that I have been acquainted with Roger Haskill and Mary, his widow. I was acquainted with them before they were married and over time untill [until] his death, and knowing to her being his widow that she was living on week ago last Sabath {[Sabbath] and from the fact of my first marriage which was in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety I am confident he was keeping house and a large family, I recall it that he was troubled in mind with regard to his future state and for sometime was said by laborer which was about the time of my marriage, and was envious to the first day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, and further the [illegible] saith not. Witness my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
Cyrus Stowell

Berkshire Co, Peru June 21th 1848 Then Cyrus Stowell to me well known to be a man of truth and veracity aged eighty years, personly [personally] appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
Ebenezer Haskill
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House of Representatives
July 1, 1868
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In the case of Mary Haskell widow of Roger Haskell of Peru, Massachusetts, I have the honor to transmit some additional papers which I hope will be sufficient. I who sent two papers sent me by Ezekiel R Colt Esq which he sent me some days ago. They written some suggestions. Mr. Colt who is cashier of our bank at Pittifield, does what pension benefits he [illegible] of this [ilegible], wether [whether] for the accommedation of people, never for his own interest. And therefore I ask attention to his suggestion. Cyrus Stowell Esq, whose name appears in these papers is a n aged gentleman of the highest character
Very Respectfully
Your obedient servant
Julius Rockwell
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House of Representatives
June 10, 1848
J.L. Edward Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit the declaration and proofs of Mary Haskell of Peru, Berkshire County Massachusetts. I hope they may receive every [early]attention. 
Very respectfully,
your obedient servant, 
Julius Rockwell
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[illegible] states that the family record sent over, does not exhibit sufficient evidence of certificate. I believe the facts in the case are, that the original family [illegible] was made in a Bible that became worn out (the Haskells being a Bible reading family) and the one sent over, was a copy made many years ago, from the old Bible into a new Bible.I saw the record sent over,  cut from the bible, by Mr Eben [Glenn] Haskell.
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Roger Haskell, map act. 7 June, 32
$4250 [illegible]
To what truce was he last paid?
G.C. A
Paid to 8[cent] April 1847 when he died
I.B.P
Pension Office 
July 9 1848
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Application must be made to E. W. Bangs Esq for evidence of the claim. 
[illegible]
August 21, 1838
Adm. 12. 20 days [illegible]
Cap Shepard
Col Porter
Hon G. N. Briggs HR
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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 Roger Haskell 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 int he county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

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 he is entitled? yes

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? [added by hand "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? [added by hand "yes"]

XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced no direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

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 personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [added by hand "yes"]

XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [added by hand "no"]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? [added by hand "yes-"]

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 Just 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 ---; 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions  merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
[manicule] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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[illegible]
Massachusetts reported
Mary Haskell 
widow of Roger Haskell
who was a Private 
in the Revolution
Husband died 8 April 1847
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
 42 Dollars 30 
Cents per annum, to commence on the  8th day of March [struck through] [handwritten] April 1847
Certificate of Pension issued the 
10th day of July, 1848 
and sent to 
Hon. J. Rockwell
[illegible]

[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in book A 

Vol. 2 Page 31.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 2 February 1821 entitled "an act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution 

State of Massachusetts 
County of Berkshire ss
On this twenty first day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty eight personally appeared before  Ezekiel R. Colt a justice of the peace in and for the said county Mary Haskell a Resident of Peru in said County aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law & sworn on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of person who served during the Revolutionary War -  that she is the widow of Roger Haskell who was a private in the Revolutionary army that she received a pension under the 17th June 1877 Forty two dollars and fifty cents being the same amount that was received by her husband the said Rodger Haskell he being a Revolutionary pension as the time of his death.
she further declares that she is still a widow 
Mary Haskell (her signature)
Ebenenzer Haskell  (witness)

Sworn to and subscribed on this day and year above written 
EzRColt
Justice of the Peace
I certify that this above named declarent is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit 
.E Z R Colt
Justice of the Peace
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[illegible] I Charles Segwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for said county do certify that E R Colt Esq before when the written declaration of a Mary Haskell was sworn is a Justice of the Peace within afore said County duly commissioned and qualified that [illegible] is dated January 12, 1841[7] [illegible] January 12, 1852, and that the written signature purposley to be his is genuine. 
[illegible] hand and the seal of said Court August 23, 1848
Charles Segwick Clk