Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3552, David Holbrook, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Holbrook, David
.....................Hepsibah
or
.....................Hepsibeth

NUMBER
W. 3552
B.L.Wt 26.565-160-55

CONTENTS
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Maine No. 27363
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David Holbrook 
of Lebec in the state of Maine 
who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Johnson of the Reg't commanded by ----- in the NH ["Connecticut" stricken out]
line for 6 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Maine 
at the rate of 20 dollars --- cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of April 1834  and 
Hon. P. Sprague
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834.....................60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4" Sept...........10.00
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.................................................................................$70.00
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(Revolutionary Claim, )
(Act Jun 7, 1832.         ) 

Recorded by R. Burdine  Clerk, 
Book E, Vol.1, Page 22.

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Letter to L.M. Lowny, 
Pen Agt 8th    6 Dec'r 1840

letters to same   apl  27, 1849.
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[checkmark] 1114.
Maine
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Hepsibah Holbrook 
widow of David Holbrook 
NH
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private. 
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
20 Dollars 00 Cents 
per annum, to commence on 
the 2d December 1850
["4th day of March, 1848." stricken out]
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
10th day of March 1834 and sent to 
Geo D. Moody
Bangor 
Maine
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
July 29, 1848, Page 4, Vol. A.
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[Illegible]
April  9 / 55
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Hepsibah Holbrook
David Holbrook, priv
Pensioner
_____________________________________________
Referenced to the Pension Roll 
of 18 Sept 48
Revolution War 
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Me July 48 --No 1114
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Boynton
W: 160 Acs  May 16/56
Boynton
Moody
______________________________________________
Geo B Moody
Bangor
Maine

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WO  26565  ifs  May19/46

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Ltr. G.B. Moody   Sept. 19 / 55

Vol.  H [illegible]   60.
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35.653
Hepsibah Holbrook
Bounty Land Claim
Act of Mar 3, 1855
Revolutionary
Geo B. Moody, Agent & Atty, Bangor
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State of Maine
County of Penobscot
On this thirtieth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of State aforesaid, Hepsibah Holbrook aged eighty two years, a resident of Maxfield in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of David Holbrook, deceased, who was a Private in the War of The Revolution and that not now recollecting the particulars of his service & supposing it nor demanded of her, she will not undertake to describe the same, but she declares that her husband continued in actual service in said War for the term of six months at least as will appear by the Revolutionary Records in the Pension & other Office, as Washington & especially the proof upon which he was placed upon the Roll of Revolutionary Pensioners under the act of June 27th, 1832 & also the proofs upon which the said Declarant was placed upon said Roll under the act of July 29th, 1848 at the rate of twenty dollars per annum as appears by her certificate of Pension hearing date the 10th March 1854.
She further states that she was married to the said David Holbrook in Stratford N.H., on the day of February A.D 1797 by one Benjamin Snow, and that her name before her said marriage was Hepsibah Smith that her said husband died at Prospect, Me on the second day of December A.D. 1850 and that she is still a widow, and for proof of her said marriage & of the death of her husband she begs leave to refer to her application foe Pension aforesaid.
She further declares that neither she, nor her said husband have received Bounty Land under the act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1855 or under any other act of Congress, or made application therefor-
And I hereby constitute and appoint Geo B. Moody my attorney for me, and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid, and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one of more substitutes under him for the purposes therein expressed.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled, under the Act of Congress passed third day of March 1855 granting Bounty Lands to certain officer and soldiers, and their heirs or widows, who have been engaged in the Military service of the United States.
Witness David Holbrook, Hepsibah Holbrook [her mark], Lydia A. Holbrook.
Subscribed and sworn to, before me, the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that the said claimant is the person she represents herself to be & is known to me as the widow of the soldier above named, and that she appears to be of the age above written, and that I have no interest in the result of this application and no concern in the prosecution of it. 
J.D. McIntosh, Justice of the Peace.
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We, David Holbrook and Lydia
A. Holbrook of Maxfield, Penobscot County
in the State of Maine, on oath depose and say that we are well acquainted with Hepsibah
Holbrook that she is well known to us as the widow of David Holbrook and that she is the same person who executed the foregoing declaration, who now draws a pension.
We also depose that we well knew her and the said David Holbrook during the life time of the latter and know that they lived together many years in the relation of husband and wife, were so universally reputed and no one ever disputed the marriage to our knowledge.
We also know from personal recollection and from many facts and circumstances that the
said David Holbrook died on the second day of December A.D. 1850.
David Holbrook
Lydia E Holbrock
the
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Penobscot ss. On this 30th day of March,1855 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, and I certify that the said affiants are well known to me and entitled to credit. Also that I have no interest in the result of the claim aforesaid, and no concern in the prosecution of it. J.D. McIntosh Justice of the Peace
STATE OF MAINE, County of PENOBSCOT, SS.
I, NATHAN WESTON, Jr., Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that J.D. McIntosh
Esquire, is and was, at the date of his certificate
hereunto annexed, and acting JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, that he is
and was then duly qualified to act as such; and that the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State, this fourth day of April in the year of or Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Nathan Weston Jr. Clark
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State of Maine
PENOBSCOT, ss.
I, NATHAN WESTON, Jr., CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS in said Count
certify that Wm. L. Lee
Esquire, is and was at the date of his Certificate
an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, as appears by the paper hereto
annexed, that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; and that the signature to their paper annexed purporting to be his is
genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State, this twenty first day of October in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Nathan Weston Jr.
Clerk.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act July 29th 1848.
State of Maine
County of Penobscot
On this seventeenth day of September A.D. 1853, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the said County Hepsibeth Holbrook aged eighty one years, a resident of Maxfield in said County, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath declare that in order to attend any Court of Record it will be necessary for her to travel
forty miles and that no Court of Record is held at the  distance except twice in the year. that she is too infirm and lame to travel that or any distance, being wholly unable to even walk across the room from permanent lameness and infirmity-- that no Judge of any Court
of Record resides nearer to her than Bangor which is forty two miles from her residence, and it is out of her power to procure the attendance of any such Judge at her residence, wherefore the trusts that this her Declaration before me the said Justice will be received and acted upon as if it were before a Court of Record, and accordingly she makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the twenty-ninth day of July, Eighteen Hundred and forty eight
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granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War -
that she is the widow of David Holbrook
who was a soldier of the Revolution, of the rank of a Private, and drew a pension from the United States at the rate of twenty dollars per annum which was payable to him at the Maine Agency and for the particulars of his service she respectfully refers to the proof upon which he was pensioned -
She further declares that she was married to
the said David Holbrook on the [blank] day of February A.D. Seventeen Hundred and ninety seven, that her Husband, the aforesaid David Holbrook died on the second day of December A.D. Eighteen Hundred and fifty- that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January, Eighteen Hundred, at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension 
Attest
Hepsibeth [her mark] Holbrook
David Holbrook
Lydia A Holbrook
J.D. McIntosh
Justice of the Peace
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before me, and I certify that the
statement made in said Declaration respecting
the Courts, respecting her infirmity as disabling her from a journey and her inability to procure the attendance of a Judge of a Court of Record, the nearest of whom resides the distance stated from her residence, are true according to my own knowledge-- I also know the said Hepsibah Holbrook as the reputed widow of said David Holbrook a Revolutionary Pensioner, and I have no interest in the claim or concern in the prosecution of it.
Wm. L. Lee Justice of the Peace
We David Holbrook & Lydia A Holbrook
both of Maxfield in the State of Maine, on oath
declare that we well know Hepzibah Holbrook and have for many years & know her to be the identical person described in the foregoing declaration & the widow of David Holbrook a Revolutionary soldier
David Holbrook
Lydia A. Holbrook
State of Maine
County of Penobscot ss
On the day and year first aforesaid subscribed and sworn to before me & I certify that the
said David Holbrook and Lydia A Holbrook are
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well known to me and are entitled to credit-also that I have no interest in the result of the 
claim nor concern in the prosecution of it -
Wm L. Lee Justice of the Peace
We David Holbrook & Lydia A. Holbrook
residents of Maxfield State of Maine on
oath depose & say that we were well acquainted with David Holbrook who was a Revolutionary pensioner, also with Hepsibah Holbrook now the widow of said David-- we also depose & say that the said David to our 
knowledge died in the Town of Prospect in the
State aforesaid on the Second day of December 1850
David Holbrook
Lydia A. Holbrook
September 17, 1853
State of Maine
County of Penobscot ss
Subscribed and sworn to before me and I certify that the said David Holbrook and Lydia A. Holbrook are well known to me and are entitled to credit - also that I have no interest in the result of this claim and no concern in the prosecution of it.
Wm L. Lee Justice of the Peace
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Widows Claim
act 29 July 1848
Hepsibah Holbrook
Geo. B Moody
Agent
Bangor
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I, Daniel Holbrook of Stark in the County
of Coos in the State of New Hampshire, aged 77 years, on oath depose and say that I am well acquainted with Hepsibah Holbrook, now of Mansfield Maine and well knew her and David Holbrook, late a revolutionary in the life time of the latter and also between the year 1797 and 1800 and during all that time lived a neighbor to them and accordingly testify
that that during said time, previous to 1800 afterwards up to his death they lived together as Husband & wife and were universally reputed so, and no doubt were expressed on the subject.
I further testify that I was present at the marriage of said David & Hepsibah which, I think, took place in February 1797 at Stratford in said County of Coos. Benj Strong Esq a Justice of the peace of said town married them. I am a brother of said David & testify from my own knowledge.
Daniel Holbrook
State of New Hampshire, Coos October 13th 1859
Subscribed & Sworn to before me & I certify that the said David Holbrook is well known to me & entitled to full credit Also that I have no interest in the result of the claim of said Hepsibah & no concern in the prosecution of it.
Ephraim H. Mahurin
Justice of the Peace & Quorum thro State
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I James M Rix Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas within and for the County of Coos
State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify
that Ephraim H. Mahurin is a Justice of Peace
as witness and that the signature proporting to be his is genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
18th day of October Anno
Domini 1853
James M. Rix Clerk

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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State Of Maine
John Appleton
a [crossed out] Clergyman, residing in the town of Bangor in the County of Penobscot and Advardis Shaw residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David Holbrook who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be 66 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.
John Appleton
Awardis Shaw

State of Maine
Penobscot ss Sworn and subscribed this 19 day of January A..D. 1833
Swe
born and subscribed this 19
Before me,
Wm Williamson
Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and [illegible]ting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears them that John Appleton who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Bangor and that Advardis Shaw has also signed the same, is a resident of the town of Bangor and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William D Williamson, Justice within the state.

State of Maine.
Penobscot [illegible] Alexander Savage, Register of Probate in the County of Penobscot hereby certify that the Hon. W.D. Williamson
[illegible] the within proceedings was had, is Judge of Probate.
I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of David Holbrook for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 19th day of January A.D. 1833
Alexander Savage
28.732
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, ss
ON this19 day of January A. D. 1833 personally appeared before the Hon W.D. Williamson Judge of Probate of said State, David Holbrook
a resident of Lebec in the County of Penobscot
and State of Maine, aged Sixty six 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7,
1832. That he enlisted in the [struck through] Army service of the United States, in the year 1780 with Captain Samuel Paine and served in Col. Charles Johnson's regiment of the New Hampshire militia-men under the following named officers: Paine Capt. Johnson Col.
that in June 1780 I enlisted in a company under the foregoing officers that he was stationed at Stratford N H and in a fort for the purpose of protecting the inhabitants from the Indians & Canadians - that he enlisted for six months and served out the period of enlistment where he received a written discharge which he has lost. I was further engaged as a minute man & for scouting & guarding parties under different officers
till the Close of the war.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
that he was born in Woodbury Litchfield County State of Connecticutin in 1776 - that at the period of his revolutionary services he resided in Stratford N.H. that he now resides in Sebec maine - that he voluntarily enlisted & received a written discharge which he lost -  that he was stationed at Stratford the period of six months above named. He producing the depositions of Richard Holbrook & Elijah Blodget who are knowing to his revolutionary services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
David Holbrook
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid William D. Williamson Judge of Probate for the County of Penobscot.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
William D. Williamson Judge as aforesaid.
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28932
David Holbrook
6 mos private
20
Hon P. Sprague Senate
Credibility of witnesses
Mr. Davdi Holbrook
Lebec, Penobscot, Me
[crossed through] Hon O. Bates, House of Rep [crossed through]
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office
December 23 1833
Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.
The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:) You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of David Holbrook


Duration of the claimant's service: 6 mos.
Rank of the claimant: Pvt.

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served:
Capt Paine
Col Johnson
Your service as minute-man cannot be admitted unless you can state minutely his times of actual service & appointed by positive and direct proof.
I am respectfully
Your obedient servant

JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
State, Terror, or Distress
On this
day of
County of
of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
.
with and
line, under the following named officers:
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers the
town of County and State in which he rented when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C.D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
To a Soldie.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
one has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
required, and submit to the
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter
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The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will foldown
for him a hin declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
defnite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
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 one of his service, but according to the best of his
he was a
for the contents the periods mentioned below, and in the following year, month, and
days, I served us -- and for such service I claim a pension."
days, I served as a . For months and
servant, 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
gressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
is sur-
---
denying the tours; the name of the officers, and other particular respecting their service. This form of a declaration in
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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 nuthing
that he was either in the fold or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
┃ sion when a
tion of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying offer, should accompany the
papers.
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 comtains
the affidavit, or other papers 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.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the one parent, he must prove his service were
who are required to set forth in their affiavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of hill in the same, as well
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the crediblity of the witthe
official character and signature of the magistrate at a
to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
This is indispensably necessary
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In reply to your request of , received for a statement of the military history of David Holbrook 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. File 3552

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. June 1780

LENGTH OF
SERVICE. 6 mos.

RANK. Pri

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE
CAPTAIN.
Samuel Paine
COLONEL.
Charles Johnson

STATE. N.H.
"Also engaged as minute-man for scouting & guarding parties till close of war"
Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stratford, N. H.
Date of application for pension, Jany. 19, 1833
Residence at date of application, Sebec, Me.
Age at date of application, b. 1776 [7 crossed through,, replaced with 6] at Woodbury, Litchfield Co, Conn
Remarks: Vol Mar, Feby. 1797 Hepsibah Hepsibeth Smith at Stratford, NH
he died Dec. 2, 1850 Prospect, Me.
Wid appln, Sept. 17, 1853 at 81 rs. Maxfield, Me.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3552
Hepsibah Holbrook
Widow
David Holbrook
Par Rm, Was.
Act July 29, 1848
Index:--Vol. A, Page 31
{Arrangement of 1870}
{1908 May 6-- Hist to Louise Simkins & letter
W. 16603
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26563
Rev War
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ENTIRE TOP PORTION ILLEGIBLE DUE TO SMEARED INK

BOTTOM DATE

Act 29 July 1848
[Congress passed this act regarding pensions for widows of deceased soldiers: Revolutionary War and War of 1812]
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3-595
Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
May 2 1908
Searched by SL.D. Lamparter
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
soldier, David Holbrook
Service .H.
Rev. War
Remarks: No claim as above
except Wid. 3552
2746bim2 - 07
Chief of Division.
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8 March Pension Office

Mar. 8 1854
4050
Sir Please inform me of the date of death of the within named David Holbrook
Very respectfully
S. Cole
for Commr
F Burt Esq
30 Audr
David Holbrook act 32
$20 per annum paid to ┃
4 Sept 1850. No death
F Bush
Auditor
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Belfast Dec. 1. 1846
Sir I transmit the papers of
David Holbrook a Revolutionary Soldier of the U.S. He having omitted to draw his pension for
more than one year desires your authority
to the Agent for paying pensions in this
State necessary to enable him to process
his pension - Will you be kind enough to
return the papers with the authority to me
I am sir
must respecfully
Your Obt Sert
N.M. Lourey
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington
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Bangor Dec. 9. 1853
SirI have had the honor to receive your letter
of the 15th att respecting the proof of Mrs David Holbrook Marriage -
You remark that the witness does not swear positively to the date. He does not indeed fix the day but swears positively to the month & year - Is there any rule that the day of the marriage should be proved?
Is any thing more necessary on this point than to prove the marriage & also prove that it took place before 1800. That meets the requirements of the Statute does it not?
You allude to the "declaration of a salutary Rule" in case his evidence should be admitted to settle this point. I cannot conceive of any Rule which would be violated.
He is a respectable witness swearing positively that the marriage took place in the month of February 1797 that he was present at its solemnization and gives the name of the Magistrate who performed the ceremony - He mentions other circumstances before
attested to by me which which free his testimony from any probability of incorrectness -
But if he were thought to be mistaken in the month is it possible he is in the year - If in the year is
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there any probability that he is mistaken in the whole period of 3 years -
If there is not some strong internal evidence that his swearing falsely, and certainly the contrary is true, why does not his testimony completely establish the required fact - viz the marriage of the parties before the year 1800 -
Permit me Sir most respectfully to call your
attention, on the subject of the proof of marriage to the letter of Atty Gen. Mason of June 23, 1846 Mays & Moultons Pension Laws page 437 -
I believe the language and reasoning of that letter
is as applicable to the present case as to any other
and the law there commented on is evidently intended to be of general application -
The evidence in this case goes beyond the requirements of that law and that opinion - Upon
receiving your first letter in the case I sent to
her for affidavit & proof that there is no public nor
family Record of the marriage she live east from
me, the region where her proof come is west
from me-- & a great distance from her -
As soon as I can comply with your requirements
as to the Record, if as is most probable no other
positive proof of the marriage is to be obtained, I
shall not allow myself to fear the rejection of this
claim with the evidence already in it.
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I beg permission to renew the expression of my thanks for the courteous consideration you have heretofore extended to my communications in the nature of remonstrance or argument - I am
Sir vry Respectfully
your obt St
Geo. B Moody

Hon. Loren P. Unalolo
Commr of Pensions
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Hepsibah Holbrook
widow of David
Maine
Act July 29, 1848
Admitted. private brus
at $20 per annum
from December 2, 1850
(when he died)
Certificate payable to Claimant
Agent
Geo B. Moody
Bangor
Maine
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Penobscot
Brief in the case of Hepsibah Holbrook, widow of David
County and State of Maine
act July 29, 1848
Claim ("original for increase
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service - David pensioned under act of 1832, at $20 pd to Sept 4, 1850
Marriage - 1797 - Parol proof no records extant
Widowhood - Parol
Death of David Dec 2, 1850 Parol
(If for increase.)
Has addiotnal evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, What?
Name and residence of Agent
Geo. B. Moody
Bangor Me.
S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.
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Bangor Feb. 20, 1854
Sir I have at length been furnished with the accompanying additional testimony in the case
of Mrs Holbrook which I cannot doubt will
fully remove any doubt about the marriage - 
Mrs Blodgetts opinions will do what of it does no good - 
Mrs Holbrook application was improperly realeased on a certificate of the Justice but trust her ignorance as to the matter of form will be overlooked.
I have the honor to remain
Sir bvry Respectfully
your Obt Ser 
Geo. B. Moody
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commr of Pensions
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Vouchers
Mr Wilson
J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commr of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Belfast Maine   Nov. 11. 1848
Sir

I send you the Power of Atty. & necessary certificate of David Holbrook of Prospect in this county--His pension being small he neglected to apply for it in season--

Will you be kind enough to notify the Agent for paying pensions in Portland to pay the pension & return the Power to me--

I am Sir most respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
N.M. Lowrey

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Bangor   Oct 22. 1853--

Sir

I present the claim of Mrs Holbrook under the Act 29 July 1848--I am sorry to be obliged to ask for the exercise of your indulgence on account of a deviation from the office Rules in respect to the authority before whom the Declaration was taken--For my endeavor is in all cases & in all particulars to conform to those Rules--But the circumstances of this case are such that the widow must probably forever forego the benefits of the Act unless her Declaration before a Justice can be received--The causes stated are that no Court of Record sits less than 41 miles from her residence & only sits twice a year at that distance--

That she is unable to walk across her room & of course could not go to Court--

That no Judge of such a Court resides nearer to her than Bangor which is 42 miles--The Judge would not be under any official obligation to take a wearisome journey to take her Declaration--and she has not means enough to offer him a sufficient recompense for so doing--any suitable compensation for
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so doing would absorb at least 2 years of her Pension even if the Judge would consent to go such journey--I feel therefore quite satisfied that you will receive the Declaration, as you have had the goodness to do for me on a former occasion.

I am very Respectfully yr Obt Svt
Geo. B Moody

Hon L.P. Waldo
Comm'r of Pensions
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Bangor   Nov. 5. 1853

Sir

Your communication of Oct 31 requiring the absence of Record proof of marriage in Hepzibah Holbrook's claim for Pension to be accounted for is rec'd & the necessary affidavits should be sent--

But you add "of the evidence of this grade" &c witnesses "must be able to show how [underlined] they are enabled to fix the time"--

I think a closer examination of the testimony will satisfy you on that point--

The witness is the Brother of the Soldier--therefore likely to know so important a fact in his history--He swears that he testifies from his own personal knowledge [last 2 words underlined]--

He swears to the place of marriage--to the person who performed the marriage--

He swears that he was present--These various facts--relationship--situation--personal acquaintance
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Location--personal presence--surely all these ought to be regarded as sufficient justification for a man of respectability to assert that such an event occurred in a given month--There might be other facts to show the how [underlined], but is it reasonable to presume the existence of any facts more likely to satisfy him as to the occurrence of the event--

Beside his character is vouched for--he swears under the penalties of perjury to his personal presence at the marriage at a given place month & year--

How can such testimony be doubted--

But if the precise date be not regarded as fixed--He swears to a personal & daily intimacy with the parties as husband & wife for a period of nearly 3 years before their marriage must be proved to have taken place--& that fact without we state would be sufficient
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as it has been taken to be in so many cases--

I have the honor to be very Respectfully
Your obt Servt
Geo. B Moody

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comm'r of Pensions
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State of Maine.
PENOBSCOT, ss.

I, NATHAN WESTON, Jr., CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS in said County, certify that J.D. McIntosh Esquire, is and was at the date of his Certificate an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; and that the signature to this paper annexed purporting to be his is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State, this twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
Nathan Weston Jr.   Clerk.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Hepsibeth Holbrook hereby certify that I have caused an examination to be made of the records of the town of Stratford N.H. where I was married to David Holbrook, and that there is no public or private record in existence of my marriage ["with" stricken out] with him:
Maxfield   Jany 2d 1854:
Hepsibeth   x her mark   Holbrook


State of Maine.
County of Penobscot, ss.
Maxfield   Jany 2d 1854

Subscribed and sworn to, before me, and I certify that Hepsibeth Holbrook ["the witness" stricken out] is known to me and is entitled to credit; also, that I have no interest in the claim, and no concern in the prosecution of it.
J.D. McIntosh   Justice of the Peace.
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I, Joseph Johnson, of Stratford in the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire, aged forty five years, depose and say that I am now the Town Clerk of said Stratford and have been for several years last past.

I have carefully examined all the records in the Clerk's office and there are none of an earlier date than A.D. 1800.

The reason why said records are not in the office, I do not know if the marriage of David Holbrook and Hepzibah Smith is not recorded
Joseph Johnson   Town Clerk.

State of New Hampshire,  County of Coos  Ss.
November 24th A.D. 1853.

Subscribed and sworn to before me; and I certify that said Joseph Johnson is well known to me and is entitled to Credit.

Also that I have no interest in the claim of Mrs. Holbrook and am now way concerned in the prosecution of it.
Before me   Ephraim H. Mahurin  Justice of the Peace--

The part of the two last lines of the above affidavit were written by the Said Joseph Johnson.
Eph. H. Mahurin   Justice of the peace.
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I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Ephraim H. Mahurin ["of" stricken out] is a Justice of Peace within and for said County of Coos, as within, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 26th day of November, A.D. 1853.
James M Rix   Clerk.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I James M. Rix, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, depose and say that I am Clerk of aforesaid, and that the dockets records and files of Benjamin Strong, formerly one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said county, now deceased, were after his decease deposited in my office as such Clerk according to law.  And I further depose that the records in said Clerks office, including said dockets, records and files of said Strong, were burned and fully destroyed by fire, on the 8th of January, A.D. 1848, and that no part whatever of said Strong's dockets, records & files were saved from said fire.
James M Rix

Coos fs.  Lancaster,  November 21, 1853.

Personally appearing James M. Rix made solemn truth to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. ["Before me" stricken out] 
(Three several interlineations two in the affidavit & one in the certificate, made before signing.)
Before me  Ephraim Crofs  Justice Peace.
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I James M. Rix Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Ephraim Crofs is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County as within and that the signatures purporting to be his is genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of November Anno Domini 1853.
James M Rix   Clerk.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Joshua Marshall of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy three years and three months do testify and say that I was well acquainted with David Holbrook as early as Sixty three years ago and was acquainted with Hepzibah Smith before the said David Holbrook and said Hepzibah were married.  I well recollect the marriage of the said David & Hepzibah and I think it must have been as Early as the year Seventeen hundred and ninety seven for I was then a boy and got my information from an Apprentice who was older than I was, and lived within a quarter of a mile of my Fathers residence & of my residence and the said apprentice frequently visited his friends and relatives living in the neighbourhood and within half of a mile of the Holbrook family and communicated to me at the time of their courtship and marriage and not only David Holbrook but Richard Holbrook who married Rachael Smith sister to the said Hepzibah.  the said apprentice name was Joseph Boroughs was some three or four years older than I was and he was under the age of twenty one years--I have no doubt the marriage of the said David and Hepzibah took place as early as
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Seventeen hundred and ninty seven and I am positive that it could not have been so late as the year Eighteen hundred I have no interest in this claim of the said Hepzibah or in the prosecution of it--for a Pension whatever.

The said David afterwards moved into the State of Maine as I understand and has since deceased--The words I said [last 2 words underlined] and within half of a mile [last 3 words underlined] and their [underlined] were interlined by me before signed or sworn to--
Joshua Marshall

State of Newhampshire   Coos  SS.
February 13th 1854--

Sworn and subscribed to before me and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Joshua Marshall and that he is a credible Witness.  and that I have no interest in the claim of Mrs Hepzibah Holbrook for a Pension, or in the prosecution of it whatever
Nahum D. Day    Justice of the Peace.
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I J.W. Merriam Asst. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Nahum D. Day is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County as within, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 16th day of February Anno Domini 1854.
J.W. Merriam,  Asst. Clerk.
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I Richard Holbrook of Stratford in the County of Coos and State New Hampshire aged Eighty Six years, less one month, do depose and testify that David Holbrook late of North Prospect in the State of Maine was my Brother and the said David married Hepzibah Smith, sister to my wife, whose maiden name was Rachael Smith as Early as Seventeen Hundred and ninety seven or ninety Eight.  there oldest child was born on the twenty second day of November in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine and I recollect that they had been married nearly two years before before the said Hepzibah had her first child.  I was not present when said David & said Hepzibah were married being unwell at that time I did not attend the wedding it being seven miles distant from where I then resided.  The said David & Hepzibah lived together as husband & Wife untill his Death & raised up six Children.  I went with the said Hepzibah & family when they moved into the State of Maine, and I with my family soon after moved into said Prospect and resided there about seven years, and removed to Stratford New Hampshire

I have stated the above facts as near as can recollect and have no doubt of the truth of the foregoing affidavit
Richard Holbrook

State of New Hampshire  Coos ss.
December 6th 1853.

Sworn to and subscribed Before me
Joshua Marshall   Justice of the Peace

I further certify that I have been will acquainted with the whole family of of John Holbrook father of the said David & Richard Holbrook for more than Sixty years, and that the above named Richard is a credibal Witness
Joshua Marshall   Just. of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire )
County of Coos               ) SS
December 8th 1853

I further certify that I have not & never had any interest in the result of the claim of Mrs Holbrook & no concern in the prosecution of it--
Joshua Marshall   Justice of the Peace


I J.W. Merriam Asst. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Coos State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Joshua Marshall is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County as above, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 16th day of February Anno Domini 1854.
J.W. Merriam  Asst Clerk.
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I ["Eben" stricken out] Admirable Blodgett of Stratford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire aged Sixty five years do testify and that I resided less than a Quarter of a mile from David Holbrook's residence at the time it was said he was married to Hepzibah Smith, that I well remember seeing them pass at the time it said they were going to be married.  that they passed on horseback;  that after that they lived together as husband & wife, and the said Hepzibah had two children.  that I was at their house very often and have no doubt they were married at that time, but I cannot designate the day or year.  I was well acquainted with the wives of David and Richard Holbrook before they were married  they were sisters.  They lived all in one house some time after they were married--I think I was then about nine or ten years of age at that time.
Admirable Blodgett

State of New Hampshire  Coos SS  
Decmber 6th 1853--

Sworn and subscribed to Before me
Joshua Marshall   Justice of the Peace

I further Certify that I have been well acquainted with the above named Admirable Blodgett  that he is a credible Witness.  That the word said [underlined] was by me interlined
Joshua Marshall   Justice of the Peace

I further certify that the words beginning at the words I think [underlined] in the second line ["at the" stricken out] at the bottom of the above affidavit were written by me at the request of the said Admirable & Sworn to
Joshua Marshall    Justice of the Peace--
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State of New Hampshire )
County of Coos               ) Ss.
December 9th 1853--

I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the claim of Mrs Holbrook & no concern in the prosecution of it--
Joshua Marshall   Justice of the Peace

I James M Rix Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Joshua Marshall is a Justice of Peace within and for said County as within and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 9th day of December A.D. 1853.
James M Rix   Clerk.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Elijah Blodgett now of Guildhall in the County of Essex and State of Vermont Aged Seventy five years depose and Say that in the year 1780 I was living in the Town of Thetford in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire a part of the time I was in a Fort built for the defence of the inhabitants in Said Thetford.  That I was knowing to David Holbrock then of Said Thetford Serving in a Company of Militia Commanded by Capt Samuel Paine in the year 1780.  the term of Six Months  I think he enlisted in the Month of June of Said year

I was also knowing to his being Called on afterwards as a Minute Man and on Scouting and Guarding parties against the encroachment of the Indians.
Elijah Blodgett

December 8th 1832

State of New Hampshire
Coos fs    [illegible] Decr. 8th 1832

Personally appeared Elijah Blodgett and Solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him Subscribed was true
Before Me
Reuben Stephenson  Jus Peace

I certify that the abovenamed Elijah Blodgett is a man of truth & veracity
Reuben Stephenson  Justice Peace

State of New Hampshire
Coos   fs.

I William Farrar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire hereby Certify that Reuben Stephenson before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken is a Justice of the Peace for Said County and that the Signature purporting to be his is genuine

In testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court the eighth day of December Anno Domini 1832
Wm Farrar  Clerk

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Richard Holbrook of Stratford in the County Coos and State of New Hampshire aged Sixty five years depose and say that in the year 1780 I was there living in said Stratford with my Father a part of the time in a Fort built for the protection of the inhabitants, and the rest of the time we lived in a House about eight rods from the Fort. Capt Samuel Paine with a company of Militia was stationed in said Fort, and in the month of June 1780- My Brother David Holbrook there living in said Stratford, and now living in the Town of Sebee in the ┃
State of Maine, enlisted in to said Paine's Company for the Term of six month, and I am knowing to  my Brother David Holbrook's serving in said Company the term of six months, as I saw him muster in said Company almost every day, at the close of Six months my Brother was discharged - and
afterwards he was engaged as a minute
man, and for scouting and Guarding parties by the different commanding offices of said Fort until the close of the war, and I was knowing to his being called out frequently on scouting parties and in guarding the fort and inhabitants against the encroachments of the Indians--Richard Holbrook
December 8th 1832
State of New Hampshire Coos Lamach
December 8th 1832. Personally came
Richard Holbrook and made Solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed was true
Before me
Reuben Stephenson Jus Peace
I certify that the above named Richard Holbrook is a man of truth and veracity
Reuben Stephenson Jus Peace

State of New Hampshire Coos Co. I William Farrar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire hereby certify that Reuben
Stephenson before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace for said County that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of December
Anno Domini 1832
Wm Farrar Clerk
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27363
Wid 1, 114
Hepsibah
Colo. Spring Colo.
April 27, 1908
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Dear sir,
I desire information concerning the services
in the revolutionary war of John Holbrook and his son David, of New Hampshire. David received a pension up to the time of his death in Prospect, Me. in 1850.
Very truly yours,

Louise Simkins
1345 N. Weber St.
Colo. Springs, Colo