Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 693, Abner Abbot, Continental (Mass)
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SERVICE
Continental (Mass)

Abbot, Abner
or Abbott

NUMBER
W693
B:S.Wt26853-160-55

Dorcas J.
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CONTENTS
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5636
Maine.
Abner Abbott private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Dis. Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued to 22nd of (illegible). 1819 and sent to Judge Parris Paris Me.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 (illegible) 26/30 -38.93  Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 - 48
$86.93
{Revolutionary claim}
{Act 18th March, 1818}
Continued under the act of May 1st, 1820.
Notification sent to Thos. Clark, Esq; Paris, Maine 11 July, 1820
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Abner Abbott, private
Col. Perry, W. Hampshire (illegible)
(Illegible) 75. 1 years
9th April 1818
Admitted
Indigent circumstance, certified in general certificate of Judge Paris
Referred to W E
Abner Abbott
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United States of America
Maine District, 88
Be it remembered, That on the ninth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Abner Abbott the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the depositions of Ezekiel Wordwell, Caleb Abbot Isaiah Ingals, and Daniel Bornand,   fellow soldiers with raise applicants in the war of the revolution taken before John Kneeland and Nathaniel Howe, respectable magistrates, appointed by (illegible) for this purpose, all which are hereunto annexed together with the certificate of Aaron Cummings + others, municipal officers of the corporation to which raise applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Abner Abbott the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United states in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
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I, Abner Abbott, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of (illegible) in the county of Oxford and (illegible) of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that in the month of December, seventeen hundred and seventy five, I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment for the term of one year, as a private soldier in Captain Richard (illegible)'s company, in Colonel Enoch (illegible)'s Regiment and General Sullivan's Brigade in the New Hampshire line, in which company I served until the last of November AD 1776, when General Burgoyne, having retreated into Canada, our colonel gave us leave to return home, when I left the service. No discharges were given. I further testify, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support and that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States.
(signed) Abner Abbott
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Continued
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STATE OF MAINE.
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Oxford ss. at a Circuit Court of Common Pleas
begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820-
before the Honorable Benjamin Green &
Judah Dana Judges of said Court
On this 14th day of June
in the year above written, personally appeared
in open Court, the same having ""the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county
of Oxford - Abner Abbot, aged 59
years, resident in in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his
oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private
in the company commanded by Capt. Richard Sotridge in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Enoch Poor in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 9th day of
5636 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 9th day of April A.D. 1818; and on which declaration his Certificate of Pension, number 5636 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of
an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has
any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to
pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me.
Abner Abbot
Sworn to and declared, on the 14th
day of June A.D. 1820.
BEFORE
Benjamin Green
Judah Dana {Judges of said Court.}

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:--
one wooden clock - one chest with drawers
one Chest - two tables - six poor chairs, one
anvil - one bellows- one (illegible) horn- one vise two sledges - two hammers - four nail
moulds - one shoe hammer & pincers-- one
Ox sling-
Abner Abbot
-
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SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Abner Abbot who by occupation 
am a Blacksmith
which I am unable to pursue by reason of
rheumatic complaints and old age 
Names              Ages      Capacity of each to 
contribute to their support     
Dorcas wife of said Abner  50years┃
Able to perform but little labor
Margaret daughter     7 years    of good health
.
Abner Abbott
Oxford
I, Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of
 Common Pleas of the county of Oxford,
do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the
said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty seven dollars and fifty cents $27.50
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court
on this 24th day of June A.D. One thousand eight hundred twenty
Thomas Clark  {Clerk of the Circuit Court of Com. Pleas for said County of Oxford}

Abner Abbot
No 5636 
22 Jany 1819
continued
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1266
Maine
Dorcas L. Abbott
widow of
Abner Abbott
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
New Hamp line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued th
"12th day of Aug 1┃
and sent to
F. K. Harmon
Portland
Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
Page 10 Vol. A.
3d Febry 1853
18187
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State of Maine
County of Oxford} ss
On this twentieth day of May A. D. 1853, personally appeared
before me Timothy Ludden Esq, Judge of Probate
in & for the County and State aforesaid
Dorcas J. Abbott a resident of Albany
in the County of Oxford aged 79 years
who being sworn
according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the
provisions of the Act of Congress passed Feby 3d 1853
And your declarant states that she is the widow of Abner Abbott late of Albany in
the State of Maine deceased, who was a soldier
in the war of the Revolution.
and a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1818. at the
rate of ninety six dollars per annum which pension he drew until his death, which took place on the sixteenth day of September 1833

And the said declarant further states. that she was married to the said Abner Abbott on
the tenth day of March 1808
at Waterboro Me and that her name before marriage was Dorcas J. Nason
She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
Dorcas J Abbott
Then personally appeared the above named Dorcas P. Abbott and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me,
Timothy Ludden Judge
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State of Maine-
Orford SS
Office of the Court of Probate
I Geo. K. Shein, Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify, that Hon.
Timothy Ludden whose name is signed to the fore going Certificate, is Judge of Probate in & for said
County & State, duly commissioned & qualified
agreeably to the Constitution & laws of said State
that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine
& that full faith & credit are & ought to be
given to his official acts & attestations
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed
the official Seal of said Court, & subscribed my name
this 20 day of May A.D. 1853 - Geo K Shein Register
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3
State of Maine
Oxford ss: I further certify that by
reason of bodily infirmity the said
Dorcas J Abbott is unable to attend
Court, and that 
curse, and that I administered the oath to her at her residence in Albany.
Timothy Ludden Judge
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Z K Harmon
Portland Maine
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State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court
PORTLAND, May 24th A. D. 1853}
F, Charles C. Harmon,

CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Samuel K. Roberts Esq was at the
date of his attestation hereto annexed
an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for
& the County of York
as appears by
the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his COM-
MISSION is dated
A.D.18
and will expire
A. D. 185
that the following SIGNATURE, 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, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon Clerk
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State of Maine
County of York Town of Waterboro
(a)
Mr Abner Abbot of Albany to
Dorcas J. Nason of Waterboro
March the tenth
Eighteen hundred and eight

I Certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the Marriage of said parties, with
the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures, as follows: -- (b)
March 10th
1808,
Joseph Allen
Town Clerk of Waterboro
Joseph Allen
above named, depose and say, that
I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the
above is a true copy of the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Joseph Allen} Clerk of the Town of
Waterboro
York ss:
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this fourteenth of April A. D. 1853.

Samuel H Roberts Justice of the Peace.
( a ) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.
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STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
Cumberland County, ss.}
Be it known, That on this Second
March 1863 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being
Court of Record, That Abner Abbott late of
Albany Me
was a Revolutionary PENSIONEE of
the United States, and that he died at Albany
on or about the Sixteenth day of September 1833
And that Dorcas K. Abbott is the widow of said Abner Abbott deceased.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto, affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my
name this Second day of March 1853
STATE OF MAINE
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SS

OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
-
I, Freeman Bradford
Register of Probate
for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce
whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreebly to the Constitution and
Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that
full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court,
and subscribed my name, this Eighteenth day of April A. D. 1853
Freeman Bradford Regr
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STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT.
Cumberland County, ss.}
Be it Known, That on this Second DAY OF 
March 1853, it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Abner Abbott late of Albany Me was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that he died at Albany on or about Sixteenth day of September 1833 -
And that Dorcas K Abbott is the widow of said Abner Abbott deceased.




In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my
name this
Second day of March
in the year 1853

Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate for
Cumberland County.
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155
89.688 act (illegible)
April 22 /55
Dorcas K Abbott widow
Abner Abbott, Pri.
Revolutionary Pensioner
under Act 1818
Me (illegible)  1264
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Ad:160 Alb Me, 2 of 56
Boynton

H Harmon
Portland
Maine
P. K. Harmon, Nov: 20
Vol. A. 4.
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Addl. Declaration of Dorcas  J Abbott
in No 89.688

Revolutionary War

F K Harmon
Portland Maine
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State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court
PORTLAND, May 28 1856.
I Obadiah G. Cook, 
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
J. H. Lovejoy Esquire

is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for the County of Oxford
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to
administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in
the County aforesaid -- and that the following Signature, purporting to be his is GENUINE.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal
of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and
year first above written.
O. G. Cook
CLERK.
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State of MAINE.
County of Oxford ss.
On this twenty sixth day of May
A. D. 1856
personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
and State aforesaid, Dorcas J. Abbott
a resident of Albany
in said County and State, aged 82
years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to
obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 3d, A. D. 1855 & the Act
amendatory thereto approved May 14, 1856.
And your declarant further states that she is
the widow of Abner Abbott late of Albany
in the State of Maine that her said husband Abner Abbott

was a Soldier of the Revolution, and a
Pensioner of the United States
under the Act of 1818. She also
States that she applied for Bounty
Land under Act of March 3rd 1855.
which claim is No. 89.688, that
said claim was suspended.
That she has never made any
other claim for Bounty Land
than the one above referred
to, and that she nor her said
husband never received any
Bounty Land under any Act of
Congress.
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YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said
Abner Abbott on the tenth day
of March A.D. 1808, at Waterboro in said
State, and that her name before marriage was Dorcas Nason
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of
Feby 3d 1853 she made application for a pension, on which
application a pension was granted her at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated on the 12th day of August A.D. 1853 No. 1264
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For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death,
and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, &
Bounty Land now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still
a widow.
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint Z. K. Harmon
of Portland my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest,
Dorcas J Abbott
Margaret H. Lazarck
Jacob H Lovejoy
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged
the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that the said Dorcas P. Abbott is the person she represents for herself to being the
foregoing Declaration

J. H. Lovejoy
Justice of the Peace.
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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
November 20 1855
Sir:
The claim of Dorcas P. Abbott
for Bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855,
No. 89.688 has been examined and suspended.
the revolutionary service of Abner Abbott,
the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.

Very respectfully,
J. MINOT, Commissioner
Z. K. Harmon, Esquire
Portland Me
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(Written on the side of the document)
You are referred to the Seat (?) of State of N. Hampshire for (illegible) evidence of the soldier
alleged he served under Col. Poor and Capt. Sotridge of New Hamp: Contl. line from Dec 5 1775 to Dec 1776.
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August 30, 1932
BA03/Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF
Oliver W. Stewart
419 Fourth Avenue, Room 1101
New York City.

Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.693, that Abner Abbot or Abbott, while residing in Andover Massachusetts, enlisted in January 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain Richard Shortridge's company, Colonel Enoch Poor's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was living in Albany, Oxford County, District of Maine, aged fifty-seven years.
He died September 16, 1833 in Albany Maine.
The soldier married March 10, 1808 at Waterboro, District of Maine, Dorcas J. or I Nason of said Waterboro.
She was allowed pension on her application executed May 30, 1853, then a resident of Albany, Maine, and was aged seventy-nine years.
In 1830, the soldier referred to his daughter, Margaret as aged seven years. There is no further reference to children.
The above is the history of the only soldier named Abner Abbot or Abbott, that is found on the Rev-
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olutionary War records of this office.
Revolutionary war data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
It is suggested that as a possible means of securing information in regard to the military service of soldiers of that war, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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1928 July 12 Photos to E.V. Martindale - See Wm, Aaron W. 10287 A. D. Y.
1931 Aug 20 - (illegible)
W. Stewart
Revy   WIDOW, &c.
File No, 693
Dorcas J, Abbott
Widow
Abner Abbott
Pri. Rev. War
Act: Feb 3 1858
Index:- Vol A, Page 1
[Arrangement of 1870]
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(cut off document)
War
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May 27, 1853
No 1889
App of Dorcas J Abbott widow of Abner
Maine
An 19
Act 3d Feby 1853
Rev:
Allowed $96 per annum
Com. Feb 3.1953
ZK Harmon
Portland Me.

(written on the right side)
Department of the Interior
Pension Office Official Business
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check mark
26.853
{
(illegible)
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Pension Office August 9/53

Sir
Please report time of last payment to or time of death of within named pensioner

Respectfully W
S. Cole
for Commissioner
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Pension Office August 9/53

Sir
Please report time of last payment to or time of death of within named pensioner
Respectfully W
S. Cole
for Commissioner

F Burt Esqr
and 
(illegible)
See other side

(written on the side of document)
Abner Abbott , Act 18th Mar. 1818, $8. p. an.
Paid to 4th Sept. 1833, no date of death on our Books.
F Burt
Auditor
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We, the subscribers, do hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with Mr. Abner Abbot of this town and from what we know of his situation do verily believe that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Albany April 20th, 1810
Aaron Cummings
Parson Haskell
John Lovejoy } Selectmen of the town of Albany
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I Isaiah Ingalls of Bridgton in the District of Maine do testify and say that in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy five I lived in Andover, in the state of Massachusetts and that Abner Abbot was of Albany in said District of Maine was (illegible) in said District of Maine was my neighbor, that said Abbot with others of my then townsmen joined the American army near Boston to the best of my knowledge and (illegible) about the first of January 1776.
In the summer of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six I met the American army at (illegible) in their retreat from Canada and Abbot was there with the army attached to this company
Lately commanded by a Captain Southbridge who has then lately this (illegible) Col Enoch Poor's regiment and in this New Hampshire line  (illegible) stationed at (illegible) till about the middle of November 1776 and in the mean time I frequently saw said Abbot at his station at Mount Independence on the opposite side of the Lake. The further saith not--
Isaiah Ingalls
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District of Maine, Cumberland May 13 (Illegible)

This personally appeared before me the (illegible) one of the justices of the Peace for the said county of Cumberland Isaiah Ingalls Esqr who is a person of truth and veracity and who,  after being examined and cautioned to testify the whole truth and nothing but the truth, made solemn oath to the truth of the within Deposition by him signed. Taken at the request of Abner Abbot of Albany, in the said District of Maine and by authority of a (illegible) as to items found by the Honorable Albion Parris at a special district court of the United States (illegible) at Paris within and for the said District of Maine on the illegible) day of April last (illegible).
Nathaniel Howe { Justice Peace
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I Daniel Barnard of Bridgton in the District of Maine do testify and say in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy five I lived in Andover in the State of Massachusetts and Abner Abbot now of Albany in the District of Maine thus was a neighbor to me. said Abbot and myself enlisted with the service of the United States for one year and I joined the United States troops in Winter Hill near Boston about the first of Feby 6. We were both attached to the company commanded by one Capt Southbridge, Col Enoch Poor's regiment in the New Hampshire line under Samuel Johns Sullivan. After the British left Boston we marched with our regiment to New York and from (illegible) to Canada. We were in Canada about two months and then marched back with the American army to (illegible) and were stationed at Mount Independence till the (illegible) The said Abbot was sent off from Mount Independence with the (illegible) just before I was marched for Albany at (illegible) of the campaigns. In my opinion said Abbot served out his year as faithfully  as his health would  (illegible) of. And further saith not.
Daniel Barnard
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District of Maine, Cumberland Jr May 13 1818
Then personally appeared before me the (illegible) one of the Justices of the Peace for said County of Cumberland Daniel (illegible and who; is a person of truth and veracity and who after his
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United States of America
District of Maine\ss
To (Illegible) Farrar
and John Kneeland of Andover
in the District of Massachusetts, esqr.
(illegible) to either of them

Greeting for
Whereas at a special District Court of
said United States for Maine District held at 
Paris within said District on
the tenth day of April A.D. 1818
Abner Abbot of Albany in said District
presented himself and claimed a certificate
of his having served in the war of the Revolution in the continental establishment 

against the common enemy for
the purpose of
receiving a pension from said United. States
agreeably to the provision
of An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service
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of the United States in the Revolutionary War and whereas in the course of this
examination here had it appears that
the testimony of Ezekiel Wardell
and (illegible) Abbot both of 
Col Abbets both of Andover aforesaid
material and necessary in support
of said application:
 Therefore, to the end that the
testimony aforesaid may be had
and by virtue of the power that at the
thing court by in laws of the United  States, (illegible)
you the said Samuel Farrar and John
Kneal anal on either of you, are hereby of
appointed and authorized, at the proper
expense of the applicant At taketh
deposition of the said Ezekiel Wardwell
.
and Latel Abbot touching the application to
S
aforesaid, and the same, when taken
together with this warrant to certify and
return to the Judge of this Court without
Laborer
annecesary delay -- Given under my
to
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hand and seal at Paris in said District the tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine
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We Ezekiel Wardwell and Caleb Abbot both of Andover in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeomen testify today that we were in the Army of the Revolutionary war, in the year 1776, in the Reiment commanded by Col. Enoch Poor of the New Hampshire line,, in the company commanded by Capt Richard Southridge; and that Abner Abbot, lately of said nAdover, but now of Albany in the District of Maine, was a private soldier in the same company and regiment, and served twelve months.

Ezekiel Wardwell
Caleb Abbot
(illegible) Andover May 7th 1818 Then the above named Ezekiel Wardwell and Caleb Abbott both personally appeared and made (illegible.) Both that the above Deposition by each of them subscribed is the Truth and nothing but the truth before me
John Kneeland Justice of the Peace of the  (illegible)
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Brief in the case of Dorcas J Abbott widow of Abner
Oxford County and State of Maine
Act of Feb 3rd 1853

Claim ("original,)
Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private and pensioner under act of 1818 at $96 per annum
Marriage proven by public record
Death by credible Wittnesses

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Identity by credible wittnesses

Name and residence of Agent
Z.H. Harmon Esqr
Portland Me

Examining Clerk
He Gray
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Abbot
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United States of America
Maine District, ss.
To Nathaniel Howe, esq. of Bridgeton and Asa Cummings esq of Albany in the District of Maine
Greeting
Whereas, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Paris, in said District on the ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Abner Abbot of Albany in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war": in order that  he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States: and whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the towns of Bridgeton and Albany aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:
Therefore, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
Given under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine
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Dorcus J. Abbott
wid of Abner Abbott
Me. Act 1853
Addl. proof
To go with papers heretofore filed by Z.H. Harmon
May 27
J. Z. Cooruly
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Dorcus J. Abbott  Z H.H - 24th May

State of Maine
Cumberland, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court
Portland July 8th A.D. 1853

F, Chales C. Harmon,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court
for said County of Cumberland being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Robinson Parlin Esquire
is and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an 
Acting Justice of the Peace
within and for the County of Oxford as appears by the paper & hereto annexed; that he is Duly Commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of deeds and other instruments in writing in the County aforesaid - and that the following Signature, purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C.C. Cannon, Clerk
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I John Hunt of Albany in the County of Oxford and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am 60 years of age and have been well acquainted with Dorcas J. Abbott, who is the widow of Abner Abbott late of Albany deceased.
Said Abner Abbott was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninty [ninety] six dollars per annum. said Abner Abbott died on the 16th day of September A.D. 1833 that Dorcas J Abbott who has made application for a pension on account of the revolutionary services of her late husband is now living in the town of Albany and is still the widow of Abner Abbott the Revolutionary Soldier aforesaid, that I have lived a near neighbor to the said Dorcas J Abbott and Abner Abbott for 20 years or more last past, John Hunt Oxford  fs June 24th 1853 then personally appeared the above named John Hunt who is a person of truth and veracity, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed,
Before me
Robinson Parlin
Justice of the Peace
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I, George French, of Albany, in the County of Oxford and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am 44 years of age and have been well acquainted with Dorcas J. Abbott, who is the widow of Abner Abbott, late of Albany, deceased said Abner Abbot was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96 per annum, said Abner Abbott died on the 16 day of Sept A.D. 1833 that Dorcas J. Abbott who has made application for a pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her late husband is now living in the town of Albany and is still the widow of Abner Abbott, the Revolutionary Soldier aforesaid that I have lived a near neighbor to the said Dorcas J. Abbott and Abner for 20 years or more last past. 
[Signed: George French]
Oxford ss. June 24th, 1850, then personally appeared the above-named George French, who is a person of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the forgoing affidavit by him signed. Before me
[Signed: Robinson Parlin] justice of the Peace
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89,688
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Claim of Dorcas J. Abbott

To Bounty Land.
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Act of March 3, 1855.
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WAR OF the Rev.



[Signed: Z. K. Harmon]
PORTLAND,
Maine.
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State of Maine.
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CUMBERLAND, ss.

Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,}
PORTLAND, April 19, 1855.}

I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
J. H. Lovejoy, Esq.
is, and at the date of his Certificates to the papers hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for __________ the County of Oxford as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and that Acknowledgements of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid,- and that the following Signatures, purporting to be his are GENUINE.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.

[Signed: O. G. Cook] CLERK.
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State of Maine.
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County of Oxford ss.
ON this thirteenth day of April A.D. 1855, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Dorcas J. Abbott a resident of Albany in said County and State, aged over 81 years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 3rd, A.D. 1855.

And your declarant further states she is the widow of Abner Abbott late of Albany in the State of Maine that her said husband Abner Abbott was a Soldier of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1818 at the rate of $96 per annum, which pension he drew until his death which took place in the month of Septr. 1833. She also states that she has never applied for or received Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress, and she believes her said husband never applied for or received Bounty Land in his life time.
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YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said Abner Abbott on the Tenth day of March A.D. 1808, at Waterboro in said State, and that her name before marriage was Dorcas Nasone,
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of Feby. 3rd 1853 she made application for a Pension, on which application a pension was granted her at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated on the 12 day of August A.D. 1853 No. 1264
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
And for the purpose of the application, I hereby appoint Z K. Harmon of Portland my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Dorcas J. Abbott
Attest,
George French  Asa Cummings
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned.  And I hereby certify that the said Dorcas J. Abbott is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J H. Lovejoy Justice of the Peace
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We George French and Asa Cummings both residents of Albany in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, being of lawful age, on oath depose and say that we are well and intimately acquainted with Dorcas P. Abbott of this town she is the widow of Abner Abbott late of this town deceased. Said Dorcas P. Abbott is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and has remained a widow since the death of her said husband, and is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration for Bounty Land, which Declaration she has signed & acknowledged this day in our presence.  We also state that we have no interest whatever in her claim to Bounty Land.
George  French Asa Cummings
Oxford SS: April 13th 1855. Then personally appeared the above named George French and Asa Cummings who are credible and respectable witnesses and make oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them signed  Before me 
J H Lovejoy, Just. of Peace
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RECEIVED
AUG 17 1921
READER #13
MAIL SUB. DIV.
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ALLIED FORCES FOR PROHIBITION
419 FOURTH AVENUE, ROOM 1101
NEW YORK CITY

JULY
31ST
1931

Director of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear sir:-
Will you be so good as to inform me whether the name of Abner Abbott appears on your records as a soldier in the Revolutionary War?

I am informed that there is some such record in Washington, but I have not been able to locate it. A letter from the Adjutant General's office in the War Department suggests that I write to you.

Thanking you for any information you can give me, I am

Yours Truly,
[SIGNED: Oliver W. Stewart]
OWS.IB   Oliver W. Stewart


Room 1101
419 Fourth Avenue
New York,
N.Y.
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ALLIED FORCES FOR PROHIBITION
419 FOURTH AVENUE, ROOM 1101
NEW YOURK CITY

FILE:
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ILL
In re: Abner Abbott

August 
Fourteen
1931

Dear Sir:

Unfortunately, I am unable to give you the information about Abner Abbott who served in the Revolutionary War. I have seen statement to the effect that there was an Abner Abbott among the Revolutionary soldiers. In connection with that was a statement to his father and more remote ancestors traced back to England.

I am a grandson of an Abner Abbott who, I much respect, was in turn a grandson of the Abner Abbott who, I suppose, was on the records as a Revolutionary soldier. Unfortunately, I have no information about the first Abner Abbott. Such information as I have about the second Abner Abbott who, I presume, was a grandson of the first, would be of no help to you in locating the one of Revolutionary service.

I have supposed that the government has a card index of the soldiers of Revolutionary War, at least, of those whom it has any record. There may have been many Abner Abbott's in the Revolutionary War, though his name is sufficiently unusual to make one doubt whether there could have been more than two or three.

I would be very thankful for any information I can get as to anyone who served the Revolutionary War under that name.

Had I the information for which you ask, I would hardly need to trouble you with this letter.

Yours truly,
[SIGNED: Oliver W. Stewart]
Oliver W. Stewart
Room 1101
419 Fourth Avenue
New York City

OWS/EG
Enc. 2
S.
Mr. A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
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{WRITTEN LEFT OF PAGE}
See receipt in Wm. Aaron W. 10287

{NORMAL}
SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE 1-681 PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job refer to Requisition No. 24866
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.

July 5, 1928.192

Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job, photostatic copy of 1 page from Rev. War pension claim of Abner Abbott, W. 693.

No. of copies, 1 of each. Shall form be kept standing? _____ _____ days
For further information see. Mrs. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541

Approved:
[SIGNED: A.D. Wilkinson]
Chief Clerk of Bureau
[SIGNED M. M. H. Finch]
Chief of Branch of Division

NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

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Folding Once of twice?
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Addressograph from lists
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON August 12, 1931
This letter refers to your file number:

Oliver W. Stewart 419 -4th avenue, Room 1101 New York, New York
In reply to : Rev. & 1812 Wars section ILL In re: Abner Abbott

Dear Sir:
You are advised that the data given by you are not sufficient to enable this office to make a proper search of the records.
As a means of identifying the particular record in which you are interested, should it be on file, the full name of the soldier is essential and as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Please return these letters with your reply,
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator