Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45678, Joseph Cleasby, Mass.

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SERVICE                                             NUMBER
Mass.          Cleasby, Joseph           S 45678

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Rec letter to Isaac
Hill of New Hampshire in
Washington City
March 20. 1822
I to Agent someday
Notification sewh 
July 3rd 1820 to
S. P. Webster in
Concord
N. Hampshire
Reg 3 jwr ssr 172115
12506
New Hampshire

Joseph Cleasby /1
of Concord in the State of N. Hampshire
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massacht
line for the term of 19 months. 1782.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of July 1819 and delivered to Dr Richard
Russell of Concord, N.H. now
in M City
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819
85.29
48
$133.29
10 16/30 4/51 -
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued

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[left page]
Joseph Cleasbys. claim
for a pension. served
During the War in 
Capt. Williams Company
Col. Jackson Reg [dash with two lines below it]
Mass. line

[right page]
Joseph Cleasby
private, Col. Jackson
reg. Mass. line [line]
18 months [line]

[underlined] Admitted [end underlined]
Cert: to be delivered to
Dr. Rd. Russell of Concord, N.H
now at [illegible] City [line]

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I Joseph Cleasby of Concord in the County of Rockingham & state of New Hampshire do testify & declare that in the month of April A.D. 1782 I enlisted as a private Soldier in the American Revolutionary War in the Company Commanded by Captain Williams in the fourth Massachusetts Reg. Commanded by Col. Jackson in the Massachusetts line for & during the war. ^but was retained as a three years man [end caret] I served faithfully in said war again the Common Enemy without intermission untill November 1783. having [crossed out, illegible] served [crossed out, illegible] faithfully I was honorably discharged at West Point by Genl. Howe. My discharge I let the pension have to whom I sold my publick securities (called Pierces [illegible] which I had rec. for my wages) & have never seen its [illegible]. I am now in reduced circumstances in life & need the assistance of my County for support.

Joseph Cleasby
Concord April 16th 1818

The above was taken signed & sworn to on the day & hear as above before me
Hall Burgin {a Judge of the Court of Com Pleas as for the County of Rockingham aforesaid

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I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Cleasby did serve in the Revolutionary war as he had state in his declaration by him signed on the other side & I also certify that he is very poor & needy of assistance from his County for support. I now [illegible] the testimony in the case to [illegible] if the Department of War pension office
Hall Burgin {a Judge of the County of Com Pleas of Rockingham the state of New Hampshire
[faint stamp on left side of page]
Attest L Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham

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[left page]
Joseph Cleasby
Concord
NH
M. Calhouns, certificate 
to be sent to Concord 
New Hampshire
12,506 [circled]
Sept 1819 [circled]
Sent to S.P. Webster Esqr
Concord
N.H
July 3. 1820

[right page]
John Cleasby
Concord [underlined]

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District of New Hampshire
County of Grafton
At the Superior Court of Judicature holden at Waverhill in said county of Grafton being a court of record for said county on this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord 1820 personally appeared in open court Joseph Cleasby aged fifty five years September 9th 1819 resident in Concord in said District who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows [illegible] as a private soldier in Capt. William's Company in Col. H. Jackson's Regiment in the Massachusetts line, that his original declaration was made some time about the 16th April 1818, that he has received a pension and that his pension certificate is numbered twelve thousand five hundred & six-And I do solomnly 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 to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United Stated in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have not nor has any person in my 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 & by me subscribed [line]
I further declare that I am by occupation a cord wainer in a broken state of health and that five my youngest children live with me and depend

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on my for support [line]
Joseph Cleasby
Sworn to and declared before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature on the 24th day of May Anno Domini 1820
Attest S.P. Webster Clerk
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of the Judicature for said County of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule there to 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 foregoing schedule here to annexed is fifty three dollars [line] In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hands and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24 day of May Anno Domini 1820
S.P. Webster Clerk

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A schedule of the property & income owned & possessed by Joseph Cleasby of Concord in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Viz- 
One middling now of the value of - - $15,00
 Household goods (exclusive of beds and bedding and wearing apparrel to the amount of 35,,00 
Improvement of one quarter of an acre of Pliveland 3.00 
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$53.00 

The following are the names of said Joseph Cleasley's children and their ages viz 
Isaac W. Cleasby aged 31 years the 20th of July 1819 
Sarah Cleasby aged 30 years the 5th of August 1819 
Ruth Cleasby aged 24 years the 8th of March 1819 
Ezekiel Cleasby aged 23 years the 11th of June 1819
Enoch Cleasby aged 20 years the 11th of September 1819 
Joseph Cleasby aged 17 years the 11th of Sepr 1819 - 
James Cleasby aged 13 years the 17 June 1819 A
masa Cleasby aged 12 years the 31 of Oct 1819 
Hannah Cleasby aged 10 years May the 4th 1819 
Nancy Cleasby aged 9 years Sept 4th 1820- 
Daniel Cleasby aged 7 years 10th of Oct 1820 

The said Joseph Cleasby is of the age of fifty five years the 9th day of September last. The said Cleasby's wife is fifty years of age and has been sick and deranged for the greater part of the time the last fifteen years and is now in such as state of health as to be wholly unable to do anything to support herself and family. 
Richard Bradley Jas Pecker ⎬ Selectmen of Concord 
Joseph Cleasby 

May 21, 1829
examined by
S. P. Webster Clerk

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RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
AWF.
S. 45678

3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
[ DATE blank ]  19
In reply to your request of.............., received
for a statement of the military history of Joseph Cleasby a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's [lined out]) application for pension on
file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Apr. 1782 to

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Nov 1783

RANK.
Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.
Williams

COLONEL.
Henry Jackson

Battles engaged in, [ check mark ]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [check mark]
Date of application for pension, Apr. 4. 1818. His cl. was al

Residence at date of application, Concord, Rockingham Co. N.H.

Age at date of application, Born Sept. 9 1764
Remarks: He died Nov 3, 1855.*
In 1822 solder referred to his wife Betsy, aged 51 yrs

Respectfully,
* C. B. Book   Commisioner.

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Rev. War Section. 
July 18, 1923. 
Alma A. Clisby, 119 W. Evergreen Ave., Youngstown, O. 

Madam;
In addition to the military history of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joseph Cleasby, S. 45678, you are furnished the following data as to his children. 
Isaac W. born July 20, 1788
Sarah " Aug 5, 1789
Ruth "" Mch 8, 1795
Ezekiel " June 4, 1796.
Enoch " Sept. 11, 1899. 
Joseph " Sept. 11, 1802. 
James " June 13, 1806. Amasa Oct. 31, 1807. Hannah " May 4, 1809. 
Nancy B. " Sept. 4, 1811. 
Daniel Fagen " Oct. 10, 1813. 

Respectfully, Commissioner.

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Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Pension Office 
Washington City

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45678 
Revy INVALID 
File No. 45678 Joseph Cleasby 
Pri Rev War 
Act: 18 March 1818 
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 90 
{Arrangement of 1870.} 

1923 July 18 - Hist to Alma Clisby AWJ

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[postmark: U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAY 31 1923]

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2 ¢ Postage Stamp re: 
119 W. Evergreen an Langstown Ohio

Rev May 28, 1923 

Bureau of Pensions Rev. War Section Washington 

Dear Sirs:
can you give me pension of Joseph Cleasby b. 1764 - . at Canterbury N.H. like name & dates of wife and children.

Found in census of Pensions of New Hampshire 
Resply Alma A. Clisby

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Leonard Whitneys Affidavit in the case of Joseph Cleasbys claim for a pension

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I Leonard Whitney of Canterbury in the County of Rockingham and State of Newhampshire on oath testify & say that in January 1781 I enlisted into the Revolutionary war in the second Massachusetts Reg I served constantly, untill October 1783. I well knew Joseph Cleasby now of Concord (&  in my presence) to inlist into said Revolutionary war in April 1782 in the fourth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colo Henry Jackson & that the said Cleasby served without intermission untill the last of October 1783 at which time I was discharged & left said Cleasby in said service. 

Concord June 22d 1819 - Leonard Whiting 

Taken & sworn to on the date above before me - 
Hall Burgin 
A Judge of the Court of Com pleas for said County of Rockingham

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This man does not reside in the county where he exhibited his schedule. Concord, where he lives, is in Rockingham Co. write a letter, informing him that he must comply with the law. See letter

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Moses Abbott aff 8 25 July, 1821 
March 1819 J

Jona: Johnson 
aff 12 Sept 1820

Joseph Cleasby 
Dec 14 1821 
1819

Tima: Gleason - 
NH 21 July 1829 
step 2 $133
N. Hamps
Sept 1819

To son $132, N. Hamp 

Isaac Hill of M.H. now in W. City

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The papers of Micajah Posey of Chester Ct. Pa appl under Law 18 March 1818 were Returned to Jn G. Wersler, Westchester Pa for correction and evidence of service 
22d January, 1821 I do not appear to have been since received act to register

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Robert B. Wilkins, Affidavit in the case of Joseph Cleasby claim for a pension

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I Robert B Wilkins of Concord in the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire on Oath declare that I was a Lieut in the New Hampshire Line, in the Continental revolutionary Army and was personally acquainted with Joseph Cleasby, who was a soldier in Col Henry Jacksons Regiment in the Massachusetts line in said army, and know that said Cleasby continued to serve as a soldier in the Regiment aforesaid from the fore part of May 1782 until the 7th of June 1783 at which time I left the service, and said Cleasby continued in service but how much longer he served I do not know and I further declare that Joseph Cleasby of said Concord now in my presence is the Identical man which rendered the service above stated
Robert B. Wilkins 

State of Newhampshire Rockingham SS
Concord June 22. 1819. Then the above Affidavit taken & sworn to before me 

Hall Burgin Judge of the Court of Com pleas for said Rockingham

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. ROCKINGHAM. SS. 
On this Sixteenth day January, 1822, personally appeared in open court, at Portsmouth , before John Harvey Hall Burgin John Folsom Benjamin Penhallow Saml Stone Esqrs. Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Rockingham, being a Court of Record for the said County of Rockingham, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Joseph Cleasby aged fifty six years, resident in Concord 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: -- 

That he enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. Williams in the Regiment under the command of Colonel Henry Jackson in the Massachusetts line in the Revolutionary Sewice in April 1782 and continued in said service untill the close of the war. that he was discharged by Maj Genl How at West point as will more fully appear by his original declaration made in order to obtain a pension on the 16th day of April 1818. The number of his certificate is 12.506 

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 provision 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. My occupation is that of a Shoemaker but am not of sufficient ability to pursue it to advantage from bad health in family residing with me my wife Betsy aged 51 years who is insane and four children Amasa aged 13 years Hannah aged 11 years Nancy aged 10 years and Daniel Fagen. Their capacity to contribute to their support is very small.
Joseph Cleasby 

Sworn to and declared at Portsmouth on the 16th day of January - in open Court Attest P. Chadwick Clerk

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Sessions for the County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule 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 eleven dollars and fifty eight cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 16th day of January, 1822, 
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common law for the County of Rockingham.

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SCHEDULE 
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of Joseph Cleasby (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscribed, exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham, on the Sixteenth day of January 1822, and annexed to his oath, viz. 

One Swine 2. 25 
Six Kitchen chairs 2.60 
Six Knives and forks 0.33 
two tables 2.60 
pot & kettle 3. 00 
Shoe making tools 2.00
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$11.58 
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Joseph Cleasby

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Mass. Cleasby, Joseph W. 15870
Ambrose, Sarah
(Former Widow)

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3481. 

New Hampshire Sarah Ambrose, formerly, widow of Joseph Cleasby, decd who died on the 14 September 1875 of Merrimack in the State of N Hamp who was a Sergeant in the Compy commanded by Captain Miles of the troops commanded by Genl Sullivan in the Mass mil line for 8 months. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 40 Dollars --- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Decr 1840 and sent to W. West Esq Concord, N.H. 

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1841 $400.00 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 41 20.00 
========
$20.00 
========
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d D.}
Recorded by McCurdy, Clerk
Book C Vol. 1. Page 21.

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Sarah Ambrose No 5218 1836 Act 4 July 1836.

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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3d Section of the act of the 4th of July 1836, and of the first section of the Oct of the 3d of March 1837- 

State of New Hampshire Merrimack as 
On this 11th day of November 1840, Personally appeared before me, Aaron Whittemore, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in said County & State aforesaid 
Sarah Ambrose, a resident of Concord, County of Merrimack and State aforesaid Aged ninety nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following, declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress passed July the 4th 1836, and the Act" explanatory of said Act passed March the 3d 1837. 

That she was married to Joseph Cleasby, who was according to her best knowledge and belief, a private and Sergent in the Army of the Revolution.-- That he served more than five years in the service of the United States, in the Massachusetts line, - That he served of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill in 1775. That he served under Captain, Butler, in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Nixon Eight months in 1775. That he also served at West Point, She thinks under Capt Miles believes in Gen Sul'dlivans Breig that he served of Ticonderoga was at the Surrender of Burgoyne,

that the  regulars (so called) of the Battle of Concord in 1775. (at the same time her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Cleasby was in the Battle) came to her House, and took her provision. from here, that they put the Bayonets through her children's  clothes and counced them away

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from men, they put there, say oners) through cloths and counced them away

reference to proof annexed for the fort he served, 
- Cannot State the officers on Regt under whom he performed 
- his last services --- that she must rely, for proof of his last services, upon the Massachusetts, records at the war Department 

she further declares that she has no documentary evidence, except the annexed from the Secretary of State, and knows of no Person living who can testify to his service. 

She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Cleasby, on the 24th day of October Anno Domini, Seventeen Hundred and Sixty four, as will more fully appear by proof annexed. 

That her husband the aforesaid Joseph Cleasby Died on the fourteenth day of September A.D. 1805. as will appear by proof annexed 

That she was afterwards married to Robert Ambrose, who died on the 8th day of March A.D. 1816- 

And that she was a widow on the fourth day of July 1836 and still remains a widow as will appear by proof annexed, 
Sarah her X mark Ambrose

Attest Wm West
Ruth Carter 

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written, Before me. ⎬ 
Aaron Whittemore Justice of the Court of Com. Please for the Ct.of Merk

I certify that the above declaration was taken at the residence of the above named Sarah Ambrose, she being unable to appear in Court from bodily infirmity- 
Aaron Whittemore Justice

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10
William West
Concord NH.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. Lynn Sep. 7. 1838 

"Joseph Clisbe & Sarah Williams married by Mr Adams, on the twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Sixty four" 

I Thomas Bowler Clerk of the town of Lynn in the county of Essex & State of Massachusetts hereby certify the foregoing extract from the Records of said town, is a true copy of said Record, with the exception the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows [ Oct. 24-1764 ]
Thomas Bowler Town Clerk of Lynn 

I Thomas Bowler of Lynn in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of said Town, and that I have the custody of the Records of said Town, and that the above extract from said Record is a true copy thereof, with the exception above named, as certified by me. 
Thomas Bowler Clerk of the town of Lynn

Essex ss Lynn Sep. 7. 1838 
Sworn to Before me Jona Tuttle Justice of the Peace

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Sarah Ambrose N H

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. 

I  JOSIAH STEVENS, Jr. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William West is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Merrimack duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the eighteenth day of June 1840 and will expire on the eighteenth day of June 1845 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine. 

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this eighth day of December 1840 
Josiah Steven Secretary of State

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I, Joseph Cleasby, a resident of Canterbury  in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, aged 76 years.- Depose and say, That I am a son of the late Joseph Cleasby and Sarah Cleasby; now Sarah Ambrose, formerly of Concord Mass. The said Sarah Ambrose now a resident of Concord N.H. and who I am informed has made application for a pension 

And further testify, that when about Eleven years of age, in the year AD 1775, was sent by my Mother, (now Sarah Ambrose, from Concord Mass. to Winter Hill near Cambridge, several times with clothing and other articles, to my Father Joseph Cleasby and above named, who was then in the service of the Revolution Stationed at Winter Hill 

And further testify that Joseph Cleasby above named, is the identical Joseph Cleasby, who was husband to Sarah Cleasby, and now Sarah Ambrose; that the said Sarah Ambrose, was a widow on the 4th of July 1836 and still remains a widow 
Joseph Cleasby 

State of New Hampshire Merrimack December 7th 1840 

Personally appeared, Joseph Cleasby, above named and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me 
Wm West Jus Peace 

I certify that Joseph Cleasby, who has signed the above affidant is a credible person, when statements and credit in and out of county
Wm West Jus. Peace

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Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 15870 
Sarah Ambrose Widow of Joseph Cleasby Sergt Rev War --- 
Act July 4th 36 
Index: Vol. A, Page 12 
{Arrangement of 1870.}

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No 5218
Sarah Ambrose widow of Jn Cleasby 
see let to Wm West Dec. 1. 1840 

Act 4 July 1836

Sarah Ambrose 5218 form widow of Joseph Cleasby who died in 1805 Act July 4 1836 Married 1764 died 1805 Allow 8 Mos Sergeant $40 per ann Mass militia Wm West Esq Concord N H

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Sarah Ambros form wife of Jos Cleasby, who died Sept 1805 - the mand Oct 1764 - Mar Robt Ambron who d. 186 

Mass line 75-8 mo under Sergeant of Concord
Butler Nixon Coned Miles 
77 
Manuel Syme

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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

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Concord N.H. Decr 8th 1843 

Sir
In answer to yours of the 1st of Decr 1840 in the case of Sarah Ambrose, formerly widow of Joseph Cleasby, Dec'd I herewith transmit an affidavit to prove the identity of the husband, of the claimant 

As it regards the alleged five years service, of the claimants husband-- we are unable (at present) to prove any further, than the Eight months Service as Sergent in 1775. Therefore, if no further evidence should appear; if you please you will give us for the months since, 

When examined please to return the result to me at Concord N. P Office 
I am Respectfully your Obt Servt
Wm West Atty for Claims

Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC

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Hon. J. L. Edwards- Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

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Hon. J. L. Edwards- Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

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Concord, November 23 1840
Sir
I herewith transmit to the department  the Declaration and papers of Sarah Ambrose, for a pension under the act of Congress of July 4th 1836 

When examined please to return the results to me of Concord NH. P. Office

I am very Respectfully your Obt Servt 
Wm. West Atty for Claimant

J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensios
Washington DC

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, Novr 1840. 

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Cleasby is borne on a Return of the names of Field,  Commissioned, Staff and non commissioned officers and private men in the first Company in the fifth Regiment of foot encamped on Winter hill Commanded by Colonel John Nixon, as a Sergeant of Concord. The Return is dated September 30th 1775, and Signed Joseph Butler Captain 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written 
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. 

I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wm West is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Merrimack duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 8th day of June 1840 and will expire on the 16th day of June 1845 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine. Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 23d day of November 1840 
Josiah Stevens Jr. Secretary of State

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. 
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Aaron Whittemore is an acting Judge of the Court of Common in and for the county of Merrimack duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the Eighth day of January 1833 and will expire on the 28th day of November 1844 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine 

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 23 day of November 1840 
Josiah Stevens Secretary of State

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, March 26. 1839 

I hereby Certify, That at the date of his attestation Jonathan Tuttle of Lynn was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court 

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written 
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth

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I Samuel Carter a resident of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, Aged 50 years, 

Depose and say, that I have been well acquainted with Sarah Ambrose, widow of the late Robert Ambrose, and who has signed the annexed declaration, for more than thirty years last past, that she is now a resident in my family, and has been about three years past and know that she the said Sarah Ambrose, was a widow on the fourth day of July, 1836, and still remains a widow.- 
Samuel Carter 

State of New Hampshire- Merrimack ss 
November 11th 1840, Personally appeared the above named Samuel Carter and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me.- 
Wm. West Jus Peace 

I certify that the above named Samuel Carter is a credible witness whose statements are entitled to full credit, in and out of County - Wm West J. Peace

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State of New Hampshire to Merrimack SS Nov 22d 1840- 

I Jacob C. Carter, Clerk of the Town of Concord, County and State aforesaid Certify that it appears and is recorded. among the record of Deaths recorded in said Town records, which is in my posession That Joseph Cleasby of said Concord died in September AD. 1805, which is expressed on said records in fair legible figures as follows [September 1805] 

I Jacob C. Carter of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State aforesaid, depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of said Town, that I have the custody of the records of sd Town, and the above extract from said record is a true copy 
J. C. Carter Town Clerk, 

State of New Hampshire Merrimack November 21st 1844 
Sworn to and Subscribed Before me 
Wm West J. Peace