Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,993, for John Moore, Massachusetts

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I William Libby of lawful age truthly and say that John Moor now an inhabitant of Parsonfield in the County of Zanth Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was a chilled on the contenenittal establis-ment for the year [illegible] from the month of December AD 1775- to the december AD 1776- he served in Capt Ephram Wattkins Company in Col Phinnys Regiment, Mapachuntts [Massachusetts] line of the army
William Libby
York p. September 14th 1819- Then the above named William Libby who is a credable witnets, [witness], made solem oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed- Before me James [illegible] Justice peace Commonwealth of Mapachuseth [Massachusetts]
[Illiegible] Henry Greene Chief justice of the C.C. of Gov Rear for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth do hereby certify that the above named James Kettell is a justice of the home for the County of York duly authorized and compound to these admissits [?] Oathes-
In testimony whereof I have [illegible] my hand & seal this 10th day of December A.D. 1849-
[Signature of Benj. Greene]

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[On right side of folded page]
John Moore,
York County, Maine,
17. September, 1819.
Col. Phinny's regt.
Mapachusetts [Massachusetts] line,
December 1775- 1 year.
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Not found on the rolls.
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Service proved by the testimony, on oath, of two persons, certified to be credible witnefoes [witnesses], by the judge.
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Admitted.

Benjamin Greene, judge.
South- Berwick, Maine,
re d 27. Decr. 1819.

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I Robert Thompson of truthful age testify and say, that John Moor [Moore] now an inhabitant of [Parsenfield?] in the County of York Commonwealth of Mapachusetts [Massachusetts], was a soldier in the Continental establishment in the years service frome this month of December AD 1775- to the second day of January AD 1777- he served in Captain Nathan Wattkins Company in Col.n Phiney, Regiment, Mapachusitts [Massachusetts] Line of the army Robert Thompson
York [illegible] September 17th 1819. Then the above named Robert Thompson, who is a credible witness made John an oath to the [illegible] of the above depositions by him signed, before me [Signature of James [illegible]] & [Signature of Joshua [illegible]]
Commonwealth of Mapachusetth [Massachusetts]
John P. & Benj Greene Chief justice of the [illegible] Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in and Com=monwealth do hereby certify, that the above named James Kettle is a justice of the Peace for the County [illegible], duly authorized & impowered to take and administer Oath-
In testimony whereof I have [illegible] set my hand and this 18th day of Decr. A.D. 1819 [Signature of Benja. Greene (underlined)]

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[Page header reads: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (with scribbles underneath)]
Secretary's Office, Boston;
June 13 1845
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 John Moore is borne as a private upon a Muster roll of Captn. Briant Morton's Company stationed on the Sea coast of Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough, from Janr. 27 to the  last day of Febr. 1776- 1 month, 4 days, (so made up upon the roll)- Upon another of the same comp and service from March 1 to May 31- 3 months;- Upon another from June 1 to Septr. 1,- 3 months,- and upon another from Sept. 1 to Nov.r 25- 2 months 25 days; - Upon a pay roll of Col. Nicholas Crosby's Compr, Col. John Allan's regt. raised for the defense of Machias, from Oct. 8 to Decr. 31, 1777- inclu-ding allowance of 10 days for travel,- 3 months, 3 days;- Upon a pay roll of Thomas Robbins' Comp in Col Allans' regt. raised for the same service, from June 3 to July 9, 1778- 1 month, 6 days;-

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a pay roll of Captn Thomas Bragdon, Col. Joseph Prime, under command of Brig. General Wadsworth, for service at the Eastward from May 4 to Decr. 24, 1780, including 5 days allowed for travel,- 7 months, 25 days.- roll sworn to at York. The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the name, either from Scarborough or its vicinity, or from any part of the State of Maine, shown by any of the records in this office
[Loopy Signature]
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone ; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[Signature of John G. [?]]
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Application Joseph Moore one of the children of John Moore late of Parsonsfield & of Anna Moore late of said Parsonsfield deceased who was a widow of said John Moore & a pensioner for the Revolutionary services of said John Moore for the purpose of obtaining her terms of the services of the [illegible] taken ro obtain an increase of pension for himself the said Joseph + John Moore, Samuel Moore, James Moore, Wee Moore, Sarah Thompson Jane [illegible] + Mary Ann Moore heirs + children of said John + Anna Moore
State of Maine County of C[illegible]land 
From a City of Patland
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby required to finish evidence in from the Rolls in his office of the service of John Moore in the War of the Revolution, who was which he served of the town od Pefferillborough or Scarborough in Maine
I believe that said John Moore served in the Revolutionary army two years in the whole under three different enlistments one for nine months in the Continental army an other for nine months in Continental army + one of six months in the Massachusetts militias all [illegible] services were in the re[illegible] [llegible] [illegible]. Atone time he served under Captain Quigens ^or Watkins + Abrim Biselccock at one time was an officer of his company + dint recollecting other officer. I do

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State of Maine
County of Cumberland SS: On this second day od September A.D. 1845 personally appeared before me Honorable Barrett Potter Judge of the Court of Probate for the county of Cumberland being a court of Record in said State of Maine at a court holdere at Portland within and for said county of Cum berland in open court Joseph Moore of Lisbon in the county of Lineolu to State of Maine aged forty two years who appears for himself and in behalf of [John and James are written over each other] Moore of Parsonsfield in the county of York and State of Maine + John Moore, Sarah Thompson, Jane Ayer + Mary Ann Moore all of Newfield in the county of York + State of Maine, Ira Moore of Freeport in the county of Cumberland + State of Maine + Samuel Moore of Leeds in the county of Kennebec children and only children of John Moore late of Parsonsfield aforesaid, who was a revolutionary pensioner deceased + Anna Moore late of said Parsonsfield who was widow of said John Moore a revolutionary pensioner + deceased, who (said Joseph) being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration for himself + in behalf of the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" ^and of 3d March 1843, that he + the said John Moore, Samuel Moore, James Moore, Ira Moore, Sarah Thompson Jane Ayer and Mary Ann Moore are the

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children and only children of Anna Moore late of said Parsonsfield which she had by the said John Moore a pensioner as aforesaid; that the said Anna Moore was the widow of John Moore late of said Parsonsfield as aforesaid, who was, as I believe, a private in the War of the Revolution and as I believed served as set forth in the application made by myself on the sixth day of March in the year from Lord eighteen hundred + forty five and annexed to a certificate made by The Secretary of State of the Com menwealth of Massachusetts here unto amended, but who I believe more, served, according to the description set forth in the certificate aforesaid. (And this declera tion is made for the purpose of obtaining a ballanse due said Anna Moore in her lifetime for anearages for the inenecese of pension for allowance of ten months + three days more than she was allowed for the services of her husband, she having been allowed in her pension only for the services of one year).
He further declares that the said Anna was married to the said John Moore as set forth in her original declaration on file to obtain the benefits of the Act of July 7 1838 & the accompanying proof that the said John Moore did as then set forth, that she was not married to him prin to his leaving the service

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but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four in at the time stated as aforesaid; that the said Anna Moore remained the widow of the said John Moore from the time of his decease + unmarried untill she died, and that she died on the ninth day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred + forty four.
Witness Arthur McArttun [Signature of Joseph Moore]
Sworn to and subscribe on the day + year above written before [Signature of Barrett Potter Judge of the Court of Probate]


State of Maine
Cumberland. SS.
I. C. C. [illegible] Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify that the Hon. Barrett Potter has been duly appoint-ed and Commissioned Judge of the Probate Court for the County + State aforesaid, that he remains such at this time, that full faith and credit are due to all his acts in his judi-cial capacity, and that the above signature purporting to be his, is the true and genuine signature of the said Hon. Banitt Potter.
In witness whereof I have hereunto office the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this eleventh day of September A.D. 1845. [Signature of CC [illegible] Register of Probate for Cumberland County]

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[Page header] State of Maine
[symbol]
York, [symbol].-
I, JOHN SKEELE, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the county of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that William A. Hayes is judge of said Court of Probate and that Robert B. Coverly is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signature to the papers hereunto annexed and purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- eight.
[Signature of John Skeele] } Register of Probate York County

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[In top left corner of page is written:] State of Maine
County of York
[scribbles to mark that this isn't part of the letter being written]
On this First day of October AD. 1838 personally appeared before William A Hayes Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate in aforesaid County Anna Moore a resident of Parsonsfield in said county of York aged seventy two years next February, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declar-ation in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows". that she is the widow of John Moore who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution- that to the best of her knowledge and belief the said John Moore served as a soldier in said army in the whole at least one year. that the said John enlisted at Scar-borough in the County of Cumberland in said State for one year and served during the term of his service enlistment and was hon-orably discharged. that at one time he belonged to Captain Silas Backaick's Company and once in Captain Hills Company- and that she thinks he might have serv-ed a short time in Captain Rice's Company who died in Boston in May 1776. that the said John served in one of [crossed out] companies in which William Boothby of Limerick and Robert Thompson of Newfula both late of said county deceased^above + -that there

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is no person now living to her knowledge who served in Company with him in said Army- that the said John received a pension for this aforesaid^ service of [ink blot and crossed out] 6. per year which was six hundred on account of his property in the year 1820- that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim; but that she has reason to believe that a full account of the John's aforesaid services may be found on files in the War Department to which she would refer the Commissioner of Pensions- That the said John Moore at the time of his death was seventy five years of age- and that her name before marriage was Anna Milliken- She further declares that she was married to the said John Moore the twentieth day of December seventeen hundred and eight even by the Rev. John Adams- and that her husband the aforesaid John Moore died of [Dropsieal?] Consumption on the third day of September eighteen hundred and twenty three. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four [illegible] at the time above stated. and that she has remained a widow ever singer the said John deceased.
Witness [Signature of Wm. A Hayes ~] [Signature Anna X(her mark) Moore] [Signature of Robert B Coverly below Hayes]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written in open court.
Before me [Signature Wm. A. Hayes], Judge of Probate York County, M-

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"Married John Moore and Anna Milliken both of Parsonsfield December twentieth seventeen hundred and eighty seven"[written below it says Copy Attest Thomas Adams]
I Thomas Adams of Newfield in the County of York and State of Maine sixty eight years of age depose and say that I am the son of the Rev. John Adams formerly an ordained minister in this town and that the above is a true copy of the record kept by him of Marriages which his solemnized, with the exception of the date which is enlisted on said record in fair legible legues as follows: - 
"Married John Moore & Anna Milliken both of Parsonsfield December 20th 1787."
I Thomas Adams above named further depose and say, that I have had the said record in my possession ever since my father's the said John's decease and that the above is a true copy from his records with the exception above named - I well remember when this marriage was solemnized by my said Father and have no doubt that the said John and Anna intermarried on said Dec. 20. 1787.
[Signed Thomas Adams on the right side of page]
[on the bottom left of page:]
Witnesses
[Signature of Robert B Coverly]
[Signature of Sally Adams]
State of Maine}
York County}
[Written on the right of the address above:] On this sixth day of August

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in the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared the said Thomas Adams who is known to me to be a man of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit and made solemn oath that the foregoinf affidavit by him signed is just and true before me. And I certify that I have examined the said record and that the foregoing copy is correct and true-
[Signature of Robert B Coverly] } Justice of the Peace County of York Maine