Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14251, Lot Bacon, Mass.

Page 1

[Document is preprinted form with handwritten entries.]

(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Bacon, Lot
Naomi

NUMBER
W. 14251

CONTENTS

Page 2

[Document is handwritten.]

State of New Hampshire
County Cheshire, SS
On this seventh day of May AD 1839 personally appeared before me Judge of the Court of Probate within aforesaid County Naomi Bacon now resident in Richmond in said County aged 76 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" sir that she is the widow of Lot Bacon formerly of Yarmouth in the State of Massachusetts, who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, that he enlisted & served as a private three years or more and as she believes in Colo. Bradfords regiment of Massachusetts Troops on the continental establishment in General Patterson's Brigade

Page 3

[Document is handwritten.]

but she refers to the testimony for a more particular specification of his services. And she further declares that she was married to the said Lot Bacon on the 17th day of October 1789 in said Yarmouth as will appear by the Record of said Town, a copy whereof is hereto annexed and her husband the said Lot Bacon died on the 17 day of A'gust AD 1813 in Providence in Rhode Island where she then resided. Since his death  she has remained a widow. She was not married to him prior to his having the service but the marriage took place privately to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit at the time above mentioned.

Naomi Bacon
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year above written, in open court, before me, Frederick Vose, Judge of Probate.

Page 4

[Document is handwritten.]

"Naomi Baker was born Febr'y ye tenth seventeen hundred and sixty two."
The above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "Febr'y ye 10th 1762."
Attest Simeon Crowell
"Marriages solemnized by the Rev'd. Mr. Nathan Stone" "Abel Pitch & Naomi Baker married December thirteenth seventeen hundred and eighty five."
the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows: Dec. 13, 1785."
Attest Simeon Crowell

"Marriages solemnized by ye Rev'd Nathan Stone" "Lot Bacon & Naomi Pitch of Yarmouth married October seventeenth, seventeen hundred and eighty nine." Is true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows: "October 17th 1789."
Attest Simeon Crowell

State of Massachusetts
Barnstable SS.
Yarmouth, November 23, 1838
I Simeon Crowell above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid and that the above are true extracts from the Records of Said Town with 
/turn over/

Page 5

[Document is handwritten and appears to be the continuation of the previous page.]

the exceptions above named as certified by me.
Simeon Crowell Town Clerk

Affirmed to before me, Simeon Crowell 3rd Justice of Peace,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable County SS
I Timothy Reed clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County & Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that Simeon Crowell 3rd Esquire is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that I believe the above signature purporting to have been made by him to be his genuine signature.
Writes of my hand and the seal of said Court affixed by me this 24th day of November A.D. 1838
Timothy Reed Clerk

Page 6

[Dcoment is handwritten.]

A justice of the Peace, within and for said City, duly elected.
In attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 13th day of June, A.D. 1843
Albert G. Green 
Clerk

$80 per annum

B. Cowell
Providence
R.I.

Page 7

[Document is handwritten.]

State of Rhode Island & County of Providence.
On this seventh day of April A.D. 1843 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in said County Naomi Bacon new resident in the City of Providence but lately residing in the town of Richmond in the State of New Hampshire aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of March 3'd 1843 granting pensions to widows of [illegible] who served during the Revolutionary war. Sir, that she is the widow of Lot Bacon deceased who served in said [illegible] as a private in the Cole Bradford regiment of Massachusetts Troops, that she received a pension under the act of Congress of July 7, 1838 at the rate of $80 ^ her payable at the agency for paying pensioners in the State of New Hampshire, but she has now removed from said State & now resides in said City of Providence where she intends to reside hereafter & she wishes her pension hereafter

Page 8

[Document is handwritten, and appears to be the continuation of the previous page.]

to be made payable at the agency in Providence Rhode Island.
Naomi Bacon

Providence Ofc.
In Providence on this seventh day of April A.D. 1843 personally appeared the above named Naomi Bacon and made oath to the truth of the above declaration, by her signed. I further certify that she is a credible woman.
before me
William J. Pabodie
Justice of the Peace

Page 9

[Document is handwritten.]

I Amelia Brown the City of Providence on oath do certify & say that Naomi Bacon who has signed & sworn to the preceding declaration is my mother. The said Naomi lived in my family in Richmond in New Hampshire where the last [illegible] her pension. But since then she has [illegible] from said Richmond to Rhode Island & she now lives with me in said City. She is the same person above as a pensioner in New Hampshire.
Amelia Brown

Providence Ofc.
In Providence on this seventh day of April A.D. 1843 personally appeared the above named Amelia Brown and made oath to the truth of the above declaration, by her signia. I further certify that she is a credible woman.
before me
William J. Pabodie

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence SS}
I Albert G. Green, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence in said State, so hereby certify that William G. Pabodie who has signed the two foregoing certificates, wa on the day of the date thereof

Page 10

[Document is handwritten.]

a Justice of the Peace, within and for said City, duly elected.
In attestation whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 13th day of June A. D. 1843.
Albert G. Greene
Clerk

2179
Naomi Bacon
$80 per annum

B. Cowell
Providence 
R.I.

Page 11

[Document is preprinted with handwritten entries.]

[Left side}
2014
Rhode Island
Naomi Bacon
widow of Lot Bacon
who served in the Revolutionary
N.H.
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
13th day of Sept. 1848
and sent to 
Granklin Greene
Providence
R.I.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 2, Vol. 3

[Right side]
Rept.

Page 12

[Document is preprinted with handwritten entries.]

Rev. WIDOW, etc.

File No. 14251
Naomi Bacon
Widow of
Lot Bacon
Priv. Rev. War

Act: Feb. 3rd 1848
Index: Vol. A, Page 34
(Arrangement of 1870)

Page 13

[Document is preprinted, with handwritten entries.]

N. Hampshire 3632

Naomi Bacon
widow of Lot Bacon
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 17th August 1813
of Chester in the State of N.H.
who was a Pri. in the Comp'y commanded 
by Captain Russel of the Regt. commanded
by Beaufort in the N.H.
line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of [illegible]
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of July
39, and send Benj. Cowell
Providence, R.I.

Arrears to the 4th of March - $240.00
Semi-annual alliance ending.      40.00
                                                   $280.00

{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk,
Book A vol. 1 Page 35.

Page 14

[Document is preprinted with handwritten entries.]

1920
Rhode Island 

Naomi Bacon
widow of Lot Bacon
who was a Private
in the N. H. line
for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars
-Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
7th day of Sept. 1843
and sent to B. Cowell
Providence
RI

(Act of March 3, 1843)
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 84

Page 15

[Document is handwritten.]

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire SS:
I Elijah Sawyer Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Cheshire aforesaid hereby certify that Frederick Vose, Esq, is Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Cheshire duly commissioned and qualified and that his above written signature is genuine.
In witness whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court of Probate and set my hand this seventh day of May in the fear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Elijah Sawyer Regt.

Page 16

[Document is handwritten.]

I Wilbur Kelly of Smithfield in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island on oath do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Lot Bacon, late of Providence deceased & the husband of Naomi Bacon who has signed & sworn to the preceding declaration. She said Lot died in the year 1813, but the month I do not remember. Since his death the said Naomi has remained a widow.
Wilbur Kelly

[illegible] in Providence this 15th day of May A.D. 1839. Subscribed & sworn to before me & I certify that he is a credible witness.
Henry L. Bowen Justice Peace

Page 17

[Dcoument is handwritten.]

5454
Naomi Bacon
N. Hampshire
Act 7, July 38
M 89 d 13
on roll 3 years
Adm'd
2 yrs pri
$80
No deduction

Ben Cowell
Providence
R.I'd,

Page 18

[Document is handwritten.]

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Providence Jc.
I, John W. Smith clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within & for the County of Providence, in said State, being a Court of record, do hereby certify that Henry L. Bowen Esquire before whence one of the annexed affidavits was sworn, is a Justice of the Peace for the City of Providence,  in said County; and by law is duly authorized & qualified to administer oaths & take depositions: and that his afore written signature is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said court at Providence, this fifteenth day of May 1839.
John W. Smith, clerk

Page 19

[Document is handwritten.]

Naomi Bacon

Page 20

[Document is preprinted with handwritten entries.]

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence} SS
On this twenty first day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Providence, Naomi Bacon a resident of Providence in the county of Providence aged eighty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war: That she is the Widow of Lot Bacon, who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and that she received a pension of Eighty dollars per annum, under the act of 17th of June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.

Naomi Bacon

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me}ss.

Franklin Green
Justice of the Peace.

I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.

Franklin Greene, Justice of the Peace.

State of Rhode Island,
County of Providence } ss.
I John W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the county aforesaid, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that Franklin Greene is a Justice of the Peace in the county aforesaid, and is fully authorized to act in said capacity, and that this signatures above written are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Providence on this twenty fourth day of August 1848
John W. Smith, clerk

Page 21

[Document is handwritten.]

I Samuel. Taylor of Yarmouth in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts aged Eighty three years depose and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War for the space of nearly five years. I will know [illegible] remember Lot Bacon of Barnstable in said County who was a soldier in the Revolution, and that he enlisted in said service in the company, commanded by John Russel Captain, in B. [illegible] Bradford Regiment and Patterson's Brigade. I will recant that he enlisted as aforesaid, as I was in said company and Regiment and Brigade myself. Said Bacon enlisted for the space of three years and I truly believe that he joined the army at Ticonderoga in the year 1777 and that he continued in the service during the full time of his enlistment. I saw said Bacon and served within at Valley Forge at White Plains and at many other places during the time of my service for three years and when I left the said service I left said Bacon in the army and have no doubt but that he served the full time of his enlistment. After the close of his service said Bacon returned to said Barnstable and from thence removed to said Yarmouth where he resided several years and worked at his trade as a Blacksmith and was a neighbor of mine. He then removed to same place to this deponent unknown.
Samuel Taylor

Page 22

[Document is handwritten.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable County, SS} April 3rd 1839.
Thus personally appeared the aforenamed Samuel Taylor and made oath that the within written deposition by him signed was true before me.
Caleb S. Hunt, Justice of the Peace.
I also certify that the above named Samuel is a person with whom I am personally acquainted and that he is a man of strict truth and veracity and in all aspects a credible witness.
Caleb S. Hunt} Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Barnstable County, SS
I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid hereby certify that Caleb S. Hunt Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the above signature purported to have been made by him is his genuine signature.
Witness of my hand and the seal of said Court this 3 April 1839.
Timothy Reed Clerk

Page 23

[Document is handwritten.]

Providence, May 21, 1839
Sir
I herewith endorse the application of Ludia Hudson widow of Samuel, Naomi Bacon widow of Lot, Waite Budlong widow of Samuel & Mary Burdock widow of Ichabod Burdict for pensions under the act of Congress of July 7, 1838; in reference to the latter claim permit me to call your attention to the law (a copy of which is annexed) under which Ichabod Burdict was appointed a Lieutenant; by the law he was chosen by the town & commissioned by the Governor. The Artillery Company [illegible] under this law for the protection of the Shore towns were on a permanent fasting different from the militia. 
I am respectfully yours
Benj'n Cowell
J.L. Edwards Esq.