Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25925, William Webber, Mass

SERVICE
Mass
Weber, William Anna
NUMBER
W 25925
CONTENTS
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Massachusetts 877 Anna Webber widow of William Webber
who died on the 23 d April 1833 of Middlesex in the State of Mass a who was a Private in the Company command by Captain _____ of the Reg t command by Col l Tupper in the Mass a line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of - 80 23 Dollars April Cents per annum. to commence on the 1 st 23 d day of March, 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of May 1837 and sent to Col l Adams Chelmsford Mass a
Arrears to the 14 th of March 1837 $480.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 37 - 40.00
$520.00
{ Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1831 Section the 3 d
Recorded by H. H. Adams Book 4. Vol. 1. Page 72
to Genl Adams 24 Nov 1837 A new certificate issued in lieu of one dated 19 May 1837 and sent to Genl Adams Esq. Dec. 14. '37
Aug 15 1838 Tho s Harris - giving age etc. of Sarah where rendering (see file n o 25 931 etc)

Notification first to Abraham Byles Esqr. Oct. 13. 1820. - Inverness Mass sent of Service sent to Hon. E. Everett Secy of War May 17. 1834 - copy within -
13.058
Massachusetts
William Webber
of Chelmsford in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper - of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1808
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of July 1819 and sent to Samuel Dana Esq. Groton Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mo. \frac{23}{30} \frac{4}{31} - 87:16
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 - 48:
$135:16
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss May 6 th 1837 - I Moses Foster, Town clerk of the town of Wenham in the County aforesaid, do on oath declare that I have the custody of the records of said Town of Wenham and that it appears by said Records that the intention of Marriage between William Webber of said Wenham, and Anna Foster of Beverly in said County, were entered on said records the 28 th , and published on the 29 th of March A.D 1772, and that no record of the Marriage of said parties can be found in consequence of the imperfection of said Records about that time -
Moses Foster
United States of America - Con t of Massachusetts Essex ss
On this Sixth day of May A.D 1837 - before me Joseph Cloutman, a Notary Public duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Moses Foster the Town clerk of Wenham in said County, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Statement of facts as subscri- bed by him in my presence
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year aforesaid -
Joseph Cloutman
Notary Public

United States of America, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex County, ss.
Be it remembered, That before me Edward Dorr, Notary Public Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, within and for the County of Essex; residing in Salisbury in said County. On the 29 th day of October, 1836.
Personally came Abigail Nye of Salisbury, aforesaid, widow, and made oath in due form of law, That she is personally acquainted with Anna Webber of Chelmsford, in the county of Middlesex, and Common- wealth aforesaid; widow of William Webber, late of said Chelms- ford, deceased. That she is Sister to said Anna Webber; and does know that said Anna was lawfully married to said William, on the last Wednesday of May, in the year one thousand seven hun- dred and seventytwo; and that she, the said Abigail, was pre- sent at the marriage. That our, the said Anna and Abigail's name, was, before our marriage, Porter daughters of John Porter, late of Wenham, in the county of Essex, aforesaid, deceased.
Abigail Nye
I also hereby Certify, That the said Abigail Nye is of sound mind and memory, capable of testifying and worthy of belief in all the Courts of the United States; and that she signed the same in my presence.
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the day and year, first above mentioned.
Edward Dorr, Not. Pub. Jus. Pais. et Quor.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Doth it I John Prince Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Essex hereby certify that Edward Dorr Dyer of Salisbury is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Essex, and that his within signature is genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of said County at Salem this thirty-first day of October A.D. 1836.
John Prince Clerk

Anna Walther
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179. William Webber
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
4 I, William Webber do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
William Webber
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed William Webber took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court. 4
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and 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
one dollar eighty seven cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820.
Attr. Abraham Biglow

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, William Webber resident in Groton in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 13058, now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, William Webber late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this ninth day of July one thousand eight hundred and nine teen.”
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
One chest of drawers for one chest 17 $1 87
William Webber
And said William Webber says that he served three years as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution in Capt. Billy Porter company in Col. Francis' Regiment of Infantry and after Col. Francis' death in Col. Tupper Regt as is fully set forth in his declaration now on file in the war office. And said William Webber says that his family consists of himself aged seventy one years and his wife Anna aged sixty eight years.

that he is a cripple unable to walk a step with a crutch and that he is wholly able supported by his son in law being unable to do any kind of business
William Webber "

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
4 I, William Webber do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
William Webber
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed William Webber took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court. 4
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and 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
one dollar eighty seven cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820.
Attr. Abraham Biglow

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex County } ss.
On this Seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, personally appeared before the Subscriber, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Anna Webber, a resident of the Town of Chelsea in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged Eighty four 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 4, 1836 - That she is the Widow of William Webber, late of said Chelsea, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death, and was a private in the Army of the Revolutionary War, as will more fully appear by Documents on file in the War office of the United States, and also as set forth by the said William Webber, in his Declaration made by him, to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed on the 18th of March 1818 - She further declares, that she was married to the said William Webber on the last Wednesday in May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two; that her husband, the aforesaid William Webber, died at said Chelsea on the twenty third day of April 1833; and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will appear more fully by reference to the proof hereto annexed —
Anna Webber
Subscribed & sworn to by said Anna Webber before me J. P. May Prob
And the said Judge of Probate does hereby declare his opinion after examination of said Applicant & full investigation of the matter, that she is a credible person & that the statements by her made in the declaration are true.

Foregoing by her subscribed are true & entitled to full credit—
J. P. May W. B. Park
None taken

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Isaac Dike Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify that Barn P. Ray Esq. is the judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified & that his signatures written to the foregoing are genuine: — I also certify that Joel Adams whose own proper signature is written to the certificate on the deposition of Sherubel Shaldon is a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twelfth day of December A D 1836 Isaac Dike Reg. of Probate

William Mebber
3400 Paroles in Supp. of Adm regt.
The Judge certificate as to indigence wanted.

We, the Subscribers, Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Chelmsford, do hereby certify to whom it may concern, that William Webber of said Chelmsford is a man in indigent circumstances, and that he stands in need of the assistance of his family for Support—
Chelmsford June 5th. 1819—
Jonathan Perham Joseph Bailey Abijah Spalding

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Be it remembered that on the eighth day of April in the years of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me Samuel Dana Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, comprehending the counties of Essex and Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid comes William Webber of Chelmsford in said County of Middlesex and on oath declares that he served in the war of the Revolution against the common enemy in the whole three years and four months - That he served four months at Roxbury in 1776 - and on the first day of March A.D. 1777 he enlisted into the Continental Army for three years was mustered at Beverly and went into the Company commanded by Capt Porter in Col. Benzer Frazar's regiment in the Massachusetts line. Col. Frazar was slain at Hubbardston in 1777 and Col. Supper Benjamin Supper took the command of said Regiment and continued in the command thereof as long as he served - That after fully completing his service for three years as a private in said company he received a written discharge, which the last day of February A.D. 1780 - which discharge is not now in existence, that he is now sixty nine years old - is a cripple - not able to labour - is destitute of property and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life stands in need of assistance from his country for his support.
Malcolm Wilks
Thus made, taken, subscribed and sworn to at Chelmsford in said County of Middlesex, the day and year aforesaid.
Sam. Dana
date am

William Webber

William Webber
3 yrs. as sole in Tuff. Adm. regt.
The Judge's certificate as to widow wanted.

To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  William Webber personally appeared and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed.
from which it appears to me, that the said William Webber did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy, upwards of nine months.
Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
Sam d Dana
I Samuel Dana Chief justice above named Do further Certify that the above named William Webber is a poor man in indigent circumstances — Sam d Dana
June 1819

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. I Isaac Forke. Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of Anna Webber for a pension; — I also certify that Saml P O'Neay Esq is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twelfth day of April AD 1837.
Isaac Forke Reg.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County } ss.
on this twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Anna Webber, a resident of the Town of Chelmsford in said County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty five years, who being first due 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 4, 1836: That she is the widow of William Webber, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution; that said William Webber served in Capt Porter's Company in Col. Tupper's Regiment; that he enlisted on or about the twentieth of March in the year 1777 at Wenham in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts for the term of three years, and served nearly three years and was discharged in December 1779, according to her best recollection. The said William Webber resided in Wenham aforesaid at the time he entered the Army, as a volunteer; that said Claimant is not able to state whether the said William was in any battle or not; nor the County through which he passed; but that he was present at the surrender of Burgoyne's Army; and after the Battle of Monmouth, though not engaged: he arrived home from the Army in February 1780, but that his discharge was given him a short time previous to his return, in consequence of his sickness. She further declares that she was married to said William Webber on the twenty seventh day of May (1772) in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy two: that her husband, the aforesaid William Webber, died on the twenty third day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof annexed to my former declaration heretofore forwarded to the Pension office - The said William Webber was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death under the Act of 1818, as she believes.
Mid Sp. April 12 th 1837 -
Subscribed & sworn to
Anna Webber

them a marriage previous to her return, in consequence of his sickness - She further declares that she was married to said William Webber on the twenty seventh day of May (1772) in the year seventeen hundred and seventy two: that her husband, the aforesaid William Webber, died on the twenty third day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, & that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by refer- ence to the proof annexed to my former declaration heretofore forwarded to the Pension office - The said William Webber was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death under the Act of 1818, as she believes.
Mid Sp. April 12 th 1837 -
Anna Webber
Subscribed & sworn to by said Anna Webber at her place of residence. She being so aged & infirm of body as to be unable to attend court before me
J. P. P. Gay Prob.
And the said judge does hereby declare his opinion after full investigation, that the statements contained in the foregoing declaration are true - He further certifies that the declarant is a woman of apparently sound mind & memory. Her statements from her character fearfully entitled credibility -
J. P. P. Gay Prob.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. I Isaac Torke. Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of Anna Webber for a pension; - I also certify that Saml P. Hovey Esq is the Judge of said Court duly sworn & qualified. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twelfth day of April A.D. 1837.
Isaac Torke Reg.
Item a sum less interest

Anna Webber Mid. of William Mass.
Issue a new certificate. The original having been lost or destroyed.
Joel Adams Esq. Lowell Mass.

Dec 11. 1841.
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Lowell Jan. 9. 1841
Dear Sir
I have endeavored to make these papers in conformity to your Rules, in form as well as substance. I hope they will enable you to send me a new Certificate for Mrs. Webber. She will not trouble much more, as her time in this world is short — — Be pleased to give me a Return, as soon as consistent with duty, and oblige your very humble servant,
Isaac Adams Hon. my Master, Atty to Anna Webber

Hon. James L. Edwards Comm. from of Pensylvania Washington

East Cambridge Modbury C. Mass
James L. Edwards Esq. Sir,
I enclose you some additional evidence in support of the application of Anna Webber for a pension, & also of Mindy Dicks, which you will please to consider & make communication to me of the result.
I am respectfully
Yours
Frances Fiske

N o 57 Map proof 4/16/36.
Jan 17 G. M. Wood Jan 17/36 J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
H. S. Hoar A. R. [initials] New
Washington D. C.

Chumsford Mass. Jany. 13 - 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq. A. Sir.
I have rec'd a communication from the Hon. Sam! Hoar M.C. from our district, inclosing your views of the Application of Anna Webber and of Bridget Didson - You say that "some record evidence of the marriage should be furnished by Mr. Webber, or she should, at least show that there was no Town Church, or family record of it, before hard testimony can be deemed testimony of a fact, which is so generally a matter of record " - And I now enclose to you Sunday papers, which tho' not taken exactly in form of law - will satisfy you that we have used all reasonable means in our power to obtain record evidence - I send you (specim.) of the record of the publickment, which I did suppose would not be needed as we furnished positive evidence of the fact of the marriage,

Mrs Foster Certificate is a copy of Wexham Town Records - and John P. Baker is a copy of Beverly Town Records - and the letter of John P. Webber will satisfy you that we have done all we could do - we have examined all the Records of those Towns, and there is record of the marriage - we have furnished the best evidence we can. There is not the least doubt of the justice of this case - I shall send you a certificate of our judge, who took the declaration, showing Mrs. Webber's inability to attend the court - I hope you will deem the application duly sustained, when the judge sends his additional certificate -
As to Mrs. Didsbury's case, I shall send a certificate of the proceedings, showing her inability to attend court. I was present when both these women were sworn in the presence of the judge and I know they were both unable to attend court, and they so stated - one of them, Mrs. Didsbury was confined to her bed - I will produce the Records of the birth of her children, if there is any - I presume there is none, in the Records!

of towns in those days were very imperfect
I am Sir. with much respect your obedient
John Adams
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Commissioner of Pensions
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Chesumford Mass. Dec. 15. 1835
Dr. Sir.
I inclose the Application of Anna Webber of this Town - widow of the late W m Webber - I have known them personally between 20 and 30 years, and assisted Mr. Webber in obtaining his Pension under the Act of 1818 - I also know the facts of his death as stated, and that she has not been again married, and is now his widow - Whether this case, in form, will answer the requisitions of the Pension Office, I am unable to say, but I suppose we had done all that is need to entitle her to a pension under the Act of July 4. 1835 - I have not a shadow of doubt, that Mrs. Webber is fully entitled to a Pension, and would ask in her behalf the same favors, which are granted to others, under similar circumstances. I am very respectfully your humble Servt. - Jash Adams.
To the Hon. J. L. Edwards Com te of Pensions

16 Nov. 1841.
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Hon. J. L. Edward Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
16 Nov. 1841

South Maf. Nov. 12. 1841- Dr Sir.
Anna Webber of Chelmsford in the State, has lost her Pension Certificate. Search has been made in every part of her house, no trace of it can be found - I saw it last March, when I made her papers for her Pension, and then left it in her care at her house in Chelmsford, and no one has seen it since, as far as we can learn - I think it must be lost, as the old Lady is aged & forgetful - I hope you will send her a new Certificate, on her affidavit, which I have taken and now enclose to you, I am your Aff. Servt.
Jacl Adams
J. L. Edwards Esq. Clerk of Pension
Atty to Anna Webber

War Dept t
Pension Office
May 16. 1834
Sir
I Certify that it appears from the Rolls of Col. Benjamin Tupper's regiment, deposited in this office, that William Webber enlisted on the 1 st of March 1777; was transferred to Invalids on the 6 th of October 1779, and discharged on the 29 th day of February 1780.
a Copy enclosed to Hon. E. Everett H.R. May 17. 1834

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Leavitt
W.R.
Ripon July 31 st 1879.
Dear Sir,
If you will be so kind as to give me on the enclosed card the Birth Place, Town, & County, of one William Webber who served in a Regiment of Massachusetts Vols in the Revolutionary War - he was 17 yrs old when he enlisted. his Captain's name was Spurr and his Colonel's name was Tubbs. he served through the war and drew a Pension after it.
Please answer as soon as you can & confer a grate favour on Mrs Harriet Chamberlain H on J. A. Bently Resptly Yours Comm of Pension Thos Harris Washington D.C. Atty.

Anna Wibben Chelmsford. Mass—

Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Middlesex County - I hereby certify that Anna Webber of Chelmsford in said County, whose declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension as the widow of a revolution- ary soldier under the law of July 4 th 1836 - was taken on or about the seventh day of December last at her place of residence in Chelmsford, before me - was at that time unable from age & the rigour of the season to attend a regular Court of Probate. Jan. 18 th 1837 - J. P. Fay Probate for f th County.
N. 13. as the Court of Probate consists of but one Judge, who makes & subscribes the decrees of the Court - and as the form of the declaration did not seem to require it, I omitted the above certificate as unnecessary - Supposing the regulation requiring such a certificate appli- -cable to a court of record composed of several judges, where the opinion of the Court is certifi- -ed by the Clerk J. P. Fay

W. L. W.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. December 3 d . 1841-
Be it known That before me Joel Adams a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex personally appeared Anna Webber and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Anna Webber, named in an original pension certificate, now illegally withheld by some person unknown to her, or which is lost or destroyed so that it cannot be found; that at the time of her making her power of Attorney in March last to obtain her pension then due, the said certificate was at her dwelling house in Chelmsford; that since that time she has not seen the same; that she believes the same is illegally withheld from her, or lost or destroyed by accident; that she is now the lawful widow of William Webber, deceased and is entitled to a pension of eighty dollars per annum, on account of the services of her late husband, the said William Webber, deceased; that she now resides in Chelmsford and has resided there for the space of thirty years, and that previously thereto she resided in Beverly.
Attest Joel Adams,
Anna her Webber mark-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex County ss. December 3 d . 1841-
Subscribed and sworn to Before me Joel Adams Justice of the Peace

I Sherbiah Spalding of Chelmsford in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, on oath declare that I am acquainted with Widow Anna Webber of said Chelmsford, widow of the late William Webber deceased; that I have resided in the same house with her for the thirty years last past, that I know her to be the same Anna Webber mentioned in an original pension certificate which I have often seen and which I now suppose to be lost, and that I know her to be the same person who is mentioned in the affidavit which is herunto annexed.
Sherbiah Spalding
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex County ss.
December 3. 1841 - Personally appeared the above named Sherbiah Spalding, and made oath in due form of law, that the above written affidavit by him subscribed was true, and I certify that said Deponent is personally known to me to be a man of veracity and truth -
Joel Adams. justice of the Peace for said Co -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex Ss. I Elias Thorne Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the County of Middlesex, do Certify that Joel Adams Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, and that his name subscribed to the within certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the eighth day of Decem- ber 1841.
E. Thorne Clerk

ry WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25925
Anne Webber
widow of
William Webber
Dis Rev Mar
Act: July 1 st 86
Index:—Vol. W , Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wm Webber pri. 8 p. mo. Mass. act 1818 when last paid?
Wm C
Due 23 April 1833 paid to Mat Spence Jan 4: 1836 JH

Anna Webber
862
Anna Webber widow of William
old case
served 3 yrs prior to 1780
p? to 23 apl. 1833
Allow $80 per ann comm'g 23 apl. 1833
Wm S Hoar, H.R.
Joel Adams Esq Chelmsford Mass

I Sherbiah Spaulding of Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of fifty seven years of age, do depose and say, that William Webber, late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, died at my house in said Chelsea on the twenty third day of April A.D. 1833. That said William Webber and Anna Webber, his wife, now his widow, lived in my family about twenty years previous to said William Webber's death, and that the said Anna Webber, his widow, now resides in my family and has resided with me ever since the death of said William Webber. The said Anna Webber has not been married since the decease of her said husband, and is now the lawful widow of the said William Webber.
Sherbiah Spaulding
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. On the fifth day of December A.D. 1836. Personally appeared the above named Sherbiah Spaulding, who is well known to me as a man of truth and veracity, and made solemn oath that the above written affidavit by him subscribed was true.
Before me. Joel Adams. Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County ss
Beverly Town Clerk's Office, May 3 rd 1837
I John I Baker do on oath declare that I am Clerk of the the town of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that I have the custody of the records of said town that it appears by said records that the intentions of marriage between William Webber of Wenham and Anna Porter of Beverly were entered on said records the 28 th and published the 29 th day of March A. D. 1772. and that no record of the marriage of said William and Anna can be found in consequence of the imperfection of the records about that time.
John I Baker Clerk of the town of Beverly
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss
On this sixth day of May A D 1837
before me Albert Thomsdike Notary Public duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared John I. Baker Town Clerk of Beverly who made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the day and year aforesaid
Albert Thomsdike Notary Public