Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,088, David Woodsum, Navy (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy (Mass.)
Woodsum David Abigail Nabby
W. 26.088
CONTENTS

5215. Maine
Abigail Woodsum widow of David Woodsum who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Marine U.S. Navy
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 2 13 — Dollars 33 —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Nov. 1849, and sent to
William Emory Lebanon Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 43, Vol. 1.
Letts P. Agt 28 Oct 1851 " " McElroy " " " "

State of Maine.
York, ss.—
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 Increase S. Timplull and John Hubbard are Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signatures 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 fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- eight .
John Skeele
Register of Probate York County.

State of Maine } ss County of York } On this fourth day of September A.D. 1830 personally appeared before The Hon Wm A. Hays Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of York of said Abigail Woodsum of Lebanon in said County of York aged seventy five years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- -visions made by the act of Congress passed July the 7 th 1838 entitled An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
That she is The widow of David Woodsum late of said Lebanon deceased who was a seaman on board the Ranger in the War of the Revolution - Thomas Simpson was Captain of the ship They sailed from Portsmouth N.H. in the year 1780 went to Boston and from there to Charleston South- -Carolina where they were captured and put on board a prison ship My said Husband returned home during the Summer Fall of 1781 He was sick at the time told me in Phil- -idelphia in his way home about a week one year - He always said he was a marine and a Mr. Morris was Capt of the marines & is now dead.
She further declares that she was married to said David Woodson at said Berwick on the second day of October Seventeen hundred & eighty three by Rev Matthew Merriam a minister of the gospel of said Berwick on her maiden name was Abigail Hamilton.

Subscribed and sworn to by the said Abigail Woodsum on the day and year before written }
Before me Wm A. Hayes Judge of Probate York County Maine
I William A. Hayes the before named Judge of Probate certify, that the said Abigail Woodsum by reason of her great age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel and attend court
Wm A. Hayes Judge }

I Edmund Keay of Lebanon in The County of York and State of Maine aged fifty years depose, testify, and say, that from my child- hood to the day of the death of David Woodsum late of said Lebanon deceased, I lived a near neighbour to said David and visited his family often - have heard him tell much of his services on board the ship Ranger which as he says sailed from Portsmouth N.H. and how he suffered while a prisoner in a Brit- ish prison ship at Charleston S. Carolina I further testify, that I made the coffin in which said David Woodsum was buried and I attended his funeral - He died at said Lebanon on the third day of January A.D. 1827 - Abigail (or as he used to call her) Nabby Woodsum his widow is still living at said Lebanon a widow, not having been married since the death of said David Edmund Keay
State of Maine County of York } ss September The 13, 1898 Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Edmund Keay Before me
I, Increase S. Kimball justice of the Peace in and for said County of York, certify, that Edmund Keay above named is known to me to be a man of truth and veracity, and statements made by him are entitled to full credit Increase S. Kimball justice of the Peace

Noah Ricker of Haterborough in The County of York in State of Maine aged Seventy seven years do testify and say that I am a pensioner of the United State having been a seaman on board the ship Ranger under the command of Capt Thomas Simpson - He sailed from Portsmouth N.H. in the year 1779 went to Boston and from there to Charleston South Carolina and were there taken prisoners by the British in January 1780 David Woodsum was in my mess and came with me towards Berwick his native place as far as Philadelphia and was then sick and we left him - He afterwards got home and married Abigail Hamilton of Berwick in said York County and moved to Lebanon in said County where he died in the year 1827 His widow is still living at said Lebanon - I was ever well acquainted with said Woodsum and his wife - I visited them at Lebanon - They were out eleven months in the Ranger and in the prison ship - The war what they called marines, our capt of marines was Morris
State of Maine County of York ss Augt 31, 1838 Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Noah Ricker Before me Increase S. Kimball justice of the Peace
I Increase S. Kimball a justice of the Peace in and for the County of York aforesaid certify that Noah Ricker above named is, well known to me to be a man of truth and veracity and that his statements are entitled to full credit
Increase S. Kimball justice of the Peace

1767 Abigail Woodsum widow of David
Me. act 7 July 35 Married in 1783 Died in 1827.
on Roll Ranger Married - from Oct 79 to July 80.
adm 7 mo Maine $23.33
No deduction
J. S. Kimball Lebanon Me

Extract from the Records of the Town of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine under the head of Marriages Solemnized by the Rev. Matthew Merriam Minister of the Gospel in said Town is the following Entry Viz t .
Seventeen hundred and eighty three October the Second David Woodson and Nabby Hamilton both of Berwick.
I Joseph Prime Clerk of the said Town of Berwick certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows Viz t 1783 October 2 nd
I Joseph Prime Joseph Prime Town Clerk
I Joseph Prime above named depose testify and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of the same Town with the exceptions aforesaid as certified by me
Joseph Prime Town Clerk
State of Maine
County of York ss Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Joseph Prime
Before me Jno Hubbard Just Peace
I John Hubbard Justice of the Peace certify that Joseph Prime above named who is well known to me as a Man of truth and veracity and his Statements are entitled to full credit
Jno Hubbard

Abigail Woodman M
Me March 1843
$23:33 per ano
J S Kimball Lebanon Me

State of Maine } ss County of York } On this 16 th day of May A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid - Abigail Woodsum a resident of Lebanon in said County of York aged seventy three 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 on the 3 rd day of March 1843 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War -
That she is the widow of David Woodsum late of said Lebanon deceased, who was a mariner on board the United States vessel called the Ranger I think commanded by Capt. Thomas Simpson under the Act of July 7, 1838, she received annually the sum of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness Betsy Estes                      Abigail her Woodsum mark.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day a year above written, Before me Increase S. Kimball Justice of the Peace
State of Maine } ss                      On the 16 th day of May 1843 County of York } I certify that I am personally acquainted with the abovenamed Abigail Woodsum that she is a woman of truth, and a credible witness Increase S. Kimball justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE, } York County, ss. }
I, William Hammond Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of York and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Increase S Kimball Esq is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his commission was dated on the twenty third day of March A. D. 1837 and will expire on the twenty third day of March A. D. 1844 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of June A. D. 1843
Wm Hammond
} Register of the Court of Probate for said County of York.

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
I, J. M. Intire Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, do hereby certify that William Emery of Lebanon in said County of York is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated May 8 1848, and will expire May 8, 1855.
and that the following signature purporting to be his is genuine,
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this fifth day of November Anno Domini 1849.
J. M. Intire Clerk.

State of Maine
York ss. On this twenty second day of September personally ap- peared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of York Abigail Woodsum, a resident of Sebap- tan in the aforesaid County of York aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following disclosure in order to obtain the benefit of the provi- sion made by the act of Congress passed on the second day of Feb- ruary in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, gran- ting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Re- volutionary War That she is a widow of David Woodsum who was a Revolutionary soldier in the Army; And the a- mount of pension which she drew under the act of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four, is twenty three dollars and thirty three cents. She further deceares that she is still a widow
Witness William Emery
Willis Hanson
Abigail X Woodsum Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the twenty second day of September as aforesaid in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Before me William Emery Justice of the Peace

Selemon Me Nov 20 - 1849.
For L. Edwards Esq
Dr Sir
Will you give the enclosed your earliest attention and forward the papers & your bill to
Yours truly William "Emery"

Lebanon Oct 2 d - 1851.
Dear Sir,
Will you please, to give the pension agent at Portland as from papers his convenience, directions for paying the annuity herein referred to. Never Respectfully William Denny

Lebanon Sept 17, 1878
Hon J. L. Edwards
Enclosed I found 4 ap- plications for pensions. You will have the goodness to direct all communications con- -cerning them to the undersigned at Lebanon Maine. Your Obt. Servt J. S. Kimball

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,088
Abigail Woodson Wid. of David Woodson Mearne Rev. War
Act' Feb 2 d 1848
Index: Vol. W , Page 358
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reported
4907
Marine
Abigail Woodsum widow of David Woodsum who was a Marine in the U. S. Navy
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Feb. 1844 and sent to J. W. Kimball Lebanon Me
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 16

Maine - 1211.
Abigail Woodson, widow of David Woodson, dec. who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 3 rd January 1827 - at Rock in the State of Maine who was a Marine in the Company commanded by Captain Simkins of the Reg t commanded by Colonel in the Infantry line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 2 3 / 4 Dollars 2 3 / 4 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Nov. '38, and sent to S. J. Kimball, Stearns, Me.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. - $ 58. 38 Semi-annual allowance ending
11. 66
$ 69. 04
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Bendire Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 26