Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22549, Edward Webb, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Webb, Edward, Sarah.
N. 22549
CONTENTS

1202 Inverness Maine.
Sarah Webb widow of Edward Webb Mass who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private for two years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Dec r 1850 and sent to
Dickinson & Cornish Present
Increased from $80.00
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 44 Vol. 1
& Joint Resolution 1 July 1848
Reported Set to S g . Beret 2 May 1851

7,429
Maine.
Edward Webb, 4
of Gorham in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall of the Maine line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Discont. at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of Ap r 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Mar 1819 and sent to H. Parris, Esq. Dennis Me
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 81.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th  Sept 1819 48.00
$129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not Entitled

James G. Burrol Present

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, March 22 nd A. D. 1857
I, Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Arthur M. Arthur is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for every  the County of said State as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Mr Arthur is dated August 6 th A. D. 1857 and will expire August 6 th A. D. 1857.
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, the day and year first above written.
Chas C. Harmon CLERK.

State of Maine Cumberland ss On this fourteenth day of February A.D. 1857 before the subscribers or Justice of the Peace in every County in said State personally appeared Thomas Webb a resident of Gorham in the county of Cum- berland State aforesaid aged fifty one one year and makes oath in due form of law that he the said Thomas & Lydia Webb & Eli Webb James Webb & Sally Morrill are the children and only surviving children of Sarah Webb late of said Gorham deceased who died at said Gorham on the twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1850 and that said Sarah was the widow of Edward Webb who was a revolutionary pensioner and that the said Sarah before made an appli- cation under the Act of 7 July, 1838 and the said Thomas Webb for himself and in behalf of Lydia Webb Eli Webb James Webb & Sally Morrill makes this declaration to obtain the benefit of all the Acts & Resolutions applicable to their case to wit 7 July 1838 3 March 1843 17 June 1844 2 February 1848 Joint Resolutions of Congress of 23 January 1845 1 July 1848
Witness - Thomas Webb Wm M c Arthur
Subscribed and sworn to on the day & year first above written Before me Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace throughout the State of Maine

STATE OF MAINE. } COUNTY OF YORK, ss. }
Court of Probate,
Special Term, A. D. 1851.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this eighteenth day of March , A. D. 1851 it has been satisfactorily proved, in open Court, being a Court of Record, that Sarah Webb late of Gorham in the said  of Cumberland County, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that she died at said Gorham on the twenty eighth day of August , A. D. 1850, and that she was the widow of Edward Webb deceased , who was also a Revolutionary Pensioner; and that Thomas Webb , Eli Webb , James Webb , Lydia Webb and Sarah Morrill are the children and only surviving children of said Sarah Webb deceased
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty one.
Orville H. Smith } Register of the Court of Probate, York County.

7,429
Maine.
Edward Noble 4
of Gorham in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall of the Main line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of Apr. 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Mar. 1819 and sent to H. Parris Esq. Gorham Me.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 81.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 48.00
$129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not Entitled

Modification sent the 21 st June 1820, to John Murphy Esq.
Atty Genl Quincy dist J Murphy Jr June 8. 1821
Portland Maine

N 123 - Edward Webb
Copy
Graham
Cumberland
(7429)
not entitled
Sept 1819

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth — day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the tenth day of June — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this tenth — day of June — in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Edward Webb — aged sixty one — years, resident in Gorham — 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, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Benj. Wolcott in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 28 th day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7429 — was granted. 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 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 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Edward Webb
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — Seventy acres of land in Gorham with a small unfinished house and barn on it — Personal estate — Two cows — six sheep — one horse — Three swine — a few articles just what is necessary in the house and no more — a few farming tools — I have no income and am justly owing eight hundred and ninety five dollars and fifty cents which for my property must pay Edward Webb
Sworn to Before Albion H. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Edward Webb — who, by occupation am a Farmer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of a broken shoulder and a rupture
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Sarah — 59 — very much afflicted with Rheumatism   Rachel — 23 — { no reason, been subject to fits from her birth   William — 32 — able to support themselves Edward Webb   Thomas — 18 —   Solomon — 16 —   Sydia — 30 —   Mary — 23 —   Sarah — 14 —  
Sworn to Before Albion H. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 eight hundred & ten — dollars and ten — cents, and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth . . . day of June — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$810.10

I, John Eveleth, Clerk of the town of Windham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, certify that in the record of marriages in said town, the marriage of Edward Webb and Sarah Bolton is recorded as follows, viz.
" May the tenth, seventeen hundred " and eighty seven, Mr. Edward Webb " of Gorham and Mrs. Sarah Bolton of " Windham were married in Windham in " the County of Cumberland by the Rev. " Peter T. Smith. Richard Dole Town Clerk."
I John Eveleth above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of town Clerk in said town of Windham, and that the above is a true extract from the record of marriages in said town, with the exceptions of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz: "May 10. 1787."
John Eveleth, town Clerk
State of Maine, Cumberland ss. Windham December 14. 1846, Then personally appeared John Eveleth above named and made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above certificate by him signed
Caleb Morrison Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
Cumberland County ss. On this first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven personally appeared before the Hon. Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate for and within said County Sarah Webb a resident of Gorham in said County aged eighty five years who being first sworn doth upon oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 19 th 1844.
And this declarant states that she is the widow of Edward Webb late of Gorham who was a pensioner of the U. S. under the Act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818 and that her husband received a pension under said Act at the rate of Eight dollars per month. And this declarant believing that her husband resided in the town of Windham in the County of Cumberland at the time he entered the service of the United Colonies in the war of the revolution which town with many others in the vicinity was designated by the general appellation of Casco Bay. She has heard her said husband say that he served three years on Continental establishment and she has no doubt of the fact and that he served in Capt. Walcutt's Company in Col.

Marshall's Regiment. And for proof of her husband's service this applicant refers the Committee to the declaration of her said husband Edward Webb under the Act of 1818.
And this declarant further states that she was married to Edward Webb in Windham by the Rev. Peter T. Smith on the 10th day of May 1787. That her said husband Edward Webb died on the 18th of November 1846 and that she is now a widow and has not intermarried since the death of her husband aforesaid as will appear by reference to the testimony annexed.
Attest Josiah Pierce. Sarah her mark
State of Maine - Cumberland ss. January 1 st A.D. 1847. Then personally appeared the above named Sarah Webb and made oath that the foregoing declaration by her signed, is true before me.
Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate.

State of Maine Cumberland County.
Probate Office Jan'y 2 d . 1847
I C. C. Tobie, Register of Probate, hereby certify that Hon. Josiah Pierce is Judge of Probate in and for the County of Cumberland, that he has been duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the laws of this State, that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and to his official acts and attestations full faith and credit should be given in and out of the State.
I further certify that Caleb Hodsdon is a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Cumberland, that his Commission bears date Feby 26. A.D. 1842, and will expire Feby 26. A.D. 1849, also that Freeman Bradford is a Justice of the Peace, that his commission bears date May 28. A.D. 1846, and will expire May 28. A.D. 1853, and that their signatures affixed to the annexed papers are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of the Probate Court this second day of January A.D. 1847.
C. C. Tobie
Register of Probate Cumberland Co.

Edward Webb, private Col Marshall. map's & line Dec '78 to Dec '79 April 28 th 1818
See Roll Col Marshall & four Prologos, 11 map - enlisted 2 Aug 1777 for 3 yrs discharged 23 Dec 1780 Borrowed by roll
In the Judges certificate on file

To the Hon ble Alphon H. Parris Judge of the District Court for the District of Maine, the petition of Edward Webb of Lyndeborough in said District humbly shews — That on the twenty fourth day of December in the year 1776 he enlisted as a private in the Con- tinental Army in the Company commanded by Capt Benjamin Wolcott, Regiment of Col. Thomas Marshall and Brigade of Gen. John Patterson, where he served as a Private until the twenty fourth day of December in the year 1779, at which time he was discharged at Westpoint. He further represents that he was lost his discharge, that he is very infirm, having a break which prevents him from labouring, — That he is in reduced circumstances, not having sufficient property to support himself and family without the aid of his Country, as provided by an Act of Congress passed the eighteenth day of March 1818 —
All which facts he is ready to verify and prove by his Oath, and in such other manner as is required by said Act. Wherefore your Petitioner prays that his evidence may be received, and his claim to a Pension be established as provided by said Act; and that your Honor would transmit the same to the Honorable Secretary at War — and as in duty bound will pray —
Edward Webb

District of Maine April 20 th 1810
Then personally appeared Nathaniel Abbot and Jonah Austin and made solemn oath that they were each of them in the one three years service in the Continental Army and were privates the within named Edward Webb, and served in the same company with him — and also that they verily believe that the within statement made and signed by said Webb is just and true —
Nathaniel Abbot
Jonah Austin
Sworn to before
Albion H. Parris
U.S. Judge

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Ebenezer Webb the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the depositions of Nathaniel Abbott and Jonah Austin, both soldiers of the Revolutionary army, which depositions were taken and sworn to before me, and are hereunto annexed
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Ebenezer Webb the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albin H. Parry
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

March 25, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-3/EEL Edward Webb-W.22549
Mr. Frank A. Webb #52 North High Street Bridgton, Maine
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Edward Webb, of Windham, Maine, who received a pension on account of his services.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.22549 , based upon the military service in that war of Edward Webb.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Edward Webb are not shown.
While residing in Windham, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (Maine), Edward Webb enlisted December 24, 1776, served as a private in Captain Benjamin Wallcut's Company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged December 24, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Gorham, Massachusetts (Maine), and aged about fifty-nine years.
He died at said Gorham, on November 18, 1846.
The soldier married May 10, 1737, at Windham, Massachusetts (Maine), Mrs. Sarah Bolton. The date and place of her birth, names of her parents, name of her former husband and date of his death are not stated.
Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed January 1, 1847, at which time she was aged eighty-five years and resided in Gorham, Maine.
She died at Gorham, Maine, August 23, 1850.
this capt's cl. on file D. 33232 & he signed Wallcut

The names of the following children of Edward and Sarah Webb are shown.
  William Webb. . . . .  in 1830,  aged  32  years.    Lydia Webb . . . . .  "  "  30  "    Rachel and Mary Webb . . . . .  "  "  23  "    Thomas Webb. . . . .  "  "  18  "    Solomon Webb . . . . .  "  "  16  "    Sarah Webb . . . . .  "  "  14  "  
In 1851, son Thomas Webb was a resident of Gorham, Maine, and stated that the surviving children of his parents at that time were, in addition to himself, Lydia, Eli and James Webb and Sally Morrell. He did not give the ages of Eli and James Webb. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
C. H. SWETT Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

no 5-
Sarah Webb
aa 324-411
admitted
How
11076 Clapp Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
CLERK'S OFFICE, JUDICIAL COURTS, }
Portland,
June 28th
A. D. 1845. }
I, Chas C. Harmon CLERK of all the JUDICIAL COURTS in and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Caleb Hodsden is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is Duly qualified to act as such; that the Commission of the said Hodsden is dated July 26th  is dated A. D. 1842, and will expire July 26th A. D. 1849.
and that the
his is
following SIGNATURE purporting to be Genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas C. Harmon CLERK.

State of Maine, County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty sixth day of June 1848, personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace. Sarah Webb, a resident of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged 87 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 3 d February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Edmund Webb who was a private in Captain Walcoth's Company Col. Manshalls Regiment
She further declares that she has received the benefits of the act of 17 June 1844. at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum
She further declares that she is still a Widow, Sixty Seven years of age Witness my hand and seal this day and year above written Sophronia Well Signature X Webb mark
Before me Caleb Stodden Justice of the Peace

I Caleb Hodgson of Gorham in the County of Cumberland do hereby depose and say that I am fifty five years of age and have resided in Wealdham and Gorham ever since I was born. I have always lived a near neighbor to the late Edward Webb and wife and have been acquainted with them as long as I have been acquainted with any of my neighbors. I have always lived within three miles of them and have known that Edward Edward Webb and Sarah his wife have lived together as husband and wife ever since I have known them. Edward Webb was a pensioner of the U.S. under the act of 1818 and I have frequently drawn his money for him and have prepared his vouchers. He died on the 18th November 1846 and left a widow Sarah Webb, who has not intermarried since the death of her husband.
Caleb Hodgson
State of Maine
Cumberland ss. December 30th 1846
Then personally appeared Caleb Hodgson Esq. one of the most respectable citizens in our County and a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed
Before me Freeman Bradford Justice of the Peace

414.
Sarah Webb widow of Edward Mr
act 17 June 1814
Marrid 1787
husband dwd 18 Nov 1846
Freeman Bradford
Portland
Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT, Cumberland County, ss.
Be it Known, That on this Thirtieth day of December 1846 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Edward Webb late of Gerharn was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at Gerharn on the eighteenth day of November 1846.— And that Sarah Webb is the widow of the said Edward Webb , deceased.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this Thirtieth day of December in the year 1846,
A. A. Folsom
Register of Probate for Cumberland County.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the fifth . . . day of December and by adjournment from day to day, on the sixth . . . day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this sixth — day of December in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Edward Webb — aged sixty one — years, resident in Gorham — 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, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Wolcott — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall — in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 20 th day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7429 was granted. 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 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 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Edward Webb
Sworn to and declared, on the sixth day of December A. D. 1820. §
BEFORE Albion K. Parris , } U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none — The property which I mentioned in a former schedule in June last before the Hon. Judge Sarris has been taken to pay the debts which I also mentioned in said former schedule, which were justly owing at that time. Said estate was levied on by execution. And I am not now the possessor, or owner of any real or personal estate except bedding and clothing and poorly supplied for that — I was a poor man when I made my former statement by reason of debts — I am now destitute of the common necessaries of life
Edward Webb
Sworn to
Before
Albion H. Sarris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Edward Webb — who, by occupation am a farmer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of a rupture and other bodily infirmities
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Sarah. 60 troubled with rheumatism   Rachel -- 23 lost her reason on account of fits and unable to support herself   The other children of my family mentioned in my former schedule have now left me on account of my inability to support them, or do any thing for them   Edward Webb   Sworn to   Before   Albion H. Sarris   U. S. Dist. Judge  

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 nine dollars and thirty one cents, and no more.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
89.31

95 Payment to be made at
Portland by William Woodbury Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 43 , Vol. 1 ,
Geo. Perkins Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Sarah Webb, widow of Edward Webb. who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 16th day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. S. Carrards Commissioner of Pensions. By J. S. Evans

Apple Valley end. Sarah Webb for menu
1202 Ma

Washington 12 Oct. 1850.
Sir,
Enclosed we have the honor to present the claim of Mrs. Sarah Webb for an increase of pension, we also return her pension certificate
Yours respectfully James L Edward Esq. Dickins & Brooks. Comr of Pensions.

Sarah Webb, mrs. of Edward -
Mrs. Webb - aged 74 - Died at Red Bank July, 1848 - at 896 per annum from 1845 July 1848 -
Went to Dickinson County - Penn

No 414 Sarah Webb Widow of Edward Mr act 17 June 1844 Adm o 2 years per 480 00 per Ann. per 18 th Nov. 1846
Framan Bradford Pulland Mr

Maine. 324.
Rep d
Sarah Webb widow of Edward Webb who was a Private in the Revolution Hus d : died 18 th Nov. 1846.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
18. November 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Jan y 1847. and sent to
Freeman Bradford Portland, Me.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844]
Recorded in Book A,
Vol. 2. Page 11.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1917, July 6. History to Mrs. Cornelius B. Baker. Fr
1936-Mar. 25-1 Hist to Frank A. Webb. ES
File No. 22549 Sarah Webb widow of Edward Webb Pr. Slev. Mas.
Act Feb 2 d 48 July 1 st 48
Index: Vol 16 , Page 323
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Revest, H.
Commissaire d'Quincy Washington, D.C., Dear Sir,
I am endeavoring to establish my claim to membership in the S.A.R. and write to you for any possible information in regard to my

great grandfather Edward Webb of Portland, I think. Have you a record of him & was he a pioneer? He was born in 1755 and died in 1844 — or so my uncle remembered the dates.

Nothing I may receive some assistance
My truly yours Isaac Morris Baker Mrs. Cornelius A. Baker Rockhill Manor Yanagis City Md. June 25. 1917-

Bridgton, Maine.
February 27th 1936.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
Will you give me the War record of Edward Webb, a Rev. Pensioner, from Windham, Maine.
Thanking very much for your trouble.
Yours truly
Frank A. Webb
Frank A. Webb,
No 52 North High St.,
Bridgton, Maine.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Edward Webb a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. File 22549
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec 24, 1776 to Dec 24, 79. Pvt. Benj. Wolcott Thomas Marshall Mass.  
The above noted is the only Edward Webb found on the Rev. War records of this Bureau.
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windham, Cumberland Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, April 28, 1818. His c.l. was al.
Residence at date of application, Gorham, Maine.
Age at date of application, 59 yrs.
Remarks: He mar. May 10, 1787, at Windham, Mass. Mrs. Sarah Bolton. He died Nov 18, 1846, at Gorham, Maine and she was al. pension her age of Jan 1, 1847, while 85 yrs. of age and a res. of Gorham, Maine. Children referred to in 1820: William, 32, Lydia 30, Rachel & Mary, 23, Thomas, 18, Solomon, 16, & Sarah, 14 yrs. of age.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Maine.
Edward Webb.
Private
18 th dated June 6. 1820 -
Schedule A $810, 10 c see other side
Age 51 } Wife 59 - a farmer - a broken Shoulder
Rachel - 23 - no reason - fits front her birth
  William 32  } all in health -    Thomas 18    Solomon 16    Lydia 30    Mary 23    Sarah 14.  
Application for restoration made, & rejected in June 1821
20 th dated Dec June 6. 1820 Schedule A $89. 31 see other side property in W.C. schedule has been taken to pay the debts mentioned in said schedule -
All his family have left him, save his Wife & crazy Daughter, on account of his inability to do anything for them -
Served 3921 from Dec 17/6.

1 Schedule 70 Acres of land, with an unfinished House & Barn on it! 2 Cows. 6 Sheep - 1 Horse. 3 Hogs a few articles of Household furniture. Total $810.
2 d Schedule $ 9. 31 -
very poor
John Bussey Jr. at Portland,
Maine
Restored
31 st March 1823

1202 Name. Sarah Webb widow of Edward Webb who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported
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 16. day of August 1848 and sent to
Hon. J. W. H. Clapp Portland Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 43 Vol. 1.

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Sarah Webb

Declaration for the benefit of the Acts passed in and subsequent to the 7th July 1838 and the Joint Resolution of Congress of July 1, 1845.
State of Maine
Cumberland Co. On this 11 th day of April A.D. 1850 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Sarah Webb of Gorham in the County aforesaid aged eighty nine years who upon oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the law and Resolution aforesaid.
And this declarant States that she is the widow of Edward Webb late of Gorham deceased. She states that her said husband was a resident of the town of  Windham in the time of the Revolution and that he enlisted into the service as she be- lieves from that town and served on Conti- nental establishment for three years or more and was honorably discharged. She fur- ther states that her said husband Edward Webb was a pensioner under the Act of March 18, 1818, and received a pension during his life of Twenty Six dollars per annum - Her said husband died on the eighteenth day of November 1846. She states also that she

made application for a pension subsequent to the death of her husband and was placed on the pension roll of Widow Pensioners at the rate of $80 per annum which pension she now receives as will appear from the Pension Certificate herewith sent. She refers the commission of pensions to the declarations now on file for all necessary proof, except what is here subjoined and claims an increase of Pension.
Witness
Josiah Pierce
her Sarah X Webb mark
Cumberland ss. Then appeared on the day first above written Sarah Webb whom I know to be the identical person who represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration and made oath that the same is true.
Before me
Josiah Pierce, Judge of Probate.

State of Maine County of Cumberland ss.
Probate Office
I Freeman Bradford, Register of Probate for said County of Cumberland, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is the Judge of Probate for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that full faith is due to his attestations as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal Official of said Court, this Sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty. Freeman Bradford Register.