Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 88-300, Richard Weare, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. H.
Weare, Richard
B.L. Wt 88-300
Issued Nov. 26, 1803 to
Nathan Weare.
CONTENTS
Delivered to Sam'l. Finney.

Know all Men by these Presents, that on the day of the date hereof, Before me Peter Kohra Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania residing in the City of Philadelphia, by lawful authority duly Commissioned and sworn, and by law authorized to receive proofs and acknowledgments, of Letters of Attorney and Procuration, and in the presence of the Subscribing Witnesses, Personally appeared Thomas Nibert Weare, one of the Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Meneheck Weare late of the State of New Hampshire Esquire deceased and declared to have made, ordained, constituted and appointed, Thomas Claxton of the City of Washington, his true and lawful Attorney, for and in his name and behalf to demand and receive of and from the Secretary for the Depart- ment of War of the United States the Warrant for Military Land to which the said Meneheck Weare was entitled in right of his late Son Richard Weare deceased, who was a Captain and died in the service of the United States, and to give a proper acquittance for the same, with power also

also an Attorney or Attorneys, under him for the purpose aforesaid to make and substitute, and to do and execute all lawful acts requisite for effecting the Premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever shall or may be lawfully done by virtue hereof. In Witness whereof the said Constituent hath hereunto set his hand and seal. Done and passed at Philadelphia aforesaid, the Twenty second day of July in the Year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and one.
Sealed and Delivered } In the presence of } Peter Lohra J. G. Humphreys
Thos. W. Mearns
In Testimonium Veritatis
Peter Lohra
Thos. Claxton Attorney for Thos. W. Mearns
263

Tho Carlton Attorney for Tho W. Wear (No 2)
off record
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

To all people to whom these presents shall come. This may certify. That whereas I received a power of attorney duly executed from Nathan Weare dated June 13 th 1797. Authorizing me to receive the several lands belonging to the heirs of Richard Weare which lands was bequeathed to the said Nathan by will. I do hereby quit claim and relinquish all the right I have to said land by virtue of said power given me as aforesaid unto the heirs of said Richard Weare and Nathan Weare Witness my hand and Seal this 26 th day of May 1804 in presence of Daniel Gookin Mich l McLary Sally McLary
State of New Hampshire } Given May 26: 1804 Rockingham } Daniel Gookin
Sealed & delivered this instrument with his hand & seal to be his voluntary Act. Seal. Mich l McLary

State of New Hampshire
I Joseph Pearson, Secretary of said State, Do hereby certify, That Michael M c Clary Esq r of Epsom, in said State, was duly appointed on the Twenty third Day of September A D 1797, a Justice of the peace and of the Quorum for the County of Rockingham, for the Term of five years from that date, and Commissioned accordingly. That he now is a Justice of the peace & of the Quorum for said County, duly authorized to Administer Oaths & to take affidavits, and that full faith and credit to be given to his certificates and attestations as such in and out of Court.
Given under my Hand, this Twenty Seventh Day of June, in the year of our Lord, One thousand, Eight hundred & one — & of the Independence of the United States of America the Twenty fifth. Joseph Pearson

The State of New Hampshire
By the Governor
To all who shall see these Presents
We know Ye that Joseph Pearson, who has attested the foregoing Certificate by affixing his name thereto, is Secretary of our State, and that full faith and credit is to be given to his Official Acts as such — — — — —
In Testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of said to be affixed, and have hereunto set my hand, the Twenty Seventh Day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and one — and of American Independence the Twenty Fifth — — —
By His Excellency's Command
Nathl Parker Dep'y Sec'y
J. Gilman

Thos Claxton attorney for Thos W. Weare  (No. 1)

In the Name of God, Amen. I Mesheck Weare of Hampton Falls in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, Esquire, being infirm of body, but of sound & disposing mind & memory, do make & ordain this my last Will & testament in manner following - First of all I resign my soul into the hands of God who gave it, & I order my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Execu- tors herein after named - And as to my worldly Estate, I dispose of the same as follows. - First, I order all my honest debts to be paid by my Executors hereinafter named, as soon as convenient after my decease - And I hereby empower authorise & order my said Executors to make sale of such of my lands as may be necessary for that purpose, & to make and execute good deeds of conveyance in law of the same. - As my son Samuel & Daughter Mary will hold the buildings I have erected on lands which belonged to their late mother which is more than equal to what I can give my other children, I give them nothing, excepting I give to my son Samuel, Woods Institutes - and to my Daughter Mary an equal share of my household goods with my other daughters. -
Item, I give & devise to my son Nathan a right of land in Perrys- town which was the original right of Richard Wilbur, Esquire, also all the right I have to any grant of lands by Congress made to my son Richard, who was a Captain & died in the Army, to him his heirs & assigns forever. I also give to my said son Nathan my silver hilted sword -
Item, I give & bequeath all my wearing apparel & Library except Woods Institutes , to my four sons, Nathan, Thomas, Robert, Nathaniel & Redford, to be equally divided between them. -
Item, I give & bequeath unto my four daughters all my household goods & moveables within doors to be equally divided between them. -
Item, I give & bequeath to my Executors herein after named all my husbandry & carpentry tools, & one yoke of Oxen. -
Item, I give to my Daughter Hannah one Cow & twenty pounds lawful money to be paid her by my Executors in convenient time after my decease. -
Item, I give to my grand Daughter Elizabeth Lang, one Cow to be delivered her by my Executors as soon as she shall arrive at eighteen years of age. - And I do hereby appoint my sons Thomas Wilbur, & Redford, Executors of this my last Will & testament - All the rest, residue & remainder of my estate real & personal not herein before disposed of, after my honest debts & funeral charges are paid, I give devise & bequeath to all the children of my late wife Mehitable by me

me to them their heirs & assigns forever in equal shares to be divided & they to hold the same as tenants in common - And hereby revoking & declaring null & void all other Wills by me at any time heretofore made, I confirm this & no other to be my last Will & testament. In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty sixth day of December, In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Eighty five.
Signed, sealed published & declared by Meshack Weare the testator as his last Will & testament in presence of us who at his request have hereunto set our names as Witnesses -
Abner Sanborn Barnard Tucker Oliver Peabody
Meshack Weare (L.S.)
State of New Hampshire } To all people to whom these Rockingham ss. } presents shall come
(L.S.) Phillips White Esquire, Judge of the probate of Wills &c in & for the County of Rockingham sendeth - Greeting
KNOW YE, That on the day of the date hereof before me at Exeter in said County, the instrument a copy of which is hereunto annexed purporting the last Will & testament of Meshack Weare late of Hampton Falls in said County, Esq. deceased, was presented for probate by Thomas Nibert Weare & Redford Weare. Executors therein named, & Barnard Tucker & Oliver Peabody Esq. two of the witnesses whose names are thereto subscribed being then present made solemn oath that they saw the said Testator sign seal & heard him declare the said instrument to be his last Will & testament - that he was then to the best of their judgment of sound & disposing mind, & that they with Abner Sanborn subscribed their names together as witnesses to the execution thereof in the presence of the said Testator - I do therefore prove approve & allow of the said instrument as the last Will & testament of the said deceased - And do hereby commit the administration thereof in all matters the same concerning & of his estate whereof he died seized & possessed in said County unto them the aforesaid Executors well & faithfully to execute the said Will & testament, & to administer the estate of said deceased according to the same who accepted of their said trust & they are hereby directed to exhibit an Inventory of said estate, & they shall render an account upon oath of their proceedings

therein when lawfully thereto required - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the court of probate for said county - Dated at Exeter aforesaid the 15 th day of February Anno Domini 1786
P. White
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss
I W m Parker
Register of the court of probate for the county of Rock- ingham in said state do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the last Will & testa- ment of Merbeck Weare Esq. dec d & of the probate thereof taken from the records of said court this twenty sixth day of Aug t AD 1800 -
W m Parker
State of New Hamp- ) I Samuel Tenney shire - Rockingham ss ) Esq. judge of pro- bate in & for said county of Rockingham Do hereby certify that William Parker who certified the annexed copy of the Will of Merbeck Weare Esq. deceased & the probate thereof is the Register of the court of probate for said county of Rockingham - & that the foregoing attestation of said register is in due form - & that full faith & credit are & ought to be given to such his attestation in Court & out -
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & caused the seal of said court to be affixed the twenty sixth day of Aug t Anno Domini 1800 -
Sam. Tenney

New Hampshire
Capt. Richard Weare's claim for military bounty land waged by Thos. Plaxton
10 d Oct r 1780
Jerusalem
Henry Dearborn
The Honble
Thos. Plaxton

Washington
Dec 29, 1802
Sir
By authority of the inclosed power of attorney I have sent to you the of Thos W. Weare, to a military Land Warrant
I have the Honor to be
Sir
Your Hble Serv
Thos P. Gorton

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Heare, William GRADE Sergeant "in the LINE Invalids"
WARRANT NUMBER 13903 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 5, 1790 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.