Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18235, Benjamin Ward, Continental N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
continental N. B.
Ward, Benjamin Elizabeth
W. 18235-
CONTENTS

Lt Col H. H. H. H. April 17.
H. H. H. H. '14
Notification sent to William Crosby Esq. on Oct 1820
Defiant Marine
9894 D Ward
David Ward
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a _____ in the regiment commanded by Colonel _____ of the N. Hamp line, for the term of 2 yrs,
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of April, 1819 and sent to Am. Crosby Belfast
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 — 88.23 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48.
10 m. 27 41 $ 136.23 30 30 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Vint Press: of the 23rd January 23 1845 No 52 Reported
6177 Maine Elizabeth Ward widow of Benjamin Ward who was a Phil. Mass in the Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept 1824 and sent to G. H. Morton Augusta Me
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 11

Benjamin Ward
9899 Manor M
Apr 19

STATE OF MAINE.
At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Castine within and for the County of Hancock on the Second Tuesday of July A. D. 1820.
Hancock ss.
On this Eleventh day of July 1820, being the first day of said term, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record by the laws of said state, with power of fine and imprisonment Benjamin Ward aged 70 years, resident in Munroe in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit: from March 1781 till Decr 1783 in  Generals Company once commanded by Capt Southill in the first Regiment N. H. line comman ded Col H. Dearborn and in Genl Washingtons Guard under Lieut Barzilley Howe as a private
of all which I made declaration before the Honorable Judge Crosby on the fourth day of April 1818, and have received my pension certificate therefor, No. 9894 — and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen in 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.
Benj a Ward
Sworn to and declared on the eleventh day of July before the Court
Colt Wesson Thomas Clerk

(Schedule) I Benjamin Ward on oath say that I have no real nor personal estate nor any income whatever except my necessary bedding and wearing appar- el except — One Cow —
I am a farmer but from age and infirmity am able to do but little labour — I have three children residing with me —
James aged 19
Mercy .. 13
Susannah .. 13 years —
I am so unwell and need so much nursing and medical assistance I am unable to support myself without the aid of public or private charity B. Benj a Ward —
State of Maine
Hanover p
I, MASON SHAW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Third Eastern Circuit, in the County of Hancock and State of Maine, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 eighteen dollars and — cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July A. D. 1820.
Mason Shaw Clerk — of the said Court for the County of Hancock.

10930 Elizabeth Ward
Mv 88. a 43
Rev. W Morton Augusta Maine.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." and an Act to amend the same, approved August 23, 1842.
STATE OF MAINE.
Piscataquis County, ss. On this sixth day of June A. D., 18 43 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County of Piscataquis, in Open Court, it being a Court of Record, Elizabeth Ward
a resident of Dover in the County of Piscataquis and State of Maine, aged seventy nine 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 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of and An Act to Amend the same approved August 23, 1842. That she is the widow of Benjamin Ward who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 18, 1818, - that he was paid at the Agency in Portland, Maine, and received his pension at that place up to September 4, 1842, that she has received the pension from that time up to January 12, 1843, the time of his decease, at the same Agency; - She refers to the proof made by her said husband in support of his claim for a pension under the Act of March 18, 1818, supposed to be in possession of the War Department.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Benjamin Ward on the 10th day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty ; that her husband, the aforesaid Benjamin Ward died on the twelfth day of January 18 43 , at Dover, (as above stated) ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated, that her maiden name was Elizabeth Robinson and that she was married to said Benjamin Ward in the town of Bangsboro in the State of New Hampshire by the Rev. Mr. Hayer
Attest E. S. Grew  Elizabeth  Ward her mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me
E. W. Snow Judge of Probate

STATE OF MAINE.
Piscataquis ss.
I the subscriber Registrar of Probate Court for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Elazer W. Snow before whom the proceedings were had, is the Judge of Probate Court for said County of Piscataquis, Maine I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Ward for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this Sixth day of June A. D., 1843
E. S. Preble - Regr

Monroe Dec n 20 1843
Mr Morton
Sir
Rec d your letter yesterday 19 th inst and hasten with all dispatch to give you the desired information respecting the family of Benj t Ward Below is a list of the family record precisely as it stands on the town book of Monroe penned down by Hosea Emery the Town Clerk
Benjamin Ward Elisabeth Ward
 — — — — — April 13-1760  — — — — — March 12-1764  Benjamin Ward jun born Dec n 23-1764  John Ward — — Do Jan y 17-1767  Jonathan Ward — — Do May 27-1769  Betsy Ward — — Do April 5-1792  Nathaniel Ward — Do May 3-1794  Joseph Ward — Do March 15-1796  Sally Ward — Do March 31-1799  James Ward — Do July 2-1801  Mercy Ward — — Do Nov r 24-1803  Susanna Ward — — Do Sept 7-1807 
The above is a true copy of record of the Family of Benj t & Elizabeth Ward taken off from Town Book by me - this 20 th day of Dec n A D 1843 Attest Greenleaf C Stealley Town Clerk of Monroe

State of Maine Waldo County ss 3 Monroe May 14 1844
Personally appeared the within named Greenleaf C. Keally, to me known to have been at the time of the date of the within Certificate, Town Clerk as within stated, & made out the statements, within are true, & the bulk thereof mentioned as true copy from the Records of said Town as before stated.
Greenleaf C. Keally Esq. Town Clerk Monroe
W. P. Merrill Justice of the Peace
PAID
Single Aug 118 9.10 3/4
State of Maine County of Kennebec ss
I the subscribers Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for the County of Kennebec do hereby certify that Ward Cha P. Vinal is a justice of the peace as above stated, & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the State of Maine this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1844.
A. R. Nichols

Ben Ward private Col: Dearborn's Regt N: Hampshire June 1781 - 2 years - disch: 4 th April 1818
Admitted J.

1818 April 4
We the Subscribers Selectmen and overseers of the Poor of the Town of Monroe in the County of Hancock and District of Maine do hereby certify that Benjamin Ward formerly a soldier in the late revolutionary war is a resident citizen of the United States and an inhabitant of this Town and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that in our opinion he is well intitled to the relief provided by the late law for the necessitous survivors of the army and navy of the late revolutionary war
Ezra Thibset
Hosea Emery Joseph Viall } Selectmen

Ben Ward of Maine in the county of Hancock since District of Maine on oath no say and declare that same time in March 1701 I enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the Uni- ted States in the late Revolutionary War and was shortly afterwards embodied at Cambridge near West Point in New York State and being for nearly a year under the command of the first Regiment New York Line commanded by Col. John Decker since served in the same regi- ment from June 1703 when I was drafted into Genl Washington's Forces commanded by Genl Benjamin Howe in which I served till Dec 20, 1703. when I was honorably discharged at West Point. which discharge is hereto annexed Further say that I have been since then in need of the assistance of my country for my support.
Benj a Ward

By the Honorable Mich l D. Jackson Esquire B. General commanding the Garrison of this Point and its dependencies etc.
Thereby to certify that the bearer Mr Ward soldier in the N. Hampshire Line, is honor- discharged from the American Army -
Given under my hand & seal Garrison N. Point Decem r 2 nd 1778
Mich l D. Jackson
Registered in the book of the Regiment

Simon Threlfall

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HANCOCK, ss.
ON the fifteenth day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington and Penobscot : Personally appeared John Wares who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said John Wares did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce, I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed by Mason Shaw Esquire, Clerk of said Court for said County of Hancock.
William Crocker Judge

Simon Thresher late a soldier in the late revolutionary war on both sides that I knew Ben Ward of Monroe in the county of Hancock since that I knew him in the army for since then since that he served as a private soldier in our army and was time by Capt. Portee - afterwards by - Porter he was for three years on during the war but cannot say which Simon Thresher
December 14 th 1818
Simon Thresher
W. B. Lockhart C. S. J. 1818

Rev. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18233
Elizabeth Ward Widow of Benjamin Ward Priv. Rev. War
Act: March 3. 1843
Index:—Vol. M , Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10930
Elizabeth Ward Maw of Benjamin Ur
Act 7 Juey 1838
Rejected hist. and 1843
No 6275
Adm d Act 3 March 1843
2 years Juvale 180 - pwame
Geo W. Morton Augusta Maine

Augusta, Maine
May 13. 1844
Sir
I herewith enclose a declaration of Mrs. Elizabeth Ward, widow of Benjamin Ward, in order to have her claim for pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 allowed. I would respectfully request you to allow it, if her papers are satisfactory and send me for her a certificate.
Very respectfully
Your Obed Servt
Geo. Wm. Norton
James L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

I Benjamin Wendall of Dover in the County of Piscataquis and State of Maine depose and say that I was for many years acquainted with Benjamin Ward prior to his death that he was to my knowledge a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and died in said Town of Dover in the month of January 1843 leaving a reputed widow named Elizabeth Ward whom I have also been acquainted with for many years the said Benjamin & Elizabeth lived together as husband & wife for many years up to the time of his death and I have always understood were married a long ago as 1780 since his death the said Elizabeth has remained unmarried
Benjamin Wendall
State of Maine Piscataquis County ss on this twentieth day of July 1843 Personally appeared Benjamin Wendall a person of truth & veracity and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Allen I Bartlett Justice of the Peace

State of Maine County of Kennebec ss.
I the subscriber clerk of all the Judicial courts for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify that Allen S. Bartlett is a Justice of the Peace as within State, and that the within signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of Sup. Jud. Court for the State of Maine, this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1846. J. A. Nichols.

Elizabeth Ward, under a joint resolution & act 7 July, 1838 — For pension from March 4 th 1836 to March 4 th 1841.
Amount of $80 per ann. from 4 March, 1836 to 4 March, 1841 —
Dover Me Feb 19 E
10
Geo. W. Morton Esq.
Augusta Maine
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine.

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 d January 1845,
Whereas the Act of the 30 th April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner. I now make the following statement, under Oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned. I am now the widow of Benjamin Ward , who was a private in the War of the Revolution. I have drawn a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, from the 4 th day of March 1843 to the 4 th day of March 1844 under the Act of March 3 d 1843, and now ask for the Amount due me under the Act of Congress of July 7. 1838
for Elizabeth X Ward mark
State of Maine,
Piscataquis County, S.S. Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this Twentieth day of February A.D. 1845. at Dover in the County of Piscataquis, State of Maine, Woodman H. Magoon. Justice of the Peace
I certify, that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit. Woodman H. Magoon. Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss — I the undersigned Clerk of the Sup. Courts for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that Woodman H. Magoon Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & of the Peace in & for the County of Piscataquis, & that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the Sup. Jud. Court, this 21 st day of February A.D. 1845
Wm. M. Stratton

Maine 9156.
Elizabeth Ward widow of Maj n Ward who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 12th Jan'y 1843 of Piscataqua Co. in the State of Maine who was a Pri t in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col d Dearborn in the M t Hamp t line for 2 yrs.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland, at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of April, 1843 and Sept 6 J. W. Morton, Esq. Augusta Me
Total amount, $ 1100.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. W. Morton, Clerk, Book D Vol. 1. Page 24.
First Res. of Jan'y 23. 1843.
Rep d .