Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16308, for James Jackson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Jackson, James Dorothy
NUMBER
W 16308
CONTENTS
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4410 Mr Hampshire
Dorothy Jackson widow of James Jackson, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the February 1800 of Strasburg in the State of N. H. who was a Corps. in the army commanded by Captain Peabody of the regt commanded by Col Brown in the Mass line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth at the rate of 15 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Octr 1839 , I sent to David Murray New Market, N. H.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1839  $308 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40  44 00
$352.00 { Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J. M. Curdy Clerk Book 14 Vol. 1 Page 43

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BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY WEST AND RICHARDSON, No. 75 CORNHILL.
J. H. A. Frost. Printer.
1818

Ephraim Jackson was Born September 2 d in the year 1786
Mary Jackson his wife was Born in the year 1798 February the 3 d
James M Jackson was born June the 27 th in the year 1817
Henry G Jackson was born December the 30 th in the year 1819
Emily Jackson was born August the 10 th in the year 1823
Eunice Brooks Jackson was Born April 8 th in the year 1830
John Jackson was born 1836 Mary was

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Dorothy Jackson N.H.
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No deduction
David Murray Kurnattub N.H.

State of New Hampshire Strfford county ss. On this 27 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, before the Subscriber, a Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for Said county of Strfford, personally appear- ed Dorothy Jackson, a resident in Durham in Said county aged Seventy Seven years and upwards, who, first being 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 7. 1838, entitled "An act grant- ing half pay and Pensions to certain widows." That She is the widow of James Jackson late of Said Dur- ham who was a private Soldier upwards of five years in the Revolutionary Army. She declares that according to best of her knowledge and belief, the Said James Jackson first enlisted at Portsmouth in Jan- uary 1776 under Captain Durbin in Col Brews Regiment Massachwitts line and served five years in Said Regiment.
She further declares that She was married to the Said James Jackson at Seabury by the Rev Samuel Hutchins on the twenty ninth day of March Seventeen hundred and eighty Six. That the Said James Jackson died at Said Durham in the month of February A.D. 1800 That She was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the passing

of January 1794, namely; at the time above stated, that she has not intermarried but contin- ues widow of the said James Jackson, and that pre- vious to her marriage to the said James Jackson her name was Dorothy Drew. She further declares that she has no document any evidence of her marriage or of her late hus- band's services.
Ezekiel Hurd Dorothy + Jackson Witnesses David Murray Marks
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me
Ezekiel Hurd one of the judges of the C. of C. Pleas
I hereby certify that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity, attend the court
Ezekiel Hurd judge of the court of common Pleas

State of New Hampshire Shafford County ss.
I Francis Cogswell clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that Ezekiel Plurd is a Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 25th day of June 1886 and will expire when he shall have attained the age of Seventy years, and that his signatures above written are genuine -
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 27th day of July 1889.
Cogswell, Clerk

I Ephraim Jackson of Strafford County of New Hampshire do hereby certify that I was born at Durham County aforesaid on the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight - That the family record hereunto annexed is my family record written by myself in my family Bible about twelve years ago; and was lost from the Bible on the 11 th of July 1839. Some record was made at our town as far down as the name of Emily Jackson I put the closes and say that I am a son of James Jackson late of said Durham and formerly of Portland main; and Dorothy Jackson his widow now living at said Durham I further affirm and say that my Father the said James Jackson died at Durham in February 1800 That my Mother the said Dorothy Jackson has not remarried but continues the Widow of the said James Jackson; and that my Father never kept any family record, nor is any memorandum that recognizes Dorothy Jackson as the Wife of James Jackson -
Ephraim Jackson.
State of New Hampshire Strafford County ss July 11. 1839 Subscribed and Sworn to by the above named Ephraim Jackson Who, I believe is entitled to full credit as a witness.
Before me David Mowrey Notary Public.

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. James Jackson N. F. Wilson
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Early 1876 4 years Pvt. Burden Burns Wash.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Portland, Ore. Date of application for pension, July 27, 1894 Residence at date of application, Durham, N. H. Age at date of application, 44 years
Remarks: Soldier married Dorothy Drew at San Jose March 29, 1876, and has children Ephraim 1 st & daughter whose names are not stated. Soldier died at Durham N. H. Feb. 18, 1894. The above noted.

1908 Apr. 20. H. H. L. Elaine B. Ostrander W.P.N.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16,308 Dorothy Jackson Wid of James Jackson Second Rev Mar Act July 1 th  1938 Index: Vol. A , Page 372
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Newbern N.C. Oct 4 1839
Dear Sir
Enclosed is proof that James Jackson served as a corporal 3 years from Aug. 1777. The Widow, Dorothy Jackson in her Declaration now on file in the pension office, states that her late husband belonged to Col d Bowen Reg t . I have been informed that Bowen had the command of the Reg t until 1778 in the fall when he was captured, and the command devolved on Col d Sprouse named in the Certificate. If it is not necessary that this evidence should remain on file, you will oblige me by returning it with the Certificate for the Pension -
I am, Respectfully Your Obed t Serv t
David Murray
James L. Edwards Esq r Comm ee on Pensions Washington D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, September 11. 1809.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of James Jackson, is borne in an account in the Army books in this Department, as a Corporal in Capt. Bartanks Company Col. Sprouts Regiment. And found credited with service from January 1 st 1777 to Dec r 31 st 1779 being 36. Months @ 44/ per Month.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Biglow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Thomas B Hall of the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aforesaid for years elapsed and say that I held the office Town Clerk of said Town. That I was first Cho- sen in March 1827 and held the same with the exception three years viz 1836. 1837 & 1838. That the records of said town present no proof of the marriage of James Jackson & Dorothy Drew in March 1788 or at any other time. That I have made a thorough examination of the Whole town records, and that not twenty marri- ages are recorded in said Book prior to the year Eighteen hundred. and consequently said records are not so full as to raise a presumption against an alleged marriage within said town not found therein. I further declare and say that there is no organized church in said town, and that the church formerly under the care of Rev Samuel Hutchinson has long since been disbanded and that none of his descendants live in this region.
Thos B Hall, Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss July 12 1839 Subscribed and Sworn to before me
David Murray Notary Public
.....my very sincere

Samuel Burnham of Durham County & Hassan and State of New Hampshire agree thirty three years before and say that I held the office of Selectman, and town Clerk of said Durham - That I have been Selectman three years previous to March 1839 and town clerk one - That I have all the records of said town in my possession; That I have examined said records from 1780 to 1839 and find nothing in the Register of births or any part of said records, that recognizes the relation of husband and wife between James Jackson and Dorothy Jackson; That Dorothy Jackson widow of James Jackson is a town pauper and is supported by said town of Durham as the widow of James Jackson.
Samuel Burnham Town Clerk
Selectman
State of New Hampshire Hassan County ss July 24 1839 Subscribed and Sworn to by the above named Samuel Burnham who is entitled to full credit as a Witness
Before me David Murray Notary Public
..... Murray Clerk

I Sarah Cheshire of Durham County of Shropshire and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy four years and upward depose and say That I have lived in said Durham from my birth until the present time That I was well acquainted with James Jackson formerly of Portland and later of said Durham and from the time he came to said Durham soon after the Revolution until he came to said Durham That I also have been well acquainted with Dorothy Drew now Dorothy Jackson from my childhood up to the present time - That the said James Jackson left my house with the said Dorothy Drew accompanied by Thomas Thompson, Betsy Thompson, Winthrop Chesley, and Nathaniel Johnson. & go to see to be married about five months previous to the birth of Ephraim Jackson a son of the said James and Dorothy now living in Madbury That they all returned same night to a house on the opposite side of the road, and had a wedding sup- per and when they lived as husband and wife until about the time the said James died. That when the said Ephraim was born I was born I was present and the said James Jackson treated the said Dorothy the mother of the said Ephraim as his wife and the said Ephraim as his child, and I never had any reason to doubt that they were lawfully married, and that they both resided at the time that the Rev. Mr. Hutchinson of Lee administered their separate several Hovey's Notary Public

That when they went to see they had my husbands home The persons that went with them to the wedding are all dead, and the said Dorothy Jackson has never intermarried but continues the widow of the said James Jackson. Witness
her Sarah + Chesley Heath
David Murray William S. Thompson
State of New Hampshire. Shafford County ss July 24. 1839 Subscriber and sworn to by the said Sarah Chesley Before me David Murray Notary Public

I John Harbore of Durham County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged eighty four years do hereby say That I was well acquainted with James Jackson late of said Durham and formerly of the District of Maine from about the close of the Revolution up to the time of his decease about thirty nine years ago. That the said James Jackson was reported to have been married to Dorothy Dow a few months previous to the birth of Ephraim Jackson a Son of the said James and  Dorothy now living in Woodbury about three miles from my residence. That from the time that it was said that the said James and Dorothy  Dorothy were married they lived together as husband & wife and were reported as such until the death of the said James. That I always lived a near neighbor to them while they lived together and always understood and supposed that they were lawfully married and never had the fact doubted by any one in town or out of town. I further do hereby say That the said Dorothy Jackson is now living in said Durham at the residence of said James Jackson.
John Harbore State of New Hampshire July 12 1839 Strafford County ss by the said John Harbore who I believe is entitled to full credit as a Witness - Before me David Hovey Notary Public

Molly Hall of Dunham county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged Sixty seven years in March 1839 do hereby say that I came from Barrington to Madbury to live in the Fall of the year Seventeen hundred and ninety at the house of Andrew Hanson. That at that time James Jackson late of said Dunham was now living near neighbor in the cap of Dunham with Dorothy Jackson his wife. That then Ephraim Jackson now living in said Madbury is a son of the said James Dorothy and at the time I came to Madbury 49 years ago was large enough to run about to the neighbors I further desire to say that I understood and always supposed that they were lawfully mar- ried and now here it is disputed a call is given and that the said Dorothy Jackson is now living in Dunham the widow of the said James Jackson -
Witness
John Starbird
Molly H. Hall Mark
David Murray
State of New Hampshire Strafford county ss July 12 1839 Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Molly Hall who, I believe is entitled to full credit as a witness. Before me
David Murray Notary Public

I Robert Jackson of Ulverston County & Stofford and State of New Hampshire of the eighty four years and upwards do hereby certify that, I am a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of March 18 1818 that my Certificate is num- bered 11.787. and dated June 11 th 1819 That I served four years and upwards under Col. Francis Aspinwall under Col. Stephen Dyer. That Massachusetts line; That James Jackson late of Durham in said Count- ly deceased was my brother; that the said James Jackson entered the service at Portsmouth Maine the same time with myself under Captain Burbank in Col o Brown's Regt Massachusetts line and served in said Regt  Brigade Regiment until I left the army at West Point when I left said James Jack- son in the Army and the said James served about two years afterwards. That after the close of the war the said James Jackson came to Durham of on said and married Dorothy Drew about five months previous to the birth of Ephraim Jackson now living in said Ulverston. That I did not attend the wedding but I recollect distinctly of their being published as said Durham, and saw the church certificate previous to their going to be married. That after their return from see my brother the said James Jackson informed me that the said Mr. Hutchinson of said married him, & the said Dorothy Drew and from the time

The said James & Dorothy Deborah lived at Lake Durham as husband and wife until the death of the said James about forty years ago. That the said James had by the said Dorothy two children, one of which was Ephraim Jackson of this town, and the other a girl who long since left this part of the country. I further depose and say that the said Deborah Jackson is now living at Lake Durham about one & half miles from where I live, and now in company but continue the name of the said James Jackson Witness Edward Dexter (Daniel Murray)
his Robert Jackson Heath
State of New Hampshire Strabane County ss July 12 - 1839 Subscribed and sworn to by the said Robert Jackson Who I believe is entitled to full credit as a Witness. Before me. Daniel Murray Notary Public
Robert Jackson

Mary Thompson of Durham County of Stafford and State of New Hampshire aged fifty five years and upward de- poses says that Ephraim Jackson now of Marlbury came to her as an apprentice to my husband Benjamin Thompson late of said Durham and in the year eighteen hundred at the age of fourteen and lived with us until he was four- ty one years of age - That he is a son of James Jackson late of said Durham and once Dorothy Jackson now living at said Durham her widow. That I was mar- ried to my late husband the said Benjamin Thomp- son in June 1794 previous to which I had never lived in Durham - That my son John Thompson born Feb 5 1799 was about one year old when the said Ephraim Jackson came with us to said which enables me to fix the time with certainty - That at the time I came to Durham in 1794 the said James and Dorothy were living together as husband and wife, and I always understood and supposed that they were lawfully married. That they then had two daughters younger than the said Ephraim after which time they had no children. That the fact that the said James and Dorothy were married is notorious in this place and has never been disputed to my knowledge and that the said Dorothy has never remarried but con- tinues the widow of the said James Jackson who died about forty years ago.
Mary Thompson

State of New Hampshire Portsmouth Strafford county ss The within affidavit is subscribed and sworn to by the within named Mary Thompson who I believe is entitled to full credit as a witness. Before me David Murray Notary, Public.
I James  James Davis of Strafford county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged twenty five years and upwards do hereby depose and say that I was well acquainted with James Jackson formerly of Portland Maine and late of Durham and from about the time he left the Revolution until his death in Durham about thirty five years ago. I further depose and say that it was said that the said James Jackson was married to Dorothy Drew previous to the birth of Ephraim Jackson now living in Saint Asbury That said Ephraim is a son of the said James and Dorothy - That the said James & Dorothy lived together from the time that they were said to be married as husband & wife a neighbor to me in the town of Durham. That I always understood and supposed that they were lawfully married, and never heard it questioned or disputed. That the said Dorothy had her settlement in Strafford previous to her marriage, and gained residence in Durham in consequence of her marriage to the said James Jackson.

and that she is now a pauper of said Durham. That about the time I was married forty years ago the said James came to work for me on my farm by the day and his son the said Cephrain came with him but was not large enough to hire corn. I frequently heard the said James Jackson say that he intended in Port- land even was out the most of the time.
Isaac Davis
State of New Hampshire Hofford County ss July 13. 1839 Subscribed and Sworn to by the above named James Davis Before me David Murray Notary Public
I am acquainted with the respondent and certify that his character for trust is good David Murray Not. Pub

State of New Hampshire Shafford County ss.
I Francis Cagwell Clerk of the Superior Court for said County hereby certify that David Murray, Esquire is a Notary Public for said State, duly commis- sioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 24th day of June 1839 and will expire on the 23d day of June 1844, and that the signatures to the annexed affidavits pur- porting to be his are genuine -
Given under my hand and Seal of said Court this 27th day of July 1839.
F Cagwell Clerk

No. 501 West 182nd Street, New York City, N. Y.
April 12th 1908
To the Hon.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would respectfully ask if there is any record in the Pension bureau of a Revolutionary soldier (or his widow) by name of James Jackson.
I attach herewith a copy of his Revolutionary War record as taken from the Massachusetts books but the a descendant, who is a candidate for admission to the "Sons of the American Revolution", desires above information, as your department generally has a fuller record of "Battles engaged in" &c
I would gratefully appreciate an early reply.
Yours respectfully,
Alson B. Ostrander
Chairman of Membership Com. Empire State Society Sons of the American Revolution.
501 West 182nd Street.
my city-ny

Record Division. O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 15, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, James Jackson
Service, Mass.
Rev. War
Remarks: No claim as above except Wid. # 16308
_____ Chief of Division.