Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23953, for William Mc Elevain, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
McElvain, William or McElvain or McWain
W 23953
CONTENTS
Hall, Ann (Former widow)

Maine - 2,702.
Anne McCall, formerly widow of William McElvain, who died on the 27 March 1812 at Oxford in the State of Maine who was a Corp'l in the County commanded by Captain Moore of the Reg't commanded by _____ in the M'ts was for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 29 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of June '39, as to said Stephen Emery, Paris, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. - $ 234.64
Semi-annual allowance ending 1 41.66
$ 249.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 - Page 8.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1831 to 11 Dec 1838 the day of her death Age Note filed 19 June 1840

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 12 th , 1848.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child n of Anna Hall, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Twenty nine Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1831, to the 11 th Dec: 1838, the day of her death,
Respectfully yours,
William L. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

I Benjamin Sawyer of Bolton in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty years testify & say that William McClain served in the Massachusetts Troops the first Eight Months after the Battle of Lexington in 1775, in Col. Whitecomb's Regiment in Capt Benjamin Hastings' Com- pany & the said McClain served faithfully as a Corporal eight months, that I served with the said McClain from the fore part of May 1775 until the expiration of said eight months & further saith not Benj a Sawyer
Worcester J s January 11 th 1839 Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Sawyer before me one of the Justices of the Peace for said Worcester County & made Oath that the above declaration by him sub- scribed is true.
Before me Samuel S. Houghton Just. of the Peace I the subscriber hereby certify that the above Benjamin Sawyer is a respectable man & a man of Truth Isaac Atten Clarke
I hereby certify that the above Benjamin Sawyer is a man of good reputation & a man of Truth Sam l S. Houghton Just. of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. I Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, Certify that Samuel J. Houghton, within on both sheets named, is a jus- tice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified, and that the signature of his name within written, ap- pears to be in his own hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court, at Worcester, the eleventh day of January A.D. 1839
Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk

Jan'y 11. 1839
included in the Certificate on the annexed Affidavit
Joog Prandeu Cler

An extract from the records of the Town of Boston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Maurice Williams Station in Franklin Tale of Walter Wm. King Third sanctuary Sunday and twenty two
By John Whitcomb Clerk of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows Nov 5 1872,
Amory Holman Town Clerk of Boston
I Amory Holman above named do hereby certify that I held the office of Clerk of the Town of Boston in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts since that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Amory Holman Town Clerk of Boston
Worcester Co. Jan'y 11 th 1839
Subscribed & sworn
Before me Samuel D. Houghton Just. of the Peace

State of Maine
Oxford County ss. On this nineteenth day of November A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty eight, personally appeared before me, Stephen Emery, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County, Ann Hall, a resident of Waterford in said County of Oxford aged Eighty four 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 act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, entitled
That she is the widow of William McElvain, otherwise called McWain, late of Putney in the State of Vermont who was a Soldier of the United States in the revolutionary war - That the said William, at Putney aforesaid, in the Spring of the year A.D. seventeen hundred & seventy five, enlisted as a Soldier with one Capt. Moore, who attempted to get up a company of volunteers - the said Moore not getting a full company, the soldiers then enlisted under him joined other companies - and the said William entered into the company commanded by Capt. Hastings, who belonged in Bolton, Mass. - that said William served in said Hastings's Company the term of eight months - what was called the Eight months service in the first part of the war - she believing that Jonathan Houghton was Lieutenant of the same company - she is unable to state the Colonel's name, but the service was in the Massachusetts line - said William performed his said service in the vicinity of Boston, Mass. and was in the battle of Bunker Hill - at the termination of his said period of enlistment he was honorably discharged, & returned home. - That afterwards, to wit, in the Autumn of 1777, the said William was called into the service, & served three weeks in the militia, in the State of New-York, and was present at the surrender of

Procept (Colay)
Burgoyne - the said William went from Putney Oxfordshire for this period of service - she thinks he ser- ved in Capt. Ephraim Clays company - or James Clays company - she is not certain of the Christian name - and after his said term of three weeks was out, he returned home.
She further declares that she was married to the said William McElwaine, or McWaine, as he was generally called, on the third day of November A.D. Seven- teen hundred & Seventy two - her maiden name being Stone - that her husband the aforesaid William died the twenty seventh day of March A.D. 1813 - that after the death of the said William, she was again married to Atherton Hall of Westminster in the State of Vermont - that the said Hall, her said second husband, lived with her about six weeks & died - her said second marriage with the said Hall took place on the fifth day of November A.D. 1821 and her said second husband died in the month of December A.D. 1821 - that ever since the death of her said second husband, the said Atherton Hall December 1821 - she has remained a widow & un- married, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
She further says that during her first husband's Eight months service, the said William her said husband took her away from Putney, through fear of the Tories, and that she lived while he thus served in Bolton, Mass - that she did his washing for him, & used to send his clothes to him - she recollects on one occasion, she sent him down a baked pudding &c &c -
Witness S. Emery
Ann her Hall mark
Sworn to & subscribed by the said Ann Hall the day & year first above written before me. And I certify that the said Ann, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable to attend personally at Court - Stephen Emery, Judge.

I, Eli Longley, Int. of Waterford in the County of Oxford aged fifty one years, on oath testify I say, that I have been acquainted with the applicant, Anna Hall, now here present for thirteen years - that during that time I have known her as the widow wife of Wil- iam McWaine, of Atherton Hall - she has been during the whole of said time known as a widow, and has not been married - she lived so short a time with her second husband, that she has generally been called Mrs. McWaine - she is uniformly considered a woman of unquestionable morality, & of excellent general moral character.
Eli Longley Jr.
Sworn to & subscribed by said Eli Longley Jr., a credible & respectable witness, Before Stephen Emery, Judge
I, Edmund Baker of Waterford in the County of Oxford aged Eighty three years, on oath testify I say, that I was well acquainted with William McWaine otherwise called McWaine named in the foregoing application, both before & after he was in the service as a soldier - I lived a near neighbor to him within a half a mile. I did not see him in the service but have no doubt he served in the United States Army in the early part of the war - I have good reason to believe he was in the battle of Bunker Hill - I further testify, that the widow Hall mentioned in the foregoing application is is the same person who was said McWaine's or McWaine's wife.
Edmund Baker
Sworn to & subscribed by said Edmund Baker a credible witness the day of your first above matter
Before Stephen Emery, Judge

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Set my hand to the said Act of February A.D. 1839. This eighteenth day of February A.D. 1839.
Stovall m 72. d 13 - adm Stmo Corp. $29.33-
No deduction
Witnessed by Stephen Emery Davis Me

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I Levi Stowell Register of the court of Probate within & for said county of Oxford hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was on the nineteenth day of November 1838 Judge of the court of Probate aforesaid. I also further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Ann Hall for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said court this eighteenth day of February A.D. 1839.
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Levi Stowell True Copy
$29.33-
No deduction
Transmitted by
Stephen Emery
to Rev
Mr

Long
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23953
Ann McCall
Wid of
William M c Cluskey
Boyle Pa war
Act: July 4 th '36
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 25
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. L. Edmunds Esq. Com. d of Pensions Washington City.

Paris Feb. 18 th 1839
J. L. Edmunds Esq.
Inclosed is the application of Mrs. Anna Hall for a pension.
Respectfully, yours.
Stephen Emery