Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14183, Thomas Worster, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Worster, Thomas or Worcester
No. 14183.
Susannah
CONTENTS

(667) Dist. Maine Massachusetts
Thomas Worcester,
Privates.
Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of
Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of May 1818. and sent to Daniel Seavall Esquire, of Kennebec, York Co. Maine
Arrearages to 4 th Sept. 1818.
4 21 / 30 months — $37.60
{Revolutionary claims, {Act 18th March, 1818,}
Three years
Sanford, York Co.
Copy from the Worcester
34 5.60 37.60

4002
Massachusetts
Susannah Worcester
widow of Thomas Worcester
who was a Private
in the Revolution Mass
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Dec. 1843 and sent to Josiah Caldwell Ipswich, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 58.
Ref d

3315 S. Worcester, Wid of Thomas Mass. Act July 7. 1838 Mamma 1784 died 1822 Allow $80 per ann
Mo. Gage Georgiana Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss. PROBATE OFFICE.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that the honorable
Daniel A. White, before whom the declaration hereto annexed of Susannah Worcester purports to have been taken, is the judge of probate for said county; and his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature; - and that Thomas Gage esquire, before whom the affidavit hereto annexed of Ira Worcester purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature.
as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this twelfth day of November, A. D. 1838.
Nath. Lord Jr.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7 th of July 1838, Entitled, "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex County ss.
On this Sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. Personally appeared before me Daniel A. White Esquire. Judge of Probate for said County of Essex Susanna Worster, a resident of the Town of Georgetown (lately a part of the Town of Rowley,) in said County of Essex. Aged Seventy-eight years and upwards. 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 7 th 1838, Entitled, "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Thomas Worster, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, Maine Moll, and did perform the service set forth in the papers and documents which accompanied his application for the benefit of the Act of Congress of March 18 th 1818, Entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." That he was put on the pension list, Maine Agency, May 22 d 1819, and suspended under the Act of May 1 st 1820. All which she verily believes.
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Worster on the thirtieth day of September, in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty-four, by Humphrey Chadbourne, a justice of the Peace for the County of York, state of Maine.
That her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Worster, died on the eighteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and twenty two;
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.
For evidence of said Worster Service, she respectfully asks leave to refer to the papers and documents which accompanied his application for the benefit of said Act of March 18 th 1818, believed to be now on file in the office of the Secretary of War at Washington.
For evidence of her marriage to said Thomas Worster, she asks leave to refer to the certificate of the Town Clerk of Berwick in the state of Maine, hereto annexed.
For evidence of said Worster's death, and her present Widowhood, she asks leave to refer to the affidavit of Ira Worster, hereto annexed.
And the said Susanna Worster, on her oath, further declares, that since the decease of her said husband she has never intermarried, but is still remaining

remaining the widow of said Thomas Worcester as will appear by the proofs and evidence hereto annexed, as aforesaid.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year first above written.
Swannah Worcester
Before, D. H. White Judge of Probate

I Ina Worcester of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged thirty-four years and upwards on oath, do depose, testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Thomas Worcester named in the foregoing declaration, and do know that he died on the eighteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two,
My means of knowing the above stated fact is, that I was with him at his house in Sanford in the County of York, state of Maine. on the day of his death as above stated,
And I further testify and say that I am well acquainted with Susannah Worcester who is now making application for a pension, and do know that she is the widow of said Thomas Worcester, and that she now resides in said Georgetown, and that she has not intermarried since the decease of the said Thomas.
N.B. "state of Maine" interlined before signing.
Sworn to, and subscribed by Ina Worcester said Ina Worcester, to whom is a credible witness. Before me Thomas Gage, Justice of the Peace.

S. Worster, 3315 Wid of Thomas Mass. Act July 7. 1838 Mamma 1784 died 1822 Allow $80 per ann
Tho. Gage Georgiana Mass

Extract from the Records of the Town of Berwick in the county of York and State of Maine under the head of Marriages Solemnized by Humphry Chadbourn a Justice of the Peace in and for said County is the following Entry Viz t Seventeen hundred and eighty four September the thirtieth Thomas Worster with Susanna Joy both of Berwick I Joseph Prime Clerk of said Town of Berwick certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows Viz t 1784 September 30 th Joseph Prime Town Clerk
I Joseph Prime above named depose testify and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of the same Town with the exceptions aforesaid as certified by me
Joseph Prime Town Clerk
State of Maine County of York ss Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Joseph Prime Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just. Peace
And I Wm. A. Hayes the above named Justice of the Peace certify that the above named Joseph Prime who is well known to me is a person of truth and veracity and his statements are entitled to full credit. Wm. A. Hayes Just Peace
State of Maine. York ss. I John Sheele, Register of the court of Probate, within and for the county of York, the same being a court of Record, hereby certify that William A. Hayes is a justice of the Peace,

in and for the county of York aforesaid, and that the signature preceding, and purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court this twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty eight.
John Sleele { Register of the court of Probate York County Maine

Thomas Worster's claim for pension,
Carroll.
From
Daniel S. S. Wall

Δ Thomas Worster of Sanford in the county of York in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, — upon oath makes the following declaration;
That the said Thomas Worster, on the third day of June, A. D. 1777, enlisted as a private Soldier in Capt. Samuel Darby's Company in the second Massachusetts in the continental establishment Regiment, commanded by Col. Bailey, and went to Boston, and from thence went to the North-ward, and was engaged in the battle at the taking of Burguoines army — Afterwards he was engaged in the celebrated battle of Monmouth — And was engaged in several other skirmishes — That the declarant faithfully served the whole of said term in said regiment; and was on the third day of June 1780, honorably discharged. Which discharge is here- to annexed.
That the declarant is sixty years of age, infirm, and incapable of manual labour; and from his reduced circumstances in life, is now in need of assistance from his country for support. And he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed by the laws of the United States. X Thomas Worster
April 14, 1818.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
York ss. On this fourteenth day of April, A. D. 1818, personally appeared before me, Stephen Thacher, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the county of York in the Commonwealth aforesaid, the aforementioned Thomas Worster, and in my presence subscribed and made oath to the aforeswritten declaration and affidavit by him made, 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 it appearing to my satisfaction that the aforementioned Thomas Worster served for the term of more than nine months, to wit, from the third day of June 1777, to the third day of June 1800, at one period of the War of the revolution on the continental establishment against the common enemy; I hereby certify the testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and cause the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, the day and year aforesaid.
Daniel Sewall, Reg r of said Court.
Stephen Thacher Judge

Army Discharge
Thomas Worcester, N. 5. 14183 Mass.
T. H. H. Bunker in the as a faithful good soldier in the being the fully distinguished the Given under my hand Day of

T H E Bearer hereof Thomas Worcester a Soldier in the Second Massachusetts Regiment, having served as a faithful good Soldier in the said Regiment, the Term of Three Years being the full term for which he enlisted, is hereby discharged from the same.
Given under my Hand, at West Point this Third Day of June — 1780. M c Donough Capt d  Ebenezer Dyer B d M c nam a Col o Commandt.

Massachusetts
2358
Susannah Worcester widow of Thomas Worcester, de P.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar 1818 and who died on the ————— 1822, of Essex Co in the State of Mass who was a private in the Co commanded by Captain Farley of the reg commanded by Col Bailey in the Mass. Cont line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of April 1839 and sent to Geo. Gage , Georgetown, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $ 240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 40.00
$280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D.M. Cundy Clerk, Book 1. Vol. 1. Page 144.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14183
Susannah Worcester
Widow of
Thomas Worcester
Pre Rev War
Act: March 8 th 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 356
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2685
J. Worcester
$80 per an
Josiah Caldwell, Ipswich, Mass.

State of Massachusetts County of Essex ss.
On this first day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three. — Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the peace for and in the said county, Susanna Worcester now a resident of Georgetown in the county of Essex, 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 benefits of the provision made by the act of congress, passed on the 3 day of March 1843 — granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Thomas Worcester, who was a soldier in said war. —
And the annual amount of the pension she received under the act of July 7. 1838 was eighty dollars
She further declares that she is still a widow. Susanna Worcester Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written — before Josiah Caldwell justice of the peace.
In presence of Josiah Caldwell Abi Worcester
I Josiah Caldwell, the above named justice of the peace, do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Susanna Worcester, the signer of the foregoing declaration, and that she was a pensioner under the act of July 7. 1838. then residing in Ipswich in the county of Essex. Attest Josiah Caldwell justice of the peace
To James L. Edwards Esq commissioner of Pensions Washington Please address Josiah Caldwell Ipswich Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Josiah Caldwell esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration of Susanna Worcester purports to have been made, is a justice of the peace for said county; and that his name, subscribed to the certificates thereon, and following the same, respectively, is his genuine signature, to me well known.
Given under my hand and seal of office this nineteenth day of September, A.D. 1843.
Nath. Lord jr.