Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25950, for John Mc Lucas, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
McLucas, John
W 25-950
Welch, Margaret
Former widow
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9097 Maine Margaret Welch bee. d widow of John W. Sneas who was a pirate in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Ending 8 th Sept. 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Nov 1851. and sent to
J. G. Bennett Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 11

James G. Berret Present

State of Maine.
York, ss.
I, Joshua Herrick, Register of the Court of Probate for said county, do hereby certify that William C. Allen is Judge of the said Court of Probate, within and for said county of York, as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and that the following signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate, this ninth day of April, A.D. 1851
Joshua Herrick "
Register of said Court of Probate for said county of York.

State of Maine York County ss On this ninth day of April A D 1857 before Hon. William C. Allen Judge of Probate Court in & for the county aforesaid being a court of Record in open court personally appeared Abraham M c Lucas a resident of Waterville in the county of York aforesaid aged fifty three years, who is administrator of the estate of Margaret Welch late of said Waterville deceased, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838, 3 d of March 1843 and all subsequent Acts and resolutions of Congress applicable to his case for himself and in behalf of the surviving children of said Margaret Welch deceased, That the said Margaret Welch was formerly the widow of John M c Lucas who was a private in Captain Jonathan Nowell's company, in Colonel James Scammon's Regiment in the Massachusetts line in the Revolutionary army & served eight months in said company in the year 1775. that said Scammon's Regiment was principally recruited at Baco and in the vicinity

which, although he he resided in Boston first gave me the impression that he might have enlisted at Salem; but my father was a seafaring man & was engaged in the coasting trade & fishing business before he enlisted in the Service and as a tradition prevails in our family that he killed two white bears on an Island near Mount Desert in Maine I am now of the opinion as the Secretary of Massachusetts receives him of Mount Desert that he enlisted there.
He further declares that he is administrator of the estate of Margaret Welch aforesaid and that the said Margaret was married to the said John M c Lucas at Boston aforesaid on the twenty second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight and that said John M c Lucas husband died on the year eighteen hundred and thirty and that the said Margaret afterwards and during her widowhood as aforesaid married one Thomas Welch and that said Thomas Welch died on the sixth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty and

That the said Margaret remained the widow of said Thomas Welch and unmar- ried to the time of her death and that she died at said Westbrook on the eighth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and forty three, and that Abraham M c Lucas, John M c Lucas, Jeremiah M c Lucas, Robert M c Lucas, Margaret Grey, James M c Lucas & Sally Nason are the children and only surviving children of said Margaret Welch; That the said Margaret Welch was not married to the said John M c Lucas previous to the last period of his services but was married to him prior to the first day of January in the year seventeen hundred & ninety four to wit at the time abovenar- tioned.                      Abraham M c Lucas
Witness
William Trafton.
State of Maine - ss. At a special Court of Probate held at Alfred, within and for the county of York, personally appeared Abraham M c Lucas, and made oath that the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed, is true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief; which declar- ation was made by the said M c Lucas on oath.
Wm. C. Allen, Judge of Probate as aforesaid

State of Maine. County of York, ss.
I, Joshua Herrick, Register of the Court of Probate for said county of York, hereby certify, that at a Court of Probate held at Simerick, within and for the said county of York, on the seventh day of April, A.D. 1851, Abraham McLucas of Waterborough, in said county, was duly appointed Administrator of all and singular the goods and estate of Margaret Welch late of said Waterborough, deceased, and gave bond to the acceptance of the Judge of said Court for the faithful performance of said trust according to law.
I do further certify, that said appointment remains in full force and in nowise revoked, reversed or annulled.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Probate Office aforesaid, this ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Joshua Herrick } Register of Probate " } for said county.

STATE OF MAINE. COUNTY OF YORK, ss.
Special Court of Probate, Term, A. D. 1851.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this ninth day of April A. D. 1851, it has been satisfactorily proved, in open Court, being a Court of Record, that John M c Lucas, late of Hiram in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, who was reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier in said County, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that he died at Portland in the county of Cumberland in the State of Maine day of in the year 1813 A. D. 1851 and that leaving a widow by the name of Margaret M c Lucas, who afterwards intermarried with Thomas Welch, late of Waterborough in said county of York, deceased, who died at said Waterborough, on the sixth day of April, A. D. 1830, leaving the said Margaret his widow, who remained his widow and unmarried till her death, and who died at said Waterborough on the eighth day of September, A. D. 1843; and that Abraham M c Lucas, John M c Lucas, Jeremiah M c Lucas, Robert M c Lucas, Margaret Gray, James M c Lucas, and Sally Mason are the children and only surviving children of the said Margaret Welch, deceased.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty one.
Joshua Merrill } Register of the Court of Probate, York County.

I Benjamin Rice of lawful age do testify and say, that I am Pastor of the Congregational Church in the town of Buxton County of York State of Maine; that I have in my possession as such, the Records of said Church and of the marriages solemnized by the Pastors of the same. I do further testify that it appears from said Book of Records that Rev. Paul Loffin was ordained Pastor of said Church in "one thousand seven hundred and sixty three March the sixteenth," and that he continued his pastoral relation to the Church aforesaid till his decease in "one thousand eight hundred and twenty one June the sixth." I do further testify and say that on the list of marriages solemnized by the said Paul Loffin I find the following entry to wit: "one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight December the twenty second, John M. Lucas and Margaret Brown, both of Limerick." And I further testify that the foregoing quotations are an exact transcript of the Records aforesaid, with the exception, that the above dates on said Records are expressed in fair legible figures, and not in words at length as above expressed
Witness Daniel Wentworth Benjamin Rice

State of Maine York ss. August 10 th 1850. Then personally appeared before me the subscriber, the within named Benjamin Reir well known to me as a man of truth who made oaths to the truth of the within affidavits by him subscribed in my presence
Daniel Wentworth Justice of the Peace
York ss.
State of Maine
Clerks Office Jud. Courts
Alfred April 9. 1851.
I John McIntire Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the county of York, hereby certify that,
Daniel Wentworth Esq.
was a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of York at the date of the above certificate, by him subscribed, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the State aforesaid the day and year above written.
J. McIntire Clerk.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25959
Margaret Mrodek Widow of John M c Guencas Prin Keer-war
Act Mar 3 rd 1843 June 17 th 1844
Index: Vol. W , Page. 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11,200
Maine
Margaret Welch dec d
Widow of John M c Lean who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the _____ of _____ in the State of Maine who was a priv t in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ line for _____
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Nov r 1857 and sent to J G Berrut V er ant
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H E Robinson Clerk, Book 5 Vol. 7 Page 21

Margaret Welch dec d . former wife of John M c Lucas.
Maine
Acts July 1838 etc.
8 Mo. pri - $26.66 from 4 Mch 30 to 8 Sept 43 when she died. except 2 yrs
Payable to Abraham M c Lucas. Adm r . for the benefit of himself John M c Lucas, Jeremiah M c -Lucas, Robert M c Lucas, Mar- -garet Gray, James M c Lucas & Sally Nason, only children.
bequeath to
Jas G. Beret Present,

117 Sec 9 of Union Cert. of • April 3, 1851. •

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
April 3 d 1851 .
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 John M c Lucas is borne on rolls of 8 mo. service in 1775, in Col. Jonathan Knowlton's lev. Col. Scammon's Regt. as a private, of Mt. Desert, enlisted May 5, on returns Aug 1, & in Oct. - no receipt for coat found. - part of the Coat receipts of this lev. are missing.
There is no evidence of any other service by any person of the name in 1775.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Amasa Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application of Abraham M c Lucas of Waterborough in the county of York & State of Maine one of the children of Margaret Welch who was formerly the widow of John M c Lucas who was a revolutionary soldier.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of my late father John M c Lucas in the war of the Revolution
John M c Lucas my late father was a resident of Buxton, Maine, when the services were rendered & I believe he enlisted as a private at Dover, in 1775 in Massachusetts line & served eight months & was at the Battle of Bunker Hill I do not know under what officer he served. Witness my hand this 11th day of March A D 1851.
Signed by the said Abraham M c Lucas in                      Abraham M c Lucas my presence. Arthur M c Arthur justice of the Peace

Brief in the case of Margaret Welch dec d formerly wid of John M c Lucas County and State of Maine act 7 July 38. & 3 d Mch '43
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of 8 mo. Service; Record, " " of Marriage; do.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
J. F. Benet Present,
Kirby Examining Clerk.

Washington 17 April 1857.
Hon J E Heath
Commr of Pensions
Sir,
I enclose herewith the application of Abraham M Lucas adm r . of Margaret Welch formerly the widow of John M Lucas for arrear of Pensions under the act 7 July 1838 -
I am, Very Respectfully gn. St. Sub. James G. Berret