Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12,133, for Asa Lincoln, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Lincoln Asa Metiah
NUMBER _____
W. 12. 133
B. L. M-43509-160-55:
CONTENTS

5.831.
Massachusetts.
Abigail Lincoln,
widow of Asa Lincoln
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 dollars 79 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
27 th day of June 1856. and sent to
A. Ray. Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 13. Vol. 36.
151270
H. C. Loomis, May 18 1860

33,352 Massachusetts.
Asa Lincoln dec d
of _____ in the State of who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolutionary line for 7 mos & 6 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 23 , Dollars 99 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, and ending 2d February 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of June 1836 and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of A. Ray. Semi-annual allowance ending Present.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [Signature] Clerk, Book No. Vol. 1 Page 175

25-1.270 At Mich 3/55
July 10th/36 Meletiah Lincoln (wid)
Asa Lincoln Pri
- Capt 4350 E Newell Col D Reyes Capt Gilhert Col Whitney
Rev War Rev Pensioner July 52-5831 Ad: No 113, Sept: 11/56 B.R. Dn
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Elijah Clark K Brighton Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this fourth day of July, A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty six, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex. State afterwards, Melitiah Lincoln aged Seventy five years, a resident of Holliston in the State of Massachusetts, who, being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the widow of Aba Lincoln, deceased who was a private in the Company of Capt. Ebenezer Newell, in Col. Danforth's Keyes, Regt, in War of the Revolution, for near nine months service in 1778, and was also in the Company of Capt. David Gilbert, in the Regt. of Col. Whitney, service at Rhode Island, all of which service was near eight months, and that she is now in receipt of a pension of twenty three dollars, and ninety nine cents per annum, under the Law of Congress passed February Third 1835. She further states that she was married to the said Aba Lincoln in Holliston on the twenty fifth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and twenty four, that her name before her said marriage was Melitiah Whiting, that her said husband died at Holliston on the on the second day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty five, and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1835."
Melitiah Lincoln

We Calvin Lincoln, and Elmira Lincoln residents of Melkton in the State of Massachusetts, Upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Melkton Lincoln in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, Calvin Lincoln Elmira Lincoln
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify, that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim, before me, Elisha Clark Justice of the Peace,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 5 th 1856
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
H. D. Wells Secretary of the Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this thirteenth day of November, Eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before the Hon. Saml. O. P. Fay, Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex, Meletiah Lincoln, a resident of Holliston in said County, seventy five years of age, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress. The second section of the Act of February, B.C. 1833, as well as the Act of July, 29, A.D. 1838, granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. That She is the widow of Asa Lincoln, late of Holliston deceased, who was a native of the town of Western, now the town of Warren, in the County of Worcester in said Commonwealth. That the said Asa Lincoln rendered his Country Service in the War of the Revolution from said town of Western, was in a Quorum Service in the State of Rhode Island near Biscay mounted, in a Company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Deward, in the Regiment of Col. Dunsfor the Keyes, of Western forward. That he again rendered another term of Service in the State of Rhode Island of one month and twelve days in the Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Gilbert, in Col. Jonathan Whitney's Regiment. She has the impression that he may have rendered some other services which she is not able to prove at this time. That by reason of his partial insanity, a number of years before his death, she is not able to prove all his services as she believed.

She further declared that she was married to said Asa Lincoln, in the adjoining town of Walliston, by Reverend Jacob Tole, Pastor of a Church and Society in Medway, in the County of Norfolk, in said Commonwealth on the twenty fifth day of August, eighteen hundred and twenty four. That her husband, the said Asa, Lincoln, died in Walliston aforesaid, on the second day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty five. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the third day of February A.D. 1835, being at the time above stated, and she further declared that she is now a widow, and has never before made a claim for a pension.
Meletiah Lincoln
Subscribed & sworn to by said Meletiah Lincoln on the day first above written, the word "adjoining" on this page, being struck out before signing, and I certify that I have no interest whatever in the above application, or in the result of it.
J. A. P. Day judge of Probate for the County of Middlesex
The above declaration was sworn to at an open special court at my dwelling house in Cambridge.
J. A. P. Day

Miletiah Lincoln Widow of Asa, Married 1824
Application under the Act of Feb'y 3 1853. 2 d Sec

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
I, ALFRED A. PRESCOTT, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, aforesaid, hereby certify, that at a Court of Probate held at Samuel P. P. Fay, Esq. in and for said county, on the day of  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty of Cambridge in said County, is the Judge of Probate within and for said County, was duly appointed and qualified for that Office, and that his signature to the Paper hereto annexed, is his true and genuine and gave rise to the acceptance of the Judge of said Court for the due performance of said trust according to law: Signature, and that full confidence may be placed therein,
I also certify, that it appears by the records and files of said office, that said appointment remains in full force, is no wise revoked, reversed, or annulled.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five .
A. Prescott REGISTER.

Affidavits of reputation, of service, death and Widowhood.

I Sally Andrus of the town of Warren, County of Worcester, & State of Massach- -usetts, eighty four years of age, was born in this town & have always resided in it, and am a person of sound mind & memory do hereby certify & say that I well recollect the Revolutionary war, that many of the Soldiers of War n (then known by the name of Western, which was its legal name at that time) went into the service of the United States, and served in the Regime- -nt commanded by Col Danforth Keyes, and went at one time to Kingston in the State of Rhode Island & were there many months in said service, and among those Soldiers which served as above was my father, & I feel quite certain Asa Lincoln , son of Seth Lincoln was one of said Soldiers who served in said Col Keyes Regiment, and also served for a shorter time with my father about the time that Gen l Burgoyne's army was taken & I think was at the taking of that army, I also certify & say that I well knew & was acquainted with said Asa Lincoln & that there was no other Asa Lincoln in Western Brookfield or any of the adjoining towns at that time, & that he after the war moved to Holliston & died there, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 12 th day of Dec r , A. D. 1855
Witness Avery Keese
Sally Andrus

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester, Ss. Warren Dec 12 th A.D. 1855
I hereby certify that Sally Andrew who signed The foregoing Statement is personally known to me that her reputation for veracity is unquestionably good, for I never had it doubted, that she retains her mental faculties remarkable for one of her age, That she cheerfully and readily signed the foregoing with the declaration of its being all true, but has conscien- tious scruples against affirming or being sworn in any case or under any circumstances, and that I fully credit her statements which she has subscribed in my presence, and I also certify that certain alterations of words and some interlineation was done by me before signing by said Sally Andrew, and that I have no interest in the matter for which this this is made
Very Respectfully Justus Pease

I John Sanford, of West Brookfield, in the County of Worcester, & State of Massachusetts, ninety two years of age, do testify and say, that in the early part of my life, I resided in the adjoining town of Warren, formerly known & was at that time the town of Western, in said County of Worcester, that I well recollect the Revolutionary War, was acquainted with Asa Lincoln, then of Western, and son of Seth Lincoln, the said Seth Lincoln had a number of sons & some of them I recollect went in the service of the revolution, and its my impression & I verily believe the aforesaid Asa Lincoln was in the service, — After the revolution, the said Asa Lincoln removed to Nolliston in the County of Middlesex in said State of Massachusetts, and there resided until his death, — at the time of the revolution there was no other man by the name of Asa Lincoln residing in Western Brookfield or any of the adjoining towns, Witness my hand & seal this eleventh } John Sanford day of December A.D. 1853 }
County of Worcester, Town of West Brookfield Dec 11 th A.D. 1853, — Then personally appeared John Sanford, personally known to me as a person of sound mind and a person of veracity, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, by him subscribed, and I certify that I am not interested in the matter for which this affidavit is made.
Before me, — Avery Keen } Just. Peace

Extracts from the records of the Town of Warren in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
"Asa Lincoln Son to Seth & Lucy Lincoln born January 31 - 1759
Febr 9 th 1788
Asa Lincoln of Western and Esther Miller of Holiston intend Marriage Entered for Deuty Patridge Town Clerk "
I Samuel E Blair depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Warren County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the above are true extracts from the records of said Town, and also that the said town of Warren was formerly called Western.
Samuel E Blair Town Clerk of Warren
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss Warren November 21 st 1855 Then personally appeared Samuel E Blair Town Clerk of Warren and made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him made and subscribed, and I certify that I am not interested in the matter for which this Certificate is made
Joseph F. Witsenock Justice of the Peace

I, Isaac Vibbe of Holliston in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Groom, seven by two years of age. Do testify and say that I have resided in this town the greater part of my life. That I was well acquainted with Ada Lincoln, who died in this town near twenty years since, an aged man. That he came to this town from the Town of Western, in the County of Worcester, in the State aforesaid. That after the death of his first wife he again married to Mrs. Mehitable Whiting of this town and that the said Mehitable Lincoln, has not married since the death of the said Ada Lincoln, her husband deceased, but remains a widow and resides in Holliston aforesaid.
Isaac Vibbe
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss. Holliston Dec r 28 th 1885.
Then personally appeared Isaac Vibbe, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, and I certify that I have been acquainted with the said Isaac Vibbe for more than twenty years past, and he is a person reputed to be of good character & veracity, also that I am not interested in the matter for which this affidavit is made.
Before me, Elijah Clarke, Justice of the Peace.

I Jonathan Cutter of Holliston in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Yeoman, aged seventy, four years and upwards, do certify and say that I was personally acquainted with Asa Lincoln late of said Holliston at the time of his death about 1835, and for many years previous to his death; that he came to Holliston from Western now the town of Warren in the County of Worcester, I was a near neighbor of said Asa at the time of his death - His first wife was Esther Miller, a daughter of M rs . Jacob Miller of Holliston, and after the death of the said Esther, he, the said Asa, married Melanch Whiting Widow, - I was sick with a fever about fifty years ago, and said Asa, at that time came to see me, being my nearest neighbor, and said he could share me, as that was his business in the Revolutionary Army - and from that remark I always believed he was in the said Army - Said Asa was a hard working man until his health failed him a number of years before his death; and during this time, his mind failed him; and after his mind failed him, he transacted no business of any importance and further I say not Jonathan Cutter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex, S. S. November 23, 1895 - Then personally appeared the above named Jonathan Cutter who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit, and made solemn oath, that the same is just and true according to his best knowledge and

belief. —
— Before me Elias Russell justice of Peace.
And I further say that said Jonathan Gotten is personally well known to me, and is a man of strict truth, and entitled to full faith and credit, in all his statements, and I further state that I am, in no wise interested in the matter for which this affidavit is taken. —
Elias Russell justice of Peace.

I Sewall G. Burnap of Holliston in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Phys- sician aged fifty two years do certify and say that about A.D. 1827 I became personally acquainted with Asa Lincoln of said Holliston, when he consulted me as a Physician, and often consulted me as a Phy- sician, and I attended him as a Physician in the latter part of his life, - he was an aged man during my acquaintance with him; and was during that time constitutionally and habitually an inveterate Hypocon- driac; when a little distanced from his home, he would say, he should not live to get home, though in his ordinary and usual state of health; he had all the vagaries and whims of a confirmed hypochondriac and further I say not. Sewall G. Burnap
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Middlesex, ss. November 23. 1855 Personally appeared Sewall G. Burnap, who being subscribed the foregoing affidavit, and made oath that the same is just and true
Before me - Elias Bullard Justice of Peace And I the said Justice further certify that I am person- ally acquainted with the said Sewall G. Burnap, that he is a man of strict truth, and entitled to full faith and credit in all his statements, and I further certify that I have no in- terest whatever in the matter for which this affidavit is taken
Elias Bullard Justice of Peace

I Geo. E. Johnson the above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Holliston County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the above are true extracts from the Town Records with the exception in the last as certified by me above and I also certify that in the Records of Deaths I also find the following
"Mr. Asa Lincoln Died February 2 nd 1835 "aged" Attest Geo. E. Johnson Town Clerk of Holliston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. Holliston January 22 nd 1856 Then personally appeared Geo. E. Johnson Town Clerk of Holliston and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him made and subscribed and I certify that I have no interest in the matter for which this certificate is made
Before Me
Abel Pond, Justice of the Peace

Extract from the Records of the Town of Holliston in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
"A D. 1776. Entry for publishing ye purposes of Marriage
1788. February ye 7 th Asa Lincoln of Western to Esther Miller of Holliston
Death in Holliston 1823 Mrs Esther Lincoln wife of Mr. Asa Lincoln - died October 10 th 1823 aged 56
August 5, 1824. Asa Lincoln and Meletiah Whiting both of Holliston intend Marriage
I hereby certify that Mr. Asa Lincoln and Mrs Meletiah Whiting both of Holliston were united in Marriage by me on the twenty fifth day of August eighteen hundred and twenty four Jacob Ide. Pastor of the Second Cong. Church in Medway
I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of the Town of Holliston with the exception of the date which is in fair legible figures as follows. "on the 25 day of August 1824
Attest Geo. E. Johnson Town Clerk of Holliston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Jan y . 18 th 1856
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed. Joseph P. Hicken and Avery Keep were Justices of the Peace for the County of Worcester, and Elias Bullard, Elijah Clark and Abel Pond were Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
W. M c N ight Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Asa Lincoln died 2 d Feby 1835
Application for arrears of Pension under the Act of June 7 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss.
On this Thirtieth day of December, Eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before the Hon. Col. R. P. Fry, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex. Mehitable Lincoln, a resident of Holliston in said County, Seventy five years of age, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain arrears of Pension, which was due to her late husband Asa Lincoln, of Holliston, deceased, agreeable to the acts of Congress passed June Seventh, 1832, and the Second Section of the Act of July, fourth, 1836. That the said Asa Lincoln, was a native of the Town of Waver in the County of Worcester in said Commonwealth, being formerly the Town of Western. That near the first of July, 1777 he engaged and rendered near six months service in the State of Rhode Island in a Company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Hewell, in the Regiment of Colo. Danforth's Keyes, and that in the autumn of 1778, he again engaged and rendered another term of service at Rhode Island of one month and twelve days, in the Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Gilbert, in Colo. Whitney's Regiment, and she has the impression that he may have rendered some other service which she is not able to prove at this time. That by reason of an affliction of hopeless dyspepsia, or partial insanity, he the said Asa Lincoln, never made a claim for the pension due him for the service he rendered his Country. She therefore claims the amount due from the first of March A.D. 1831, to the second of,

February eighteen hundred and thirty five. The day of the death of her husband the said Asa Lincoln, and she hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension under the aforesaid acts of congress, excepting the arrearage, and declared that she is still the widow of Asa Lincoln aforesaid.
v Mehitable Lincoln
Subscribed & sworn to by said Mehitable Lincoln on the day first above written, at a special open court at my dwelling-house in Cambridge, - and I hereby certify, that I have no interest whatever in the above application, or in the result of it
J. P. Ray Judge of Prob. as aforesaid

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
I, ALFRED A. PRESCOTT, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, aforesaid, hereby certify, that at a Court of Probate held at Samuel P. P. Fay, Esq., in and for said county on the day of Cambridge in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Said County, is the Judge of Probate within and for said County,
duly appointed and qualified for that Office, and that his signature to the Paper hereto annexed, is his true and genuine
signature to the acceptance of the Judge of said Court for the due performance of said office as such Judge:
signature, and that full confidence may be placed therein,
I am aware, that it appears by the records and files in said office, that said appointment remains in full force, in no wise revoked, revised, or cancelled.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
A. Prescott REGISTER.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 12133
Melitia Lincoln
Wid of
Asa Lincoln
First Rev. War
Act: Feb 3 rd 1873.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 136
[Arrangement of 1870.]

43.509 2
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No. 6210 Meletiah Lincoln Widow of Asa. Massachusetts A Ray Jan'y 17 1856
3 Feb'y 1853, 2 d Sec

251.270
Gen. J. Mineat. Commissioner of Pensions Washington. City, D.C.

Mephistopheles Roll. Meletich Lincoln. miles of Sta. who was, a private M c Gregor.
See Feb. 3 rd 1853
$23:99 lb. per share
To A. Ray, B Present.

Massachusetts Roll. Asa Lincoln, del d who was a private Mass. troops.
Ad. At Jun 7. 1832,
7 mo 6 days, paid.
$23:98 3/4 per An.
Com March 4. 1831
End Feb 20 1835,
when he died
To Nathaniel Lincoln, widow
A. Ray. Present.

Washington Jan 15/56.
Judge Minor— Comm d of Pension Sir
You will please receive herewith an application for pension under act of June 1832. in the case of Asa Lincoln a. 9
and also a declaration made by him before Meletiah Lincoln for the benefit of a. 2 Feb 1853.
Respectfully
John Orson
Alma. Ray

Commencement of Pension Dear Sir
Will you please inform me of the amount of pension drawn by the widow
Peletiah Lincoln widow of Asa Lincoln dec'd of Middlesex or Worcester County Massachusetts;
particularly the amt drawn as pension due him as a soldier in the Revolution, in distinction from the amt due her as his widow.
Yr Affec
yours truly
L. C. Loomis
Washington D.C.
March 29 th

Sherman Lincoln of Maine,
John & Abiather Lincoln of Vermont,
Nathaniel, Mitchell, James, Ephraim, Jerome, Thomas, and Jacob of Massachusetts,
Nedabiah of N York & Nathaniel Lincoln of Conn,
have all been admitted under 1832, I have not examined any of their papers, but it might be of some importance to glance at some of them hereafter, if the examiner is not satisfied with the proof to date ,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 13 th 1856
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestations herunto annexed,
Jos. F. Hildreth was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester and Elisha Clark a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have herunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
J. D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

   Oct 29 th 1878   Paid to John Paddock L 14: 3: 5 00   Do to Wm Lincoln 7 14: 5 00   Do to Oliver Gilbert 95 0 00   Do to Frederick Bliss 7 10 00   Do to John Paddock 12 6 00   Do to John Davis 19 18 00   Do to Wm Lincoln 12 10 00  
L S D and 1707 " 16: 11 0
1905-15:11
We also find that the said Butler has paid out to individuals by Receipts the Sum of - 1707. 16-11
The same he has Recd 1705 15-11 Now Due to said Account - 2 1 0

We find By the scale of Depreciation that Capt Cutler has paid out in all ————— 106" 7" 4 and has Received of the Town according to sd Scale 21" 0" 8 which leaves Due to the sd Cutler in Silver money 85" 8" 10 A. in account
Error Excepted May 22 12 1783 Voted to Except of the above Report Dan l Keyes Town Clk
Joseph Cutler Deuty Partnidge } Committee John Barras } for Danforth Keyes } Western James Brown } "
On the town records I find the following At a Legal Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Warren on the 4 Day of March 1782 First Modr a house of Danforth Keyes Moderator 2 Made choice of Dan l Keyes Selectman 3 Made choice of Col d Isaac Glazen Selectman 4 Made choice of St d John Hambleton Selectman 5 Made choice of Col d Joseph Cutler Selectman 6 Made choice of Maj r Runben Read Selectman 7 Made choice of Do r Keyes Town Clerk & Made choice of Lieut t Ebenezer Cutler Town Treasurer.
At a Legal Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Western on Monday the 10 th Day of March 1783 1 st Made Choice of Col d James Stone Moderator Second Meeting 2 Made choice of Col d Stone first Selectman 3 Made choice of De c Isaac Bliss Select- man 4 Made choice of Matthew Patrick Selectman 5 Made choice of Maj r Runben Read Selectman 6 Made choice of John Barras Selectman 7 Made choice of Danforth Keyes Town Clerk 8 Made choice of Lieut t Ebenezer Cutler Town Treasurer. "
A true extract from the Records and papers of the town of Western (now called Warren) and it does not appear from the records and papers

of the Town that there was but one person By the name of Asa Lincoln in said Town Between the years 1775 and 1785
Attest Samuel C. Blair Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. Warren June 12 th 1856
Then personally appeared Samuel C. Blair Town Clerk of Warren and made oath that the foregoing Certificate made by him is true. And I certify that I am not interested in the matter for which this Certificate was made.
Jos F. Witchcock Justice of the Peace

I, Warren Miller of Walliston in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fifty nine years of age and responsive. Do testify & Say that I have always resided in this town that I was personally acquainted with Asa Lincoln of this town from the early part of my life up to his death. Which took place on or near the second day of February in the year AD 1825 at which time he was seventy five or eight years of age. I was with him on the night of his death. I was knowing that he was a native of Hartburn in the County of Worcester in said Commonwealth which town is now the town of Warren. I recollect that he formerly stated that he was in the service of the Revolutionary War, and I have always considered that he was in the service of that War from his native town of Hartburn. aforesaid. There no doubt of the fact. He left at his decease Mrs Nehemiah Lincoln, who resides in this town and remains his widow. Warren Miller
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex, ss. Walliston June 12. 1836. Then personally appeared Warren Miller to me known as a Man of good character & a credible witness, and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him Subscribed, and Deutly that I am not interested in the matter. As to this matter, before me, Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace

Gloucester Nov 1, 1872
Certificate of Service
5 mos & 24 days
1 " " 12 "
7 mos & 6 days

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. November 6 th 1855.
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 Asa Lincoln is borne on pay roll of Capt. Ebenezer Newell's Comp. Col. (Danville) Hays Regt. engaged for six mos. from July 10. to Jan'y. 4 th 1778, 5 mos 24 days as private Also on pay roll of Capt. (Daniel) Gilbrit's Comp. Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. from Aug. 2 to Sept. 13. 1778, 1 month 12 days as private from Worcester County.
Col Hays was also from Worcester County.
5. 24 - 1. 12 7. 6
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
S. Chas. M. Swift Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Melitiah Lincoln, of Norton County Middlesex State of Massachusetts, being five years of age, Depose and say that I have good reason to believe that I am entitled to a Pension from the United States, in consideration of the services of my late Husband Asa Lincoln, who was in the service of the Revolutionary War, from the town of Western, in the County of Worcester, but now the town of Warren, in said County of Worcester, and according to the best of my knowledge, he was in the service as a private for more than one year in all the service he rendered his country and it is my impression, that at one time he was in the service under Col. Hays of Western, and he may have been in the service one or two times, in the State of Rhode Island, and also in the service at Springfield, & also in the State of New York on the North River, and I request the Secretary to examine Rolls & Journal, & furnish proof. Melitiah Lincoln
Widdered, for Norton, Oct 30, 1855
Personally Melitiah Lincoln signed the above before me. Elijah Clark, Justice Peace

The Power of Attorney must be presented at the Pension Agency within three months from the date thereof; otherwise a new one will be required — and within fourteen months from the decease of the Pensioner; otherwise it must be presented to the Third Auditor of the United States Treasury, Washington, D. C.
If a widow survives, state only the name of the widow. If there is no widow surviving, state the names of all the surviving children, and state that they are the only surviving children. If it is wished that the Executor or Administrator draw for them, state who he is, and that he is now duly authorized to act in that capacity.
State of Massachusetts, } ss. COUNTY OF Middlesex
I, Alfred A. Prescott , Register of Probate for the said county of Middlesex ,
do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Asa Lincoln was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of  Dollars  Cents was a resident of Holliston in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts, and died at said Holliston on the second day of February in the year 185 5 , that he left a widow surviving children whose name is  is Meletiah Lincoln ; that she now resides in said Town of Holliston , and still remains the widow of the said Asa Lincoln ; I further certify, that the said Asa Lincoln was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war, as appears by a paper on file in the office of said court.
And I do further certify, that
has been duly appointed Administrator and that he will act in such trust
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Cambridge this thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord 185 6 .
A. Prescott Reg.
Lincoln ... 1856

Washington June 17. 1856
S. Col. Cor. acting Comd. Sir
Please receive herewith enclosed additional evidence in the case of Melchiah Lincoln Indian of Asa of Mass. for a pension under act Feb. 3. 1853.
Very respectfully John H. Sen. Alex. N.ay

Brief in the case of Asa Lincoln, dec d and his widow, Melitia Middlesex County, and State of Massachusetts.
acts June 7 th 1832, & February 3 rd 1833.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence of 7 months and 6 days' service, from the books of the Secretary of Massachusetts, with which claimants husband, who died February 2 nd 1835, is identified, and record evidence of her marriage in 1824.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
A. Ray. Present.
Examining Clerk.
Gordon Miles

Brighton, Mass. July. 5, 1856.
Hon. J. Minit
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir, I enclose to you herewith the claim of Mrs. Melatiah Lincoln, of Holliston, widow of Asa Lincoln, for Bounty Lond under act of March. 3. 1855.
Very Respectfully Yours Col. S. A. D. Elijah Clark