Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24551, for Reuben Libby, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Libby, Reuben or Mercy Marcy
W. 24 551
CONTENTS

Maine — 4849.
Mercy Libby, widow of Nathan Libby, deceased.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 13 th March, 1825- of Haverhill, in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Tyler of the reg t commanded by Col. Hinman in the Massachusetts- line for 7 Mths 21 Days service.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine- at the rate of 25 Dollars 57 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of January, 1840 and sent to George W. Norton, Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 14th of March, 1840 $102.25 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th L d 12.75 $115.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk Book A Vol. 1 Page 14

I Abraham Milliken upon oath state, that I am now Clerk of Scarbro in the County of Cumberland (State of Maine), which office I have held for twenty years past, & that I have been requested to examine the records of said town for evidence of the marriage of Reuben Libby to Mercy Mann, & have carefully examined the records of said town, but do not find said marriage recorded, altho' I examined from seventeen hundred & seventy five, to eighteen hundred & twenty. Nor do I find any record of their publication or of the birth of their children. The said marriage is alleged to have been in seventeen hundred & eighty one, & the records at that period are imperfect, & the fact of said marriage not having been recorded, does not raise a presumption against it.
Abraham Milliken Town Clerk
State of Maine,
Cumberland ss: Subscribed & sworn to this fifth day of November A.D. 1839. Before me
Seth Storer, Justice of Peace.
State of Maine, Kennebec County ss. I hereby certify that Seth Storer is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cumberland and that the signa- ture hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof I have affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State & superintend my name. this 13th day of November 1839. L. H. Chandler { Clerk of the Judicial Court for County of Kennebec

I Thomas Jameson Pastor of the First Church in Scarborough, in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, do hereby certify that in the record of marriages made in the records of said Church by Rev. Thomas Lancaster Pastor of the Church, the marriage of Reuben Libbe and Marcy Marr recorded as follows - viz -
"Reuben Libbe & Marcy Marr both of Scarborough was married November fifteenth seven- ten hundred and eighty one By Rev. Thomas Lancaster."
I Thomas Jameson above named do hereby certify that I am Pastor of the First Church in Scarborough; and that the above is a true extract from the record of marriages in said Church - with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz "November 15 th 1781"
Thomas Jameson State of Maine - Cumberland Co. November 8 th A.D. 1839. Then the above named Thomas Jameson personally appeared and made oath to the truth of of the above by him subscribed.
Before me Seth Stevens Justice of the Peace.

I, Sewall Libby of Gardiner, Maine, of lawful age, do upon oath declare, that the annexed record, purporting to be the family of Records of the births of the family of Reuben Libby, was taken from a Bible which formerly belonged to him and is in the hand writing of the wife of my brother Cypruss Libby, and was made, to my certain knowledge, more than twenty years ago, upon the request, of my late father Reuben Libby: — and I do further declare that I believe said record to be correct & true, as well, also, as the record of Children's Marriages, in the same leaf.
Sewall Libby
State of Maine
Wenatchee County ss
A. D. 1839
Subscribed & sworn to this day; Before me
Augusta, August 23 rd
Grady Dattell, Justice of the
Peace
I certify that the above statement is a credible person —
Grady Dattell, Justice of the Peace

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Reuben Libby was born March 2 nd 1754
Marcy Libby was born February 18 th 1759
Sally Libby was born September 21 st 1782
Samuel Libby was born December 23 rd 1784
Octavia Libby was born June 21 st 1787
Termina Libby was born May 18 th 1790
Cyrus Libby was born February 29 th 1793
Israel Libby was born
Dec r 4 th 1796 August 9 th 1798
Abigail Libby was born

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Octavia Libby Was married July 3 rd 1806
Sally Libby was married October 3 rd 1806
Samuel Libby was married October 20 th 1810
Cyprus Libby was married February 3 rd 1816
Abigail Libby was married October 27 th 1818
Permelia Libby was married October 17 th 1820
Suel Libby Was married October 20 th 1821

VA 713 Macy Libby - widow of Reuben Libby who served as a soldier in Capt. Tyler's Co. Col. 8 M o Phila. Sept 1775
Poor & destitute
Vol 13 p 132 - enl? 9 May 75 - 7-21 85
advised 7: 21. 11 25. 57
no deduction
Germerstown Augusta Maine

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
ON this thirteenth day of August A. D., 1830 personally appeared before the Hon. Asa Redington sole judge of the Circuit Court for the Middle District comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset in the State of Maine, in Open Court at a special term of said Court held at Augusta, in said State. Mercy Libby a resident of Garland in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine , aged eighty 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Reuben Libby deceased, late of said Garland , but formerly a resident of Scarborough in said State, who she has reason to believe and does believe enlisted as a private in the year 1775, for the period of eight months, into Captain Tyler's Company and Colonel Phelps's regiment of the Massachusetts troops and was stationed at Cambridge Mass. or in that vicinity; that she believes he served the whole period of his enlistment; that there is not a family record to her knowledge of the date of his marriage but the family record contains the date of the births of her children which record accompanies this her declaration, which was used many years prior to her late husband's death to ascertain the age of their children; that she is not able to furnish without search the date of the spring of her services but refers to the rolls in support. She further declares, that she was married to the said Reuben Libby on the not recollects day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one; that her husband, the aforesaid Reuben Libby died on the thirteenth day of March eighteen hundred & twenty five; 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, that her maiden name was Mary Matt , that she was married to the said Reuben Libby in the town of Scarborough , in the then District of Maine by the Rev. Mr. Blanchard and that she has remained upon said Libby's deceased his
Mercy Libby mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Asa Redington for the Court Mid. District

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec
ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the  State hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Asa Redington before whom the proceedings were had, is the sole Judge of the Sister Court Middle District Maine I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Mercy Libby for a pension. I also certify that Rev. W. Morton and Erastus Barlett are Justices of the Peace for the County of Kennebec, and that the signatures hereunto annexed purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this thirteenth day of November A. D., 1839
L. A. Chandler

I Samuel Sibley, of Gardiner in the County of Kennebec, and State of Maine aged forty three years do hereby declare and say, that my late father Reuben Sibley died in said town of Gardiner in the month of March 1825, that my mother his repute known Mercy Sibley who made the foregoing declaration was always understood to have been the wife of his youth, and the mother of his children, they had a family consisting of seven children, five of them being older than myself my said father & mother from my earliest recollection lived together as husband and wife till his death, and that his repute known my mother has remained unmarried ever since his decease, and now resides with me in said town of Gardiner
Samuel Sibley
State of Maine
Kennebec County
Augusta August 13. 1835
Subscribed and sworn to the deponent being a credible witness entitled to credit and belief
Before me
Geo. Morton Notary of the Peace.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21, 5-5-1
Mercy Hibby Widow of Reuben Hibby Prim Mass line
Act: July 7th 1838
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 137
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Augusta, Maine November 13 th 1833
Sir
I herewith transmit the papers in the case of Mrs. Mary Libby (widow of Ruben Libby) in order to establish her claim to a pension under the act of July 7. 1838. Her late husband served as a soldier in the Revolution eight months in the year 1775 in Capt. Dyer's Company and Colonel Phinney's Regiment. You are respectfully referred to the rolls of that regiment for the service. At the time she made her declaration in court it was not known that there was any record of her marriage extant, and she stated the time to have been in October 1781. Since she made her declaration, it has been ascertained that there is a church record of the marriage which is certified by the minister of the church in Scarbro and the record shows that her marriage was solemnized the fifteenth day of November 1781. This discrepancy has occurred in consequence of her stating the time from memory which I suppose will not be prejudicial injurious to her claim. This case was presented to you and returned to me with your letter of 13 th July last, in consequence of her declaration not being made in open court. She has as will be seen made another declaration in open court which with the accompanying papers it is wished may be satisfactory & if this is the case you are respectfully requested

to transmit me for her a pension certificate
I am respectfully your obed Servt Geo. W. Morton
Jas. G. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Met at Care House Me July 7 1838
Providence R.I. July 11 1838 Henry S. Ladd Mr. J. L. Edwards
FREE
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City D. C.