Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12162, for Moses Lufkin, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Lupkin, Roses Martha
W. 12/62
CONTENTS

Died June 7 1846
9,574
Massachusetts.
Moses Lufkin 41
of Gloucester in the state of Mass ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Mass ts line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of c Massachussetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Sep r 1819 and sent to Hon Wm Wetmore Boston, Mass ts
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  88.49    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819  48 —    10 28/30 31/31  136.49  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

291.
Massachusetts.
Martha Lufkin widow of Moses Lufkin who was a Drummer in the Mass. Line
Husb d died June 14. 1846.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 83 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 7 th June 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Nov r 1846 and sent to
William Hensen, Gloucester Mass.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2. Page 33.
Pencub to Scanned Mar 4 47 att Papt
Rep d
copy of entry made by B. B. B.

V. Moses Lufkin
Entered Ap l 1775
8 months
J. Daldin  neg. Inft.
one year 1776
This declaration is not dated.
Entered 5 Ap l 1829
Adm l

Gloucester March 30 th 1818
I Henry White of Gloucester County of Essex and State of Massachusetts do certify that I was an Officer in the Revolutionary War and that I was knowing to Major Lufkin belonging to Capt Rich & Dodge Company in Col o Gerrish Regiment after ward, Col o Baldwin that he enlisted in May 1775 that he continued that year and re enlisted in January 1776 following for one Year of which time he faithfully served as Drummer in said Regiment all this I solemnly Affirm —
As Witness my hand Henry White
Sworn to before me.
W m Withmore, the Judge within named

We the subscribers inhabitants of the town of Gloucester do testify & say that we are acquainted with Moses Lufkin the declarant within named & believe him to be in his circumstances in life reduced & indigent & in need of assistance from his country for support & we never heard his character for veracity called in question.
Isaac Elwell Charles L. Roberts } Selectmen
Sworn to before me
W m Wetmore Judge within named

State of Massachusetts
I Moses Lufkin — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex — in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the land — service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of December in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy seven being one year & eight months
as a private — against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain Dodge in Colonel Baldwin's Regiment in the Massachusetts line at first for eight months; in January A.D. 1776, I again enlisted & served in the same Company for a year
and that I left the service on Fourth of December being then honorably
discharged — and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty four years. My discharge thro lapse of time is now lost & I have none other evidence in my power to offer than what is herewith exhibited
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Moses Lufkin
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscribers one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding hereat vice the abovenamed Moses Lufkin — and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence: and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court. Also certify the Deponents within named being the Selectmen & Henry White, an officer in the same line of the Army with Lufkin, to be credible witnesses, & of much respectability, and disinterested —
Wm Wetmore
I also

I also do further certify, that this declaration was made before me on the same day, that the declarations of Nathaniel Foster John Dobson & others were made at Gloucester, for whom I have lately received certificates for pensions from the War Department, of which day I have a memorandum & record, which day I find to be the third of April 1818 - And I have inserted the same date accordingly - This 5th day of April A D 1819
Wm Wetmore. Judge within named

13,019 Res.
341.
Martha Laphin
chaf
17 June 1844
m. 1784.
d. 17 June 1846
22 Nov 24 1846
Acty June 1844.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7 th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
State of Massachusetts County of Essex, ss.
On this first day of September, 1846, personally appeared in open court before the subscriber Judge of Probate for said County of Essex at a Probate Court held at Ipswich within said County, Martha Lufkin, a resident of Gloucester within the County aforesaid 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; That she is the widow of Moses Lufkin late of said Gloucester, deceased, who was a Drummer in Capt. Richard Dodes company in Col. Loammi Baldwins regiment in the Revolutionary war, as by his declaration made April 3, 1818 and Pension certificate N o 9574 dated April 23, 1819.
She further declares that she was married to the said Moses Lufkin on the twenty fifth day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four; that her husband the aforesaid Moses Lufkin died on the seventh day of June Eighteen hundred and forty six; 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.
witness
Winthrop Low
Martha her X Lufkin mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me
D. H. Merrill Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 2 1846,
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation, Daniel A. White was Judge of the Court of Probate, and William Fessan was a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Essex,
[Signature]
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 whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Fessan,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Marryed on the twenty fifth day of November, eighteen hundred eighty four. Moses Lufkin to Martha Giddings, both of Ipswich."
I certify, that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of the town of Ipswich in the county of Essex and state of Massachusetts, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows, viz. "1884, Nov. 25th."
Alfred Kimball, town clerk of Ipswich
I Alfred Kimball above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county and state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named, as certified by me
Alfred Kimball
Essex, ss. September 1, 1846
Sworn before me William Ferson, Justice of Peace.
Moses Lufkin died in Gloucester on the seventh day of June eighteen hundred forty six.
I certify that, the foregoing is a true copy from the Records of the Town of Gloucester, in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz "June 7 th 1846."
William Saville Town Clerk of Gloucester.
I William Saville above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county and state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named, as certified by me
William Saville Town Clerk of Gloucester
Essex, ss. September 1, 1846
Sworn before me William Ferson, Justice of Peace

9.574
Moses Lufkin Apr 03
Flora
Cl
age 65
labor?
disabi?
worth $15.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Moses Lufkin resident in Gloucester — in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 9,574 — now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Moses Lufkin — late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight — dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
***** * L. S. * *****
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty third day of April — one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
He has no real estate and no income but his pension, and only a pig, horse, cart, 6 chairs, two tables, looking glass, pot, kettle, teakettle, knives, forks, spoons, tongs no shovel, crockery and tin ware, all very old and much worn. worth $15.
He is sixty five years old — a labourer, but is too infirm with rheumatism to labour.
His wife aged 61, who has been sick with palsy for near 20 years, a son Moses aged 18, and a daughter Martha aged 16 are all his family.

He served as a year's man all 1776 in Capt. Dodge's Company in Col. Baldwin's Regiment, in Massachu- setts Line.
Moses Lufkin.
Sworn to and declared by the said Moses Lufkin on the 20th day of June A.D. 1820 before me
W m Wetmore, Judge of the said Court.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Moses Lufkin do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Moses Lufkin.
Essex. ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Moses Lufkin took and subscribed the forewritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
fifteen dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS/eel
June 6, 1929
George E. Merchant 31 Eastern Avenue Gloucester, Massachusetts
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.12162 , it appears that Moses Lufkin, while a resident of Ipswich, Massachusetts, enlisted in April, 1775, as a drummer in Captain Richard Dodge's Company in Colonel Gerrish's Massachusetts Regiment; in January, 1776, he re-enlisted in Captain Richard Dodge's Company in Colonel Laommi Baldwin's Regiment, and was discharged in December, 1776, having served one year and eight months in all.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.
In 1820, he stated that he was sixty-five years of age.
He died June 7, 1846, in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The soldier married November 25, 1784, Martha

Giddinge; both were then residents of Ipswich.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 1, 1846, at which time she was a resident of Gloucester, Massachusetts, aged eighty-four years.
In 1820, Moses Lufkin referred to his children, Moses and Martha, aged eighteen and sixteen years, respectively.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Moses Lufkin that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
Oct 28, 1816.
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 Moses Lufkin, is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Rich and Dodge's Company, in Lt Col Leame Baldwin's Regt in the Eight Months Service, as a Drummer of Ipswich, from April 19 to August 1, 1775. 3 Months and 12 days. Upon a Return of said Company, in said Regt as a Drummer of Ipswich, no Service named. Said Return is dated October 2, 1775. Upon an Order of said Company for Coats, dated Chelsea, December 27, 1775. Upon a Muster Roll of Capt Richard Dodge's Company, in Col Baldwin's Regt, in the year's Service of 1776. Containing the amount of travel home as a Drummer number of Miles travel 390. Signed to an order in Col Baldwin
8-12
12-00

20 for mileage pay in travelling home, dated at Ipswich, Nov 11 1777.
The other bills of said Capt. Dodge's Company for 1776 in this office.
Upon a Pay Roll of Capt. Robert Dodge's Company, in Col. Jonathan Trumbull's 2. 8 Regt, as a Drummer of Ipswich from April 25 1777. 2 Months and 8 days.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of Sept 25 1816 was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowl- edge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Cushing,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Gloucester, Ms. November 2, 1846
James L. Edwards, Esq.?
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir Agreably to your letter of the 25th of September last I have obtained from the Secretary of this State, such testimony of the service of Moses Lufkin as the imperfect rolls afford, which I enclose. This aided by his declaration made in April, 1815, it is believed, will establish a service of two years, which would confirm his repeated declarations before me to prove the service of his fellow-soldiers.
I am persuaded he served from 19 April to 31 Dec. 1775 20 mo. 12 d. and the entire year of 1776, being From April 25. 1777 2 " 8 " 22 " 20 "
I am with due respect
Your obed. serv.
William Ferson

Moses Lufkin map. act 18 March 1818. $96. Sp. att.
Pension Office Nov. 14. 1846
To what time was he last paid?
G. B. A.
Paid to 4 th March 1846.
[Handwritten signature]

No 12.019 (376) Martha Luftstein Mdw of Morris Map Act 7 July 1838 Richard husband arse 17 June 1846
Adm. Act. 17 June 1844 22 mo 20 ds Hermon $ 83 10 / 100 per am
from 17 June 1846 (died 7 June 1846)
William Friesen Gloucester Map

Gloucester, Mas. 2d Sept r . 1846. James L. Edwards, Esq r .
Sir,
I enclose the declaration of Martha Lufkin to obtain a Pension under the Act of 7 July, 1838
I am very respectfully Your obedt. servt. William Ferson.

Gloucester, ms, 2 March, 1847.
Error. Moses Lufkin, husband, died 7th June, 1846. Evidence of his death in a Probate Certificate filed with the papers, when his widow drew bal. pension 4 Sept., 1846. Please correct the enclosed certificate W m F er son

✓ 73019. 941.
Martha Luftkin, Meas.
Lei. McFerson, Sept. 25. 1846
17 th June 1846.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1906 Dec. 24. History to Rev. E. Merchant. M.B.H. 1979 June 6. hist. to Geo E. Merchant. W.P.
File No. 12162 Martha Senfkin Widow of Moses Senfkin Drum & Mead Line
Act: June 17 th /44
Index:—Vol. A , Page 446
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Edwin J Brown Mass
July 16 1870
Moore's Creek Mass
✓

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
OFFICE OF THE Chief of the District Police, COMMONWEALTH BUILDING.
Boston, Mass., July 16 th 1890.
Gen. G. B. Rann Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir: My Maternal Grandfather Moses Lapham was a Soldier of the Revolution and afterwards lived in Gloucester, Mass. and drew a pension. Can you give me the Regt. and Company in which he served. Information wanted only for family record
Very Respectfully
Edwin U. Brown Commonwealth Building Boston Mass.

Gloucester, Mass. Dec. 17, 06
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: For the purpose of completing family history , I am looking for information concerning Moses Lufkin , also spelled Lovekin, Logkin, etc., who served in the Revolution from Ipswich Hamlet, Mass. He was a drummer, in Baldwins Reg., also apparently at one time, in Titcomb's Reg., and again in the Northern Department - in Johnson's Reg.
Also of a Moses Lufkin , of Mass Ipswich, pensioned Sept. 15, 1782, "being worn out - in the service"

2 Also a Moses Lufkin of Salem Mass, in Tiltons Reg.
Also a Moses Lufkin of Ipswich Hamlet, in Snow Diana, a privateer man.
Have you recd any of the services of these men, if they severally received pension, and if so when did they die, and to whom was pension continued.?
Rept thanking you for reply I remain your rept -
Geo. E. Merchant 33 Eastern Ave. Gloucester, Mass.

Gloucester, Mass., Jan 18 1929
Commissioner of Pensions: Washington D. C.
Dear Sir: I am compiling a gen. of the Lufkin family, and desire information regarding a certain Moses, who according to the records at the Mass. State House, enlisted in the Revolution for three years from the town of Ipswich, and who was on a pay roll as late as 1780, (Dec. 31). In a list of Pensioners made up to Dec 31-1787, his name appears, returned by John Lucas, Commissioner of Pensions, when the said Moses Lufkin was reported "disabled by being entirely worn out," and as pensioned Sept- 15-1782 . May I ask if any such record is to be had at Washington, which may give some light as to his family history. May I add that the name is spelled in some 22 different ways on the Mass. records.
I am also seeking information of a Benjamin Lufkin, or "Lovkin", who was stationed at Gloucester, for 3 mos. and later was at North River, N.Y., for 8 mos. He, I am told belonged to Ipswich, but went to some town in Maine.
Yours Resp't - Geo. E. Merchant

Deputy Commissioner
Hon. John Palmer NY State Soldiers & Sailors Home Albany NY

Moses Sufkin
In April 1818 of Gloucester Essex Co Mass aged 64 years
mar Nov 25 1784 to Martha both of Ipswich Buddinge } Sep 1846 of Gloucester aged 84 yrs
die June 9, 1840 in Gloucester
a drummer may have gone from Ipswich
Enlisted April 19 1775 & Served 8 months late Dec 1775 under Capt Robt Dodge & Colo Levi Baldwin
Reenlisted Jan'y 1776 under the same officers for one year
In June 1820 of Gloucester aged 65 yrs - family wife aged 61 yrs has been afflicted with palsy for 20 yrs John has rheumatism - Son Moses 18 yrs Martha aged 16 yrs
From 1777 served Grandfather 2 m' and drummer with Capt Robt Dodge & Colo Jon s Tilcomb

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of 12.162. Moses Sufkin, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     April 19/1775 14. 8 mos Drummer and Percussive Richard Dodge Jeremiah Laomi Baldwin Mass                                                   
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ipswich Mass
Date of application for pension, Apr. 3. 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Gloucester, Essex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 65 years in 1820; He died June 7, 1846 at Gloucester Mass
Remarks: He married Martha Giddings of Ipswich Nov. 25, 1784. Her claim was allowed on an application executed Sept. 1. 1846, at which time she was 84 years of age. Children in 1820 Moses, aged 18 years, Martha aged 16 years.
Very respectfully,