Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6325, for John Lewis, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Lewis, John Mary
R. 6325-
CONTENTS

5467.
Sec. P. A. L. on river
July 29. '39
Act 7. July 38.

RELISTED
6325.
P. O.
Mary Scuderi
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 ____
Discharged: _____, 18 ____
Application filed: _____, 18 ____
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Hartford May 23 rd 1839
Hon S. L. Edwards, Sir,
Enclosed I send you the papers in the case of the widow Mary Lewis who applies for a pension. Proof of Marriage is establish- -ed under the Probate Seal of Suffield District. That Chas. Shepard is a Justice of Peace is certified to by the Judge of Probate for Hartford District = I suppose the names of those who served in the Massachusetts Line are in your office, & it rests upon the Record there to show how long John Lewis served =
Respectfully Yours
Hon. S. L. Edwards Washington
J. H. Goodwin

Harrisburg, Pa. July 14/58
3467
Mary Lewis widow of John Leon
act 7. July 38
6325

I, Horace Sheldon of Sheffield in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut aged thirty nine Years do testify & Say that I was well acquainted with John Lewis the Soldier referred to in the annexed papers - that he was reputed to have been a Soldier & officer in the Army of the Revolution. I have often heard him say that he belonged to the Massachusetts Line. I was present at the funeral of John Lewis he having died on or about the 3 rd day of February A D 1822 - that his widow Mary Lewis, referred to in the annexed papers has never been married since his decease - but still remains his widow -
Horace Sheldon
State of Connecticut County of Hartford ss Then personally appeared me, Horace Sheldon, who is a man of good character & entitled to full credit & in my presence subscribed the foregoing declaration & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
W. Shepard Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
County & District of Hartford
I Seth Fury
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford do certify that the foregoing within are the proceedings before said Court in the matter of the application of Mary Lewis for a Pension - and that Charles Shepard within named is a Justice of the Peace for Hartford County
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said office this 21 st day of May AD 1839
Seth Fury Judge

I Oliver Pease of Suffield in the County of Hart- ford & State of Connecticut do certify that I am Town Clerk of said town of Suffield and that John Lewis & Mary Phelps were Married on the twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty two. as appears from the Record of Marriages in said town, and is entered in said Record in the letters & figures following viz. "John Lewis & Mary Phelps were Married June 27 th 1782" and I further certify that the aforesaid John Lewis died at said Suffield on the 23 rd day of February A.D. 1823 and that the said Mary Lewis has continued ever since & still continues the widow of said John Lewis Oliver Pease Town Clerk
State of Connecticut, } Probate Office (District of Suffield) Hartford County. } I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and just copy of the original now on file in my office. In testimony whereof I have this day set my hand and seal of office. Suffield November 30 th A.D. 1838
Ebenezer Doolittle Judge
I do hereby certify that Oliver Pease (the signers of the above Certificate) is Town Clerk of this town, now in office & has for many years past acted in that capacity & legally authorized
Ebenezer Doolittle Judge

State of Connecticut } District of Hartford (County of Hartford) } On this 13 th day of October A.D. 1858, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford in County Mary Lewis of Windsor & Suffield in County aged seventy five 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 January passed July 7. 1850, entitled an "Act granting half pay of pension to certain widows" - That she is the widow of John Lewis late of Suffield deceased, who was a private artificer in the War of the Revolution - That her husband enlisted early in the war at Boston as she believes as an artificer, joined Hovey's & continued in the army in that capacity towards the end of the war till its close - the names of his officers or regiment she after recollection has heard her said husband often speak of his service - that he was paid in Connecticut money about $1000, which did not suffice to pay his board one winter - that he was attached to the Washington Line - She further declares that her maiden name was Mary Phelps - that she was married to the said John Lewis on the twenty seventh day of June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two - that her said husband, the aforesaid John Lewis died on the 3 rd day of February 1828 - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz at the time above stated - in presence of P. A. Goodwin Mary Lewis mark
Seth Terry
herein to & subscribed on the day and year above written before Seth Terry Judge
The three interrogatories made before signing - Seth Terry Judge