Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8241, for John Lancaster, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Lancaster, John Mary
N 8241
B. L. Wt. 53667-160-55.
CONTENTS

Maine No. 26,025
John Lancaster
of Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain McCobb of the Regt. commanded by Colonel Dyer in the Maine Troops for 7 months
Entered on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. on the 21st day of March, 1831.
Receipts of Pension paid the 19. day of Decr. 1833 and sent to Mrs. E. Lancaster, H.C.
  Due to the 5th of Sep 1833  58.33 1/3    Pension paid on March 31  11.66 2/3     $70.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 32

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37077 - 100
260. 073
Act Union 3. 71
Oct. 21. 76
Mary Lancaster. mid. John Lancaster. prin.
10. 100 1/2 10. 100 1/2
Very. evan.
Paul? Portland Agency.
59 1/2
Vol. L. 20. 100
Samuel D. Reed. Bath. Me.

5.962 Inverness
St. Anne Augusta
Mary Lancaster widow of John Lancaster Mash who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
(Augusta) (Concord) Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 78 3/4 dollars Augusta, cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 5 th day of October 68. and sent to
J. M. Ayer North Pownal, Maine Act 3 d Feby. 1853. } copy of July 27/66
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 166 Vol. II
William Higgin Clerk
ch 22. 69 g. m. wye wren vireo ch 30. Pens o Bath Me. refusing Transfer to Portland agency. ds Paid to Dec 4 1881 the amount of probably died soon after - aged 90 yrs or over Bath Sagadahoc Co. Maine

State of Alabama } ss County of Fayette } ss
On this fourth day of October A.D. 1836 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of the County of Fayette for the County and State aforesaid Mary Lancaster aged Sixty Six years a resident of the City of Bath in the State of Alabama who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Lancaster late of Fayette but formerly of Manchester deceased, who at the time of his death was a private in the Revolutionary War and drew a pension in his lifetime which pension was paid at the War Department in the State of Alabama.
She further states that she was married to the said John Lancaster in November in a boat the fifteenth day of January 1827 by James Rogers Justice of the Peace, that she has since been married to one William Hunt her said husband died at Augusta in the year of 1836 according to her best recollection. That she is now a widow, that no record of her said marriage exists, nor of the death of her said husband.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County Land to which she may be entitled under the act entitled March 3 1835. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for County Land.

under this or any other act of congress, nor under any other application thereof.
Mary Lancaster
Personally came John Ward & Elizabeth Lawrence residents of the city of Berks in the state of Illinois on oath on the deposition, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Lancaster in my presence and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be. My further testify that they were personally acquainted John Lancaster late of Augusta deceased but formerly a resident of Boerum in the state of Illinois and also with his wife Mary and know them to have been together as husband and wife and came to Illinois and that the late John Lancaster is dead and Mary Lancaster nee Boerum with residence of the city of Boerum, Illinois is the identical person of the late John Lancaster and is now a resident of the state of Illinois that the John Lancaster deceased was the identical John Lancaster who was a prisoner of the United States for Revolutionary Services.
John Ward
Elizabeth Lawrence
Subscribed before me this 10th day of October 1851 and I certify that I know the persons to be the persons described in and who were known to me to be the persons described in the foregoing declaration.
Not. Public Justice of the Peace

Since the conference I have remained with the Bureau & have been in Washington to have
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My kindest of Pardon
Yours truly yours
Yours truly yours yours

State of Maine County of Sagadahoc ss.
On this 12 th day of October in the year from Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before the Hon. David Brownson Judge of the Court of Sessions, it being a Court of Record within and for the County and State aforesaid. Mary Lancaster aged forty five years a resident of the City of Bath in the State of Maine, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of March 3, 1831, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John Lancaster deceased who served in the Revolutionary Army, that her said husband John Lancaster deceased was a pensioner of the United States in Revolutionary Service, and drew his pension from the Portland County in the State of Maine, which she refers to as her book.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Lancaster in Bowdoin in the State of Maine on the fifteenth day of January A.D. 1827. That her said husband died at Augusta in the year 1840 according to her best recollection as well as her application for pension reasons, that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred. But at the time above stated, she further declares that she is now a widow, that no record of her said marriage exists or of the death of her said husband.
Mary Lancaster

Then personally came Hans Larson to the within named declarant and made oath in due form of law, that the within declaration before signed in my presence is true -
Given under my hand and seal of the Court of Probate for the County of Pottawattamie, and State of Iowa this twentieth day of October A.D. 1886 -
D. M. Jensen Judge
Attest A. J. Shoulson Reg

State of Maine County of Sagadahoc
On this fifteenth day of October A.D. 1897 personally appeared John Lancaster of the town of Bath and for the first time known to him that he is the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he is the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he is the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument...
John Lancaster
Subscribed to and acknowledged before me this 15th day of October A.D. 1897
Nathaniel A. Lord Justice of the Peace

State of Maine (Concord August 20th 1855)
In this fifteenth year of October & 1855 personally of me before me a Justice of the Peace within my jurisdiction there did appear Mary Glass - aged forty five years residing at the city of Rock in the State of Maine - a Unitarian and Christian woman - who being personally known to me to be the person described in and who has subscribed to the following statement of the city of Rock - do hereby certify that the foregoing statement is true to the best of her knowledge the same having been discussed as previously known to her that the the official was correct and that the faded John Lancaster returned to Mary Williams the personalty Lancaster in the town of Augusta in the state of Maine in January 1852 by her personal instruction of the same and she knows that the said together as husband and wife since the death of the Lancaster is dead since June 1855 the official of Lancaster the identical will of the said John the matter discussed and is now a valid and effective will that the said John Lancaster was at the time of execution of the same a free man and Mary Glass
Her signature before me this 20th day of August 1855 and the foregoing statement has been read to her and she acknowledged that she has read the same and is well acquainted with the contents thereof and that the same is true to the best of her knowledge Mary Glass John C. Reed Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Sagadahoc County ss. Probate office
I hereby certify that Nathl Reed and Samuel B Reed before whom the within and annexed affidavits and declarations were made in and and were at the date thereof both of Form being justice of the peace within and for said County of Sagadahoc and State of Maine duly qualified and commissioned to take acknowledgements and administer oaths and that the signatures hereunto subscribed to be theirs are true and genuine
Witness my hand and seal of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Sagadahoc and State of Maine this Seven- teenth day of October 1856
A. Thompson Register of Probate

State of Virginia County of Augusta
Town of Brookline Town Clerk's Office
John Lancaster and others of the first part and the undersigned John Lancaster of the second part do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original now on file in my office and hereby signed
Given under my hand and seal this 14th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and of the independence of the United States the exposed in the record in my office for public inspection at Fishers Dec 14th 1826
John Potter Town Clerk I, John Potter above named do hereby certify that the within copy is to be the true copy of the original now on file in my office and hereby signed this 14th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and of the independence of the United States the
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this Sixteenth day of September A.D. 1856
J. M. D. Reed justice of the Peace

Augusta, Aug. 25. 1856 S. D. Reed Esq.
Dear Sir:
I have carefully examined the Records of deaths for this City, but do not find the death of John Lancaster recorded
Yours Respectfully,
Asaph B. Nichols
Brother Asaph B. Nichols for the Comtee on the Will of the late John Lancaster and having heard that the said John Lancaster had a Will in existence and therefore I have the honor to submit the same to you for your consideration Asaph B. Nichols Augusta, Me.

John Lancaster
18794
Groton & Sewall agents Bath. Me
Wally Groton -

State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Wiscasset in said County, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the eleventh day of September A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of John Lancaster for a Pension. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this sixth day of October A. D. 1832.
Nathl Coffin CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF LINCOLN ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Wiscasset in said County on the 11 day of September A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before JOHN RUGGLES, Esq. one of the Judges thereof,
John Lancaster a resident of Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he was drafted to serve as a soldier, in the army raised to undertake the capture of Bagaduce , a British post on the East side of Penobscot Bay , this draft was about the first of June in the year 1779, at which time he was a soldier in a Company of Militia, commanded by Capt. Elijah Grant of Wadsworth in Lincoln County , that upon being drafted as before stated, he marched from Wadsworth by land to a place called clam cove in Gardner , on Penobscot Bay a distance of about sixty miles, and on arriving there was mustered, and joined Capt. Asa Patten's company, this applicant on oath says, that this was before the American fleet arrived in Penobscot Bay , that he was shifted from Capt. Hinkley's company to Capt. Patten's in order to equalize the men, that for some time he was employed as a guard on the West Coast of Penobscot Bay , and a day or two after the American troops landed at Bagaduce , he joined the army on the neck at Bagaduce , and was in Capt. Asa Patten's company and was engaged in the siege until the arrival of the British fleet, which drove off the American fleet & army, after this some of the troops with most of the fleet retreated up Penobscot river and retreated thro' the wilderness to Wiscasset river , - This applicant crossed the bay and came thro' by land but did not go up the river, on arriving at Wiscasset river he went to Cox's head on Wiscasset river , under Capt. Patten and there served as a soldier the rest of the year 1779 making a time of service that year of seven

53 11 on arriving at Kennebec now he went to (072 head on Kennebec river, under Capt Putnam and there served as a soldier the rest of the year 1779 making a time of service that year of ocean months . He further on oath says that he was drafted, never received any written discharge. That he was born in Woolwich in the County of Lincoln, June 27 th 1761- has a record of his age and annexed, lived in Woolwich when drafted into service lived in Woolwich after the revolutionary war, removed to Winslow about forty two years since, lived there about seven years, then removed to Augusta, and lived there about fourteen years, then to George- town & lived a number of years, and from Georgetown to Bowdoin where he now resides he is known to John Crawford of Bath who is the only person who can distinctly swear to his services as a soldier, that he can find and Rev Silas Hemen David Hemen Esq town Clerk of Bath and David Hemen Esq Post Master of Bath who can testify to his character John Lancaster
Second sworn to the above and J. Huggins 66P

This certifies that John Lancaster Son of Joseph & Hannah Lancaster was Born in Waplewich 27 th of June 1761
Woolwich August 28 th 1832
Attest Christopher J. Otis Bourn Clerk
ms. A. 9. 2. 10. 11

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
John Lancaster
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
John Ruggles
Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas for the State of Maine.

I Silas Stearns a clergyman residing in Bath certify that I am acquainted with John Lancaster of Bowdoin, that he is about seventy one years of age as I believe, that he is a man of truth and in the opinion of others served in the revolutionary war, and I concur in that opinion.
Lincoln p. Sep 3. 1832. Signed & sworn to before me.
Silas Stearns Vath Gyles Justice of the Peace.
David Stinson post Master of Bath, do say that for many years I have known John Lancaster of Bowdoin who has signed the foregoing declaration he is about seventy one years of age as I believe, he is a man of truth and in the opinion of others & in my opinion served in the Revolutionary war.
Lincoln p. Sep 4. 1832. Signed & sworn to before me.
David Stinson Vath Gyles Justice of the Peace.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Silas Stearns who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Bath and that David Stinson who has also signed the preceding certificate is the Post Master of Bath - and are credible persons, and that the statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
for a pension. R. Gyles J. 662
Abiel Nathl. Coffin Clerk
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas in Lincoln County.

I John Crawford of Bath in the county of Lincoln aged sixty nine years on oath do say, that I am well acquainted with John Sanecker of Bowdoin in said county, & I believe him to be seventy one years of age I well know he was in the expedition against Bagaduce in 1779. he served with the American forces from their arrival which was in July till they were driven up the Penobscot river by the British fleet that he returned with them to Penobscot river & went on duty immediately after at the mouth of said river at a place called Costhead & served there until the end of the year 1779.
John Crawford
I David Stinson of Bath in the county of Lincoln a Justice of the peace in & for said county, hereby certify that the above John Craw- ford personally appeared before me & made oath that above affidavit by him subscribed to be true. I further certify that the said Craw- ford is a man of truth & veracity.
David Stinson Justice

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that David Henson Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known. In TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this sixth day of October A. D. 1832. Nathl Coffin Clerk

I Silas Stearns a clergyman residing in Bath certify that I am acquainted with John Lancaster of Bowdoin, that he is about seventy one years of age as I believe, that he is a man of truth and in the opinion of others served in the revolutionary war, and I concur in that opinion.
Lincoln Jp. Sept 3. 1832. Signed & sworn to before me. Silas Stearns Yath. Gysdon justice of the Peace.
David Stearns postmaster of Bath, do say that for many years I have known John Lancaster of Bowdoin who has signed the foregoing declaration he is about seventy one years of age as I believe, he is a man of truth and in the opinion of others served in the revolutionary war.
Lincoln Jp Sept 4. 1832. Signed & sworn to before me. David Stearns Yath. Gysdon justice of the Peace.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. and the Court further declare that it appears that Silas Stearns who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Bath and that David Stearns who has also signed the preceding certificate is the Post Master of Bath, and an credible witness, and that their statement is in the deponent. Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
Attest Nathl. Coffin Clerk
IN TESTIMONT WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas in Lincoln County.

September 18, 1933.
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BA-J/ADY John Lancaster W.8241
Mrs. H. F. Ware 337 Marlborough Street Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one John Lancaster, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W.8241, based upon his military service in that war.
John Lancaster, son of Joseph and Hannah Lancaster, was born June 27, 1761 in Woolwich, Lincoln County, state not given.
In 1779 while a resident of Woolwich, John Lancaster belonged to Captain Elijah Grant's Company, Colonel Samuel McCobb's Regiment and the first of June 1779 he joined the company of Captain John Hinkley, was later transferred to Captain Acter Patten's Company, Colonel Samuel McCobb's Massachusetts Regiment; was in the siege of Bagaduce and served to the end of 1779.
About 1790 he moved to Winslow, about seven years later he moved to Augusta, about fourteen years later he moved to Georgetown, and a number of years later he moved to Bowdoin, Maine.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832 while a resident of Bowdoin, Lincoln County, Maine.
He died in Augusta in 1840.
Soldier married January 15, 1827 in Bowdoin, Maine, Mary Williams. They were both then residents of Bowdoin.
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 14, 1856 while a resident of Bath, Maine, aged sixty-six years.

Soldier's brother, E. Lancaster, was living in 1856, his residence and age are not stated. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Dates of soldier's & widow's death not on AB.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 4, 1833.
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 rolls of Capt. Peter Patten, for services in 1779, are not found in this Office, except one, which is for services in the Expedition at Penobscot, from July 24 th to Sept. 24 th . John Lancaster claims for services under Capt. Peter Patten, in 1779; his name is not borne E. D. N. on the one above mentioned.
John Lancaster also claims for services under Capt. John Winchell, in 1779; the rolls of which are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy.

16794 John Lancaster
Cleryman Wm Crayford witness J. McP. p 23. 33
He did relinquish see original application in which it is in he answers all the interrogatories -
Mrs. Groom & dowall Bath Mans

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Lincoln  Bonhomme  Manuel which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No  Colin VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 211 XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? // If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? // Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 211 XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 211 XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Mark XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Application should be made to the Secy of the State of Mass for evidence of the claimants service.

Payment to be made at Portland , by
George H. Emery Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Keene
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 166 Vol. 4
G. H. Setty Clerk.

Mary Lancaster March 5 th 1868 20 years in Bath.

No. 5762. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Mary Lancaster, widow of John Lancaster who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 11th day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
W. W. Ballant Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned
G. W. Whitney Commissioner of Pensions.

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Recd. No. 5962. Oct. 31 1869
Department of the Interior PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. Oct 30 th 1869.
Madam:
Your application for a transfer of pension from Augusta to Portland Me. cannot be granted for the reason that you are a resident of Sagadahoc Co. and properly belong to the Augusta agency.
Respectfully, Clara M. Weeks Acting Commissioner for Commissioners
Mrs Mary Lancaster Bath Sagadahoc Co Maine
18 113

Mary Lancaster - Widow of John Moaine
Adm d 3 Feb y 1853 $23 33 / 100 a Year
from the passage acct. 8th
sent to Annual & Weekly Bathme

Brief in the Case of Maw  Launceston  Wilton  Augusta  5912 D  Pa. Wadsworth County and State of Maine 2  pe Act No. 2. 1863
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE.
PROOF EXHIBITED.
A pension col. of Maine at $20.00 per annum earliest return - Claim due 50% for same Act July 27. 1868
Respectfully & Willard Maw
Admitted Oct 1. 1868 to a pension and $10. per mo. to commence July 27. 1868 - the earliest day of Maine -
Name and residence of Agent. J. M. Ayer North Bridge Maine
H. H. Hark Examining Clerk.

Dec 21 1862 Lancaster Mary Bath Me Dec 1862
Aff. Granger 1 Encls
Dec 21 1862
5962
Mary Lancaster
Augusta Me
To Portland "
Prisoner Bath Me.

The first object of the President of Bath on taking the chair of the State of Tennessee with the 6th State of the Union, all the remaining States. In order to give the President of the United States the power of the U.S. to the same at all costs. But that this is ill advised, and that the present business of the State is to be conducted in a manner that would be more profitable to the State and a more true expression of the will of the people. He left the house and will be back in the course of the day. I believe he is now at the post office.
State of Tennessee, County of Davidson, ss. Sept. 25th/69. I described in my analysis and before me was a true copy of the original as credible with the same. Signed my hand this 25th day of September, 1869. The within statement is true above. G. H. Hester, Clerk S.P.

Brief in the case of Mary M rs v. John Lancaster of Maine, under the Act of Feb. 3/1853.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act June 7/1831 at $23 33 a year and died 1840-
Intention of marriage proved by Record and (Actual) marriage proved by witnesses,
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, her identity as the pensioner's widow, his death & her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses,
Col. L. Redding of Bath Maine as for
Thornton D. Knight Examiner,

No 6522
Mary Lancaster Widow of John Maine
Feb 3 1853

Third Auditor's Office.
October 31. 1856.
Sir:
John Lancaster dec'd. as a pensioner of the Marine Agency under act of 7th June 1832. at 323.33 per annum was paid to 1 st Sept. 1840. as appears from the records of this Office.
W. Melinda G. Comt. of Pensions
Very respectfully, Yours obed servt Wm. G. Mearns Auditor

Pen Off. October 31 1856
Sir
Please inform me when John Lancaster of Maine was last paid under the Act of June 7 1832 at $23 33 a year.
R. J. Atkinson Esq
3 auerle
Respectfully
W. L. G.
Chf Clk
Niplet

FREE
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

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September 25, 1933
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Mrs. H.F.Ware 337 Marlboro Street Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of September 18, 1933, in which you request the record of John Lancaster, a pensioner in 1840 in Augusta, Maine.
The records of this office show that in response to your letter of September 6, 1933, you were furnished the record of that soldier on September 18, 1933.
Your three cent stamp is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

337 Marlboro St. Boston, Mass.
Sept. 18, 1933
Director of Pensions Veterans Administration
My dear Sir:
I am writing for the Lancaster family to ask for the Revolutionary record of John Lancaster who was a private in the Massachusetts militia and a Revolutionary pensioner in 1840 at Augusta, Me., Kennebec county. I hope for data also about his wife and family and perhaps the date of his death.
30¢ stamp attached D.S.W.
Very truly
Mrs. H. F. Ware

337 Marlborough St.
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 6, 1933
Director of Pensions, Dear Sir:
I am preparing the Lancaster family history for publication and would like the military record of John Lancaster of Augusta, Maine, I think, at the time of the Revolutionary War. He was born at Woolwich, Me., in 1761. Will you kindly give me all family data about him that you have. Thank you.
Very sincerely Mrs. H. F. Ware
3 cents
stamp and p.p.s.

1933 Sept. 18. Hist. to Mrs. H. J. Ware. Q.W.Y.
1933 Sept 25 - Ill. L. Mrs. H. J. Ware. List sent Sept 25 - 3 cent stamp returned envelop
Copy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8241
Mary Lancaster
Wid
John Lancaster
West Rec War
Act: July 18 1855
Index: — Vol. 64 , Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W. T. Penson Agency,
Beaufort, Maine.
Dec. 4 th , 1885.
Dear Sir,
Commissioner of Pensions.
not 1st in lake
I hereby certify that the name of Mary Lancaster who was a pensioner on the rolls of the Army under certificate No. 5,962 and who was last paid at the rate of $4 per month from Dec. 1881 has been dropped from the rolls of the Pensions.
Very respectfully,
W. T. Penson Pension Agent

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Mary
Mary Lancaster widow of John
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a  Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of  25  dollars  33 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 3d  day of  December 1852 and sent to
Samuel G Reed Back Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 166 Vol. 26
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Mr John C & Co, Dec 10 1852

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Select of the Peace in and for the County of Lincoln duly commissioned and sworn John Lancaster of Brooklin in said County aged Seventy two years being the same person named in the annexed application for a pension, who being duly sworn deposed and saith that he served not less than the period mentioned below in the following grade.
For Seven months , I served as a private in the year 1779, being drafted from a company of Militia commanded by Captain Elijah Grafts of Norwalk, and being at first attached to a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. John Ginkley in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel McKobb, and then transferred from Capt. Ginkley's company to a company commanded by Capt. Hector Patten in Col. Samuel McKobb's Regiment. This service I rendered at Camden, and on the West coast of Penobscot Bay, and at Baggaducee, and at Cox's Head at the mouth of Kennebec River, and for such service being in the whole Seven months I claim a pension John Lancaster.
State of Maine Lincoln County ss. On this twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Select of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn the above named John Lancaster, and made oath, that the foregoing

deposition by him subscribed in my presence is true, and I further certify that the said John Lancaster is personally known to me, and that he is a person of truth and veracity, and his statements are entitled to credit and belief -
Joseph Sewall Just Peace
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Joseph Sewall Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 26 th day of October
A. D. 1832
Nathl Coffin
CLERK.

Henry Lancaster Barnes Ranch
260.173
Henry Lancaster Ranch

State of Maine } ss County of Sagadahoc } ss
On this fourth day of October 1888, personally appeared before me a full list of the names within said for the County and State of Maine, Richard L. Smith and Mary Tibbetts, residents of the town of Bath in the State of Maine, who being first sworn, were given to know that they are the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and that they have been sworn to me and know that they have together acknowledged and wife and gave consent to give that the said John Lancaster is dead, and that Mary Lancaster who now resides in the town of Bath for twenty years is the lawful widow of the said John Lancaster, and that she is now a widow. They also know that the foregoing John Lancaster was a resident of the United States and by law entitled
Richard L. Smith
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of October 1888 and I do hereby certify that I know the person to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument in the above entitled cause.
J. C. Reed, Notary Public

State of Maine
Sagadahoc County ss
Probate office
I hereby certify that Michael Reed before him the within and several declarations and affidavits now made is and was at the date thereof an acknowledgment of the peace within and for said County of Sagadahoc and State of Maine duly qualified and commissioned to take an acknowledgment and admin- ister oaths, and that the signatures to the several instruments to be his are true and genuine
Witness my hand and Seal of the Court of Probate within and for said County and State this Seventeenth day of October A.D. 1856
A Thompson Register of said Court

William Lloyd Jones 1000 N. 10th St. Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir, I believe that the above is the correct or authorized date of the document.

Oct 11th 1881 Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, [Signature] [Title]
W. Douglass St. Walershouse
Mary Lanster.

Given under my hand and seal this 10th day of June 1880
W.H. Longley Bath Longley
Approved by the said W.H. Longley this 10th day of June 1880
Witness my hand and Seal Official - Elijah Lepton Reg'r Probate

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Mary Lancaster app for transfer from Augusta to Portland Me 59.
Not for transfer from Augusta to Portland Me. I am a friend of the family. I am a friend of the family. I am a friend of the family. I am a friend of the family.
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Pensions Bath Me
OK
1 Oct 12/04

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
No Pensioner will be transferred to a State without he or she is a permanent resident therein, or to an Agency without their residence is within the district. The official character and signature of the acting Magistrate must be certified to. If personally known to the Pension Agent, or the certificate is on file at the Agency, his certificate of official character is sufficient.
STATE OF Illinois , COUNTY OF St. Clair , ss:
On this 23 day of September , 186 8 , before me, a Justice of the Peace , personally appeared Mary G. ...  permanent resident of St. Clair , who, being duly sworn, declareth that she is the same person whose name was placed, on the 10 day of September , 186 8 , upon the list of * pensions, at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per month, from the 1 day of July , 18 68 .
That said Mary G. ... was last paid at the Pension Agency of St. Louis to the 1 day of July , 18 68 , but now desires and applies for the payment of said pension at, and the transfer of her name to the roll of,
the Pension Agency at Springfield . That the expenses would be left to the discretion of the agency, and that the amount of the pension would be paid from the date of application until further order.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, Mary G. ... the day and year aforesaid.
Insert "Army" or "Navy." Insert the reasons for requesting the transfer.
EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY.
STATE OF Illinois , COUNTY OF St. Clair , ss:
I, William ... in the County above named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence,* viz: By affidavit of Mary G. ... that Mary G. ... , who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which he has exhibited before me numbered 572 , and bearing date at the City of St. Louis the 10 day of July , 18 68 , and signed by W. Scott ... Secretary of the Veterans' Association .
GIVEN under my hand at Springfield this 23rd day of September , 18 68 . William ...
N. B.—When the pensioner is personally known to the Agent, and he will certify to his identity, the annexed form may be dispensed with. The number of pension certificate is sometimes on the back of it. *Here state what the evidence is—whether personal knowledge, or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names.