Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13,653, for Ephriam Lucas, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Nass.
Lucas, Ephraim Azubah
NUMBER _____
W 13.653
CONTENTS

10776 Massachusetts
Ephraim Lucas
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain — of the Reg t commanded by Col Bailey in the War time for P. Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensions at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of April 1833 and June 9 th Thomas Plymouth (widow)
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60 — Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sept " 1.5 —
$75 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. M c Blain Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 2. Page 49.

2301
Masschts.
Abigail Lucas, widow of Ephraim Lucas
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Mass
inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7. day of Dec r 1848, and sent to
Hon. A. Hale Hof R
Reported Dec r 8/48.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 83, Vol. 2,

Eph m P 24233 Lucas
Declaration
Depositions of
J Alden
Isaac Doulman
Ebenezer Stoughton Stoughton
with his petition
J B Thomas
Plymouth
Mass

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this 15th day of Augt - 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Solomon Strong Judge of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Plymouth within and for said County of Plymouth, Ephraim Lucey a resident of Plymouth in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 68 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted at Plympton, in Massachusetts in Capt Judah Alden's company - Colo John Baley's Regt, or Colo Groot's, believe in the year 1780. & served for six months in a company at West Point, & was discharged in December, as he believes. But he has no discharge.
He then enlisted in said town, he thinks in the year 1781, under Captain Ignatius Loring & served, as a private therein the space of three months, & was duly discharged - But he has now no discharge nor does he know whether said services were State, or Continental.
He was born in Plympton in said County and has always lived there & in said

- Plymouth. He has no record of his birth and was 68 years of age. He was born in 1764 He was at the foot of the Gallows, & saw the execution, & heard the last words of Major Andre.
In support of this service he presents the depositions of Capt. Isaac Alden Eben T. Wright - Saml. Holmes & John Dowdall.
My name is on no pension roll & I have received no pension to the present
For character he refers to D. Roper Boston & D. James Thacher of Plymouth
Ephraim H. L. L.

6 We, Benjamin Whitmore a clergyman, residing in the town of Plymouth and Thomas Russell residing in the Plymouth hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Lucas who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
before the Court of Common Pleas
Benjamin Whitmore Thomas Russell
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Benjamin Whitmore who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Plymouth and that Thomas Russell who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Plymouth and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of the Court
Abiah Root Clerk
I, Abiah Root Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Lucas for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Abiah Root

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
Clerks - Office August 13 th 1838
I John B. Thomas, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Plymouth aforesaid hereby certify, that it appears of record in this Office, that on the twentieth day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety one, that Ephraim Lucas and Azuba Pratt both of Plympton in the County of Plymouth, were married in Plympton in the County of Plymouth by the Rev d Ezra Parsons.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, on the day and year aforesaid.
John B. Thomas

242.33
Ephraim Lucas Mass
Notes 9 months
$30-
J B Thomas Plymouth Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Ephraim Lucas  Plymouth in Plymouth City State of Mass.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1780 6 Capt Alden Col Baley 18 years Plymouth Living Witness   1781 3 Capt Loring 2nd Colonel Col Putnam Mass for all his service  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers ; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ; ) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service ; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
□ The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Asubah Lucas
370
admitted P p 30.
deed Ser 2. 1833 Preston Sir
J. N. Lord Plymouth, map

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss.
On this second Monday of August being the thirteenth day of said Month in the Year One Thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before the Court of Probate for said County of Plymouth personally appeared Azubah Lucas a resident of Plymouth in said County, Widow aged seventy seven 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 Pension to certain Widows": That she is the Widow of Ephraim Lucas deceased who was a Soldier of the Revolution & a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7. 1832 said Ephraim Lucas services being particularly set forth in his Declaration now on the files of the Pension Office.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Lucas on the twentieth day of November in the Year Seventeen hundred & ninety one by the Rev. Ezra Sampson; that her husband the aforesaid Ephraim Lucas died on the second day of December in the Year Eighteen hundred & thirty three; 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 & ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Azubah Lucas mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written Before Willens Wood Judge of the said Court of Probate

Plymouth Ys. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willers Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the within is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this thirteenth day of August 1838.
Jacob H. Lord

Deposition
Judah Alden
for E Lucas

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Wymouthe I John B Thomas Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Wymouthe hereby certify that Lachins Nuttall and Isaac Bright Esquires before whom the depositions hereunto annexed were sworn are further of the Recue for the County of Wymouthe And that I believe these names to be subscribed to be those true & proper signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court on this Thirteenth day of March A.D. 1883
John B Thomas

I John Dunkan of Barre, in Massachusetts a soldier in the war for the Revolution in the State of New- York - in Captain Ignatius Loring's company - Col. Putnam, testify, that Ephraim Sues, now of Hyannis in Massachusetts, & now petitioning for a pension, was a private for three months in the same company, the term for which we both entered, & I distinct- ly remember to have seen his dis- charge at the time, but don't remember the year. John Dunkan
Massachusetts July 11 - 1832 Then said John Dunkan subscribed & made oath to the truth of this deposition, & I be- lieve him a credible witness
Luther Bartlett Just of peace

I Ebenezer Standish of Plympton, Massachusetts, testify, that Ephraim Lucas, of Plymouth in said State, & now pet- itioner for a pension, served as a private in the war of the Revolution for three months in the year 1781 in a com- pany commanded by Capt Ignatius Loring, & after by Lieutenant Hye, I being corporal in the same Com- pany at Westpoint, & that he was regularly discharged I think this service was in Massachusetts militia. Ebenezer Standish Mark
Plymouth ss. Jan'y 14 1833 Then said Ebenezer Standish subscribed & made oath to the truth of this deposition, & I declare him a credible witness.
Isaac Wright Justice of peace

Weymouth - Massachusetts March 11-1833
The same statement is applicable to this deposition, as to that by Deborah Alden.
Lachens Bartlett
for 6 lines
6 lines each

I Judah Alden of Duxbury, Massachusetts, testify that Ephraim Lucas of Plymouth, in said State, petitioner for a pension, was a private for six months in the war of the Revolution in 1780 in company, while I then commanded in the second Massachusetts Regt. & I further testify, that he was duly discharged. Judah Alden.
Massachusetts - Plymouth ss. Feb 18 1833. Then said Judah Alden - signed, & made oath to the truth of this deposition, & I certify him to be a credible witness.
Lachey Bartlett Justice of peace.
My deposition to the above affects as above was exhibited to the coadjutor but the certificate of the magistrate being informed she could not require it to be taken and hence the date after the application.
L Bartlett

Dear Sir
Plymouth Mass. Aug 13. 1838
We have already had a large number of Widows before our Probate Court under the new Act & I am confident we shall exceed in this County the number intimated in my former letter. The extension of the marriage to 1794 will let in a large number.
I enclose you two applications herewith viz: Azubah Lucas Betty Lucas
The husbands of both were pensioners. I did not set forth the services as a reference to their husbands papers I supposed sufficient.
I shall continue to send others as fast as I can authenticate the papers in the time which can be spared from my usual Probate business
Yours with respect
Wm. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington
Jacob H Lord Register of Probate

I Ephraim Washburn of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth of lawful age to give evidence on Oath do testify & say that I well knew Ephraim Lucas late of said Plymouth deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. He died at my house on the second day of December in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty three leaving a Widow whose name is Asubah Lucas who is now living & has never been married since his decease. She is the same person he married when young.
Ephraim Washburn
Plymouth Y. Aug 13, 1838 Then the above named Ephraim Washburn personally appeared & made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me & I certify that he is a credible person Before me Seth Miller Jr Justice Peace
Plymouth Y. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Seth Miller Junior Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County this thirteenth day of August 1838 Jacob H. Lord

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss.
On this eighth day of September, 1848 personal- ly appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Azubah Lucas a resident of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth, Widow aged Eighty seven years. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oaths make the following declaration, in order to obtain the bene- fits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolution- ary War. That she is the Widow of Ephraim Lucas who was a resident of Plymouth aforesaid and who was a private in the Army after the Revolution & that she is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17 th June 1844 on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband a- foresaid, at the rate of thirty dollars.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written Before me
Jacob W. Lord
Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me a Widow & a pensioner as she declares
Jacob W. Lord
Justice of the Peace

Ms B
Re WIDOW, &c.
No. 13653
Abigail Lucas Widow of Ephraim Lucas Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts. 301
Isabah Lucas, widow of Ephraim Lucas,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832, and who died on the 2 nd December 1833, of Plymouth the State of Mass. who was a priv. in the Compy commanded by Captain of the regt commanded by Col Bailey in the Mass. line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Sept r 1838, sent to J. H. Lord Esq. Plymouth, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r '38 $ 75.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 15.00
$90.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. M. Gurdy, Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1. Page 103.

2710.
Massachusetts
Abiah Lucas widow of Ephraim Lucas
who was a Private
in the Mass. line
for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of Mar. 1843 and sent to J. W. Lord Hynouth, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 47.

3743
Agubrah Lucas
$ 30 per am
J. H. Lord Plymouth Mass

State of Massachusetts, Plymouth County Ys.
On this twenty eighth day of June in the Year One thousand eight hundred forty three personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Azubah Lucas a resident of Plymouth, in said County Widow, aged eighty three years, 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 Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Ephraim Lucas who was a private in the War after Revo- lution & served as set forth in his declaration on file in the Pension office for which services she also rec d a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 at the rate of $30 per annum
Witnesses { Mary Washburn } to signature { Timothy Gorham } of Azubah Lucas
She further declares that she is still a Widow her
Azubah Lucas mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth Ys. June 28. 1843 Then the above named Azubah Lucas personally appeared & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above before me & I certify that she is personally known to me to be the person therein described
Timothy Gorham Jus. Peace 3

Plymouth Y. I Jacob H Lond Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Timothy Gordon Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the within is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this twelfth day of July 1843 Jacob H. Lond