Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24524, for James Le Broke, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
or LeBroke, James or Broke, or Brock,
N. 24524
CONTENTS
Sarah

Reported Dec 21/48
2530
Marrie Sarah Le Broke widow of James Le Broke who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Dec 1848 and sent to
Hon. D. Hannan Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 21 Vol. 1

2965
Sarah LeBroke application for
ensin Sarah LeBroke
moor of James
Me
act 7 July 38
Married in 1784
on final settlements
No. 11966-12432-13068
$62:72 for 1781.
adm d 2 years pri
$80
A. K. Davis
Judg. S. Gode. Paris, Oxford Co. Maine. Agent
Stephen Woodman, Town Clerk of New

State of Maine County of Oxford ss
On this sixteenth day of October A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County Sarah Le Broke a resident of Greenwood in said County of Oxford aged eighty 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 Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of James Le Broke who was a private in the army of the Revolution and served about three years - part of said service was in the sixth Massachusetts Regiment under Colonel Smith, and for proof of his service she refers to the annexed deposition. She further states that he wrote his name at the time of his marriage Brock & Broke indifferently and during the latter part of his life he was called Le Broke and so wrote his name & that she has since his death ever gone by the name of Le Broke
She further declares that she was married to the said James Brock on the twelfth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four and that her husband the aforesaid James Le Broke died on the thirteenth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen; 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. Sarah Le Broke Witness J. Emery Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before Stephen Emery Judge

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Sarah Lebroke for a Pension.
I also further certify that Jonathan Swift before whom one of the annexed affidavits was taken is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford, that his signature thereto is genuine & that full faith & credit are due to his acts as a Magistrate. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of October A. D. 1838.

I Faber Woodman, Town Clerk of New Gloucester, in the County of Cumberland, and State of Maine, hereby certify that the marriage of James Brock and Sarah Garnett, both of a place called Sheppard's field, by Isaac Parsons Esq. late of New Gloucester, deceased, is recorded in the Book of Records of marriages, in the town of New Gloucester, aforesaid as follows, viz. "James Brock to Sarah Garnett both of a place called Sheppard's field was married, August twelfth, Seventeen hundred and eighty four."
I Faber Woodman above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in New Gloucester aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract, from the Records of said town, with the exception, that the date is expressed on the Records, in fair legible figures as follows - "August 12 th 1784."
Faber Woodman, Town Clerk.
State of Maine Cumberland ss September 15 th A. Dom. 1838 Personally appeared Faber Woodman, above named, and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed, and I certify that he is Town Clerk of New Gloucester, and a credible and respectable witness.
Joseph Cross } Justices of the peace

State of Maine Cumberland ss.
I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Court, within and for the County of Cumberland and State of Maine: do hereby certify that Joseph Cross Esquire is a Magistrate, duly appointed, and commissioned to act as such, within and for said County; and that the signature on the other side of this paper purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, this twenty fourth day of October A.D. 1838
Charles Fox Clerk (Of the Jud. Courts for the County of Cumberland,

State of Maine
Cumberland Ss. I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts; within and for the County of Cumberland, and State of Maine; do hereby certify that John Hancock Esquire is a magistrate; duly appointed and commissioned; to act as such, within and for the County aforesaid; and that the signature purporting to be his on the other side of this paper is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this twenty fourth day of October 1838
Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Cumberland.

I Daniel Jumper of Harrison in the County of Cumberland of Lawful age do testify and say. That I was in the service in the war of the Revolution in the year Sixteen hundred and Eighty two and I was knowing that Mr James Lebroke was at that time in the service at West Point and I then understood by him that he had been in the service for the term of one year before I enlisted in said service, and that he was employed the greatest part of the time in the Tailoring business for the benefit of the Army and I think according to the best of my recollection he was in the service between two and three years.
Daniel Jumper
Cumberland So. September 8 th 1838 personally appeared the above named Daniel Jumper and made solemn oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is true, and I further certify that full faith and credit is to be given to his testimony
John Hancok
} Justice of the Peace

Be it known, that I, Daniel Knight of Norway in the county of Oxford, A. Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. Aged seventy eight years do hereby depose and say that, I enlisted in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, and that Mr. James Broke was in the service when I entered, and that it was in the sixth Regt. Mass., under the command of Col n . Smith, and that I knew him, until seventeen hundred and eighty three at which time I was liberated, both being in the same sixth Regt.
Daniel Knight
Oxford ss. September 29. 1838. personally appeared Daniel Knight above named and made solemn oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is true, before me.
Jonathan Swift. Justice Peace
P.S. I further certify that full credit is to be given to the testimony of the said Daniel Knight, as he he is a man considered by me, of truth and veracity.
Jonathan Swift. J. Peace

I was acquainted with James Le' Broke for several years, previous to his death living in the same town with him - He was of French origin and was often called Brock or Broke without the prefix Le' - Knowing the family and did I have no hesitation in saying that the person who was married to Sarah Garmett by Isaac Parsons Esq. on the 12 th of August 1784 was the husband of Sarah Le' Broke the applicant, and that he was called by the name of Brock and Broke as well as Le' Broke
Albion N. Parrish Nov. 6. 1835

Ref
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24,524
Sarah Lee Broke Wid. of James Lee Broke For. Rev. War.
Act Feb. 2 d 1848
Index: Vol. A , Page 430
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James Brock - or Le Broke Taylor
13068-480 1 Jan 83 -
12432-6272 1 Jan 82
6 Reg. Mail 81
11966 1 Jan 83 p2wrr

Paris, Me. Feb 27. 1845
Dear Sir,
I am requested by the friends of Sarah LeBroke widow of James LeBroke to request you to forward to James Walker Esq. Member of the Maine Legislature now at Augusta a certificate of the length of service of the said James LeBroke to enable her to obtain a grant from the state. And as the Legislature will probably rise at an early day, Your immediate attention will confer a favor on an aged widow & her friends
Respectfully
Your Obl serv
Thomas Clark
James Le. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Washington City D.C. April 30 th 1851
Honorable P. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I would request that the papers in the case of Sarah L. Brooke state of Maine may be taken from the file room for my inspection when ready, I will show my authority
Yours Respectfully, P. E. Wassler

David Root June 26
James L Edwards
bonnifacio y Persion
Free
Rev
Paul H. Brooks March 50/4 Washington D.C.
26006
June 29/43

James L Edinburg Esq
Pais June 24 1843
Dr Sir
The enclosed papers I am requested to enclose to you of the certificate when ready you will please enclose to Thomas Crocker Esq of Pais Oxford Co. Me.
Respt. yours
Geo. F. Emery
38
James L Edinburg Esq

Dear Sir
Nov 4. 1843
Hon.
Me. into care
Sarah Leake
J. L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions City of Washington
A

Paris October 27-1843
Sir
When the inclosed papers are decided upon will you be kind enough to return them to me
I am respectfully Your obliged Servant Thomas L. Rocker

Re on Albion K. Paris 2 d Comptroller. Treasury Department Washington D.C.

Paris Oct. 29. 1838
Hon Albin V. Parris
I have ventured to trouble you with another application for a pension. It is that of the widow of James Le broke formerly of this town. The only difficulty in the case I apprehend is the different mode of spelling the name. He was married by the name of Broock & the depositions to prove his service give his name as Broke & Le broke. As you were formerly acquainted with him you may perhaps know that he was called Broke & Le broke indifferently by his neighbors & acquaintance. The apprehended difficulty might have been avoided by making the name in the depositions correspond with that of the marriage certificate, as all know that they relate to the same person. But these depositions were taken by different magistrates & therefore the name has been spelled differently.
In August last I forwarded to the Pension Department the applications of Hannah Saule of Melrose, Abigail Lord of Paris, Molly Dean of Oxford. In Sept. that of Melchised Perkins of Paris, Sarah Perkins of Oxford, Ruth Shea of Newbury, Sarah Leachman of Oxford. All these applications were endorsed by me in the manner of those forwarded to you. I afterwards received a letter from the Department stating that each application should be accompanied by a letter directing to whom the certificate should be sent & that the endorsement was not sufficient for that purpose. I thereupon adressed a letter to the department containing a list of all the cases forwarded by me and a description of them & requested that the certificates or any communications respecting them might be adressed to me. Since that time I have heard nothing from them. On the 8th of October I forwarded the copy of the record of the marriage of Sarah Sturtevant of Paris (whose application I had forwarded to you) directly to the

department, not wishing to give you further trouble about it. From none of these cases have I yet heard any thing
I do not mean to be impatient or importunate but if the delay is on account of anything that I have left undone I should like to know it.
I am very respectfully your obliged & humble Servt Joseph S. Coale

November 6 th 1830
J. L. Edwards, Esq.:
Sir,
I send you the pension application of the widow Sarah Le'Brokep, and request that the certificate may be sent to me, if one should be granted —
I have also to ask whether a decision has been made on the application of the widow Sarah Sturtevant, which I handed you on the 4 th of Sept. — The record evidence of marriage I understand has been furnished
I transmits a letter from Joseph G. Cooke, Esq. a highly respect- =able Counsellor at Law, relating to sundry other pension claims as therein specified
Very respectfully &c. Albion H. Parris

Payment to be made at Poultney , by A. Newhall Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year thereafter. First pay- ment to be made 31st De- cember, 1838
Entry Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 1- Page 14. by
R. Runn Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
No. 993.
Five years Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Sarah LeBroke, of Maine widow of James LeBroke, deceased who was a Private during the Revolutionary War, and died on the thirteenth day of April 1813 - is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Eighty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

26 26
Sarah Le Broke
$ 80 per ann
Thos. Clark Notary Public Paris, Maine

State of Maine County of Oxford S.S. on this fifteenth Day of April personally appeared Before the Subscri- ber of the town of Greenwood Sarah Lebrake of Greenwood in the County of Oxford Aged Ninety Years who being first Duly Sworn according to Law Doth on her Oath Make the following Declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by an act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that She is the Widow of James Lebrake who was a private in the Regiment of Col Sprout in the Militia in Which he Served and the annu- Amount of the pension which She received under the act of July 7 1834 was Eighty Dollars per annum
She further Declares that She is still the Widow of James Lebrake Witness Isaac Gint Justice of the Peace Sarah Lebrake Sworn to and Subscribed on the Day and year Above written Before me Isaac Gint Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
Oxford County ss.
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Sarah LeBroke and have been for nearly twenty years last past and know her to be the widow of James LeBroke late a pensioner of the United States. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th. day of October A. D. 1843.
Isaac Gint Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine.
Oxford County ss: I the Subscriber Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County, hereby certify that Isaac Flint, whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Declaration is a justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly appointed & qualified, and full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three.
Geo. F. Emery Register
Oxford County ss. State of Maine I Thomas Clark a Notary Public in and for the County of Oxford aforesaid, hereby certify, that the within named Isaac Flint, is a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified - that his signature within signed is genuine - and that full faith is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations as such. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Notarial Seal & signature this tenth day of October A. D. 1843.
Thomas Clark, Notary Public in & for the County of Oxford State of Maine.

State of Maine
Oxford County ss. I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County of Oxford hereby certify that Isaac Flint whose genuine sig- nature is annexed to the foregoing Declaration is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court and subscribed my name, this twenty first day of November 1843
Joseph G. Cook Clerk as aforesaid

Mrs. Broke's Declaration
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3577

State of Maine } ss. Oxford County. }
on this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-eight personally appeared before the Subscriber Jonathan Swift, a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Oxford, Sarah Lebroke a resident of Greenwood in the County of Oxford aged ninetyfive 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 prov- -ision made by the act of Congress, passed on the second of February eighteen hundred & forty-eight, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of James Lebroke who was a Revolutionary Pensioner & a private in the Revolutionary Army; for the character of whose services, she respectfully refers to evidence on file in the Pension Office in his partic- -ular case — that she received under the act of June 17 th 1844. a Pension at the rate of eighty — dollars — per annum. — She further declares that she is still a Widow. —
Witness.
Jonathan Swift.
Sarah her Lebroke + mark.
James Lebroke
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written. — before me.
Jonathan Swift. Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me & that she is the same individual. She represents herself to be in the above declaration.
Jonathan Swift. Justice of the Peace.
Sarah, Lebroke

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County, ss :
I, the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Jonathan Swift whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing Declaration of Sarah Lebroke is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this twelfth day of September A. D., 184 8
Charles Andrews CLERK.

Maine - 993.
- Sarah LeBroke - widow of James LeBroke, decd!
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 13 th April 1813 - of Oxford in the State of Maine who was a P.M. in the Regt commanded by Captain Mayhew of the Regt commanded by Col. Root in the M'try. time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Nov. 38 and sent to A. K. Paris, Present
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept - $200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00
$240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 14.
Letter Geo. F. Emery Sept. 16. 1843 Dec d under act March 3. 1843 sent back for correction to Th. Clark Paris, Maine, Nov. 15. 1843 -

3577
Maine
Sarah Le. Broke widow of James Le Broke who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Dec. 1843 and sent to Thomas Clark Notary Public Paris Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 1 Vol. 1. Page 13.
let to T. Clarke Mar 13 43
Reported

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lecat, Levin GRADE Private LINE Delaware
WARRANT NUMBER 10819 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 26, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lecat, Michael GRADE Corporal LINE Delaware
WARRANT NUMBER 10806 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 26, 1790 is — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.