Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6313, for William Lewis, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass
Lewis, William Elizabeth
NUMBER
R. 6313
CONTENTS

4 3645.
Elizabeth Lewis widow of William (Cannadce)
Vt
178 113-

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836
State of Vermont } on the 8 th day of November, Georgia District } A 1837, personally appeared Elizabeth Lewis of St. Armands in the Province of Lower Canada age Eighty three years on the 16 th day of February, 1837, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836.
That she is the widow of William Lewis, who was a Lieut in the Army of the Revolution.
That according to the best of her recollection her said husband left home soon after he obtained his commission and joined the Army to guard the northern frontiers, believes he was at Siconderoga Mount Independence & Crown Point, where he remained until the very last of November 76 and then returned home, but had been at home only three or four days when he was called upon to raise a company of men and repair forthwith to Siconderoga. In a short time he raised a number of men & left home for Siconderoga where he remained (as he informed me) until March 1777, believes he was stationed during his last campaign at Mount Independence. She does not remember the names of the officers under whom he served, but recollects of hearing her said husband often mention the names Captains Kent Douglass, & Hunt. Col. Warner Livingston & Easton & many others that she does not

not now recollect,
She further declares that she was married to the said William Lewis on the 18 th day of January A D 1794, by the Rev Daniel Collins of Samsonborough Massachusetts, and that her said husband William Lewis died on the 6 th day of March 1804; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed.
Sworn to & subscribed on the } day & year above written before
Elizabeth her Lewis mark
Before me William Bridges Judge of Probate
I further certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to so court that the said Elizabeth is now the widow of William Lewis before named in the foregoing declaration and that she is a worthy and very respectable old lady and that her statement is entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have set my name & affixed the seal of so court at St Albans in the District of Georgia this 6 th day of July 1838.
Wm Bridges Judge

[POWER OF ATTORNEY.]
Know all men by these presents, That We Joshua Lewis & William Lewis of Henry Ville , of the County of Rowville , and State District of Montreal , for and in consideration of Benj te H. Baldwin do hereby make, constitute, and appoint, Benjamin of Washington City, D. C., our true and lawful Attorney, for us and in our name, to examine all papers filed in any Department or Office of Government, upon which a Claim for a Pension  warranted to  may be founded on account of the services of our Father W m Lewis and to obtain, by all lawful means, any and all additional amounts that may be due from the United States to said W m Lewis his widows or their heirs , by virtue of said services, as in the Company of Capt. in the Regiment of and in the line of the forces of And for good and sufficient reasons we do hereby REVOKE and CANCEL any and all other Powers of Attorney and authority which we may at any former time have given to any person or persons for the above specified purposes; and we do hereby vest the same irrevocably in our said Attorney herein appointed, said L. Blanchard  Esq. Benj te H. Baldwin
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 31 st day of July , in the year A. D. 1854.
In presence of J. M. Lowles
William Lewis
Joshua Lewis
STATE OF Vermont COUNTY OF Grand Isle } ss.
On this 31 st day of July in the year A. D. 1854, personally appeared before me John M. Lowles a Notary Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments in and for the county aforesaid Joshua Lewis & William Lewis subscribers to the above, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be their free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned; and made oath, in due form of law, that they are personally interested as Sons & heirs of the said William & Elizabeth Lewis in said claim. And I further certify that they are personally known to me to be the identical individual represented.
John M. Lowles Notary Public J. P.

John Hall of Pennsylvania Wood County Ohio of lawful age makes oath and says that he was well ac- quainted with William Lewis before his decease, and that he was this deponent's sister's husband. This deponent further says that he was with the said William Lewis in the Revolutionary War. served in the same Company with him during a great part of the fall during the winter until some time in March and according to his best recollection he served with the said William Lewis six months. The said William Lewis was during that time Second Lieutenant under Capt. Kurt Benja Simmonds Reg't. This deponent does not re- call the year of the aforesaid service. This deponent has no distinct recollection as to any other service of the said William Lewis during the Revolutionary War. The said William Lewis at the time of the aforesaid ser- vice, this deponent thinks, was living in the town of Pittsburgh Pa. that is, that was his place of res- idence when not in service. During the above mentioned time of service this deponent says that the said Lewis was at Redbank in the State of New Jersey. This deponent says that during the War in this deponent's was not a number of times at different different places had not an opportunity of inquiring as to what service the said Lewis might have performed during the above mentioned War.
I hereby certify that the aforesaid John Hall is a man of truth and veracity & that the above was by him sworn to and subscribed
before me this 3rd day of April 1835
Dane Stetson Notary Public
Wood County Ohio

The State of Ohio, Wood county, fs:—
I, John Webb, clerk of the court of common pleas within and for said county do, hereby certify, that Isaac Stetson, Esquire before whom the within or foregoing affidavit was made or taken, was at the time of the taking thereof, acting and duly commissioned and sworn as Notary Public within and for the said county of Wood aforesaid, to all whose official acts full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and that the signature thereto attached I believe to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Perrysburg this 3 rd day of April in the Year A.D. 1838
John Webb Clerk

Albany N.Y. Dec. 3. 1842 Thos. E. Lloyd Esq.
Sir. Some months ago I sent an application to the Pension Department at Washington to secure a Claim justly due the heirs of Lieut. W m Lewis an officer of the war of the Revolution he died in 1804. & My Mother Elizabeth Lewis Made application in due form of Law some years since for the amt. due my said Father which has never been recovered. The ap- appli- -cation which I as has been sent was for prosecution entrusted to the care of Messrs. Niles & Addison of your city. Since which I have nothing from it. I now by the request of J. M. Lowles Esq. wish you

to take charge of the case and I hereby Authorise you to use all lawful & proper means for the recovery of said Claim You will find My Father's Commission and I think all the necessary papers in the case Now in the office at Washington which you are hereby authorised to examine and use in the prosecution of the Claim or any & all other papers in the case, please communicate with J. M. Lowles Esq r of Alburgh Springs State of Vermont who is My Agent in the premises
Truly Yours William Leavy

Washington D.C.
Dec 22 1843
Hon. W. N. Barrett
Secy of Pensions
Sir
Will
You please inform me present condition of the Revolutionary Pensions Claim of the Heirs of Lieut. Wm. Lewis
see letter enclosed
Very Respect
Thos. D. Blocher

Wm Lewis - St.
116.66
Gideon Kent - no-roll
342
— * Douglass - 224.
120.08
— * Hunt new 80-100-120-140  7. aug 11. f  dec 80-120 f
vol. 18: 252-166.204
17 - 162.3 - 81 not in
nos. 7: 57 & close a branch

6313
P. O.
Elizabeth Sewig
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Recognized.
Contract.

3645
Elizabeth Lewis Widow of William Vermont
William Bridges 31 July 1838 - Hon G. N. Briggs June 17 1843 - H. H. Sylvester Sept 16 1844 - B. H. Baldwin Oct 23 1855 -
Thos E. Lloyd.
Jan'y 9. 1873.
63 13
July 4 1836

I John Baxter of Dunham the provi- -nce of Canada a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, Aged Eighty five Years do testify & say, That I have been acquainted with William Davis late deceased Husband of Elizabeth Davis ever since the Year of 1772. That I first became acquainted with him the said William & Elizabeth Davis in the Town of New Ashford in the State of Massachusetts. & that he the said William Davis in the fall of 1776 enlisted as a Lieutenant for six Months. & that Captain Haldridge was the Captain, that he went to Scituate & Brod his time out & returned the next Spring & the deponent's Mother with him at the time aforesaid I lived a near neighbour to said Davis, until he removed to Swanton in Vermont in the Year 1799. And in the Year 1801 I removed to Canada & have been acquainted with the family ever since, & that the deponent knows that the above named Elizabeth Davis was the law- -ful wife of the said William Davis. & that she is now his widow, that they were married in the Town of Scarborough in the State of Massachusetts by the Rev. Mr Collins an Episcopal Minister of the Gospel & further this deponent saith not  John Baxter
Sworn to & subscribed at Allburgh in the County of Grand Isle & State of Vermont this 6 th day of Sept r A d 1841 Before me Wm L. Sawles justice Peace
I further certify that the above deponent is a Credible witness  Wm L. Sawles justice Peace

State of Vermont Grand Isle County ss.
I Myron Clark Clerk of Grand Isle County Court hereby certify that William L. Sooles before whom the within and foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same a legally appointed and acting justice of the Peace within and for said County, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at North Hero. in said County this 28 th day of September A.D. 1855
Myron Clark. Clerk.

Elizabeth Lewis widow of William Lewis
Out of Sec of Glass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
June 22 nd 1854.
I Hereby Certify . That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of William Lewis is true on roll of Capt. William Douglass (Comp. Col. Benjamin Simonds Regt) Detachment from the County of Berkshire from Dec. 16. 1776. to Feb. 25. 1777. as Lieut.
Also the following order. "To Thomas Ires, Treasurer" Sir, Please to pay Col. Jonathan Smith what moneys are due to me for service done in Oct. 14. 1780. under Command of Capt. Amariah Babbitt Col. Benjamin Symonds, Regt. on alarm. (Dated New Ashford Sept. 12. 1783. Time of Service not given.)
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

West Alburgh V.T. June 7 th 1854
Sir - Please examine the records in your office Carefully & ascertain what Evidence they furnish of the Service of Lieut. W m Lewis in the war of the Revolution it is said he was Commissioned as Lieut. in June 1776 in Capt. Kent's Company Served also under Capt. Douglass & Hunter also under Col. Warner, Livingston & Easton was at the battle of Tienderoga Mount. Independence & Brann Point also in Col. Simonds Regt. & if upon Examination any Evidence is found have the goodness to send me your Certificate of the same in such form as to make it Evidence at the War Department with your bill & I will remit the same to you without delay Please let me hear from you with as little delay as your Commission will admit & you will much oblige very Respectfully Yours
John M. Soules atty
Hon Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts Direct to West Alburgh P.O. Vermont

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire S.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire do certify That Wm H. Tyler Esq. whose signature are is affixed to the Certificates on the paper herewith annexed, was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within my said County duly Commissioned & acting under the authority of this Commonwealth. And that I believe the signatures to said Certificates purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas at Leeds, this eighteenth day of April 1838.
Ch Sedgwick Clerk

State of Vermont Franklin Co St. Albans July 6 th 1838
Hon J. S. Edwards
Sir
I herewith transmit the declaration & evidence in support of the same for your examination. of Mrs Elizabeth Lewis
The declaration you will notice has been made out some time, but it has been delayed for the purpose of obtaining evidence to prove the services of Mr Lewis.
Mrs Lewis has sent to Boston for to obtain evidence from the Rolls of Mass, but found that the rolls had been removed to the city of Washington. She wishes that the rolls may be examined, believing that by them her claim may be established —
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt William Bridges

Lancaster, April 11. 1858.
Dr. Y.
I have

I John Still of New Ashford in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts. do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with William Lewis and Elizabeth Lewis his wife that I lived neighbour to them from the year Seventy hundred and seventy eight to the year eighteen hundred and ninety eight during which time they lived together as man and wife. and at the last mentioned date they removed to Swanton in the State of Vermont April 11 th 1838
John Still
Berkshire ss April 11 th 1838
Personally came John Still and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me - Lyman Hall Jr - Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that  Berkshire ss April 11 th 1838 I personally acquainted with the the above named John Still and esteem him as a worthy Nathaniel Williams Clerk of the Town of Lanesboro' in the County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that I have carefully examined the records of said Town and find no record of any marriages on the records of said Town previous to the year A.D. 1781. And that on the records of said Town I find no mention made of any marriage between William Lewis & Elizabeth his wife -
Ap. 11. 1838.
Nathaniel Williams Clerk of the Town of Lanesboro'
Berkshire ss April 11 th 1838
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named John Still, and esteem him as a worthy citizen and as a man of integrity and veracity - Lyman Hall Jr

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Berkshire County do certify That Lyman Hall Jr. Esq. before whom the foregoing Deposition of John Still, was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Berkshire aforesaid & that the Signature of the said Lyman Hall Jr. to the foregoing Certificate is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twelfth day of April 1838 Chas Sedgwick Clerk

Washington Oct 11. 1855.
Hon. Jefferson Cave Pension
Sir I beg leave to file herewith additional Evidence in the case of Elizabeth Lewis Widow of William J. Vermont whose Claim under the act of July 7. 1838 is suspended
Respectfully Orny W Baldwin

Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay.
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England,
To William Lewis Gentleman Greeting.
YOU being appointed Second Lieutenant of the Twenty Second Company whereof Gideon Hart is Captain in the Second Regiment of Militia in the County of Middlesex, whereof Benj. Simonds Esq. is Colonel By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly — You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Second Lieut. in leading, or- dering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: — And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Second Lieut. and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Major part of the Council, or your Superior Officers.
GIVEN
our Hands and the Seal of the said Colony, at Watertown the Day of June in the Year of our Lord, 1776.
By the Major Part of
for
Secy
Watertown
Whitcomb
Rich. Derby Esq.
Flushing
Sturtevant
Jabez Fisher
W. Phillips
White
W. Phillips
W. Phillips
Dan Davis
Lincoln
Dan Hopkins
W. Phillips

3645 Elizabeth Lewis, Declaration for a Pension.
Supplementary.
4 Aug 1836
H. H. Sylvester

Record Isle County No 3 This personally appeared Abigail 22 nd Feb y 1840 & Elizabeth Lewis of St Armand in the Province of Lower Canada aged Eighty Six years on the 16 th day of Feb y Inst o who are her oath makes the following amendment or additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 14 th A D 1836 that her husband William Lewis was a Lieut e in the Militia in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution that he when at home in New Bedford Massachusetts belonged to the Militia Company commanded by Capt e Hunt that she was frequently in the year 1776 called out upon sudden alarms for Short Service that same time I think about the first of Sept r 1776 he went to Tienderaga N.Y. & there remained until some time in Nov r of the same year when he returned home with orders or directions to enlist as many men as possible that he was at home but a very few days when when he returned to Tienderaga with the men he had enlisted & there remained until some time in March 1777 when he was discharged & came home which was the end of his Military Services that I cannot say who was his Capt e it is so long since & I have no documents to refer to I have heard him name a num- ber of officers as connected with him in the Service (to wit) Capt e Douglass, Holdridge & Lieut e Burroughs Col s Warner Livingston &c. but which of the Captains my husband served under I cannot positively say I stated in a former declaration that he was then but I am now satisfied in what particular I was mistaken as he lived a near neighbor to me & rendered me a great deal of assistance

During the winter of 1777 in the absence of my said husband I believe his Captain was, But it might be a mistake not from my great age & bodily infirmity and consequent loss of memory I cannot now distinctly & perhaps correctly state that I was married to the said William Lewis on the 18 th day of Jan y 1774 by Rev d Daniel Collins a Clergyman of the Presbyterian order of Sandwich Massachusetts & that she has ever since remarried and is now his widow. Elizabeth per Lewis mark
I sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above written
J. M. Mott Judge of Grand Juries
I hereby certify that the above named ap- =plicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court & that she is a credible person & her statements are entitled to credit
J. M. Mott Judge of G. J. etc.

I now all Men by these Presents That me William Lewis & Joshua Lewis of Henryville Canada East for & in Consideration of Henryville Canada East do hereby Make Constituted & appoint S. Blanchard True of Washington City D.C. My true & lawful Attorney for me in my Name to Examine all papers filed or to be filed in any department or office of Government upon which a claim for a pension is filed or to be filed as aforesaid in favor of Dear Father William Lewis or his widow Elizabeth Lewis or his or her heirs the said William Lewis who was a Lieutenant in the American Service in the war of the Revolution said claim is founded upon the claim of the said William Lewis Service as an officer as aforesaid & to obtain by all lawful means any & all awards warrants that may be due from the United States to said William Lewis his widow or heirs by virtue of said Services & for good & sufficient reasons do hereby revoke & cancel all other powers of attorney & authority which may at any time heretofore have given for the above specified purposes And do hereby witness the same irrevocably in Witness said Attorney herein appointed said S. Blanchard True In testimony whereof we have hereunto Set our hands & seals this 24 th day of October A.D. 1853 William Lewis
In Witness of J. M. Lowles Forw. S. Lewis
Joshua Lewis

State of Vermont } on this 26 th day of October Grand Isle County } A.D. 1853 personally appeared Mr. John M. Sowler a Notary Public duly authorized by the State of Vermont & took acknowledgments in & for the State of Vt - Joseph Lewis & William Lewis subscribers to the within Power of Attorney & acknowledged the same to be their free act & deed for the purposes therein mentioned & made oath in due form of law that they are person- ally interested as heirs in said claim - & I further certify that said William & Joseph Lewis are personally known to me to be the identical persons represented J. M. Sowler Notary Public
JB Stone Agent
Ms. S. 36
Joseph Lewis Power of Atty

I Silas Hamilton of the Town of Victory, County of Cayuga State of New York do testify & say that I was personally acquainted with William Lewis of New Bedford, Mass. a Lieutenant of the Militia the Captain's name was Douglass the Company was in Colonel Simons Regiment. in this company, & under said Lieutenant Lewis I served from the tenth part of December 1776 to the latter part of March 1777 being a term of three Months time spent in the revolutionary warfare at Trenton & Princeton at the expiration of which time we were dismissed and came home Silas Hamilton
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above Deponent Silas Hamilton, that he is a man of unquestionable truth & veracity, & that the above Deposition was sworn to & subscribed before me the W m H. Siler Justice of the Peace.
W. Adams. Berkshire County Massachusetts. April 13 th 1838.

I Lyman Hall of Adams, County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts do testify & say that I was personally acquainted with William Lewis of New Ashford in said County - that I was present when he was Married to my Sister Elizabeth at my Father's House in Lanesborough in the County before mentioned, by the Rev. Daniel Bellows, the Congregational Minister of said Town, that said Marriage was consummated just before the revolutionary War & believe in the year A.D. 1776 And that in the year 1777 He was in the United States Service as a Lieutenant in the Militia and his services I believe were performed at the North Lyman Hall
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deponent Lyman Hall that he is a Man of unquestionable truth & veracity & that the above Deposition was sworn to & subscribed before me
D. H. Dyer Justice of the Peace
Adams April 16 th 1838
Lyman Hall of New Ashford
Deponent
Lyman Hall Reg. and D. H. Dyer Justice of the Peace