Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,177, for Henchman Sylvester, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Sylvester Henchman Esther
No. 25,177
CONTENTS

1614.
Maine
Esther Sylvester
widow of Wenchman Sylvester who was a Private
in the Mass line
for 17 mo & 24 dy
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 59 Dollars & 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of August, 1843 and sent to
Ebenezer Everett Brunswick Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 9.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that, Barrett Potter is a Judge of Probate for said County of Cumberland that Ebenezer Everett is a Magistrate —
as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that they are duly qualified to act as such; that the said Everett's Commission is dated June 27 th A.D. 1837 and will expire June 27 th A.D. 1844.
and that the following signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this Second day of October Anno Domini 1839.
Charles Cobb Clerk.

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Eben: Everett Brunswick Me

Joseph Sylvester of Freeport, State of Maine, aged
State of Maine
County of Cumberland, ss.
On this seventh day of October A D 1839, at a Court begun & held on the first Tuesday of the same October personally appeared before the subscriber, Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Cumberland, and in open Court Dorothy Sylvester of Freeport in said county
aged seventy two years, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on oath according to her best knowledge and belief make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress, passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," that she is the widow of Hene- man Sylvester late of said Freeport, who was a private in the revolutionary war and who as she verily believes served in the year 1775 in a company stationed at Marshfield in the county of Plymouth in Massachusetts, of which company Juff Piper was captain, John Hatch, lieutenant and one Briggs, ensign, and was honorably discharged in about five months; and that in the year 1776 he served for the term of seven months in a company of infantry of which Nathaniel Shurton was captain in Col. Israel Whitneys regiment and was stationed at Boston and in the vicinity; that he afterwards served about six weeks at Brandywine in Pensylvania, and went there in a transport from Boston to carry meat provisions; and that the said Hene-man at another time was in the service at Dorchester heights, but at what time & under what officer she is unable to state; that the said Hene-man during the time of his said several enlistments he resided or belonged to Hanover in the State of Massachusetts. She further states that she has no documentary proof of his said services but refers to the depositions hereto annexed and the rolls in the office of the War department. She further declares that she was married to the said Hene-man Sylvester on the twenty fourth day of January in the year seventeen hundred
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and eighty six by the Rev Mr Gilmore of Northgambeth in the District of Maine, and that her husband the said Florence Sylvester died at said Freeport on the third day of May in the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the ser- vice, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit at the time above stated; and that she still continues his widow. * The word eighty in the first line of this page was inserted be- fore signing.
Catherine Sylvester
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Barrett Potter Judge

I Joseph Sylvester of Freeport, State of Maine, aged seventy five years, on oath declare, that I was the brother of Henehman Sylvester formerly of Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts & since of Freeport & that part of North Yarmouth which is now Freeport in Maine, now deceased. The said Henehman died at said Freeport on the third day of May 1829; I was in the neighborhood when he died attended the funeral and saw his corpse. In the year 1775 I resided at Hanover aforesaid in the same family with the said Henehman at our fathers house, and the said Henehman then enlisted into a company of infantry to guard Marshfield in the county of Plymouth aforesaid, of which company Joseph Soper of Hanover was captain, John Hatch, Lieutenant and one Briggs ensign. As near as I can recollect he served five months at Marshfield. In that or the following year he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Thaddeus of Scituate and went to Boston & served there & in the vicinity as I verily believe seven months. In the same company were other persons of my acquaintance. After that the said Henehman went to Bayadine, now Castine in Penobscot Bay and served there about six weeks. He went in a transport from Boston to carry men and provisions. I do not recollect the name of the transport or by whom commanded. During his several enlistments he resided at Hanover aforesaid.
This widow now an applicant for a pension before her marriage lived in that part of North Yarmouth, which is now Freeport - her maiden name was Esther Dennis and she was married after the war and before the first day of January in the year 1794. According to the best of my recollection she was married in the year 1786. The said Esther Sylvester still resides in Freeport & has never since been married, and remains the widow of the said Henehman.

The said Henshaw at another time, as I have heard him say was in the revolutionary service at Dorchester heights, before Boston was evacuated; but under what officers & for how long a time I do not now remember. Joseph Sylvester
State of Maine Cumberland ss ) Brunswick September 25 th 1839. Then the above named Joseph Sylvester, a person of good reputation for truth and veracity, personally appeared and was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing deposition before Owen - Dyer Justice of the Peace. )

I Blisha Stetson of Durham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged eighty years on oath declare that I am a pensioner of the United States, that I enlist- ed in the revolutionary army in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six, I then resided at Scituate in Massachu- setts. I served for the term of seven months in a company of infantry of which Nathaniel Thurston was captain, we joined a regiment at Boston under the command of Col. Josiah Whitney - and served the whole term in Boston, Nantasket & other places in that vicinity. I was well acquainted with Hencuman Sylvester who was a private in the same company to which I belonged. He then belonged to Hanover in Massachusetts a town adjoining Scituate, where in the same company about the same time that I did, & I have no doubt but he served the whole period of his enlistment & that he was honora- bly discharged. I have ever since been well acquainted with him till the time of his death which took place as near as I can recollect nine or ten years ago. He has resided for many years in Freeport in Maine about four miles from where I have resided for fifty years past. I never saw his widow Brother Sylvester but have known her from reputation & knew her family connections. Her maiden name was Brother Dennison. She still resides at the same place in Freeport & I have ever understood that she remains his widow & unmarried. Our company was composed of seven months men. Blisha Stetson
over.

State of Maine Oxford ss } Bowdoin Sept r 13. 1829. Then the within named Elisha Stetson, a person of good reputation for truth and veracity, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the within statement, by him subscribed before, Eben: Dyer Justice of the Peace.

Extract from the records of the Town of North Yarmouth in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine.
" Seventeen hundred & eighty six, January twenty fourth, Hinichman Sylvester & Esther Dennisson married by T. Gilman in the respective date Recorded by David Mitchell, Town Clerk. "
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows " 1786 Jan'y 24. "
Samuel Sweetser } Town Clerk of North Yarmouth.
I Samuel Sweetser above named depose and say, that I hold the office of clerk in the town, county and state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the ex- ceptions above named, as certified by me.
Samuel Sweetser } Clerk of the town of North Yarmouth.
State of Maine Cumberland ss } October 1. 1839.
Sworn to before Robert Everett Justice of the Peace.

I Joseph Sylvester of Freeport in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged nearly seventy six years on oath declare that I am the same Joseph Sylvester, who have twice given my deposition in support of the claim of Esther Sylvester, the widow of my deceased brother Hemenham Sylvester; for a pension I have no copy of my said depositions to refer to, but recollect that I stated that my said brother Hemenham about the year 1776, as I then believed, served in Capt. Newcomb's company near Boston. Without any written data to refer to it is not unlikely that the said service might have been as late as the year 1777. I well remember that his service or part of it was at Nantasket beach, at or near the town of Hull, rather to the South-ward of Boston light house. I saw my brother there during his stay there & passed a night with him. At the same time & place I saw other persons with whom I was well acquainted, to wit, - Hues Curtis & Eli Curtis of Scituate, Asa Totman of Abington & Simond Perry of Pembroke, all of whom are since dead; my brother Caleb Sylvester of Hanover I also saw there, who is now nearly ninety years of age & incapable of testifying from the decay of his mind. Agreeably to the best of my recollection these all belonged to the same company. All the Sylvesters in Hanover at that time were descendants from my great grandfather the two of his sons, and I knew them all. There was not to my knowledge any other Hemenham Sylvester living at Hanover or any where else besides my own brother Hemenham Sylvester; and the said Hemenham Sylvester is the same person who afterwards married Esther Dennis of that part of North Yarmouth, which is now called Freeport, and who is an applicant for a pension from the United States; the said Esther still remains at said Freeport unmarried & the widow of the said Hemenham Sylvester.
The words "for a pension" inserted in the fifth line.
Joseph Sylvester
State of Maine Cumberland ss ) Penuiswil May 7. 1840. Then the above named Joseph Sylvester, personally known to me as a person of good reputation for truth & veracity, appeared and was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing statement before
Oliver Everett Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine
Cumberland County ss: June 16 th 1840.
I Asa W. True Clerk of Judicial courts in said county, Pro tem. certify that Ebenezer Covell is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county, and duly qualified to act as such, and that the within signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the District Court for the Western District, this sixteenth day of June Anno Domini 1840.
A. W. True, Clerk Pro tem.

MAINE 5619
Esther Sylvester widow of Henehman Sylvester,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 3 May 1829 of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Doper of the regt commanded by Col Whitney in the Mass. line for 17 M. & 24 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 59 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of July 1840, and sent to Col d Everett Esq. Brunswick, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $237.33 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep th 1840 29.66
$266.99
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by D. M c Curdy, Clerk Book 4. Vol. 1. Page 30

copy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25177
Esther Sylvester Wid of Henchman Sylvester Brn Mass-Genl
Act: Mar 3rd 1843
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 255
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Maine County of Cumberland, Ss.
On this ninth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty personally appeared before Barrett Potter, Judge of Probate for the said County of Cumberland, holding a court of record & having a seal & in open Court, Esther Sylvester
a resident of Freeport - in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following supplementary declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; that she is still the widow of Henehman Sylvester, deceased, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war; that in addition to the services mentioned in her former declaration to which the said widow respectfully asks leave to refer, or as a further specification thereof, the said Henehman, according to her best knowledge & belief, being then an inhabitant of Hanover in the County of Plymouth in the year 1776 or 1777 enlisted into a company of Infantry commanded by one Capt. Newcomb and served several months at Hull, otherwise called Nantasket near the entrance of Boston harbor and was honorably discharged; she cannot state the precise length of the service but believes it to have been six or seven months or more. She has no documentary proof, but refers to the rolls in the pension office. She further declares, that she was married to the said Henehman Sylvester, as stated in her former declaration on the 24 th day of January 1786, and that her husband the aforesaid Henehman Sylvester died on the third day of May 1828; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794, to wit at the time above stated.
Esper Sylvester Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written Barrett Potter Judge

State of Maine. County of Cumberland ss.
I, John Appleton, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for said County, hereby certify that the Hon. Barrett Potter is the Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills &c within and for said County, and that the signature upon the preceding page, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto put my hands, this and the seal of the Probate Court, this ninth day of June A. D. 1840.
John Appleton , Register.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that, Ebenezer Everett is a Magistrate _____
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is — duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission is dated June 27 th 1837 and will expire June 27 th 1844 _____
and that the following signature purporting to be his is — genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this twelfth day of February Anno Domini 1840
Charles Cobb Clerk.

223 I Joseph Sylvester of Freeport in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, aged seventy five years, on oath declare, that I am the same Joseph Sylvester, who last year gave a deposition in favor of the claim of Brother Sylvester for a pension; that when I gave my deposition at the time, referred to, I was under a misapprehension, as I now am informed & verily believe, in stating that my brother Hemenham Sylvester was a soldier in Capt. Winslow's company; arising I suppose from the circumstance that there were persons to whom I was related and with whom I suppose I was acquainted in the said Winslow's company; that on more mature reflection I am now of the belief that the said Hemenham Sylvester was a soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Newcomb in or about the year 1776, and my correction in this particular may be the better ascertained from the circumstance, that according to my present best knowledge & belief other persons of my acquaintance were in the same company with my brother, vizt Abner Curtis & Eli Curtis of Litchfield Asa Paton of Houghton, Simon Perry of Pembroke & my brother Caleb Sylvester, which last mentioned persons I am strong in the belief I saw in the service at the same time with the said Hemenham Sylvester at Boston in the vicinity. If I may be mistaken in some of the particulars I am confident notwithstanding, that he was in the service at Boston at the time & so continued from the Spring of the year till late in the Autumn. Joseph Sylvester
State of Maine. Cumberland Co. ss. Brunswick Feby.

any 8. 1840. Then the said Joseph Sylvester a person of good reputation for truth and veracity per- appeared and was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing declaration before
Deben Everett
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Colb Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that,
Ebenezer Wells Esq. is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date January 1st A.D. 1839, and will expire January 1st A.D. 1846.
and that the following signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this 11th day of June Anno Domini 1843.
Charles Colb
Clerk.

State of Maine.
Cumberland ss.
On this twenty seventh day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & forty three, appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Cumberland, Esther Sylvester of Freeport in the said County of Cumberland, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the third of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Henchman Sylvester, who was a private in the revolutionary service of the United States, and that according to her best knowledge and belief, he enlisted into a company of infantry commanded by Capt Joseph Soper and served under him six months in the year 1775, and afterwards that he enlisted into Capt Newcombs company as a private at the town of Hull in Massachusetts for several months in the year 1777, and that she was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 & received the annual amount of Fifty nine dollars and thirty three cents. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness to the signature
of Esther Sylvester. Daniel H. Dennison Nehemiah D. Dennison
her Esther Sylvester Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me. I further certify that the said declarant is personally known to me, and that she is still a widow, and is a person of good reputation for truth.
Ebenezer Wells Justice of the Peace

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July 7 1838
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Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington Columbia.
VA 36/227 July 17 1775 a. 12. 1775 for 5000

Brunswick, Me. Oct. 2. 1839.
Rev J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions
Sir,
Enclosed is the application of Mrs Esther Sylvester for a pension under the act of July 7. 1838 with accompanying vouchers.
If her claim is allowed, please enclose the certificate by mail directed to me at Brunswick, Maine. Very respectfully
Deacon Brewster

War Department, Pension Office, Nov. 4. 1839
Sir,
In the case of Mrs. Esther Sylvester under the act of 7 th July, 1838, the alleged service of 8 months in 1775 under Captain Joseph Soper should be established by the certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts.
The only other service set forth with sufficient detail to admit of an investigation is that under Captain Nathaniel Shurlock of Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment in 1776 for 7 months. The rolls of the staff and commissioned officers of that Regiment while in service about 5 months in 1776 do not bear the name of Nathaniel Shurlock as an officer nor is his name borne on our Index to the Massachusetts militia rolls. There is probably some mistake as to the Captain's name.
I am, very respectfully, Your obt. Servt.
G. W. Cummings
Ebenezer Everett, Esq. Brunswick, Maine.

Ch: & Sci:
Ebenezer Dyer Esq
Brunswick
Maine.

Sec. Offic.
Boston, Nov. 11. '39.
Dear Sir
We cannot, after a thorough search, find any evidence of the services of Frenchman Sylvester. You are aware I suppose that most of our Rev. Doct's are in the Pension Office at Wash- ington - & among them, if any there, are the rolls to which you allude. Many rolls however were lost or destroyed in the Rev'n or before any attempt was made to collect & preserve them on the part of the State. Can you not be induced to get one of your members of Congress to enquire for you, in the Pension Office where they go on?
Yours very respectfully
John P. Bigelow
E. Curtis, Esq.

Barnstable Decr. 7. 1839. Hon. Reuel Williams
Dear Sir,
I enclose a letter from the Pension office and also one from the office of the Secy of Massachusetts relating to the claim of Mrs Esther Sylvester for a pension under the act of July 7. th 1838. Agreeably to the suggestion in the latter letter I take the liberty of requesting your interest in support of the claim, of the general validity of which I have no doubt.
I regard to the service under Capt Soper, I hope the rolls may be yet found at Washington; if not as the rolls are known to be incomplete, I presume parol evidence will be satisfactory. I have been several years acquainted with Joseph Sylvester, who testifies to this service. He is a person of unusual vigor & strength of mind & memory for his years, and of unquestioned integrity; and as a brother of the soldier in their youthful days must have had an opportunity to know & much occasion to remember.
The other alleged service on reference to Mrs Sylvester's application, I apprehend will appear to be under Capt. Winslow, not Thurber, a confusion arising from the indistinctness of my writing (Thurber) rather than from any obscurity in the claim. If I could see the papers again I could judge. Perhaps in transcribing

I have been lead into the same error; at any rate the name should be Winslow.
Such attention as you may deem proper for you to bestow upon these particulars will much oblige yours respectfully Ebenezer D. Everett.
P.S. I forwarded some time ago applications in behalf of Sarah Gruffam & Sarah Ross. Will you inquire if these have been received?

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Hon Reuel Williams of the U.S. Senate - Washington

June 29. 1840
Mrs. Joseph Foster Esther S. Foster
written evening
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J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Brunswick Me. June 23. 1840
Hon J. L. Ordwards Commissioner
Sir,
I have your favor of April 25 th last, requiring a supplementary declaration from Esther Sylvester, an applicant for a pension under the act of July 1838 for the services of her late husband, Ebenezer Sylvester and evidence identifying the person of that name, who served at Hull in Capt Newcomb's Co. in 1777, as being her said husband.
I now enclose accordingly such a declaration and another deposition of Joseph Sylvester which latter I think you will find not inconsistent with his last preceding one, tho' I have no copy of it.
The delay in answering your letter above referred to was on account of the applicant's waiting for a court to be held near her residence. Respectfully
Your obed t Servant,
John Emery
P.S. Mr Bruns informed me last December that the claim for the other service, i.e. in Capt Soper's Company in 1775 was considered as established.

Payment to be made at Portland by A. Newhall Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of — Maine.
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year. First payment to be made on the 4th day of September next.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1.
Page 30, by J. M. Gandy.
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Esther Sylvester of Maine, widow of Henehuan Sylvester, deceased, who was a private in the Revolution, and died on the third day of May 1829, is entitled to receive five years pension at the rate of Sixty four dollars and Sixty six 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 tenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty.
J. P. Smith
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Brunswick Sept. 17. 1840.
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions, Sir,
I enclose a supplemental deposition of Joseph Sylvester which I presume will be satisfactory, if conformable to the documentary proof, to sustain Mrs. Esther Sylvester's claim to a pension under the act of July 7. 1838 beyond the amount already allowed, as conceded in the letter of G. H. Brown Esq dated Dec r 13 th ult.
The deponent is a man of intelligence and of a good character. If his statement is not now accurate I believe there are no other means in our power to prove the service referred to; and you are requested to forward a certificate for the amount of so much service as appears to be supported by the proof. Very respectfully,
Oliver D. Dyer

Mass. out. Vol 36 p 227. on roll of St. Joseph's Co from July 17. 6 m. P.

Senate Chamber Dec 13.
Sir
I send you the enclosed papers, just rec d by mail, & request that you will cause the necessary examination to be made & inform me of the result,
Yours respectfully R. Williams
To the Comt of Pensions

Hanover Mass. Hannah Sylvester a 1829. Esther M. 1786 S
75. 5. Capt Soper. 76. 7. Minot, west h
77. Boston Newcomb. 79. 1. 12 Sagadahon
See rolls.
1775. 6 m. Capt Soper Vol. 36 p. 226 76 & 7. 6 " Newcomb. 37 p. 4. 78 4. 12 Harkness 24. p. 94
16. 12. 53 33 1. 12 1 33 18. 4 54 66
Vol 30, p. 72 Capt Davis Schooner Hannah p. 5. 15. 9

Amos Sylvester, born 1676, son of Joseph, born 1638, who was son of the prominent Richard of Weymouth 1632.
Anna Maria Eliz th Hanchman daughter of Joseph Hanchman, born 1685. m 1706.

1918
June 10 1843
Maine
Mar 3 rd 1843
Esther Sylvester,
$59: 33 per ann
send cert. to
Ebenezer Dorr
Brunswick Maine
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Brunswick, Me., June 6. 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions.
Sir, The application of Brother Sylvester for a pension under the act of March 3. 1843, is enclosed.
If found correct please send the certificate to me, at Brunswick, Me. Respectfully
Ebenezer Everett

Henchman Sylvester Vol 36 p 226 6 mo-
6 In Lapeer Co 1775 board paid
4 1/2 again in Book Mark "Amasa Corp"
15 1/2 6 mo : 1775.
Henchman Sylvester. Capt. howland Co 76 1777
Vol 37 p 4. on Newcombs roll March 1 1777
age 7 1777 Hanover - at Hull
Vol 24 p 94 1778 4 mo 2 d. Capt. Abraham Washburn Co
Henchman & Galt Brother both in the mtl

Ester Dykstra widow of Hendrick Maine
Set 1838 — E. Everett
13 Dec '39 (the same on the 25 Apr 1840)

V 6189 Maine
Esther Sylvester widow of Hemenway Wed. to Eben. Everett Nov. 4. 1839
act 7. July 38

Maine 5619.
Ester Sylvester widow of Hezekiah Sylvester, Jr.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 2 nd May 1829 of Cumberland (in the State of Maine) who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Doper of the regt commanded by Col Whitney in the Mass. line for 16 m 12 d $59.33
Inscribed on the Roll 24 Maine at the rate of 74 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of July 1840, I don't hold Eben D. Dyer Esq. Brunswick Maine Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $218.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 40 27.33
237 1/3
$245.99
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J. M. Curdy , Clerk. Book 4, Vol. 1, Page 30.

6189 Esther Sylvester Wid of Hanchman Maine Act July 7. 1838 Married 1786 died 1828 Allow $54 per ann 16 mo. 12 days private 1. 12 19-24 $59.33
Ebenezer Everett Esq. Brunswick Me

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Bylvester, Isaac GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8740 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 9, 1793 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.