Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15727, for Timothy Knox, New Hampshire

SERVICE
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Knox, Timothy Molly
W. 15727
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1.936 Concord N.H. Molly Knox widow of Timothy Knox d. who died on the 12th July 1818 of Concord in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  Timothy of the Regt. commanded by N.H. in the N.H. line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord N.H. at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents , per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Apr. 1835 and sent to Mrs. Molly Knox Concord N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $ 186.69 Pemi-annual allowance ending at Dec. 1835
$ 200.02
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by H.H. Nelson Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 27

Timothy Knox of Pembroke was born Feb. 22. 1748 Mary Linn his wife was born Feb. 15. 1751 They were married Dec. 24 th 1772 Margaret Knox their first child born Oct. 8. 1773 Wesley Knox was born March 6 th 1775 Timothy Knox was born Apr. 20. 1777 Sarah Knox was born Dec. 29 th 1778 James Knox was born June 19 th 1781 William Knox was born April 9 th 1783 Nath l Knox was born Feb. 9 th 1785 Samuel Knox was born Feb. 3 rd 1787 Elizabeth Knox born Apr. 16 th 1789 Hannah Knox born Apr. 20. 1791 Nancy Knox born Feb. 27. 1794 Wesley Knox was born May 5 th 1797

The State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack ss. On this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Hon. Aaron Whittmore, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county of Merrimack, Molly Knox, a resident of Chichester in said county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, aged eighty seven years the fifteenth day of February last, 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 act of Congress, passed on the fourth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty six:
I, Molly Knox, of Chichester in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, aged eighty seven years on the fifteenth day of February last, do testify and declare, that I am the widow of Timothy Knox, late of said Chichester deceased, who was a private in the militia, stationed at Portsmouth New Hampshire, for the term of six or eight months in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, belonging to a regiment commanded, as I think, by Col. Gilmour; who was again a private in the militia, stationed at Charlestown and Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the term of two months, at the close of the year seventeen hundred and seventy five and the commencement of the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, being a member of a company commanded by Capt. Andrew Branton, of which Peter Robinson was Lieutenant, said company belonging to a regiment commanded by Col. Waldron, Lieut. Col. Gherley and Maj. Baker; and who afterwards went as a private into the regular service for the term of four months in the year seventeen hundred

and seventy eight, and was stationed at or near West Point in the State of New York, a part or the whole of said term, but to what company or regiment he belonged I do not recollect.
And I do further testify and declare that I was married to my late husband, the said Timothy Knox, on the twenty fourth day of December in the year of our Lord seven hundred and seventy two at Hopkinton in said county, by the Rev. Mr. Scales of said Hopkinton, by whom I had twelve children; and that my husband, the said Timothy Knox, died on the twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen, since which period I have remained a widow.
I do further testify and declare that during the period of my deceased husband, Timothy Knox's, services in the army as aforesaid, myself and family resided in Pembroke in said county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, from whence we afterwards removed to Chester where I now live.
Witness, Asa Fowler.
her Molly X Knox. mark
Subscribed and sworn to this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
Before me, Aaron Whittmore.
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire.

State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack ss. April 21, 1838. I, Aaron Whittmore, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county of Merrimack, do hereby certify that Molly Kenon, of Manchester in said county, who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration before me, is entitled to credit as a witness, and, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable to attend Court.
Aaron Whittmore
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire.
Stephen C. Badger Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Merrimack and the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Aaron Whittmore is an acting Justice of said Court Commissioned and duly qualified as such and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fourth day of April Anno Domini 1838.
S. C. Badger Clerk

Molly Knox 111 lb of him
dec. letu o 31 March 38 allow 8 mo. for.
R. Edwards, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, D. C.
See at New 21. 174
172 A 17

State of New Hampshire, Concord, March 17, 1838.
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir -
Your last communication relative to the application of Mrs. Molly  Knox for a pension under the act of July 4, 1836, on account of the services of her deceased husband Timothy  Knox in the Revolution, was duly received, and I have hitherto delayed answering it in the hope of being able to furnish the testimony necessary to establish the service at Portsmouth in 1775. I first examined all the rolls now in the office of the Secretary of this State, but could find none within the year 1775. I next wrote to a town in a distant part of the State, to ascertain whether a man, whom Mrs. Knox supposed might have accompanied her husband to Portsmouth, was still living, but learned that he was dead.
The truth is, I presume, that no records or rolls of the militia in service at Portsmouth in 1775 are now existing here or in Washington. I have been informed by those who possessed the best means of information that they believed none to have been kept, or if kept, that they had been destroyed by some casualty. The probability also is that, from the small number of militia stationed at or near Portsmouth in 1775, not one of them may now be living, or if alive, from the loss of memory of Mrs. Knox, we shall probably be forever unable to find out who or where they are.
Under these circumstances, Sir, we shall probably be

compelled to relinquish all expectation of obtaining direct proof of Timothy Knox's service at Portsmouth in 1775, and his widow will be obliged to rely on the charity of our pauper laws and the meager and scanty fare of a town poor-house for sustenance and enjoyment during the remnant of life, unless your department can rightfully admit the testimony of Daniel Knox, John Knox and Timothy Dudley, already furnished, as competent and sufficient evidence under the circumstances of the case.
Permit me then to request your re-examination of the three affidavits just mentioned, and your particular attention to the indirect evidence they furnish of Timothy Knox's having served the period therein named at Portsmouth in 1775. The respectability and established veracity of the three deponents, the first of whom is and long has been a Justice of the Peace and Quorum for this county, the second a revolutionary soldier and pensioner, the third a respectable and reputable farmer, and all three men of regular and steady habits and members in good standing of a Christian Church, forbid my entertaining the slightest doubt of the substantial truth of every fact stated by them in those depositions. I wish your department could feel authorized to be equally satisfied. The highest testimonials to the character and standing of the deponents, can be furnished you if it will be of any avail - such as I doubt not will at least satisfy you of the strong presumption of Timothy Knox's having served as alleged - nay more, such as will make it almost impossible that he should not have so served. But if those affidavits will not answer the purpose, I doubt whether we shall be able to prove the service.
Your obedient servant, Asa Fowler.

Dec 16
M rs M ary Knox
Free
M rs Deborah P. Gage, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, D. C.

Concord, N.H. Dec. 11, 1837.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir,
Yours of Nov. 7 relating to the application of Mrs. Molly Young, widow of Timothy Young, to be placed on the Pension List, was duly received. Since its reception I have seen the persons who testified as to the said Timothy Young's service at Portsmouth in 1775 and at West Point in 1778, but they are wholly unable to remember the officers under whom he served at either period or place. One of them, indeed, thinks, he might have been a member of Capt. Daniel Moore's Company at West Point, but this is not positive . Capt. Moore was formerly of Pembroke in this county, and Mr. Young, being from the same town at the time, may perhaps account for the impression. I have also made inquiries with a view to ascertain the name of some person who was engaged in the service with Mr. Young at one or both of the periods mentioned, but it is so long since his death that the family can afford no information upon the subject. On the whole therefore it is probably utterly impossible to ascertain the names of the officers in the service at those periods and places, and unless the rolls can be examined without them, the probability is they never can be examined. Thinking however that possibly it might not be inconsistent with the rules of the Pension Office for one of the clerks to make a cursory examination of the files of rolls at Portsmouth and West Point in 1775 and 1778 without knowing the officers' names, and hoping that if ever an examination was made under similar circumstances it may be made in this case, I enclose you an affidavit of the family register showing the birth of children before the service ended, to which is annexed my certificate of its apparent authenticity. This you inform me will be sufficient proof of the marriage; and, as I have no doubt the widow, who is now completely helpless and utterly destitute of property, is entitled to a pension under the act of July 4, 1836, by virtue of her deceased husband's services, I cannot but hope the rolls may be so examined as to secure her something to make the remainder of life comfortable.
If, consistently with the rules of the Pension Office, you cannot examine the rolls without the names of officers, could they be examined by another person, should I employ some one at Washington?
Your obedient servant, Ira Fowler.

Concord, N.H. August 11, 1837.
J. L. Edwards Esq., Comr. of Pensions,
Dear Sir -
I herewith transmit, for your examination and consideration, the Declaration of Molly Kenox, Widow of Timothy Kenox, late of Winchester and formerly of Pembroke in this county, made in order to obtain such Pension as she may be entitled to receive, under the act of July 4, 1836, by virtue of her deceased husband's services in the war of the revolution, accompanied by such evidence of its truth as I have thus far been able to obtain. You will perceive by the dates of the several papers that they have been some time in my hands, which arises from their having been detained in the hope of procuring further testimony in relation to the period of service at West Point. In this particular, however, my efforts have been unavailing; but considering the advanced age of the applicant and the very feeble state of her health, I have concluded to forward them without further delay.
Mrs. Kenox states to three periods of her husband's service. The first, at Portsmouth N.H. in the year 1775, six or eight months ; the second, at Charlestown and Cambridge Mass. at the close of the same year and the commencement of '76, two months ; the third, in the year 1778 at West Point N.Y. four months . - In support of her statement as to the first period, will be found the affidavits of John Kenox, Daniel Kenox and Timothy Dudley, which would seem to leave no doubt of its correctness. They are all men of respectability and members of the Congregational church in Pembroke in good standing. John Kenox is now in the receipt of an annual Pension for his services in the army, a part of which were performed in company with the husband of the applicant. Daniel Kenox is now and for many years has been a Justice of the Peace and Quorum for this county. - In proof

Mrs. Knox's correctness as to the second period , will be found in the affidavits of John Knox and Frederick M'Cutcheon , who were both present with him in the army at the same time. With M'Cutcheon I am acquainted, and think that his testimony, as well as that of John Knox , in relation to the fact affirmed, may be relied upon. To this point also I forward a memorandum , from the blank leaf of a book formerly in his possession, in the hand writing of Timothy Knox as aneticed by Mrs. Knox and several of their children, from which it appears that he went to Cambridge Dec. 8, 1875, and came home Feb. 5, 1876, which, it will be seen, allowing the time necessarily occupied in travelling from Pembroke to that place (about 60 miles) and back, on foot, would leave eight weeks as the time of actual service in the army. If further testimony as to the residence at Charlestown and Cambridge should be required, the affidavit of at least one other of those there at the same time with the husband of the applicant can be procured. — In corroboration of Mrs. Knox's statement as to the third period , you have only the testimony of John Knox , of the correctness of which there is no reason to doubt, though I regret that I have been unable to obtain its confirmation from other sources. I am hope to learn that some one of those employed at East Point with him still survives, but as yet have been unsuccessful. Most of the old soldiers now living in this vicinity were militia men, and of course could not have accompanied him. Perhaps the rolls or other records to be found in the Department at Washington may furnish satisfactory evidence on the subject. If not inconsistent with the usages established in similar cases, I would express a wish that they may be examined with that intent.
As to the marriage of the applicant to Timothy Knox, deceased, perhaps no better evidence can at this day be furnished than is contained in the four accompanying affidavits before mentioned. Indeed I am satisfied

there cannot be. Mrs. Foss says that no person who was present at the wedding is now alive to her knowledge, and I have made such inquiries as convinced me that no record of the marriage any where now exists or ever did. They were married Dec. 24, 1772, by the Rev. Stephen Leales of Hopkinton, and it will be seen by the accompanying letter from Hon. Lorenzo Chase, Judge of Probate for this county, in reply to a communication of inquiry which I had addressed to him, that no records of marriages were kept in that town prior to the time of Mr. Fletcher who was Mr. Leales successor in the ministry. I have presumed that the testimony contained in the affidavits will be sufficient to establish the fact of the applicant's marriage with Timothy Foss, or otherwise I might forward proof of the non existence of records in Hopkinton at the period of its occurrence. Should such proof be necessary, or should proof of the birth, sustenance and education of a family of ten or twelve children, by the applicant and her alleged husband, be desirable, it can be forwarded.
After what has been stated, it is unnecessary to add that the applicant has no documentary evidence of her husband's services in her possession. What proof she has been enabled to obtain, by the assistance of a stranger friend who undertook his services to collect it, is herewith transmitted. Utterly incompetent by reason of age and infirmities, to contribute any thing towards her own support, and utterly destitute of property, she has for two or three years past been dependent on the charity of a grand daughter for subsistence. Sickness and other misfortunes render it impossible for that grand daughter longer to maintain her, and unless some such aid as she has asked can be obtained from the government of the United States, she will immediately be compelled to seek her entire support from the town of Chechester, to which she is already indebted for occasional relief - in other words be driven to the necessity of throwing herself upon the cold charity of the poor's laws. Under

These circumstances I hope her case will be as favorably and as liberally considered as the provisions of existing laws will permit.
Should further testimony be necessary in support of Mrs. Knox's declaration be good enough to address a letter to the subscriber who will endeavor to forward it. I hope what is now offered, in addition to such information as may be found in the records of the Department may be sufficient to entitle her to a small share of the bounty of the nation.
Please inform me of the result of the accompanying application as soon as consistent with the regulations of the Department.
With sentiments of respect,
Your obedient servant,
Asa Fowler.
J. N. Edwards, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, District of Columbia.

Horace Chase March 3, 1834. Sapinton, N.H.
Free H. Chase Pills
Mar 3
Asa Folsom Esq Concord N.H.
Letter from Hon. Horace Chase.

Hopkinton Mar. 3. 1837
Asa Fowler Esq.
Dear Sir
I had the occasion some time since to examine the town records & there are no marriage records prior to 1791. I have found one marriage by the Church records kept by the Rev Mr Fletcher formerly Minister of this town. Mr Severy succeeded Mr Fletcher as Minister in this place and an examination of the Church records none of marriages were kept prior to Mr Fletcher's time. No record of the marriage of Mrs Knox can be found here.
Yours respectfully
Horace Chase

Affidavit of Frederick M. Cutchin
Frederick M. Cutchin Affidavit

I Frederick W m Clutcher of eighty five years of age do testify that I was well acquainted with Timothy Knowl formerly of Pembroke in the State of New Hampshire, and know that he was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution he belonged to Col. Walhams Regt. Lieut. Col. Chesley. I belonged to the same Regiment we were both stationed in the College Building at Cambridge Ms. in the year 1775 I know that he the said Timothy Knowl was married to Molly Dix his present Widow before the Revolution I was well acquainted with them both before they were married and afterward I lived in the same Town for many years before the Revolution and many years after the close of the War until he the said Knowl removed to Winchester and I afterward removed to Bridgewater. how long the said Knowl remained in the Army I do not know
Frederick W m Clutcher
State of New Hampshire Shoeburff ss Be it known that on the first day of March 1887 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared the above named Frederick W m Clutcher and made solemn Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true
Nicholas W m Sayles Justice Peace

This may certify that the above named Frederick M c Cutchan is in my opinion of some mind and is considered a man of truth and his testimony is entitled to credit
Nicholas M c Taylor Justice Peace
State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office March 6 th 1837
The above named Nicholas M c Taylor was Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Nassau duly qualified and his signature genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of the State. Ralph Metcalf Secy of State.

Affidavits of John Knox, Daniel Knox, Newberry Dudley
65 5 31 23

I, John Vnox, of Pembroke in the county of Hampshire and State of New Hampshire, being eighty two years of age the sixteenth day of August last, do depose and say, that I was from boyhood well acquainted with Timothy Vnox late of Chichester in said county, that he was married to his present widow, Mary Vnox, two or three years before the commencement of the revolutionary war at Hopkinton in said county, by Reverend Stephen Scales, then minister of that town, as I understood. I was not present at the marriage, but know that they were reported to have been married at that time, I should think in 1772 or 1773, and that they lived together as husband and wife in Pembroke both before the war and afterwards, and continued so to do until his death in or about the year 1818, as near as I can recollect. - I do further depose and say that said Timothy Vnox was engaged as a soldier in the revolutionary army at different periods during its continuance. He was first stationed at Portsmouth in the year 1775, according to the best of my recollection for the term of six or eight months, and I believe he belonged to a regiment of militia then employed there under the command of Col. Gilman - though I will not be positive as to who commanded the regiment. I know the time when said Vnox went to Portsmouth, and also the time when he returned to Pembroke, and recollect his returning home on furlough once in the summer of 1775, and I should think he was absent six or eight months, say from March or April to September or October of that year. Said Timothy Vnox was likewise stationed at Temple's farm in Charlestown Massachusetts in the year 1776 - or in that vicinity - for the term of two months. He belonged to a company of militia commanded by Capt. Andrew Branton, of which Peter Robinson was Lieutenant, and the company belonged to a regiment commanded by Col. Waldron, Lieutenant Col. Shirley, and Major Baker. During a part of the time said Vnox was stationed at Charlestown and in the vicinity, I was stationed at the same place, being a member of a company of militia, commanded by Capt. John Lane of Durham, belonging to the same regiment. I saw said Vnox almost daily while he was there, and at the expiration of his two months' service he was disbanded and returned to Pembroke. - Said Timothy Vnox also enlisted into the regular service in the year 1778, and went to West Point, where he remained for the period of four months, according to the best of my recollection. I

do not know to what company or regiment he belonged, but he was about four months, at the end of which he returned to Pembroke and informed me he had been to West Point during his absence, and I have no doubt he was serving as a soldier in the army during that time. - I do further depose and say that I was acquainted with Molly Knox before her marriage with said Timothy Knox as aforesaid - her maiden name was Rizer and I have known her from the time of her marriage to the present, and she still remains the widow of said Knox, having never been married since the decease of her husband about nineteen years ago.
John Knox
State of New Hampshire.
Reuben Ladd ss. April 18, 1837. Personally appearing, the above named John Knox made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, just and true.
Before me,
Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.
I hereby certify that the above named John Knox, signer of the foregoing deposition, is a credible witness.
June 8, 1837.
Asa Fowler, Jus. Peace.

I, Daniel Knox, of Penobscot in the county of Penobscot and State of New Hampshire, being nearly seventy seven years of age, do depose and say, that from boyhood, until the time of his decease about the year 1818, I was well acquainted with Timothy Knox late of Old Chester in said county. About the year 1772, he was married to Molly Knox, his present widow, whose maiden name was Rex, and they continued to live together as husband and wife until his death. I was not present at their marriage, but understood at the time and have no doubt that they were married at Hopkinton by the Rev. Stephen Seaborn, their minister of that town. Said Molly Knox has never intermarried since the decease of her husband about nineteen years since. I do further depose and say that said Timothy Knox was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and was stationed at Portsmouth for a term of six or eight months during the spring and summer of the year 1775. I was not there with him, but knew the time when he went to Portsmouth and the time when he returned to his place of residence in Penobscot, and I distinctly recollect having seen and conversed with him when he came home on a furlough in the course of the summer to visit his family. According to the best of my recollection he was about on duty at Portsmouth six or eight months, I should say from sometime in March or April until September or October 1775.
Daniel Knox
State of New Hampshire.
Penobscot ss April 18, 1837. Personally appearing the above named Daniel Knox made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, just and true.
Before me, Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.

I hereby certify that the within named Daniel Kenox, signer of the within deposition, is a credible witness.
June 8, 1857.
Asa Fowler, Jus. Peace.

I, Trueworthy Dudley , of Pembroke in the county of Mun- mack and State of New Hampshire, being eighty two years of age, do depose and say, that I removed to this town from Raymond in the county of Rockingham on the seventh day of June 1775, and afterwards resided in the vicinity of Levi Thy Knox and his wife Molly Knox until their removal to Chichester . I was well acquainted with them both, and know that they were considered to be and lived together as husband and wife until his decease about the year 1818. At the time when I came to Pembroke, said Timothy Knox was absent on duty as a soldier in the militia, stationed at Port- mouth . I do not know how long he had been gone, but I very well remember his coming home on a furlough once in the course of the summer, and that he finally completed his term of service in September or October fol- lowing as nearly as I can recollect. Said Molly Knox has never intermarried since the decease of her husband in 1818.
- Trueworthy Dudley
State of New Hampshire. Munmack ss. April 18, 1837. Personally appearing, the above named Trueworthy Dudley made solemn oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, just and true.
Before me,
Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.
I hereby certify that the above named Trueworthy Dudley , signer of the foregoing deposition, is a credible witness.
June 8, 1837. —
Asa Fowler, Jus. Peace.

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office Aug. 12, 1837.
I hereby certify that the within named Asa Fowler is a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Merrimack - duly qualified, and was so at the time of his signatures within written, which are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the Seal of the State.
Leigh D. Stearns

Concord, N.H. April 4, 1838.
Dear Sir -
Agreeably to your instructions I herewith transmit you a new declaration of Molly Knox, widow of Timothy Knox, made before the Hon. Aaron Whittmore, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for this county, that being a court of Record, and duly authenticated by the clerk of said Court with his seal of office. Accompanying this declaration, will be found the original Family Register of the said Timothy and Molly Knox, authenticated by the affidavits of Molly Knox and Hon. Judge Whittmore.
I hope and trust these papers will prove satisfactory and sufficient, but if not, I will endeavor to supply any deficiencies in my power.
As Mrs. Knox lives as near the Concord Post Office as any other, if consistent with the rules of your department, be good enough to forward her certificate to me, or to my care for her, and I will immediately hand it to her. I am more particular in this request, as it may be desirable for Mrs. Knox to have some other person than any of her family connections for her attorney to receive the money.
J. S. Edwards, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions.
Your obedient servant, Asa Fowler.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1572 nd
Mrs. Kant
Widow of
Donald Kant
Pa. New War.
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. a , Page 1108
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Timothy Knox.
75 in Col Gilman's regt 6 or 8 mo
76 " Capt Andrew Buntin Col Walbridge. 2 mo — not qu
78 4 mo at Westpoint

Suspended.
see let to Asa Fowler,
Nov r 7, 1837.
do do Jan y 9 1838
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Family Register & Affidavit
Molly Kenoy
Widow of Timothy.
Maria 1772
Acad 1818
Allan 8 mo. for
p26. 66 pr ann
com. 4. mail 1831.
N. H. Melton
Asa Poulter Esq,
Concord N.H.

I, Molly Kenox, of Chichester, in the county of Her- rimack and State of New Hampshire, aged eighty seven years, widow of Timothy Kenox, late of said Chichester do hereby depose and say that the annexed leaf, from the family bible of my late husband Timothy Kenox, contains a true record of the birth of my said husband Timothy Kenox, of my own birth, and of the time of my marriage with the said Timothy Kenox, and of the time of the births of each of our twelve children. Said record was made between thirty and forty years ago by Samuel Noyes of Pembroke, at the request and by the ex- press direction of my said husband Timothy Kenox and myself; and is the only record of our family in existence to my knowledge.
Witness Aaron Whittmore
Molly Mr Kenox mark
State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack ss. April 4, 1888. Personally appearing, the above named Molly Kenox made solemn oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is just and true.
Before me,
Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.
I, Aaron Whittmore, of Pembroke in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with and resided in the neighborhood of Samuel Noyes, late of said Pembroke, who is referred to in the above affidavit of Molly Kenox. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel Noyes, and from an examination of the record of the family of the late Timothy Kenox herewith annexed, upon a leaf taken in my presence from the family bible of the said Timothy Kenox, I have no doubt that said record is in the hand writing of said Sam- uel Noyes. And I do further testify and say that said Noyes has been dead about twenty five years to the best of my recol- lection.
Aaron Whittmore
State of New Hampshire. Merrimack ss. April 4, 1888. Personally appearing the above named Aaron Whittmore made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true. Before me, Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.

The State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack ss. I Stephen C. Badger, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Merrimack in said State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that the within named Asa Fowler is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Merrimack, and his signature within written are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight. —
S. C. Badger Clerk

Timothy Knox his hand and seal Timothy Knox his hand
Elizabeth Knox his wife
Moley Knox his hand
Moley Knox
his Beard
Moley Knox
Timothy Knox went to Cambridge Dec 11 the 5 1776 we came here the 1 1770
James Knox his hand about 1 mo 29 ds.