Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15046, for John Lund, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
168
Lund, John Hannah
W. 15046
CONTENTS

New Hampshire 1525.
Hannah Lund,
widow of John Lund, deceased;
who died on the 11 th of March, 1822, of Hillsboro' co. in the State of N. Hampshire, who was a Sgt. & Lieut. in the company commanded by Captain W. Walker of the ————— command by ————— N.H. ————— in the N. Hamp. line for 13 Mos. Sgt. & Lieut.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hamp. (Concord) at the rate of 106 Dollars 66 Cents, per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of No- vember, 1837, and sent to Danl. Abbot, Nashua, N. Hamp.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1837 = $663:29 Pemi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 38 = 53. 33
$716:62
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d . }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott, Clerk.
Book A, Vol. 2, Page 27.

Declaration of Hannah Lura, Nashua N.H. F Two Deps. -
Adm'd 8 mo. Serfth 5 - Siesth on Notes. $100. 66 per p. an m no deduction
Danl Abbot Nashua N.H.

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss.
Before me Luke Woodbury Esquire Judge of Probate of Wills &c for said County on this thirty first day of July Anno Domini 1837 at Nashua in said County.
Personally appeared Hannah Lund of said Nashua, who after being 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 4. 1836.
That she is upwards of eighty four years of age, and is the Wid o of John Lund late of Dunstable in said County, now called Nashua. That she was married to the said Lund on the 26 th day of March A.D. 1772 by the Rev d Joseph Kidder, then the ordained Minister in said Dunstable. The said Hannah further deposes that her said Husband enlisted into the Eight th months service in the Revolutionary Army immediately after "Concord fight" so called, in the Company commanded by Capt. William Walker, and immediately joined the Army, without returning home after said fight, and was absent until the latter part of December following. I was the mother of two Children by him at the time of his enlistment. He enlisted into said Company as a Sergeant, and as I understood did duty as such therein. - And the said Hannah further deposes, that her said Husband died on the 11 th day of March 1822 having been unwell for several months, and confined to his house for about a fortnight; and her maiden name, previous to her intermarriage with the said Lund was Hannah Phelps.
And the said Hannah further deposes

that she has remained sole & unmarried & the Wid. o of the said John Landa ever since his ac- cess - And further saith not.
Dear Abbot,
her Hannah of Lunc Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and years above written before me
Like Woodbury Judge as aforesaid.
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County ss July 31. 1837 I do hereby certify that the above said deponent Hannah Land is a credible witness; and that it appears she is from bodily infirmity, unable to attend court, which is the cause of presenting this declaration at this time and place.
Dear Woodbury Judge Yours affectionately
State of New-Hampshire } Hillsborough County ss. }
John Gaynes of Nashua, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire of lawful age, being first duly sworn, deposes & says, that he is the town clerk of said town of Nashua, for the current year, having been duly elected to that office at the Annual town meeting on the second Tuesday of March last past; that he accepted said appointment, and was duly sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of said office -
She said Gaynes further avers, that the now town of Nashua, until the first day of January last past was called and known by the name of Dunstable, at which time the name was changed by an Act of the Legislature of the State, and the

said Gaynes further deposes, that on the Town Records of said Dunstable, now Nashua, is the following Record -
"John Lund and Hannah Preece were married "the 26." of March 1772 by the Rev. Joseph N. Kidder."
And the said Gaynes further deposes, that it appears by the Town Records, that said Joseph N. Kidder was the settled Minister of said town, at the time last mentioned. And further saith not.
John Gaynes
Subscribed & sworn to
this seventh day of August 1837
Before me Dan. Abbot Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Gaynes, the above named deponent, and that he is a man of truth & veracity.
Dan. Abbot Jus. Peace
Clifton Lund of Nashua in the county of Hillsborough & State of New-Hampshire, of lawful age, being first duly sworn, deposes & says that his Father John Lund, died on the eleventh day of March A.D. 1822, that the deponent at that time lived in the same house with his said Father & had resided there with him for many years previous to his decease - And the said Clifton further deposes, that his, the said John's, Widow, Hannah Lund, hath continued to reside in the same house with the deponent, even since her said Husband's decease, and that she hath never intermarried and still continues sole & unmarried - And further saith not -
Hillsborough p. August 10. th 1837
Clifton Lund
Subscribed & sworn to
Before Dan. Abbot Jus. Peace
I certify hereby that I am well acquainted with the above named Clifton Lund, & that he is a man of truth & veracity. Dan. Abbot Jus. Peace

I Andrew Warren, clerk of the Superior Court of Probate for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Luke Woodbury within named is Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for said County of Hillsborough as within mentioned, and that the within and foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
And I further certify that Daniel Abbot within named is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as within mentioned, and that the within & foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name this twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord, 1837.
A. Warren Clerk

Deposition of Benj a Taylor on the Pet n of Hannah Lund in the service of John Lund, as a least and

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss.
On the Eighth day of September Anno Domini 1837 personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in for said county, Benjamin Taylor of Mechanick'sburgh in the county of Guernsey and State of Ohio, who being first duly sworn deposes, Testifies & says, that he is now in the seventy ninth year of his age, that he was a native of the town of Dunstable, now called Nashua, in said county of Hillsborough, where he is at the present time making a visit to his friends & relations - And the said Taylor further testifies & says, that he enlisted into the "year service" in the Revolutionary Army in the year 1776 - and afterwards enlisted into the "three years service" and served out my time of service and was regularly discharged in 1780, April 20 th , at West Point - Previous to my enlisting into the Army, I had lived a neighbor to John Lund of said Dunstable and was as well acquainted with him, as with any neighbor I had -
And the said Taylor further deposes and says, that in the year 1776 he was stationed at Mount Independence, and that in July of that year the said John Lund, with the company to which he belonged, and which was commanded by Capt. William Barron of Merrimack in said County of Hillsborough, joined the Army at said Mount Independence - And that he often saw & conversed with said Lund while in the Army and also saw him in the performance of his duty as a Lieut. in said company, at various times - He was a Lieut. when he joined the Army.

And the said Taylor further testifies and says, that, in consequence of an attack of the fever & ague & being unable to perform duty, he was discharged by the Surgeon, the last of October of the year 1776 and returned home to Dunstable, where he arrived some time in the November following - at the time he left the Army, he left the said Lund in the service, doing his duty in his Company - And the said Taylor further deposes, that some time about the last of December of that year the said Lund returned home from the Army, and that he saw and conversed with him shortly after his return -
And the said Taylor further deposes that Mount Independence & Ticonderoga are near together & that the Campaign of that year was generally spoken of as the expedition to Ticonderoga, or as it was more familiarly called in that day "Tye" -
And further saith not - Benjamin Taylor
Hillsborough ps. } Sept. 8 th 1837 }
Subscribed & sworn to
Before D and . Abbot Jus. Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Deposition, Benjamin Taylor, and that he is a man of truth & veracity.
D and . Abbot Jus. Peace

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Jurisdiction for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do certify that Daniel Abbot beforementioned is a justice of the Peace for said Coun- ty of Hillsborough as beforementioned, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto af- fixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this Eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord 1837.
A. Wallace Clerk

3 Depo s on Pet n of Hannah Lunde " "

State of New Hampshire -
County of Hillsborough ss.
Joseph Greeley of the town of Hudson in said County, being duly sworn deposes & says, That about a week after "Concord fight" as it was called, which was on the 19. th of April 1775 he enlisted into "eight months service" in the Continental Army at the commencement of the Revolutionary War. That he enlisted into & served in the Company commanded by Capt. William Walker in the Reg. t under the command of Col. James Read. I further depose that John Lund of the town of Dunstable, as then called, now altered to Nashua, was the Orderly Sergeant of said Company & did duty as such Therein - We were both in the battle of Bunker Hill on the 17. th June 1775 - I was wounded wounded in the Battle and was brought off the ground by the said Lund - after a few weeks confinement by the wounds received, I joined the Company & continued in duty, where the said Lund still continued, doing duty as the Orderly Serg. t of the same -
I further depose That I was well acquainted with the said Lund before we enlisted into said Company, living within about three miles of him - That he served out his full term of enlistment, eight months, & we then returned to our homes - I knew him well after his return home, having continued to live within a few miles of him, until his decease, which took place a number

of years since - Said Lund also served one Cam- paign in the Northern Army, as I understood at the time during the War, but for what length of time, or of the partic- ulars of which, I am unable to state -
I further depose that I am eighty one years of age & further saith not -
Joseph Greeley
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 16. th day of May 1837 -
(Dan d . Abbot Jos. Peace)
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Greeley Esq. the above named De- ponent and have been for more than thirty years just, & that he is a man of truth & ve- racity.
(Dan d . Abbot Jos. Peace)
State of New-Hampshire } Hillsborough County - ss. }
of Abenethy
Oliver Wright of Nelson in the county, in the seventy ninth year of his age, being first duly sworn deposes and says, that he was well acquainted with John Lund of Dun- stable in said county, of Hillsboro now called Nashua, before, at the time of, and since the American Revolution, living in the same town with him - that in the Month of December 1775 I joined the American Army then stationed at Winter Hill, near Boston, I enlisted as one of the "six weeks men" - The said Lund was then in the service doing duty as a Sergeant in Capt. William Walcutt's Company - The said Lund service completed his service as an "eight months" man, before my time of service expired, and he

left the service and returned home, while I remained with the Army - and further saith not -
Oliver Wright
Subscribed & sworn to this 8. th day of August A.D. 1837 - }
Before Dan d . Abbot Jus. Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Oliver Wright & that he is a man of truth & veracity - Dan d . Abbot Jus. Peace.
Nehemiah Wright of Nelson, in the eightyfirst year of his age, being duly sworn deposes and says, That in the year 1775 I lived in the town of Danstable, now called Nashua. That in the month of April of that year I enlisted to serve for eight months in the Revo- lutionary Army in the Company commanded by Capt. William Walker, in Col. James Read's Reg. t - John Lund of the same town and with whom I was well acquainted before & since the Revolution enlisted into the same Company at, or about the same time. we were both in the battle of Bunker Hill together. The said Lund did the duty of Sergeant in said Company and served out his full term of Eight months before he left the service -
and further saith not -
Nehemiah Wright
Subscribed & sworn to this 8. th day of August 1837 - }
Before Dan d . Abbot Jus. Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with Nehemiah Wright the above deponent and that he is a man of truth & veracity. Dan d . Abbot Jus. Peace

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Jurisdiction for the county of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Daniel Abbot is a Justice of the Peace for said coun- ty of Hillsborough as before mentioned, and that the foregoing signatures, six in number, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court and subscribed my name, this twelfth day of August Anno Domini, 1837.
A. Wallace Clerk

John Friend's
Dep o
in the case of
Wid o . Hannah Lund

State of New-Hampshire
Hillsborough Co. On the fourth day of September An- no Domini 1837 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, John Fields of Merrimack in said County , who, being first duly sworn deposes & says, that he is now in the eighty second year of his age; that in the year 1776, I enlisted into the American Army, under Capt. William Barron of said Merrimack, to serve for the term of six months - The other Officers of said Company were 1 st Lieut. — Burton of Wilton, 2 d Lieut. John Lund of Dunstable in said County, now called Nashua & Ensign James Gilmore - I enlisted about the first of July of that year and immediately joined the Com- pany and marched by the way of "No. 4" & Otter Creek & from there to Ticonderoga - The said Lund marched with the Company & the other Officers and did his duty as a Lieut. thro' the Campaign, which lasted six months - We were discharged in December & returned home, The said Lund returning with us - I was ac- quainted with said Lund before I enlisted & after my return - He died a few years since in said Dunstable, now Nashua - My recollection of said Lund is very perfect and I am certain he served in the capacity & for the time above stated John Fields
Subscribed & Sworn to
This 4 th day of Sept. 1837 - Before Dan t . Abbot Jus. Peace I certify that I have been well acquainted with the above named John Fields for more than twenty years past & that he is a person of truth & veracity.
Dan t . Abbot Jus. Peace

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Jurisdiction for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Daniel Abbot within named is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as within mentioned, and that the within and foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
A. Wallace Clerk

2487 Sept 16/66 file in the Hatchard's papers.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Nashua. N.H. Sept. 12. 1837
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
D r Sir,
My apology for sending the evidence of the Wid e Hannah Lund in so scattering a manner is her imbecility in giving the necessary information & the distant situation of the Witnesses from here & from each other - I hope this may prove no detriment to the examination of her case -
The enclos d Dep o seems to me, with the last one forwarded of Jn o Freels, to set the matter of Lund's second tour in as clear light as the first - If there shou d be any deficiency in conformity with the requirements of the Department, please communicate to
Y r obed t Serv t .
(Dun d Abbott)

248 3/4
Aug 18 th N.Y.C. Eng. C. Elmer M c Brown
Hon. S. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
PA 18

Nashua N. Hamp. Aug. 11. 1837
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Sir,
At the request of the Mrs. Hannah Lander, I forward the declaration made by her, together with sundry depositions, for the purpose of enabling her to obtain a Pension, under the Act of Congress of July 4. 1836 - & I request that any return, or communication on the subject be made to
Yrs 111.96 Servt.
Genl. Abbott
Nashua - N. Hamp.
The Pension for Mrs. Butts, widow was duly recd.

Sept 6/72. Adolf Pfe Hannak Lund X
Hon. S. L. Edwards
FREE
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Nashua - N. H. Sept. 8. 1837
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Sir,
I enclose herein the Dep. o of John Friedolds relative to further services of John Lund on the case of Wid. o Hannah Lund's Pet. n for Pen- sion -
It was known at the time the other Pa- pers were forwarded that Mr. Lund had per- formed other services in the Revolution than those proven by the evidence forward about the 14 th ult. such services, it is believed, are refer. d to in two, or more of the Deps. s then out, but no person was then known who belonged to Lund's Company or com. d prove the actual service - If the evidence now submitted is not too late, it is hoped it will receive due attention - Very resp. y
G 7722. 88 th Inf y
(Dand. Abbott)

N. 76
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15046
Hannah Lund
Widow of
John Lund
Lieut New War
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. a , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]