Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23961, for Amariah Mero, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental (Mass) Hero, Agnariah Susannah
W 23961
CONTENTS

Maine 21. 751
Ismaiah Mero.
of Union in the State of Maine who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Wose of the Regt. commanded by Col Crane in the Mass. line for 2 years a Sergeant of Art.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Oct 1833 and sent Claimant Union Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $300.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 31st - 60.00 $360.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Addison Clerk, book 6 Vol. 1st Page 34
S.N. J. Starr Sep 23. 1853 3rd Adm, July 19/55.
Copied for law age

6346 Maine Susannah Mero dec d widow of Amariah Mero who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars per
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 1 st Aug t 1852. Ending 29 th December 1852.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of July 1855. and sent to
B. Randall
Wilton Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act. February 2, 1848, Page 150. Vol. 16.

STATE OF MAINE.
ANSON P. MORRILL, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
To all who shall see these Presents,
GREETING.
Know ye, That Elijah Vose of Union in the County of Lincoln Esquire, whose name is borne upon the papers hereunto annexed, was on the eighteenth day of November A. D. 1854, appointed and commissioned, and on the fifth day of December A. D. 1854, qualified as a Justice of the Peace and of the Inferior within and for our said County of Lincoln that he still continues to hold said office:
Anson P. Morrill
and that to his Acts and Attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand at AUGUSTA, this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five and in the seventy- ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Alvah D. Dinsmore Secretary of State.

I Andrew Libbey of Union in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine, on oath do testify and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in said town of Union and have the Records and Books of said town in my possession. I further testify and say, that I have carefully examined the records of said town and do not find any record of the marriage of Amariah Mero and Susan, or Susanna Robbins in said records. I understand they were married many years ago, before the town of Union was incorporated, when the place was called Stirlington. And I have no doubt such was the fact.
I further testify and say, that, although I can find no town record of the marriage of the said Amariah Mero & Susan Robbins, yet on examining the History of Union, a Book published in 1851, containing 540 pages, entitled, "A History of the town of Union, in the county of Lincoln, Maine, to the middle of the nineteenth century, with a Family Register of the Settlers before the year 1800, and of their descendants, - By John Langdon Gibley, Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, I find an account of Amariah Mero, and his family which I have no doubt is correct. In the "Family Register" in said Book, on the 471 page I find the following — "Mero, Amariah, born May 14, 1757, at Stoughton, Mass. son of Hezekiah (whose father and mother came from Ireland and lived in Dorchester) and Mary Mero (the latter died Aug. 26, 1827, aged ninety four); introduced to Stirlington by Philip Robbins, whose daughter he married; — moved to Starks in advanced age —" I find also in said "Family Register" that

that the said Amariah Mero and Susan Mero had eight thirteen children, the fourth child being Spencer Mero who still resides in Union and according to said book was born "Oct. 21, 1793" —
I also further say that on examining the Family Register in said Book on the 493 page I find the following — "Robbins, Philip, born in Walpole, Mass., Aug. 20, 1730, old style; died March 9, 1816;" and in the register of his children on the next page , the following — "VIII. Susanna, born Sept 22 [Walpole rec.], Oct. 22 [herself], 1768; married Amariah Mero"
I hereby certify that the foregoing Extracts purporting to have been taken from said Book are correctly copied in words and figures as found therein, with the exception that the letter b is used for the word born, — d for died, and m for married, in said book instead of those words, to shorten the Register.
I further testify and say that I understand the said Amariah Mero and Susan, or Susanna Robbins, named as above in said History, are the identical Amariah Mero and Susanna Mero, who removed some years ago from this town to reside with their son Charles Mero, in the town of Starks, and have since died. I have understood that the said Amariah Mero was a Revolutionary pensioner.
State of Maine } ss. Andrew Sibley Town Clerk County of Lincoln }
On this fifth day of March A.D. 1855, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, personally appeared Andrew Libbey, Town Clerk of the town of Union, and made oath according to law to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Elijah Vore
Before me —
Justice of the Peace

I Herman Hawes of Union in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged seventy one years on oath do testify & say that I have resided in said town of Union for more than seventy one years, & was well acquainted with Amariah Mero, & his wife Susanna Mero, for many years, while they resided in this town, before they removed to Starks to live with one of their sons. I resided near them. They had a large family of thirteen children, several of whom are dead. One of them, Spencer Mero, still lives with his family in this town. The said Amariah Mero was a Revolutionary pensioner. — I further say that I have seen & read Sibley's History of Union, and know that the Amariah Mero, and his wife Susan Mero, who removed from this town to Starks, were the identical persons of that name in said History, on the 471 st , and 494 th pages; and from my long acquaintance with him, & his wife, & family, I have no doubt they were legally married before the town of Union was incorporated, and that the name of his wife before her marriage, was Susan, or Susanna Robbins, as stated in said History. The "Family Register" of the early settlers of Union contained in said History, so far as my knowledge or information extends, I think may generally be relied on as correct. It is often referred to in this town & vicinity for information, and I have never heard the truth of it called in question.
Herman Hawes

State of Maine } ss. County of Lincoln }
On this fifth day of March A.D. 1855, before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace within and for said County, personally appeared Herman Hawes, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. Before me — Elijah Vose Justice of the Peace

Amariah Mero,
11406
Sep 1819
W. Cobb,

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset Warren , within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the second Monday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this day of in the year 1820, personally appeared
in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Amariah Mero late a sergeant in the army of the Revolution aged sixty three years, resident in Union in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Sargent in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cram in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the ninth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10,406 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Amariah Mero
Sworn to and declared, on the 10th day of January A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thacher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
No Real Estate 2 Cows $30 old furniture 10 value $40
B. Thacher
Amaniah Mero
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Amaniah Mero who, by occupation am a farmer which I am only partially able to pursue by reason of my age
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife 51 Sickly   Daughter 10   do 6  
Amaniah Mero
Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Forty dollars and
cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
Nath. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Union. Maine Oct 26. 1832
Sir:
Sometime in the month of May in the year 1780 I enlisted as a Serge- ant for a year at the rate of ten Dollars per Month into Capt Sargents Company & Col John Crane Regiment of Artillery in the Massachusetts line under the Continental Establishment for the term of 3 years as is more parti- cularly mentioned & described in my Original Declaration made on the 9 th day of April A D 1818 and on which said Declaration my Certi- ficate of Pension N o 11406 was granted and dated at the War Office of the U s State 1819 which Original Certificate is herewith transmitted - I now reside in the Town of Union State of Maine and that was last said my

Pension at the rate of 8 00 per m on the up to the 2 nd of Sept. 1832 therefore pray that I may be placed on the Pension Roll as a Sergeant at the rate of 10 00 per month the pay which I received while in the service under the act of June 7. 1832
I have the honor Very Res- pectfully Your D te Seneca T. Amariah Mero
Hon Secy of War Secretary of War Washington

Immanuel Mero
Me.
Sept 8 Mon 23 19
11 17
3 years 1/2 old
old and
salvage
Classmate
Union
name

State of Maine } ss. Franklin County }
On this third day of July A.D. 1855 it has been satisfactorily proved in the open Court of Probate for said County of Franklin, it being a Court of Record, that Susanna Mero, who was the widow of Amariah Mero late of Starks deceased, died in the town of Jay in said County on the 29 th day of December A.D. 1852 — That the said Susanna Mero left at the time of her death seven surviving children whose names & places of residence at the present time are as follows, Viz. Spencer Mero of Union, Hermon. Mero of Waldoborough, Charles Mero of Starks, Susan Crafts of Jay wife of Samuel Crafts, Austin Mero of Noblesborough, Julia Williamson of Starks wife of John Williamson, and Melinda Hunting of Belmont wife of Timothy Hunting, of the State of Maine. That the above named are the only surviving children of the said Susanna Mero — also that the said Amariah Mero was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his decease —
I also certify that Samuel Crafts of Jay has been duly appointed & continues to be the Administrator of the Estate of said Susanna Mero and is legally authorized to act in said capacity as appears by record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my name this third day of July A.D. 1855
Saml. Belcher Judge of Probate for the County of Franklin

State of Maine.
Franklin County.
I Benjamin Sampson, Register of Probate for the County of Franklin, hereby certify, that Samuel Belcher Esquire, is the Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills and granting administrations for the County of Franklin aforesaid, and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the certificate and attestation by him subscribed, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court, at Farmington in said County of Franklin, this third day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Benja Sampson, Register of the said Court of Probate

State of Maine.
Franklin County ss.
On this sixth day of March A.D. 1855, before a court of Probate holden at Farmington in said county, being a court of record, personally appeared Samuel Crafts a resident of Jay in said county of Franklin, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, as administrator on the Estate of Susan, or Susanna Mero late of said Jay deceased who was the widow of Amariah Mero a Revolutionary pensioner late of Starks in the county of Somerset in this State, in order to obtain for the heirs of said Susan Mero the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 29, 1848, and other acts now in force for the benefit of the widows of Revolutionary soldiers — He further declares that the said Susan Mero was married to the said Amariah Mero according to the best information he can obtain and as he verily believes on the 31 st day of March A.D. 1786 at a place in this State then called Stirlington, but since incorporated into a town by the name of Union — He has not, however, been able to find any public record of their marriage in said town or other place, and he thinks if any such record was made it is now lost. He further states that the said Amariah and Susan Mero were among the first settlers of that place and resided there, having a large family of children, until about fifteen years ago when they removed to the town of Starks aforesaid where the said Amariah Mero died August 1 st 1852 — That, after his decease the said Susan Mero removed to Jay to live with one of her daughters who resides there, and died Dec. 29 th 1852 — The

The name of the said Susan Mero, before her said Marriage was Susan, or Susanna Robbins. He understands that the said Amariah Mero was a Sergeant in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war and received a pension at the time of his decease at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum; and that his widow the said Susan Mero was entitled to the same from the time of his decease in August to her decease in December following which now remains due to her heirs as she did not apply for or receive it during her life.
Samuel Crafts
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and year above written before me, Samuel Belcher, Judge of Probate for said County of Franklin - and I certify that the said Samuel Crafts is Administrator on the estate of Susanna Mero late of Jay deceased, & that the amount of his Administration Bond is two hundred dollars.
Sam l Belcher Judge.

State of Maine Franklin Co.
I, B. Sampson, Register of Probate within and for said County of Franklin, hereby certify that Samuel Belcher aforementioned is now the Judge of Probate in and for said County and duly qualified to act in that Office, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine
In witness of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal Official of said Court of Probate, this Sixth day of March A. D. 1855
B. Sampson } Register of Probate Franklin County

Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the act of July 7, 1830, and any subsequent act granting Pensions to Revolutionary Soldiers.
State of Maine.
Franklin County, S.S.
On this twenty fifth day of February 1854 personally appeared before me James Starr a Justice of the peace within and for the said County of Franklin, Susan Crafts of Jay in the County of Franklin and State aforesaid aged fifty one years, who first being sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain for herself and the other surviving children of Susan Mero deceased, the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 1830, and any subsequent acts granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers, that her late Father Ameriah Mero was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832 at $120.-per annum, that his pension was paid at the Agency in the state of Maine to March 4 th 1852 during his lifetime, that her mother Susan Mero survived her husband the said Ameriah, and died in the town of Jay in said County of Franklin, State of Maine December, twenty ninth 1852, having received the pension as his widow to the time of his death which took place August 1, 1852, That she has reason to believe, and does believe that her Mother the said Susan Mero's name before her marriage with her late Father the said Ameriah Mero was Susan Robbins, that she was married to her late Father the said Ameriah Mero in a new township of land called Starlington, now Union, in the County of Lincoln in the State of Maine, adjoining the town of Warren, that she was married to her late Father by Patrick Peabody a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lincoln, whose residence was in the town of Warren, on the thirty first day of March, 1786. That she died as within stated on the twenty ninth day of December 1852, having remained unmarried ever after his death, and that she left seven children whose names are as follows viz, Spencer Mero, Harmon Mero, Charles Mero, Susan Crafts wife of Samuel Crafts , Huston Mero, Julia Williams wife of John Williamson and Malinda Hunting, wife of Timothy Hunting.
Susan Crafts
Sworn and subscribed on the 25 th day of February 1854 before me James Starr Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Franklin County, ss.
Oath
Be it known, on this Twenty fifth day of February 1854 before me James Starr a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of said, Personally appeared Susan Crafts, wife of Samuel Crafts of Jay in said County of Franklin, aged fifty one years, who being first sworn according to law, doth upon the oath she has taken, make the following declaration, in order to obtain for herself and other surviving children of Susanna Mero, deceased, the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1830, and any subsequent acts granting pensions to Revolutionary soldiers, That her late father Remerick Mero, was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June Seventh 1832, as stated in her preceding declaration herunto annexed, that she has reason to believe and doth believe, that her father, soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, located himself in a new unincorporated Township of Land then called Starlingston, now the Town of Union in the County of Lincoln in the State of Maine, where he commenced making a farm, and subsequently married Susanna Robbins, daughter of Phillips Robbins, that their ins- tition of Marriage was Published in the Town of Warren, adjoining the Township of Starlingston, and was Married by Patrick Peabody a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lincoln, who resided in the Town of Warren, that her father resided in the Town of Union where he first located, upwards of sixty years where all of his children were born, (13) he removed from Union to Starks, to live with his son Charles, then to Mercer, in the State of Maine, then to Cape Elizabeth adjoining Portland, then back to Starks in May 1852, where he died on the first day of August 1852, My home was at my Father's until I was Married in 1835, when I went to Jay, where I now reside, in September after my Father's demise, my Mother the said Susanna Mero, removed from Starks to Jay, and lived with me until she died on the twenty ninth day of December 1852. The following is a true copy in my Father's family brought when she Bible which my Mother came to reside with me in 1852, after my Father's death and has remained with me until this time, viz. "Remerick Mero Born 14 day of May 1757."

Onset Susanna Robbins 22 day of October 1760 Married March 31, 1786. Navis Mero Born Tuesday 19 day of June 1787 Vina Mero Born Tuesday 16 day of June 1789 Milla Mero Born Wednesday 1 day of June 1791 Spencer Mero Born Monday 21 day of October 1793 Navis Mero Born Wednesday 5 day of August 1795 Herman Mero Born Sunday 11 day of February 1798 Charles Mero Born Monday 27 day of January 1800 Susan Mero Born Tuesday 9 day of March 1802. Luther Mero Born Monday 17 day of September 1804 Austin Mero Born Tuesday 14 day of October 1806 Julia Mero Born Tuesday 21 day of June 1808 Malinda Mero Born Monday 15 day of October 1810 Eloea Lindley Mero Born Tuesday 2 day of November 1813
Vina Mero Died November 20 1792 Milla Mero Died November 29 1792 Navis Mero Died December 8 1792 Navis Mero Died May 6 1797 Luther Mero Died January 1 1832 Eloea Lindley Mero Died July 13 1835. Nameriah Mero Died August 1. 1852 age 95 years Susanna Mero Died December 29 1852, age 94 years
The following Interrogatories were put to the deponent by the Justice before whom it was sworn to
Question, In whose hand writing is the record made in the Bible which the foregoing is a true Copy?
Answer, I believe it was written by my Father the said Nameriah Mero, excepting the Death of my Father and Mother, which was written by my husband, Samuel Crafts.
Question, How long is it since your first knowledge of said Bible
Answer I have known it in my Father's family ever since I can remember.
Quist. Where was the Bible printed, and what is the date.
Answer, It is an English Bible, printed at Oxford 1776, Susan Crafts

Omit The preceding declaration was sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year first written, and I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the original family record, and compared it with the foregoing copy of the names, time the children were born, and when they died, and it is correct. The writing has the appearance of being on the appearance very ancient, the ink has faded, but the writing is plain, being large, the lines not straight, has the appearance of being all written by one hand, excepting the deaths of Remerick & Susanna Mero and I believe it to be a true record.
James Starr, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
County of Franklin ss. I, Isaac Tyler Clerk of all the judicial courts of said State for the County aforesaid hereby certify that James Starr Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed was at the date thereof and is now a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Franklin duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature above written purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County at Farmington this twenty eighth day of February A.D. 1854.
Isaac Tyler Clerk

Omit
State of Maine
County of Lincoln, Clerks Office, Town of Warren
I James Brackett of said Warren, hereby certify that I am the Town Clerk of the Town of Warren, and have been for about seven years, I have in my possession the public records of the Town of Warren commencing in the year 1775. I have carefully examined all these records, I find them to have been very loosely kept in former years, especially the records of Marriages, and I cannot find any record of the Marriage of Amariah and Susan Mera, or of the Marriage of either of them.
Warren November 19 th 1853
Attest James Brackett Town Clerk of Warren
Lincoln Nov. 19. 1853. Then personally appeared the above named James Brackett and made oath that the above certificate by him signed is true - before me -
Mansel H. Smith Justice of the Peace -

Rey
WIDOW, &c.
1930 apr. 29. Photos mailed to Edw. H. Gould. See David Kellock, W. 7976.9.P.
File No. 23961
Sodannah Mero widow of Isariah Mero Sergt New Mas
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11-406
See letter to Pension Oct 10 1833
District of Maine
Amariah Mero
of Union in the state of  District of Maine who was a Private  Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of June 1819 and sent to Abner or Thatcher Esq. Lincoln District of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819  86.89    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep 1819  48.00    10 Mo \frac{22}{30} \frac{4}{31}   $134.89  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Supplement sent May 14 th 1831 to Capt. Crane

Gay Mc Stayz
Official Business
April
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Department of Interior.
Washington City.
D. C.

No 115.
Susannah Mero dec? widow of Amariah Me
James Star. Mch 16 / 1854 Barnes Randee Apr 19 / 1855 3 rd and Jan 18 / 55
Ady 2 nd Feby 1848

Aug. 8, 1853.
Letter in case of the heirs of In- dian & American Memo.
James Starr, Jay, Maine.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL B

Miriam Roll
Susannah Mero, dtd who was the mother of Ansel, who was a fugitive ship boy.
Ad. Oct. 2 nd Feb. 1848
$120 per share
born 1 st Aug. 1852,
died 29 th Dec. 1852, when
she was =
Payable to sons Samuel Crafts, Ad. Spence Mero, Charles Mero, Susan Crafts, Austin Mero, Herman Mero, Julia William- son, & Melinda Hunting, and surviving children &c.
B. Randall
Wilton, Maine.

Amanah New Year Aug 1 1852 Suzannah New Year Dec 24 1852 } Same crafts admr $ 200,

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland D Maine at the Cumberland Bank
Broodark

11. 406 of Uninv 72 55
War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Amariah Mero late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the Ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edwards,
in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.
Col. Sergeant Vire Gomb Col. Crabin Regt

N o 3. M A S S A C H U S E T T S   S T A T E.
By J O H N C R A N E, E S Q U I R E,
COLONEL of the Massachusetts Regiment of ARTILLERY, raised for the Defence of the American States,
To
Amariah Mero
GREETING:
WHEREAS, by Authority to Me given by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, reposing special Trust in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, DO HEREBY CONSTITUTE and APPOINT you the said Amariah Mero (from 4 th July 1781) is Captain to be SERJEANT in the Third Company in my Regiment, whereof Walter Sargent Esq. is Captain — and you are hereby Authorised and Commanded to do the Duty of a SERJEANT, by discharging all Duties thereunto belonging, and to observe all such Orders as you receive, from Time to Time, from your superior Officers, for the Benefit of the American States. And I do hereby command all Soldiers in said Company, to obey you as such; for the doing of which, this shall be your sufficient WARRANT.
GIVEN under my Hand, at West Point
in the State of New York this
First Day of January 1783
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment
Sam d Hooper Adjutant
John Crane Colonel Mass t Artillery

Out STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Warren within and for the County of Lincoln, on the second Monday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty. One before the Honorable Josiah Stetson, & Ebenezer Thatcher Judges of said Court.
ON this day of in the year 182 personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Amariah Mero late a sergeant in the army of the Revolution aged sixty three years, resident in Union in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Sargent in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cram in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the ninth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 11.406 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof; also subscribed by me.
Amariah Mero
Sworn to and declared, on the 10 th day of January A. D. 1821 }
BEFORE Eben Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
In real estate
2 cows $ 30
Old household furniture $10
$40 Value $40
E. Thatcher Judge
Ameriah Mero.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ameriah Mero mentally who, by occupation am a farmer which I am only able to pursue by reason of my age
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife 57 Sickly   Daughter 10   do 6  
Ameriah Mero
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is forty dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Jayville Aug 4. 1853
Dear Sir,
There is a Claim by the Children & heirs of Susan Mero, who was the widow of Amariah Mero, a Revolutionary Pensioner, he died Aug. 1, 1852, aged 95 y. The widow employed me to obtain her pension by the Act of 1830, I commenced by searching for evidence to prove her Marriage, she informed me there was not a person living that was present when she was Married, but stated they were published in the town of Warren, Linn County now, State of Maine, that they lived in a new Township then called Starlington, joining Warren, that they were Married by a Justice of the Peace living in Warren by the name of Peoples, on the last day of March 1786, that her Father and husband, families, were amongst the first settlers commenced clearing the land in the New Township. I applied to the Clerk of the Town of Warren for the record of their publication, and record of the Justice's return of their Marriage, and for him to find the Justice's record thereof, (the name Clerk who published them she said was Searles, but she had forgotten this given name, also, that of the Justice) The Clerk wrote me there was no record of their Publication or marriage, the Justice was dead, that he had told on his deathbed who said that her Father's papers were lost and gone, the Clerk further stated that the Town records were very imperfect kept at that time, - there the case now stands as to record evidence, none can be found, nor Oral Testimony obtained - But there is a record in their family Bible very correctly kept, commencing

with the month, and date that Amariah Mero was born, May 14 1757. and Susan Robbins (his wife) Oct r 22 d 1768, Married March 31, 1786, and the day of the week, day of the month and year , when they had 13 Children born, also, the day of the month and year when eight of their Children died, they lived in the town where they were married, now, Union in Lincoln County, upwards of sixty years, raised up a large family of Children, and by their labor brought the wild forest into a smooth cultivated farm with good buildings thereon, were people of respectable standing in society or any in the town, I omitted stating that his widow Susan Mero, died very sudden the 29 of last December, with her daughter in this town where she was living, her age was 84 years since the death of her husband, her mental powers appeared bright as ever her Daughter is a respectable married lady 50 years old. I have given you this statement for the purpose of being informed, that under the circumstances of this case, whether a copy of the Family Record, with the Daughters deposition to the same, will be sufficient evidence to prove that they were lawfully married, and she was his widow, they having lived together for such a number of years, and had such a family, there can't be a doubt I think, of the fact, that is the best and all the evidence that can be obtained - the Pension to the Children would be from August first, when her husband died, and she became a widow to Dec r 29, 1852, when the widow died, about five months, you will grant a great favor by informing me on the reception

of on receiving  stated this, as to the sufficiency of the evidence I have, as the only that can be procured, or if there is anything more that can be done to obtain the Pension, you will pardon me for such a lengthy communication, I wanted you to know all the facts in the case - I am Most Respectfully Your humble Servt
James Parr,
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City D. C.
P.S. I have not the plan, of having your name by another time.

Jay Maine, March 24 1854,
Sir,
I here inclose the Declaration of Susan Crafts in order to obtain for herself and other surviving children of Susanna Mero, deceased, a Pension or State interest in her declaration. I have made every exertion that I could think of to procure oral or record evidence to prove the Marriage of Remick and Susanna Mero, and believe there is not any in existence. I have taken the affidavit of the Clerk of the town of Warren. Mrs Mero informed me they were Published, and in which town she said the Justice of the Peace resided who Married them, which is attached to the declaration, the Certificate of the Clerk of the Judicial Court, that the Justice of the Peace is a qualified Officer to administer Oaths & is not offered to it, the Town Clerk is an Officer under Oath who has certified the same by his attestation and the other Circumstances connected, I concluded you would be satisfied with it as it is, I have three of his letters in answer to enquiries I made of him in this case. The hand writing exactly compares therefore I have no doubt but the annexed Certificate is his writing, one other strong circumstance I will name that goes to corroborate the bible record of their marriage since I exactly the declaration signed by Susan Crafts, a book, titled the History of the town of Union in the County of Lincoln, Maine, to the middle of the nineteenth century, with a Family Registry of the settlers before the year 1800, and of their descendants. By John Langdon Sibley, Member of the

Massachusetts Historical Society — Boston; Benjamin B. Mussey and Co. 1851. Containing 540 Pages, Half only Bound, it contains the most minute things that occurred with the first settlers of the township (then called Scituate, now) Hingham, the names of the first settlers, where they came from, who they married & their descendants to the second generation. The following extracts is from Page 54, "In September 1704 Jeremiah Mero came from Scituate, and bought a farm now owned by his son Charles Mero. afterwards, he settled on the farm and lived in the house with Philip Robbins, whose daughter he married. At this time there were thirteen families." It does not state his wife's name but his daughter Susan Crops in her declaration says it was Susanna Robbins daughter of Philip Robbins, her Grandfather. On Page 473 & 474, there is the Hingham Mero & Susan Mero record of the births and deaths of their children, which I have compared the names, births and deaths, of their children it exactly agrees with his Bible record, and there is in our history over a 100 family records connected with Mr Mero, the History names the several officers he held (and others) and it appears he was one of the most prominent men in town until he became advanced in old age, Sir. I believe from all the connected circumstances you will be satisfied that their marriage in the Bible record is correct, I have not a doubt but it is — I am very grateful for your goodness for the directions you gave me in your communication of the 23 d of last September as it was a help to me in this case, I have been engaged in the Pension

business since the Act of 1810, have not had a case like this before,
I am, very Respectfully
Your Gt. Sirt
James Parr,
J. P. Waldo Esq.
Commissioner
of Pensions.
Washington City D. C.
P. S. Sir as you have no knowledge of me
I would refer you to
Hon Mr Hamlin
from Maine
J. P.

I Susan Crafts of Jay in the County of Franklin and State of Maine aged fifty three years on oath do testify and say that she formerly resided in the town of Union in Lincoln County, that being her native town. That the name of her father was Amariah Mero. Her mother's name was Susanna Robbins before her marriage with the said Amariah Mero. That her said father and mother had thirteen children, seven of whom I expect are now living, The others are not living.
She further says that the said Amariah Mero & wife removed from Union about fifteen years ago to the town of Starks to reside with their son Charles Mero; that her said father died at said Starks August 1 st 1852. That she was there at his funeral. That her mother the said Susanna Mero after her father's decease, came to reside awhile with her in the town of Jay and died at her house in said Jay December 29, 1852.
She further says that her father, the said Amariah Mero, was a revolutionary pensioner at the time of his decease, and had been for many years. That she made it her home at her said father in Union, always, until her marriage with Samuel Crafts of Jay where she has since resided. That she does not know of there being any public record of the marriage of her said father and mother now to be found. That she has in her possession a Book entitled or called Gibley's History of Union which contains a Register of the families in said town up to 1800 and among others, of her said father's family - That she considers the account there given of her father's family to be correct. That she there finds her own name, as one of the children with the time of her birth, being the eighth one of the children. That the said Amariah Mero & Susanna Mero named in said Book are the identical persons who removed from said Union to Starks, as she before stated. That all their children now living are over twenty one years of age. Susan Crafts

STATE OF MAINE
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, SS.—
I, Isaac Tyler Clerk of all the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Franklin, hereby certify that
Barnes Pundall
Esquire before whom the annexed proceedings were had, and who has thereto affixed his genuine signature at the time of so doing was a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Franklin, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts done as aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court, at Farmington, this third day of April Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Isaac Tyler Clerk

State of Maine } ss. Franklin County }
On this twenty second day of March 1855 before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared Susan Crafts who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by her subscribed.
Before me — Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

Wilton, April 5, 1855.
L. P. Waldo Esq Commissioner of pensions.
Sir
Enclosed herewith is the Declaration of Samuel Crafts Administrator on the Estate of Susanna Mero made for the purpose of obtaining for the heirs the Pension due her at the time of her decease, together with such vouchers as we have supposed would be required in the case. The amount due is understood to be but about $50 dollars, & it is hoped the testimony will be found sufficient. If it is not, I wish to be informed of the deficiency as early as possible, that more may be forwarded. The case is good & all that is necessary is to know what is wanted to make it out & we shall attend to it.
It may perhaps be well for me to say further that a man by the name of James Starr residing in the neighborhood where Mrs. Mero died was applied to, after she removed to say to get her pension for her, but before he had made her application she was taken suddenly ill & died. He then undertook to get the money due her for her heirs, & I am told he sent an Informal Application for the money due & received an answer from the Department saying he must have an Admin r appointed &c to get the money. He being quite an aged man applied to me to do the business & I have now forwarded the enclosed papers in the case. The enclosed papers are not made in reference to his application, but I have thought best to name that circumstance as an explanation if the former papers sent on by him should be referred to.

I have not been able to find any public record of the marriage of Amariah & Saranna but evidence of their living together as husband & wife can be forwarded if required as they lived together many years & had a large family of children. I hope, however, the accompanying evidence will be found satisfactory. It is requested that the certificate may be forwarded to the Subscriber Agent for said Administrator at Milton State of Maine.
I am Sir with sentiments of Perfect —
Barron Randall
L. P. Waldo Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Wilton July 9, 1855
L. P. Waldo, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions -
Sir - Some months ago I forwarded to the Pension Office the declaration of Samuel Crafts Administrator on the Estate of Susanna Mero who was the widow of Amariah Mero, a revolutionary pensioner, to obtain the pension due her at the time of her decease, for the heirs or children of the said Susanna Mero, with such evidence as I supposed would be satisfactory in the case. I received a notice from you dated April 19, 1855, saying - "It must be shown upon the testimony of disinterested witnesses who are the surviving children of Susannah Mero dec'd widow of Amariah Mero of Maine." The children of Mrs. Mero all reside in this State & I have succeeded in obtaining the testimony required which is herewith forwarded. The accompanying Certificate of the Hon. Samuel Balcher, Judge of Probate for this County, will, I think, be entirely satisfactory to you on that point. As the amount due in this case is small, & the claim, as I think, unquestionably good, it is hoped that a certificate for it will be issued on the receipt of this additional testimony -
Very Respectfully -
Your Obt. Servt.
B. Randall
L. P. Waldo Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions -
Washington City -

[of Anariah, Brief in the case of Susannah Mero, dec? who was widow Franklin County and State of Maine. act February 2 d 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.) Original.
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner on the Maine Roll under the act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $120 per annum, and was paid at that rate until his death, (August 1 st 1852.) Susannah Mero deceased, on behalf of whom the claim is asserted, is directly identified as the widow of the late pensioner, and her marriage to him, before 1794, established by (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
record proof. The date of her death, (December 29, 1852,) is properly certified, as are also the names and ages of her surviving children.
Name and residence of Agent
B. Randall, Wilton, Maine
Examining Clerk.
Osde Mely

Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office. July 20. 1855
Sir,
I herewith return to you the paper in the case of Annariah Mero received from you under date of the 19 th Inst, and have to inform you that it is on record in this Office that he died 1 st August 1852, & that his pension has been paid in full.
I am Sir, your Obedient Servant Walter M'Kinley
Auditor
J. P. Waldo, Esq. Commr. of Pensions.

9 th April 1838 Amariah Mero of Union Application for Pension - Act of 1818
14 th May 1781 Rel d in Col. Cramers Adk s Reg t Mass s Line Served for Three Years
only Served 2 years A Mero
Admitted

I Amariah Mero of Union in the County of Lincoln & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and declare that on or about the fourteenth of May One Thousand seven hundred & eightyone I enlisted in the Army of the American Revolutionary War & was put into Captain Winthrop Sargeants Company of Artillery at West Point in Colonel John Brans Regiment in the Massachusetts line and Con- tinental establishment & that I continued in said regiment until the expiration of three years for which I enlisted but in August One Thousand seven hundred & eighty three I was transferred to the company of Artillery in said Regiment com- manded by Captain Thomas Vose & completed my three years service under said Vose in said Regiment - and was discharged about the twentieth of May One Thousand seven hundred and eighty four on Mohawk River & my discharge was an honorable discharge under the hand of Lieutenant Samuel Geffe & which discharge I have lost - I received a Sergeants Warrant first day of January One Thousand seven hundred and eighty three appointing me Ser- geant from the seventh of July One Thousand seven hundred and eighty one. That I served during the whole of said term of three years against the common enemy - that I have never received any pension under the United States for Revo- lutionary services & hereby relinquish all claims to any prior to this time - and further testify and declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assist- ance from my country for support - & therefore respectfully claim to be placed on the pension list of the United States as a private soldier

by virtue of the Act of Congress passed the eighteenth day of March A.D. 1800 entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
Amariah Mero

Omit      I William Robbins of Union in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts - late of the Army of the United States in the War of the A- merican Revolution - a private in the said Army Testify and declare That I am well acquainted with Amariah Mero of Union in said County of Lincoln & State aforesaid - who was late a soldier in said Army - That I was in the same company of Artillery with said Mero viz in the com- pany commanded by Capt Thomas Vose in Colonel Greenes Regiment - That said Mero actually & faithfully served in said Company & Regiment against the common enemy as a sergeant to my knowledge from the 10 th or 12 th day of June A D 1783 to the middle of May of the year of our Lord 1784 - and was discharged honorably from said service at Fort Stan- wix on the Mohawk river in the State of New York - I being present when he received said discharge from Lieutenant Samuel Jeffers -      William Robbins State of Massachusetts
County of Lincoln ss. I sworn to before me this 9 th day of Apr 17 1810
Ebenezer Thacher one of the Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within the State of Massachusetts

Omit
State of Massachusetts County of Lincoln ss-
On this 9 th day of April A.D. 1818 person- ally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Cir- cuit in the State of Massachusetts, Amariah Merrill who signed the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained
Ebenezer Thatcher
Lincoln ss. I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Lincoln certify that Ebenezer Thatcher on the 9 th day of April A.D. 1818, was one of the Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec & Somerset, & that the foregoing is his signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this eleventh day of July A.D. 1818.
Nathl. Coffin

SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.
42475
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 139.
April 22, 1930.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 4 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Amariah Mero, W.23961, Cont.(Mass).Troops
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