Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22109, for Thomas Lakeman, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Seakeman, Thomas Roach, Rachel
W. 22109. B.L. Wt. 21000-100
(Former widow.)
CONTENTS

Boston Mass ts . March 31 st 1835
Received this day by due course mail, from the United States War Dept., Bounty Land Office, Land Warrant N o . 2100. for 100 acres of Bounty Land, Issued to Lydia Ann Lakeman & Elizabeth Quimby Grand children and the only heirs at law to Thomas Lakeman who was a Sergeant in the Massachusetts line (of The Revolutionary Army)
Reuben Baldwin

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss. PROBATE OFFICE.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that
Thomas Lakeman,
late of Beverly in said county, yeoman, deceased, intestate, was a soldier in the army of the revolution; that there is no other  now child of said Lakeman now living; and that Lydia Ann Lakeman and Elizabeth Quimby, who are now living, are grandchildren, and the only heirs at law, of said Thomas Lakeman deceased; — " — " " " " —
as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this sixth day of January, A. D. 1835.
C. Nath. Lord Jr. D.D.O.

Massachusetts 10th Rachel Prout, formerly widow of Thomas Lakeman decd. who died on the about June 1788 of Dukes Co in the State of Mass. who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain White of the Regt. commanded by Col. ~ in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of $20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of June 1837 and sent H. B. D. Esq. Boston Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $720.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 60.00
$780.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 March 1837
Recorded by W. H. Gaddis Clerk Book 4 Vol. Page 67

Rachel Lakeman 1757 or Roach Widow of Thomas Lakeman dec d
on Rolls Serg t . War.
adm d 2 years Serg t
120.
original died in 88 no deduction
R. Baldwin Boston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex County ss.
On this Fourteenth day of April In the Year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and Thirty Seven Personally appeared before the Hon David Cummins a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Rachel Roach formerly Rachel Lakeman a resident of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Acts of Congress passed July 24 1836 and March 3 1837. That She is the Widow first of Thomas Lakeman and Secondly of John Roach both late of said Beverly dec d . That her first Husband the Said Thomas Lakeman served in the War of the Revolution as Sergeant and Sergeant Major in Col Rufus Putnam's Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, Her memory does not serve her at this time to recollect any other Names of the Captains than Killham and White under whom the Said Thomas Lakeman served. but the Said Thomas Lakeman served during the whole of the Revolutionary War and was honorably dischar- ged at the close of the War.
She further declares That She is Eighty Years of Age That She was married to her first Husband the aforesaid Thomas Lakeman at said Beverly by the Rev Joseph Willard on the Sixth day of April in the Year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven and the Said Thomas Lakeman her first Husband was drowned in Saco River

in the now State of Maine in or about the month of June in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty eight and there and then died. That she was married to her Second and late Husband the aforesaid John Roach at Beverly aforesaid by the Rev. Daniel Oliver in the month of November in the Year Seventeen hundred and Ninety three and that her late Husband the said John Roach went to sea on the third day after her said Marriage and died in the West-Indies during that same Voyage. She thinks in the Spring of the Year Seventeen hundred and Ninety four. And that she has not married since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the her Rachael X Roach mark day and Year above Written, before me David (common) J. C. P.
I Certify that Rachel Roach who has Subscribed in my presence, the foregoing Declaration is unable to appear in open Court by reason of Age and Bodily infirmity. David (common) J. C. P.
I William Manning of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being first duly Sworn do on Oath testify and declare that I am Eighty Years of Age, that I am a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818. That I was well acquainted with Thomas Laken an late of said Beverly dec. that said Thomas Laken served in the War of the Revolution as Sergeant and Sergeant Major and I have understood and believed that said Thomas Laken entered the Service at the commencement of the War and continued

therein to the close of the same, and was honorably discharged on the termination of Hostilities with Great Britain. In the Year 1777 and afterwards during the Revolutionary War, I was in the same Company, commanded by Captains Joseph Killham and Haffiel White in Col Rufus Putnam's Fifth Massachusetts Reg t , with Said Thomas Lakeman, in various Tours of Service, V z at Fort Edward near Lake Champlain, and at the Surrender of Burgoyne, and at White Plains and at the Battle of Monmouth. The Said Thomas Lakeman died near fifty years ago, and left Rachel his Widow, who afterwards married John Roach late of Said Beverly dec d , that Said John Roach went to sea soon after his marriage with Said Rachel and died abroad, and left Said Rachel his Widow, who has always resided near me and has not married since the death of her late Husband the aforesaid John Roach but is still living and resides in Said Town of Beverly.
Witness J. Manning
I Daniel Farber of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being first duly sworn do on Oath testify and declare that I am sixty five years of Age, that I knew Thomas Lakeman late of Said Beverly dec d who served in the War of the Revolution, that I was present when Said Thomas Lakeman was drowned in Saco River in the now State of Maine and I saw him taken out of the River dead and attended his funeral which took place early in the Summer in the Year Seven hundred and eighty eight, and that Said Thomas Lakeman left Rachel his Widow, with whom I have been acquainted from my earliest youth, The Said Rachel

the Widow of Said Thomas Laken an was afterwards, in the Fall of the Year Seventeen hundred and Ninety three married to John Roach late of Beverly dec d by the Rev d Mr Oliver and I was present at Said marriage the Said John Roach went to Sea in a very few days after the Said marri- age and died abroad; as I have understood and believe in the West-Indies, and left the aforesaid Rachel a Widow, who I intimately know, and she Said Rachel has not married since the death of her late Husband the aforesaid John Roach and she is still living and resides in the Said Town of Beverly. Daniel Tarbox
Essex County ss.
Beverly this 14 th day of Aprill 1837
Personally appeared the above named William Manning and Daniel Tarbox and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavits by them respec- tively Subscribed. I further Certify that the Said William Manning and Daniel Tarbox are both respectable Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly and to their Testimony full faith and Credit are to be given. — David Cummings Jr. C. C. Hous.

I hereby certify that it appears from the Church Records of the First Parish in Beverly that Thomas Lakeman & Rachel Woodbury were married April 6, 1777, by Rev. Joseph Willard then minister of said Parish.
C. T. Thayer - Minister of the First Parish of Beverly.
Beverly, Mass. Mar. 18. 1837
Exors fs March 18 th 1837 Then the Rev: Christopher I. Thayer abovenamed personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed - Before me Robt Hamilton Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify, that it appears from the Church Records of the Second Church in Beverly, that John Roach and Rachal Lakeman were married Nov r 1793, by Rev Daniel Oliver, then minister of said Church.
Edwin Martin Stone
Pastor of the 2 d Chh. & Cong n in Beverly.
Beverly, March 21. 1837.
Essex County Is.
Beverly 13 th day of April 1837
Personally appeared the Rev d Edwin Martin Stone and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate by him subscribed on the day and Year last above written
Before me,
Amos Sheldon Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.
I John Prince Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do certify that Hon. David Cumming is one of the Judges of said Court & that his signature hereon are genuine. And that Robert Rantoul & Amos Sheldon are Justices of the Peace in said County & that their signatures hereon are genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court April 18. 1837
John Prince Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
State of Massachusetts, } ss. Essex County. }
I, Lydia Ann Lakeman a Grand Daughter and one of the heirs at law to Thomas Lakeman deceased, do upon oath testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, Thomas Lakeman aforesaid, about, or in the year 1777, entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the same, when he received an honorable discharge at the termination thereof, from the Fifth Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Moses Munsaff and when he was a Sergeant Major. I further testify and declare that my Grand Father said Thomas Lakeman, departed this life in this Town of Beverly, about forty years since.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Thomas Lakeman aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever:
Therefore, KNOW All Men By these Presents, that I Lydia Ann Lakeman aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Greene County in the State of New York my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Bounty Land due me and the other heir at law of Thomas Lakeman aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 26 day of November in the year 1834.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, in presence of Mrs. Stephens
Essex County, ss.
Lydia Ann Lakeman
Be it known that on this fourth  twentieth day of November in the year 1834 Before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Lydia Ann Lakeman subscriber to the above declaration, who made solemn oath to the truth of the same: and likewise acknowledged the power of attorney thereunto subjoined, to be her free act and deed; dated at Beverly in said County the day and year above mentioned.
Before me Mrs. Stephens
Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts } ss. Essex County. }
Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify, that I, John Prince Jr. Clerk of the Court of whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Essex duly commissioned sworn and qualified by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my name at Salem this 25 th day of November in the year 1834.
John Prince Jr. Clk

I Daniel Tarbox of Beverly, in the county of Essex. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Sixty two years on solemn oath depose and say, that I was well acquainted with Thomas Lakenman late of this town of Beverly deceased, that the said Thomas Lakenman was always reported and believed to have been a soldier who served during the whole of the Revolutionary war. I further testify that about Forty eight years ago I lived in Saco in the District of Maine so called at that time that he sailed from this town of Beverly previous to that time for Pophamquoddy, on his homeward bound passage was accidentally drowned in Saco River. I saw him before and after he was drowned at said Saco.
I further testify and declare that the said Thomas Lakenman left three children him surviving viz, Thomas Henry and Isaac. Henry died without issue, Thomas and Isaac are also dead, so that I left one child named Elizabeth, who I believe is married and lives in Portland State of Maine , Isaac also left one child named Lydia Ann who now lives in Beverly aforesaid. And according to the best of my knowledge and belief the said Lydia Ann and Elizabeth are the only surviving heirs at Law of the said Thomas Lakenman deceased, after I removed to said Beverly from Saco, the widow of said Thomas Lakenman Sen r lived in my family three years.
Daniel Tarbox

Thomas Lakeman
N o 2100.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County ss. Be it remem- bered That on this twenty ninth day of January A.D. 1835 personally appeared the within named Daniel Farber who is well known to me as a person of truth and respectability and made solemn oath that the facts to which he has subscribed in the foregoing affidavit are just and true according to the best of his knowledge and belief -
Before me H. H. Stephens Just. Peace

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22109
Rachel Storch Widow of Thomas Lukeman. Sergt Rev War.
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr 22
1757
ms
1836 H. H. Lee
Revolutionary claim under 3 d section of act of congress 4 th July 1836.
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm te of Pensions Washington

Boston, Massachusetts. April 19 th 1837.
Sir.
I transmit herewith three several sets of application papers for pensions under the 3 d Section of the Act passed 4 th July 1836. & 3 d March 1837. after their examination you will please transmit the result to me at this place.
Very Respectfully Sir I am Your Obedient Servant
Reuben Baldwin J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions Washington