Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16638, for William Longfellow, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass Privateer
Longfellow William Sarah
W. 16638
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To New Hampshire 10,081
Massachusetts
William Longfellow
of Canaan in the state of New Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Little of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of April 1819 and sent to Judah Wetmore Boston
Arrears to 4th of March 1818. 11 mos \frac{11}{30} + \frac{4}{31} . 91.96
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819. 48 —
$ 139.96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent 24 Sept. 1821, to J. P. Webster, Haverhill, N.H.

1889 March 21 A. L. Williams N. H. history Prot
Date of death not on A. B. - J. L. L.
2 292
Concord N. Hampshire Sarah Longfellow widow of William Longfellow
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 5th September 1834 of Grafton in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Made of the Regt. commanded by A. Little in the N.H. line for 19 mos & 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord N.H. at the rate of 65 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April 1839 and sent to C. Churchill Lyme N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 39, $195.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 39, 32.50 $227.50
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M. H. Addison Clerk, Vol. 1st Page 45

William Longfellow to be sent with his papers —
M rs Longfellow's application for transfer from Massachusetts to New Hampshire. —
Transferred 24 Sept. 1821.
Sep 19

Application for a transfer
County of Grafton ss. On this 25 th day of May 1821 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said county of Grafton personally appeared W m Longfellow who, on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt Nath l Wade in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Mores Little in the service of the United States That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately re- =moved that he now resides in the State of New- Hampshire where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future Sworn and subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid
William Longfellow S. P. Webster Just Peace
See authentication of S. P. Webster's official character &c. attached to schedule.

William Longfellow
The judge should certify that the claimant is in indigent circum- stances.

I William Longfellow of Canaan in the District of New Hampshire, a Citizen of the United States do testify and declare that I served on the Continental establishment in the army of the revolutionary war in Capt Wallis company in Col: Little's regiment and Genl: Green's Brigade (and afterwards Genl: Nixon's) in the Massachusetts line, for the term of eight months in the year 1775 and the whole of the year 1776 and about one month of the year 1777, when I was honorably discharged. Though I received no written evidence thereof.
My health was so injured in said service that I have been  am now unable to endure much hardship; and have become thereby reduced in my circumstances; and by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in need of assistance from my country for support.
And I do hereby relinquish my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States.
William Longfellow

State of New Hampshire
On this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and of the independence of the United States the forty second before me William H. Woodward Chief Justice of the Courts of Common Pleas in the second District in said State comprising the county of Grafton.
Came William Longfellow of Canaan in said county a citizen of the United States and being duly sworn, made solemn oath that the preceding declaration by him subscribed is just and true.
The declaration aforesaid being made in order to obtain the provisions made in and by an act of the Congress of the United States approved on the eighteenth day of March now last past. the said W m declaring that he has no other evidence now in his possession of the services mentioned in said declaration.
I therefore hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Longfellow served on the Continental establishment in the army of the revolution against the common enemy for a longer term than nine months at one period of the war. And I now transmit the declaration aforesaid to the Secretary of the Department of War as the law directs.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed (no particular impression or device therefor having been adopted or used by said Court) at Hanover in said district the day & year above written.
Wm H. Woodward

Wm Longfellow
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Little Map to
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District of Massachusetts.
Supplementary proof in the case of William Longfellow taken before me the undersigned one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common pleas for the Middle Circuit within the State aforesaid, this twenty second day of September A.D. 1818.
Wm Wetmore
I William Longfellow named in the annexed Declaration certified by Wm H. Woodward, Chief Justice therein named, do further testify and declare that since the making my said declaration, the said Chief Justice hath died, which prevents my appearing before him to certify any further proof in my behalf. — that I am now sixty four years old, depending on the little labour I am able to perform and the assistance of my friends for support & having a wife and four children — the evidence of my reduced circumstances, & the further evidence of my services are herewith exhibited & I request that the same may be examined & inquired into, and certified to the War department of the United States, in order to entitle me to a pension under a late law of the United States.
William Longfellow

District of Massachusetts.
Be it remembered that on this twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & eighteen, pursuant to a law of the United States, to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war personally appeared before me the subscribed a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common pleas as within named the within named deponent & supplementary to the declaration & proof by him made & given on the 20 th of April last therewith exhibited, he maketh oath to the further declaration within written, after due examina- tion & caution to testify the whole truth, & produceth the evidence herunto annexed relating to his services & reduced circumstances, in life. Whereupon, & on due examination by me the said Judge, it appears to my satisfaction, that his said declarations as to his ser- vices, & reduced circumstances, are true, & that the same have been supported & established by the evidence of sufficient credible & disinterested duly sworn to. witnesses. In testi- mony of all which I have herunto subscribed my name & the seal of the Court aforesaid to be affix
Wm. Wetmore

Inverness July 8 th 1818
We the subscribers, Nathaniel Wade & Joseph Hodgkins both of said Inverness in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esq rs testify depose and say, that on the 19 th day of May 1775, we were commissioned the said Nathaniel Wade as Captain & the said Joseph Hodgkins as Lt t of a Company in Col o Moses Little's Regiment, in the service of the United States. That William Longfellow enlisted into our said Company prior to the said 19 th day of May to continue in service until the first day of January 1776 and did continue therein until the expiration of said time. We further testify and say that we the said Nathaniel Wade was commissioned as a Captain & Joseph Hodgkins as a Lieutenant of a Company in the 12 th Regiment of foot commanded by Col o Moses Little, in the service of the United States. That the aforesaid William Longfellow prior to the 1 st day of Jan y enlisted as a non commissioned officer in said Company to serve until the first day of Jan y 1777 and that he did serve in said Company the whole of said time.
Nath l Wade Joseph Hodgkins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss July 8 th 1818 Then Nathaniel Wade and Joseph Hodgkins Esquires personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by them subscribed before me Asa Andrew Justice of the Peace

Sept. 17. 1818
To all whom this may concern -
This may certify that we the subscribers are well acquainted with William Longfellow the bearer of this - that from a knowledge of his situation in life, can state that he is a man in indigent circumstances, and such an one as the law contemplated as being a proper subject for a pension under the law of the united States -
Thomas H. Pettengill Justice Peace John Currier Justice Peace & Treasurer
I John Heard of Ipswich in the district of Massachusetts Esq. do testify that I well know the abovenamed William Longfellow now here present, he having resided a long time in Ipswich aforesaid, the now with his family, of Canaan in the state of New Hampshire, and that he is in reduced circumstances in life, being without property, poor & indigent, & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and verily believe John Heard
Sworn to before me
Wm Wetmore the Judge within named

William Longfellow
Concord, Mass.
L. S.
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
To the Superior Court of Judicature being a Court of record by law established held at Haverhill within and for said county of Grafton on the fourth Tuesday of May Anno Domini 1821
Present the Honorable
William M Richardson Chief Justice
Levi Woodbury } Justices Samuel Green }
Personally appeared in Open Court Wm Longfellow aged sixty six years resident in Canaan in said county of Grafton who being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows Viz a private or sergeant in Capt Nathan Wade's Company in Col o Moses Scott's Regiment in the Massachusetts line. That his Original declaration is dated 20 th April 1818 That he has received a pension and his pension certificate is numbered 10.081
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 di- minish it as to bring myself within the provision 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 18 th 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 I further declare I am by occupation farmer am not able to work any at all owing to my age and infirmities having a complaint or obstruction on the heart My wife aged 69 years unable to earn any thing I have no children at home with me and none under any legal obligations to help me —
And have no other way for support but by charity or the bounty of my country and humbly pray the continuance of my Country's bounty William Langfellow
I William Langfellow of Canaan County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire of the age of sixty six years do depose & say that the following is a schedule of all the property which I possess directly or indirectly viz t One Old mare worth $5 two cows $22. . . $27.00 two two year Old Cattle . . . . . 10.00 eight sheep & six lambs $12 one Shoat hog $3. . 15.00 one dutch plow $4 one Old ax & hoe 1.25 . . . . 5.25 one large Iron kettle $4 one Iron pot & one small ($1 & $2) 6.00 one Iron Tea Kettle 75¢ one Old brass kettle $1.25 . . 2.00 one Old pair of tongs 50¢ one pair fire dogs 1.75 . . . 2.25 one iron & shovels $2 five Old kitchen chairs 50¢ . . 2.50 two Old kitchen tables $1 one pair Small Stedyards $1 — 2.00 one small looking glass $1 one tin canister 34¢ . . . 1.34 $73.34
William Langfellow
Sworn to and declared on this twenty fifth day of May Anno Domini 1821 before the justices of said Court S. P. Webster Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said Grafton county do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court, I further certify that it is the opinion of the justices of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule is seventy three dollars thirty four cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this twenty fifth day of May Anno Domini 1821
S. P. Webster Clerk

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Sarah Longfellow widow of William
Longfellow N.Y.
Maries in ap. 81. In service to Jan 77-78

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d section of the act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836 state of New Hampshire } ss. Grafton County
on this first day of February A.D. 1837 personally appeared before me David C. Churchill one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Grafton Sarah Longfellow resident of Grafton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged eighty five years 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 the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. That she is the widow of William Longfellow who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution. She has often heard him say that she was a member of Capt Hadkins company in Col. Weids Regiment in the year 1775 and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill June 17. 1775. She has also heard him say that he went a privateering and was taken prisoner and carried to England and put in Dartmoor Prison and in Mill Prison about three years. more he was liberated and returned to America and continued in the service until the close of the war The particulars of his several campaigns she cannot recall but refers to the testimony furnished by her late husband William Longfellow who was a Revolutionary pensioner which testimony she supposes is the file of the War Department. She knows of no additional evidence and knows of no person by whom she can prove his service.
She further Declares that she was married to the said Wil- iam Longfellow on the   twenty ninth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one That her husband the aforesaid William Longfellow died on the fifth day of September 1834. and that she has remained a widow since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sarah
his
X Longfellow mark
sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
David C. Churchill J. of P.

I hereby certify that the within named Sarah Long- fellow cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court
D. C. Churchill S. C. C. Pleas

I Stephen Williams of Lawful age Depose and say that I was well acquainted with William Longfellow late of Canaan in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner I further say that I have resided in the immediate neighborhood of the said William Longfellow since the year 1800 - I further say that the said William Longfellow died on the fifth day of September 1834 - I was present at the time of his death. I further say that I am well acquainted with Sarah Longfellow widow of the said William Longfellow and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband William Longfellow
Stephen Williams
State of New Hampshire } ss. Canaan February 1 st 1837 Grafton County }
Then personally appeared the above named Stephen Williams and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before
D. C. Churchill J. C. C. Pleas
I hereby certify that William Longfellow of Rowley and Sarah Knowlton of Ipswich, were joined in Marriage by the Revd Levi Fribbie the twenty ninth day of April, A.D. 1771, as appears by the record of Marriages in the town of Ipswich.
Attest Moses Dole Eben D. Purnham Town Clerk of Ipswich

I Stephen Williams of Lawful age Depose and say that I was well acquainted with William Longfellow late of Canaan in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner. I further say that I have resided in the immediate neighborhood of the said William Longfellow since the year 1800 - I further say that the said William Longfellow died on the fifth day of September 1834 - I was present at the time of his death. I further say that I am well acquainted with Sarah Longfellow widow of the said William Longfellow and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband.
Stephen Williams
State of New Hampshire } ss. Canaan February 1 st 1837 Grafton County } Then Personally appeared the above named Stephen Williams and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before
D. C. Churchill J. C. C. Pleas
I hereby certify that the said Williams is a credible witness
D. C. Churchill J. C. C. Pleas

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, hereby certify that David L. Chasehill, whose name is subscribed to the four certificates written on other pages of this sheet, two under the Declaration of Sarah Longfellow, and two of them under the affidavit of Stephen Williams, is, and was on the first day of February current, a judge of said Court, and that his name so subscribed is, in each case, his genuine signature, being in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court the eleventh day of February A.D. 1837
N. B. Felton Clerk

September 21, 1933.
Francis B. Culver 5402 Connecticut Avenue Washington, D.C.
BA-J/ILL William Longfellow W. 16638
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Longfellow, whose widow, Sarah Longfellow, was a pensioner in 1840.
The record of William Longfellow is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 16638, based upon his service in that war.
William Longfellow enlisted sometime prior to May 19, 1775, served as private in Captain Nathaniel Wade's company, Colonel Moses Little's Massachusetts regiment, was at the battle of Bunker Hill, re-enlisted January 1, 1776, served in Captain Nathaniel Wade's company, Colonel Moses Little's 12 th regiment of foot, and was discharged the last of January, 1777. It was stated further that William Longfellow served as a privateer, prior to April, 1781 and subsequent to that date, that the names of his Captains were Lee and Manley, that he was taken prisoner and carried to England, where he was placed in the Dartmouth Prison and in Mill prison, and the length of his captivity was three years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire, then aged sixty-four years; the date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not given. He had moved to Canaan recently, from Massachusetts, having lived for a long time in Ipswich, Exeter County, Massachusetts.
The soldier died September 5, 1834 in Canaan, New Hampshire.

William Longfellow of Rowley, Exeter County, Massachusetts, married April 29, 1781, Sarah Knowlton of Ipswich, Massachusetts; their marriage was recorded in said Ipswich. The names of the parents of Sarah Knowlton are not stated, nor the date and place of her birth.
Sarah Longfellow, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed February 1, 1837, at which time she resided in Canaan, New Hampshire, aged eighty-five years.
In 1821, reference was made to four children of the soldier, William Longfellow, all of whom were living away from home; the name of only one child, Abraham Longfellow, is shown, who , in 1838, was a resident of Canaan, New Hampshire, aged then forty-three years.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

1797 Sarah Longfellow Wra of Col. W. M> At July 7/1838 Mar 1781 died 1834 Alla 19 1/2 m th Lena or Jon. $15 per ann y Anna Capload L. South. Vol. 16 p 62
D. Churchill Syme M c

State of New Hampshire Grafton ss
I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, hereby certify that David B. Churchill, whose name is subscribed to three certificates on subsequent pages of this packet, was on the 14 th day of September current a judge of said Court, & an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, & that his name so subscribed is, in each case aforesaid, his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the fifteenth day of September A.D. 1838
N. B. Felton Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows"
State of New Hampshire Grafton County } ss. On this 14 th day of September 1838 personally appeared before me S. C. Churchill one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Grafton Sarah Longfellow a resident of Canaan in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged 86 years 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 the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" - that she is the widow of William Longfellow who was a Private in the war of the Revolution and who was at the time of his death a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 18. of March 1818 and was inscribed on the Pension list roll of the Massachusetts State Agency at the rate of eight Dollars per month. His certificate is dated twentieth of April 1818 First day of May 1819 and numbered on the back 10,081 - said certificate is now in her possession - she respectfully refers to the Declaration and testimony of her said husband which was presented to the War Department in support of his claim to a Pension to support her own as she has

no discretionary rendering and processes of no person by whom she can procure his services —
She further states that on the first day of February 1837 she made a Declaration in order to obtain a Pension under the 3 d Section of the Act of Congress of 4 th July 1836 in which she stated among other things that her said husband went a privateering and was taken Prisoner and carried to England and put in prison and kept about three years or more he was liberated and returned to America and continued in the service until the close of the war — she was informed by J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions by his letter to D. C. Churchill Esq. of May 31. 1837 that it did not appear either by his papers under the act of March 18 th 1818 or by her Declaration that he was in service after the period of her intermarriage with him in April 1781- and that the claim was disallowed.
She subsequently made an amendment to her former Declaration in which among other things she stated that after his first release from imprisonment he returned home out of health and tarried a short time during which time she was married to him and in a short time after her marriage with him he again went a privateering and was again taken prisoner and carried to England or in answer to which she was informed by the said Commissioner of Pensions by a letter to D. C. Churchill Esq. of Nov 28. 1837 that it appears from the amended Declaration of Mrs Longfellow that the only service rendered by her deceased husband

Subsequent to her marriage was in the character of a Privateer and that this service is not embraced by the Law her claim is therefore rejected or -
She therefore now respectfully claims a Pension for the services rendered the United States by her said husband in the Revolutionary war as proved by him in support of his claim to a Pension
And she would also respectfully refer to the testimony accompanying her former declaration relative to her marriage and the death of her said husband
She further declares that she was married to the said William Longfellow on the twenty ninth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one that her husband the aforesaid William Longfellow died on the fifth day of September 1834 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred ninety-four viz at the time above stated
Sarah her J Longfellow mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
D. C. Churchill J. C. C. Pleas
I hereby certify that the above applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court
D. C. Churchill J. C. C. Pleas

I Abraham Longfellow of Canaan in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged 43 years Depose and say that I am a son of William Longfellow late of said Canaan a Revolutionary Pensioner Deceased I further say that said William Longfellow died on the 5 th day of September 1834. and left a widow Sarah Lon- gfellow who is now in my presence she is my mother and I know her to be the Identical person who was once the wife and is now the widow of said William Longfellow Deceased and has remained a widow ever since the death of my said Father Abraham Longfellow
State of New Hampshire Grafton county ss. Canaan September 14 th 1838 Then the said Abra- ham Longfellow made oath before me that the the above affidavit by him signed is true — I further certify that the said Abraham — Longfellow is well known to me and is a respectible person and a credible witness D. C. Churchill Justice of the Peace

Lyme 17. Sept 1838
Sir
I am requested by the widow Sarah Longfellow to forward the accompanying papers in support of her claim to a Pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 for your examination & decision
Yours very Respectfully J. C. Churchhill
Hon. J. L. Edmonds Commr of Pension Washington D. C.

Sarah Longfellow widow of William Longfellow late of Canaan in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire Deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, makes the following as an amendment to her Declaration made on the first day of February 1837. before the Hon: D. C. Churchhill for the purpose of of obtaining the benefit of the provisions of the 3 d . Section of the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. She thinks she stated in said Declaration or should have stated that her said Husband continued in the United States service until the close of the war, she supposed that the whole of her said Husband's service was proved at the time he obtained a Pension, but she is instructed by the Hon: James L. Edwards commissioner of Pensions that ,, it does not appear either by his papers under the act of March 18 th 1818 or by her Declaration that he was in service after the period of her intermarriage with him in April 1781-- She now further Declares that her said Husband was twice taken Prisoner and carried to England one before her marriage to him and once afterwards, after his first release from imprisonment he returned home out of health and tarried a short time during which time she was married to him and in a short time aft- er her marriage with him he again went a-pri- soning and was again taken Prisoner and carried to England and put in Dartmouth Prison or Mill Prison she does not recollect which

She thinks she has heard him say that he was in the Naval Service under Capt Lee at one time and under Capt - Manley at another time but is not confident that she is correct in this, and does not recollect which Captain he served under after her marriage with him but she is positive that her said husband was in the United States Service as a soldier and in the Naval Service except whilst a prisoner during the whole period of the Revolutionary war and as she was married to him on the 29 th day of April 1781, he must have been in the service of this country about two years after her marriage with him. She further declares that she knows of no person living by whom she can prove her said husband's service and respectfully refers to the papers and documents in the war department for proof, her said husband's name was William Longfellow Jr at the time of her marriage to him.
Sarah her J Longfellow mark
State of New Hampshire Grafton County ss Canaan August 14. 1837 Then Personally appeared before me the above named Sarah Longfellow and made solemn oath that the above Declaration by her subscribed is in her belief true. and I further certify that the said Sarah Longfellow by reason of old age and bodily infirm- ity cannot attend Court
D. G. Churchill J. C. C. Pious

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, hereby certify that David L. Churchill, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, was on the fourteenth day of August last past, and still is, a Judge of said Court, and that his name so subscribed is his genuine signature, being in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court the 29 th day of September A D 1837.
N. B. Felton Clerk
Frank Longfellow

Lynn N. H. Sept 29. 1837- Sir
your communication of the 31. May 1837. relative to the widow Sarah Longfellow's claim to a Pension states that "it does not appear by his papers under the act of March 18. 1818 or by her declaration that he was in service after the period of her intermarriage with him in Apr. 1781- She would not trouble you farther on her account but she thinks there must have been a mistake in the declaration or a mistake in the examination of it. She has therefore amended her declaration and respectfully asks you to reexamine her case. She states in the amendment that her said husband must have been in the service of his country about two years after her intermarriage with him. I trust you will grant her request and come to a just decision—
In the case of the widow Sarah Poland she has also amended her declaration and procured a copy of the Record of her marriage. She supposed at the time of making her declaration that her marriage was not recorded. She hopes that on examining the accompanying papers with those already in your office that you will come to a favorable decision. Hon: J. L. Edwards yours very Respectfully D. C. Churchill

22 Feb 1335 1336
Dr. C. Churchill
Cares
Sarah Poland
Sarah Langfellow
Act 11 July 1836
for Crump
Symmes Mt. 117 July
James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
F or real

Hon ble J. L. Edwards
Sir enclosed are the papers in support of a claim to a Pension for the widow Sarah Poland and Sarah Longfellow which I am requested to forward to you for your examination and decision - any communication necessary to be made in either case may be made to me
Yours very Respectfully D. C. Churchill
Lyon, Feb 15 th 1837

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Rejected
See letter to D.C.
Churchill May 31 st 1837.
Rejected. At D. Churchill Mar 28 1837

1933-Sept. 21-Hist. to Francis B. Culver- L.L.L.
Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16638
Sarah Longfellow Widow of William Longfellow prior Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1835
Index:—Vol. A , Page 443
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812
FOUNDED SEPTEMBER 14, 1814
FRANCIS BARNUM CULVER Registrar General 5402 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. Washington, District of Columbia
15 Sept. 1933.
Veterans' Administration Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:
"Revolutionary War Pensions" section -
Please supply the Revolutionary War record (with family data) relating to William Longfellow , private in Massachusetts Continental Line ; and pension record relating to his wife Sarah Longfellow who resided at Canaan, N. H., in 1840 aged 88 years.
Very truly yours, Francis B. Culver.

Mail _____ Div. _____ Ex'r. No. _____ Co. _____ Reg't —o—
Return this letter with your reply.
Department of the Interior. BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C. March 11 th , 1889.
Sir:
I have the honor to ask the information herein indicated for the use of A. L. Williams, of Manchester N. H. a descendant of the Revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the U. S. below named. The information is desired solely for family history.
William Longfellow, N. H. Vol. Inf. Enlisted late in 1875 or early part of 1876; certificate dated about May 1, 1819. Soldier died in 1834. Please furnish date of enlistment, where enlisted and discharged, with name of Co. and No. of Reg't, the grounds upon which pension was claimed, amount of pension, date of certificate, and such other information of interest as may appear of record. Soldier was 3 years and 6 months a prisoner in England, and after his service served as a private seaman.
Very respectfully,
Hon John C. Black Comm'r Pensions.
Thomas Ferguson Mail Div.

Mr Longfellow
In April 1818 of Canaan, Grafton Co N.H. age stated Sept 1818 as 64 years Died Sept 5, 1834
mar April 29, 1751 Mr Longfellow of Rowley (Essex Co Mass) & Sarah Knowlton of Ipswich Essex Co Mass -
Widow claims he was in service after marriage but none stated by her
He was in Battle of Bunker Hill
Enlisted for 8 months Early in May in 1775, under Capt Waltham Mades, in Col Moore Little regt
Also served 'all through 1776 with one month in 1777. His health was so injured in said service that he was unable to endure much hardship & became thereby reduced in his circumstances
Enlisted under same officer Jan'y 1, 1776 as non comp d officer
He resided a long time in Ipswich (Essex Co) Mass stated in 1818 -
Transferred in 1821 from Mass to N.H. Had Complaint or obstruction of the heart - Wife's age stated in May 1821 as 69 years no
children at home (or mention) He served on board of privateer was
taken prisoner & sent to England confined in Dartmouth prison & Mill prison about 3 years or more & after his marriage also a prisoner sent to England
Widow July 1837 of Canaan N.H. aged 85 years (She was confined in Dartmouth & was in Mill prison - not recognized service for pension)
A brother Longfellow a son stated in Sept 1838 that he was 43 yrs old & living in Canaan
Stephen Williams of Grafton Co N.H. (probably in Canaan) testified he had resided in the immediate neighborhood of Longfellow since 1800 & was present at his decease

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Longhal, Jacob GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8487 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 11, 1789 to Jonathan Dayton assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.