Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,224, for Samuel Lord, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass N.H.
Lord, Samuel Mary
NUMBER
W. 26.224 B.L.Wt. 19609-160-55-
CONTENTS
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5339
New Hampshire P.
Mary Lord widow of Samuel Lord who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 24 February, 1853 1853-
Certificate of Pension issued 14 th day of July 1853- and sent to
J. M. [unclear] Act of Dover N.H. Feb: 3, 1853
Rec d on Roll of Pensioners under act 12 Vol
Reg 3 m 55-105-110

Maine 6949 6949
Samuel Lord
of Berwick in the State of Maine who was a pirate in the by Captain commander by commanded in the time for N H trod's 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of March 1833 and sent Henry Hoagland North Berwick Maine
  Arrears to the 4th of  Mar '33  40 in    Pension allowance ending  4 Sept '33  10      50 in  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Robt. E. Dyer Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 58

Lin. R. Russell. Dec. 21/55
105.110
Act Mar 3/55
April 28/55
Mary Lord widow 1 Samuel Lord's wife
N.H. Woods , Col. Moorhouse , Revolutionary war Pensioner
No 1960 New Ad: 160 Allen, Mch 24/82
N.Y. Feb 53 - 5339 B. Smith
Vol. I. page 23.
La. B. Sharpleigh,
Richard Russell Somersworth N.H.

Additional evidence in favor of the claim of Mary Lord for Pension under act March 3 rd 1853,

State of New Hampshire
Strafford
I hereby certify that the marriage relation was solemnized between Mr Samuel Lord of Berwick and Mrs Molly Wentworth of Dover September the seventh one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
"Mabel Porter"
The record is expressed in figures of which the above is a true copy with the exception of the date which is expressed as follows "September 7th 1826"
I George L Dearborn of Somersworth do hereby and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in said Somersworth in said State That in a book of Marriages kept by the Town Clerk the above transcript of the record is a true copy with the exception of the date which is ex- pressed in plain and legible figures as above expressed.
George L. Dearborn
Town Clerk of Somersworth
On this 27th day of June personally appeared Geo L Dearborn and made oath that the foregoing certificate is true
Before me, J. W. Braggs Not Public

I Mary Lord of Dover in the county of Strafford & State of New Hampshire do hereby and say, that I am the identical person referred to & called by the name of Molly Lord in the foregoing record of marriage of "Mr Samuel Lord of Berwick & Mrs Molly Southworth of Dover Sept 7 th 1826" by "Reuben Porter", I further depose that I was formerly Knapp, & am now by the name of Molly & addressed as such as often as by name of Mary. Mary Lord
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss
On this 5 th day of July 1855 personally appeared Mary Lord & made oath to the foregoing affidavit by her made & true Before me John H. White, Not Public

We Joseph Starpol & Martha Ham Thomas W Starpol of Dover in the State of New Hampshire depose and say that we are personally acquainted with Molly Wentworth now called Mary Lord of said Dover that the said Molly Wentworth referred to in the foregoing certificate, is the iden- tical person who made a declaration for pension under the act of Feb 3 rd 1853 for the services of her husband Samuel Lord now deceased & formerly a resident of Berwick in the State of Maine, that the said Mary Lord was sometimes called, & is known by the name of Molly Lord, at the time of her marriage.
Joseph Starpol
Martha Ham
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss
On this 28 th day of June 1855 personally ap- peared Joseph Starpol & Thomas W Starpol and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed is true & correct that I have no interest in the result of the claim of Mary Lord the said Starpol is a man of truth & veracity John H. White, Jr. Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Stratford 25
On this 5 th day of July 1855 personally appeared Martha Ham to me well known as a person of truth & veracity, and made solemn affirmation, that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true. The words Thomas W. Haskell as erased; Martha Ham in witness whereof on the preceding page.
John H. White, Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire.
COURT OF PROBATE. REGISTER'S OFFICE, DOVER.
STRAFFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that Thomas W. Pray is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing and annexed affidavit ; that his commission is dated Dec 21 st A. D. 1852, and will expire in five years from that date; that the signature purporting to be his on the foregoing and annexed paper is true and genu- ine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifth day of
July A. D. 1855 John H. White { Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.
that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this
fifth day of July A. D. 1855
John H. White { Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY, ss.
COURT OF PROBATE. REGISTER'S OFFICE, DOVER.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that John H. White is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing and annexed affidavit ; that his commission is dated May 18 th A. D. 1855, and will expire in five years from that date ; that the signature purporting to be his on the foregoing and annexed paper are true and genuine ; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this
fifth day of July A. D. 1855
John H. White { Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.
copy no. 100000000000000000

Stowford 2? 7 Feb/55 Mary Ford clk 2/18 Rec d
Joseph Hyden Stockpole
Martha Dam
Forwarded
By T. W. Bay Dover N.H. Attorney

We Joseph Stackpole and Lydia Stackpole of Dover in the State of New Hampshire do here and say that we are personally acquainted with Mary Lord who signed and made the foregoing de- claration, & also were acquainted while living with Samuel Lord husband of the said Mary Lord, who was a revo- lutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty dollars per annum that the said Samuel Lord & Mary Lord afore said lived together as man and wife and were so reputed for 25 years or more until the death of the said Samuel Lord which event occurred on the second day of February 1855 at Berwick in the State of Maine. That the said Mary is now a widow having never intermarried since the death of her said husband.
State of New Hampshire, County of Strafford
Joseph Stackpole Lydia Stackpole
On this 13 th day of June 1855 personally appeared Joseph Stackpole, & Lydia Stackpole persons of good reputation for truth and veracity & made solemn oath that the foregoing affida- vit by them subscribed is true
Before me
John H. White, Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY, SS.
COURT OF PROBATE. REGISTER'S OFFICE, DOVER.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that John H. White is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing and annexed affidavits
; that his commission is dated June 21 st A. D. 1854, and will expire in five years from that date; that the signatures purporting to be his on the foregoing and annexed papers are true and genu- ine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 14 th day of June
A. D. 1855
John H. White , { Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

C DECLARATION.
To obtain the benefits of the 2nd section of the act of 3d February, 1853.
State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY SS.
COURT OF PROBATE.
On this 13 th day of June A. D. 1855. Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County of Strafford, the same being a Court of Record in said State
Mary Lord a resident of Dover in the County of Strafford and State aforesaid, aged eighty seven years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Samuel Lord formerly of Bethel Maine who was a private in the army of the Revolution in Captain Goodwin's Company commanded by Colonel Mitchell's and was stationed at a place called Bazadue , that her said husband was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum that the No. of his pension certificate was 6949 and was issued on the 11 th day of March 1833 and recorded by R Elee Clerk in Book "G" Vol 1 st Page 68
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Lord on the seventeenth day of September  September eighteen hundred and twenty seven that her said husband died on the second day of February  February 1855; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow, and knows of no record  public or private of the death of her said husband with the said Samuel Lord , that she was married by Rev Mr Porter now deceased in this vicinity and her name before her said marriage was Mary Wentworth and she hereby constitutes J. H. Pray of Dover in said State her attorney to prosecute the above claim.
Mary Lord
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and year above written. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 13 th day of June A. D. 1855.
John H. White Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

We Joseph Stackpole and Lydia Stackpole residents of Dover in the State of New Hamp- shire depose and say upon our oaths that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknow- ledged by Mary Lord in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance & state- ments of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Joseph Stackpole Lydia Stackpole
State of New Hampshire County of Strafford ss
On this 13 th day of June 1855 personally appeared the above named Joseph Stackpole & Lydia Stackpole persons known by me to be credible and made oath to the foregoing affidavit by them signed as true - Before me:
John H. White, Reg d of Probate & Justice of the Peace
1855

Form of a Declaration to be made by the Widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant.
STATE OF New Hampshire COUNTY OF Strabane } ss. On this Sixth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Lord aged eighty seven years, a resident of Berwick in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Samuel Lord deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain in the Revolutionary War Regiment of N.H. State Troops commanded by in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the day of A. D. 1875 that her said husband enlisted at Berwick State of Maine on or about the day of A. D. for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and was honorably discharged at on the day of A. D.
She further states that her husband the said Samuel Lord was pensioned March 9, 1833 at turney  dear  an  annum reference to his widow on file is respectfully submitted .
She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Lord in Dover on the Eighth day of September A. D. 1826 by one Rev. Porter a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Mary  Porter  Wentworth that her said husband died at Berwick on the Eighth day of February A. D. 1855 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, A. D. 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Mary Lord
We, Charlotte W. Horn  of  and  Mary L. Horn both of Somersworth the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Lord in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Charlotte W. Horne.
Mary L. Horne
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Richard Mussele
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

A COPY
Extract from the Records of the Town of Dover in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire under head of Marriages solemnized by  Intention of Marriage in said Town is the following entry, viz:—
Published Married A D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty six on the twelfth day of August Mr Samuel Lord of Berwick and Mrs Molly Wentworth of Dover  Intention Marriage Certificate granted  August twenty first  Adone thousand eight hundred and twenty six
I, Amasa Roberts Clerk of said Town of Dover depose and say that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Records in fair legible figures, as follows, viz:—
Married A. D. 1826. Aug 6 th  Mr Samuel Lord of Berwick and Mrs Molly Wentworth of Dover  Intention Marriage Certificate Aug 21 st 1826
Amasa Roberts Town Clerk of Dover
I, Amasa Robert above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town aforesaid, and that the above is a true Extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception aforesaid as certified by me and I certify that I have diligently searched the records of said Town of Dover and cannot find the record of the marriage of the said Saml Lord and Molly Wentworth Amasa Roberts Town Clerk of Dover
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD ss. April 23 1855
Subscribed and sworn to by the above before me
James B Chaplin
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

105,110 Mary Lou
Richard Napels Somersworth N.H.

The State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY SS.
COURT OF PROBATE REGISTER'S OFFICE.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that James B. Bradbury is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit on this day that his commission is dated July 1, A. D. 1853 and will expire June 30 th A. D. 1852 and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is true and genuine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 24 th day of April A. D. 185
John H. White Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.
as is known unto me for many years in our immediate neighborhood and until the death of the said Samuel which occurred at said Berwick in the month of February last past. That I was with him much of the time in his last sick- ness and attended his funeral. That the said Mary Love above referred to is the Legitimate Widow of the said Samuel Love and is now a Widow That we have no interest whatever in the result of this claim
Wm. A. Lord Samuel Hill
State of New Hampshire Strafford County ss. Be it known that on this 18 th day of April 1855 personally appeared the above named Wm A Lord & Samuel Hill to me well known persons of truth and signed & made oath that the above affidavit is true, & that I have no interest in the claim whatever.
Richard Russell Justice of the Peace

The State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY ss.
COURT OF PROBATE REGISTER'S OFFICE.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that Richard Russell is a Justice of the Peace _____ within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit of declaration , that his commission is dated May 19 , A. D. 1854 and will expire May 18 _____ A. D. 1859, and that the foregoing signature s purporting to be his as true and genuine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this
24th day of April A. D. 1859.
John H. White { Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

Samuel Lord
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State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this fifteenth day of August personally appeared in open court, before the the Court of Probate now sitting at South Berwick, Samuel Lord a resident of Berwick in the county of York and State of Maine aged Twenty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the year One thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Six - the same year that Parson Hooper was ordained, I served three months as a Soldier of the Revolution with the New Hampshire troops at Great Island in the Portsmouth Harbor, in New Hampshire, Capt - Clements of Hopkinton N.H. was the Commander of our Company - Our Mooney officer was Colonel - Our Schubael Lord was a Soldier in said Company, and I took his place as a substitute in May or June of the year last above named and served three months - I was discharged in September following - I cannot state the day that I entered the Service, nor the day I was discharged but I well remember that I served three months and received pay for that time - I do not recollect that any Continental troops were stationed there - one
Col. Woodson of Dover commanded a Company there at that time - we were employed in repairing the forts - John Woodbury, Asa Woodbury, John M c Neal, & Am - Flint belonged to our Company -
I do not know that any one is now living by whom I can prove that Service as the Company consisted of men from Hopkinton N.H. and that neighborhood which is about fifty miles from my residence -
All the Old people in my neighborhood know that I was in the Army of the Revolution; but cannot state the particular Service
In June or July in the year One thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Nine, being still a resident in said Berwick, I volunteered with a number more to serve three months in the United States Service at Penobscott in the State of Maine.

In June or July in the year One thousand and Seven hundred and Seventy nine, being still a resident in said Berwick, I volunteered with a number more to serve three months in the United States Service at Penobscott in the State of Maine — An expedition was fitted out by the Massachusetts Government to dislodge the British who had built a fort & taken possession of the territory then known by the name of Bagaduce, but now called Cast- ine — I was in a Company commanded by John Goodwin of Sebago Captain, Thomas Abbott of Berwick Lieutenant, and Joshua Daws Ensign — We went by land as far as Salmon Falls, now called Portland, and then took passage by water for Bagaduce — We staid a few days at a place called Townsend to collect our forces together — We left that place in a fleet of thirty or forty vessels part transports & some of them armed ships — The Warren frig- ate was one of the fleet — When we arrived at Bagaduce we made an unsuccessful attempt to land our forces but were repulsed by the British We succeeded in landing a few days afterwards & erected fortifications for our defense — We con- -tinued at Bagaduce until we were driven off by a superior force of the enemy which suddenly appeared off the Coast consisting of several large ships of war and some smaller This British fleet pursued us up the Penobscott river, until
our ships were burnt or destroyed, and the crews were compelled to seek refuge in the woods for safety — We then made the best of way toward home with our Officers & after enduring great hardships & fatigue in the woods for several days with noth- ing to subsist on but the spontaneous productions of the wilderness, we reached the Kennebec river where there were some inhabitants & from them procured food — We were absent from the time of our volun- teering some thing more than three months — I received pay for three months Service from Col. Joseph Paine late of Berwick now deceased —
I had no written discharges, but can prove this Service by Ephraim Tabbett Esq. & Moses Foss who were with me in the same Company —
I was born in Berwick aforesaid on the 4th day of September 1759, Old Style, on the same farm which I now occupy — There is a record of my age in the Family Bible with the signs of the rest of my father's family, made by the late Hon. James Sullivan, formerly Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, when he was a young man — I was resident in said Berwick when both the hours of duty before described were performed

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Sam: Lord
WE, Joseph Hilliard , a clergyman, residing in the town of Bethel and Timothy Wentworth , residing in the town of Bethel , hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Lord , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Hilliard Timothy Wentworth
We the undersigned Ephraim Tibbetts Esquire and Moses Foye resident in Bethel in the County of York , and State of Maine hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Lord who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be seventy two years of age and that we know that he rendered the services for three months at Penobscott as by him above set forth in the year 1779, because we served with him in the same company Ephraim Tibbetts (Moses Foye)
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Charles A. Cogswell Just. Peace
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states - and the Court further Certifies that Joseph Hilliard who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Bethel , Maine and that Timothy Wentworth who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Bethel , and together with Ephraim Tibbetts and Moses Foye who have deposed as above are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to Credit.

who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Berwick, and together with Ephraim Giddings and Moses Goye who have deposed as above are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the County of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Lord - a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this fifteenth day of August July A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.
State of Maine.
YORK, SS.
I, WILLIAM CUTTER ALLEN, Register of Probate, for the County of York, hereby certify that Charles N. Cogswell is a Justice of the Peace for said County of York as above stated, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal, this fifteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
March 6, 1929.
Mrs. D. J. Twombley 176 Osgood Street Lawrence, Mass.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 26224, it appears that Samuel Lord was born September 4, 1759 (Old Style) at Berwick, Massachusetts, which was later Maine.
While residing at said Berwick, he enlisted in May or June 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain Clements' Company, Colonel Mooney's New Hampshire Regiment. He enlisted in June or July 1779 and served three months in Captain John Goodwin's Company, Colonel Mitchell's Massachusetts Regiment, and was in the Expedition to Bagaduce.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was living at Berwick, Maine. He died there February 2 or 8, 1855.
The soldier married September 17, 1826 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, Mrs. Mary or Molly Wentworth of

said Dover, he was then of Berwick.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 13, 1855, at which time she was living at Dover, New Hampshire, aged eighty-seven years.
It is not stated that they had children.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Mary Lord
Widow of Samuel NH
adm? Feby 3 1833
Amos m'ff 20
her Annam from
2 Feby 1855
when he died
bequeath to
Mr Pray Esq
Dover NH

Brief in the case of Mary Lord widow of Samuel Stratton County and State of NH act 3 Febry 1833
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7/1831 at $50 a year, (pension paid in his papers)
Record of marriage, Her identity with pensioner's widow, his death etc.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
present evidence from G. Joseph & Lydia Stackpole & Martha Hawn proving certify
Name and residence of Agent
M c Key Esq
Con. NH
Thornton D. Phelps Examining Clerk.

PM Off. July 11 1855
Sir
Please inform me when Sam d Lord of Me. act 1833. at $1 25 a year, how la. 1 p?
Rd Atkinson, Baudin.
Very Respectful D. C. Col C.C.K.
Replied

Arthur
110821
Dear Sir,
Please inform me when you have the acct. of 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900.
Very Respectfully Yours C.W.
Trust. Aug 11 1855
Samuel Lord paid to A Sept 1854
Reverend Minister Auditor
July 11/55

Concord N.H. June 18 th 1856
Dear Sir
Enclosed please find Certificate of sale of 1854 as to the Livestock of Samuel Lord which I hope will be satisfactory as to his Mason's claim for Burnt Camp Very Respectfully
Your obed. Servt. Jas B. Chapleigh
Hon. J. Lillie Comm. of Pensions Washngtn D.C.

~ 55-83 ~
Samuel Lord

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Samuel Lord — further proof or explanation.
which require
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? e No V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ?  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ?  XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? •  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ?  XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? No  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? 
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
 * QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades : For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.” 

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

FREE
Mrs. Mary L. Waldo Yarmouth
Nov 14 1853 Supt.
J. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

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Margaret and Samuel
FREE
Boynston
Hon. J. Allen Washington D.C.

No 5813
Mary Lord
Widow of Samuel N H
W Tray June 20 1855
3 rd Feby 1853

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Pension Bureau, Dept. of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen, -
Can you give me any inform- ation regarding the Revolutionary record of one Samuel Lord, who I believe enlisted from Berwick, Me. He was born in Sept 4, 1759 and died Feb. 8, 1855.

11. His 1st wife was Abigail Allen or Alden and he married her in March, 1781
His 2nd wife was Mary Roberts Went- worth and he married her Sept. 7, 1720. She died May 1, 1858.
I think perhaps he had a fusion or something that would identify him
Sincerely yours,
D. J. Trumbly.
176 Asgood St. Launceston.

Reg  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26224 Mary Lord Wid. of Samuel Lord Phil. Pa. nat.
Act Feb. 5 th 1853.
Index: Vol. 11 , Page 145
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929. Mch. 6. Hish & Mro. D. J. Swann. Reg. ser. 3.