Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,593, for Samuel Lufkin, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Lufkin, Samuel Sarah
NUMBER _____
W. 21.593
CONTENTS

343
New Hampshire
Samuel Lufkin
of Sullivan Co in the State of New Hampshire who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captains Blaney & Whittier of the Regt commanded by Colonels Wadsworth & Poor in the N.H. & Mass State lines for the term of 10 Months from 19 Dec 1776 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of $36 67 / 100 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st day of March 1830 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Augt 1832 and sent to the Hon H. Hubbard Charlestown NH
the Pension ~ deposited 1832 and notification sent to at Pension commencing on the 1832
Amount due on 4th of March 1832 } $36-67 do 4 Sep 32 } $18-33 1/4 $55.00 1/4
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
7 June 1832
Recorded Book 2 Vols page 167 B.S. Beale

Reported May 8/49
2885 New Hampshire Census Sarah Lufkin widow of Samuel Lufkin, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of May 1849 and sent to Richard Hubbard Charlestown N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 91 Vol. 1.

State of Massachusetts Middlesex County.
The following is a Transcript from the Record of Marriages for the Town of Billerica, County & State aforesaid. —
"Samuel Lufkin of Chelmsford and Sarah Livystone of Billerica were married by the Rev d Henry Carnings" the Nineteenth day of December in the year of Our Lord, Seventeen hundred & Eighty six.
I, Marshall Preston, the subscriber, Town Clerk of said Town of Billerica hereby certify that the above transcript is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair, legible figures as follows. viz.
"Dec r . 19, 1786."
Marshall Preston { Town Clerk of Billerica
I, Marshall Preston above named depone & say: that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town County & State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Billerica with the exception above named as certified by me
Marshall Preston { Town Clerk of Billerica
State of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. August. 22 d . 1838
Sworn to before me
John Baldwin Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Ss. I Elias Thayer Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, for the County of Mid- dlesex, do certify that John Baldwin Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, and that his name subscribed to the within Certificate is his genuine signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the twenty fourth day of August 1838.
E. Thayer

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } County of Sullivan. } ss.
On this thirteenth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Samuel Lufkin a resident of Acworth in the County of Sullivan and State of N. H. aged 70 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
That on the 19 th December 1776. he enlisted as a private in Capt Blaneys company, Colonel Thachers regiment, Massachusetts Militia, for the term of three months, & marched to Providence, Rhode Island, thence he was ordered to White Plains, thence to Kings Bridge, to attack a fort called Fort Constitution as he thinks - but was unsuccessful, - thence to Peekskill, & thence into the Jerseys - He was here stationed at Amboy about three miles from the British encampment - where he remained until the end of his term of service - He remembers that General Heath was in command at Amboy -
Declarant further states that about the 1 st of June 1778, he joined Capt. Whittier's company, Colonel Root's regiment, Mass Militia
For the term of eight months. He was ordered to Peekskill, thence to White Plains, & from White Plains to West Point, where he remained four or five months, & towards the end of his term he was marched to Kings Ferry, & assisted in building a Fort there - Colonel Malcolm, he thinks commanded at West Point - He recollects that General Washington visited West Point when he was there. Recollects a Lieutenant

for the term of eight months. He was ordered to Peekskill, thence to White Plains, & from White Plains to West Point, where he remained four or five months, & towards the end of his term he was marched to Kings Ferry, & assisted in building a Fort there - Colonel Malcolm, he thinks commanded at West Point - He recollects that General Washington visited West Point while he was there. Remembers a Lieutenant Hunt who was at West Point - & a Captain Barker. Declarant was born in Haverhill Massachusetts in 1702. Has a record of his age at his house - When he first joined the service he lived in Chesterford Mass. - Since the Revolution he has lived principally in Tewksbury aforesaid - where he now lives - He joined the service as a volunteer - He has stated the names of all the officers whom he recollects - He has no documentary evidence of his services, save a letter from the Town Clerk of Westboro, which he affirms - & knows of no person living who can testify to his services - He had no written discharge.
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,
Sworn to and subscribed, the 8th day of Aug year aforesaid
Frederick A Sumner Judge of Probate  Samuel Luffin We, Elphalet Bailey residing in Tewksbury and Samuel Hartwell residing in Langdon hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Luffin , who has subscribed and sworn to the above obligation; that we believe him to be 70 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 and subscribed the 8th day of Aug year aforesaid
Frederick A Sumner Judge of Probate  Elphalet Bailey 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 certifies, that it appears to them that Elphalet Bailey who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the Tewksbury and that Samuel Luffin , who has also signed the same is a resident in the Langdon and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Frederick A Sumner Judge of Probate
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Samuel Luffin for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 13th day of Aug. A.D. 1832
Frederick A Sumner Judge of Probate

Shuah Lufkin, 1956 284 Declaration
Wed of Samuel
M.H.
Ad-7 July 1838
Maria 1786
Wed 1838 July 13
adm d
11 mo. pri
$36.00
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Hon: E Burke
H.R.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress,—passed July 7, 1838.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, } S. S. County of Sullivan,
On this nineteenth day of September 1838, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Sarah Laphin a resident of Concord in the County of Sullivan and State of N. H. aged 72 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 Samuel Laphin — who was a
private in the Army of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of June 7, 1832, on the New-Hampshire contingency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and Sixty seven cents per annum. His certificate is numbered 343. and bears date at the War office of the United States August 21, A.D. 1832 and is signed by John R. Rabe. Acting Secretary of War
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Laphin on the Nineteenth day of December A. D. 1786 that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Laphin died on the thirtieth day of July A. D. 1838 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, A. D. 1791, viz. at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid  Sarah Laphin before John L. Putnam Judge of Probate  J. J. Gilchrist Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Declaration and proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Sarah Laphin for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Nineteenth day of September A. D. 1838 John James Gilchrist Regr

Log
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21593
Sarah Lufkin Widow of Samuel Lufkin Dis. New Mar
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N. 4. 1/1956 — Sarah Lufkin rejected Hon H. Hubbard 9 Jan. 1839.

Sarah Lufkin
4383 45 Declaration

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 d February 1845 entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution —"
State of New Hampshire } County of Sullivan } On this eleventh day of September 1848 personally
appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Sarah Lufkin resident of New Hampshire in the County of Sullivan aged 82 years, who being first 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 2 d February 1845, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War, That she is the Widow of Samuel Lufkin who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and served in a Massachusetts Regiment, he received a pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of Thirty six Dollars Sixty Seven cents per annum —
She further declares that she is still a widow
Witness Ezra Lufkin Granville Gilmore
Sarah Lufkin mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written — Before Granville Gilmore
Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above Declarant is personally known to me
Granville Gilmore Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire County of Sullivan
I J. M. Gilmore Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Granville Gilmore is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified. That his commission was dated on the twenty Second day of June 1847 and will expire on the twenty Second day of June 1852 and that his signature above written is genuine in My belief.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County This Third day of October 1848
J. M. Gilmore Clerk

A stylized signature or set of initials in cursive, possibly "L. H." or similar, written in dark ink.
Henry Herbboard Esqr Charlestown N. H.

Waltham August 2 nd 1832
Dear Sir yours of July 28 th 1832 is received requesting a certificate of the record if any, respecting one Samuel Lufkin employed as a Soldier &c &c — Sir I find on file in this office two certificates of which the following are copies. — — —
We the subscribers do freely and voluntarily enlist ourselves into the service of the United States of America, under Capt. Blaney in the regiment whereof Samuel Thatcher Esq. is Col o for the term of three months & do agree that we will equip ourselves with Guns Blankets and all implements required of a Soldier, and that we will appear thus equip't at Waltham on Monday next in order to join the Company and march upon the shortest notice in behalf of said town of Waltham
Decr. 19-1776 Signed by- Samuel Lufkin Samuel Lufkin Jr. and 10 others
copy —
Received of the Selectmen of the town of Waltham the charge of Samuel Lufkin and Samuel Lufkin Jr. (and seven others) to conduct to Providence to join Capt. Blaneys Company in the Regiment whereof Samuel Thatcher Esq. is Colonel; by order of Col o Capt. Blaney. —
Waltham Decr 23 rd 1776 copy John Williams

In the 4 above is a true copy of the two certificates as on file ———
Mrs Nathaniel Maynard
Town Clerk
Very Respectfully Yours
Nathe Maynard
Henry. Harbard Esq. 3

4814
Declaration - 1843
Sarah Lufkin
$36 per acre
H. H. Sylvester Present
H. H. Sylvester Present

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Sullivan ss. On this fourth day of June 1843. Personally appeared before me Abiel Sibley a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Lufkin , a resident of Concord in the County of Sullivan and State aforesaid, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Samuel Lufkin who was a Soldier during the Revolution in the Company commanded by - Deperent does not recollect
That she was a pensioner under the act of the 7th July, 1838, which she received at the rate of thirty six dollars 67 1/2 cents per annum,
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me. Sarah Lufkin
Abiel Sibley Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above declarant is personally known to me -
Abiel Sibley Justice Peace

I hereby certify that Ithiel Silsby is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Sullivan, and State of New Hampshire, duly commissioned and acting as such, and that the signature within written, purporting to be his, is his genuine signature.
Edmund Burke, Member elect, of the U.S. Ho. of Reps. from the State of New Hampshire.
State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss. I Uriel Deane Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Ithiel Silsby is an acting justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 21st day of June 1839 and will expire June 20. 1844 and that his signature within written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 14th day of July AD 1843.
Uriel Deane Register.

6982 New Hampshire
Sarah Lufkin widow of Samuel Lufkin
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 30 July 1838 of Sullivan Co. in the State of N. Hampshire, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Blaney of the regt. commanded by Col. Poor in the N. H. line for 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 36 — Dollars 66 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of February 1843 and sent to Hon. E. Burke House of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $183.30 Semi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Book A, Vol. 1.
Clerk, Page 45.

Recd 20 Augt 1852
Admitted
4 Mrs. Service $36. 67 1/2
observed
By
By
Mr. H. Hubbard Charleston H H
Pay to the order of Washington Co

I John Woodbury of Litchfield age 80 do depose and say that Samuel Lefkin of Seworth a Revolutionary Pensioner, died on the thirtieth day of July last past, and that his widow Sarah Lefkin still remains unmarried John Woodbury
State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss. On the fifteenth day of September Anno Domini 1838. The above named John Woodbury personally appeared and made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is just and true
Before me Jesse Bailey Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that John Woodbury the above deponent is a credible Witness Jesse Bailey justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss. — I J. M c Gillicoe Clerk of the Superior Court of Indecation do hereby certify that J os Bailey is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that the within signature purporting to be his is in my belief genuine —
Given under my hand & Seal of the Court this 21 st day of September A D 1838 — J. M c Gillicoe Clerk

Jan 30 43
Mr
Stephen
J. L. Edwards Esq. Coad of Pensions Washington D.C.
Hon. Com. Blake
H.R.

No. of Reps. Jan 28 th 1843
Sir.
Gov. Hubbard of New Hampshire mule mts. Me. While he was a member of the Senate he presented to the Commission of Pensions, the application of the widow of Samuel Lufkin of Acworth, N.H. for a pen- sion under the act of July 1838, which was not then allowed. He says he now understands that a construction had been given to that act, which will justify the allowance of Mrs. Luf- kin's claim. If you will take the trouble to refer to the papers filed in the case, and see whether there is enough in them to bring Mrs. Lufkin within the purview of the act of 1838, and inform me as soon as may be, of the result of your examination, you will greatly oblige Hubbard as well as myself. If any more proof should be required you will please state in what respect the evidence is defective. Gov. Hub-

kind and not give me the Christian name of Mrs. Lufkin, lest you will be able to find no paper, from the fact that she was the widow of Saml. Lufkin.
Very respectfully (Yours Obedient Servant Edmund Purdie
J. L. Edwards Esq. Board of Pension.

4385
New Hampshire Concord
Reported
Sarah Sufkin widow of Samuel Sufkin who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Jan y 1844 and sent to H. H. Sylvester Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book S Vol. 1. Page 19.

Aug 13 1882
Mr Edwards
Did Mr Lufkin of Scituate I have long been acquainted with - and his account I have the fullest con- -fidence in Mr Hartwell is one of our worthist men - Mr Miley is the same man who certified for Mr Lufkin.
Yours Truly Henry Hubbard
Providence R.I. Aug 13/82