Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24022, for John Munrow, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
1600 S. W. 10th St. Miami, Florida
or Monroe John Monroe
11. 24022 B.L.H. 30929-160-55.-
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CONTENTS

Acc. M c #5812 Hannah Monroe widow of John Monroe
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Dec r 1851 and sent to
Hon. J. J. D. Fuller House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 24, Vol. 1.

Rev T. D. Fuller May 28/51
31 840
MAINE
John Munrow of Charlotte in the Province State of New Brunswick who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Blanchard of the Reg t commanded by Col d Mison in the Mass d line for Quebec
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars 60 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of July 1841 and sent to Hon d J. Granger Esq r Eastport Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $800:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept th 40:00
$840:00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Chas. Addison Clerk, Book C Vol. 1 st Page 35

178612 Act Mass 3
June 25 55
Hannah Monroe Widow of John Monroe Monroe, Minn
Rev. Rev.
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 9 p. 12
Rev. Rev. Cert. dated Dec 25 1857
Page 24 Vol 1 Paris Roll
Me Feb 48 - 5812 A. 1600s p. 18, 52
B. 1. 6 v. 9 p. 12
Vol No = 2-99
Luther Brackett Calais Washington Me

State of Maine County of Washington } ss
On this Twenty ninth day of January AD 1841 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the County of Washington John Munroe a resident of Pennfield in the County of Charlotte & Province of New Brunswick aged eighty 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832: That he enlisted as a private in the army of the United States at Athol in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts, where he then resided. Sometime in the Summer of the year 1777, but his memory does not now enable him to fix the precise time - enlisted as he thinks in the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment under the following named officers, John Blanchard Captain - Lt. Col. Millar, Col. Weston, & in the Brigade commanded by Gen. Learned. - After enlisting at Athol he marched in company with several others under the charge of a Lieutenant Brand to Albany where he joined his company . - He first proceeded to German Flats where he joined his company the whole force being under the command of Gen. Arnold. Fort Stanwix was then held by Lt. Col. Millar, was surrounded by a regiment of British troops & a body of Indians under Col. Brant. Gen. Arnold by making use of one Schuyler who had been sentenced to death as a spy or traitor, to convey to Brant a false account of his force, caused Col. Brant suddenly to decamp. -
After this he marched to Saratoga & was present at all the fighting which preceded the surrender of Burgoyne. at the time of that surrender he stood near Gen. Burgoyne when he gave up his sword to Gen. Gates. Col. Weston who had formerly served as a corporal under Gen. Burgoyne stood near. - They remained at ... in distance. -

After the surrender of Burgoyne, he marched with his regiment across the country to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, & then went into winter quarters. He remembers the names of Captains Cogdell, Pattengill, & Dixon there. In the spring when the British left Philadelphia, this declarant was not in any of the skirmishes between the two armies, but he afterwards marched through the Jerseys into the State of New York, & encamped at White Plains. & thence went to Hartford in Connecticut. From that place he marched to Fishkill & in the fall went to West Point. — At that place remained, engaged in building the fortifications there, for nearly two years, until the close of his enlistment in the summer of 1780. He was then honorably discharged by Capt. Blanchard. He enlisted for three years. Fully served that term of time. He has no documentary evidence in his possession of his service, nor does he know of any person living by whom he can prove his service.
He remembers that Dr. Thomas & Adams were the surgeons of his regiment. — This declarant is now blind. — He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State. Given to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. —
his John + Munroe mark
Witness Daniel T. Granger

35198
John Munrow
Me
acc 7 June '32
on Capt. Blanchard & C. Wepson 3 years from 77
Again Vol 9. p 250 -
In Munroe Atkol Map
Application for Review James Munroe

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid —
J. C. Talbot Judge of Probate
State of Maine.
I Albert G. Lane Register Pro. tem. of the Court of of Probate within and for the County of Washington in said State of Maine do hereby certify that the foregoing contains all the proceedings in the matter of the application of John Munrow for a pension —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court of Probate on the 29th. day of January A. D. 1840 —
Albert G. Lane Register Pro. tem.
Fees $4.00

Claim of Hannah - Wid m of John Monroe
To Bount y Land
Act 3 rd March 1855
178 1/12
Presented by Luther Brackett Calais

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Washington } ss.
On this fourteenth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, Matthew Hastings a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid:
Hannah Munroe - aged Eighty seven years, a resident of Calais in the State of Maine who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical  Widow of John Monroe who was a Private soldier in the Revolutionary War and is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum as is recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under Act of Feb'y 2 nd 1848. on Page 24. Vol 1 - That her name before marriage to said John Monroe was Hannah Wood . That she was married to said Monroe by Rev d Mr Bearsby in 1790 - (as she thinks) That her said Husband died on the 10 th July 1846. at Penfield in the Province of New Brunswick . That she is still a Widow and begs leave to refer the Department to the Pension Certificate by the Secretary of Interior recorded as above, bearing date Dec r 3 rd 1851 - and to the other evidence furnished the Department heretofore; to substantiate the claim now preferred - and received a land warrant, No.  for acres, which he has since legally disposed of, and cannot now return.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved the 3d day of March, 1855. He also declares, that she has never applied for nor received, under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty land warrant except the one above mentioned.
Hannah Hannah Munroe monk
We John Stickney and Robert C Stickney residents of Calais in the State of Maine upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Monroe in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
John Stickney R. C. Stickney
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
M. Hastings J. P.

STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Washington
} To wit:
I hereby certify, that M. Hastings Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County aforesaid, this 19th day June 185 5 .
Albert G. Lane Clerk

Samuel Munroe of Pennfield in the Province of New Brunswick on oath depose & say, that I am a son of John Munroe of said Pennfield. I am now thirty nine years of age. I have from my earliest years lived with & near my father. Among the first things that I can remember is hearing my father tell of his being out in the Revolutionary war, and from that up to the present time I have frequently heard him speak of being in the Revolutionary war, & have often heard him tell the story of his services. It has always been the same consistent story. - I believe my father to be now about eighty-one years of age. He has now ten children living. Five of whom are older than myself. -
We have often urged our father to apply for a pension from the United States for his Revolutionary services, but he always declined doing so for the reason that he was able to maintain himself. He has been able to work until within a year past. He has now lost the sight of both eyes, & is entirely dependent on his children for support, & necessary care.
affid. David T. Young
Samuel his Munroe mark
Washington ss. April 23 Then personally appeared Samuel Munroe & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true. - And I hereby certify that the said Samuel Munroe is a credible witness
David T. Young Justice of the Peace

I John Munroe Jr. of Pennfield in the County of Charlotte & Province of New Brunswick on oath depose & say, that I am a son of John Munroe of said Pennfield who has applied for a Pension from the United States. I am now forty-four years of age. My Father has now living, ten children. Samuel Munroe is my brother. There are two of my sisters living who are older than myself. There was also one brother older than myself, but he has been absent from us for many years, & I do not know whether he is living or dead. - I believe my Father at this time to be upwards of eighty years of age. I have lived near him during the whole of my life with the exception of about six years.
I perfectly well remember when a boy of hearing my Father speak of having been in the army of the Revolution, and I have often, and before he had any intention of applying for a Pension, heard him tell the story of his life & of his service in the army of the United States during the Revolution. I was present at the Probate Court in Eastport in January last when my Father made his declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension, & then heard him tell his story & heard his declaration read to him. I have heard him tell a great many more particulars of his service than he then related, but so far as it went, the facts which he then stated, & which are contained in his declaration, are the same that I have often heard him relate before. Until within a year or two past my Father has been able to work, he is now deprived of the sight of both of his eyes, & is entirely dependent on his children.
I have never known of his ever having had any record.

This age.
John Monroe Lewis
Washington ss. April 30 th 1841. Then personally appeared John Monroe Lewis whom I hereby certify to be a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Daniel T. Granger Justice of the Peace

I Hannah Young (relict of David Young, late of Athol, deceased), do certify and say that I am the daughter of James Lombard, formerly of Athol, in the County of Worcester; that my father removed from Yarmouth, Barnstable Co. Mass ts when I was six years old, to Athol aforesaid, where he resided until his decease. John Munroe was given to my father as his own child, when he was six months old, and remained in the family, as one of the children, until he enlisted into the army of the Revolution, for the term of three years - During the term of time for which John Munroe was in the service, my father, James Lombard, was either a volunteer, as a Minute man, or was drafted for the same service; and I distinctly recollect that he stated, on his return that he saw John Munroe, often, who stated to my father that he should return to Athol, as soon as his term of service expired - we all anxiously expect- ed his return, but to my knowledge he never did: our impression was that he was either killed, or had gone into the British Prov- ences. All my father's family were much

attached to him; indeed he seemed a brother to us all: he never knew any other parents, his own dying when he was an infant. I cannot distinctly state his age when he enlisted; I think he could not have been more than seventeen years old. John Munroe must now be eighty years old. I have never heard from him since he left the army until the last month of May 1841 - I was Seventy Six years old last April - Hannah Young -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. June 1 st 1841.
Personally appeared Hannah Young, and made Oath that the above declaration by her subscribed, was true before me W m H. Williams, Jus Pacis.
Worcester ss. June 1 st 1841. I hereby certify that Hannah Young, above named is a woman of undoubted credibility. W m H. Williams, Jus Pacis -

affidavit of Anna Simmons

I Anna Simmons, aged fifty eight years, on the nineteenth day of July next, and wife of Richard Simmons, on oath, do declare and say, that I am the Daughter of John Munroe, and Hannah Munroe, that I was born at a place called, Grand Lake , on the River St. Johns in the Province of New Brunswick, that My Father & Mother, when I was very small, removed from Grand Lake, to Carlton, opposite the city of St. Johns, resided there, a short time , from thence removed to Pennfield, where they continued to reside, until my Father's death, which took place on the tenth day of July, A.D. eighteen hundred forty six, I attended the funeral with my Husband, I was married to my present husband Richard Simmons, on the third day of July A.D. 1871.
I have frequently heard my Father & Mother say that they were married by Old Pearson Beverly, at a place called Majorfield, on the St. Johns River, about twenty miles below Fredericton, My Brothers were, Christopher the eldest, aged now about fifty six years, John, Samuel, Andrew & Aaron the youngest; My Sisters were, Rhoda, now aged about sixty, myself the second child, and daughter, Mary, Martha, Deborah & Leah, all married, & all living now Martha who died in Calais six years since,
I have no knowledge of any record of this marriage, being kept by my Father & Mother, My Mother, whom I believe, to be eighty three years of age, has been with me, a part of this summer.

My Mother has one sister , living in Watton by the name of Rachael Byphers, and two Brothers living in Pennfield at the present aged, between sixty & seventy years -
Witness
E B Harvey
Anne her  X Simmons (mark)
State of Maine
Washington County } ss
June 17 th 1851
Then
Personally appeared Anna Simmons and made oath that the above affidavit, to which she affixed her mark in my presence, is true, before me. And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with said Anna Simmons and believe her to be a credible witness
E B Harvey Justice of the Peace

Affidavit of Richard Simmons

I Richard Simmons aged sixty seven years on the twenty fifth day of October 1876, now resident in Calais, in the County of Washington, first duly sworn, on oath declare and say, that I was married to Anna Munroe, second daughter of John Munroe and Hannah Munroe, in the Parish of Pennfield in the County of Charlotte, Province of New Brunswick on third day of July A D eighteen hundred & eleven. Said John Munroe & Hannah Munroe his wife, were then living in Pennfield as man & wife, & have ever continued to reside there until the death of John Munroe, which took place on the tenth day of July, A D eighteen hundred & forty six, I & my wife, attended his funeral, at Pennfield I was acquainted with the family, for the space of six years, at said Pennfield, before my mar- riage with Anna Munroe.
I have frequently heard, & always understood from the family that John Munroe & Hannah Munroe, were married somewhere about the year 1790, at Majorfield, on the St. Johns River, in the Province of New- Brunswick, & there at any rate, have any thing, to the contrary, I know John Munroe, in the latter years of his life, was a Pensioner - My wife's mother Mrs. Hannah Munroe, has spent a portion of her time, this present season, in my family in Calais.
Richard Simmons

State of Maine } Washington County } ss. Personally appeared the above named Richard Simmons, who is well known to me and made oath that the above affidavit by him in my presence subscribed is true. Before me, this twentieth day of June A.D. 1887. And I hereby certify that said Richard Simmons is a credible witness E. B. Harvey Justice of the Peace.

Rachel Syphuis Deps.

I. Rachel Syphers, of Houlton, in the County of Aroostook, & State of Maine, Widow, on oath depose, testify and say, that at I am Seventy six years of age - my maiden name was Rachel Cross, Sister of Hannah Cross, who married John Monroe. I formerly resided in Maugerville, on the River St. John, Province of New Brunswick, where my father's family lived. I will recollect the time when my sister Hannah was married to John Monroe. I think I was about fourteen years old then, & I was married about four years after, when I was eighteen. My eldest sister, & her husband, & my father went with them to the place of marriage, & I remained at home, making preparations for their return, baking, & fixing up for the wedding party. Monroe & my sister staid at my father's a day or two after the wedding, and lived together as man & wife, & then moved on to Monroe's place, and they had a large family of children. They always lived together after they were married, until his death. I know they have children over fifty years of age. I believe all the wedding party are dead, but my sister, Mrs. Monroe. I believe my

father moved from Massachusetts to New Brunswick.
Witness, after reading same & Rachel her X Sephers. w th sign. James G. Madigan mark.
Aroostook ss. On this 25 th day of June A.D. 1857, per- sonally appeared before me Rachel Sephers, the signer of the foregoing affidavit, & made oath to the truth of the same, & I hereby certify, that the aforesaid Rachel is a credible witness, & entitled to belief -
James G. Madigan Jus. of Peace.

State of Maine
Washington County, S.S.
On this sixteenth day of June A D Eighteen hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before the Judge of the Probate Court, held at Calais, county, and State aforesaid, within and for the county aforesaid - Hannah Munroe a resident of Pennfield in the County of Charlotte and Province of New Brunswick but now commorant in said Calais, aged Eighty three years, on the fourteenth day of March last past, 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 heretofore, by the several acts of Congress, touching widows of revolutionary Pensioners -
That she was married to John Munroe, late of Pennfield deceased, a revolutionary soldier, and a Pensioner, who died at said Pennfield on the tenth day of July, Eighteen hundred and forty six, to his declaration & accompanying proofs, now on file in the Pension Department for proof of the services of her late husband she refers
That she was married to said John Munroe at a place called Majorville, on the St. John River, in the Province of New Brunswick in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety one - by the Rev. Mr Beardly, a Protestant clergyman, of the Church of England, his christian name she does not now remember if she ever knew, nor does she now remember the month or day of the month, not having

any record of the date of said marriage That she was married at the dwelling House of said clergyman, That the persons present at said marriage, as witnesses, to the best of her present recollection were her Father & Mother one sister & one Brother, who are now all dead, that she has now one sister living, by the name of Rachael Byphers, who is eighty years of age, and is residing in the Town of Houlton, County of Aroostook & State of Maine, That this sister did not attend & witness the marriage ceremony but she does well recollect of said Rachael remaining at home, and preparing the refreshments, for the party, upon their return
That she continued to live, and reside & cohabit with said Munroe as his wife from the day of their marriage, in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety one until the day of his death at Pennfield on the Tenth day of July AD 1846 -
That she and said Munroe reared a family of children to the number of Eleven ten of whom are now living or were at her latest information Their names are, Rhoda Anna, Christopher, John, Samuel, Andrew, Aaron, Mary, Deborah, Martha & Sarah Martha is dead & died in Calais, that she is now a widow & has not been married since the death of her late husband John Munroe,
She further says that she now has now

no knowledge or recollection of any certificate of marriage from said clergyman that she has caused enquiry and examination to be made, for the Parish records of Mr Beardoly and as yet has not been able to find them or any record of her said marriage
Hannah X Munroe mark
Subscribed & sworn to this 17th. day of June A.D. 1851 Before me in open court
J. C. Talbot Judge of Probate.
State of Maine.
Washington County ss. I Albert G. Lane Register of the Court of Probate for the County aforesaid, it being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Hannah Munroe for a Pension: And that J. C. Talbot is Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified as such according to the laws of the State, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Probate this twelfth day of August A.D. 1851.
Albert G. Lane Regr.

August 25, 1932.
Mrs. E. N. Read 1056 Foster Avenue Chicago Illinois.
BA-J/ILL John Munrow W. 24022
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Monroe, whose widow, Hannah Monroe, was granted pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 24022, based upon the service of John Munrow (the name appears as Monroe also), in that war.
John Munrow was born on one of the islands, possibly "Indian Island" in Passamaquoddy Bay and, before he was one year old, his father died and his mother moved to Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, and gave him to one James Lombard, as one of his family. The names of the parents of John Munrow and the date of his birth are not given; his mother died also while he was an infant. James Lombard was a seafaring man; he moved from Truro, Massachusetts, to Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in 1767 and was living there at the time of the Revolutionary War. John Munrow lived with him still at that time.
In the spring, shortly after the evacuation of Boston by the British, James Lombard was drafted to join the army on Dorchester Heights; he took John Munrow to the muster master in Rutland to serve in his stead, where he (John Munrow), passed muster and served six months as private in Captain Noble's Massachusetts Company, a part this time employed in repairing "Castle William" which had been partially destroyed by the enemy. After this service, he returned to Athol, Massachusetts. He enlisted May 13, 1777 and served three years as private in Captain John Blanchard's Company, Colonel Wesson's 9th Massachusetts Regiment, during which period of service he was in the battle of Stillwater and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne, was

in winter quarters at Valley Forge, marched to Monmouth, to White Plains, New York, thence to Hartford, Connecticut, and after that to Fishkill, where he was stationed and assisted in building fortifications at that place.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 29, 1841, at which time he resided in Pennfield, Charlotte County, Province of New Brunswick; he was then eighty years of age.
The soldier died July 10, 1846 in Pennfield, Province of New Brunswick.
John Munrow married about the year 1790, Hannah, the daughter of Captain Cross, whose given name and the name of his wife are not stated; Hannah was born March 14, 1768. Captain Cross was commander of a coasting schooner; in 1790, he resided in Mangerville, Sunbury, County, Province of New Brunswick. They were married at the dwelling house of Reverend Beardsley, Rector of the parish of Mangerville. They lived at Grand Lake on the St. John River in 1793, moved from there to Carleton, opposite the city of St. John, and after that to Pennfield, Charlotte County, Province of New Brunswick.
Hannah Munrow, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed June 16, 1851, at which time her residence was Pennfield, Province of New Brunswick, but then commorant in Calais, Washington County, Maine.
At the time of Hannah's application for pension, her sister, Rachel Cyphers or Syphers, a widow, was seventy-six years of age and resided in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine; she stated then that her maiden name Rachel Cross, sister of Hannah Cross who married John Munrow. However, in 1855, said Hannah stated that her name before marriage to John Munrow in 1790 was Hannah Wood . There is no reference to any other marriage.
The soldier and his wife, Hannah, had eleven children. Their daughter, Martha, died about 1845 in Calais; she had been married but the name of her husband is not shown. Their other children were all living in 1851, and their names, ages and residences at that time as shown in the papers are as follow: Rhody, about sixty years old; Anna, their second child, born July 19, 1793, married July 3, 1811, in

Pennfield, New Brunswick, Richard Simones, aged sixty-seven years, both living in Calais, Maine; Christopher, about fifty-six years; John, aged forty-four years, of Pennfield; Samuel, aged thirty-nine of Pennfield; Andrew; Aaron; Mary, Deborah and Leah, all three married, the names of their husbands not stated.
Rachel Cypherd or Syphers, sister of Hannah, stated also in 1851, that Hannah had two brothers then living in Pennfield, aged between sixty and seventy years, but she did not give their names.
James Lombard had a daughter, Hannah, who was born April 1, 1765. In 1841, she was of Athol, Massachusetts, was the widow of David Young, late of said Athol, and signed Hannah Young.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

Calvin L. Matthew of the Parish of Maugeville County of Sunbury and Province of New Brunswick - with meeth Dath and Faith, that the this deponent is a native inhabitant of the said County and as Senior Warden of Christ Church in Maugeville is now in possession of the Church and Vestry books of the said Church dated as far back as the year 1790 ; and also that on examining the same he finds no entry of any marriages whatever.
This deponent also states that he remembers the former Rector to have been a Rev. Mr. Beardsley whom he has seen and heard preach and fully believes that the said Rev. Mr. Beardsley died about the beginning of the present century or 1800 and that he was succeeded in Office by the Rev. James Bissett, who married this deponent in the year 1809 at which time this deponent saw no certificate, and firmly believes that no such thing was required by the laws of this Province previous to an Act passed by the Legislature there in 1812.

Deponent further States that in the year 1817 he became acquainted with John Monroe then a resident of Charlotte County in this Province and saw him at work with two or more of his apparently reputed sons between the ages of 12 and 20 years - and this deponent then hired the said John Monroe and had him in his employ a short time.
That this deponent then was informed by the said John Monroe that he had married a daughter of Old Captain Cropp (a person with whom deponent had been acquainted, as the commander of a Coasting Schooner - And the said John Monroe also informed this deponent about that time that both he and his father-in-law - Cropp had formerly resided at the River Saint John and at the Grand Bay. And this Deponent further States that he is fully satisfied from the many enquiries made and the intent frequently excited in others, as well as from his own observation & recollection that previous to the year 1812 there was no Record kept of the marriages, births or deaths of or for the Parish of Memegouville; And also that he feels fully satisfied and confident that the former

MP Rector of Haverhill, the said Rev. Mr. Beardsley was duly authorized to solemnize marriage and this deponent remembers the said Rev. Mr. Beardsley to have been the only resident ecclesiastical Minister resident in the County of Sanbury for several years previous to the year 1800. - -
Calvin L. Hatheway
Sworn to before me at Newton in the County of Sanbury and Province aforesaid this 24th day of August A.D. 1857.
Before me
Rev. Nathaniel Dyer
A Commission to take affidavits to be read in the Supreme Court etc.
And I hereby certify that the above deponent Calvin L. Hatheway Esq. is well known to myself as a gentleman of high character and the most unadulterated veracity and that all evidence is to be given to his statement.
Rev. Nathaniel Dyer Atty at Bar at Law & Commt etc. etc.

Consulate of the United States of America St John N.B.
I C. Whitaker, Consul of the United States of America at the Port of St John, in the Province of New Brunswick, do hereby certify and make known to all whom it may concern, that I am personally acquainted with Thomas W. Bliss Esq, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate - that the signature thereunto fixed is his true and genuine signature - and that the said Thomas W. Bliss is a Commissioner appointed for taking affidavits to be used in the Supreme Court of the Province of New Brunswick duly authorized and qualified, and that to all of his acts and attestations as such his full and credit should be given
Witness my hand & Official Seal this 8th day of August 1857
C. Whitaker Consul

Alfred (b. 1778) d. June 10 1850
Abigail
John Nathan
Sarah Miller
Paul Anthony
Isaac Dink
Anna Marble
John Harris
Samuel Pratt
Stephen Dink
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James L. Edwards Esq Barnstable, Pines Washington D.C.

Eastport July 24 th 1841
James L Edwards Esq Sir
I now send an additional declaration of John Munroe for the purpose of obtaining a pension, together with sundry depositions giving to show that he is the identical John Munroe who was in the Revolutionary Army -
It seems impossible to obtain record proof of his age - as no record of the time of his birth was probably ever made - If he was born when he states in his declaration that he supposes he was, there would not be likely to be any public record of his birth, if even there was a family record, he has not known any one for sixty years or upwards who would be likely to have it in possession, or to whom he could apply for it - I trust however that the proof furnished will be satisfactory as to his age -
I think too that the matter given for not having before applied for a Pension will seem sufficient -
As to the identity of the man - there can I should think be little if any doubt remaining, that this applicant
Attest. Worcester Co. Mass
E Cutting - Cop. Charles D S Crosby Esq J. P. D. D.

is the person he claims to be — I have added my own deposition in order to remove any suspicion, if it should arise, that there had been any collusion, in relation to the facts stated in this declaration & confirmed by the depositions obtained in Atrol — If it would be satisfactory to your Department to know something of the Agent who is thus intermeddling himself for Mrs. McNamee, I would refer you to Mr. Albin, K Paris Charles Dumont of John F. Hartley Esq. with whom I have the pleasure of being somewhat acquainted, —
Respectfully
Your W. S. L.
Daniel T. Younger

I Earl cutting of Phillipston, Worcester Co. Mass ts do testify and say that I was born in Athol, Ms. that I lived there until the time of my enlistment into the continen- tal service: I know John Munroe of Athol for a number of years previous to our enlistment into the service, as above; the said Munroe and myself, both enlisted at Athol on the 13 th day of May A.D. 1777, with fifteen others, under the im- mediate command of Lt. Oliver Graves of Athol aforesaid; myself for the term of three years, and John Munroe, I think, during the war. John Munroe was then living with James Lombard of said Athol, and was I think about seventeen years of age: said Munroe was born in Truro, Barnstable Co. Mass ts . Immediately after our enlistment, in obedience to orders from Head Quarters, we were ordered to a post house in said Athol, where we were inquired, and went through with the Small Pox, under the treatment of Doct. Stephen Batchelder of Royalston, in said County - Soon after our recovery we were ordered to march for Albany N.Y. and from thence to German Flatts, where

we were transferred by Lt. Graves to the company commanded by John Blanchard. our Col. Commandant, was James Wilson, General Larned's Brigade - We were in the Battle of Stillwater, and at the taking of Burgoyne - from thence we marched to Valley Forge & from thence to Monmouth; in all which time John Monroe was with me - I remained in the service for nearly three years, when I hired a substitute, and left the army. Since I left the service I have never heard any thing from said John Monroe, whether living or dead - My own age is Eighty four years -
Earl Cutting
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. June 1 st 1841.
Personally appeared Earl Cutting, and made oath that the above declaration, by him subscribed, was true before me
W m H. Williams, Jus Pacis.
Worcester ss. June 1 st 1841. I hereby certify that Earl Cutting, above named, is a man of undoubted credibility
W m H. Williams, Jus Pacis -

Deposition of Royal Humphrey & of John M. Humphreys -

I Royal Humphrey of Athol, in the County of Worcester, do testify and say that I am the second son of the late Rev. James Humphrey, the for- mer Clergyman of said Athol - that I am in the Eightieth year of my age - I distinctly recollect a young man in Athol, about my age, of the name of John Munroe - that he was then living with James Lombard of said Athol, and have no doubt he came here with said Lombard, who removed into Athol from Yvra, Barnstable 60. Mass the Royal Humphrey - Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester ss. June 2 nd 1841 -
Personally appeared Royal Humphrey and made Oath that the above declaration, by him subscribed, was true before me W m H. Williams, Jus Pacis.
Worcester ss. June 2 nd 1841
I hereby certify that Doct r Royal Humphrey, above named, is a man of undoubted credibility W m H. Williams, Jus Pacis -

I John W. Humphreys - Clerk of the Town of Athol in the County of Worcester. do testify & say that I have examined the Records of the Town of Athol from the year 1770. to the year 1784 & have not found even the name of John Munroe on said Records, & further the deponent saith not.
John W. Humphreys - Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester ss. June 2 nd 1841 -
Personally appeared John W. Humphreys, and made Oath that the above declaration, by him subscribed, is true. before me
M rs H. Williams, Jus Pacis.
Worcester ss. June 2 nd 1841 -
I hereby certify that John W. Humphreys, above named, is a man of undoubted credibility
M rs H. Williams, Jus Pacis.

Daniel T. Granger of Eastport in the State of Maine on oath depose & say, that the substance of the additional declaration, to which this deposition is annexed, was communicated to me by John Munroe then named, together with all the names of the persons then mentioned as residing in Athol, & being known to the said John Munroe previous to his enlistment in the Revolutionary Army of the United States, sometime in the latter part of the month of April last. He had, prior to making his first declaration, mentioned the fact of his being with Mr Lombard as I now think, although not claiming it very material I did not observe it particularly.
Immediately upon being furnished by the said Munroe, as aforesaid with the facts & names set forth in the additional declaration, I drew up said declaration in the form in which it is now presented, with the exception of a few immaterial alterations. Then addressed letters to Wm. B. Williams Esq. the Post Master of Athol, & through his instrumentality procured the depositions of Hannah Young, Earl Cutting, Royal Humphrey, which are exhibited herewith.
The contents of said depositions have not been communicated to the said John Munroe, nor to any one to be communicated to him, nor does he to my knowledge know that any such depositions have been obtained.
The facts & names set forth in the

additional declaration aforesaid were wholly derived from the statements of the said John Munroe made in April last, and not in any manner or degree, with the exception of the christian name "James" of the Mr Lombard therein mentioned, - from the depositions aforesaid, or the said deponents. -
John Munroe is blind of both eyes, & from his appearance I should think him of the age which he states as his present age. -
Since drawing out so much of this deposition I have added to the declaration of John Munroe that which relates to his service in the year 1776 in Drunkett's knights, which fact was communicated to me this day - & the paragraph following the same in his declaration.
Daniel T. Young
Washington ss. June 17 th 1840. Then personally appeared Daniel T. Young - whom I hereby certify to be a credible witness - & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Lorenzo Sabine Justice Peace.

I James Woodworth of Pennfield in the County of Charlotte Province of New Brunswick on oath depose say that I am acquainted with John Munroe of said Pennfield. I have known him for thirty-five years past. During all that time I have lived near him or had dealings with him. Ever since I first became acquainted with him I have known him as a man of truth & integrity. I have often heard him speak of his having been in the Revolutionary Army of the United States, & told the story of his services. I am not able now to relate any of the particulars for I did not charge my mind with them. When I first became acquainted with him he used to speak of his Revolutionary services. It is the common belief among his neighbors in Pennfield that he was in the American Revolution. Mr Munroe is now quite aged & has lost the sight of both his eyes. From what I know of him I have perfect confidence in his account of his Revolutionary services, & do firmly believe that he was in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Seaside Nov. 15.
Washington ss. May 31. 1844 Then personally appeared James Woodworth whom I hereby certify to be a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him signed.
Daniel T. Granger Justice of the Peace.

I John Burgin of Eastport on oath depose to say that I know John Munroe of Pennfield in the County of Charlotte & Province of New Brunswick. I first became acquainted with him about thirty two or thirty eight years ago. He at that time resided at Beaver Harbor. At that time I was in trade at Eastport & said Munroe was accustomed to trade with me. & traded with me for several years - I have seen said Munroe at Eastport today. During my acquaintance with said Munroe he sustained the character of a man of truth & integrity & I should place entire confidence in his statements. -
John Burgin
Washington ss. June 17 th 1841
Then personally appeared John Burgin whom I certify to be a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed -
Before me
Daniel T. Granger
Justice of the Peace

State of Maine County of Washington } ss
On this Seventeenth day of June AD, 1841 appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the County of Washington, John Munroe a resident of Pennfield in the County of Charlotte & Province of New Brunswick aged Eighty-one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in addition to his declaration made before said Court on the Twenty eighth day of January last, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he is not certainly informed of the place of his birth, but from what he now remembers of what his mother told him, he believes it to have been on one of the islands in Sackamaguddy Bay, & thinks it may have been Indian Island so called. His Father died as he has been informed before this declarant was a year old, and his mother soon after that went removed to Truro in Massachusetts, & bound him at an early age to one James Lombard, a sea-faring man. When this declarant was about ten years of age, said Lombard removed to Athol & this declarant went with him & resided in said Lombards family until he was seventeen years of age, when he enlisted in the Army of the Revolution of the United States, as he has stated in his previous declaration. He obtained a release of his time from said Lombard by paying to him the bounty he obtained on his enlist-

ment. His recollection is that Eighteen men including himself enlisted at Athol at the same time, among whom he remembers Earl Cutting, Stephen Groves & Benjamin Fairbanks; but cannot now recall the names of any others of them. He has already stated that his captain was John Blanchard, & that one Graves was a lieutenant in his company, - he remembers that one of sergeants was named Rich & another Carlton, - he does not recollect their christian names with certainty, but think Rich's name was Isaacus. -
At the time this declarant resided in Athol a Mr Humphrey preached there, - John Harn resided in, & was a representative from Athol to the General Court at Boston. He also remembers the names of D r Hartshorne, David Goddard, Nathan Goddard, a Mr Rich & a Mr Paine as residents in Athol at that time, & that Capt Thomas Lord was captain of the militia there. -
He has no record evidence of the time of his birth, nor does he know or can he learn that there is any such record in existence or was ever made. After going to Athol, he never again saw his mother & does not know what became of her. He has not seen any of his comrades for fifty years, & does not know that any of them are now living.
He has not before applied for a Pension because he has until within a short time been able to labor & do something for his own support. His age & infirmities and especially the loss of his sight, have

unfitted him for labor, she is entirely dependent on his children for his living -
And this declarant further states that when he was of the age of sixteen years, his master Mr Lombard was drafted for the purpose of joining the army on Dorchester heights; that the said Lombard took this declarant to the muster master in Rutland, who passed him, & this declarant served for the space of six months, in the company of Captain Noble of Peterham, in the Regiment as he thinks of Col. Dyer. He was employed a part of the time in repairing Castle William which the British troops had attempted to destroy when they left Boston. His service on this occasion commenced in the spring, some time after the evacuation of Boston. At the expiration of six months he was discharged & returned again to his master Lombard at Athol.
And this declarant further states that of the Eighteen who enlisted at the same time with himself at Athol in 1777, all were young & single men with the exception of two viz David Goodard & one Morse. At the first engagement which they were in, at the time of Burgoyne's surrender said Goodard was his file leader & was wounded by a musket ball in the breast. The two men who stood on each side of him took him in their arms to carry him off, as they were carrying him away & had gone but a little distance a cannon ball came & took his head entirely off.
John his  X Mearns mark

State of Maine Washington
I Ignatius Sargent Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Washington & State of Maine, do hereby Certify that the annexed contains all the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Munrow for a pension, and satisfactory evidence was produced that said applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this seventeenth day of June Anno Domini 1841.
Ignatius Sargent } Register of the Court } of Probate aforesaid

State of Maine. Washington County ss.
At a Court of Probate, being a Court of Records, held at Eastport, within and for the County of Washington aforesaid, on the seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty one.
Before the Honorable John Coffin Talbot , Judge of said Court, personally appeared John Munson , of Pennfield in the County of Charlotte and province of New Brunswick, and in Open Court, made oath to the truth of the declaration by him subscribed, and which is hereto annexed, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D., 1832.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said Court of Probate, this seventeenth day of June Anno Domini 1841.
John Sargent Register of the Court of Probate, Washington County Maine.

Apr. 29-1902 N. McAllister Calais Maine 1932-Aug. 25-Heir to Mrs. E. N. Read - L.S.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24022
Hannah Monroe wid of John Monroe Rev. Rev. war.
Act: Feb. 28 /48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 73
[Arrangement of 1870.]

E. H. McALLISTER & SONS,
THREE REGISTERED DRUGGISTS.
Q.W.K.
Calais, Me., Nov 18 1902
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please furnish me with a copy of the discharge from service of a revolutionary soldier named John Monroe who died about 1843. He received a pension up to that date and his widow died also for about ten years later. Widow's maiden name was Hannah Levers.
I do not know his residence previous to enlistment
If there is a charge for this work please inform me.
Yours Respectfully Edgar B. McAllister

ERNEST N. READ 1056 FOSTER AVE. CHICAGO
Department of the interior. Widows Pension
Please give information regarding 15812 , number of pension (act Feb 2 nd 1848) payable to Hannah Monroe widow of John Monroe , private in Revolutionary War. Given at the Department of the interior the fifth day of December 1851 (signed) Alex. H. H. Stuart. Record in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensions under act Feb. 2 nd 1848. Page 24. Vol 2.
Enclosed stamped + address envelope

John Monroe Atkinson. Enlisted summer 1777, not certain of New Brunswick as to the year - served in 9th Regt. Capt. Blanchard, 6th Nova Scotia Infantry - enlisted with 17 others - marched to Fort St. Lawrence 91 years old was present at the surrender of Burgoyne. Oct 77 - Col. Wesson (then formerly served as a corporal in the 9th Burgoyne ) - Afterwards went to Valley Forge for winter quarters - Then marched to White Plains in N.Y. and then on to Hartford Conn. - From there to Fort Hill and in the fall to West Point, where he remained in building fortifications for nearly two years, until the close of his enlistment in summer 1780. Says that Dana Goddard was his file leader and wounded in their 1st engagement -
Earle Cutting took enlistment May 13 77 for 3 yrs.
Vol 10 p. 250 Capt. Blanchard, But - Col. Wesson
" John Monroe Atkinson - a roll 3 yrs
  Earle Cutting  ~  ~  ~    Benj. Fairbanks  ~  ~  ~    Stephen Crosby  ~  ~  ~    Dana Goddard  ~  ~  ~  
Killed in Battle Oct 77
Good claim -

Hannah Monroe wid of John.
Maine.
Act 17 June 1844
+ 2 Feby 1848.
$80 per an: from 10 th July 1846 when her hus- -band died.
Payable to her.
Hon T. J. D. Fuller H of Reps.

Joseph Garrison of Calais in the County of Washington & State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am acquainted with John Morrison of Pennfield in the Province of New Brunswick. I first became acquainted with him in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty. - from that period for about sixteen years I traded with him. He has always, since I have known him, sustained the character of a man of strict honesty & integrity. I first saw him at Pennfield. at his own house. Learning that I came from the United States, he entered into conversation with me about his own history, and I distinctly remember his then telling me that he was in the Army of the Revolution for several years. - So many years have now elapsed that I am not now able to state the particulars of his story, but think he then mentioned that he was in the United States service at the surrender of Burgoyne. - I had some conversation with him at that time about his applying to the Government of the United States for a Pension for his Revolutionary services. - I have several times since that period heard him speak of his having been in the Revolutionary war.
I have been acquainted with John Morrison for a Samuel Morrison (son of the said John Morrison) for about the same period that I have known the Father; they sustain the character of men of truth & integrity - When I

first knew John Munroe. He seemed to be quite an old man. I should say from fifty-five to sixty years of age.
Joseph Garrison
Washington ss. May 16 th 1841. Then personally appeared Joseph Garrison, whom I think certify to be a person entitled to full faith, - and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true
Daniel T. Granger
Juror of the Peace

1885.
James L Edwards Esq Commissary Bureau Washington D.C.

Eastport March 5. 1841
James L Edwards Esq
Sir
I send herewith the Declaration of John Munson for the purpose of obtaining a Pension -
Yours Respectfully
Daniel T. Granger

9m 1221. G85. March 27, 1841.
Pendleton office.
John Munro
me
abt 1832
Washington D.C.
Deseret News
Rev. John D. M.

Wartport March 15 th 1841 Hon. John B. Secretary of War
Sir, I enclose an application for a Pension -
Yours Respectfully Daniel T. Granger

John Munrow
Maine
June 7. 1832
Allows 2 00 per $80 per ann. Map line Capt Blanchard. Col. W. Sprague On roll
Dear H. Granger Esq Eastport Me

Brief in the case of Hannah Monroe, wid of John County and State of Maine act 17 June 44 & 2 Feby '48
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under '32 & died in '46. Evidence of marriage; living witnesses &c.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
Hon T J D. Fuller H of Reps.
F. F. Kirby Examining Clerk.

No 754.
Hannah Monroe widow of John Maine
Act 17 th June 1844
To Hon: J. G. D. Fuller Nov 12/57

697 Mair
Hannah Mair widow of John who was a private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
10 th of July 1846 Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Decr. 1857 and sent to
Hon T. J. Fuller House of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. 7 Vol. 2, Page 1

me Suspended Deb to D. T. Granger Apr. 2 nd 1841
ad 7. June '32

Blanchard CO 14 May 77 di - 14 May 80.

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✓ No 757 Burma Mission via J. Sohn Me June 1844 Aug 17 1844 1844-
Rev J. S. D. Fuller

Calais (Me) Augt 17 1857.
Sir
I enclose the Deliberation & proof for Mrs Hannah Munroe, widow of John Munroe, deceased, a Revolutionary Pensioner who makes her application, for a Pension She has been to great expense & trouble to obtain proof of her marriage, I am satisfied, that the very best evidence in existence has been procured - If however, there shall be found any defect, in the verification of the papers please return them also original applications of Elias Barber , Samuel Coggins & Warren Iselman , for latter bounty under the law of Sep 28th 1850 - & additional proof in the case of Capt John Hall & Widow Abigail Miller The latter will accept her forty acres in full discharge of her husband's service
I am respectfully J. D. Seidler
Hon J. E. Heath Comm: Pen: Washington D.C.