Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,977, for William Pike, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Pike, William
N. 21,977
N.H.
Phebe
B.L.Wt. 24428-160-55
CONTENTS
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Reported
717 New Hampshire Pensions. Phebe Pike widow of William Pike N. H., who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Sergeant.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 66.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of July 1848. and sent to
W. M. Taylor New Hampton N. H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 118 Vol. 1,
Reg 3 mar 55-161175

2904
Phebe Pike
Wid. of William
MA
Ad July 7 1838
Maria 1779 S
dea 1804
Allou 8 mo pm - $26.66
12 mo Sng. 60
perann. $ 86.66
MA here bap Tilton
Col Poor
Lydia
Gilford MA

State of New Hampshire Office of Secretary of State May 9- 1839
I hereby certify that from the records files in this office it appears that on the day of attestation of the annexed Instruments David Murray & William Thurston were duly in commission Justices of the Peace within & for the county of Rockingham, that Gardner Foss was in commission a Justice of the Peace within & for the county of Strafford That Daniel Gale was in commission a Justice of the Peace & Justice of the Peace within & for the county of Strafford by virtue of a commission made for Daniel Gale & in the said Gale having formerly been known by that name. By virtue of said commission. on the 11 th day of August A.D. 1838 said Gale took & subscribed the oath prescribed by law & the same on file in this office
The official signatures to the annexed Instruments are in my belief genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said State Josiah Stevens Jr Sec y of State

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD SS.—On this fourth day of October A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas held at Gilford in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire  Phoebe Pike a resident of Manchester in the County of Strafford, aged seventy six years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of William Pike who was a private in the  Army of the Revolution . According to the best of my knowledge he enlisted in Captain Samuel Gilman's Company in Col. Poore's Regt. the fifth of June 1775, for eight months and was at the Bunker Hill Battle. He enlisted again I think for eighteen months in Capt. Phillips' Fitchburg Company in Col. Poore's Regiment and marched into Canada as I have often heard him state. He enlisted in New Manchester in said state his place of nativity.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Pike on the seventh day of July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine that her husband, the aforesaid William Pike died on the seventh day of June A.D. 1804 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.
Attest Abagnell
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
The Court aforesaid
Phoebe Pike
Attest Abagnell, Clerk
I hereby certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

29th Phebe Pike Declaration
State of New Hampshire Shafford county fr. J Francis Cogswell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that the within is the original proceeding in the matter of the application of Phebe Pike for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the Seal of said Court this fourth day of October A.D. 1838 -
Attest F Cogswell Clerk

Daniel Watson

I David Watson of NewMarket in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Aged Seventy nine years, depose and say that I was acquainted with William Pike formerly of NewMarket aforesaid, and that he the said William Pike enlisted in Capt. Phillips Tiltons Company in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy six in the revolutionary service and served with me as a Sergeant in said Company one year and six months, in Col. Poors Regiment We went from Winter Hill to New London then to New York then to Albany then to the Lake and Ticonderoga, then across the Lakes and through a part of Lower Canada to within about forty miles of Quebec, and on our return we came by New York then to Trenton and was in the battle of Trenton and took about Eleven Hundred Hessians and after that discharged and returned home — August 31. 1838 — David Watson
Stratford ss August 31. 1838. Personally appeared the above named David Watson and made oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is just and true before me
Gardner Towle Jas. Penn & Leavitt

Stratford 31 August 31. 1838
I certify that I am and have been acquainted with the within named David Watson for more than twenty years, that his character for truth and veracity is good -
Gardner Fowle Jus Peace & Quorum
State of New Hampshire Shofford County ss.
I Francis Cagnell Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County hereby certify that Gardner Fowle Esq. is a Justice of the Peace as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are in my belief believe genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of October 1838.
F. Cagnell, Clerk.

Joseph Smith of New Hampshire in the county of Strafford and state of New Hampshire aged seventy eight years , depose and say, that I was well acquainted with William Pike and Phoebe Smith, and was present at the marriage of the aforesaid William Pike and Phoebe Smith which took place on the eleventh day of July  seventeen hundred and seventy nine by the Revd Mr. Eower of New Markets in said State — And further say, that the aforesaid William Pike died on the seventh day of June  eighteen hundred and four and that the said Phoebe Pike now remains the widow of the said William Pike and has not been married since his death —
Joseph Smith
State of New Hampshire
Strafford County ss
October 4 th 1838
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Smith who is well known to me a credible witness, and made oath in due form of law that the above declaration by him subscribed is true —
Before me, Daniel Gale Jus. of the Peace

State of New Hampshire Stafford County ss.
I Francis Cogswell, clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County hereby certify that Daniel Gole, Esquire is a Magistrate as within and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine in my belief -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of October 1838 -
F. Cogswell, clerk
Joseph Smith

I Gilman Johnson of Newmarket in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire do hereby say that I held the office of town Clerk of said Newmarket and that I have in my possession the original Records of said town - that I have made diligent search for, but find no record of the marriage of William Pike to Phebe Smith. I further do hereby say that the marriages solemnized by the Rev Nathaniel Love formerly a Minister of the Gospel in this town from January 2 nd  Jan 9 th 1774 to September 11. 1792 were all certified by him to the town Clerk at one time as appears by the Clerk's minutes - that it is generally understood since Love was burnt in regard to his records and that many of his papers were burned, some of which should have been recorded in the town Books. I further do hereby say that the Church over which said Love was pastor was long before my remembrance disbanded.
Gilman Johnson
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. On this thirty first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, before the undersigned a justice of the peace for said County of Rockingham personally appeared the above named Gilman Johnson and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, and I hereby certify the same true.

I Gilman Johnson of Newmarket in the County of Rocking- ham and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that I hold the office of town Clerk of said Newmarket and that I have in my possession the original Records of said town - that I have made diligent search for, but find no record of the marriage of William Pike to Phebe Smith. I further do hereby certify that the marriage solemnized by the Rev Nathaniel Ewer formerly a Minister of the Gospel in this town from January 2 nd Jan y 9 th 1774 to September 11 1792 were all certified by him to the town Clerk at one time as ap- pears by the Clerk's minutes - that it is generally understood Nathaniel Ewer was troubled in regard to his records and that many of his papers were burned, some of which should have been recorded in the town Books. I further do hereby certify that the church over which Nathaniel Ewer was pastor was long before my remembrance disbanded.
Gilman Johnson
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. On this thirty first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, before the Sub- scribed authority for said County of Rockingham personally appeared the above named Gilman Johnson and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, and I hereby certify that the said Gilman is a man of unimpeachable character for truth. (David Murray Just Peace)

I Simeon Pease of Meredith in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged sixty years, dispose and say, that I was well acquainted with William Pike of Meredith aforesaid living about forty rods from him and knew him from my childhood to the time of his death which happened on the seventh day of June eighteen hundred and four occasioned by the fall of a tree — And further say, that Phebe Pike the widow of the aforesaid William Pike now lives the same distance and at the same place that she and her said husband lived at the time of his death, and that she now remains the widow of the aforesaid William Pike and has never been married since his death — Simeon Pease
State of New Hampshire Strafford County Is } October 4 th 1838 — Personally appeared the above named Simeon Pease, who is well known to me a credible witness, and made oath in due form of law that the above declaration by him subscribed is true
Before me, Daniel Gale Jus. of the Peace

State of New Hampshire. Strafford County ss.
I Francis Cogswell Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County hereby certify that Daniel Gale, Esq. is a Magistrate as within and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine in my belief.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this tenth day of October 1838 -
Francis Cogswell, Clerk
Simon Pease

I Aaron Hutton of Epping in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire, aged eighty years, depose & say that I was well acquainted with William Cihre formerly of Newmarket in said county & that he enlisted into Capt. Philip Dutton's company in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, in the revolutionary service, & served with me in said company as an orderly sergeant in the same, according to the best of my recollection, nearly two years, in the regiment of Col. Poor. After remaining some time at Winter Hill in the neighbourhood of Boston, we went to New York, thence up to Albany. Thence to the Lakes, & was present with me at the capture of Burgoyne & his army. I do not know when he left the army, but think he was discharged after the battle of Trenton, & returned with Lt. Cihre, who was his brother.
Aaron Hutton
Rockingham. September 1 st 1838. Personally appeared the above named Aaron Hutton & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me
William Rumsey Justice Peace
I hereby further certify that I have been acquainted for many years with the said Aaron Hutton, & that he is a man of truth & of a fair moral character. William Rumsey, Justice Peace.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that David Kellogg is an acting Justice of the Peace & known in and for the county of said State duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 21 st day of May 1839 and will expire on the 21 st day of May 1844 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 10 th day of
July 1839 Josiah Stevens Jr
Secretary of State.

Born
Sept th 23
Wm Pike 1748
July th 24
Phebe Pike 1762
June 4
Wm. Pike Died 1804.
August th 29
Nancy Pike 1788
Wm Pike 1794

Births
Births
June 4th 28
Wm Pike
Groesbeck
Polly Pike
Sept 11th 19
John Pike
Yrs

Wren Pike

I William Pike of Meredith in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, aged forty five years, depose and say, that the leaf hereto annexed, was taken by a Justice of the Peace (Daniel Gale) from a Weymouth Book of Phebe Pike, my mother whom I have lived with ever since my birth to the present time, on which leaf is the following record of the births of my father and mother, W m Pike Sept. 23 d 1748. Phebe Pike July 31 st 1762. Then follows the death of my father who was killed by the fall of a tree June 7 th 1804. Then follows the birth of my sister and my own, Nancy Pike August 29 th 1788, W m Pike 1794 - and further depose and say that the record on the aforesaid leaf has been made more than thirty years, and my father's family consisted of no more than what is recorded on said leaf - And further say, that the all the foregoing births above stated were copied by me from an old Bible of my father's which record was I have no doubt in my father's own hand writing, said Bible has been destroyed more than twenty years since, the record of the death of my father I made myself - W m Pike
State of New Hampshire Strafford County ss July 1 st 1839.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written - Also certify the above recorded deposition is personally known to me and is a credible witness - Before me Daniel Gale Jus. Peace

161,175
S. C. S. Ford. apl. 18/56
Set Nov. 3/55
June 6/55
Phebe Pike
widow of
William Pike, mri,
Can. Gilman M. H. Hoop,
Col. Poor
Ms DA H 2 88
Revo. War
Rec. Pension
1896 Feb 48-717
ad: 160 ac, apl. 26/1886,
Vol P. page 91.
S. C. S. Ford New York

Bounty Land Claim
Revolutionary War
161,175-

State of New Hampshire
Belknap Co.
On This 24th day of March 1855 person- ally before me Stephen C. Lyford a justice of the peace in and for said County of Belknap. Phebe Pike aged ninety two years resident in Meredith in said County of Belknap and State aforesaid who being duly sworn, declared that she is the Widow of William Pike deceased who was a private in the war of the Revolution, that she was duly and legally married to said William at New Hampton in said County and lived with him from the time of the marriage to the time of his death. That she now as such widow receives a pension from the Government of the United States for and on account of the services of said William Pike performed in and during the Revolutionary war - That the evidence of her marriage is now in the Pension Department at Washington, filed there to ena- ble her to obtain the pension, which she now receives - She has never received or applied for any bounty land nor does she know that she is entitled to any, except by virtue of the Act passed March 3. 1855, and to enable her to receive such bounty land she makes this declaration - She further states that she is now a widow and has been since the decease of her said husband William Pike.
S. C. Lyford
Phebe
Her J Pike mark
Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me this day and year first above written and on the same day personally came before me William Pike a resident of said Meredith, and Jeremiah Smith

also a resident of said Meredith to me known as credible witnesses who being duly sworn declare that they are personally acquainted with Thebe Pike, widow of said William Pike deceased who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration; that they were acquainted with said William Pike deceased in his life time, that he lived with said Thebe as her husband, until his death, and they were well known as man and wife and were so received by all their acquaintances, and they believe that the husband of the said Thebe was the identical person who performed the military services mentioned in the above declaration that said William Pike late husband of said Thebe is now dead and the said Thebe is now a widow. And they further swear that they are disinterested.
Jeremiah Smith Wm Pike
Sworn to & subscribed before me and I certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecu- tion.
Stephen C Lyford Justice of the Peace
Land warrant to be evicted to J. C. Lyford Meredith
A. H.

sion on file in this Bureau.
William Pike Wid. F. 21977
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 5, 1775 8 mos. Col. Samuel Gilman Enoch Poor N.H.   1776 18 mos. Sgt. Philip Tilton Enoch Poor   1777 — Sgt. Nathaniel Ambrose Welch  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill. Trenton + Princeton + Captain of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, In or near Manchester N.H.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 4, 1838. Her claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Meredith Stafford Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, She was born July 24, 1762.
Remarks: Soldier was born at New Market N.H. Sept. 23, 1748. He married July 11, 1779 Phebe Smith, and died at Meredith N.H. June 7, 1804. Their children were Fanny b. Aug. 29, 1788 and William b. 1794. Soldiers brother Robert Pike was a Capt. in the Rev.
Very respectfully,

Phoebe Pike wid. of William
W.H.
Ad July 7 1838
Levi Dan Gale
June 3. 1839

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Phoebe Pike
FREE
Proportion
Department of The Interior
Washington
D.C.

Reported
1047 New Hampshire, Portsmouth Phebe Pike
widow of William Pike who was a Private & Sergeant in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 86 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of July 1843 and sent to N. M. Taylor New Hampton, N. H.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 20.

3895 New Hampshire
Phebe Pike widow of William Pike, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1804 of Strafford in the State of N. H. who was a pri serg in the Com commanded by Captain Pilton of the regt commanded by Col Door in the N. H. line for 8 mo. priv. & 12 mo. serg.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth at the rate of 86 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of August 1839 , & sent transd and Gale Gilford , New Hampshire
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839  $259.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39  43.33 $303.31
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Curdy, Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 50.

I David Watson of New Bedford County of Rockingham and one State of New Hampshire aged Seventy nine years and upwards do now and say, That I was as well acquainted with Capt Robert Pike late of Saint Mark's, deceased from the fall of 1775 up to the time of his death as I was with any other man; That I knew him in the army from the time I first entered the Service in 1775 in the fall, until I was discharged at Allentown in New Jersey in the Spring of 1777. 18 months from the time I first entered the army, and that he lived in the town of Newmarket of course after the close of the Revolution until he died about twenty years since. I further depose and say, That I was also well acquainted with William Pike a brother of said Robert during the term above named; and that said William Pike served as a private soldier previous January 1776 under Captain Samuel Gilman, and after that as a sergeant under Captain Philip Tilton. I further depose and say, That I served during the War, and on my return to Newmarket I learned that said William Pike had left Newmarket. I further depose and say, that soon after the British evacuated Boston in the Spring of 1776, said William Pike left Mount Hill in company with me, and marched to New London and then took shipping to New York. Thence by Sloop to Albany. Thence by land to Lake Champlain - Lake George, Schenectady to Point Iroquois in Canada, after which we returned to Mount Independence where we remained two or three months.

and then marched down through New York a part of Pennsylvania into New Jersey, and that said Pike was with me at the Battle of Trenton & Princeton and Monmouth with me at Monmouth as a discharged  as a discharged in the Spring of 1777 just eighteen months from the time I entered the Ser- vice at Winter Hill in the Fall of 1775. I further affirm and say that, I am positive that I have not confounded the names of Robert Pike for William Pike but am certain that Robert Pike was an ensign and discharged the duties of a commission Officer and that William Pike was a Sergeant or discharged the duties of Sergeant during the year 1776 and until he was discharged at Monmouth as a discharged If the affidavit I have given in this case contains any evidence of said William Pike's Service previous to September or October 1775 it must have been an error committed by the Justice as I did not enter the Service so soon as May 1775. How long said William Pike had been in the Service when I enlisted I am unable to say; but he belonged to Captain Gilman's Company when I entered the Army. I further affirm & say that the said William Pike who served as Sergeant under Captain Phelps Tilla in 1776 was the identical person who, previous to that time's Service as a private under Capt. Samuel Gilman.
State of New Hampshire Rockingham County ss June 24 1839 B. for m David Murray Ins Pean David Watson Subscribed & sworn to

I have been well acquainted with the deponent from my youth up, and certify that he is an intelligent man and a credit to his race. I further certify that the words on the first page, also paragraph on the second page then attested by the execution of the same before me and signed by him.
David Murray Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham.
I John Kelly Registrar of the Court of Probate for said County of Rockingham do hereby certify that David Murray is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 17 th day of June A.D. 1837 and will expire on the 16 th day of June A.D. 1842 (or in five years from its date); that I am well acquainted with his writing, have seen him write, and have no doubt that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are in his own proper hand writing & I do therefore certify that his said signatures be- fore written are genuine - Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 25 th day of June A.D. 1839
John Kelly Registrar of Probate

Pay roll of Capt. Samuel Gilman Quartermaster in Col. Bennoch Ponds Regiment to the 11 th of August 1775-
Wm. Wilson Pike - Accts. Private Time of Entry June 5-1775 - Time of Leave 2-10 P.M. for the 40 th Amount of Wages 4-1-5 - No Wks. Traded 7-60-5 - Coat and Blanket 1-16 Total amount 6-2-5-
State of New Hampshire Office of Secretary of State June 15-1839
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the original now on file in this office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State Josiah Stevens Sec y of State

Patent Office, April 11 1856.
Sir:
The bounty land claim of Mrs. Phebe Pike, will be favorably considered as soon as the Official Character of Stephen C. Syfond. is duly authenticated.
Yours Respectfully, C. H. Rhead.
for Commissioner.
S. C. Syfond Esq. Meredith, N.H. J

State of New Hampshire Belknap Co. Supreme Judicial Court I, Samuel C. Baldwin, clerk of said Court hereby certify that Stephen C. Lyford, Esq., of Laconia, in said County, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and duly au- thorized to administer oaths, &c.; that there is no other Stephen C. Lyford, in said County, nor in the State of New Hampshire, to my knowledge, and the said Stephen C. Lyford is the individual to whom this sixth letter witness is addressed.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of April, A. D. 1856
Attest, S. C. Baldwin, Clerk

n. 21977
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the paper.]

11 Troy. Pennsylvania Oct 17-1907
Sec. Pension Dept. Washington, D.C. Dear Sir -
Please mail me the record of William Pike - Revolutionary Soldier He enlisted at New Market H. H. - was a pensioner - after his death his widow (who was Phebe Smith) drew a pension. Fought at Bunker Hill and Trenton - village Mrs Brewster H. Long Bradford Co - Troy. Pa -

Interior Department - Washington D.C.
Will you kindly furnish me with the Military or Revolutionary record of W m Pike, who enlisted at New Market-N.H. and his widow whose name was Pheobe Smith draw a pension. Also the Rev. record of Thomas or William Chattle who served in the Rev. war from New Hampshire probably enlisted at the same place. I do not know. I only know this, that- he came from England with the British army, and deserted them & joined the Americans. They are my great-grand parents.

I have seen the record of Mrs Pike from the Pension office, but am unable to find that of — Chattle. I am not sure of the first name, but we have always felt that we had the only right to the name of Chattle in the U.S.
Respectfully
Mrs M. E. Bailey
Troy Bradford Co Pa
November 20 1907

His to P. City Brewer & Co. Long. M. E. Bailey
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Oct. 11, 1904, Mrs. C. W. Smith 1907 Oct. 29 Hist. Soc. Mrs. Troy, Pa. V.P.M. 1907 Nov. 27 Hist. Soc. Mrs.
File No. 21977 Phoebe Pike Widow of William Pike Sergt New War Act Feb 22 d 48 Index: Vol. 16 , Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1406 Declaration of Phebe Pike
$86:66 per am
N. M. Taylor

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.
Belnup ss. On this twenty Second day of March 1843. Personally appeared before the Subscriber  a Magistrate in and for the County and State aforesaid, Phebe Pike , a resident of Meredith in the County of Belnup and State aforesaid, aged eighty 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 3d day of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of William Pike who was a noncommissioned officer during the Revolution in the
That she was a pensioner under the act of 7th July, 1838, which she received at the rate of eighty five dollars sixty five 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.
Phebe her Pike mark
Nicholas M Taylor Justice Peace
I hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with Phebe Pike the person who has signed and sworn to the above Declaration and know that she is the widow of William Pike and that she recd a Pensioner under the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838.
Nicholas M Taylor Justice Peace

State of New Hampshire Belmont ss I C. S. Lawrence Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Nicholas M. Saylor is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 21 st day of December 1842 and will expire on the 20 th day of December 1847 and that his signature within written is genuine in my belief
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this sixteenth day of May A.D. 1843
C. S. Lawrence Clerk

I William Pike resident of Meredith in the County of Belknap and State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that I have resided in the same family with Phebe Pike the person who has signed and sworn to the accompanying Declaration for the forty years last past and I know that she is the widow of William Pike and that she was a Pensioner under the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 W m Pike
State of New Hampshire
Belknap ss On this twenty second day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared the above named William Pike and made Oath that the above deposition by him submitted is true Before me
Nicholas M. Duglor; Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above named William Pike a respectable Witness and his testimony is entitled to Credit Nicholas M. Duglor; Justice Peace

Declaration Phebe Pike
Adm 1047
admitted.
W. M. Taylor New Hampton N.H.

Please to return to Nicholas M Taylor when Manchester. Manchester Respectfully Yours Nicholas M Taylor
on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to
War: That she is the Widow of William Pike who was a Private and Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution that he served in Capt Gilman Company Col Dorr Regt in 1778 in left Amherst Company Col Welch Regt in 1777 as a Sergeant that she drew a Pension under the act of June 17th 1844 at the rate of eighty Six Dollars Sixty Six cents per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow.
her She X Pike mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written—Before
Nicholas M Taylor
Justice of the Peace.
I FURTHER CERTIFY, That the above Declarant is personally known to me.
Nicholas M Taylor
Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire.
Belknap COUNTY, ss.
I, Ebenezer S. Lawrence Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nicholas M Taylor is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County  throughout said State duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the Seventh day of December 1847 and will expire on the Seventh day of December 1850 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this first day of July 1848
E. S. Lawrence CLERK.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Belknap ss. }
ON THIS Sixth day of July 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Shebe Pike a resident of Meredith in the County of Belknap aged eighty four 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the Widow of William Pike who was a Private and Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution that he served in Capt Gilman's Company Col Dorr's Regt in 1778 in left Amherst's Company Col Walke's Regt in 1777 as a Sergeant that she drew a Pension under the act of June 17th 1846 at the rate of eighty Six Dollars Sixty Six cents per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow.
her Shebe X Pike mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written—Before
Nicholas M Taylor
Justice of the Peace.
I FURTHER CERTIFY, That the above Declarant is personally known to me.
Nicholas M Taylor
Justice of the Peace.
State of New-Hampshire.
Belknap COUNTY, ss.
I, Ebenezer S. Laurens Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nicholas M Taylor is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County  throughout said state duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the Seventh day of December 1847 and will expire on the Seventh day of December 1852 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this
first day of July , 1848
E. S. Laurens CLERK.

I Aaron Huntton of Epping in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire testify & say that I was acquainted with William Pike of Newmarket in said state - that both he & his brother Robert served with me in the revolutionary army from about the time of the battle of Bunker Hill to the close of the year 1776 - I joined the army in the company of Capt. Philip Tilton in May or early in June of 1775 - The said William Pike came on in June or July of the same year with his brother Robert Pike - We were all three in Col. Poor's regiment - The said William Pike served the greater part of the time, a year or more, in Capt. Tilton's company, in which I served as a drummer - After General Washington took Boston from the British, we went on to New York, & thence up to the Lakes, & back to Albany - The said William Pike was in the company with me till the winter of 1776-7 - when he went, as I was sent further south, & served in the Jerseys - but I was not there -
Aaron Huntton
State of New Hampshire, Rockingham ss } June 24 th 1839 Then the above named Aaron Huntton personally appearing made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed as true - The word "of the same year" underlined before signing -
Before me
William Lemenoff Justice Peace
I certify that I have been long acquainted with said Huntton, & that he is a man of truth -
W. Lemenoff Justice Peace -

State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham
Be I John Kelley, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Rockingham do hereby cer- tify that the Hon William Pishner Jun. is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 16 th day of June 1836 and will expire on the 15 th day of June A.D. 1841 (or in five years from its date): - That I have seen him write, am well acquainted with his handwriting, and have no doubt that the foregoing signatures purport- ing to be his are in his own proper handwriting, and I do therefore certify that his said signatures are genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 25 th day of June A.D. 1839 John Kelley, Reg- ister of Probate