Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,160, for Anthony Morse, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Morse, Anthony
V. 24,160
Susa
or Susanna
CONTENTS

Maine 810
Susa Morse widow of Anthony Morse dec d
who died on the 10 November 1816 of Cumberland in the State of Me.
who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain White of the 1st Reg t commanded by Col Francis in the Mass. a line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of May 1837 and sent Ebenezer Everett Windsor Me
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1837 $720.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept., 60.00
780.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by Book
Vol.
Page 13
Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th of July A 1836.
State of Maine Cumberland Co. ss. On this twenty sixth day of August A 1836, personally appeared before the Subscriber, David Perham, Esq., a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, of said State, having jurisdiction in said County of Cumberland. Susan Morse a resident of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine, aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836; that she is the Widow of Anthony Morse, late of said Brunswick deceased, who according to her best knowledge and belief was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary Army in the company commanded by Capt White and afterwards by Capt Lunt in the 11th Regiment of the Massachusetts Line under Col. Francis and afterwards under Col. Tupper in Gen. Pattersons Brigade; that the said Anthony Morse enlisted in or near the month of January 1777 for the term of three years, and that he served as a Sergeant in the Army for the term of three years; that at the time of his said enlistment he resided in Brunswick a-

foresaid, and that she presumes his name may be still found on the rolls of the Revolutionary army, now extant, and that he was regularly discharged.
She further declares that she was mar- ried to the said Anthony Morse on the eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred & seventy six; that her said husband Anthony Morse died at said Brunswick on the tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & six- teen and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further states that she has caused search to be made but can find no record of her marriage & she knows of no person living in this vicinity who was present at her marriage. She further states that from age & infirmity she is unable to attend Court.
Sarah Morse
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. I further certify that the above named affiant is a person of good reputation for truth and veracity, and that it is my opinion that the facts stated in the above declaration are true.
David D. Merrill the Court of Common Pleas for the District State of Maine

I Philip Owen of Brumwich in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine aged eighty - years on oath declare, that I was well acquainted with the aforesaid Anthony Morse in the Revolutionary War and ever since till the time of his decease in 1816, and that according to my best recollection he served as a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Capt White and afterwards by Capt Lunt in the 11th Regiment of the Massachusetts Line under Col. Francis and afterwards under Col. Duffer and in Gen. Patterson's Brigade. I saw him constantly during the service, as I served in the same Regiment in the Company commanded by Capt. Shillings, & afterwards by Capt. Thon. I enlisted in December 1776 and according to the best of my recollection, the said Anthony Morse enlisted for the term of three years about the same time I think in January 1777. I have no doubt that he served the whole term of three years and was regularly discharged. I was discharged in December 1779 & it agrees with my recollection that the said Morse was to receive his regular discharge soon after. I cannot state of my own knowledge the exact date of the said Morse's death, but have no doubt he died in the year 1816, or about that time as it was before the passage of the Act of 1818, respecting pensions.
I further on oath state that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Susan Morse the within named applicant and have been so for more than fifty nine - years past,

that I have a distinct recollection of the time of her marriage with the said Anthony Morse before the time of the enlistment of the said Morse as above stated, but was not present at the celebration. I knew her afterwards as the wife of the said Morse during the term of his service & ever since till the time of his decease; that she always dwelt with him in his family, and that I have been & still am acquainted with their children. I further state that she still remains his widow & is the identical person who has made the preceding declaration, and I have no doubt whatever that she was legally married as aforesaid & is justly entitled to the benefit of the act under which she claims. Philip Owen
State of Maine Cumberland ss) I sworn to and subscribed on this twenty sixth day of August A D 1836 before me. I further certify that the abovenamed Philip Owen is a person of good reputation for truth & veracity and that it is my opinion that the facts stated in the above affidavit are true.
David P. Dummer Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine
I hereby further certify, that the above named Ezra Morse from age and infirmity is unable to attend the Court aforesaid at its place of sitting in Portland in and for the County aforesaid, and that I attend at Farmington, the place of abode, where the aforesaid declaration was made & taken
David P. Dummer Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas

State of Maine
Cumberland ss: I Charles Cobb, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Cumberland, certify that David Perham is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said State as by his certificates and signatures annexed, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name, this thirty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
Charles Cobb
Clerk of all Judicial Courts for said County
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173 Susanna Morse widow of Anthony Morse Esq. Me
Dr. Rollins Sergt 3 years

I John McKeen of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath declare that I am the Clerk of the said Town of Brunswick & have held that office for fifteen years now last passed, and all the records of said Town are in my custody; that in the first volume of said records on the 533 page, I find the following entry made in the hand writing of Nathaniel Larabee who was Clerk of said town in the year 1776, in the part of said volume where the intentions of marriage are originally entered previously to the publication of the banns , in the words following to wit
"Mr Anthony Morse of Halmouth and Miss Susanna Elliott of Brunswick intend marriage May 4, 1776."
and that on the 471 st page of said Town records where entries are made of marriages after they have taken place, I also find the following entry in the hand writing of the said Nathaniel Larabee, Town Clerk, as aforesaid to wit
"Anthony Morse to Susanna Elliott March 4, 1776"
that I cannot find on any other part of said record any other entry of the marriage of the said Anthony Morse, or of the said Susanna Elliott; that I was well acquainted with the said Anthony Morse & his wife Susanna, otherwise called Susa, in the lifetime of the said Anthony & with the said Susanna, or Susa, ever since & with their children & have never heard it questioned but that the said Anthony & Susanna were legally married, even after the entry of their intentions of marriage first above mentioned. I further state that from my experience & observation in the examination of the records aforesaid I have found the entries of the intentions of marriage uniformly correct, those entries being originally made to the Clerk & recorded by him at the time; but that I have found many discrepancies on the records as to the precise time of the marriage after it has taken place, entries they having been made in former times frequently from

hearsay information; an error of several months is not an unusual occurrence, of the date of the marriage; but I have no reason to believe that there are any entries of marriages on the said records, which never took place, or which did not take place at or near to the time specified.
I further testify that I have always understood that the said Anthony Morse was a revolutionary soldier and that the said Susanna or Fissa, was the daughter of James Elliott formerly of Brunswick, deceased.
I further testify that the records of the births of the children of the said Anthony & Susanna on the 393 d page are as follows, to wit
" Margaret Morse, daughter to Anthony Morse and Susanna his wife was born Nov 8. 1777; Hannah Morse was born to them Nov 21. 1780 James Morse was born to them June 21. 1783. Solomon Morse was born to them July 11. 1785 Susanna Morse was born to them April 16. 1790 Anthony Morse was born to them Feb 14. 1793. "
John M c Keen Clerk of Brunswick,
State of Maine Cumberland ss) Brunswick October 12. 1836.
Then the above named John M c Keen personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. I further certify that the said John M c Keen is a person of good reputation for truth and veracity; and he has exhibited to me the original record, of his election as town Clerk on the 4 th day of April last, and that he then took the oath required by Law, for that office. Ebenezer Dyer Justice of the Peace

I Anthony Morse of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, aged forty three years on oath declare, that I am the youngest child of Anthony Morse, late of said Brunswick & Susa Morse, his wife as I have ever understood & believed, & was as such brought up by them; and that I have ever understood and never heard it doubted that my said father served as a sergeant in Capt. White's company in Col. Puffer's Regiment in the Army of the Revolution and that my said mother, who has applied for a pension under the Act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 was married to him in the month of July 1776 & previously to my said father entering in the army; that I have always understood they were at that time married by the Rev. John Miller, pastor of the Brunswick Congregational Church, and have never known it questioned in any shape. My eldest sister, Margaret, is now living & the wife of Caleb Dunham and she is now reported & believed by all the family to be of the age of fifty nine years. I have within a few weeks past, made inquiries for family records amongst the collateral branches of our family more especially amongst the children of my paternal & maternal Grandparents and can find no entry of the marriage of my father & mother or of any other marriage kept in either branch of the family, tho' in both I find records of births, and I never knew of any record of the marriage of my father & mother kept by them. I further on oath state, that I have examined the original records of the aforesaid Church of which the said John Miller was pastor, now extant, and that it appears thereby that the said Miller was regularly ordained as the pastor of said Church November 3, 1762 and I further find the record of said pastor's departure from age & want of care, and that the leaves which should have contained records from May 16 th 1774 to May 1, 1780 are missing.
Anthony Morse
State of Maine Cumberland S.S. Brunswick December 10, 1836. Then the above-named Anthony Morse, to me known as a person of good reputation for truth & veracity, appeared and made oath before me to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. I further certify, that I have examined the Church Records referred to in said deposition, and find that the Rev. Samuel Miller was ordained as aforesaid and at the time aforesaid, and that the leaves, which should contain the records of said Church from May 16, 1774 to May 1, 1780 are missing.
Ebenezer Dyer Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Cumberland ss.—
I Charles Cobb, Clerk of Judicial Courts for said County certify that Eben Emnett is a magistrate as aforesaid, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said County and subscribed my name this twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six—
Charles Cobb Clerk

a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Anthony Hoise W.T. 24.160
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 1777 3 yrs. Sergt. White Sunt Francis Tupper Mass.                                     
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Brunswick Me.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 26. 1836 His el. was alive
Residence at date of application, Brunswick Cumberland Co. Me.
Age at date of application, 81 yrs. He died Nov. 10. 1816 at Brunswick Me.
Remarks: Mar. *July 11. 1776 at Brunswick Me. Miss Susanna dau. of James Elliott. Children Margaret b. Nov. 8. 1777 mar. Robert Dunham Jan. 21. 1780. James b. June 21. 1783. Adam b. July 11. 1785. Susanna b. Apr. 16. 1790. Anthony b. Feb. 14. 1793
Respectfully,
* date of marriage as given by widow as records could not be correct Mar. 4. 1776 as intention of mar. was May 4. 1776
Commissioner.

Brunswick (Maine) September 3, 1836.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I enclose the application of the Widow Susa Morse for a pension under the Act of July 4. 1836. If found correct please forward the certificate by mail to yours respectfully
Oliver Everett her Atty

Brunswick Me. December 12. 1836
J. L. Richards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, I now enclose the depositions of John McKean and Anthony Morse, of this Town, in aid of the application of the Widow Susan Morse for a Pension under the Law of July 4. 1836. which I presume will meet the deficiency suggested in your letter of September 30 th  last Very respectfully, Oliver Everett

free M y
W th 130 per ann
Esq of Pensions City of Washington District of Columbia -

Concord Mass March 21. 1837.
J. L. Richardson Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
The enclosed deposition of Elizabeth S. Lowell relates to the application of Mrs. Susan Morse forwarded by me to your office - Sept 30 th ult for a pension under the 3 d Section of the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. Since the application was made your favor of Sept 30 th ult has been received & further proof consisting of the deposition of John Wheeler & Anthony Morse was forwarded by me Dec 12. 1836. To the last communication no answer has been received.
Not knowing the reason of the delay since that time the enclosed deposition of a respectable witness present at Mrs. Morse's marriage has been procured at considerable inconvenience which it is hoped will remove any scruple, which the precautions so necessary in your department, may meet.
Should any further remark be necessary on account of the discrepancy in the Town records between the time of the marriage & the previous publication of the banns, allow me to observe that by the Laws as interpreted in this State, these previous forms do not affect the validity of the marriage, if the officiating magistrate or clergyman be authorized to act; tho' I do not myself doubt but this marriage was legal in every respect.
A reply as early as compatible with your engagement respectfully yours respectfully Oliver D. Dole

I Elizabeth S. Lowell of Turner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine aged seventy seven years, and the widow of Paul Lowell late of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland & State aforesaid, on oath declare that I was present at the marriage of Anthony Morse of said Brunswick & Susa Elliott at the home of her Father James Elliott, the said Anthony then removing from Falmouth to Brunswick to reside, that they were married by the Revd Samuel Miller a regularly settled & ordained Congregational Minister in said Town of Brunswick. I recollect that the said marriage took place about the time of the declaration of Independence in the month of July 1776. I was at the time intimately acquainted with the said Susa & knew that her intended marriage was regularly published a few weeks before it took place and have never heard any question or doubt expressed as to the perfect legality of the marriage. I have been acquainted with their children until my removal from Brunswick to Turner in the year 1824. I distinctly recollect that the said Anthony Morse after his marriage was employed in the service of the United States and was absent several years in the army of the revolution. I particularly recollect that his wife the said Susa Morse, after their marriage had a letter or letters from the said Anthony stating that he had had the small pox & the camp fever

in the army and that the final return of the said Anthony from the war was a considerable time, I think two or three years, after the marriage at which I was present, as aforesaid.
Elizabeth S. Lowell
State of Maine,
Cumberland ss. March 17. 1837. Then the above- named Elizabeth S. Lowell personally appeared & was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me. I further certify that the said Elizabeth S. Lowell is a person of unquestionable reputation for truth & veracity.
Ebenezer D. Everett Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine
Cumberland ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County Certify that Ebenezer Everett is a Magistrate as appears above & that the signature pur- porting to be His, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this twentieth day of March A.D. 1837
Charles Cobb Clerk of the Courts in said County

Jan 31 st 1901.
I — Frances G. Adams (Mrs) residing 620 High St — West Medford Mass respectfully request information concerning Anthony Morse , a soldier of the War of the Revolution. He served during the entire period of the War — and was from the Town of Brunswick Maine where he died about the year 1811. His widow Susan, or Susanna Morse born Eliot, or Elliot, was a pensioner. I am a great grand daughter, of Anthony Morse, and desire to become a member of the order of Daughters of Am. Rev. Will be most Grateful for particulars.

24,160
hwy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24160
Sarah Morse
wid of
Anthony Morse
Sergt Rev War
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. M Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]
17th Mar name the
Mar. 14 1901 Mr. Francis G. Adams Milford Mass
per Mar. 14. sent to Mrs. A. B. Tanker Tilton in 1901 Joseph Morse
Re of Portland Me born Eliza of Brunswick Me when residing 1779 died 1816 in Maine

Mr Shapleigh
This is a Maine Pensions entirely. The one wanted is Miss Brewster & officer who moved to Vt & died in 1863 No pension only to Widow & if not on record return letter to me
Mr. Shapleigh:
I have found no other claim.
JEB Aug 28, 99.

24 160 - wis
Anthony Morse
Aug 26 - 1836 - 87
Brunswick Me
Jany 77 Brunswick Me
Capt white Mass " Lieut
Col Francis
Sgt. 37th
Married Susannah Elliott
Mar 4, 76
Jny 11, 76
Died Nov. 10, 1876
Not Dead

Air Pac Pac
95 Tremont Street Winthrop - Mass.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Ebenezer Churchill, b. at Plymouth, Mass., 1732, m. 1755;
Ebenezer Churchill, Jr. m. 1775.
Simon Brett, b. at Bridge- water 1720, m. 1748
Luther Brett, son, m. 1766.
Will you please send me a copy

of the pension granted to each of them for Rev. service.
Several months ago I asked for copies of pensions issued to Anthony and Joseph Morse of Brunswick, Me. for Rev. service, and have had no answer yet.
Thanking you, I am
Yours truly, Feb. 12, 1922. Addie B. Durham (Mrs. A. B.)