Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,760, Lawson Buckminster, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Buckminster, Lawson Mary
W. 15,760
CONTENTS

Wassachusetts 3602
2
Let Geo: C. Ames April 10/52.
Mary Buckminster widow of Lawson Buckminster
who died on the 26 th February 1832 of Middlesex & in the State of Mass a
who was a Lieut-Col in the Compy commanded by Captain himself of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Heico in the Map line for 2 mts & 12 app Captain
3 " x 18 " thick thick
Inscribed on the Roll of Mahe at the rate of 96 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Sept 1841 and sent to Hon Mr Purvis Secy of Rep.
Bears to the 4th of Sept 1841, $10018.00
Semi-annual allowance ending Feb. 1842.
48,000
$ 1056 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by Willie G. Orson Clerk Book 6 Vol. 1st Page 40

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the 5 th section of the act of Congress of 11 th July 1836. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County, ss
Be it known, that, on this thirty first day of October A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, personally appeared before the Hon. Samuel P.P. Fay, Judge of Probate in and for the County aforesaid, Mary Buckminster, a President of Framingham, in the County & State aforesaid, aged eighty seven 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 July 11 th 1836.
That she is the Widow of Lawson Buckminster who served as a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution in Capt. Gardner's Company, in Col. Brooks, & Lieut. Col. Micah Stone's Regiment from sometime in the month of September in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six till the month of January seventeen hundred & seventy seven, was at the Battle of White Plains, & at this time served as Lieutenant for the term of three months:—
He went to Rhode Island on or about the sixteenth day of May seventeen hundred & seventy nine, as Captain of a Company of Militia, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Pierce or Bullard & served as Captain at this time about four months.
He went at another time into Rhode Island

as Captain of a Militia Company as she verily believed & served at this time for a certain period which she is unable to state, but would refer to the Rolls and Documents now in the Pension Department at Washington for the particular terms. She remembers that he served at two different times at Rhode Island
In the winter of seventeen hundred & Eighty she was in the service of the United States, as teamster, and went to Albany in the State of New York to carry Government Stores & was in the service of Government at this time about six weeks
She further declared, that she was married to the said Lawson Buckminster on the fourth day of May in the year seventeen hundred & Sixty Nine; that her husband the aforesaid Lawson Buck- minster died on the twenty sixth day of February Eighteen Hundred & Thirty two (aged eighty nine) and, that she was a widow on the 4 th July 1836, and still remains a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed and that she has never been married since the death of Lawson Buckminster her said husband.
Mary Buckminster
Subscribed & sworn to by said Mary Buckminster at her residence in Framingham, she being unable from age & infirmity to attend in open court
J. P. T. Fay judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Pitkin Dugdale of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that Sam d P t Dugdale is the Judge of said Court of Probate duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature hereon written is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, said Court of Probate this fourth day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
Isaac Pitkin Dugdale

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss:
On this 18th day of September A.D. 1851, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Eliza B. Eaton a resident of Framingham in said County and State aged 54 years who in said County and State aged 54 years who upon oath states and makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed July 14th 1836.
And this declarant states that she is one of the children of Lawson and Mary Buckminster late of said Framingham, both deceased. That her said father Lawson Buckminster was an officer in the Revolutionary war, that he entered the service as a Lieutenant in 1775, and was in the Lexington alarm; that in the summer of 1776 he was called out for five months service, and was at Hoosuck and in the battle of White Plains New York - that in 1779 he was a Captain in the Regt. of Col. Pierce four months and was stationed at Tiverton R.I. he also served as Captain in 1780 in Col. Perrys Regt. She further states that she believes he served several other short tours as Captain during said war, under officers

not known to this declarant. She further states that her said father and mother intermarried in 1769 before the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and that her said father died on the 26th day of February A. D. 1832 proof of which has already been adduced in the claim of her said mother for a pension.
She further states that her said mother was placed on the pension roll under the act aforesaid for some less than one hundred dollars per annum as your declarant believes and as the same will appear by the papers now on file in the Pension Office. Your declarant believes that her father was in the service much longer than the time for which her said mother's pension was computed, and she believes that the evidence in the case already filed and that which she herewith adduces shows the fact.
She states that her mother Mary Buckminster died at said Framingham on the 17th day of September A. D. 1841, that she remained a widow from the death of her husband as aforesaid, and that Eliza B. Eaton, William Buckminster, Caroline B. Clark, Ruth Bullard, Fanny B. Morey and Harriet Brewer are the children

and only surviving children of the said Mary Buckminster deceased. She there- fore claims an increase of pension.
Eliza B. Eaton
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Eliza B. Eaton on the day and year first above written.
Before me Elias Temple
Justice of the Peace }

Jeffries Hall, minister of the gospel in the town of Hopkinton (Ms.) do hereby certify that I have in my possession a book of records which was kept by the Rev. Samuel Barrett, who was a minister of the gospel in the said Hopkinton in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & sixty nine ; and I do find, in the said book of records, kept by the said Samuel Barrett, a record of the marriage of Lawson Buckminster and Mary Jones, on May the fourth , in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & sixty nine , by the said Samuel Barrett.
This is a true certificate of the marriage as recorded in the

book of records, above alluded to, with the exception of the date , wh. is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:
May 4. th 1769, Lawson Buckminster & Mary Jones were married.
I, Jeffries Hall, above named, depose & say that I held the office of Minister of the gospel in the town of Hopkinton, & county of Middlesex, & State of Massachusetts, & that the above is a true extract from the records of the said Samuel Barrett, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Hopkinton Oct. 31. 1837.
Attest - Jeffries Hall.
—Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. Oct. 31. 1837. Sworn to before me by the above-named Jeffries Hall, who is a credible person, Samuel B. Walcutt, justice of the peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts ss.
I Isaac Fish the Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Samuel B. Walcutt Esquire is a justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, & that his signature written hereon is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this fourth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven
Isaac Fish

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Rev
File No. 15760
Mary Bachminster Widow of Lawson Bachminster Capt. Rev. War
Act July 4 th 56
Index: Vol. a , Page 104
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rejected
In Ch. & Yrs. R. Simpson No. 13 1837 same Jan. 5. 1837 " " " " " " " " 1838 " " " " " " " " 1839 June 1841 same July 10. 41 Same July 30. 1841 - same August 17. 1841

STATE of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. }
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England.
To Laurence Buckminster. Gentleman Greeting.
YOU being appointed Captain of the Second Company in the Fifth Regiment of Militia, in the County of Middlesex whereof Samuel Bullard Esq is Colonel.
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct,) Commission you accord- ingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Captain in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as from Time to Time receive from
The Major part of the Council, or your Superior Officers
G I V E N under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Watertown the Eleventh Day of June in the Year of our LORD, 1775
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.
John Verry Esq
for Powell William Tuck Walter Spooner Col. Brinsfield Moses Gill Nicholas Benj. Russell De. Hopkins Sam. Dames N. Cushing Oliver Prescott Joseph Allen J. Miller Sam. Baker J. Pitts Sam. Niles
Sworn according to Law before us Micah Stone John Drowbridge Officers

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, October 14 th 1851
W e hereby Certify. That at the date of the annexed attestation Elias Temple and Moses Edgell were Justices of the Peace Sam d P. P. Fay was Judge and Almon V. Lynde was Register of Probate - all for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Nathan Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
August 5 1851 .
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Lawson Buckminster is borne on a muster roll of Capt. Simon Edgell's Co. marched Framingham to Lexington, Apr 19. 1775. as Lt. 14 days. —
On a list of officers in Col. Brooks Regt. Middlesex Co. ordered to march to Horseneck, Sept 26 1776. as Lt. of Framingham, in Capt. Aaron Gardner's Co. —
5 mar On a return of Capt. Aaron Gardner's Co. Col. Brooks Regt. made after the battle of White Plains, as Lt. of Framingham; no service stated. —
4 mar On a pay roll of his Co. in Col. Samuel Pierce's Regt. at Freetown, Captain from May 7. 1779. 1 mo. 28 d.
On a pay roll of his Co. in Col. Abner Perrys Regt. as Captain from July 28. 1780. 14 days. —
Then appears to be no evidence of any other service by any person of the name. —

4640
Application for of Service
F Bradford Patterson Chair
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The undersigned Eliza B. Eaton one of surviving children of Dawson and Mary Buckminster respectfully requests the Sec- retary of State to furnish from the rolls and Documents relative to service in the Revolutionary War, the evidence of her late father, Dawson Buckminster's service.
And this applicant states that her father the said Dawson Buckminster was a res- ident of Framingham in the time of the Revolution. Her said father served as she believes various campaigns in the Militia of Mass as a Lieutenant and Capt. She believes he was in the Lexington Alarm in 1775, at White Plains in New York in 1776 and in N. J. in subsequent years. She is unable to state specifically as to his service. She appoints Freeman Bradford of Portland Maine her Attorney for the purposes above specified.
Eliza B. Eaton
Middlesex ss ss. July 17 th 1851.
Signed in my presence.
Moses Edgell Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Office Middlesex County ss
Be it known. That on this twentieth day of September A. D. 1851. it has been satisfactorily proved before me Judge of Probate for said County that Mary Buckminster, widow of Lawson Buckminster was a Pensioner of the United States, that she died at Framingham Mass. on the seventeenth day of September A. D. 1841. that she remained a widow from the death of her husband and that Eliza B. Eaton, William Buckminster, Caroline B. Clark, Ruth Bullard, Fanny B. Morey and Harvard Brewer are the children and only surviving children of the said Mary Buckminster deceased.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal official of said Court to be affixed the day and year first above written.
J. P. D. Gray

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Office Middlesex County ss
Be it known. That on this twentieth day of September A. D. 1851. it has been satisfactorily proved before me Judge of Probate for said County that Mary Buckminster, widow of Lawson Buckminster was a Pensioner of the United States, that she died at Framingham Mass. on the seventeenth day of September A. D. 1841. that she remained a widow from the death of her husband and that Eliza B. Eaton, William Buckminster, Caroline B. Clark, Ruth Bullard, Fanny B. Morey and War- rick Brewer are the children and only surviving children of the said Mary Buckminster deceased.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal official of said Court to be affixed the day and year first above written.
J. P. D. Day

I Alonzo V Lynde Register of the Court of Probate in & for the county of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby certify that S. P. P. Foy whose name is appended to the foregoing certificate is & was at the time of signing the certificate unsworn the Judge of Probate for said county of Middlesex that he was duly appointed & qualified as such & that full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his acts & allertions done as such
In testimony whereof I the said Alonzo V Lynde have hereunto set my hand & have affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of September in the year eighteen hundred & fifty one
Alonzo V Lynde Regs

40 40 3 4.66 119 1.34 1. 4800

Edw Eaton mih.
1780. 1 mo. R. G. L Buckminster Capt. Col. Perry
Sister Eaton same
Sister Hoar
1779. 2 mo. R. G. L Buckminster Capt.

Sept 5 1776 45 men rais in Framingham and marched 29 July under command Capt Gates of Marlton - being a part of 5000 Vol 43 p 293 Dorchester Heights Col Bullard
Staple Chambers 27 Feb 76 p 243 Boston Eagle 26 Aug p 293
March 28 1776 805 Men Capt 303 Sawin Buckman Lt Vol 43 [redacted] 299 Framingham Mass 2 Company
Feb 12 1776 Vol 43 p 316 Capt Asahel Whelen Com to Search 16 Sept 1776

Laura Buckminster M.G. a. 32
Sept. 1776 Aaron Lud. Copeland. Brook Col.
3 mo. no roll - (1.28)
1779 May a Capt. Col. Reim or Brew. about 4 mo. - a sum then paid. 1780 a sum then paid.
Manit May 1769. { Capt. 2 12 Sum 4
10/12/84 1775 m. 5. 17 40 { Allac 2 12 Lud. 3 12 14
July 79 1 mo. 28 R L. Cap 6.88
76 Rel. Quade no length
add. sum Lud. Buck
75. 114 Copeland 6 days interest 24 94
78. 40 a Perry R S
80 114 a Capt. R S 3. 50 1.28. Capt.
1.25 14 2.12  5 2.18 3 14 5.24 5 5.18 5 12 5.26

I Lowell M. Stone of East Cambridge in the County of Middlesex, of lawful age, do testify & say that I heretofore resided in the town of Framingham in the County of Middlesex & was well acquainted with Lawson Peckminton of the same Framingham & with Mary his wife; whose maiden name was Mary Jones; the said Lawson Peckminton was a very aged man & he died on the twenty eighth day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two, leaving the said Mary his widow, who is now living in said Framingham & has never been married since the death of her said husband.
Lowell M. Stone
Medford ss. November 4. 1837 Personally appeared the above named Lowell M. Stone, a person well known to me as a person of credibility & entitled to belief & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. —
W. H. Stone Just of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Medford ss.
I Isaac Riske Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that William F. Stone signing is a true copy of the same written and for said County duly authorized & qualified; & that his signature above written is his genuine signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this fourth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty seven. Isaac Riske Reg

I Thomas Green of Stoneham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman being about eighty years of age do depose and say, that in the year A.D. 1779 about the last of May I enlisted in the war of the Revolution and went to a town named Peabody if I recollect rightly and joined a company at that place under the command of Capt Lawson Buckminster of Framingham in said County of Middlesex and performed military duty there as near as I can recollect about three months. During all which time I was under the command of said Captain Lawson Buckminster, who performed the duty of Captain over the Company in which I was. And at the expiration of that period I was discharged and returned in the latter part of August or some time in September the same year having according to my best recollection served not far from three months. But whether said Buckminster then left the service or not, I cannot tell.
Stoneham September 6 th A.D. 1837.
Thomas Green
State of Massachusetts } Middlesex County }
Sept r 6 th A.D. 1837
Then the above named Thomas Green appeared and made oath the foregoing facts stated in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed were true. And I further certify that said Thomas Green is now a man of sound mind and memory and of unquestionable veracity.
Before me Joshua Prescott Jus. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Dike Register of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Joshua Prescott Esq. is a justice of the peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature above written, is his genuine signature in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven Isaac Dike Reg.

Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay.
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New England,
To
the Officers and Soldiers of the Regiment of Foot in the County of Middlesex
You being appointed which is Colonel By Virtue of the Power Confidence in your Loyalty, therefore carefully and dili- and exercising said Com- good Order and Disci- and you are hereby This present our Officers
of the said Company of Foot in the County of Middlesex which is Colonel By Virtue of the Power Confidence in your Loyalty, therefore carefully and dili- and exercising said Com- good Order and Disci- and you are hereby This present our Officers
James Otis W. Greenleaf W. Spooner Calebushing W. D. ... John Melcomb J. Totten James Dyer Elizer B N. D. Dyer Michael Harley Shatten Jabez Tinker
GIVEN under our Seals this One Thousand By the Command of the Major Part of the Council
ROGER MORRISON
Seal of the said Colony at Watertown hundred and twenty five
me according To wit: Before me Michael Stone Abner Derry John Harrington

State of Connecticut Hartford County Bridgeport Aug. 30 1837
J. B. Canards Esq.)
Sir: I send you the pension application of the Widow Mary Dayton and you will if you please forward her certificate to me —
Yours very Respectfully Isaac Sherman
P.S. from the peculiar circumstances of Mrs Dayton, an immediate decision in her case would promote the cause of humanity, by her first husband She had 10 children, and her second husband was blind, and she is now and has been living at the Almshouse in Weston for several years, and she is now anxiously waiting for her pension, to liberate her from the Almshouse
I have been informed that a list of Solares who had grants of Lands, and which has not been claimed: has lately been published

and if so I shall feel much obliged if you would send me a copy. I suspect that Bulkly was entitled to the — and some others in this county who have never obtained titles —

Boston, 28 th Nov r 1837.
Sir,
Your letter of the 13 th inst. respecting the claim of Mrs. Mary Buckminster is received. I now enclose the deposition of Mr. Nathan Kendall, a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832, who states the time of service in 1776 to have been 3 months. This deposition might have been obtained at first but it was supposed that the Rolls would show the full time of his service.
I am, very respectfully Your Obedt Servt
John K. Simpson
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comt r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Laura Buckminster
75. v 14 days. Eagle Eng. Coast Guard Vol 12 p 34 near 28/76. Subt. "for March. Com c -28 March 76 Vol 43 p 309
Sept. " v 3 mo # " Sara Gadow - no roll. but list of officers
May 79 v 1. 28. Capt. - on roll.
78 (40) " Col Army R.G.
80 v 14. " R.G.
2 m 12 Cap 3. 26 Lb  6. 8
# Was at White Plains in 1776. See Map. roll. Vol 9. p 283.
[Faint, illegible handwriting]

I Luther Eaton of Framingham in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the seventy ninth year of my age Do Testify and say that I rendered service in the Revolutionary war, and now receive a pension for services then rendered That in the summer of 1778 or near that year there was an alarm at Rhadistan and all the militia in Framingham were called out and I went to Tiverton in company commanded by Capt Lawson Buckminster of this town Ebenezer Hemenway was one of the Lieutenants John D. D. Bridge of this town was Major of the Regiment and I think the Colonel name was Perry. From the time that I went from home to the time I returned was as much as one month, and Capt Lawson Buckminster was there all the time and commanded the company that I served in
Luther Eaton.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex S. May 25 th . A D 1861
Then the above named Luther Eaton personally appeared and made oath in due form of law that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me Justice of the Peace Henry Richardson
I hereby certify that the alias name Luther Eaton is personally known to me as a man of sound mind and veracity
Henry Richardson Justice of the Peace

I Ebenezer Eaton of Framingham in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts ninety one years of age, Do Testify and say that I rendered service in the Revolutionary War that I receive a pension for services then rendered, that at the time of the Revolution there alarms at Roderland and the militia of this Town were called out. In the Summer of 1778 as I think there was an alarm at Roderland, and all the militia in this vicinity were called upon to do service and I went to Tiverton in a Company commanded by Capt Lawson Buckminster of this Town after I had served near three weeks or more we were dismissed and I returned home the morning after I arrived home we were ordered to return which we did, and Capt Lawson Buckminster was the Capt of the Company which I served in. we were on duty one month at the time. Ebenezer Hemenway and John Frombridge Jun was the Lieut - tenants and John Frombridge one of the Field officers.
Ebenezer Eaton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss: May 25, 1841
Then the above named Ebenezer Eaton who is well known to me as a man of sound mind and understood me personally appeared and made oath in me

I Leonard Hoar of Lincoln in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the eighty third year of my age do testify, and say that I rendered service in the Revolutionary War, that in the Summer of 1779 I engaged and rendered a tour of service, of three Months, at Rhode Island - the Company was Commanded by Capt. Buckminster I dont recollect the name of the Colonel that Commanded the Regiment, after we had been with the Regiment near four Weeks Captain Buckminsters Company and two other Companies were detached from the Regiment and stationed at a place near Fogland ferry which was some distance from the Regiment, where we remained until our time was out; and the aforesaid Captain Buckminster Commanded the Company during the time I was in this service Leonard Hoar
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex So Lincoln May 25 th 1841.
Personally appeared the above named Leonard Hoar, and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed before me Charles Wheeler Justice of Peace
I hereby certify, that the above named Leonard Hoar, is a Man of truth and veracity Charles Wheeler Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Brooks President of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Henry Richardson & Charles Wheeler Esquires are rightfully Justices of the Peace within & the said County of Middlesex Duly commissioned & qualified & their respective signatures signed in the foregoing Papers are their genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty one
Isaac Brooks Pres.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, October 14 th 1851
W hereby Certify. That at the date of the annexed attestation Moses Edgell was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Nucena Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I know all men by these presents that I Eliza B. Eaton of Framingham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts one of the children of Lawson & Mary Buckminster both deceased do hereby constitute and appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland State of Maine and George C. Ames of Washington City D. C. my true and lawful Attorneys for me and in my name and for my use, to present my claim for an increase and arrears of pension due me as heir of said Lawson & Mary Buckminster under the Act of July 14th 1836, and for the purposes aforesaid my said Attorneys or either of them are authorized & required by me to obtain whatever proof may be necessary relative thereto, and they or either of them are authorized to examine any papers relative to said claim now in the Pension Office or any other department at Washington and generally to do and perform any other act or thing in the same manner that I might do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my Attorneys or either of them may lawfully do in the premises. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25 th day of September A.D. 1851.
Eliza B. Eaton
Witness Moses Edgell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss September 25 th A.D. 1851. Then personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to administer oaths & take acknowledgements of deeds Powers of Attorney and other instruments the above named Eliza B. Eaton and acknowledged the above power of Attorney by her subscribed to be her free act and deed.
Noson Ely Justice of the Peace

H. W. Permenter H. Q.

Supplemental Declaration Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex.. ss.
On this third Day of July eighteen hundred and forty one Personally appeared before me Rufus Brewer a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid. Mary Buckminster a resident of Framingham in said County, Ninety one years of age, who being first duly Sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath make the following, additional Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress Passed July fourth, A.D. 1836. That She is the Widow of Lawson Buckminster, who rendered service in the Revolutionary War, and according to the best of her recollections, and the best evidence within her knowledge the services were performed as follows. Viz. eleven Days service, as Lieutenant in Capt Migeon Gilesons Company, at Lexington, and Cambridge, from the nineteenth of April A.D. 1775. Also, Three Months Service, as Lieutenant in Capt Gurdners Company at White Plains commencing in September 1776. Also, Forty Days Service, as Captain at the alarms at Rhode- Island, in the summer of 1778, in Col Berrys Regt. Also, Three Months Service as Captain, at Rhode Island at Newport, and around Fogland Ferry, commencing near the first of May 1779, and ending near the first of August the same year. Also, Fourteen Days Service as Captain, at Rhode Island in the year 1780, and at the time her said husband engaged in the above named services he resided in Framingham aforesaid,

She is of the impression that her said husband rendered other services at the alarms at Road Island, and at other places which she is not able to describe,,
She further Declares that she was Married to the said Lawson Buckminster on the fourth Day of May, Seventeen hundred and sixty nine,, that her husband the said Lawson Buckminster, Died at his residence in said town of Farmingham, on the twenty sixth Day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty two, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by refering to her documents heretofore forwarded,,
Mary Buckminster
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the Day, and year, above written, Before Me,
Rufus Brewer, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Mary Buckminster who has signed the foregoing declaration is well known to me to be the widow of Lawson Buckminster, and that she is worthy person, and a woman of veracity
Rufus Brewer, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss
I Isaac Dike Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Rufus Brown Ely is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified & that his signatures written on the foregoing papers are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Third day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and forty one Isaac Dike Reg.

Abel Poussette March 12 1782 16 p.m. da f 3.75- 101 29 7
Hon. W. Pownall Esq.

I Abel Benson of Framingham in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts herein testify & say I am a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, & rendered service during the whole of the last three years of the war. In the year 1778 I lived near the residence of Captain Lawson Buckminster in Framingham who then commanded a company of militia in that town.
In that summer there was a call by government on his company & many others to go to Rhode Island. I expected to go with that company, but did not because Capt. Buckminster told me that his company was full, & I being under eighteen years of age I might do as I pleased. The requisition was for forty days. I saw the Capt Buckminster March off with his Company for Rhode Island. I understood at the time, & ever since, that they went & did service at Rhode Island for most of the time above specified. I have an impression that they returned a short time before the forty days had expired. Mary, the widow of said Lawson is now living in this town, Abel Benson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. July 22. 1841. Then Abel Benson, who is well known to me as a credible witness, subscribed the above affidavit, & made oath that the same is true. Josiah Adams Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss. I Isaac Dike Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify that Josiah Adams sign is a just true of the Person, within and for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature as therein written is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fourth Day of July in the year Eighteen & forty five.
Isaac Dike Regr

I James Durton of Southborough in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts, and late of Medway in the county of Norfolk and state aforesaid, eighty one years of age. On oath do testify and say that I am a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That in the summer of 1777. I resided in the Town of Holliston adjoining Town to Hopkinton in the county of Middlesex, that while I was there, in said Town of Holliston, there was a call for the Militia, to go to Brown's Island, for five weeks, I went in a company, commanded by Capt. Staple Chamberlain, of Holliston, the Regiment was commanded by Col. Pary of Holliston, and I think James Millens was Adjutant of said Regiment. I further testify, that I well recollect, that Capt. Lawson Buchanister of Framingham, was there in the same service, and commanded a company from the Town of Framingham, I was acquainted with the said Lawson Buchanister, previous to this service and I have also been acquainted with the said Capt. Lawson Buchanister, since that time, and I am certain that he was in the service, as above stated,
James Durton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss Southborough August 10 th 1841 Personally appeared the above named James Durton who is known to me, to be a person of veracity, and made oath that that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Willard Newton, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secy. Offic. Aug. 10. 1841
I have certified that the above Willard Newton is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester qualifying the Seal of the State.
John D. Sleeper
Secy. of the Court

I Moses Edgell of Framingham in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, Do hereby certify that I have in my possession original Revolutionary Rolls, and documents which documents are those which were my Grandfather Simon Edgell, who was as appears commissioned a Captain in the time of the war of the Revolution and are as follows;
This may certify that in Framingham on the second of December 1774 a number of men enlisted Minute men and was formed into a Company, then made choice of Mr Simon Edgell Capt, Thomas Drury first Lieut, Lawson Burkminston Second Lieut. Officers for said Company according to the Direction of the late Provincial Congress in their Resolves in Oct 26 th 1774
Framingham March 21 1775    Sam Bullard  } Field officers of the Regiment    Michael Stone    Abner Perry    John Snowberger  
Also on a Roll which appears to be of same Company is, an Abstract of a Militia Company belonging to Framingham under the command of Capt Simon Edgell in the County of Middlesex, of Men's Names, Rank when entered, How long served, travel, amount of Days, & travel to each man's Deduction, Sum Total, and Simon Edgell Capt as entered - April 19 th is 22 days 44 miles Travel sum total £ 5-1-8 and to Thomas Drury Lieut is 4 days his pay 0-11-8 and to Lawson Burkminston 2 Lieut is 14 days 44 miles his pay Sum Total £ 1-17-6
This Roll is signed, Simon Edgell. Capt
I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from.

from the original Documents now in my possession care and keeping
Moses Edgell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss Framingham August 28-1841 Then personally appeared the above named Moses Edgell who is known to me to be a person worthy of full con- fidence, and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me Josiah Adams { Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Said Office Aug. 28. 1841
I hereby certify that the above Josiah Adams is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
Witness the Seal of the State
John P. Bigelow
Secy of the Commonwealth

Return Mr. L. M. As to Payment AR

Brighton Augt 30 th 1841
Hon Wm Parmenter Esq
Dear Sir, Yours from the Commissioners of Pensions of date 12 th inst respecting the claims of Mrs Mary Buckminster has been duly Received, and Sir, as formally. I find a general expression that Capt Lawdon Buckminster was a very good, and active man in aid of the Patriot Army, and as he was not possessed of that Military Park he was not in the Continental Line, but was in many Militia services in the time of the Revolution, which I am not able to prove in addition.
I herewith enclose to you evidence of fourteen Days Service as 2 d Lieut from the 19 th of April 1775. You will please to make this addition together with the fourteen days in 1780, which I presume was overlooked when the last computation was made, and forward Mrs Buckminster Pension Certificate for all you can discover that she is justly entitled to receive.
I have the impression that Mr Luther Eaton, and Ebenezer Eaton, were mistaken in the year which they went to Rhode Island and left Lawdon Buckminster, which may be in the year 1777, instead of 1778, as testified, will you please to notice this in computing the whole of Capt Lawdon Buckminster Service.
Very Resp t Your Ob st Serv t Elijah Root
Hon William Parmenter Esq M.C. At Washington

Washington October 31 st 1851
James E. Heath Esq Sir
Enclosed you will please find Power of Attorney and an application from the Widow of Mary Buckminster. Widow of Laurens Buckminster for an increase of the Pension granted their Mother under the act of 4 July 1836 I wish to get the privilege of Examining the papers filed in this case
Very Respectfully Yours obed Servt Geo L. Ames

Mary Buckminster
Wid of Lawson
Mass
Ad July 4 1836
Married 1769
died 1832
Mass military Col.
Brooks' Regt.
Allan
Cash 2m 120 $48
Set 3. 18 48.
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pm March 4 1831.
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I Nathan Kendall of Framingham in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & Declare that I was born at said Framingham in September in the year seventeen hundred & fifty nine, & have lived in the same town ever since. I have always been well acquainted with Aaron Buckminster, who was a native of and always resident in said town, & who has died within a few years - He was some years older than myself. When I was seventeen years of age, which was in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six I was drafted as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War, & served three months in a Company which of Infantry which was commanded by Captain Gardner of Sherburne, & said Buckminster was the lieutenant. Our Colonel's name was Brooks, and Mirah Stone was the lieutenant Colonel. I was in the service three months and said Buckminster was with me the whole time. We left home & returned together. I cannot at this distance of time state with certainty the time of the commencement nor the termination of said term of three months, but know that it was warm weather when I left home, & cold when I returned. Said Buckminster & myself were drafted for three months, & at the end of that time were both discharged as a matter of course. We had no written discharge, & I believe it was not usual to give them to soldiers of the militia. On reflection I think I did not come home in company with said Buckminster, but I know that we both left the service together and both served out the term for which we were drafted. In the battle of White Plains, said Buckminster, was next to me on my right hand - Nathan Kendall

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. On this twenty fourth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty seven, Nathan Kendall, of Framing- ham, subscribed the within affidavit, & made oath that the statements therein contained are true according to his best recollection, before me the subscriber. And I certify, that for the last thirty years I have lived within one mile of said Kendall, & he is personally known to me as a respectable, & credible man, & I have never known his reputation for veracity called in question
Josiah Adams Justice of the Peace for said County
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Isaac Pitkin Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby certify that Josiah Adams Esq. is a justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature above written, is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty seven
Isaac Pitkin Reg.