Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,023, John Brown, Continental Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass
Brown, John Green, Sarah
W.16.023
Former widow
CONTENTS
res. at end. Townsend, Middlesex Co. Mass. d. at Stoddard, Cheshire Co. N.H. July 14, 1807

Reported,
3803.
New Hampshire
Sarah Green, formerly widow of John Brown. dec d who died on the 14 th July 1804 of Cheshire in the State of N.H. who was a Pvt: H or , in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt t commanded by Col t Prescott in the N.H. M t H l line for 12 mos s pri: " " 15 d s hospital
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord, N.H., at the rate of 46. Dollars 20. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Nov r : 1842 _____ and sent to Dan d Greenleaf Esq r Washington, D.C. Arrears to the 4th of Sep r . '42 531.30 Semi-annual allowance ending 4.M.43 23 10
$ 554.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by Theo. Gilvody Clerk Book 6. Vol. 3 Page 26

No 1 Declaration of - Sarah Green
D No 5625.
N.H.
act 4 June 36
m 77. a 04
vol 19:179. sept 77. on for 1.15 12.115. age 75. - pri - 12 writings 76. - 12.00
adm?
12 mo 1200 pri
1.1502 forpl.
$46.20
Danl. Greenleaf
Washington
N.H.

State of New Hampshire } County of Cheshire. } ss
19,199 - from 26 Sept 99 ms. 4505
On this First day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty two, Personally appeared before the Court of Probate in and for said County of Cheshire, Sarah Green of Stoddard aforesaid, aged eighty five 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 fourth 1836, and of the act explanatory of said act, passed March 3 rd 1837. That she was Married to John Brown of Townsend in the County Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution; that he belonged to a company of Minutemen in the town of Townsend in the year A.D. 1775; that in April he went to Lexington and Cambridge; that in seventeen hundred and seventy six he enlisted for one year in Captain John Nuttings company as a Sergeant, Col o Prescotts Regiment, that he went to New York, White Plains and other places, that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven he again enlisted in Captain Hosleys company Col o Reeds Regiment, this last enlistment was after she was Married; that she has not any documentary evidence in support of the above but that it is true according to her knowledge and belief. She further declares, that she was Married to the said John Brown, in the Town Lunenburg, Massachusetts on the sixteenth day of September, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven; that her husband, the aforesaid John Brown, died at Stoddard aforesaid on the fourteenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and four, that she was afterwards Married to John Green, on the fifth day of October eighteen hundred and twenty four.

day of July in the year eighteen hundred and four that she was afterwards married to John Green, on the fifth day of October eighteen hundred and twenty four who died at said Hoddard on the thirty first day of of January eighteen hundred and thirty one, and that she was a Widow on the fourth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty six, and that she still remains a Widow and has been ever since the death of the said John Green, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Sarah Green
Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year first above written, before me in open Court
Larkin Baker Judge of Probate
I Elijah Sawyer Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Sarah Green, for a pension
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court of Probate, this first day of March A.D. 1842
Elijah Sawyer Reg.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Town of Amherst County of Worcester Extract from the Town Records Marriage consummated by Rev. Dabbdiel Adams John Brown & Sarah Gilson Pepperell September sixteenth One Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in four legible figures as follows Sept. 16 th 1877 C
Edmond Cushing Town Clerk
I Edmond Cushing above named depose and say. That I hold the office of Clerk in the Town of Amherst in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Edmond Cushing Clerk of the Town of Amherst.

Worcester ss. June 22. 1842 Then the within named Edmund Cushing to me well known as a person of truth and veracity personally appeared, and made oath that the foregoing certificates by him signed are true —
Before me, Essek Whiting Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss. I, Joseph G. Kendall, clerk of the court of common pleas for said county of Worcester, do certify that Essek Whiting Esq. above named, is a justice of the peace for said county, and that his signature to the above certificate is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand, and affix the seal of said court, at Worcester this twenty third day of June, in the year 1842. —
Jos. G. Kendall. Clerk

1895
sketch office.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Feb 10 Mil. histy to Mr. N. F. Bra Paten
File No. 16023
Sarah Green Widow of John Brown Corp Rev War
Act July 4 th 86
Index: Vol. A , Page 287
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Hannah Towne, aged eighty three years, and I Sally Miller, aged fifty seven years, depose and say that I was personally acquainted with John Brown of Stoddard, that he died at said Stoddard in the County of Cheshire on the fourteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and four, he was formerly from Townsend Massachusetts and a Soldier of the Revolution. I was present the day he died
Witness Joel W. Eaton
Hannah her Towne mark
Sally Miller
John Miller
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss. Be it known that on the twen- tieth day of June Eighteen Hundred and forty two, per- sonally appeared the above named Hannah Towne and Sally Miller and made oath that the above certificate by them subscribed is true
Before me Joel W. Eaton Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named Hannah Towne and Sally Miller are persons of truth and veracity
Joel W. Eaton Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss.
I Elijah Sawyer Register of Probate in and for said County of Cheshire, do certify that Joel W. Eaton Esq. above named is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Cheshire, and that his signature as appears on the preceding certificates is his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my my hand and the seal of the said Court of Probate this twenty ninth day of June A.D. 1842 Elijah Sawyer Regr. Probate.

Washington Sept 22 nd 1842
Sir
I received your letter of the 16 th instant, respecting the claim of the Widow Sarah Green.
You say that the testimony of Obediah Withers was deemed insufficient to establish the alleged service of 12 months under John Nutting for that 7 years; that it does not appear that the witness was applied from Maine or Mass under the act of 18 March 1818 or of June 7 th 1832, and hence there is nothing before the department to show that he was himself a soldier and in a position to ascertain the service of the claimants first husband. I do not personally know anything about May r Withers; he testifies that he belonged to the same Regiment with Brown, but he does not state that he ever applied for a pension, but if (as the Magistrate before whom he testified and the Hon. A Marshall certify) he is a man of truth and veracity I do not see why his testimony should not have full force, more especially as there is not anything to contradict him. Since I wrote you last I have received from Maine another Deposition which was taken sometime before Withers, but owing to some mistake or misunderstanding I did not receive it until now, it was not certified by the Clerk of the County until the 5 th instant. The deponent states

That he was a private in the same company with said Brown, and fully corroborates W. H. Huns Testimony; I hope you will be satisfied with the testimony and that Certificate may be forwarded immediately so that the poor old Widow may have the benefit of it for the few remaining days she may be permitted to live
I am very respectfully Your Obedient Servt Daniel Greenleaf
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Washington N. H. Aug t 15 th 1842
Sir
By your letter of the 2 nd instant, it appears that you did not correctly understand the object of my sending the Depositions of Jacob Wright, and Sarah Millon; it was to prove that John Brown, the first husband of Sarah Green, was the identical John Brown, that was in Capt Hensleys Company in September and Oct r 1777. Jacob Wright testifies, that he never knew but one John Brown in Townsend, Massachusetts, and that his comrade, in Hensleys Company, in 1777, belonged to that Town. Sally Millon testifies, that she lived with John Brown, in Townsend, and came from Townsend to Stoddard, with him, and was with him when he died, in 1804. That he was the husband of Sarah Green. I do not know that it is possible to obtain any better evidence, that the John in Hensleys Company was the first husband of Sarah Green, according to her declaration; she was well acquainted with Capt Hensley, before the war, and after it closed, and could not be mistaken, when she testified that her husband belonged to his company in 1777. I believe on a review of all the papers, relating to this claim, you will be satisfied that Sarah Green is entitled to a pension, and that a Certificate will be forwarded immediately. You say that the October returns in the

Secretarys Office at Boston, will show the names of all those who were engaged in the 8 months service, in 1775. Sarah Green did not state that her husband was in the 8 months service (though I presume he was) she stated that he belonged to a company of Minuit Men in Townsend in 1775 that in April he went to Lexington and Cambridge she might have supposed that he belonged to the same company untill he enlisted into Capt Nuttings company in 1776 for one year. If you have not the rolls of the 8 months service in your office, and consider it necessary, I will send to Boston, and if he was in that service obtain a certificate of the Secretary.
I am very respectfully Your obedt Servant Daniel Greenleaf-
Y s L d Edwards Esqr Comm r of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Washington N. H. July 27 th 1842
Sir
Yours of the 11 th instant, respecting the claim of Sarah Green, came duly to hand. You say that the evidence is not satisfactory as to the alleged service of 12 months in the Massachusetts line in 1776, for which he failed to ask a pension under the act of 18 th March 1818 ; nor is there any evidence to show that the John Brown credited with service in Capt. Hoxleys company at the period of the marriage was her late husband.
A good and sufficient reason is very obvious why he did not ask for a pension under that act, he died in 1804, 14 years before the passage of the law. With regard to the identity of the John Brown who performed the service in 1777, and who was the first husband of Sarah Green, I send you the depositions of Jacob Wright and Sally Millon and hope they may prove satisfactory.
It is very difficult to obtain positive evidence of identity of soldiers who have been dead 20 or 30 years, and as there are but few Revolutionary soldiers living, it is almost impossible to prove the services of those who have been a long time dead. we have been at great trouble and expense to obtain the evidence in this case, and as the widow is extremely poor it cannot be pursued much further.

I have no doubt of her claim being a just one. and hope it may be allowed. Should there be any good reason why the testimony of Mr. Weatherel to the 12 months service in 1778, should not be allowed you will please to inform me immediately.
I am Very respectfully your obed Servt
Daniel Greenleaf
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of pensions Washington City D. C.

Washington D.C. Sept r 9 th 1842
Sir
Your Letter of the 20 th ult came duly to hand, in reference to the case of Mrs Sarah Green. You say, "That there is then 1 month & 29 days service duly established, which is not sufficient to bring her case within the Pension laws." On the 1 st of July last I sent to you, with other depositions, one by Obadiah Witham of Union State of Maine, in which he testifies that John Brown (the husband of Mrs Sarah Green) was a Sergeant in a company commanded by Capt John Nutting, and that he remained in the service one year, 1794-95. I do not find by any of your letters, that you have paid any attention to this Deposition; in consequence of your silence in regard to this deposition, I was induced to believe that you did not consider the deponent entitled to full credit, and having understood that the Hon. Alfred Marshall, a Member of Congress from Maine was well acquainted with Maj r Witham, I wrote to him respecting his character, and I received from him an answer which I send you with this, hoping that you will not require any further proof of sufficient service to entitle Mrs Green to a Pension; Should there be any good reason why Maj r W.'s testimony should not be allowed you will please inform me. I am very respectfully your obed t Serv t J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington City Daniel Greenleaf

Washington D.C. Sept 9 th 1842
Sir
Your Letter of the 20 th ult came duly to hand, in reference to the case of Mrs Sarah Green. You say "That there is there 1 month & 2 nd days service duly established, which is not sufficient to bring her case within the Pension laws." On the 1 st of July last I sent to you, with other depositions, one by Adadiah Withers of Union State of Maine, in which he testifies that John Brown (the husband of Mrs Sarah Green) was a Sergeant in a company commanded by Capt John Nutting, and that he remained in the service one year, 1776-77. I do not find by any of your letters, that you have paid any attention to this Deposition; in consequence of your silence in regard to this deposition, I was induced to believe that you did not consider the deponent entitled to full credit, and having understood that the Hon. Edward Marshall, a Member of Congress from Maine was well acquainted with Majr Withers, I wrote to him respecting his character, and I received from him an answer which I send you with this, hoping that you will not require any further proof of sufficient service to entitle Mrs Green to a Pension; Should there be any good reason why Majr W's testimony should not be allowed you will please inform me. I am very Respectfully your obedt Servt  J L Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City  Daniel Greenleaf

I Jacob Wright of Washington New-Hampshire aged eighty three years, depose and say that I lived in the town of Ashby Massachusetts adjoining Townsend from the time I was thirteen years old, until I was twenty two, excepting the time I was a soldier in Revolutionary army, I was then personally acquainted with a Man in Townsend by the name of John Brown; In the fall of the year seventeen hundred and Twenty Seven said Brown was a Soldier with me in a Company commanded by Captain Hosley. This Company was composed of men belonging to Townsend, Pepperell & Ashby - I was in said Hosley's Company with said Brown about six weeks, was at the taking of Burgoyne and after his surrender, we marched with the prisoners to Charlestown Massachusetts, where we were discharged, I further depose and say that many of my relatives lived in Townsend & I was often there, and became acquainted with most or all the young men in the town, and I am confident that there was but one young man there by the name of John Brown, the one above mentioned, and from information I have no doubt that the said John Brown afterwards lived and died in Stoddard New Hampshire. Jacob Wright

State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss.
July 23 rd 1842.
Then the above named Jacob Wright to me well known as a person of truth and veracity personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me.
Jos. Healy
Justice of the Peace and Quorum throughout the State.
State of New Hampshire Grafton ss.
I Elijah Sawyer
Registrar of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Grafton, aforesaid, hereby certify that the above named Joseph Healy is a Justice of the Peace & Quorum throughout this State, and that I do believe his official signature to the above certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1842
Elijah Sawyer Registr. of Probate

State of New Hampshire } Town of Stoddard, County } of Cheshire - }
Extract from the Town Records.
"Mr. John Greene and Miss Sarah Brown both of Stoddard were married October fifth One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-four Rev. Isaac Robinson."
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows -
"Oct. 5. 1824" William S. Gilley
I William S. Gilley, above named de- pose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk in the County, Town and State afore- said, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
William S. Gilley Clerk of the Town of Stoddard

State of New Hampshire, Cheshire ss. June 20. 1842
Then the within named William J. Gilley, to me well known as a person of truth and veracity, personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing certificate by him subscribed are true
Before me Joel W. Eaton Justice of the Peace
I Danforth Taylor aged seventy two years, depose and say that as clerk of the town of Stoddard I made the within described record, on the Book of said town, of the marriage of Mr John Green and Miss Sarah Brown of Oct 5. 1824. That Mrs Sarah Brown should have been inserted in the record, instead of Miss Sarah Brown, she being at that time the widow of John Brown
Danforth Taylor
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss. June 28. 1842
Then the within named Danforth Taylor, to me well known as a person of truth and veracity, personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me Joel W. Eaton Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss. I Elijah Sawyer Register of

The Court of Probate in and for said County of Glushin do certify that Joel Eaton Esq. before named is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Glushin and that his signatures as appears to the foregoing certificate is his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty ninth day of June A.D. 1842
Elijah Samsyn Regs. Probate

Washington Nov 4 th 1842.
Sir In my letter of Oct 1 st 1842, in reply to yours of Sept 27, respecting the disposition of Elazer Spaulding, I stated that I would write immediately to some person in Maine and if possible find out the fraud if any. The next mail I wrote and stated your opinion of the disposition and certificate, I also sent a copy of the disposition and the certificates, and requested immediate information if any fraud or forgery had been committed, if there had been none and there were such a man as the disposition represented to be Elazer Spaulding to be, I wished for his disposition duly taken and correctly certified and last evening I received the enclosed letter and disposition which I hope will prove satisfactory.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
I am Very Respectfully Yours Obedient Servant Daniel Greenleaf

I Eleazer Spaulding of Dover in the County of Piscataquis State of Maine. a Revolutionary prisoner. Being first cautioned as to to tell the truth, do testify and say, that I was a native of Pepperell, Massachusetts, that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty five, I was acquainted with one John Brown, who enlisted in the Continental Service the following year 1776. as a Sergeant in the same Com- pany in which I was a private, commanded by Capt John Nutting, and we continued in the said Company and Service one year. I further say that about the time of his enlistment he was engaged for marriage to one Sally Gilson, daughter of Lieut. Samuel Gilson of said Pepperell. I have always understood that said John Brown married said Sally Gilson.
Eleazer Spaulding

Piscataquis ss October 27 th 1842
Clerks Office, of Supreme Judicial Court.
Personally appeared Eleazer Spaulding aforesaid and made solemn oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me
E. Clark Clerk of the Judicial Court
I certify that I have been acquainted with Mr Eleazer Spaulding who subscribed the foregoing Deposition, for seventeen years last past, and do say, that the utmost reliance can be placed in his statements, for I know him to be a man of unblemished character.
Dover Me Oct 27. 1842.
A. S. Patten Justice of the Peace
Piscataquis ss.
October 27. A.D. 1842 Clerks Office Supreme Judicial Court. I hereby certify that

A. S. Patten aforesaid is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Piscataquis
E. Clark Clerk of the Court

Washington N.H. Oct. 1 st 1842
Sir
Yours of 27 th ult has this moment been received, respecting the deposition of B Shaulding you say it exhibits an irregularity in the Jurat and certificate of credibility bearing a strong appearance of a forgery. If the Jurat be in the hand writing of the Justice the certificate of credibility must be a forgery. I know nothing personally of any of the parties to the execution of the deposition. I sent it to you precisely as I rec d it. I will immediately write to some person in Maine, and if possible find out the fraud, if any.
I am very respectfully Your obed Servant Daniel Greenleaf
Jas. Edwards Comm er of Pensions Washington D.C.

JOHN FAIRFIELD, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
To all who shall see these Presents,
GREETING.
Know ye, That Emery Mellen of Allion in the County of Kennebec, whose signature is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date of the within attestation, a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, within and for the County
John Fairfield aforesaid: (That the signature purporting to be his is genuine;)
duly nominated and appointed, 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 caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA, the twenty eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- two and in the sixty- sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By the Governor.
Philip L. Johnson,
Secretary of State.
use of initials
Emery Mellen

I Obediah Withrell of Albion in the county of Kennebec & State of Maine and a native of Pepperell Massachusetts aged ninety seven years Do depose & say that I was personally acquainted with John Brown of Townsend Massachusetts and that said John Brown married Sarah Gilson. Daughter of Lieut Samuel Gilson of Pepperell & that said John Brown enlisted in the continental service in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six and remained in the service for the term of one year. He was stationed at Cambridge & from thence went to New York & from thence to the White Plains & that said John Brown was a sergeant in the company commanded by Capt John Nutting & in the Regt. with myself. Given under my hand this twenty first day of May. & in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty two Obediah Withrell
Kennebec ss Albion May 21 st AD 1842
Personally appeared the above named Obediah Withrell & made oath to the truth & correctness of the above deposition. Emory Mellen } Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named deponent is a man of truth & veracity & is able to read & write without the use of spectacles Emory Mellen

Washington City August 13 th 1842
Dear Sir
Yours of the 9 th instant I am acquainted with Major Gladiak Withersell of Albion Maine, we was in good health when I last saw him previous to leaving home last fall, he is a respectable person and a man of integrity and his statements entitled to full credit, he appear to be of sound mind when I last saw him, he was an officer in the Revolutionary war I believe either a Captain or Major
Respectfully Yours Alfred Marshall

Dover Maine Piscataquis Co. October 27. th. 1842.
D r Greenleaf Esq.
Enclosed is Affidavit Mr Eleazar Spaulding re taken in the cause you requested.
The one you returned was genuine.
Respy. yr m c o bl serv t .
J. S. Clark

5625
W.H.
of Sarah Green for Mrs. Brown Let to Danl. Greenleaf July 18 42
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Washington N.H. July 16 th 1842
Sir
I send with this an application of the Widow Sarah Green, formerly the wife, and Widow of John Brown a soldier of the Revolutionary Army, for a pension, to gather with such evidence as she has been able to procure.
 No 1 Declaration of the Ward  No 2 " evidence of her Marriage to J Brown  " 3, " " " the Death of Do  " 4, " " " her Marriage to John Green  " 5, " " " of the Death of Do  " 6, " " " the services of said Brown for 1 year. 1776. O. Withers deposition  " 7, " " " the first service of said Brown in 1776 as appears by your letter May 7 th 1840.  " 8, " " " the last services of said Brown in 1777 as appears by your letter Mar. 13. 1840. 
This last service was after the Marriage of John Brown to Susan Gilson, now the Widow Green.
Your immediate attention is respectfully requested.
I am most respectfully
Your humble Servant
Daniel Greenleaf
W. Edwards Esqr Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C.

I John Miller aged fifty seven years, and I Samuel Green, aged twenty four years, depose and say that I was personally acquainted with John Green of Stockdard in the County of Cheshire, that he died at said Stockdard on the thirty first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, that he left a widow with whom we are personally acquainted who was at the time he married her, the widow of — John Brown a Revolutionary Soldier, and that she has remained a widow ever since his death Witnesses Joel W. Eaton Abrania Hodgman John Miller Samuel Green
State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss. 3 Be it known that on the twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two personally appeared the above nam- ed John Miller and Samuel Green and made oath that the above certificate by them subscribed is true Before me Joel W. Eaton Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named John Miller and Samuel Green are persons of truth and veracity
Joel W. Eaton Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss.
I Elijah Sawyer Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County aforesaid, do certify that Joel W. Eaton

Esg. above, or before, named is a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Colchester and that his signature to the within sign- atures certificates is his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said County of Probate this twenty ninth day of June A.D. 1842 Elyah Sawyer Probate-
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I Sally Miller of Stoddard New Hampshire aged fifty seven years, depose and say, That I was person- -ally acquainted with John Brown late of Stoddard New Hampshire, deceased, That he formerly resided in Townsend Massachusetts, that in the year eighteen hundred and ninety five, he left Townsend and came with his family to Stoddard N.H. That I lived in his family, I lived in his family before he left Townsend and came to Stoddard with him, that I lived most of the time in his family at Stoddard untill he died and was there at the time he died, which was in July 1804. That I have ever since his death, been ac- -quainted with his Widow, that she now resides in Stoddard, and has resided here ever since the death of said Brown. That she after the death of J Brown Married to Mr John Green, who died in January 1831. That she now resides in Stoddard, and is the iden- -tical Sarah Green who now requests a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her first Hus- -band, John Brown. I further depose and say, that I have often heard the above named John Brown say that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army.
Sally Miller
State of New Hampshire Sallie Miller
July 23 rd 1842, Then the above

named Sally Millen, to me well known as a person of truth and veracity personally appeared, and made oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed is true.
Before me } Justice of the Peace Jos. Healy } and Quorum through- out the State
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss. I Elijah Sawyer Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Cheshire aforesaid, hereby certify that the above named Joseph Healy is a Justice of the Peace and Quorum throughout this State, and that I do believe his official signature to the above signed certificate by him subscribed, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court of Probate this twenty-fifth day of July A.D. 1842 Elijah Sawyer Regr. Probate