Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,840, Abram Cook, Mass. Navy Also Served In War Of 1812

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. Navy.
Cook, Abram Sarah
No. 23,840
Also served in war of 1812.
CONTENTS

Maine 4947
Rep?
Sarah Cook Maz widow of Abram
who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Feb. 1844 and sent to J. S. Kimball Lebanon, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 1, Page 254

State of Maine ss County of York in the third day of December 1898 personally appeared before the Board of Probate in and for the County of York aforesaid and State of aforesaid. Sarah Cook a resident of Lebanon in said County aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress of July 7th 1898 that she is the widow of Abraham Cook late of Lebanon aforesaid deceased who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. He shipped on board the United States Ship the full of 1779 at Portsmouth N.H. as a marine and served about six months. Thomas Simson was Capt of the vessel - Elijah Hall was Lieutenant the name of the ship was the Ranger in which he served In the spring of the year 1781 she enlisted at Lebanon Maine to serve three years and went to Boston Mass - where he joined the first Regiment in Gen Knowlton's Brigade and served his full term of three years and then returned and in March the 17th 1784 we were married at Portsmouth N.H. by the Rev Joseph Back- minster a minister of the gospel of said Portsmou- -uth. My maiden name was Sarah Metten-
She further declared that said Abraham Cook enlisted in the late American War in the month of April 1813 under Capt Gookins and went to a place called Greenbush and in the last of the month of July following I heard he died at that place on the 19th of said July. I afterwards saw Mrs Andrew Dorr who was at with my hus- band who told me he closed my husband's eyes in death at said Greenbush - she further says she was not married to said Abraham prior to his leaving the army but she was married prior to the first day of January 1794 in at the time above stated Witness Wm. A. Hayes Sarah Cook J. S. Knowlton mark
State of Maine County of York ss I do hereby subscribe on the day and year aforesaid in open court
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate York Co. Me.

Town Clerk's Office Portsmouth N. H. Oct 13. 1838
I John Bennett Clerk of the Town of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire hereby certify:—That the following is an extract from the records kept for recording Marriages in said town of Portsmouth. Viz—
"Abraham Cook and Sister were Married March the seventeenth seven- teen hundred eighty five by the Rev d Joseph Buckminster"
as appears by said records.
I John Bennett Clerk of the aforesaid Town, of Portsmouth hereby certify, that the above is a true extract from the original records of said Town, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible letters and figures, as follows:
"March 17 th 1785"
John Bennett Town Clerk
I John Bennett above named, depose and say:—That I hold the office of Town Clerk in the
Town of Portsmouth
in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said
Town of Portsmouth
with the exception above named,
as certified by me, and I further depose and say that I have ex-
Sworn before me,
amined said records and cannot find recorded in them the Marriage of any other person by the name of Isaac Abraham Cook
John Bennett

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss. Be it known that on the 13 th day of October 1838 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared and made oath that the within named John Bennett and made oath that the within statement by him subscribed is just and true before me
Isaac Waldron Justice of the Peace
Rockingham ss. State of New Hampshire I Isaac B. Nott Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County hereby certify that Isaac Waldron Esq. who has subscribed the above certifi- cate was on the 13 th day of October last past & still is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, and that the same is his genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of our Supe- rior Court of Judicature this Eighth day of December Anno Domini 1838.
I. B. Nott Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23840
Sarah Cook Wid of Abram Cook Rev Rev War
Act: Mar 3rd 1843
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Molina - 2,930
Sarah book, widow of Abram book
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 15 th July 1812, of Port in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Fuller of the Reg t commanded by Colonel, in the Mass s line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of May '39, in favor of J. S. Kimball Sebastopol, Me.
Arrears to the 4 th of March — $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00 $280.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Purdie Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 — Page 5

Nov. 19. 1843.
Mand 3 rd &
July 1. 1843.
con
Maine
Sarah Cook
$80 per per
Lebanon Me Nov 14 43.
J. L. Kimball
Lebanon
Maine
Securities
Hee
Terms of Previous Writings etc. D, B

Lebanon, Maine Nov 17, 1843
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions Sir
I herewith forward the application for a pension of widow Sarah Cook under the Act of March 3, 1843 Also that of widow Tabitha Butler under Act of 1838 - Please direct all com- munications to the undersigned
Respectfully
J. S. Kennebec

Lebanon Dec 17 1838
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions,
I herewith forward to your Department the Applica- -tion of widow Sarah Cook, for a pension - Have the goodness to direct all correspon- -dence to the subscriber at Lebanon, Me
I am Sir your o bt Servt,
S. S. Winchell
24.564-1031658

State of Maine.
York, ss.—
I, JOHN SKEELE, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that
William A. Hoagies is Judge of said Court of Probate and that Increase S. Fernald Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signatures to the papers hereunto annexed and purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- eight .
John Skeele
} Register of Probate York County.

5348 Sarah Cook

State of Maine } On the 31 st day of August County of York } A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Cook a resident of Lebanon in said County aged eighty two 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 on the 3 rd day of March 1843 granting of pensions who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the widow of Abram Cook late of said Lebanon deceased who was a drummer in the service but by reason of her great age and shortness of memory she cannot state under what officers she served, and must refer to her declaration under the Act of 1838, & she says that under the Act of July 7, 1838 she received eighty dollars annually as a pension
She further declares that she is still a widow. Said Abram died at Grantham in the late war with Great Britain. She has not since married to any person Witness
Samuel Wentworth Sarah her Cook mark
County of York ss on this 31 st day of August A.D. 1843 personally appeared the above named Sarah Cook and made oath in due form of law that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true Before me
Isaac L. Kimball justice of Peace
I certify that the above marked Sarah Cook is an acquaintance of mine and that I know her to be a credible witness, that she is still the widow of Abram Cook deceased and all her statements are entitled to full credit Isaac L. Kimball justice of Peace

County of York ss
State of Maine
I William Drafton, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Increase L. Kimball is an acting Justice of the Peace, within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission was dated on the twenty third day of March 1837, and will expire on the twenty third day of March 1844, and that his signature to the certificate herein is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this sixth day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three.
William Drafton, Clerk.

I Beniah Dore of Milton in the County of Strubben in the State of New Hampshire aged seventy three years, testify depose and say, that I was a soldier in the War of the Revolution three years under Capt John Fuller in Colo. Shepherds Regiment - as a soldier as aforesaid, I knew Abner Cook a soldier there over two years. said Cook was a soldier in the first Regiment of the Mass. line - said Cook was of Lebanon, Maine - I also went from Lebanon aforesaid. I was well acquainted with said Cook before he enlisted as a three years man, and while in the Army I was with him, and after his return from the Army, I knew him many years - I think he was a married man when in the service, he is now dead - he was a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, and died in the Army. his widow Sarah Cook is now living in said Lebanon supported by the town. I was with said Cook in the years eighty one two and three - he was a three years man from said Lebanon in 1781 1782 and 1783 with me his
Witness
Beniah Dore mark
Isaac B Dore Eliphaleth Dore
State of Maine } ss. County of York } Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Beniah Dore this 27th day of November 1838 Before me
I Isaac H Kimball justice of the Peace in and for the County of York aforesaid, certify that Beniah Dore above named is well known to me to be a man of truth and statements made by him are entitled to full credit Isaac H Kimball justice of Peace

I Thomas Legro of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine your servant for years last August testified and say, that in April 1781 I think myself then 17 years old Abraham Cook then of Lebanon but now dead and Bena Stevens enlisted at said Lebanon to serve as soldiers in the Revolutionary War Joseph Pugh was the man who enlisted us as agents for a class who were to get three sol- -diers. Said Cook and Stevens went into the army but my father was unwilling that I should go so Joseph Stevens took my place. Said Cook did not return until after the war ended which was I think over two years - he and myself were near neighbours before he went into the army and after his return until he went into the last war and died there - Sally Cook his widow is now living a near neighbour to me. She is very poor and needy. Said Cook had served as a soldier in the war before he enlisted for three years with me. He was to have as a bounty 500 acres of land His wife Sally before marriage lived in Harington N.H. her maiden name was Sally Hatter. She then the Bachelorette of Portland joined them in marriage. She calls herself Sarah Cook. That Legro

State of Maine County of York
On this 26. day of November 1838 Subscribed and sworn to by the within named Thomas Legro Before me.
I Inness L. Kimball justice of Peace and for the County aforesaid, certify that Thomas Legro the within affiant is well known to me to be a man of truth, a credible witness and statements made by him are entitled to full credit I Inness L. Kimball Justice of the Peace

I David Corson of Milton in the County of Stafford and state of New Hampshire, depose and say that I enlisted on board the United State Sloop or Ship of war Ranger in the fall of the year A.D. 1779 I belonged to her five full months Capt. Thomas Simson was the Commander of said Ship Capt. Morris was the Captain of the Marines Elijah Hall and David Callom Lieutenants, we sailed from Portsmouth N.H. and went to Boston. The Warren and Sweden of France sailed from that port with us, after having been at sea for some time we took a privateer and the next day we took Eleven Sails called the Georgia fleet and brought them into Portsmouth the harbor, and I do further depose testify and say that Abraham Cook then of Lebanon now deceased was all the time with us, that Sarah Cook the widow of the said Abraham was before her marriage Sarah Nuttall of Newin- gton N.H. as I have always understood, I am now in the Seventy eighth year of my age David Corson
Stafford County ss. October 30th, 1830 Subscribed and sworn to -
Before me James Roberts Justice Peace I certify that the above named affiant David Corson is a creditable witness.
James Roberts Justice Peace

I Andrew Dore of Milton in the County of Shafford and State of New-Hampshire do here testify and say, that I was born and brought up in the town of Lebanon County of York and State of Maine in the immediate neighbor- hood of Abraham Cook late of said Lebanon deceased, that on the fourth or fifth day of April A.D. 1813 I and the said Abraham Dore both enlist- ed into the service of the United States in late American war, we enlisted in Rochester in  the said State of New-Hampshire under Capt Gookin and march to Greenbush, on or about the tenth day of July after said enlistment as need as I can now recollect the said Abraham died at said Greenbush, I was by the side of the said Abraham Cook when he died and closed his eyes and do know that he died about the time above stated. I do further depose that Sarah Cook is his Widow and Survives him and that previous to her marriage with said Cook her name was Sarah Mullen
Andrew Dore mark
Shafford County ss, October 31st 1830
Subscribed and sworn to before
me James Roberts Justice Peace

Chas. D. Merrill
State of New Hampshire
Stoddard p.
I Francis Cogswell clerk of the Superior Court for said County hereby certify that James Roberts Esquire is a Magistrate as within and that I believe the signatures to the annexed affidavits purporting to be his are genuine -
Witness my name and seal of said Court this 28th day of November 1888 -
F. Cogswell, Clerk.

I Jonathan Knowe of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine aged eighty years. depose testify and say that I was a Soldier in the War of Revolution eight months at Cambridge Mass. Ebenezer Sullivan commanded the Company in which I served Abram Cook of Lebanon County of York and then Dist of Maine served as a soldier in said Company with me during said eight months - I was well acquainted with said Cook - I also was with said Abram Cook at a place called Valley Forge about upon the line between Virginia and Pennsylvania I was with him there during winter quarters said Cook belonged to the same Brigade with me but not in the same Regiment with me - I think he then belonged to Colo Needs Regiment and was either a three years man or a during the War soldier I think the latter It was during the winter of 1778 that I was at Valley Forge with said Cook I think - This was the winter after we helped take General Burgoyne General Poor also commanded this Brigade at Valley Forge I think said Cook remained a soldier till the War was over - his widow is now living at Lebanon, Maine and is very poor taken care of by the town as a pauper
State of Maine } ss. County of York } Nov. 22 1866 by the above named Jonathan Knowe Before me Increase L. Kimball Justice of the Peace Jonathan Knowe Subscribed and sworn to

I Inness S. Kimball a justice of the Peace in and for the County of York, certify, that Jonathan Knapp above and within named is well known to me to be a man of truth and veracity, and statements made by him are entitled to full credit
Inness S. Kimball, justice Peace

Angloa Goodwin affidavit for Mr Cook
4048
Me
act 7. July 38 Not on Roll cap. Sullivan " " " Ranger
Final Settlement
  No 28003 -  1 Jany 83 -  $ 2.72    28446  " " 82 -  76 -    28772  " " 83 -  80 -    29034  4 Nov. 83 -  80 -    29337 -  1 Jany 84 -  9.57    30.266 -  " " -  40.60  
acmd 2 years pri 804
No deduction
J. S. Kimball Lebanon Me

I Reuben Goodwin of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine aged Seventy seven years, testify, and say, that I was a soldier of the Revolution - and while a soldier as aforesaid I was well acquainted with Abram Cook who also was a soldier and a drummer in the New Hampshire line - I was with him and acquainted with him before he enlisted as a soldier - Said Cook served in Col. Seammoms Regiment I was with him at Newkinson eleven miles from that Point in the State of New York - He was out through about the whole of the Revolution than He lived in said Lebanon before he enlisted and after he returned he spent his days at Lebanon aforesaid and is now dead - his widow is still living in said Lebanon and has not married since the death of said Abram Cook - I knew his family while he was in the service - he was married and had a family when I first knew him - I was with him in the year 1782 - but not in the same Regiment - I was of the Massachusetts line and he of the New Hampshire - I served in Col. Putnam's Regiment at this time - I was a three years man - Said Cook served longer than I did whether under more than one enlistment or not I cannot tell
State of Maine ss County of York Nov 16 1838
Reuben Goodwin
Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Reuben Goodwin Before me
I Iman S. Kimball a justice of the Peace in and for the County of York aforesaid, certify that the above named Reuben Goodwin, is well known to me to be a man of truth and veracity, and statements made by him are entitled to full credit. Iman S. Kimball justice of the Peace