Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14627, Israel Davis, Mass.

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Davis Israel Dowell Hannah Former widow
W.14627
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Massachusetts - 1983
Hannah Dowell formerly widow of Israel Davis, decd.
Mah who died on the _____ of _____ co in the State of Mass ts who was a Captain in the _____ commanded by Captain Pillsbury of the regt _____ commanded by Col. Glon _____ in the _____ time for 2 years Captain
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 480 Dollars — Costs, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of April, 1834 838 and sent to Wm Wart, Newburyport, Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March, 1838 $3360:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 14 Sept. " 240:00
$3600:00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk, Book A, Vol. 2. Page 49.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 14 th 1836. State of Massachusetts, Essex County ss.
On this thirteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the Honorable Daniel Appleton White. Judge of Probate for said County,
Hannah Dorr, a resident of Newburyport, County and State aforesaid, aged seventy nine 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 14 th 1836.
That she is now the widow of Daniel Dorr, late of said Newburyport who deceased in the year — That her first husband was Captain Israel Dorr, who was a Captain in the army of the United States, in the war of the rebellion, and served therein as such several years, as will appear by the rolls of the Department of War; and by the evidence she may be enabled to annex to this declaration, to all which she respectfully asks leave to refer.
She further on her oath declares, that she was lawfully married to the said Israel Dorr, at Bath Bay, in the year 1797 - by Elisha McCabe, who has since deceased - That by her said husband, she had four children viz. Abigail, now Abigail Cook; Rhoda, now Rhoda Bray; Isaac, now at Glasgow; and Elias who has deceased - all of whom were born at said Bath Bay - That after the decease of said Israel Dorr, her first husband, she intermarried with said Dorr, and ever since the decease of said Dorr has not intermarried, but has remained a widow.
Hannah T. Dorr much
Sworn and subscribed, in open court, the day and year above written
Before D. A. White Judge
Edward Dorr.

March thirty first, A D one thousand seven hundred & ninety one - Daniel Dowell & Hannah Davis, both of this town.
I hereby certify that the above named parties were married by the late Rev: Edward Bass. Rector of St Paul's Church - Newburyport. County of Essex. State of Massachusetts; as appears by the records of said Church. except that in the record, it stands in fair legible figures - thus "March 31 st 1791 -"
James Morse Rector of St Paul's Church.
Newburyport 22 Nov. 1837 -
United States of America - Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. Town of Newburyport. November 22 nd 1837.
I William W. Gann, Notary Public for the county of Essex, by legal authority commissioned; and sworn, and a Justice of the peace and Quorum in and for said county residing in Newburyport aforesaid, do hereby certify and make known, to all whom the same shall, or may concern, that Reverend James Morse D D above named, is Rector of St Paul's Church in said Newburyport and that the above written is his genuine signature - I also certify that the above written Extract from the records of the late Rev Dr Bass, is correct, carefully examined and compared by me
In Testimony whereof I do also hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of Office, the day, month and year above written.
W W Gann Not Pub New Bur

Boothbay July 24 th 1837
This may certify whom it may concern that in 1776 August 10 th Israel Davis and Hannah Barter both of Boothbay were published for marriage as the Law directs by And d M c Farland Town Clerk
1777 May 3 rd then married Capt Israel Davis and Hannah Barter both of Boothbay by William M c Coll Esq of Boothbay James Auld 2 d Town Clerk
Lincoln July 24 th 1837
Personally appeared the above named James Auld 2 d and made oath to the truth of the foregoing copy of records as by him subscribed before me
Sarker Wilson Justice of the Peace
Lincoln July 24 th 1837
I hereby certify that James Auld 2 d is the Clerk of the Town of Boothbay
Sarker Wilson Justice of the Peace

August 26, 1937
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BA-J/EEL
Israel Davis- W.14627
Mr. George Wharton Rice Joppa Road W. Southport, Maine
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Israel Davis, of Boothbay, Lincoln County, District of Maine, who served as captain in Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's Regiment, War of the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.14627, based upon the military service in that war of Israel Davis.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Israel Davis are not shown.
Israel Davis entered the service early in the Revolutionary War and in 1776, while residing in Boothbay, Massachusetts(Maine) raised a company which he commanded for at least nine months: in 1777, he was ordered to raise a second company for three years or during the war, which order he carried out, marched his company to Cambridge, then to Saratoga and was at the surrender of Burgoyne, his company then attached to Colonel Wigglesworth's Massachusetts Regiment, and afterward joined General Washington's army at Schuylkill: it was stated that he rendered sea service during the latter part of the war and was engaged as sergeant of marines on a state vessel, name of vessel not given; length of this service at least one year; his entire service amounted to five or six years.
Found Capt Israel Davis in Mass. S & S also his sons
After the Revolution, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff for Lincoln County, Massachusetts(Maine), which position he held for several years.
The soldier married May 3, 1777, in Boothbay, Massachusetts

(Maine), Hannah Baxter, both were of Boothbay. The date and place of birth of Hannah and the names of her parents are not stated. She was his second wife, there are no data in regard to his first wife.
Captain Israel Davis died in 1788 or 1789, at Castine or at Eastport, Massachusetts(Maine), where he had gone to transact some business. His widow, Hannah, married March 31, 1791, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Daniel Dowell. They were married by the Reverend Edward Bass, rector of Saint Paul's Church in Newburyport. The date of birth of Daniel is not given. He died in 1812 or 1813, exact date not shown.
Hannah Dowell was allowed pension on account of the service of her former husband, Israel Davis, on her application executed June 13, 1837, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
The two older sons of Captain Israel Davis, Israel, Junior and John served in their father's company in the Revolutionary War. Their ages are not shown and there are no claims for pension on file based upon their service in the Revolution.
The widow, Hannah Davis, stated that four children were born of her marriage to Israel Davis, as follows:
Abigail Davis . . . . . married -----Cook. Rhoda Davis. . . . . " -----Brady. Isaac Davis. . . . . in 1836, living in Glasgow, state not given. Elias Davis. . . . . deceased in 1836.
All of the above named children were born in Boothbay, Massachusetts(Maine), but the dates of their birth are not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Hannah Dowell, former widow of Isaac Davis(W.14627), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Hannah Dowell, formerly widow of Israel Davis, Certificate No.1983, issued April 24, 1838, rate $480 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1937-Aug 26- Hunt P Geo H. Horton Rico- Eh
File No. 14627  William Davis  widow of  General Davis  Captain Rev War
Act: July 11 th 36
Index:—Vol. A , Page 189
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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V Suspended in Col. to Wm. Woart, Oct. 10, 1837.

This may certify when it may concern that in One thousand seven hundred and seventy six August tenth Israel Darris and Hannah Baxter both of Boothbay were published for marriage as the Laws direct by Andrew Farland Town Clerk
One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven May third Then married by me Israel Darris, and Hannah Baxter both of Boothbay by William M c Calb, Esq r of Boothbay.
I James Auld 2 nd - above named depose and say, that I shall the Office of Clerk of the Town of Boothbay, county of Lincoln and State of Maine, and that the above are true extracts from the records of said Town, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows "is" in that of the publication 1776 August 10. in that of the marriage 1777 May 3 d .
sworn and subscribed
before me
State of Maine. Lincoln, ss:
sworn & subscribed this tenth day of November 1837.
James Auld 2 nd Town Clerk.
Before me Marshall Smith Justice Peace.
State of Maine.
Wennebec, ss:
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County, hereby certify that Marshall Smith, Esq r , before whom the above proceedings were had is a Justice of the Peace.
Witness my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, this 13 th day of November 1837.
D. A. Chandler

I Hannah Doweell of Doweell of Newburyport, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, widow of Daniel Doweell deceased, and formerly the wife of Captain Israel Darris, in addition to the declaration which was made by me, before the Honorable Daniel A White Judge of Probate for said County of Essex, and in explanation thereof, do further on oath declare, that my first husband Captain Israel Darris, to whom I was lawfully married, as is in said declaration set forth, died at Castine, or at Eastport, in the State of Maine, where he went to transact business about the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight or nine as far as I am now able to state the time - I cannot by reason of age and loss of memory now state precisely, but I am confident that it must have been nearly about that time - I remained the widow of said Israel Darris, about three years when I intermarried with Daniel Doweell, who has also since deceased - The said Daniel Doweell my last husband died about the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve or thirteen as nearly as I can now remember - I have not intermarried since the decease of said Doweell, but am now remaining his widow. Newburyport November 21. 1837 her Hannah Doweell mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport - November 21 st 1837. Then personally came Hannah Doweell above named, and made oath, in due form of Law to the truth of the above written affidavit by her subscribed - before me W. W. Craig Justice of the Peace

I Bridget Picket of Newburyport, in the county of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Widow, aged Seventy three years, on oath do testify and declare, that I was well acquainted with the within named Daniel Darnell & Hannah his wife, knew her when she was widow of Captain Israel Darnell, as well as when she was wife of said Darnell - and I do know that she has been the widow of the said Darnell, as many as Thirty years - I formerly lived in their immediate neighborhood - and do know that she has not intermarried, but is still remaining the widow of said Darnell. Bridget Picket Newburyport November 23 d 1837.
Essex ss Newburyport November 23 d 1837 Then personally came Bridget Picket above named, and made oath to the truth of the above written Affidavit by her subscribed in my presence. - I do further certify that the said Bridget Picket is a credible witness, personally well known to me. W m Wood, Justice of the Peace
I Temperance Johnson of Newburyport, in the county of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Sixty two - years, on oath do testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with the within named Hannah Darnell, and do know, that she was formerly the wife of Captain Israel Darnell, deceased; and is now the widow of the late Daniel Darnell and that she has not intermarried since the decease of said Darnell but has been his widow more than Thirty years. Newburyport November 23, 1837. Temperance Johnson
Essex ss Town of Newburyport, on the 23 d day of November A D 1837 Temperance Johnson above named, who is well known to me personally came, and made oath, in due form of law to the truth of the above written affidavit by her subscribed in my presence. I do also certify that the said Temperance is a credible witness - W m Wood, Justice of the Peace

I Abijah Kinney of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged seventy five Years. do testify and say that I have been acquainted with Israel Davis ever since I knew any one that in the Year 1776 I enlisted in a company Commanded by the said Davis. and service under him in said Company in Boothbay. nine months. and that Nathaniel Winslow was his first Lieutenant and Christopher Woodbridge his Ensign that Ephraim Alley and myself. were privates in said Company. that after his service was up in Boothbay he enlisted in the regular service as a captain - & I the said Kinney enlisted in another Company. in Newburyport Mass - Commanded by Daniel Pillsbury in the same regiment with Israel Davis. Col Wigglesworth of Newburyport. Commander of the Regiment & one Glover of Marblehead was Brigade General. that I saw the said Davis several times during the war met him at Pittsfield & from thence we embarked by Water to Albany & from thence joined the main Army at Half Moon or Still Water and was acquainted with the said Davis more or less during the continuance of the Revolution war. & I know him to be a faithfull active officer. after the close of the war he was appointed Deputy Sheriff for the County of Lincoln I was well acquainted with his Second Wife Hannah Barter before & after their marriage. the last I heard from her she resided in Newburyport Massachusetts. and that he married the said Hannah Barter about the commencement of the war.
State of Maine,
Abijah Kinney
Lincoln ss Boothbay June 30 th personally appeared the above named Abijah Kinney and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me,
Parker Wilson Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss— I  Jacob Smith Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Parker Wilson Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this first day of July A. D. 1837.
Jacob Smith CLERK.

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I Jacob Smith Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Rufus Sewall Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed papers as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this first day of July A. D. 1837
Jacob Smith CLERK.

I Nathaniel Moore of Edgcomb in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine aged eighty eighty years do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Capt Israel Davis of Booth- bay ever since the first of my remembrance, that in the year 1776 I enlisted into a Company commanded by him & served under him in Boothbay nine months That Nathaniel Winslow was his first Lieut. and Christopher Woodbridge his ensign. That Ephraim Ully and Abijah Ken- ney of Boothbay were privates in said Company. That after his service was up at Boothbay he went into the regular service as a Captain and I enlisted into another Company commanded by Capt S. Jones. After the close of the war when he was discharged he returned home to his family and was appointed to the office of Deputy Sheriff & served in it for several years. I was well acquainted with his second wife, Hannah Barten before and after their marriage and the last I heard from her she resided in Newburyport Massachusetts. From the best of my rec- ollection I think he was out in actual service during all the revolution or at least most of it; and I should think his wife before marriage must have been rather destitute & straitened circumstances during his absence. He had his two eldest sons in the service with him . Israel Davis and John Davis, the one served as a soldier & the other, as a writer clearing his  such nine months.
Nathaniel X Moore mark
Lincoln ss. June 29. 1837. Personally appeared the above named Nathaniel Moore and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Rufus Sewall Justice of the Peace

I Ephraim Alley of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged seventy seven years do testify and say that I was intimately acquainted with Captain Isaac Davis formerly of this town from the earliest of my recollections. That in the first of the year 1776. He enlisted a Company to serve for one year except soon be discharged. that I enlisted into said Company under him as Captain the first of said year and served during said year until said Company were discharged. That when said Company were discharged he received enlisting orders to raise another Company to serve for three years or during war. That I enlisted a private under him as Captain in said second Company on the eleventh day of February 1777. That in March or April following He marched his Company to Cambridge Massachusetts & there joined other Troops. From thence he marched his Company with others to join the northern Army at Saratoga and was there at the taking of Burgoyne's Army. After this event he marched to a place Called Schuylkill to join Gen. Washington's Army. I know he must have served considerably more than a year in the Continental Service while I was under him as a private in his Company. I have also understood that he was out in the sea service as a Sergeant of marines and served a year or more on board a State's Vessel and do not doubt the fact. Two of his sons Israel and John served in his Company at Boothbay and Israel enlisted into his second Company and served under him in the Continental Service.
I was well acquainted with his second wife before and after he married her. Her name was Hannah Barter of this town. I think he married her just before or about the commencement of the Revolutionary war. I was frequently at his house in the year 1776 when I served under him in Boothbay & saw her there. When he went into the service he left his wife & children in indigent circumstances and I have no reason to doubt they suffered severely the evils of such a state.
Lincoln ss. June 29. 1837 Then the above named Ephraim Alley personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me. Rufus Sewall Justice of the Peace
Ephraim Alley

I Ebenezer Chase of Edgecomb in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine Aged Seventy one years last January do testify and say that I have heard of Capt. Israel Davis formerly of Boothbay and known him ever since my first recollections, but became more intimately acqunin- ted with him a little before the commencement of the Revolutionary war when he lost his first wife and married Hannah Barton for his second wife. I was well acquainted with her before and for many years after their marriage having lived near neighbors. That during the latter part of the war while he was absent at sea in a States Vessel she removed into my father's house with her family and continued about a year until he returned from sea and that afterwards his family lived in the neighborhood a number of years. That at the commencement of the war he was Captain of the Boothbay Company and was out in the land & sea service the greater part of the time during the war at least five or six years and probably more and that in consequence of Capt Davis being from home in the public service his prop- erty became reduced, and his family were left in very straitened circumstances and were dependant on others for their support & that it was in consequence of this fact that my father took them into his house
Ebenezer Chase
Lincoln ss. June 29. 1837 Then personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Chase and made solemn oath to the truth of the above dep- osition by him subscribed before me Rufus Lurell Justice of the Peace

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Hannah Dorell formerly widow of Israel Davis.
Mass.
Vol 35- p. 257. 265. 276 282 292 from 15 Jan to 5 Dec. 76 - inclusive Capt 10 mo. 20 ds.
Rolls - Capt. 1 Jan 77 - disch ar ged 11 Feby 1778 - 6 13 mo. 11 ds.
adm d. 2 years. Capt. 480 $
no deduction
Wm Hoart Esq Newburyport Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss. PROBATE OFFICE.
I Nathaniel Lord junior , register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that
the honorable Daniel A. White , before whom the declaration hereto annexed of Hannah Dowell purports to have been taken, is the judge of probate for said county, and that his name to the certificate thereon is his genu- ine signature; and the same was taken in open probate court; —
as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this thirty first day of july , A. D. 18 37 .
Nath. Lord Jr.

ROBERT P. DUNLAP,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE,
To all who shall see these Presents,
GREETING.
Know Ye, That Sawyer Wilson, — of Brookbay, in the County of Lincoln, Esquire, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was, on the twenty sixth day of February, A. D. 1835, appointed and Commissioned, and on the twenty fifth day of March, A. D. 1835, qualified, as one of our JUSTICES OF THE PEACE _____ within and for said County,
Robert P. Dunlap
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, this twenty seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- second, and in the sixty- second year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
A. R. Nichols, Secretary of State.

Newburyport, November 27th 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Allow me to forward you herin, in behalf of Hannah Dowell, widow of the late Captain Israel Davis, the evidence required by your regulations, in support of her marriage; as also evidence of her intermarriage with, and the decease of her last husband, Dowell, which took place many years ago.-
I am Sir very respectfully Yr most obedt Servt
W. M. D. Davis

We the subscribers - on oath declare, that we have full confidence in the within written affidavits, and fully believe the same to be true, and do know that the said Hannah Darnell, is remaining the widow of the writer named Daniel Darnell - and has been his widow about thirty years and has not remarried since his decease -
Newburyport Nov 24th 1837.
John Moody
J. H. Currier
Essex ss. Newburyport November 24th 1837. Then John Moody and Jonathan H. Currier Esquires, both of whom are respectable Magistrates for said county then made oath in due form of Law to the truth of the above written affidavits -
before me W. W. Darr, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss. PROBATE OFFICE.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of for said county, hereby certify, that William Cleart esquire, before whom the several affidavits hereto an- nexed of Hannah Dowell, Bridget Picket, Temperance Johnson, John Moody and Solomon H. Currier, purport to have been taken, and by whom the certificate follow- ing that of the reverend doctor Morris purports to have been made, is a justice of the peace, and a notary public, for said county; and that his name, subscribed to each, is his well known genuine signature.
as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this twenty seventh day of November, A. D. 1837.
Nath. Lord Jr.

270 35. 265-257- 282 292
35. 257- dieh? Brookbay 5 Dec 70- 265-256 15 June to last July 276 - 1 Mar - to last May 70 282 1 June to last Sept 292 6 Sept to 5 Dec 70-
13.11. 10-20 24 : 1

Newburyport August 1 st 1837.
J. L. Edwards, Esquire, Commr of Pensions
Sir
I ask leave, at the request of Hannah Daret, widow of the late Captain Israel Daret, deceased, who served as such, it is believed, in the Army of the United States, during the revolutionary War, to forward you herein, her application, for the benefit of the 3 rd Section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th of July, 1836; and would respectfully request should the Evidence, which accompanies her declaration, be approved by your Department, that Certificate may be issued to her, in such amount as you shall consider to be authorized by said Act.
I am Sir
With great respect Yours sincerely M c W art

Joppa Road, W. Southport, Maine August 10, 1937.
The Administrator, Veterans Administration Washington, D. C
Sir,
Personal information is respectfully asked, from a possible pension record, of Israel Davis of Boothbay, Lincoln County, District of Maine, Massachusetts, who served as captain in Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's regiment of the Continental Army, 1777-1779, at Valley Forge and elsewhere.
I have the captain's service record and that of two sons, Israel jr. and John Dresser Davis, who served in their father's company; but no facts of a personal nature which I desire.
Very respectfully,
Geo. Wharton Rice