Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,922, Increase Davis, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Davis, Increase Rachel
NUMBER
W.22.922.
CONTENTS

3974 Maine
Rachel Davis
widow of Increase Davis
Mass who was a Private
in the Massachusetts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of December 1843. and sent to Ebenezer Davis
Lubec, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1 Page 3
Reported Dec. 20. 1843

5345
Rachel Davis widow of Increase
Me.
act 7. July 38.
m 86. a 28.
adm Emopri 820
No deduction
Solomon Hayer
Lubec Me

State of Maine ss
On this Twenty Sixth day
March A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before John C Tuttle Judge of Probate within and for the County of Washington in said State Rachel Davis a resident in Lubec in said County and State, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of Increase Davis of Lubec aforesaid who was a private in the army of the Revolution where he served for six months in Col t Wipsons Regiment as she verily believes. She further says that she has heard her husband say that he was at West Point when Major Andre was taken, She further

Declaras that she was married to the said Increase Davis at Brookline Massachusetts on the eight day of June nineteen hundred and eighty six, that her husband the aforesaid Increase Davis died on the twenty eight day of Nov r eighteen hundred and thirty and that she has remained his widow ever since that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January nineteen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated Rachel Davis
Sworn to & subscribed in the way & year above written — Before me J. C. Talbot Judge of Probate

State of Maine
Washington County ss. _____
I Aaron L Raymond, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, in the County, and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hon. John B Talbot, is Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the annexed paper is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the District Court for the Eastern District, this twenty seventh day of April, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine -
A. L. Raymond Clerk as aforesaid

Mr Ebenezer Davis,
Lubec,
Maine.

I John Pierce of Brookline in the County of Norfolk & State of Massachusetts, testify that I am now & have been for many years the Pastor of the Church Society in said town of Brookline, & that there is a record of the marriage of Increase Davis of Roxbury & Rachel Dana of Brookline, on the eighth day of June A.D. 1786, in the book or volume of records kept by Rev. Mr. Jackson my immediate prede- cessor in the pastoral office in said town - and that said entry or record of said marriage is in words & figures as follows viz - '1786 8 June. Increase Davis of Roxbury, & Rachel Dana of Brook- line' - & at the top of the page of the record book from which the above is copied is written, marriages by Joseph Jackson -
John Pierce.
State of Mass ts Suffolk ss Boston April 18 th 1839. Then the above named John Pierce long deceased known to me as the worthy pastor of the church in Brookline, & as my way entitled to credit.

personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above deposition or statement by him subscribed before me Alden Boardman Just Peace

Boston, 18 April, 1839.
Mr Davis,
You perceive by the first page, that I have employed my good friend Alden Bradford, Esq. who has, for many years, been conversant in the business of pensions. I have no doubt, from his entire knowledge of the business, that it is now done, according to law. If by this you are accordingly enabled to procure the desired aid for your mother, his charge will be one dollar, which you may enclose to me, and I will pay Mr Bradford. There will be no other charge.
With kind regards to your mother, I remain your affectionate friend, John Pierce. Mr Ebenezer Davis.

I Elbridge Davis of Lubec, State of Maine Esquire aged forty nine years do on oath depose & say that I am the son of Immanuel Davis late of said Lubec but formerly of Roxbury in the State of Massa- chusetts & Rachel Dora his wife. That my father died at said Lubec on the twenty eighth day of November A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty & that my mother has never since been married.
Elbridge Davis
Washington Co. April 25 1879 Subscribed & sworn to
Before me J. H. Thayer
I further certify that the above named Elbridge Davis the Deponent is well known to me as a man of truth & veracity.
J. H. Thayer
Just Peace
Lubec April 25 1879

State of Maine
Washington County ss.
I Aaron L. Raymond Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in the County of State aforesaid. do hereby certify that Solomon Thayer of Lubec in said County is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County of Washington, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the within certificate is genuine. —
Given under my hand and the seal of the District Court for the Eastern District this twenty seventh day of April A.D. 1839
A. L. Raymond Clerk as aforesaid

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22922 Rachel Davis Widow of Increase Davis Pris Rev War
Act March 3 rd 48
Index : Vol A , Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Maine - 3656
Rachel Davis,
widow of Increase Davis,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 28 th November 1830 at Halloway in the State of Maine who was a P. in the County commanded by Captain Andrew of the Regt. commanded by W. Folsom in the Maine line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of July '39, and sent to Solomon Thayer, Subsec. Maine
Arrears to the 14th of March - $ 60.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 10.00
$ 70.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 15 Page 7.

Index April 30 th 1829
Sir
I send the application of Rachel Davis for Pension. You will be perceive that John Pierce D.D. has given two certificates. On most of the first, perceiving it to be informal I wrote him what was wanted & described the mode of making the certificate - He has not put down in words at length the date, as the instructions required - Yet the proof is ample to satisfy a jury or any court of Justice in the country - I send also & Davis'  his wife's proving the death of his father & the continued widowhood of his mother -
If the proof of the marriage is insufficient, as I presume from the result of other proof I have forwarded you it will be, I must ask of you the favor to write Doctor Pierce & state to him what you will receive & he will forward it.
In the cases of Mrs. Peasey & Mrs. Gove you require proof of a negative which is in law a technical impossibility.
Yours &c
James L Edward Esq Commissioner of Pension
W. H. Dodge

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Mr Ebenezer Davis, Lubec, Maine.

Brookline, 1 April, 1839.
Mr Ebenezer Davis
Dear Sir, I am happy to learn, by yours of 25 March, that you have obtained from Washington the necessary information of your father's enrollment in the Revolutionary Army. I will now add my certificate of your parents' marriage, which, I hope, will be deemed satisfactory evidence. If not, please to inform me, what more is necessary; and I will attend to it with pleasure. With affectionate remembrance to your mother, I am, dear Sir, yours sincerely, John Pierce.
This certifies, that by Church Records, in my possession, it appears, that Increase Davis, of Roxbury, was, on 8 June, 1786, married to Rachel Dana, of Brookline, my immediate predecessor, the Rev. Joseph Jackson, that they have since lived in my Parish, east man and wife; and that, as collateral evidence of this fact, one of their children, was, on 17 February, 1799, baptised in my Church, by the name of Hannah White Davis.
Attest, John Pierce, who has, since 15 March, 1797, been sole pastor of the Congregational Church, in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, five miles, South West of the City of Boston. Brookline, 1 April, 1839.

Lubec Sept 19 th 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq
Please to direct Mrs Rachel Davis's Certificate to Lubec, Maine, to my care and oblige your Yours - Servt
Elen F Davis

4428
Dr. Sep. 25 th 1843. A. Rachel Davis Oct 1843.
Maine $20 per q
Ebenezer Davis Duke Maine Egg Northampton D. G.
RECEIVED

Washington Co State of Maine ss
On this ninth day of August A. D. 1843 Personally appeared before the subscriber of the town of Lubec, Rachel Davis of a resident of said Lubec in the County of Washington Aged Seventy 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 on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, That she is the widow of Increase Davis, who was a Private in the Army of the revolution, and that she has heard her husband say that he served in Colonel Wesson's Regiment and that she received a pension of twenty Dollars per Annum under the Act of July 7 th 1838 She further declares that she is still a widow
Rachel Davis
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Ebenezer Davis Jus Peace
I certify that the above named Rachel Davis is personally known to me
Ebenezer Davis Jus Peace

State of Maine
Washington County ss:
I Albert Pillsbury clerk of the Judicial courts of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Ebenezer Davis is a justice in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the twenty second day of February A.D. 1838 and will expire on the twenty second day of February A.D. 1845 and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this eighteenth day of September A.D. 1843.
Albert Pillsbury
Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
This Excellency EDWARD EVERETT , Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That Alden Bradford is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestation is in due form, and by the proper Officer.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this eighteenth day of April, A. D. 1839, and in the Sixty third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.