Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,250, Elihu Cook, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
My Dear,
Cook, Elisha Cynthia
P. 2,250
CONTENTS

No 13.368
June 8/47
Cynthia Cook Elihu Mass.
Act 7. July '38- m 79. d. 01.
2250
act July 7 1838.

Declaration
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss. On this fourth day of May 1847 personally appeared before the Hon. Ithamar Conkey Judge of the Court of Probate of Hills & in said County, Cynthia Cook a resident of Hadley in said County aged eighty-eight years, she 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 several Acts of Congress passed July 7 1838 March 3 d 1843 & 17 th June 1844 granting half pay pensions to certain widows; That she is the widow of Elisha Cook who was a corporal & mechanic in the Army of the Revolution that he enlisted from the town of Hadley aforesaid, the names of the officers she cannot give from her own knowledge.
She further declares that she was married to the said Elisha Cook on the second day of December in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine That her husband, the aforesaid Elisha Cook died on the fifteenth day of April 1801 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred ninety four, viz: at the time above stated
Cynthia Cook Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written, before me Ithamar Conkey

I Sam. F. Lyman Register of Probate within and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Court in relation to the appli- cation of said Cynthia Cook for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 4 th day of May A.D. 1847
Sam. F. Lyman Regt Probate

I Owen McKinstry of Springfield County of Hampden State of Massachusetts do on oath depose and say that I am a descendant a Grand Son of the Rev John McKinstry who was formerly Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Said Springfield and that the records kept by said Rev. Mr. McKinstry while holding that office are now in my possession and the following is an exact extract from them. "December second thousand seven hundred seventy nine. Oliver Cook of Hadly and Cynthia Frink of Springfield were joined in Marriage."
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 fair legible figures as follows
"December 2 d 1879."
Owen McKinstry
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Hampden County } ss
May 6 th 1847 Then personally appeared at Springfield in said County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts the Above named Owen McKinstry and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed to is true
Cyrus Frink, Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss I Richd Bliss Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the s d Common- wealth for the County of Hampden do certify that Cyrus French Esq o whose signature is affixed to the foregoing Certificate was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Hampden duly qualified & acting under authority of said Commonwealth & that full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts done by virtue of said office & that he has acquainted with his hand writing & believe the above to be his true & proper signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the s d Court this Sixth day of May in the year of our Lord 1847
Richd Bliss Clerk

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Moses Porter Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Moses Porter and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this Tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

I William Porter of Hadley in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I was the attending Physician of Elisha Cooke of the same Hadley, and that he died in the early part of April one thousand eight hundred and one, and I was present when he was laid out, and that he left a widow, Cynthia Cook, who is still living in said Hadley, and has never intermarried but remains a widow still.
Personally appeared before me W m Porter & made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss Hampshire }
June 2 d 1847 William Porter above named personally appeared before me & made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate Moses Porter Justice of the Peace

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2250
P. O. _____
Cynthia Cook
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Wages: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Northampton Mass 12 5 th June 1867
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee Pensions Sir
I send you the affidavit of Mrs Cynthia Cook, widow of Oliver Cook, for a pension. There is no record either of the town or parish of the period of Mr. Cook's death. S t William Porter Shore affidavit accompanying the declaration is over eighty years of age and the testimony of most of the aged people in Hadley will corroborate his last affidavit.
Respectfully yours S t Ward Sam l L. Hinckley

13.368
Rejected
W. S. L. Henkle June 14. 1847
2250

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
March 31 1847.
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 Alpheus Cook, is borne upon an Abstract of the Travel of Capt Reuben Dickinson's Company, in Col Ruggles Woodbridge's Regt, as a Corporal of Hadley — No Service named — number of Miles travel 296, to and from Ticonderoga in 1776.
No evidence of his Service as a Mechanic . Name not found upon any roll with that of Colton Dickinson.
The above is all the evidence of Service of any one of the name, shown by the Military records in this Department.
[Handwritten flourish]

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.
John G. Gay.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, made by the widow of the party who rendered the service.
State of Massachusetts County of Hampshire Town of Hadley
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Stephen Cook late of Hadley in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Hadley in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Hadley in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts in the year 1777 as a mechanic or carpenter in the Company commanded by Captain
in Regiment and he served as follows, * viz:—
The particulars of his service she is unable to give, but she understands he was in the same Company with Cotton Dickinson who was a Revolutionary pensioner at the time of his decease, & she has understood that he was at Fishkill and at other places
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

2783.
I am now 88 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
I have appointed Giles C. Kellogg Esq of Hadley to act in the premises as my attorney
WITNESS my hand, this
5
day of
March
A. D. 184 7
Signed by said Cynthia Cook in my presence,
Simeon Dickinson
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
} Cynthia Cook