Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,535, Heman Crocker, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Broker, Heman Lydia
NUMBER
W. 14.535
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 1433
Lydia Crocker widow of William Crocker decd.
who died on the 5 September 1801 of Plymouth in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chaplin of the 8th Regt. commanded by Col. Cotton in the Mass. line for 6 mos. 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 21 Dollars 33 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sept. 1837 and sent from J. Q. Adams to Mrs. S.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1837 $138. 64 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 38 - 11. 66
$149.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836; Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 2a Page 47

Mrs. Lydia V. Crocker Declaration
V 809. 3. etc.
Mar c 1774
died 1807
Aa pr. 6m 12 days
Mch. Melville Coats
Chunah Col Cotton
$21.33 per am comp
Mar 4. 1831
Hor. Pitman AR
127.98 10.66 138.64

Comm on wealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth Y.
On this fifth day of December 1836 personally appeared before the Hon. Willis Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth Lydia Crocker a resident of Carver 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836.
That she is the Widow of Herman Crocker late of said Carver deceased who was a soldier in the War of the American Revolution & served as follows, viz:
Six weeks in Capt. James Churchills Company at Roxbury near Boston in 1775 as a soldier in Col. Theophilus Cotts Regiment.
Five months as a soldier in Capt. Ebenezer Washburns Company in Col. Brooks Regiment at Cambridge near Boston in 1778.
He also served five months at New York at the time of its evacuation which she thinks was in 1776. She cannot tell in what Regiment or Company.

She further declares that she was married to the said Heman Crocker on the thirteenth day of October in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy four by Rev John Howland; that her husband the said Heman Crocker was lost overboard from a fishing Schooner on the Grand Banks on the fifth day of September in the year 1801 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Lydia her Crocker mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written & I certify that said Lydia Crocker is a credible person & by reason of advanced age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel to attend court
Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth

Plymouth J. Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willies Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above & foregoing signa- ture is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County this sixth day of December A.D. 1836
Jacob H. Lord

I, Lewis Bradford of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth, Massachusetts, do testify upon oath that I was born said in said Plympton in the year 1768, and have lived there, that I am now the Town Clerk of said Town, and have been such ever since March, 1812, and have been yearly and legally sworn into that Office, and that I have the Town Records of said Town of Plympton in my Custody, and that upon examination of said Records I find that Herman Crocker and Lydia Churchill were joined in Marriage, October 13. 1774, by the Rev. John Howland, who was at that time the Minister of the Gospel in the then Second Parish of the said Town of Plympton. — All which appears from said Records.
I further testify that, the said Herman Crocker, at the time of his said Marriage, belonged to said Second Parish, which was incorporated into a Town June 9. 1790, by the name of Carver; that the said Lydia is yet living and residing in said Carver, and has never been married since the death of her husband, the said Herman Crocker.
Lewis Bradford { Town Clerk of the Plympton, November 16. 1836. { said Town of Plympton.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. November 17 th 1836.
Then Personally appeared Lewis Bradford before the Subscriber and made oath that the above Deposition by him — Subscribed is true the said Deposition is well known to the Subscriber to be a man of truth and a credible witness. Jonathan Pather Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth Y. Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & the signatures to the annexed Affidavits purporting to be his are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this Sixth day of December 1836
Jacob H Lord

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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14.533-
Lydia Crocker Widow of William Crocker Pris New War
Act: July 4 th 36
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V Lydia Crocker widow of Heber Crocker and Mabel Adams buried at age 24 1877 In Lond. do. to June 17. 1837 - to same 27. June 1837.
buried 4 July 1837

I Samuel Lucas of Carver in the County of Plymouth, aged eighty four years on oath do testify & say that in the War of the American Revolution I was a Soldier in Capt James Cluett's Company in Col. Cottons Regiment at Roxbury near Boston in the Year 1775 and at that time I served six weeks. I well knew Heman Crocker of Plympton a townsman of mine. He was a private soldier in the same Company & served the same length of time. We lodged together in the same Cabin. I am also acquainted with Lydia Crocker of Carver who is the Widow of said Heman Crocker. I was acquainted with her before her marriage & have known her ever since. She was his Wife at the time of the above service. The said Heman Crocker was drowned at sea twenty or thirty years ago & the said Lydia has never been married since his death.
Samuel Lucas
Plymouth Jp. Nov 18. 1836 Then the above named Samuel Lucas personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above

affidavit by him subscribed & I do certify that he is well known to me as a credible person
Jacob H Lord Justice of the Peace
Mr. Vence

I Nchemiah Cobb of Carver in the County of Plymouth, Esquire, aged eighty four years on Oath do testify & say that I was an Officer in the Army of the Revolution & I knew of Heman Crocker of Plympton being a soldier in the Revolutionary War in different Campaigns & I recollect that said Heman Crocker & my brother Joseph Cobb were both soldiers & served at New York at the time of the retreat from that place which I suppose to be in the year 1776, and that they were said to have served at that time five months but I cannot tell in what company or regiment they served.
Said Crocker was drowned at sea many years ago. I know his Widow Lydia Crocker, now living & that she has not been married since her said husband's death.
Nchem. Cobb
Plymouth ss. Nov 24. 1836 Then the above named Nchemiah Cobb Esq. made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me & I hereby certify that he is a credible person
Jacob A Lord Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss.
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County do hereby certify that Jacob H. Lord Esq is a justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to the annexed papers purporting to be his are his true & genuine signatures.
Witness my hand & the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court at Plymouth this Sixth day of De- cember 1836.
John B. Thomas

Daniel Soule of Plympton in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts aged sixty eight years testify and say I was a soldier in the war of the American Revolution and was at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts as near and contracted in the winter of 1778 in Capt Ebenezer Washburn's Company in Col. Packer's Regiment and served five months in said Washburn's Company and I well recollect of Heman Crocker then of Plympton being in said Ebenezer Washburn's Company and served the the same term of five months in guarding the fort troops
always knew the said Heman Crocker until his death which was over thirty years ago and have known his widow to the present time and she is still living and never has been married since her husband Heman Crocker decease
Daniel Soule
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. Plympton November 16 th 1836 Then Personally appeared before the Subscribed Daniel Soule well known to me to be a man of truth and a credible witness and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true
Jonathan Packer Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Jon- athan Parker Esq, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County & that the within signature purport- ing to be signed by him is his true & genuine Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said Court of Probate this eighth day of August 1837
Jacob H. Lord

I Daniel Soule of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Twenty Nine years on oath do testify and say that I am positively certain that I served in the revolutionary war with my townsman Herman Crocker who is now deceased in my former affidavit I stated the service to be in Capt Ebenezer Washburn Company in 1778 So long a period has elapsed it is possible that I might have been mistaken if Mr. Crocker's name is not on the rolls I wish that the rolls of Capt James Hailow Company in Col. Cane's Regiment might be examined which if served five months from July to December 1776 and it must be that Mr. Crocker service was in said Company at New York I will know we served together together five months Sum where and since it is said that my former affidavit is not proved by the rolls I should be unwilling to undertake to locate the service positively at any Particular time or place Daniel Soule.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. Plympton August 1 st 1837 Then personally appeared before the Subscriber Daniel Soule above named and made oath that the above statement by him submitted is true according to the best of his recollection. The said Deposition is well known by the Subscriber to be a credible witness Jonathan Miller Justice Peace

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Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
27 June J. H. Lord risk M rs A. D. D. Cricked Evens

Plymouth Mass. June 23. 1857.
Sir
I have just rec d yours of the 17 th inst in which you say that you wrote me on the 24 th April last respecting the case of Mrs. Lydia Crocker. I have never rec d any such letter from you nor any letter in relation to Mrs. Crocker's case since the papers were originally forwarded to you.
You will oblige me by sending a copy of that letter that I may be advised of the situation of her claim.
Yours &c J. H. Lord
Hon J. L. Edwards Washington D. C.

17 June J. G. Smith
Com. on John Chamberlain
Lydia Cook act 36
Revised
James L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Plymouth June 12. 1837
Dear Sir
Patience Chamberlin the Widow of John Chamberlin late of Abington in this County etc was married to said John Feb 19. 1778. John Chamberlin her husband was pensioned under the Act of June 7. 1832 I believe for about 6 months service say $20 a year. Do his papers show that he served any after the date of their marriage?
The papers of Lydia Crocker have long remained in your Office. May I ask your attention to them as I have never heard from them since I forwarded them to you. —
Yours &c
J. W. Lord

Sept. 11. add. pps Sydia Brockton,
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Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Hon J. L. Edwards Sir
Plymouth Aug 24. 1837
Yours in relation to the claim of Mrs. Lydia Crocker has been rec d dated 24 th April under cover of 27 th June.
The first term of service claimed is six weeks under Capt James Churchill in 1775.
Your objection to this is that the rolls shew no Captain by the name of James Churchill in 1775.
I answer that Priscilla Churchill the widow of said James Churchill is pensioned for this very same 6 weeks as a Captain at Roxbury in 1775. He was afterwards a Lieutenant. Please refer to her papers.
Earl Sears was pensioned for 6 weeks service under James Churchill at Roxbury in 1775 see his papers also.
Gen. Goodwin's Book credits him with 6 weeks service as a Captain & 12 months as a Lieutenant.
This 6 weeks service I presume was prior

to the 8 months service so called.
I believe that Isaiah Alden Esq. is pensioned for the same 6 weeks under Capt Churchill if I am not mistaken. Please refer to his papers. There was another Capt Churchill whose name was Sam l . It is possible Mr. Alden might have served with the latter. Capt. James Churchill did however serve 6 weeks at Roxbury in 1775 as you will find by examination.
In relation to the other service I have been to see Mrs. Crocker & she says that of her own recollection she did not remember of her husband performing but one of the terms of five months as alleged in her declaration. That she inserted the other in consequence of what Mr. Daniel Soule told her whose deposition she sent supposing it possible she might have forgotten it. As Mr. Soule is not borne out by the rolls in his former deposition he concludes he was mistaken & that Mr. Crocker was with him in Capt Harlow's Company in Col. Crary's regiment, in 1776. If this proves to be the case by reference to the roll of Harlow's Company it is then identified as the same five

months stated by Mrs. Cocker.
Please let me hear from this soon Lobaye.
Your Oth St J. H. Lord