Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1124, Hezekiah Coombs, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Coombs, Hezekiah or Coombs
W 1124
B.L.Wt 19.527-160-55
Bartol, Frances
(Former widow)
CONTENTS

Notion of con e sent to R.C.Von, Sept 19, 1820.
6641
Maine
Hezekiah Combs private.
Massachusetts line - 14 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1820.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Feby 1829 and del d R.C.Von
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1810. 4 mo 24/30 38.40 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1829 - 48.00
$86.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Lisbon,
Con

2753 Maine
Frances Bartol, formerly widow of Heyekiah Combs, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of November 1853 and sent to
Y. K. Harmon Portland Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 1 Vol. A
(18)
Reg 5 m 65-134570

43.570 act Mar 3/55
C. J. K. Harmon Mch 4/56
May 24 th /55
Frances Bartlett formerly wife of Hezekiah Combs, priest
Map: Cont. Greene
Rev. Pension act of 1818 at 96 per ann
Applicant also receiving a pension act July 3 1853 at 27.33 at 96 per ann
Ad: 160 Ac, Mch 19/56
me Relg 53 - B. M. Smith
No. Harmon Portland Maine
Vol. 62. - 16

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Hezekiah Coombs, aged fifty nine years, a citizen of the U. States born in Brunswick Maine, but now of his native Maine, upon oath testify and declare that I served in the first eight months service as a private in the war of the revolution against the common enemy in Capt James Curtis's company, from April 1775 to the last of Decem r 1775 who commanded the regim t all the time I do not now recollect, but it was part of the time commanded by Col. Cargill of the Massachusetts troops. This period I fully served out, and was verbally discharged by my Captain at New Meadows, Maine, Jan y 1. 1776. On April 1 st 1776 I again enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the U. States, in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment for what remained of the year service to run to Jan y 1. 1777 in Capt Wilde's company, and Col. Plummer's regim t Massachusetts troops. This period I fully served out, and took an honorable but verbal discharge at Fort George on Lake George Jan y 1. 1777, having served exactly nine months in the year service. On the first of July 1778. I again enlisted as a private soldier, upon the continental establishment for six months in Capt Benjamin Dement's company, Col. Wade's regim t Massachusetts line. Under this enlistment I was at the battle on Rhode Island under Gen l Sullivan. This period I fully served out, and was finally and honorably, but verbally discharged from the continental service at Providence Jan y 1. 1779. From my reduced circumstances, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge born on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed on the pension list for the district of Maine.
Hezekiah Coombs
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln J p .
On the eleventh day of April A D 1818, Hezekiah Coombs, above named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed. Before me,
Nathan Weston J p
Chief Justice C. Court C.
Pleas, second Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Calvin Coving of Lisbon in the District of Maine, of lawful age, upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Horakiah Coombs within named. I know that he served in the continental army in the years service as by him within stated, as I served in the same company and regiment with him. From his reduced circumstances he is in need of assistance from his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
Calvin Coving
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln Co
On the eleventh day of April A D 1818, Calvin Coving above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed.
Before me Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Jus C. Court C. Mass. Second Eastern Circuit.
Horakiah Coombs. Lisbon Lincoln Co ss. Col. Phinney's Mass. Reg. January 1776 to January 1779. 17 years
April 11. 1818.
Phinney's Regt. on the Continental Establishment
Admitted

State of Maine.
351.
copy KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this Eighth day of June , 1820, personally appeared before  in open Court before  Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Hezekiah Coombs aged Sixty three years, resident in Lisbon in the County of Lincoln within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Waldo and Regiment commanded by Colonel Phinney of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of ten months , having previously served nine months in Capt. Curtis's company of the same Massachusetts troops
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the Eleventh day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6641 . And I, the said Hezekiah Coombs do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Hezekiah Coombs
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: one small barn upon the land of another person of the value of ten dollars one cow and the half part of another which are of the value of twenty three dollars, one calf of the value of two dollars, three swine of the value of seven dollars. Furniture, besides necessary bedding, of the value of ten dollars, one axe and hoe of the value of one dollar & fifty cents. I have debts due to me that can be collected to the amount of twelve dollars, and I owe as much as forty three dollars. The income of the above property is not more than the interest of the money which I owe. I am by occupation a farmer; but from infirmity am unable to work. My family consists of myself, my wife Margaret aged sixty two years and has been unable to work for many years past and still so continues, my daughter Margaret aged twenty years.

Except the foregoing and necessary bedding and clothing, I have no estate or income whatever.
Hezekiah Grooms
Subscribed sworn to and declared, both the oath & schedule, on the eight day of June 1820.
Before me
Nathan Weston Jr
6766 Pleas.
A true copy
Attest John Davis Clk.
James P. Cummins Court of Common Pleas August Term 1820 Received & filed Attest Nat. Coffin, Clerk A true copy Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
Richard L. Ware Augusta
March 1829
6641
602
Hezekiah Grooms
14 56 351

State of Maine } Es. County of Cumberland }
On this Second day of February  March A. D. 1853, personally appeared before me Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate in and for the County and State aforesaid Frances Bartol a resident of Freeport in the County of Cumberland aged 58 years, who being sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3 d A. D. 1853
And your declarant states that she was formerly the widow of Hezekiah Coombs late of Lisbon in the State of Maine deceased, who was a Soldier
in the war of the Revolution.
and a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1818 at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, which pension he drew until his death which took place on the 19th day of June 1830. She also states that after the death of said Coombs she again intermarried with one Samuel Bartol of said Freeport, and that said Bartol died on the twenty second day of August A. D. 1846.
And the said declarant further states, that she was married to the said Hezekiah Coombs on the Fifteenth day of May A. D. 1828 . at Lisbon and that her name before marriage was Frances Warren
She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
Frances Bartol
Then personally appeared the above named Frances Bartol and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me,
Josiah Pierce Judge.

State of Maine.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this ninth day of May A. D. 1855 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Frances Bartol a resident of Freeport in said County and State, aged 69 years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 2d, A. D. 1855.
And your declarant further states that she was formerly the widow of Hezekiah Combs late of Lisbon in the State of Maine that her said husband Hezekiah Combs was a Soldier of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the united States under the Act of 1818 at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum which pension he drew til his death which took place on the nineteenth of June 1830 that after the death of said Combs she was Married to Samuel Bartol who died on the twentysecond day of August 1846 She further states that she has not received Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress and that she believes that her said Husband did not receive Bounty Land in his Life time

YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said Hezekiah Coombs on the 15 th day of May A. D. 1828 , at Lisbon in said State, and that her name before marriage was Frances Warren .
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of Feby. 3 rd , 1853 , she made application for a Pension, on which application a pension was granted her at the rate of Ninety Six per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated on the 2 nd day of November A. D. 1853 No 2753 .
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow. Hezekiah Coombs
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint J. K. Harmon of Portland my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest,
Daniel Bartol  Witnesses held David I. Cushing
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged
the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Frances Bartol is  to be the person who performed
the military service aforesaid, and to be of the age above stated.  she represents her self to be, and that I have no interest in this claim  Seth Bailey , Justice of the Peace.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
COPIED BY ADY
MMNF am
September 12, 1928.
Mrs. Stella G. Robbins, 969 Bush Street, Apt. 405, San Francisco, California.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1124 , it appears that Hezekiah Coombs was born in Brunswick, Maine, date not stated.
He was allowed pension for the service of one year, as a private in the Massachusetts Troops, on his application executed April 11, 1818 while a resident of Lisbon, Lincoln County, Maine.
In 1820 he was aged sixty-three years and referred to his wife Margaret aged sixty-two years, and his daughter Margaret aged twenty years.
Soldier married May 15, 1828 at Lisbon, Maine, Frances Warren of said Lisbon; he died June 19, 1830 in Lisbon, Maine and she married Samuel Bartol of Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, who died August 22, 1846 at Lisbon, Maine.
She was allowed pension on account of the services of Hezekiah Coombs, on her application executed March 2, 1853 while a resident of Freeport, Maine aged fifty-eight years.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT, Cumberland County, ss.
Be it Known, That on this Twenty ninth day of March 184 3 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Ebenezer Coombs late of Sibson was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at said Sibson on the Nineteenth day of June 184 0 . — And that Frances Bartol , was is the widow of said Ebenezer Coombs deceased. That after the death of said
Ebenezer Coombs, his widow the said Frances intermarried with Samuel Bartol, that said Samuel Bartol died at Sibson, on the twenty second day of August A.D. 1846, and the said Frances Bartol is now a widow.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this Twenty ninth day of March in the year 184 3
Josiah Pierce Judge Register of Probate for Cumberland County.
STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SS.
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, are genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this 29th day of March A. D. 185 3
Freeman Bradford Regr

I Daniel Bartoll of Freeport in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am thirty two years of age, my Father Samuel Bartol married Frances Coombs, who was the wid- ow of Hezekiah Coombs of Lisbon, my father said Samuel Bartol died on the 22 d day of August A.D. 1846, since that time said Frances Bartol has remained a widow and is now living in this town, and is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration for a pension made in my presence on the second day of March 1853, and that I have no interest either expressed or implied in the claim of said Fran- ces Bartol to a pension.
Daniel Bartol
Cumberland ss. July 2 1853 Then personally appeared the above nam- ed Daniel Bartoll who is known to me as a person of truth and veracity

and a respectable & credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed, and I certify that I have no in- terest in the foregoing claim.
Before me
Seth Bailey Jr. Justice of the Peace

We (Daniel Bartol and David S. Cushing of Presque Isle in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that we are well and intimately acquainted with Frances Bartol of this town, she was formerly the widow of Hezekiah Cookubs, and is now a widow and Pensioner of the United States, and the identical person she repre- sents herself to be in her claim for Bounty Land in which claim we have no interest.
Daniel Bartol David S. Cushing
Cumberland ss. May 17 th 1855. Then personally appeared the above named Daniel Bartol and David S. Cushing who are persons of truth & integrity made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them signed Before me
Arthur Bailey Jr. Just. Peace.

I Moses Dobbets of Lisbon in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am Seventy six years of age, and was well acquaint- ed with Hezekiah Coombs late of this town deceased, said Coombs was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum. I was with him a number of times when he drew his pension. Said Hezekiah Coombs mar- ried Frances Warren of this town for a second wife. I was then an acting Justice of the Peace and married them. Said Hezekiah Coombs died about 20 years ago or more, after the death of her hus- band said Frances Valley Coombs mar- ried a Mr. Bartol, who died in this town, after the death of said Bartol she called on me for a Certificate of marriage, suppos-

ing herself entitled to a pension through Mr. Coombs her former husband. Said Frances Bartol has not to my knowledge been married since the death of her last husband, said Bartol. And I have no interest in her claim to a pension.
Moses D. Dabbett
Simsbury Sept. 1 st 1853. Then personally appeared the above nam- ed Moses Dabbett who is known to me as a man of truth and who is a credible & respectable wit- ness & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed before me. And I also certify that I have no interest in the claim of said Frances Bartol for a pension.
Edward S. Briggs Justice of the Peace

I Robert Pack of Lisbon in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine on oath de- pose and say that I am Town Clerk of said Lisbon, and have in my cus- tody and possession the Books of Record belonging to said town. In one of said Books purporting to contain a Record of Marriages &c. for said town I find the following among the list of marria- ges viz.
Mr. Hezekiah Coombs with Miss Frances Warren both of Lisbon. May the Fifteenth A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
By Moses Dibble Esq r .
Lisbon March 1 st 7 th A.D. 1853. Here- by certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the aforesaid Book of Records, with the exception of the dates which are ex- pressed on the Record in fair legible words & figures thus, "May 15 th A.D. 1828." Robert Pack Town Clerk of Lisbon.
Lincoln County ss. March 1 st 7 th A.D. 1853. Then personally appeared the above named

Robert Pack Town Clerk as aforesaid, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement and Recordly himself signed.
Before me Sam l Moody Justice of the Peace.

Rec. No. 117-100-100 100-100-100

To the Commission of Pensions Revolutionary War Records.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly write me any information that your records may give relating to Hyakiah Coombe-who enlisted for Brunswick Main about 1775- and thereby my greatly obliged yours truly
(Mrs) Stella G. Robbins Apt. 405- 969 Bush St San Francisco
November 15-1927 California

San Francisco - California - November 25. 1923.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Wishing to become a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution I am writing to you to have my claim verified as our original Pension Certificate was destroyed by fire.
Found in Rec. mss. A. 9. 2. 20. 118
My great grandfather, Hezekiah Coombs was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner, drawing his pension in Augusta, Maine. I cannot say whether he entered the service from Maine or Massachusetts, but at the close of the war and until his death he lived on a farm near Lisbon, Androscoggin Co. Maine. Would you kindly send me a copy of the original Pension Certificate?
I would also like to establish my claim to membership in the Society of Daughters of Eighteen Hundred and Twelve.
My grandfather, William Coombs,

(living in Androscoggin Co. Maine, and son of Hezekiah Coombs) served thru the war of 1812 on the sea. His daughter (my mother)
Martha Coombs Purington received a grant of land from the Government in recognition of his service.
I would appreciate any information you may have an record concerning these two ancestors.
Recd H. Coombs B.L. Warrant No. 63346 and told her the only reason she it was not given 1812
Thanking you - Yours truly -
Nellie Purington Williams (Mrs Harry Williams)
271 Carl St.,
San Francisco - Cal.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.

1924 - Jan 14 - Hist. to Mrs. Harry Miller 1928 - Sept. 12 - Hist. to Mrs. Bella ...
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1124
Francis Bartol, (formerly)
Widow.
Hezekiah Bombs,
Prin. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: — Vol. A , Page 28
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Hezekiah Coombs , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Lisbon , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the eleventh day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  per C. Root C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis

State of Maine.
I Nathl Coffin Clerk, for the County of Lincoln of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is
Sixty five dollars and Fifty cents not  and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirtieth day of August 1820.
Nathl Coffin Clerk of said Court for the County of Lincoln

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
PORTLAND, March 29 PROBATE OFFICE, } A. D. 185 3
I, Freeman Bradford REGISTER OF PROBATE,
In and for the said County of CUMBERLAND, certify that
Samuel Mordy Esq. is, and was at the date of the annexed attestation, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for the County of Lincoln as appears by the paper hereto
annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT AS SUCH; that the
Commission of the said is dated
A. D. 18  and will expire  A. D. 185 
and that the SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
_____ REGISTER.

J. K. Harmon Portland Maine

143-570
Claim of Frances Bartol
To Bounty Land.
Act of March 3, 1855.
WAR OF the Rev.
J. H. Harmon
PORTLAND, Maine.

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
May 19th, 1855.
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Seth Bailey Junr. Esq.
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid,—and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
are _____ GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. Cook CLERK.

Mr. West 15 th , Me.
Boyle

Brief in the case of Francis Bartol, formerly Wid. of Ezekiah Combs. Cumberland County and State of Maine act 3. Feby; 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
1 st Substantive assertion under the Act of 18 th March, 1818, & Cont d .
Second Evidence of Marriage, (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
E. R. Harmon Esq r , Fortland,
Name and residence of Agent
Me!
J. H. Bryant, Examining Clerk.

N o 712
Frances Bartol formerly widow of Hezekiah Coombs Maine
Lot to G. R. Harmon May 30/83
Act. Feby 8/83
✓ 19.527
S Ms. Am.

J. H. Harmon Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
PORTLAND, October 20th A. D. 1853 } PROBATE OFFICE, }
I, Freeman Bradford
REGISTER OF PROBATE.
In and for the said County of CUMBERLAND, certify that Seth Bailey Jr Esq is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Cumberland, and Edward P Briggs Esq, is an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Lincoln as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that they are DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT AS SUCH; that the COMMISSION of the said Bailey is dated July 24 A. D. 1849 and will expire July 24 A. D. 1856, and that said Briggs' Commission bears date May 26, 1848, and will expire May 26 1853
and that the SIGNATURE, S purporting to be there's are GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford REGISTER.

Pension Office 30 May 1853
Sir.
Mrs Frances Bartol, who claims a pension as the widow formerly of Hezekiah Combs, must furnish evidence that she is the widow of the identical Hezekiah Combs who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the State of Maine, and that at the date of her application was and is now a widow. Her claim is necessarily suspended.
Very Respectfully L. D. Dole Commissioner
G. H. Harmon Esq Portland Me

Additional Evidence in Sus. B. Land Claim of Frances Bartol (formerly wife of Hezekiah Coombs) Act of March 3. 1853- War of the Rev. No. 3.570
J. K. Harmon
Portland
Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
March 11. 1856.
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 Hezekiah Coombs is borne on pay roll of Capt. Silas Wilds Comp. Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt. from March 10. to Dec. 8. 1776. (18 mos. 28 days), as private, and on Command at Fort Edward.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
D. G. De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
March, 4 th
1856.
Sir:
The claim of France Bartol, for bounty land under the act of the 3d March, 1855, No. 143,570, has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Hezekiah Combs, former the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED, that the recorded action of this office, admitting a revolutionary soldier to  of service the list of pensioners upon parole proof, is not considered "record evidence" within the meaning of the act aforesaid. In all applications for bounty land under this act, the papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined for record evidence of service, before this circular is issued.
Respectfully,
J. MINOT, Commissioner.
J. K. Harmon Esq. Portland. Maine.

Fin: Off: 29 th Oct: /53
Sir.
Please certify the time to which the Wiggins man pension was paid, or the date of his death. Yours Respectfully,
J. C. Cade For the Commissioner.
Hezekiah Combs, Act 1818 $8. p. month. Died 19 th June 1830; Paid to his death.
Thos. I. Rivers
Actg. Auditor.
Francis R. A. Lef. H. Auditor. drawing }

mm 189
January 14, 1924
Mrs. Harry Williams 271 Carl St., San Francisco, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1124 it appears that Hezekiah Coombs was born in Brunswick, Maine, date not stated.
He was allowed pension for the service of one year, as a private in the Massachusetts Troops, on his application executed April 11, 1818 while a resident of Lisbon, Lincoln County, Maine.
In 1820 he was aged sixty-three years and referred to his wife Margaret aged sixty-two years, and his daughter Margaret aged twenty years.
Soldier married May 15, 1828 at Lisbon, Maine, Frances Warren of said Lisbon; he died June 19, 1830 in Lisbon, Maine and she married Samuel Bartol of Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, who died August 22, 1846 at

Lisbon, Maine.
She was allowed pension on account of the services of Hezekiah Coombs, on her application executed March 2, 1853 while a resident of Freeport, Maine aged fifty-eight years.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.