Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21996, Thomas Cook, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
book, Thomas Potter, Anna
W 21996
(Former widow)
CONTENTS

Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows
Widow of New Hampshire County of Rockingham ss }
D 1845
On this twenty sixth day of May A.D. 1845 personally appeared before John Sullivan Esquire Judge of Probate for said County of Rockingham Anna Potter a resident of Hensington in said County 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 benefit of the provisions made by the act of Con- gress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of Thomas Cook who was a private in the Revolutionary War (the evidence of his rank and services being in the pension office at Washington). She further declares that she was mar- ried to the said Thomas Cook on the twentieth fifth day of July seventeen hundred and eighty four and that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Cook died on the first day of February seventeen hundred and ninety four 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 and ninety four viz at the time above stated. That after the death of the husband aforesaid she was married to John Potter on the twenty third day of July A.D. 1795 that he died on the 23 day of February 1840 and that she is still a widow Witness G.W. Duncum Anna by Potter mark

State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss May 26. 1845.
Then the within named Anna Potter subscribed and made oath to the truth of the within declaration, at her place of residence, in Hennington, in said County, before me I certify that said Anna Potter by reason of bodily infirmary is unable to attend in open court
Jno Sullivan Judge of Probate for said County of Rockingham

State of New Hampshire      Rockingham ss. I David A. Gregg Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before the Honorable John Sullivan Judge of Probate for said County in the matter of the application of Anna Potter for a Guardian. And I do further certify that the said John Sullivan is the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County the twenty third day of August A.D. 1845. David A. Gregg Register of Probate.

State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham ss. Town Clerk's Office at Kensington June 2 nd 1845.
Thomas Cook & Anna Sanborn was joined in Marriage the twenty fifth Day of July seventeen hundred eighty four.
I certify that the above is a true copy of record except the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows 25 th Day of July 1784.
Attest Joseph C. Hilliard Jr Town Clerk of said Kensington.
I Joseph C. Hilliard Jr above named do hereby and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Kensington in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Kensington with the exception above named as certified by me.
Joseph C. Hilliard Jr Town Clerk of Kensington. Given to before me June 2 nd 1845. Stephen W. Dean Esq Justice of the Peace.

I Jeremiah Sanborn of Kensington in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire aged Seventy three years do hereby say that I was  was acquainted with Thomas Cook and was present when he died at his dwelling house in Salisbury — which was on the 1st day of February 1884 I also was acquainted with John Potter who was the last husband of Anna Potter I was present when said John Potter died which was on the 23rd day of Feb 1840 I further say that Anna Potter the widow of John Potter & Thomas Cook is a sister of mine and that she still remains a widow & has not been married since the death of said John Potter Kensington June 2. 1891- Known to before me J. W. D. Sanborn Justice of the Peace Jeremiah A. Sanborn

July 7, 1906. L. M. 26.

Cook, Thomas
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 62.
Rank: Private
Regt: 2 d N. H.
Disability: Wounded by a musket ball, which still remains in his side, at the battle of Bemus' Heights, September 19, 1777.
Date of commencement: October 15, 1792
Monthly allowance: $ 3.33 1 / 3
Arrears due: $80.

July 26, 1906
H. G. S.

Book, Thomas
His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 110.
Rank: Private
Regt: 2 d N. Hampshire
Disability: Wounded in the side, breaking a rib, and lodging the ball in his body.
When and where disabled: Sep. 19, 1777, Bemus's Heights.
Residence: Salisbury
Monthly allowance: $ 3.33 \frac{1}{3}
Arrearages: $ 80
Remarks: Enlisted Jan. 28, 1777; continued to the end of the war.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21,996
Mrs Potter Former widow of Thomas Cook Pr. New War
Act Feb 28 48
Index: Vol Ms , Page 138
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Anna Potter, who was widow of Thomas Cook, private N.H. line - 2 years -
acts 38 43 & 44 He
Roll of N. Hampshire -
married in 1784 husband died in 1794
Roll in 2 d husband died in 1840
locat: to the Hon. B. W. Jennings, Senate U. S.

10,007
Rep d ,
New Hampshire
Anna Potter, who was
Widow of Thomas Cook who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1 st February 1794 of Rockingham Co. in the State of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t , commanded by _____ in the N. Hampshire line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May 1846, and sent to Hon. B. M. Jennys, Senate U. States.
Total amount, $ 400
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1, Page 37.

7737.
Portsmouth, N. Hampshire
Rep?
Anna Potter, who was
widow of Thomas Cook,
who was a Private -
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May, 1846, and sent to Hon. B. W. Jennings Senate U. States.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
& June 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2, Page 19.

7737
Ans Cole
no cent
at
at
Official Business.
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions, City of Washington, D. C.

Dear J. L. Edwards,
Sir, Please send direct the Certificate to Joseph Lomax. Exeter N.H.

Nov 31 1895
Heather can. XETER China Potter
20
Dear J. L. Edwards Comm. n of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Ecceter Oct 31. 1845
Sir I rec d a letter from you on the 6 th inst saying that the evidence in the papers I sent you requesting a pension for one Anna Potter (formerly a widow of Thomas Cook) was not satisfactory, respecting the identity of the said Cooks ever being out in the Revolutionary War.
Enclosed I send you further testimony which I doubt not will be perfectly satisfactory particular-ly the testimony of Mary Hodgdon who has always been acquainted with Thomas Cook ever since he was a small boy untill his decease
Yours Truly J. Dearborn
P.S. Should the Enclosed testimony not be satisfactory I think I may be able to get other affidavits — J.D.

30 Hon J L Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

Port Office
Exeter Feb. 24. 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
Agreeably to directions contained in your letter of Dec last 1 st I have procured additional affidavits going to show the identity and War service of Thomas Cook which I trust will be satisfactory evidence .
In your letter of the first of Dec. you speaking of the enlistment &c of Cook you call him John Cook - which should have been Thomas . - There was a John Cook a brother of Thomas as you will see by the Secy of States copy of records. but of him we know nothing further. If he was called John Cook in any of the affidavits it was an error. Please address certificate to S. Dearborn - P.M.
Exeter
N.H.
Yours Truly
S. Dearborn
P.M.

The State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County To
to all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, the undersigned, Clerk of the Superior Court within and for said County, do hereby certify that Stephen W. Durdan Esq. who has subscribed his name to the annexed papers, is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission commission and qualification, dated on the Eleventh day of June A.D. 1843, and will expire in five years from that date, and that the signature of said Justice to be his, is in his own proper hand writing and are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Superior Court at Concord this twenty fifth day of August Anno Domini 1845.
D. H. Merrill Clerk

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 d February 1840, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution"
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss. On this 26 th day of September 1840, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Rockingham Anna Potter a resident of Kensington in the said County of Rockingham aged eighty years and upwards, 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 2 d February, 1840, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. — That she is the widow of Thomas Cook who was a private in the Revolutionary war and that she was a Pensioner under the act of June 17 th 1844, at the rate of $8. per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness.
Anna Potter
J. Parsons Tucke
Joseph Graves.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me; And I hereby certify that the declarant is personally known to me. — Joseph Graves, Justice of the Peace.

12162 Declaration of Anna Pottel
Land certificate to J. Dearborn Exeter Me.
Recd Sept. 1. 1845.
8642 + 521

  ✓ 1/2 paid by the Continent in 1777- 12.   Ditto in 1778 £4 - ditto in 1779 24 5.4.   Balance of Clothing w'd by Leigh 0.10.3 £   his part of Rum Sugar &c 17- 18 11 3   1781 Mar. 1 Gave Serjt. Samuel Mason a certificate 53 8 9   £ 72   Paid by Bap 3/10 by barr 8° 0.4.6   1782 July 2 Gave a certificate to Simon Ladd 23.15.6 24   1781 Paid by Blanchard £1.1.3 paid by Jemett 48. 3 9   1782 Bef & Rum by the Board of war 4   1783 June 25 Gave Simon Ladd a certificate 16 10 9   £ 24 
Engaged Nov 15, 1775 1781.6 3/4 Co.
  By 3 years to Jan'y 1. 1780 72.   By 12 months in 1780 24   By 12 months in 1781 £ 24 
State of New Hampshire. Secretary of State's Office, I, Thomas P. Traill, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of the original, & the whole of said original the same having been examined & compared by me. The original may be found in Reid's regimental ledger, page 53, which was returned to this Office from the War Office Jan'y. A. D. 1841. Given under my hand & the Seal of said State, this 7th day of May A. D. 1845. Thomas P. Traill, Secy. of State

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss      I Ira B. Hott Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County certify, that I am an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commis- sioned and qualified, that my commission is dated on the seventeenth day of January A.D. 1842, and will expire in five years from that date, and the signatures on the annexed affidavits are in my own hand writing, and are my genuine signatures.
In Testimony Whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the Seal of our Superior Court of Justice. Calais this 29th day of October Anno Domini 1845.
I. B. Hott Clerk

I Mary Hodgdon of Hensington in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire aged Eighty seven years, desire and say, that I was well acquainted with Thomas Cook of Dover sometime before he enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, that he was brought up by a Mr. Hensgate of said Dover that lived very near my father's in said Dover that I well know of his serving in the Revolutionary war, and that after his return home, he came to said Hensington where I and my husband Henson Hodgdon, then lived. He then became acquainted with Anna Lamborn of said Hensing- ton, whom I was well acquainted with, and married her. said Cook called on my hus- band to accompany them to Exeter where they went to be married. I know that my husband went and returned with them and said he saw them married, and related the circumstances of the marriage on his re- turn. She said Thomas Cook always lived here and in the vicinity until his death

I Mary Poor of Hensington in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire aged sixty eight years desire and say that I was well acquainted with Thomas Cook who lived and died in this town, the next neighbor to my house and the house of my Father. I was quite young when he came here. I have heard him state that he was wounded in the Revolutionary Army and heard him complain of a pain in the heart and said he verily believed that he had a ball there. I knew him before and at the time of his marriage with Anna Jacobson of this town who now is the widow of John Potter and a claimant for a pension. I have always known them since their marriage and and their children also and never had any reason to doubt but what the said Thomas Cook was a soldier of the Revolutionary war
October 28. 1845.
Mary Poor

Rockingham So October 28, 1845 Then personally appeared the within named Mary Poor and subscribed and made solemn oath that the within affidavit was in her belief true - Before me, J. B. North Justice of the Peace
I certify that the within named Mary Poor is a very intelligent and respectable lady, and is entitled to full credit
J. B. North Justice of the Peace
Very truly yours
October 28, 1845

State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. I J. B. Heith Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County certify that Stephen W. Dearborn Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the tenth day of June A.D. 1843. and will expire in five years from that date, and that his signatures on the annexed affidavits are in his own proper hand writing and genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas this 23 rd day of February Anno Domini 1846.
J. B. Heith Clerk

I David Watson of War Market in the County Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged Eighty Seven years a Revolutionary Pen- sioner depose and say that I was well acquainted with Thomas Cook who was in the service with me and enlisted from the town of Dover in the same Company with me commanded by Capt Jeremiah Prigg formerly of Kensington in this County in Col George Read's Regiment. He enlisted for three years or during the War and he was with me in the same Company until the close of the War as many as five or six years to the best of my recollection. Said Thomas Cook was a very short man not much more than five feet five height - I have no recollection of ever seeing said Cook since we left the service at the close of the War
David Watson
State of New Hampshire in Rockingham, ss January 20, 1846 Personally appeared the above named David Watson & made oath that the above affidavit by him submitted is true Before me S. W. Dearborn Justice of the Peace

I Samuel George of Seabrook in the County of Rock- -ingham & State of New Hampshire a Revolutionary premium aged ninety two years do hereby say that I was well ac- -quainted with Thomas Cook when I was in the Service & that said Cook was a soldier in the Service at the same time but I cannot state what Company or Regiment he belonged to. After said Cook returned from the War he resided in Kensington in this County about five miles from where I have resided since I was in the service He married a wife in said Kensington as I have frequently been informed but I was never personally acquainted with his wife. I have frequently conversed with said Cook about his living in the Service since he lived in said Kensington & always was well acquainted with him until his death
Seabrook December 10. 1845
Samuel George
State of New Hampshire: Rockingham ss December 10th 1845 Personally appeared the above named Samuel George and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me S.W. Dearborn Justice of the Peace

  7 Edmund Colby Canterbury Canterbury R.   7 Dan Colby Canterbury do R.   7 John Crop Charleston   7 Gilbert Caswell do Peterborough   9 Paul Cook Deerfield Dover   10 Robert Chase Deerfield do R.   10 John Cook Dover Pembroke   10 Thos. Cook do 
State of New Hampshire. Secretary of State's Office, I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true extract from page 266, Vol 4. of the Records returned to this Office from the War Office Jan'y 1841.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State, this 6th day, December, A. D. 1845.
Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of State

A Return of the Men that is in y e continental Army which went for y e Town of Dover During y e War for three years
Joseph Burnam Anthony Hanson John Harn Isaac Henderson Daniel Horn Joatham Bute Stephen Meeder Elijah How John Cook Phineas Wentworth Francis Wall Ebenezer Cook Paul Cook Robin Hanson a Moulatto Job Caneston Thomas Cook George Yeaton Aaron Bickford Daniel Sargent
Joseph Stevenson 1781 Philip Stevenson 1781 Benjamin Watson 1781 Douglas Stappole 1781 Winthrop Dey 1781 John Gray 1781 Mikael Sudrick 1781 Prince Clements 1781
Dover June y e 8 1781
The above return is just and true to y e best of our knowledge
Caleb Hoodgon Benj a Titcomb } Selectmen
To the commity of claims for y e State of Newhamprshin

I Moses James of Kensington in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eighty years depose and say that I was well acquainted with Thomas Cook who was the first husband of Mrs Anna Potter now living in this town. I knew said Cook when he came to this town from Dover in the State and before he was married to said Anna. He was a near neighbor of mine both before and after his marriage and kept a small store for two or three years near by me. I always understood that said Cook was out in the Revolutionary War and he has told me frequently about his being out.
Said Cook instructed a company of Boys who used to muster with Regiment under Cook's command. He understood military affairs very well and his company made a very good appearance.
Said Cook was a short man not far from five feet high.
Kensington February 7. th 1846 Moses James
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. February 7. 1846 Personally appeared the above named Moses James and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is in his belief true.
Before me Stephen W. Deaton Justice of the Peace.