Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24435, Isaac Howe, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Howe, Isaac or How,
W. 24438-
Lois
CONTENTS

6,436 Massachusetts
Isaac How
Private Map. Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq r
Boston Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818  40.26 Semi-ann l , all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819  48 $88.26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued File March 19 Ere. G
Timothy Mass. Dec 26 1820 Woburn sent to Abraham Dyer Esq

Elizabeth Lois widow of Isaac who served in the Revolution
war, as a Private Paid from 1840 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1848.
14 July Certificate of Pension issued the 28 1/2 day of July and sent to
Alexander Ray Present
Ending 25 Sept 1837
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 2, 1845, Page 56 , Vol. 10

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 30 th 1843
I hereby C ertify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Samuel B. B. Fay was Judge of Probate and Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss. fs.
On this twenty second day of June eighteen hundred and forty three Personally appeared before the Hon. S. P. P. Fay. Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex. — Louis Now, a resident of Nolliston in said County. Seventy five — years of age. 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 July Seventh. 1838. and the joint Resolution passed on the sixteenth day of August 1842. Granting Pensions to certain widows. That She is the widow of Isaac Now of Nolliston. and formerly of Framingham in said County of Middlesex. Who was a private in the Continental Army during the War; in Col. John Bowles. Company in Col. John Greaton's Regiment. and was inscribed on the Revolutionary Pension Roll of the United States. for eight dollars per Month under the act of Congress 1818. which was paid to him at the agency. for paying pensions at Boston Massachu- setts. —
She further Declares that She was Married to the said Isaac Now on or near the fifteenth day of June. in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five. That her said husband Isaac Now. died at his residence in Nolliston. aforesaid. on the tenth of March eighteen hundred and forty three. That her Marriage to him. did not take place previous to his leaving the service. but —

The Marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above stated, and that she still remains a widow.
Lois her How Mark
Subscribed with her mark & sworn to by said Lois How in open court this twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1874 B before me
J. P. P. Ray Judge of Probate for County of Her

Extracts from the records of Marriages in the Town of Framingham, County of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts.
Isaac How. Louis Dedmun entered the Marriage Govt June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the records of said Town of Framingham, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible figures, as follows. "1785"
Attest Elias Temple { Clerk of the Town of Framingham
I, Elias Temple, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the town, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the original records of the said Town of Framingham with the exception, above named, as certified by me
Elias Temple { Clerk of the Town of Framingham
Middlesex ss. To: Framingham. April. 26 at 1843
Then personally appeared Elias Temple, and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true.
Before Me. Elizah Clark. Justice of the Peace.

I Alner Johnson of Holliston in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say, Isaac Howe a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States who died in my immediate neighbourhood on, or near the tenth day of March last, and left a Widow Lois Howe who is still living, and still remains his worthy Widow and the said Isaac & Lois Howe formerly resided in Framingham an adjoining Town but for the last three years have resided in this neighbourhood
Alner Johnson
Middlesex ss. p. Holliston June 27 int AD 1824B Then personally appeared Alner Johnson, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, and I certify that he is a gentleman of unquestion- able veracity.
Before Me Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex, ss.
On this nineteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty. Personally appeared before Elijah Clark, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex & State aforesaid. William Howe a resident of Holliston in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain for himself & for Isaac Howe, Lois Rockwood & Rebecca Phipps, the amount of an increase to his late Mother's Pension. Lois Howe, the widow of Isaac Howe. The said Isaac Howe, who was in the service of the Revolution as a War Man. rendered near seven  six years & six months service that the said Lois Howe, died in said town of Holliston on the 22 d day of September 1830, at which time she was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Law of February 2 d 1828, at the rate of one hundred and eighty dollars per annum. Wherefore he claims for himself his brother & Sisters aforesaid, an increase to his Mother's Pension, from the fourth of March 1836, to the fourth of March 1841, and from the fourth of March 1843, to the fourth of March 1848, and from that time to the time of her decease, and further he saith not. That he is now forty five years of age.
William Howe
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written The word Seven being first interlined.
Before Me, Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, October 21 st 1850.
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Clarke was a justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
R. H. Altham
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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Isaac How
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Rescued Jan 19
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Isaac How resident in Framingham - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 6.436 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Isaac How  late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eighteenth  fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  “ One Pig . . . . . 4 --   Chairs . . . . . 1 50   Tables . . . . . 5 --   Axe & line . . . . . 1 50   Pails &c . . . . . 1 --   $13 00 
And the said Isaac How being first sworn on oath declare, that he served in the war of the Revolution above six years on the Continental establishment, first in Cap William, Company in the 3rd Regt commanded by Col Grayton and then in Capt Fowles company in the same Regt in the Massachusetts line, he was at the taking

of Burgoyne and Cornwallis in several skirmishes. He is now sixty one years of age by occupation a labourer but unable to labor much by reason of age & infirmity his family consists of a wife aged fifty eight years and a daughter aged eighteen who is sick and lame and una- ble to do much toward earning her living. Soare there Sworn to and declared before Mrs Wetmore judge ss "

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. M c Intire a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, Isaac How do 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. So help me GOD.
Isaac How
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Isaac How took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
M c Intire Judge of said Court. "
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW , Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said 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 is Thirteen dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820.
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

199
Isaac Haw. pres. Grymes Mass. Reg. 1777 During the War.
Correct

I Isaac How of Framingham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do declare testify and say That I enlisted into the Continental Service of the United Service in the month of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in a Company commanded by Capt Job Sumner in the Regt commanded by Col. Graton, called the Third Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Army (for the term of the war) and that I served in said Company & Regiment to the end of the Revolutionary war, and was honorably discharged, at New Windsor in the state of New York on the Eighth day of June in the Year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three with the Bagger of a good and faithfull Soldier, that I am now sixty years old nearly, and a Citizen of the United States and live in Framingham aforesaid, and in such reduced circumstances as to need assistance from my Country, do therefore request to be placed on the Pension list of the United States, agreeable to an Act of the Congress of the United States passed the 18th day of March A.D. 1818 intitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. Isaac How
Massachusetts Dist. No. 1 Boston 4. April 1818
Seen & before me J. D. Davis Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Isaac How Mid File 24.435 , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1777 June 8. 1783 Job. Sumner Williams Fowles, John Greaton, 3rd Regt Mass         
Battles engaged in, Taking of Burgoyne and Cornwallis.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, April 4, 1818
Residence at date of application, Framingham, Middlesex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 60 years ; He died Mch 10, 1843 at Holliston, Middlesex Co. Mass
Remarks: He married or Bedminster Lois Didsman June 15, 1785. Her claim was allowed on an application submitted June 27 1843 at which time she was 76 years of age; she died Sept 22, 1850 at Holliston, Mass. Children in 1850 (William Howe 45 years) Isaac Howe; Lois Rockwood; Rebecca Phipps letter A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that a claim was filed on account of the service of Benjamin Gale of Mass, Rev War.
Very respectfully,
J. How
For Capt Daniel P. Nicks.
20581b3m11-05
Rowayton Conn.
Commissioner.

Re WIDOW, &c.
Prob Dec 7. History of sonnie to F. How. m. 12th.
File No. 24455
Lois How
wid of Isaac How
On Nov 20th
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 351
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3624
Massachusetts
Lois Horn
widow of Isaac Horn
who was a Private.
in the Massachusetts line
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 23 rd day of December 1843 and sent to Elijah Clark
Brighton Massachusetts
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 44
dep 23 Dec 43

Ref.
7628
Massachusetts
Lois How
widow of Isaac How
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1828 and who died on the 10 th March 1863 of Middlesex Co. in the State of Mass.
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Sumner of the regt. commanded by Col. Graton in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars — Conts per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of September 1843 and sent to Elijah Clark, Brighton, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $ 400 — Pension annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 97.

Framingham April 2 d 1878.
This Certifies that I was knowing to Isaac Hows enlisting into the service of the United in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven, for the term of the war, that I knew him in service during the war as a good soldier, & that he was regularly discharged with the during war soldiers and returned home with the bragging of honor of a good & faithful soldier I have known him to reside in this town since the close of the war and that he is now in quite low circumstances in life.
Isaac Maynard late Capt 7th Massachusetts Regt

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 9
A. D. 1818
Isaac How
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Isaac How subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying document marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c Davis
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
M c Davis
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 9
A. D. 1818
Isaac How
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Isaac How subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston 18 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Isaac Howe by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M Davis
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 9 th 1845
I hereby certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestation Elijah Clark
admitted
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass

Elijah Clarke Justice of the Peace
attested
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 9 th 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Clarke was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
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in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. G. Gatch
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this twenty second day of April eighteen hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before Elijah Clark a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Lois  Lois Howe, a resident of Holliston in said County, seventy nine years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd day of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Isaac Howe, who was a private in the Massachusetts Militia and in the Massachusetts continental line of the Army, & served near the whole war, and that she has received a pension annually of eighty dollars per annum under the act of the 17 th June 1844, and she further declares that she is still a widow.
witness Louisa Howe
Lois her  Howe mark
Sworn to and Subscribed, on the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that the declarant above named is personally known to me, a widow, and a Revolutionary Pensioner as she declares, the word sworn , swear & signed read and is executed before me, Elijah Clark, justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 21 st 1848
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. Chapman
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this twenty first day of August eighteen hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before Elijah Clark a justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Middlesex Lois Howe, a resident of Holliston in said County, seventy nine years of age, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an increase to her pension which she claims agreeable to a Resolve of Congress passed on, or near the first day of August 1838. That she is the widow of Deac. Howe late of Holliston deceased, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, under the Act of 1818, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, and that she has received a pension of only eighty dollars per annum, under the laws of 1832, 1833 & 1834, which was paid to her at the agency at Boston in the State of Massachusetts, and the declarant further alleges that she still remains the widow of the said Deac. Howe, & further she saith not.
Witness William Howe
Lois X Howe mark.
Sworn to & subscribed, on the day and year above written, and certify that the declarant is personally known to me, a widow & a pensioner as she declared, the word "Law" 19th line from the top was interlined before signing and making oath. Before Me: Elijah Clark, justice of the Peace.

4417
Lois How
$80 per an
Elijah Clarke Brighton Map

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this twenty fifth day of September eighteen hundred and forty three, Personally appeared Before Me, Elijah Clark a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex Lois Howe, a resident of Meliston in said County - seventy six years of age, 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 third day of March 1833, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Isaac Howe, who was a private in Col. Jonathan Read's Regt. in Col. John Greaton's Regiment and that she received, eighty dollars per annum under the act of Congress, passed July seventh 1838, and she further declares that she is still a widow,
her Lois + Howe mark
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before Me, Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
Middlesex ss. Meliston September 25 th 1843. I hereby certify that Lois Howe, who has signed the above Declaration by making her mark, is the same Lois Howe of Meliston that has received a five year pension under the act of 1838, and is known to me to be the widow of Isaac Howe deceased. Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 27. 1813
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
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.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Mo. A. Boles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

No 9281
Lois Howe
Mass 65
Act July 7 th 38
Adm op
2 years
priv
$80 per
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Elijah Clark Esq. Brighton Mass 65

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Brighton June 31 st - 1893
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the Documents of Lois Shaw of Melkiston. The widow of Isaac Rowe deceased. Claims for a Pension under the Act of 1838, & a joint Resolution of Augt 16 th 1842. Mr Rowe was pensioned under the act of 1878. I presume his original Discharge may be on file with his former Claims.
Verily Respectfully Yours, C. C. H. H. Elijah Clark
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City. D. C.

484 Inc to p 96, ded, p 80. Comg 6 July 1848 & Endg 22 September 1850. Payable to Isaac Howd Wm How, Lois Rockwood & Rebecca Phillips, only surviving children
A Ray Present

Washington Nov 4. 1850
James L. Edwards Esq Com d of Pension Sir,
You will receive herewith an application made by the surviving children of Louis Bowditch late a pensioner on the M ty roll under act 2 Feb y 1848. & who died on the 22 d of Sep r 1850. The claim is made for a pension as the wid w of her husband re d under act 6 Feb y 1848.
The pension certificate is enclosed, upon which there is a balance of pension due from the 4 th to the 22 d Sep r 50. which you will please direct to be paid in your instructions to the pay agent.
I remain Your most-Ob t Serv t Alex r Ray

Payment to be made at
Boston
by
Franklin Haven Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Massachusetts
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 56 , Vol. 2 .
Geo. John King Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Lois How.
widow of Isaac How. who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty , dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty second day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
Geo. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. By F. S. Evans

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Lois How, the widow of Isaac How, was a Revolutionary Pensioner, of the United States, at the rate of Eighty Dollars, under the Act of Congress of February 2 d , 1848; that she resided in Holliston in said County of Middlesex and died at said Holliston on the twenty second day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty, & that she left four children only living at her decease, whose names are Isaac How, Lois Rockwood, Rebecca Phipps and William How, who are all of full age and now living.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Probate this twenty first day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty.
Isaac Fiske Reg

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Burke Executor of the Last of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex affirm hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited that Isaac Howe was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that he resided at Framingham in said County, like within a few years of his death, that he died at Hallett in the same County of Middlesex, on the tenth day of March last past & left a widow whose name is Lois Howe, who is still living & remains his widow.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this Thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & forty three Isaac Burke by

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Nov. 26, 1906
Searched by Hill
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Isaac How
Service, N. H. or Brass Line
Rev. War
Remarks: _____
No claim as above except wid. 24,435.
Chief of Division.

South Rowland C.T.V. Nov. 22. 1906.
Bureau of Pensions.
Will you please look up the Revolution. -any war record of my grandpa Isaac Hurd of Methuen N.H. (now Mass.) (private) b. May 29. 1760. son of Benjamin Hurd b. 1708. (private) of Haverhill Mass. - + wife Mary.
case - Capt. Dan l P. Nick. Rowayton Conn -