Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,874, John Holland, Sea Service (Mass)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Sea Service Mass
Holland John Dennett Rebecca Former widow
R. 2874
CONTENTS

Rebecca Bennett widow of John Holland :
Mr Cole
Dickins & Coombs.
with further papers

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, July 10th — A. D. 1851 }
I, Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Jacob Hemenick
Is an Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his COM- MISSION is dated July 21st — A. D. 1848 and will expire July 21st — A. D. 1855
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is  Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon,
CLERK.

Know all men that Henry S Holland of Lisbon(Me) child of John Holland late of Lewiston deceased, and Rebecca Durret formerly wife of said John Holland for Myself and in behalf of Michael Holland John Holland Richard Holland, Daniel Holland and Hannah Holland all children and only surviving children of said John Holland and his former wife Rebecca Durret, hereby institute and irrevocably appoint Messrs Dicken and Coombs of Washington D. C. our true and lawful attorneys for us and in our names and stead to examine the papers which are supposed to be in the Pension Department at Washington, whereby our said Mother Rebecca Durret claimed a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of our father the said John Holland - To demand of and receive all and any pension artifacts which we may be entitled to in right of our said Mother, And to do any and all lawful acts and deeds for our benefit in the premises, which we ourselves might do were we ourselves present. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of July 1857. Henry S Holland Witness Jacob Shurkin

Cumberland Js July 10 th 1857 personally appeared the within named Henry Mollund and acknowledged the within instrument by him signed to be his free act, before me, Jacob Henrik just. par.

13027
Rebecca Dennet mrs, widow of John Holland Mr
act 7 July 1838
Marr'd 1792
husband d' 1823
H. Bradford Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss....
I — Charles Cobb — Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
Jacob Herrick Esq. is a Magistrate
as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that he is — duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date September 24, A. D. 1841. and will expire September 24, A. D. 1848 —————
and that the — following — signatures purporting to be his — are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this twelfth day of September Anno Domini 1846
Charles Cobb CLERK.

State of Maine
On this thirteenth  August day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six personally appeared before The Hon Nathaniel Grooton Judge of the Probate Court for the County of Lincoln in the state aforesaid Rebecca Dennet a resident of Lewiston within said County aged 72 years who being first cautioned sworn cloth upon her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed July 7 1838 March 3 a 1843 and June 17 1844.
And this declarant states that she is the widow of John Hollana by a former marriage and that her said husband was a resident of Mass in the time of the war, residing as she has been informed by her said husband a part of the time in Boston a part of the time in Newbury & she believes in Manchester. She believes that he was for short periods in each of the above named towns, during the war, as her former husband informed her in his life time that he had no fixed & permanent place of residence during the war of the revolution. She has heard her husband say that he was born in Gloucester Mass.
And this declarant further states that she has heard her husband say that he was

The Naval service of the U. S. in time of the Revolutionary war. That she is unable to state in what officers he served during the time he was thus engaged but has always been informed that the service or the most of said service was in armed vessel in the employ of the State or of the U. S. And this applicant believes that the service credited to the name of John Holland as set forth in the annexed Certificate from the Secretary of State of Massachusetts was performed by her former husband. And this declarant further states that she knows of no one who served with her said husband in the Revolutionary War but she believes that the length of her said husband's service may be found among the papers relating to Revolutionary service now in the Department at Washington.
And this declarant further states that she was married to John Holland her former husband on the twenty eighth day of August seventeen hundred & ninety two and that her said husband died August 23 d 1823 at Haysville, that she afterwards married Ebenezer Denny who died on the 2 d April 1836 and that she is now a widow, as will appear by reference to the testimony hereto

Witness annexed. her  Nathaniel  Rebecca  Dunnett I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original now in the hands of the undersigned written before me. Nathaniel  Gorton Judge of Probate.
State of Maine County of Lincoln ss. Be it known, that on this 13 th day of August A.D. 1824. Personally appeared before me the undersigned Rebecca  Dunnett the person above named at her dwelling in Lewiston in said County, she being un- able to travel to Court, and being first examined as to words, and the foregoing declaration having been read to her and com- pletely read over her. She being unable to write her name thereto, made her mark for her signature, and thereupon made solemn oath, that said declaration was true, and I further certify, that it was proved before me, that she was first married to John  Holloman as she states, that he died at the time she states, and that she is now the widow of Ebenezer  Dunnett who died at the time stated by her.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this day given at the head of this certifi- cate.
Nathaniel  Gorton Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln

I Stuart Chase, Clerk of the town of Newbury, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that I have in my possession the Records of Marriages in said town, and that under the caption of marriages returned by Rev. True Kimball appears the following viz.—
John Holland and Rebeckah Hsley both of Newbury married August twenty eighth, seventeen hundred and ninety two.
I Stuart Chase depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Newbury, and that the above return of marriage is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures, thus " August 28 th 1792."
Stuart Chase
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex ss. July 13. 1846
Personally appeared the above named Stuart Chase, and made oath to the correctness of the above certificate by him subscribed. Before me
James P. Frothingham, Jus. Peace
sworn to me this 13 th day of July 1846 for the County of Essex

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 15 th 1846.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed. James P. Frothingham was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex
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.
John C. Pierpont, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Joseph Dill of Lewiston County of Lincoln State of Maine and sixty four years, on oath before and say that I am well acquainted with John Holland late of said Lewiston, who was reported to having been in the naval service in the time of the Revolutionary war, and was so recognized by his neighbors and friends - I am also well ac- quainted with his widow, whose maiden name was Rebecca Hiley - That after said Holland's death, she married Ebenezer Dennet, who died about two years ago - That she has not intermarried since the decease of said Dennet - and that she is now a widow. Joseph Dill
State of Maine County of Lincoln ss. on this 13 th day of August A.D. 1846. Personally appeared before me the undersigned - Joseph Dill of Lewiston in said County, who is person- ally known to me and whose statements under oath are entitled to full credit, and being cautioned to swear to testify truly in the premises he dictated the foregoing affidavit, and subscribed the same in my presence and made solemn oath that the same is true before me Nathl Grooty Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln

I William Guelph of Lewiston County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged sixty years, on oath depose and say, that I was well acquainted with John Holland late of this place — That said Holland was reported to have been for a considerable time in the Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war — That he was a native of Gloucester, on Cape Ann — Massachusetts. That after he came to Lewiston he followed a seafaring life for the most of the time and was finally drowned off of Harpswell in this State — I am also well acquainted with his widow who survived him — She was a native of Massachusetts — Her maiden name was Rebecca Haby — After the death of her husband John Holland, she married Ebenezer Denny who died about ten years since — That she has not intermarried since the decease of her last husband, but is now living in said Lewiston as the widow of John Holland and Ebenezer Denny.
William Guelph
State of Maine } ss- subscribed and sworn Cumberland County } before me Jacob Merrill Justice of Peace.

State of Maine Cumberland County SS - August 19 th 1846 - I hereby certify that the within affidavit William Garrison is a gentleman of veracity, and that his statements as a witness are entit- led to full credit - That he is a magistrate of the county of Lincoln and a native of Lewiston - That the counties of Lincoln and Cumberland are divided by the Androscoggin River - That said Garrison has crossed the River for the purpose of making the within deposition in my jurisdiction within the county of Cumberland.
Jacob Herrick Just. Peace.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss....
7
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that duly qualified to act as such; that
and that the
signature purporting to be
genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Court for said State, this _____ day of _____ Anno Domini 184_____
CLERK.

RECEIVED
2874 P. O. Rebecca Bennett
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

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No. 15027
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Rebecca Dennett
Mr
H. Bradford Oct. 3. 40 6. Dickins & Combs Oct 28. 1857
3874
Act 7 July 1838.

July 31 st 1851
Power Atty: in case Rebecca Dennett wid: of John Holland
Cap Tiptott Dickins & Hoombes Present

Washington 29 July 1851
Sir,
Enclosed we have the honor to present to you a power of Attorney in the case of Rebecca Darnet widow of John Holland dr.? and to ask a reex- amination of the case as it is evident that justice has not been done.
Yours very respectfully Dickins & Coombs.
James E Heath Esq Com' of Pensions.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Feb. 25, 1846.
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 John Holland is borne upon a List of Officers, Marines, & Mariners on board Ship Rhoades, Nehemiah Buffinton Esq. Commander, as a Carpenter's Mate, no service named, said List was sworn to, August, 14, 1780. Upon a Descriptive list of men belonging to the privateer Ship Deane, Elisha Ginnman Esq. Commanded, as a — said roll was sworn to Dec. 9. 1780. Upon a List of men on board Ship Aurora, as a Seaman — no service named — said list was sworn to at Boston, June, 22, 1781, by David Porter, Commander. — The above, is all the evidence of service of any one of the name shown by the Naval Rolls in this office.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State Massachusetts Rebecca Dennet who was formerly the wife of John Holland, who served in the Navy, in the war of the Revol- ution, requests evidence of her said hus- -band's service - She believes that her husband was a native of Gloucester Massachusetts - That he lived in Manches- ter, Boston, and Newbury previous to and during the Revolution - That he entered the service from some of those places, but this applicant is unable to state the length of his service or the names of the vessels in which he served She therefore requests the secretary to cause the Rolls and Revolutionary documents in his office to be examined and a cer- -tificate granted of all the service which can be identified as having been per- -formed by her husband John Holland.
Rebecca X Dennet
State of Maine Cumberland ss Dec. 26 th 1845 Signed in my presence
Jacob Henrik Just. pres
please direct to Jacob Henrik S. W. Bend P.O Durham Maine