Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26119, Mark Hanscom, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hanscom, Mark Worcester, Eleanor
No. 26119.
(Former widow.)
CONTENTS

5233
5233
S. I. W. Pray 27 Augt 1853.
Same, Sep 4 1857,
S. I. W. Pray 25 Sept 1857,
A. S. Kimball, Oct. 30/54
Miller & Brandenberg
July 3 1855
Marine Eleanor Worcester formerly widow of Mark Hanscom who died on the of Marine in the State of Maine who was a Pirate in the Marine commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolutionary time for 11 mo 8 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Wiltshire at the rate of 37 Dollars 48 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of June 1833 and S. I. W. Pray
Cover Eleanor Worcester N.H. Mark Hanscom
Revolutionary Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d
Recorded by W. H. Weighman Cle Book _____ Vol. _____ Page _____

7563,
Eleanor Wooster formerly widow of Mark Hanscomb New York Maine.
Act 4 July 1836,

State of Maine -
On this sixth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty three. The within named Eleanor Weston made oath before me the subscribers to the truth of the within declaration by her subscribed; and hereby certify that by reason of her advanced age and bodily infirmity she is unable to attend Court.
Daniel Goodenow Jus. District Court of Western District of the State of Maine
State of Maine York County, } ss.
I, William Trafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for said county, do hereby certify, that Daniel Goodenow is Justice of the District Court for the Western District for said State, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the eleventh day of December, 1841, and will expire on the eleventh day of December 1848, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this twenty fourth day of November, 1843.
William Trafton, Clerk.

State of Maine } ss County of York }
On this sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three, personally appeared before the Hon Daniel Goodenough judge of the District Court for the Western District of the State of Maine Eleanor Worster a resident of Sheephergen the County of York aforesaid aged ninety one years who being duly sworn according to law, doth in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the 3 d section of the Act of the United States of the 4 th July 1836 and the Act to amend the Acts of said Act of July 1836 and the Act of 1838 allowing pensions to certain widows, approved August 23 d 1842 each granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Mark Harkness late of Kittery in said County deceased who was a private soldier and served at Kittery point six weeks in the year 1775 under the command of Capt John Farnold I think - he then enlisted in 1775 under Capt John Farnold and served at Bunker Hill & Cambridge Mass - eight months, in 1776 he enlisted under the same Captain Farnold and served twelve months at Tyendawaga - Colo Farnay commanded the Regiment in which said Mark served the most or all of the time he served
She also declares that she was married to the said Mark Harkness Feb 16, 1773 - seventeen hundred and seventy three; that her maiden name was Eleanor Farnold of Kittery, that her husband the aforesaid Mark died on the third day of June 1793 at Kittery in said County, that she was married to him before he went into the service as above stated. She further declares that after the death of the husband aforesaid, she was married to William Worster late of Sanford, Maine deceased, on the 27 th day of Sept. 1802 at said Sanford by Elden William of Sanford a Baptist minister - said William Worster my second husband died at said Sanford on the fourth day of August 1842 and that she is still a widow
Witness Oliver Webber
Eleanor her Worster mark

Extract from the records of the town of Sanford in the county of York and State of Maine, under the head of Marriages Solemnized by Olof Roberson is the following entry. Viz William Wooster and Elenor Hobson of Sanford on the twenty seventh day of September Eighteen Hundred and two. I Samuel Tripp Clerk of the Town of Sanford certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows. Viz the 27 day of September 1802 William Wooster and Elenor Hobson Samuel Tripp Town Clerk
I Samuel Tripp above named. depose, testify, and say that I held the Office of Town Clerk in the Town aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of the same Town with the exception aforesaid as certified by me
Samuel Tripp Town Clerk State of Maine County of York ss. Nov 18, 1843 Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Samuel Tripp Before me Increase S. Kimball Justice of the Peace
I certify that the aforesaid Samuel Tripp is a man of truth and veracity and that his statements are entitled to full credit. Increase S. Kimball Justice of the Peace

I Daniel Pierce Clerk of the Town of Fitchburg in the County of York and State of Maine hereby Certify that the marriage of Mark Hanscom and Eleanor Fernald was performed by the Rev. Alpheus Spring on the Sixteenth day of February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred And Seventy Three as appears by said records
I Daniel Pierce Clerk of the aforesaid Town do hereby Certify, that the above is a true extract from the original records of said town, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the records in fair legible letters and figures as follows: 1773 Februy. 16
Daniel Pierce Town Clerk
I Daniel Pierce above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Fitchburg in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Fitchburg, with the exception above named, as Certified by me
Daniel Pierce Town Clerk
Sworn Before Me
Gowen Wilson Justice of the Peace

State of Maine, } ss. York County, }
I, William Drafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, within and for said county of York, do hereby certify, that Owen Wilson is an acting Justice of the Peace, for said county, duly com- missioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the twenty sixth day of January 1841 and will expire on the twenty sixth day of January 1848 and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this twenty fourth day of Novem- ber. A.D. 1843.
William Drafton, Clerk.

Oliver Webber of Shapleigh in the County of York and State of Maine aged forty nine years depose testify and say, that
I was well acquainted with Melson Thorsten late of Sanford in said County who died at said Sanford on the seventh day of August A.D. 1842 - I was at his funeral and saw him dead - His widow Eleanor Thorsten is well known to me and now lives at Shapleigh Maine and has lived in Shapleigh since October 1842. She is still the widow of the said Thorsten who was her second hus- band
Oliver Webber
State of Maine }
County of York } On this third day of
November A.D. 1843 personally appeared Oliver Webber above named and made oath in due form of law that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Increase S. Kimball justice of peace I certify that I am well acquainted with said Oliver Webber, that he is known to me to be a credible witness and a man of truth and strict integrity
Increase S. Kimball justice of the peace
State of Maine, } ss. York County, }
I, William Drafton, Clerk of all the Judi- cial Courts, within and for the said county of York, do hereby certify that Increase S. Kimball is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commis- sion was dated on the 23 d day of March, 1837 and will expire on the 23 d day of March 1844, and that his signatures to the above and foregoing certificates are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this twenty fourth day of November A.D. 1843. William Drafton, Clerk.

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,112
Eleanor Worcester formerly wid of Mark Hanson Rev Rev war
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. W , Page 358
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V No 7563.
Eleanor Worcester, formerly widow of Mark Hanson, Maine.
Let. Sept. 8. 1849. A. N. Pugh. Lt. J. W. Poay, Feb 5. 1853.
Act July 4 th 1836.

Eleanor Wooster formerly widow of Mark Hancomb. Maine.
Admitted -
4 th July 1836.
11 months and 8 days -
$37.48 per annum from 1 st March 1831.
Pay to Eleanor Wooster -
Certificate to, S. J. W. Pray Esq. Dover, N. H.

Washington City June 28 th 1855
Hon. S. P. Waldo Com r . of Pensions,
Sir,
We enclose you a Power of Attorney from Ebenezer Plummer Executor of the Estate of Eleanor Mosler, the widow of Mark the widow of Mark Hearn a Revolutionary soldier, who, in her lifetime applied for a pension in right of her deceased husband — authorizing us to attend to the business.
The evidence of service, marriage, and death are on file. Will you please advise us if any thing more is requisite to authorize the issuing of the a Certificate for the amount to which her Com r . is entitled?
Very Respectfully &c Miller & Brandebury

M rs Wooster, a pensioner, widow of Mark Henscom a Rev. soldier - Maine -
Pension papers

7563
7872 Saved No. Sept. 23/52
Eleanor Worcester, Form erly wid. of Mark Hanscom, Maine,
July 4 th 1836, Vc.
S. J. W. Pray, Dover, N. H.

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
I, James O McIntire
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, do hereby certify that
Nathaniel Hobbs. William Hammond
and Clark T. Wentworth are Justices of the Peace within
in and for said county,
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that
they are
duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; that said Nathaniel Hobbs commission is
dated May 8th A.D. 1848 and will expire May 8th A.D. 1855. that said William
Hammond commission is dated June 26th A.D. 1849 and will expire June 26th A.D. 1856
and that said M. T. Wentworth commission is dated July 21st A.D. 1849 and will
expire July 21st A.D. 1856
and that the following
signature purporting to be
theirs are
genuine,
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court for said State, this
Eleventh
day of September
Anno Domini 1852
James O McIntire Clerk.

State of Maine } York County } ss
On this seventh day of September A.D. 1852, personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Eleanor Worcester aged one hundred years, a resident of the town of Sanford, County of York and in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of Congress made by its several acts in relation to the "Widows and Orphans" of those soldiers who have served in the war of the Revolution - that she is the widow of Mark Hanson who was a private in the Company of Tobias Fernald commanded by Col. Edmund Phinney of the 18th Regiment of Foot in the war of the Revolution - that he enlisted at Rutland Point (where he was about six weeks) on or about the first day of May A.D. 1775. That he continued in said war for the space of one year or more, and was honorably discharged at Ticonderoga in the State of New York.

5. That as far as she can remember the said Mark Hanscom proceeded from Flitney in the State of Maine to Charlestown in the State of Massachusetts and was stationed there at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill - that he was prevented from engaging in that battle in consequence of his being taken sick - that from Charlestown he proceeded to New York - to Ticonderoga as she thinks, that he thinks he was in the mean time transferred to another company the name of whose captain she is unable to recollect - that she is unable from her extreme age and the consequent imperfection of memory to remember any further particulars as to his service whereby her claim can be better substantiated - and she further declares she has no documentary evidence in the support of her claim further than the statements above mentioned and that she has delayed to this time making a declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension in consequence of not knowing the exact service in which the said Mark Hanscom served - she further states that the discharge of her husband she knows

nothing of - nor is she aware of any means by which it may be obtained the further states, he was sick at Haverburg in the State of New York, while stationed there
She further declares that her name previous to marriage was Eleanor Fernald and that she was married to the said Mark Hunscom on or about the sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy three and that her husband the aforesaid Mark Hunscom died of fever on the fifth day of June AD 1793. and that she had nine children whose names are as follows - Mark Hunscom for Samuel Hunscom, Mark Hunscom. Samuel Hunscom for two daughters who died in infancy, Wm. Hunscom and Fernald Hunscom - all of whom are dead with the exception of Luke Hunscom.
She further states that she remained a widow for the space of nine years when she was again married to William Worcester a resident of Sanford in the County of York and State of Maine and that the aforesaid William Worcester died of old age on the seventh day of August AD 1842 - and that she

4 has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed. She further declares she was married to William Worcester Sept 27 th AD 1802 Witness - Eben r Warner Eleanor X Worcester Nathaniel Hobbs Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written and I hereby state that the above claimant cannot in consequence of bodily infirmity attend an open court, and I further believe that the said Eleanor Worcester is the identical person who was married to the said Mark Hunsen and that she is of the age above rep- resented - The words "February in the year of" are interlined also the words "the think" on second page of this declaration. Before me
Nathaniel Hobbs Supt of the Plant

I Sarah Green of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Mrs Eleanor Worcester of Sanford in the State of Maine, who made a declaration for Pension on the 7 th of September A D 1852, and was also well acquainted and knew Mark Hanscomb the husband of the said Eleanor Worcester, that the said Mark Hanscomb is dead, and that the said Eleanor after the  again married with William Worcester a resident of Sanford in the State of Maine, for the state that I am many years of age that I remember well the said Mark Hanscomb being in the war of the Revolution, that the said Hanscomb enlisted in the company of Cap- tain Tobias Fernald on or about the first day of April A D 1777, and was away from home in military service for the space of eighteen months - that I remember that he was at Cambridge soon

after the time of his enlistment and then went to Tienderoga where he served for some length of time & that while he was at the said Tienderoga he was taken sick and came home on a furlough
Sarah Green
State of New Hampshire
County of Strafford
On this fourth day of February personally appeared Sarah Green and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true, and that said Sarah Green is a woman of truth and veracity. The word "again" is interlined
Before Me
J. W. Pray
Justice Peace
State of New Hampshire
County of Strafford ss
Probate Court
Register's Office
I John H. White Register of said court hereby certify, that J. W. Pray is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Strafford duly commissioned

and qualified, and was such, at the time of the signing of the foregoing affidavit viz: that his commission is dated on the 21st of December A.D. 1852 and will expire on Dec 20th 1857 and the fore- going signature purporting to be his is true and genuine. That all his official acts, as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this first day of February A.D. 1853.
John H. White, Register

Know all men by these presents, That I Ebenezer Plummer Executor of the last will of Ebenezer Plummer late of Shelburne in Franklin County Massachusetts of Sanford County of York and State of Maine
do nominate, constitute, and appoint, and by these presents have nominated, constituted, and appointed JAMES J. MILLER and L. G. BRANDBURY of the City of Washington, District of Columbia, or either of them, my true and lawful attorneys, for me, and in my name place and stead to appear at any of the Departments of the Government of the United States and examine the necessary papers and records of the same in regard to any claim I may have or be entitled to, and to ask for, and receive from said Government, such debt due to me, pension money, or bounty land warrants to which I may be entitled, and in my name to receive and receipt for the same, and generally to do and perform everything necessary to be done, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I myself could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all my said attorneys or either of them may lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all other powers of attorney granted by me.
Witness my hand and seal this 13 th day of June
A. D. 1855
Ebenezer Plummer
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF York } ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county, the above named Ebenezer Plummer who is well known to me, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of June 13 th day A. D. 1855
Francis S. H. Merrill

Commissaire of Paris Will please file this Power of Atty in Mrs Eleanor Cross- ton's application for Shrin in right of her husband her late husband
Miller & Brantley

Wealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
February 11, 1852.
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 Marko Hancome is borne on a muster roll of Capt. Tobias Fernald's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt. Dated at Port George Dec. 8. 1776. as private from Jan'y 1. 1776 to date of roll. 11 mos. 8 days
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Col. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Services made by the widow of the party who rendered the service —
State of Maine, County of York and Town of Sanford
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office, of the service of Marko Hanscom
She was a native of Hittery in the County of York, and state of Maine -
He enlisted from the Town of Hitting in the County of York and State of Massachusetts or District of Maine in or about the year 1775 as a private - in a company commanded by Capt. Fernald as I believe. with certainty I am unable to tell the Captain's name or the number of Regiment. My husband, went from Hitting to Lion de roga and there was transferred to another company. How long he continued in the war I am unable to say, he having been dead more than fifty years. I should have obtained the pension years ago, had I known the Captain's name and also the number of the Regiment. He served a year or more and as far as my knowledge extends

held the rank of a private - said Mark Hanson was my first husband who died in 1793 in said County and was born in 1753 I was then married to William Worster  Hanson of Sanford in York County Sept 27 1802 He died at said Sanford August 7 1842 I am now a widow, not having married since the death of said William Worster - He (Mark Hanson) first went to Burke Hill and from there to New York - It may be that that the person whom I supposed to be Capt Fernald was only a recruiting offi- cer of that name.
I am now ninety nine years old and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated
Witness my hand this twenty fifth day of January A. D. 1851 Witness Samuel Worster Elenor X Worster Signed by said Elenor Worster mark in my presence Nathaniel Hobbs Justice of the Peace

5 I Mary Hammond of Elliot in the County of York and State of Maine aged eighty seven years do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Mark Hanson who is referred to in the foregoing declaration - that I resided and made it my home at the residence of said Hanson during his service in the war of the Revolution, that I distinctly remember the time of his enlistment - and the time he re- turned to his family which was in the year 1776-7 that said Hanson was permitted to leave the army on a furlough during his time of enlistment, and that he remained at his residence in Flitney Maine during his permit to be absent from the army - that I recollect the said Hanson often conversed upon his services in the said war, of his being at Bunker Hill, and his being sick during that battle - and of his going to New York! I further declare that the said Mark Hanson was married to the above claimant, Eleanor Worcester on the sixteenth day of February - A.D. 1773.

6 and that they lived together as Man and wife and were so reputed during the time of my personal acquaintance of said Mark Hunscomb and Eleanor Hunscomb, (which was for the space of twenty four years); and that the said Mark Hunscomb died at his residence in Pittsfield of a fever on the fifth day of June A.D. 1793 and the said Eleanor Hunscomb was afterwards married to William Worcester of Sanford in the County of York and State of Maine, and that they lived together till the seventh day of August A.D. 1842 when the said Worcester died of old age, and I further state that the said Eleanor Worcester, the above named claimant is now a widow and has, been since the death of her second husband been a widow.
Witness Wm Hammond
J. W. Bray -
her Mary X Hammond mark
State of Maine County of York ss
On this tenth day of September A.D. 1852 personally appeared the above named Mary Hammond

and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscrip- tion is true, and further state that she is a person of good reputation and is entitled to full belief.
-- Before Me
Wm Hammond Justice of Peace
I Ebenezer Plummer of Sanford in the County of York and State of Maine do depose and say that there is no documentary evidence in ex- istence in relation to the services of Mark Hanscom, and that the above facts are the only ones which have been handed down to me, - that I was acquainted with the above claim- ant Eleanor Worcester, before the marriage of the said claimant with

The said William Worcester, and that the said Mark Hanson and the said Eleanor Worcester lived together as man and wife and were so reputed, that the said Eleanor Worcester she was married to William Worcester on the twenty seventh day of September A.D. 1802 and that the said William Worcester died of old age on seventh day of August A.D. 1842. — that the name of Eleanor Worcester before her marriage to William Worcester was Eleanor Hanson and I further declare that I have been acquainted with her for fifty years and that she is now a widow and has been since the death of her second husband William Worcester — Ebenezer Plummer
State of Maine County of York
On this seventh day of September A.D. 1852 personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Plummer

Who is a person of truth and veracity and is so reputed and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true In the above affidavit the words - "the said Eleanor Worcester " are interlined
Before Me Nathaniel Root Justice of the Peace 20 March 1840
I the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in the County of York and State of Maine do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Eleanor Worcester, that she was married on the 27th day of September A D 181 to William Worcester - that she is infirm and of the age represented in her declaration - that her name previous to her second marriage was Eleanor Hanscom and she was reputed to be the wife of Mark Hanscom who formerly was a native of Hattley in the State of Maine - that I have often heard the said Eleanor Worcester during the life time of said William Worcester speak and converse in relation to the services of her first husband Mark Hanscom

10 in the war of the revolution - of his being at the battle of Bunker Hill, of his being sick at Charleston at the time of that battle, and of his being transferred, and marching to New York, I further declare that the above named Eleanor Worcester is now a widow and has remained as such since the time of the discon of the said William Worcester who was at the time of his death aged about eighty eight years.
Samuel Worcester
State of Maine } ss York County }
On this seventh day of September 1852 personally appeared the above named Samuel Worcester a man of good reputation and made solemn oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true the words "to William Worcester" are interlined.
Before Me
Cathaniel Hobbs
Justice of the Peace
I James Fernald of Sebago in the County of York and State of Maine do depose and say that

I have been acquainted with Eleanor Worcester for more than seventy five years, that I knew Mark Hunscomb of Rettery, who is now deceased - that the said Mark Hunscomb and the said Eleanor Worcester lived together as man and wife and were so reputed during my acquaintance which was about fifteen years of the lifetime of Mark Hunscomb that they had nine children in all, and only one of whom is now living - that I have frequently heard the said Mark Hunscomb converse about his services in the revolutionary war of his being at Ticonderoga of his being sick there - and I further say that the above claimant Eleanor Hunscomb is the identical her who was married first to the said Mark Hunscomb and then subsequently to William Worcester of Sanford Maine
Eli Bernal Samuel Worcester State of Maine York County
His James Bernal Mark
On this seventh day of September

12th AD 1852 - personally appeared the above named James Fernald and made solemn oath that the above offer decree by him subscribed as true to the best of his belief - and the said James Fernald is a man of good reputation.
Before me
Nathaniel Hobbs. Jus. of the Peace

State of Maine York County } ss
Rittery Sept 7 th 1852
"Mar d February sixteenth in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy three Mark Hanscom and Eleanor Fernald both of Rittery by Rev. Alpheus Spring" -
I certify that the above is a true copy with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - "February 16 th 1773"
Attest Benning Haley Town Clerk
I Benning Haley above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the county of York and State of Maine and for the town of Rittery, and that the above is a true extract from the records of the town with the ex- ception above named, as cer- tified by me Attest Benning Haley, St. of Maine. York Co. Sept. 7 th 1852. Town Clerk.
Personally appeared Benning Haley, and made oath that the above certificate is a true copy of the Records of the Town aforesaid before me M. G. Wentworth , Justice of Peace

Dover MA June 28 th 28 th 1853
Sir
Yours of 25 th informing me that the claim of Mrs Sarah Clark widow of Jonathan Clark is suspended, because she did not go before a Court of Record - is received. In reply I have to state that Mrs Clark did go before a Judge of a Court of Record about two months since and it had been forwarded to the Pension Office directed to you since the 1 th of May of last.
I have addressed two or three letters of enquiry in relation to certain cases, but, after a long time, have not received an answer. It may be that they have not reached your Office - One was in relation to the case of Mrs Larson. a

Second in relation to the case of Mrs Eleanor Worcester making the inquiry as to further proof in her case, She is allowed for only 11 mo. and 8 days service for her husband, when it can be proved that he served 18 months, making instead of $37.48 per annum, more than $60 per year her due
I see by the last pension certificates, that widows are allowed $96 per year, In the case of Mrs Worcester her pension is granted at the rate of $80 dollars a year, or 6 2 / 3 dolls per month, I suppose your decision may be right and for information I wish to know why this distinction is made.
I am, Sir, respectfully Your Obedt Servt,
T. J. W. Pray
Hon. S P Waldo Comm of Pensions Washington D.C.

Eleanor Wooster, widow of Mark Hoans com a rev olutionary soldier in the Continental line of Massachusett - Application from Maine.
Passed Lorr.

Brief in the case of Eleanor Wooster widow, formerly widow of Mark Hanscom York — County and State of Maine act 4 th July 1836.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
By Roll, Mark Hanscom served as a private 11 months & 18 days in Capt. Tobias Fernald's Co. Col. Edmund Phinney's Regiment. Record proof that Mark and Eleanor intermarried 16 th Feb. 1773. Parol proof that Mark died 8 th Jan. 1793. Record proof that Eleanor and Wm Wooster intermarried 27 th Sept. 1802. Parol proof that Wm Wooster died 7 th Aug. 1842.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
S. J. W. Pray Esq. Dover. N. H.
Charles H. Rhetts.
Examining Clerk.

Brief Case of Eleanor Weston Miss Mark Hanson.
Maine.

Brief. Eleanor Wooster formerly widow of Mark Hanscom.
Eleanor Wooster, (6 th Nov r 1843. aged 91 yrs. unable to appear in Court before Judge Com Pleas) de- -clares she is widow of Mark Hanscom a private & served 6 weeks in 1775. under Capt. Tobias Fur- nald - he then enlisted in 1775 under Capt. Tobias Furnald & served 8 12 months - in 1776 - under Capt. Tobias Furnald & served 12 months . Col. Stearns Fanny's Regt. in which he served most of the time - Married with Mark 16 th Feby: 1773 her maiden name E. Furnald. - Mark died 3 rd June 1793. married him before he went into service. married W m Wooster now dec d . 27 th Sept. 1802 - W m died 7 th Aug t 1842. She still a widow.
Town Clerk of Kittery certifies that Mark & Eleanor were married 16 th Feby: 1773 -
Town Clerk of Sanford certifies that Eleanor & W m Wooster married 27 th Sept. 1802.
Oliver Webber. (3 rd Nov r 1843 aged 49 yrs.) says he was well acquainted with W m who died 7 th Aug t 1842 was at his funeral & saw him dead. His widow Eleanor is well known to Dept. - Still a widow
Eleanor Wooster. (7 th Sept. 1853.) wid. Mark - private under Col.

Ed: Phinney - Capt John Fernald - enlisted about 1 st May 1775 - served 1 yr & discharged. - Knows nothing of his discharge - E. Fernald was her name before marriage - married 16 th Feb: 1773 - Mark died 5 th June 1793. - had 9 children. sons - Mark, Saml, Wm & Fernald & 2 daughters - all dead except Luke - widow 9 yrs - married Wm, 27 Sept: 1802 who died 7 th Aug: 1842. - remained a widow.
Mary Hammond (7 th Sept 1852), aged 87 yrs. says he was well ac- -quainted with Mark - lived at his house during summer in war - remembers time of enlistment & return home in 1776 1776 - 7 - on furlough - then - he was at Bunker Hill. married 16 th Feb: 1773. lived as man & wife - so reputed during 24 yrs - mark died 5 th June 1793 - E. married Wm = Wm died 7 th Aug. 1842 - E. now a widow.
Ebenezer Plummer - says E. married Wm 27 th Sept. 1802 - Wm died 7 th Aug: 1842.
Saml Worcester - says E. was married to Wm Worcester 27 th Sept: 1842 reputed to have been the wife of Mark Hanco. often heard E. speak of Mark's services - Wm died. & E. remain- -ed a widow.
Ja: Fernald - (7 th Sept. 1852), says he has known Eleanor more than 75 yrs - knew Mark die? - Mark & Eleanor lived as man & wife - so reputed. had 9 children only 1 living. E. is Wm

-trial person who was married first to Mark & after to Wm Down Clk: Kitting Certifies that Mark & E. married 16 th Feb: 1773. Secty: Majo. certifies that Mark Hanscom served 11 mos 8 days as private from 1 st Jany. 1776 - Capt. Tobias Her- nalds Co. Col. E. Phinnys Regt. —
Recapitulation.
Mark Hanscom served 11 mos 8 days in 1776.
1 st Marriage. Mark & Eleanor married 16 th Feb: 1776 1773. Mark died 5 th June 1793. 2 nd Marriage. Eleanor & Wm Wooster married 27 th Sept. 1802. Wm died 7 th August 1842.

Dover N.H. June 16 th 1853
Sir
The Pension Certificate of Mrs Eleanor Worcester granting her $37. 50  42  per annum from the 4 th of March 1831 was received this day -
In the declaration of Mrs Worcester as made in September 1852, she states that her husband Mark Hanscum enlisted in April 1775 - in the Revolutionary War, - was stationed first at Putney Me, - then went to Charlestown Mass - was there at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill June 17 th 1775 - In course of that year, he was ordered to New York, and there served as found on the Rolls now in the State of Massachusetts from Jan 1 st 1776 to Dec 8 1776 11 mo. and 8 days Now if the time from June 17 th 1775 to Jan. 1 st 1776 be added to his service at Fort George 11 mo & 8 days it will make 18 mo. and 25 days - and added to this his six weeks service at Putney, it makes 18 months and nine days - the length of the service in which Mark Hanscum was in the war of the Revolution.

When her declaration was made out I was totally unacquainted with the Pension Laws, and knew not, that persons drew according to length of service, or else that part of the declaration would have been more explicitly expressed. I believe there is now on file the testimony of Susan Green that Mark Hunscom served 18 months in the above war, and that is the only definite proof upon this point.
I wish to enquire, if the testimony of another individual who lived at Mr. Hunscoms House during the whole time, he was in the said war in addition to that of Mrs. Green would be sufficient evidence with the Pension Department to prove the length of the service of Mark Hunscom if so such testimony can be obtained - from Mrs. Hammond, who testified the same day that Mrs. Worcester made her declaration. -
The evidence in the Secretary's Office in the State of Massachusetts is indefinite; it does not state the time of the enlistment of Mr. Hunscom nor the time of his discharge, and it appears to me (although I know not the usual practice of the Pension Office) that the only way to arrive at the truth of the matter is from

The testimony of persons in the war, or living at the time of the service of a soldier when such evidence cannot be obtained.
An answer to this is respectfully requested,
I am Sir respectfully your humble and obedient Servt J. M. Pray
Hon. L. D. Waldo Comm. of Pensions Washington D. C.

Dover Feb 5 W 53.
Sir
I send you further evidence in support of claim of Mrs Eleanor Worcester, who made a second de- claration for pension in the month of September last.
Yours respectfully S. J. W. Fry

Dover N.H. Aug 28 '57
Sir,
I wish to enquire in the case of Eleanor Worcester, if she is not entitled to be placed on the Pension List Roll under the act of July 27 th 1848. All the service allowed by the Pension Department is eleven months & eight days. I wish to enquire, if no other evidence will allow her to prove the service of her husband, but the testimony of fellow soldiers. It is a fact, that she was in the Army, as soon as the commencement of the war of the Revolution. Yours Respectfully S. H. W. Pray over Comm. of Pensions.

Mrs Worcester was placed on the Pension Rolls a year last June

Dover N.H., Sept 18 th 1854
Sir
I wish to enquire, if the grand children of Revolutionary soldiers are entitled to draw any monies to which their parents were entitled. If not when was a different practice adopted, by the Pension Department. If grand children are not entitled, can the executors of the estate of the immediate children of Revolutionary soldiers draw arreas of pension which were due them during their life time and which they neglected to apply for.
In the case of Eleanor Worcester pensioned in June 1853 and to which I referred you a few weeks since

I think you mistook the import of my enquiry. She was placed on the Pension List Roll at the rate of 80 dollars a year, I wish to enquire if she was not entitled to draw at the rate of 96 dollars a year under the act of July 29 th 1848. She made her application in Sept. 1852,
You will excuse me by referring to the kind of testimony to be used in supporting the claim of Eleanor Wooster, you say that it must be evidence of persons "who know of the service". Does this refer to soldiers or does it refer to any witnesses cognizant of the fact of Hanscomb's  the service. There are two or three persons living (not soldiers) who know of Mark Hanscomb's being away from home, as early as April 1775, in the war, but their testimony only refers to the fact of his being away from home - of his writing home saying he was in the Army - of his being at his residence on parole sick. Will such kind of evidence be sufficient to establish further increase of her pension?
Yours Respectfully J. H. Pray

Henry J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D.C. } 28 th June, 1849. }
The application of Ellenor Worcester, for the benefit of the acts of Congress in her case of annexed Appendix,
Dear Sir,
W. W. Temple

Hon J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Revenue Washington D. C.

Dover N.H. Sept 28 th /52 -
Sir
Yours of the 28 th ult. informing me that the Pension Department would give "the full benefit of any evidence which may exist in the Pension Office" as to the services of Mark Hunscom in the Revolutionary War was duly received -
Here with I send you the declaration of Mrs Worcester, and the affidavits of several persons, all relating to her claim - When I addressed a letter to the Hon A. Lick on this subject, I stated to him what I supposed could be proved as to the services of Mr Hunscom. On seeing Mrs W his former wife, I found her statements very distinct, and her recollection exact as to the officers under whom he served. She said that the Captain's name was Fernald and the Colonel;

Phoebe - instead of Spinnery as I wrote to Mr. Tuck - And she related the circumstances of her husband being from home with all the vividness of Youth - I think you will find her declaration with the other accom- panying evidence sufficient to estab- lish her claim.
I would respectfully ask your immediate attention to her case - She has arrived to such an age, as requires all the care of childhood. Besides she actually needs some pecuni- ary assistance - She has no property and consequently she has to depend upon the charity of friends for her daily subsistence - Her children are nearly all separated from her by death, and the only one now living is not capable of giving the necessary attention to his own family -
I am respectfully
your ob't serv't.
Hon J. B. Heath
Com. of Pensions Washington
D.C.
J. W. Pray
Attorney of Mrs. W.

Dover N.H. March 25 th 1853.
Sir,
Sometime during the last of September A.D. 1852 I sent the application of Mrs Eleanor Worcester for pension; and on the 7 th of February last I had notice that her Declaration was filed under the act of 1836 - and wished me to find further evidence from the Secretary's Office in Massachusetts. I obtained such evidence and transmitted to the Pension Office the same. In a letter then, addressed to Mr Heath, I wished him to make out the papers payable in the New Hampshire Pension Agency. I now wish you to do the same.
I further wish to enquire - whether the heirs of Revolutionary soldiers are entitled to arrears of pension under the act of Feb 3 d 1853. provided the widow died before the passage of said act; & whether the children of such

Soldiers " can obtain arrears of pension under the act of March 18 th 1818, if unclaimed up to this time.
Whether widows of Revolution ary Soldiers under the act of Feb 3 d 1853 are entitled to arrears of pension, — if so, do they draw from the death of their husbands, if they die subsequent to the year 1827 —
I am, Sir, respectfully Your O bt . Servt.
J. W. Pray
L. P. Waldo Esq. Comm. of Pensions, Washington D. C.

Dover N.H. Feb 11 th 1853
Sir
Herewith I send you what evidence is found in the Secretary's Office of the State of Massachusetts in relation to the service of Mark R. Hanscom in the war of the Revolution.
Although this does not give his whole service yet it corroborates what the widow has declared in her declaration made Sept 7 th 1852. There is no doubt, but that Hanscom was in Massachusetts at the time of the battle of Bunker Hill - if so he must have served in the Revolutionary War about eighteen months - Indeed this can be proved both by the widow herself - Mrs. Hammond, and Mrs. Green.
In 1845 or six the claimant Mrs. Worcester made a declaration to

to the Pension Department, but was unsuccessful - She has in course of six years made three or four applications to the State of Massachusetts, for evidence of her husband's service but always received answer that his name could not be found upon the rolls, When I received your letter of the 5 th inst, I supposed that nothing existed in the Secretary's Office of that State in relation to the claim, But I am informed by the Secretary that recently "some rolls have been removed from Washington which enables him to give the enclosed certificate, and this is all the evidence of Hanson's service which exists in that Office"
As this additional evidence will substantiate the claim of Mrs Worcester, you will oblige, by sending me at the same time with her pension certificate, all arrears of Pension which she is entitled to. You will please make the pension certificates payable in the State of New Hampshire (consequence) I am Sir respectfully of Pensions Washington D.C.)
Your Ob t Servt J H O Press