Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23223, Matthias Hawes, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hawes, Matthias Sarah
W 23223
CONTENTS

Me. Sarah Hawes widow of Matthias Hawes who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private & Malcof.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 3 3/4 Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the first day of June 1851 and sent to
Hon Isaac Reed Malabar Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 14 Vol. 1

State of Maine.
Lincoln County ss. On this thirtieth day of September A.D. 1852. Personally appeared Sarah Haines before the judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Lincoln, the same being a court of Record - the applicant being by reason of bodily infirmity prevented from attending said Court. She is eighty seven years of age, and resides in Union in said county of Lincoln, who being first duly sworn does on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act granting pensions to certain widows of revolutionary soldiers passed Feby. 2. 1848 and of all other acts that apply to her case. That she is the widow of Matthias Haines late of said Union, who died Nov. 4. 1828, and who served in Capt. Penez Cushing's Company, Col. Craft's Regiment of Artillery as a matross of Wrentham from Nov. 1. 1776 to May 8. 1777. 7 months and eight days, and in Capt. Asa Goinbanks's Co. Col. Daggett's Regiment as a private of Wrentham from Aug. 24. 1778. 11 days. The said Matthias Haines did not during his life receive any pension or bounty land from the United States, on account of said services, nor has

the applicant received any thing since. That she was married to the said Matthias Haves deceased, at Warren in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine on the first day of January A.D. 1783 which was after he left the service and before the first day of January A.D. 1794, by Mason Wheaton, who resided then in Warren aforesaid and was a justice of the peace, authorized to solemnize marriages. That said Wheaton died many years ago and the record of said marriage made by him, if any was made, is lost and was never entered with the records of said town of Warren, but the original certificate of the clerk of said town of Warren of the legal publication of the "purposes of marriage between Matthias Haves of a plantation called Sterlingtown, and Sarah Payson of Warren" has been found with the papers of the said Wheaton since his decease. Said original certificate is annexed to the affidavit of John L. Sibley, and is herewith sent.
Sarah Haves
Witness
Elijah Vose

State of Maine Lincoln } ss County }
I certify that on this thirteenth day of September A.D. 1852 Sarah Haines who by reason of age & bodily infirmity was unable to appear in Court personally appeared before me Arnold Maney Judge of Probate within & for the County of Lincoln and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her subscription -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal official of the Court of Probate the day and year above written -
Arnold Maney Judge

This is to certify that the purposes of the Marriage between Nathaniel Warren and Sarah Pason were truly published according to Law by me the Second Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two
then it may concern Marriage between of a plantation called Nathaniel Warren and Sarah Pason were truly published according to Law by me the Second Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two

1732 I, John L. Sibley, Assistant Librarian of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, on oath testify, that a few years since, while collecting materials for the His- tory of the town of Union in Maine, my native place, I made enquiry for, & found, in Thomaston, what I suppose to have been the old manu- script papers of Colonel Mason Wheaton, who, according to the universal statement of old settlers in Union, was a landholder in the town  Union while it was known by the name of Sterlingtown or Taylortown, & that among these papers in possession of his daughter-in-law & in the old house where the said Mason Wheaton is said to have lived, & where I suppose he died, I found, among similar papers, the annexed cer- tificate of the publication of the purposes of marriage between "Mathias Hawes" and "Sarah Pason", & that at the time I believed, & that I still believe, it to be the official certificate of the town clerk of Warren; & that I have no doubt, nor have I had any since I found it, that it relates to the Sarah Hawes whose husband was Mat- thias Hawes of Union, & that in consequence

of the said Sarah's statement, & before I knew of this movement to procure a pension, I did, in a History of the Town of Union, of which I am author, cause her marriage with Matthias Hawes to be printed, & it is printed on page 460, of said History, as having taken place January 1, 1783, in the town of Warren where she said she then resided. I further testify that I am a disinterested witness. John L. Sibley.
Union, Maine, 28 Aug. 1852
Lincoln ss August 28, A.D. 1852. I hereby certify that John L. Sibley is a credible witness and that he subscribed and swore to the foregoing affidavit. Before me Elijah Vase, Justice of the peace.

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23223
Sarah Harvey
wid of Matthew Harvey
Phila Feb 1842
Act: Feb 2d  1/48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 317
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mary Sarah Hawes widow of Mathew who died on the 1828 of in the State of who was a Priv in the Malheur commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the line for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 35 Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of June 1833 and sent to Mrs Sarah Hawes Arrears to the 4th of November 1836 Semi-annual allowance ending
Recorded by R. M. Wadsworth Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 9 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. } Clerk.

9.382 Maine
Sarah Hawes widow of Matthew's who was a Rev. & Minister in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 75 Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of June 1857 and sent to Hon. Isaac Reed Waldoboro Me.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 2 Page 5

Brief in the case of Sarah Solawes widow of Matthias County and State of Maine act July 7 1838
Claim, ("original," or for increase .)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record and parole proof of service, Record & parole proof of marriage Certificate of Court as to death and widowhood,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Wm Isaac Reed Waldoboro' Me
Thornton Tipton Examining Clerk.

710, 14, 869 Sarah Hawes widow of Matthias adm? July 7 1838 Me 8c
7 mos & 8 d interest $34.16 11.49 pri 1.22 $35.65
for annuity from 4 March 1836 2 yrs excepted,
Cert to Hon Isaac Reed Waldoboro Me

7-8 = Math 34,45 11 pi 122  35.65

House of Representatives Washington Jany 18 th 1883
Sir
I enclose application of Sarah Hawes of Union, Lincoln County Maine for a pension, as early an examination of the case as is practicable will oblige,
Yours very respectfully Isaac D. Dood Waloboro Me
Hon J. G. Heath Com te of Pensions
2/100 12/50 4.25 6700 112
24/100 (4. 26 2/3) 46 4/6 24 4.16 2/3 12 16 83.28 30.33 1/3 12 341.43 3/4

STATE OF MA NE.
LINCOLN, SS.
I, EDMUND B. BOWMAN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Elijah Bore whose name is affixed to the annexed papers as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, was on the day of the date thereof, legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the signature to the annexed papers purporting to be his are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- two
Edmund B. Bowman
CLERK.

State of Maine
Lincoln County
Be it known, That on this fourth day of October 1852 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court before the Court of Probate for said County that Matthias Hawes late of Union in said County died on the fourth day of November AD 1828, and that Sarah Hawes now of said Union is the widow of said Matthias deceased - that she has not married since the death of said Matthias
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court of Probate and subscribed my name this fourth day of Oct AD 1852
Arnold Planey
Judge of Probate 2 Lincoln Co

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
September 20 1851.
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 Matthias Hawes is borne on a roll of Capt. Perez Cushing's Co. Col. Crafts' Regt of Artillery, as a Matross of Wrentham, from Nov. 1. 1776 to May 8. 1777. 7 mos. 8 days.
On a pay roll of Capt. Wm. Fairbanks' Co. Col. Daggitt's Regt. as private of Wrentham, from Aug 24. 1778. 11 days.
The town of Franklin, was set off & incorporated as a separate town in 1778. the larger part of it was formerly of Wrentham.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
7. 8 11 7. 19
Maria Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Honorable Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. My late husband, Matthias Hawes, was was a private in the Revolutionary War, and as I suppose, entitled to a pension, which he did not receive, nor have I received any thing on account of his service, and I hereby request you Hon. to furnish me with such proof from the records in your Office as will enable me to obtain the pension to which I am entitled for such service, as the wife of said Matthias Hawes. He lived in Franklin, Massachusetts, at the time of his enlistment, which I think was not far from 1780, but it may be it was a year or two before. When you Hon. has attended to this matter the result may be made known to me by forward- ing a copy of the record if such can be found to me to Union in the State of Maine where I now live or to Elijah Vose who acts as my agent.
Union, Maine.
Sarah Hawes
August 14. 1851, Sarah Hawes
Lincoln ss. Aug. 14. 1851 Personally appeared Sarah Hawes, above named & subscribed the foregoing appli- cation before me
Elijah Vose Justice of the Peace.

I, James Brackett of the town of Warren in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine, of lawful age on oath say, that I am (November 16 th A.D. 1852) Clerk of said town of Warren, that I have careful- ly examined the records of said town, and can find no record of the marriage, or of the publication of the intentions of marriage of Mathias Flons, and Sarah Payson (or Dason) which is said to have taken place in 1783. I further state that I have examined the records which purport to have been made by the clerk of said town, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two and have compared with said records a certificate annexed to the affidavit of John L. Sibley Assistant Librarian of Harvard Univer- sity, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of which the following is a copy. "This is to certify" (two words indistinct) "how it may concern that the purposes of marriage between Mathias Flons of a plantation called Starlingtown and Sarah Dason of Warren were duly published according to law by me Warren Decem. 24. 1782" Alex. LeMond jun town Clerk and I have no doubt that said certificate was made by the same person who was clerk of the town of Warren that year James Brackett

State of Maine, Lincoln County ss. November 16 th A.D. 1852, Personally appeared James Brackett and subscribed and swore to the affidavit within written. Before me, Elijah Vose, Justice of the Peace.

I, John Payson of Warren in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine, of the age of eighty seven years, on oath say, that I am a brother of Sarah Hawes, whose maiden name was, Sarah Payson, of Union in the county of Lincoln, a town adjoining this, and who is the widow of Matthias Hawes, who died in said Union about twenty four years ago. My sister Sarah was married to said Matthias Hawes at my father, Samuel Payson's house in this town, in the year 1783, I think. The ceremony of marriage was performed in my presence, by Colonel Mason Wheaton, a justice of the peace of Thomaston in said county of Lincoln. Said Sarah Hawes has not married since the decease of her husband, Matthias Hawes, and now resides in said Union, where she lived many years with her deceased husband and brought up a large family.
Witness
John his X Payson mark
Elijah Vose
Atty Garrison
State of Maine
Lincoln County, ss November 13 th A.D. 1862.
Personally appeared John Payson and made to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit. Before me, Elijah Vose, Justice of the Peace

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hawes, Pelatiah GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4369 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 2, 1792 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.