Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 24404, William Hancock, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hancock, William Elizabeth
W 24404
CONTENTS

10.562
264
Maine
William Hancock
of Buxton in the District  state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Alden of the Mass. line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of June, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of May, 1819 and sent to George Thatcher Esq. Jacob Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 8 mo 24 d. 48.00 66.09 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep. 1819 48.00
$114.09
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.

Notification sent June 25 th 1821, to E. Whitman, Esq. Portland, Maine.

4 Maine - 2627
Elizabeth Hancock, widow of William Hancock, who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th March 18 th and who died on the 19 th November 1836 of Pleasing in the State of Maine who was a P. in the County commanded by Captain Lane of the Reg t commanded by Brooks in the Maine line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 20 th November 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May 39, and sent to J. B. C. Cavendy, Lewiston, Maine
Arrears to the 4 th of March - $ 240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00 $ 280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burgess Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 11-

William Hancock Jr Col. Aldens Regt Mass Line 1777 - to 1780 Dec: 27 June 1818
on roll
correct

I William Hancock of Buxton in the County of York & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty five years do declare that I enlisted as a private soldier in the American Army on the Continental Establish- ment on the 25 th day of February A.D. 1777 in Capt Daniel Lane's Company in Colonel Alden's Regiment for three years, which time I served regularly & was honorably discharged at West Point on the 25 th day of February A.D. 1780 - Colonel John Brooks had command of said Regiment at the time I was discharged - Colonel Alden was killed at Cherry Valley The first battle I was in was at Fort Edward at a place called Sodom Plains & in another at the taking of Burgoyne & at the taking an Indian village called Anadagee in New York - & at the battle at Newtown in Pennsylvania - The winter of 1777 I wintered at Albany - 1778-79 I wintered at Cherry Valley - I have no pension & from my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support. I am a citizen of the United States I had a written discharge from Colonel Brooks but have since lost it
Left Geo. Thatcher to the mark made by William Hancock 27 June 1818 male
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss -
Be it known that on the 27 th day of June A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appeared the above named William Han- cock & being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him in my presence Subscribed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land

Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, which declaration being signed and sworn to as aforesaid, I George Thacher one of the Justices do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Hancock did serve in the Revolutionary war, against the common enemy, as stated in his said declaration & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country, for support; And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had before me to the secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions in the Act of Congress aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this first day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & eighteen —
George Thacher

I John Woodman of Weymouth in said County & Commonwealth, aged sixty seven years, do testify & declare, that I entered as a sergeant in Captain Daniel Lane's Company & Colonel Hemen's Regiment in the Massachusetts line about the tenth day of June A.D. 1777, for three years & served in said capacity about thirteen months in said company & regiment, & was then appointed assistant commissary of issues for the post of Cherry Valley - I served in that capacity till Nov: 1779. During all said time I was well acquainted with William Hancock who signed the declaration on the first page of this paper, as he was in the same company & regiment with me on the same stations, during the period I have mentioned.
John Woodman —
Parke St. June 23 1818. Then personally appeared the above named John Woodman & being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him signed. before me Saml. B. Thacher Judge.

N 262. William Hancock
Copy
10.562
Sept 1877
The Pensioner must appear before a court in the County where he resides, & it must be so certified
C
Jan 1 2. 1877
John Hancock
Clerk of the U. States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
...the said Court and the said Clerk of the said Court...

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Monday, being the twenty fourth day of July and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty fourth day of July — in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, William Hancock aged fifty nine years, resident in Buxton in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private in the company commanded by Capt. Lane in the Regiment commanded by Colonels Alden & Brooks in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 27th day of June A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10562 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Witness Jos. Pope William Hancock mark
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty fourth day of July. A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Parris U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none
Personal estate — one cow — three sheep — one swine a few ordinary articles of furniture necessary for family use — I have no income —
Witness Jos. Pope William his Hancock mark
Sworn to July 24, 1820 Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me William Hancock who, by occupation am a laborer which I am not able to pursue by reason of a rupture and broken ribs
   NAMES AGES Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Edmund 15 able to support himself   John 12 not able   Molly Smith a girl who keeps my house    Witness Jos. Pope William his Hancock mark  Sworn to Before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge

United States of America
Maine District ss. At a Special District Court be- gun & holden at Saco within the County of York in said District on the tenth day of February A.D. 1821—before the Honore A. H. Parris Judge of said Court—
And now the original declaration & schedules whereof the foregoing are true copies having been here presented in open Court and duly considered & fully examined. It is ha- now considered & adjudged in Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule is twenty three dollars & twenty five cents & no more
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this tenth day of Februa- ry A.D. 1821
John Mussey Junr Clerk of U.S. Distt Court
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 twenty three . . . dollars and twenty five . . . cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fourth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District..
$23.25

2648
Elizabeth Hancock
Me
act 7 July 38.
In 82d 36
adm
2 yrs hi
80
Died 19. Nov. '36 - pen: com: 20 Nov. '36 -
J. B. Clancy Tinnerick Me

State of Maine.
York, ss.—
I, JOHN SKEELE, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that
William A. Hoages is Judge of said Court of Probate and that said Wm. A. Hoages, Robert B. Caverly & Daniel Wentworth are Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signatures to the papers hereunto annexed and purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- eight .
John Skeele } Register of Probate York County.

STATE OF MAINE.
York County of Cumberland, ss.
On this first day of October 1838 personally appeared before Wm. A. Hayes Judge of the Elizabeth Hancock
a resident of Buxton in the County of York and State or District of Maine, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of William Hancock who was a a soldier in the army of the Revolution - that according to the best of her knowledge and belief the said William served as a soldier in said army in the whole three years and three months - that sometime after the commencement of the Revolutionary war, the said William Hancock enlisted in the month of February in said army for three years and served out the said three years and returned home in the month of March, the year not remembered - that he the said William afterwards enlisted again and served three months longer - that she has the impression that he enlisted the first time at said Buxton and that Daniel Lane was his Captain and Brooks his Colonel - that she also believes that at one time he was under the command of one Colonel Gilly - That the said William received a pension of $96 per year for his aforesaid services until his decease - That her name before marriage was Elizabeth Leavitt - and that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim but that she has reason to believe that a full account of his services will be found on file in the War Department to which she would refer the Commissioner of Pensions. SHE FURTHER DECLARES, that she was married to the said William Hancock
on the twenty second day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two and that her husband, the aforesaid William Hancock died on the nineteenth day of November 1836 - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated - and that she has not intermarried since the said William's decease.
Witness - Wm. A. Hayes - Elizabeth Hancock Edmond P. Haskell  Genl. Hancock Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
BEFORE me, Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate
York County, Maine I certify that the said Elizabeth Hancock by reason of her great age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel & attend Court Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate York County, Maine

I Robert Wentworth of Buxton in the county of York and State of Maine of lawful age testify depose and say that I am the Town Clerk of said Buxton chosen and sworn, that the Town Records of said Buxton are in my possession, and that according to said records William Hancock and Sarah Leavitt both of Buxton were published as intending marriage on the twenty second day of June seventeen hundred and eighty two and that the certificate thereof was granted August twenty first of the same year. But I have good reason to believe and do believe that a mistake was made by the Town Clerk who recorded the same in the Christian name of Miss Leavitt, that it should have been recorded Elizabeth , not Sarah . The said William Hancock was the only Revolutionary Soldier I have known or heard of in this town by that name. And his widow Elizabeth who I have no doubt is the identical person referred to in the record now lives at said Buxton. The following is a true copy in plain legible words and figures of said Record - in the recorded certificates of the intention of Marriages - "1782 June 22 William Hancock and Sarah Leavitt were published as the law directs and the certificate was given August 21"
"Samuel Knight Town Clerk"
I further testify that I have made search but can find no return of the solemnization of their marriage - and suppose it was neglected by Parson Coffin, who married them as I have understood -
Robert Wentworth Town Clerk of Buxton. Witness Robert Blavely
State of Maine } On this thirty first day of County of York } July eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared the said Robert Wentworth

a man of veracity and entitled to full credit and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is just and true before me - and I certify that I have examined the said Record and that said copy is correct and true -
Robert B. Gaverly Justice of the Peace County of York -

I Benjamin Rice of lawful age, testify and say, that I am the Pastor of the Congregational Church and Religious Society in the Town of Buxton, County of York, and State of Maine: That I have in my possession as such the Records of said Congregational Church formerly kept by the late Rev. Paul Coffin, who, as appears from said Records was ordained Pastor of said Church "March 16. 1769," and continued Pastor of it till his decease June 6. 1821.
I further testify that on the list of marriages contained in said Book of Records I find the following entry to wit "1702 August 22 William Hancock and Elizabeth Leavitt both of Buxton."
Witness Daniel Wentworth
Benjamin Rice
State of Maine York ss. August 2 d 1830
Personally appeared before me the subscriber the above named Benjamin Rice well known to me as a man of truth, who made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed in my presence
Daniel Wentworth Justice of the Peace

I Edmund P. Hancock of Bristol in the county of York and state of Maine of lawful age depose and say that I am a son of Elizabeth Hancock of said Bristol widow of William Hancock a soldier of the Revolution - that my father the said William received a pension of 96 dollars per year for his services in the Revolution ary army - that the said William died November 19. 1836 - and that my mother the said Elizabeth is now living at said Bristol
Edmund P. Hancock
Witness
Wm. A. Hayes
State of Maine
County of York ss - October 1 st A.D. 1838
Then personally appeared the said Edmund P. Hancock, who is well known to me to be a person of truth and veracity, whose statements under oath are entitled to full credit, and subscribed & swore to the foregoing deposition by him sub- scribed Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just, Peace
York County Maine

N B. All communications from the Com- missioner of Pensions to Mrs Elizabeth Hancock may be directed to my care at Limerick, Maine
By her request
Robert B Gaverly

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. William Hancock wid File 24404
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb 25, 1777 Feb 25, 1780 Pvt. Daniel Lane Alden John Brooks Willy Mass.   afterwards 3 mos      
Battles engaged in, Sodom Plains. Taking of Burgoyne. Ticonderoga and Battle of Bennington.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, (Onondaga) and Battle of Bennington.
Date of application for pension, June 27, 1818. His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Buxton, York Co. Mass. (Me.)
Age at date of application, 56 years.
Remarks: Soldier married Aug. 22, 1782 at Buxton, Mass. Elizabeth Leavitt. She was allowed pension on an application executed Oct. 1, 1838 while a resident of Buxton Maine aged 74 years. A large family of children referred to. In Edmund P. was a resident of Buxton Me. in 1838.

Case of W m Hancock Rev. Maine.
Susp d see letter to Hon. John Anderson H. R. Feb. 20. 1826
Last papers in this case rec d . from Hon. John Anderson H. R. May 6. 1826 -
May 8. 1826. Informed Hon. J. Anderson that the suspension was removed on said 8 th May 1826. Also informed Agent

Buyton York County, State of Maine August 8 th 1825
Sir, In the vicinity I live in a certain person by the name of William rev Hovey is on the pension list and has regularly drawn his pension both under the first & second law establishing pensions. At the time he first made the oath conformable to the act about one half of his farm was deeded to Joseph Woodman Esq of Buyton for security of a debt wherein he was a bondsman since which time the debt has been discharged the the property re-deeded to said Hovey. The Farm he owns in this Town is worth $2000.00 - he is now a building a large two story dwelling house. His property in the Town of Hollis which adjoins Buyton $600.00 dollars on which estate he has erected a house the present owner. From debt he is entirely free or he saith he does not owe one hundred dollars he owns a handsome stock of cattle sheep &c together with a horse & waggon & sleigh &c. He values his Estate at $3000.00 raises about 200 bushels of corn yearly & a suitable proportion of grain &c - There is not one person within one mile square from his Farm worth more than one half the property he is - with the exception of one person - although there is twelve decent farmers for this County all willing to support the happy Government we now live under - but murmur very hardly to think this Mr Hovey should pocket $96.00 pr year contrary to the meaning and intention of the act & by the request of ten of my neighbors I now forward this statement to you - and if you should have any doubt of the correctness of it by instructing Eber Shepley Esq of Saco District Attorney he easily could inform Government as to the propriety of his continuing on the pension roll -
The Hon ble
Secretary of War
Washington
Yours with respects
William West

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Wm Hancock
Service Mass.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except W. # 24404

Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
1909 May 20 Hist. Soc W. H. Greeley, V.P.M.
File No. 24404 Elizabeth Hancock wid of William Hancock Dis Mass Line
Act July 7 th 88 Index: Vol. A , Page 318
[Arrangement of 1870.]

132 Church St. Newton, Mass. May 8, 1909
Dear Sir:-
I write to ask if there is in your Department any record or data concerning possible applications for pensions of the following persons from Buxton, Mass. on account of service in the French and Indian war or and the Revolution:
William Hancock, Isaac Hancock, neg. John Hancock, neg.
In particular I am seeking information as to age, date of birth, birthplace, etc. Should there be such I would like to get copies of the personal data of each and will gladly pay for it.
To Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Respectfully yours W.H. Greeley

William Hancock Well: all $818. when last paid? GMC
May 1 '33 Due 19 th Nov 1836 p st . That paid JH

William Hancock a suspended marine bore - on Rose Sept 1879
Rec d May 6 1876
Hon: John Anderson H.R.
Sir
Edward Eyles
Public Office The Department Washington

Washington May 5 th 1826
Sir - As William Hancock was struck from the Pension List, or rather his Pension suspended, in consequence of the representations of William West. I hope the enclosed depositions will set aside West's statement & restore Hancock to his rights.
These deponents are all men of respectability & entitled to full credit. & Charles B Smith is, to my knowledge, a justice of the Peace in Guilford County in Maine but is his signature as it purports to each deposition - If you will, after looking at them & the other depositions I laid before you, discern to me at the House of Representatives deception - You will much oblige
Very respectfully your obedt Servt Wm Anderson

I Nathan Elden of Buxton in the county of York and State of Maine, of lawful age, do testify and say, that I am acquainted with, and have known, William West, about twenty years, a part of which time he resided in the town of Hiram, a part, in the town of Buxton, and now resides in the town of Hollis; during all which time he has sustained the character of an idle, troublesome, mischief-making fellow, and has been supported as a pauper in the towns of Hiram and Buxton. He has been frequently in the gaols of the counties of York and Oxford, has been twice indicted by the Grand Jury for the county of York, and once convicted; and in my opinion, there is no confidence to be placed in any statement or assertion that he makes; and, in this vicinity, he is not considered as a man of truth and veracity. —
Nathan Elden
State of Maine.
County of Cumberland ss. Portland March 8 th 1826.
Then personally appeared the abovenamed Nathan Elden, and made solemn oath, that the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, is true,
Before me,
Charles B. Smith, Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Howard of Brownfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, of lawful age testify and say, that I have formerly been acquainted with William West --- he has resided in the neighborhood where I live for several years, during all which time, he conducted in such manner, that he was always in difficulty with his neighbors. I believe him to be an idle, mischievous vagabond, one whose whole calculation is to get his living out of others; he was supported by the town of Hiram a long time, as a pauper, and was also confined in the gaol in Paris in said County, a long time for some misdemeanor, and in my opinion, there is no dependence to be placed on his assertions or words. He is not considered as a man of truth or veracity. He formerly resided in Bussey, and has been in that vicinity for some time past, and conducting badly, as I am informed. ---
Jos Howard
State of Maine.
County of Cumberland ss. Portland March 9 th 1826.
Then personally appeared Joseph Howard above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed,
Before me,
Charles B. Smith, Justice of the Peace.

I John Smith of Hollis, in the County of York and State of Maine, of Lawful age do testify and say, that I have known William West, for a number of years; about twenty five years since; said West resided in the town of Hollis, for about a year. He then went off and it was generally said, was obliged to leave. Within a few years he has returned into this vicinity, and was supported for some time as a Pauper in the town of Buxton; he has been frequently committed to Prison for misconduct; and in my opinion he is an Idle, lying, troublesome fellow, and one who is frequently quarrelling with his neighbours; and as far as my knowledge of him extends, his representations are not to be believed; and he is not considered as a man of truth or veracity, nor is he noticed by any respectable people within my knowledge. — John Smith
State of Maine.
Cumberland County ss. Portland March 8 th , 1826.
Then the above named John Smith personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, is true,
Before me,
Charles B. Smith, Justice of the Peace.

To The Honourable Secretary of War -
We the undersigned petitioners for and in behalf of William Hancock of Buxton in The County of York State of Maine respectfully represent, that the s d Willi- -am was an enlisted soldier in the Continent- al army and in the revolutionary war suffered the privations and shared his toils with those who achieved for our Country her freedom and independence. ~ on this account he received a pension from the year 1818 when the first pension law passed and under the additional laws of Congress for their relief until March 1825 when it was stopped although he had at the time it commenced exhibited to the Gov t plenary and satisfactory evidence that he was justly entitled by the afore- -said laws. ~ Your petitioners being therefore of the belief that he has been stricken off from the false and unfounded representations of some malicious persons to him and to your petitioners unknown and that he is still entitled not only when compared with others who continue in better circumstances to receive the same but from a knowledge of his individual situation would therefore humbly reque- -st your honour that his name may again

be restored to the List and as the grounds of this request They remark that though his circumstances are somewhat improved from his increased attention to business which your petitioners verily believe was caused by the excitement of his hopes for heretofore he had irregular in his habits yet he is still poor, indigent, and infirm Sixty Six years of age with a numerous family of children two of whom are under age and dependent upon his daily labours and exertions for their support. his property at this time consists of an old shanty dwelling house one Cow, one hog, & a horse for carrying out lamp black to sell which he burns as his business and his dependence and support.
Although he bargained for a lot of pitch pine plains the value of about one hundred dollars the pitch wood being used in his work, still he has never had a deed of it as he is unable purchase or pay for it. This last fact is evidenced by the statement of the person with whom this talk of a bargain was made This brief and un- announced account of his situation and circumstances we feel bound in Justice to make under a true sense of the obliga- -tion we owe the Govent. not to recommend

a person to the favour of their officers but from a deep conviction that they merit it. viewing his case as coming within the provisions of positive law without regarding it on the broad footing of Equity as between an individual and the Government or asserting their obligation to remunerate him for past meritorious services on account his own poverty and their wealth; we subscribe this petition and as in duty bound will ever pray that this request may meet your views and receive your approbation dated December 7 th . 1825
Samuel Hill Nathan Elden James Woodman Jr. } Selectmen of Buxton
I hereby certify that Nathan Elden who has signed this statement is a man of fair character & full confidence may be placed in his statements. Laurene Hill & James Woodman Jr are not personally known to me. but their reputation so far as has come to my knowledge is good -
John Andrews Member of Congress.

I Elliot G Vaughan, of Portland in the County of Cum- berland and State of Maine, of lawful age do testify and say, that I am well acquainted with William Han- cock of Buxton in the County of York and State aforesaid and have been for over twenty four years, having lived within a few rods of him about twenty years; When I first knew him he owned a small farm, a poor house and barn and was in debt, he has a large Family of Children, and has, since my acquaintance with them had much sickness in his Family and is himself lame. and has occasionally indulged in intemperance, until the year 1818, at which time he was much embarrassed and his farm or the best part of it was out of his hands as security for debts he owed. He about that time got placed on the pension list, since which time said Han- cock has conducted with much propriety, has attended well to business and has wholly abstained from the use of Spirituouus liquors; and by persevering industry and economy has been able to support himself and family; but has not redeemed the part of his farm which was taken and deeded a number of years ago. — In the year 1824 said Hancock bargained with me for a lot of pine timber land, and was to pay me in semiannual payments, he has made me two small payments, the last of which is nearly a year ago, since which I have received nothing of him. I called on him in December last, he said that being deprived of his pension, he feared he should not be able to pay for it. He has no deed of said land, — and he still lives in the House he did when I first knew him and it is now in a very ruinous condition. He had began to make some preparation to rebuild, but since he has been stricken from the list of Pensioners he has given it up, and

and appears much dejected & melancholly.
Elliott G. Vaughan
State of Maine
Cumberland, ss:
Personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland, the above named Elliott G. Vaughan Esq. and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Wm G Vaughan Jus: Peace
I hereby certify that the signature of Elliott G. Vaughan this deponent is well known to me & that I believe it to be his signature. That he is of fair character & full confidence may be placed in his statements. I further certify that Wm G. Vaughan above signed is an acting Magistrate in the County & State aforesaid
John Andros Member of the House of Representatives