Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7622, Benjamin Hale, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hale, Benjamin Mercy
W 7622
B.L.W. 36723-160-55
CONTENTS

Maine - 3346 -
Benjamin Hale of Waterford in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bonner of the Regt commanded by Col Wose in the Mass at line for
2 Years
16 Aug 1858
Copie for Law Agent
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Dec r 1832 and sent to Chas Whitman, Waterford Me
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $ 120 Penzant. allowance ending 14 Mar 1833 — 40
$160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk, Book J Vol. 1 st Page 64

5. 6218.
Martha Mercy Hale, widow of Benjamin Hale who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.  16 th Aug st 1853,
Certificate of Pension issued 21 st day of Feby. 1853.
and sent to
Levi Whitman Norway Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 165 . Vol. 16
23-2048

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Chapman 3. 55.
177, 8/3
Levy, 19. 56.
Mercy Hale, Del.
Benjamin Hale, Pri.
bapt. —
led. Brooks.
Mass. Am.
Ent. — dis. —
Rev. war
Per. Act 7. June 1832
July 53-5648
AD: 1600a, Aug: 8/56 Blyth
Vol. 16 = 1 = 38
Oliver Porter, Waterford, Me.

9052 Benjamin Hale's Application for a Pension To be restored -
N o 9052

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford - ss.
ON this sixth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the now sitting, Benjamin Hale - a resident of Watford - in the county of Oxford - and State of Maine, aged 60 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the month of
March - he does not recollect the day - 1781, at Harvard in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, he enlisted into the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War for a term of three years . In the June following, he went to Leicester, Massachusetts, to pass muster - There he was received by a Lieutenant whose name he does not remember and immediately marched to West Point in the State of New York where he joined Col. Phipps Bowman's Company in Col. Phipps Putnam's or the fifth Massachusetts Regiment in which he served till the close of the War when he was transferred into Capt. Joshua Benson's Company, Col. Joseph Vose Regiment of which Ralph Bowler was Adjutant - He was honorably discharged at said West Point on the 23 of Dec (he thinks) 1783 - His discharge, which mentioned for three years service , was signed by "Major Genl Henry Knox commanding the American Forces on Hudson River" - Which discharge is now in the War Department at Washington he supposes - He served under other and different instructions during the War of the Revolution but thinks it unnecessary to recapitulate them - He further states that he has once been on the pension roll, under the act of March 10 th 1818, without following agency and has been dropped therefrom on account of his property - And that his place of residence when he first made application, was, and still is, Watford aforesaid -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Benjamin Hale
Before
Stephen Emery, Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Said applicant having adduced the depositing of Lincoln Ripley a Clergyman, & Leander Gage, two highly respectable & credible persons - as also his former pension certificate, with an affidavit of identity of persons in corroboration of his own, declaration.
Stephen Emery, Judge
Joseph G. Gole Register
Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Hale for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of August A. D. 1832.
Joseph G. Gole Register

N 66. Benjamin Hale.
Copy
7702
not entitled
(Sept. 10/19.)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixeth . . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the fifteenth day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this fifteenth . . . day of June . . . 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, Benjamin Hale . . . aged fifty seven . . . years, resident in Waterford . . . 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. Bowman & Benson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Vose & Putnam 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 7th . . . day of April . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7702 . . . 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.
Benjamin Hale
Sworn to and declared, on the fifteenth day of June . . . 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 — thirty one acres of land in Waterford a small house and barn on it —
Personal estate — one yoke of oxen, three cows, eight sheep — two swine — four young cattle — I have no income and am in debt two hundred and twenty dollars
Benjamin Hale
Sworn to June 15. 1820
Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Benjamin Hale — who, by occupation am a Farmer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of lameness occasioned by a while swelling in both feet — for seven years could not work one day
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Susannah, a daughter 22 able to do housework   Evelina — — — — 18 able to support herself   Benjamin — — — 17 a very small boy of his age   Joabina — — — — 14 a healthy girl   Abel — — — — 7 unable to support himself  
Benjamin Hale
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge

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 four hundred & nine dollars and eighteen - - cents. and no more.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth . . . day of June - - . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "John Mussey Junr". The signature is stylized with loops and flourishes, particularly around the "J" and "M".
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$409.10-

Bounty Land Claim
Act March 3 rd 1855.
Benjamin Hall
Mrs. Mason Attorney

State of Maine County of Oxford ss. on this Fifteenth day of May A.D. 1855. Before me the undersigned, a justice of the Peace only authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid Benjamin Hale aged Ninety One years a resident of Waltham in the County of Oxford and State of Maine who made oath in due form of law, that he is the same Benjamin Hale who was a private in the Revolutionary War under General Patterson and Col. Rufus Putnam and to whom, under the provisions of the act of June 7th 1832, a pension of eighty dollars per annum has been allowed for his services as a private in the Revolutionary War. He further states that his Pension Certificate under the aforesaid act of June 7th 1832, is Number 3346. Given under my hand this Nineteenth day of December one Thousand eight hundred and thirty two and is made my oath at Portland Agency. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act of 3 d March, 1855. Never having received or made application for Bounty Land under any other act of Congress. In evidence of his said service he respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore admitted now on file in the Pension office and upon which his said annuity was granted.

He hereby constitutes and appoints as his Attorney to receive from the Secretary of the Interior the quantity of Land due him as aforesaid. Witness My hand of Bristol in the State of Maine
Attest
Ebenezer Plummer
Benjamin Hale
William Plummer
I swear to subscribe and acknowledge before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Benjamin Hale to be the identical person he alleges himself to be - a Pensioner of the United States and that I am not interested in his claim
George W. Rand Justice of the Peace
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. on this fifteenth day of May A.D. 1855. before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace authorized by Law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Ebenezer Plummer and William Plummer residents of Waterford, County of Oxford in the State of Maine known to me to be credible witnesses, who made oath, in due form of Law that Benjamin Hale who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration is to their personal knowledge

The undersigned person to whom under the provisions of the act of 7th of June 1832. a pension of 80 dollars per annum has been granted for his services as a private in the Revolutionary Wars. They further state that they are not interested in this claim.
Chas. Plummer William Plummer
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
George W. Ponder justice of the Peace
COUNTY OF
George W. Ponder Certificates hereunto annexed within and for the County acknowledgment of DEED of Record, having general In Testimony Whereof said Court the

The undersigned person to whom under the provisions of the act of 7th of June 1832, a pension of 80 dollars per annum has been granted for his services as a private in the Revolutionary war. They further state that they are not interested in this claim.
Chas. Plummer William Plummer
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court.
I, ELISHA WINTER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
George W. Rand Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the Certificates hereunto annexed, was at the respective dates thereof, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized to administer OATHS, and take acknowledgment of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that the Court aforesaid is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court this Sixteenth day of June , 1855.
Elisha Winter Clerk.

Town Clerk's Office, Harvard Mass. Sept. 17 th 1855.
I, Silas W. Holman of Harvard, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, certify, that on the Book of record of marriages of said town in my possession there is the following entry.
October sixth eighteen hundred and twenty two. — Mr Benjamin Hale of Waterford (Me) with Miss Mercy Brant of Harvard.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the records, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows,
"1822"
"Oct. 6 th Mr Benjamin Hale of Waterford (Me) with Miss Mercy Brant of Harvard."
Silas W. Holman Town Clerk.
I, Silas W. Holman, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Silas W. Holman Town Clerk.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this seventeenth day of September A.D. 1855.
Reuben Whitcomb Jr. Justice of the Peace.
Lovel Taylor
Mercy Taylor

Town Clerk's Office, Harvard Mass. Sept. 17 th 1855.
I, Silas W. Holman of Harvard, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, certify, that on the Book of record of marriages of said town in my possession there is the following entry.
October sixth eighteen hundred and twenty two. — Mr Benjamin Hale of Waterford (Me) with Miss Mary Brant of Harvard,
I certify that the above is a true copy of the records, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows, "1822"
"Oct. 6 th Mr Benjamin Hale of Waterford (Me) with Miss Mary Brant of Harvard."
Silas W. Holman Town Clerk.
I, Silas W. Holman, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Silas W. Holman Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, William A. Smith , Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Reuben Whitcomb Jr. Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his SIGNATURE to said CERTIFICATE is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, this seventh
day of November fifty- five .
in the year one thousand eight hundred and
W. A. Smith Asst. Clerk.

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss
On this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty six personally appeared before Levi Whitman a justice of the Peace within & for said county of Oxford, Mercy Hale, a resident of Waterford in said county of Oxford, State of Maine aged eighty five 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 February 2 d 1843 and the subsequent acts of Congress upon that subject & particularly the act passed July 29 th 1843, the joint resolution of July 1 st 1843, & the act which provides that the widows of all officers, non commissioned officers, musicians & privates, of the Revolutionary army who were married subsequent to January 1 st 1800, shall be entitled to a pension in the same manner as those who were married before that date; that she is the widow of Benjamin Hale late of said Waterford deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war & Pensioner under the laws of the United States, she cannot particularly state the character of his services but refers to the evidence on file in the Pension Office in his particular case. She

further declares that she was married to said Benjamin Hale at Howard in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the sixth day of October in the year eighteen hundred & twenty-two; that her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Hale, died on the sixteenth day of August eighteen hundred & fifty five and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed.
Witness, Elizabeth Hale
Mercy her X Hale mark
Norah H. Plummer
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss.
On the tenth day of January eighteen hundred & fifty-six personally appeared the above named Mercy Hale, a person well known by me to be the person she represents herself, & being duly sworn made & subscribed under oath the above declaration.
before me
Levi Whitman Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss
We William Hox & Josiah Plummer of Watford being duly sworn severally testify & say that we were well acquainted with Benjamin Hale of Watford, County of Oxford & State of Maine, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that he died at said Watford on the sixteenth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred & fifty-five, leaving his wife Mary Hale a widow & that she still remains his widow in this town of Watford.
William Hox
Josiah Plummer
On the tenth day of January eighteen hundred and fifty six, the above named William Hox & Josiah Plummer being duly sworn, respectfully made oath to the truth of, & subscribed the above affidavit & they are respectfully known to me to be of great reputation for truth & veracity - before me Levi Whitman justice of the
Peace
of Record, pp.
Levi M. H.
was at the dates of the certificates hereunto annexed, ever since has been, and is of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorized to administer Oaths, and to take acknowledgements of Deeds and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the Instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of our said Court, this fifteenth day of January 1856.
Abiah Black Clerk.

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss.
We William Hox & Josiah Plummer of Watford being duly sworn severally testify & say that we were well acquainted with Benjamin Hale of Watford, County of Oxford & State of Maine, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that he died at said Watford on the sixteenth day of August eighteen hundred & fifty-five, leaving his wife Mary Hale a widow & that she still remains his widow in this town of Watford.
William Hox
Josiah Plummer
On the tenth day of January eighteen hundred and fifty six, the above named William Hox & Josiah Plummer being duly sworn, respectively made oath to the truth of, & subscribed the above affidavit & they are respectively known to me to be of great reputation for truth & veracity.
COUNTY OF OXFORD, SS:
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court.
ELISHA WINTER , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, the same being a Court of Record, hereby certify, that.....
Levi Whitman
was at the dates of the certificates hereunto annexed, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorized to administer Oaths, and take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the Instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of our said Court, this fifteenth day of January 1856.
Clark Black Clerk.

From the papers in claim Wid. File No. 7,622, Rev. War, it appears that Benjamin Hale was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, while a resident of Waterford, Maine. He alleged that he enlisted at Harvard, Massachusetts in March, 1781, and served as a Private in Captain Phineas Bowman's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment, until he was transferred to Captain Joshua Benson's company, Colonel Joseph Vose's 1st Massachusetts regiment, and he was honorably discharged December 24, 1783, by Major General Knox commanding the forces on the Hudson.
In 1820 he stated that he was fifty-seven years of age and referred to the following children; Susannah, 22 years, Evelina 18 years, Benjamin 17 years, Joanna 14 years, and Abel 7 years.
Soldier married at Harvard, Massachusetts, October 6, 1822, Mercy Rand; he died August 16, 1855, and she was allowed pension on her application executed January 10, 1856, while 85 years of age and a resident of Waterford, Maine.
Jany. 25, 1911 for Wm F. York Through the Hon. Commr of Pensions letter returned

Brief in the case of Mary Hale widow of Benjamin Oxford County and State of Maine act 3 Febz 1853
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the Act of June 7/1832, at $80 a year, He died 11 Aug 1853
Record of marriage
( If for increase. )
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, her identity as the pensioner's widow, his death and her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent Levi Whitman Esq Norway Maine
Thornton L. Platts Examining Clerk.

71
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Benjamin Hale
Me - Oct 1832
Washington City
Dis. C

N o 6. 219. Mercy Hale Widow of Benjamin Maine
3 Feby 1833

Pen Off. Feby 11 1856
Sir
Please inform me when Benj Hale of Me Oct 1832 was last paid at $80,
R J Atkinson Esq Barnstable
Triflett
Very Respectfully P. M. Rae for commr in prison

3 rd Auditor's Office Feby 2. 1883
Sir.
The within named pensioner (Benjamin Hale) has been paid to 4 March 1883.
Very Respectfully Rola Johnson Auditor
J. Minto Asst. Comm r of Pension

Ms. A. 9. 2. 81. 3
Official Business
FREE
Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington D.C.

Benj a Hale's Application to be restored to the Pension List 3
(Faint, illegible handwriting)
admit 2 years private $80
sent charity Charles Whitman Waterford Me

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Benjamin Hale, late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Walburn
Secretary of War.

Benjamin Hoale
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next,
at the Cumberland
Bank, Portland,
Maine.
Recorded
C " "

Benjamin Hale of Watford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, do testify and declare, that I am the identical Ben- jamin Hale who received a Pension under the act of Congress of March 18 th 1818 as appears by my Pension Certificate bearing date the sixteenth day of March A.D. 1819 which is hereto annexed; and that I was subsequently stricken from the Pension-roll on account of my property - Witness C. Whitman Benjamin Hale
State of Maine - County of Oxford ss - Watford June 9. 1832 Then personally appeared the above Benjamin Hale and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed - Before me Charles Whitman Justice of the Peace
Oxford ss. State of Maine I Rufus R. Goodenaw Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County of Oxford hereby certify that Charles Whitman Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & duly empowered to administer oaths. and his name above written is his own proper signa- ture. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my my hand & affix the seal of said Court this twelfth day of June A.D. 1832. R. R. Goodenaw, Clerk etc.

Benjamin Hole
Sept 17.

The undersigned, having been appointed by Charles Whitman, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Oxford, to appraise, upon oath the value of the Real Estate of Benjamin Hale of Watson in said County, have appraised the same as follows — We have also at the request of the said Hale appraised his personal property —
Real Estate ————— $550.00 Personal Property —
  1 cow —————  $16.00    1 heifer —————  8.00    2 calves —————  7.00    2 sheep —————  3.00    Farming tools —————  7.00    1 chest —————  4.00    Lot of household furniture  10.00  
————— 55.00
Real Estate cash down 550.00
————— Total — $605.00
Watford March 18. 1828 —
Jonathan Houghton Jonathan Plummer
State of Maine — County of Oxford ss. Watford March 18 th 1828 Then personally appeared Jonathan Houghton and Jonathan Plummer above named and made oath, that they appraised the above mentioned property according to their best judgment. Before me Charles Whitman Jus. Peace

Declaration —
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of March 1. 1823, drawn up in conformity with the regulations of the War Department of the 26. December 1823 —
County of Oxford. — On this seventeenth day of March 1829, personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace for the County of Oxford, the undersigned Benjamin Hale a resident of Waterville in the County of Oxford aforesaid, who being duly sworn, according to Law, doth depose and say, that he is the same person who served in the revolution any part in the company commanded by Captain Joshua Benson, of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose of the line of the state of Massachusetts — That he received a pension under the act of March 18. 1818, but his name was dropped from the pension roll on account of the amount of his property, which was valued at more than $960, and he now applies to be restored in consequence of the regulations of the War Department of the 26. December 1823 having at this time the following named property being worth no more than the sums below mentioned — He also swears that he has before applied to be restored, but his claim has been rejected on account of the amount of his property —
Schedule —
Real Estate ————— $ 550.00 Personal property — 1 cow $16 — 1 shepper $8 — 2 calves $7 — 31.00 2 sheep $3 — Farming tools $7 ————— 10.00 1 sheep $4.00 — Lot- old house lot & garden $10 — 14.00 $605.00
Benjamin Hale
Sworn to before me, this 17 th day of March in the year 1829 —
Charles Whittman Justice of the Peace —

State of Maine
Oxford ss.
I Rufus R. Goodenow, Clerk of the Judicial Court in & for the County of Oxford & State of Maine, hereby certify, that Charles Whitman Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I here to set my hand & affix the seal of one of said Courts this sixth day of April A.D. 1829
R.R. Goodenow, Clerk

Ans d.
"Kearsarge Cottage", Concord, N.H., 23 rd Jan. 1911.
To Hon. J. L. Davenport, Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
My Dear Sir,
Your favor of 18 th is at hand. I sincerely thank you for the honor shown me in replying to my note of 13 th to the President, and assure you the courtesy is appreciated.
It almost takes one's breath away when we attempt to realize the almost fabulous expenditure for pensions. Surely this is the most Generous Government on earth.
Yours, cover.

Kindly permit me to make two inquiries.
First— A few years ago I received and filled out a blank from your office regarding my immediate family, at that time I was a widower. On May 27 th 1908 I married Miss Susie C. Creighton, May 19 th 1909 a son was born, Franklin Creighton York.
I thought these facts should be added to my report above referred to. — It is my purpose to round out a full Century before handing in my resignation, but should I change my mind before the fact is 16, would the mother receive government aid for the child?—

Second — My Grandfather Benjamin Hale, was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. He was born in Harvard, Massachusetts, but after the war lived and died in Waterford, Maine.
He probably served in the troops from Massachusetts,
Can you give me any data from your office regarding his service?
If so, you will confer a great favor —
Respectfully & kindly Yours, William F. York.
Ans. 11/11/91
Hon. J. L. Davenport, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

1911 Jan. 25 Visit to Wm F. York Who the Hon. Council of Penins.
Recy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7623  Hale
Mercy Hale
Hale  Rich Benjamin Hale
Print Rev War
Act: Chap 37 1853
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]

118. 813

Bethel Coos County March June 21, 1835.
Sir
Enclosed please find 7 applications for Bounty Land under act March 3 d 1855
Yours Most respectfully Moses Mason

Merry Hale, Widow of Benjamin Maine
adm? 3 Feby 1853 $80 a year from 16 Aug 1855 when her husband died
Beq to Levi Whitman Esq Norway Me

Papers wanted.
Benjamin Hoale - Rev. Soldier - served in Mass. line - X Pennioned under Act 1818 - dropped in 1820 Pennioned under Act 1832 Maine . ad pen. act 1853 c. c. - per order July 1857  Bowdoin

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Charles Whitman Esq
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of L. Ripley L. Gage is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 28th day of August in the year A. D. 1832.
R. K. Goodenow { Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

177. 813. Act. Mar. 3/55 June. 25. / 61
Det. M. Mason for 13/56 rejeo; dear
Benjamin Hale Dine Receives Pension $80.00 Genl. Patterson Col. Rufus Putnam Pension Certif 23346
Rev. 2002
5648
Moses Mason Agent for Benjamin Hale Bethel. Oxford. P.M.

Benjamin Hale Clayton Lutz

We, Lincoln Ripley, a clergyman, residing in Watford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, and Lander Gage of the same Watford, Physician, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Hale who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion —
L. Ripley. L. Gage
State of Maine County of Oxford ss - August 6 th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to
Before me Charles Whitman Just Peace

✓ 36.723
S Her Ans

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Dist. Col.

Friday, Mar. 28 th 1856
Dear Sir
I enclose herewith the application of Mary Hale widow of Benjamin Hale of Waterford, Ill., for a pension. I have no doubt of her right, but there have been so many acts of Congress on the subject, that she may not have referred to them properly in her declaration - You will be so good as to give the subject early attention & notify me what conclusion you may make.
Very Respectfully Yours A. G. Root
Levi Whitman

7702
Maine
Benjamin Hale
of Waterford in the District of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dole of the Me. line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of Decr 1819 and sent to S. K. Parris Esq., Paris Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Decr 1819 - 10 mths 87.11 3/4 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th Decr 1819 - 48.00 135.11 3/4
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
See letter 28 May 1829 to Charles Whitman Esq. do 23 June 1832 to Chas Whitman Esq.
Not furnished until the 18th July 1820, J. Murphy, Inv. Esq. Portland
Maine

Benjamin Hale -
( Private )
Vose's Reg t
Mass t Line
March 17 th 1861 to 24 th Dec r - 83
9 th April 1861
Admitted
Benj a Hale.

I Benjamin Hale a resident citizen of the United States in the Town of Waterford in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath declare that in the month of march in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & eighty that I enlisted as a private soldier into the army of the United States of America in the Company commanded by Captain Joshua Benson in the first Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose & served in the same in that capacity in the revolutionary war from that time to the twenty fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty three - at which time I received an honorable discharge hereunto annexed.
And I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am need of assistance from my country for support. Benjamin Hale
We the Subscribers testify that Benjamin Hale abovenamed by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for support, & that we know the said Hale enlisted in the army of the United States as abovementioned & have no doubt that he served as therein described - and that he is the same person who is described in the annexed discharge
Jonathan Houghton Israel Hale

2 BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Benjamin Haile Soldeir ~~~~~ in the First Massachusetts ~~~~~ Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the twenty fourth Day of Dec r
1783.
By the General's Command,
Wm M c G u ire
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Joseph H. Brooks Capt. & Adjutant

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Benjamin Hale the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence a regular discharge given him in the revolutionary war, and the affidavits of Israel Hale and Jonathan Haughton, made and signed in my presence, all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Benjamin Hale — the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion L. Parris,
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

232.0118
Claim of Mercy Hale TO BOUNTY LAND.
Act of March 3, 1855.
War of Revolution
Oliver Porter, Atty.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, Town of Harvard.
Oct. sixth Eighteen Hundred and twenty two. Mr. Benjamin Hale of Waterford (Me) with Mrs. Mercy Rand of Harvard.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record, in fair legible figures as follows:— "Oct. 6 th 1822"
Reuben Whitcomb Jr.
I, Reuben Whitcomb Jr. above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk Pro tempore in the Town, County, & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Reuben Whitcomb Jr. Town Clerk Pro tempore of Harvard
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this eleventh day of January A.D. 1856.
A. G. Hale Justice of the Peace.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
FORM OF DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER.
State of Maine. } ss. County of Oxford }
On this third day of December A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, a Justice within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mercy Hale aged eighty five years, a resident of Waterford in the State of Maine , who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Benjamin Hale , deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain in the Massachusetts Regiment of Militia commanded by Colonel Brooks in the
That her said husband was drafted  enlisted at Harvard on or about the day of A. D. 1780 for the term of Six months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of over three years and was honorably discharged at West Point on or about day of A. D. 1783 as will appear by the rolls of said Company. Served about three years, under Col. Rufus Putnam - afterwards under Col. Joseph Rose and was discharged by Maj. Gen. Henry Knox She further states that she was married to the said Benjamin Hale in Harvard (Mass.) on the sixth day of October A. D., 1822 by one Rev. John Blanchard , a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Mercy Rand that her said husband died at Waterford on the sixteenth day day of August A. D., 1855 and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration; and having obtained a Bounty Land warrant under act of _____, for _____ acres, No. _____, which she has legally transferred and disposed of, _____ and not within her power to return, she refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband's service, and her marriage, &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act ap- proved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, except as above stated. - Said Benjamin Hale received a certificate from War Department dated Decr 17th A.D. 1832 for a Pension - her also applied before his death for Bounty Land  Mercy  Hale in the act of Congress approved March 3, 1855  mark not received. Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
Josiah Monroe Justice of the Peace
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
STATE OF MAINE. } ss. COUNTY OF Oxford }
On this third day of December A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me a Justice within and for the County and State aforesaid Josiah Plummer and Sarah Rand residents of the State of Maine and County of Oxford who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Mercy Hale who saw her sign her name (or made her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented and that she is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
Josiah Plummer
Sarah Rand
Sworn to and subscribed before me this third day of December A. D. 1855; and I certify that the said Josiah Plummer and Sarah Rand both of Waterford are credible and respectable citizens.
Josiah Monroe Justice of Peace

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Mercy Hale , of the County of Oxford and State of Maine, and the widow of Benjamin Hale deceased who was a soldier in the service of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Oliver Porter my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States under existing laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney, or attor- neys under him, for the purpose aforesaid, to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of December 185 5
Mercy Hale
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice in and for the County of Oxford and State of Maine, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this third day of December 185 5
Josiah Morrow Justice of the Peace
} ss.
I certify, that Justin whose genuine signature appears to the affidavit, and power of attorney, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oxford and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are en- titled; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at this _____ day of _____ A. D., 185
CLERK.
Claim of Mercy Hale TO BOUNTY LAND.
Act of March 3, 1855.
War of Revolution
Attorney
282.0118

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Mercy Hale , of the County of Oxford and State of Maine, and the widow of Benjamin Hale deceased who was a soldier in the service of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Oliver Porter my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States under existing laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney, or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid, to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of December 185 5
Mercy Hale mark
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice in and for the County of Oxford and State of Maine , IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
COUNTY OF OXFORD, SS:
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court.
E , ELISHA WINTER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, the same being a Court of Record, hereby certify, that.....
Isaac Monroe Eastman
was at the dates of the certificates hereunto annexed, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorized to administer Oaths, and take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the Instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of our said Court, this Seventh day of December 185 5 .
Elisha Winter Clerk.
for atty.
tion
1855.
AND.
Hale
282.0118

Waterford Me Jan 16
Free
Hon. J. Minot Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.
232.048