Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13400, Benjamin Haskell, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER _____
W. 13400
Haskell, Benjamin Sarah
CONTENTS

Massachusetts - 2135.
Sarah Haskell, widow of Benjamin Haskell, Mass who died in the year 1804; of Franklin Co in the State of Mass. who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain J. King of the regt commanded by Col. Woodbridge in the Massachusetts line for 8 months Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of June, 1838, and sent to Hon. Geo. Grinnell, Jr. H. Representative.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1838 $280:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 20:00
$300:00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d . }
H. Pillsbury Clerk
Page 57.

Said Haskell

1646
Sarah Haskell
Application
for a pension as the widow of Benjamin Haskell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss.
County of Franklin ————— }
On this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the Hon. Richard B. Newcomb Esquire, Judge of the court of Probate within and for said County of Franklin, Sarah Haskell a resident of New Salem in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty — 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 on the 4 th day of July, 1836: That she is the widow of Benjamin Haskell, who was a Serjeant in the company commanded by Capt. John Hing, in the twenty fifth Regiment of foot in the Continental army, commanded by Colonel Benjamin Ruggles. Woodbridge, and that the said Benjamin Haskell at the time of his entering the service resided in New Salem aforesaid, that he voluntarily enlisted and entered the service, according to the best of her knowledge or belief, early in the month of June 1775, for eight months, marching to Cambridge, near Boston, Mass. was in the battle of "Bunker's Hill"; that said eight months ended early in the month of February 1776, when he returned from the service in the army; and that said claimant has no documentary evidence in support of her claim, excepting the warrant appointing the said Benjamin Haskell a Serjeant, herewith transmitted.
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Haskell, near the last of November in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, by the Rev. Samuel Hendell, who was then the settled & ordained minister of the said town of (then district) New Salem, that she has no record evidence of her said marriage, and none can now be found, as she believes, and that a few years after her said marriage, the dwelling house of the said Hendell, was burned, and she believes that the record made by him of her marriage was then destroyed by fire, as there are no records of any marriage, solemnized by the said Hendell between the years 1772 and 1777 found on the town book.

that her husband, the aforesaid Benjamin Haskell, died on the fifteenth day of October A. D. 1804; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed.
Sarah X Haskell
Subscribed, and sworn to on the day
mark.
day and year above written,
Before R. E. Newcomb Judge of Probate
And the said Judge of Probate doth hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter that the said Benjamin Haskell deceased, who was the husband of the above named applicant, was a revolutionary soldier and served as she the said applicant states; that she was married to the said Benjamin in November in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five; that the said Benjamin Haskell died in the fifteenth day of October A. D. 1804; and that ever since the said death of the said Benjamin the said applicant has remained a widow.
And the said Judge further certifies that the said Sarah Haskell, the applicant by reason of bodily infirmity was & is unable to appear in court, that he therefore went to the dwelling house of Silas Haskell in New Salem in said county where the said applicant resides on the day of the date hereof where she appeared before him and under oath made & subscribed the foregoing declaration, and submitted to an examination in the premises. Dated at Greenfield March 15. 1837.
R. E. Newcomb b.
Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin ss Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Richard E. Newcomb Esq. is the Judge of Probate for said county, that the foregoing proceedings were by him subscribed in my presence and were by him filed in my office, as the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Sarah Haskell for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Court of Probate at Greenfield on the twenty second day of March A. D. 1837. E. Alvord. Reg. Prob.

M Lytton
Hon Geo. Grennell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin County ss. On this fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared Alpheus Harding who on his oath, declares that he is Pastor of the first Congregational Church and society in New Salem in said county of Franklin, and that the following is a true copy of an extract from said Church records, — to wit. — "Benjamin Hascall and Sarah Foster married October twenty ninth, one thousand seven hundred and seventy five" with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows, "October 29 th 1775"
I Alpheus Harding, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Pastor of the first Congregational church and society in the town of New Salem in the county and state aforesaid, and the above is a true extract from the records of said church, with the exception above named as certified by me,
Alpheus Harding
Subscribed and sworn to, before me, the day and year first above written — William Whitaker Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin ss. I the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for the said County of Franklin, do hereby certify, that Alpheus Harding, the deponent aforesaid, sustain a good character for truth.
William Whitaker , Justice of the Peace —
I certify that the aforesaid William Whitaker is a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, and the certificate & signature above written are in his own handwriting May 18 1838. Geo. Sprague Jr. M

Town Clerk's office, New Salem, County of Franklin, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. March 9. 1837. —
I Charles Osgood, Clerk of the said town of New Salem, do hereby certify, that the following are true extracts from the records of said town now in this office — Viz.
"The purpose of marriage between Benjamin Haskell and Sarah Foster both of this district, was published in this district January the 8 th 1775"
Daniel Shaw Jun r . District Clerk"
"Rebecca Haskell, daughter of Benjamin & Sarah Haskell born November 19 th 1776."
"Samuel Haskell, son of Benjamin Haskell & Sarah Haskell born January 10 th 1779."
"Jonathan Haskell, son of Benjamin & Sarah Haskell born, January 17 th 1781."
"Katherine Haskell, daughter of Benjamin & Sarah Haskell born, March 29 th 1783."
"Sarah Haskell, daughter of Benjamin Haskell & Sarah his wife, born, August 14 th 1787."
"Benjamin Haskell, died, October 15 th 1804."
And I further certify, that there is no record of the marriage of the said Benjamin & Sarah to be found in this office, and that there are but three marriages recorded in this office from 1771 to 1779 —
Charles Osgood Town Clerk of New Salem
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Franklin ss. March 11 th 1837. I, Emerson Jay a justice of the peace within and for the said county of Franklin, residing in the town of New Salem in said county, do hereby certify, that Charles Osgood whose signature is above subscribed, was on the first Monday of April 1836, duly elected clerk of the said town of New Salem, and that on said day he personally appeared before me and took the oath by law prescribed, to qualify him to execute the duties of that office, and that he now remains in the said office of Clerk of said town of New Salem. —
Emerson Jay Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that the within named Emerson Fay Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified that the signature to the within certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Greenfield on the twenty second day of March A. D. 1837 E. Alvord Clerk

March 19, 1931.
Mrs. Alice B. Stay 1858 South 4th East Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section. III
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 13400, that Benjamin Haskell, while a resident of New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts, enlisted early in June, 1775, served as sergeant in Captain John King's Company, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's Twenty-Fifth Regiment of foot and was at the battle of Bunker Hill, length of service eight months.
He died October 15, 1804 in New Salem, Massachusetts, age not stated.
Soldier married October 29, 1775, while home on account of sickness, in New Salem, Massachusetts, Sarah Foster, a native of Danvers, Massachusetts.
Sarah Haskell, soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed March 15, 1837, while a resident of New Salem, Massachusetts, aged eighty years. She then resided in the home of Silas Haskell, no relationship to soldier stated.
The following names of the children of soldier and his wife appear:
Rebecka Haskell .. born November 19, 1776. Samuel " .. " January 10, 1779. Jonathan " " January 17, 1781. Katherine " " March 29, 1783. Sarah " " August 4, 1787.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Rejected in Sarah Haskell and of Perry's the E Alvord June 13. 1827 in Ct. to Hon. G. Greenell, Sept. 18, 1837.
Act 4 July 1837

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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15400
Sarah Haskell
Widow of Benjamin Benjamin Haskell
Sergt Rev War
Act: July 4th 86
Index: Vol. a , Page 318
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1915 July 3. Hist. to Henry Sage Dermott letter in W. 23,206 Benj. Haskell. 4
1930 - Aug. 22 - Hist. to Archibald F. Bennett - ILL.
1931 - Mar. 18. Hist. to Mrs. Alice R. Stay. ILL.
1932 - Nov. 17. Hist. to Mrs. Herbert H. Stanley, Jr. ILL.
1932 - Nov. 26 - Mrs. H. H. Stanley, Jr. advised no further inf. rel. to family - ILL.

November 26, 1932.
Mrs. Herbert K. Sturdy, Jr., West Barrington Rhode Island.
RA-J/ILL
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request further information in regard to Benjamin Haskell, W. 13400, whose was was furnished you on November 17, 1932.
In the papers on file in the above noted claim, the names of the parents of Benjamin Haskell or of his wife, Sarah Foster, are not given. There is no statement in this claim that the soldier had a son Benjamin.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLIER, Assistant to Administrator.

November 17, 1932.
Mrs. Herbert K. Sturdy, Jr., West Barrington Rhode Island.
BA-J/ILL Benjamin Haskell W. 13400
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Benjamin Haskell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The record furnished herein is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 13400, based upon the service of Benjamin Haskell in that war.
Benjamin Haskell, while a resident of New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts, enlisted early in June, 1775, served as sergeant in Captain John King's Company, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's Twenty-fifth Regiment of foot and was in the battle of Bunker Hill, length of service eight months.
He died October 15, 1804 in New Salem, Massachusetts, his age not stated.
The soldier married October 29, 1775, (while home on account of sickness) in New Salem, Massachusetts, Sarah Foster, a native of Danvers, Massachusetts.
The soldier's widow, Sarah Haskell, was allowed pension on her application executed March 15, 1837, at which time she was eighty years of age. She resided then in New Salem, Massachusetts, in the home of Silas Haskell; no relationship of said Silas to the soldier stated.
The following names of the children of Benjamin Haskell

and his wife, Sarah, are given:
Rebecca Haskell born November 19, 1776. Samuel " " January 10, 1779. Jonathan " " January 17, 1781. Katherine " " March 29, 1783. Sarah " " August 4, 1787.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

In reply to your request of
for a statement of the military history,
Nov. 4 1812 Wars Section ILL
August 22, 1930.
Mr. Archibald F. Bennett 47 East South Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 13400, that Benjamin Haskell, while residing in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts, enlisted early in June, 1775, served as sergeant in Captain John King's Company, Colonel Benjamin Haskell's Woodbridge's Twenty-Fifth Regiment of foot, and was at the battle of Bunker Hill; length of his service eight months.
He died October 15, 1804 in New Salem, Massachusetts, age not stated.
Soldier married October 29, 1775, (while home on account of sickness) at New Salem, Massachusetts, Sarah Foster, a native of Danvers, Massachusetts.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 15, 1837, while a resident of New Salem, Massachusetts, aged eighty years. She was then residing in the home of Silas Haskell, relationship to soldier not stated.
The following names of their children appear:
Rebecca Haskell....born November 19, 1776. Samuel " ... " January 10, 1779. Jonathan " .... " January 17, 1781. Katherine " ... " March 29, 1783. Sarah " ... " August 4, 1787.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to show that a claim for pension was ever filed by a Benjamin Haskell who served in the Connecticut troops.
Very truly yours,
E.W.MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

III 200700 1813
For a statement of the military history of Benjamin Haskell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
W. 13,400
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1775 8 mos. First sergt. John King Benj. R. Woodbridge Mass.          
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Salem Franklin Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Mch. 15, 1837. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, New Salem, Franklin Co., Mass. at that time
Age at date of application, eighty years. Born at Danvers, Mass.
Remarks: Sol. mar. at New Salem Mass while at home on sick-leave  Oct. 20, 1775 Sarah Foster. He died Oct. 15, 1804, age not stated, and she was pensioned  as his widow. Children: Rebecka b. Nov. 19, 1776. Samuel b. Jan. 10, 1779. Jonathan  b. Jan. 17, 1781. Katherine b. Mch. 29, 1783. Sarah b. Aug. 4, 1787.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
E.W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

MRS. HERBERT K. STURDY, JR. WEST BARRINGTON, RHODE ISLAND
To BR - J/1LL Benjamin Haskell W. 13400
Dear Sir:-
Thank you so much for your attention and information. Is there any mention of the parents of some Benjamin Haskell or his wife, Sarah Foster? -- also, any mention of a son, Benjamin Haskell. born Aug. 21, 1789.
Thanking you again, I am
Yours very truly, Mrs. H. K. Sturdy Jr.

5-22-1932
MRS. HERBERT K. STURDY, JR. WEST BARRINGTON, RHODE ISLAND
Pension Commissioner Washington, D.C.
I am writing to ask if on your records you have a Benjamin Haskell, revolutionary soldier, or his wife, Sarah Haskell of New Salem, Mass. If so, will you send me any personal information upon their applications for pensions, etc.
Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly, Mrs. H. K. Sturdy Jr.

Feb 19 1931.
To The Pension Bureau
Salt Lake City.
Utah
Interior Department
Washing, D.C.
Have you any data on your Records of the birthplace and parentage of Benjamin Haskell born 1746. ? Married Sarah Foster about 1775 at North New Salem. Mass, who applied for a pension after his death which occurred in Mar. 1804 at North New Salem Mass. He fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, was Ensign in 10 th Continental Army Company under Capt or Col Parsons, this is all the information we have of him and would like to obtain any additional data of his life.
Thanking you in advance I remain
(P.S. I have just found the date and number of Mrs Sarah Haskell's pension, dated 19 June 1838, number 2135.)
Mrs Alice B Stay 1858 So 4 th East. Salt Lake City. Utah.

THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH 47 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE STREET SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
July 29, 1930
Bureau of Pensions Department of Interior Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please give to us all the information you may have about Benjamin Haskell , or Haskall, who fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill and in the Siege of Boston. His name appears as a Sergeant from New Salem, Mass., on the Muster Roll of the Company under the command of Captain John King in Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's Regiment in 1775. He enlisted 26 April and gave 3 months and 13 days service.
It is also reported that he served in the Revolutionary War in the Connecticut division. From the "Connecticut Soldiers in the Revolution" we find: "Benjamin Haskell, Sergeant, enlisted 8 May in 2d Company of Sixth Regiment - Colonel Parsons' - 1775, and discharged 10 Dec. 1775. Later, he was an Ensign in Colonel Parsons' Regiment 1776 - Tenth Continental."
We will greatly appreciate all the information you can give about this man.
Sincerely,
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
Archibald F. Bennett, Secretary
GB RG

Sarah Haskell
In at Inds.
... after her morning work
How Wolgreen St.

The Comm. of pension is requested to report to Mr. Gurnell of the Ho. Reps

North New Salem May 15. 1880.
Hon. Geo. Grinnell junr. Dear Sir,
Enclosed are affidavits in aid of the claim of Sarah Haskell for a pension. When I last heard from the Com. of P. he was in doubt about the time at which the parties were married. The time is now made certain by the aff. of Mrs. Haskell. Mrs. Haskell states in her declaration that she was married at N.S. about the last of Decemr. 1775 - and that her husband immediately returned to the army at Cambridge - and in a supplementary declaration she also states that she returned accompanied him to the camp, staid there a short period, and afterwards visited him at the camp. But, as his time of enlistment expired in about a month after the marriage, the Com. of P. found great difficulty in believing that he returned to camp after his marriage, such a distance, only to serve so brief a period. It now appears that the old Lady was mistaken about the time of her marriage, for on receiving to the record, it appears that the marriage took place the 29 th of Octo. 75 instead of Decemr. so that he had in fact about two months to serve instead of one. Joseph Emerson aff. goes to shew that he was in the service that fall, and that a woman visited him there which he called his wife, and that he afterwards was acquainted with them in that relation &c - I hope that the difficulties are now removed and that a pension may be obtained -
Most truly Yours &c
William Whitaker
Please certify on the aff. as to my official character & signature

Wm Whitaker's
affidavit. —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin County ss. On the 29 th day of August A. D. 1887, before me, the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared William Whitaker of New Salem in said county, who on his oath declare, that he has been acquainted with Sarah Haskell widow of Benjamin Haskell of said New Salem, for more than thirty years and that he has known a number of old men in said town, who are since dead, who told him the said declarant, that they were in the army at, and near Boston, Mass. in the year 1878, and that the said Benjamin Haskell was in the army with them, and that his wife was there with him, more than once, but how many times he cannot now remember; that she visited him there; and that he has heard those persons make funny and amusing remarks respecting the reasons that induced her to visit him at the army - and further, that he has made a careful and thorough examination of all the books and records within his knowledge, and can find no record or memorandum of the said Benjamin & Sarah Haskell's marriage -
William Whitaker
Subscribed and sworn to, before me, the day and year first above written. -
Nahum Bryant Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with William Whitaker Esq & Nahum Bryant Esq - aforesaid - the said Whitaker is a man of truth & high respectability - the said Bryant is an officiating justice of the peace for the County of Franklin aforesaid and I have no doubt his above made signature is genuine
Geo Greenell (D) M, C

Capt. E. B. Ferry's
affidavit. —
Am Geo. Greene, Jr. H.R.
June 1881

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin County ss. On this 29 th day of August A.D. 1837, before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county of Franklin, personally appeared Capt. Ebenezer Dorr of New Salem in said county who upon his oath declared that he is in the 65 th year of his age, and that he has been a resident of said New Salem more than 40 years, and that during said period has been acquainted with Benjamin Haskell late of said New Salem until the time of his death, and with Sarah Haskell widow of the said Benjamin up to this time; and that for many years after his residence in said New Salem, there was there living many persons who were in the service, called the "eight months service" in the year 1775, and that he has frequently heard these men, and he particularly remembers Jonathan Hott as one of them, say, that the said Benjamin Haskell was in the service at that time, and that his wife, the said Sarah Haskell was with him or came with him, to the army, and that she visited him while there, and that the circumstances of her having visited her husband in the army, he has often known to be the subject of amusement and laughter among the old men of that period; and that he does not know that any one of those old men are  is now living;
Ebenezer Dorr
Subscribed and sworn to, before me, the day and year first above written
William Whitaker, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin County ss. August 29. 1837. I hereby certify, that Capt. Ebenezer Dorr, who has signed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit, with whom I am well acquainted, is a person of good character for truth, and worthy of belief
William Whitaker, Justice of the Peace
our

I know well the aforesaid William Whitaker & his hand writing. He is a justice of the peace for said County of Franklin. & his signature aforesaid is genuine
Geo. Green M.P. W.L.

The State of Ohio } On this Ninth day of April in Geauga County ss } the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight - personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Geauga - Joseph Emerson of the Township of Thompson in said County, who on his oath declares that he is eighty four years of age, and that he was in the Revolutionary Army in the year one Thousand Seven hundred and seventy five, at Cambridge, near Boston, Massachusetts, and that there he became acquainted with Benjamin Haskell, who was then in the Army and that said Haskell told him that he belonged to New Salem, Mass., and that some time in the fall of that year he saw a woman there with said Haskell, who said Haskell told him was his wife; and that he afterwards lived in said New Salem and was well acquainted with them for many years, and that they lived together as husband and wife.
Joseph Emerson
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written, before me, William Campfield Justice Peace

The State of Ohio } I the Subscriber a Justice of the Geauga County ss } Peace within and for said County of Geauga, do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Joseph Emerson, the subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and that his character for truth is good Given under my hand and seal this Ninth day of April One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight Hiram Canfield
The State of Ohio } Geauga County ss } I D. D. Aiken Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that Hiram Canfield Esq. before whom the foregoing oath appears to have been taken, and who has subscribed the above certificate of the character of Joseph Emmer- son, is a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn according to law, and that the foregoing signatures of the said Justice are genuine - In testimony whereof I have set my hand & the seal of said Court, this ninth day of April A. D. 1838 D. D. Aiken, Clerk

Additional Declaration
Sarah Haskell's
further declaration

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin County ss. On the 19 th day of August A. D. 1837. before me, the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county of Franklin, personally appeared Sarah Haskell, widow of Benjamin Haskell, late of New Salem in said county, deceased, who upon her oath makes the further declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. That immediately after her marriage with the said Benjamin, which occurred in the month of November 1775, her said husband returned to the camp in Cambridge, and that she went with him to Cambridge, tarried there one night, went the next day to Danvers, her native town, and there lived with Thomas Andrews, who married her sister; during the period that her husband remained in the service; and that she visited her husband at Cambridge, in company with said Thomas Andrews, once or twice, and tarried there over nights, during the time in which her husband remained in the army. That when her husband left the army, which was in February or March 1776 according to the best of her recollection, (and she well remembers that they returned by sleighing) she with her husband returned to New Salem. That Danvers is distant from Cambridge about fifteen miles; that her husband during the period above named served in the capacity of a procurer or distributor of provisions, and she thinks he was called "commissary" — that the foregoing facts she communicated to the person who wrote her former declaration, and that he deeming them unimportant, at that time, omitted to state them in said declaration.
Sarah her X Haskell mark
Subscribed and sworn to, the day and year first above mentioned, before me,
William Whitaker, Justice of the peace over

I certify that I am acquainted with William Whitaker Esq., within named with his hand -writing - and that he is a justice of the Peace for Franklin county in Mass ts and his signature thereon is genuine -
Geo. Greenall Jr. M. C.

17/4/46
Sarah Haskell wid of Benjamin (Mass)
vol. 15. p. 61. Serg. l & Sno
acquired Smolensky
40 $
No deduction
Hon. Geo. Grennell Jr
A 17. 1

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin County ss. On the eleventh day of March eighteen hundred and thirty seven, before the subscriber a justice of the peace, within and for said county of Franklin, personally Benjamin Stacy of New Salem in said county of Franklin, who upon his oath testifies and says, that he is seventy five years of age, and that he was born in said town of New Salem, and has always lived there, has always known Benjamin Haskell of said New Salem, since he was old enough to know any person, and he well remembers that the said Benjamin Haskell was reported to have been married early in the revolutionary war, the precise time he does not remember, to Sarah Foster of said New Salem, with whom, also, he was acquainted previous to her marriage with the said Haskell, he was not at the wedding, but well remembers that it was generally said and believed that they were legally married, that he has no doubt but that they were legally married, that they the said Benjamin and Sarah lived together, respectably, as husband and wife, until the said Benjamin Haskell died, which was in the fall of the year of 1804, as he thinks, they had a family of children, which they brought up educated, and that he never heard a doubt expressed of their being legally husband and wife; that before and after the marriage of the said Benjamin & Sarah the Rev. Samuel Hendell was the settled minister of said town of New Salem, and that according to the best of his recollection, the dwelling house of the said Sam l Hendell was burned, sometime in the fall of the year 1777; that he has been well acquainted with the said Sarah Haskell ever since the death of her husband, Benjamin Haskell, and that she has ever since that period remained a widow; and that the said Benjamin Haskell, has always been considered as a soldier of the revolution, and to have served the first "eight months" of the war.
Benj m Stacy
Subscribed, and sworn to, the day and year first above written.
Before me, William Whitaker , Justice of the Peace.
I also certify, that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Stacy, who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit, and that he sustains a good character for truth.
William Whitaker , Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alword, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that William Whitaker Esq., before whom the within affidavit purports to have been made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified, & that the the several within signatures, purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Greenfield, on the twenty second day of March A. D. 1837 E. Alword Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin County ss. I, the subscriber, a justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Franklin, do hereby certify, that I have resided in New Salem in said County for more than thirty years, in the immediate neighbourhood of Sarah Haskell, the present applicant for the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress of July 4, 1836; That Benjamin Haskell, the husband of the said Sarah died in the fall of the year 1804; that the said Sarah Haskell has remained a widow since that period; that I was well acquainted with the said Benjamin and Sarah, have no doubt that they were legally married; that they lived together as husband and wife; brought up a family of children, took care of, and educated them as their children; that they have always been considered in the neighbourhood, as having been legally married, and no person has ever questioned the facts, to my knowledge; that the traditional report in the vicinity of her residence is, that the said Benjamin and Sarah were married, by Rev. Samuel Hendell, the first settled minister of the town (then district) of New Salem, the first year of the revolutionary war; that previous to the close of the revolutionary war the dwelling house of the said Hendell was destroyed by fire, and that the records of all marriage by him solemnized, are supposed to have been then destroyed; that I have made a careful, personal examination of the records in the clerk's office in said town of New Salem, and that no record of any marriage solemnized by said Hendell is there to be found.
William Whitaker Justice of the Peace
Franklin ss. March 15. 1837 Then Wm. Whitaker aforesaid, personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the aforesaid certificate by him subscribed — Before me, R. E. Newcomb, Justice of the Peace

Benjamin Stacy & William Whitaker Affidavits in aid of Sarah Haskell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin, do hereby certify that Richard E. Newcomb Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the within signature Richard E. Newcomb of R. E. Newcomb is his usual and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Greenfield on the twenty second day of March A. D. 1837 E. Alvord Clerk

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Benj n Ruggles Woodbridge
Colonel & Commander in Chief of the XX. Regiment of Foot in the Continental Army. Raised for the Defence of our Just Rights & Priviledges against Ministerial Tyranny & Oppression.
To Benj n Haske Greeting Reposing an Especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, Skill & Faithfulness, I do hereby Appoint you the S d Benj n Haske to be the First Serj t in the Comp y Commanded by Cap t M c King in the Regiment whereof I am Colonel.
You are therefore With the Greatest Vigilance and Fidelity to Execute the Office of a Serj t in the Company afores d Carefully Observing & Obeying all Orders & Commands You Shall from Time to Time receive from your Superior Officers Exercising & Ordering the Infe- rior Officers and Soldiers According to Duty's of Your Station as by Law Established for the Regulation of the Army of the United American Colonys for Which this Shall be your Sufficient Warrant.
Given Under My Hand at Cambridge July 2 d D. 1775
Approved of P r me John King Cap t .
B Woodbridge Col