Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23173, Moses Hammond, Mass.

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Mass.
Hammond, Moses Abigail
W 23173
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18081 Maine
Moses Hammond of Sury in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain  of the regiment commanded by Col. Shepard in the Massachusetts line for 18 months .
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 60 Dollars  in  per annum , to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23. day of July 1833 and sent to J. A. Wood Ellsworth, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 1833 120. - Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 30
150. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c uffield Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 21

Maine 4 4429
Abigail Hammond - widow of Moses Hammond who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
A. Thomas July 25/53
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Increased from $58.66
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 - day of Sept. 52 and sent to
Mich Thomas Eden Hancock Co. Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 14 Vol. 1
Recd February 2 1853

State of Maine County of Hancock 38
On this thirty first day of October A 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Job D. D. D. son Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock now sitting at Ellsworth Moses Hammond a resident of Surry in said County of Hancock & State of Maine aged seventy 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 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States & served as herein stated. viz He served at four different periods. First in October in the year 1777 entered as a volunteer in the Militia Company at Sandwich Massachusetts under the command of Capt Ward Swift. We marched to Rhode Island & passed thro Rochester, Bridgewater & Wareham. Was there one month in service at that time - Gen. Heath was commanding Officer. We did not go onto the Island but marched back & forth from Little Compton to Howlands Ferry. We were prevented from getting on the Island by an English Sloop of War called the King Fisher which came up every night & fired upon us - Was discharged there & went home. Received no written discharge. The next time he entered as a volunteer in the Militia at Sandwich under Capt Hamblin & Lieut Melishi Ellis. This was in April A 1778. He proceeded thro Plymouth, Scituate & Roxbury & to Cambridge.

bridge - was there guarding Burgoyne's Army - He cannot recollect any Field officers except a Major Brown who used to exercise them once in a while. Again in April the first of the month as he thinks - 1779 en- tered the militia as a volunteer at Sandwich un- der Capt Basset - cannot recollect the lieutenants names - the name of the orderly Sergeant was Hunt- ly - Went to guard the Town of Falmouth about fifteen miles distant - Don't recollect any Field officers & thinks there were none there, as there was no other soldiers there except this Company. In case of danger they were to give the alarm & the Companies from the surrounding Coun- try was to be called in - The Commanding name was one Meigs who was, he believes from some part of Cape Cod - Can't state the precise time he was then in service but don't doubt it was full eight months as it was very cold weather & he thinks near the middle of December when he got home. He was discharged at Falmouth, but received no written discharge as he recollects. Recollects while there of the soldiers among whom sd Hammond was going with one Major Dummer who had in Falmouth over to a place called Old Town on Martha's Vineyard one night & taking an English Sloop of ten guns & bringing her in to Napanis below Falmouth. The last time he entered as a volunteer in the Milia- tia at Sandwich in July 1780 under Capt Joseph Bodfish as I think but am not certain his christian name is Joseph & went to join the Continental army - enlisted for six months - They proceeded to Springfield to join other troops - thence they pro- ceeded to West Point by land - Went thro Kent he believes in New York & Fishkill - After they got to West Point joined Gen Glover's Brigade & Col Shep- herd's Regiment - Bodfish's commission lasted no longer & they had Isaac Pope for Captain - From West Point went over to the eastern side of the North river marched down the river to Kings Ferry then crossed

to the west side again & thro' the Jerseys to Orange town Andre was taken while he was there & he saw him hung He saw Gen Washington frequently - says that about the time Andre was taken Washington had been absent from the Army about a fortnight said to have been to Connecticut - Also saw Gen Green & Gen Putnam there - Saw Gen Arnold when at West Point - After they got to Orange town came near starving owing to Arnold's keeping the provisions at West Point - Remained in Orange town till November when they returned to West Point & remained there till he was discharged in December as he thinks - Had no written discharge as he recol- lects - was at his own expence going till he got to Springfield & returning home was at his own expence all the way when He neglected to state that he was discharged in July when on the Second service guarding Burgoyne's Army - was in service at that time full three months - He was born at Rochester Mass April 4 th 1762 - was living in Sandwich Mass when he entered the service lived there till the year 1783 when he removed to Saco (Me) lived there 3 years & has since resided in Surry Me where he now lives - Has no record of his age & does not know of any in existence - Has no Documentary evidence of his services, but there is one Aaron Wing who he understands lives in Wayne Kennebec County (Me) who can testify to his service & whose evidence he shall try to get & for- ward with this application - Elder Lord clergyman of Surry - Elder Morgan clergyman of Surry & Mr Dominicus Blood of Surry know me & can testify to my character & belief of my being in the service - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pen- sion or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Moses Flannery
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J Wilson Judge of the Court of Probate.
We Benjamin Lord & William Morgan clergymen residing in the town of Surry Me & Dominicus Blood

Residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Hammon and who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion.
Benj r Lord
W m Morgan
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me J s Nelson Judge of the Court of Probate
Dominicus F. Lord
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matters once after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Act Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Lord & William Morgan who have signed the preceding certificate are clergymen resident in the Town of Surry & that Dominicus F. Lord who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
J s Nelson
Judge of the Court of Probate
I W m Williams Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Hancock aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Hammon for a pension & that the Hon. Job Nelson Esquire is Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Hancock aforesaid & that the signatures hereto annexed purporting to be his are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this thirty first day of October A.D. 1832 -
W m Williams Register of the Court of Probate

8798
Abigail Hammond Me
act 7. July 38
m 90. d 39-
  vol 4. p 227-  on 5.14.  mo    3 126.   1.6    20 55.   2.28     8  
  adm d  17.18    17 mo. 18 d r pri        58.66   
Nicholas Thomas. Eden Me

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows." and likewise the amended Act of August 1842
State of Massachusetts , Maine, } ss. County of Hancock }
On this twenty eighth day of February eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared in open Court before me Samuel M. Pond a Probate Judge of the County of Abigail Hammond a resident of Ellsworth in the county of Hancock aged sixty eight 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 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" and likewise the amended Act of August 1842 and that her late husband Moses Hammond was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War, in the Massachusetts line, that he was placed on the pension roll July twenty third eighteen hundred & thirty three and that his pension commenced on the 4th day of March 1831 -
She further declares that she was married to the said Moses Hammond on the fifth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four; that her husband, the aforesaid Moses Hammond died on the eleventh day of June eighteen hundred and thirty nine - 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.
Abigail Hammond
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me,
Saml M Pond Judge of Probate State of Maine, I John D. Richards Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock hereby certify that the Hon. Samuel M. Pond is Judge of the Probate Court for said County and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine - Given under my hand, and seal of the Probate Court thirteenth day of February 1842 Register John D. Richards of Probate

Joined in marriage the fifth day of December one tho- usand seven hundred and ninety Moses Hammon of Union River with Abigail Smith of Union River;
I George W. Brown Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Hancock in the State of Maine hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an original return of Marriages on file in this office as made by Nicholas Holt Esquire, with the exception of the date of the marriage, which is in fair legible figures as follows, "Dec r 5. 1790." I also further certify that the above named "Union River" is now called Ellsworth in said County of Hancock.
In testimony whereof I have unto this my my name and seal of office this first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fortythree, G. W. Brown Clerk Jud. Courts for Han. County.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23173
Abigail Hammond Widow of Moses Hammond Pr. Rev. Mass
Act Feb 29. 48
Index: Vol A , Page 316
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7.158
Name
Abigail Hammond
widow of Moses who died on the 11. June 1839
of in the State of who was a Priv; in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the done for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 60 Dollars 11 3/4 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836, June 1839. Inc. from $58.66
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of Septemr, and sent to Nicks Thomas Arrears to the 4th of Edm Hancock Semi-annual allowance ending Me.
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by Book Vol. 2 Page 9. Clerk.

Reported
Maine 863
Abigail Hammond
widow of Moses Hammond who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 58 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of July 1843 and sent to Nicholas Thomas Eden, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 1. Page 17.

4429
Disb to A Thomas & wife 52
Name Abigail Hammond widow of Moses
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 58 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of March 1849 and sent to
Nicholas Thomas Eden Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 1.

863
Name
Abigail Hammond widow of Moses who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Inc from 38. 66
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 - day of Sept, 52 and sent to
N. Thomas Edw Hancock Me
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 2 - Page 5

STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK, ss.—Clerk's Office, Ellsworth.
I, Parker W. Peary Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, within and for the County of Hancock, hereby certify, that Nicholas Thomas  whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is now and was at the time of subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said State of Maine  County of Hancock , duly commissioned and qualified; and as such, full faith and credit are due his official acts.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this Twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- two .
P. W. Peary
} Clerk of said Court for } Hancock County.

1853 Eden County of Hancock, Maine July 24
Hon.
Sir although the Circular of your Department neglect that persons having papers or claims in your Department for to Examination, refrain from writing often to your Department as it retards the Examination &c and whereas all papers you say are taken up and acted on in their proper turn &c But I think you will pardon me at this time for writing this to obtain information why certificates have not been granted for the small sum of pension money due the heirs of Lydia Wintworth and likewise for the Heirs of Abigail Hammonds. Said Lydia Wintworth and Abigail Hammonds have both died before the 4 th of March last & the proper papers to enable the heirs to obtain a certificate were duly made out and sent to your Department by me enclosed with the papers of Elizabeth Cooksey. Sometime I think in March or April & soon after I received a certificate in behalf of the heirs of Elizabeth Cooksey but no information whatever has been received by me in regard to the claim of the Heirs of Lydia Wintworth and Abigail Hammonds if the certificates have been sent they have miscarried I write you sometime past but received no answer please do me the favor to answer this & your Humble Servant, Nicholas O'Shea

Eden Hancock Co. Maine June 29 th 1852
Dr. Sir.
I herewith enclose to you the declaration of Abigail Hammonds for an increase of pension agreeable to a resolve of Congress passed July 1 st 1848 etc. and I find by an answer of enquiry I sent, that in order for the pensioner to receive a new certificate for increase of pension, the original certificate must be surrendered to your office, which I now do - and when her certificate is granted please direct it to me at Eden Hancock Co. Maine.
Very Respectfully Yours
Nicholas Thomas
To the Commission of Pensions Washington
P.S.

Brief in the case of Abigail Hammond, and Moses County and State of Maine
act 7 July 38 etc
Joint Resolution 1 July 48
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, ( if original. )
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was allowed at the rate of $60 per An: under '32, widows allowed at the rate of $58.66 under 38 etc. I increase it to $60 in our Joint Resolution 1 July 48.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Nicholas Thomas,
Eden, Maine.
Kirby Examining Clerk.

January 1 st 1852
Golden County of Hancock Maine
To the Commissioner of pensions
Dear Sir Where
have for a number of years past collected a number of pensions for a considerable number of Widows in this State many of which now appear to think I did not retain from them the sum granted them by the several acts of Congress &c. Now Sir if you will do me the favour to consider to the two cases here submitted by me such a consideration will settle I believe all the cases that I have collected on viz Silas Goodridge a private in the Massachusetts Line was placed on the pension roll August 4 1819 and received Sixty Six dollars per year the Widow's pension certificate was for but Eighty dollars per year question ought it not to have been Sixty Six dollars? Again Moses Hammond a private was placed on the pension roll January twenty third 1833 at Sixty dollars per year but the pension certificate of his Widow is only fifty Six dollars and Sixty Six cents? Why not 60 dollars that being the amount of pension which he received? by considering the above questions you will much oblige your
Very Humble Servant
Nicholas Thomas
4490
1429

Payment to be made at
Portland
by
M rs Woodbury
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 1 .
Geo. H. King Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Abigail Hammond. widow of Moses Hammond. who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty eight dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 20 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty nine .
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Increase,
Abigail Hammond wid of Moses.
Act 7 July 38 & 6 Joint Resolution 1 July 1848.
$60 per An: from 11 June 1839 when her husband except 2 yrs died. Deduct former paymts at the rate of $58.66 per An:
Cash to Nicholas Thomas. Eden, Hancock Co. Me.

  Moses Hammond  R.I.  Recd 3-h 126. 2d 57 h 5- 6    77. Ward Severy  loc 20-p 555  1 mo 6 d 1 mo    78. Hamblin  -  2 mo 28 - 3    79. Basset  -  Falmouth 8    80. Miss. Line  -  Westport $ 5. 14  

Ellsworth (Me) Apr 13 1833
Hon Lewis Cass Sec of War Sir
Enclosed I return the papers in the case of Moses Tharmmond an applicant for a Pension under the late act, with the Affidavit duly authenticated as directed. - If a Pension is allowed the Certificate may be forwarded to me. I sent last Fall the papers of Joseph Wormwood of Surry Maine & Elzyah Stratton of Hancock (Me) & not as yet having heard from them fear they may have miscarried. Will you be good enough to direct information to be given me, if they were recd & the progress of them
Your Obt Servt.
Jos H Wood P. M.
Ellsworth (Me)

Mrs. Hammon of Maine
14 - 15.
adm
18mo's
$ 60. -
J. A. Wood Esq. Ellsworth Me

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Moses Hammond
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No. XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? None
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

July 20/52
App. of Abigail Hammond wife of Moses.
Ms A. 9. 2. 30
Nicholas Thomas
Eden Hancock Co. Maine.
Commission
Abigail
Pension
Washington
Spec
W.L.

I Aaron Wing of Wayne in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine - formerly of Sandwich in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts do hereby affirm and testify that according to the best of my recollection One Moses Hammond of the aforesaid Sandwich then a door neighbour, now living in the town of Surry and State of Maine enlisted with myself as volunteers under Capt Ward Swift in the fall of the Year 1777 for one month and marched to Rhode Island. We eat Slept and marched in our file together. The next Spring 1778 the Said Hammond enlisted and went to Cambridge and was there three months to guard Burgoyne. The next Year 1779 he enlisted under a Capt Basset I think and went to guard the adjoining town of Said Sandwich by the name of Falmouth and was there probably about eight months. The last and fourth time of my knowing of his enlisting was, it is my impression, in the Year 1780 and went to west point for Six months. It is possible I may be mistaken as to some of the dates but as to his going these Campaigns and Staying his full time and returning home I am not, and besides all this as we had many disaffected Neighbours by the names Bowen, Perry, Ellis, Bump us &c. Who went off to join the Royal cause and as we lay exposed to the enemy our own Company of Militia was harassed by day and by night, that on the whole I should think it probable that the Said Hammond was in the Service of his Country not less than two Years
Wayne December 1st 1832
Aaron Wing
Subscribed and sworn to this 1st day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Before me Zachariah Kingsley Jus. Peace

Kennesaw Ga Feb 1833 I Zachariah P Wing Justice of the Peace within & for the county of New nanbee the do hereby certify that Aaron Wing of Wayne in said county who appeared before me on the first day of December A.D. 1832 & made oath to the within written deposition by him subscribed is a man of respectable standing & of credibility -
Zachariah P. Wing Justice of the Peace
before them Aaron Wing taken by Zachariah P. Wing
to D.P.W. with for

SAMUEL E. SMITH,
Governor of the State of Maine:
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING.
Sam E. Smith
KNOW YE, That Zachariah P. Wing, whose name is borne upon the paper herunto annexed, is one of our Justices of the Peace, within and for the County of Penobscot

duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to this Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof , I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA , this twenty ninth day of March — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three — and in the fifty- seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
R. D. Greene
Secretary of State.

State of Maine Hancock Co. ss. On this twenty fourth day of September 1848 personally appeared before the Subscribers a Justice of the Peace for said County and State Abigail Hammond a resident of Lundy in the County of Hancock aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Moses Hammond who was a soldier in the Massachusetts continental line in the Revolutionary War in which he served and was placed on the pension Roll July 23 1833 at the rate of sixty dollars per annum and that she has received fifty eight dollars per year under the act of June 17 1844 - she further declares that she is still a widow -
Nicholas Thomas N. Thomas
Abigail to K. Hammond Munk
Seen to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Nicholas Thomas Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify That the within named Abigail Hammond is personally known to me and has been for several years past Sept. 22 1848 - Nicholas Thomas Minister of the Gospel

Abigail Hammond widow of Moses Hammond deceased
State of Maine Application for increased Pension Joint Resolution July 1 st 1848

State of Maine County of Hancock SS. On this 23 d day of March 1852 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the County & State aforesaid. Abigail Hammond a resident of the town of Vinal Haven, County of Hancock & State aforesaid aged seventy years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Joint Resolution of Congress relative to Evidence in Applications for Pensions ap- proved July 1 st 1848. She declares that She is the Widow of Moses Hammond late of the County of Hancock & State aforesaid deceased. And who in his life time was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 18, 1818, at the Rate of sixty  forty six Dollars per Annum. She further declares that as the Widow of the said Moses Hammond She was pensioned under the acts of Congress granting Pensions to Widows of Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution and that She is now a pensioner of the United States under the act of 2 d February 1848 at the Rate of fifty Eight Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per Annum. That She has not intermarried since the death

of her said late husband, but remains his his widow. And that by virtue of the above mentioned Joint Resolution of Congress She Claims a pension under the above menti- oned acts at the Rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum (being the Amount her late Husband received in his life time) in lieu of the Amount now allowed her. & She herewith surrenders her present pension Certificate, And Requests the Commission to deliver any Certificate which may be found on this application to James G. Austin of Washington D.C.
Margaret Hammond Abigail her Hammond. N. J. Thomas Subscribed and sworn to before me
This 23 d day of June
1852 before me, and I certify that the above named Abigail Hammond is the same person who represents herself to be in the foregoing —
Nicholas Thomas
Justice of the Peace Witness

I certify that the interlineation of the word sixty and the erasures were made before signing -
Nicholas Thomas Justice of the Peace.

1290
Marie
Mar 3 d 1843
ab: Hammond
$58: 66 per an
Send cert: to
Nicholas Thomas,
Eden
Marie.
May 24 '43.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838, and the amended act of 23d August, 1842.
State of Maine County of Hancock } ss.
On this fifteenth day of May  Eighteen hundred and forty Three personally appeared before the Subscribers a Justice of the Peace of the County of Hancock in the State of Maine  Abigail Hammond a resident of Sturtevant in the County of Hancock aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Moses Hammond who was a Revolutionary Soldier and that he was placed on the pension Roll July the twenty third eighteen hundred and thirty three and that his pension commenced eighteen hundred and thirty one and that she has received a five years pension ~
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Abigail Hammond
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Nicholas Thomas justice peace
Abigail Hammond

Maine - 7158
Rept Th
Abigail Hammond widow of Moses Hammond
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 32 and who died on the 11th: June, 1839 of Hancock County the State of Maine who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by Col: Shephard in the Massachusetts - line for 17 mos: 18 days -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 58 — Dollars 66 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th: — day of April 1843 — and sent to Nicholas Thomas, Eden, Maine —
Arrears to the 4th of  Semi-annual allowance ending
5293.38
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. H. Stewart — Clerk, Book A — Vol. 1 — Page 12