Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2237-200, Isaac Gage, Continental. Mass.
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SERVICE
Continental
Mass.

Gage, Isaac
NUMBER
BLWt.2237-200
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13,473
INVALID

File No. 13,473
Michael Humble
[Priv.] Rev. war

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 185

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Isaac Gage
revol. officer
credence for heirs
cert. June 28th 1838 —
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Alpheus Bigelow's affidavit
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Isaac Gage
No. 2237
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I Alpheus Bigelow of Weston in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty years, do testify I say that I knew one  Isaac Gage in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five; he then resided in the town of Lincoln adjoining the said town of Weston in which last mentioned town I then resided & have ever since resided. The said Isaac Gage in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five entered into the service in the army of the Revolution & was in the early part of his service as a sargeant; & afterward was an Ensign or Lieutenant & continued in the service as Ensign or Lieutenant for several years, how many I do not now recollect, until he was [underlined] arranged out as a supernumerary officer & returned home; I was well acquainted with the said Gage before & after he went into the service; he married a near neighbor of mine by the name of Polly or Mary Allen daughter of Josiah Allen of Weston; - After their marriage they continued to reside in my neighborhood; - they had one child only, whose name was Mary who was married one Phinehas Billings & removed to the state of Maine where she now resides; the said Isaac Gage soon after the war left his wife & child & went off to parts unknown and has not been heard of for more than twenty years; & it was reported &  generally believe that he died as long ago as that; - his wife always continued to reside in my neighborhood till her death which took place more than fifteen years since. And further I say not. 
Alpheus Bigelow
Middlesex p. June 23d 1838 Personally appeared the above named Alpheus Bigelow, a person well known to me as a respectable and credible person, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Benj. James Just. of Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex Ss
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlex aforesaid, hereby certify that [--] [--]'s James [--] whose own proper signature is written to the within certificate is a Justice  of the Peace within & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified:
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty third day of June AD 1838
Isaac Fiske Register
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Heir of Lieut. Isaac Gage decd.
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

State of Maine
Waldo County. ss.

I, Mary Billings, a daughter and only heir at law to Isaac Gage deceased, do upon oath testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, Isaac Gage aforesaid, about, or in the year 177[5] entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the same, when he received an honorable discharge at the termination thereof, from the Third Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel John Graton and when he was a Lieutenant. I further testify that my late Father said Isaac Gage soon after the War abandoned my mother & me his only child, & went to parts unknown.

I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Isaac Gage aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he ever received it, or trnasferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever:

Therefore, KNOW All Men By these Presents, that I Mary Billings aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Boston in the State of Masstts my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Bounty Land due me the only heir at law of Isaac Gage aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 12th day of July in the year 1838.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,
in presence of 
Lucinda Knowlton
Mary Billings

Waldo County, ss.
Be it known that on this twelveth day of July in the year 1838 Before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, persoanlly appeared Mary Billings su[b]scriber to the above declaration, who made solemn oath to the truth of same: and likewise acknowledged the power of attorny thereunto subjoined, to be her free act and deed; dated at Northport in said County the day and year above mentioned.
Abraham Knowlton Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine
Waldo County ss.
I, Bailey Peirce Clerk of the Court of Waldo County, do hereby certify, that Abraham Knowlton before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date therof, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the county of Waldo aforesaid duly commissioned sworn and qualified by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said justice, and verily believe the signature pu[r]porting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County and subscribed my name at Belfast this 13th day of July in the year 1838.
B. Peirce Clerk of the Judicial Courts for Waldo County
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Middlesex County Ss. Probate Office Cambridge

I hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to me to prove that Mary Billings wife of Phinehas Billings residing in the State of Maine, is the only child & heir at law of Isaac Gage late or formerly of Lincoln in said County of Middlesex deceased — that said Gage was in the army of the revolution & served as a lieutenant in Colo. Greaton's Regiment from January 1 1777 to Septr 16th 1779 — that said Gage's wife died about fifteen years since & that said Mary Billings his only child & sole heir at law, is of full age

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal the twenty eighth day of June A.D. eight hundred & thirty eight —

S.P.P. Fay Judge of Prb. for S. County