Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23058, Moses Frost, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Mass. Frost, Moses W23058
Lucy
CONTENTS
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Sept 19, 1833
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Maine 18.057
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Moses Frost
of Newry in the State of Maine
who was a pri: in the company commanded
by Captain Goodwin of the Regt
commanded
by Col. Wadsworth in the Mass
line for 11 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of July 3[ missing]
and sent P.C. Virgin
Rumford Maine
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Arrears to the 4th of March '33 -73.32|
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 18.33
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$91.65
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Revolutionary Claim, ⎬
 Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Miller
Clerk
Book E ,Vol.  1, Page 15
                     
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Moses Frost
13.596
vol 20.10. on 8 mo 7 ds
Moses, Frost
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State of Maine
County of Oxford SS
on this 17th day of September A,D, 1832 , personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting, Moses Frost a resident of Newry in the county of Oxford and state of Maine, aged 71 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 7th 1832. That he entered into service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. [vis as a private the said Moses Frost enlisted, for the term of eight months, on the fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight at Berwick in the County of York and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, into the volunteer company of Militia of Massachusetts, commanded by Captain Thomas Hodsden in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Poor.  that he marched and rendevoused at White Plains in the state of New York. Thence to West Point, thence to King's Ferry where he was honorably discharged the eighteenth or nineteenth day of January in the year of our savior One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine.  He again as a private on or about the last of May or the first of June in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine at Berwick, aforesaid enlisted into a volunteer company of Militia of Massachusetts commanded by Captain John Goodwin in the regiment commanded by [illegible] Peleg Wardsworth from Berwick. He marched to Portland and then went aboard a vessel and sailed to Penobscot - and the next morning after arriving at Penobscot had an engagement with the British. the vessells belonging to the Americans were destroyed by the orders of our own officers- and he with the rest of his company returned to Berwick through the woods and was honorably discharged having been in the service three months.

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, [illegible] [illegible]]
Stephan Emery, Judge
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We Daniel Gould a clergyman residing in the town Rumford county of Oxford and State of Maine and John Killgore of Newry in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Frost who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and and that we concur in that opinion
Daniel Gould
John Killgore
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court, the day & year aforesaid
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 certificate of Daniel Gould, a Clergyman of Rumford in said county, (there being no regular ordained settled minister in said Newry) and of John Killgore a credible & respectable citizen of said Newry; also the deposition of Stephen Hodsdon, on oath duly administered
in corroberation of his own declaration
Stephen Emery, Judge

I Joseph G. Cole Register
[crossed out 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 Moses Frost for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of September A. D. 1832.
[crossed out Clerk],
Joseph G. Cole Register
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13.596
Mosses Frost
April 8th 1833
Oby
14, 16
13.596,
P. 322
Adm @
[illegible
$36.66
P.C. Virgin
Rumford, Me
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Brief in the case of Moses Frost
of Newry
in the State of Maine
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71 year
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.| Duration of Service.| Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers 
under whom he served.
Years ,| Months,| Days
14th June In 1778, |8, | As a Private| Capt Hodsden,  Col Poor
June  1779,| 3,| ",| Capt Goodwin , Col Wardsworth

5. In what battles was he engaged? Penobscot

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berwick Massachusetts

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witness
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8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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3975
Maine
Lucy Frost
widow of Moses Frost
Mass
who was a Private
in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
36 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
18th day of December 1843
and sent to Hon Lyman Rawson
Rumford Maine

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 / Page 4

See Let. to John Frost, 
February 27, [date obscured]
Same May 27, 1846
" Lyman Rawson, July 9, '46
Let. to John Frost
Oct 31.46
D

Date of death
not on 9B
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State of Maine
Oxford County ss. On this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty eight personally appeared before me, Stephen Emery, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County Lucy Frost aged Seventy Six years next December, who being first sworn according to law doth, on oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th AD 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"-- that she is the widow of Moses Frost late of Newry in said County, deceased (she the said Lucy being a resident of said Newry) -that said Moses Frost was a revolutionary soldier of the United States and received a pension from the government thereof on account of said services, he being inscribed on the roll of the Maine Agency- that she is unable to state the particulars of his said service, but faithfully refers to the evidence on file in the war department in proof of his said services. She further declares that she was married to the said Moses Frost on the eleventh day of March A.D. Seventeen hundred & eighty seven - that her said husband the aforesaid Moses Frost died on the seventeenth day of January last year, viz AD 1838 - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place be for the first of January AD seventeen hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated 
Witness S. Emery

Lucy (her mark) Frost

Sworn to & subscribed by the above named Lucy Frost who is unable to attend personally in Court on account of bodily infirmity, the day & year first above written
Before Stephen Emery, Judge
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State of Maine
Oxford Co. I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate within and for
the County of Oxford hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was on the ninteenth day of October last Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Lucy Frost for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty Eighth day of March A.D. 1839
Levi Stowell Register.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled  an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows and also to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23d of January 1845 as the act of Congress of the 30th of April 1844 prohibited a widow from receiving a pension for the same period during which her husband was a pensioner
State of Maine
County of Oxford SS
On this fifteenth day of September in the year of our savior eighteen hundred & forty five personally appeared in open Probate court John Frost of Newry in said County of Oxford of full age, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration , in order to obtain the benefit of the said act of 7th July 1838 & of said resolution - that he is the reputed child of Moses Frost late of Newry in said county who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & who was pensioned at rate of thirty six dollars & 66 cents and also of Lucy Frost the said Moses Frost's widow who survived her husband until the fifth day of February [illegible] and that the said Lucy Frost has drawn a pension at the rate of thirty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum from the fourth of March 1841 and now ask for the amount due the legal heirs of the said Lucy (of whom our declarent is one) from the fourth day of March 1836 to the seventeenth day of January 1838 when the former pensioner of said Lucy commenced & for futher proof to refer to papers on file in said Lucy's case on file in the pension office Sworn to and sealed the year & day above written 
John Frost
Before Lyman Rawson Judge
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At a Probate Court held at Rumford the County of Oxford & State of Maine

It was satisfactorily proved in open Court that John Frost of Newry in the County of Oxford & State of Maine & Isaiah Frost, Moses Frost + Lucy Roberts all of [illegible] County of Caledonia, State of Vermont are the only surviving children of Moses Frost who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and of his wife Lucy Frost both of Newry in said County of Oxford, are the legal heirs of the said Moses Frost & Lucy Frost and are of full age.

It has also been proved as aforesaid that the said Moses Frost died on the seventeenth of January 1838 leaving his wife a widow who also died on the fifth day of February A. D. 1844 

Given under my hand and seal of the said Court this fifteenth day of September in the year 1845-
Lyman Rawson Judge of said
Court
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State of Maine
Oxford SS: I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate within aforesaid County,  hereby  certify that
Lyman Rawson whose genuine signature is
annexed to the foregoing Declaration of John
Frost, as also to the within certificate, is
Judge of the Court aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of John Frost for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have here unto
set my hand & the seal of said Court
this seventh day of February in the year eighteen hundred & forty six
Geo. F Emery Register
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Mrs Lucy Frost

5085
Maine
Act 7 July [illegible]
M 87 a 35
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Vol. 20 of [illegible]  [illegible] |
[illegible] [illegible]
$36.66/100 |
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died 17 Jany 38
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[illegible] 18 Jany 38
recorded at the request of
the applicant Mrs. Lucy Frost
by [illegible] Emery
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I Timothy Shaw of Sanford in the County of York and State of Maine, aged fifty five years, make oath and say that Rev. Moses Frost was settled as a minister over the first Congregational Church and Society in said Sanford
in the year one thousand seven hundred & Eighty Six as appears by the Record of said Church, and he remained
in said capacity as minister of said Church until the year
one thousand Eight hundred & twenty two, when he died. That he was duly qualified to solemnize marriages that he
kept a head of the same and upon that Record I find the following to wit: "Record of marriages" "Were joined in one thousand seven hundred eighty seven March eleventh Moses Frost and Lucy Getchell both of Sanford and I do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record is fair legible figures as follows: Record of marriages were joined in marriage 1787 March 11 Moses Frost and Lucy Getchell both of Sanford". - and I Timothy Shaw above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county and state and that the above is a true transcript from the records of Moses Frost with the exceptions as stated by me certified- Timothy Shaw
York ss. December 15. 1838 then personally appeared before me the subscribed Timothy Shaw well known to me made oath that the foregoing signed is just and true.
William Emery Justice of the Peace in and for said County of York
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York ss.
State of Maine
I John Sheele, Register of the Court of within and for the County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that William Emery Jr.is a justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the preceding signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight 

John Skeele, Register of Probate York Co
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April 30, 1936
xxxxx
Alma C. Millikin Oak Grove, Louisiana BA-J/EEL  am
Moses Frost-W.23058
Dear Madam
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to David Castleman, of Virginia, Augustus Milton Hamer, of Tennessee or North Carolina, and Enoch and Moses Frost from Massachusetts, or any other soldiers with surname Frost from Virginia. 

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of a David Castleman, Augustus Milton Hamer Agustus or Milton Hamer or Enoch Frost. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. 

In order to identify the particular record of any soldier with surname Frost, in which you may be interested, should it be on file, the full name is essential with as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. 

The record of Moses Frost has been found and his history is given below, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W 23068, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War. 

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents Moses Frost of Moses Frost are not shown. 

Moses Frost enlisted at Berwick, York County, Massachusetts (Maine) on June 14, 1778, served  as a private in Captain Hodsdon's Company, Colonel Thomas Poor's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged January 18 or 19, 1779: he again enlisted about
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June 1, 1879, served as a private in Captain John Goodwin's Massachusetts Company in Peleg Wadsworth's Penobscot Expedition and was in the engagement at Penobscot; length of this service, three months. 

Moses Frost was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-one years and resided in York, Oxford County, Maine, at which place he died on January 17, 1838. 

The soldier married March 11, 1787, Lucy Getchel. Both were then of Sanford, Massachusetts (Maine), and their marriage was recorded on the records of the First Congregational Church of said Sanford. 

Soldier's widow, Lucy, was allowed pension on her application executed October 19, 1838, while residing in Newry, Maine. At that time, she stated that she was "aged seventy-six years next December". In 1843, she stated that she was then aged eighty four years. 

She died February 5, 1844, at Newry, Maine. 

In 1845, the following were the only surviving children: John Frost, residing in Newry, Maine; Issaiah and Moses Frost and Lucy Roberts, the last three named all residing in Groton, Caledonia County, Vermont. Their ages are not given. 

Your stamped self addressed envelope is returned herewith. No postage is required on these official replies. Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 28.058
Lucy Frost
Widow of
Moses Frost
Pri Rev War
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Act March 3d 43
Index: Vol A, Page 255
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1933, Apr 25 Hist.
to Hon Ray P. Chase [illegible]

1935 Apr 30. Hist to
Alma C. Millikin  [illegible]
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Maine  3570-
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Lucy Frost
widow of
Moses Frost
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 32 and who died on the 17th January 1838 of Oxford in the State of Maine who was a Pri. in the [illegible] commanded by Captain Goodwin of Regt. commanded by Wadsworth in the [illegible] line for 11 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 cents [illegible] [illegible] to commence on the [date crossed out] 18th day of January 1838
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22' day of July 39, and said hand Stephen Emery
Paris Me

Arrears to the 4th of dec- $45.75
Semi=annual allowance ending 18.33
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$64.08
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{Act July 7,
1838.}
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Recorded by R B[illegible] clerk,
Book A, Vol. [illegible] Page 7
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Let. to Jn Frost, Oct 20, 1841
[illegible] July 25 1843
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Moses Frost Me act 7, June '32 when last [illegible]? G.MC
17 .July 39

Died 17 Jany 1838 paid to that time
JP.V.

please send this declaration back if it should not happen to be rite direct to John Frost Newry maine it is a letter to git the signature of the clerk of the court he living  so far off this [word crossed out] was the widow of Moses Frost who drew a pension of thirty six dollars and 66 cents per annum yours truly  John Frost
Samuel Edwards esq
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State of Maine,
Oxford County, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, That before me, Leander Jewett a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Lucy Frost and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical person named in an original Certificate in her possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:--
WAR DEPARTMENT.
No. 3. 570   Five Years Pension.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, of Lucy Frost of Maine of ____ widow of Moses Frost deceased, who was a Private in the Revolution and died on the Seventeenth day of January 1830) is entitled to receive [cross out] a pension at the rate of thirty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the [fourth crossed out] eighteenth day of [March, 1836 crossed out] January 1839, and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the 4th of March 1841 [Expiration of said five years, crossed out] the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.

SEAL of the War Department
Given at the War Office of United State this twenty second day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
J. R. POINSETT.
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

that she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the above mentioned Moses Frost that she now resides in Newry and has resided there for the space of thirty years past; and that previous thereto she resided in Sanford to the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied.

Sworn and subscribed this 4th of March 1841 
Lucy Frost- her mark

BEFORE ME. Leander Jewett Justice of the Peace
Witness Mary Jewett
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[illegible]  Sept  20th 1841
to the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I wish you to inform me why this pension should stop of Lucy Frost when she only drew out just about three years mr pope and mr [illegible] of Portland said that was the case and requested me to [illegible] the certificate the written is the form of the certificate a blank
that did not pass

Yours Respectfully
John Frost

Nos please hand this to the
Gentlemen
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Lucy Frost 
Maine
$36.66 - '38
get no.
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State of Maine Oxford County ss: Be it known, that before me, William Frye, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared John Frost of Newry in the County & State aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the son of Lucy Frost, the identical person, who was a pensioner, and is now dead, and to whom a pension certificate was issued under the act of Congress of July 7th 1838, for the sum of thirty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum for the term of five years from the fourth day of March, 1836; which certificate has been surrendered to the Agent of the United States, for paying pensions , at Portland, State of Maine; that there was due to the said Lucy Frost at the time of her decease, arrears of pension from the fourth day of March, 1836, to the seventeenth day of January, 1838, that the deceased pensioner resided in Newry , in the State of Maine, for the space of fifty four years before her death and that previous thereto she resided in Sanford, State of Maine
Sworn and subscribed this
twenty fifth day of July, 1846.
John Frost
before me
William Frye, Justice of the Peace.
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State of Maine
Oxford County ss I the subscriber Clerk of the judicial Courts in & for the County of Oxford hereby certify that William Frye whose proper signature is affixed to the within declaration of John Frost is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the seal of the
Supreme Judicial Court this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty six
Charles Andrews Clerk, as aforesaid
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4429


Lucy Frost
act' 43
$36.66 per an
Hon Lyman Rawson
Rumford
Maine
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Declaration
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-
State of Maine
Oxford County, SS,
On this twenty fourth day of August AD 1843 personally appeared before Lyman Rawson Judge of Probate Court for said County at Special Court held at Newry in said County  Lucy Frost a resident of said Newry aged eighty four 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 in the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. that she is the widow of Moses Frost who was a private in the army & for further particulars reference may be had to papers on file in pension affairs the annual amount of the pension she received under act of July 7 1838 was thirty six dollars & sixty six cents - and she further declares she is still a widow 
[illegible]  John Frost
her mark
Lucy X Frost
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Lucy Frost who is personally known to me the day & year above written
Before Lyman Rawson Judge
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State of Maine
Oxford ss: I the Subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that Lyman Rawson before whom the foregoing proceedings had is Judge of the Court aforesaid - l also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Lucy Frost for a pension-
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of September in the year of our lord eighteen hundred & forty three
Geo. R Emrey Register
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I  Stephen Hodsdon of Rumford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine of the age of Seventy four years do testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Moses Frost of Newry in said County of Oxford an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 and that I was acquainted with him at Berwick in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - and I further say that I saw the said Moses Frost at White Plains in the Company under the command of the said Thomas Hodsden as stated in his declaration and I again saw said Frost at West point in the same Company in the months  of October or November 1778 - and further say I know the fact that said Moses Frost was serving at that time as a private in the Militia  Volunteers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. And I further say that I have no doubt but that he served the eight months as he in his declaration has stated,
Stephen Hodsdon
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State of Maine
County of Oxford ss Rumford July 27, 1832
Then personally appeared the above named Stephen Hodsdon and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me
Peter C Virgin  Justice of the Peace


State of Maine
County of Oxford ss April 27.183_
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Stephen Hodsdon and that he is a person of fair character fair truth and entitled to credit
Peter C Virgin Justice of the peace
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in his declar[illegible] Stephen Hodsdon 

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 Peter G. Virgin Esq whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of Stephen [illegible but likely Hodsdon] 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 27th day of September in the year a. d. 1832
RK Goodenow Clerk of Oxford County Courts.
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E  4429
Sep. 25 1843
[illegible] Lucy Frost
Act 1843 & for
Arrears
Maine

James
L Edwards, Esq
Comm. of Pensions
Washington D.C.  

[illegible] 116
Sept
22
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Paris  Sept. 21 1843
Dear Sir
The enclosed application [illegible] [illegible] I forward to you. Should any communication [illegible] pay in relation thereto, please communicate with Hon.  Lyman Rawson of Rumford, Oxford Me
yours [illegible]
[ill.] F Emery

Geo. L. Edwards, Esq.
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Free   free

Hon James R Edmunds Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions at the War office at Washington City District of Columbia

Feb 24/ 45
Arrears due Lucy Frost

Bethel Me Feb 21
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[illegible] February 4th 1845
Dear Sir
I will rite a few lines By inquiry to you respecting Lucy Frost Pension, widow of Moses Frost late of Newry deceased
you rot to me that there was a rearage [sic] due her from the 4th of March 1836 to the 17th of January 1838 which certificate I have  not  seen I have seen one for the one year dated something like the 15th of Dec. 1843 the other I have not [illegible] I wish to inquire where in the trouble is if there is any that it is not come if there is any error in guge [judge] rawsons papers he and I wishes that your honor would let us know
Yours Respectfully   John Frost 

Please Direct to John Frost , Newry Maine
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May 12 1846
Lucy Frost
January 23, 1845

Rumford Maine  Paid 10

Hon- J. l. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington
District of Columbia
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Rumford May 1 1846
The enclosed is a Declaration of John Frost. Please direct the certificate to Lyman Rawson of Rumford of County of Oxford
State of Maine
Yours very respectfully
Lyman Rawson
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Mr Frost Me


East Bethel, Me  10
[illegible]
James C Edwards, esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

May 22 '46
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Newry May, 14 1846
Dear Sir
I wish to [illegible] the privilege of inquiring respecting my mother arrears of pension Lucy Frost widow of
Moses Frost who died on the 17th 1838 an had a
declaration made out by Judge Rawson judge of
Probate for the County of Oxford Maine last fall
and hasn't heard from it since I wish you would
inform me whether it has arrived there or not and if
there is any thing for the heirs of should be doing I would be very
happy knowing it
my mother was insane seven years
on my hands till she died being 85 years old with [obscured]
any property excepting a little pension and it cost
me about one half to git it
yours very respectively an humble
Servant  John Frost
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James C. Edwards esq.
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Joint Res.
[illegible]

Lucy Frost
Arrears from 4 March 1836 to 18 Jan. 1838

Hon. Lyman Rowson
Rumford Maine
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Declaration.
In order to obtain certificate of Pension due from 11 month $36 under the act of July 7 1838.

State of Maine Oxford County ss.

On the twenty fourth day of August AD 1843 personally appeared before me Lyman Rawson judge of the Court of Probate for said County [illegible] special Court held at Newry in said County Lucy Frost resident of said Newry aged eight four years who is personally known to me + who being duly sworn all according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she [illegible] from the [illegible]th March 1836 to the eighteenth day January 1838 from which period she has been already paid under the act of the 7th July 1838. Said the declarant further alledges that she still is the widow of Moses Frost who was a private in the Revolutionary war; that her pension was allowed at the rate of thirty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, and was paid to her at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine and further she saith next.

Attest John Frost
Lucy X Frost her mark

Subscribed and sworn to me the day + month year above written
Before Lyman Rowson Judge
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State of Maine

Oxford ss: I the Subscriber Register of the Cour of Probate in + for said County hereby certify that Lyman Rawson before which the foregoing Proceedings were had, is Judge of the Court aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Lucy Frost for a Pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand + affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of [illegible] in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred + forty three
Geo. F Emory Register
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July 25 43
To the comisioner of Pensions war office
Washington City
D C
Lucy Frost 
[illegible]
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Newry July 13th 1843

To your honours I must take the liberty to ask you to inform me what method to take to obtain Lucy Frosts pension I have asked all the lawyers they say they don't know they have not informed themselves thay say [illegible] cant find any form nor find out any thing conserning it there fore I would pray that your honour would inform me what method to take or what to do [illegible] Lucy Frost is yet alive. which is my mother the widow of moses Frost. I have been requested to rite to get information so that others might know I do not now [illegible] more proof I have got to make if any
S B See in side the same lucy Frost

Yours Respectfully John Frost
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Pension Office, October 20. 1841

Sir,

In answer to your letter of the 20th. ulto I have to inform you that all Pensions under the Act of July 7 1838 cease on the 4th. of March 1841. If the deceased husband was a Pensioner, and died after the 4th. of March 1836, the pension under the Act of 1838 can commence only from the day of his death, otherwise the widow and husband would receive pay for the same period. Moses Frost, the husband of Lucy Frost, was a pensioner, and the amount due to the 17th of January 1838, the day of his death, was paid. There is, therefore, no further amount due to Mrs. Frost.
I am, very respectfully, 
Your Obt. Servant.
J L Edwards

Mr. John Frost, Newry
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Oct 19. 1841 Lucy Frost [illegible]

Treasurer office

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions.
Washington City.
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Paris March 28. 1839

J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions

Dear Sir,
Herewith I forward the application of Mrs. Lucy Frost for a pension and ann
Respectfully Yours
Stephen Emery
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Oak Grove, La.
April, 12, 1935.

Veterans Administration.
Washington, D. C. 

Stamped envelope at office

Gentlemen:
I am very anxious to find a Revolutionary ancestor in order that I may join the D. A. R. I wonder if you would search your Revolutionary record to see if you can find the names of O. David Castleman from Virginia born 1734, O Augustus Milton Hamer from Tennessee or North Caroline, or O Enoch or CJO Moses Frost from Mass. or any Frost from Virginia.

I see no reason why David Castleman born 1734 did not serve in the Revolution.

I shall surely appreciate any information you can give me.

Very Sincerely, 
Alma C. Millikin
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**RAY P. CHASE**  
**AT LARGE**  
**MINNESOTA**  

**Congress of the United States**  
**House of Representatives**  
**Washington, D.C.**  

**HOME ADDRESS:**  
**ANOKA, MINN.**  

RAY P. CHASE
AT LARGE
MINNESOTA

HOME ADRESS:
ANOKA, MINN.

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

April 19, 1933 

Chief Clerk,  
Veterans Administration,  
Washington, D.C.  

Dear Sir:  

Enclosed is data relating to several persons, whom friends of mine in my home city of Anoka, Minnesota, believe served in the Revolutionary War.  

I shall appreciate it if you will look over the records, and supply me with such information as may be possible, returning the enclosed letter, with your reply.  

Sincerely,  
Ray P. Chase
RAY P. CHASE
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April 28, 1933

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

RA-J/[illegible]L
Jonathan Bean-8.37586
Moses Frost -W.23058

Honorable Ray P. Chase
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Chase:
Reference is made to your letter of April 19, in behalf of your constituents in Anoka, Minnesota, who desire the Revolutionary War records of William Stinson, who was born in 1732 and died in 1782 of George Simpson, who was born in 1768 and died in 1850 (who served in the War of 1812, also), of Moses Frost, of Berwick, Maine, of Jonathan Bean, of Bethel or Berwick, Maine, and of James McLellan, possibly of Gorham, Maine, who died in 1792.

A careful search of the records has been made and no claims for pension or bounty land found based upon service in the Revolutionary War of James McLellan (variously spelled) or a William Simpson, described above, or of a George Simpson in the Revolutionary War or of a George Simpson in the War of 1812, or any New England state. Pension and bounty land claims are the source of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by this office.

The Revolutionary War records of Moses Frost and Jonathan Bean are given below as found in the pension claims, W. 23058 and s.37586, respectively, based upon their services in that war.

Moses Frost
W. 23058

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Moses Frost are not stated.

He enlisted at Berwick, York County, Massachusetts (Maine), June 14, 1778, served as a private in Captain Thomas Hodsdon’s Company, Colonel Thomas Poor's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged January 18 or 19, 1779: he again enlisted about June 1, 1779, served

See Mass S + S VOL 6 page 120 for soldier

See Mass S + S VOL 8 page 55
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as a private in Captain John Goodwin's Massachusetts Company in Peleg Wadsworth’s Penobscot Expedition and was in the engagement at Penobscot, length of service three months.

Moses Frost was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-one years and resided in Newry, Oxford County, Maine, at which place he died on January 17, 1838.

The soldier married March 11, 1787, Lucy Gatchel. Both were then of Sanford, Maine, and their marriage was recorded on the records of the First Congregational Church of said Sanford.

Soldier’s widow, Lucy, was allowed pension on her application executed October 19, 1838, while residing in Newry, Maine. At that time, she stated that she was “aged seventy-six years next December”. In 1843 she stated that she was then aged eighty-four years.

She died February 5, 1844, at Newry, Maine.

In 1845, the following were the only surviving children: John Frost, residing in Newry, Maine; and Isaiah and Moses Frost and Lucy Roberts, the three last named all residing in Groton, Caledonia County, Vermont. Their ages are not given and there are no further data as to family.

Jonathan Bean
S. 37585

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jonathan Bean are not stated.

He enlisted at White Plains, New York, June 14, 1778, and served nine months as a private in Captain Richard Mayberry’s Company, Colonel Tupper’s Massachusetts Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 5, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-four years and resided in Bethel, Oxford County, Massachusetts (Maine).

See [illegible] VOL I/ page 594 + Mass S + S. VOL 16. Pages 38 + 382

I did not use his [illegible][illegible][illegible] said Cpl [illegible] + [illegible]

See Mass S + S. VOL 6 page 615
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In 1820, Jonathan Bean stated that his wife, Abigail J., was then aged sixty-four years, but he did not give her maiden name or the date of their marriage, and there is no reference to children.

The soldier died in November, 1826, place not stated.

Your list is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.