Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1289, David Brown, Mass.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.
Brown, David

NUMBER
R. 1289

CONTENTS
b:  Oct.10, 1757 at Wellfleet, Barnstable Co. Mass. & there at enl.
In 1834 res. Frankfort, Waldo Co, Ma. & there
d. Oct 6, 1844
wife Rachel
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Stephen Snow in Job 
Crockers Co. Col. Whitneys Reg. 
at R. Island 

David Brown 
me 
original 

Hon. J. Reed 
HR 
Jan 2d
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State of Maine

County of Waldo,
     On this eighteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four, personally appeared in open Court, before me, Alfred Johnson jr. judge of the Probate Court for the county aforesaid, David Brown of Frankfort the said County, aged seventy seven 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 A.D. 1832. Viz- that he was born in the Town of Wellfleet, in the County of Barnstable & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the tenth day of October AD 1757 and he has always been told & believed; and does not know whither any record of his age exists or not; that he was living at said Wellfleet when the Revolutionary War broke out,  that he was a private soldier in a Company of Militia until the time of the Bunker-Hill battles, June 17/75.  About a fortnight after that battle he enlisted into a Company Commanded by Capt. Joseph.Smith of same Wellfleet as a private, that he remained in said Company until after Boston was evacuated - and for about one year & a half after that; he has no means of recollecting dates of his discharge and is unable to be more precise from memory but was generally employed in guarding the(illegible) to Cape Cod, after his service as aforesaid he went to sea, in a merchant
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vessed as Master, and was taken prisoner by the British Frigate of 32 guns, & detained on board the Frigate three months & afterward detained at Jamaica nine months, whence he arrived home by the way of New Providence, after an absence of twenty one months. - that he lived in said Wellfleet until the year 1799 when he removed to Hampdon in this State, & in a year afterwards to Frankfort where he has ever since resided.
     He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to any pension or annuity except what he now claims & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.  He refers to Stevens Atwood, & Hezekiah Newcomb & Archibald Jones Esq. Put-man too, all of said Frankfort, as persons who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.- He is now a Clergyman regularly ordained over the Calvin Baptist Lonely in said Frankfort.               David Brown

Sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid,
Alfred Johnson jr.
Judge of Probate
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We Benjamin Newcomb 2d & Joshua Hall a Clergyman, residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Brown who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration- that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is reputed & believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion-
Benjamin Newcomb 2
Joshua Hall Rev.

Sworn to and subscribed the day [ink spot overing word] aforesaid
Alfred Johnson Jr.
Judge of Probate

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogation prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he stated.  And the court further certifies that it appears to it that Joshua Hall who has signed the preceeding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the said Town of Frankfort & that Benjamin Newcomb 2d who has signed the same is resident in Frankfort & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit
Alfred Johnson Jr. 
Judge

I Nathl M. Lowrey, Register of the court of Probate for Waldo County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Brown for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twentieth day of December A. D. 1834
N.M. Lowrey} Register of Probate
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Provdence Nov 21.1855

:Hon J Mindt
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
     I have the honor to forward the claim of the heirs of David Brown a soldier of the Revolution serving in Massachusetts to pension under the Act of 1832.
     Mr. White & Mr. Newcomb appointed Mr. Hathaway their Atty with power of substitution & he has authorized me to act in this case. Will you examine the case & communicate to me the result 

I am sir very Respectfully
your obedient servant
Joseph S. Pitman

Washington
D.C.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed Jun 7, 1832-

State of Maine.
county of Penobscot} ss

     On this fifth day of September A.D. 1855 personally appeared before the municipal Court of the City of Bangor in same County & State which is a Court of Record Elizabeth White a Resident of Dixfield in the State of Maine and Rachel Newcomb a Resident of Newbury in said State the former being of the age of seventy one years and oust the latter of the age of seventy who being first duly sworn, do on their oaths make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress Passed on the 7th day of June A.D. 1832-
That they are the daughters of David Brown late of Frankfort in said State who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution-
That they have reason to believe & do believe that the said David Brown served at three times and in the manner specified in the manner aforesaid in the annexed Certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts.
That he was a native of Wellfleet in same State of Massachusetts - that Truro is a town adjoining Wellfleet and was once a part of said Wellfleet-
that the said David was married to Rachel Cahoon on the 1st day of November 1770 - that the claimants are the only surviving children of said David & Rachel That the said David resided in said
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Truro at the time he was called into service and afterwards resided in Truro and Wellfleet untill about fifty years ago when he removed to Frankfort in the State of Maine -
That he died at said Frankfort on the sixth day of October A.D. 1844 - the year eighteen hundred forty four.
That his wife the said Rachel Brown died before him on the 23rd day of November 1841 -
That the said David Brown during his lifetime applied for a Pension under the above act which application still remains suspended in the Pensions for reasons with which the said applicants are not fully acquainted- 
that they make this Declaration to obtain for themselves as his children & only Heirs at law the amount of Pension to which their father was entitled at his death for seven months and six days service in the Revolution viz from the 4th day of March 1831 up to the 6th day of October 1844 when he died -
and for proof of the several allegations contained in this Declaration they refer to the Documentary records & parol testimony accompanying this Declaration.
Elisebeth White
Rachel Newcomb
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Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Elizabeth White and Rachel Newcomb before the said Court in open Court on the day and year first aforesaid and I certify that the Hon. Alpheus Lyon
is sole judge of said Court and that said Court is a court of Record.
In witness where of I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of September A.D. 1855.
B.F. Mudgett. .
Recorder of Said Court

the Amelia Newcomb and Benjamin Newcomb are residents of Newburg- in the State of Maine upon our oath, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth White & Rachel Newcomb in our presence and that we know them to be the identical persons they represent themselves to be - we also swear that we have no interest in the claim.
Benjamin Newcomb
Amelia Newcomb

State of Maine County of Penobscot ss.
 Subscribed & sworn to on the day first afore said and I certify that the said applicants
are persons entitled to credit also that I have no interest in this claim- no concern in the prosecution of it
Geo. B Moody Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine.
Penobscot, ss.

I, Nathan Weston, jr.,clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
Geo B. Moody
Esquire, is and was at the date of his certificate an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified to ace as such, and that the signature to the paper annexed purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Nathan Weston Jr. Clerk.

[left side a Ribbon seal]

[right side a Paperclip]
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"David Brown and Rachel Cahoon both of the District of Wellfleet were married November first one thousand seven hundred and seventy by the Rev. Isaiah Lewis."

I certify that the above 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 "November first 1770"
Jno W Davis
Town Clerk of Wellfleet

I John W. Davis aforesaid depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Wellfleet in the County of Barnstable and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true excerpt from the records of said Wellfleet with the exception above named as certified by me.

I have no interest in the claim of E. White or R. Newcomb or the U.S. for arrears of pension, John W. Davis Town Clerk of Wellfleet

Barnstable ss. July 19th 1855
Then personally appeared the above named John W. Davis and maid oath to the above instrument to be the truth. 
I avow the said John W. Davis is the Town Clerk aforesaid he is a credible person I have no interest in the claim of E. White or R. Newcomb or the U.S .for pension and not concerned in prosecuting the (illegible)

Before me Thomas Holbrook Justice of the Peace
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I Thomas Holbrook of Wellfleet in the County
of Barnstable in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say, that I I am Eighty six years of age, I Know David Brown late of Frankfort in the County
Waldo in the State of Maine, now deceased the said David Brown was a Soldier in the
Revolution, and served in the army - I am
personally knowing to his services, the time
of his services in the Revolutionary Army he
was a Private from the town of Truro, I further testify and say that the said David Brown, was on gard on Griffin Island as a solder in the war

Thomas Holbrook 

I have no interest in the claims of E. White or R. Newcomb or the U.S. for arrears of Pensions
Thomas Holbrook


Barnstable ss, July 19th 1855.
Then personally appeared the above named
Thomas Holbrook and made Oath to the
above instrument to be the truth and his free act and deed
I certify that the above affidaties known to one to be a credible person, I have [no?]
interest in the clame of E. White & R. Newcomb or the U.S. for arrears or
[pen]sion, am not concerned in the prosecution thereof.
Thomas Holbrook a {Justice of the Peace
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I Temperance Holbrook of Wellfleet in the
County of Barnstable, in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say, That I know David Brown. Late of Frankfort in
the County of Waldo, in the State of Maine
now decesed, and was well acquainted with
said David Brown and his family. The said
David Brown removed from Wellfleet to said
Frankfort according to the best of my recolletion
He was reported and declared in this neighborhood where he reseded to have been a solder of the revolution-- I further testify and say that Elizabeth White and Rachel Newcomb the Present Applicants are children of the said David Brown and are the only surviving children of the said David Brown to my knowledge or belife,
I further testify and say that
I am now Eighty five years of age,
I have no interest in the clame of E. White or R. Newcomb or the U.S. for arrears or Pension, and not concerned in the prosecution thereof, 

Temperance Holbrook

Thomas Holbrook 2d

Barnstable ss July 19th 1855
Then personally appeared the above named
Temperance Holbrook and made Oath to the above instrument to be her free act and deed, and the truth

I certify that the above affidate is known to me to be a credible person I have no Interest in the clame of E. White & R. Newcomb or the U.S. for arrears in Pension and am not concerned in prosecution thereof
Thomas Holbrook
Justice of the Peace
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[seal in the left upper margin]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss.
I, Frederick W. Crocker, Clerk of the Court
within and for the County of Barnstable,
hereby certify that Thomas Holbrook 2,
of Wellfleet in said County has been duly
appointed by the Governor & Council as a
Justice of the Peace for said County, that
he has been duly qualified to act in
that capacity, and that the signatures on the accompanying instrument purporting
to be his, are his true and genuine
signatures. In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the ┃
seal of the Supreme Judicial Court
of said Commonwealth, this twenty
third day of July in the year Eighteen
hundred & fifty five
Rev W. Crocker
Clerk
[bottom left corner illegible seal with 2 bold lines horizontal on both sides]
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[handwritten] David Brown 
June 1832 
Maine 
Suspended
T. R. Wise
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.

STATE OF Maine
COUNTY OF Penobscot} ss: June 29 1853 Be it known that before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Rachael Newcomb aged Seventy three years, who, being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states, that She is the daughter of David Brown of Frankfort now deceased *who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and entitled to a pension which he did not receive in his life time and applied for a pension that she believes that she is entitled to whatever is due, and that the United States are still indebted to her, under the laws of Congress, for the pension that was due David Brown
her father and that for the purpose of investigating and establishing her claims as aforesaid, she appoints TULLY R. WISE, of Washington, D. C., her true and lawful attorney with irrevocable powers, to examine all papers on file, and to do whatever she might do were she personally present to establish her claim.
In witness whereof, I have on this twenty ninth day of June 1853, hereunto signed my name, and affixed my seal. 
{The word, (Rachael Newcomb) erased and the {word, (Justice of the Peace interlined before {sworn to or signed 
her 
Rachael   +  Newcomb
mark

Witness: Rufus Gilmore }
Witness: Mary Deane }

Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that Rachael Newcomb has always by the community been known as the daughter of David Brown above named
Dated on this 29th day of June 1853.
Rufus Gilmore Justice Peace, Esq.,

STATE OF Maine } to wit:
County of Penobscot }
I here hereby certify, That Rufus Gilmore Esq., before whom the foregoing power of attorney was made, and who was thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial [County] Court for said State this sixteenth day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three

Nathan Weston Jr, Clerk.
*State whether an applicant or a pensioner.
Direct your letter to
Rufus Gilmore Monroe Waldo County
State of Maine
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33.435
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston:
185
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of David Brown is borne on pay roll of Capt. Isaiah Higgins Comp Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt of Provincials at
Boston from June 6 to Aug 1, 1776. 1 month 20 days as private from Truro. Also on pay roll of Capt. Isaiah Higgins Comp. Col. Thomas Marshalls Regt from Aug 1 to Oct. 31, 1776. 3 mos. as private from Truro. Also on pay roll of Capt. Isaiah Higgins Comp. Col. Thomas Marshalls Regt. from 
Nov. 1. 1776. 30 days as private. from Truro.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Timothy Brigham's Comp. Col. Job Cushing's Regt. called out on alarm
at Bennington, from July 27. to Aug. 29. 1777, 1 month
10 days as private
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And I further
Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears: that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said
application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[handwritten] E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Dixfield April the 1854
Dear Surs
Will you be so good as to examine your records and find an application for a pention maid by David Brown you will find it was sent in to washington the first time when he lived in Massachusetts after that he mooved to maine and then he made another application and he neaver heard from it he is now dead and my self and one sister are all of the Heirs and have emploied agents to look it up but cannot here anything from it and why it is I 
can not know
my father was a soldier of the Revolution or surved in some other way during the war the a evidence that was given at the time of his application will tell all that you will wish to know a bout it I think but if you cannot be satisfied by the records I think I may get enough but I
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shall have to be to a grate esepence as they live a grate distance from me 
I was advised to write to you as you was a commishioner of Pentions and you would
notis me enough to answer me and if you will you will do me a grate favor and if not I must get some one to do my writing as I an old and can not write so you can understand my writing I [crossed out illegible] am a fraid
but if you get my meaning and answer my letter you will grately oblige your humble survant and if there is a pention that belonged to our Father we want it and we are sure that
thare is do be so kind as to answer me soon
your Humble Survant
Elizabeth White
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Dixfield March the 2 1858
Dear Sirs
I have aplied to you a number of times to get sutch information as would be satistatory or nesa'ry to get a pention for my Fathers survises in the war of the revolution, but it seems that the dockements that he sent when he aplied for a pention dos not eseactly agree with the records I got from you or the recor'd and now I will try to write as definitely as posible
it apears that my Father David Brown lived in Wellfleet Mass the first time he sent to the pention office for a pention he states he enlisted or surved under Capt Joseph Smith [that seems to] he went out on to the water when he first inlisted to keep the enimy from
landing on our cost and he was taken prisoner and caried to Halafase and staid some months after that he was brought back and served on the land during the war and was under  diferent ofercess if you will find my fathers name in survis with Capt Joseph Smith it seems to be all that is wanting to
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entitle me to the pention and if you can find it you shall have ten per cent on a dollar for all I get. and all the dificulty seams becaus his
name is not to be found with capt Jo Smiths a man by the name of Busher Hegans was prisner with him [and you]

John Witheriland Nathan Hardy was in company with him

My Father David Brown lived in Wellfleet mass and in Truero mass but I think he lived in Wellfleet when he enlisted

will you be so kind as to answer this as
soon as posibal
from your humble survant
Elizabeth White
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To
Penson Office
Dec. 19. 1855
I have examined and filed the application
of the children of David Brown, he late
of Frankfort, Maine for [illegible] of pension
alleged to be due to said David under the
Act June 7, 1832, and your svt expressed
that we have conclusion and in the offer
that he was as the soldier of that name
who according to the certificate of the Secondary, Massachusetts, the accompanied
the application served six north, as
on
private from June 6 to Dec. 1776 in the com
pany of Capt. Isaiah Higgins, and the Reg
Mary E. Thomas Marshal for that Adie
a resident of Eastham in the State of Massa
sell and no persened on the 24th of May
1834 and the Act of June 7, 1832
the
appear on referring to the regual application of
the and Brown, represented
by and who
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1834, was a resident of Waldo County [illegible] that he claimed no service under Capt. Higgins and that he was a resident of Wellfleet and he entered the same. He alleged that he was a private soldier in a company of Militia until the time of the Bunker Hill battle, and that about a fortnight after that battle, he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Joseph Smith of said Wellfleet that he remained in said company [illegible] was evacuated [illegible] for about one year and a half thereafter. His duty was [illegible] that of guarding the coast at Cape Cod, After his service aforesaid the way to sea in a [illegible] left a Captain and kept in prison nine months
and [illegible] home after an absence of twenty one months and did not again enter the service of his country.  His claim was rejected to the reason that he could not recollect his
service. If the claims further presented
evidence of service under Capts. Joseph Smith and Wellfleet must be presented before it
be allowed,
Joseph S. Stevens Esq
Providence, R.I.
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245

Pension Office.
22d Decr. 1854.
Sir,
David Brown of Maine applied for a pension under Act 7th June 1832, but failing to prove his services, his claim was disallowed. The children have given several powers of attorney to agents, but have [illegible] no satisfactory evidence either as to David services, or as to the date of his marriage, and his and his wife's
death, and the names and number of their surviving children. I return you Mr. Robinson's letter.
Hon. Thomas Davis
House of Rep.
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22
Pension Office
18th July 1854.
Sir, I would inform you that the
additional evidence does not 
establish David Brown's service. He has not been identified as the soldier whose service are described in the certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts. There is no evidence of the date of the marriage of David and his wife of their death, and of the
number and names of their surviving children 
F. E. Hassler Esq.
Present.
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Pension Office,
April 17, 1858,
Madam, Your letter respecting the pension due your David Brown, has been received. In reply thereto, I have to inform you that
were the services of Mr Brown satisfactorily established no pension could be allowed his children. Such is the opinion of the Attorney General, and, consequently, such is the practice of this office. The one dollar note, enclosed in your letter, is herewith returned.
Mrs Elizabeth White
Dixfield Me
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David Brown
Me [illegible] 1832
[illegible writing vertically]
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33.435
David Brown Suspended Sent to Hon J Reed [line across] 8 Jan'y 1886
Maine No. 33.435 Elizabeth White Apl 25 1854 
F. E. Hassler 18 July 1854
Hon T. Davis 22 Dec. 1854
Let  J.L. Stevens  Dec 11/ 55
E. White Apl  17/58
1289
- 1832-
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David Brown

[illegible handwriting]

W

The Pension Office 
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten] 1289 [illegible 
____________________
P.O. 
[handwritten] David Brown
Service:___________________ [vertical stamp] REJECTED
Enlisted:__________________, 18
Discharged:_______________, 18
Application filed:________, 18
[crossed out]
[handwritten] The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as;
[crossed out]
[handwritten] Suspended for further proof and specification from the Mass. rolls.
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.  Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for__, 18
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Dixfield July 12th 1854
To the Com. of Pensions:
Enclosed please find a certificate from the Sec. of the State of Massachusetts in relation to my father's service in the revolution. My father,
David Brown lived at the time he went into the service in Wellfleet a town that joined Truro, and it must be that he enlisted from Truro instead of Wellfleet.
Since I made application to the Sec. of Mass. I have seen a man by the name of Ira White that says he worked for my father after the war and
he said my father always told him that he went an enlisted at Truro.
There cannot be any doubt but the man that is named in the certificate is my father. I am desirous to obtain the pension that no doubt is due me.
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in right of my father David Brown.
He made an application in his life time but failed in account of insufficiency of evidence. If the enclosed with what is now in your office is not sufficient to give the pension, Please
inform me what more will be required and much oblige
Yours
Elizabeth White
P.S. What I stated to the Sec. of State of Mass. I stated from recollection of what I have heard in relation to my fathers service from him and others. I expect that it is not as definite as it should be.
E. White
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Washington Dec 20th 54
L P Waldo Esq
Dr Sir
I enclose a letter received from a constituent
which you will do me the favour to reply to at your earliest convinence and oblige
Yours
Thomas Davis
R J
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366 in top right hand corner

Pension Office
April 25 1854

Madam

In reply to your letter of the 8th inst.
I have to inform you, that your father David
Brown app---- for service under a Captain
Smith of Map, and declare that he enter-
ed service fronte Town of Millfleet,
He failed to prove his service by such
evidence as the regulations of this office,
require.
If he----- as alleged, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Map, might be
able to furnish the evidence of it.

Mrs. Elizabeth White
Dixfield, Maine
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War Dept
Pension off
Jany 8 36
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the papers in support of the claim of David Brown have been examined placed & in our files.
The regulations conforming to the pro rata
character of the act of 7 June 1832, require
each term to be specially set forth - It appears that the claimant belonged to a militia company for 12 or 18 mo & it is highly improbable that he was required to perform as much as 6 mo service in his embodied compy in field or garrison service within that term -Such terms as he may have rendered in obedience to the call of the competent authority under his proper officers, should be narrated in a deposition and the certificate of the Secy of State of Mass. obtained in relation to each term of service for which he asserts a claim - His captivity is not provided for by the act as he was not in the public service at the time as he was taken prisoner.
Hon J. Reed
Ho Rep. O.b.
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Revolutionary
David Brown
Act 1832
Maine suspended
and also as witness
-
Nathan Harding
John Witherell
B. [illegible] 32
[illegible initials]
Filed 29 July 1854
F. E. Hassler
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Washington City DC
July 29 1854
___ LP Walar
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir:
I request that a reexamination
of the Revolutionary Pension Claim of
David Brown --aine suspended act
1832- and that the papers of =
John Wetherell and Nathan Harding
who were pensioners act 1832 on
the Massachusetts Rolls.  I would 
also make reference to the 1 vol. 5 series
page 310 ~ of the American Archives.=

Yours respectfully
F E Hassler
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33,433
David Brown
[illegible] suspended
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I Nathan Harding of Wellfleet in the County
of Barnstable & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty three years, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with David Brown formerly of this Town, but now of Frankfort in the State of Maine, that he lived in this Town and was in Capt Joseph Smith Company of Militia with me when the  Revolutionary war commenced, I went to sea and was from home untill after the Battle of Bunker hill, when [illegible] home Capt Smith, company was on duty but I did not join them, I was informed that David Brown was in his Company
Wellfleet July 17th 1835. Nathan Harding
Barnstable [?] July 17th 1835 Then personally appeared before me Nathan Harding above named made Oath to to the truth of the above declaration, before me Josiah Whitman Justice of the Peace I also further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Nathan Harding & believe him to be a man of veracity and to be believed.
Jonah Whitman Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable [?]
I Abner Davis, Clerk of the Common Pleas Court within & for the County & Commonwealth aforesaid, being a Court of 
record, hereby certify, that Josiah Whitman Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition was executed, is a Justice of the Peace, in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, and that his name
above written is his true & proper signature.
Witness my hand & the seal of the said Common Pleas Court, at Barnstable aforesaid this twenty eighth day of July AD. 1835
Fees 50¢
Alvin Davis, Clerk
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I John Witherell of Wellfleet in the County of
Barnstable & Commonwealth of Massachusetts
aged Eighty two years, do testify and say that
Soon after the Battle of Bunker hill in the year
1775. I entered Capt Joseph Smith Company of
Minute men, to guard the coast of Cape Cod
that the limits assigned to that Company
were the Towns of Wellfleet and Truro in
the County of Barnstable, that the British
ships made use of Provincetown harbour
and that [illegible] were frequent. That David
Brown then of Wellfleet now of Frankfort State of Maine was in the same Company as a private Soldier, that he went to Truro with us in the fall of 1775, and that he continued to perform duty in said Company for more than one year, and to the best of my remembrance he was in our Company for Eighteen months,
July 11th [14th?]1835.
John Wethrell
Barnstable So Wellfleet July 14th 1835 Then personally appeared before me John Witherell and made Oath to the truth of the above declaration before me Josiah Whitman Justice of the Peace.
I also further certify that I am well acquianted with the John Witherell & believe him to be a man of veracity and to be believed
Josiah Whitman Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss. I, Abner Davis, Clerk of the Common Pleas Court, being a Court of Record in for said County & Common wealth, hereby certify that Josiah Whitman Esqr. before whom
the foregoing Deposition was executed, is a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned & qualified in & for sd County, & that his
signature above written is his true & genuine signature. Witness my hand & the seal of the said Common Pleas Court, at Barnstable aforesaid, this twenty Eighth day of July AD 1835
Fees 50c
Abner Davis, Clerk
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Dixfield May 30th 1854.
To the Secretary of the
State of Massachusetts.
I received your letter of May 22d wishing to know where David Brown belonged or enlisted, or under whom he served, what Capt or Col. or Regt: My father David Brown belonged and lived at the time he enlisted in a
town or place called Wellfleet in the State of Mass. he was a private in a company till the battle at Bunker hill, about a fortnight after that he enlisted into a company commanded by Capti Joseph Smith, he remained in this company about one and a half years-- I cannot
tell under what Col. Maj. Genl or in what Regt he was - there was one John Witherell & one Nathan Harding that served with him a part of
the time. I do not know but that
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he served a while under one Capt. John Willerthy think he did by what I heard him (father) say and what I recollect about it-
I trust that the foregoing facts will enable you to give me a certificate that will be of avail to me.
Enclosed is the one dollar for your fee for the certificate as required.
If there are more than one John Brown I should be pleased to know from what towns or under what Col. Maj. or Gen. they served which might bring to my recollection something definite of
my fathers service, of what I have now given does not afford sufficient to enable you to give me a certificate that will be of service to me. Please return an answer at your earliest convenience.
Respectfully yours
Elizabeth White
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Power of attorney
from heir of
David Brown
Maine Susp. 1832
on 
Massts-- admitted
1832
Filed Nov. 1833
F. E. Hassler
Washington
Col. Anderson
[illegible] 1832
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary
Pensioners, &c.


STATE OF Maine
County of Oxford
Be it known that before me
Isaac Randall Justice of the Peace
personally appeared Elizabeth Whit aged 72 years, who being duly cautioned and
then sworn in due form of law, states that she is the daughter of David Brown
who was a revolutionary soldier
in the State of [blank]
and that he died on the sixth
day of October A.D. 1844 and that my mother, named Rachel Brown died on the or about the eighth of October 1838 and that they were
married about in the year 1770 and that they were residents of Wellfleet in the State of Massachusetts and that they resided there about sixteen years, and that
she resides in Dixfield Maine and that furthermore she BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints, and fully empower and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of
substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington City, D. C., as her true and lawful Attorney for her and in her name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U.S. Government and State officers her rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of pension or Land that may be due her of said David Brown who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law they may be entitled.
In witness whereof, the said Elizabeth has on this thirteenth day September 1853
hereunto signed her name, and affixed her seal.
Elizabeth White
Witness: W W Bolster
⎬
Witness: Isaac Randall
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that the said Elizabeth
White has always by the community been known as the peer of said David Brown
Dated on this thirteenth day of September
1853.
Isaac Randall P.
STATE of Maine
to wit:
COUNTY of Oxford
I hereby certify, That Isaac Randall
Esq.,
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his
name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned
and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have here a Judicial
Court, this Fifteenth
red and Fifty three
day of September
one thousand eight
Elisher Winter Clerk
a widow applies, state the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."
State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner and amount of pension.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary's Office, Boston

January 25th 1855.

Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the
Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department it appears that the name of David Brown is borne on roll of Capt. Isaiah Higgins Comp Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt from June 6th to Dec. 1776 six mos. as private
from Truro.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written

E M Hughes
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I Amelia Newcomb of Newberg in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine on oath
depose and say that I am forty nine years of age. I further testify and say that I knew David Brown formerly of Truro in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts whose children are Elizabeth White and Rachel Newcomb are the present applicants for a Pension. The said David Brown died in the month of October in the year Eighteen hundred and forty four on the 6th and his wife died in the year Eighteen hundred and forty one previous to the death of the said David Brown.
I further testify and say that I was well acquainted with the family of the said
David Brown, He left two surviving children
Elizabeth White and Rachel Newcomb who are the present applicants. They were the only
surviving children of the said David Brown at the time of his decease. The said David Brown and in the Town of Frankfort in the County of Waldo and State of Maine on the 6th day of October 1844.
I reside about eight miles from the place of said Davis residence and as a friend of the family I was notified of his death at the time . I recollect that it was on or very near that date
and I have seen his grave stones where it is [illegible] least as of the date aforesaid.
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I was acquainted with said Daniel Brown & his family intimately ever since he resided in Maine.
Amelia Newcombe

State of Maine
County of Penobscot. Sept. 4th 1855.
Subscribed & sworn to before me I certify the
the said affiant is known to me and is entitled
to credit, also that I have no interest in the claim
of the Heirs of said Daniel Brown no concern
its prosecution
Geo. B. Moody Justice of the Peace
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I, Benjamin Newcomb a resident of Newburg in the State of Maine on oath depose that I am fifty five years & four months old. I was intimately acquainted with David Brown late of Frankfort and his family for thirty years before his death. He died on or near the 6th day of October. I have seen his gravestones & they bear the inscription of his death on that day. The only children he left and who now survive him are Elizabeth White and Rachel Newcomb. I know them & the whole family as intimately as I do my own children & I testify to the above fact as it is possible for one person to testify  confidently as it is possible for one person to testify about the children of another.  The date of his death was the sixth day of October Eighteen hundred & forty four. Benjamin Newcombe.
I also sear that I have no interest in this claim.
Ben. Newcombe

State of Maine
County of Penobscot. Sept. 4th 1855.
Subscribed & sworn to before me & I certify that the above named affiant is personally  known to me & is entitled to credit, also that I have no interest in the claim & no concern in the [illegible} execution of it. 
Geo. B. Moody Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine.

PENOBSCOT, SS.

I, NATHAN WESTON, Jr., CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS in said County, certify that
Geo B. Moody [Handwritten]
Esquire, is and was at the date of his certificate an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that the signature to the paper annexed purporting to be his, is genuine. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State in this fourth [handwritten] day of September [handwritten] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. 

Nathan Weston Jr. [Handwritten] Clerk.
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Know all men by these Presents
that I Rachel Newcomb widow of the
town of Newburg in the County of Penobscot
in the State of Maine daughter + one
of the heirs at law of David Brown late of
Frankfort Maine now deceased a soldier of
the Revolution do hereby make constitute and
appoint Osmon Hathaway of the town of Milford
in the State of Massachusetts my true + lawful
Attorney for me and in my name to procure
receive the arrears of pension due me as
one of the surviving children of David Brown
aforesaid authorizing + empowering him to receive
all communications for me in relation thereto
from the Pension office of the United States
+ to represent me there, to appoint other agents
+ Attornies to act in the premises under him
+ the same to revoke at his pleasure +to do all
things in relation thereto as fully as I could so
were I personally present. And I do hereby
revoke all power of Attorney which I have
heretofore given in the premises
Witness my hand + seal this second
day of October AD 1855
Signed sealed & delivered
in presence of
Geo. B Moody
Rachel Newcomb
Charles Davis
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State of Maine
County of Penobscot.
On this second day of
October AD 1855 personally came
the [illegible] named Rachel Newcomb
and acknowledged the foregoing power
of Attorney to be her free act and deed
And I certify that I am not
concerned in the prosecution of
said claim nor am I interested
in said claim.
Before me
Geo. B Moody Justice of the peace
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Know all men by these Presents
that I Elizabeth White, widow, of the
town of Dixfield in County of Oxford in the
State of Maine daughter & one of the heirs at
law of David Brown late of Frankfort Maine
now deceased a soldier of the Revolution, do hereby
make constitute and appoint Osnion Hathaway
of the town of Milford in the State of Massachusetts my true & lawful Attorney for me & in
my name to procure & receive the arrear of [illegible]
due me as one of the surviving children of David
Brown aforesaid authorizing & empowering him
to receive all communications for me in relative
thereto from the Pension Office of the United States
to represent me there. to appoint [illegible] & attorney
to act in the premises under him [illegible]
revoke at his pleasure, & to do all things [illegible] relative
thereto as fully as I could do were I personally
present. And I do hereby revoke all powers of
attorney which I have heretofore given in the
premises. Witness my hand & seal this
thirteenth day of October AD 1855
Signed sealed delivered in
Presence of Elizabeth White
W. Scott Cluese
Wm. H. White
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State of Maine
County of Oxford - ss
     On this thirteenth - day of October AD 1855 personally came the within named Elizabeth White and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney. To be her free act and deed.  And I certify that I am not concerned in the prosecution of said claim and am not interested in said claim 
                           Before me

The signature and the remaining document is entirely covered by a black piece of paper.
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Providence Nov 19. 1855

Know all men by their presents that Mrs Elizabeth White and Rachel Newcomb by our Attorney Osmon Hathaway named in no foregoing power of attorney. Do hereby name constitute and appoint Joseph L. Pitman of the city and county of Providence in the State of Rhode Island our lawful attorney for us and in our name and in the name of said Osmon Hathaway to proceed in claims of said Elizabeth and Rachel on the government of the United States for the arrears of pension owed David Brown late of Frankfort in the state of Maine.
     Entires on hand or seals (seal obscures last words of this sentence) day of November AD 1855.
 Elizabeth White by Osmon Hathaway.                  Rachel Newcomb by Osmon Hathaway

Albert T Elliott
John E. Brannon
                            Osmon Hathaway

State of Rhode Island ss
City and county of Providence on this nineteenth day of November AD 1855 personally came the above named Osmon Hathaway and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to his free act and deed and the free act and deed of Elizabeth White and Rachel Newcomb. I have no interest in said claim and am not concerned in its illegible
Albert T. Elliot Judge of the Peace
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THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS
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PROVIDENCE (SEAL OVER ANY FURTHER WORDS).    CLERKS OFFICE, SUPREME COURT
PROVIDENCE, November 21st A.D. 1855

I, John N. Gardner, clerk of the SUPREME COURT of said State, with and for the County of Providence:
 CERTIFY, that Alert L. Elliott, judge of the state of (this document is extremely damaged and smudged this entire line is smudged beyond recognition)
And said County duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the smudged of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his is genuine. 
IN ATTESTATIONS  THEREOF, I hereby subscribe my name, and affix the seal of said Court, this day and year above evident 
John N. Gardner Clerk