Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17810, Samuel Adams, Mass.
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(3 -- 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Mass. Adams, Samuel S. 17810
carded

CONTENTS
[A?] Harpswell, Me.
in 1820 aged 62 yrs, res. Bowdoin, Lincoln Co. Me.
wife Elizabeth or Betsey
d. Aug 20, 1840
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State of Maine.
Copy
362
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
On this ninth day of June, 1820, personally appeared me in open court the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Samuel Adams, aged sixty two years, resident in Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain George White and Regiment commanded by Colonel Francis afterward Tupper of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of three years was at the taking of Burgoyne that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the eleventh day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 5892. And I, the said Samuel Adams do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States,
on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not,
since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part
thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of
Congress, entitled, " An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any
property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is
contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Samuel Adams
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: One hundred acres of land with an unfinished house & poor barn thereon, of the value of one thousand dollars. One [illegible] of the value of three dollars, one old lame horse of the value of fifteen dollars. one colt of the value of six Dollars, four cows of the value of sixty dollars, one yoke of oxen of the value of fifty dollars, one yoke of three year old steers of the value of thirty dollars, one two year old heifer of the value of eight dollars. Seven yearlings of the value of thirty five dollars, Twenty three sheep and same lambs of the value of forty dollars, four swine of the value of the twelve dollars Three young pigs of the value of one dollar, Household furniture of the value of ten dollars. One old musket of the value of two dollars, Implements of husbandry of the value of eight dollars, one old waggon of the value of fifteen dollars, one old cart of the value of five dollars, one old sleigh worth for the iron only fifty cents.
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I have no debts due me that can be collected, and I owe as much as forty dollars. The income of the foregoing property does not exceed one hundred dollars a year I am by occupation a farmer but from age and sickness the last five years have been unable to labor, and still continue to be so my family residing with me
consists of myself, my wife Betsy aged fifty years, my son Samuel aged eighteen and my daughter Hannah aged ten, my son Israel aged seven, my son Reed aged five years, my daughter Catharine aged two years William Gardiner aged fourteen, a boy I took to bring up who has a rupture and is not able to do hard labor, and Hannah Malone
aged sixteen girl I took to bring up as [illegible]
the foregoing and my necessary beding [bedding] and clothing, I have no property or income whatsoever,
Samuel Adams
Subscribed, sworn to and declared to me the oath and schedule on the ninth day of June 1820 before me
Nathan Weston Jr
CJCCC Pleas
A true Copy
Attest John Davis Clerk

[Written upside down on bottom of page:]
362
Samuel Adams
5892 worth $131-0
not entitled
16. Jany. 1809
Mar 1819
Robert Vose
Augusta
Maine
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3d And Feb 18/56
D. T. Wright
Feb 22/56
Maine 3736.
Samuel Adams
of Bowdoin in the State of Maine
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain White of the Reg commanded
by Col. Francis in the Mass. Troops
line for 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Dec.
1832 and sent to
Robt C. Vose, Augusta Me
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - 120.00
Semi=ant. allowance ending 4 March 23 - 40.00
$160.00

Revolutionary [illegible - partial word torn corner of document]
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Francis F. Franciose
Book A. Vol. 1st Page 46.
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Saml. Adams
Private, Mass: troops
White's Co: Francis' Regt.
3 years,
admit
private 3 years
$80
C.C. Vose
Augusta
Me
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

STATE OF MAINE.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, SS.

On this Nineteenth day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, Samuel Adams a resident of Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy four 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777 with Captain White and served in Col. Francis' regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. George White [Duty?] Francis Col. afterwards Col. Tupper. That he enlisted in January 1777 for three years, was at the taking of Burgoyne, & after serving out the full term of his enlistment, was discharged in January 1780 at West Point. N.Y.

That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that
his pension certificate is numbered 5,892 and dropped therefrom on account of his property. That at that time he resided in Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, and now resides in the same town,

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, except as aforesaid.
Samuel Adams
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before Nathan Weston Jr
Just S. J. C
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jr
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State of Maine.
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KENNEBEC, ss. - I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within
and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before
whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said
State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the
matter of the application of
Samuel Adams for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and the seal of the said Court, this 19th day of July
A. D. 1832
J.A. Chandler Clerk

Saml. Adams
Private, Mass: troops
White's Co: Francis' Regt.
3 years,
admit
private 3 years
$80

C.C. Vose
Augusta
Me
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State of Maine county of Sagadahoc Be it known that before the undersigned D. T. Wright a Justice of the Peace, in & for the county of Sagadahoc & State aforesaid Personally appeared Samuel Adams, aged fifty years, a resident of the town of Bowdoin in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, states that he is a son & heir of Samuel Adams deceased, who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution, that he was a resident of the State of Maine when he went into the Revolution,
that he was a pensioner & that he received from the U.S. Government, at the rate of $96 per annum under the act of Congress, that the said Samuel Adams died at Bowdoin in the month of August, AD 1840, that Elizabeth wife of said Samuel mother of the applicant died in the month of Nov. AD 1839, that they were married in the year 1800, that they were residents of Bowdoin in the State of Maine & resided there fifty years, that the claimant Samuel now resides there. That furthermore by this presents, constitutes, appoints & fully empowers, & authorizes irrevocably & [with?] [power?] of [substitution?] David T Wright of Bowdoinham Maine as his true & lawful Attorney, for him & in his name & stead to examine into, to prosecute, to demand & to receive from the U S Government & [illegible] officers his rights, in all & any manner of claim for arrears, pay &, half pay in commutation, pay for pension increase if
arrears, of pension or lands that are or may be due the heirs of said Samuel & I furthermore revoke all & any powers, of Attorney heretofore executed in form of any person or persons,
In Witness whereof the said Samuel Adams, has on this ninth day of Feb. AD 1856 hereunto signed his name & [official?] his seal,
Samuel Adams
Witness William Saltz
Witness CC Newell
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, & sworn to before me, & I certify that the said Samuel Adams has always been known by the community as the son of Samuel Adams deceased, that the witnesses are credible persons, that I am not interested in the result of this claim,
Dated at Bowdoinham in this ninth day of Feb AD 1856,
Before me
David T Wright Justice of the Peace
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To the Commissioner of Pensions,
[I?] Please inform me whether or not said
applicant is entitled to pension & how
much if so, so that I can have him
make a declaration before a court
of Record,
Very Resp
D T Wright
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Ret. and 1812
Wars Section.

February 14, 1927

Josephine C. Frost
129 Columbia Heights
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 17810,
it appears that Samuel Adams was born in Harpswell, Massachusetts (which was later Maine), date not stated.
He enlisted January 3, 1777 and served as a
private in Captain George White's Company, Colonel Francis' and Tupper's Massachusetts Regiment, he was in the battles of Hubbardton and at the taking of Burgoyne, and was discharged January 3, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed April 11, 1818, while a resident of
Bowdoin, Lincoln County, Maine, aged fifty-nine
years.
Soldier married in 1800, Elizabeth or Betsy
her maiden name is not stated. She died in November
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1839, and he died August 20, 1840.
The following children are referred to in
1820 -- Samuel, aged eighteen years; Hannah, aged
ten years; Israel, aged seven years; Reed, aged
five years; and Catharine, aged two years.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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17810
INVALID.
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File No. 17810
Samuel Adams
Pri Rev Mas
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Act: June 7" 32
Index: -- Vol. /, Page 3
(Arrangement of 1870.)
Gen. Notes by R. D. Adams
Dec. 1883,
Dec. 21 1900
Mrs Harriet Hine
Phoenix Ariz Ter
1927- Feb. 14 Hist to Josephine
C. Frost ariz.
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Notification sent July 10th 1820 to
R. C. Vose
Augusta Maine
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5892. 
Maine
Samuel Adams
private
Massachusetts line. 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine
at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on
the 11th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the [illegible] of Jany 1819.
and [det?]
R. C. Vose, Augusta
Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 4 mo 24/50 - 38.40
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4th March 1819 - 48.00
$86.40
{ Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
Bowdoin
[faintly handwritten at bottom]
not entitled
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
February 20. 1836

Sir
I herewith return the papers in which Samuel Adams was inscribed on the Maine Roll, under Act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $80.00 per annum, enclosed in your letter of the 18th inst, & in reply have to inform you that he died 20th August 1840, & his pension has been paid in full to that date.

Very Respectfully
Your obt. Servt.
Roll [administrator?]
Auditor

J. Minot Esqr
Commr. of Pensions.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, July 5 1818

BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Samuel Adams served as a Soldier in Capt. White's Company, and Col. Tupper's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from 3 of January 1777 to 3 ? January 1780, being three years and ---- months.

Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
[Seal on upper left of document]

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.

I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Samuel Adams, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Bowdoin, in the said County of Lincoln, in the District of Maine, on the eleventh day of April, A.D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A.D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.

And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a
careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Nathan Weston Jr C Court
C.C.C. Pleas 2d E. Circuit
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The Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis
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[upper right corner: illegible 3 characters]

State of Maine.

I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is One thousand three dollars and Fifty cents; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is twelve hundred [illegible] dollars and Fifty Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.

John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of
Kennebec
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I David Samuel Adams, aged fifty nine years, born in Harpswell Maine, but now of Bowdoin, Maine, upon oath testify and declare that in January 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for the period of three years in Capt White's company and Col. Francis's regiment Massachusetts line. Col. Francis being
killed at the [battle?] of Hubbardton, Col. Tupper became my Colonel. This period I fully served out, and took my final and honorable discharge from the army at West Point January. 3. 1780.

My discharge, I have since lost, and it is not now 
to my knowledge in existence. I was in the battle of Hubbardton, and at Bemis's heights. From my reduced circumstances, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
Samuel Adams

Lincoln ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On the eleventh day of April AD 1818, Samuel Adams above named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed - 
Before me, Nathan Weston Jr
Chief Justice C. Court Com.
Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Daniel Allen of Bowdoin, Maine, of lawful age upon oath testify and declare, that I know that the above named Samuel Adams served as he has above stated, as I served in the same company and regiment with him. From his reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
Daniel Allen
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Lincoln ss.
On the eleventh day of April AD 1818 Daniel Allen, within named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within declaration by him subscribed -
Before me Nathan Weston Jr. Chief Just. C.  Court
C  Pleas Second Eastern Circuit
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[Upper right corner handwritten 5892, 3736]

Phoenix Arizona
Dec 9th, 1900

To the U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
I am the granddaughter of a revolutionary soldier who I am very sure was a Pensioner
he was a Mass man and no doubt - serve in one of the Mass. Regiments his name was Samuel Adams and after that war was over went to the then Province of Maine located in what is now the town of Bowdoin County

[Stamped: O. W. & N DIVISION DEC 20 1900 RECEIVED]
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of Sagadhoc. [Sagadahoc] I have his
account book that he had at Vally [Valley] Forge, but the first leaves are gone. All of the old
papers were destroyed by the burning of the old homestead about forty-five years ago
We wish out here to establish a D. A. R. lodge I wish to become a member and apply
to you for this information that I may do so.

Respectually Yours
Harriet P Hine

Address
Phoenix
Arizona Teritory [Territory]
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MRS. JOSEPHINE C. FROST
TELEPHONE MAIN 9572
HISTORIAN - GENEALOGIST
129 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
BROOKLYN, N.Y.

Dec. 19/26 [Handwritten]

LIFE MEMBER OF NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY: MEMBER OF LONG ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, CONNECTICUT, QUAKER HILL AND KINGS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES: MEMBER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: NATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND WOMEN.
BROOKLYN COLONY: COLONIAL DAUGHTERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, AND THEIR GENEALOGIST: GEORGE WASHINGTON-SULGRAVE INSTITUTION.

[Left margin of document]
PUBLICATIONS:
Editor of three volumes of the Town Records of Jamaica, L. I., 1656-1751.
COMPILER OF
Revolutionary Robes
Frost, Haviland, Strang and Outenbogart
Genealogies;
Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and his wife
Lucy Tufts Williams;
Of Jerry Crary and his wife Laura Antoinette Dunham;
Of Alden Smith Swan and his wife Mary
Althea Farwell;
Lineage Book of the Colonial Daughters of
publication in one of my forthcoming books
the Seventeenth Century.

Published [Handwritten over "PREPARING FOR" which is crossed out.]
PUBLICATION.
ANCESTORS OF:
Edward Irving Eldredge and his wife Helen  Louise Dutcher;
Benjamin Ferris Blakeney and his wife
Stella Peronne Sabine;
Frank Herbert Davoll and his wife Phebe
Downing Willets;
Charles Dana Bigelow and his wife Eunice Ann Howe;
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and his wife
Eunice White Bullard;
James Wilson Yates and his wife Nancy Terry.

GENEALOGIES IN MANUSCRIPT:
Birdsall; Loree; Ancestors of: --
Benjamin F. Card and his wife Abigail Bliss;
Rodman King Bowne and his wife Maria Harmer;
Rev. Charles Dame and his wife Nancy Jenness Page;
William Mulford Loree and his wife Sarah
Marsh;
Daniel Atley Webster and his wife Josephine
Outenbogart;
Ebenezer Butterick and his wife Ellen 
Augusta Pollard;
Arden A. Smith and his wife Constance A. Brooks;
Edwin F. Patchen and his wife Martha
Washington Yellowlee;
Henry Lafayette Horton and his wife
Josephine Lent.
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NUMEROUS LONG ISLAND CEMETERY
INSCRIPTIONS AND CHURCH RECORDS

[Right column, handwritten.]
To the Pension Bureau
Revolutionary [Rolls?]
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs: I am anxious to have for publication in one of my forthcoming books, a copy of the pension papers of one Samuel Adams, who according to the D. A. R. Lineage Books, Vol. 35 p. 165 was born in 1759 & died in 1840 and on the pension list of 1818.

An early reply will be deeply appreciated.

However, if your papers state he was born in any other state but Mass. he is not the man am after. The Samuel I need was born in Mass. probably in Neighborhood of Chelmsford.

Yours very truly

Josephine C. Frost