Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45704, Abijah Codding, Mass.
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Mass.
Codding, Abijah
S45704
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**Pension Record: Abijah Codding**  

**Pension Number:** 81094  
**State:** New Hampshire  

**Name:** Abijah Codding  
**Residence:** Winchester, New Hampshire  
**Service:** Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford, Massachusetts Line  
**Term of Service:** Three years  

**Pension Details:**  
- **Inscribed on Roll of:** New Hampshire  
- **Monthly Rate:** [Amount not specified]  
- **Commencement Date:** April 14, 1818  
- **Certificate of Pension Issued:** April 25, 1819  
- **Sent to:** Nahum Parker, Esq., Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire  

**Payment Details:**  
- **Arrears to March 4, 1819:** $85.56  
- **Semi-annual allowance ending September 4, 1819:** $48.00  
- **Total Paid at Death:** $133.56  

**Death Date:** February 14, 1839  

**Additional Notes:**  
- Revolutionary Claim, Act of March 18, 1818  
- Suspended (Reason not specified)  
- Certified under the seal of the proper officer  
- Notification sent July 17, 1820  
- Further documentation returned in June 1823
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Abijah Codding
Declaration
private
Col. Bradford's Regiment
Massachusetts Line
1777 - 3 years
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**State of New Hampshire**  
**Cheshire County, SS**  

On this twenty-fifth day of May 1818, before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, personally appeared **Abijah Codding**, aged sixty years, a resident of **Winchester**, in said County. Being first duly sworn according to law, he makes the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."*  

That he, **Abijah Codding**, enlisted on the **twelfth day of May 1777** in **Tiverton, Rhode Island**, in the company commanded by **Captain Zebedee Redding**, of the **Regiment of Infantry** in the service of the United States on the **Continental Establishment**, commanded by **Colonel Gamaliel Bradford**, in the **Massachusetts Line** during the Revolutionary War.  

He continued to serve in said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the **ninth day of May 1780**, when he was discharged at **West Point, New York**.  

He was engaged in the **Battles of Saratoga and Monmouth**.  

He states that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. He further declares that he has no other evidence in his power to prove his service, except the certificate of **Crocker Sampson**, annexed hereunto.  

**Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.**  

**Nahum Parker**  

I, **Nahum Parker**, Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that **Abijah Codding** did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for nine months on the **Continental Establishment**. I, therefore, certify and report his claim to the **Secretary for the Department of War**, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.  

**May 25, 1818**  
**Nahum Parker**  

I, **Salma Hale**, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the **County of Cheshire**, hereby certify that **Nahum Parker**, whose proper hand is above subscribed, is one of the Justices of said Court, duly commissioned, and that no particular impression is used as a seal by said Court.  

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed a seal in the usual form used by said Court, this **26th day of June, A.D. 1818**.  

**S. Hale**
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**State of New Hampshire**  
**Cheshire County, SS**  

I, **Abijah Codding**, of **Winchester**, in the County of **Cheshire** and State of **New Hampshire**, do testify and declare that I served in the **War of the Revolution** under the **Continental Establishment**.  

I entered the service on the **twelfth day of May, Anno Domini 1777**, for a term of **three years** as a **private** in the **First Company of the Fourteenth Regiment** in the **Massachusetts Line**. I served in said company and regiment until the end of my term, at which time, in **May 1780**, I was discharged. However, my **discharge papers were burned** when my house was destroyed by fire.  

Due to my **reduced circumstances**, I am now in need of assistance from my country for support.  

**State of New Hampshire**  
**Abijah Codding**  

**Cheshire SS, April 14, 1818**  

Pursuant to a law of the **United States**, 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 **18th of March, 1818**, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, **Judge of the Court of Common Pleas** for the aforesaid County, the above-named **Abijah Codding**, who made oath to the above declaration and subscribed the same in my presence.  

Upon due examination, it appears to my satisfaction that the said declaration is **true**.  

**Nahum Parker**  

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**STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE**  
**CHESHIRE SS**  

On this **twenty-fifth day of May, 1818**, before me, the subscriber, **one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas** for said County, personally appeared **Abijah Codding**, aged **sixty years**, a resident of **Winchester**, in the said County.  

Being first duly sworn according to law, he makes the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."*
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.  
CHESHIRE SS.  

On this twenty-fifth day of May 1818, before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, personally appears **Abijah Codding**, aged sixty years, resident in **Winchester**, in the said County, who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."*  

That he, the said **Codding**, on the twelfth day of May 1777, enlisted in **Tivertown**, in the state of **Rhode Island**, in the company commanded by **Captain Zebedee Redding**, of the Regiment of Infantry in the land service of the United States on the **Continental Establishment**, commanded by **Colonel Gamaliel Bradford** in the **Massachusetts Line** during the Revolutionary War.  

That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the ninth day of May 1780, when he was discharged from service at **West Point, New York**.  

That he was in the **battle of Saratoga and Monmouth**, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the certificate of **Crocker Sampson**, hereunto annexed.  

Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.  

Nahum Parker  

- 1818 -  

I, **Nahum Parker, Judge**, &c., as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said **Abijah Codding** did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for **nine months** on the **Continental Establishment**, and is in reduced circumstances requiring support.  

Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.  

May 25  
Nahum Parker  

I, **Salma Hale**, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of **Cheshire**, hereby certify that **Nahum Parker**, whose proper hand is above subscribed, is one of the **Justices of said Court**, duly commissioned, and that no particular impression is used as a seal by said Court.  

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed a seal in the usual form as used by said Court, this 26th day of June, A.D. 1818.  

S. Hale
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Kingston, May 8th, 1818  

This certifies that **Abijah Codding** was a soldier in the **12th Battalion of Massachusetts State Forces**, commanded by **Col. Gamaliel Bradford**, and served in the company of **Capt. Zebedee Redding** in the years **1778 and 1779**.  

**Crocker Sampson**  

The subscriber, being **Quartermaster** to the aforesaid regiment, states that **Capt. Redding**, upon leaving service, left some of the muster rolls of his company with him, in which the aforesaid **Codding** is mustered as a soldier enlisted for **three years**, beginning **May 12, 1777**.  

**Crocker Sampson**
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Abijah Codding
Value 556-69

8109
Sept 1819
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**SCHEDULE**  
Property of Abijah Codding  
of Winchester,  
in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire,  
Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of May 1st, 1820.

- 5 acres of land and small houses, barn thereon - **$350.00**  
- Amount Brought - **$540.25**  
- 39 Acres pasturing land - **$150.00**  
- 1 poll - **$0.06**  
- 1 Dish Kettle - **$0.50**  
- 5 sheep at 6/-- - **$5.00**  
- 1 Tea Kettle - **$0.50**  
- 3 C. Lambs at 14/- - **$4.50**  
- 1 Spider - **$0.34**  
- 7 pails at 1/6 - **$0.50**  
- 1 old loom - **$2.00**  
- 1 chain - **$1.50**  
- 1 Tin leav 6/- - **$1.00**  
- 1 old looking glass - **$8.25**  
- 1 old Plough - 6/- - **$1.00**  
- 1 Small Halyards - **$0.75**  
- 15 old barrels - **$4.00**  
- 1 hoe - **$0.25**  
- 2 spinning wheels - **$2.00**  
- 2 old ones at 3/-- - **$1.00**  
- 2 old rakes - **$0.25**  
- 1 old ax yoke 4/6 - **$0.75**  
- 2 forks 16 - **$0.50**  
- 1 Bath & Wedges - **$0.75**  
- 1 Scythe and Sarch 6/-- - **$1.00**  
- 1 June 1/6 - **$0.25**  
- Crocking whole - **$2.50**  
- 1 old chest 6/-- - **$1.00**  
- 2 old tables of 4/6 - **$1.50**  
- 4 old chairs - **$1.00**  
- 1 dining chair 3/- - **$0.50**  
- 1 Pease Drawers - **$1.50**  
- 1 pair of shoul & tongues - **$1.50**  
- 1 pail full of little 2/-- - **$2.00**  

**Total value**: **$540.25**  
(Note: This is the value of the whole estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted)

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We, the subscribers, testify and say that we have viewed the property contained in the above schedule, shown to us by the above-named Abijah Codding, as his property, and are of the opinion that the sums set against the respective items are their true value.

Cheshire ss.  
The above-named Abijah Codding personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above statement, by him subscribed.  
Before me,  
[Date]  
Justice of the Peace.  

I certify that the above-named witnesses are disinterested and credible.  
Justice of the Peace.
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**STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE**  
**CHESHIRE COUNTY SS.**  
**COURT OF COMMON PLEAS**

On this fourth day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, Abijah Codding, aged sixty-two years, resident in Winchester in said county, who, being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:

I enlisted on the 12th day of May, 1777, for three years in Reading's Co., 14th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Gamaliel Bradford. I was in the battle of Stillwater and Monmouth. I was at Valley Forge, etc., and was discharged at West Point in May 1780.

The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the fourteenth day of April, 1818. The number of my pension certificate is 100.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby 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 18th day of March, 1818. 

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. My occupation is farming, but owing to a rupture, I am unable to pursue it more than a third of the time. My family consists of a wife, Sarah, aged 57; she has a cataract that has impaired one of her eyes and much affected the other. I also have two daughters: Orpah, aged 16, and Harriet, aged 11, as well as one granddaughter, aged 4. All my children are in good health.

**Abijah Codding**

Sworn to and declared at Keene on the fourth day of July, 1820, before R. Vose, Judge of said Court.

I, SALMA HALE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property in the aforesaid schedule is **[Amount]**.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 8th day of July, A.D. 1820.  

**S. Hale**  
Clerk of the Court
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45704
Revy Invalid
File No. 45704
Abijah Codding
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: Vol. 3 Page 97
Arrangement of 1870
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**New Hampshire**  
**Abijah Codding**  

- Served 3 years from 1777  
- Schedule dated July 1820  

**Real Estate**: $500  
**Personal Property**: $56.69  
**Total**: $556.69  
**No debts given.**  

**Rector's Note**:  
- Personal property: $45.11  
- Account for the decrease of property due to the sale of:  
  - Acres of land, house, and barn to J. Cooper and part set off.  
  - Execution to E. Gustine on March 19, 1821, for $200.  
  - Debt sold on July 29, 1820, with the balance of real estate sold to J. Cooper for $125 to pay a debt.  
  - Firm cow sold under execution to Jewell.

**Copies of Deed**:  
- Authenticated copies included.  
- Sheep, 3 lambs, and some articles of furniture were consumed in his family and worn out.  

**Personal Information**:  
- Abijah Codding, aged 65, is a farmer in ill health with failing sight.  
- His wife is totally blind.  
- His daughter is 14, and he has 1 grandchild.

**Restored under the law of March 1823**  
- Commencing 6 May 1823.  
- Notification issued and sent on 21st July 1823 to Salma Hale, Esq., Keene, New Hampshire.  

**Amount**: $31.88 (from 1819).
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I hereby certify that on the 23 day of October 1820 I set off on Execution had Justin Jos
that latin a certain free of Land Containing
are here and are hunded and ten and said Execution and last amounting to thirty one Dollars and gave the said A Justin Possession of the same
Winchester May & on the 1823
(?)Same Fickering D Sheriff
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Chishing July 5. 1823. I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Indication within and for said
County certify that James Campbell is Register
of Deeds for said county & that Samuel Pickering
is a deputy Sheriff within County that within
has a real of office & and that the foregoing are
the signatures of the persons they purport to be
respectionly
-
S. Hale
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Walpole 6 May 1823 
This certifies that I have examined the Record, I find on Record an Execution Edward Gustin V. Abijah Codding Levey made 23 Oct. 1820 and set off one acre and one hundred and ten rods of land in Winchester 

Lot 1. E. E. Fol. 434. 
Attest James Campbell Regr.
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Copy of Deed Coding to  Cooper & Kingman Lot 92. Fol. 402. 

Let the Signatures of son Henry may be duly certified these papers are re under seal of the proper turned, in order that they officer S
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Cheshire SS July 5, 1823 
I Salma Hale Clerk of the hipinor Court of Judicature within and for said County certify that James Campbell is Register of Deeds within and for said county, that the foregoing is his signature and that he thus of Seal In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court
S. Hale
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I Abijah of Wincheste rin  the County of Cheshire and State of Newhampshire for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred Dollars to me in hand, before the delivery hereof, well and truly paid by Jedediah Cooper & Henry Kingman of town, County and state aforesaid Traders the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien enfeof, convey, and confirm unto the said Cooper & Kingman then heirs and assigns forever, certain lands and tenements situate in said Winchester and bounded as follows (viz) begining at the west corner of said Lot near a large pine tree runing north forty five degrees east twenty eight rods then south 25° East thirty six rods then South 57° East eleven rods then South 44 west 14 ½ rods then north 52 west 44 rods to the first mentioned corner, reserving all the lands set off to Edward Gustine I containing by estimation four acres be the same more or less it being the farm on which I now live 

To have and to hold the said granted premises with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, to them the said Cooper & Kingman their heirs and assigns, to them and the only proper use and benefit forever. And I the said Abijah Codding and my heirs, executors and administrators, do hereby covenant, grant agree to and with the said Cooper & Kingman their heirs and assigns, that until the delivery hereof I am the lawful owner of the said premises; on seized and possessed thereof in my own right, in fee simple; and have full power and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid: that the said premises are free and clear of all and every incumbrance whatsoever. And that I the said Coddin my heirs, executors, and administrators shall and will warrant the same to the said Cooper and Kingman their heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whomsoever. 

Witness my hand and seal this nineteenth day of March anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty one - 

Provided nevertheless, that if the said Abijah Codding his heirs, executors , or administrators, shall well and truly pay the said Cooper & Kingman their heirs, executors, and administrators, or assigns, the full sum of one hundred dollars and interest on the same within two years from the date hereof- Abijah Colding (LS)

Then this deed to be void; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, Sealed, and delivered in presence of us
Abijah Codding 
Wm Holmes 
Joseph Brown

State of Newhampshire Cheshire SS March 19th 1821 Abijah Codding Personally appeared and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his voluntary act and deed. 
Before me Benjamin Kimball Justice of the Peace

Recd 6 May 1823 aded & Examined 
James Campbell Regr
 
Copy Examined Attest James Campbell Regr
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Know all by these Presents, That I Abijah Codding of Winchester in the County of Cheshire and State of Newhampshire for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred Dollars the delivery hereof, well and truly paid by Jedediah Cook and Henry Kingman of Winchester County & State aforesaid Traders
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeof, convey, and confirm unto the said Cooper & Kingman their heirs and assigns forever, a certain tract of Land situate in said Winchester containing thirty nine acres sixty eight rods and bounded as follows (viz) begining at a stake & stones on the road & runing from thence on land owned by W. Abigail Coden south sixty nine degrees east forty nine rods then on Asa Alexanders land south twenty one degrees west one hundred and ten rods then farm south eighty seven degrees west twenty eight rods then north four degrees west one hundred & four rods on Parkers land to the old road then north fifty four degrees east thirty six rods to the first mentioned corner 

To have and to hold the said granted premises same belonging, to them the said Cooper & Kingman their heirs and assigns, to and then only proper use and benefit forever. And I the said Abijah Codin my heirs, executors and administrators, do hereby covenant, grant and agree, to and with the said Cooper & Kingman their heirs and assigns, that until the delivery hereof I am the lawful owner of the said premises; am seized and possessed thereof in my own right, in fee simple; and have full power and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid: that the said premises are free and clear of all and every incumbrance whatsoever. And that I the said Coden my heirs, executors, and administrators shall and will warrant the same to the said Cooper & Kingman their heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whomsoever. 

Witness my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of July, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty Signed, Sealed, and delivered, in presence of us 
Abijah Coding  
Sarah Coding
Attest Darling Sabin
Henry Pratt 

State of New-Hampshire Cheshire SS July 31st 1820 Abijah Coding Personally appeared and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his voluntary act
Before me  Henry Pratt Justice of the Peace. 
Recd 3d Augst 1820 Recorded & Examined James Campbell Regr

Copy Examined Attest James Campbell Regr
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Abijah Coddings 
23 Mar 1829
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Abijah Coolding's 
APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE 
STATE OF NEWHAMPSHIRE. County of Cheshire, ss. 
On this twenty third day of May 1820; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Cheshire, personally appeared Abijah Codding who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain L Reading in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gamael Bradford in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Newhampshire; that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the ninth of March 1829 at Massachusetts in P. County was delivered to Nahum Parker, Esquire, accompanied with a power of attorney, authorising Amos A. Parker to receive the money due on said Certificate to deliver to said attorney the 4th of March last; and that he believes said Certificate is now lost, by being taken from said Attorney by thieves on the night of the 19th April 1820, by which theft he has lost 
Abijah Codding 
Nahum Parker Jus. Peace. 

STATE OF NEWHAMPSHIRE. Cheshire ss. 
On this 24th day of May 1820, before me, the subscriber , a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Cheshire, personally appeared Amos A. Parker, and made oath that the abovementioned Certificate was stolen from his possession on the night of the 15th of April, 1820, and has not since been recovered. Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. 
Amos A. Parker  
Nahum Parker, Jus. Peace 

STATE OF NEWHAMPSHIRE Cheshire SS. 
I, Salma Hale, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature in and for said County, certify that Nahum Parker is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned , and the above is his signature. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 30th day of May 1820. S. Hall Clerk
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Abijah Codding $46, 11 

8.109 

Sept Term 1819- 
July 17 1820 
6 May 1822 (Sched(

 24 30 2 $3
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An account of property exhibited in the first schedule and not now owned by the applicant.

[table headings]Articles sold | Names of persons to whom sold | Time of sale | Amount of money, or description of property received in return 
[row 1]5 Acres of land, house & barn therein | Part sold to J. Cooper + off on Execution E. Gustine | March 19, 1821 October 1820 | 200 dolls necessary goods from store for family after paid to persons I owed
[row 2]29 acres pasture land | sold to J. Cooper & co | July 29th 1820 } $125.00 to pay them a part of the debt I then owed them
[row 3] 1 cow | Sold to Darling Sabin | Nov. A.D. 1820 | Paid to Isabel Jewll on an execution against A. Codding
[row 4]1 Sheep & 3 lambs | consumed in family | 1812 & 1822 | [blank]
[row 5] 1 Shoat | consumed in family | 1820 | 
[row 6] | 1 old Plough | worn out | 1821 & 1822 | [blank]
[row 7]1 scythe & sth | worn out | 1822 | [blank]
[row 8]7 Cyder barrels | worn out | 1821 & 1822 | [blank]
[row 9]3 milk pails | broken | 1822 | [blank]
[row 10] Part of Crockeru wares | broken | 1821 & 1822 | [blank]

I am by occupation a farmer but am by reason of ill health and a failure of my eye sight unable to work. My family consists of a wife who is now sick & totally blind. Her blindness has been coming on gradually for years, & on this account I am & have been subjected is considerable additional expence beside being deprived of the little assistance which she would otherwise render me - I have also in my family one daughter aged fourteen and a grand daughter aged seven years in common health 
Abijah Codding 

Sworn to, and declared, on the sixth day of May A.D. 1823 
Before the 
hon Levi Woodbury 
Samuel Green 
Justices
Attest S. Hale Clerk

I Salma Hale Clerk of the Court aforesaid hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Abijah Codding did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement , on the continental establishment. I also certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty six dollars and eleven cents. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 20 day of May 1823 
S. Hale Clerk of the Court of the aforesaid 

[box seal: SEAL OF THE COURT]
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DECLARATION In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the Act of the 1st March, 1823. State of New-Hampshire, County of Cheshires. Superior Court of Judicature

On this sixth May Term A D 1823 day of May 1823, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record held within and for said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their proceedings Abijah Codding resident in said county, aged sixty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he the said Abijah Codding enlisted for the term of three years on the twelfth day of May in the year 1777 in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain by Zebidee Redding in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gamaliel Bradford in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until May 1780 when he was discharged from the said service, at West Point in the state of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property. 

And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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. 

Schedule of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, owned by me 

Four sheep & three lambs 8.50 
2 yearling steers 9-
old farming tools 4.55
Household furniture consisting of chairs, tables, iron & Crockery ware chests, spinning wheel, &c 24.00
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$46. 11 

That the following "account of property" discloses the changes which have been made in my property in my previous application