Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,635, Robert Blake, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N. H.
Blake, Robert
Martha
NUMBER
W. 23,635
CONTENTS
(Blank)
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Maine
11.452
Robert Blake
of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt commanded by Col Evans in the Newhampshire [New Hampshire] [Illegible] Troops
$ Mo. Private              26.66

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 
25 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Apl
1833 and sent to  R.C. Vose, Augusta, Me

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833         53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "    13.33
                                                            ________    
                                                              66.65
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      } 
Recorded by J.T. Sprague   Clerk
Book  [Illegible]
Vol.  1
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3617
Maine
Martha Blake
widow of R Blake, dec'd N. H
who died on the 22d March 1841
of Kennebec in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Brown of the Regt commanded
by Col. J Evans in the NH line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents per annum
to commence on the 22nd day of March 1841

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Oct. 1841 & sent to Geo. W. Morton
Augusta, Maine.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1841     $12.21
[Illegible]  42                                    13.33.
                                                        _______
                                                       $12.21

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4, 1836,       }
{Section the 3rd        }
Recorded by D. D. Addison   Clerk,
Book C  Vol. 1st   Page 2
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2464
Robt Blake
Private New Hampshire troop
6 months 
Norris Co.
Poor's Regt
2 months
Brown's Co: Evans Regt
8 months as private
See New Hampshire rolls
$ 2[Illegible]
Declaration in open Court
March 26th 1833.
R.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 fourteenth 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, Robert Blake a resident of Fayette  in the County of Kennebec
and State of Maine, aged Eighty next December, 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 1775 with Captain Norris and served in Col. Poor's regiment of the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers: Norris Capt. Poor Colonel
that in May 1775 he enlisted as a private for the remainder of the
year in that company and regiment.  That he continued to serve until November twelfth 1775 when on account of infirmity, he was discharged at Winter Hill in Cambridge Massachusetts.
That in August 1778 he again volunteered as a
private for two months in Capt Nathan Brown's  Company, that the regiment he does not now recollect,  but understands from
another soldier in the same company, that it was Col Even's regiment of the New Hampshire  troops and was verbally discharged on Rhode Island in October 1778.

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he 
answers: that he was born in Epping New Hampshire in 1752, where his age is recorded, and where his home was during his
revolutionary service, that in 1782 he removed to Mount Vernon, Maine, where he lived until 1825, when he removed
to Fayette, Maine, where he now lives. That the first time he enlisted,  the second, volunteered. That during his first service he was with the Maine army, and that his discharge
was signed by [Illegible] & Genl John Sullivan, and the same is hereto annexed.  That in his two months service, General Sullivan commanded. That the Rev Daniel Stone
and John Hovey Esq will testify to his character
for truth and belief of his service.
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.
Robert Blake
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Weston Jr.
[Illegible] S. G. 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.
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 Robert Blake for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 14th
day of July A.D. 1832.
J. A. Chandler
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The following certifies whom it may Concern that
Mr. Robert Blake and Miss Martha Dudley
Both of Epping has been lawfuly [lawfully] published Epping January 26th 1776.
Joseph Candler parish Cl---
married February  the 4  1775 
her father died May 26 1777
He was born December 27, 1752.
She was born March 14, 1757.
271752
Dudley was born February 19, 1777.
Samuel was born Jan. 14, 1778.
Pamela and [Illegible] was born July 25, 1780.
Melentha was born May 15, 1784.
Macenthy was born July 25, 1785.
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Samuel Dudely was born May 10 1762
he came to live with me May the 12 1777

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(Name of town crossed out)
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Gilman was Born July 17 1787
Gilman Died Sept 17th 1780
Dorenda Born August 8th 1789
Miranda Born April 26th 1791
Robert Born August 2 1793
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BLAKE, ROBERT
N. H.
State of Main              }
County of Kennebec   }  ss.
I certify that this {Illegible] if the same one mentioned in the annexed affidavit of [Illegible] Page is her affidavit sworn to before me
Geo. Morris J.P.
Augusta, Me
Aug 4, 1841
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Blake, Robert
(N. H.)

Pamelia Page's Afft
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No 5454
Martha Blake
Mo
act 4 July 36
m 76 d 41
Adm d
8 mo pri
$26.66
from 22 March 1841
(Everything else on page faded)
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I Pamela Page of Fayette in the County of
Kennebec and State of Maine aged sixty
years and upwards do depose and say that my
late father Robert Blake was a pensioner of
the United States and died the twenty second day of March 1841 that his widow, my mother
living in said town of Fayette aged eighty six
years as I have reason to believe and do
verily believe, that the annexed certificate
was found among my late father's papers and
believed to be a true record of his marriage
and the time of the births of his children.
his first son was named Dudley I have also understood was born the 19th day of Feby
1777 and that my said father & Mother
intermarried on the fourth day of February 
1776 part of the annexed record (made when 
the certificate of Joseph Charlton Parish Clerk)
I believe to be genuine and [Illegible] by my
father of said Chandler immediately after
his marriage with my said mother & left in his possession till his decease is in his
our hand writing and was I believed to be
a true record of his children's births.  I
have always understood that my father was
married at the time stated on the annexed
"married February the 4. 1776".  She has remained unmarried ever since his decease.
Pamela Page
State of Maine          }
County of Kennebec }  ss.
 Personally appeared on the
fourth day of August 18   41  Pamela Page  
Subscriber and made oath or truth  of the above affidavit now being known to me as a reputable person. 
Geo [Illegible] Justice of the Peace
the
BLAKE, ROBERT
(N.H.)
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,      M.E.C.
Washington, D. C.,
February 18, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Robert Blake a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his
widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
May 177
Aug. 1773
LENGTH
OF SERVICE.
6 mos.
2 mos.
RANK.
Pvt.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Morris
Nathan Town
COLONEL.
Poor
Evans
STATE.
N.H.
N.H.
Battles engaged in,
Non mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Epping, N. H.
Date of application for pension,
July 14, 1862.
Residence at date of application, 
Fayette, Maine
Age at date of application,
Born at Epping, N.H., in 1752.
Remarks:
Married Martha Dudley January 26, 1776, and died March 22, 1841
Very Respectfully,
Franklin Fish,
Commissioner
904bh  Lincoln, Ill
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836 and the court resolution of July 1838.
State of Maine,     }
Kennebec County,} ss.   On this fourth day of August 1840 personally appeared in Open Court, before the Hon. Asa Redington, said Judge of the District Court for the middle district composing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset in the State of Maine at a regular session of said Court held at Augusta in said County of Kennebec.  Martha Blake a resident of Fayette in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the Act of Congress passed May 4 1836 and the four resolution of July 7 1838. That she is the widow of Robert Blake deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of June 7 1832.  That he was pensioned on said act at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum.  That his pension was paid at the Maine agency when his pension was last paid to March 4, 1841 and that he refers to the [Illegible] made by his  [Illegible] handwriting and the accompanying proof in order to establish his claim to said pension.
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in support of his claim.  She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Blake on the fourth day of February in the year seventeen hundred seventy six.
That her husband the aforesaid Robert Blake died on the twenty second day of March A.D 1841 and that she has remained as a widow ever since the [Illegible] as [Illegible] appear to aforesaid to the proof hereto [Illegible] that her maiden name was Martha Dudley and that she intermarried with her late said husband Robert Blake in Epping New Hampshire at the time before mentioned in February the fourth day in the year one thousand Seven
hundred and seventy six.
Martha (Her X Mark) Blake

State of Maine
Kennebec  ss.
District Court Middle District
August Tenth 1841
The above named Martha Blake, personally appeared and in open Court made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate to her subscribed.
Before me
Asa Redington
Just. Dist Court
Middle Dist
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[Print too faded to read]
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(Paper appears to be copies on the wrong side)
BLAKE, ROBERT
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Robert Blake of St Norris Company, Col Poor's Regt on account of bodily indisposition is hereby discharged from the Service
Jn. Sullivan Brig Genl
Camp on Winter Hill Novr 12. 1775.
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(PENSION OFFICE stamp, Jan. 30, 1895)
Franklin Fisk, Lincoln, Illinois,
Requests the History of His Grand Father,
A Revolutionary Soldier named Robert Blake,
Sir: --
My grand father was a soldier in the Revoutionary [Revolutionary] Army.  His name was Robert Blake.  He enlisted at or near Dover N. H. and after the war removed to Mt. Vernon, Kennebeck County, Maine, where he died a great many years ago.
He received a pension and as such as drew it while residing at said Mt. Vernon but I do not know the P. O. address of the Pension
Agent who paid it.
This is all the history of his service I have ever known.  Will you have the kindness to give me his military history?
To The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Franklin Fisk
P.O. Box 944
Lincoln
Illinois
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Franklin
944,
M.E.L
X
No. 23635
Rev 
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23635
Martha Blake
Wid. of
Robert Blake
Priv. Rev. War
Act July 4th 1836
Index: Vol. A, Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb. 18/95 Mil. Hist. to 
Fish, Lincoln, Ill.
Brx
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Augusta Me. April 17th 1833.
Sir,
With this you will receive the applications of the following named persons to be placed on the pension list under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832. viz
Isaac Beals
Robert Blake
Doughty Bates
Benj Colby
Enoch Craig
John Dean
Amaziah Deland
Edward Esty
Jacob Fish
Stephen W Colman
Asa Hemmenway
Elisha Hallett
Isaac Heath
Thomas Heald
Stephen Lanabee
Saml Moody
Luther Robbins
Rufus Sanderson
John Tucker
John Wetherell
Which cases I trust will receive an early attention
Very respectfully 
Your obt svt
Robert C. Vose, by
Wm Woart Jr..
Col. J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions,
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STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta,
within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of
October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the
26th day of March A.D. 1833
PERSONALLY appears in open Court Robert Blake by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress of June 14h day of July A.D. 1832, 
and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Nathan Weston
Mass S.J. C
I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Blake for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 26th day of March A. D. 1833.
J A Chandler