Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,786, William Farrington, Mass
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SERVICE
Mass.

NAME
Farrington, William

SERVICE
S 29756
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4510
Maine
William Parrington decd
of Raymond in the State of Maine
who was a Sgt Major and Adjutant
in the _______commanded 
by Captain Bradish of the Reg commanded
by Col Finney in the Mass  line for 8 months Sergeant Major and 

Inscribed on the roll of Portland
at the rate of (20?)  Dollars 00 cents
to commence on the 4th day of March 1838 Ending 11 August 1852.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of
April 1837 and sent to J.C. Ames

Arrears to the 4th of Present
Semi-annual allowance ending
[illegible] $93.33

{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by [illegible]
Book E Vol. 1  Page 16
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To the Conte Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress [illegible]
The petition of William Farrington of Raymond
in the County of Cumberland and State of
Maine - 

[text at bottom of document - side down]
[illegible] Will Farrington
[illegible]
Jan 23 1832

Reference to the committee on 
Revolutionary Pensions 
March 21 1832
[illegible]


Revolutionary Pensioner
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[illegible] Will Farrington
[illegible]
Jan 23 1832

Reference to the committee on
Revolutionary Pensions
March 21 1832
[illegible]

Revolutionary Pensioner


[text at bottom of document - side down]
to the Conte Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress [illegible]
The petition of William Farrington of Raymond
in the County of Cumberland and State of
Maine -
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I William Farrington a resident citizen of
the United States of America in the Town of (Ramson?) State of Maine on oath declare, that on the first day of May in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and seventy five enlisted as orderly Sergeant into the Company commanded by Capt David Braddish in the Regiment under the command of Colonel
Edward Kinney being the seventh Regiment of the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment, in the army of
the United States of America or joining the Regiment aforesaid at Cambridge in said Massachusetts I was appointed Sergeant Major of said Regiment in the Revolutionary war for the term of eight months for which time I enlisted and was honourably discharged -

I further on oath declare that in the month of 
December in the year of our Lord Seven
teen hundred & seventy six, I again enlisted into the army of the United States, and was at the same time appointed adjutant of the Regiment under the command of Colonel Reuben Fogg in the Massachusetts line  and served in the same in said capacity on the
Continental Establishment in the Revolutionary war during the term of four months, at the expiration of which term was honourably discharged and left the service.

I do further on oath declare that
same not borne as a pensioner on any pension
roll of the United States aforesaid and have never since the revolutionary war received any thing as a compensation for my services as a revolutionary officer.
he also declared that I was paid for my service
the second term of my service the Continental money.
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was and has ever been unless to me, that said
one hundred dollars in continental money in the town of Boston for six white Cups and
six white saucers and thirty dollars for a Coffee
pot and this when I had received but forty dollars per month of this same continental money, for services as adjutant of a Regiment- further declare that in in my eighty fifth year that I am in very reduced circumstances and feeble & helpless have not been able to leave the house and have life the room in which I now and but once for the space of two years last June-- and helpless poor and
feeble at [illegible], I am dependent upon the exertions of a poor and widowed daughter for support.

Your deponent and petitioner therefore prays that an allowance may be made him from his country to comfort and cheer the evening of his life your deponent and petitioner also declares that the little property he acquired and once enjoyed is now expended and that it has been prudently and conceivably expended in administering to his infirmities
Signature of W Farrington


Cumberherland ss. January 5th 1832. Then personally appeared the abovenamed W Farrington and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true according to the best of his knowledge and belief before me
Augustine Haines Aux Pacis
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I John Anderson [illegible] of Congress
concessional District, hereby certify
that Augustine Haines
whose  signature is to this declaration of 
of Wm Farrington is a Justice of the 
peace duly authorised  oaths to administer in said County
Signature of John Anderson
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STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT
Cumberland County, ss.

Be it Known, That on this twenty first
day of January 1857 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That William Farrington late of Raymond
on the eleventh was a Revolutionary Pensioner
of the United States, and that he died at said Raymond on the eleventh day of August 1832
And that Sally F. Haskell, William Farrington
and Lois Lamb are the Children and the only surviving children of the said William Farrington deceased, and that he left no widow.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The
my name, this twenty eighth day of January in the year 1851
Freeman Bradford
Register of Probate for Cumberland County.
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Wm. Farrington 
S.F. 29786
Mass. 

This orderly book has been 
removed from this claim
and is locked up in the 
Record Div. 

AW
Oct 19 1910

This book was out sent to 
War Dept. Jan 16 1813.
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29.186
Revy INVALID.

William Farrington
Adjutant Rev War
29786

Act: June 7 '39
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 131

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Maine. 4510-

William Farrington
of Raymond in the State of Maine
who was a Sergt & adjust in the Company commanded Captain Bradley of the Reght commanded by  Col Finney
in the Continental line 
Sergt Major 8 months
Adjutant- 4 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 93 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Jany
1833 and sent to
Hon. J. Anderson

Arrears to 4th of
Semi=anl. allowance ending
Amt from the 4 March 1831 to 11 Augt 1832
$134

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.} 

Recorded by Francis Fanciosi  Clerk, 
Book J. Vol. 4 Page 58.

Certificate issued in favour of his four children
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Portland Me
Sept 3rd 1832

Hon. John Anderson
Portland
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I Nehemiah Strout of Poland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine being seventy years of age this month on oath do testify and say: that in the revolutionary war I served as a private for the term of three months at Peekskill on the North River in the State of New York in the militia of this State, then belonging to Massachusetts, in a company commanded by Capt Daniel Strout

The year that I served as aforesaid I do not
recollect. When arrived at Peekskill William Farrington, then of Boston in the
State of Massachusetts, since of Raymond
in said County of Cumberland, was adjutant
of a Regiment commanded by one Col Fogg -I believe Col. Fog's Christian name was Joseph, but are not certain

During the whole term of three months
that I served as aforesaid the said William
Farrington was adjutant of sd Regiment. T he
said William Farrington died at Raymond last month.  Farrington was older than I,
think ten years older as I have before stated
and Farrington when I arrived at Peekskill
and I also left him there. I have heard thee Farrington served as adjutant in that Regiment four months. 
Signature of Nehemiah Strout

Dated at (Poland?) aforesaid
September 3. 1832
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I certify that Nehemiah Strout who has
Subscribed the within deposition is a man
of unimpeachable truth & veracity
Signature of Augustine Hames
Jax: Pacis

State of Maine
Cumberland ss
Then personally appeared September 3 1832 Strout and made oath the within named Nehemiah Strout and made oath to  the truth
of the within written deposition by him subscribed
Before me Augustine James
Justice of the Peace

I John W. Atkins Minister of the Gospel of the
the Methodist Episcopal Church do certify that the within named Nehemiah Strout is a man
of truth & veracity.
Signature of John Watkins
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Maine District ss
-
District Clerk's Office September 7, 1832
In testimony that Augustine Haines Esquire
who took the foregoing deposition is a Justice of
the Peace duly qualified & that his official attestations are entitled to full faith and credit than hereto set my hand & seal of office the day and year above written
Signature of John Mufsey Clerk U.S. Courts
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974 
Wm Farrington

claimant
Aug 1832 

four children

Sergt major  8 mo
adjutant 4 mo
93.33
Special certificate
Whole 134

Hon. J . Anderson
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.

AT a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden a Portland, within and for said District, on the first day of September A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
day of September aforesaid, personally appeared in one Court before said District Judge William Dunn a resident of Poland
in the county of Cumberland in said Maine 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 7th, 1832. That he, William Farrington whose declaration is hereto annexed is now dead & that
died at said Raymond in the eleventh day of
leaving widow & leaving four children viz.
Allen widow of [illegibe] Allen of said Raymond [illegible] Dunn wife of Wm Dunn Esq of Poland - Louis Lamb esqr  - Edmund Son of Athens in the County of [illegible]  -  F Farrington of Farmington in County of Kennebec
-
that said Farringtons name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, 
Wm Dunn

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, Before
Ashur Ware
{U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.}
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I certify that it is solutaruely proved in that the aforesaid Farrinton died on the 11th day of August 1832 that Sally Allen, Nancy Dunn Lois Lamb, William F. Farrington named in the above declaration of William Dunn
and the children of said Wm Farrington and we only him
Sept 1. 1832
Signature of Asher Ware 
Judge of the [illegible]
the DIst. of Maine

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the within named Wm Farrington was a revolutionary soldier, and served as stated in the annexed declaration, that he left no widow but four children viz. Sally, Nancy, Lois and William F. as set forth in
the declaration of William F. Dunn,

I, John Mussey Clerk of the District,  Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of William Dunn of the heirs of William Farrington
for a pension. And that John Anderson Esquire who took the annexed deposition is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified that his special
attestations are entitled to full faith and credit

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this first day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
Signature of John Mussey {Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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I Richard Gooding of Kirtland in the
County of Cumberland & State of Maine aged
Seventy Eight years on oath declare that I
was a soldier in the Revolution was enlisted
in April 1775 at Portland aforesaid there
called Falmouth in Capt Bradys Company
Col Phinneys Regt for eight months
marched to Cambridge Massachusetts when
served at said eight months & was
honorably discharged -  I knew
that William Farrington late of Raymond
in said County deceased was enlisted
as first Sergeant in said Company &
as first Sergeant Major in said Regiment
said Eight months & was honorably discharged with the rest of us.
Signature of Richard Gooding

Cumberland ss.  Sept 1st 1832
Subscribed & known to before me this day
John Anderson
Justice Peace

I certify that said Gooding is a man of  truth &
John Anderson
Justice peace
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Hon.  J Anderson
[illegible]
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Washington Feby 13 1857

Sir
Enclosed you will please find
Application of the Children of William
Farrington decd. for arrears of Pension
under the act of 7 June 1832.

The service of Farrington as Adjutant was computed at the pay of a secleutenant [Second Lieutenant], instead of that of a Captains and this application is made to obtain the arrears due accordingly

You will please report the case to me
With much respect
Your Obt Servt
Geo C. Ames
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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Probate Office,

PORTLAND, Jany 28 A.D. 1851
I, Freeman Bradford
Register of Probate,

In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that 
Thomas Johnston, is an 
Acting Justice of the Peace, 

within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Johnston is dated Nov. 20th A.D. 1846 and will expire Nov. 20th A.D. 1853
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his it genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, The hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Signature of Freeman Bradford
Register.
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State of Maine
Cumberland SS   On this 27th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County and State
aforesaid Sally H. Haskell a resident of
Poland in the County aforesaid aged 66 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an increased rate of Pension due her father William Farrington under the act of the 7th June 1832

And this declarant States that she is one of the
children of William Farrington who was a soldier of the Revolution and and
pensioner of the United States. She states that
her father made application for a pension as
she believes under the act of 1832 and was
placed on the pension roll as a Sergeant
Major and Adjutant at the rate of $93.33
per annum she believes that her fathers
pension was not computed according to
his grade in the army as he served as she
believes at least four months as Adjutant
She request the Commissioner of Pensions
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to examine the declaration of her father
made for the benefit of the act aforesaid
and to allow the increase of by the evidence in the case he was entitled thereto -
She further states that her father the said
William Farrington died on the eleventh
day of August 1832 and that he left no
widow and that your declarant Sally F
Haskell - Lois Lamb and William Farren
are the children and only surviving children of the said William Farrington decd
Sally F Haskell

Signed and sworn by the said Sally Haskell on the day and year first above with
Before me
Thomas Johnson Jus Peace
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I William Dunn of Poland in the County
of Cumberland State of Maine Esquire on
oath testify & say that I have been well
well acquainted with William Farrington
late of Raymond in said County deceased
thirty years & been that he has
been reputed & new that he has been reputed &  believed in his neighbourhood and to have been an officer in the Revolutionary war. I further say
that I am well acquainted with said Farringtons hand writing have often seen him write & have no doubt but the annex orderly Book & leaves are the
hand writing of said Farrington. I have was always understood that said Farrington was orderly Sergeant a Sergeant Major in the first of the war & that he afterwards was Adjutant in Col Foggs Regt in the Revolutionary war in the Massachusetts line. I furth say that said Farrington left no widow and & left four children viz.  Sally, widow of Ignatius Allen, Nancy my wife. Louis wife of Edward Lamb & William F. Farrington
Signature of Wm Dunn
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Maine District
District Clerk's Office September A.D. 1832
In testimony that John Anderson Esquire who took the within deposition is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified and that his official attestations are entitled to full faith
and credit I have hereto set my hand and seal of
office the day and year above written.
John Mussey Clerk U.S. Courts
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Maine Roll
[illegible]

William Farrington,
who was a Sergeant Major 
& Adjutant Col Finney's
Regt Continental Line

Act June 7, 1832
Sergt Major 8 mo   $40
Adjutant 4 mo.       80
$120
To com March 4, 1831 and
every 11th August 1832 when
he died deducting former payments
at $93.33

Payable to
Sally F. Haskell
William Farrington
Lois Lamb, only children 
G C  Ames
[illebible]