Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23505, Jonatham Barron, Continental (Mass)
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Mass)
Barron, Jonatham or
Jotham
Mehitable
NUMBER
W23505
CONTENTS
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6145.
Maine.
Mehitable Barron, deed
widow of Jonathan Barron, deed.
who was a prisoner under the Act of
and who died on the 21st March 1815.
of Lincoln Co in the State of Maine
who was a private in the
commanded
by Captain of
the Reg commanded
by Col. Jackson in the Massachusetts
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836, ending 29th September 1839
Certificate of Pension issued by the 21st day of April
1841 and sent and Geo. W. Morton
Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 29th of Sept 1839 $285.54
Semi-annual allowance ending 
certificate payable to
Jno. Barron, W Barron
Joseph Barron, Harriet
Barron, and Lucinda
Barron, children of
said deceased &

Act July 7,
1838.
Recorded by  Wmc. Zantzinger, Clerk
Book A. 
Vol.1 --
Page 3.
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Mahitable Barron
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State of Maine.

County of Lincoln, ss. At a Probate Court holden at Topsham, in said County of Lincoln, on the nineteenth day of February A.D. 1840.

Be it Known that it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, the same being a Court of Record, that Mehitable Barron, widow of Jonatham S. Barron late of Danville in said State, died at Topsham in said County on the Twenty ninth day of September in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty nine and that he left six children viz. John Barron, William Barron, Joseph Barron, Benjamin Barron Harriet Barron and Lucinda Barron of whom it is proved said Jonatham Barron deceased was the father of said children, who are heirs at law of
said Jonatham and Mehitable Barron deceased

In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of said Court to be affixed
the day & year above written
the
Nath Groton
Judge of said Court
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Married on the twenty sixth day of
November in the year of our Lord seventeen
hundred and eighty nine - Jonatham Barron
to Mehitable Wood
I hereby certify that the above is a
true copy of the Church Book of Records in
the Town of Tewksbury, County of Middlesex
and State of Massachusetts, as kept by me
Sampson Goulding the first Minister
said Tewksbury, with the exception
of the date, which is expressed on the
record in fair, legible figures, as follows
Married on the 26th of November
1781 Jonatham Barron to Mehitable
Wood
Jacob Goggin
Tewksbury August 6th 1838
I Jacob Goggin above named, depose
and say that I hold the office of Pastor
of the Church in Tewkesbury in the County
of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts
have the above named Records in my
possession, and that the above is a
time extract from the records of said
Church, with the exception above named
as certified by me
Jacob Coggin Pastor of said Church
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss
Sworn to before me
August Sixth A.D. 1838. William Rogers, Justice of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary Office Aug 6
1838
I hereby certify that the within
named William Rogers is a
Justice of the Peace for the County of
Middlesex. Witness my hand & the Lot
of the State
John P. Bigelow
Judge of the Court
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V1208
Mehitable Barron
Widow of Jotham Barron
one
Act 7 July 38
married in 1789
Died in 1815.
Geo W Morton
August
Maine
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th
July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay
and pensions to certain widows.
STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln County, ss.
On this twenty ninth day of August A. D., 1838,
personally appeared before the Hon Nathan Weston Chief Justice of
the Supreme Judicial Court of said State
Mahitable Barron
a resident of Topsham in the County of Lincoln
and State of Maine, aged seventy three
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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled
"An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the
widow of Jotham Barron who served and enlisted for the period of three years in Henry Jackson beginning of thefor the period of three years, in Henry Jackson’s
regiment of the chapassachusetts line during the revolutionary war. she believes the year he enlisted was 1777 and that he was discharged in 1780. she refers to the rolls of the above-mentioned regiment in support of her claim. At the time her late said husband enlisted he was a resident Dract Massachusetts
She further declares, that she was married to the said Jotham Barron on the twenty sixth
day of November in the year seventeen
hundred and eighty nine; that her husband, the aforesaid Jotham Barron died on the twenty first of March 1815 or 
that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully
appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, that her maiden name
was Mehitable wood, that she was married in Tewksbury
Mehitable Barron
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me (the applicant
being from age and infirmity unable to app
in open court)
Nathan Weston C.J.
J.J.C
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State of Maine
On the twenty ninth day of August, 1873
Mehitable Barron, the applicant with in
named was examined and sworn as within
stated. I am satisfied, that she was married
to Jotham Barron, late a revolutionary soldier
of the United States, on the twenty sixth of
November, 1789, that the said Jotham
Barron deceased on the twenty first of
March, 1815, and that the applicant
has ever since remained his widow
Nathan Weston C.J.
J.J.C.
STATE OF MAINE.
SS.
Nameless
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts for  the County hereby CERTIFY
That the Hon Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State
I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing & annexed contains the original proceedings of
the said George in the matter of the application of Mehitable Barron
for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this first day of September A. D. 1838.
Thomas Swan
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I John Barron of Topsham in the County
of Lincoln State of Maine aged forty five years
do testify upon oath that my late father
Jotham Barron died in the year 1815
and that my mother Mehitable Baron has
remained unmarried ever since the death of
her late husband the said Jotham Barron
John Barron
State of Main
County of Lincoln ss.
August 29th 1838
Subscribed & sworn to. I certify
the deponent a credible witness
Before me
Nathan Weston C.
J.J.C
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23.505
Mehitable Barron
Wed of
Jonatham Barron
Priv. Rev. War

Act July 7th 1838.
Index: Vol. A, Page 39
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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Ans Geo W Morton
Nov 12 1838
let to G. W. Morton
April 30th 1840
Act of july
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Mehitable Barron dw
Wid of Jotham
me
Act July 7 1838
Married 1789
died 1815

Allow $80 per annum from  
4 March 1836 to 29th  
Sept. 1839. Collected  
in the name of  

Jno Barrow  
Wm Barron
Joseph Barron
Benja Barron
Harriet Barron &
Lucinda Barron
children of said all

Geo. W. Morton Esq
Augusta Mn
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EDWARD KENT
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING.
Know Ye, that Elijah L. Hamlin
whose signature is borne on
the Instrument hereunto
attached, is the Land
Agent of this State

Edward Kent

duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith
and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA, the
Sixth day of April in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one and in the sixty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America

BY THE GOVERNOR.

Saml P Benson, Secretary of state
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State of Maine
Land Office
Augusta, April 6, 1841.
This certifies that the late Mehitable
Barron of Topsham, deceased, widow of
the late Jotham Barron of Mind in
this State, before her decease, by satisfactory
evidence, did establish her claim to the benefits of a Resolve of the Legislature of the State of
Maine, entitled "Resolve in favor of certain
Officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war
and the widows of the deceased
officers and soldiers," approved March 24, 1836
And it also appears from a copy of
the rolls of revolutionary service of the
Massachusetts line deposited in this office
that the said Jotham Barron served
thirty six months in the 16th regiment
of the Massachusetts line commanded by
Col. Henry Jackson
Elijah L. Hamlin
Land Agent
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April 7th 1841
sir
I received your letter dated April 30, 1840 
relative to the claim of Mrs. Mehitable Barron, now decd.,  to be pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838. She made  her declaration before Judge Cook on August 29, 1838 at her 
residence in Topsham, being unable to appear in open Court. She died Sept. 29, 1839. Transmission began Feb19, 1840.  
A certificate of the Probate Court, stating the time of her decease the number and names of her children. The objection not obtaining the claim was founded, I have the satisfaction to inform by your letter, that the name of her late husband is on your record as a pension roll, & that said widow’s death has extinguished her claim to enjoy his services. I have herewith enclosed a certificate of the land agent in order to show you that she 
received the benefits of a Resolve passed by Legislature of Maine, on the second of March 1836 entitled a “Resolve in favor of 
certain officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War and the widows 
of deceased officers and soldiers” and which she received the benefits as the widow of Jotham Barron, her late husband certain officers and soldiers in the revolutionary war on the....
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of his children
Very respectfully
Your obt Servt
Geo. S. Silliman
James L Edwards Esq

Commission of pension
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Copy of the Certificate
of Pension issued 
in this case
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War Department
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7. 1838 Mehitable Barron decd, widow of Jonatham Barron, decd, who was a private in the Revolution, and died on the 21st March
1815; was entitled to receive a pension at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th day of March 1836; and that having  died on the 29th day of September 1839, the
amount due is payable to John Barron, William Barron, Joseph Barron, Benjamin Barron, Harriet Barron and Lucinda Barron, children of said deceased, up to the day of her death
Given at the War Office of the
United States, this 21st day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty one.
Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned.

Commissioner of Pensions
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Augusta Maine
March 26. 1840
on the third day of September 1838. I transmitted to you a package containing the application of certain widows to be pension under the act of July 7. 1878 among which was the application of Mrs Mehitable Barron widow of Jotham Barron. it is presented that her papers are now on file in your office. I believe there has been no report
made to me. in the case the applicant has since died, and I enclose the certificate of the Judge of the Court for Lincoln County stating the time of her death and the number of her children left. I would respectfully request you to examine her papers and if satisfactory
allow the claim
Very Respectfully
your Obd Servt
Geo W Morton
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City
DC