Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20682, Winthrop Bigley, N. H.
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Service
N. H.
Bigley, Winthrop
Bagley
Maria
Number
W.20682
B. L. Wt. 30,591-160-55
Contents
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10839
New Hampshire
Winthrop Bagley of Thornton in the State of N. H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded by Col Peabody in the N. H. line for 14 mos / 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N. H. at the rate of 48 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Apl 1833 and sent Jonathan Bliss Haverhill N. H.
Arrears to the 4th of hear 1833 $96.64
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sepr 24.16
[Total] $120.80
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. H. Mc Blair Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 1. Page 73.
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Winthrop Bagley
application
1.00
15653
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DECLARATION
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
State of New-Hampshire
County of Grafton ss.
On this fifth day of September, 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Winthrop Bagley a resident of Thornton in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 70 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein
to wit that he in the month of March in the year of our Lord 1778 at Candice in the State of New Hampshire enlisted into the company of New
Hampshire State troops commanded by Captain Ezekiel Worthen [illegible] Thomas Dearborn in Colonel Stephen Peabody's Regiment in service of United States for the term of nine months time immediately thereafter entered said company & served the whole of said term therein as a soldier. That he was stationed first at Providence Rhode Island & afterwards on the Island of
Rhode Island under General Sullivan & saw there Genl Lafayette & within that he in the month of June in the year 1781 at Compton in the State of  New Hampshire enlisted into the company of New Hampshire State troops commanded by Lieutenant Peter Stearns under Col. Charles Johnson for six months & immediately thereafter entered said company & served the whole of said term therein as a soldier on the Northern frontier of said State of New Hampshire in defending it against the incursions of the Indians - that they had no captives with them.
That he was born in Amesbury Massachusetts August 19th 1762 & supposed there is a record thereof in the Town Records of said Amesbury, but has none himself. That he resided at said Candia at the time of his first enlistment & at said Campton at the time of his second enlistment, both in the State of New Hampshire & that he has since the Revolutionary war resided in said Thornton where he now.
That he has no documentary evidence of his said service & knows of no persons at present whose testimony he can procure thereto except Enoch
Colby Esqr. Jonathan Robins Esqr. & Daniel Heath whose affidavits he has taken. That he had no discharge at the expiration of either of said terms, but served his terms out & until the companies were dismissed, & did not [illegible].
That he does not recollect the names of other officers, Regiments or companies therein he has named above, except a negro company which he saw on Rhode Island.

And he names Dea Enoch Gilman & Moody Elliot
persons of  his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
[signed] Winthrop Bagley
Sworn to and subscribed, the 5th Sept 1832
[signed] Geo Woodward Clerk
We, Enoch Gilman residing in Thornton N. H. and Moody Elliot residing in Thornton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Winthrop Bagley, who has subscribed and sworn, to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] Moody Elliot
[signed] Enoch Gilman
Sworn and subscribed the 5th Sept. 1832.
Geo Woodward Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court certifies, that it appears to them that Enoch Gilman who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in Thornton and that Moody Elliot, who has also signed the same is a resident in Thornton
and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
[signed] Geo Woodward Clerk
I George Woodward Clerk of the said court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Winthrop Bagley
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 14th
day of Sept 1832.
[signed] Geo. Woodward Clerk
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5653
[Winthrop Barley - crossed out]
Winthrop Bagley
Private 14 mos 16 days
$48.32

Jonh Bliss
Haverhill N. H.
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Brief in the case of Winthrop Bagley of Thornton in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 70 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1778
81
Years,
Duration of Service.
Years, Months. Days.
*8 [mos] 16 [dys]
6.
*per foll of service
Rank.
Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Capt Worthen Col Peabody
Lt Stearns Col Johnston
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned
8. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Candia New Hampshire
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? from living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned,.
[signed] M Clagett Examining Clerk.
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widow of Winthrop Bagley N. H. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 48 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the [4th day of March, 1848 - crossed out] 21 day of July 1850
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Apl 1852 and sent to French & Sylvester Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1848, Page 54 Vol. 1
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Maria Bagley
Declaration
Wid of Winthrop
N H
dec July '48

French & Sylvester
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State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss.
On this 26th day of November 1851 personally appeared before me Charles F. Bowen a Justice of the peace within & for said county of Grafton. Maria Bagley aged ninety years, a resident of Thornton in said county, who being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 1, 1848 & of all those acts & resolutions relating to the claim of pensions under which she claims.
That she is the widow of Winthrop Bagley late of said Thornton deceased, who was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832, at the
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rate of $48. 32 per annum: that she was married to the said Winthrop about sixty six years ago; that her name before her marriage was Maria Dudley. That her said husband died at said Thornton on the twenty first day of July 1850. & that she has been ever since his death & now is a widow & she asks for a pension to the same amount received by her late husband with arrearages.
[signed] X her mark Maria Bagley
Witnesses {signed] John Gertie
[signed] Wright Griffin
[signed] C. F. Bowen

Grafton ss. November 20, 1851.
Then personally appeared the said Maria Bagley & made oath that the foregoing declaration by her submitted is true.Before me
[signed] C. F. Bowen Justice of the Peace
And I hereby certify that I am acquainted
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with the said Maria Bagley & know that she is the widow of Winthrop Bagley, late of said Thornton, & the said Maria is a credible witness.
[signed] C. F. Bowen Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss.
I J. D. Sleeper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that the above named C F Bowen was on the 20th day of November 1851 an acting Justice of the peace
for said County duly authorized to administer oaths & that his signature to the foregoing
declaration is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of said Court this 22 day of November 1851
& signed my name hereunto.
[signed] J. D. Sleeper Clerk
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Saml C Dudley's
affidavit
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I Samuel C. Dudley, of Sanbornton in the County of Belknap, depose and say that I am a brother of Maria Bagley, of Thornton in the County of Grafton, widow of Winthrop Bagley, late of said Thornton, deceased. I am unable to state positively the time when the said Winthrop and my sister Maria were married only that it was before the year 1788. I came to Sanbornton in the month of May 1788 or about that time and the marriage of my sister to Mr Bagley was previous to that. I have no doubt about this. After their marriage they removed to Thornton and always resided there afterwards as I suppose.  Not long after their removal I went to Thornton to make them a visit and while I was there my sister maria gave birth to a child. This child I believe was a daughter and I think it was the one that afterwards married to Mr Thornton. I cannot tell exactly when this was but I am
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confident that it was before I came to
Sanbornton to live in 1788. I know that Mr Bagley and my Sister Maria lived together as husband and wife several years before the first of January
1794.
[signed] Saml C. Dudley

State of New Hampshire
Belknap ss.
October 25, 1851
Personally appeared the said Samuel C. Dudley and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me
[signed] Daniel M. Huse Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Belknap ss.
 I Samuel C Baldwin Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for the County of Belknap, hereby certify that Daniel M. Huse is a Justice of the peace within and for said County of Belknap, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of November A.D. 1851.
[signed] S. C. Baldwin, Clerk
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No. [illegible - crossed out] 39.
Maria Bagley
widow of Winthrop
N. H.
Act 2 Feb 1848
Married 1787
Has died 21 July 1850
Adv 14 1/2 mos for $48.32
per annum , [illegible]
21 July 1850
Portsmouth
French & Sylvester Present

Robert Knox's affidavit
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A record of marriage by the Rev. Mr. Haselton 
Minister of the Gospel in Epsom
1787 January 1st Mr Winthrop Bagley of Candia and Miss Maria Dudley of Raymond

I Robert Knox Town Clerk of Epsom in  the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire, hereby certify, depose & say that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of Winthrop Bagley & Maria Dudley's marriage as appears by the original record and remaining in the town clerk's office.
[signed] Robert Knox Town Clerk


Merrimack ss.
November 14th 1851
Then the said Robert Knox personally appeared
and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me
[signed] Moses P. Gray Justice of the Peace
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State of New-Hampshire.
MERRIMACK, SS.
I, Nathaniel B. Baker, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, hereby certify that Moses P. Gray Esq., before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereunto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, this 15th day of November 1851
N. B. Baker Clerk.
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181,938 Act Mar 3/55
July 2/15
Maria [Mariah - crossed out] Bagley
widow of Winthrop Bagley Priv
Capt. Ezekial Worthen
Col Stephen Peabody
Ent 1775
Dis Dec 1778
Rev War

N H [illegible] 5893
AO: 160 AG from: 5/56
Boynton
John B. West
Plymouth N. H.
Vol B=1-24
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State of New Hampshire County of Grafton
On this Thirty first day of March, A. D., 1855,
personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Mariah Bagley aged ninety four years, a resident of Thornton in sd County who being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of Winthrop Bagley deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ezekiel Worthen in the Regiment commanded by Col. Stephen Peabody in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States, on the 18th day of June, 1812 - that her said husband was drafted,
at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A. D. 1775 for the term of [blank] and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of [blank] and was honorably discharged at Rhode Island on or about the 30th day of December A. D. 1778, as will appear by reference to the rolls, that he received no printed or written discharge, and that neither he nor she ever received or applied for, or is entitled to bounty land for any other service, except that she received for the same service. [rest of line crossed out]

She further states that she was married to the said [blank] in [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] 18[blank, by [blank] a [blank] and that her name before her said marriage was Mariah Dudley that her husband died at Thornton on the 21st day of July 1850, proof of which will be found on file with her previous application, that she is still a widow, that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress passed March 3, 1855, and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to [illegible - crossed out] [writing is too light to read] Mariah Bagley

Subscribed and duly sworn to, the day and year first above written. I certify that she is the identical person above described. I have no interest in the case.
[signed] Saml [illegible]
Justice of the Peace.
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss.
I J. D. Sleeper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County a Court of Record
hereby certify that Saml Rogers Esq.before whom the foregoing & annexed declaration & affidavits purport to have been taken was at the time of taking & certifying the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Grafton duly commissioned & qualified; and that all the signature to the certificate thereon purporting to be the said Saml Rogers my belief genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this 19th day of
April Anno Domini 1855.
[signed] J. D. Sleeper Clerk
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Rev
Widow, &c.
File No. 20682
Maria Bagley widow of Winthrop Bagley Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48

Index: [blank] Vol. A, Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

S.
30,591
Rev War
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Daniel Heath's
affidavit
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I Daniel Heath of Plymouth in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire depose & say that I was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war in the year 1781. I enlisted in the month of June. The company I enlisted into was a company of Militia under Lieut. Peter Sterns of Plymouth to go to the northern frontier against the indians. Our place of rendevous was Haverhill in the said County of Grafton.
Immediately after my arrival then which was shortly after my enlistment Winthrop Bagley now of Thornton in said county then of Campton in said county joined the same company at Haverhill. We both enlisted for six months. We remained together at Haverhill about a month when the company marched to Dartmouth in the  northern part of the State. Bagley was taken sick at Haverhill & did not go with us, but he recovered & joined us again, as we were marching from Dartmouth to Northumberland on
Connecticut river. We staid at Dartmouth five
six weeks & went to Northumberland. Said Bagley went there with us & staid with us & returned with us to Haverhill & remained there,  until we were discharge together within a day or two of the expiration of the six months for which we enlisted. Said Bagley was in said service during said six months wanting
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perhaps a day or two as I have stated. Our provisions grew short & our Colonel Charles Johnson of Haverhill told us we might be dismissed & discharged us before our time was entirely out.  Said Bagley & myself returned home in company.
[signed] Danl Heath
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. 
June 29th 1832 Then Daniel Heath signer of the above aforgoing affidavit, whom I know & who is a man of fair character for veracity, personally appearing made solemn oath [that said affidavits - crossed out] is true. before me
[signed] N. P. Rogers Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do hereby certify that Nathaniel P. Rogers Esqr whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of the execution thereof a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 11th day of October A.D. 1832.
[signed] Geo. Woodward Clerk
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Jonh Jewett afft.
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I Jonathan Jewett aged seventy two years depose & say that on or about the first of July 1778, I enlisted into the company of New Hampshire State troops commanded by Capt Ezekiel Worthen in the Regiment commanded by Col. Stephen Peabody in the service of the United States under the command of Genl Sullivan. That
said company, whereof I entered it, had been raised & have him in service some months (about three months as deponent thinks) that when I entered said company I found Winthrop  Bagley now of Thornton a member of the same, & one as I understood, who entered the company when it was first raised, & that said Bagley continued to serve as a soldier in said company until it was dismissed from service,  which was six months from the time I entered it & nine months from the time it was raised.
[signed] Jonathan Jewett
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss.  Sept. 4, 1832 
The said Jonathan Jewett made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true
Before me
[signed] Jon Bliss Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss.
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify  that Jonathan Bliss Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is & was at the time of the execution thereof a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly authorized to
administer oaths; & that the signature purporting
to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand
& the seal of said court this 11th day of October AD 1832.
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[Winthrop Barley - crossed out]
Winthrop Bagley
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Winthrop Bailey [Bagley] which require further proof of explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes-
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 4 living witnesses
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [blank]
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? The Court has
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
[blank]

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension.
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it is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Brief in the case of Maria Bagley, widow of Winthrop of Grafton County and State of New Hampshire act 2 Feb 1848
Claim, (original, [or for increase. - crossed out])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by? If either, state substance.
Husband was a pensioner,
Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]
Name and residence of Agent
French & Sylvester
Present
S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
5895
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Tillotson Blaisdell's
affidavit
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I Tillotson Blaisdell of Thornton in the County of Grafton depose & say that I was well acquainted with Winthrop Bagley late of Thornton deceased. That said Winthrop died on the 21st day of July 1850. That I am well acquainted with Mariah Bagley, of said Thornton, widow of said Winthrop & an applicant for a pension as his widow. That said Mariah resides within about two rods of my house. That I know her to be the widow of the identical Winthrop Bagley  who was a pensioner under an act of Congress at the time of his decease & that said Mariah is now a widow & has been since her husbands death.
[signed] Tillotson Blaisdell
Grafton ss November 19, 1851
Sworn to before me & I hereby certify that said
Blaisdell is a credible witness.
E. A. Hibbard Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire Grafton ss.
I J D Sleeper Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for said County hereby certify that the said E. [illegible - crossed out] A. Hibbard within named was on the 19th day of November 1850 an acting justice of the peace for said county of Grafton duly  authorized to administer oaths & that his signature to the foregoing [illegible - crossed out] affidavit is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court this 22 day of Number 1851 
& signed my name hereunto. [signed] J. D. Sleeper Clerk
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State of New Hampshire County of Grafton
We Mary A. Cook and Emily D. Blaisdell having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Winthrop Bagley who was a resident of Thornton in said N. H. whose widow now applies for bounty land, - that we knew him for more than sixty years before his death, which occurred at Thornton of said N. H. about five years ago, - that we know that he died about that time because* [illegible] that we are residents of said Thornton that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried - that her declaration was signed and acknowledged by her in our presence, - that she is the identical person she
represents herself to be - and that we are disinterested.
[signed] Mary A. Cook
[signed] Emily D. Blaisdell
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this 31st  day of March A.D. 1855.
[signed] Saml Rogers Justice of the Peace
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Mary A. Cook and Emily D. Blaisdell of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Mary Bagley is the widow, remaining unmarried of the late Winthrop Bagley who was a resident of said Thornton and that the said Winthrop Bagley died at said Thornton on or about the 1st day of July A. D. 1850.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of March 1855. I have no interest in this case.
[signed] Saml Rogers Justice of the Peace
*"We attended his funeral, " or " were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.
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Plymouth N.H. June 29. 1855
To the Pension Office
Enclosed please find application of Mrs. Mariah Bagley, widow, she now draws Pension. You will refer to that & you will find on file her Marriage Certificate and Evidence she obtained her cash Pension on.
Yours Respecfully
[signed] John B West
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W. Bagleys application for Pen.
Enoch Colby's Depon.
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I Enoch Colby of Canton, New Hampshire of age depose & say that I have been acquainted with Winthrop Bagley now of said Thornton from his  childhood, that the said by Bagley some time in the spring of the year 1778 enlisted into Capt. Ezekiel Worthen's company of Militia in the New Hampshire Line engaged in service under Genl. Sullivan on Rhode Island & that said Bagley entered said company & served the term of his enlistment. I saw him several times during the time of his said service, as I was stationed in a company nearby. The exact length of the term of said Bagley's enlistment & services at that time, I do not recollect; but it was not more than nine months nor less the six months, according to my best recollection.
[signed] Enoch Colby
July 2. 1832

State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss. July 2. 1832
Then personally appeared the above in Enoch Colby, who is known to me as a witness of 
undoubted credibility, & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true.
Before me
[signed] Jonh Bliss Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss.
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton do hereby certify that Jonathan Bliss Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is & was at the time of the execution thereof a Justice of the Peace for said County duly authorized
to administer oaths & that I believe the
signature purporting to be his to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 11th day of October A.D. 1832.
[signed] Geo. Woodward Clerk
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Jonh Robbins afft.
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I Jonathan Robbins of Plymouth N. H. aged sixty six years depose & say that in the year 1781 in same as nearly as I can recollect the time I enlisted into a company of New Hampshire state troops commanded by Lieutenant Peter Stearns under Col. Charles Johnson for six months, into which company Winthrop Bagley now of Thornton N.H. & who is making application for a Pension from the United States, enlisted at the same time with me & for the same term of six months. The said Bagley & myself immediately after our said enlist enlistment, he entered said company & marched with it on to the Northern frontier of said State of New Hampshire for the defense thereof. Said Bagley continued to serve in said company as long as I remained in it. At the end of three months I procured a substitute & left said company & then left said Bagley in it & I have no doubt that he served and the whole of his said term of six months.  We had no Captain with us.
[signed] Jonh Robbins
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss.
September 4 1832
The said Jonathan Robbins who subscribed the above made solemn oath that the same was true.
Before me
[signed] Jonh Bliss Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss.
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Bliss whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is & was at the time of the execution thereof, a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths; & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 11th day of October A.D. 1832.