Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8552, for Benjamin Quimby, New Hampshire
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Continental    Quimby, Benjamin R8552
N.H.               Mary
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See letter Sept. 24, 1829 to J Wingate Pen'n. Agt. 

6310
Maine
Benjamin Quimby
of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Cherry of the regt. commanded
by Colonel Reid in the N. Hampshire line, for the term of three years. 
from July 1782 to June 1783

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine 
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, 
commence on the 12 day of May 1818,
and

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of January
1819 and sent to R.C. Vose

Restored to the Roll on 11th day of 
March 1829 and notification sent to 
Hon J.W. Ripley at Fryeburg, Maine
Pension commencing on the 31 of January 1829

Amount due on 4th of }
Sept. 1829 }  $57.54 

{ Revolutionary Claim
{ Acts March 18, 1818
{ May 1, 1820
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Jany 19    196
Benjamin Quimby
6310
Discontinue
(March 1819.)
R.C. Vose Augusta, Maine

Subscribed, sworn to and declared
both the oath and schedule on this
twenty ninth day of May 1820
Before me Nathan Weston Jr
CJ  CCCPleas

A true copy
Attest John Davis clk.
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State of Maine.
I John Davis clerk, for the County
of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for
the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and
the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the
said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open Court ; and I
do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total
amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule,
including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Six hundred 
eighty four dollars  ; and deducting therefrom
the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property
in the opinion of said Court, is Five hundred fifty four dollars
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said
Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec

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.
Benjamin Quimby

The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding
excepted, viz :
Twenty acres of land in Green about one half
of which is under some improvement, but very rocky
with an old house and barn thereon all of the value
of five hundred dollars.
one horse of the value of twenty five dollars
Three cows of the value of  forty dollars.
one yoke of oxen of the value of forty dollars. 
one heifer of the value of nine dollars
one two year old heifer of the value of seven dollars
one yearling heifer of the value of five dollars
six sheep of the value of nine dollars.
Two swine of the value of seven dollars.
Old household furniture besides necessary bedding
not exceeding twenty dollars in value.
An old wooden clock of the value of four dollars.
An old cart of the value of three dollars.
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I have no debts due to me that can be collected
and I owe as much as one hundred and thirty dollars
The income derived from the foregoing
property deducting the interest I have to pay
does not exceed fifty dollars a year.
My occupation is that of farmer; but from
age and infirmity am unable to labor a third
part of my time. My family at home consists
of five persons, namely myself, my wife
Mary aged fifty nine years, afflicted with
the dropsy and able to do but very little
labor, my son Aaron eighteen years of age,
my son Daniel aged fourteen years, and a
hired female aged seventeen by the name
of Sarah Gracy.
Except the foregoing, and my
necessary beding and clothing, I have no estate
or income whatever
Benjamin Quimby

Subscribed, sworn to and declared
both the oath and schedule on the
twenty ninth day of May 1820
Before me  Nathan Weston Jr
CJ  CCCPleas

A true copy
attest John Davis clk.

Jany 19 
Benjamin Quimby
6310
Discontinue
(March 1819.)
R.C. Vose Augusta, Maine
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State of Maine.      196
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss. 
ON this twenty ninth day of May, 1820,
personally appeared before Nathan Weston Jr Chief Justice of
the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset,
being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common
law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and
having the power of fine and imprisonment, Benjamin Quimby aged 
fifty seven years, resident in Green in the County of Kennebec
within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he
served in the Revolutionary war as follow, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain
Cherry and Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed
on the line of the State of New Hampshire upon the Continental Establishment, for
the period of three years. 


that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the 
twelfth day of May 1818 ; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6310.  And I, the said Benjamin
Quimby do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, 
on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and that I have not, 
since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; 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. 
Benjamin Quimby
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State of Maine Kennebec County ss
On the sixth day of April, One thousand eight 
hundred and forty six, personally appeared 
before the Honorable William Emmons, Judge of the
Court of Probate, within and for the County of
Kennebec afforested in the State aforesaid it
being a Court of Record in said State John
Quimby a resident of Green in the County of 
Kennebec and State of Maine aged fifty years 
who first being duly sworn according to law
doth, on his oath make the following declaration
for himself and in behalf of Samuel Quimby, 
Daniel Quimby, and Benjamin Quimby all
children  of Benjamin Quimby late of said Green
deceased    And children and only children of
Mary Quimby late widow of said Benjamin
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of 
the act of Congress issued July 7th 1838
That the said John Quimby, Samuel, Daniel
and Benjamin are all children and the only children of the said Benjamin Quimby deceased
and children of, and the only children of said
Mary Quimby  And this said Mary was 
the widow of said Benjamin, who was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, and a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818
suspended for a while and restored under a
subsequent act. And for proof of his father's
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service, he would refer to the declaration and
other documents made by his father in his application  which documents are supposed to be 
in the pension department at Washington
This declarent further states that his mother
the said Mary Quimby was married to said
Benjamin, at Kingston in the State of New
Hampshire, by Rev, Mr Thayer on the eighteenth 
day of July 1787  That her husband the aforsaid Benjamin Quimby died on the 27th day of 
March 1840   That she the said Mary survived him and did not intermarry after the death 
of her husband, but died his widow, on the 4th
day of June 1842  as will appear by the proof
hereto annexed
John Quimby
Witness
Francis Davis
Subscribed and sworn the day of the 
year first above written before me, 
Williams Emmons Judge of said Court.
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State of Maine
Kennebec County ss
I the subscriber Register of
the Court of Probate within and for the County
aforesaid, herby certify that the Honorable Williams
Emmons who name is affixed to the foregoing affidavit is the Judge of said Court of Probate and that
his signature is genuine.  In testimony whereof I 
her unto affix my signature am the seal of said
Court this sixth day of April AD 1846
Francis Davis
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Free
Kingston NH June 10
Alfred Pierce Esq (P.M.)
Greene -- Maine
-- Kennebec Co
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Kingston June 10th 1841
Dear Sir --
Your letter was duly received -- and
agreeably to your request I herewith enclose
a copy of the record of the marriage to which
you alluded --

Marriage by the Rev Mr. Elihu Thayer --
Benjamin Quimby of Hawke & Mary Chricket
of Poplin Married July 10th 1787 --
a true copy of record
Frederick G Nichols -- Town Clerk

Late of New Hampshire -- Rockingham ss
Kingston June 10th 1841 Then the above named
Frederick G Nichols personally appeared 
and made oath, that the above copy by him
subscribed in just and true
before me James H Sanborn Justice of the Peace

P.S. should the above answer your purpose
you may if you please remit me any small sum
Respectfully yours
F.G  Nichols
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State of Maine, Kennebec County --
Town of Green -- Town Clerk's Office
April 3rd 1846 In the Book of Records
of deaths belonging to said Town -- page 32
the following death is recorded Viz
June the fourth, eighteen hundred and forty two
"Mary wife of Benjamin Quimby departed this
life" The foregoing is a true copy of the records of
Green aforesaid, excepting the death which is expressed
in legible figures thus "June 4th -- 1842."
Attest Lord B Stevens Town Clerk

I Lord B. Stevens on oath depose and say
that I am Town Clerk of Green aforesaid
duly chosen and sworn, that the Records
of said Town are in my custody, that
the foregoing certificate was taken from
said Records and is a true copy of the 
same, with the exception above named
Lord B Stevens

State of Maine, Kennebec County April 3rd 1846
Subscribed and sworn before me
Arnold Wentworth Justice of Peace
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Benjamin Quimby, Greene
Pv.   Col. G. Reed. N.H. Reg.
1782 to 1784

May 12. 1818

Admitted
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the
United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the
Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor,
that  Benjamin Quimby, a citizen of the United States, now resident in 
Greene, in the said County of Kennebec, in the District of
Maine, on the twelfth day of May, A.D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce;
and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on
the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,"
passed March 18, A.D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produce by the said applicant, 
is hereunto annexed. 

And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a 
careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me the said applicant did serve as a
private soldier, in the war of the revolution  ^until the end there of^ against the common enemy,
upon the continental establishment, ^and^ for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and
that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which
I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twentysecond day of May
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  Jr  C. Just
C.C.C. Pleas 2d E. Circuit
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Commonweatlh of Massachusetts.
Kennebec, ss.
The Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County
Of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable Nathan Weston, Junior, Esquire, 
before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of
Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties
of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have
affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he
presides.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth
day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen.   John Davis
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I Benjamin Quimby, aged fifty six years, a citizen of the United States, born in Kingston New Hampshire, now resident in Greene, in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that at Exeter in July  1782 I enlisted as a private soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for the term of three years in Capt Cherry's company and Col. George Reed's regiment of the New Hampshire line. I served in said regiment until June 1783 when I was transferred into the consolidated regiment called the American regiment, where I continued to serve until the thirtieth day of June 1784 when I was honorably discharged at West Point. My discharge is hereunto annexed.

From my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; that I am not to my knowledge, [known?] on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the district of Maine.
Benjamin Quimby
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kennebec ss.
On the twelfth day of May A.D. 1818 Benjamin Quimby within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within declaration by him subscribed.  Before me Nathan Weston Jr  C. Just
C. Court C. Pleas 2d Eastern Circuit
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Benj'a Quimby Soldier --  in the American Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably discharged from the Service of the United States.

Given in the State of New-York, the thirtieth Day of June 1784

By the General's Command, [????] B Genl
C Selden Capn ADJ

C Selden Capt 
Registered in the Books of the Regiment,
Charles Selden
Adjutant
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State of Maine
Cumberland, SS
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, Portland, May 1st AD 1851}

I, Charles C. Harmon, Clerk of all the judicial courts, In and for said County of Cumberland, certify that Jacob Herrick 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 Herrick is dated July 21st A.D. 1848 and will expire July 21st A.D. 1855, and that the following signature, purporting to be his are genuine. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written. 

C.C.Harmon Clerk.
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Commissioner of Pensions 
Present
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Lewiston Falls (Me)  May 5h 1851.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
Enclosed is the supplementary declaration
of John Quimby in behalf of the
children of Mary Quimby, widow of Benjamin
Quimby a pensioner of the U.S.

The origin [on?] papers were sent to Washington
May 12h 1846 claiming under act of 1838
and rejected because the said Mary was not
a widow at the language of the act. It is supposed
that the act of the last session was
intended to stop this lack in the law, and
this declaration was taken for the purpose
of obtaining the benefits of the former act
under the provisions of the latter,
Very respectfully your obedient Servant,
Jacob Herrick
Goffs' Corner
(Me)
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State of New-hampshire. Office of Secretary of State.

I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Samuel Webster is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Rockingham duly Commissioned and qualified. His Commission was dated on the _ 25th _ day of November 1844 and will expire on the _ 25th _ day of November 1849 and his signature as such to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this _ 28th _ day of May - 1846.

Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of State
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12781
Mary Quimby dec_ 
wid of Benjam.n
Me.
Act. of July 38 
m 87. d 40 -
claimt died 11 June '42

Children of Mary Quimby
widow of Benj. Quimby
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State of Maine.
Cumberland, ss.....
I Charles Cobb, Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that 
Arnold Wentworth is a Magistrate
as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that he is
duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears
date January 26. A.D. 1846, and will expire
Jany. 26. 1853.
and that the following signatures purporting to be
his are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed
the Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court for said State, this Eighth day of May
Anno Domini 1846
Charles Cobb  Clerk.
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Feb. 9

James L. Edwards Esq --

Pension Office --
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Washington  Feby 7. 1829.
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
By request of R.C. Vose Esq
of Augusta, Maine, I enclose his letter
& papers relative to the claim of Mrs
Quimby of Greene, Co of Kennebeck, Me.
for a pension. As early an attention
to it as is convenient, will much oblige
Yours, very respectfully,
James W. Ripley
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For Col Niles

1838 - 11269 Cole, Keziah Maine 38 [A?]
              sus  x   Marble Sarah
2 Feby - 4931 Ford, Rachel
2 243  9291 Chase, Mercy
2 Feby - 5608 Butler, Margaret
2 July - 5825 Bangs, Elizabeth
             [Mis?] Eunice
1843 - 9067   Hurston, Elizabeth
2 Feby - 6128 Rummell Joanna

           sus x  Quimby, Mary   Maine  38  [sus?]
          sus x Stone, Elizabeth
          sus x Jordan, Jane
2 Feb - 5171  Hogan Salome
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Hon. James W. Ripley
House of Representatives
Washington City

FREE
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Augusta Jany 30th 1828
Dear Sir,
At the request of the applicant, who is
the son, of Col. John Quimby, of Greene, in your district, I
enclose you his additional declaration.  -- The old man
is very anxious to know that fate of his application and if a
new schedule is required, he cannot make one, before 
the 16th of March next, when our Supreme Court will
be in session by adjournment, in this county -- please 
to present the paper to the Pension Department & let me
know the result --
I am very respectfully
your friend & obt. sevt
Robert C. Vose

Hon. James W. Ripley
House of Representatives
Washington
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8552
Mary Quimby [???]
[???????] Sept [????]
July 23/57
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[Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1878]

8,552
P.O.
Mary Quimby
Service:
Enlisted: ___, 18 __.    REJECTED
Discharged:___, 18 __.
Application filed: ____, 18__.
18558
36865
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.
Contract.
Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ___, 18__.
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addit'n declaration
Benjamin Quimby
Maine Roll No 6.310

Before Judge Weston
Jany 31. 1829
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State of Maine
Kennebec ss
On this thirtyfirst day of January 1829, personally appeared
before Nathan Weston Junior, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial
Court of said State of Maine, Benjamin Quimby, aged sixty six years
& upwards resident in Greene, in the county of Kennebec, who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he
originally made declaration of his services in the war of the
Revolution before the said Judge Weston, on the 12th of May 1818.
who at that time was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, for
said State, in order to obtain the provisions of the act of Congress
of March 18. 1818, and that his name was placed on the Pension
list of the Maine Agency & his pension certificate is number 6.310,
and the said Quimby, further declares, that in pursuance of the 
Law of Congress of the first of May, 1820, he made and exhibited
before the same Judge Weston, a schedule of his whole estate and
income at that time and caused the same to be transmitted
to the War Department. and he was afterward informed his name
was stricken from the pension Roll on account of the property exhibited
in his said schedule and he has not received any thing whatever
from the United States on account of his services in the War of the
Revolution since the 4th of March 1820.

And the said Quimby on oath further declares that
the following is a schedule of his whole estate and income,
(necessary clothing and bedding excepted) at the present time.
viz  Seventy acres of land in Green, about one half of which is under
some improvement, but very rocky, with an old house & old barn thereon
built upwards of forty years since, all of the value of ---- 500.00
one old horse, about 20 years old ---- 10.00
2 cows -- value $22.  1 yoke of oxen -- $50.  one 2 year old heifer 8$ ---- 80.00
1 [?????] heifer -- $5.  nine sheep $12.00  two swine -- six dollars ---- 23.00
old household furniture. viz.  6 chairs 3 tables.  2 low pin desk. }
a few articles of iron ware, a few articles of crockery -- 9 or 10 knives }  20.00
& forks & a few spoons & an old wooden clock - all of the value of $20.00 }
Farming utensils of the value -- $5.00, old cart very old -- 1 ---- 6.00
_________
$609.00
I have about $7.00 due me which may be collected & owe about 
$90 due to different individuals
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The income derived from the foregoing property, does not
exceed the sum of Fifty dollars, a year. -- My occupation is
that of a farmer, but from age and infirmity having a back
rupture, am unable to labor or do but little light work. My
family consists of my wife Mary aged sixty eight years, and my son
David aged twenty three years, who has lived in our family since he was
21 [years of age?] 
Benjamin Quimby


State of Maine.
Kennebec ss. Subscribed, sworn to and declared, on this thirty
first day of January 1829. before me. and I also
certify that in my opinion the total amount
of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is of
the value of six hundred & thirty nine dollars & no more.
and that the total amount of income derived from
the same does not exceed the sum of Fifty dollars a year. --
639. val. of prop.}
50.00 income }
Nathan Weston Jun

State of Maine
Kennebec ss. 
I Robert C. Vose, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within the
said County of Kennebec, do hereby certify that the Hon.
Nathan Weston Junior, before whom the forgoing proceedings
were had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court
for said State of Maine, and by the direction of said
Judge I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial
Court, this thirty first day of January Anno Domini 1829.
and I also certify from personal acquaintance with
said Quimby, for the last ten years I know him to be
the identical person to whom & for whom the original
Pension certificate No. 6.310 was granted. --
R.C. Vose.
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State of New-Hampshire, Rockingham County
Town of Kingston -- Town Clerk's office May 16th. 1846.

In the Book of Records of marriages belonging to said
Town page 281 -- The following appears of Record --
"Married by Rev. Mr Thayer July the eighteenth
on thousand seven hundred and eighty seven
Benjamin Quimby of Hawke and Mary [????] of
Poplin -- The foregoing is a true copy of the
Records of Kingston aforesaid, excepting the date
which is expressed in fair legible characters thus
July 18th 1787."
Frederick G Nichols -- Town Clerk.

I Frederick G. Nichols on oath depose and say
that I am Town Clerk of Kingston aforesaid, duly
chosen and sworn, that the Records of said Town
are in my custody -- that the foregoing certificate
was taken from said Records and is a true copy of
the same with the exceptions above noted.

State of New-Hampshire, Rockingham County ss
Personally appeared Frederick G. Nichols and made
oath that the above affidavit by him signed was
true, before me
Saml Webster  Justice of Peace
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State of Maine, Cumberland County
SS -- On this third day of April in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and fifty One personally appeared
before me Jacob Herrick a Justice of the
Peace within and for the County and
State aforesaid John Quimby a resident
of Greene in the County of Kennebec
in the State of Maine aged fifty five
years, who being duly sworn according
to law, on oath makes the following
declaration for himself and his brothers
Samuel Quimby, Daniel Quimby and
Benjamin Quimby all children and
only surviving children of Benjamin
Quimby late of said Greene deceased,
and all children and only children of
Mary Quimby widow of said Benjamin
deceased, in order to obtain the
benefits of the act of Congress passed
July 7th 1838 and the act recently passed
by Congress explanatory of said act.

And this declarant states
that his father the said Benjamin Quimby deceased was a Soldier of the 
Revolutionary Army and drew a
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Pension in his life time of ninety
six dollars per annum and that he died
March 27th 1840. -- That after his death and
after the death of his Mother who died
June 11th 1842 this declarant made declaration
before the Probate Court of said County
of Kennebec and addressed proof of al
the facts stated in this declaration claiming
a pension due his Mother under the
act aforesaid -- He now makes this
declaration claiming for himself and
his surviving brothers the amount due
his Mother at the time of his death
under the act of June 7th 1838 as explained
by the resolve passed at the last day of
the session of the last Congress -- and for
proof of his statements he refers to the
documents in his former declarations,
supposed to be in the pension Department
at Washington.
John Quimby

State of Maine Cumberland ss. April 3d
1837. Subscribed and sworn before me,
Jacob Herrick  J. Pc.
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State of Maine Cumberland County 
SS -- I Jacob Herrick a Magistrate
within and for the County aforesaid
hereby certify that John Quimby who has
made the foregoing declaration is personally
known to me and has been for
many years -- As are also his brothers and
that the statements made by him are
within my own knowledge and I
know them to be true.
April 3d 1857
Jacob Herrick  Just Pce
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State of Maine, Kennebec County, Town
of Green -- Town Clerk's office April 3d 1846
In the book of Records of deaths belonging to
said Town page thirty two the following record
appears Viz March twenty seventh eighteen hundred
and forty" Benjamin Quimby departed this life"
The foregoing is a true copy of the Records of Green
aforesaid, excepting the date which is expressed in
legible figures then"March 27th 1840."
Attest  Lord B Stevens  Town Clerk --

I Lord B. Stevens on oath depose and say
that I am Town Clerk of Green aforesaid
duly chosen and sworn, that the Records
of said Town are in my custody -- That
that the foregoing certificate was taken from
said Records and is a true copy of the
same, with the exception above noted.
Lord B. Stevens

State of Maine  Kennebec County SS.
Subscribed and sworn before me the 3d day
of April 1846.
Arnold Wentworth  Justice of the Peace
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I Nathaniel Harris of Green in the County
of Kennebec -- State of Maine aged fifty two
years, on oath depose and say that I was well
acquainted with Benjamin Quimby who died
in Green several years since, and who was
a Revolutionary Pensioner -- I also depose and
say that I was in like manner acquainted
with his wife Mary Quimby, who survived
her husband some time -- That the said
Mary did not intermarry after the decease of 
her husband, but died the widow of said
Benjamin Quimby -- I also depose and
say, that John Quimby -- Samuel Quimby
Daniel Quimby and Benjamin Quimby are
the children and only surviving children of
said Benjamin Quimby deceased and of his
widow Mary Quimby --
Nathaniel Harris

State of Maine Kennebec County ss. April 3rd 1846
Personally appeared Nathaniel Harris who is well
known to me as a witness of respectability and
made oath to the truth of the above affidavit
by him signed before me
Arnold Wentworth  Justice of the Peace
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I Daniel Corman Jr of Green in the County of Kennebec State of Maine aged twenty six upon on oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Quimby late of Green, deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner -- And I was likewise well acquainted with his wife Mary Quimby who survived her husband -- That the said Mary did not intermarry after the death of her husband but continued the widow of said Benjamin Quimby until the day of her death -- I also depose and say that John Quimby -- Samuel Quimby, Daniel Quimby and Benjamin Quimby are the children and the only surviving children of said Benjamin Quimby deceased and of his widow Mary Quimby.

Daniel Corman Jr
State of Maine Kennebec County for April 3d 1846 Personally appeared Daniel Corman Jr above named, who is well known to me as a witness of veracity and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed before me
Arnold Wentworth Justice of the Peace
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Notification sent the 10th July 1820 to R. C. Vose, Esq.
Augusta -- Maine

2 LR
8310.
Maine
Benjamin Quimby
private
New Hampshire, line, 2 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28the of Jany 1819 and delivered to R C Vose, Esq by Augusta Dist Of Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 [?] 20/31 4/20
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th [?] 1819
30.22
48.00
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$78.22

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818,}
Greene
Not entitled
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J.L. Edwards Esquire

Commissioner of Pensions

Washington D.C.
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Durham (Maine) June 3rd 1846
To the Commission of Pensions
Sir, I herewith forward to your department affidavits, in the claims, of Mrs Hannah Richmond widow of Eliab Richmond and Mrs Elizabeth Robinson formerly widow of Ebenezer Williams -- also the certificate of marriage in the claim of the children Mary Quimby, widow of Benjamin Quimby -- each of which I respectfully ask may be filed with the papers in their several claims and consideration when action shall require behest on such claims,  
Very respectfully you Obt. Sev't.
Jacob Henisk
S.W. Bend P. office
Durham (Me)

J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commnr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.