Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29544, Joseph Wheelwright, Mass.
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Service | | Number
Mass. | Wheelbright, Joseph | S.29544 [handwritten]
[a hand-drawn star is above the W in Wheelbright]

Contents
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Maine 1333
Joseph Wheelwright
of Wells in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Littlefield of the Regt commanded
by Col Frost in the Mapachuit [??]
militia 6 Mo

In Capt Littlefield's comp - in 
Regt com'd by Col Frost 3 Mo

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 30 - Dollars - - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of October
1832 and left to [??] B. Palmer
Kenneb[illegible] Me - 

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $45
Semi=anl. [semiannual?] allowance ending 4 Mar [??] 1833 15
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$60
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by E.D. Bullosk [??] Clerk
Book D. Vol. 1st Page 101.
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29544
[illegible] INVALID. [illegible]
File No. 29, 544
Joseph Wheelwright
[illegible] Rev [illegible]
Act. June 7'' 32''
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 449
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Joseph Wheelwright
No 2750
No - 2
admit [??]
Private 30
B Palmer
[illegible]
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Maine Districts
Special Suit Court of the U. States
Kennebunk August 7, 1832

On this seventh day of August aforesaid personally appeared
in open Court before the District Judge
Joseph Wheelwright a resident of Wells, in the
county of York, and state of Maine, aged eighty-one
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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States 
under the following named officers and served as herein
stated.
I enlisted in April 1775 for six months, into
Capt. Noah Littlefield's company of Wells and was [??]
stationed, most of the time at Wells, and Ogunquit
harbour, we were ordered, and marched to Kittery point, 
in the state of Maine, opposite Portsmouth, N.H. where
we remained a short time and returned to Wells, and
were discharged. Daniel Wheelwright, of Wells, was est [??]
in said company. I served out the full period of
my enlistment in this service.
In January 1777 I again enlisted into Capt. 
Daniel Littlefields company at Wells, in Col Frosts
regiment for three months and marched to Pitts Hill [??]
in the state of New York. I was in this service, three month
and a half, we were discharged at North River [??], and
returned home - I was born in Wells in 1751 have always
resided there - I went voluntarily into the service and
served as above stated.

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension
or annuity except the present, and declares that his name
is not on the pension note, of the agency of any state
[ illegible] the day and year appeared 
in this Court - 
Before 
[illegible]
U.S. Judge for the 
District of Maine

Anon [??] the [illegible] Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
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I John Mufsey [??] Clerk of the District Court of the
United States for Maine District do hereby certify
that the [illegible] contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of 
Joseph Wheelwright for a pension
And that Barnabas Palmer Esquire who took
the depositions [??] of Pelatiah Littlefield and
Abner Fish is a justice of the Peace duly qualified
and that this official attestations are entitled to full
faith and credit
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my
hand and seal of office this seventh day of August
A.D. 1832
John Mufsey Clerk
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Pelatiah Littlefield
Deposition for
Joseph Wheelwright
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I Pelatiah Littlefield of Wells in
the county of York and [illegible] of Maine testify and
declare that I am well acquainted with Joseph Wheelwright
of [illegible] Wells. Said Joseph Wheelwright was a soldier [illegible]
Capt Noah Littlefield's company in 1775. Which company
was stationed on the sea board from Cape Porpoise [??] to York
principally within the limits of Wells and in small detachments [??]
This Joseph Wheelwright, and the company was enlisted six months
and when the company marched to Portsmouth NH. and I
believe once to Portland [??] Maine for the defence of [illegible]
Joseph[??] Wheelwright went with it.  At the time the same Joseph
Wheelwright belonged to Capt. Littlefield's company
he lived a neighbor to my Father. I was then about
fourteen years old. My father was Noah Littlefield
the captain of of [sic] the company above referred
to and to which said Joseph Wheelwright belonged. I was not
a soldier in the company but I knew nearly every
man in it; a detachment of the company were
stationed near our house. Joseph Wheelwright was one of 
this detachment. When the company marched to Kittery [??]
opposite to Portsmouth NH and while there I rode
to that place to see my Father and other friends and neighbors
who belonged to the company. The distance is nearly thirty
miles. I spent nearly a week with them before I returned. 
The said Joseph Wheelwright has always resided in the
same town with me.
Capt. Daniel Littlefield of Wells was a brother 
to my Father. This Capt. Daniel Littlefield commanded a
company that afterwards went to some part of the State
of New York, but I have no [illegible] that the said
Joseph Wheelwright was or was not a member of that
company. The same Capt Daniel Littlefield was killed
in the battalion of Penobscot in the year 1779. Capt Noah Littlefield
who commanded the company to which Joseph Wheelwright
belonged as above stated - was afterward made Sergt [??] Colonel 
in the continental army.   Pelatiah Littlefield
State of Maine
York [illegible] Aug 7th 1832
subscribed and sworn to before me
Barnabas Palmer [??] Justice of the peace
I certify that I am personally acquaintanced with Pelatiah
Littlefield and he is a credible witness. 
Barnabas Palmer Justice of the peace.
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I, Abner Fiske, of Wells in the state of Maine, aged seventy six years, do testify and declare that I am acquaintances with Joseph Wheelwright of said Wells. a revolutionary soldier, was in Capt. Danile Littlefield’s company of militia in both that I belonged to said company and that we enlisted in December 1776. That said regiment mustered in Danbury in Connecticut in Jan. 1777 and marched to (unintelligible) in the state of New York and capt. Littlefield marched to New Castle to guard the military stores - marched back to (unintelligible) and at the expiration of the three was discharged. 
Abner Fiske