Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20894, Pownal Deming, Conn. Continental
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SERVICE
CONN
Continental

Deming, Pownal
Deming
Colton Mehitable D.
(former widow)

NUMBER
W.20894
B.L.M. 8463-160-55
and
B.L.Wt. 537-200 Lieut.
Issued April 22, 1796 to
Mehitable Deming Admr.
marked (Entd 22d Feb. 1815)
No papers
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DEMING, POWNAL
(CONN. CONT.)
W-20894
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[illegible]
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71.060 Act March 3/55
April 14/55

Mehitable D. Colton
widow of
Pownal Deming Lieut.

CT: Contl. line

Revolutionary War.

Pensioner under Act Feb 3 53.

map. [illegible] 48 - 1808

[illegible]:16 [illegible]  Oct. 18. 1855
Boynton

H. S. Noyes
Springfield Illinois

Vol. D. 53

writing diagonally across page
[illegible] 8463 css Oct [illegible]
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1828, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"

State of Massachusetts Hampden County Ss.
On this 23 day of October A.D. 1828 personally appeared before the Hon Judge of Probate within and for said County of Hampden Mehetible D. Colton a resident of Longmeadow in said county aged seventy five 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, p[assed July 7, 1828, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.  That she was (or is) the widow of Pownel Deming who was an Ensign Lieutenant, Forage Master, and Captain by Brevet in the army of the Revolution from Aug. 10, 1776, to the close of the War of the revolution as will appear by the commissiones hereunto annexed.

She further declares that she was married to the said Pownel Deming on the 29th day of May 1791.  That her husband the aforesaid Pownel Deming died on the 9th day of April 1795 as will appear by the depositions of Rev. Calvin Chapin and Dimond Chandler hereunto annexed, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January A.D. 1794.  viz- at the time above stated. That she was married again on the 2d day of April A.D. 1799 to Maj. Luther Colton, that her husband the said Luther Colton died on the 14th day of October A.D. 1803 as will appear by the depositions of William White and Dimond Chandler hereunto annexed.  That ever since the decease of her husband the said Luther Colton she has lived a widow, and now asks for a pension as the widow of Capt. Pownel Deming deceased.
Mehetabel D. Colton
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Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written, before me, and I certify that the said Mehetabel Colton by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend the Court.
Oliver B. Morris, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampden

and I the said Judge after investigating the matter do declare my opinion that he said Pownel Deming served in the army of the revolution as stated in the foregoing declaration, that on the twenty ninth day of May seventeen hundred and ninety one he was married to the said Mehetabel, that on the ninth day of April seventeen hundred and ninety five he died leaving the said Mehetable, his widow, that on the second day of April seventeen hundred ninety nine she was again married to Luther Colton who died on the fourteenth day of October Eighteen hundred and three, and that she has not again been married.

In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and cause the seal of the Court of Probate for said County of Hampden to be affixed this 24th day of October A.D. 1838
Oliver B. Morris Judge of said court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden SS
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within and for said County do hereby certify that the Hon Oliver B. Morris before whom the foregoing declaration of Mehetabel & Colton was subscribed & sworn to, is the Judge of said Court and that his signature subscribed to the above certificates respectively is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed this seal of said Court at Springfield this twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
Justin Willard
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

HAMPDEN, SS.
I, George B. Morris, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that Grd. O. Bliss Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations, done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Bliss 
and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine:  also that the instrument hereto annexed, purports to be duly executed and acknowledged, according to the laws of this Commonwealth, for the purposes therein expressed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, for said Commonwealth, this Eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
Geo B. Morris Clerk.
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State of Massachusetts
COUNTY of Hampden}ss.
On this twenty fourth day of March A.D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five - personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mehitable Colton - aged ninety two years, a resident of Longmeadow - in the State of Massachusetts, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Pownal Deming deceased, who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain _____ in the _____ Regiment of ________commanded by _______ in the war of the Revolution, and served as stated in her application for pension, on file, she being a pensioner under the act of February 2d 1848 at the rate of $335.10 per annum recorded page 26 Vol 2,
 and continued in actual service in said war for the term of _____ and was honorably discharged at ____ on the _____ day of ____A.D.

She further states that she was married to the said Pownal Deming of Hartford Conn in Rocky Hill, Conn. on the 29th day of May A.D. 1791 by one Rev. J. Lewis. and that her name before her said marriage was Mehetable D. Boardman That her husband died at Hartford Conn on the ninth day of April A.D. 1795 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and prays that the warrant therefore may be sent to H. S. Noyes Springfield Mass.
Mehatable D. Colton

We, Elizabeth D. Colton and Simeon Colton residents of Long Meadow, in the state of Massachusetts, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mehitable D. Colton in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Mehetable D. Colton
Simeon Colton
Elizabeth D. Colton

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Gael O. Bliss Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County}Ss. Wethersfield Sept 19th 1838
Personally appeared before William Robbins 2d Esq, a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hartford, Calvin Chapin a credible person who on oath doth depose and say that the following, "Pownel Deming of Hartford and Mehetable Boardman married" is a true copy of the record of the marriage of Pownel Deming and Mehetable Boardsman with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows
"May 29, 1791."
I, Calvin Chapin above named depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Church and Society in Rocky Hill in Wethersfield aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from records of said Church in said Society with an exception above named as certified by me.
Sworn before me,
William Robbins 2d Just of the Peace

"In memory of Capt. Pownal Deming, who departed this life April 9, 1795 in the 41 year of his age". The foregoing certificate relative to the death of said Pownal Deming, copied from a grave stone erected & standing in the burying ground in the [illegible] of the Center Bank Meeting House erected in said Hartford & is a true copy thereof.
Dimond Chandler

Hartford County Ss. Hartford Sept 29th AD 1838
Personally appeared Dimond Chandler signer of the above certificate & made oath to the truth of said certificate before me.
Cyprian Nichols Justice of the Peace

Hartford County Ss. Hartford Sept 20th 1838, Personally appeared Norman Boardman & made oath (he being a citizen of said Hartford of reputable standing) that he was personally acquainted with the aforesaid Dimond Chandler & that he sustains a fair character for truth & veracity. Before me
Cyprian Nichols Justice of the Peace
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Major Luther Colton was married again April second in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and ninety nine to Mehitable Deming of Wethersfield.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record of marriages in the town of Longmeadow with the exception of date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows April 2d 1799
William White Town Clerk of Longmeadow

I William White depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Longmeadow and state of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception as above stated.
William White

Hamdon Ss. October 11th 1838 Then William White personally appeared and made oath to the above deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Ethan Ely Justice of the Peace

In memory of Major Luther Colton who died Oct 14th 1803 in the 47th year of his age. The foregoing certificate relating to the death of said Luther Colton copyed from a grave stone erected and standing in the burying ground in the rear of the first parish meeting house located in said Longmeadow and is a true copy thereof.
Dimond Chandler

Hampden ss. October 11, 1838 - Then Dimond Chandler personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed.
Before me Ethan Ely Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden}ss.
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within and for said county do hereby certify that Ethan Ely Esq before whom the foregoing depositions of William White and Diamond Chandler purport to have been verified was on the eleventh day of October instant a Justice of the Peace within & for said county and that I believe his signature annexed to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this twenty sixth day of October AD 1838.
Justin Willard Clerk
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Pownal Deming wid file 30894.Conn.

[column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |
LENTH OF SERVICE. |
RANK. |
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. |
STATE. |
Aug 10, 1776 | x | Ensign | of a co. in 22d Regt of Foot under Col. Samuel Wyllys | Conn.
Jany 1, 1777 | x | 2nd Lieut | John Durkee |
Nov 15, 1778 | x | Lieut | in the 4th Conn. Regt. |
Oct 26, 1780 | x | Forage Master | for 1st Conn Brigade |
Feby 23, 1784 | x | Capt by Brevet in U. S. A.

Battles engaged in, ~~
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ~~
Date of application for pension, Oct 23, 1838. Her cl was al [claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application, Longmeadow, Hampden Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, she was 75 years of age.
Remarks: Soldier married at Wethersfield Conn. May 29, 1791 Mehitabel Boardman, he died Apr 9, 1793 - aged 45 years. She then married Apr 2, 1799 at Longmeadow Mass. Major Luther Colton, son of Simon and Abigail Colton - he died Oct 14, 1803 aged 46 yrs. Widow signed Mehetabel D. Colton
Very respectfully
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Deming, Pownal 
(Conn, Cont)
w-20894
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Massachusetts - 7155
Mehetable D. Colton, formerly widow of Pownal Deming and who died on the 9th April 1795 - of Hampden C in the state of Massachusetts who was a Lieut & Forage Master in the ~~ commanded by Captain ~~ of the ~~ commanded by ~~ in the Connecticut line for Lieutenant 2 years
Forage Master 2 mos & 8 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 335 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of April '43 and sent to D. Chandler Lg Meadow Cont.

[Arr]rears to the 4th of ~~
[S]emiannual allowance ending ~~
________
$1675.50

(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by N. M. Stewart Clerk
Book A Vol 1 Page 81

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[stamped]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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IN PURSUANCE
of an ACT of
CONGRESS
Of this Thirtieth Day of SEPTEMBER
A. D. 1783.
Pownal Deming Esquire,
is to Rank as a Captain by Brevet,
in the ARMY of the UNITED STATES
of AMERICA

GIVEN under my Hand
at the [illegible] the 23d
DAU of February 178[?]
[illegible signature]
[illegible]
[illegible signature]
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To Being interesting this King said trust
and confidence in your petition bounded and Fidelity, do by these present or appoint to
tenant in the fourth Connecticut
in the County of the United States to the rank
from the 15th day
of Sent you therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a
tenant
by being and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And
we do strictly charge and require all officers and Soldiers, under your command to be chasten to your, as
Lieutenant
but you are to her and follow such order and directions
from time to time as we shall receive from this a full congress of the United States Committee of Congress
for that purpose, appointed a committee of the sales or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of
the United States, or any other year superior Office, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance 
of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue enforce until revoked by this or a fuller Congress the con
Miller of Congress before mentioned or Committee of the States
Witness his calling
 and remined by the Bound
the Congress of the United States of America 
day of March 1779, and in the said
Independence.
Secretary of the Board of War
Most
Ore.
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by Virtue of the Powers vested in
me as Quarter Master General, by the Plan for conducting the Business of
the Quarter-Master-General's Department, agreed to in Congress on the 25th of July 1780; and relying
on your Abilities and Fidelity, I do hereby appoint you to be Storage Master
for the First Connecticut Brigade - - - - -
You are therefore carefully and diligently to perform all the duties of your said Office, agreeably to the Regulations
which are or shall be established by Congress relative thereto, and such Orders and Instructions, conformable to the
Principles of those Regulations, as shall from Time to Time receive from me, of any other your superior
Officer: For which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my Hand at the Coppa Tithe
Twenty Sixth
Day of October A.D. 1780, and in the fifth year of our Independence.
Sim: Pickering
Quarter Master - General.
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IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New Castle, Kent,
and Suffex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to
Town Bening Esquire
4
PRESIDENT.
E reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity,
Y
by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Ensign
of a Company in the Twenty second Regiment of not
commanded by Col Samuel Wyllys
in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every
hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and gently as Micharge the Duty of Ensign
by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do striely
charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as
Ensign And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from
Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee
of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of
the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War,
in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this
or a future Congress, Philade Aug 10th 1776
of Cha Thomson Jr
By Order of the Congress
John Hancock
C
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IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay,
Rhode and, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent,
and Suffix on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to
Penna
Genl Griding reposing
especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valor, Conduct and Fidelity,
do by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a Company
Regiment and by John Rush
in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defense of American Liberty, and for repelling every
hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and indigently to discharge the Duty 
by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do fairly
charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as
their record was
And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from
Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee
of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of
the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War,
in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this
er a future Congress, and in the State of Connecticut the first day of Jan
Thomas
By Order of the Congress
of Hancock PRESIDENT.
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Pownal Demming
Office of Lieutenant
to the best of my skill and understanding
acknowledge the United States of America, to be his
Independant and Sovereign States, and declare that the policy
thereof allegiance or obedience to George the Third King
of Great Britain, and Pounce, refuse and abjure any
Reliance & obedience to him, and swear that I will to
thereto of my power, support, in vintaging, and defend the said
United States, against the said King George the 
his heirs and Successors and his and their abettors, assistant
and adherents, and will serve the said United States in
which I now hold with fidelity, accord
Pownall Demming
Sworn at West Point the 28 day

●
May 1783
before me
Huntington my
●
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441 N. 4th St,
Newark, Ohio
June 14, 1910
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Please send me the record of service in the War of the Revolution of Lieut. John Hobart [handwritten negative]
3 Regt- Conn. Troops.
Also=
Powell or Pownall Deming
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Lieut in 1- Regt. Conn.
Troops=
Very Truly Yours
Mrs. L. Bancroft Fant
Registrar Hituck Chp.
D,A,R,
JUN 16 1910
[stamp] PENSION U.S. OFFICE B JUN 15 1910
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1910 June 25. Hist to Mrs. L. Bancroft Fant
V.L.M.
Revy WIDOW, &c.
No. 20.894
Mehitable D. Colton
Widow of
Pownal Deming
Lieut Rev War
Act Feb. 29. 48
Vol. A, Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870]
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I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT William Robbins 2nd and Cyprian Nichols are and for more than two months last past, have been Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgement of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said W. Robbins & C. Nichols in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 20th day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
And I certify that the signatures of said Robbins & Nichols hereto annexed are genuine.
Royal Hintman Secretary
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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
HAMPDEN COUNTY,}ss.
On this fourteenth day of September 1843, appeared before William White Esquire, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Mehitable D. Colton a resident of Longmeadow in said county, aged eighty years, who, being first duly sworn - according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration - in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Pownall Deming who was a Lieutenant and Forage Master and served as stated in her declaration on file in the Pension Office by which she obtained a pension under the act of July 7th 1838. That since the deceased of the said Pownall Deming she was married to Luther Colton who has since deceased.

That she received a pension of three hundred thirty five dollars and ten cents, under the act of July 7, 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mehitable D. Colton
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written - before} William White Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Mehitable D. Colton the declarant above named is personally known to me. 
William White Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that William White Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said White and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Richd Bliss Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden Ss.
On this ninth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred & forty eight. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County of Hampden, Mahitable D. Colton a resident of Longmeadow, in the county of Hampden - aged eighty 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 on the 2nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Pownal Deming who was a Lieutenant & Forage Master in the militia. 
Reference may be had for further evidence to papers now on file in the Pension Office.
And the annual amt of pension which she received under the Act of 17th June 1844, was three hundred thirty five dollars ten cents. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mehatable D. Colton
Attest Elizabeth D. Pagley
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me.
Simeon Newell
Justice of the Peace
(over)
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I hereby certify that Mahitable D. Colton the declarant, is personally known to me.
Simeon Newell
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that Simeon Newell Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to e given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Newell and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
Richd Bliss Clerk
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1845

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County ss.
On this 18th day of July AD 1856 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Mehitable D. Colton, a resident of Longmeadow in the county and state aforesaid aged 87 years who upon oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed July 7, 1838, March 3d 1843, June 17th 1844, and February 2, 1848.
And this declarant states that she was formerly the widow of Pownal Deming. That her said husband was an officer in the Regiment of Col. Durkee of the Connecticut line in the War of the Revolution, that he was appointed Ensign in January 1777, promoted to a Lieut in 1778 and Forage Master in 1781, and that he continued to act in said capacity and received the pay and enrollments of Forage Master in addition to his pay in the line to the end of the war. She further states that her said husband was promoted to a Captain before the close of the war as will appear by his commission
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filed in the pension office with her original application. She states that her said husband recd Bounty Land for his military service in the revolutionary war and that he was entitled to commutation pay but whether he received said pay she is unable to state. She claims a pension to be computed upon his pay as Forage Master, Lt and Captain for more than 2 years service. For proof of marriage she refers to same declarations.
Mehatable D. Colton
William White
Witness Z. H. Hannon

Hampden ss. July 18th 1851, Then personally appeared the above named Mehitable D. Colton whom I know to be the identical person she represents herself to be and made oath that the above declaration by her subscribed is true.
Before me William White Justice of the Peace
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COOMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 22d 1851
I hereby Certify, that at the date of the
annexed attestation William White 
was a Justice of the Peace for the
County of Hampden
in the said Commonwealth, duly 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, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Amasa Walker
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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1808-48 Mg
Dhl A Orson
Present
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To the Commissioner of Pensions
Dr Sir
I desire that you will allow Mr. D. D. Addison of WAshington City to examine the papers on file in your office relating to my case with a view to obtaining an increase of my present pension under the act of 1838# and the subsequent acts as I have constituted him my agent for this purpose.
D. Chandler
Mehitable D. Colton
{witness} Amelia C. Cooley
#2mass: roll
Longmeadow December 21st 1848
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Power of Attorney - Revolutionary Pension Claims
Know all men by these Presents, That I, Diamond Chandler hereby constitute and appoint A.H Markland my true and lawful agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Mehitable D Cotton for any amount of Revolutionary Pension , or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the department at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to me.
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that i might or could do were I personally present. Herby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of April AD 1857
Diamond Chandler
Signed and Sealed in the presence of 
C.A. Winchester
C.R. Chaffee

State of Massachusetts
County of Hampden
On this eleventh day of April AD 1857 before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Diamond Chandler and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be in act and deed for the purposes therein mantioned.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid
C.A. Winchester J.Peace
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Claim of Mehitable D Colton
Act of 1838 & subsequent acts

STATE OF Massachusetts
COUNRY Hamden } SS.

Be it known, that on this _________ day of _______ A.D., eighteen hundred fifty Six, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared ________ a resident of ________ in said County, and made oath according to law that _____ be is the

who was a Revolutionary Pensioner

at the rate of _______ Dollars per annum; that ____ has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and make this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. 

J. Peace}

I, ___________ Justice of the Peace, in and for said County to hereby certify that _________ who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.

J. Peace

I, ____________ Clerk of the _________ Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that __________ before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is _____ signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this ________ day of A.D. 185__.

Clerk.
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Know all men by these presents that I Mehitable D. Colton of Longmeadow in the county of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly the widow of Pownal Deming an officer of the Revolution, hereby constitute and appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland in the county of Cumberland, and State of Maine, my attorney irrevocable, for me and in my name, to make application for an increase of Pension under the acts of 1838, 1843, 1844, & 1848. And I fully authorize and empower my said Attorney or his legally appointed substitute or substitutes, to call for and receive any evidence that may be in any of the Departments or Bureaus in Washington., relative to the services of my said husband and to examine (in conformity to the rules of said Departments) any paper or papers that I have heretofore filed relative to my said claim, and generally to do and perform any other act or acts that my said Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do and perform touching the premises. And the said Bradford is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, he the said Bradford not binding me to pay to said substitutes Attorney any fees or compensation for his said services. Hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my attorney or hi substitute may lawfully do in the premise. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of August, A. D. 1851.
Mehitable D. Colton
witness
Chauncey C. Pasker
Elisabeth D. Parker
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County of Hampden SS. August 4th 1857. Then
personally appeared before Mehitable D. Colton, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney by her subscribed to be her free act and deed for the purposes therein expressed.

William White Jus. Peace
Know all men that I Freeman Bradford, within named do hereby constitute and appoint
George C. Ames Esq of the City of Washington D.C. my substitute and Attorney with full power to act for me and in my stead in the matter of the claim of Mehitable D. Colton within named, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my substitute shall lawfully do in the premises.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand
and seal this ninth day of August A.D. 1851.

Freeman Bradford

Witness Wm H Wood
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State of Maine
Cumberland ss:
City of Portland. Be it known that on this ninth day of August AD 1851. Before me Wm. H. Wood, a Notary Public, duly admitted and sworn, Personally appeared Free man Bradford within named, to me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free and and deed.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office.
Wm. H. Wood
Notary Public
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, August 8, 1851
I hereby certify, that at the date of the annexed attestation William White was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden, in the said Commonwealth, duly 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Amasa Walker
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Washington 14th Aug 1857

Sir,

You will please find enclosed a declaration and power of attorney of Mrs. Mehitable D. Colton, formerly widow of Pownal Deming. She claims an increase of Pension and refers to papers on file in the Pension Office. I request permission to examine these papers,

I am very respectfully

for George C. Ames
Tully R. Wise

Hon. James E Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden}ss.
I Mehitable D. Colton of Long Meadow, in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, do on my oath testify and declare, that I am in the eighty first year of my age; that I am the identical Mehitable D. Colton who was formerly the widow of Pownal Deming, for whose services, as a Lieutenant and Forage Master in the Revolutionary War. I have been pensioned to the amount of three hundred and thirty five dollars and ten cents per annum, under the provisions of the laws of 1838 and 1843.
And I do further testify and declare, that I am still a widow, and do now make this supplemental declaration with the view of obtaining such increase of my said Pension as the County of my Country and law and justice may afford.
Mehetabel D. Colton
Witnessed by
William White
Dimond Chandler

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden}ss. Feby 7, 1844
Then personally appeared the above named Mehitable D. Colton, who is personally well known to me the subscriber as the Revolutionary Pensioner she above describes herself to be and made oath in due for of law to the truth of the above declaration by her subscribed.
Before me
William White Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston Feby 14th 1844
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
Annexed attestation William White was a
Justice of the Peace for the County of
Hampden

in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned;
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 hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G Palfrey; Secretary of the Commonwealth
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Petents
of
Sir
The within declaration
of Mr. Mehitable D. Colton I hope
will be satisfactory, if so please
forward a certificate when it may
suit your convenience and
Oblige your Obt
D. Chandler
Long Meadow Mass
August 10th 1848
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State of Connecticut
Comptroller's Office
Hartford
27 Feby 1842

On application at this office for evidence
that Pownal Deming acted as Forage Master
during the Revolutionary war, I find
in Haskells Receipt - under the head of "Invoice of
Provisions to delivered by the State of Connecticut
to Sundry persons on and of the United States
on the requisition of Congress Feby 25 1780th
the following, among other entries; viz-1781 Jan 3
of whom recd Benjamin Heacock - by whom
received Pownal Deming s.s.f. 1st Connect.
Brigade - 4 Tons Hay

This evidence which is
incidental is all that I find of his service in that
capacity. And I do not find any distinct account
with Forage Masters the proof in their cases being
generally, if not always, incidental
Gideon Welles Compt
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Pension Office,
March 6, 1843.
Upon an examination of the Revolutionary papers on file in the Department of State from 177 to 1784, relative to the Quarter Maters' Department, I can find no evidence that Pownal Deming was employed in that Department as Forage Master or in any other capacity
Wm Ogden  Miles
Clerk in Pension Office
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Longmeadow Jany 5th 1843 

Sir
your note of the 4th Nov last past
was received, and in compliance with
the instructions contained therein so
far as could well be done not having
the commissions at hand they were
sent to Washington some time in Oct on
Nov of 1838 as near as I can remember I
do hope your Honr will attend to this
buisness as soon as convenient as the
Widdow years are almost numbered
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
S. Chandler
Longmeadow
Mass

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington
D.C
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Longmeadow Mass Oct 1842

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Mrs Mehitable Colton
the Widow of Capt Pownall Deming applyed
to the Department for a Pension through
Judge Morris of Springfield, but was refused
on account of her Marriage with Luther Colton
of Longmeadow deceased the Law I believe
was altered at the last session so as to bring
her within reach of a pension please
advise me if their is any thing more
necessary to be done before receiving the
certificate the papers were sent to
Washington and have not to our knowledge
been returned your early attention to the
subject will be gratefully received by the
the widow who is in indigent
circumstances
Your Obedient Servant
D. Chandler
Longmeadow Mass
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Marblehead, September 23d 1844
Honored Sir
I have received your favor
of 24th ult relative to the claim of
Mrs. Mehitable D. Colton, formerly the
widow of Pownal Deming, declining to
allow her an increase of her present Pension
and stating that she was allowed for 21 months
and 22 days Lieutenant, and 2 months 8 days
Lieutenant and Quarter Master, agreeably to
the records. Also adding-- "if the books of the
Secretary's Office at Boston show that she is
entitled to more it will be allowed."

In reply I beg leave very respectfully to
observe, - that it appears by letters written in behalf
of Mrs Colton to the undersigned, and now before me
that her said late husband "served during the whole
War in the Connecticut Line as Lieutenant
and Forage (not Quarter) Master."
These letters also assert that "the principal part of
the evidence produced was by his commissions.
which were all sent on to Washington
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It would therefore appear, that, if any further
record proof is necessary it will probably have
to come from the Secretary of Connecticut.

But I desire very respectfully to submit,
that it is considered Mrs. Colton is entitled
to an increase of her present Pension on
account of an increased allowance established
(and in several cases already allowed) by the
Department for the service of Forage Masters
over and above the allowance formerly granted for the service of that grade of Officers, and
this too with little or no reference to the
amount of pay the records may show they
received while in the service, - the same as
in the case of Surgeons, whose maximum
allowance was formerly $480 per annum,
while now-- in all cases it is believed- they
are allowed at the rate of $600.

The same remarks apply to several other
grades of Revolutionary Officers, or at least
such is the fact in regard to the increased
allowances made to Claimants of several other grades (whose claims were presented by agents located at Washington) by the Hon. Department, and already paid at the Massachusetts Pension Agency, and it is
not doubled at the other State agencies also, for
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of course the Hon. Department can have but one contemporary rule in allowances of this character to claimants from all parts of the Union.

I have no exact data of the rank and pay of Forage Master of the Revolutionary Army,  that grade of Officers not being named on a test of the pay of some twenty different grades now before me, - but it is generally considered that their pay and rank exceeded that of Lieutenants and Quarter Masters; and, as it is understood the Hon. Department already has evidence before it that applicants' said husband served a long time as a Forage Master of the Connecticut Continental Line, (though accidentally - as it would appear - your Honor's form names his services as Lieutenant and Quarter Master, merely,) it is thus earnestly hoped that a re-examination of the claim, and the Commissions and evidence filed and refered to in support of it, will satisfy the Department that Mrs. Colton is entitled to an increase of her present Pension.
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Pownal Deming, is founded upon the Roles
of Capt Kents Company of Col Durkee [illegible]
as a Lieutenant until 3 Sept 1783
No evidence of his service as Forage
Master in the records of the Connecticut Line
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Longmeadow March 11th 1843

Sir
Yours of 8 Inst is received stating that the certificate of the comptroller in the case of Mrs Mehitable D. Colton shows that her first husband Pownal Deming was acting as Forage Master on 3d January 1781. The Book reference to we have reason to believe is burned together with other papers belonging to Mr. Deming and if parol testimony will not avail anything we know of no more evidence that we can offer.
The Widdow Mrs. Mehitable D. Colton desires you to send a certificate for whatever service is proved.
I am very Respectfully your
Obt Servant
D. Chandler

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Washington D.C.
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Longmeadow March 2d 1843

Sir
I have received a note from the Hon. William B. Calhoun our Representative in Congress in bearing date 22d Feby 1843. Enclosed was a note from you to him bearing date 20th Feby 1843 stating that the Claim of Mrs Mehitable D. Colton for a pension had been examined and found to be satisfactory as to the date of the marriage and the service of her first Husband as a Lieutenant in the Connecticut Line. But among the exhibits there is a Commission from the Quarter Master General as Forage Master, which would enlarge the pension of a Lieutenant by the amount of actual service performed.
Herewith you will receive the Certificate of Mrs. Wells the Comptroller of Connecticut - which I hope will be satisfactory although but a small transaction for a Forage Master. There is an old Gentleman in Connecticut who has sun a Book kept by Lieut. Deming while Forage Master detailing the transactions while acting in that capacity and to vary large amounts which he says he could testify to and of his being a Forage Master by general reputation if you should deem the evidence of any importance it can be sent on. Please address your communications to your obt. Servant.
D. Chandler
Longmeadow Mass

J. L. Edwards Esq
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Longmeadow 27th March 1843

Dr Sir
On the 9th of the present month I wrote you by request of Mrs. Mehitable D. Colton in relation to her claim for a pension and stating to you that she wished a certificate sent for the service that she had been able to prove and not hearing anything since in relation to the matter we have reason to believe that the letter may have miscarried as her case has been noticed & answered soon.
Very Respectfully your Obt Servant
D. Chandler

J. L. Edwards Esq
Washington D. C.
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Widow of Luther Colton
Mrs. Mehatabel Colton Long Meadow Massachusetts. Her first husband was Capt. Deming, of the army in the Revolution.
Has this lady applied for a pension? And what is the result?
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Longmeadow 18th Sept 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
Herewith you will receive the evidence in the case of Mrs. Mehitable D. Colton who has made oath to her Declaration in due form of Law in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d of March 1843 if you deem the evidence satisfactory, you will please send a certificate.

Very Respectfully your Obt Servt
D. Chandler

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Marblehead, Feby 19th, 1844

Honored Sir:
At the request of Mrs. M. D. Colton - a Revolutionary Pensioner - under the laws of 1838 and '43, and formerly the widow of Pownal Deming Esq. I have the Honor to forward herewith a Declaration of hers made with the view of obtaining an increase of her Pension, - her said late husband having served, - as her friends represent to me - more than two years as a Forage Master of the Continental Line of the State of Connecticut Line of the State of Connecticut in the Revolutionary War, beside his Lieutenant Service.
I am, with very great respect,
your Honor's humble servt.
James Gregory

James L. Edwards Esq
Commission of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 57

Mehitable D Couton
Wid of
Pownal Deming
Connt Act 1848
Admitte

A. H. Markland
Page 58

Washington City
May 7, 1857

Hon. Geo C. Whiting
Comm of Pensions
I enclose herewith a power of attorney in case Mrs. Mehitable D. Colton wid of Pownal Deming. I will furnish evidence of a longer period of service than she has been allowed for.
I am Sir Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
A. H. Markland
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Pens Act 2d Feb. 48 Mass
Boynton
Page 60

8463
160 Acres

Mehitable D. Colton
who was a widow 
of 
Pownall Deming
Mass.
Act 1838, rejected 
see letter to Geo Colton
13 Apl 1839

To Calvin Colton Esq Present
Sep 20, 1848

D. Chandler Nov 4, 1842
to Hon. D. Webster Feby 20, 1843, to Mr. W. B. Calhoun
Feby 20, 1843, D. Chandler May 8 '43

Act 7 July 1838
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2227
Massachusetts
Mehitable D. Colton, formerly widow of Pownal Deming who was a Lieut & Forage Master in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 335 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Dec, 1843 and sent to D. Chandler Longmeadow Mass

Let to James Gregory Aug 24 '44
Rejected

Let to James Gregory
Oct 1, 1844
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Springfield Man. Apr. 11 1855
Hon Loren P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
DYir
I enclose application for Land Bounty
Mehitable D Colton-- 160 acres
Respectfully,

H.S. Noyes
Page 63

71.060
Page 64

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Hampden}ss.
On this twenty fifth day of November A. D. 1842 personally appeared before Oliver B. Morris Esq Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Hampden Mehitable D. Colton a resident of Longmeadow in said county aged 79 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress, passed July 7, 1838 and the 23d of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Pownal Deming who held the offices and performed the several specifically set forth in a former declaration made by the said Mehitable and forwarded to the Pension Office the said Mehitable and forwarded to the Pension Office to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1842 to which declaration. The said Mehitable now refers as a part of this declaration as well as to the documents and proofs accompanying the same. She also decares that she was married to the said Pownal Deming on the twenty ninth day of May in the year seventeen hundred & ninety one. That her husband the aforesaid Pownal Deming died on the ninth day of April in the year seventeen hundred & ninety five; 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 & ninety four, viz at the time above sated. She further declares that after the death of the husband aforesaid, she was
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married to Luther Colton on the second day of April seventeen hundred & ninety nine; that he died on the fourteenth day of October eighteen hundred & three and that she is still a widow.
Mehitable D. Colton

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me, and I do certify that the said Mehetibel D. Colton by reason of age and infirmity is unable to attend the Court, and I do further declare my opinion that the facts stated in the foregoing declaration are true. In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my name and cause the seal of the Court of Probate for this County of Hampden aforesaid to be affixed this twenty fifth day of November AD 1842.
Oliver B. Morris Judge of said Court of Probate

State of Massachusetts
Hampden County Ss. I, Justin Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for said county do hereby certify that the Hon. Oliver B. Morris is the Judge of said Court and that his signature subscribed to the foregoing certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Probate Court at Springfield this first day of December AD 1842.
Justin Willard
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Luther Colton, son of Simon Colton and Abigail his wife, died October 14, 1803 aged 47 years.
A true copy of record.
Attest William White Town Clerk of Longmeadow
Hampden Ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts January 2d, 1843. Then William White personally appearing made solemn oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true. Before me,
Ethan Ely Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden Ss.
I, Justin Willard Register of Probate within & for the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Ethan Ely Esq abovenamed is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County and that his signature subscribed to the above certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the Probate Court for said County this fifth day of January AD 1843.
Justin Willard
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Rocky Hill Society, Conn. the 30th day of Day of December, A.D. 1842.
I, Calvin Chapin, of Rocky HIll, in Wethersfield, Conn, do hereby depose & say, that the records of marriage, in the hand writing of the Rev. John Lewis, former Pastor of the church & society in Rocky Hill, Conn, do affirm & give assurance, that the marriage of Pownal Deming, of Hartford, & Mehetabel Boardman, of the said Rocky Hill, to each other, as husband & wife to each other, was solemnized on the twenty ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & ninety one.
I, the aforesaid deponent, do further depose & say, that the aforesaid book of records, i nthe hand writing of the undersigned, declare & gives certain assurance, that the widow Mehetabel Demint, widow of the said Pownal Deming, was married to Luther Colton, of Longmeadow, in Massachusetts, on the second day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & ninety nine; & that the said marriage of Luther Colton & the widow, Mehetabel Deming was solemnized by the undersigned.
Attest Calvin Chapin, Pastor of the above named church & society at the date expressed at the head of this deposition

State of Connecticut
Hartford County} Wethersfield December 30th A.D. 1842
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me Henry Bulkley Justice of Peace
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I Gideon Goff of Wethersfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut being in the eighty second year of my age do depose and say that I served in the revolutionary army and while there I was acquainted with Pownal Deming, who acted in the capacity of a commissioned officer having been on duty under him while in the army.
Gideon Goff

State of Connecticut
Hartford County}Ss. Wethersfield December 30th A.D. 1842
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me Henry Bulkley Justice of Peace
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I, Ruth Caldwell of the City & County of Hartford  & State of Connecticut being sworn do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Pownal Deming, who was an inhabitant of said Hartford all the time I was acquainted with him -

He was a Tenant of a store in said Hartford which belonged to my Father. The time I was acquainted with him was about two or three years. I understood at the time of my knowing him that he had served in the Revolutionary war of the United States. I remember distinctly the time of his death altho I cannot recollect the year he died. He died of a fit while he occupied our store - and he was buried in Hartford - or I believe. And further this Deponent saith not.
Ruth Caldwell

State of Connecticut Hartford Ss.
Personally appeared Ruth Caldwell who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my notarial seal this 30th day of December AD 1842.
Attest Walter Mitchell Noty Public
NB. the word "oath" was interlined by me W. Mitchell Noty Public
Page 70

I Jason Boardman of Wethersfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut being in the eighty first year of my age depose and say that I am acquainted with Mehitable D. Colton late widow of Pownal Deming and that she now resides in Long Meadow State of Massachusetts and was married to Luther Colton about the year one thousand eight hundred in my presence by the Rev. Calvin Chapin of said Wethersfield.

Jason Boardman

State of Connecticut
Hartford County }

[illegible] Wethersfield December 30 A.D. 1842 
Be it remembered that on the day of ??? Jason Boardman who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition appeared before me and made solemn oath to the truth of the same

Henry Bulkley Justice of Peace
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[upper left] See No 2886
Already Reg

[upper right] Hon. W. B. Calhoun
HR

State of Connecticut
Office of Secretary of State Dec. 30, 1842

I certify that Henry Bulkley Esq. is & for more than one month last past has been a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed & commissioned as appears of record in this office, & that the signature purporting to be his to three of the forgoing Depositions is, in my opinion, genuine.

I further certify that Walter Mitchell Esq is and for more than two months last past has been a Notary Public of this State, duly appointed & commissioned, as appears of record in this office, and that the signature purporting to be his to one of the forgoing depositions is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said State the day & year first above written

Noah A. Phelps
Secretary of State
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Massachusetts N. 1808
Mehitable D. Colton

widow of Pownal Deming
Cin
who served in the Revolutionary
War, as a Lt. Forage Master

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
335 Dollars -10

Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the day of
and sent to

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page   Vol.
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Massachusetts

2886
Mehitable D, Colton
formerly widow
of Pownal Deming
act 7 July 1838

M91.d05.

Lt 6 years -
Forage Master 26 oiu '80-
Sesy. oflon. Jany. 3 '87-

2 mo. 8 ds F. Master [illegible] Lt.
21 22 Lt.

[illegible numbers]
-22 9.77
$335.10

335.10
___________
1675.50 


[signed] D. Chandler E
LongMeadow
Con: