Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,960, Nicholas Cain, Continental Mass. Res. 1818 Me. Res. 1820

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(3-1778)
SERVICE
Continental
Cain, Nicholas
NUMBER
S. 36,960.
Mass. res. 1818 Me. res. 1820
CONTENTS

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10.976

10.976
to Maine
from Massachusetts
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Nicholas Cain
of Boston in the state of Massachusetts
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Glover of the Massachusetts 
line, for the term of one year.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts 
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 16th of December 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of May 1819
and sent to S. Putnam, Esqr
Salem, Masst.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1819 8 20/31 | $69.16
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept. 1819 | 48.00
| $117.16

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

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Suffolks County

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[faint and difficult to read]
[illegible] Sent to Jre Bailey Esq 14 May, 1821 [illegible] Maine

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Nicholas Cain Priv
Glovers Massa reg.
Revolutionary Claim.
7 [illegible] 1 Year
Dec. 16. 1818 Hon. S. Putnam

X

Admitted.

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Declaration of Nicholas Cain [underlined]
Nicholas Cain of Boston in Massachusetts aged 57 on oath makes the following Declaration:
That early January A. D. 1776 he enlisted as a private Soldier for the term of one year in Capt. Bond's Company in Col. John Glover's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line: that he marched from Beverly near Salem, the Headquarters' of the Regiment to New York and served the premier campaign there and in the Jersies: that he was at the capture of the Hessians: and that on or about the first of Jan. 1777 he was discharged honorably at Newtown in Pennsylvania on account of the disbanding of the Regiment & His term of enlistment having expired.
[illegible markings] 
That he never had any pension: and that he is in reduced circumstances in life, poor, and infirm and is now in need of assistance of [of is crossed out] from his country for support.

Nicholas Cain
his mark [The space between the two words is marked with a black "X" mark.]
Signed + sworn to
16 Dec. 1818 before
S. Putnam J. S. J. bound
of Mass.

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[all handwritten]
Proof [underlined]
I William R. Lee Esquire of Salem in Massachusetts and Collector of the customs for the port of Salem and Beverly on oath testify:
That I well know Nicholas Cain, now of Boston formerly of Marblehead, where I lately resided: That the said Nicholas Cain was a year's man for the year 1776 in Capt. Bond's Company in Col. Glover's Regiment in the Masstts. line: that he regularly served that year and was discharged at Newtown in Pennsylvania at the end of that year when the Regiment was disbanded. I was Major of that Regiment.
Will R Lee [signed with a flourish above and beneath]

I, John Down, of said Salem, on oath that I was a private in Capt. Bond's Company in Glover's Regiment and served all the year 1776 - I know that the said Nicholas Cain, who now lives in Boston, was a private soldier all that year in the same company with me. He is very poor.
John Down
his mark [Between the two words is a black "x" mark]

[illegible]: Dec. 16th 1818 then Col. Will R. Lee and John Down abovenamed, two credible and disinterested witnesses subscribed and made oath to the above affidavits before
Benj. Merock his Mark [Marked with a X] January

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.

On this sixteenth day of December A. D. 1818 personally came before me Samuel Putnam, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth the aforenamed Nicholas Cain and subscribed and made upon oath the Declaration aforewritten: and it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Cain served more than nine months at one period of continued service in the Army of the Revolution on the Continental establishment against the common enemy, that the said Wm R. Lee Esqr. and John Down are credible and respectable witnesses, and that said Cain is in reduced and indigent circumstances and is in need of assistance from his country for support, I hereby certify to the War Department the proceedings in the case. 

Given [illegible] my hand and seal of said Court this sixteenth day of December A. D. 1818.

S. Putnam Just
S. J. Court of Masst.

[Seal]


I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Court aforesaid hereby certify that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that Benjamin Merrill Esqr. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County; that their aforewritten signatures are genuine, and that the Seal affixed is the seal of said Court.

Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

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102
Nicholas Cain

10976
Sept 19,

[in pencil]
Con
V
transfer

Bailey

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STATE OF MAINE. [Printed large at the top of the page]
LINCOLN, ss.... At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the eleventh [handwritten in blank spot between print] day of July [handwritten] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.

On this eleventh [handwritten] day f July [handwritten] in the year 1820, personally appeared in open court [handwritten from "in" to "court"] the same proceeding according to the course of common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings and having "the power of fine and imprisonment" and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Nicholas Cain [name handwritten] aged sixty six [handwritten] years, resident in Boothbay in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private [handwritten] in the company commanded by Capt. Bond [handwritten] in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Glover [handwritten] in the line of the State of Massachusetts [handwritten] on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the sixteenth [handwritten] day of December [handwritten] A. D. 1818 [final 8 in date handwritten], and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10.976 [handwritten] was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, of any part thereof, with intent thereby 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me. 
[illegible] John D. Mcrate [signature handwritten]
Nicholas Cain
his mark [Between the two words is a black "x" mark]
Sworn to and declared, on the 11th [handwritten] day of July [handwritten] A D. 1820}
BEFORE Josiah Stebbins [signature handwritten]{One of the Judges of the said Court.

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SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:

Real Estate none
[illegible] none

Nicholas [his mark X] Cain

Attest. D. W. Crate


SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Nicholas Cain who, by occupation am a fisherman which I am unable to pursue [crossed-out by reason of] in a moderate degree only, on account of my age.

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NAMES. | AGES. | Capacity of each to contribute to their support.

I have no wife or family

Attest. D. W. Crate
Nicholas [his mark X] Cain

Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk



STATE OF MAINE.

LINCOLN. ss.

I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit within the county of Lincoln do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, nothing [crossed-out dollars and cents]. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this eleventh day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

Nat Coffin {Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln}

[Seal]

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36 960
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 36.960
Nicholas Cain
Pri Rev War
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Act: 18th March 18'
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 67

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Hon. Secretary of War
Pension Office
Washington

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State of Maine,
Wiscesset March 5. 1821

Hon. Secretary of War, [illegible],

Enclosed is the schedule of property of Nicholas Cain a Revolutionary soldier, which has been before sent on, and returned for a transfer to be made by him to the Roll of this State.

In his behalf, I now forward his application for a transfer to the Roll of this State. I hope you will find the papers correct.

He has nothing with which to support himself, therefore as early a decision is convenient, will greatly oblige him.

With much respect,
Your most Obd Servt

Jere Bailey