Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 56,944-160-55, for Robert Perkins, Massachusetts

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State of Maine
County of Somerset SS.}
On this fifth day of March 1857 before me William Allen a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly qualified to administer oaths personally appeared Samuel R. Perkins a resident of New Sharon in the State aforesaid, born on the first day of April 1790 aged sixty seven years (wanting twenty seven days) a person by me well known as a ma of truth and unblemished reputation; who being first sworn according to law declares on oath that he lived with his father Robert Perkins deceased or by him from the time of his birth toll his said father, Robert Perkins, died at Woolwich in Maine on the thirty first day of March 1837 aged seventy two years 
That this declarant often heard his father Robert Perkins speak of his services in the war of the Revolution and particularly of his service in Captain Dodge's company as a private in the Battle on Rhode Island under General Sullivan three months in 1778 that he was but sixteen years old when he enlisted.-
He without knowing of his name's being born on the Rolls in Massachusetts requests the Secretary of State of Massachusetts to make an examination of the records & rolls in this office where he found the name of his father born on the Pay Rolls of Capt Dodge's Company as private for three months and three days from April 1 1778 corresponding with the repeated statements of his father, from the time of his earliest recollection [toward] the time of his fathers death; That he has good reason to believe and does verily believe that his said father was the identical Robert Perkins whose name is borne on said Roll which has been certified [to the] Pension office in support of the claim of Mary C. Perkins for Bounty land as widow of said Robert Perkins deceased.

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No 223, 669 under the act of March 3, 1855.

He further testifies that his Grandfather was a Lieutenant and Commanding Officer, afterwards Captain of the Ipswich Company of Cavalry stationed near Boston during the Battle of Bunker hill in 1775, and that this deponent often heard his father, the said Robert Perkins say that he was his father's water and saw the engagement on Bunker Hill and that he assisted in removing a rail fence placing the same parallel with another fence and filling the space with hay to protect our troops;
That Capt Perkins' company of Cavalry was all dispersed in different directions to carry [expresses] into the country at that time. This declarant further testifies that he has heard his father the said Robert Perkins decd often say in his lifetime that he served during one cruise in a ship of war or privateer under Capt Coos out of Marblehead, against the common enemy.
That his said father was a resident of Ipswich Massachusetts during the war of the Revolution and afterwards removed to Woolwich in Maine where he remained to the time of his death.
That his father was also, taken prisoner from a privateer during the war and carried to Halifax where he was detained a prisoner three months as this deponent has heard him say; that he has no interest in the claim of said widow, his step mother. 
Samuel Perkins

Subscribed and sworn on the day and year first above written before me
William Allen Justice of Peace