Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25959, Joseph Wellman, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Wellman, Joseph Molly
W 25-959
CONTENTS

13.638 R
Second August 7. 1821 Gentle N. Coffin Wiscapit Maine,
District of Maine
Joseph Wellman
of Bristol in the state of District of Maine who was a Pirate in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed of the Mapachyett line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of July 1819 and sent to Francis Hatcher Esq. Thomaston Dist Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar. 1819.  86.89    Semi-anl. all'ce ending  Sep 1819.  48.00    10 Mo \frac{22}{30}  \frac{4}{31}   $134.89  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

1399.
Maine
Molly Wellman widow of Joseph Wellman who was a Sgt in the Mass line for 12 months.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Q 0 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of August, 1843 and sent to
Parker McCobb Jr Waldoboro (Maine)
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 11.
Rep. Aug 8
48
date of death not m AB

3697
Declaration Nelly Willman
ad 138 Bremen Nov 6. 1838.
m 78 d 31 -
adm 2 12 mo Sergt. 60 $
no deduction
Denny N. Cobb, Maladoro Name

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7 th July 1835, entitled, An act, granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Maine ss. At a Probate Court at Waldoboro, Lincoln ss. On this 14 th day of December A.D. 1835. Personally appeared before the Hon. Nathaniel Frooton Judge of Probate within and for the County of Lincoln and State of Maine at a Probate Court at Waldoborough, Molly Wellmans of Bremen in the County of Lincoln aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law both in her oaths, make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1835 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Joseph Wellmans who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. That the period of his entering the service the name of the Captain of the Company and the regt. of the Regiment in which he performed service is unknown to your applicant. For the particular periods and details of his service she respectfully refers to his original declarations on file in the War Office made under the Act of 1833 and in which said declaration his Certificate of Pension was granted. She further in oath declares that she was married to her said husband Joseph Wellmans on the Fifth day of February Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight at Mansfield in the State of Massachusetts by the Rev. Nathan Green a settled minister of the Gospel, as will more fully appear in reference to the annexed Certificate of the Clerk of said town of Mansfield, and in which said Certificate she refers as evidence in support of the legality of her marriage. She further declares that her maiden name was Molly Gilbert and that she has never intermarried with any other person but Joseph Wellmans and is now his widow.
She further declares

that she was married to the said Joseph Millman (of the Port of Blandy Green) on the Fifth day of February in the year One hundred and Twenty eight - that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Millman died on the Twenty fourth day of April 1831, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the same & but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January One hundred and thirty four at the time above stated Molly F Millman Must Witness Dwight M Goss
Given and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Nathaniel Grooton Judge of Probate
State of Maine County of Lincoln Co.
At a Probate Court holding at Waldoboro in & for said County on the Tenth day of November A.D. 1835. Personally appeared in open Court the same being a Court of record Molly Millman above named, and the same declaration being read and understood by her, she subscribed her name thereto and made oath that the same is true.
In Witness whereof I have caused the seal of said Court to be affixed, and the same to be countersig- ned by the Register of said Court and subscribed by any name the day and year above mentioned
Attest N. Grooton Regr.
Nathaniel Grooton Judge of Probate

State of Maine
Lincoln ss
I Jacob Smith, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Lincoln do hereby certify that Nathaniel Gooty is the Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln, and that this signature without attestation is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this 26 day of November A D 1835.
Jacob Smith Clerk.

I David W. Wellmans of Bremen in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged thirty three years on oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Wellmans for several years previous to his death - that he died in Bremen in the County & State aforesaid on the twenty fourth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty one leaving Molly Wellmans his widow - that the said Joseph Wellmans was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of 1818 an struck from the Rolls that Molly Wellmans his widow is now living and has never intermarried with any other person since his death. David W. Wellmans
State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss.
On this Tenth day of November A.D. 1855 Personally appeared David W. Wellmans above named and caused the foregoing deposition to be read to him and the same being read and understood by him, he subscribed his name thereto and made solemn oath that the same is true. Further certify that the said David W. Wellmans is a man of truth & veracity, and that his statements made under oath are entitled to full credit & belief. DWV W. COBB Just. to Peace

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Samuel M. Noble Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 26 th day of November A. D. 1836.
Jacob Smith CLERK.

February fifth one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Eight Married Each to the other Mr Joseph Wellman and Miss Molly Gilbert both of Mansfield, by the Rev. Roland Green
I W m B. Bates Certify that the foregoing is a True Copy of the Record of said Town of Mansfield with the Exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows February 5 th 1778 W m B. Bates Town Clerk of Mansfield
I W m B. Bates above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Mansfield, County of Bristol, and State of Massachusetts and the above is a True extract from the Records of said Town with the above named exception as Certified by me
W m B. Bates Town Clerk of Mansfield Mansfield Sept. 14 th 1838
Bristol ss. Sept. 14 th 1838 Then personally appeared the above named W m B. Bates Town Clerk of Mansfield and made Oath that the above Certificate by him subscribed is just and True in all its parts Before me David Gilbert Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. I James Sprout, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify, that David Gillick Esq., whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the peace within said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Taunton, this twenty first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight Jas. Sprout.

Joseph Wellman - Maine Lincoln Co
13.638-
Clerk of S.P. 1819
Coast Sept. 1819
Subp -
Discon d August 7, 1821 and sent to Mr. Coffin
Micaptame Maine
Lincoln County

STATE OF MAINE.
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 twelfth day of July 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 Sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Eben r Thatcher a Judge of the C C P Pleas 2 d Eastern Circuit
the same proceeding according to the course of the 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, Jos s Wellman aged 73 years, resident in Bristol 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 in the company commanded by Capt. Paysons in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 9 th day of Ap r A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13638 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, 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 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.
Joseph Wellman
Sworn to and declared, on the Sixth day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Eben r Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Notes of hand - $ 450
I owe sundry persons $ 650
Joseph Wellman
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joseph Wellman who, by occupation am a Tanner which I am unable to pursue by reason of bodily infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My Wife 58   Grandchild 4   Do 17 cripple   Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk Joseph Wellman  
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 the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Nothing dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Joseph Wellman of Bristol in the County of Lincoln and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & declare that about the month of December A.D. one Thousand seven hun- dred & seventy five I enlisted in the Army of the Revolutionary War of America as a private to serve in said War against the common enemy for one year therefrom That in pursuance of said enlistment I did serve in said Army faithfully & truly for the term aforesaid in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Payson in Colonel Joseph Reed's Regiment in the Massachusetts line on Continental establishment - That at the close of said term of service viz about the last of December A.D. one Thousand seven hundred & seventy six I again enlisted to serve during the remainder of the War and was employed at the Iron works in Mansfield in Massachusetts state in boring Guns & occasionally in Salem and other places in drilling guns that had been spiked & That I continued to serve in said Iron works (which was under the direction of Colonel Mansfield a French officer) untill the said works were destroyed by fire which was according to the best of my recollection in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred & seventy nine at which time or soon after as nearly as I can remember - I returned to my home -
I further testify and declare that I have never received a pension from the United States & that I hereby relinquish all claims to any prior to the present time. And furthermore I testify & Declare that by reason of my reduced cir- cumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my Country for support & do therefore hereby respectfully claim to be placed on the Pension list of the United States as a private by virtue of an act of Congress passed the eighteenth day of March A.D. one Thousand eight hundred and eighteen entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" I further testify & declare that I received from under the hand of Colonel Joseph Reed before named a Warrant as Sargeant in said Captain Samuel Payson's Company - which Warrant is herewith transmitted
Joseph Wellman

Applicant aged 73 yrs. - unable to work.
- wife 50 yrs. old -
- Gr: child 17 yrs. of age - a cripple -
- Gr: child, 4 yrs. old -
He has notes of hand for $ 450 -
over, $650 -
- Court says he is worth nothing.
Served one yr.
December 1775 - for one year.
re-enlisted Jan 1776 for 1 yr.
See Col. Reade's appointment of Applicant as sergeant, & his capt. cert.

C
Skowhegan Maine, Mar. 10, 1900.
Dear sir:-
Will you please send me the records of James Laughton , born in Concord Mass. was corporal of artillery at Bunker Hill. Also record of Joseph Wellman born at Dedham Mass. died Bremen Maine, blacksmith at Valley Forge, and worked in Gilbert's foundry casting guns, he was a pensioner and

came to this state from Mansfield Mass. The wife of James Laughton , Mary Gilbert , drew a pension for years, the said James Laughton served seven years, I need documentary proof in order to join the Sons of the American Revolution.
Yours very truly,
Box 1007 J. N. Merrill Jr.
P. S. Joseph Wellman died at Broad Cove Me. ( not positive ) on aug 24, 1831.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25,959
Molly Wellman Wid of Joseph Wellman Sgt Mass Line
Act: Mar 3 rd 1823
Index:—Vol. W , Page 325
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mar. 22. 1900 Mr. J. K. Merrill Jr Skowhegan Me
Oct 25-1901 Rev. J. W. Wellman Boston Mass

1432 Declaration Molly Williams
$:60 per am
Parker W. Colburn Waldoboro Maine.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that
John G. Castner Esq.
whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as
a Justice of the Peace
is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so
affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
SEAL of the District Court for the Middle District
Court this twenty third day of May
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Jacob Smith CLERK.

Declaration Nelly Wellman.

(Declaration) In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 d March, 1833, granting Pensions to the widows of soldiers who have received Pensions under the Act of July 9. 1838.
State of Maine County of Lincoln On this twelfth day of May A.D. 1843 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, Molly Wellman , a resident of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln aged Eighty One years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, took up her right, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March 1833, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Joseph Wellman who was a Sergeant during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Joseph Wellman at the rate of Sixty Dollars per annum, under the Act of July 9. 1838, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland in the State of Maine . She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Joseph Wellman having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Witness my hand Parker T. Colburn John S. Cartner
Molly for Wellman mark

Then to be subscribed on this Fifteenth day May AD 1843 Before me
John H. Justner Justice of the Peace
I certify that the Declaration of Mary Wellman is personally known to me to have been sworn to under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed Widow of Joseph Wellman deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death John H. Justner Justice of the Peace

Molly Wellmary
Payment to be made
at Portland
by C. Newhall, Esq.
Agent for paying pension-
ers, in the Agency of
Maine
Payable on the 4th March
and 4th September in each
year.
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book A Vol. 1-
Page 26 by
R. Burdine Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838. Molly Wellman, of Maine, widow of Joseph Wellman, deceased, who was a Sergeant in the Revolution, and died on the twenty fourth day of August 1831, is entitled to receive five years pension at the rate of Sixty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 21 st   day of March  one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
H. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Maine - 2880
Molly Wallen are widow of Joseph Wallen
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. Mar. '18, and who died on the 24. August 1831 of Lincoln in the State of Maine who was a Serjt. in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for 12 m.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of May 39, and [blank] Derry McCobb, Waldoboro, Maine
Arrears to the 14th of March - $ 180.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 20.00 $ 210.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 26.

Joseph Skellman (Continental) Mass. W. 25959

Joseph Willman warrant

By Joseph Read. Colonel of the 13 th Regiment of Foot raised by order of the Honorable the Continental Congress of the Thirteen United States of America —
To Joseph Wellman Greeting —
By Virtue of the Power and Authority given to me by the Honorable the Continental Congress aforesaid. Reposing Special confidence in your courage and good conduct. I do. by these Presents constitute and appoint you the said. Joseph Wellman. to be a 2 nd Serjeant in the 13 th Regiment of Foot now under my Command — You are therefore to discharge the duty of a 2 nd Serjeant in a Company of said Regiment Commanded by Captain Samuel Payson and Carefully and diligently to observe and obey all such orders as you shall from time to time receive from your Superior Officers. and you are to be faithfull in all duty put to you as a 2 nd Serjeant. whereof this shall be your suffi- =cient Warrant; — Given Under my Hand this 16 th Day of December — 1776. —
Joseph Read } Colonel —

I Sam l Payson of Hope in the County of Lincoln State of Massachusetts, late Cap t in the 13 th Reg t Massachusetts line commanded by Col t Joseph Rusk on the Continental establishment testify as say that Joseph Williams late a Sergeant in the Comp y under my command, in said Reg t enlisted in the month of Decem r 1776 for one year in the continental establishment in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, that he served the full term of one year & was honorably discharged from the army of the U. States as a Sergeant on the continental estab- lishment as aforesaid, —
Subscribed & sworn to at Sam l Payson Hope State aforesaid the 28 th day of Apr. 1818. —
Before me, Fergus McLean Justice of Peace State of Massachusetts County of Lincoln ss. August 28 th 1819
I Ebenezer Thatcher a Justice of the Peace in the State of Massachusetts hereby certify that Samuel Payson who made the foregoing deposition is the identical person who ap- peared to me a Captain Commission in the Continental service in the War of the Revolution — which commission was by me forwarded with his appli- cation for a Pension & is now on file with the same in the Office of the War Department and also that Fergus McLean is an acting Magistrate in the County & State aforesaid duly qualified to act as such & that the above is his signature — — —
Ebenezer Thatcher —

Joseph Wellman Bristol Maine
Mass Line
Col. Reeds Regmt
Decem r 1775
Decem r 1776 1777
Admitted upon the evidence found
Admitted
W. Bristol
watch

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Joseph Wellman , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Bristol , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the 9 th day of April , 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 provision 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 produced by said applicant are 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 that the said applicant did serve as a sergeant & private in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, 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 his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this first day of August , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the HONORABLE EBENEZER THATCHER, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this 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 Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this  day of  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Wiscasset County of Lincoln June 20 th 1819
The Official character of the subscriber will appear by the Clerk's seal & signature to cases previously forwarded — and also by an authentication from the Secretary of State of Massachusetts connected with that of Judge Stebbins — recently filed in the Pension office — E Thatcher