Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1688, Enoch Wood, Mass.

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Wood, Enoch Olive
N 688
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Maine 11.419
Enoch Wood
of Kennebec Co. in the State of Maine who was a Pvt. in the Company commanded by Captain Page of the Regt commanded by Col. French in the Maine Volunteer Troops -
6 Mo 19ds Service - 22.08
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 22 - Dollars 08 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Apr and sent to $33 R. C. Vose Augusta Me
Arrears to the 14th of March 1835 - 44.16
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 11 04
55.20
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 83
Let. Genl. D. 1: 1836 -
let to Enoch Wood 7/12 Apr. 1857

271
Name Oliver Wood widow of Enoch Wood
who served in the Revolutionary War, as a Private Mass Troops
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 22 Dollars 08
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1849 and sent to
G. B. Moody Bangor Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 8, 1848, Page 21, Vol. 1,
July 29/5
Book D

State of Maine.
THE Eliphalet Gillet a Clergyman, residing in the town of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec and — Nathan Moody residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Enoch Wood who has sub- scribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Eliphalet Gillet Nathan Moody
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss.—Sworn and subscribed this seventh day of September A. D. 1832
Before me,
Levi Aiken Justice of the Peace.
The Rev Eliphalet Gillet D.D. is a clergyman residing in the town of Hallowell. And Nathan Moody Esq of the same town is a credible person, and this statement is entitled to be believed. And before Aiken Esq is a Justice of the Peace. Nathan Weston Esq

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the 25 th day of March A. D. 1833.
PERSONALLY appears in open Court Enoch Wood by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jr. on the 30 th day of August A. D. 1832, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Int. S. J. C.
I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Enoch Wood for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 25 th day of March A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler

enlisted under the Enoch Wood
Private - Mass'tts troops
Grage's Co: Gerrish's regt.
3 months 12 days
Davis' Co: Cogginwell's regt.
3 months 7 days
months days 6 19
$221.08
On 3 months 19 days as a private E. D. Bangs's certificate
Declaration in Open Court
March 26, 1833,
R. L. Rose
Augusta, Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this twentieth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Enoch Wood a resident of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777 with Captain Ezra and served in Col. Isaac Gervish's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Ezra Capt, Gervish Colonel. That the last of November or first of December 1777 he was  was drafted as a private in that company and regiment for the period of four months. That this period he served out, and was verbally discharged at Cambridge in March or April 1778. That in September 1778, he again enlisted as a private in Capt Davis'  Massachusetts company, but does not now recollect the regiment or his Colonel, for four or five months, but thinks the latter. That he continued to serve until February or March 1779 when he was verbally discharged in Boston.
And to the inquiries propounded under the instructions of the department, he answers:
That he was born in Roxford, Massachusetts on October 1759, where his age is recorded, and where his home was during his revolutionary services. That in 1814 he removed to Hallowell, where he now resides. That at the above periods he enlisted, and was not drafted, as before stated but not received as a substitute. That he never took any written discharge. That at his first period, he was employed in guarding Burgoyne's army at Cambridge - In the second in building fortifications on Boston neck. That there was another regiment, he thinks Col Brooks of the militia commanded, guarding Burgoyne's soldiers.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Aug 30

And to the answers propounded under the instructions of the department, he answered: That he was born in Bedford, Massachusetts on October 1759, when his age is recorded, and when his home was during his revolutionary services. That in 1814 he removed to Hallowell, where he now lives. That at the above periods he enlisted, and was not drafted, as as before stated but not received as a substitute. That he never took any written discharge. That at his first period he was employed in guarding Burgoyne's stores at Cambridge - in the second in building fortifications on Boston neck. That there was another regiment, he thinks Col Brooks of the militia command, guarding Burgoyne's soldiers.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Enoch Wood
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Weston Esq. Unit S.P.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Esq.
Aug 30

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Enoch Wood for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this seventh day of September
A. D. 1832.
J. A. Chandler

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29 th July 1848.
State of Maine } ss. County of Penobscot }
on this sixteenth day of June in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared before me the undersigned judge of the District Court for the Eastern District being a Court of Record within said State and County Olive Wood a Resident of Bangor in said County aged eighty years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the follow- ing declaration, in order to obtain the ben- efit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 29 th 1848 - That she is the widow of Enoch Wood who was a private in the War of the Revolution - That she has no documentary or other proof in her possession by which she is enabled to state the particulars of her husband's service and that by reason of her age and infirmities she is not able to state said particulars from memory - that her husband

received a Pension for his services she thinks under the act of June 1832 at the rate of twenty four dollars per annum and she begs leave to refer for the particulars of his service to the proof in the Pension Office by virtue of which he was pensioned - She further declares that she was married to the said Enoch Wood on the sixteenth day of April A. D. 1794 in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred vir - at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension - She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Enoch Wood died at Hallowell in the County of Kennebec on the fifteenth day of November in the year 1837 and that her name before marriage was Olive Perley -
Olive Wood
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Joshua W. Hathaway Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District.

I certify that the applicant who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration is in my opinion from bodily infirmity and age unable to attend the court over which I preside or any other court in this County.
Witness my hand the day and year before written.
Joshua W. Hathaway Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District.
State of Maine Penobscot ss
I William T. Hilliard Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Joshua W. Hathaway Esquire is Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 16th day of June A. D. 1849 W m T. Hilliard Clerk

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Geo. B. Moody Bangor Maine

I, William R. Cole of Boxford in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts depose and say that I am Town Clerk of said Town and have the custody of the Records of said Town, that I have examined the said Records and that the following is a true copy from said Records viz "Marriages Returned by the Revd Peter Eaton"
"April seventh, seventeen hundred ninety-four Benjamin Robinson to Priscilla Tyler" "April sixteenth Enoch Wood to Olive Perley" with the exception of the dates which are expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as follows viz -
"April 7: 1794 Benjamin Robinson to Priscilla Tyler -
"April 16 Enoch Wood to Olive Perley" I further say that the Record of the marriage of Enoch Wood to Olive Perley is written on the line immediately below the others mentioned above -
I above named William R. Cole depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a

I, William R. Dole of Boxford in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts depose and say that I am Town Clerk of said Town and have the custody of the Records of said Town, that I have examined the said Records and that the following is a true copy from said Records viz
"Marriages Returned by the Revd Peter Eaton"
"April seventeenth, seventeen hundred ninety-four Benjamin Robinson to Priscilla Tyler - "April sixteenth Enoch Wood to Oline Perley" with the exception of the dates which are expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as follows viz -
"April 7: 1794 Benjamin Robinson to Priscilla Tyler -
"April 16 Enoch Wood to Oline Perley" I further say that the Record of the marriage of Enoch Wood to Oline Perley is written on the line immediately below the others mentioned above -
I above named William R. Dole depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a

true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certi- fied by me -
William R. Cole, Clerk of the Town of Boxford
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. County of Essex July 3rd 1849.
Sworn to before me
Moses Dorman J. Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 3. 1849
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed and attached, Moses Gorman Jr., was a Justice of the peace for the County of Essex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
W m L. Tuttle Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

No. Oliver Wood, widow of Enoch, Me. Act 29 July 1848.
Married 7 Apl 1794 Husband died 1837.
Adm d 6 mo's 19 days pri. $22.08. per annum fr 4 March 1848.
G. B. Moody Bangor Me.

I, Phineas Sweetser of Hallowell depose & say that I was well acquainted with Enoch Wood who was a Pensioner of the United States - I married his daughter - for some time before his death he had resided at the house of his son in law Thomas Frew in Bangor - In the month of November A.D. 1837 he came to Hallowell on a visit to my family - He was taken sick soon after his arrival and died at my house on the fifteenth day of November 1837 - His funeral solemnities were at my house - I was present in the house when he died & attended the funeral - He left a widow Olive Wood who now resides in Bangor Maine.
Phineas Sweetser
Thenchee H. Sworn to in open court in the Court of Probate for said County this twenty fifth day of June 1849.
Dan l Williams
Judge Register of Probate for said County
I, Maria Sweetser depose & say that I am the wife of Phineas Sweetser who gave the foregoing deposition and the daughter of Enoch Wood late a Pensioner of the United States.

I have read the deposition of Rhineus Sweetser above written and am personally knowing to the truth thereof & I depose & say that said Enoch died on the day therein stated & under the circumstances mentioned - that he left a widow Oliver Wood who resides in Bangor Maine.
Maria W. Sweetser
Hennebec H. June 25 th 1849. Sworn to in open court in the Probate Court for said County Dan t Williams Register Judge of Probate
State of Maine } ss. Hennebec County }
I Daniel Williams Judge Register of the Court of Probate holden at An- gusta in said County & for said County on the last Monday of June A. D. 1849, do hereby cer- tify that satisfactory evidence from the affi- davits of Rhineus Sweetser & Maria Sweetser above written who are persons entitled to credit and residents of Hallowell in said County has been exhibited to said Court that Enoch Wood who was a citizen of the United States died in the town of Hallowell in said County on the fifteenth day of November in the year 1837 and that he left a widow whose

Name is Olive Wood & now resides in Bangor in said State.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Augusta this twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord 1849.
Daniel Williams
Judge Register of Probate for the County of Kennebec
State of Maine County of Kennebec p.
I the subscriber Registrar of the Court of Probate for said County of Kennebec, hereby certify, that the Hon. Daniel Williams is the Judge of said Court of Probate and that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Olive Wood for a pension.
In witness whereof I have affixed the official seal of said Court & subscribed my name this twenty fifth day of June A D 1849. Francis Davis

E Wood
Hallamville
June
22 Feb
To the Honorable J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington.
District of Columbia
Enoch Wood
resks this pension
for C.
FREE

Hallowell, Maine, February 16 th 1837-
The Hon ble J. S. Edwards
Sir - Yours of Dec r 1 st 1836, was duly received in a few days after after its date, and I have attentively perused its contents, and if your statement is correct, I served in both campaigns eleven months and 14 days - "in Gages Genesee Regt. Company from 23 rd Dec r 1777 to 3 rd of April 1778, and in Davis' Company of Cogsweill's Regiment, from 27 th of April, to 31 st of Dec r 1778" - Now Sir, I do think there is a mistake somewhere. If I served in those two campaigns 11 Months & 14 days my Pension would be considerably more than I have received of the Agent at Augusta - At each semiannual payment, I have received ten dollars and 29 Cents, and no more - Sir, I am sorry to give you any further trouble about this business, but if you will have the goodness to reexamine the Rolls, and inform me by letter as soon as may be convenient, the time I did serve, and just what my pension ought to be - you will much oblige a poor old Soldier, who wishes happiness to you and all the human race of mankind - Enoch Wood.
167 44 211

James L Edwards Esq Comm-cc.

Bangor July 12. 1849
James L Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Sir
I enclose the Declaration & proofs of Oliver Wood for Pension under act of 29 th July 1848
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt
Geo. B. Woodley

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 10 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Enoch Wood served as a private in Capt. Nathaniel Gage's company in a Regiment of Guards commanded by Col. Jacob Gerrish at Winter Hill from the 23 d day of December 1777 to the 3 d day of April 1778. & was paid for three months & 12 days service including time to go home, and that the name of Enoch Wood is borne on a pay roll of Capt. John Davis company in Col. Jonathan Cogsweill's regiment of militia detached for the purpose of guarding & fortifying the Post in & near Boston, as having been paid for service from Sept r 27 th to December 31 st 1778, for three months & 7 days including time to go home. Edward D. Bangs Secy
3.12
3.07
6.19

Enoch Wood
Nov 29
FREE
To the Hon ble J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
ELIZABETH NOV 24 M o
me.
Washington D. C.
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Hallowell, State of Maine Nov. 22 nd 1836 To the Hon ble J. L. Edwards, Comm r of Pension Respected Sir. I was a Soldier in the revolution- ary war, and served two campaigns, in the militia of the State of Massachusetts, and I am entitled to, and draw a small pension; but there is a mistake, which I suppose, Mr. Vose, (the Agent for paying pension- ers in this section of the country) made inadvertently, as other Soldiers who served with me at the same time, and in the same places, and no longer than I did, and were verbally discharged when I was; get about two months service allowed them, and accordingly paid therefor; more than I have been allowed for the same amount of service, and received pay for. — There is something wrong about this matter, and I have a number of times told the Agent so, and his reply was, "it shall be rectified whenever you can make it appear from good authority, that you served longer than what you have been allowed for." Now Sir, all that I wish for, is, to have this matter set right. — I was told that the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts could probably give me correct information about this matter. I therefore

wrote to him on the Subject, and in a few days received the following reply—
Secretarys Office, Boston Aug. 22. 1836 Mr Enoch Wood, Sir. — Yours of the 18 th has just been received. — All our Books and papers concerning Revolutionary services, have been transferred to Washington to the Pension Officer, the Commissioner of Pensions, J. L. Edwards, therefore the proper person for you to apply to. — Letter to, & franking go free from postage
Respectfully your Ob t Serv t John D. Bigelow, Secretary of the
Commonwealth. The first Campaign I served in commenced in the fall of the year 1777, and terminated in the spring of 1778. — Our duty was, guarding Gen l Burgoyne's Troops, on Winter, and Prospect Hills, near Boston. — I was in Col. Jacob Gerrish' Regiment, and Captain Gage' Company — I do not recollect Captain Gage' Christian name. — The second Campaign I served in, commenced pretty early in the fall of 1778, and terminated, sometime the next winter or Spring — Our duty was building a fort, on the neck of land, between Boston and Roxbury, and guarding in, Boston &c — I was in Col. Cogswell's Regiment, and Captain Davis' Company — I cannot recollect the exact time when either of the campaigns commenced, or terminated, but, presume that the Books and papers in your Office, contain the precise time, and the length of each campaign, which I wish to know

All I want is, to have it right. I am aged and poor, as are a great many of the old Revolutionary Soldiers. Now Sir, If you will have the goodness to examine your Books and papers respecting this matter, and let me know as soon as may be convenient how the matter stands there, you will much oblige your obedient humble Servant, who most ardently wishes and prays, that the happy times may soon arrive, when man shall cease to be a foe, or an enemy to man — Enoch Wood.
M c . Vose is dead, and a M c . Woars acted as pay master in Sept r . —
Lin n.

Maine Roll, Act 7 th June 1832, Enoch Wood, private $22.08 per annum, To what time last paid? Died 15 th Nov. 1837, P a to his death. W. B.

Oliver Wood
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1688
Oliver Wood.
Widow.
Grace Wood.
Rev. Rev. War.
Act July 29. 1848.
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