Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22553, Richard Wentworth, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
NH
Wentworth, Richard.
Joanna
N. 22553
CONTENTS

March 21. 1849
Richard Wentworth of Simon in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Bailey in the Maine line for almost 24 days Battle 12th Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 82 Dollars - 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Sept 1833 and Lieut S. D. Maine Division a Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $206.67 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar 84 - 41.33 $248.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R.H. Arsen Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1st Page 64

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD, SS.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Clerk's Office.
I, JOHN H. SMITH, Clerk of said Court, hereby certify that Lyman Jones is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such, at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit, that his commission is dated July 3 A. D. 1847 and will expire July 2 A. D. 1852, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are true and genuine; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this
sixteenth day of October A. D. 1851,
John H. Smith Clerk.

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD, ss.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Clerk's Office.
I, JOHN H. SMITH, Clerk of said Court, hereby certify that Richard Russell is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such, at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit, that his commission is dated May 24 th _____ A. D. 18 49 . and will expire May 23 rd _____ A. D. 18 54 . and that the fore- going signature purporting to be his are true and genuine; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Sixteenth day of October A. D. 18 51 .
John H. Smith Clerk.

The State of New Hampshire
County of Strafford ss.
Court of Common Pleas Clerk's Office.
I, John H. Smith Clerk of said Court, hereby certify that Hiram R. Roberts, Esquire, is a Judge of said Court, and was such at the time of the taking of the annexed declaration by him, and that his signature to the same, purporting to be his, is true and genuine —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of October A. D. 1857.
John H. Smith Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of July 4th 1836
State of New Hampshire Strafford County ss.
On this twenty third day of May A. D. 1857 personally appeared before Hiram M. Roberts a justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire. Stephen Wentworth a resident of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire before eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the vested right to the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That he is the son of Joanna Wentworth who was the widow of Michaele Wentworth late of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine deceased who was a private and sergeant in the Massachusetts Continental Line and that he was pensioned on the 27th day of September 1833 under the act of June 7th 1832 at the rate of $82.67 per annum payable at the pension agency at Portland State of Maine.
He further declares that his Father the said Michaele Wentworth and his Mother the said Joanna Wentworth were married before the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and that he the said Michaele Wentworth died in said Lebanon on the 15th day of June 1835, and that his Mother the said

Joanna Wentworth since also died in said Liberator County of York & State of Maine, a Widow, on the twenty fourth day of July 1838. and that she has continued the Widow of the said Michael Wentworth to the day of her death, as will more fully appear by reference to the proffumeto annexed
Witness Thomas Wentworth      Stephen his Wentworth mark
Eleanor Dunker
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me: and I certify that the above applicant is unable from bodily infirmity, to attend the court      William R. Roberts

8198
Richard Wentworth
April 9 th 1833
Ob - 18.
8198.
Last 12 Months
  Phat  6 - 24         18 - 24     P. 325  
333 67 266
  65     20     267         82.167         165.34     41.33         906.67   
Ingrace S. Kimball
E Sebanon, Me

BRIEF in the case of Richard Wentworth  of Lubec in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 86 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     May In 1775 1. 12 Private Colt' Gorton   Nov e 1775 1 " 12 " Colt' Hase - Col d Poor - Col d Sullivan   Aug t 1776 4 - Sergt Colt' Roberts Col d Walbridge "   Sept r 1777 3 - Sergt Colt' Gorton Col d Storer   May 1778 9 - Sergt Col d Baily - Col d Arnold  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Taking of Burgoyne  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bethel Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  The Papers are not attached with a reference 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutter Examining Clerk.

No. 276 Joanna Wentworth. No. since Oct 4 July 1836
admitted P. & L. 682.67 died 15 June 1855-

have remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Witness
Joanna her X Wentworth mark
Wm. A. Hayes
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me, Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate for York County in the state of Maine
And I William A. Hayes Judge of Probate as aforesaid do further certify that Joanna Went- worth above named is a person of truth and her declarations are entitled to full credit and that she personally appeared before me and made oath in manner above stated that she is unable to attend court by reason of great age & bodily infirmity
Wm. A. Hayes Judge
State of Maine
Yah p. I William Guttco Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of York, hereby certify that the Hon. William A. Hayes is the Judge of said Court, as above stated, and that the signatures annexed above are his genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty-third day of September, 1836.
Wm. Guttco Allen Regr. Court Probate York Co.

State of Maine York County ss
On this ninth day of September A.D. 1896, personally appeared before the subscriber judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County of York, Joanna Wentworth a resident of Lebanon in the County of York & State of Maine, aged eighty four 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 July 4, 1896 - That she is the widow of Richard Wentworth late of said Lebanon a Revolutionary pensioner under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution under several enlistments reference being had for a full description and proof of his services, to the application of said Wentworth now on file in the War Office, and to the depositions accompanying the same. She also served in the militia in the year 1777 at Stillwater at the taking of Gen. Burgoyne under Col. Joseph Thayer, Major Littlefield and Capt Samuel Grant, as a Sargent I think proof of this service is also lodged in the War or Pension Office at Washington the pension certificate of said Richard Wentworth was sent to the Pension Agent at Portland, Maine in Sept. -ember 1895.
She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Wentworth in the year seventeen hundred and seventy three, by Parsons James Pike a Congregational minister but I cannot now recollect the day of the year and the records of our marriage together with the whole church records were burned together with the Parsons dwelling house several years after our intermarriage. My husband the aforesaid Richard Wentworth died at said Lebanon on the fifteenth day of June A.D. 1895, and I said Joanna Wentworth

have remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Joanna her Mentworth mark
Witness
Wm. A. Hays

Richard Wentworth
8198
57

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this seventh day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate for the County of York now sitting at Winnabunk  Richard Wentworth resident of Lebanon in the county of York and State of Maine aged eighty six 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
I the said Richard Wentworth entered into the service of the United States in the year A.D. 1775 in May for the term of six weeks at Berwick in the County of York Dist. of Maine & Commonwealth of Massachusetts where was my place of residence, under Capt. Moses Newton of Somersworth N.H. Benjamin Warren was our first Lieut John Knight was second Lieut. Our Company met at Adamsville in said Berwick, from there we marched to Portsmouth N.H. We were stationed in Govt Wentworth's house in said Portsmouth. A British ship was then in Pepperell Cove near Nittery point to which place we marched each day during the six weeks I served. We were discharged the loss of guns at Portsmouth. I was a private soldier - We were stationed again at Portsmouth.
I the said Wentworth also enlisted in the service of the United States a second time in the month of November A.D. 1775 for the term of six weeks at said Berwick where I still reside, under Capt. David Blue Aaron Denson was first Lieut James Grafton of Berwick was second Lieut. The Company met at Dover N.H. and from there marched to Cambridge Mass - and was then stationed six weeks till our enlistment was out. We were in Col. Poor's Regiment and Gen. Sullivan's Brigade - I served as a private soldier at said Cambridge. I was still a Militia man.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Richard Wentworth
Witness Wm. A. Hayes
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate
WE, Increase S. Kimball Esq. , a clergyman , residing in the town of Lebanon Maine and Thomas Wentworth , residing in the town of Lebanon hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Richard Wentworth who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty six 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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Increase S. Kimball
Before Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate  Thos. Wentworth

AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the beforenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Increase S. Kimball who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman , resident in the town of Lebanon , and that Thomas Wentworth , who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Lebanon , and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Wm. A. Hovey, Judge I, Wm. Walter Allen, Regisr. , clerk of the Court of Probate of the County of York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Richard Wentworth for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this seventh day of August , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Wm. Walter Allen, Regisr. of Probate.
The James Weston a clergyman residing in the town of Lebanon Maine, and David Jones residing in said Lebanon Esq., hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the beforenamed Richard Wentworth who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration on the left hand page; that we believe him to be eighty, six 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 - Sworn to and subscribed this twenty second day of April A.D. 1833
Before me Increase S. Kimball Justice of Peace
James Weston David Jones
And I Increase S. Kimball a justice of the Peace within and for the County of York, hereby certify that James Weston who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Lebanon and that David Jones who has also signed the same, is a magistrate resident in said town of Lebanon and is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit.
Increase S. Kimball Justice of Peace

State of Maine.
Yak fs.
I Wm. Curtis Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county hereby certify that Imogene S. Winchell is a true copy of the head for said county and that the signature within purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of May A.D. 1883.
Wm. Curtis Allen, Register of Probate
Michael Henle

I the said R. Mentworth enlisted a third time in the service of the United States in the year A.D. 1776 in the month of August for four months under Capt. James Roberts - I enlisted at Bennington aforesaid where I resided - Andrew Drown was first Lieut. Samuel Drown was 2d Lieut. - The company met at Dover from thence we marched to Rhode Island where we joined Col. John Mawson's Regiment and General Sullivan's Brigade - We were stationed in Providence four months and there discharged the last of October I served as a private soldier - The same militia men at Providence
I the said Mentworth also enlisted a fourth time in the United States service in the year 1777 at Bennington aforesaid where I still resided - I marched the first day of September for Still Water in the State of New York to meet Burgoyne under Capt. Samuel Grant. Lieutenant Full was first Lieut. and Goshaw Mason was 2d Lieut. of our company. We joined Col. Joseph Storer's Regiment at Bennington. Lieut. Gershom Gates commanded our Brigade - I was present at the taking of Burgoyne and in a part of the battle - I was drawn out a guard to guard the British prisoners to Boston when I was discharged I served as a sergeant in Capt. Samuel Grant's Company aforesaid - I was discharged in May 1778 we were militia.
I the said Mentworth enlisted a fifth time in the service of the United States in the year A.D. 1778 for the term of nine months - I was hired to go into the nine months service, by a class in Bennington aforesaid where I then resided in the month of May - I passed muster at York in the District of Maine - Samuel Emerson was Muster Master - From York we went in messes to Fishkill in New York - We then joined Col. Bailey's Regiment and Genl. Arnold's Brigade. We remained at Fishkill two weeks, then we went to West Point and worked on the fort two months - then we went to White Plains, and from thence to Danbury - from thence to Stamford, from Stamford to Bladensburg, from thence back to Fishkill for winter quarters where I remained till discharged in February 1779.
I served in the nine months service above named as a sergeant. I have no written discharge of either campaign - I was born in Bennington N.H. in the year 1746 when I died till I was twenty four when I moved to Bennington and was an inhabitant of that town till I left the service of the A.S.A. when I moved to Lebanon where I still reside - I have no documentary evidence of either campaign; and there is no person living that I know of, who was with me at Providence under Capt. James Roberts, and Lieut. Andrew Drown and Samuel Drown.

to the Treasury under the Act of April 5 th 1838 from March 4 th to 2 nd July 1838. Ag d notice May 3 rd 1842
Lt Hmly Wentworth Set Rts to Russell Jan 7 8/52
Maine Pension of Richard Wentworth of York Co. in the State of who was a Priv t in the Co by Captain _____ of the by Col. Bailey in the M t line for 18 months & 24 days. Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 82 Dollars 67 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831. died 15 June 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Novem- ber, 1836 and sent to S. D. Kimball Esq r Lebanon.
Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th March 37, 41.33
Recorded by { Revolutionary Claim, } Book { Act June 7, 1832. } Vol. 1 Page 22 Clerk.

O. W. & N. Div. W. 22553 L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
September 29, 1896.
Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Richard Wentworth, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension August 7, 1832, at which time he was 36 years of age and residing at Lebanon, Me., and his pension was allowed for six months and twenty-four days' actual service as a private, and one year's actual service as a sergeant in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. James Roberts and Col. Bailey. He enlisted at Berwick, Me.
His widow, Joanna, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Miss Gertrude Buell Card, 17 Maple Street, Woonsocket, R. I.

Rev 22.553 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22.553
Joanna Wentworth Wid of Richard Wentworth Bapt. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 823
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sep. 29 '96. Sold her pensioned to Gertrude B. Card Woonsocket, R. I.
Oct. 22 - 1890 Mrs. Grace M. Batch No. Adams Mass.
Mar. 16 - 1903 - Wilt to Mr. B. Hatch. Whitman Mass.
1924 Dec. 2. Married J. A. Miller adv. as date of marriage, M.C.
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To the Pension Bureau of Washington
Can you tell me the date of marriage of Richard Ventworth & Joanna Clark. Richard Ventworth was born in Berwick Maine, 1746 and lived - after marriage in Lebanon Maine.
Said Richard Ventworth was a Revolutionary soldier and was granted a pension & - after his death, about 1835, his wife received it.
I wish to fill out papers for the D.A.R. and have not been able to find that date.
Yours respectfully
Mrs J A Miller
Cohasset Mass
Nov 14, 1924

Buy Gowell for Nicholas Montworth

I Benjamin Blossom of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine aged seventy, nine upon oath do testify and say that I well knew Richard Wentworth then of Berwick in the said County of York, a soldier in the War of the Revolution. I served with said Wentworth in the Company of Capt Samuel Grant in the year 1777. He enlisted at Berwick aforesaid as Militia man for five months, if not sooner discharged. Our first Lieut was Christian Hall, our ensign was Josiah Drown. We marched from Berwick the first day of September 1777 for Andover Mass to drive arms from there to Bellington. Our Colo was Joseph Storer of Haverland. Our Major was with Littlefield from Wells. From Bellington we marched to Stillwater in New York State where we were in a part of the battle at the taking of Genl Burgoyne - after the battle at Stillwater Burgoyne retreated to Saratoga where he surrendered - We then marched to Albany, when said Wentworth and myself together with others were drawn out to guard the British to Boston. We were discharged at Boston in the month of January, 1778. Said Wentworth served in the capacity of a sergeant - he was a good soldier as I ever served with.
In the year 1778 I the said Blossom saw the said Wentworth at West Point a soldier in the summer of said year, I also saw the said Wentworth a soldier in the Fall of said year at a place called the Fishkills in the State of New York - I was also a soldier at this time, but not in Regiment to which said Wentworth belonged, I was stationed at a place called the Highlands of New York about 4 miles from where said Wentworth was stationed, I frequently saw said Wentworth during the campaign of 1778 and knew of his serving in the nine months service as aforesaid.
Witness
Benjamin Blossom his mark
Witnesses Wentworth
York ss August 6, 1822. The above named Benjamin Blossom to me is well known to be a credible witness and a man of truth and veracity - On the day and year above named the said Benjamin Blossom personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by his subscribed before me. Ebenezer D. Kimball Esq. Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Gowe of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine upon oath testify and say, that I well knew Richard Wentworth a soldier in the war of the revolution the said Wentworth served in the Company of Samuel Grant Capt., Quaker's Falls was first Lieut in the year 1777 at Stillwater and Saratoga in Col Joseph Storer's Regiment of Infantry, Major Littlefield of which was our Major I knew the said Wentworth a soldier as aforesaid three months, he served as a sergeant during said three months - He marched the first day of September in the year aforesaid and was in Moore's Creek following discharged at Albany he went to Boston. The above mentioned men of whom I served with said Wentworth in the same Company and have personal knowledge of his being a soldier as aforesaid during the three months as stated above Benjamin Gowe
York ss. July 23. 1832
The above named Benjamin Gowe to me is well known to be a credible witness and a man of truth and veracity, and on the day and year above mentioned - said Gowe personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed, Before me
Increase S. Kimball Justice of Peace

I, Josiah Clark of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine do hereby certify, upon oath testify and say that I well knew Mr. Nathan Wentworth a soldier in the War of the Revolution in the year 1775 in the month of November we enlisted under Capt David Plummer of Rochester then Mr. Clumpston said Wentworth was then of Berwick County of York and Dist. of Maine Aaron Hanson of said Berwick was our Lieut I do not recollect who our 2nd Lieut was I served with said Wentworth six weeks in said year We joined Col. Pease Regiment We were stationed at Winter Hill near Charleston in Mass, and about three miles from Burn- Hill - our term of enlistment was until the last day of December 1775 I served with said Wentworth and had personal knowledge of said Wentworth's services as a private in the above militia men his Josiah Clark Mark Witness Nathan Lord
July 28, 1872
The above named Josiah Clark to me is well known to be a credible witness a man of truth and veracity, is not interested in this case: On the day and year above named, the said Clark person- ally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me - Increase S. Kimball } Justice of Peace
State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
I, WILLIAM CUTTER ALLEN, Register of Probate, for the County of York, hereby certify that Increase S. Kimball is a Justice of the Peace for said County of York, as above stated and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal, this Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.

Nashville August 3/50
Dear Sir:
Please write me the time, age & place of death of Richard Wuthworth, Private & Sergeant, of Mass Cont Line. If not dead, I want his age & present abode. Please state if his widow d ied , if she is dead. He was on the York Co Name Rolls for 1834.
Truly Yrs
Michael Wuthworth
Rev. Edmund Coad of Presbytery

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John Wentworth act 18, July 24, 1819 - to 18 June 24 442 4427,48 Me L " " 1820
Paul " 20 1818 - to 9 Sept 33
A " 20 May 1819
Enoch Wentworth 9 Apr 1819 - Sept 19
John Wentworth 21 Apr 1818 " 18
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James A. Calhoun
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Lebanon, Maine Sept 26, 1876
Sir, Enclosed is the application of Joanna Huntworth widow of Richard Huntworth late of Lebanon a deceased soldier deceased - The depositions of two credible witnesses accompany the same - An early investigation of her claim is very desirable as the applicant is poor in the extreme - The proof of her late husband's service is in the Department at Washington - She has conformed to the regulations enclosed in yours to me of the 16 th instant as near as is in her power to do -
I am respectfully your ob te serv t
J. C. Kimball
Hon ble J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions City of Washington

On Roll of Service of Capt. Yates Company Station at Portsmouth Nov 1775~
Rev. A. D.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
25 July '53
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Richard Wentworth
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
one part of a declaration must not be referred to another -

Depositions John Hooper and Samuel Love for Richard Shurton

I John Hooper of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine aged Seventy one years on oath depose and say that in the former part of the year 1778 my father William Hooper in company with Ebenezer Lord and Joshua Roberts all of said Berwick being obliged by law to furnish a soldier to serve nine months in the militia of this state then engaged in the war of the Revolution that they engaged Mr Richard Wentworth then of said Berwick for that purpose for which they agreed to pay him in labour upon said Wentworth's farm - I then being a minor assisted in hoeing gathering and harvesting the produce of said farm under my father's direction - Mr Wentworth did not return until about January A.D. 1779 - It was generally understood and believed in the neighbourhood at that time that in the year 1778.9 that Mr Wentworth was serving in the war of the Revolution during the whole of his absence aforesaid - I do not recollect that I ever heard the name of the company nor officers in which said Wentworth served but I have never doubted but that said Wentworth did actually serve in the war of the Revolution during the whole of the above named period.
John Hooper
I Samuel Lord of Berwick aforesaid aged Seventy three years on oath declare and say that I well knew the above named Richard Wentworth in the year 1778. and am personally knowing to the circumstances detailed in the foregoing affidavit of John Hooper, which I have read and believe to be substantially true.
Samuel Lord
State of Maine York ss. August 9 th 1832
Then personally appeared the above named John Hooper and Samuel Lord and made oath that the above statements by them signed are just and true. before me
Benjamin H. Emory Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
YORK, SS.
I, WILLIAM CUTTER ALLEN , Register of Probate, for the County of York, hereby certify that Henry H. Emery is a Justice of the Peace for said County of York , as above stated, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal, this eleventh day of August , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Wm. Cutter Allen , Register of Probate.

I Benjamin Gowell of Lebanon in the County of York & State of Maine aged eighty four years the 21 st day of Sept 1896 and a Revolutionary soldier do hereby testify and say, that I am well acquainted with the Widow Joanna Henthorn of Lebanon afore- said who is near my age but a few months older than I am. I was born and brought up within one mile and a quarter of said Joanna Hen- thorn and ever was well acquainted with her from a child. She was Joanna Clark before her inter- marriage with Richard Henthorn the late of said Lebanon deceased who was also a soldier of the Revolutionary war and served with me three months at the taking of Gen. Burgoyne, our Colonel was Joseph Storer - Samuel Grant was our Captain - Our Major was a Littlefield. Said Henthorn had been a soldier a number of times before this tour that he was with me - He then lived in Berwick in York County about one mile of where I lived - Said Richard Henthorn was married to Joanna Clark a girl that I well knew being a schoolmate of mine, I think in the year 1773 by Parson James Pike - I lived in said Berwick at the time of the marriage - I was a married man soon after he was, and our wives were in the habit of visiting each other often - I lived within a mile and a half of said Richard Henthorn 30 years in Berwick and said Joanna was his wife - I then moved to said Lebanon and he also moved to Lebanon soon after I did, & lived near me again till he died at said Lebanon in the month of June the 15 th 1835 and left said Joanna a widow who now lives at said Lebanon within a mile of me, and never had any husband but said Richard - Said Richard was a Pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832 His widow is left very poor; I knew said Richard well when a boy, he was five years older than I - I also knew his wife Joanna when a small

girl, and have ever been well acquainted with her to this day - I saw her often when her husband was in the Revolution, before I went, and can swear with perfect safety that said Joanna was the wife of said Richard then worth and lived with him as his wife from the year 1773 till his death in 1825 on the 15th and that said Joanna then from the now a neighbor of mine, is the widow of Richard then from the date of said Lebanon a Revolutionary soldier deceased - Said Richard was ever a clever and an industrious man, and his wife a good woman. Benjamin Gowell
York St. August 30, 1836
I certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Gowell who signed the above deposition, that he is a credible witness and a man of truth; that on the day and month above named said Gowell personally appeared and made oath in due form of law that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. Before me Innocent S. Kimball } Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
York ss. I William Butler Allen Register of the Court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that Innocent S. Kimball is a Justice of the Peace for and within said county, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5th day of September 1836.
Wm. Butler Allen, Registr.

I Benjamin Blossom of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine aged eighty six years - do testify, depose, and say, that in the year A.D. 1774 I moved from the town of York in the County of York, to Berwick in said County and within one mile of Richard's then town then of said Berwick, who afterwards was a soldier with me in the war of the Revolution - Said Richard was then a married man; and his wife is now living in Lebanon about a mile from me They were married in the year 1779 I knew them both before their intermarriage Her name was Joanna Clark - her father lived in Berwick aforesaid - They were married as they told me, by Parson James Pike a minister of the Congregational order, and lived in Berwick aforesaid until they moved to Lebanon, where he died in the year A.D. 1835 on the fifteenth day of June - Said Joanna was the first wife of said Richard and she is now his widow, never having married any other man - Said Richard was older than I am - I have ever been well acquainted with said Richard and said Joanna his now widow, and can safely swear they lived as man and wife from the year 1779 to the day of said Richard's death, which was June 15 1835 at said Lebanon - I was ever in intimate friend of said Richard - he was a pensioner
Witnesses
J. S. Kimball
Benjamin Blossom mark
York ss August 30. th 1836 I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Blossom that he is a man of truth & credible witness and on the day and year last above named said Blossom personally appeared and made on the that the above deposition is true. Before me J. S. Kimball J. no. Pacis

State of Maine.
York, ss. I William Cutter Allen, Register of the court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that Increase S. Kimball is a Justice of the Peace for and within said county, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 5th. day of September, 1836.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Reg. Prob.

I Samuel Lord of Berwick in The County of York and State of Maine was ninety two years old the fourth day of this September 1857 and am a Revolutionary Pensioner. I was personally acquainted with Richard Wentworth, late of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine deceased, who drew a pension in his life time. I knew him as long ago as I can remember and knew his wife. I knew them both before they were married and long after. I was frequently at his home. He was brought up in Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire one mile from my home where I have always lived. His wife's name before marriage was Joanna Clark and was brought up in said Berwick within one mile of my said home.
They had a large number of Children, eight I think. I know when the said Richard Wentworth went into the Army of the Revolution and helped take care of his farm. (When he lived in said Berwick) and carry it on for him in his absence.
The Children's names as far as I can recollect were Stephen, Richard, Charles, Nathan, Joanna & Ruth. Stephen I know is still living and lives in Somersworth in said County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire about

eighty years old.
The said Richard Wentworth and wife first lived in said Somersworth after they were married, afterwards in Berwick and lastly in said Lebanon, where they both died, he first & she afterwards.
Sam l Lord
State of New Hampshire Shafford County p. September 18 th 1857
Personally appeared, the above named, Samuel Lord, a man of truth and veracity in the full enjoyment of his mind and memory to my personal knowledge and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true. Myre me
Richard Muzzell Justice of the Peace

I Joshua Smith of Lebanon in the county of York and State of Maine gentlemen depose and say that I am sixty seven years of age - I have always been acquainted with Joanna Wentworth wife of Richard Wentworth a Revolutionary Pensioner since my remembrance I know Joanna Wentworth lived with said Richard Wentworth more than forty years as his wife They had several children Stephen Richard Nathan Joanna Mary & Ruth & some others that I have forgotten their names I further certify and declare that the said Joanna Wentworth always lived a widow from and after the decease of her husband the said Richard Wentworth - and that she the said Joanna Wentworth died the the twenty sixth day of July A.D. 1838 what makes me remember the time, she was buried on the day that Joseph Herson's House was burnt and that I made the coffin for her Joshua Smith
State of New Hampshire Shafford County ss August 22 d 1851 Then the above named Joshua Smith made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me
Cyrus Jones Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Herson of Lebanon in the county of York and State of Maine Gentleman depose and say that I am fifty four years of age have always lived in said Town of Lebanon and have been acquainted with Joanna Wentworth for the last thirty years before she died. She was the wife of Richard Wentworth of said Lebanon a Revolutionary pensioner now deceased.
I further certify and declare that said Joanna Wentworth always lived a widow after her husband Richard Wentworth's decease until she died.
She was buried on the twenty ninth day of July A.D. 1838 I remember the day well from the fact that my dwelling House was burned on that day and at the time of the fire the people were collecting for the funeral which was near by and in the immediate neighborhood of where I at that time lived.
Witness Cyrus Jones Thomas Wentworth
Joseph his Herson Mark
State of New Hampshire
Strafford County ss August 22 d 1851 Then the within named Joseph Herson made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Cyrus Jones Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I have examined the Records of Marriages in the Town of Somersworth from the commencement until the present and cannot find the marriage of Richard Wentworth with Hannah Clark and I am informed that the Records of Marriages were consumed in the Conflagration of Rev. Mr. Thurstons House in about 1812
Shubael B. Cood Town Clerk of Somersworth
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year above written Before me Richard Mansell Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I have examined the record of Marriages in my Office and cannot find the record or evidence of the marriage of Richard Wentworth and Joanna Clark
Oliver Worster Clerk of the Town of Berwick
Berwick October 16 th 1851
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year above written
Before me Richard Dufresne Justiciary of the Peace

Prudence Russell Somersworth New Hampshire

Whitman Feb 23
Whitman Mass Feb 23 rd 1903 To the U. S. Pension Commissioner, You received this morning, a reference to the name of Leemuel Turner .
I now ask you concerning another name, that of Goosey Clark , wife of Richard Wentworth , They were from Lebanon Maine. Will you do me the favor, of furnishing a prompt reply, for various reasons, it seems necessary, I will officiate at,
Yours cordially
M. B. Hatch
Leemuel Turner
Richard Wentworth

Sept. 14,
Woonsocket, June 24 , 96.
Col. H. C. Ainsworth,
To the Pension Office -
Will you kindly look among the records of the pensioners of the Revolution and and tell me if Richard Wentworth received a pen- sion.
He was born in Somersworth New Hampshire, May 16, 1746 and died in Lebanon, Maine, June 15, 1835; aged 89.
His wife who was Joanna Clarke, received the pension

after him.
She died at Lebanon,
July 28, 1838 aged 89.
Any information you can give me concerning his record, will be gratefully received.
Enclose a stamped ad- dressed envelope.
Gertrude Bull Card.

RECORD & PENSION OFFICE 458588 WAR DEPARTMENT
Woonsocket, R.I. Sept. 14. 1896
Richard Wentworth. Rev. War.
Gertrude Buell Card, asks whether the above names re- ceive a pension.
(1 incl) Addressed stamped envelope enclosed
Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, Sept. 17, 1896
Respectfully returned to
Gertrude Buell Card, 17 Maple Street, Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
Applications of this nature should be addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars, and whose office is sep- arate and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Depart- ment.
The stamped envelope received with your communication is herewith re- turned.
(One inclosure.)
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
[Signature] Colonel, U. S. Army, Chief of Office.
(300a) Per 44

Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir -
Please
Give me information concerning Richard Wentworth who was born in Berwick, Maine 1746. I would like to know when he died. He was a soldier and pensioner of the Revolution. Have you the record concerning his being voted $200 by Leon. Guess for gallantry in killing an Indian chief?

Respectfully
Mrs Grace W. Beckett 91 Marion Ave. North Adams, Mass.
Oct. 15. 1900

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 16 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child ren of Joanna Wentworth, Ac d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Eighty two Dollars and 67 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 28 th July 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Richard Wentworth

Rich d Wentworth, Maine. City June 1832 to what time last paid? Pension Office Nov 2, 1836
Died 15 th June 1835 - arrearages paid in 3 d yr 1835 - — S. H. H.

Bureau of Pensions.
Aug. 7, 1832
Age 86 years
Lebanon, Me.
Served 6 Mos. & 24 days as Pvt & 12 Mos as Sgt
Mass Troops
Capt James Roberts
Col. Bailey
Me. Berwick, Dist of Me.
Commonwealth of Mass
Wid. applied

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Oct 28 th 1851
App. of Joanna Wartworth deed widow of Richd.
Triplet Richd. Russell Somersworth N.H.
E. Heath Esqr. Commissary of Probate W. Hampshire City

ms
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
December 2, 1924
Mrs. J. A. Millar Cohasset Mass.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.22553, it appears that Richard Wentworth was born in 1746 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New Hampshire, married Joanna Clark in 1773, day of month not stated, and died June 15, 1835, in Lebanon, Maine.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

Richard Wm Russell Esq Somersworth N.H.

Pittsfield June 10 1837.
Richard Russell Esq Sir,
In answer to your of 25th inst. would say that Richard Wentworth was paid the bal ce due him $23.16 from March 1835 to 15th June 1835 when he died - I do not find the name of Joanna Wentworth on on our pension Rolls.
Respectfully Y r Jos. H. Sley Clerk
This paper was forwarded to the Clerk's Office to be bound under his seal; but was omitted and is respectfully enclosed to show that Richard Wentworth was a pensioner when he died -
Respectfully Richard Russell

Somersworth N. H. October 22. 1851
Dear Sir
The claim of Michael Tibbetts wid. of Ephraim Tibbetts large late a Revolutionary Pensioner of Brattleboro in the County of York & State of Maine decd. was forwarded to your Office in Febry last & additional evidence of identification in about June last no answer has been recd. She is a very old Lady and it is desirable that her case should be granted soon -
I am sorry to call your attention to any case which I present after presentation -
The with is in close to claim of the heirs of Joanna Wentworth wid. of Michael Wentworth late of Lebanon in the County of York & State of Maine
Very respectfully your obedt servt Michael Nash