Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,041, John Wight, Continental (Mass)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass) Wight, John Olive
N. 2,041
B.L.Wt. 710-100
B.L.Wt. 308-60-55
CONTENTS Pieces all counted

Rev
No 710
Bounty Land John Wight Sergeant Co. A, 1st Artillery
Warrant issued Nov 16 th 1878
John Davidson Atty.

48.703-
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I Benjamin W. Hopkins of the town of Buffalo Co. in the County of Niagara and State of New York do hereby make, substitute and appoint, and by these presents have made, substituted and appointed John Davidson Esq. of Washington City in the District of Columbia my true and lawful substitute and attorney, for me and in my name, to do and perform all acts and things, in the prosecution and recovery of the claim of John Wright late a Sergeant , in the United States' army, and now of in the County of and State of against the United States at the proper department, at the city of Washington, that I could do by virtue of his several powers of attorney to me executed with powers of substitution were I personally present, and whatsoever my said substituted attorney shall legally do in the premises, I hereby ratify and confirm. Given under my hand and seal at
Belfast this day December 1817.
Signed, sealed and delivered } John Davidson Esq. in presence of } wrote on an erasure by John Nurse B.W. Hopkins Wm Moody  B.W. Hopkins
STATE OF Massachusetts Hancock COUNTY, ss.
PERSONALLY APPEARED Benjamin W. Hopkins the signer and sealer of the above instrument, and acknowledge the same to be his free and voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. Before me, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Notarial seal of my office to be affixed to these pres-
ents at Belfast this Third day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
Wm Moody Just Peace Notary Public

KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I John Wight Late a Sargeant in Capt Burbank's Company entitled Col Cram's Regiment Artillery in the Massachusetts troops now of the town of Penobscot Penobscot County of Hancock & State of Massachusetts
have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and ap- point Benjamin W. Hopkins of the town of Buffalo in the County of Viagura and State of New York my legal representative and lawful attorney, for me and in my name and behalf, to demand and receive of and from the Secretary of the War Department of the United States, or such other person as may be duly authorised to grant the same a legal warrant for all Bounties in land to which I am entitled by virtue of the several Acts of Congress and by virtue of my having
entitled to serve during the war called the Revolutionary war & having faithfully served & honorably discharged as will appear by the accompanying affidavits
And the said Benjamin W. Hopkins is hereby authorised and di- rected to execute in my name and behalf the proper receipt and legitimate acquittance for the same, and all other writings, necessary in my name, to make, do, seal and execute in as ample and complete a manner to all intents and purposes as I might or could do were I per- sonally present at the doing thereof.—And one or more attorneys or substitutes under him to duly make and appoint, and at pleasure revoke their powers; and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the
premises by virtue of the power herein contained I hereby irrevocably ratify and confirm. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 18 th day of February A. D. 181 8
In presence of
Edward Wight John Wight Ebenezer Mellen
STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Hancock ss.
PERSONALLY APPEARED John Wight
to me well known, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the same person described in and who executed the above power of attorney, and the same is his free, voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. and that he never hath applied for any bounty in land nor employed any person to apply nor sold or alienated his claim
Sworn and subscribed before me, this Eighteenth day of February A. D. 181 8
to renunciate to any person whatever
before me Wm Freeman Justice of the Peace
John Wight
STATE OF Massachusetts Hancock COUNTY, ss.
PERSONALLY APPEARED Edward Wight
and Ebenezer Mellen and being duly sworn accord- ing to law, do depose and say, that they and each of them are personally acquainted with John Wight who has executed the above power of attorney, and well know him to be the person described therein.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this sixteenth day of February A. D. 181 8 and I hereby certify that the above deponents are in my opinion credible witnesses.
Edward Wight Ebenezer Mellen
Wm Freeman Just of the Peace

STATE OF Massachusetts Hancock COUNTY, ss. } day of February , me William Freeman for said County, personally appeared
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Eighteenth one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before one of the Justices of the Peace in and Theodore Boudin and and made solemn oath in due form of law that he was
intimately acquainted with John Wightman within Power of attorney, & know that he Enlisted into Capt Burbank's Company Col Brann's Regiment of Artillery to serve during the war called the revolutionary war and know that he served in said Company faithfully & honour- ably till the Peace in the year 1783 & know that he was dischar- ged and received an honorable discharge sometime in the Months of June or July of the same year from the same Company and Regiment above named being present and knew that it was honorable and had the certificate of the presentation of the Badge of Merit attached to it and will know that while he was serving in said Company he was promoted to a Sergeant Major in said Regiment having myself served in the said Capt Burbank's Company in the above named Regiment from the year 1779 till the peace of 1783.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 18th day of February A. D. 181 8 And I hereby certify the above witness in my opinion credible witness
Theodore Boudin Wm Freeman Justice of the Peace
STATE OF Massachusetts } Hancock COUNTY, ss. }
I Mason Shaw Clerk of
the County aforesaid do hereby certify that William Freeman before whom and at the time when the within acknowledgements and affidavits were made was a Justice of the Peace duly authorized acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereunto subscribed is his own proper signature.—In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this Eighteenth day of February , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Mason Shaw

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Active Wright in John Wright.
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15561 Q Maine.
John Wright
of Penobscot — in the state of Maine — who was a private — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane — of the Massachusett line, for the term of 3 years
inscribed on the roll of — Maine — at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of August 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of September and sent to Job Nelson Esq. 1819 Castine, Me
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819. — $ 3.93 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Jan 1820 — 48. —
11/31 4/3.
Dolls: 57. 93
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
9 March 1820

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Maine
Olive Wight widow of John Wight who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued 22 nd day of August, 1848 and sent to
Hon Hezekiah L. Williams Castine Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act of Page 21 Vol
July, 1848. Book

33.377 Maine John Night dec d . of _____ in the State of _____ who was a Sergeant in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, and end 14 th May 1837 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r , 1836 and sent to John Johnson Present Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending Deducting former payments at $96. per annum under act 1818.
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. H. Getty Clerk, Book M Vol. 1 Page 88 .

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
Form of Declaration for Widow of a deceased Officer or Soldier.
State of Maine County of Hancock } ss.
On this seventh day of May A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me, Edward Wight Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Olive Wight aged seventy six years, a resident of Bluehill in the State of Maine , who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of John Wight , deceased, who was a Sergeant - Major in the company commanded by Captain _____ in the Regiment of _____ commanded by _____
_____ in the Revolutionary War and was in the Battle at Bunker Hill That her said husband enlisted at Marblehead on or about the _____ day of _____ A. D., _____ for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of eight years and was discharged at the close of the war on the _____ day of _____
A. D., _____ as will appear by The Master Rolls and that said Discharge is misplaced or lost
She further states that she was married to the said John Wight in Penobscot on the sixteenth day of October A. D., 1795 by one Oliver Parker a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Olive Wight and that _____ that her said husband died at Bluehill on the Twenty fifth day of May A. D., 1837 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act passed September 28th, 1850; never having received or knowing that she is entitled under any former act of Congress.
Olive Wight
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Edw Wight Justice Peace 
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
State of Maine County of Hancock } ss.
On this seventh day of May A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and county aforesaid John D Grindle and Mary Grindle residents of the State of Maine and county of Hancock who being duly sworn according to law, declare that

Olive Wight is the widow of John Wight deceased, who was a Sergeant  Major in the company com- manded by Captain _____ in the _____ regiment of _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolutionary War
That the said Olive Wight was married to the said John Wight deceased, at Pembec in the State of Maine on the sixteenth day of October A. D., 1795 by one Oliver Parker a Justice of the Peace , that the name of the said Olive Wight before her marriage aforesaid was Olive Wiscon , that her hus- band, the said John Wight died at Bluehill on the Twenty fifth day of May A. D., 1837 and that she is still a widow. That The said John Wight and Olive Wight has lived together had and brought up a family of nine children The oldest being now fifty five years and That The said Olive Wight now draws a Pension in consequence of her Husband's service and they swear that they are disinterested witnesses.
John D Grindle
Mary Grindle Subscribed and sworn to before me this seventh day of May A. D., 1857 . And I hereby certify that John D Grindle and Mary Grindle are credible witnesses.
Edward Wight Justice Peace  L. S.
*Witnesses will state here the reasons upon which their evidence is founded.
STATE OF Maine } COUNTY OF Hancock }
I Parker W. Perry Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that Edward Wight whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit, is, and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court, is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at Ellsworth this fifteenth day of July A. D. 1857.
Parker W. Perry Clerk.
Commissioner of Pensions will please forward my warrant to Ferdinand E Hassler and will receive the same and transmit it to me.
NOTES.
to be executed before a Justice of the Peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths for general purposes. If the officer was a regimental or staff officer, the declaration must be varied so as to express the fact. Insert the words "in the," state in what war, whether in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, or the Mexican war, (if an officer,) or any of the Indian wars since 1790, describing the same. After the words "that her said husband," insert whether he enlisted, volunteered, or was drafted. After stating the term of actual service, say whether honorably discharged, or killed in battle. After the words "as will appear by," if the discharge be in existence, say "as will appear by his original certificate of discharge here- with presented." If the discharge be lost or destroyed, or it is ascertained on inquiry or examination that one was never received, insert after the words "as will appear by," the words "by the muster rolls of said company," and in the two following lines, state the facts in reference to the missing discharge. If no public or private record of the marriage exists, or can be procured, state the fact in the declaration, after stating the name before marriage. If a public or private record exist, an authenticated copy thereof must be furnished, instead of the affidavit of two witnesses.

No 418. Oliver Wright Widow of John, Declaration for Pension - Under Act of July 29, 1848
Married 1795 Husband died 1837
Adm d two yrs per Sgt. $120 per annum, Yr March 1848.
Hon Thos Williams Castine, Me,
Adm d 120 per ann m

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29. of July 1848. entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers & Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army -
State of Maine County of Hancock
On this third day of July 1849 personally appeared before the subscriber, Parker Tufts Esq., Judge of the Court of Probate, in & for said County of Hancock, Olive Wright a resident of Bluehill in said County, aged seventy 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 aforesaid - That she is the widow of John Wright late of Penobscot in said County deceased, who was a private in the army of the Revolution & until his death a Pensioner under the act of 1818. She further declares that she was married to the said John Wright at Penobscot in said County on the 29th day of October 1795 by Oliver Parker Esquire & that her husband the aforesaid John Wright died on the twentieth day of May 1837. That there is no record

After marriage in the Town of Penobscot That the best evidence of her marriage, in the Power to produce, is that of the Persons present at the wedding, whose Depositions are hereto annexed - That she is still a widow -
the Oliver Night Mark
Subscribed & sworn to the day & as first above named
Before Me Parker Tuck Judge
State of Maine.
Hancock ss. Probate Office - Ellsworth.
I John D. Richards, Register of the Court of Probate - being a Court of Record - within & for the County of Hancock - hereby certify that Parker Tuck, whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing is now and was at the time of subscribing the same Judge of the Court of Probate, within & for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said Court this third day of July A.D. 1849. John D. Richards, Register of the Court of Probate

State of Maine, Hancock Co.
I George H. Brown Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for said County of Hancock hereby certify that Hezekiah Williams, Anne R. Redman and Charles W. Tilden whose names appear subscribed to the foregoing certificates are now and were at the time of subscribing the same acting Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Hancock, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine, Geo. H. Brown,

State of Maine Hancock Co. : Town of Penobscot Clerk's Office July 25 th 1849
I the subscribers do on oath declare that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Penobscot aforesaid & that I have the custody of all the records of said Town & that it appears by said records that no records of marriages are entered therein from April 14 th 1789 to Nov. 1795 -
James Lord Jr. { Town Clerk of the Town of Penobscot aforesaid
Hancock Co. - Penobscot July 25 th 1849 Then personally appeared the subscriber to the above certificate & made oath to the truth of the same
Before me = W. J. Williams Justice of the Peace

I, Sarah Gordon, of Brooksville in the County of Hancock & State of Maine, of lawful age do testify & say, that I am the Sister of Olive Wright widow of John Wright late of Blake deceased. That I was present at the marriage of my sister Olive to said John Wright at my father's house in Penobscot in said County in the fall of 1795. They were married by Oliver Parker Esq. - My sister Olive lived with her husband till his death in May 1837 - They had nine children
Sarah Gordon
State of Maine Hancock - ss -
On this third day of July 1849 The above named Sarah Gordon made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed for
Befare me - John R. Redman Justice of the Peace
I do hereby further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Deponent and that her statement is entitled to full credit
John R. Redman Justice of the Peace

I Lydia Hatch of Castine in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine of lawfull age do testify & say that I was at the wedding of Olive Moseott who was married to John Moseott late of Blue Hill in said County, deceased. They were married at her fathers house in Penobscot in said County in the fall of the year 1795 by Oliver Parker Esq, who is not now living - Lydia Hatch
State of Maine Hancock ss 3
On this sixth day of July 1849 the above named Lydia Hatch made Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed -
Before me
Charles K. Tilden Justice of the Peace
I do hereby further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent, and that her statement is entitled to full credit,
Charles K. Tilden Justice of the Peace

I Lucy Carpenter of lawful age, do testify & say that I was present at the wedding of Olive M c Coll to John Wright a Revolutionary Pensioner, late of Blue Hill, in the county of Hancock & State of Maine, deceased. She was married at the House of her father in Penobscot in said county on the 29 th day of Oct 1795 - They were married by Oliver Parker Esq r . who is not now living - I recollect they were married in Oct 1795 from the birth of my oldest child which took place about two years afterwards & he is now fifty two years old -
Lucy Carpenter
State of Maine Hancock ss 3 on this fifth day of July 1849. the above named Lucy Carpenter made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscrib d ,
Before me
Charles M. Liden Justice of the Peace
I do hereby further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent and that her statement is entitled to full credit
Charles M. Liden Justice of the Peace

I Sarah Condon of Brooksville County of Hancock State of Maine of the age of Sixty four years, do testify and say that I was Married to David Wascot my first husband on the Eighth day of November one thousand Seven Hundred and ninety four and that my Sister was a widow by the name of Olive Wright, or Olive Wight, of Sedgwick was Married to John Wight sometime in the fall of the year one thousand Seven hundred and ninety three according to the best of my remembrance in the Month of September. My said Sister Olive had her first child born in August the same year that I was married in November. I was the Nurse of my said Sister when she was confined with her aforesaid child which was a daughter which is now married and removed into the Western Country. Said Olive still remains the widow of the aforesaid John Wight
Nicholas Thomas Harriet Condon
Sarah her X Condon Mark
Hancock ss. Feby 23. 1842
Then the above named Sarah Condon a credible witness made solemn Oath to the truth of the above named deposition by her subscribed by her mark before me Nicholas Thomas Justice of the Peace

No. 200 118242
BOUNTY LAND ACT, 1855.
Claim of Oliver Wright Widow of John Wright
Revolutionary War
FILED BY
R.W. Bates Present
Accts

For a person who has never received Bounty Land.
STATE OF Maine } ss. COUNTY OF Hancock }
On this tenth day of October A. D. 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Oliver Wright a resident of said County & State aged 86 years who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Oliver Wright (widow of John Wright) who was a Pensioner under Act of July 29, 1848 at the rate of One Hundred & Twenty Dollars per Annum, as will be seen by reference to the Copy of her Certificate herewith filed, the Original papers upon which said Pension was allowed being now on file in the Pension Office at Washington, to which she begs leave to refer in proof of her marriage to the said John Wright, as also in proof of his services as a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army that her husband the said John Wright entered the service as a Sergeant on the day of  and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days and upwards, and was honorably discharged and that she is now a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land, under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
R.W. Bates of Washington D. C. is hereby authorized to receive any warrant that may be issued hereon.
Oliver Wright mark
AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
We Dudley Grindle and Mary Grindle upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above Oliver Wright in our presence, and that we believe from our personal knowledge of Mrs Oliver Wright who signed the above declarative that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we have no interest in this claim.
Dudley Grindle Mary Grindle
MAGISTRATE'S CERTIFICATE.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that I believe the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Charles K. Linsell
J. P.
COUNTY CLERK'S CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF Maine } ss. I hereby certify that Charles K. Linsell Esq. COUNTY OF Hancock }
before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this fifteenth day of October 1855.
Parker H. Pease Clerk.

X 2400
Oliver Wright of John Massachusetts
in schedule wife named Abigail

Omit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss. PROBATE OFFICE.
I Nathaniel Lord junior register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that
the honorable Daniel A. White, before whom the declaration hereto annexed of Olive Wight purports to have been taken, is the judge of probate for said county; and his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature; and that William Roart esquire, before whom the several affidavits hereto annexed of John Jones and Thomas Snowman purport to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature.
approved by the court in said case
Given under my hand and seal of office, this fifth day of October, A. D. 1838.
Nath. Lord Jr.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half-pay, and pensions to certain Widows" —
State of Massachusetts - Essex County ss. - On this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight - before the Honorable Daniel Appleton Wright Judge of Probate for the county of Essex
Personally appeared Olive Wright resident of Salisbury County in State aforesaid aged Sixty five 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838. entitled an "Act granting half-pay and pensions to certain Widows" — That she is widow of John Wright late of Penobscot deceased, who was a Sergeant Major and served in the Army of the United States in the War of the revolution, as she has always understood, and believed, in Captain Burnham's Company of Artillery, in Colonel Graves's Regiment, but for what length of time, by reason of her loss of memory, she cannot state precisely, but as she leaves it respectfully to refer to the papers and documents, which accompanied the application of her said husband, made in his life time, and to his application for the benefit of the Act of Congress of March 18th 1818, which she believes to be now on file at Washington - for which service the said John Wright , was placed on the Pension list of the United States, and Certificate was issued to him under date Sept 30 1819, and numbered 15. 5th. and surrendered at the Pension Office, in payment of annuity and pension, in the decease of said John Wright - her belief is that her said husband served the whole of the war.
And the said Olive Wright , doth further in her said Oath declare, that she was lawfully married to the said John Wright , at Penobscot then District of Maine, on the twenty fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, by Oliver Parker Esq. then a Justice of the Peace, at said Penobscot. That the said John Wright , her said husband, died at Blue Hill in Maine , on the second day of May, One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven; That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the said service; but that she was married to him previous to the first of January, One thousand seven hundred and ninety four, to wit, at the time she has above stated. - as will appear by the papers annexed, and has not since intermarried.
Sworn and subscribed the day, month and year above written before
Olive Wright D A Wright Judge of Probate

I John Jones, of Salisbury, in the County of Essex, an Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Sixty three years, do hereby declare, that I believe that Oliver Wright, who now lives in said Salisbury, and is making application to the Government of the United States for a pension, as widows of John Wright, who was a pensioner of the United States, now deceased, and who died a short time since, is remaining the widow of said John Wright; and that she has not intermarried since the death of said John Wright.
Newburyport September 26th. 1838
John Jones
I Thomas Snowman, of Salisbury, aforesaid, aged Thirty one years, do hereby declare - that I have for many years known the above named John Wright, and am well acquainted with Oliver Wright, his widow. I do know that the said John Wright died at Bluehill, in the State of Maine, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven; leaving the said Oliver Wright his widow: that said Oliver Wright, is at this time remaining the widow of said John Wright, and has not intermarried since his death.
Newburyport September 26th 1838.
Thomas Snowman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport September 26th. 1838. Then the above named John Jones, and Thomas Snowman, who are both persons known to me, and generally made oath, in due form of Law, to the truth of the above written depositions, by them respectively subscribed, in my presence. I do also certify, that the said John Jones and Thomas Snowman, are both respectable citizens, and that full confidence may be placed in their respective declarations.
W. W. South Justice of the Peace

I Lydia Hatch of lawful age do testify and say that I was present at the marriage of Mr. John Wight of Penderbrock to Miss Oliver Wescott of the same town, about September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & ninety three; which was solemnized by the late Oliver Parker Esq. who often solemnized marriages, and I suppose was a justice of the Peace. The marriage took place at the dwelling house of her father in said Penderbrock. I also fully recollect that Mary Wescott wife of Andrew Wescott, was present at the marriage. And further saith not.
Lydia Hatch Hancock J's. Court Aug. 6 th 1830. Then personally appeared the above named Lydia Hatch, & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed.
Before me Tho. Cobb Jus. Peace

Cons
State of Maine.
Hancock Is:
I, Sewall Watson, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within & for the County of Hancock & State of Maine, do hereby certify that Thomas Cobb, Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, is a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & qualified to act as such, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine -
Specimen Affidavit Tech
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight Sewall Watson Clerk

I Mercia Wescott of Penobscot in the County of Hancock & State of Maine, of lawful age do testify & say that I was living, in the house at the time & when the marriage of John Wight to Olive Wescott, which took Place at said Penobscot in the latter part of year Seventeen hundred & ninety three, I am enabled recollect with certainty the Date of the marriage As above stated from the circumstance that my daughter was born on the first part of the year 1793 & was able to stand alone at time of the marriage above stated -
Mercia Wescott mark
Hancock ss - August Second, 1838 -
Personally appeared the above named Mercia Wescott & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed before me - Pelatiah Perkins, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
Hancock ss.
I, Sewall Watson, Clerk of the Judicial Court holden within for the County of Hancock & State of Maine, do hereby certify that Pelatiah Perkins, before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was at the time of the execution thereof, a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & qualified to act as such, and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight.
Sewall Watson

Enigm James Leach Jr Town clerk of Penobscot, do hereby certify, that there is no record of the marriage of John Wright & Ellen Wescott on the Books in my possession for which I can assign no reason Penobscot July 28 th 1838
James Leach Jr Town clerk Hancock Co. July 28. 1838 personally appeared the above named James Leach Jr and made solemn oath that the certificate by him subscribed is true before me Jane Wardwell Justice of the Peace

Onyx State of Maine.
Hancock Is:
I, Sewall Watson, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within & for the County of Hancock & State of Maine, do hereby certify that Jeremiah Wardwell, before whom the annexed certificate was sworn, was at the time of the execution thereof, a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & qualified to act as such, and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
Sewall Watson Clerk

Alvin Wright and sons of Alvin Wright

John Wight No. 15.561
Pay to
CM
30 Oct 19

Hancock Jr.
State of Maine Castine July 11 th 1820
Whereas by virtue 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 eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, John Wight of Penobscot in the County aforesaid, late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list roll of the Maine agency as by Certificate No. 15.561 given at the war office of the United States September 30 th 1819 and then recorded will more fully appear: — And whereas by another act of Congress in addition to the before mentioned act passed May 1 st 1820 it is required of Pensioners under the first mentioned act to exhibit to some Court of Record in the County where they reside a schedule of all their estate and income, subscribe & make oath to the same and do other things therein contained with certain exceptions therein provided.
Now therefore, I Moses S. Jenkins, Notary Public by lawful authority admitted and sworn and dwelling in Castine aforesaid do hereby certify and make known to all persons whom the same doth or may concern That John Wight of Penobscot aforesaid a Pensioner of the United States is a distracted or insane person and that as such, I the said Moses S. Jenkins have been duly appointed the guardian of the said John Wight by the Hon. Job Nelson Judge of Probate de in id for the County aforesaid and that I have accepted the said trust. And also that in conformity to the provisions of the Law relating thereto, I have caused a schedule of the goods & estate of the said John Wight to be taken, his necessary clothing & bedding excepted, which is as follows:
Viz

Oriz. 10 acres of land lying in Penobscot with a small low house in an unfinished state thereon. valued at $80.00 1 bow $1 1/2. 1 peg $3. 2 chests 6/ 1 table 3/ 3 chairs 3/ 19.00 Pot 6/ tea kettle 3/ bakepan 3/ ax 3/ hoe 1/6 2.75 6 cups & saucers. 6 plates & small lot of other crockery 1.25 6 knives 5 forks 4/ 3 milk pans 2/ 1.00 tub stool & lots of rubbish in value two dollars 2.00  $106.00
Annual income - nothing -
Schedule of the family residing with John Wight aged about sixty three years a distracted or insane person totally unable to labour -
    age  capacity to contribute to their support      Wife Abigail Wight  47  small - feeble constitution    Mary Wight  13  self Abigail was the name of    Polly Wight  11  ditto I live the first child -    Sally Wight (Sister's child)  13  nothing - a cripple    John Wight Junr.  18  common ability   
And I do further certify, that the said John Wight above named is the identical John Wight named in his certificate numbered 15.561 now in my possession and obtained through the agency of the Hon. Job Nelson Judge of the Probate Court for the County of Hancock aforesaid.
In testimony of all which I have to these Presents subscribed my name and affixed my Notarial seal at Castine aforesaid this eleventh day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty.
Moses A. Jenkins Not. Pub.
State of Maine.
Hancock Jn. Circuit Court of Common Pleas at Castine July term A.D. 1820 Then the above named Moses Jenkins appeared in open court & made oath to the truth of the statement aforesaid by him subscribed. Before the court attest Nelson Shaw Clerk

Onit Hancock p.
State of Maine
At the circuit court of common Pleas for the third Eastern circuit, begun and held at Eastport within and for the county of Hancock on the second Tuesday of July, being the eleventh day of said month, A.D. 1820.
I Nelson Shaw clerk of said court for said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing certificate, with and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said court: And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and twenty two dollars. Done in open court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fifteenth day of July A.D. 1820
Nelson Shaw clerk of said court for the county of Hancock

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } District of Maine - Hancock ss. - }
On this twenty first day of August A.D: 1819, before me the subscriber, the Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County, personally appears, John Wight , of Penobscot in the County, Commonwealth aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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" That he the said John Wight, served in the Revolutionary Army of the United States in several Companies and Stations during nearly the whole war from 1776 to 1783 and in particular, that he enlisted on or about the first of January 1781 and served in the capacity of Sergeant Major in Capt Burbanks Company and Col Brans Regiment of Artillery . That he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States until about the month of November 1783 when he was discharged at the Place at West Point in the State of New York - Which honorable discharge which he then received together with his Warrant of appointment as Sergeant Major were in his possession until within a few years past but are now both lost. That he was often engaged in battles with the common enemy in the Jerseys and elsewhere.

And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. and referring to the Depositions of Neil McGee and Edward Wight herewith submitted he has now no other evidence in his power of his said services —
John Wight
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Job Nelson
I Job Nelson Judge of the Probate Court as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Wight did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress —
And I the said Judge do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Wight is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court of Probate to be affixed this 28 th August A D . 1819 —
Job Nelson
Attest Wm Abbot Ruez

John Wight Sergeant-Major Col. Cramers Regiment of Artillery 1781 to 1783 August 21 st 1819
Conus

Edward Wight Deposition
I Edward Wight of Penobscot in the county of Hancock and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and declare that I am well acquainted with John Wight of the town of Houlton aforesaid That to my certain knowledge John Wight served in the capacity of Sergeant Major during most of the Revolutionary War - That the last enlistment & service of John Wight was in Capt Burbank's Company and Col. Lanes Regiment of Artillery commencing with about the beginning of the year 1781 and ending with the final disbanding of the army at West Point in 1783 - and so far as my knowledge or information extends the said John Wight during all his aforesaid service conducted with fidelity to his country was a brave soldier and received the particular approbation of the Commander in Chief General George Washington - and that I have no interest whatever in giving this Testimony -
Edward Wight
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hancock ss. Lastine August 28. 1819
Then the above named Edward Wight personally appeared and made solemn oath before me the undersigned to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed - and I the said Justice do hereby certify that the said Edward Wight to me personally known is a credible witness - Which I attest -
Worus L. Ladd Not: Pub & Jur: Pac:

I Neil McGee of Brooksville in the County of Hancock do Verrify & declare that I was in Capt Prendeville's Company & Col Cranes Regiment of artillery from 1781 to 1783 - That I am well acquainted with John Wight of Penobscot who has applied for a Pension and to my certain knowledge I Wight was a Sergeant Major of the same Regiment all the time I was in service and that he was a brave and faithful soldier - and that I have no interest whatever in giving this Testimony
his Neil x McGee mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hancock ss. Justice August 24 th 1810
Then the above named Neil McGee personally appeared and made solemn oaths before me the undersigned to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed.
And I the said Justice do hereby Certify that the said Neil McGee to me personally known is a credible witness - Which I attest
Moses L. Judkins Not Pub & Jus Peace

Michael Lary, Deposition
I Michael Lary of Castine in the County of Hancock Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and declare that I was a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary army of the United States about six years in Col Moylands Regiment the last Company I was in was Capt. Sullivans That I am well acquainted with John Wight of Penobscot in the County aforesaid That to my certain knowledge said Wight was in the aforesaid service during nearly the whole war The last three years of his service was from 1780 till Peace was declared when the army was disbanded at West Point where I Wight was dischar- -ged His enlistment and service was done by I Wight in Capt Burbanks Company in Col Cranes Regiment of Artillery S d Wight acted as a Sergeant Major of the Regiment He was a brave Soldier entered with zeal into the cause of his Country and was frequently commended by his superiors for his activity and intrepidity - and that I have no interest whatever in giving this Testimony
his Michael Lary
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hancock ss. Castine August 21. 1819 Then personally appeared Michael Lary above named and made solemn oath before me the truth to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed - And I the undersigned do hereby certify that the said Michael Lary to me personally known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Deposition Which I attest
Nones L. Judkins Not: Pub: & Jur: Pac:

March 23, 1939
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D.C.
en BA-J/AWF John Wight W. 2041
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of John Wight who died May 23, 1837 in Blue Hill, Hancock County, Maine.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claims for pension and bounty land based upon the service of John Wight during the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of John Wight, and names of his parents are not given.
John Wight enlisted in Marblehead, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, names of officers not stated, he continued to serve until January 1, 1781, when he enlisted and served as sergeant major in Captain Burbeck's company in Colonel Crane's Regiment of Artillery, and was in many battles, was discharged in the month of November, 1783.
He was allowed one hundred acres of bounty land on his application executed February 18, 1818, at which time he was living in Penobscot, Hancock County, District of Maine. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1819, then aged about sixty-two years, and still living in Penobscot.
John Wight died May 2, 14, 20, or 25, 1837,

in Blue Hill, Hancock County, Maine.
John Wight's first wife died March 1, 1794, there are no further details in this claim in regard to her.
John Wight married September 25, 1793 or October 29, 1795, Olive Wescott; they were married at the residence of her father in Penobscot, District of Maine. The date and place of birth of Olive Wescott, and names of her parents are not given.
The widow, Olive Wight, was allowed pension on her application executed September 11, 1838, at which time she was sixty-five years of age, and a resident of Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was living in 1849 in Blue Hill, Maine. She was allowed sixty acres of bounty land on her application executed October 10, 1855, then living in Blue Hill. She was living in 1856 in Orland, Hancock County, Maine.
The soldier, John Wight, and wife, Olive, had nine children. Their oldest child, Abigail or Abigail B., was born August 8, 1796, reference was made to her in 1842, as then married and living in the "western country".
Reference was made in 1820 to the family of John Wight, as follows- John, Junior, aged eighteen years; Nancy, aged thirteen years; Polly, aged eleven years; Sally Wight, his sister's child, aged thirteen years.
Sarah Condon, sister of the widow, Olive Wight, was living in 1849 in Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine, stated that she married her first husband, David "Wascot", November 8, 1794. One Harriet Condon was of Hancock County, Maine, in 1842; her relationship to Sarah Condon was not shown.
Mercy (Mercia) Wescott, wife of Andrew Wescott, was living in 1838 in Penobscot, Maine, she stated that she was present at the marriage of John Wight,

and Olive Wescott, and was living in the house where the marriage took place; no relationship was given of these persons to the family of the widow, Olive Wight.
Edward Wight was living in 1819 in Penobscot, Maine, and one Edward Wight was Justice of the Peace for Hancock County, Maine, in 1851.
The application for headstone for John Wight is returned herewith, also a letter from Gele M. Hinokley, Post Service Office, Blue Hill, Maine.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Newburyport, Oct 8th 1830.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Will you please call on me, in behalf of Mrs. Olive Wright, widow of the late John Wright, who was late a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, now deceased, and on her request, to forward you herewith, her application for the benefit of the provision made by the late Act of Congress, that if deemed satisfactory, Certificate may be issued to her, as you shall consider her entitled.?
Very respectfully
Yours obedt Servt W. H. Cushing

1836
JA
William Woart Esquire
Newbury Port
Shura Sth Dec. 1836

Thos. Cobb
State of Maine
Hancock Co;
Clerks Office Ellsworth 2 Sep r 1839 I Joseph A Deane Clerk of the Ju- dicial Courts in and for said County do certify that Thomas Cobb of Bas- tiani is a Magistrate duly commis- sioned and qualified to administer Oaths &c in said County, that the foregoing signature is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of our District Court, and subscribed my name the day and year before written.
Jos. A Deane Clerk se

Ellsworth Sept. 5. 1839.
Dear Sir,
After writing you on the R. ins. s & enclosing Pat t Perkins deposition, I received your letter on the subjects of the widow Wight's claims to a pension. Mr. Perkins had anticipated your request, & has stated in his deposition the reason why Mrs. Wight's deposition has not been taken over again. And it is probable that she never will again be in a situation to give her deposition. — From the fact that Judge Patten, who joined in marriage Mr. Wight & Miss Wight, was an attorney man, & that in those days business was done in a very loose manner, & further that he died from home, very poor & broken down both in body & mind, that no record of the marriage can be found, or index was ever kept. — I enclose you the Clerk's certificate & remain
Dear Sir,
Yours respectfully Thos. Goble

Penobscot, Maine, May 16 th 1839
Sir
I received your letter of 30 th April, requesting information respecting the marriage of John & Abigail Wright, and having examined the records, I find there exists a blank of about five years in which no record, of either publishments nor marriages was kept, to wit, from 1790 to 1796, but it appears from the family record of said John Wright, that his first wife died, March 1 st 1794, and Abigail, B. Wright, the first child of the second wife, was born August 8 th 1796. It appears from this circumstance, that he must have been married to the second wife, in 1795.
Further information, I am unable to give except the name of the widow, which, instead of Abigail, is Olive.
I am very respectfully Your obt. Servt James Leach Jr.

I Pelatiah Perkins of lawful age, do testify and say, that about a year since I was employed to take the deposition of Marcy Wescott of Penobscot for the purpose of proving the marriage of John Wight late of said Penobscot deceased, to Olive Wescott, when the said Marcy, as I very well recollect, testified that she said Marcy had a child in the month of August 1793, I think the sixth of August, and that said John and Olive were married the September following, and that she was present at the wedding - that I asked her how she knew that they were married the September following the birth of her child; she said that she knew it because her child was not then able to stand alone - That if it is otherwise stated in her deposition taken as above mentioned, it (as is said to be the fact,) it was a mistake of the deponent in omitting the word "not" in her deposition, and is contrary to her testimony given before him as aforesaid. Last, that he, about the 20 th of August, went to see said Marcy Wescott, for the purpose of taking her deposition anew, & found her so weak both in body and mind, that he considered her incompetent to testify under oath, and therefore concluded not to take her deposition - that he is not absolutely certain that it was the year 1793 that said Marcy said her child was born, but he thinks so; and further that the time mentioned in her deposition is the true time, whether that year or not -

And further saith not.
Pelatiah Perkins
Hancock Is. Eastport Sept. 2. 1839.
Then personally appeared the above named Pelatiah Perkins & acknowledged the above and made oaths to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed — Before me Thos. Goble Jus. Pacis.

Castine Sept r 2. 1839.
Dear Sir,
I am requested to send you the enclosed depositions, & also the Clerk's certificate that I am a Justice of the Peace &c.; which latter paper I shall obtain from Ellsworth in season to send you by next Monday's mail, & shall then enclose it.
I am Dear Sir
Yours with respect &c.
Thos. Cobb

And further saith not.
Patatiah Perkins
Hancock J. Court Sept. 2. 1839.
Then personally appeared the above named Patatiah Perkins acknowledged the above and made oaths to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed — Before me Wm. Cobb Jus. Pacis.

1, L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Newburyport, Dec. 22. 1841, Dear Sir,
I take the liberty of addressing you on the subject of a pension for Olive Wight the Widow of John Wight --- It appears from the correspondence of the late William Woott Esq. of this town who forwarded to your department, certain evidence in this case, that a part of the evidence furnished was contradictory, viz. the time of the marriage of Mr. Wight with Olive Wescott --- Since your last to Mr. Woott on this subject dated May 28. 1839 --- it appears that another affidavit has been procured respecting the time of said marriage and which I herewith transmit to you --- You will perceive that the word "not" was omitted in one of the affidavits previously forwarded --- I also enclose herewith a certificate that Thomas Cobb before whom this affidavit was taken is a Magistrate, properly qualified &c ---
Will you have the goodness to examine the case with this additional evidence, which I hope will be sufficient to establish the validity of her claim, as she is very poor and much in want of such assistance as a pension would give her
I understand that there are no records of marriages in the town of Penobscot from 1789 to 1800 probably on acct. of the reasons stated in Tho s Cobb's letter which is annexed to the certificate of his qualification ---
Will you please address me in relation to this matter as soon as convenient, & you will very much oblige
Yr. Ob t Serv t J. P. Frothingham ---

This may certify that I James Leach Jr. Clerk of the town of Penobscot, have held that office for the term of eight years, and on the twenty eighth day of March, inst carefully examined the records then in my possession, and cannot find any marriage at or prior to the designated period between the said John Wight and Olive Wescott, or any other period prior to 1820. But by examining the register of births it appears that the said John Wight's first wife died on the first day of March 1794, and that Abigail Wight the first child of the second wife (the said Olive) was born August 8 th 1796. It also appears that that there has been no record kept of any marriages between the 14 th of April 1789 and November 1795 and also of publishments from February 15 th 1790 to September 3 rd 1794
Penobscot March 28 th 1842.
James Leach Jr. Town Clerk of Penobscot
To J. L. Edwards Comm. Pensions Washington City D. C.

Rec'd 29 Aug answ'd
(postmarked) July 14/54
Bro. Johnson Ely Ag. J
Dr Sir,
In Oct. 1855, I sent Mr.
Bates papers in the case of the Pearson name'd below, most of whom are Revot. Baptists, whose certificates I have and copies of which I sent Mr. Bates - Two copies are all that I have re: Returns from - I am at a loss to account for this delay, unless in the fact of Mr. Bates having (to his interest) more important duties to attend to - will you be so kind as to give this subject your early attention and write me soon
Yours with Respect Charles K. Lelden
copy of Mem o of Claims sent Mr. Bates in Oct 1855
  Bates v. Elizabeth H. H. H. } all Revolution Baptists, copies of whom certificates, with Powers of Att y I sent Mr. Bates } No 219.237. Rev. No 219.240. Rev. " 219.242 " " 219.238. " " 219.241. " " 219.239 "   Bates v. Mary Wapen - Aug 2 d   1 Olive Wright   Bates v. Hannah Woodson   Bates v. Susannah Pycan   Bates v. Mary Lewis   1 L. P. L. 1 L. P. L. 1 L. P. L.   1 L. P. L. 1 L. P. L. 1 L. P. L. 

Mar 4 1812
Simon Bryant, Not one word in reply. N 220.308 Send letter & see warrants for } Josiah Brown } 120 Acres, have been rec. } 221.190.
I am very anxious to have the Revolution paper put forward - the Parties being quite old & feeble may drop off

Dear J. Skinner Esq.
In the foregoing list of claims for Revolutionary Pensions - three warrants have recently been issued and sent to Mr. R. W. Bates. Viz: Elizabeth Freethy - Hannah Borden & Mary Gourd.
I respectfully request that the re- maining applications of Mr. Vilas be entered to my charge - as heretofore requested by Mr. R. W. Bates - and now by Mr. Vilas .
I am, Very respectfully,
Your obedt Servt. Thos. Johnson agt

Claim of Clara Wm. of Sam. Wright. War.
Arrearages of Pension;
Me. - Oct 29 th , 1848
Revolutionary War.
Sam. Johnson of Washington D.C. aduq.

State of Maine - } Hancock County, }
Be it known, That before me Charles M. Tilden a Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid, duly authorised by law to administer Oaths, personally appeared Olive Wright , and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical person named in original certificate in her possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true Copy:- "No. 306. Department of the Interior.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that, in conformity with the act of July 29 th 1848, - Olive Wright , widow of John Wright , - who was a Sergeant in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list, at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, commencing on the 11 th . of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not pay- able after the time of such marriage. -
SEAL
Given at the Department of the Interior this twenty second day of August, One Thousand eight hundred & Forty nine, D. C. Goddard,
Examined & countersigned } Acting Secy of the Interior, S. L. Edwards, (Commissioner of Pensions")
That she has not intermarried, but continues the Widow of the above mentioned John Wright , deceased, and that she now resides in Orland and has resided there for the space of four years past; and that previous thereto she resided in Blue Hill , of the truth of which statement I am fully satisfied. - She further states that her deceas- ed husband, the said John Wright , was a Sergeant - Major in Col. Crane's Regiment of Artillery , and attached to Captain Burbank's Company of the Revolu- tionary War . - That her husband the said John Wright , deceased, during his life time drew a Pension of 96 $ -

per annum, up to his death, which occurred on the 14 th day of May A.D. 1837. - all of which will be seen by reference to his papers in the files of the Pension Office, and that she, the said Olive Wright, was placed on the Pension roll the 14 th day of March A.D. 1848 at the rate of 120$ per annum. - She therefore makes this statement for the purpose of demanding from the United States - the arrearages of Pension due to her deceased husband the said John Wright, as Sergeant Major of an Artillery Regiment, from March 14 th , 1831 - to the 14 th , of May 1837, the day on which he died; and refers to her papers on file for proof of the foregoing statements -
And I do hereby, by these presents constitute & appoint John Johnson of Washington D.C. my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the United States, the balance of said Pension from the 14 th day of March 1831 - to the 14 th day of May 1837 - being the day of his death -
Witness my Hand & Seal this 14 th day of Novem r - 1856.
Attest, John D Grindle Mary D Grindle
Olive her  Wright
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 14 th day of November A.D. 1856. - and I certify that Olive Wright is the identical Olive Wright, Widow of the late John Wright who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, as named in the Copy annexed, and is a resident of Hancock County in the State of Maine, and that I have no interest in this claim. -
Charles M. Liden Just, Peace,

STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK, ss.—Clerk's Office, Ellsworth.
Peace,
I, Parker W. Pease Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, within and for the County of Hancock, hereby certify, that Charles H. Fildew, Esqr. whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is now, and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Hancock, duly commissioned and qualified; and as such, full faith and credit are due his office, and that his signature subscribed to the annexed certificate is
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this Eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- Six ,
P. W. Pease { Clerk of said Court for Hancock County.

AND I HEREBY CERTIFY, that at the same time, personally appeared before me John D Grindle and Mary Grindle known to me, to be two credible witnesses, and who being duly sworn, deposes and says, each for himself, that the above named Olive Wright now present, is to their knowledge, the identical person named in the above deposition, and that the said affidavit is correct, as they verily believe; that they are acquainted with the said Olive Wright and that they are, each, wholly disinterested.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, } Edward Wright Justice of The Peace upon the day and year first above written. }
State of Maine County of Hancock } ss :
I hereby certify, that Edward Wright , Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and State, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to take the same.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Hancock County Court, (a Court of Record,) this 15 th day of July A. D. 1851,
Clerk.
*The Pension Certificate must be attached to this paper by a piece of tape passing through both, and the ends placed under the seal of the County Clerk, and if the evidence is taken before a Notary Public having a seal of office, the same, but then the County Clerk's certificate is not required.

Quitt
State of Maine County of Hancock
Be it known that before me
Edward Wright
a Justice of the Peace
in and
for the aforesaid County and State, duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared
Olive Wright
aged 76
and made oath in due form of law, that she is the
identical person named in an original Pension Certificate* hereunto annexed, No. _____
and bearing
date the _____
day of _____
18 _____
, and signed by
Secretary of _____
and that she now resides in
Bluehill
and has resided there for the space of 16 years past—and that she makes
this declaration for the purpose of obtaining any arrears of pension that may be due her, under the laws of the United States ; and that by these presents she does constitute and appoint F. E. HASSLER, of the City of Washington, her true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution for her and in her name, place and stead, to ask and receive of and from the United States, any bounty land, extra pay, pensions, money or moneys that now is or are due her on account of services rendered by her deceased husband; advances made, property destroyed or taken by the Government, or any claim arising from intercourse between the United States and any foreign nation, and the Indians, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by him while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in her name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such bounty land, pensions, patents, claims, and money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatsoever nature she may have with or before any of the Departments of the Government or Congress, or any legally established commission of the United States, and, generally, to do any and every other act or acts that she might or could do, were she personally present at the doing thereof, she hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever her said attorney shall do in and about the premises, by virtue hereof.
File 2041-62-112
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto
Signed, sealed and delivered } Two witnesses. in the presence of
set my hand and seal this seventh
day of May
18 51
Edward Wright John D. Grewell
Olive Wright
State of Maine County of Hancock } ss.
On this seventh
day of May
18 51
, personally appeared
The above named Olive Wright
before me, and acknowledged the fore-
going power of attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein contained.
Edward Wright
J. P.

Brief in the case of John Wight dec'd of Maine. for in- crease under the Act of June 7 1832 -
He was a Sergeant Major for 3 years in Coranes Regiment of Artillery - He was pensioned under the Acts of 1818 & 1820 at $96 a year - Under those Acts he was entitled to no more as he was not a Commissioned Officer . Under the Act of 1832 two years service as a Sergeant entitles the soldier to $120 a year. He lived to 14 May 1837 and should have re- ceived that amount minus $96 from 4 March 1831 to the date of his death -
His widow has already been properly pensioned -
John Johnson Esq Present (Agree)
Thornton D. Dole Examiner

Castine
Aug. 14. 1849.
Dr Sir -
In clued, I hand you, the application of Mrs. Olive Wright, for a Pension -
By giving the application your early attention, you will much oblige,
Very Respectfully Yrs. Robert D. D.
W. Williams
L. L. Edward Esq.
Compt. of Pensions.

219.192 Wiggin
Payment to be made at Portland Maine
by
William Woodbury
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Portland Maine
Payable on the 4 th September and 4 th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act July 29 th . Page 21. Vol. 1. Book D. Christian G. Cushman Clerk

Department Of The Interior Pensions
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29 th 1848 Oliver Wright widow of John Wright who was a Sergeant in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 1 st of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior This twenty second day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
D. C. Goddard
Acting Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned
J. D. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

County of Hancock Maine
Eden September 4 1848
Hon J L Edwards
Dear Sir Some years past I was employed by Mrs Alice White of Penobscot County of Hancock to retain for her a pension her pension case had long before been taken up by some one; at this moment forgot his name her papers were then in your office I took one or more depositions at her request to prove that she was married in 1793 but I received a letter from your department that you had received information from the town clerk of Penobscot that it did appear from the town record that she was not married until 1794 or 1795 and on that ground I think your department rejected her claim as I understand the Act of July 29 th 1848 she must be justly entitled to her pension if so must she again go all through the former requirement of your department in order to retain it, or can come at her case from the Declaration and papers now in your department? She is very poor and I see if she retains her pension will only exceed from the 4 th of March last; please write me on the subject and inform me what course she must pursue Yours to some Nicholas Thomas

Warrant granted to Mr John Wight Claim Warrant Payee B. W. Hopkins

308
Coacres

John Wight Maine Act March 18. 1818 to what time paid?
Quia 14 th May 1837 p er cent.
Pen: Offic l
Thal/p er cent
on.
April 30, 1839
said to have died 2 nd May 1837

Oliver Wright Massachusetts
Rejected * Prepared
See let 30 th April 1839 J. Leach - do. to W m Woart, May 28. 1839 - married after 1794 =
J. P. Fitchingham January 3 rd 1842
W. Thomas Esq. March 20 th 1842
April 8 th 1842 Nicholas Thorne
1113

John Wight dec d Maine
Deceased June 7 1832-
2 years Serg t $120
a year from March 1831 to March 1837 when he died (3) deducting $96 a year rec d under the Act of 1828-
Pay John's Widow Olive right
Scituate John Johnson Esq Reserve

Respectfully referred to the Chief of the Q. War and Navy Div for his consideration
John M. Kelly Acty Chief S & N Div
Sept 22 nd 1897
JB

BA-J/ady
Rev. & 1812 No. 221.
April 9, 1934.
Navy-970-
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rev. War claim of John Wight, File No.
W.2041.
Actual 1 of each page
UNCERTIFIED.
xxx
$2.25.....9 pages
Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
see order in Humphrey Brown, W. 18648.

List to Winfred L. Holman: Pelatiah Perkins affid. Sept. 2, 1839 — 2 pages Sarah Condon's affid. Feb. 23-1842 — 1 " Sarah Condon's affid. July 3-1849 — 1 " Lydia Hatch's affid. July 6-1849 — 1 " Lucy Carpenter's affid. July 5-1849 — 1 " Little page which reads "John Wright Maine Act March 18-1818 to what time paid? Pen. Office April 30-1839 died 14 th May 1837 p 4/10 that period O.H. said to have died 2 nd May 1837"
1 page Sol. Ctf. jacket no. 15561 — 1 " Wid. Ctf. jacket No. 306 — 1 " 1 page
1 page
1 page 1815

SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 97995
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
December 6, 1939  122
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSIONS
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of sixteen pages from Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2041, John Wight.
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For further information see M. M. H. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved:
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Chief of Ex. Div. Rev. Sec. 1813 WARS SEC.
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December 6, 1929
Issue to ex-Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Please furnish me photostat copies (uncertified) from the following Revolutionary War pension claims
See over
 Four pages from John Merrill, S.37235  Ten pages from Nathaniel Stillman, S. 14603  Sixteen pages from John Wight, W. 2041. 
Cash - $4.50   FINANCE DIVISION BROOKFIELD OFFICE DEC 6 1929 BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
Miss Winifred L. Holman 39 Windsor Avenue Watertown Mass.
per K. S. C. Received payment from Miss Kate S. Curry $4.50  Antonia W. Ford. Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.

Pages from John Wright selected by Miss Kate S. Curry for Miss Winifred L. Holman:    Soldier's decl. dated Aug. 21-1819-  2 p    Michael Larry's dep. Aug. 21-1819-  1 p    Neil McGee's " Aug 24-1819-  1 p    Edward Wright's " Aug. 28-1819-  1 p    Schedule of 1820 - July 11-  2 p    Wid. decl. Dec. 11-1838-  1 p    John Jones & Eliza Drownman Sept 26-38  1 p    Lydia Walsh affid. Aug. 6-1838 -  1 p    Mercia Nescott - Aug. 7-1838-  1 p    James Lead S. C. Marriage -  1 p    B. L. Belair - 1851 -  3 p    " " " 1855 -  1 p     16  
Pages from John Merrill to same:  Undated statement by self that he is not on any pen. list of the U.S., the page ending with sign. of Joseph Hutchinson & Stephen Haskell — 1 p  The page with old papers - 1783 - 1 p  Del's - 1820 - decl. — 2 p  4
Pages from Nathaniel Stillman for same:    Sal. decl. Aug. 10-1832 -  4 p    " " Nov. 28-1832 -  1 p    Caleb Tenney before Jus. Peace Aug. 2-1832 -  1 p    Jos Stillman Aug 10-1832 -  2 p    Samuel Woodhouse - Aug 10-1832 -  2 p     10  

L. W. B. W. 2041.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
September 28th, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning John Wight, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 21st, 1819, at which time he was residing at Penobscot, Mass., (now Maine), and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private and sergeant major in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Burbank and Col. Crane. Place of his enlistment not stated.
His widow, Clive, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. John Q. Thayer,
Meriden, Conn.
Box 676.

Old war Div Ms Ex't. No. Co. _____ Reg't _____
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. July 2 d , 1886
Return this letter with your reply.
Sir,
Yours of the 27 th ult. is received, calling attention to a discrepancy in the name of the wife by the first marriage of John Wight, a Revolutionary pensioner, who resided in Penobscot, Maine.
On referring to the pension papers it is found that the statement made in July 1820 in behalf of John Wight, a distracted person, is signed by Moses B. Judkin, a Notary Public, and in giving the names and ages of the individuals constituting the family of the pensioner at that date, specifies "wife Abigail aged 47 years."
This specification is evidently a mistake, for the name should have been Olive who was his wife at that time by his second marriage in 1795, and the age 47 would correspond with the 65 years which she gave as her age in 1838 - The oldest child (born in 1796) by his second marriage is called by a witness Abigail Burn and by another Abigail -
In consequence of the widow Olive claiming in her first application for a pension that her marriage to Wight was in 1793, her claim was pending for several years (the first wife having died March 1, 1794) there was and during the period some  there were conflicting statements in names and dates, but in none of the papers on file is the real name of the first wife mentioned.
Very respectfully
(Olive was reported paid to Sept 4. 1857)
Mr William Ward Wight
Milwaukee Wis n
Commissioner

Onan
AUG. 21st
U.S. Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
I am desirous of obtaining the Revolutionary War record of John Wright (or White) who was a soldier and for years drew pension while living at Pendleton, Maine. It is this correspondence with the Secretary of State of Maine that there were at least two of that name who served there. During the Revolution, if you can tell me the regiment and company of the John Wright who drew pension at Pendleton. It will enable me to tell which record I require. Thanking you in advance for this favor I am
Yours very truly,
Cliff.

Horace Perkins, Real Estate Agent.
Telephone 13=5.
204
Waterville, Me., Aug. 24th 1903.
U.S. Pension Office, Washington, D.C.,
Gentlemen:-
I am desirous of obtaining the Revolutionary War record of John Wight (or White) who was a pensioner and for years drew pension while living at Penobscot, Maine. I find through correspondence with the Secretary of State of Mass. that there were at least two of that name who served from Mass. during the Revolution. If you can tell me the regiment and company of the John Wight who drew pension at Penobscot it will enable me to tell which record I require. Thanking you in advance for this favor I am
Yours very truly,
C. N. Perkins # 1 Sheldon Place,
Dict.

177- Wenden, Conn.
Sept. 17, 1897.
Commissioner of the Pension Bureau, -
Dear Sir, -
My great- grandfather, John Wight , was in the revolutionary war nearly eight years, so my oldest relatives tell me. He enlisted from Marble- head and also from An- dover, Mass., I judge, as he moved from Marblehead to Andover, during that time. His widow said that he was in the battle of

Bunker Hill. I find in a book that he enlisted from Andover, Mass, in Jan, 1781, as a private and was promoted to be sergeant-major in Capt. Burbank's Co, in Col. Crane's regiment of artillery. He was in several battles it says and was discharged at West Point. He spent the last days of his life in Penobscot, Me. Is his name on the pension list? Will you please write me whatever particulars it gives of him. I do not know what your fee is for looking up such matters, but please let me know, and oblige
Yours truly, Mrs. John L. Shay, 1 Meriden, Conn. Box 676-

Milwaukee, Wis. June 27. 1886
Hon. Comr of Pensions
On May 22 last, you most kindly sent me the history of the revolutionary and 1812 soldiers bearing the name of Wight. The material thus sent has been of much service. May I intrude once more, in order to refer the clerk who made the extracts, to one name? Among the Rev. soldiers, is the name of John Wight of Penobscot Maine. You state "His first wife Abigail Bunn is shown to have died" &c. The grandchildren of John are quite unanimous that the name of his first wife was Hannah Parker. They may be mistaken as to the Christian name, but will you again examine the record to see if the surname may not be Parker? Perhaps you may at least see that the first letter is P. and not B.
One more point under the same name: You say of John "In July 1870 his family consisted of a daughter Abigail aged 47 ..... In 1820 his age was 63 years." The 63 years corresponds with my record and is correct but have you not misread the 47? If that number is right, John was but 16 when Abigail was born. Please look at the figures again. Have you no record when the wife of John, Olive Wescott, died?
Again thanking you for your effort in my behalf I am
Very Respectfully
William Ward Wight

MILWAUKEE, September 13, 1882.
To the Wights:
You may be aware that I have been engaged for some years in preparing for publication a revision of the Wight Family—a genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Wight, who settled in Dedham, Mass., about 1636. The original volume was sent to the press by Dr. D. P. Wight in 1848, and I have been stimulated by its perusal to endeavor to complete what my friend so ably began. As long ago as 1871 I corresponded with Dr. Wight, and would have secured his co-operation in preparing this revision had he survived to render it.
This circular is sent to those who bear the Wight name or carry the Wight blood, and it asks their aid in the furnishing of statistics of their immediate families, and in spreading among their kin the intelligence of the work in hand.
I desire in the case of every married Wight, whether son or daughter, facts like the following:
1. Full name and residence. 2. Full name of wife (or husband), and date of birth. 3. Names of wife's (or husband's) parents, and maiden name of mother. 4. Date and place of marriage. 5. Names and dates of birth of all children. 6. Dates of deaths. 7. Any facts of interest--army service, occupation, college graduation, book publication, and the like.
Avoid initials whenever possible , i. e., furnish the full names of all persons, and give month and day, as well as year, when writing dates.

After the above facts are furnished concerning the head of the family, each child should be treated in the same manner.
Short pedigrees of other than Wight ancestors will be inserted if furnished; that is, if your father's name is Wight and that of your mother Jones, I will print a brief note of the Jones ancestry back to the first settler.
In this my effort to obtain and perpetuate the history of the descendants of our worthy ancestor Thomas Wight, I ask your cheerful and punctual co-operation. I am aware that the work does not appeal to the practical side of life or suggest pecuniary advantage; but the desire to preserve the record of our ancestors is surely a laudable one, and I bespeak your aid in making the undertaking worthy of the memory of those who have done their work before us and gone away.
It is my intention, provided you are prompt, and my time permits, to publish within two years. Although this seems a long way off, I trust you will not delay in furnishing material, but will send quickly what is needed to bring down to date the history of your family.
WILLIAM WARD WIGHT,
Milwaukee, Wis.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
11.000.
P. O. Oliver Wright Service: John
Enlisted: _____, 18 . See Widow admitted
Discharged: _____, 18 . File 2.041
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: ok L H

Rev. Wm
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
2 P H 1 Clive Wight,
Widow John Wight, Sergt. Rev. War.
Act:
July 29, 1848.
Index:—Vol.
m
Page
336.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept.
28/87 Mrs. John D. Thayer, Meriden, Conn.
Aug 9. 29-1903 -
On Perkins waterville me.
1929. Dec. 13 - Photos to Winifred L. Holman Finnance Div. wife -
1934 Apr. 17. Photos mailed Winifred L. Holman thru Kate Curry + account ntfd. See order in Brown, W. 18648. A.D.?
1939. March 23. List to me