Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 8975, Thomas Warden, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Warden, Thomas Eleanor.
N 8975
CONTENTS

303 Alauil
Eleanor Wardew widow of Thomas Warden who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Stummer
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May 1853 and sent to
W m Hunt Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1818, Page 11, Vol. A
18

7713 L Maine
Thomas Warden of Wells . . . in the state of Dist. of Maine who was a Drummer in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brooks — of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 5 years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of March 1819 and sent to Benjamin Green Esq. South Berwick York County Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 - 10mo 28 / 30  4 / 31 - 88.49
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 5 th Sep 1819 48..
$136.49
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

No 3364 Eleanor Warder widow of Thomas Warder Revolutionary Pensioner under Act of 1818
Widow's claims under Act Feb 3 1853
59th Genl Assembly 3 Feb 1853
Attorney William Hunt Washington City DC Claim filed Feb 23 1853

State of Maine, :
York county ss.
On this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, personally appeared before the undersigned, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said county and state, she being unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend Court, Eleanor Warden, formerly Eleanor Riddle, aged eighty-six years, a resident of Wells in said county and state, who being sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed in February  Feb'y 1853, that she is the widow of Thomas Warden, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and Pensioner, at the rate of ninety-six dollars a year, pensioned, as she believes under the act of 1818; said Warden was a drummer, and served, as she believes, in the Massachusetts Line; that after the Revolutionary War he and his family removed from Boston in Massachusetts, to Wells in the county of York and state of Maine, at which latter place he died on the 16th day of February, 1827. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Warden, at Boston aforesaid, on the 30th day of December, 1802, by the Rev. Samuel Stillman; that she was not married prior to the year 1800, but at the time above stated; she further declares she is now a widow, and that she has never before made

application for a Pension. She also declares that she has and does appoint William Grant, of Washington City, D. C. as her attorney to make ap- plication for, and to receive her Certificate of Pen- sion, if granted.
Signed and sealed
in presence of us,
Jonathan Bourne Joshua Hildreth
her
Eleanor Warden mark
Sworn to and subscribed, by the said Eleanor Warden, on the day and year above written, before the undersigned, Judge of the Court of Probate for the county and state above- named; and I certify that I believe the appli- cant to be the widow of Thomas Warden, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner; I also hereby certify that the said Eleanor Warden, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable to attend Court; that I have no interest in the result of this application, and that I am not counsel therein.
Wm. C. Allen, Judge of said Court.

State of Maine:
York county ss.
On this 15th day of February, A.D. 1853, personally appeared the persons whose names are hereunto subscribed, and on being sworn according to law, made oath that they were personally acquainted with Thomas Warden and Elener his wife, that they knew the parties during the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to be so reputed; also that the said Thomas Warden when living, drew a Pension as a Revolutionary Pensioner or soldier, and that he died in the county of York in the year 1827; they stated this of their own personal knowledge; that the widow is now 86 years of age, as they verily believe. They also make oath that they are disinterested witnesses.
Enoch Turlish
Joshua Hubbard
Sworn and subscribed before me, on the day and year above mentioned; and I hereby certify that the parties whose names are above subscribed, are credible witnesses known to me as such. I also certify that I believe that Elener Warden is the widow of Thomas Warden who was a Revolutionary Pensioner. I likewise certify that I am not interested in this application by her for a Pension, nor am I interested in the result thereof.
Wm. C. Allen, Judge of
The Court of Probate for the county & state above mentioned.

State of Maine: county of York.
I Joshua Herrick, Clerk of the Court of Probate in the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that William C. Allen, whose genuine signatures appear above, and before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was and is, a Judge of said Court, duly com- missioned and qualified and authorized to ad- minister oaths; and that his official acts are entitled to credit. I also certify that I am not concerned in this application for a Pension, and that I am not interested in the result thereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this sixteenth day of February, A. D. 1853.
Joshua Herrick, Clerk

State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk City of Boston
" Thomas Warden and Elenor Riddle were married by Reverend Samuel Stillman Thirtieth December eighteen hundred two "
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:— (b) " 30 th Dec - 1802. "
I, Artemas Simonds above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of City Registrar in the city, county, and state afore- said, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said city, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Artemas Simonds } City Registrar
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this eighth day of December A.D. 1853.
Wm Galfrey Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full. (b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

Thomas Warden
Meal
17/8
607
Sept 1871

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first — Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday of July being the fourth day of said month and by adjournment  from day to day, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit county Thomas Warden aged fifty nine years, resident in Wells in said Circuit county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a drummer in the company commanded by Capt. William Mills in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Brooks in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the seventh day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7,713 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Thomas Warden mark.
Sworn to and declared, on the 4th day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Benj a Greene Atty Daniel Sewall, Clerk.
Ch. Justice One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
1 dwelling house 18 by 20 ft. - 7 ft. post with a rock chimney. - The land on which it stands is not my own.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Thomas Warden who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of bodily infirmities.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Edner Warden 53 unable to work by reason of sickness.   Sally Warden 15 able to work.   Ebenezer Warden 11 entirely unable to work or do anything towards procuring a living by reason of a natural infirmity.    his mark  Thomas Warden
STATE OF MAINE.
York ss. I, Daniel Sewall , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit , within the county of York - do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is forty five dollars and  some IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall , { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York .

Thomas Ward m. u.
Private
9 Feb'y 76 to 9 Feb'y 77 } Mass? Hutchinson's regt. } line 15 March 77 to 20 Sept. 78 } Lee's regt. H Jackson's regt. till 15 March 78 as drummer for war - was transferred to Brookline! Served till June 8 th 1783.
7 April 1818.
Adm C
Further evidence of service required; the C y he was in should be stated the Certificate of Gov. Brooks of Gov t on conti- nental service will be sufficient.

York ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In further evidence of his service, Thomas Warden produces the certificate of his Excellency Governor Brooks, which is hereunto annexed and George Jacobs & Nathan Nimball two disinterested credible witnesses personally appear and being first by me duly sworn according to Law, they upon their oaths do say that Thomas Warden named in the certificate aforesaid is the same Thomas Warden who is named in the affidavit to which this is annexed, and that he did swear in Capt. W m Miller Camp of Col. Jackson's Regt. as he has before testified - examined and sworn before me this 15 th day of Feb. A.D. 1819 -
Benj t Greene Chief justice of the C. C. of Ass. Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit & justice of the peace throughout the County of Massachusetts.

Medford, Mass. Nov. 4 th 1818.
This is to certify that Thomas Wadden, or Wordan, was a soldier in the late 7 th Mass ts reg t . - That he enlisted to serve during the war on the 20 th of March 1779, & that he continued in service until the 8 th of June 1783, at which time he was discharged from said regiment by General Washington.
J Brooks Lt. Col l Com dt . of s d reg t .

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. }
ON this seventh
day of April
A. D. 1818,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Thomas Warden aged 75 to 80 years resident in Wells in said county of York, 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 Thomas Warden on the ninth day of February 1775 enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army, under Capt. Baker in the Reg t commanded by Col. Hutchinson of the Massachusetts Line, that he continued to do his duty in said company & Reg t until twelve months the term of his enlistment expired, when he was discharged and that on the fifteenth of March 1777 he again enlisted in the Continental Army, under Col. William Lee, & continued to do his duty with Col. Lee until the twentyfifth of September following, when he was transferred to the Reg t commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, in which Reg t he continued to do his duty until twelve months the term of his enlistment expired, when he again enlisted as a drummer in the same Reg t for during war & in the year 1782 he was transferred to the Reg t commanded by Col. John Brooks, & received an honorable discharge from Gen. George Washington at Newburgh June 8 th 1783. which discharge he had the misfortune to lose at sea—
And the said Thomas Warden further testifies that his satisfactory proof by the Certificate of the Selectmen of the Town of Wells.
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj d Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Warden did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do 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 before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
day of June
Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj d Greene

Brief in the case of Elmer Ward, widow of Thomas York County and State of Maine act 3 February 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Wasteland was a leasehold under the act of 18 March 1818 at $96 per annum. Marriage found by certified copy of Iowa Records
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
W. H. Hunt Present
S. C. G. Examining Clerk.

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No.
8975
Ebenezer Warden
Wid
Thomas Warden
German Rev War
Act:
July 29 th
1845
Index:—Vol.
16
Page
307
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington City D.C. Feb 23 1853
Sir
I herewith present the claim of Eleanor Wardlaw, who represents that she is the widow of Thomas Wardlaw, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, on the Claims Roll under the Act of 1818,
The claim is filed under the recent act Feb 3 1853.
Very Respectfully
Yours truly
Hon J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
William Keene Attorney