Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,624, Joseph Winch, N.H.

SERVICE
n. J. H.
Winch, Joseph Anna
NUMBER _____
W 26.624. B.L.Wt. 13.704-160-55.
CONTENTS

20, 194
Maine
Joseph Winch
of Kennebec Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Rowell of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the N. Hampshire line, for the term of three years from 1781 to 1783
Inscribed on the roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 day of July 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of July 1830 and sent to R. C. Rose Augusta.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1830, $10.50 Semi-annual all'ce ending
$10.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Rec: Book X. Vol: 1. fol: 101.

687
Maine
Anna Winch
C. 54
widow of Joseph Winch
who died on the 20 July 1835
of Kennebec co in the State of Maine
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Rowell of the Regiment commanded
by Col Reid in the New Hampshire
line for three years from 1781.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at Portland
at the rate of 96 Dollars Cents
per annum, to commence on the first day of
March, 1848. Increased from $80 per an. July
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of
July 1851 and sent to G M Morton Augusta Maine
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by Book D
A Van Wyk Clerk, Vol. 2 Page 5

110.332 Act Mar 3 rd /55
May 1 st /55
Anna Winch Joseph
Joseph Winch print,
N.H. Cont'd line, She is a Revolutionary Pension Under Section Act 4 th Sept 1836, No 687 at $36 per Ann
no
Ad: 160 acres, parcy 2 nd /56.
one July 36 R.R. /57.
Vol N. 2. page 10.
George Willerton Augusta. Maine

110,332
Anna Winch widow of Joseph Winch.
Claim of _____
TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Has not rec d bounty land. She is a Revolutionary Pensioner under 3 d Sec. Act July 4. 1836 Late husband, Joseph Winch, was a Private in the Army of the Revolution.
PRESENTED BY
GEO. W. MORTON,
ATTORNEY, AUGUSTA, MAINE.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Franklin }
On this twenty fourth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, James U. Burham Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Anna Winch aged ninety five years, a resident of Freeport in the State of Maine, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical widow of Joseph Winch , who was a private in the Revolutionary War and that she is now a Revolutionary Pensioner under the 3 d Sec. of the Act of the United States of the 4 th July 1836. that she is pensioned on account of the services of her late husband Joseph Winch , dec d in the Army of the Revolution, and is the identical  Anna Winch who is named as a Pensioner in Certificate of which the foregoing is a true copy. No. 687 Department of the Interior. Revolutionary Claims.
I certify that in conformity with the 3 d Section of the law of the United States, of the 4 th of July 1836 Anna Winch of Freeport widow of Joseph Winch , who was a private in the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Ninety Six dollars per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the first day of July 1848 and payable semi annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September, deducting former payments at the rate of $80 per annum.
Seal.
Given at the Department of the Interior this eleventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Examined & Countersigned A. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions.
Alex d H. H. Stuart Secretary of the Interior.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 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. and that she is still a widow
Anna X Winch
We, Henry Carrell Jr and Joseph Tuttle
residents of Freeport in the State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Anna Winch in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. We further state that we are well acquainted with the said Anna Winch , that she is a Pensioner of the United States as stated by her above, and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of Joseph Winch her late husband.
Henry Carrell Jr
Joseph Tuttle
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 the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
James U. Burham Justice of the Peace.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents. That I, Anna Winch of Forceman in the County of Franklin and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed GEO. W. MORTON, of the City of Augusta, in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty fourth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Witness: Joseph Tuttle
Anna Winch
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Franklin ss:—On the 24 day of April 185 5 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Anna Winch and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
James W. Burbank Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that James W. Burbank before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Kennebec aforesaid, this 28 th day of April 185 5
M c W. Stratton CLERK.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress, of the 4th July, 1836.
State of Maine.
Kennebec County, ss.
1836- 75- 1701 ON this twentieth day of October A. D., 1836, personally appeared in Open Court, before the Hon d Nathan Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, Anna Winch a resident of Freeport in the County of York and State of Maine, aged Seventy 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4th, 1836; That she is the widow of Joseph Winch , late a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, under the Act of Congress of 18 March 1818 . whose services she believes were proved to the War Department for the purpose of establishing her claim to pension under said Act. that her name before marriage with said J s . Winch was Anna Phillips . that she was married to said Winch by the Rev d Mr Woodward, settled Minister in the town of Weston , Massachusetts.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Joseph Winch in the on the Winter day of of in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy nine ; that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Winch died on the twentieth day of July 1835 ; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further declares that after her marriage with said Winch she lived in the town of Weston , Mass s about one year & then moved with her husband into the State of New Hampshire , where he enlisted as a soldier into the Army of the Revolution her
Anna  mark  Winch
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me,
Nathan Weston Ch. Just. S. J. C.

State of Maine.
It has been made to appear to my satisfaction, that Anna Winch, the applicant within named, was married to Joseph Winch, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, on the seventeenth of March, 1780 , her maiden name being Anna Phillips . The applicant, from advanced age, and defect of memory, supposed it to have been in 1779; but I rely upon the record of the clergyman, who solemnized the marriage, the evidence of which is herewith forwarded. It has been further made to appear, that the said Joseph Winch deceased on the 20th. of July, 1835 , and that the said applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston Ch. Justice S. J. Court.
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Courts for said County hereby CERTIFY, That Nathan Weston Esq. before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of State of Maine I also CERTIFY, That the within contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anna Winch for a pension. I also certify that George
W. Weston is a Justice of the peace for said County of Kennebec & the annexed signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this twenty third day of December A. D., 1836.
J. H. Chandler

I, Sarah Woodward of Weston, in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty nine years, do testify & say that the Rev d . Samuel Woodward was my father; that he was the ordained minister of the town of Weston aforesaid from the year 1751 to 1782 as I always understood, & verily believe. I well recollect and know that he was Minister of said town in 1782 in which year he died - I was then fifteen years old - and that he was in the constant practice of joining persons in marriage, and was, by the Laws of the Commonwealth aforesaid, authorized & empowered to perform such ceremonies; that he kept a book of record of such marriages by him performed; which book of records remained among his other books at his decease, and has been, from the time of his death to the present time, in my possession or some member of the family; that said book has been in my possession for thirty years last past, and is still in my possession; that the said entries of marriages are in the proper hand writing of the said Samuel Woodward; that I was well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel Woodward, having often seen him write; and that the following is a true copy of an entry made by the said Samuel Woodward in his own hand writing in the said book, viz t "1780
March 17 th married Joseph Winch of Framingham & Anna Phillips of Littleton."
And further I say not.
• Sarah Woodward
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this 20 th day of December A D 1836 personally appeared Sarah Woodward, to me known as a disinterested & credible person, and made oath that the above affidavit, by her subscribed, is true.
Before me Benj. James Justice of Peace.
I am satisfied that Benj. James Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Middlesex, state of Massachusetts.
Nathan Weston C.J.S.J.C in law

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I. Isaac Fiske, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify that Benjamin James Esq. is a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex, duly commissioned and qualified, & that his signature when written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty six.
Isaac Fiske Reg. of Prob.

I Sarah Whitney of Freeman in the county of Somerset of lawful age do testify and declare upon oath that I lived in the same neighborhood with the Joseph Wind late of said Freeman a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States prior to his decease, that I am well acquainted with his widow Anna Wind, that for twenty five years upwards before the death of said Wind the said Joseph Wind & Anna Wind lived together as man & wife, when I first had any knowledge of them they were so living, and that since the decease of said Joseph Wind, his widow Anna Wind has remained unmarried
Sarah Whitney
State of Maine
Kennebec County ss October 20. 1836. Subscribed and sworn to & I certify the deponent a credible witness
Before me
Geo. W. Morton Just Peace
George W. Morton Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Kennebec.
Nathan Weston

21263. Joseph Winch, Priv. Rowells C o . Rechs. Reg t New Hampshire line.
3 years
dec. Oct. 10. 1829
(proof of service Rolls vid. J. L. R. letter to me Sep. 12. 1829
R. C. Vose
Augusta Me.

Original Claim.
Declaration, in order to be placed on the Pension list, under the act of the 18 th . March 1818. —
County of Kennebec ss.
On this ninth day of October 1829. personally appeared in open court before the Supreme Judicial Court, being a court of record of said State of Maine for the county aforesaid, Joseph Winch resident in said County, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18 th . March 1818. and the 1 st . of May, 1820, that he the said Joseph Winch, entitled for the term of three years, on the not recollected day of April in the year 1781. in the State of New Hampshire, in the company of Infantry commanded by Captain Rowle, in the regiment commanded by Colonel George Reed, in the line of the State of New Hampshire, on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps until Oct r 1783. when he was discharged from the service at West Point, in the State of New York, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present; that his name is not on the roll of any State, (except Maine;) and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, are in 1818. I made application for a pension, but failing to find proof of my service & being poor & unable to travel to New Hampshire, where I lived in the Revolutionary War, to find those who served with me, & not knowing whether any of my fellow soldiers are living or not. & not being able to find any one who could assist me in preparing papers. I have not applied since 1818. until the present time.
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1 st . May 1820. I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th 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 18 th 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. — Schedule of the Real and personal Estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber — viz: No Real estate, and have owned none for the last thirty years — and no personal property except one Cow of the value of Eleven dollars — 1 pig three dollars — 14.00 and a few articles of Old house hold stuff — viz. 4 chains — 1 Table, 1 old chest of drawers — 1 Iron Pot. 1 brass Kettle — 1 Tin Kettle & Spider — 6.00 a few articles of Crockery ware — 3 knives, forks & 1 spoon — all worth not more than Six dollars — 20.00
no debts due me — and owe a few small debts — Signed Joseph Winch.
Schedule of the family residing with me Joseph Winch, who by occupation am a Farmer, which I am unable to pursue by reason of Old age — viz.
Anna my wife — aged 69. years. feeble health & subject to the Rheumatism — have been at much expense on her account, #
Signed Joseph Winch
A true copy the declaration and schedule on file attests R. C. Vose, Clerk.
I Barnabas Whitney, one of the Selectmen of Freeman do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Winch, above named, he is a poor man, and the amount of all his property as it stands on the valuation does not exceed thirty dollars, & that I have no knowledge of his owning any property whatever in any other town or place
Signed Barnabas Whitney
Sworn to, and declared, the deponent being in my opinion a credible Witness, on this tenth day of October 1829.
before me Nathan Weston Jr. Just S.J. Court
I Robert C. Vose, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Joseph Winch did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental

— establishment. — I also certify, that the foregoing Oaths, and the schedule thereto annexed, & also the deposition of Barnabas Whitney, are truly copied from the records 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 twenty dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty nine —
R. C. Rose, Clerk
# "That since the 18 th day of March 1818. no particular changes have been made in my property. My personal property, has not at any one time since the 18 th of March 1818. exceeded thirty dollars in value, my ability to labor, which has been my principal means of support, has been gradually diminishing, with my increasing years" —
I certify that the above is a true copy of the declaration of said Joseph Winel & was omitted by me, by mistake & should have been inserted where this # mark is in the opposite margin — Attest, R. C. Rose, Clerk of the Court, Kennebec County. —

Joseph Winch declaration, March 26. 1818
R. C. Vose, agent Augusta Maine

I, Joseph Winch, of the age of 59 years, declare & say that about the 1 st of April 1781 I enlisted as a private soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary war, for the term of 3 years: I then entered the service in Capt. Daniel Knowl's company, in the 2 d N. H. Reg t Col. George Reed, of the New Hampshire Line; I continued in the service until the 19 th October 1783, & then left the service without licence: — I also say that I am a resident citizen of the United States; that I reside in & belong to Lexington in the County of Middlesex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; — That I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from my country for support: And that I have not now any other evidence of the above statement in my power: and that I never had any pension from allowed me by the laws of the United States.
Joseph Winch
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss. March 26. 1818.
Then the above named Joseph Winch made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, Isaac Murrey of lawful age testify & say that I am well acquainted with the above named Joseph Winch, I live near him, & have always understood that he had served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War between two & three years.
Isaac Murrey
Middlesex ss March 26. 1818 Then the above named Isaac Murrey made solemn oath that the declaration by him signed is true, before me,
Stephen Minot, judge etc.

Whereupon it appearing to my satisfaction, that the said Joseph Winch did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration of service against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in
the case, & the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the Department of War. I also certify that I know the said Winch to be very poor & in need of assistance from his country for support
Stephen Minton.
Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

December 1, 1936.
Hannah H. Lander R. F. D. Kingfield, Maine.
BA-J/ILL Joseph Winch W. 26624 Jonathan True W. 11659
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Joseph Winch whose wife was Anna Phillips, both of Freeman, Maine, Jonathan True who died November 10, 1841 and is buried in Freeman, Maine, and "R. Carl B.A. 17-1728 D.D. 16, 1819 A. 91" , the inscription found on field stone in town of Salem, Maine.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of any R. Carl. The records of Joseph Winch and Jonathan True are furnished herein as found in pension claims based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
JOSEPH WINCH-W. 26624.
Joseph Winch was a resident of Framingham, Massachusetts, in March 1780, lived after that about one year in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, then moved to New Hampshire.
While a resident of New Hampshire, the place not stated, he enlisted April 1, 1781, served as private in Captain Rowell's company, Colonel George Reid's 2 nd New Hampshire regiment and continued until October 19, 1783, when he was discharged at West Point, New York.
Omitted here Daniel Rowell as the service was in Capt. W m Rowell's Co - N.H. State Papers.
In 1818, the soldier resided in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Joseph Winch was allowed pension on his application executed October 29, 1829, at which time he resided in Freeman, Somerset County, Maine. He was aged then seventy years; date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given. He died July 20, 1835 in Freeman.

Franklin County, Maine.
Joseph Winch married March 17, 1780, Anna Phillips, of Littleton; this date was shown on the record of Reverend Samuel Woodward, the Minister of Weston, Massachusetts, who married them. Anna Winch gave the date of her marriage as "winter of 1779" by Rev. Woodward at the time she made her application for pension. The soldier's name was not given as Joseph Winch, Junior.
Anna Winch, the widow of Joseph Winch, was allowed pension on her application executed October 30, 1836, at which time she resided in Freeman, Maine. She was aged then seventy-five years; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents were not shown. She was living in Freeman, Maine, in 1855.
No reference was made to children of Joseph Winch and his wife, Anna.
JONATHAN TRUE- W. 11659.
Jonathan True was born in North Yarmouth, Massachusetts, in the year 1758 ; the day of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of North Yarmouth, he enlisted about July 1, 1775, and served six months as private in Captain Benjamin Parker's company, Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's Massachusetts regiment; he enlisted July 1, 1776 and served six months as private in Captain John Wentworth's company, Colonel Francis' Massachusetts regiment, during which he was stationed first at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and later went to Ticonderoga, where Colonel Aaron Willard was in command. He enlisted July 7, 1779- served as private in Captain John Gray's company, Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's Massachusetts regiment until September 12, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 11, 1833,

at which time he resided in Freeman, Somerset County, Maine. Jonathan True had resided in Freeman for twelve years or more. He died November 10, 1844, in Freeman, Maine.
The soldier married in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine District, Mehitable Worthley; he was recorded then as Jonathan True, Junior. The names of her parents were not given.
Mehitable True, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed February 24, 1845, at which time she resided in Freeman, Franklin County, Maine. She was aged then eighty-three years; the date and place of her birth were not given. She died May 11, 1846.
It was stated that the soldier, Jonathan True, and his wife, Mehitable, reared a family of children, no names of said children designated.
One James True was with Mehitable True in 1845, when she made her application for pension; no relationship to the family of the soldier was stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1936-Dec. 8 - Hist. to Hannah H Lander - J
Reps
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26624
Anna Winch wid of Joseph Winch Dis Rev War
Act: July 4 th 36
Index: —Vol. M , Page 347
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Maine 687
Anna Winch widow of Joseph Winch
who died on the 20 th July 1835, of Kennebec Co, in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Rowell of the reg t — commanded by Col. Reid in the N. Hampshire line for three years from 1787
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of April 1837 and sent to Geo: W. Morton Esq. Augusta.
Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Sept 1837 $40.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 9 th }
Recorded by W. L. Merrill Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 22
let 1 April 1837 to G.W. Morton Esq. let 19 June 1838 to G. Evans

5 13/04
3 Mrs. A. A. A.

Plant 34, Me;
Blyth

To Winch Freeman
Wrote Sugg War Sep 3 1863

To All people to whom these presents shall come This may certify that Mr. Joseph Welch of Freeman in the county of Somerset and State of Maine - that his property both real and personal stands on the valuation at thirty dollars and 80 cents and that according to the best of our knowledge he has not any other property in this town or in any other place
Barnabas Whitney } Selectmen Jonathan Brown } and assessors of Freeman for the year 1828
Freeman March 2-1829

Joseph Winck, Maine, act March 18, 1818 to what time paid?
Pen. Office
Due 21 July 1835 paid to that period
March April 1, 1837
14

Joseph Winch
wrote to Winch at Freeman
Sept 21. 1829

War Department Pension Office
September 12. 1829
Sir
Your letter of the 3 d instant has been received. I herewith enclose a form of a declaration, accompanied by the necessary instructions to enable Joseph Winch to present his claim to a Pension. His name is on the Revolutionary rolls of Soldiers.
I am very respectfully Your O bt Serv t James L. Edwards
R. C. Vose Esq Augusta Maine

I, Habakkuk Stearns of Lincoln in the County of Middlesex, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose & say I have long been acquainted with Joseph Winch of Lexington in said County & know him to be a very poor man, & that he is in need of assistance from his Country for support. I verily believe he is not worth any thing at all.
Habakkuk Stearns
Sworn June 12. 1818
I Amos Murray Jr. one of the Select men of said Lexington depose & say that I know the above named Joseph Winch, & believe & have no doubt that the above deposition of Habakkuk Stearns is true. Amos Murray Jr.
Sworn June 12. 1818
Middlesex Jr. June 12. 1818 Then the above named Habakkuk Stearns, & Amos Murray Jr. severally made solemn oath that the deposition, by them respectively subscribed are true, before me.
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

Dr.  Office
July 26 th 1830
Peru: to come: 26 July 1850.

Augusta Me. July 20 th 1830
Sir, Your letter enclosing Joseph Winch's Declaration has been received - I find by looking at his original declaration Schedule, on file in this, Clerk's Office - that I omitted copying a part of the declaration immediately after the schedule - viz his account of his services since 18 th March 1818. I have now copied the same from the record therewith. Enclose the declaration with my opinion corrected.
I hope this will not prejudice or operate to the injury of this poor old man, as it was my error & not his -
I am very respectfully
Your ob d . Serv t
Robert Gore
James L. Edwards Esq Chief Clerk - Pension Office War Department Washington

War Department Bounty Land Office Septem r 11 th 1829
Sir
Your letter to the Secretary of War, relating to the Claim to Bounty Land, of Joseph Winch of the New Hampshire Line, in the Revolutionary War, is received and referred to this Office — In reply, I have to inform you that, the name of Joseph Winch is not returned, on the Records of the New Hampshire line, on file in this Office, among those who enlisted for "during the War", and served to the close of it — he is therefore not entitled to Bounty Land of the U d States — As it respects his Claim to Pension, I have referred your letter to Jas s L d Edwards Esq r . of the Pension Office. from whom, I have no doubt, you will receive the requisite information
Very Respectfully Y r .
W m Gordon
Robert C. Vose Esq r Augusta Maine

Joseph Winch
Rev. Claein
and July 21. 1830
First Amended Copy of his dec. in the case of his petition since 1818. -

War Department
Pension Office
July 14. 1880
Sir,
The document which you sent to this Department in support of the claim of Joseph Winch has been examined, and is herewith returned, being insufficient to authorize this Department to grant him a pension. The claimant states in his declaration that he has owned no real estate for thirty years; but it is not clear for the same period he has owned no personal property and disposed of the same. He must make an additional statement under oath, and set forth all the changes that have taken place in his personal property since the 18 th of March 1818; and if none, state the fact explicitly.
I am, respectfully, The Atty. Genl J. L. Edwards
R. C. Vose, Esq. Augusta, Maine

Augusta, Me. Dec 24, 1836
Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Mrs Anna Wind for pension under act of Congress of July 4 th 1836. Should the annexed evidence be considered by you satisfactory, be pleased to transmit her pension certificate to me.
On the 10 th inst I transmitted the application of Polly Libbey Application for pension under above act and also papers relative to the claims of Sarah Bates and Elizabeth Bates whose original papers are on file in your office for pensions, being fearful they might have been burnt in the late fire. I should be pleased to learn if they have been received or not. If destroyed I wish to get other deposition without delay.
I am with.
Yours Respectfully Your affec son Geo. Morton
W. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Anna French No 687 - $80.00 per annum
Payment to be made at Portland by A. Newhall Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book Vol. 1
Page 22 by
H. H. H. Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
687
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Anna Winch of Maine widow of Joseph Winch who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty — dollars and — — — cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1834, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September. The amount paid to 20 th July 1835, under act March 18 1818, to be deducted.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this first day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven,
J. B. Poinsett Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. S
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Anna Welch Application for Increase Pension
Rev. W. Morton. Augusta, Maine Agent.

Freeman, Maine,
Nov 19 1850
Hon James L Edmonds Commissioner of Pensions
Sir. I am a pensioner under act (the 3 d Section) of July 4. 1836 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum upon the same agency which it has been paid to Sept 4. 1850. my late husband Joseph Winch was a pensioner under Act of March 18. 1818 and died July 20. 1835. I hereby authorize Geo. W Moston to act as my Attorney to establish my claim to an increase of Pension, he always having been my agent as related to my Pension Witness.
Samuel Weymouth Joanna Little
his Anna X Winch (Mark)

Inc to p91, deg p80 Comig 1 July 1848
E. W. Norton Augusta Me

Augusta, Maine
June 4. 1851
Sir
I herewith enclose an Application and the original Pension Certificate of Anna Winch . in order to have her allowed an increase of her pension - It will be noticed that her Application is dated the 19th day of November last, the reason of its not being having been before presented is that it was mislaid and forgotten. She has rec d her pension up to the 4th of March last, and is still living. I would respectfully re-quest you to allow her claim and transmit to me a Pension Certificate for her.
Very respectfully
Wm Ot. South
Gen W. Morton
Hon. James E. Heath Commr of Pensions Washington. D.C.

Petition of Joseph Winch of M c for a share of Rev. M c H Pension -
Jan y 5 th 1835 Ref d to the Committee on Rev d  Pensions
Jan. 4-1836 Ref d to Com e  Rev. Pensions Jan 13-1836 Report is to lie
20 194 26 624 annu
6 and on Rev d Pensions
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Units of Union 3.2

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled,
The undersigned, Joseph Winch, of Freeman, County of Somerset, and State of Maine, respectfully represents—
That about the first of April, 1781, he enlisted as a private soldier in the army of the Revolution, for the period of three years, in the company commanded by Captain Rowell, of the 2 d . N. H. Regiment, commanded by Col. George Reed; — that he continued in the service aforesaid until the 19th. of October, 1783: — That on the 26th. of March, 1818, he made the necessary declaration before Judge Minot, to entitle him to a pension under the law of Congress of the 18th. March, 1818, and transmitted the same to the War Department; but did not succeed in obtaining his pension, for reasons not known to him. On the 9th. day of October, 1829, he made a new declaration, before Judge Weston; but on account of his property, which was very small, as his schedule will show, his pension was not granted to him until August or September, 1830. — He now respectfully prays your honorable body, that you will be pleased to grant him his pension from the date of his first application, to wit: the 26th. of March, 1818, to August or September, 1830, when his pension commences; And as in duty bound will ever pray.
Joseph Winch, by Robert C. Vose his Attorney.
January, 1835.

Kingfield Me. Nov. 12, 1936
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly inform me the Revolutionary record of one Joseph Winch , son of Joseph and Mary Winch, his wife's name was Anna Phillips of Littleton I believe, I have found where Anna Winch received a pension, and was a resident of Freeman, Maine Our D.A.R. Chapter wish to mark the grave which has no headstone, I would also like to find the war record of Jonathan True , buried in Freeman, died Nov. 10 1841 age 87, also " R. Carll B. A. 17- 1728 D.D 16, 1819 A. 91" inscription found on field stone in Town of Salem originally in the town of Phillips Me.
To go back to the Winch family, we have been informed that John Winch was the soldier buried in Freeman, but I find his wife's name was Keziah (Lovell) unless the pension records are wrong, (Framingham Vital records, page 400) give the the record of Joseph Jr. married Anna Phillips Mar. 17, 1780.
I thank you
Address Hannah H. Lander
Kingfield, Maine
R.F.D.