Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26560, Josiah Turner, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Turner, Josiah • Lydia.
No. 26560
CONTENTS
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Maine - 4046
Lydia Gurner, widow of Josiah Gurner,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 22 d Ap r 1812 of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Corp l in the Comp y commanded by Captain Lathrop of the Reg t commanded by Bailey in the Mass s line for 8 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 29 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Aug t 39, and sent to Rev. Mr. Morton, Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 14th of March - $ 87.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 14.66 $ 102.65
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R Burdick Clerk. Book A Vol. 1 -> Page 24
Date of death - not on A 13

Certificate of Marriage
December the twelfth Seventeen hundred Seventy Six — Mr. Josiah Turner of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Miss Lydia Pettingill of Easton in the County of Bristol were Married by me Archibald Campbell Pastor Recorded by Matthew Hayward Town Clerk
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the marriage of Josiah Turner and Lydia Pettingill with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures, as follows. viz, December 12 th 1776 —
Tisdale Harlow } Clerk of the town of } Easton in the County of Bristol } Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Tisdale Harlow above named, depose & say: that I hold the office of Clerk, of the town of Easton, above mentioned, & that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me. Tisdale Harlow Clk. as aforesaid.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol S.S. Easton Nov. 3 rd 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Tisdale Harlow the present Clerk of the town of Easton, and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is a true copy as above stated from the Town records in his possession.
Before me Joshua Britton — Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. I Anselm Barrett, Register of the Court of Probate in for said County do hereby certify that Joshua Britton whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace in for said County —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this sixth day of November eighteen hundred & thirty eight — A Barrett

State of Maine, ) Sued October 15 th 1838 Kennebec County ss. )
I James Lindsay am an Eighty Three years of age of a sound mind, blessed be almighty God for the same, do testify and say that I was acquainted with Josiah Turner a soldier in the late revolutionary service against Great Britain and that sometime in the month of April or the first of May in the year A.D. 1775 he the said Josiah enlisted as a Corporal in Capt. Daniel Bothrops Company in Col. — Baileys Regiment for the term of eight months and that he did entirely serve in the capacity of a Corporal the term of eight months, and at the expiration of the term above said the Company was discharged in Roxbury in Massachusetts and the deponent further saith not James Lindsay
Kennebec County ss. Sued, October 15 th 1838 Then the above named James Lindsay personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him signed before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace for the County of Kennebec and I believe the above deponent to be a man of truth and veracity — George Turner justice peace
George Turner Esq is a justice of the peace for the county of Kennebec. Nathan Weston

4719 Lydia Turner widow of Josiah Turner, Act July 7, 1838.
m 76. d 14 See additional evidence of Stephen Nellecome, Vol 15. 53-1775- Cople 8mo.
AtmD 8mo Cople $29.33
No deduction
Geo W Mertho Augusta Me

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 MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
On this eighteenth day of October A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. Lydia Turner a resident of Leeds in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged eighty six 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 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Josiah Turner who in the year 1775 enlisted for eight months into Captain Daniel Bathorp company and Lt. Col. John Bailey's regiment that she believes he served the full period of his enlistment, that the above mentioned regiment was in the Chapskeke line, & that her late husband the said Josiah Turner was a resident (at the time of his enlistment in the above mentioned service) of Bridgewater Chapskeke.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Josiah Turner on the not recollects day of November & December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six ; that her husband, the aforesaid Josiah Turner died on the twenty second day of April 1814 at the town of Leeds aforesaid ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. that her maiden name was Lydia Pittingill & that she was married to the said Josiah Turner in Bridgewater Chapskeke, by the Rev. Mr. Porter. Lydia X Turner mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me,
Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.

State of Maine
On the eighteenth day of October 1830, I was requested to receive, and did receive the declaration of Lydia Turner, the applicant within named at her residence. , she being unable, from her very advanced age to attend at a court town. She was examined and confirmed and sworn, as within stated. I am satisfied that she was married to Josiah Turner, late a revolutionary soldier of the United States on the twelfth day of December, 1776, that the said Josiah Turner deceased in April, 1814, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C.f. S.P.C.
STATE OF MAINE.
Penobscot ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County, hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon: Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice in the matter of the application of Lydia Turner for a pension. I also certify that George Turner Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for said County.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 28th day of January. A. D., 1839.
J. A. Chandler

I Stephen Wellcome of Leeds in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, do testify and declare upon oath that Joseph Turner died at said town in or about the year 1818; that Lydia Turner who made the foregoing declaration, is the reputed widow of the said Joseph, and that from my earliest knowledge of the said Joseph & Lydia they lived together as husband & wife until the death of the said Joseph, the said Lydia now living in Leeds aforesaid has to my knowledge remained unmarried ever since the death of the said Joseph Turner.
Stephen Wellcome
State of Maine County Kennebec
October 10 1838. Subscribed
and sworn to. I certify the deponent is a credible witness.
Before me, Nathan Weston
C. J. S. J. C.
I Stephen Wellcome of Leeds in the County of Kennebec, upon oath, state in addition to the above deposition I gave, in October last, that Lydia Turner by whom the foregoing declaration was made & sworn to resides with me twenty three miles from where the County Courts are held, & that she was at the time of making her said declaration, has been ever since, & still continues unable to leave home for any purpose or for the purpose of making her declaration in open court. That she is nearly ninety years of age, very infirm of body & does not sit up from her bed but a few hours in a day. That it is entirely out of her power to appear in court, & that I procured the attendance of the Chief Justice at my house, where said Lydia has lived for twelve or thirteen years past.
Stephen Wellcome
State of Maine Kennebec, p:
Subscribed & sworn to this 8th day of August 1839. the deponent being a credible witness, & I being satisfied of the truth of his statement from personal knowledge.
Wm Moart Jr Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine
Kennebec p:
I the subscriber Clerk of the Courts for said County hereby certify that William Moart Jr before whom the above affidavit was sworn, is a Justice of the Peace for said County. That the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, this 8th day of August 1839.
J. A. Chandler Clerk

January 28, 1932
Mr. Andrew H. Burgess 5111 West 23rd Street Cicero, Illinois.
BA-J/AWF
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Josiah Turner, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 26560, based upon the military service of Josiah Josiah Turner during the Revolutionary War.
He enlisted in April or May 1775, while residing in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and served eight months as corporal in Captain Daniel Lothrop's company in Colonel John Bailey's Massachusetts regiment.
He married, December 12, 1776, Lydia Pettingill. He was then of said Bridgewater, and she was of Easton, Massachusetts.
Josiah Turner died April 22, 1814 in Leeds, District of Maine. The date of his birth is not given.
His widow, Lydia, was allowed pension on her application executed, October 18, 1838, at which time she was living in Leeds, Maine, and was aged eighty-six years. She was living at this time with Stephen Wellcome. No relationship to soldier or widow shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Lydia, widow of Josiah Turner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, Accounting Office, Records

Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data- Lydia, widow of Josiah Turner Certificate number 4046 Issued August 31, 1839 Rate $29. 33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1836 Act of July 7, 1838 Maine Agency
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26560
Lydia Turner Wid of Josiah Turner Carpl Mass-line
Act July 7 th 1838
Index: Vol. M , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1932 Jan 28 - H. H. to Andrew H. Burgess

Augusta, Me. Augt. 8 th . 1839.
Sir,
I herewith send you the declarations of Lydia Turner & Aseneth Brown under the Act of July 7, 1838. They were returned to Geo. W. Morton, Esq., among others, for declarations in open Court. It is believed that the evidence now forwarded will be satisfactory in each of these cases, as to the inability of the applicant to appear in Court.
I was with the Chief Justice at Palermo, when Mrs Brown's declaration was sworn to, & she & her family were well known to me. Her case as well as Mrs Turner's are as good cases, with the additional evidence now forwarded, as can be presented, as for Mrs Turner she is too feeble to go even to her nearest neighbors.
The certificates may be sent to either Mr. Morton or myself.
I am in very respectfully Yours affec ly M c Naughton
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Comm d of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Cicero Illinois. Dec. 9 1931.
The Bureau of Pensions.
5111. West 23 rd St.
Washington D. C.
Att. of Mr. E. W. Morgan.
My dear Sir.
Thank you for the Pension Record of the late Louis E Green A Vet. of the Spanish War. and of his widow. which were recd to day. to be used in our Family Genealogy.
Will you kindly send me the Service Record. and Pension Record of one Josiah Turner , late of Leeds Maine a Soldier in the Rev. War. He was born in 1754 in Bridgewater Mass. and died in Leeds Maine.
He married one Lydia Pettingill of Bridgewater about 1778. She was a Pensioner in Leeds Me. in 1840. than aged about 88 yrs. She lived with her Son in Law. Stephen Welcome. and was the mother of 10 children, several of whom are recorded in our Norris Family Genealogy. ( See Page 10 Census of Pensions. )
I am hoping that I may receive as full a record as possible. as I greatly need the full date of birth and death. of Josiah and Lydia.
Again thanking you for this and other favors. I am
Very Resp Yours.
Andrew Johnnes Burgess
Member of the Illinois Society S. A. R. Board of Managers. for 1931..32.