Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35357, Thomas Trask, Continental R.I.

SERVICE
Continental P.S.
Trask, Thomas
NUMBER _____
L. 35357
CONTENTS

12,222
Maine
Thomas Frasco,
of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Tew of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock in the R. Island line, for the term of one year, from February 1776 to February 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of, Maine at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 day of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of July 1807 and sent to and Josiah Robbins.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 86. 63
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819 " 48. -
$ 134. 63
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Restored 22 April 1829 and Application sent to B. C. Boss. Esq. on commencing 16 Feb. 1829. at due to Sept. 1829 $ 52. 74

Thos. Trask Jr.
Maps. line
Col. Hitchcock
1 March 1875 - 12 mo
Admitted upon the evidence produced J. M. P.
For all certificate see Case of J. S. Robinson

I Thomas Track Jr. of Jefferson in the County of Lincoln and District of Maine, a resident citizen of the United States, on oath declare and say: That about the first of March, in the year 1776 I enlisted under Lieutenant Blunt, into the company of Capt. William Jew, of Col. Kilcocks regiment, as a soldier in the Massachusetts line, on the continental establishment, in the war of the revolution, in the year's service, as it was called, of the year 1776. In this company I served out the year, being according to my recollection ten months, for I arrived before Boston, as I believe a fortnight or more before it was evacuated by the British: certain I am it was more than nine. At the end of the year, the army not being filled up, it was urged upon us to stay and serve two months' longer, which I did without any new enlistment, and was in the battle of Princeton where I received a wound, but have had no pension as an invalid: Thus I served in the whole about twelve months, and received an honorable

discharge. On my return homeward, in Rhode Island, about 15 miles from Providence my pocket-book containing my discharge and my continental money was stolen from my pocket in the night. When we arrived to Providence I staid a few days and received my wages for the last two months, which enabled me to reach home.
Thomas Trask Jr.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lincoln ss. On the tenth day of April, A.D. 1818, before me Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Essex Circuit, personally appeared the above named Thomas Trask Jr. and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him signed:
Josiah Stebbins.
On further recollection I am satisfied that the time of my enlistment was as soon as February, and that my additional time of service was one month. My first term of service was eleven months or nearly.
Thomas Trask Jr.
Subscribed and sworn to as aforesaid, Sept. 7. 1818,
Before, Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d E. Circuit.
Sept. 7.

I Morrel Hilton of Wisce ss in said County of Lincoln on oath testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Thomas Frisk Jun r the aforesaid Applicant, that he enlisted in the War of the Revo- -lution in January or February 1776 to serve from that time to the 1 st day of January 1777 - that he served out said time faithfully without in- -terruption, & at the expiration thereof engaged again for one month longer, & after serving out that month I understood he received a regular discharge - I was a soldier with him in the same company during said year's service.
Morrel Hilton
I Abraham Walker of Calne in said County of Senick on oath testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Thomas Frisk Jun r the aforesaid Applicant, that he enlisted in the war of the revolution in January or February 1776 to serve from that time to the 1 st day of January 1777 - that I served in the same company as a soldier with him, until nearly the close of the time, when I was taken sick at the White Plains & our Regiment went forward - some time after said time was out I saw said Frisk on the road returning home & I have no doubt but he served his time out & received a regular discharge. - Abraham Walker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss. June 29, 1818 - Personally appeared before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Lincoln in said Commonwealth, the aforesaid Moriel Hilton and Abraham Walker, and after due examination and caution to testify the whole truth, they severally made oaths to the depositions aforesaid by each of them respectively signed - which said depositions were each written by me, & both signed in my presence, and each of the aforesaid deponents are credible persons. —
Jeremiah Bailey
Lincoln ss.
Clerks Office
July 20. 1818
I certify that Jer d Bailey was on the 29 th of June 1818 a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified for this County & that the foregoing is his signature. In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & the seal of the County in said County.
Nath l Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County.

I Thomas Trask Jr. the foregoing declarant, further depose and say — that by reason of my reduced cir- cumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support. Thomas Trask Jr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lincoln ss. Sept. 7. 1818. Subscribed and sworn to as additional to the declaration a- foresaid. Before me, Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. D. E. Circuit.

Thos. Herr Jr

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Thomas Frask Gear , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Jefferson , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the tenth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

Thomas Trask Jun
Lw. Maine Roll N o 12,222
C. C. Pleas April 23. 1823
Val. Prof. 24.00
R.C. Top
P. de
August 2nd

DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Lincoln
ss.
ON this 23 day of April in 1823 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas  the being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of common law, having original jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment Thomas Trusk Jr , resident in said County, aged fifty three 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 the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three—that he the said Thomas Trusk Jr enlisted for the term of one year on the _____ day of February in the year 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Lee in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock in the line of the State of Rhode Island on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until February 1777 when he was discharged from the said service in Monmouth in the State of New Jersey that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt there from on account of his property.
AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May, eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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 eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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.
(Signed) Thomas Trusk Jr
SWORN to and declared, on the 23 day of April 1823
before
Samuel E Smith
Justice of said Court

SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted)
belonging to me the subscriber, viz: No Real Estate  one lot of the value of twelve dollars
old house house stuff (besides bedding)
1 pine table 4 chairs 1 pine chest 1 iron pot  1 tin kettle & few articles of cooking  4 knitted socks & 2 aprons } of the value of ten dollars
1 acre one lot of the value of two dollars Thomas Trask Jr.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Thomas Trask who, by occupation am a farmer which I am wholly unable to pursue by reason of the Rheumatism and an old lameness in my left leg the effect of a wound received the Revolution
   Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Albin my wife 63 years a cripple unable to work Thomas Trask Jr  
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property.  The right to redeem the 60 acres of land mentioned in my first schedule has expired and premium taken by the option.  The 1/4 part of an old Saw Mill I have sold and the personal property I have also sold
   Names of the persons to whom sold. Time of Sale. Amount of Money, or description of property received in return.     Thomas Trask 3 1/4 part of the old Saw mill Nov. 1. 1820 Labor & assistance in supporting my family   one cow sold to Thomas Royes April 1822 payment of an old debt due Royes   one cow one pine table one chest one iron pot one tin kettle & few articles of cooking sold to Thomas Trask Jr Oct. 1821 payment of an old debt due Thomas Kennedy of about eighty dollars Thomas Trask Jr  
Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
I, Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Lincoln do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Thomas Trask 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 oath, 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 twenty four dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty third day of April 182 3
Nath. Coffin
Clerk of the Court of the County of Lincoln

I Jonathan Trask of Jefferson in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine of Lawfull age Do Testify & Say that in the year 1816 Thomas Trask Junr and my self became bound for Samuel Johnson in a joint Note for 468.00 Payable to the Rev. Viah Bailey Guardian to Har Uly Gove before the payment became Due the said Johnson failed Thomas Trask Junr & my self were called upon for pay- ment and an action brought by the said Guardian & Judgment Returned against us and Execution issued to 587.58 we not having the means to pay the same levied on our Real Estate and set of something like 12 acres of the best of Thomas Trask Junr improvement including all of his Building & Betterments & he had never been able to Redeem the same & the Property Remains the property of Har Uly - Gove the residue of the Land is very - poor & brook - the whole farm only contains fifty six acres according to an actual survey from Government, taking out 12 acres there only remains forty four & some of the same unimprovable & I should think in order to support him self & wife - I was called to make a deed from Thomas Trask 3 d soon time the first of November 1820 from Thomas Trask Junr to Thomas Trask 3 d & that Deed included the Gove Trask and I will Remarry -

to Thomas Frost for being bound in a Note of one hundred Dollars that Note has been sued & Judgment Recd against him & my self & we are unable to pay the same - and further saith the Not
Jonathan Frost
Lincoln So. July 21. 1824
Then the above named Jonathan Frost being personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above and foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
J. S. Morse Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
I, Nathaniel Coffin, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that Isaac Rowell Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in the said County duly & legally com- missioned & qualified to act as such. and that the foregoing is his own proper sig- nature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County the fourth day of August A.D. 1824.
Nathl Coffin
Isaac Rowell Justice of the Peace

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Frank , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 35.357
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1776 12 mos. Pvt. William Lev. Hitchcock R.I.          
Battles engaged in, Princeton (2) where wounded in left foot. Long Island Residence of soldier at enlistment, sub. in Mass. Date of application for pension, Sept. 7. 1812. His claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Jefferson, Lincoln Co. Maine Age at date of application, 69 years in 1829. son of Thomas Frank (said father died
Remarks: (Aug 1825):
In 1820 soldier's wife Alice was 60 years of age, her son Enock 30 years. In 1829 soldier's grandson, Sullivan Frank was 10 years of age. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

See letter to R. C. Bose Esq. Augusta. Maine. March 18 th 1825.

claimant is also bound by a note of $100. that the note  he has been sued upon the note, and Judgment obtained, and that he is unable to pay the same.
Claimant aged 63, by occupation a farmer which he is wholly unable to pursue in consequence of Rheumatism &c. Wife 63, a cripple unable to work.
I certify that I have examined this case, and am of the opinion that according to the principles which have governed in previous decisions, the claim ought to be admitted.
R. C. Rose Augusta, Maine.
Aug. 191
Final order 4 th Augt. 1824
Thomas Trask D r Maine.
Private. Served 1 st from 1776.
  The right to redeem 60 acres of land which was executed on, the right is valued at.  $40. -    1/4 Part of an old saw mill  12. -    Colt $30. - 2 cows $30. -  60. -    Yearling heifer $5. - 10 sheep $25. -  30. -    8 lambs $19. - 2 swine $6. -  25. -    Old furniture  10. -    Implement of husbandry  15. -    debt due him that can be collected $30. - and owes $460. -  $167. -    Schedule dated 20 th June, 1820,
2 d Schedule dated 23 d Apr. 1823, Cow $12. - Old furniture &c. $12. $24. -
The right to redeem 60 acres of land mentioned in 1 st Schedule has expired in consequence taken by the creditor, 1/4 of saw mill sold to Thomas Trask 3 d Nov 1 st 1820. for labor and assistance in supporting his family, copy of deed executed consideration $600. Colt sold to Royes in payment of a debt due him. Cow, Pair of steers, heifer & ten sheep sold Thos Trask 3 d in Oct 1821. for which he paid an old debt to Thomas Kennedy $80, Certificate of the Register of the Probate relative to the execution against claimant also affidavit of Jonathan Trask relative to said execution, states that

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier: no other
Thomas Trask
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Edgecombe, Maine.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Same
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Soldier was a pensioner
Remarks:
Your name and address:
Daniel Rhodes West. Div.

OLD WAR & NAVY MAY 16 1895 FILES.

WAR DEPARTMENT, THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, 2263215 WASHINGTON, March 1, 1915.
Respectfully returned to
Miss Mary E. Trask, 352 Union Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The name Thomas Trask has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any organization of Rhode Island or Continental troops in service in the War of the Revolution.
The collection of Revolutionary War records in this Department is far from complete. It is suggested as a possibility that the desired information can be obtained from the State Record Commissioner of Rhode Island, Providence, or from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
H. P. Allen The Adjutant General.

Rev Sec The Secretary of the War Department or the Pension Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: May I ask your kind assistance in getting the records of my ancestor Thomas Trask who was a Revolutionary soldier.
He lived in Jefferson, Maine was born in 1759 and enlisted in the Revolutionary Army I am told in a

Rhode Island Company He was slightly wounded from which he had a stiff ankle. For this he drew a pension for some years and his widow Alice Hodge Frask had this pension after his death.
I wish all the records of his services which I can get and the date of his death . These records are to be used in entering the

Daughters of the American Revolution. I presume you have had similar applications.
Very truly yours, (Miss) Mary E. Frank.
February 25, 1915 352 Union St New Bedford, Mass.
Received A.G.O.,
FEB 27 1915

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
MAR - 1 2263215 1915
WAR DEPARTMENT

To the Assistant and Chief Clerk in the Pension Department, Dear Sir:
I return letter to assist in the inquiry.
In 1895 or 1894 I addressed a letter to the War or Pension Department asking for information about this Revolutionary War ances- tor Thomas Frank, Jr. who was born in Edgcomb Maine and who served about a year -
From the War or Pension Dept. I received a printed form in reply saying as nearly as I can remember

that in the records were certain facts.
He had enlisted in a Rhode Island reg't. Was wounded in the battle of Princeton? I think was in the battle of Trenton - He received a pension for a time his widow after his death also. His wife was Alice Hodge. While I was too young to have known him my mother has often told me of him and his mays & of his lameness in the foot making the foot stiff. His grave in the cemetery has the inscription "He was a Revolutionary Soldier".

In the records published in the Boston Transcript giving the list of Revolutionary Veterans present at Bunker Hill Celebrations June 17, 1843. It gives in the list Thomas Frank aged 83 This was about his age (born Oct. 22, 1759)
I have lost this paper I fear which was sent me before, officially dated and signed. I am unable to find the records which I need. Is it not possible to obtain a clue to that which was copied for me before? There could be no fake about that for I wrote myself for it and made

out my papers but did not complete the application to the D. A. R. sickness preventing It must be there I think.
Thanking you for your trouble and hoping you can yet get track of Thomas Trask Jr. Jefferson, Maine I remain yours truly.
(Miss) Mary E. Trask
Mar. 3, 1915 352 Union St. New Bedford, Mass.

Ans see 11-95 D. S. Jefferson. Maine. Nov. 15, 1895.
Sec. of Dept. of Interior, Dear Sir: - I wish to find record of my ancestor
Thomas Track, of Jefferson, Maine, who died in 1844 and for some time prior drew a pension for wounds received in the Revolutionary

war. Can you give me any information as to his service and where he served in that war?
Very truly yours.
Mary E. Frack.
Address
Miss M. E. Frack,
So. Jefferson, Me.

OWM
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. LARCOMB
NOV 20 1895
NOV 21 1895
Department of the Interior. Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions.
[Signature] Asst. Secretary

Not - J. 9 not W " R
S. Jefferson, Me. Dec 2, 1895.
Sect of Pension Bureau.
My dear Sir: - Can you give me record of service rendered by
Thomas Trask, Jefferson, Maine.
in the Revolutionary War He died in 1844 and drew a pension for injuries for many years previous
Very truly yours, M. E. Trask (over)

Address, - Miss M. E. Trask, So. Jefferson Me.

U. OLD WAR & NAVY FILES, DEC 7 1895. P. B.
PENSION OFFICE U.S. DEC 7 1895
Handwritten scribbles

35 357 Rev INVALID.
File No. 35,357
Thomas Frank
Rev  Rev  Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 425-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 20 1895 Hist. W. Daniel Rude Western Div. Pres. Off. M. E. B.
Dec. 11 95 History to Mary E. Trask. So Jefferson, Maine.
1915 Mch 12: history to Miss Mary E. Trask. M. 13 H.

12.222
Maine
Thomas Frost
of Private in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock the Maine line, for the term of 12 months
inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of July 1818 and sent to Rose at Stillin Alma Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  86.63 semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 Sept 1818 10 23.55  $134.13
B
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Notation found to P.C. Mr. [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] Maine

Hartly Goves Deposition ~
for Mr. Jackson
Nath. Coffin

I Hartley Gove of Bath in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine, Merchant, aged Twenty five years, testify & say that on the fifth day of November A D 1817. one Samuel Johnson was indebted to me in the sum of four hundred sixty eight dollars & eighty cents, and being then unable to make payment offered the names of Thomas Trask Jun r & Jonathan Trask as his sureties for the above sum, which were accepted, & a note taken signed by said Samuel Johnson, Thomas Trask Jr r & Jonathan Trask, payable to the Rev. Kiah Bailey, who was then my Guardian, not long after this, Nicholas L. Mitchell Esq. became my Guardian & the note was endorsed over by said Bailey, and an action commenced upon it, by said Mitchell as my Guardian, and the property of Thomas Trask Jr r & Jonathan Trask was attached on the writ; and judgment was recovered on said action, at the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Lincoln, at the April Term of said Court A D 1820. against said Johnson, Thomas Trask Jr r & Jonathan Trask, for the sum of $552,55. & an execution issued on said judgment which was levied on the real estate of said Thomas Trask Jun r & Jonathan Trask on the 23 d of May A D 1820. the costs of which levy being $35,03 making my demand at that time $587.58. The whole

The whole of which was levied upon the real estate of said Thomas Trask Jr & Jonathan Trask & took all the real estate of said Thomas Trask Jr of much value; said Thomas was unable to redeem said real estate, and I have since sold it to another person. I further say that said Johnson, at the time of the levy was, and ever since has been very poor, & unable to pay any part of said demand, and I verily believe that the levy of my execution on said Thomas Trask's property at age said has so reduced him to poverty.
Hartley Gove
State of Maine
Lincoln ss. December 26 th A D 1825.
Then personally appeared Hartley Gove above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed.
Before me Eben. Clap Justice of the Peace.

I Thomas Trash Junr. before named on oath declare, that I have made enquiry and find that Nathan Ames the Deputy Sheriff who as an Officer made the levy of the aforesaid Execution of Hartly Gove on my property as stated in said Goves deposition is not now residing in this state and cannot be found — the last information concerning him was that he was a transient man person in the State of New-Hampshire but there are no means of ascertaining where he can be found.
Thomas Trash Jr
State of Maine
Lincoln ss.. June 29. 1827.
Then personally appeared Thomas Trash Junr. above named & made solemn oath to the Truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed —
Before me
Lucas M. Trask
Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Lincolnss. I Nathl. Coffin, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for said County of Lincoln, Certify That Eben Clap Esq. and Thomas McBride Esq. were Justices of the Peace duly commissioned and qual- ified as such at the time their several certificates within made are dated, and that the within are their own proper signatures to me well known - In Testimony whereof I set my hand the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, this second day of July, A.D. 1827
Nathl. Coffin

James L. Edwards Esq. Chief Clerk Pension Office War Department

Augusta Jan'y 27. 1825.
Sir.
I now enclose the schedule of John Whitten, who has never before made a schedule of his property & also additional evidence in the claims of Trask, Hosen & Andrews - which you will please to examine and notify me with the result. I hope these papers will arrive in season for the 1 st of March next as it will be very important to the applicants to know their fate at that period -
I am very respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t
Robert C. Vose
3
James L. Edwards Esq Chief Clerk of Pension Office War Department
John Whitten's schedule filed with claims under act 1 May 1820.

O. W. & N. Division.
F. S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
M.E.C.
Washington, D. C., May 20, 1895.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Thomas Trask, Jr., --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. Mar. 1776 1 yr. Pvt. William Few Hitchcock R.I. He was engaged in the battle on Long Island and at Princeton at which latter place he was slightly wounded.
Battles engaged in, As above. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated. Date of application for pension, April 10, 1813. Residence at date of application, Jefferson, Maine. Age at date of application, Fifty-eight years.
Remarks: The christian name of his wife was Alice, whose age was stated to be sixty years in 1820.
Daniel Rhodes, Esq.,
Very respectfully,
Western Division,
Commissioner.
Bureau of Pensions.

Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Trask Junior of Jefferson in the County of Lincoln Yeoman, for & in consider- ation of six hundred Dollars in hand paid me by Thomas Trask the third of Jefferson in said County Yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have remised, released & forever quit claim & I do for myself & my heirs by these presents remise, release & forever quit claim unto the said Thomas Trask 3 d his heirs & assigns all my right & title that I have in & to a certain tract of land situated in the town of, Jefferson butted & bounded as followeth viz. Beginning at Dyers river on Dummer North East corner bounds from thence North West to the highway on Jonathan Trasks North line, from thence keeping the same course on said Jonathan Trasks line to Dyers little river pond thence down the pond & brook North Easterly to land of Thomas Trask 3 d Southerly line thence on the said line & South East course to Dyers river, together with one fourth of a saw mill & one half of a grist mill & privileges & all the apparatus thereunto belonging containing one hundred acres be the same more or less with all the priv- ileges & appurtenances thereunto belonging. To have & to hold the aforementioned bargained premises that they are free of all incumbrances that I will warrant & defend the same to the said Thomas Trask 3 d & his heirs against the lawful claims & demand of all persons claim- ing from or under me. In witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand & seal this first day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty. Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of us Witness Jonathan Trask. Thomas Trask Jr & a seal. Lincoln

Lincolns. November 1. 1820. The within named Thomas Treaske Junior personally appeared & acknowledged the within instru- ment by him subscribed to be his free act & deed before me
Jonathan Treaske Justice of Peace.
Rec April 2. 1823 Entered & examined by Warren Rice Reg.
Lincolns August 4. 1824. copy from the Records for Deeds for said county Lib 121 Fol 85 Warren Rice Reg.

State of Maine Lincoln ss
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for the said county of Lincoln hereby certify that Wadsworth Rice Esq, whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate, is Regulator of Deeds for said County & duly & legally qualified to act as such, That the is in the several forms of certificates, extracts copies from his Records, & that the within is his own proper signing, also that he has not & is not required by law to have any official seal
Wadsworth Rice
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for said County this fourth day of August A.D. 1821
Nathaniel Coffin

War Department
Pension Office
Washington

Wiscasset July 17. 1827
Hon. Secretary of War,
I herewith in behalf of Thomas Frost jun. r of Jefferson in the State of Maine herewith en. close a deposition, & his own Affidavit, res. pecting his application to be restored to the Pension Roll - he cannot procure the deposition of the Officer who levied the Oration on his lands, as he has for some time been out of the State, & cannot be found - That Officer has not been in this part of the country for a long time.
With much respect,
Your humbl. Servt.
J. O. Bailey

Thomas Trask Jr Maine Roll No. 12.222
Thomas Trask Jr Register of Dues, certifi Lury of Ex Grover & Trask

Deed Thomas Treask Jr to Thomas Treask 3 Dated November 1. 1820. Recorded April 2. 1823. conveying 100 acres, more or less of land, with one fourth of a saw mill & one half of a grist mill and privilege.
May 23. 1820. Hartley Gove levies his Execution against Thomas Treask Jr & Jonathan Treask & Samuel Johnson on a tract of land bounded as follows, beginning on the East side of the road that leads from Dr. D. Harkness Esq in Newcastle by the house of Jonathan Treask in Jefferson at the South line of land now owned or in possession of Thomas Treask 3 rd which said line is in front of said Thomas Treask 3 rd house; thence Easterly by said South line of said Thomas Treask 3 rd land forty rods; thence Southerly parallel with said road & keeping the width of forty rods from said road to the South line of land of said Jonathan Treask Esq; thence Westerly by the South line of said Jonathan Treask land to said road; thence Northerly by said road to the first bound with all the privileges &c thereunto belonging - Also one other piece of land in Newcastle in said County, bounded Southerly on land in possession of Cookes Rundleh - Westerly on the road that leads from the main road to Thomas Cuninghams in said Newcastle - Northerly on land of the late Wm Glanville now in possession of Matthew Harly - Easterly on Garrison hill so called - Appraised at $537.58 c
all which appears of Record
April 23. 1823.
Warren Rice Reg r
Feb 30 c

State of Maine Lincoln
I, Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Lincoln, hereby certify that Warren Rice Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate was, on the 23 d of April last, still in Register of Deeds, for said County duly & legally qualified to do the same; That the within Certificate is in true form of certifying Copy & extract from his Records; That he has not yet required by law to have any official seal & that the within is his own proper signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County this fourth day of August A.D. 1824
Nath. Coffin

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Waldo of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Two hundred  twenty seven dollars and cents ; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Nothing  dollars and  cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fourth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of of Waldo

Maine Aug
Thomas Frank Jr
12.222
not sent
Sept 10/19.
Robert C. Rose Augusta
Maine

Copy
State of Maine.
449
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this Twentieth day of June, 1820, personally appeared before in open Court before Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Thomas Trask Jr aged Sixty years, resident in Jefferson in the County of Lincoln within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Frewer and Regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock of the line of the State of Rhode Island upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of eleven months was at the battle on Long Island, and the battle at Princeton where I was wounded, the effects I feel until this day
that his original declaration was made before Judge Stebbins on the tenth - day of April 1818; that he is now on the Pension Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered . And I, the said Thomas Trask Jr do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Thomas Trask Jr
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: The right to redeem Sixty acres of land which was set off on execution, which right is of the value of not exceeding Forty dollars, one fourth part of an old sawmill which is worth not more than twelve dollars, one colt of the value of thirty dollars, two cows of the value of thirty dollars, one pair steers of the value of thirty dollars, one yearling heifer of the value of five dollars, Ten sheep and eight lambs of the value of nineteen dollars, Two swine of the value of six dollars, Old household furniture, besides necessary bedding, of the value of ten dollars, Implements of husbandry of the value of fifteen dollars. I have debts due me that can be collected to the amount of thirty dollars, and I owe as much as four hundred and sixty dollars, The income of the above property does not exceed the interest of the money I owe. My occupation is that of a farmer; but from age and infirmity am unable to labor much, having had three of my ribs broken.

State of Maine. REVISED CODE 1821. My family at home consists of myself, my wife Abbie aged sixty years who is a cripple and unable to work, and my son Enoch aged twenty years who is troubled with sores in head and able to do but little work.
Except the foregoing and my necessary clothing and bedding I have no estate or income whatever.
Thomas Trask Jr
Subscribed, sworn to, and declared both the oath and schedule on the twentieth day of June 1820 before me
Nathan Weston Jr C.J.C.C.C. Pleas
Atorn City
Attest J. M. Davis Clio.

Thomas Trask. Jrw Maine Roll N o 12.222. ad. clw. Feb 16. 1829. 1 March 1823
admitted by M. E.
(Sept 1819) R. C. Vose, Augusta Me.

State of Maine
Kennebec ss.
On this sixteenth day of February 1829. personally appeared before Nathan Weston Junior, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State of Maine. Thomas Frase, aged sixty nine years, aforesaid resident of Jefferson, in the county of Lincoln, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he made declaration of his services, in the War of the Revolution, in order to obtain the provision made by the Law of Congress March 18. 1818. before Judge Stetson, a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said State, then District of Maine on the tenth day of April 1818. and caused said declaration to be sent to the Pension Office, & his name was placed on the pension list of Maine & his pension Certificate is numbered 12.222. and he drew his pension up to the 4 th of February 1820, when by the Law of Congress of May 1 st 1820. he made & exhibited a schedule of his whole estate & income, in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas, at Augusta, within & for the county of Kennebec on the 20 th day of June 1820. & caused said schedule to be sent to the then Secretary of War, & he was afterwards informed his name was stricken off the Pension list on account of his property. And afterwards he the said Frase, made a second schedule under the law of 1 st of March 1823. which said second schedule, was made at Wiscasset within & for the county of Lincoln, in open Court, at the April Term of said Court 1823. which said last mentioned schedule he caused also to be sent to the Pension Office & he was afterwards informed his name was stricken from the Pension list, or suspended for further proof, and the said Frase, on oath declares that he has received no compensation for his services in the War of the Revolution since the said 4 th of February 1820. from the United States. And the said Frase, further declares, that when he made his said declarations and schedules, his father was then in full life and he subscribed his name Thomas Frase "Junior", but that his father died in August 1825. since which he has left off the Junior to his name, which before he always signed his name Thomas Frase Junior - And now the said Thomas Frase, upon his oath aforesaid does further declare that the following is a schedule of his whole estate & income, at the present time, necessary bedding and clothing

Excepted — Vis. No Real Estate nor personal property except 1 Cow worth 14$ 1 Swine worth $3.00 ————— 15.00 Old horse horse furniture, breeder building — Vis 6 old chairs 2 Tables, 1 old Desk, 1 low chest, 1 Kettle, 1 Tankettle & Iron Pot } 12.00 a few articles of brookery ware, 6 knives & forks, 6 supps & spoons } $ 27.00 all my furniture is not worth than twelve dollars I have no debts due me, & I owe debts to the amount of one hundred dollars, to different individuals — one debt against me was sued & I was committed to Jail and was afterwards discharged by the creditor Judge Smith. —
I have no income derived from any source whatever and list my property as stated in my first & second schedule —
Except the above & my necessary bedding & clothing I have no estate, or income whatever. — My occupation is that of a farmer but from old age & having had three of my ribs broken about twelve years since — and have also suffered by a wound in my left foot in the battle at Princeton in 1777 since that time am now unable to labor — My family consists of my self, my wife aged 67 years — a cripple in her left hand — and my Grandson Sullivan Frank aged ten years —
Thomas Frank
Feb 7 16.
Hennebin ss. Subscribed and Sworn to and declared both oaths and schedule, this Sixteenth day of February 1829. and I also certify that in my opinion the total amount of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty seven dollars, & that the said Frank, has no income derived from any property whatever. I also certify that from personal acquaintance with said Frank, I am satisfied he is the identical person to whom the pension certificate Number 12,222 & now in the possession of said Frank, was originally granted. & that since the death of his father the said Frank, has signed his name Thomas Frank, omitting the junior —
Nathan Weston Jr.
I Robert C. Rose, Clerk of the Judicial Court within the said county of Hennepin do certify that the Hon. Nathan Weston Junr. before whom the above proceedings were had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State & by direction of said Judge, I subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court this Sixteenth day of February in

— the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty nine R. C. Rose.