Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11659, Jonathan True, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
True, Jonathan Inheritable
W. 11659
CONTENTS

Maine 18.035
Jonathan True
of Somerset Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Parker of the Regt: commanded by Col Mitchell in the Mass: line for 14 mo 19 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 48 Dollars 75 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July 1833 and sent to
R. C. Vose Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $97.50 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept - 24.37
$121.87
{ Revolutionary Claim, ? Act June 7, 1832. 5
Clerk
Recorded by
Book B Vol. 1
Page 58

46.66 30.9 48.75
Asm 1 14 mo. 19 d. as a pri
For a True Private - 11th. Troops. Parker's Co: - Mitchell's regt. 6 months Wentworth's Co: - Thuma's regt. 6 months Gray's Co: - Mitchell's regt. 2 months
14 m. 19 d. as a private Proof E. D. Bangs' certificate.
26798
R. C. Vose, Augusta, Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY,
On this 11 th day of June A. D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Jonathan True a resident of Freeport ; in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832 That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Benjamin Parker and served in Col. Mitchell's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Parker Cap
the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Parker Capt. Mitchell Col. That he enlisted into that company & regiment as a private the first of July 1775. for six months; that this period he fully served out at Portland, Maine, & that in vicinity in guarding the shores & was verbally discharged there the last of December of the same year.
That the first of July 1776, he again enlisted as a private for six months in Capt. Wentworth's company in Col. Francis' regt. of the same troops. That he served at Dorchester, Massachusetts, then at Ticonderoga & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was honorably discharged at Ticonderoga the last of December 1776. That at Ticonderoga he served under Col. Willard, Lt. Col. Carlton & Maj. Howard. —
 That he was born at North Yarmouth, Maine, in 1758, where he presumes his age is recorded, & where his home was during his revolutionary services. That he has lived in Freeman about twelve years or upwards. That he enlisted was discharged as he has stated. Has stated such of his officers as he now recollects. That he does not know of any person living who served with him. Whose evidence he can procure. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services.  That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that 
That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1918, and that his pension certificate is numbered _____ and dropped therefrom on account of his property. That at that time he resided in _____ in the County of _____
That in July 1779 he again enlisted as a private for two months in Capt. John Gray's company in Col. Jonathan Mitchell's regt of the Maine troops. That he served out this period at Portland & on the Islands in Casco Bay & was then discharged as verbally at North Yarmouth.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, except as aforesaid.
Witness Mr. North L.
Chas Jonathan + True mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
and year aforesaid. Miss K. Parrish Asst. Sup. Incl. Court
And the said Judge  Court before whom these proceedings were had does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Albion N. Parrish Supt. Sup. Ind. Gen. to

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Junr.  Albion H. Harris , before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge  Court , in the matter of the application of Jonathan True for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 14 th day of June
A. D. 188 3 .
J. A. Chandler

Rep.
She died May 11 - 1846
52.
Maine
Abigail True widow of Jonathan True Mass who was a private in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 48. Dollars 75 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 10. November.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of May 1845 and sent to
G. W. Marton Augusta Maine
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 1. 2 Vol. 1. Page 10.

Mehitable True.
M.
act 17 June 44
m 81. d 10 Nov. 44
adm
14 mo 19 d p m
48.75
from 10 Nov. '44 when her husband died -
Geo. W. Morton
Augusta
Maine.

Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 17. 1844 to continue the pen- sions of certain Widows.
State of Maine
Franklin County, ss.
On this twenty fourth day of Febru- ary A.D. 1845 personally appeared before the Honorable Tho- mas Parker Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Franklin it being a Court of record, (the deponent be- ing unable from age and bodily infirmities to appear in open Court,) Mehitable True a resident of Freeman in the County of Franklin and State of Maine aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the ben- efit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed June 17. 1844 to continue the pensions of certain widows, That she is the widow of Jonathan True, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, under the act of June 7. 1832 at the rate of forty eight Dollars and seventy five Cents per annum, that he was la- st paid his pension at the Maine agency, up to the 1st. day of September 1844, that she refers to a declaration made by him of his service in the Revolution supposed to be in the possession of the War department in support of her claim.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan True on the thirteenth day of December in the year nineteen hundred and eighty one, that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan True died on the tenth day of November A.D. 1844 in the town of Freeman in the County of Franklin in the State of Maine, since which time she has remained a widow, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place pre- cious to the first of January nineteen hundred and nin- ety four, Viz. at the time above stated.
Witness James True
Mehitable True mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before Me Thomas Parker { Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Franklin

State of Maine
Franklin County, ss. I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Franklin, do here by certify, that the Honorable Sherman Parker is the jud- ge of the said Court, before whom the Proceedings were h- ad, I also certify, that the foregoing contains the origi- nal proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Mehitable True for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court. This fourth day of March A.D. 1845
Sewall C. Cram
Register of Probate
County of Franklin

Married in North Yarmouth, by Tristram Gilman , December the Thirteenth One Thousand seven hundred and eighty One, Mr. Jonathan True Junr and Mehitable Worthley
Recorded by David Mitchell , Town Clerk
I William Dawes , depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of North Yarmouth and that the above is a true extract from the record of Marriages in said town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows, viz: Dec 13 1781 William Dawes , Town Clerk
State of Maine February 15 1845 Cumberland ss. Personally appeared the above named William Dawes and made Oath that the above certificate is true, before me Samuel Sweetser Justice of the Peace

I Oliver T. Stevens of Strong in the County of Franklin and State of Maine, do depose and say, that I was well acquainted with the late Jonathan Tice, I well knew that he was a pensioner of the United States and that he died in the town of Freeman in said County of Franklin, on the 10th of November 1844, from my earliest acquaintance with him which was many years since, he and his reputed widow Mehitable Tice lived together as husband and wife and brought up a family of children, the said Mehitable Tice is now living in said town of Freeman, in widowhood since his death. Oliver T. Stevens.
State of Maine
Franklin County ss On this twenty first day of March A.D. 1845 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Franklin, Oliver T. Stevens a person well known to me to be a respectable witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Philip W. Sturtevant Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss-
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts held within & for the County of Kennebec hereby certify that Samuel Sweetser and Philip M. Stubbs Esq rs are magistrates as within said, and that the signatures hereto affixed purporting to be theirs respectively are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Sup. Jud. Court, this second day of April Anno Domini 1845.
Wm. M. Stratton

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, also "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.
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.
Omitted the (Daniel) Rowell as this was in Capt. Wm Rowell Co - N.H. book - in Heathman

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 1. Hint to Hannah H. Lander - see letter in Rev. - Joseph Ulrich - W. 36624 - J.R.R.
Rev WIDOW, & C.
File No. 11659
Mehitable True
Widow of
Jonathan True
Pri Rev War
Act: June 17th 44
Index: Vol. B , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Augusta Maine April 2. 1845.
Sir
I herewith transmit papers of Mrs. Abigail Jones (widow of Genl. Jones) to have her claim to a pension allowed, and if sufficient would respect-fully request you to allow her claim and send me, for her a certificate
Very respectfully Yours At Servt Geo. W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 8 th , 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jonathan True is borne on a Muster roll of a company in the service of the colony of Massachusetts stationed on the New coast in the County of Cumberland under the command of Capt. Benjamin Parker, as having served as a private from July 3 d . to Dec. 31 st . 1775. I was paid for six months, one week & six days service.
b. 13
And that the name of Jonathan True is borne on "an abstract of the travel of the company commanded by Capt. John Wentworth in Col. Aaron Willard's regt. from the place of discharge, viz, Fort Edward to their places of abode - Boston Jan y . 15 th . 1777." as having been allowed pay for 434 miles travel to his home in North Yarmouth.
b. 12.13
And that the name of Jonathan True is borne on a marching or Billeting roll of a company under the command of John Wentworth, dated at Watertown 20 th . Augt. 1776, as being a private of North Yarmouth & was allowed for 160 miles travel.

12.13
And that the name of Jonathan True is borne on "an Abstract of the travel of the company commanded by capt. John Wentworth in col. Aaron Willard's regiment from the place of abode to Bennington - Boston Jan. 6 th 1777. as being from North Yarmouth & was allowed for 340 miles travel.
2.011
14.19
And that the name of Jonathan True is borne on a pay roll for capt. John Gray's company in col. Jonathan Mitchell's regiment of militia in the service of the United States in the expedition at Pembecot from the 7 th of July to the 12 th of Sept r inclusive 1779. as having been paid as a private for two months & six days service.
15.25
Edward D Bangs Secy