Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,508, Paul Welch, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Welch Paul
NUMBER _____
NUMBER D. 37.508
CONTENTS

37 508 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 87 508
Paul Welch
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 888
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Not p d sent to Dr. Luvall Ynk. Mr. 19 July 1820
12.674
D
Maine
Paul Welch
of York in the dist. of Maine. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year.
Enscribed on the Roll of the dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of July 1819 and sent to Benj t Greene Esq r South Berwick Me.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 10 / 30  4 / 31 85.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Oct. 1819 - 40.00
$133.03
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.
Continued York County.

Paul Welch,
McLane
John Clark
12. 874
Yorks.
29/11/1810
Constance
CLERK OF THE PEACE
For the County of York
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STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday of July being the fourth day of and by adjournment  said month  from day to day, on the  day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit  county , Paul Welch aged fifty nine years, resident in York in said Circuit  county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Stony in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Maxwell in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the thirteenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12,674 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Willm. Bradbury.
his Paul Welch mark.
Sworn to and declared, on the 14th day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Benj a Greene
G. Justice { One of the Judges of the said Court.
Atty. Daniel Sawall, Clerk.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
20 acres of land remote from settlements & of very little value, & am indebted now for the land 1 pr. of steers, 1 cow - 4 sheep - 1 swine -
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Paul Welch who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of lameness,
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary Welch - wife 57 afflicted with phthisis & unable to labour.   George Welch - son 18 able to labour -   William Welch - 12 health unable to get his living. -   Oliver Welch daughter - 19 able to support herself.   Oliver Welch, grandson - 8 unable to support himself.  
Wit: Jere. Bradbury.
his Paul X Welch mark.
STATE OF MAINE.
York ss. I, Daniel Sewall , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York - do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is fifty dollars and  cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth day of July , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall , { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York .

May 11 - 1819.
I Benjamin Austin of York in the County of York & State of Massachusetts, fifty seven years of age, do depose & say that I very well know Paul Welch of said York & knew him in the Continental army in the war of the revolution, he joined the American army the latter part of the year 1781 at West point in the State of New York and as nearly as I can recollect he was attached to the eighth Regiment, I think commanded by Col. M. Jackson Massachusetts Line I have no doubt he served at least eighteen months on the continental establishment, having frequently seen him in the army from 1781 to 1783 -
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts York ss On this first day of May 1819 personally appeared Benjamin Austin above named, a disinterested witness, & well intitled to credit for truth & made solemn to oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Jer. Bradbury Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York ss I Benj. Greene Chief justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, a justice of the Peace throughout the Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jeremiah Bradbury Esq. is a justice of the peace for the said County of York, duly authorized and empowered to take & administer Oaths. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 26 th day of June 1819
Benj a Greene

Paul Welch - Pvt Jackson Col. Mayhew's Regt - ^ Mapt to line - 1781 - 3 yrs
Dec 13 th Ap l 1818
Redacted text be prepared with his out of court and do so thereby
This Claimant has mistaken the name of the Col. in whose Regiment he served - but he has satisfactorily proved his service thereby - by the testimony of Joseph Lewis 2 nd Bty. Artillery two credible dis- interested witnesses whose depositions taken before you Broadway Bty. I have annexed - Bty. Green Admitted

I Joseph Lewis of Waterborough in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fiftyfive years testify & say, that I well know Peter Welch of York in said County. - I well know that he enlisted in York for the term of three years, he enlisted at the same time I did, but was attached to a different Regiment in the Massachusetts line, the eighth Regiment I think, I was well acquainted with him in the army of the Revolution in the United States service, he served nearly two years after he joined the army in the State of New York & was honorably discharged in 1703 - Joseph Lewis
York ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts On this tenth day of June 1819 personally appeared Joseph Lewis above named, a disinterested witness and entitled to credit for truth and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Jer. Bradbury Justice of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts York ss, I Brof. Greene Chief justice of the Circuit Court of Sessions Comm. Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit & justice of the Peace throughout the Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jeremiah Bradbury Esq. is a justice of the Peace for the said County of York, duly authorized & empowered to take & administer Oaths -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 26 th day of June A.D. 1819 Brof. Greene

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this thirteenth day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Paul Welch, aged sixty eight years resident in York in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War":— That he the said Paul Welch in the month of August 1781, enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army for the term of three years, and and joined the army, under Col. Sturgis of the Reg t commanded by Col. Mackin of the Massachusetts Line, that he continued to do his duty in the said company & Reg t , in the various places in which they were station'd untill Peace took place, when he was honorably discharged, at New Windsor, (then call'd) above nine miles above West Point, in the State of New York, but his discharge, he has long since lost—
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said. Benj t Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Paul Welch did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirteenth day of April Anno Domini, 1818. Benj t Greene