Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,786, Jacob Twitchell, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
J. Twitchell, Jacob Sarah
NUMBER
R. 10,786
CONTENTS

State of Maine
Oxford County ss. On this twentyeighth day of November A.D. 1838, personally appeared before the Court of Probate now sitting specially at Paris within & for said County, Sarah Twitchell a resident of Paris aforesaid aged eighty four 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 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" -
That she is the widow of Jacob Twitchell, late of Paris aforesaid deceased, who was a soldier of the United States in the Revolutionary war - That according to her best recollection & belief, the said Jacob Twitchell enlisted at Gray in the State (then Province) of Maine, in the Spring of the year A.D. seventeen hundred & seventy five, for the term of Eight months, in Capt. Moses Merrill's Company & Col. Phinney's Regiment, in the Massachusetts line, which term said Jacob served fully out, & was honorably discharged - She is not quite confident, that the Captain's name was Moses , but thinks it was - & is positive it was Capt. Merrill's Company: and the service rendered as aforesaid by said Jacob was what was called "the eight months' service". She further declares, that she was married to the said Jacob Twitchell on the twenty third day of October A.D. seventeen hundred & seventy seven, that her said husband the said Jacob Twitchell died on the fourteenth day of October A.D. eighteen hundred & eleven - that she was not married to him before he left the service, but the marriage took place prior to the first of January - seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated. The town of Gray, at the time of said Jacob's enlistment, was not incorporated - & was then known by the name of New Boston.
Witness S. Emery
Sarah Twitchell
Sworn to & subscribed by the said Sarah Twitchell, this twenty eighth day of November A.D. 1838 - as first above written.
Before Stephen Emery, Judge

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I Levi Stowells Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Oxford hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid.
I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Sarah Twitchell for a Pension.
I also further certify that John Dennett before whom one of the annexed Depositions is taken is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Oxford and that the signatures to the same purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this first day of December A. D. 1838.
Levi Stowells

I Samuel Nash aged Sixty four years a resident of Gray in County of Cumberland. State of Maine on oath testify & say; that my father the Revd Samuel Nash late of said Gray, deceased, was the regular settled minister in said Gray from the year 1774 till the year 1783, that he as the clergyman of said town solemnized marriages that the books & papers of my said father are in my care & custody, that among the records of marriages kept by my said father, which records are in the handwri- ting of my said father, is the following viz: January the thirtieth sixteenth hundred & seventy six "October 23. 1777 Jacob Twitchell & Sarah Smith were married" I further testify, that the foregoing is a true & accurate transcript of said records, that there is no record of marriages in the town records of said Gray before the year 1778 at which last mentioned time the said town of Gray was incorporated, before that time it was called the plantation of New Boston
Samuel Nash
Cumberland ss Nov 21. 1838
Personally appeared Samuel Nash above named and made solemn Oath that the above is true before me Geo. Bishop Justice of the peace
I certify that Samuel Nash above named is a person of truth and veracity and competent to testify in any Court
Westbrook Nov 21. 1838
Geo. Bishop

State of Maine Cumberland ss.
I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Cumberland & State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that George Bishop Esquire is a magistrate, duly appointed, and Commissioned, to act as such within said County and that the signatures purporting to be his on the other side of this paper are genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twenty second day of November A D 1838.
Charles Fox Clerk Of the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Cumberland

Sarah Mitchell, application for a Pension
3839
m 77. d 12
Joseph G. Cole. Agents Paris ill
✓ 3839
Sarah Mitchell widow of Jacob Me
act 7. July 38
m 77. d 12.
Vol 15. 65. not on.

I Joel Stevens of Norway in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, do hereby and say that I was a Soldier in the revolutionary war, that I enlisted in the town of Gray in the County of Cumberland & State aforesaid, in Capt Moses Merrill Company, Capt Merrill lived in New Gloucester, our Colonel, was Col Phiney of Gorham in said Cumberland County, my enlistment was for eight months to go to Cambridge Massachusetts, I also testify and say that Jacob Twitchell of said Gray enlisted in the same company with me & for the same term of time, & that we served his time out and was discharged at the same time with myself, my age is Eighty four years & five months I cannot recollect precisely the year that we served the eight months, but do perfectly remember the term of service & the place where we served
His Joel X Stevens Mark
Offord ss: Norway November 6th 1838
Then Personally appeared the above named Joel Stevens and made solemn oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me John Dennett Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Joel Stevens, abovenamed, for a number of years and that I have ever considered him a man of truth & veracity
John Dennett Justice of the Peace

Power of Attorney Examination of Rev. T. T. T. T. Sarah Tutcheil
suspended maine case
Aug 1852
filed 6 July 1852 B E Hassler attorney

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of Maine
County of Oxford Moses B. Bartlett
Moses Twitchell
} a Notary Public
Be it known that before me
personally appeared Moses Twitchell aged 74 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Jacob Twitchell who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Maine and that he died on the fourteenth day of October 1812 and that his mother named Sarah Twitchell died on the twenty sixth day of March 1843 and that they were married on the  day of  in the year 1777 and that they were residents of Paris in the State of Maine and that they resided there forty years, and that he resides in Paris and that furthermore he BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution—F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as heir of Sarah Twitchell who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF he has on this Eleventh day of June 1852, hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal. Moses Twitchell
Witness: Lydia Twitchell Witness: Benj. F. Twitchell
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on this Eleventh day of June 1852.
M. B. Bartlett Notary Public J. P. { SEAL }
At the same time personally appeared before me Moses B. Bartlett a Notary Public two credible and disinterested witnesses named Lydia Twitchell and Benj. F. Twitchell residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that Jacob Twitchell was a Revolutionary soldier and that Moses Twitchell was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the son of the said Revolutionary Soldier by Sarah Twitchell his wife
Lydia Twitchell Benj. F. Twitchell
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
M. B. Bartlett Notary Public { SEAL }
of } to wit: County of
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgment was made and sworn to before me this  day of  1852, and that the person who has thereunto subscribed his name is known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgment and that he is of the County and State aforesaid and that he is not known to me to be of any other County or State. Esq.,

Rev. War Section.
March 12, 1914.
Mrs. N. D. Bartholomew, Lucerne, Colorado.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 24 th ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Macres Carr and Joseph Macres Carr.
In the Revolutionary War pension claim Rej. File No. 10,786 it is alleged that Jacob Twitchell lived at New Boston (afterwards called Gray) Maine, when he enlisted for eight months in the spring of 1775, and served in Captain Moses Merrill or Captain Watkins' company, Colonel Phinney's Massachusetts regiment or as waiter to William Foster the Chaplain of said regiment.
He married at New Boston, Maine, October 23, 1777, Sarah Smith. He died October 14, 1812. Sons David and Moses born in 1773, lived in Paris, Maine.
The widow Sarah applied for pension on November 28, 1838, at which time she was eighty-five years old and resided in Paris, Maine. Her claim was rejected for lack of proof of the alleged services.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Jacob Twitchell to Joseph G. Cole, May 22: '39 to same. Feb: 4, 1841, to H. King May 1 st 1843
10786

1914, Mar. 12. Heist to aid Mrs. N. D. Bartholomew
REJECTED
10786
P. O.
Sarah Twitchell
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

W Lucerne, Colorado,
Feby. 24th, 1914.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau Dept. of Interior.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Messrs:-
Have you any Revolutionary data in regard to Jacob Twitchell of Gray, Maine and Macrea Carr of Ipswich, Mass. and Joseph Macrea Carr. I wish

to secure data in order to complete application papers for joining the Daughters of the American Revolution any data you may send me will be greatly appreciated.
Gratefully yours
(Mrs) N. D. Bartholomew

Dear G. Cole
May 22. 1891
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863 War Dep Pension Off May 22 d 89
Sir
In the case of Mrs Sarah Twitchell widow of Jacob Twitchell dec d the alleged service of same in 75 under Capt Moses Merrill of Col. Phenney's Regt is not sustained by the rolls of that Company for that term) — There is no doubt some mistake as to the name of the Capt under whom he served and as the rolls are indexed alphabetically by the names of the Captains, you will readily perceive that such an error renders an examination of them un- availing —
The papers are placed in file
Jos. G. Cowen Paris Me

Horatio King May 1 st 1843

Pen H May 15 43-
Sir
In answer to yours respecting the case of Sarah Twitchell I would inform you that her claim was rejected for 8 mo service of her husband under Capt Moses Merrill of Col. Phinney's Reg. at Roxbury in 1775. The rolls of that Company & Regt do not bear his name.
As to the suggestion that he was a Waiter to Chaplain Foster in '76, the rolls show that Foster resigned in Feby of that year & the Rev. Mr. Carnes was his successor. Unless he was enlisted into some Company & detailed for service as a waiter his employment as such would not entitle him to the pay obligations of a soldier at that time nor to a pension now if alive.
The Company rolls of the whole regt have been examined without finding his name. Ezra Moses & John Twitchell are found in that regt for '76. Horatio King Esq. P.O. Dept.

Joseph R. Wood, Esq.
Febry 4. 1841.
Qb.

Gen: H. H. Feby 4, '41
Sir
In answer to yours of 29 ult in the case of Mrs Sarah Fritchell I have to inform you that the name of her late husband is not borne on the roll of Capt. Nathan Watkins for the 8 months service of 75. But since the last action on this case it is ascertained that there are full returns of the 8 mo men in Oct. 75 in the Secretary's Office at Boston and shewing the Towns to which each man belonged. A resort to those returns may probably furnish satisfactory evidence or lead to that which will be -
Joseph Golding Paris Me.

Paris, Oxford Co. Maine Dec 6. 1838
I herewith enclose the application of Sarah Tuitchee of Paris, widow of Jacob Tuitchee, for a Pension under the act of July 1838. I request that the certificate, or any communication in relation to the application may be directed to me.
Respectfully yrs Atty Stewart Joseph G. Gale
Hon J. L. Edwards Com te of Pensions Washington D.C.

Washington, April 1, 1843.
Sir:
I have been requested, by Mr. David Twitchell, of Paris, Maine, to call at your office, and ascertain whether his mother, the widow of Jacob Twitchell, is entitled to a pension. As your regulations, I presume, would not admit of my personally examining the books and papers, to enable me to answer the enquiry; and as it is inconvenient for me to call, will you do the favor to direct a thorough investigation into the matter and inform me of the result?
It is represented that said Jacob Twitchell enlisted from New Boston, (now Gray) Maine, that he served as waiter to the Chaplain (W m Foster) in Col. Finney's Regiment, eight months, in 1776.
Mr. Twitchell, however, suggests that he may be misinformed as to the Colonel's name, and that the name of his father (the person in question) might, at the time of enlistment, have been Jacob Twitchell, Junior . He thinks the name may, perhaps, be found
(over)

with those of the Staff, if not elsewhere —
It may not be improper to add that the mother of David Twitchell (who is a worthy, but poor man,) is insane — at times exceedingly troublesome — and is wholly dependent upon him for attention and support.
Very respectfully,
Your ob't ser't,
Horatio King, (Contract Off., P. O. Dept.)
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Com't Pensions, Present.

Paris Oxford Co. Maine
Jany 27. 1841
Sir,
In your letter of May 22 d . 1839 you state "that in the case of Mrs Mary (should be Sarah) Twitchell widow of Jacob Twitchell dec d . the alleged service of 8 months in '75 under Capt Moses Merrill of Col. Phinney's Reg t . is not sustained by the rolls of that company for that term" & suggest that there may be some mistake in the name of the Captain. I have waited hitherto in the hope that the friends of the widow who is both aged & poor, might find some additional or explanatory testimony to substantiate her claim. They have made such efforts as their means would allow but with little success. A letter was sent to Moses Twitchell a brother of the deceased revolutionary soldier Jacob Twitchell, for the purpose of obtaining his deposition. That letter found him (Moses) on his death bed and he died before his affidavit could be procured. He stated to his family that his brother Jacob served or enlisted in Capt — Mathins Company in Col Phinney's Regiment, as I am informed. Aged persons have heard Jacob Twitchell state the fact that while he was in the service he was employed a part if not the whole of the time as waiter to the Reverend William Foster Captain of Phinney's Reg t . whether under such circumstances his name would be on the roll of any company or not I do not know. The deponent by whom the service

was attempted to be proved says that there was a Capt Watkins in the same Regiment and he may have been mistaken in stating that Jacob Tuitchele served in Capt Menill's Compa- ny - still such was his impression and as his faculties are impaired by age and infirmities, he does not like to make any further statement for fear that he may through forgetfulness state what is wrong.
I am unwilling to trouble you in this way but the age and poverty of the applicant make her desirous of avoiding expenses that would produce no beneficial result If this hearsay testimony would be of any avail it can be procured from the most respectable sources. Perhaps upon examination of the rolls his name might be found in Capt Watkins Company
A reply to these enquiries would very much oblige this poor widow and your obedient servant
Joseph G. Cole
J. G. Edwards Esq Commisioner of Pensions Washington D.C.