Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35709, Abijah Warren, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Warren, Abijah
S 35709
CONTENTS

Copied for the Land Office
Notification sent to Thomas Clark Paris
Maine. 19 Oct 1820.
(430) Dist: of Maine
Abijah Warren, Capt. Smith private, Mass.
Massachusetts Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War,
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine. at the rate of . . 8 . . . Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of May 1818. and sent to Hon: A. H. Harris, at Paris, Dist: of Maine
Arrearages to 4 th Sept 1818. 5/30 mo. $40.26
$40.26
{Revolutionary claims, {Act 18th March, 1818,
Two years
continued Paris, Oxford Co.

Abijah Warren N o 430-
Paris
Gov
May 18

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. Next Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the fourth Tuesday of July  and by adjournment A. D. 1820 — before the Honorable Judah Dana Judge of said Court.
On this 25th day of July in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford . Abijah Warren — aged 59 years, resident in Paris — in said 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. Sylvanus Smith — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam 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 4th day of April A. D. 1810 — , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 430 — 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 particu- larly described below, also subscribed by me.
Abijah Warren
Sworn to and declared, on the 25th day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Judah Dana
Judge of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: — I have no real estate — my personal estate is as follows, to wit, 1 house very old & frame — 1 Cow — 4 sheep — 4 Swans, — 2 Hogs — house hold furniture old & poor but little of it — I have no money due to me — I am owing more than one hundred Dollars —
Abijah Warren

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Abijah Warren — who by occupation am a husbandman — which I am unable to pursue by reason of  old age - I have the strangury & Rheumatism & general debility —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sally my wife 51 years Dropsical & otherwise infirm -   Synthia - daughter 20 " weakly   Ira — son 17 " healthy   Sally - daughter 15 " do   Alanson — son 8 " — do  
Abijah Warren
I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford 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 forty five dollars and  cents.  $45.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 28th day of July — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clark Clerk of the Superior Court of C. P. for said county of Oxford

I Abijah Warren of Paris in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, and a resident citizen of the United States of America, testify and say that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment, in the company commanded by Captain Sylvanus Smith, in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam, in General Patterson's Brigade, for the term of three years, and having served a part of my time, I exchanged places with John Thompson who had enlisted during the war. And I further testify that I continued in said service, as a private soldier, until the thirteenth day of June, seventeen hundred and eighty three, when I received from General George Washington my discharge, which is herunto annexed. And I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support.
Abijah Warren
I Joseph Sturtevant of Paris in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, testify and say that during my service in the revolutionary of three years I was acquainted with Abijah Warren, named in the above deposition, that he belonged to Captain Sylvanus Smith's Company in the regiment and brigade above said, and that he continued in said company as a private soldier upwards of two years and that he was honorably discharged from said service.
Joseph Sturtevant

The subscribers, inhabitants of Paris in the state of Massachusetts, do testify that we are personally acquainted with Abijah Warren, and from his reduced circumstances in life we think he stands in need of assistance from his country for support.-
Levi Hubbard Oyur Hamlin
United States of America } District of Maine ss. }
Be it remembered that on this fourth day of April, A. D. 1818, personally came the within named Abijah Warren and after being cautioned and examined made oath that the within statement by him subscribed is wholly true; - and also at the same time came the within named Joseph Sturtevant, Levi Hubbard and Oyur Hamlin, and made oath that the affidavits by them subscribed are true; and the said Abijah Warren also produced

the annexed discharge. - In so far as it appears to me in the examination here had, that the persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the within as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me, that the said Abijah Warren served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war, against the common enemy for the term of nine months and upwards, on the continental establishment; - that he is yet a resident citizen of the United States, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal
Albion H. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
June 10, 1924.
Frank Herbert Storrs, Hartford, P. O. Box 893, Conn.
Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 35709, it appears that Abijah Warren enlisted in 1781 and served as a private in Captain Sylvanus Smith's Company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's Fifth Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged from said regiment June 13, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1818, while a resident of Paris, Oxford County, Maine.
In 1820, soldier was fifty nine years old and referred to his wife, Sally aged fifty one years; daughter Synthia, aged twenty years; Son Ira, aged seventeen years; Daughter Sally, aged fifteen years; and son Alanson, aged eight years. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Discharge

The bearer hereof Abijah Warren of the fifth Massachusetts Regiment being enlisted for three years and having engaged John Thompson who was enlisted for the war, to take his place & to serve the time for which the bearer was engaged the said Abijah Warren is hereby discharged from the American Army
Given at Head Quarters this Thirteenth Day of June 1709
G. Washburn
By his excellency's command Samuel C. Dyer
Registered in the books of the Regt.
Henry Mather, Adj.

From A. H. Parris, Paris, Me.
Paris Me. G. April 13
Shree Mr. Bell
The Secretary of War
Washington City is

Paris, Maine, April 13. 1818
Sir,
I transmits the applications of Abyah Warren and James Willis for pensions under the Act of March 10. 1810 and am, most respectfully &c
Albion K. Parris
The
Secretary of War

35 709
Rev INVALID.
1924 - June 10 - Hist to Frank Her- bert Storr. aut.
File No. 35 709
Abijah Warren
Br Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 439
[Arrangement of 1870.]

STORRS FAMILY HISTORY
1922
ENC
FRANK HERBERT STORRS
P. O. Box 893.
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, U. S. A.
May 7, 1924.
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Information is desired if the records show whether Nancy (Warren) Perkins, widow of a Seth Perkins, of Carver, Mass. -ever received pension money for service rendered, if any,-by the aforesaid Seth Perkins?
The only information relative to residence of the widow, appears to be that she died at Madison, Maine in the year 1880. She was then living with a great-grandchild, a Mrs. Carrie P. Fairbrother, of Madison. The father of Nancy Warren, was an Abijah Warren. He is supposed to have been at Dorchester Heights 1776, Roxbury Line 1778. It is likely this Abijah had his residence at different periods, at other places, but all the data at hand makes it very evident he lived principally in Maine.
Hoping to receive confirmation of Revolutionary ancestry through service of one or both of the above, which will be greatly appreciated,
I beg to remain,
Respectfully,
F. H. Storrs