Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26017, John Winslow, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
continental Mass
Winslow, John Toll
N. 26017
CONTENTS

12. 321
Maine
John Winslow of Freeport in the district of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of one year -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine District - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of June 1819 - and sent to William Wedgery Esq. Portland Maine
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mths \frac{4}{30} \frac{4}{31}  82:9    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819  48:-     130:9  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
continued
Notwithstanding sent to John Winslow per order of Maine June 16. 1820

Maine 2664
Dolly Winslow widow of John Winslow, Dec.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar 1818, and who died on the 14 July 1833 of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a private in the Co commanded by Captain Oliver of the regt commanded by Col Reid in the N.H. time for 12 months.
Enscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of May 1839 and sent to John Prince, Turner, Oxford Co. Maine
Arrears to the 14th of March 1839 $120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 20.00 $140.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Condy Clerk, Book A Vol. 1. Page 26.

John Winslow Private 2 d Regt N Ham pshire line 1776 - 1 year
See: 27 th April 1818
The deposition of two credible & disinterested witnesses there the ser- vices of the Appoint duly to be taken & authenticated, is required. — Rejected.
Portland, Maine.

of the town of We the subscribers, select men of the town of Freeport & others hereby certify that John Winslow of said Freeport is in needy and destitute circumstances, and that he is a man of respectable standing in society, and we believe that his oath is entitled to full credit & belief Freeport April 23 d 1818
Col d Dillingham William Pote
} select men of Freeport
S. H. H. brook - Jacob Johnson Joseph Porter Asaph Clark Forest W. Mitchell Nathan Nye

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
John Winslow — of Freeport in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the period of one year in continuation on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Freeport aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. being fifty nine years of age.  AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to Col. Robert Oliver's Company of the Second Regiment, of the Maine Line , that he entered said service on or about the first fifth day of January — one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and that he left said service on or about the last day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy six the period of his enlistment having expired and he having received an honorable discharge which he has lost —
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this twenty second day of April 1818. John Winslow
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty second day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, John Winslow the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said John Winslow farther offered in evidence
the certificate of the selectmen and the respectable citizens of his town hereto annexed —
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said John Winslow served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy, wholly reason his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of April , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. All which is hereby certified and transmitted
Wm. Widgery Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court, this 27th day of Feb A. D. 1818.
Geo. Prall

Jonas Gould of Norridgewock in the county of Somerset of lawful age do testify & say that about the first of February A.D. 1776 I became acquainted with John Winslow, within mentioned who I understood had but a few days previous enlisted in the Revolutionary Service in the company commanded by Capt Robert Oliver, in Col James Reed's Regiment in the New Hampshire line & continental establishment; I was intimately acquainted with said Winslow until the last of December following at which time he was to my knowledge honorably discharged having served out the full term of his enlistment; I belonged to the same company with said Winslow, and am well knowing that he was a years man as it was then called. Subscribed whereof I have he Jonas Gould
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Somerset ss. May 1 st 1819
Personally appeared the above named Jonas Gould and made oath to me that the above deposition by him signed is true. The said Gould is in my opinion a credible witness. Amos Townsend, Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Somerset
I William Allen, H. Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the county of Somerset do hereby certify that Amos Townsend Esquire before whom the above affidavit appears to have been made, was at the time it purports to have been made was a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Somerset. I further certify that the above named Jonas Gould has the reputation of a man affidavit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county at Norridgewock the first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen. William Allen H. Clerk

I James Gordon, aged seventy two years, now a resident in Sidney County of Kennebec, do upon Oath testify and declare that I well knew John Winslow a Continental soldier in the War of the revolution - the said Winslow to my knowledge enlisted January 1776. for the period of one year into the Company commanded by Capt. Oliver, & in Col James Reed New Hampshire regiment - the said Winslow serv'd to my knowledge until the last December 1776. the full period of his enlistment, being about eleven months in continuation as was Honorably discharged at Mount Independence Ticonderoga. I served in the same regiment with the said Winslow & fully knew his service and discharge as I have above stated. I am now on the pension list for the District of Maine James Gordon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Kennebec ss May 3. 1829
Personally appeared the above named James Gordon to me well known, as a credible and disinterested witness, and he made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed -
Before me Robert C. Vose Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I the subscriber clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec do hereby certify, and make known that Robert C. Vose Esq. before whom the above Oath was made - was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Kennebec - In Testimony whereof I subscribe my name & affix the County Seal this 4 th day of May 1829 - John Davis

N o 22. John Winslow
Copy
(12.321)
Contime
(Sept 1819)
CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS I, JOHN HARRISON, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing copy is a true and correct copy of the original thereof, now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Boston, this 12th day of September, 1819.
JOHN HARRISON Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland — within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth — day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this sixth — day of June — 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 Maine District, John Winslow — aged sixty two — years, resident in Freeport — in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revo- lutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Robert Oliver — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Reed — in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty seventh day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pen- sion, numbered 12,321 — 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.
John Winslow
Sworn to and declared, on the sixth } day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
I have no real estate — I live in part of a house which I hire — I have one cow and one pig — I have a few necessary articles of household furniture — I have no income, but am in debt, two hundred dollars
John Winslow
Sworn to, before Albion K. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Winslow — who, by occupation am a laborer — which I am able to pursue by reason of but part of the time —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Mary years 61 Weakly and often sick, and unable to support herself — John Winslow  
Sworn to, before Albion K. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge

John Mussey Junr 152.21 MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, 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 Twenty six dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth — day of June — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr 11 3 11
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Copy from the Record of Marriages kept in the town clerk's office in the town of Harpswell County of Cumberland State of Maine Viz by the record Samuel Eaton were married John Winslow and Molly Pilton September twenty third Seventeen Hundred eighty four
I Paul Randall certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows viz Sept 23 1784
I Paul Randall above named depose and say that I hold the office of clerk of the town of Harpswell in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
Paul Randall clerk of the town of Harpswell
State of Maine
Cumberland ss Sworn before me this seventeenth day of October A.D. 1838.
Ebenezer Everett, Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine
Cumberland ss.
I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Cumberland and State aforesaid; do hereby certify that Ebenezer Everett Esquire; is a Magistrate, duly appointed and commissioned to act as such in and for said County; and I further certify that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have, hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas this tenth day of November A.D. 1838.
Charles Fox Clerk of the Jud. Courts. in & for the County of Cumberland.

State of Maine
Oxford County ss. On this twenty seventh day of October A.D. 1838, personally appeared before me, Stephen Emery, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County, Polly Winslow, a resident of Maine in the County of Cumberland, aged Seventy 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 & pension to certain widows" - That she is the relict of John Winslow late of said Maine, deceased, who was a soldier of the United States in the Revolutionary War, - that according to her best knowledge & belief, the said John Winslow enlisted, at Peterham in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the term of three years, or during the war, she does not know which, - the names of the officers she cannot recollect - that he served under his said enlistment over two years - a part of the time, as orderly Sergeant - and was at length discharged on account of ill health - she does not recollect at what time the service of said war was performed - she thinks he was in the battle at Saratoga, & at Yorktown - She further declares, that the said John Winslow, as she believes, was a soldier in the year seventeen hundred & seventy nine, & served during the Baga duce expedition, so called, in Capt. John Gray's Company, Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regiment, for a period of three or four months. - All his services were in the Massachusetts line. & she refers to the evidence on file in the war department, in proof of his service.
She further declares, that she was married to the said John Winslow on the twenty third day of September, A.D. seventeen hundred & eighty four - that her husband, the said John Winslow died on the fourteenth day of July A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty three - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place before the first of January, seventeen hundred & ninety four, at the time above stated. - The said John Winslow was a U.S. Pensioner under the act of Mar. 18. 1818. Witness. S. Emery.
Polly Winslow
Sworn to & subscribed by the said Polly Winslow the day & year first above written Before Stephen Emery, Judge

I, Samuel T. Winslow of Merick in the County of Cumberland, on oath testify & say, that the within named John Winslow & Polly Winslow were my parents that the said John was a U.S. pensioner under the act of Congress of 18 March 1818, & continued to be such, up to the time of his death, viz July 14 th 1833 - and since his death, I obtained for my said Mother, the said Polly Winslow, the widow of said John Winslow, the arrears of the pension aforesaid - and I know that the applicant now present, within named, is one of the same person - the said Polly has remained a widow & unmarried ever since the death of her said husband, John Winslow aforesaid. I am fifty years of age - Samuel T. Winslow
Sworn to & subscribed by the said Samuel T. Winslow, a credible witness, the day & year first within & above written Before Stephen Emery, Judge
And I, the said Judge do hereby certify, that the said Polly Winslow, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable to attend personally in Court - that her residence is within one & a half miles of Oxford County - and that she could not procure the attendance of a Judge of a Court of record in the County of Cumberland without greatly increased expense & great inconvenience Stephen Emery, Judge

Resy WIDOW, &c.  OW
File No. 26017
Polly Winslow wid of John Winslow Pr. N. H. Line
Act July 7 th 38
Index: Vol. 7 , Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]

— M c Winslow the 1878 when paid — Deed 14 July 1833 to that time H. H. H.

3247 Polly Manslow wid of M o Me Ad July 7 1838 Mar 17 84 died 1833 allans 12m pr $40 pr am Cape Olin Col Road NH June Job Prince Turner - Oxford County - Maine Agent (Manslow)

State of Maine Oxford ss. I the Subscriber Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County 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 Polly Winslow for a Pension. I also further certify that Job Prince before whom the annexed affidavit was taken and whose genuine signature is subscribed thereto is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & full faith & credit are due to his acts as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of October A.D. 1838.
Levi Stowell

I William True, of Lewiston, in the County of Lincoln, & State of Maine, aged seventy eight years, testify & say, that I served as private soldier three months, or more during the Revolutionary War, in what was called the Bangdore expedition in the State of Maine in the year 1779 - in Capt- John Grays Company & Col Mitchell Regiment. John Winslow late of Minot- in the County of Cumberland deceased, with whom I have ever since been acquainted served in the same company during the same time, as a private soldier. I think the Campaign was over 3 months William True
State of Maine
Oppford ss November 10th 1838
Personally appeared William True a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Job Prine Justice of the Peace