Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37202, for Jonathan Margerry, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Margerry, Jonathan or Margerry
S. 37202
CONTENTS

100, 391 Maine.
John Margery 4 of Scarborough in the Dist state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Read of the New Hampshire line, for the term of six years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Mar. 1819 and sent to John Mudgett Esq Portland, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 — 81.29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819 48 — 65/18 $129.29
On the 7 th April 1820 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } transferred from the roll of New Hampshire as an Invalid pen- sioner to take effect from the 30 th of April, 1818. See letters to John Mudgett Esq & to the Pres. B. Bank St. Portsmouth, N.H.
copy to the same again MSB
Aug 1821 see Agency Book
Notification sent the 16 th June 1820 to John Mudgett Esq - Portland Maine

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 sixeth — 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 sixeth 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, Jonathan Margerry aged sixty seven years, resident in Scarborough in said District, 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. Elijah Blois — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed — in the line of the State of N. Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 30 th day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7391 — 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.
Jonathan Margerry
Sworn to and declared, on the sixeth 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:
Real estate - none - Personal estate - two hogs and about three dollars worth of household furniture I have no income or any monies due me
Jonathan Margerry
Sworn to, before Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Jonathan Margerry who, by occupation am a Baker which I am not able to pursue by reason of the asthma and wounds I received in the revolution at the taking of Burgoyne for which I received a pension as an Invalid and which I relinquished -
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My Wife - Sarah - 53 weakly constitution   Luke, a son - 12 able to do light work    Jonathan Margerry  Sworn to, before Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

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 nine dollars and  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixeth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "John Mussey Junr.", with a large, stylized flourish on the "J" and "M".
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Margery, Jonathan
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New Hampshire submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 139.
Rank: Private
Regt. 2d New Hampshire, Capt. Cloye's company.
Disability: Wounded in his thigh, while on a scouting party: ball not yet extracted.
When and where disabled: July 29, 1777, near Fort Edward
Residence: Hancock
So what pension entitled: Two-thirds
Remarks: Enlisted January 10, 1777; transferred to invalids November 1779.

Jonathan Margery
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Jonathan Margey of Scarborough in the District of Maine the Commonwealth of Massachusetts formerly a resident in the State of New Hampshire aged sixty five years being du- ly sworn do depose and say that I enlisted as a private in Feb- ruary 1777 in Captain Elijah Colby's company in Colonel Hale after- wards Col George Reed's Regiment of the New Hampshire Line Continental Establishment and faithfully served three years the period enlisted for and I then re-enlisted about February 1780 for during the war into the same company and Regiment in which I faithfully served until the month of January 1783 when I was honorably discharged at Exeter in said State of New Hampshire and that said discharge was given to the Commissioners when I made application for a pension. I further declare I was in the engagement at Hubbardton, at Fort Ed- ward, at Bemis' height, when General Burgoyne was captured in which last engagement I was severely wounded. I was also in the Battle of Monmouth. I further declare that I am the person named in the certificate annexed signed by Laurence Furness, dated at Exeter 5 th Sep r 1796 - that I am in reduced circumstances and need the assistance of my country for support and hereby claim the benefit of the Act of Congress making provision for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War passed the 18 th March 1818 -
you may enjoy
Subscribed and sworn to this thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Refré me
Alcove N. Parris Judge etc
W. H. Hudson

I know all men by these presents that I Jonathan Blan- gerry a resident of Scarborough in the Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts formerly a resident in the State of New Hampshire who subscribed the within declaration do hereby relinquish and quit claim to the United States of America all my right to the pension to which I am entitled on account of disability received while in the Revolutionary War & which said Pension I have heretofore received from the Agent of the United States at Portsmouth in said New Hampshire In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Jonathan Margetson
Alcison L. Parris Joseph C. Boyd
Cumberland 30 th April 1818 Then the above named Jonathan Margetson personally acknowl- edged the foregoing instrument before me to be his act and deed
Before me J. Murrey Junr Justice of the Peace
I Joseph C. Boyd of Portland in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn do depose and say that I have several times received at Portsmouth State of New Hampshire the pension belonging to Jonathan Margetson an Invalid Pensioner of the United States by virtue of powers of attorney from Jonathan Blan- gerry who subscribed the above instrument: and I further say that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of the assistance of his country for support
Joseph C. Boyd
Subscribed and sworn to this thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Before me Alcison L. Parris

Jonathan Margerry Private, afterwards, Recd. regt New Hampshire line 1777 - 3 years - & 1780 - 3 years April 30 1818
Concord
In the Judges certificate on file.

This may certify that the bearer hereof is the same Jonathan Margery who, on the 11 th of February, 1794. was examined as an invalid by the Committee appointed for that purpose, and recommended for a pension from the United States.
Given under my hand this 5 th Sept. 1796 To Whom it may Concern Sam l Penney one of said Comm ee
Dorris

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Jonathan Margery the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence in the written instrument by him signed and sealed on the back of his declaration, voluntarily relinquished the claim to the pension allowed him on account of disability received while in the Revolutionary Army to which he was entitled as appears from the annexed certificate of Samuel Tenny Commissioner; and also offered in evidence the declaration under oath of Joseph C. Boyd Esquire that he is the identical person entitled to who has received the pension aforesaid and also that by reason of his said Margery's reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Jonathan Margery the applicant, served as a private in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my
Official
Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion L. Darris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

October 9, 1934
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BA-J/MCS Jonathan Margery or Margerrey, S.37202
W. J. Wilkinson Antrim New Hampshire
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Jonathan Margery who lived in Deering, Amherst and Hancock, New Hampshire.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show the following data in regard to Jonathan Margerry or Margerrey.
He enlisted in January or February, 1777, served as private in Captain Elijah Clayes' company first in Colonel Hale's New Hampshire regiment and afterwards in Colonel George Reid's New Hampshire regiment; he was in the battle of Hubbardton, was wounded in the thigh while on a scouting party near Fort Edward on July 29, 1777, was wounded during the battle of Bemis Heights, was in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged in January, 1783.
He was living in Hancock, New Hampshire, in 1794.
In 1796 he was pensioned on account of the disability resulting from the wounds noted above.
In 1818 he was sixty-five years of age and was living in Scarborough in the District of Maine.
In 1820 he was still living at Scarborough and referred to his wife, Sarah, as being fifty-three years of age, and his son, Luke, as twelve years of age. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Jonathan Margerry or Margerrey died March 5, 1821.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
See May 19 Moulton Pension Laws p. 35 for approval of pension Apr. 20, 1796
See 1835 List of Pensioners Vol. 1. Page 25 under Cumberland Co. Me. Act 1818

37202
Rev INVALID.
1934 Oct. 9. hist. to Ch. J. Wilkinson. See cases in David Barker W. 246 42. Rev. files. N.D.
File No. 37202
Jonathan Bargery Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington

Portland June 10 th 1818
Sir
Enclosed I transmit the declarations and evidence taken under the Act of Congress of 10 th March 1818, before the Hon. A. H. Barris, United States Judge for Maine District, with his Certificate in each of the following cases viz Daniel Moses, James Wagg, Samuel Brackett, James Sibby, James Barrett, Jacob Allen, Jaziel Smith, Gideon Rice, Joseph Wilson, Caleb Bartlett, John Waterhouse, Joshua Jones, Loachaniah Foss, Abner Briggs, Ward Haskell, Samuel Cole, Mark Mors, Vinson Fickell, Aaron Chamberlain, Richard Goodwin, Jonathan Margery, David Cook and John Guilford and would respectfully request (should the same be satisfactory) that their pensions might be placed on the Roll of the District of Maine and their Certificates forwarded to
Your obedt servt
John Mussey Junr
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
Washington