Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1778, for Samuel Judkins, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N 16
NUMBER
N 1778
Judkins, Samuel Elizabeth
CONTENTS

282.
Maine
Elizabeth Judkins widow of Samuel Judkins
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private N H Line
one from $40
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feby 1857, and sent to
B. Randall
Wilton
Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a July 29, 1848, Page 5 Vol. A

13,771
District of Maine
Samuel Judkins
Wayne in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dearborn of the N. Hamp. for the term of One Year
scribed on the roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of May 1819
ertificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Aug t 1819 and sent to Robert C Rose Esq r Augusta D Maine
arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819  29. 18 semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819 3 Mo. 16 4 31 30  $ 29. 18
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Copy of cert. sent R. C. Up Sept 28 th 1820

Samuel Ladd King, Wayne private 1 st Col. Dearborn New Hampshire Reg t April 1782 to March 1783 — 1 year
May 15. 1819
Correct by Roll ✓
Prof. Jacob Ladd King Jacob Doyen
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. H. DAVIS
Robert C. Dore Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Kennebec.
Nathan Weston Jun
June 26. 1919.
C. Just. C.C.C. Pleas
and

I Samuel Judkins, aged fifty nine years - Citizen of the United States, born in Brentwood New Hampshire, now a resident in Wayne in the District of Maine - do upon Oath testify and declare that I enlisted in May April or May 1782. for the period of one year in the War of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment into the company commanded by Col. Leach and in the regiment commanded by H on ble Henry Dearborn of the New Hampshire line. I served in said regiment until March 1783. and was then Honorably discharged at Newburgh New York - I was discharged a short time before my time expired by reason of the state of my health - being unable to make an other engagement in the Service - this was my last Continental Service - From my reduced circumstances in life I now need the assistance of my Country for support, and I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States if any, but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever - I request to be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine my discharge I have not preserved - Samuel Judkins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec County ss May 15 th 1819 Samuel Judkins above named after having been carefully examined and duly cautioned made Oath to the above declaration by him subscribed -
Before me Nathan Weston Jun Chief Justice of the Peace C.C.C. Pias 2 d E. Circuit.
I Jacob Judkins, aged fifty seven years, of Wayne Kennebec County and District of Maine, do upon Oath testify and declare that I well knew Samuel Judkins, above named, a Continental soldier in the War of the revolution - the said Samuel Judkins, to my knowledge enlisted and served and was discharged as he has above stated, - I myself have seen his honorable discharge from the Peace, it was for one year Service in the New Hampshire line
Jacob Judkins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kennebec ss.
On the fifteenth day of May 1819 1819 Jacob Judkins above named, being a credible and disinterested witness, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed - Before me, Nathan Weston Jun C. Just.
C.C.C. Pias 2 d E. Circuit.
I Jacob Doyen, of Augusta in the County of Kennebec, a pensioner under the late law of Congress do upon Oath testify and declare that I well knew Samuel Judkins above named - the said Judkins to my knowledge enlisted and served as he has above stated, as I belonged to the Army at the same period and was well knowing to him the said Judkins Service as he has above stated -
Jacob Doyen
Kennebec ss. June 26. 1819. Subscribed sworn to said writings being credible and disinterested, before me Robert Vose, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Hon ble the Secretary of War of the U. States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second eastern circuit of Massachusetts embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec, and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Samuel Briddins a citizen of the United States, now resident in Wayne, in said county of Kennebec, in the District of Maine, on the fifteenth day of May 1819, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence as was in his power to produce, and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the U. States, agreeably to the provisions of an act entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the U. States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed. AND I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve, as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months in continuation, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances in life, he merited the assistance of his country for support. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this eighteenth day of May, 1819.
Nathan Weston Gen. C. Just. C.C.C. Pleas.

Samuel Judkins
13.771.
Sept 1819
Can
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D C Vore Augusta, Maine.
Rev
Dear Sir,
A true copy
Jonathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas.

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Sixty dollars and  cents ; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Sixty dollars and  cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec

(Copy)
State of Maine.
To the Honorable the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties
of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset. I, Samuel Judkins of Wilton in the County of Kennebec aforesaid, a pensioner on the Maine roll, under the law of the United States, 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 March, 1818, do hereby exhibit the following schedule of my whole estate and income (my necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) viz ;
A right to the possession only, but not the property, which is in the State or some other proprietor, (for which I gave forty dollars) of eighty acres of lands in Farmington in said county, which possession is of the value of forty dollars.
Accounts against different persons, to the amount of thirty dollars, part of which may be collected.
Except the above I have no other property, except necessary wearing apparel, nor have I any income derived from property.
Samuel Judkins
A true Copy
Wm Davis Clerk.
Samuel Judkins above named stated to me at the time the foregoing schedule was taken that he had no family.
Nathan Weston Clerk

(Copy)
State of Maine.
I, Samuel Judkins within named do solemnly swear, that on the fifteenth day of May 1818 I made application, in pursuance of the within mentioned law of March 18, 1818 before Judge Weston, and was afterwards placed upon the pension list roll of the United States, for the District of Maine Agency. And I, the said Samuel Judkins, do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Number of Certificates 3 13.771.
Samuel Judkins
KENNEBEC, ss.
ON this twelfth day of May 1820,
Samuel Judkins before named, after being duly cautioned and examined, exhibited and subscribed the within schedule, and took and subscribed the foregoing oath, before me,
Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas.

No 71 Elizabeth Jenkins wid of Samuel Me a et 29 May 1848 Married 1795 husband died 1838
Adna $40 00 per share per 4 March 1848
Barn Randall Wilton Franklin (Elizabeth Jenkins) Me

State of Maine Franklin County ss.
On this seventh day of December A.D. 1843, personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, being a Court of Record, Elizabeth Judkins of Wilton in said County of Franklin, aged ninety 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 27 th 1843, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army", and a Resolution of Congress passed at the last session, being No. 13 entitled "A Resolution relative to evidence in application for pensions," that she is the widow of Samuel Judkins who was a private in the Army of the Revolution in the Massachusetts line; that her said husband was a pensioner under the Act of Congress of March 18 th 1818, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, and she refers to the evidence furnished by him on his original application for a pension for the proof of his service, and to the pension-Roll under said last named Act.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Judkins, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, in the town of Fayette in Kennebec County, State of Maine - said Fayette being then a new settled place by the name of Sterling; - that she cannot now tell the month, or the day of the month in which the said marriage took place, but she thinks it was sometime in the month of September of that year; she cannot tell who

married them; she was married at the house of her brother John Knowles in said Fayette who has been dead many years; that she does not know there is any person living now who was present at the time; that her name before she was married to the said Judkins was Elizabeth Knowles, and that before she came to Fayette she resided in the town of Candia in the State of New Hampshire; that she had five brothers who removed from Candia to Fayette when the country was new, and settled in that town and near it; but that they are all now dead, & have been for several years. — She further states that her said husband died on the 19 th day of April 1838 in Wilton where he had resided several years; that after they were married, they resided in what is now the town of Chesterville, near the line of Fayette for a short time and then removed to Candia where her Father lived & resided there several years; that they then removed back to this State & resided in several places before they came to live in Wilton, where he died; that she had three children, the two oldest of whom are dead, and the youngest, if living, resides in the State of New Hampshire. She further declares that she does not know whether her marriage or publication was ever recorded or not; that she thinks there was never any record made of the births of her children; — that she was not married to said Judkins prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place in seventeen hundred and ninety four, as above stated; — She further declares that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband, but that she is still a widow.
Witness A. Guld. John Walker
Her Elizabeth X Judkins Mark

The foregoing declaration was sworn to & subscribed by the said Elizabeth Judkins at Milton in said County of Franklin, she being unable from bodily infirmity to attend the Court, this seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty eight.
Before me
M. Sherburne } Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Franklin
State of Maine
Franklin } ss. County }
I Joseph D. Prescott, Register of Probate in and for the said County of Franklin; do here by certify, that Moses Sherburne is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County and duly qualified to act in that office; and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of our said Court of Probate this seventh day of December A.D. 1848
J. D. Prescott } Register of the Court of Probate, County of Franklin

I Moses French of Fayette in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine aged seventy nine years last July on oath do testify and say that I came to this town to reside in this town, then an unincorporated tract of land by the name of Sterling, fifty eight years ago last April. The place of my nativity being Southampton in the State of New Hampshire. I settled on a new piece of land in the north part of Fayette adjoining what is now the town of Chesterville - the line between the two towns now passing through my farm. I further testify and say that soon after I came to this place to live, I became acquainted with Samuel Judkins who was afterwards, as I understood, a Revolutionary pensioner. His father then resided in Chesterville, the land on which he lived, adjoining the tract on which I settled. I was well acquainted with Samuel, and with the whole family; his father having ten children, nine sons & one daughter. A few years after I became acquainted with Samuel Judkins aforesaid I understood by common report that he was paying some attention to a young woman from Candia in New Hampshire State, by the name of Elizabeth Knowles, then usually called Betsey Knowles. She had two brothers in Fayette or Sterling as it was then called, John Knowles & David Knowles - She had three other brothers who came to reside in this vicinity afterwards with whom I also became acquainted. I further testify & say that after I heard as before stated that the said Samuel Judkins was paying attention to the said Betsey Knowles, I heard by common report that they were married. I did not see them married, but I have no doubt they were married as reported. They soon afterwards went to house keeping, & lived together as husband & wife during their lives, so far as my knowledge of them extended. They commenced housekeeping on the farm

where his father lived as I have before stated, and lived there several years. They had some children while they resided on said farm, one certainly, & I think they had two born there, but am not sure there were two. I further testify that I think the marriage of the said Samuel Judkins & the said Elizabeth Knowles as I have stated took place as early, or long ago, as one thousand seven hundred and ninety five. I know it was previous to the twentieth day of January, one thousand seven hundred & ninety six which was the day on which was the day on which I was married. I know that said Judkins was married before I was, if married as reported. The day on which I was married I started with my wife for New Hampshire on a visit to see our friends, and on our journey that day we met the said Samuel Judkins on the road with two horses & a load of household furniture. I said to him, Then you have been up after Betsey's furniture? He answered, Yes. — Which circumstance I distinctly recollect . He said Judkins was a man of intemperate habits. After he resided with his family a few years near me as I before stated, he removed to Candia in New Hampshire & lived several years. He then came back to this vicinity & lived in Chesterville & other towns adjoining for many years & in the latter part of his life he resided in the town of Wilton with his son-in-law Aaron Lampers, where I understood he died. I did not see him in Wilton but while he lived there he went at after his pension payment and on his return he called at my house and stayed over night & told me he resided there with said Lampers. I may add that in addition to my recollection as to the day of my own marriage which was Jan. 20 th 1796 — I have a family record to which I have referred.
Witness John S. French
Moses French

State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin }
On this 14 th day of March A.D. 1849, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Franklin, personally appeared Moses French, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed —
Before me
Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace
Moses French, Affiant

Dearborn French's Affidavit -

I, Dearborn French of Chesterville in the County of Franklin and State of Maine, aged seventy years last January, on oath do testify and say, that I was born at Southhampton in the State of New Hampshire and resided there until the next March after I was twenty one years of age, at which time I came to this town, then a new tract of land, since incorporated into the town of Chesterville. I settled on a new piece of land, & made a farm on which I still reside. I had a brother by the name of Moses French who came into this country & settled in the town of Fayette near Chesterville, about ten years before I came here, where he still lives — I further testify & say that when I came to this town, which was forty nine years ago this present month, Samuel Judkins, whose wife, as I understood, was a sister to John Knowles & David Knowles of Fayette, was living with his said wife in the neighborhood where I settled, & near my brother Moses French; I distinctly recollect that he & his said wife resided in that neighborhood when I first came. I saw said Judkins frequently, & soon became some acquainted with him. I have often heard that he drew a pension. I saw him in the latter part of his life, & he then told me that he resided in Wilton. — Dearborn French. Witness Betsey W m French
State of Maine } ss. Franklin County } On this 14 th day of March, 1849, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Franklin, personally appeared Dearborn French, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed — Before me — Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

I, Rebecca French, of Chesterville in the county of Franklin and State of Maine, aged sixty nine years last July, on oath do testify & say, that my father, whose name was Moses Walton, & who is now dead, formerly resided in the South part of Chesterville near the line of Fayette, — that a man by the name of Samuel Judkins, whose wife's name before her marriage, was Betsey Knowles, resided with his family about one half mile from my father's house — I further testify & say that in latter part of the summer or the first part of the fall after I was twenty years old in July, I recollect of being at said Samuel Judkins house, & seeing his wife, the said Betsey Knowles, & that they then had a young child. I recollect particularly of their having a young child at that time. Since that time I married a man by the name of Dearborn French and still reside in the same neighborhood.
Witness Betsey M c French
Rebecca French
State of Maine } County of Franklin }
On this 14 th day of March, 1849, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Franklin, personally appeared Rebecca French, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed —
Before me — Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

I Levi Knowles of Milton in the county of Franklin & State of Maine aged seventy three years this present month of March on oath do testify and say that I was born in the town of Candia in the State of New Hampshire & resided there the most of the time until I came to this town to live about thirty years ago. My father's name was Ezechiel Knowles. He removed to the town of Chesterville in this State about thirteen years before I did. I further testify & say that one of my father's sisters by the name of Elizabeth Knowles, commonly called Betsey Knowles, formerly resided in Candia with my grandfather Amos Knowles, & that before I was twenty one years old, I think when I was not more than sixteen or eighteen years old, my said Aunt Betsey left Candia & as I understood came to the town of Fayette to reside where I had two Aunts & two Uncles then living. I recollect of hearing it said that the said Elizabeth came down by water. I afterwards heard that she was married to a man by the name of Samuel Judkins. I recollect that the winter after I heard she was married she & her said husband came up to Candia on a visit. They stayed about in that town I think a month or more & then returned to Maine, as I understood. I further say that I came to Maine & worked the summer after I was twenty four years old. I worked some in Fayette & in Readfield & was at the said Samuel Judkins house in Chesterville several times during the season - that place being then called Wyman's Plantation. The said Judkins youngest child was born while I was in Maine that season. The said Judkins & his family afterwards removed to Candia & I lived a while at my father's. He then lived at another place near by

in that town for a number of years until his youngest daughter was married to a man by the name of Aaron Lampers. The said Judkins had some difficulty with a neighbor by the name of John Blay & finally run away. When I removed to this town he was in Fayette. The said Lampers came to Wilton to live soon after I did & the said Judkins a year or two afterwards sent up to Canada & removed his said wife to Maine. They lived some years in the town of Farmington with Mr Gibson who married their daughter Hannah. They then came to Wilton & lived with the said Aaron Lampers & near him, until Uncle Samuel as we called him died. My Aunt the said Elizabeth Judkins is his widow & still lives in this town. I was at the said Judkins house in Farmington, & when they lived in Wilton they lived in the same neighborhood & I saw them frequently. When he died I was at his funeral. He was a pensioner for many years, & drew ninety six dollars a year as I have often heard said.
Levi Knowles Witness
Alpheus H. Knowles
Lucinda H. Knowles
State of Maine } ss. On this twenty third day of March 1849, before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace, in & for said County, personally appeared, Levi Knowles, known to me to be a credible witness, & made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me - Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

I Timothy Woodward of Wilton in the County of Franklin & State of Maine aged sixty nine years on oath do testify & say that I have resided in the town of Wilton forty years. This present month of March & in the neighborhood where I now live nineteen years last September. I further testify & say that I knew Samuel Judkins a Revolutionary pensioner who formerly resided in this town & who died ten years ago last April. I first became acquainted with him more than twenty years ago when he resided as I then understood in Farmington. He came to me to get some assistance in taking some depositions. He afterwards, before I removed to this neighborhood called on me once to get me to assist as Justice of the Peace in making out his Power of Attorney & to obtain his pension payment. Within a year or two after I came to live in this part of Wilton the said Samuel Judkins came to live near me in a small log house by his son-in-law's Aaron Lampers. He lived in said log house a few years & then he & his wife removed into the house of their said son-in-law & continued to reside with him until the said Judkins' decease. When the said Judkins resided with the said Aaron Lampers it was within less than one half mile of my house & as I was the nearest magistrate he frequently called on me to get the papers executed to draw his pension payments. His widow still lives in this town. I have often seen her while she lived with the said Judkins in this neighborhood. Her name before she was married I have understood was Elizabeth Knowles. She had a good many relatives by that name in this town & in Chesterville & Fayette.

After the said Judah died there was some talk about his said widow's drawing a pension, but I understood that his son in-law the said Aaron Lampert made an inquiry as to the time she was married & that she was not married early enough to obtain a pension by some months. I think less than a year. I never heard any doubt expressed as to their having been legally married. I have seen two of their children, one married the said Lampert & the other married a man by the name of Gibson. The said Lampert removed from this town to the state of New Hampshire nearly three years ago & I think has not been back since.
Witness E. D. Woodward
Timothy Woodward
Dane Woodward
State of Maine } ss. Franklin County }
On this twenty third day of March 1849 before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in & for said County personally appeared, Timothy Woodward, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

I Keziah Knowles of Wilton in the county of Franklin & State of Maine aged sixty eight years last February, on oath do testify & say that I formerly resided in the town of Northwood in the State of New Hampshire, with my father whose name was John Durgin, & resided there until I was married, which was in the fall after I was twenty two years old. I was twenty two years old in February & was married the next fall to a man by the name of Levi Knowles of Candia, a town in New Hampshire with whom I have ever since lived. The name of my husband's father was Ezekiel Knowles. He lived in said Candia some twelve or fifteen miles from my father's in Northwood. He afterwards removed & settled in Chesterville in the State of Maine where he died. — I further testify & say that in the winter before I was married as above stated, I went to Candia to my husband's father's on a visit, & that a man by the name of Samuel Judkins & his family consisting of his wife & three daughters then lived in the house of my husband's father with the family. The youngest of the said daughters at that time being a small girl or child running about the house as I distinctly recollect. I understood that the said Samuel Judkins wife was a sister to my husband's father the said Ezekiel Knowles & that her name was Elizabeth or Betsey as it was most commonly called. My husband & his sisters called her Aunt Betsey. I also understood that she had been to Maine for some years, & had there married the said Samuel Judkins, & that they had removed to Candia to reside. The said Judkins & family afterwards removed to another place in Candia to live, a mile or two distant, & there lived for several years. Their oldest daughter's name was Betsey. She went to Rye to work, was taken sick & died suddenly. Polly, the youngest, was married quite young to a man by the name of Aaron Lampers. The other daughter's name was Hannah & she was afterwards married to a man by the name of Gibson. About twenty nine, or thirty

thirty years ago my said husband removed with me, from Candia to this town in February or March. We came to his brother's John C. Knowles & stopped a fortnight, or about that, & then came to live in the house where we now reside, being on a farm adjoining his said brother's. I further testify I say that a short time before we removed from Candia to this town the said Samuel Judkins, as I understood, had some difficulty with one of his neighbors & that to escape being arrested & put in prison he ran away; & when we were coming from Candia to this town, as before stated, we came through the town of Fayette where my husband had several relatives & stopped there a day or two. We there understood that the said Samuel Judkins, Uncle Sam, as we usually called him, was in the neighborhood & sick. I went with another woman to see him. He was at the house of a man by the name of Josiah Elkins. He was sick with an inflammation of the throat & could not talk. He, however made signs to me to have me tell him about his family which I did. He was sick some time but recovered. I recollect of hearing that there was some talk of calling on the town for help to support him, but that it was expected he would obtain a pension & that no application to the town was made. In the latter part of the year in which we removed to Wilton, the said Aaron Lumber removed from Candia to Wilton to live & settled near us in the same school district, where he resided until after the death his wife's father the said Samuel Judkins. Within a year or two after said Lumber came to Wilton to live, the said Judkins sent up to Candia for his said wife, the children being married, except the oldest which was dead as before stated. A man by the name of Ozern Knowles, a cousin to my husband, went after her. Mr. Gibson, who married Hannah, removed to Maine at the same time. The said Samuel Judkins & his said wife, with the said Gibson & family went to live together in Farmington adjoining Wilton & lived there several years. Afterwards the said Gibson & his family removed from Farmington to a distant

part of this State where I understood his wife died some years ago. The said Samuel Judkins & his said wife Elizabeth several years before his death came to live in a small house near the said Aaron Lampers. They lived there awhile by themselves & supported themselves mostly by the help of his pension; but for some years before his death they lived in the said Lampers's house with him who assisted them some, in addition to the pension, as was understood. The said Samuel Judkins widow, the said Elizabeth Judkins, now resides in this town. The said Lampers a few years after the said Judkins' death removed to the state of New Hampshire where he has since resided, as I have understood.
Witness
Alpheus H. Knowles
Lucinda H. Knowles
Her Kerjiah Knowles mark
State of Maine } ss. Franklin County - }
On this twenty third day of March 1849- before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in & for said County, personally appeared Kerjiah Knowles, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me - Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Franklin County ss
I W. H. Whitney Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the County and State aforesaid do certify that Barron Randall Esq is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin duly commissioned & qualified That his commission was dated Feby seventh 1849 and will expire Feby 7th A.D. 1856. That the signatures to the foregoing de- positions purporting to be his are genuine Given under my hand & the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this twenty sixth day of March A.D. 1849.
W. H. Whitney Clerk

28 M c A n C
Reported
Elizabeth Juan  ing widow of Samuel Juan  ing
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of August 1848 and sent to
Barren Randle Clinton Franklin Co Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9 Vol. 1
29 th July, 1848 Book 1

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions - Pension Office - Department of the Interior - Washington City. D. C.

State of Maine — Milton July 28 th 1849
Sir,
In consequence of information received in Jan. last, through the Hon. Hiram Belcher, then M. C. from the Pension Office in the case of Wd. Elizabeth Judkins, I forwarded by Mail to the Commissioner of Pensions a Package containing several Affidavits to prove the facts in her case on which I understood further testimony was required by the Department, — or testimony more satisfactory. The testimony forwarded, if received, I think must be considered entirely satisfactory in her case — showing that she is the Wd. of Samuel Judkins, & that she was married before 1800. If the testimony is not sufficient, we wish to know it, that more may be forwarded; as much more evidence somewhat similar to that, can readily be obtained. I do not wish to trouble you at this time with a detailed statement of her case. My object, merely is, to request, that, if possible, a decision may be had upon it soon. I understand that Judkins' service is admitted, & that the only reason why she was not inscribed on the Pension Roll last winter was on account of her husband's having stated in his Schedule in 1820, that he had no "family" which was certainly a mistake. We can furnish the Department with more testimony to show that the statement was not correct, than you would probably be willing to spend time to examine, — if required. I have forwarded testimony explaining his situation at that time, which I think will sufficiently account for the statement, — considering that Judkins was a man of intemperate habits, &c. — In addition to the

evidence forwarded I will just state that his widow Elizabeth Judkins obtained the Arrearage pension due him at his decease, which fact, I presume, can be ascertained from the Records of the Department to which we would refer.
Mrs. Judkins is very aged — her pension, if she has one, will be small, as Judkins served only 12 months; & if she has it at all, it is very desirous that she should have it soon, while it can be of some use to her; & we would respectfully ask to have her case examined, & a return forwarded as soon as practicable, consistent with the rules of the Department.
I am, Sir, very Respectfully
Yours &c.
Barron Randall
Col. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

James C. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City - D. C.

Wilton, County of Franklin, Maine, Jan. 28, 1851
To James C. Heath Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions —
Sir, It having recently been understood that the Act of Congress of July 1, 1848, relative to widows' pensions has received a construction which allows to widows the same amount of pension per annum, since its passage, that their husbands received, a construction which is doubtless correct, Mrs. Elizabeth Judkins of this town who has been allowed a small pension, has authorized me to apply for and receive whatever arrearage & increase of pension she may be entitled to under said Act, as will be seen by the enclosed Declaration & the Power of Attorney from her to me. I have therefore enclosed herewith her Original Certificate of Pension, which allows her only 40 dollars per annum, for the purpose of obtaining a new Certificate of Pension including the additional sum to which she may be properly entitled. I think the particulars necessary to be furnished in her case will be found in the enclosed Declaration & the Power of Attorney & Certificate. — If anything further is required, it will be forwarded immediately, on notice. The small pension Mrs. Judkins has received being the only means of support she has to depend on in her infirm & advanced state of life, it is desired that her case may be attended to & a new Certificate forwarded to me as soon as practicable — & if possible, in season for the payment on the 4th of March next.
I am, Sir, very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant —
Barron Randall

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

State of Maine, Franklin County Wilton December, 25 th 1848
Sir,
Enclosed herewith is the Declaration of Mrs. Eliza beth Judkins, the widow of Samuel Judkins who was a Revolution ary pensioner, forwarded for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of July 29 th 1848, - together with the affidavits of Andrew Sturtevant Town Clerk of Fayette, J. B. Gillebrown, Town Clerk of Readfield; and also of Benjamin Palmer, Sally Tuck, Isaac Knowles, & Olive Knowles to prove her marriage with the said Samuel Judkins prior to A.D. 1800. — There is no record of her marriage or publication to be found, or any person living who saw them married, but there is a- bundant evidence of their having lived together as husband and wife & of their having children more than fifty years ago. Mrs. Judkins is very aged & infirm & unable to recollect so much about her marriage as might otherwise have been expected. I understand that, soon after the death of her husband, an ef- fort was made to obtain a pension for her, & it was ascertained that her marriage took place in Sept. 1794. She was, therefore, not entitled to a pension until the Act of July 29 th 48 was passed. — She is now, unquestionably, entitled to a pen- sion, & as she is very aged & infirm, it is hoped you will be able to attend to her case immediately, & forward her Certificate, as soon as practicable. If there is any deficiency in the vouchers forwarded to make out her case, please inform us immediately. I am, Sir, Very Respectfully Your Ob t Servant.
Col. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions } Barron Randall Agent for Elizabeth Judkins

Power of Attorney from Elizabeth Judkins

To James E. Heath Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions -
Sir - I am the Widow of Samuel Judkins who was a pensioner under the Act of March 18 th 1818, at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, and who died April 19 th 1838. - I have been allowed a pension on account of his services, under the Act of July 29 th 1848, at the rate of Forty dollars per annum which has been paid to me at the United States' Agency for paying pensioners in Portland, Maine, from the 4 th day of March 1848 to the 4 th day of September 1850 - I think I am entitled by the Act of July 1 st 1848 to receive the same amount of pension per annum which my said husband received; and I have authorized & appointed & do hereby authorize & appoint Barron Randall Esq. of Milton, Maine, as my Attorney & Agent for me, to apply for, & receive whatever arrearage & increase of pension I may be entitled to receive by said Act, or by any other Act or Resolution of Congress relative to Widows' pensions. -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 28 th day of January A.D. 1851
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of Wilber C. Walker George D. Hatch
her Elizabeth X Judkins mark

Affidavits of Isaac Knowles & others.

I, Isaac Knowles of Wilton in the County of Franklin & State of Maine aged seventy three years the fifteenth day of last February on oath do testify and say that I was born in the town of Epsom in the State of New Hampshire, and resided there with my father the most of the time until I was in my twentieth year when I went to work in the town of Candia where my Grandfather resided being I think about fourteen miles from my father's in Epsom. I further testify and say that I had several uncles who removed from Candia and settled in what is now the town of Fayette - Two of said uncles John Knowles and David Knowles had removed there previous to my going to work in Candia, - that I also had an Aunt my father's sister by the name of Elizabeth Knowles who went to said Fayette to reside with her brothers; that sometime in the Fall before I was twenty years old I was informed that my said Aunt was married to a man by the name of Samuel Judkins, and that sometime in the winter after or following the said Judkins and my said Aunt came to Candia to my Grandfather's on a visit and to get my Aunt's furniture; - that they stayed a few weeks and then returned with her goods; that in the month of March after I was twenty years old in February, I left Candia and came to said Fayette to my uncle John Knowles's, and then went to said Samuel Judkins's in what is now the town of Chesterville where he resided; and from there I came to Wilton, then called Tyngtown. I purchased some land for myself which on I commenced making a farm that season, working on my land part of the time and a part of the time at my uncle John's in Fayette. The said Judkins lived on my way to Fay- ette and I was there frequently, and have been acquainted with him and his family more or less since until he died. - When he came to live in Wil-

ton he lived nearly one year in my house; - his widow the said Eliz- abeth Knowles now resides in this town. - They had three children, the two oldest of whom are dead, and the other was married to a man by the name of Aaron Lampers, and they removed to the State of New-Ham- pshire nearly four years ago. I further say that the said Samuel Jud- kins was a revolutionary pensioner at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum as I understood - I have been with him when he obtained his pension payment - The name of my Father was Isaac Knowles - He re- moved to said Chesterville after I came to this town, and was also a pen- sioner but did not live many years to draw his pension. The next fall after I came to this place as before stated, I returned to Candia and in March following I was married to Olive Knowles, a daugh- daughter of my uncle Ezekiel Knowles, with whom I now live. I further testify and say that after the said Judkins died, his son-in-law the said Lampers I understood went to Fayette to find when my said Aunt's marriage took place for the purpose of obtaining a pension for her; that he went to Mr. Philip Morse who married her sister & who knew when she was married to said Judkins, that when said Lam- pers came back he told me the marriage did not take place soon enough by several months, to entitle her to a pension; that the said Morse is now dead & I do not know as there is any person now living who can tell the time exactly.
Witnesses Nancy Brewster Admiral Brewster
Isaac Knowles
State of Maine, Franklin County, ss. - On this 9 th day of December A.D. 1845, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, personally appeared the above subscribed Isaac Knowles, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the above Affida- vit by him subscribed - before me - Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

I, Olive Knowles of Wilton in the County of Franklin and State of Maine aged seventy four years on oath do testify and say that I was born in the town of Candia in the State of New Hampshire & that my father's name was Ezekiel Knowles — I further testify and say that I was married when I was twenty two years old to my Cousin, Isaac Knowles in the town of Candia — that after our marriage we came to this town to reside where my husband had began to make him a farm. I further say that I knew and was acquainted with Elizabeth Knowles of said Candia, a sister to my father; that sometime before I was married she came to this State to live with her brothers & as I understood was married to a man by the name of Samuel Judkins, they came up to Candia on a visit after we heard they were married & were at my father's. When I removed to this town I was at said Judkins' house in Chesterville and they then had one child, which was before I had any children. My oldest child died when young, and my second child will be fifty years old the fifteenth day of this present month of December — I further say the said Judkins was a pensioner, as I have understood, and that his widow is now living in this town —
Witness Wm Brewster Oliver Brewster
Olive her X Knowles mark
State of Maine, Franklin County ss.
On this 9 th day of December A.D. 1848, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, personally appeared the above subscribed Olive Knowles, known to me to be a creditable witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me — Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Palmer of Fayette in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine aged seventy nine years on oath do testify & say that I was born in North Hill in the State of New-Hampshire - that my Father subsequently removed to Candia in that State - that before I was twenty one years of age I came to this town, it being a new tract of land then known by the name of Stirling, but afterwards incorporated into a town by the name of Fayette. - I further testify & say that while I lived in Candia I knew Elizabeth Knowles of that town, that she had several brothers whom I know, that afterwards removed from that town & settled in this town & the vicinity, & among them one by the name of John Knowles who settled in this town, & who married for his wife, a sister to my first wife, by which circumstance we became more acquainted than we might otherwise have been. I further testify & say that soon after I came to this town I saw & became some acquainted with Samuel Judkins who then lived in this vicinity & who I have understood was since a Revolutionary Pensioner & died some years ago at Watton in this State where he resided. - that I understood he was married to Elizabeth Knowles before named who came to this place to her brother's from Candia. - I did not see them married & cannot now tell precisely in what year the marriage took place. I have no knowledge of it except from information obtained from others about the time as to the year or month it took place, but I have no doubt they were married more than fifty years ago. Said Judkins has never resided very near me but I have often seen him & heard of him & his wife since they were married. I think it probable, they were married previous to the incorporation of this town & that if any record of the

marriage or publication can be found it must be in the town of Readfield, that being the nearest incorporated town for some years, & before the incorporation of Readfield I think the records might be made in Winthrop.
Benjamin Palmer
Witness
B. Randall Rachel J. Eaton
State of Maine } ss Franklin County } On this first day of December A.D. 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said county of Franklin, Benjamin Palmer, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed — before me —
Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine } County of Franklin } }
I, Hanson B. Caswell Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in and for said County. Hereby certify that Barron Randall Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Franklin, duly Commissioned & qualified, that his Commission is dated the 17th day of Febry A.D. 1842, & will expire the the 17th day of Febry A.D. 1849, & that his signature above written is genuine; Given under my hand & the Seal of the Supr. Jud. Court of said State, this eleventh day of Decr., A.D. 1848
Mr. J. B. Caswell
H. B. Caswell Clerk

I, Isaac Knowles of Wilton in the County of Franklin & State of Maine aged seventy three years the fifteenth day of last February on oath do testify and say that I was born in the town of Epsom in the State of New Hampshire, and resided there with my father the most of the time until I was in my twentieth year when I went to work in the town of Candia where my Grandfather resided being I think about fourteen miles from my father's in Epsom. I further testify and say that I had several uncles who removed from Candia and settled in what is now the town of Fayette - Two of said uncles John Knowles and David Knowles had removed there previous to my going to work in Candia, - That I also had an Aunt my Father's sister by the name of Elizabeth Knowles who went to said Fayette to reside with her brothers; that sometime in the Fall before I was twenty years old I was informed that my said Aunt was married to a man by the name of Samuel Judkins, and that sometime in the winter after, or following the said Judkins and my said Aunt came to Candia to my Grandfather's on a visit and to get my Aunt's furniture; that they stayed a few weeks and then returned with her goods; that in the month of March after I was twenty years old in February, I left Candia and came to said Fayette to my uncle John Knowles's, and then went to said Samuel Judkins's in what is now the town of Chesterville where he resided; and from there I came to Wilton, then called Tyngtown. I purchased some land for myself on which I commenced making a farm that season, working on my land part of the time and a part of the time at my uncle John's in Fayette. The said Judkins lived on my way to Fay- ette and I was there frequently, and have been acquainted with him and his family more or less since until he died - When he came to live in Wil-

ton he lived nearly one year in my house; - his widow the said Eliz- abeth Knowles now resides in this town. - They had three children, the two oldest of whom are dead, and the other was married to a man by the name of Aaron Lampers, and they removed to the State of New Ham- pshire nearly four years ago. I further say that the said Samuel Jud- kins was a revolutionary pensioner at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum as I understood - I have been with him when he obtained his pension payment - The name of my Father was Isaac Knowles - He re- moved to said Chesterville after came to this town, and was also a pen- sioner but did not live many years to draw his pension. The next Fall after I came to this place as before stated, I returned to Candia and in March following I was married to Olive Knowles, a daugh- daughter of my uncle Ezekiel Knowles, with whom I now live. I further testify and say that after the said Judkins died, his son-in-law the said Lampers I understood went to Fayette to find when my said Aunt's marriage took place for the purpose of obtaining a pension for her; that he went to Mr. Philip Morse who married her sister & who knew when she was married to said Judkins, that when said Lam- pers came back he told me the marriage did not take place soon enough by several months to entitle her to a pension; that the said Morse is now dead & I do not know as there is any person now living who can tell the time exactly.
Witnesses Nassau Brewster Almon Brewster
Isaac Knowles
State of Maine, Franklin County, ss. - On this 9 th day of December A.D. 1845, before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace within and for said County, personally appeared the above subscribed Isaac Knowles, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the above Affida- vit by him subscribed - before me - Barron Randall, justice of the Peace.

Declaration of Elizabeth Jenkins

State of Maine
Franklin County ss.
Be it known that on this 28 th day of January A.D. 1851 personally appeared before Barron Randall a Justice of the Peace in said County Elizabeth Judkins of Milton in said County I made oath according to law to the following declaration, to wit, — That she is the widow of Samuel Judkins who was a Revolutionary pensioner under the Act of March 18 th 1818, at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum & who died April 1 st 1838, — That she received a pension on account of his services, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, under the Act of July 29 th 1848 which has been paid her from March 4 th 1848 to Sept. 4 th 1850 by W. Woodbury Esq. Agent for paying pensioners at Portland Maine — She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the arrearage & increase of pension to which she is entitled by the Act of Congress of July 1 st 1848 allowing the widows of Revolutionary pensioners the same amount of pension per annum which their husbands received —
Witness
William C. Walker George D. Hatch
Elizabeth her X Judkins mark
Franklin County ss.
On this 28 th day of January 1851 personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within & for said County Elizabeth Judkins & made oath according to law to the truth of the above declaration by her subscribed —
Before me
Barron Randall — Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Franklin County ss. I G. M. Whitney Clerk of the Judicial Courts of said State for the County aforesaid, certify, that Warren Wandalld is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature above written is gen- uine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Farmington this sixth day of February A.D. 1851. G. M. Whitney Clerk.

J. L. Edwards, Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions - Pension Office - Department of the Interior - Washington City. D.C. -

State of Maine, Franklin County, Milton March 30 th 1849
Sir
Enclosed herewith are the affidavits of Moses French, Dearborn French, Rebecca French, Ezekiah Knowles, Levi Knowles & Timothy Woodward, forwarded as additional evidence in the case of Elizabeth Judkins, the widow of Samuel Judkins a Revolutionary pensioner. A communication from the Pension Office dated Feb. 8 th 1849 relative to her case was received through the Hon. Hiram Belcher M.C. stating — "The service of Judkins for 12 months, all that he claimed to have rendered, is admitted; but in his schedule in 1820, he states under oath that he has 'no family;' some evidence therefore showing that claimant is his widow, & that they were married prior to 1800, more satisfactory than that now furnished will be required to authorize us to grant her a Pension for the service of that soldier."
Having known said Judkins & his wife while living with their son-in-law, Aaron Larnper for several years previous to his death, I was much surprised to find he had stated, that he had "no family;" I supposed at once that it must have been entirely a mistake caused by some misunderstanding on his part, or on the part of the person who made out his schedule; but on further enquiry among their friends & those who knew him at the time of his getting his pension, I have learned of a circumstance in his life which, although it cannot excuse him, yet I think it will in some measure account for his making so erroneous a statement. The affidavits of Ezekiah Knowles & Levi Knowles, I think will explain it. Not being true it would certainly be unjust for his widow to suffer on

account of it. I am informed that said Judkins, after living in Candia, N.H., until his youngest daughter was married to Mr Lamper, made an assault upon one of his neighbors & finally had to run away in consequence of it, & under such circumstances that he could not well ever return, & that he never did return. His children, only two living, being married, he had 'no family' but his wife, & no property or very little. He came to this State where he had formerly resided & lived in different places for several years, having no particular home - being poor & destitute. While in this situation he made his schedule in 1820. He was a man of very intemperate habits, & we think may have intended, or at least expected, at the time of making said schedule, never to live with his family again. Such is the explanation given by those who knew him. After he received his pension & after his youngest daughter & her husband had removed to Wilton to live, Judkins sent for his wife & lived with her in Farmington & Wilton the remainder of his life.
Several other depositions showing these facts can be obtained and forwarded, & also showing that they lived together as husband & wife more than fifty years ago; but, I cannot but think that the evidence herewith forwarded will be entirely satisfactory. If it should not, we wish to be informed of it immediately, & shall forward the Affidavits of several others to prove her claim.
If the evidence is satisfactory, it is expected her Certificate of Pension will be forwarded immediately, as her case has been heretofore examined.
I am, Sir, very Respectfully,
Your Ob t Servant -
Barron Randall
Col. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Affidavits of J. B. Tillebrun v others

I John B. Fillebrown of Readfield in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine aged twenty eight years on oath do testify & say, that I am Town Clerk of the town of Readfield, which office I have held two years prior to the present; & that I have in my possession the Records of said town. — I further testify & say that I have carefully examined said records to find a record of the publication, or marriage of Samuel Judkins & Elizabeth Knowles; but can find no record of either. I understand they were married in A.D. 1794 in the adjoining town of Fayette, which I am told was then known by the name of Stirling — The town of Readfield, I find was incorporated in A.D. 1791, & I think it was at that time, & until the incorporation of Fayette, the nearest incorporated town to the tract of land called Stirling, now Fayette. I find one publication recorded from Stirling dated March 7 th 1794 & one publication & marriage recorded from that place dated March 2 nd 1795. — I find on said Records only one publication recorded in 1791 — three, in 1792 & none in 1793 — In 1794 there are six publications recorded, but there are no records of marriages until 1795 — I think if said Judkin Knowles were married in Stirling after the incorporation of Readfield & before the incorporation of Fayette, the publication if recorded at all would have been recorded in Readfield, that being the most convenient place it being during that time the only incorporated town adjoining — J. B. Fillebrown
Sworn to & subscribed on this first day of December A.D. 1848 Before me Edward Fuller Justice of the peace

I Andrew Stewart of Fayette in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine aged fifty seven years on oath do testify & say that I was born in this town & have resided here the most of my life since — I further testify & say that I am the Town Clerk in said Fayette which office I have held for seven years prior to the present & have in my possession the Records of said town. — I have carefully examined said records to find a record of the publication or marriage of Samuel Judkins & Elizabeth Knowles, but cannot find any record of either. I find that the town of Fayette, formerly the Plantation of Sterling, was incorporated in A.D. 1795 & the records of said town commence April 13 th of that year. I am informed by the older Inhabitants that previous to the incorporation of Fayette, the intentions of marriage in that place were published in some incorporated town near that place. The town of Winthrop I think was the nearest town for that purpose until the Incorporation of the town of Readfield in A.D. 1791. In A.D. 1794, the town of Readfield was the only incorporated town adjoining Fayette & would have been the town where the people would probably have gone in such cases. I further testify & say that I formerly knew John Knowles & David Knowles of this town who were among its first settlers & resided here previous to its incorporation. I also knew three other of their brothers who settled & resided for many years in this town & the vicinity; but I think they are all now dead & their families dead or removed from this town. Andrew Stewart { Clerk Fayette
Sworn and subscribed on this the fourth day of A.D. 1840 before me Hiram B. Lovjoy Justice of Peace

I, Sally Tuck of Fayette, in the county of Kennebec, & State of Maine, aged seventy six years, on oath do testify & say, that I was born in Candia, in the State of New Hampshire, & removed from that town to Fayette, then called Sterling, soon after I was nineteen years old, & have resided here since that time. I further testify & say, that I was acquainted with Elizabeth Knowles at Candia who came to this town. It was married to Samuel Judkins, who I understood was a Revolutionary pensioner. & died in Wilton several years ago. I also was acquainted with John Knowles & with all his father's family. His brother, David Knowles, married my sister. They lived in this town when I came here. I was married in December 1791, after I came here, to John M. Tuck of this town; my name before that, being Sally Robey. After I came to reside in this place, Elizabeth Knowles before named, came to this place from Candia, & was married, as I understood, at her brother John Knowles' in this town. I was not at the wedding, & did not see her married; but I was acquainted with her, & the man she married, & being informed, at or about the time the marriage took place, of the circumstance, & from the fact that they came together soon after to my house, on a visit, & their having lived together as husband & wife during the time the said Judkins lived since that time, I have not the least doubt they were then married as I was told they were. I cannot now state exactly what year they were married in. I recollect that I had one or two children at that time, but whether I had more than one I cannot distinctly now recollect. I know, however, that I had no more than two, and my second child was born, as I find by our family record kept in our Bible, on the Eleventh day of April A.D. 1794 —

I cannot state exactly what time of the year it was, that their marriage took place, but I recollect distinctly that there was no snow on the ground. They resided in Chesterville, then a new settled place adjoining this town, awhile after they were married, & then removed to Candia, where they lived several years, & then came back & lived in this vicinity; but I think not in this town. I was at their house once while they lived in Chesterville, I think it was the next Summer after they were married. Mr. John Knowles & her other brothers, I think are all dead, & have been for several years. Witnesses Merrie Clough      Sally Tuck
Henniker ss. December 4, 1848 — Personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, the above subscribed Sally Tuck, known to me to be a credible witness, and made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed —
Before me, S. N. Watson Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Penobscot County 3 ss. I, William M. Stratton, Clerk of the courts within and for said County, hereby certify that Edward Fuller, Howard B. Lovejoy and Sewall N. Watson are Justices of the Peace, as stated in the annexed instruments, and that their signatures thereto, are genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this fifth day of December, A. D. 1848.
W. M. Stratton

N 71 Elizabeth Jenkins Me
Rev Hiram Belcher Sept 8, 49
act 29 May 1848

Augt 6/49 Mrs. J. Elizabeth frank 282 29/49
Winton Ave 282 (Pension Business) Free
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions - Pension Office - Department of the Interior - Washington City - D. C. -

Payment to be made at
Portland by Wm Woodbury Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 1848 24, 1848 , Page 9 Vol. 1 book D. Th. Dampkin, Clerk.

In to J. H. D. & G. Shop annum. coming 4 March 1848
B. Randall Wiltow Manie

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
29th July, February 2d , 1848, I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d , 1848, Elizabeth And King of Maine, widow of Samuel And King, who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Forty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 2nd day of August , one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine .
Emine
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1778
Elizabeth Jenkins, Widow.
Samuel Jenkins Pro Rev War
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 386
[Arrangement of 1870.]