Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11,118, for Daniel Reynolds, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Reynolds, Daniel Thankful
W. 11.118
CONTENTS
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62.04 Maine
Daniel Reynolds, private
Massachusetts line, 3 years. In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of claim at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of January 1818. and del d .
R. L. Vose. Augusta Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 4 mo 24/30 - 37. 60 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48. 00
$ 85.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Unity.
Set. to G. W. Morton, June 19, 1838.
Transfer of Pension to Rose Vose Augusta Maine

Daniel Reynolds, Unily Pr. Col. Bradford Mass. Reg. 1777 to 1780
April 14. 1818
Admitted
4
99 75 0231

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. —
I Daniel Reynolds, aged sixty two years — citizen of the United States born in Middleborough Massachusetts — now a resident in Plantation of 25 mile Pond, Kennebec County and District of Maine. Upon oath testify and declare that I enlisted, into the United States army during the revolutionary war, upon the continental establishment in the month of May 1775. for the period of 8. months, into the company commanded by Cap. Roosevelt, and Col. Brewer's regiment of the Massachusetts troops or line. this period I fully served out and re-enlisted into the same establishment into the company commanded by Cap. S. Groves and regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Reed, of the Massachusetts troops or line. I fully served out the period of my enlistment, took my honorable tho. verbal discharge at Peeks Kill New York Decr. 1776. — I again enlisted May 6. 1777, into the same establishment against the common enemy, for the period of three years into the company commanded by Cap. Turner, and regiment by Col. Bradburn of the Massachusetts line I fully served out the period of my enlistment, and took my final and honorable discharge at West Point May 6. 1780. my discharge and receipt for my return of my implements of war, are hereunto annexed. — I was at the battle of Eastchester, both battles at the taking of Burgoyne; also at the battle of Monmouth, and the battle of Stony Point under General Wayne. I wounded one enemy at Valley Forge — From

about May 6. 1780. my discharge and receipt for my return of my implements of War, are hereunto annexed. — I was at the battle of Eastchester, both battles at the taking of Burgoyne; also at the battle of Monmouth, and the battle of Stony Point under General Wayne. I wintered one winter at Valley Forge — From my reduced circumstances, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish my 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 that I may be placed on the pension list for the District of Maine.
Daniel Reynolds
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss
On the fourteenth day of April A D 1818, Daniel Reynolds, after having been lawfully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed.
Before me, Nathan Weston
Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Daniel Whitmore of Unity in the District of Maine of lawful age upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with the above named Daniel Reynolds. From his reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
Daniel Whitmore

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Nunbeck Is
On the fourteenth day of April A.D 1813, Daniel Whitmore, within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him submitted.
Before me,
Nathan Weston Esq.
Chief Justice C. Court
C. Phear, Second Esquire

Daniel Reynolds
6284
20 Jan 1815
Mar 1819
D. Vose. Augusta, Maine.

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 Fifty five 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 Twenty five 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
thousand eight hundred property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me: nor have I any income, other contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed
Daniel Reynolds
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:
 One Ox of the value of twenty five dollars  One cow and calf of the value of twenty dollars  Two sheep and one swine of the value of five dollars  Old furniture, besides necessary bedding, of the value of five dollars  I have no debts due to me, and I owe about thirty dollars  The income derived from the above property, is very trifling, not exceeding five dollars a year, besides which I have no income derived from property trade or profession - My occupation is that of a labourer, but from infirmity I am unable to labor  My family residing with me consists of four, myself, my wife Thankful, aged about fifty four years unable to labor, my daughter Lorana, aged fifteen years, and my grand daughter Thankful Woodley aged seven years  Except the foregoing, and my necessary clothing 

(Copy)
State of Maine.
91
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this twenty third day of May , 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston Junior chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Daniel Reynolds aged sixty four years, resident in twenty five miles from plant in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Turner and Regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of three years ; and also previously for the term of one year, and eight months , was at the Battle of the taking of Burgoyne , at Saratoga , and at the storming of Stony Point ; and in the years service at the Battle of East Chester
that his original declaration was made before Judge Ebenezer D. Dyer on the fourteenth day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6284 . And I, the said Daniel Reynolds 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
Daniel Reynolds
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:
One Ox of the value of twenty five dollars  One cow and calf of the value of twenty dollars  Two sheep and one swine of the value of five dollars  Old furniture, besides necessary bedding, of the value of five dollars  I have no debt due to me, and I owe about thirty dollars  The income derived from the above property, is very trifling, not exceeding five dollars a year, besides which I have no income derived from property trade or profession. My occupation is that of a labourer; but from infirmity I am unable to labor  My family residing with me consists of four, myself, my wife Thankful, aged about fifty four years unable to labor, my daughter Lorana, aged fifteen years and my grand daughter Thankful Woodley aged seven years  Except the foregoing, and my necessary clothing

clothing and bedding, I have no estate or income whatever
Daniel Reynolds
Subscribed, sworn to and declared with the oath and schedule, on the twenty third day of May 1820
Before me Nathan Weston Jun C.S.
C.C.C. Plus
A true Copy
Attest. John Davis Clerk
Rev. Augustus Jones
Mar 1819
28 Jan 1819
6284
Daniel Reynolds
16

5 years pension. Maine. 41 365.
Thankful Reynolds widow of Daniel Reynolds who was a Private in the Revolution Husb. died 13 May 1832.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 1 st January 1845, for five years. Certificate of Pension issued the 9. day of April 1847. and sent to
Geo. W. Morton, Augusta, Maine.
[ Act of June 17, 1841. ] Special Act 3 rd March 1845. Recorded in Book 4. Vol. 2. Page 8.
On Roll 3 rd March 1843. &c
Rep. Let H. Gen. W. Jones July 21/52 Jas. B. Moore Nov 15/53

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress, of the 4th July, 1836.
State of Maine.
Waldo County, ss.
On this fourteenth day of October A. D., 1837, personally appeared before Alfred Johnson Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Waldo, in open Court Thankful Reynolds a resident of Burnham in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged Seventy eight 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 4th, 1836: That she is the widow of Daniel Reynolds , late a Revolutionary pensioner of the U. States under law of March 18. 1818. that her services in Col. Bradford's regiment of the Mass a line from the year 1777 to 1780. for the evidence of the services of her said husband she refers to the declaration made by him in order to establish his pension under said Act of March 18. 1818, now on file in the pension of the War department.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Daniel Reynolds on the in the month day of December in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy nine ; that her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Reynolds died on the thirteenth day of May A.D. 1832 ; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
her Thankful X Reynolds mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written.
Alfred Johnson Judge of Probate

STATE OF MAINE.
Waldo ss.
I the subscriber Register of Probate for said County hereby CERTIFY , That Alfred Johnson before whom the proceedings were had, is Judge of the Court of Probate in said County I also CERTIFY , That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Alfred Johnson in the matter of the application of Thankful Reynolds for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this Fourteenth day of October A. D., 1837.
William H. Burritt Register

I Daniel Reynolds of Burnham in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine do testify and say, that according to what my parents told me when I arrived to the age of understanding and recollection, I am the son and oldest child of Daniel Reynolds late a United States Pensioner of said Burnham and Thankful Reynolds his widow that was fifty-five years old last March, that when I was about ten years of age my parents moved from the State of New Hampshire to the town of Sidney in this State, that about three years after they moved to the twenty-five mile Pond Plantation now the town of Burnham, that I have always lived near my parents and that I have not for more than twenty years seen or heard of any such thing as a family record kept by them I think that when I was young I saw and heard them read something of the kind on a leaf of oldish looking paper
his Daniel F Reynolds mark
State of Maine Kennebec Co. ss. } May 7 1840
Personally appeared the above named Daniel Reynolds and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Rufus Burnham Just of Peace

I Barak Reynolds of Burnham in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, do testify and say, that according to what my parents told me as soon as I could understand and recollect I am the son and fifth child of Daniel Reynolds late a pensioner of the United States of said Burnham and Thankful Reynolds his widow now of said Burnham, that I was forty six years old the 19 th day of March last, that I have always, till within six months, lived in the same house that my parents did that something like twenty four or five years since, when looking over some old papers I saw one piece that had some of their eldest children's names and date of their births on it, that I have not seen it since and nothing of the kind is now to be found in the family
Barak Reynolds
State of Maine } Waldo County ss. } May 7, 1840
Personally appeared the above named Barak Reynolds and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Rufus Burnham Justice of the peace

Reynolds, Daniel Mass. W11118

Michael Maynard T a Soldier in hufetts Regiment, having served as a faith: said Regiment, the Term of his Term for which he enlisted, is hereby de.
at Whist this
1880 Rev. Joseph H. Cole

Mass.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1888
Thankful Reynolds Widow of Daniel Reynolds Priv. Rec. War
Act: 3 d March /47
Index:—Vol. Ms
Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6896 R
Let. to Hon. R. Williams Apr 24, 1840 " " Hon. C. Williams May 15, 1840. To same (with copy of let. of April 24) - May 24, 1840. Feb. 1. 1840 Hon. F. Root to Hon. J. C. Bates Dec. 28, 1841 ✓
Copies of papers sent to Hon. R. Williams on 22 May '40

6896 R
Let. to Hon. R. Williams Apr. 24, 1840.
" " Hon. C. Williams May 15, 1840.
To same (with copy) of let. of April 24) - May 24, 1840.
Feb. 1840 Hon. F. Root to Hon. J. C. Bates Dec. 28, 1840.
Copies of papers sent to Hon. R. Williams on 22 May '40

Daniel Reynolds M c act 1818. when last paid?
due 13 th May 1832, 6% that since
G. G. R. C.
15 June 38
Y com d 28 Jan y '19

V 3325 Maine. Thankful Reynolds widow of David.
See Set to G. W. Morton, June 19, 1838.
Rev. R. Williams Feb. 29 th 1845
4 July 36

981 Thankful Reynolds widow of Daniel Reynolds.
Maine at 3 rd March 1843
Rejected. See letter to G. W. Morton Aug. 8. 1843.
Lt. to Hon. L. Severance April 6 th 1846.
Same, Jan 13. 1847
MS. B. 1. 6 v. 3 p. 13

Aug. 31, 1853.
Appl d of Thank- ful Reynolds, widow of Daniel, Maine.
Act 1838.
out of place
Subscribed
Jas B. Murch, Nits, Waldo co, Me.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Pension Office, Official Bus.

To what time has Thankful Reynolds, widow of Daniel Reynolds, who was placed on the Widow's Roll at the rate of $80 per annum by a special Act of Congress, passed March 3 d 1847, been paid?
Please offer July 21/52
This pension was granted for five years commencing 1 st January 1845 - She has been paid in full for five years ending 1 st January 1850
W. B.
132.13.

From Geo. W. Jones 825
Hon Jas E. Heath Comm te of Pensions
July 13 1882 lost at New Bedford Mass

THANKFUL REYNOLDS.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 508.]
JULY 13, 1846.
Mr. SEAMAN, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT :
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thankful Reynolds, widow of Daniel Reynolds, report :
That by a special act of Congress passed the 11th day of August, 1842, the petitioner was pensioned on account of the revolutionary services of her late husband, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, he having served in the army of the Revolution upwards of two years, and she having been married to him prior to the 1st January, 1794 ; that by the said act her pension commenced on the 4th day of March, 1836, and terminated on the 4th day of March, 1841. She now asks to be restored to the pension roll, and that she may receive the benefit of the act of the 3d March, 1843, and 17th June, 1844, which acts provide a pension of five years for the widows of certain revolutionary soldiers. The committee are satisfied that the petitioner is justly entitled to relief ; and they therefore report a bill, granting her a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, to commence the 1st January, 1845, and to be continued for five years.
The committee append the report made in the Senate, and request that it may be printed as a part of this report.
IN SENATE—February 4, 1841.
Mr. PRENTISS made the following report :
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Thankful Reynolds for a pension, make the following report :
The deceased husband of the applicant, Daniel Reynolds, was a revolutionary pensioner under the law of March 18, 1818, upon the marine roll, and died May 13, 1832, and, had he been living on the 7th of June, 1832, would have been entitled to the benefits of the law of that date. His widow now claims a pension under the law of 7th July, 1838. It appears, from the letter of the Commissioner of Pensions, dated April 24, 1840, that the grounds of the rejection of this claim at the War Department were— Ritchie & Heiss, print.

ment were the applicant's non-production of record evidence of her marriage, and the fact that she had made, on oath, two declarations, fixing two different times of marriage: in one, declaring that the marriage took place in 1779; in the other, 1784. Although, at the first glance, the committee deemed this discrepancy of declarations a very suspicious, if not fatal circumstance, and highly presumptive of fraud, yet, on a thorough examination of all the evidence submitted, this presumption is entirely removed. All the evidence shows the claimant, now old, infirm, and of impaired memory, ever to have sustained a character for honesty and veracity; and a single discrepancy of statement as to a fact which took place many years since, ought not, in the opinion of the committee, of itself, to induce a belief of intentional dishonesty. There is ample evidence of a cohabitation between herself and her alleged husband, as man and wife, for a period of forty years or more; of their having brought up a large family of children; the eldest of whom must have been born at a time which would carry the marriage back nearly, if not quite, to the period mentioned in the claimant's last declaration—1784. One duly accredited witness swears positively as to the fact of the marriage in her presence, in the town of Grafton, New Hampshire, before a Mr. Ayer, then a justice of the peace, prior to the year 1786. The town clerk of Grafton has examined the town records, and also the records of Justice Ayer: no record of the marriage, however, is found; but he states that the early records are very imperfect. It also appears that no family record was ever kept, and that the claimant, in addition to her great age, infirmity, and loss of memory, is very ignorant, being unable to write; and the committee have no hesitation in believing that her inconsistency of declaration has very naturally and honestly arisen, perhaps, from the error of whoever drew up her papers, or from loss of memory, or want of record proof, or from other circumstances. And the committee are satisfied, from the evidence in the case, that the applicant was married in the year 1784, or near that period, as she alleges, and after the expiration of the last period of her husband's service, and before the 1st day of January, 1794; and, therefore, that she is justly entitled to the pension she claims. They report a bill accordingly.

This certifies that Daniel Reynolds, who has served as a Soldier in the 1st Mass t Reg t the term of three years brought into the Service with him a Gun and Accoutrements, his own private Property, which have since been turned into the publick Store and others drawn out in Lieu thereof.
John Mlyn. Sergt. C. 67
Garrison. West Point. 6 th May. 1780.
To all concern'd.

Maine 6780
Thankful Reynolds widow of Daniel Reynolds, du?
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 13 th May 1832 of Waldo Co., in the State of Maine who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass. _____ line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Sept. 1842 and sent to George W. Morton, Esq. Augusta, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $ 400. Pemi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838. ]
August 11. 1842
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 1. Page 22.
Reported to Agent see letter to G. W. Morton Aug. 8. 1843 - do. to same July 15. 1844 - Hon. L. Severance Apl 6. 1846. same Jan y 13. 1847

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I Stephen Bartlett of Unity in the county of Waldo and State of Maine aged fifty one years, do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Daniel Reynolds a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, for many years prior to his death, that he died in the town of Burnham in the month of May 1832, that his reputed widow, Thankful Reynolds is now living in said Burnham having remained unmarried ever since the death of her late said husband Daniel Reynolds, from my earliest knowledge of them they lived together as husband and wife until his death that I always understood she was the wife of his youth and the mother of his children, the family consisted of a number of children I should think as many as ten or more, the oldest of whom is now reported to be about fifty-five or sixty years old. The said Thankful is respect- able in her character although her memory is now much impaired
Stephen Bartlett
State of Maine Waldo County Sr.
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty-eighth day of March 1840. The deponent being to me well known as a respectable witness and entitled to credit & belief
Rufus Burnham Justice of the Peace

Augusta April 11. 1840
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose the papers in the claim of Mrs. Hannah Reynolds, widow of Lieut. Reynolds, for pension by order of Act of July 7. 1838. She has heretofore made an application for a pension under Act of July 4. 1836, and her papers are filed in the Commissioner of Pension Office as stated to me in his letter of 19th June last relating to her claim. From efforts made since the receipt of his letter to support the claim under the Act by additional proof it was apparent the marriage took place some time subsequent to the period alleged in her declaration consequently she was not entitled to the benefit of the Act of July 4. 1836 but is entitled to a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 to support which claim the enclosed papers are forwarded. As the first declaration was made in the Probate Court of Waldo County, not being present myself the declaration was sent to me. I had no opportunity of questioning her particularly relating to the time of her marriage, and if I had been informed her memory is so much impaired she probably would not have been able to state the time particularly. It is believed the statements in this her new declaration can be relied on as facts. It was with some considerable expense the affidavits were obtained in proof of her marriage, and which will undoubtedly be satisfactory the facts of and time of her marriage. In consequence of the deception practiced on me in her first claim I desired for some time to oppose her in establishing her claim to the Pension under this act the benefits of which she is entitled to, but by engaging having

Learned that it must have been some unintentionally, her mind being much distracted and that she is extremely poor and infirm. have from mis d her declaration (with the accompanying papers supporting the allegations made by her in the declaration to you, having rec d a letter from Govt Burnham stating that he had written you upon the subject, and that you was kind enough to tender your service in establishing her claim. You may rest assured that she is justly entitled to the benefits of the act. that the claim is made in good faith, and when allowed I wish you would have the goodness to transmit the certificate to me
Very Respectfully Yours Off Secy Gerrit Smith
Hon Reuben Williams U.S. Senate Washington City D.C.

Pension Office Decr. 28. 1841.
Sir,
I have the honor to return you the papers of Mrs Thankful Reynolds and in reply to your letter to draw your attention to the contradictory statements of claimant and witnesses as to the date of the marriage. The proof that it took place in 1784 would have been satisfactory if the claimant had not sworn under the Act of 31 July 1836 that she was married in 1779 and produced parol testimony couched in positive language to sustain it. The department is justified in distrusting any parol evidence produced by a claimant who by that evidence stultifies herself upon oath and contradicting witnesses previously relied upon.
In order that you may fully comprehend the decision of the Dept. I refer you to a copy of my letter of 24 April 1840 to Hon. W. Williams among the papers.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Obed. Servt. J. L. Edwards Hon. J. C. Bates Chairman of Committee of Rev. Pensions Senate U. States.

Thankful Reynolds.
Maine Roll, Act August 11. 1842, $ 80 per annum Com d 4 March 1836, for five years. (On roll act July 7. 1838.)
Send Cab to
George W. Morton
Augusta
Maine.

Augusta, Maine
Sept 10. 1842
Sir
I herewith enclose a paper, in order to obtain the pension certificate for the late Nathaniel Reynolds, of Waterville, please to transmit it to me.
Very respectfully
Your obed Servt
Geo. W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq Room of Pension Washington City

Grafton Nov 5, 1837
Dear Sir
I received your letter of the 31 October yesterday and agreeable to your request hasten to answer yours. Previous to this I received a line from Mr William Ward Jr and on examining the records could not find any record of the Marriage and for that reason did not write. I have examined the records as far back as I can find any, that is back to November 1779 before that time I can not find any records of Marriages
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt
Rodney Patten Town Clerk

Grafton N.H. Nov 7 3
183 1/4
Mr George W. Morton Augusta Me

Petition of Thankful Reynolds for a pension for Revo- lutionary services of her husband
Aug. 7, 1846 Referred to the Com. on Revolutionary Pensions
July 13. 1846 Bill 508
Report of Com.
Rev. Pen
2 Reverend

War Office, April 6th 1846.
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Thankful Reynolds, under the Acts of 3rd March, 1843 & 17th June, 1844, cannot be admitted for the reasons assigned in my letter of the 13th July, 1844, to George W. Morton Esq. a copy of which is enclosed.
In accordance to your request, the papers sent to this Office by you in this case, are herewith returned.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Att. Servt., J L Edwards
Wm. L. Gervance, House of Representatives.

Augusta, Me. Feby 13. th 1878
Sir.
I herewith transmit the application of Mrs Thankful Reynolds, widow of the late Daniel Reynolds a pensioner of the United States. The accompanying deposition of Rachel Harrington is the best evidence she can offer of her marriage. She was married to Daniel Reynolds aforesaid in Grafton or Hampshire in the year 1779 to the best of her recollection, but you will notice by the letter of the clerk of that town, transmitted you with the Application that the town record of marriage does not show the record of her marriage. There is no doubt she was married as she states, while her late husband was a soldier of the Revolution and it is presumed her declaration together with the accompanying papers will be sufficient to establish her claim to pension under the 3 d section of the law of Congress of July 4. 1836. She sustains the character of a reputable person in the neighborhood where she resides, and is much respected. Should the papers be satisfactory, please send me the usual certificate granted in such cases.
I am Respectfully Your Obs. Servt. Geo. H. Morton
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions. Washington City

Hon. J. C. Bates Senate U.S.

(Copy)
Pension Office, April 24, 1840.
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Mrs. Thankful Reynolds, under the Act of 7 July, 1838, has been examined and her papers filed.
After the passage of the Act of 4 July, 1836, which provided for those widows of deceased revolutionary officers and soldiers whose marriages took place before the expiration of the service of their respective husbands, the claimant declared upon oath that her husband served from 1777 to 1780 in the Massachusetts Line (which was shown by the report of this office on file in the Clerk's Office of Waldo county) and that she was married to him in the month of December, 1779. Several witnesses united with her in assenting positively that she was married at that time. The rolls showed he was probably in service at that time in N. York and recd proof of the date of the marriage was required. Finding it impracticable to produce recd proof of her marriage in December

1779, and the Act of 7 July, 1838, allowing 5 years' pension to those widows whose marriage took place after the service and prior to January, 1794 having passed, she declares upon oath in terms equally positive that she was married on 13 th April 1784, and produces good proof of it as in the former instance.
The explanation of M c Morton is altogether unsatisfactory. He drew the papers in both instances, and the age of the oldest child now relied upon to shew the date of the marriage was as available and applicable then as now. She must have known whether her late husband was an enlisted soldier in service at the date and subsequent to the marriage, as she swears.
It is required that she shall establish her own age by the best attainable evidence, and the date of her marriage by some record public or private. If the birth of a child be relied upon, record evidence of the date of birth must be produced.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your st. serv t
(signed) J. L. Edwards,
Hon. Ruel Williams, Senate U. States.

Pension Office Feb 1. 1841
Sir
In reply to your enquiry, respecting the length of the service of Daniel Reynolds, late a pensioner under the act of March 18. 1818, in the agency of Maine, I have the honor to state that his service commenced in the year 1777 and continued three years.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t J. L. Edwards
Hon Franklin Pierce United States Senate

28 th long 2 nd Sep } S. #38. 76
Documents
relating to the claim of Thankful Reynolds for a pension.
1840 May 26. Referred to the Com ee on Pensions.
" July 16 discharged
1840 Dec. 15. Referred to the Com ee on Pensions.
1841 Feb. 4. Report & Bill S. 238.
1841 Dec. 15. Referred with Bill S. 26. to the Com ee : on Pensions.
1842 Jan. 12. Bill reported with report.
The President
Mr. Linc Mr. Williams

Pension Office, May 24, 1840.
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of the declarations and proofs filed by Mrs. Thankful Reynolds under the Acts of 4 July, 1836 and 7 July, 1838, together with a copy of my letter to you of 24 th ultimo.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your ob t . serv t .
J. L. Edwards
Hon. R. Williams, Senate U. States.

Mar 31 '47
Thankful Reynolds
James L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Sec 5th Feb 2 nd '47

Augusta, Maine,
March 25. 1847.
Sir,
I would respectfully request you to send me a certificate for Thankful Reynolds, if the enclosed is satisfactory.
Very respectfully
Your Most Obedt Servt
Geo W. Morton
James L Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions City Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United 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 Daniel Reynolds , a citizen of the United States, now resident in 25 mile pond plantation , in the said County of Henry , in the District of Maine, on the fourteenth day of April , A. D. 1818, 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 United 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 United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 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, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs 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 twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston C. Just. C. C. C. Plus 2 d E. Circuit.

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 tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "James Davis". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned to the right of the date.

Senate Chamber
May 13. 1840
Sir
I have just now rec d the enclosed papers from Dr Burnham which I hope & trust will justify you in giving a pension to Mrs Reynolds - From my personal know- ledge of Dr Burnham & the witnesses I am sure that full credit should be given to their statements
Yours respectfully
RW Means
Col Edwards

Friday May 7
Free
Hon. Ruel Williams M. C. Washington D. C.

157 Nashville May 7 1840
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you Three affidavits in Mrs. Reynolds case unsealed and undirected I did not know exactly the proper direction to give them you will be so good as to seal and direct them I have fully satisfied myself that no scrap of a family record can be found. I have taken pains to see many of the elderly people who have been acquainted with them ever since they have lived where they now do and from all that I can gather I am fully satisfied that they were married about the time she stated in her Second disclosure say 1784 and that they moved to the Pond as they call it about 42 years since and that the accompanying affidavits are perfectly correct in every particular
This is a troublesome business as you remarked but as the old lady is so very needy and her claim so just if any thing more can be done to aid her I will cheerfully attend to it
Respectfully Yours
Mrs. Rachel Williams
Profus Burnham

I Hezekiah Chase of Unity in the county of Waldo and State of Maine, aged sixty-five years do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Daniel Reynolds a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States for more than thirty years prior to his death, that he died in the Town of Burnham in the month of May 1832, That his reputed widow, Thankful Reynolds is now living in said Burnham having remained unmarried ever since the death of her late said husband, Daniel Reynolds, from my earliest knowledge of them they lived together as husband and wife until his death, that I always understood she was the wife of his youth and the mother of his children, the family consisted of about ten children, the oldest of whom is now reputed to be fifty-five years old the said Thankful is reputable in in her character altho her memory is now much impaired
Hezekiah Chase
State of Maine Waldo County ss.
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty-eighth day of March 1840. The deponent being to me well known as respectable witness and entitled to credit and belief
Proverbs Burnham Justice of the Peace

I Daniel Whitmore of Unity in the County of Waldo and State of Maine aged seventy  Eighty one years do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Daniel Reynolds a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States for many years prior to his death, that he died in the town of Burnham in the month of May 1832. That his reputed widow, Thankful Reynolds is now living in said Burnham having remained unmarried ever since the death of her late said husband Daniel Reynolds, from my earliest knowledge of them they lived together as man husband and wife until his death, that I always understood she was the wife of his youth and the mother of his children, the family consisted of eight or ten children as near as I can recollect, the oldest of whom is now reputed to be fifty four or five years old The said Thankful is respectable in her character although her memory is much impaired of late
Daniel his x Whitmore mark
State of Maine Waldo County Ss.
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of March 1840 The deponent being well known to me as a respectable witness and entitled to credit and belief
Rufus Burnham Judge of the probate

State of Maine Penobscot County ss.
I John A Chandler clerk of all the Judicial courts held for and within said County of Penobscot do hereby certify that Rufus Burnham is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Penobscot and that the three signatures hereto annexed purporting to be his are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine , this thirty first day of March 1840
J A Chandler Clerk

PAID
Hon. Luther Severance
M. C.
Washington City D.C.

Augusta May 2. 1846
Dear Sir
I enclose the papers of Mrs. Hannah Reynolds in order to have her claim for Pension allowed. which cannot be done in any other way than by a Special Act, she was pensioned by Special Act of 11th August 1842, she having been entitled to the benefit of the Law of July 7. 1838 but failing to prove satisfactorily, to the to the Committee of Pensions, the date of her marriage, Congress passed the Special Act in her favour - which put her in the same situation as the widows who were embraced by the Act of July 7. '38 which pensioned them for five years from March 4. 1836 to March 4. 1841 - All that she now asks, for, is that she may receive the benefit of the Act of March 3. 1843 & June 17. 1844, which will give her a pension from March 4. 1843 to March 4. 1844 under the Act of March 3. 1843 & from March 4. 1844 to March 4. 1848 under the Act of June 17. 1844 - by the report of the Committee which is attached to her petition you will notice that the time of her marriage was satisfactory to the Committee - There There is a similar case of "Sarah Blackmore" a Special Act passed in her favor May 23. 1844 to which I refer. Please look at the second

section of this act. There is no difference in the cases only as to the length of service of their respective husbands. Mrs. Blankenship's service entitled her uniform to $46.22 per ann. Mrs. Reynolds having served longer entitles her to $80 per ann. - I refer to the case of Mrs. Blankenship as I suppose you would better under- stand the nature of Mrs. Reynolds claim. She There have the good-ness to certify on her petition that Rufus Burnham is a son-in-law of the Pease, which I suppose is necessary, and present it. I think she has so fair & just a claim that there can be no doubt she will be persuaded as she requests. The paper on which she was persuaded by act of Aug. 11. 1842 are on file in the (Commiss. of Pensions Office and) if wanted can be obtained by application to them. Your particular attention to her claim will confer a great favor on her
Very respectfully
Geo W. Morton

Washington Jan. 11. 1847
Col J. L. Edwards
I believe I sent to you at the last session a claim of Thankful Reynolds for a pension. If you cannot allow the pension, will you send me the papers that I may apply to Congress
Very respectfully
Luther Severance

July 28 1844
The Reynoldss Ms. A. 9. 2. 38
13 July
James L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

Augusta, Maine, July 24. 1844
Sir
In your letter of 15 th inst, in reply to mine of 10 th , relating to the claim of Mrs Thankful Reynolds , you inform me that she is "not entitled to the benefits of the Acts of March 3. 1843 and June 17. 1844". Does not the second section of the Act of June 17. 1844 embrace claims similar to that of Mrs Reynolds? Her marriage took place previous to January 1794.
Will you please to examine the papers on which she was pensioned by a Special Act of Congress of 11 th of August 1842. She is extremely poor and destitute, and if entitled, it is desirable she should obtain the benefits of the provision of the Acts of Congress. I do not wish to trouble you unnecessarily in her behalf, but am anxious that she should receive all the pecuniary aid a pension, if entitled, will bestow.
Very respectfully Your O bt Serv t Geo. W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

Washington April 16. 1844
Sir
I now transmit the papers of Mrs Reynolds for a pension, & Mr Mortons letter to me recd this evening -
I know Judge Chase & Mr Whittmore whose affidavits were taken by Justice Burnham & can say that they are highly respectable men & their statements are entitled to full credit
Yours respectfully RVM
Court of Pensions

July 15 44
Cam
Thankful Reynolds Ms. A. 9. 2. 38
6780
[Large decorative flourish or signature]
James L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

Augusta, Maine,
July 10. 1844.
Sir
The claim of Thankful Reynolds widow of Daniel Reynolds for pension under act of March 3 1843 was rejected in consequence of her having been pensioned by a Special Act of Congress, as appears by your letter to me dated August 8. 1843. her declaration is supposed to be on file in your Office. Will she not be entitled to the benefits of the acts of March 23. 1843 and June 17 1844. She having been married prior to January 17 94. and if so will the declaration made by her and in your possession be deemed sufficient to allow her claim,
Very respectfully
Your Oble Servt
Geo. W. Norton
James L Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions City of Washington
DC

Augusta, Maine
May 4. 1843—
Sir
I enclose the declarations of Susanna Adams, Cynthia Allen, Deborah Brown, Mary Bates, Ann Booker, Jane Dorr, Lydia Heath, Mary Longfellow and Thankful Reynolds, in order to have their respective claims to a pension under the act of March 3. 1843 allowed. If the papers are satisfactory, I would respectfully request you to transmit me, for them, such certificates as you issue in like cases.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Geo. W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington, City D. C

To Comm te of Pensions

July 15, 1852.
Hon. James E. Heath, Comm te of Pensions.
Sir,
Enclosed you have a Res n of the Senate, instructing the com. on pensions to inquire into the expediency of continuing a pension to Thankful Reynolds. No papers have been referred to the com. relative to her case, and I will thank you to send for the use of the committee such information on the subject as you may deem useful to them.
very respectfully, Your ob t serv t
Geo. W. Jones SUS Ch r Compens

Unity Me. Aug. 26 1883
Hon L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
I herewith
send the claim of Thankful Right for pension as well authenticated as the circumstances of her case will allow she is very old and infirm as appears by her affidavit & certificate of the doctor, and she is also very poor & needy
Will you have the goodness to inform me of the result of the application as soon as convenient for my standing I will refer you to either of U. S. Senators from this State Mr Bradbury or Mr Hamlin or both
I am your obed Servt
James B. Murch
Hon L. P. Waldo
Washington D.C.

I Elisha Douglass of Burnham in the county of Waldo and State of Maine aged Seventy one years, do testify and say that I was born in the town of Middlebury Massachusetts and was a neighbor to Small Haskell of said town father of Thankful Haskell now the widow of Daniel Reynolds late a pensioner of the United States in the town of Burnham in this State, that I attended the same school with her, that she is about four years older than I am, that I understood that she was married to the above named Daniel Reynolds soon after he returned from the Army that I saw them in the twenty-five mile Grand plantation about forty years since, that they then had as near as I can recollect five or six small children I should think Daniel the oldest was twelve or fifteen years old at that time
Elisha Douglass
State of Maine }
Waldoboro }
May 7 1840
Personally appeared the above named Elisha Douglass and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me
Rufus Burnham Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify, That the accompanying pages — numbered from one to twelve inclusive are truly copied from the originals — in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of War.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Be it remembered, That James L. Edwards, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
J. P. Poinsett
Secretary of War.

! Thankful Reynolds of Burnham in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, widow of Daniel Reynolds deceased, do affirm and say that I am the identical person named in the Act of Congress approved August the 11th 1842, entitled "An Act for the relief of my Thankful Reynolds" Thankful Reynolds mark
State of Maine
Waldo County ss. On the eighth day of September 1842 personally appeared Thankful Reynolds and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed. I certify that I am acquainted with the said Thankful Reynolds who from personal knowledge is known to me to be the same person named in the Act mentioned in the above.
Rufus Burnham Justice of the Peace
James L. Edwards Esq. Governor of Pennsylvania
Sir.
Please to transmit to George W.
Mester of Engraving claim the Certificate for Pension to which I am entitled by the above mentioned Act
Witness.
Very Respectfully
Rufus Burnham Elyah Winslow
Your obed Servt Thankful Reynolds mark

Augusta, Maine Sept 9th 1842
I hereby certify that Rufus Burnham is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Waldo and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Rachel Williams

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF MAINE, }
County of Waldo ss. } On this Second day of May A. D. 1843, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, Thankful Reynolds _____ a resident of Burnham in the County of Waldo aged Seventy Seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Daniel Reynolds who was a private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Daniel Reynolds at the rate of eight dollars and _____ cents per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838,  which was paid to her at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Daniel Reynolds having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Witness my hand and seal this 2nd day of May 1843 Rufus Burnham  Thankful Reynolds Ephraim Reynolds  Widow
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
Before me, Rufus Burnham Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of Daniel Reynolds deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Rufus Burnham Justice of the Peace.

981 Thankful Reynolds
Unity Me May 3
10
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine.
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine.

State of Maine
Remsen B.
I the Subscribed Clerk of all the Inferior Courts for the County of Kennebec do hereby certify that Stephen Burnham is a Justice of the Peace within said State, & that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Inferior Superior Court of Maine this third day of May A D 1843.
A. R. Nichols

463.
Thankful Reynolds Maine roll, at $80 per annum, from 1 January 1845, for five years
Sp act March 3. 1847.
(Inscribe her name on roll act June 17. 1844.)
Send Cert to George W. Morton Augusta, Maine.

I Thankful Reynolds of Burnham in the County of Waldo, and State of Maine, do depose and say, that I remain unmarried and the Widow of Daniel Reynolds, who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and that I am the identical person named in the Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the relief of Thankful Reynolds" which was passed at the Session of Congress that closed on the 3 d of March 1847
her Thankful X Reynolds mark.
State of Maine
Waldo County. S.S. Sworn to and subscribed
this 21 st day of March 1847
Before me
Rufus Burnham Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the above affidavit.
Rufus Burnham Justice of the Peace

James L Edwards Esq (Commissioner of Pensions)
Sir
I hereby respectfully request you to transmit to Geo. W. Norton of Augusta in the State of Maine such papers as you usually issue on such claims as I have by virtue of the Act of Congress mentioned within
Witness
Rufus D. Dinsmore
Thankful X Reynolds mark
State of Maine County of Kennebec ss
I the subscriber Clerk of the judicial courts for the county of Kennebec hereby certify that Rufus Dinsmore Esq. is a justice of the Peace for the county of Waldo and that the signatures hereto affixed purporting to be his are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Jud. Court this 25th day of March A.D. 1847 W. M. Stratton.

Claim of Thankful Ruggles For Repression
Ward the Revolution
James Elluech Attorney Unity Waldo County State of Maine

State of Maine County of Waldo
} ss Mrs. Thankful Reynolds of Burn- ham in the said County of Waldo aged eighty-seven years makes oath that she is the widow of Daniel Reynolds late of said Burnham deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain and drew a pension from the United States Government to the date of his death for services. That the amount of pension granted to said Daniel was ninety six dollars per year, that that sum was paid at the Maine Agency Office in Portland State of Maine that the said Daniel Reynolds died at said Burn- ham on the thirteenth day of May A.D. 1832 she fur- ther states that she was married to said Daniel Rey- nolds in the town of Grafton & State of New Hampshire in the year A.D. 1785 the month or the day of the month she cannot remember, that she has caused the records of the said town of Grafton to be searched but no record of said marriage can be found that her name her name before her marriage was Thankful Haskel, that she has caused search to be made in the town & neighborhood where she was married but can find no persons living who were present when she was married she further swears that she has never intermarried since the decease of her said husband Daniel Reynolds but continues to be & still is the widow of the said Daniel Reynolds, and she furthermore by these presents constitutes and appoints James Belcher of Unity in the

Said County of Waldo and State of Maine her time and lawful Attorney irrevocably to present and demand from the United States Government any pension or money or land that she may have a right to hereby confirming her said Attorney lawful acts in the premises
Witness
Thankful her X Reynolds mark
Ephraim Reynolds B Carter
Subscribed acknowledged
and sworn to before me this eighteenth day of August A.D. 1853
and I further certify that I am not concerned nor have no inter- -est in this claim and that the persons whose names appear as witnesses to the above application reside in the immediate neighborhood of the said Thankful Reynolds the said Ephraim Reynolds in the said town of Barnham and the said B. Carter in the town of Unity, both in the County of Waldo aforesaid and that they are both personally known to me and are both entitled to credit and I also certify that the said Thankful is by reason of old age and bodily infirmity unable to appear in open court and that there is no Court of record or any judge of any court of record within the distance of twenty five miles from the residence of the said Thankful for which reason + Ephraim - Refused to sign before signing
Ephraim Reynolds
Thomas Snell { Justice of the Peace
We the undersigned of Barnham and Barn- Carter of Unity both in the County of Waldo and State of Maine upon our oaths do testify and

Say that we have known and been personally acquainted with Mrs Thankful Reynolds of Burnham aforesaid for the space of fifty or fifty five years and that she is the identical person whose signature appears to the foregoing application and to which we have put our names as witnesses, that her name before her marriage was Thankful Haskell and that we were acquainted with her & knew her & her late husband the said Daniel Reynolds in his lifetime and knew of them living together as man & wife for the space of many years & up to the death of the said Daniel Reynolds as man & wife and that they were united so to be and that the fact of their having been married was never called in question by their acquaintances, and that she is the widow of the said Daniel Reynolds -  Ephraim Reynolds B Easton
State of Maine ) County of Waldo } ss. Aug 18 1853 Then personally appeared Ephraim Reynolds & Benjamin Easton who are personally known to me who used the said Reynolds in the town of Burnham & the said Easton in the town of Unity both in the County of Waldo aforesaid and who are entitled to credit and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed & I certify that the name of Joseph Whitehead was read to Ephraim Reynolds in my presence before signing  Thomas Snell  Justice of the Peace

State of Maine, County of Waldo ss. I Nathaniel S. Littleton Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine for the County of Waldo do hereby certify that the within copy is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and was at the date then of a proper & the same in every particular comply with the laws of the State of Maine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 20 th day of August A.D. 1855.
N. Littleton Clerk
Wiggin of Mansfield Bath, Me. 1855 For Respondent
Walter H. Burleigh
James H. March Attorney Waldo County State of Maine

I Hannah Beck of Grafton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire I depose and say that I was seventy five years old last May that I was well acquainted with Thankful Haskell formerly of Grafton that she was married to Daniel Reynolds then of Grafton in the month of March or April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty five I did not see them mar- ried but I lived in the neighborhood at the time and knew of their living together as man and wife and lived in the house with them in January seventeen hundred and eighty six I remember the date of their marriage by the age of one of my children said Reynolds and family removed from Grafton some years after but I do not know where they went further deponent saith not
Hannah Beck
Grafton ss
Given and subscribed to this in which day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before me
I hereby certify that the above Deponent Hannah Beck is a credible witness
James M. Pillsbury for Clerk

I Olive Smith of Grafton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire do hereby say that I am seventy one years of age that I was well acquainted with Thankful Haskell formerly of Grafton and that said Thankful was married to Daniel Clynch before Esquire Ayer was . I further say that I was present at the marriage and saw them married. I do not remem- ber precisely the time but it was previous to the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty six.
Olive Smith
Grafton
Sworn to and subscribed to this twenty day of Decem- ber eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
Before me
James Melick
as a Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above name Olive Smith is a credible witness.
James Melick as a Justice of the Peace

I Cyrus Williams of Grafton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire Depose and say that I am clerk of said Town of Grafton and have the records of said Town and that I have made thorough examination and can find no record of the publication or marriage of Daniel Reynolds and Thankful Haskell and that I have made due enquiry for the records of Esquire Ayer and can find none I further say that the ancient records in my office are very imperfect.
Cyrus Williams } Town Clerk of Grafton
Grafton 15
On this twenty second day of December A.D. 1833 personally appearing Cyrus Williams Town Clerk of Grafton made oath to the above deposition by him subscribed Before me
James M. Kilton Jr. of the County
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss I Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Grafton, hereby certify that James M. Kilton, whose name is subscribed to the five certificates on this and the other pages of this packet, was on the 20th day of December current, has ever since been a Justice of the Peace for said County, and that his name so subscribed is, in each case aforesaid, his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 24th day of December A.D. 1838
N.B. Felton Clerk

Thankful Reynolds

IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
DECEMBER 15, 1841.
Agreeably to notice, Mr. PRENTISS asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions.
JANUARY 12, 1842.
Reported without amendment, and accompanied by a special report.
A BILL
an act For the relief of Thankful Reynolds.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 3 the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to place the 4 name of Thankful Reynolds, widow of Daniel Reynolds, de- 5 ceased, and late a pensioner of the United States, upon the roll 6 of revolutionary pensioners, and allow and pay to her a pension 7 of eighty dollars per annum, for and during the term of five years 8 from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
Approved, August 11th, 1842.
A true copy from the roll in this Office.
William Wetmore Clerk.
Dept. of State, Sept. 15th 1842.

Payment to be made at Portland
by W. Woodbury Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
Maine
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A, Vol- ume 2, Page by W. A. Wood, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claims.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the Act of Congress of the 3 rd March 1847, Thankful Reynolds, of the State of Maine, Widow of Daniel Reynolds, dec d . who was a Private of the Revolution and died on the 13 th May 1832, is entitled to a pension, at $30. per an m . commencing on the 1 st January 1845, to continue for five years, unless she should marry or die before the expiration of said five years, in which case her pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-Seven.
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.
Duplicate.

Thankful Reynolds B325 Thankful Reynolds mother of Daniel - ME
G W Morton Augusta Me

State of Maine County of Kennebec ss
I John A Chandler clerk of the Judicial Court for Kennebec County, certify that Robt A Ladd, and Geo W Morton are Justices of the Peace for the County Kennebec aforesaid, and that the signatures here- unto annexed purporting to be theirs are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine and subscribed my name this thirteenth day of February 1838
J A Chandler

I Bunker Carter of Unity in the county of Kennebec of lawful age do testify upon oath, that I have been for many years last past acquainted with Thankful Reynolds the reputed widow of David Reynolds late a Revolutionary prisoner of the United States who died in the month of May 1832. that for many years previous to his decease before decease the said David and Thankful lived together as man & wife having brought up a numer- ous family of children, that they were of respec- table standing in the neighborhood where they lived, and they were always understood to have been lawfully married by their neighbors, and that ever since the death of the said David Reynolds she has remained unmarried
Bunker Carter
State of Maine
Kennebec Co. Augusta. October 2 d 1837
Subscribed and sworn to the deponent being a credible witness,
Before me
Gertrude Weston Justice of the Peace

I Rachel Harrington of Wiscasset in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine of Lawful age do Testify and say that some time in the fall months of 1832 you found him on Eight Pleasant Street. Published and Hastill was mar- ried to my Cousin knowledge to Daniel Reynolds of Gorham in the State of Newhamp- shire and that the said Daniel Reynolds died four or five years since and further testify and say that I have been acquainted with them for the most part of the time since their marria- ge with said Reynolds and I do further testify and say that I was knowing to the said Daniel Reynolds going into the army after they was married
Wiscasset Job N. Tuttle Bengalensis acun
for Rachel H Harrington mark
State of Maine Wiscasset A. June 14th 1837
Given under my hand and seal this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty seven Before me Job N. Tuttle justice of the peace
I certify that Mrs Harrington is a very respecta- ble old lady and appears to be very intelligen- t and of a sound mind and a good memory Job N. Tuttle

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2 Thankful Reynolds. widow of David Reynolds Cat. & pension act March 18 1818 on the Main Roll.
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Mc Act. 7. July 38.
Hon. R. Williams Senate U.S.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Waldo, County, ss.
On this fifth day of August A. D., 1839, personally appeared before the Court of Probate in Open Court at a regular session held in Belfast in said Court of Waldo. Thankful Reynolds , a resident of Burnham in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged seventy three 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 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Daniel Reynolds deceased late of said town of Burnham and who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18 1818, upon the claims roll. That she received as his widow the pension from March 4, 1832 to the thirteenth day of May 1832 that she believes he served upwards of four years in the War of the Revolution & that she refers to the declaration & accompanying testimony furnished the War Department by him in support of her claim. She further declares, that she was married to the said Daniel Reynolds on the twenty eighth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four ; that her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Reynolds died on the thirteenth day of May 1832 at the town of Burnham aforesaid; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period , as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That she was married in the town of Grafton in Hampshire by a Christian Ayer that her maiden name was Thankful Haskell and that there is not, or ever was to her knowledge, a family record of her marriage.
Witness Dea. H. Hall
Thankful  her  x Reynolds mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before =
Alfred Johnson 3 Judge of Probate 3

STATE OF MAINE.
Waldo
Aug 5 1839
I the subscriber Register of Probate for said County hereby CERTIFY, That Alfred Johnson Esquire before whom the proceedings were had, is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County I also CERTIFY, That the within paper contains the original proceedings of the said Alfred Johnson in the matter of the application of the within named  Thankful Reynolds for a pension. and that the within signature Impartiality to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this fifth day of August A. D., 1839.
Wm H Cookman Reg. Probate

To the Hon. Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled.
The undersigned humbly represents that she remains the widow of Daniel Reynolds, who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that by a Special Act of Congress passed the 11th day of August 1842, she was pensioned, on account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband the said Daniel Reynolds, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, he having served in the Army of the Revolution upwards of two years, & she having been married to him prior to January 1. 1794. That by the said Act her pension commenced on the 4th day of March 1836 and terminated on the 4th day of March 1841, that in consequence of her having been pensioned by a Special Act of Congress, she cannot avail herself of the benefits of the provisions of the Acts of March 3. 1843 & June 17th 1844 to which she would have been entitled, that she therefore prays that she may receive the benefits of the provisions contained in said Acts of March 3. 1843 & June 17. 1844. She having been married to the said Daniel Reynolds before the first day of January 1794 as the papers in her case on which the Act of August 11. 1842 was founded will fully show.
for Thankful Reynolds much.
State of Maine
Waldo County, ss. On this seventeenth day of March 1846 personally appeared Thankful Reynolds above named and made oath to the truth of the above petition by her subscribed. I also hereby certify that she is per- sonally known to me and that she is the same individual who was pensioned as represented by her by the Special Act of Congress of August 11. 1842.
Proves Burnham Justice of the Peace

Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836.
State of Maine Waldo County ss. } 3
On this fourteenth day of October A. D. 1837. personally appeared before Alfred Johnson Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Waldo, in open Court, Thankful Reynolds, a resident of Burnham in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged seventy eight 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 4 th 1836; that she is the widow of Daniel Reynolds, late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U. States under law of March 18. 1818. that he served in Col. Bradfords Regiment of the Mass a line from the year 1777 to 1780, for the evidence of the services of her said husband she refers to the declaration made by him in order to establish his pension under said act of March 18. 1818, now in possession of the War Department. She further declares, that she was married to the said Daniel Reynolds in the month of December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine; that her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Reynolds, died on the thirteenth day of May A. D. 1832; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period.

as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Thankful her X Reynolds (mark)
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written.
Alfred Johnson Judge of Probate
State of Maine
Waldo G. 3 I the subscriber Register of Probate for said County hereby certify, that Alfred Johnson before whom the proceedings were had, is Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Alfred Johnson in the matter of the application of Thankful Reynolds, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this fourteenth day of October A.D. 1837.
William H. Purdie Register
I Bunker Carter of Unity in the County of Waldo of lawful age do testify upon oath, that I have been for many years last past acquainted with Thankful Reynolds the reputed widow of Daniel Reynolds late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States who died in the month of May 1832 - That for many years

previous to his decease the said Daniel and Thankful lived together as man & wife having brought up a numerous family of children. That they were of respectable standing in the neighborhood where they lived, and they were always understood to have been lawfully married by their neighbors, and that ever since the death of the said Daniel Reynolds, she has remained unmarried.
Bunker Carter
State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss: Augusta, October 2 d 1837.
Subscribed and sworn to the deponent being a credible witness.
Before me,
Geo: W. Morton
Justice of the peace.
I Rachael Harrington of Rome in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine of lawful age do testify and say that some time in the fall seventeen hundred and seventy nine or eighty, Thankfull Haskell was published and married to my certain knowledge to Daniel Reynolds of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire and that the said Daniel Reynolds died four or five years since, and I further testify and say that I have been acquainted with them for the most part of the time since her marriage with said Reynolds and I do further testify and say, that I was knowing to the said Daniel

Reynolds going into the Army after they was married. Rachel her Harrington mark
Job A. Tuttle Benjamin Rouse
State of Maine Kennebec ss. 3 Rome Sept. 14th 1837.
Taken subscribed and sworn to this fourteenth day of Sept. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven before me.
Job A. Tuttle, Justice of Peace
I certify that Mrs. Harrington is a very respectable old lady and appears to be very intelligible and of a sound mind and a good memory.
Job A. Tuttle.
State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss. 3 I John A. Chandler Clerk of the Judicial Courts for Kennebec County, certify that Job A. Tuttle and his W. Boston are Justices of the Peace for the County Kennebec aforesaid, and that the signatures herunto annexed purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine and subscribed my name this thirteenth day of February 1838.
J. A. Chandler

Declaration  In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of Maine Waldo County p. 3  On this fifth day of August A. D. 1839, personally appeared before the Court of Probate, in open Court, at a regular session held in Belfast in said County of Waldo, Frankford Reynolds, a resident of Burnham in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged seventy three 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 Act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;"  That she is the widow of Daniel Reynolds deceased, late of said town of Burnham, and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, upon the Maine Roll, that she received as his widow the pension from March 4. 1832 to the thirteenth day of May 1832. That she believes he served upwards of four years in the war of the Revolution & that she refers to the declaration & accompanying testimony furnished the War Department by him in support of her claim. She further declares, that she was married to the said Daniel Reynolds on the twenty eighth day of April in the

6 year seventeen hundred and eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Reynolds, died on the thirteenth day of May 1832 at the town of Barnham aforesaid; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since his death as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, that she was married in the town of Grafton, New Hampshire, by a Mr. Justice Ayer that her maiden name was Thankful Haskell, and that there is not, or ever was, to her knowledge, a family record of her marriage.
Thankful her Reynolds mark
Witness, J. F. Hall
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before.
Alfred Johnson. Judge of Probate
State of Maine
Waldo p. 3 Aug. 5. 1839.
I, the subscriber, Register of Probate for said County hereby certify. That Alfred Johnson Esquire, before whom the proceedings were had, is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County. I also certify, that the within paper contains the original proceedings of the said Alfred Johnson in the matter of the application of the within named Thankful Reynolds for a pension, and that the

within signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the said Court, this fifth day of August A. D. 1839.
Wm. H. Godman Reg. Probate
I, Hannah Peck of Grafton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was seventy five years old last May. that I was well acquainted with Thankful Haskell, formerly of Grafton - that she was married to Daniel Reynolds then of Grafton in the month of March or April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty five. I did not see them married but I lived in the neighborhood at the time and knew of their living together as man and wife and lived in the house with them in January seventeen hundred and eighty six. I remember the date of their marriage by the age of one of my children. said Reynolds and family removed from Grafton some years after but I do not know where they went. Further deponent saith not.
Hannah Peck
Grafton ss: Sworn and subscribed to the twentieth day of December A one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, before me.
James M. Hilton, Jns. Pease

I hereby certify that the above deponent Hannah Peck is a credible witness. — James W. Hilton Jas. Peace
I Olive Smith of Grafton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I am seventy one years of age. that I was well acquainted with Frankful Haskell formerly of Grafton and that said Frankful was married to Daniel Reynolds before Esquire Ayer. I further say that I was present at the marriage and saw them married. I do not remember precisely the time but it was previous to the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty six  Olive Smith
Grafton ss: Sworn and subscribed to this twentieth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty eight
Before me. James W. Hilton Jas. of Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Olive Smith is a credible witness.
James W. Hilton Jas. Peace.
I Cyrus Williams of Grafton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I am Clerk of said Town of Grafton and have the records of said Town and that I have made thorough examination and can find no record of the publication or marriage of Daniel Reynolds and Frankful Haskell and that I have made due enquiry for the records,

of Esquire Ayer and can find none I further say that the ancient records in my Office are very imperfect.
Cyrus Williams Town Clerk of Grafton
Grafton p: On this twenty second day of December A.D. 1838. personally appearing Cyrus Williams Town Clerk of Grafton made oath to the above deposition by him subscribed. before me. James M. Kelton Jus. of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Grafton p: I, Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Grafton hereby certify that James M. Kelton, whose name is subscribed to the five certificates on this and the other pages of this packet, was, on the 20th day of December current, & has ever since been a Justice of the Peace for said County, & that his name as subscribed is, in each case aforesaid, his genuine signature.
N. B. Felton
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 24th day of December A.D. 1838.
N. B. Felton Clerk
I, Stephen Bartlett of Unity in the County of Waldo and State of Maine aged fifty one years, do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Daniel Reynolds

a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States for many years prior to his death, that he died in the town of Burnham in the month of May 1832, that his reputed widow, Thankful Reynolds, is now living in said Burnham having remained unmarried ever since the death of her late said husband Daniel Reynolds. From my earliest knowledge of them they lived together as husband and wife until his death that I always understood she was the wife of his youth and the mother of his children. The family consisted of a number of children. I should think as many as ten or more, the oldest of whom is now reported to be about fifty four or five years old. The said Thankful is respectable in her character although her memory is now much impaired.
Stephen Bartlett
State of Maine,
Waldo County ss. 3. Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of March 1840. The deponent being to me well known as a respectable witness and entitled to credit & belief.
Rufus Burnham, Justice of the Peace
I, Hezekiah Chase of Unity in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged sixty five years, do depose and say, that I was well acquainted with Daniel Reynolds a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States for more than thirty years prior to his death. That he died in the town of Burnham in the month of May 1832, that his reputed widow, Thankful Reynolds is now living in said

Burnham having remained unmarried ever since the death of her late said husband, Daniel Reynolds. From my earliest knowledge of them they lived together as husband and wife untill his death. That I always understood she was the wife of his youth and the mother of his children. The family consisted of about ten children. The oldest of whom is now reputed to be fifty five years old. The said Thankful is reputable in her character altho her memory is now much impaired.  Hezekiah Chase.
State of Maine
Waldo County ss: - Subscribed and sworn to the twenty eighth day of March 1840. The deponent being to me well known as respectable witness and entitled to credit and belief.
Rufus Burnham, Justice of the peace
I Daniel Whitmore of Unity in the County of Waldo and State of Maine aged eighty one years do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Daniel Reynolds a revolutionary pensioner of the United States for many years prior to his death. That he died in the town of Burnham in the month of May 1832. That his reputed widow Thankful Reynolds is now living in said Burnham having remained unmarried ever since the death of her late said husband Daniel Reynolds. From my earliest knowledge

of them they lived together as husband and wife until his death. That I always understood she was the wife of his youth and the mother of his children. The family consisted of eight or ten children as near as I can recollect, the oldest of whom is now reputed to be fifty four or five years old. The said Thankful is respectable in her character although her memory is much impaired of late.
Daniel his X Wintmore mark
State of Maine
Waldo County ss: - Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of March 1840. The deponent being well known to me as a respectable witness and entitled to credit and belief.
Rufus Burnham Justice of the peace
State of Maine
Kennebec County ss: - I, John A. Chandler Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held for and within said County of Kennebec, do hereby certify that Rufus Burnham is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Waldo and that the three signatures hereto annexed purporting to be his are genuine.
(L.S.)
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine this thirty first day of March 1840. J. A. Chandler Clerk