Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,964, for Thomas Martin, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Martin, Thomas
S. 18,964
Mardin or
Martin or Cambridge
carded
CONTENTS

Tho Mardin
27055

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this fifth day of August 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate now sitting at Kennebec in said County of York - Thomas Hardin a resident of Lebanon in the county of York and State of Maine aged Seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the first of the month of December 1775 Capt. Asahel Randall of Woodbridge in the State of New-Jersey, enlisted a Company of Infantry to guard the Town of Woodbridge from the depredations of the British-army a part of which was then quartered on Staten Island about one and a half miles from Woodbridge - I the said Thomas Hardin then about fifteen years old enlisted under said Capt. Asahel Randall a private for the term six months - Our first Lieut's name was Randall from Princeton, Second Lieut. was Capt. - I cannot now call to mind the given names of the said first and second Lieut. We quartered near the River in the Town of Woodbridge about one month when Col. Holmes came to our aid and our Company joined his Regiment called the Jersey Blues. The Jersey Blues with Col. Heads Regiment then attempted to cross over to Staten Island to storm the British garrison, but the snow at the time being very deep, and the weather severe, we were compelled to return to our quarters, leaving the British undisturbed - I the said Thomas remained in Randall's Company and Holmes Regiment till the six months for which I enlisted had fully expired - Then a part of our Company left, and part enlisted again under said Capt. Randall and I among others remained with said Randall
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of
Witness Wm. A. Hayes Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Thomas X Hardin Marks
Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate Court York County Maine
WE, Zebedee Delano a clergyman, residing in the town of Lebanon aforesaid and Hawley A. Keay a magistrate residing in the town of Lebanon hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Hardin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed this fifth day of August 1833 Before me Increase M. Russell Justice of Peace Zebedee Delano Hawley A. Keay

20 th Holines Regiment in part left Handalls Com- pany at Woodbridge; and soon after Holines had withdrawn from us, we went to Amboy to look for a party of British soldiers who had gone up New-Brunswick after Plunder in their gun boats, We met them at Amboy on their return with their plunder, and for therewith gave them battle which lasted about two hours - the British in their boats and on shore - They then moved off and our Company retired back to the moun- tains above Quibbleton where we joined a body of the American troops then stationed at the foot of said mountain where I remained till I left the Army in the summer of the year 1777 in the month of August of said last named year Our agitator was a Mr. Conduit -
I was born in the year 1760 at Piscataqua N.J. I have no record of my age. I moved from Piscataqua New Jersey to Lebanon where I now live in June 1806 twenty seven years since -
I have no documentary evidence of my services - I know of no person now living who served in Capt Ashes Handalls Company with me, neither any person who knew me in the Revolution

AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the beforenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Lebedee Delano
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Lebanon , and that Hawley A. Keay Deyn , who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Lebanon , and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Wm. A. Hayes Judge
I, Wm. Cutter Allen , Register clerk of the Court of Probate York County Maine do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Mardin for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifth day of August, A.D. 1833.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate
I further certify that Mercure S. Kimball is a Justice of the peace for said county and that the signature purporting to be his to the affidavit of Lebedee Delano and Hawley A. Keay is genuine.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate.
State of Maine York ss. I J. M. Duley Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the county of York do hereby certify that Mercure S. Kimball was a Justice of the peace within and for the county of York on the fifth day of August A.D. 1833 as appears by the foregoing certificate to the affidavit of Lebedee Delano and Hawley A. Keay and also on the 27th day of May A.D. 1833 as appears by the foregoing certificate to the affidavit of Abraham Shaw . That he was on said 5th day of August and on said 27th day of May A.D. 1833 duly commissioned and authorized to act as such. That his commission was dated March 11. 1830 and expired March 11. 1837 and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State of Maine this first day of February A.D. 1830 J. M. Duley Clerk

27055-
W Thomas Mardin
J. L. Kimball Esq. Lebanon Maine

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Oct 28 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Thomas Mardin
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 6 Private Capt Randall Col Holmes N.Y. Line   Afterwards re-enlisted in the same Company & Regiment. Time Length of his Service under his 2 o engagement not stated  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
I,
J. M. Dinsmore
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, do hereby certify that
Timothy L. Kimball of
Lebanon is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county,
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is
duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated
May 1. 1846 and will expire May 1. 1853.
and that the accompanying signature purporting to be his is genuine,
signature purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court for said State, this first day of February
Anno Domini 18 50
J. M. Dinsmore Clerk.

I mean S. Hornbake of Sanford in the County of York and State of Maine testify upon and say, that I have been acquainted with Thomas Martin of Lebanon in the same County about 20 years last past, that he is an old man, has, during all that time, alledged that he served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and would often relate anecdotes about the War and those who served with him. He always said he served in the State of New Jersey from when he came to New England, and was ever believed by his neighbours to have been a soldier in the Revolution. He is a man whose character for truth and veracity has ever stood fair and undoubted. In August A.D. 1833 I drew up the declaration of said Martin for a pension under the Act Congress of June 7 1832 and at the time several old soldiers were in waiting for me to draw up their a declaration so I being in a hurry did not take the care to go into particulars in his case as I otherwise should have done & perhaps ought in justice to him to have done.

Said Martin says I then miss- spelled his name, and wrote it Mardin instead of Martin probably that was the case as I was in a great hurry - I doubt not he saw as he alluded. In case I then called Witnesses, Timothy Shaw Jr. Elizabeth A. W. Hubbard
State of Maine, York ss: On this thirty first day of January A.D. 1850, personally appeared the above named Mearson B. Kimball and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him sub- scribed, Before me - Timothy Shaw Jr. Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Mearson B. Kimball the affiant and that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity - Timothy Shaw Jr. Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
York ss.
I J. M. Dinsmore, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the county of York, do hereby certify that Timothy Shaw Jr. of Sanford is a justice of the Peace within and for said county as appears by the foregoing certificate. That he is duly commissioned and authorized to act as such. That his commission is dated January 16 1850 and will expire Jan'y 16. 1857. and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Courts for the State of Maine aforesaid this first day of February A.D. 1850.
J. M. Dinsmore, Clerk.

Nicholas Shapleigh of Lebanon in the County of York & State of Maine aged forty seven years do hereby testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Thomas Martin alias Thomas Martin of said Lebanon and have been acquainted with him for thirty years last past and have frequently heard him state that he was a Revolutionary soldier & many of the minute incidents of his life while a soldier in the Revolutionary war in the New Jersey service the cause and occasion of his coming to this part of the country. He was frequently stated to me & it was very notorious in this section of the country that his name originally was Cambridge Martin and that he altered his name to Thomas for what reasons I know not - That it is generally believed & understood in this part of the country that he was a revolutionary soldier - That said Thomas Martin maintains an unapproachable moral character & sustains the reputation of being a man of strict truth and veracity.
Witness Nicholas Shapleigh Esther Shapleigh State of New York ss on this Twenty L. Kimball

Thirtyfirst day of January 1850
Then personally appeared the above named Nicholas Shapleigh and made solemn oath to this deposition by him subscribed
Before me Timothy J. Kimball Justice of Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Nicholas Shapleigh the above named affiant and that he instans a good corrector for truth and veracity Timothy J. Kimball

37742 Thos Martin a Master of Marine
admitted Pr 600 $20 pr a con 4 March 1831
Capt Randolph Col Holmes, N. J. Militia.
J. G. Barret Rev

State of Maine
York County ss On this thirtyfirst day of January AD 1850 personally appeared before me Timothy S Kimball Esq one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the county of York in the State of Maine Thomas Martin alias Thomas Martin alias Cambridge Martin a resident of Lebanon in the county of York and State of Maine aged ninety one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration as a supplement to my declaration hereto- fore made on the fifth day of August AD 1833 before the Court of Probate for the county of York in the State of Maine in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 AD 1832 That by reason of Old age & the consequent loss of Memory he did not declare the whole period of time that he served in the Revolutionary War and he now says upon his oaths aforesaid said that he did serve in company of Captain Randall a term of service not less than one year near the close of the Revolutionary war

as a private in the New Jersey troops that said Capt Ashur Randall was sometimes known by the name of Captain Ashur Randadolph that his company during the whale war stationed on the sea board at Woodbridge New Jersey to protect the inhabitants against the British on Staten Island and the tones that he the declarant was discharged near the close of the war & that he served not less than three years in the whale and that the news of peace was commem- orated by mustering an ox & many assembled from Newark, Brunswick Elizabeth town and other places. Your declarant further upon his oath as aforesaid testimony says that at the time of the service aforesaid revealed his proper name was Cambridge Martin and that at the time he emigrated to Maine he adopted the name of Thomas Martin & has always borne that name since That at the time of speaking making his declaration in 1833 Greene S Kimball Esquire his attorney misunderstood him & wrote his name Mardin instead of Martin, in my services in Capt Randall or Randolphs

company Peter Derot was orderly serj cast the following were privates & Malachi Randall was sergeants Jonathan Sharp one Willis Joseph Carrington David Carrington & Robert Carrington the last named was killed in action Dated at Lebanon this thirtyfirst day of January 1850
Witnesses Thomas his L Mardin Simon L Kimball mark Nicholas Shropshire
Subscribed and sworn too the day and year above mentioned
Before me Simon L Kimball Justice of the Peace

We Joseph Loring a clergyman— residing in the town of Lebanon aforesaid & Timothy S Kimball a magistrate— residing in the town of Lebanon hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Martin alias Thomas Martin alias Cambridge Martin who has subscribed & sworn to the above declara- -tion that we believe him to be ninety one years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Dated at Lebanon aforesaid this 31 st day
of January A.D. 1850 Joseph Loring Witnesses Timothy S. Kimball
Nicholas Shropshire
Esther Shapleigh

Personally appeared before me the under- signed, a justice of the Peace within and for the County of York and State of Maine, Thomas Mardin of Lebanon in said County, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades. For the term of six months in Capt. Asa Randall's Company and Col. Holmes Regiment N.J. Line begin- ning the first of December 1775 and ending the first of June 1776 I served as a private all of said six months. For the term of one year and two months, I the said Mardin served as a private, in the same Company and Regiment beginning the first part of June 1776 and ending the first of the month of August. I was never any thing but a private, and for such service I claim a pension. Witness Miriam W. Kimball Thomas Mardin
York J. November 5, 1833 The above-named Thomas Mardin to me is well known to be a credible witness, and a man of truth and on the day and year last above named said Mardin personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, before me
Innocent S. Kimball { Justice of Peace

State of Maine
York ss. I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county hereby certify that Increase S. Kimball is a Justice of the peace for said county and that the within signature pur- porting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this thirteenth day of Novem- ber A.D. 1843.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Reg. of Probate.
York ss.
State of Maine
I James D. Duree Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of York do hereby certify that Increase S. Kimball was at the time of taking the acknowledgment of the foregoing deposition an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county of York, and was at that time duly authorized and commissioned to act as such. That his com- mission was dated March 11. A.D. 1830, and expired March 11. 1837, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the State of Maine this first day of February A.D. 1850.
J. D. Duree, Clerk.

James L. Barret Present

I know all men by these presents That I Thomas Martin His landri- dge Martin of Sebagon in the County of York and State of Maine have constituted and appointed and do by these presents constitute and appoint Arthur Mc Arthur of Limington in the county of and state of Maine
my lawful attorney for me & in my name & stead to pros- ecute my application for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832. formerly presented by Increase D. Kimball my former attorney whose attorneyship hereby revoke & to do all things and perform all acts necessary to the final settlement of said claim witness my hand & seal at Sebagon this thirtieth day of January, AD 1850
Signed sealed & delivered Nicholas D. Kimball his mark State of Maine York ss Personally appeared the within named Thomas Martin & acknow- ledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his free act & deed.
Before me Nicholas D. Kimball Just the Pierce

State of Maine
York ss.
I J. M. Dinsmore Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the county of York do hereby certify that Timothy L. Kimball of Lebanon is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county as appears by the foregoing certificate. That he is duly commissioned and authorized to act as such that his commission is dated May 1. 1846 and will expire May 1. 1853. and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this first day of February A.D. 1850.
J. M. Dinsmore Clerk

Ephraim Shaw of Augusta in the County of Kennebec aged seventy eight years, do hereby depose and say that in January 1776 I was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in Capt Amos Ducker's Company & Colo Hand's Regiment of Infantry - I was stationed at Woodbridge in the State of New Jersey opposite Staten Island which Island the British Troops then occupied while I was a soldier stationed at Woodbridge aforesaid, there was also in this place with our regiment a regiment of Infantry from New Jersey, called the Jersey Blues commanded by Colo Blooms - While at Woodbridge our regiment with the Jersey Blues attempted to cross over to Staten Island to take the British garrison, but on account of the very deep snow in this place we were compelled to return without accomplishing our object - I further depose and say that I have seen and conversed much with Thomas Martin of Lebanon in the County of York who says he was a soldier in Capt Asher Hand's Company which belonged to the regiment of Jersey Blues aforesaid and was at Woodbridge, and from his knowing all about the circumstances which took place while there, the attempt that was made to storm the British garrison, the lay of the place and names of the several officers who commanded, I have no doubt but what he belonged to Hand's Company and Blooms Regiment as he says he did; for I think that no man could know and tell over what took place at Woodbridge, the names of many of the officers there, both in our army and also of the British army, unless he was there as a soldier.
York July 27, 1833 { Ephraim Shaw I certify that Ephraim Shaw who has signed above is a man of truth and veracity & on the day of my last personal interview with him, made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Increase S. Kimball } Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
York ss. I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county, here by certify that Murrell & Kimball is a true copy of the peace as within stated and that the signa- ture within purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this fifth day of August A.D. 1835.
Wm. Cutter Allen,
Register of the Court of Probate.

Department of State Frederick March 18. 1850
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 13 th inst I have to inform you. That I have examined the Margins or Indents for Shoumworth Essex and Middlesex Counties for the name of Tho s alias Bainsbridge Martin. N o 165 for £0, 16. 6, Certif e issued by the Comm ee of the County of Middlesex to Thomas Martin nothing else appears upon our record. Ashe Holmes was elected and appointed Col March 27. 1778. We have no Muster Rolls of the Militia of the Rev l and the Indents show Service from Nov 1779. to the Close of the War only as regards balance of pay due for Service on the Frontiers and that performed by the Militia
very respectfully
Your obed Serv t
Charles G. M c Cluskey
Col J. H. Berch

32707
Maine
Cambridge Martin alias Thomas Marlin or Martin
of York Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the Comp y . command by Captain Randolph of the Reg t command by Col. Holmes in the New Jersey line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of March 1854. and sent to J. G. Berret, Pres t .
Arrears to the 14th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Recorded by Book E
Vol. 1
Page
Revolution
Act June 1, 1842
Chase

Thomas Martin or Mardin Maine Suspended
Let to Col. J. G. Burnham (March 14/50)
Acting June 1832

18964
INVALID.
File No. 18964 Cambridge Martin alias James S Martin or Mardin
Act: June 1896
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 241
[Arrangement of 1870.]