Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,321, for Benjamin Mc Farland, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
McFarland Benjamin
S. 29, 321
CONTENTS

Name . . . . . N o 27, 435.
Benjamin M c Farlan
For the bay in the State of Maine
was a private in the 6th Regt. commanded
Captain Reed of the Navy commanded
_____ in the Massachussetts
for
20 m on it,
Enscribed on the Roll of M. A. ...
the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of May 1834
and J. Bailey, Wiscons.
Prepares to the 4th of Mar. 1834. . . 19.9.98
Remi-anl. allowance ending 4 th Sept. " . . . 32. 39
7233.31
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Baudine Clerk.
Book 6 . . . Vol. 1 . . . Page 34 . . .

IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
Court of Common Pleas this 12 th day of September A. D. 1832
Nath l Coffin CLERK.
Pay to Mr. Standish 30,890 12

State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Wiscasset in said County, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the twelfth day of September A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of Benjamin M c Farland for a Pension. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this seventh day of October A. D. 1832. Nath l Coffin CLERK.
guard the coast - The Company was discharged in December following at the end of nine months not being needed during the trouble - was totally discharged by the Captain at Boothbay Harbor into the rest of the company - Knows of no Regiment - Enlisted in the year 1778 at Woolwich in said County by Capt. Tuttle for six months - he with the company went to Cox's Head near the mouth of Kennebec River to guard the coast - Capt. Kimbley then took the command of the company - served the time out fully & was totally discharged by the Captain. In the summer of 1779 enlisted into Capt. Joseph Reed's company at Boothbay for three months to go to Camden to guard the coast against the British - served the three months out & was totally discharged at Camden by the Captain - Afterwards in the same year served under the same Capt. Joseph Reed, two months in a guard boat & served guard with eight men - then were detached from Capt. Reed's Company - Naval , In 1776 he served as a Mariner on board the Brig Rosanna, belonging to the State of Massachusetts which was sent to the West Indies for warlike stores - he was taken just as they made Hispaniola & was out four months before he got back - All the above services were, he supposes, in the State Service . He was also five months on board the private armed Schooner True American of ten guns - and served seven months on board the private armed Ship Cumberland Capt. Collins - also three months on board a private armed Schooner of ten guns -
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the War Department he answers that he was born in the year 1757 at Boothbay - has a record of his age in said Boothbay - lived in Boothbay when called into service, lived there since the Revolution to his death - always voluntarily enlisted - already stated the names of the officers that he can now recollect. Any of my neighbors can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my Revolutionary Services but I will particularly refer to Nathaniel Smith here for & Ephraim Allen of said Boothbay.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before
Benj m  X  M c Farland John Ruggles Judge of said Court.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF LINCOLN, }
ON this twelfth day of September personally appeared in open Court, before John Ruggles a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Benjamin M c Farland a resident of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine , aged eighty one 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United
States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, as follows Vis - That he enlisted early in the spring of the year in 1775 in Capt Timothy Langeland's company for one year unless sooner dis- charged - Stationed at Boothbay Harbour & on Sable Island near by - the business of the company was to guard the coast - The Company was discharged in December following at the end of nine months not being needed during the war - was voluntarily discharged by the Captain at Boothbay Harbour with the rest of the company - Knows of no Regiment - Enlisted in the year 1778 at Woolwich in said County by Capt Tilletts for six months - he with the company went to Cox's Head near the mouth of Kennebec River to guard the coast - Capt Kinkley then took the com- mand of the company - served the time out fully & was voluntarily discharged by the Captain. In the summer of 1779 enlisted into Capt Joseph Reed's company at Boothbay for three months to go to Camden to guard the coast against the British - served the three months out & was voluntarily discharged at Camden by the Captain - Afterwards in the same year served under the same Capt Joseph Reed, two months in a guard boat & rowed guard with eight men - then men were detached from Capt Reed's Company - naval , In 1776 he served as a Mariner on board the Brig Rosanna, belonging to the State of Massachusetts which was sent to the West Indies for warlike stores - he was taken just as they made Hispaniola & was out four months before he got back - All the above services were, he supposes, in the State Service . He was also five months on board the private armed Schooner True American of ten guns - and served seven months on board the private armed Ship Cumberland Capt Collins - also three months on board a private armed Schooner of ten guns -
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the War Department he answers that he was born in the year 1757 at Boothbay - has a record of his age in said Boothbay - lived in Boothbay when called into service, since then since the Revolution has lived there. - always voluntarily enlisted - already stated the names of the officers that he can now recollect. Any of my neighbours can testify as to my character for veracity - When belief of my Revolu- tionary services but I will particularly refer to Nathaniel Poulton here for & Ephraim Allen of said Boothbay
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before
Benj o  X M c Farland John Ruggles Judge of said Court.

WE, Nathaniel Pinkham Jr residing in the Brooksbury hereby certify, that we and Ephraim Alley residing in the said Brooksbury who has subscribed and sworn are well acquainted with Benjamin Warland years of age; that he to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty one 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.
Nathaniel Pinkham Jr Ephraim Alley
State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss....Sworn and subscribed this twelfth
day of September
A. D. 1832
Before me, J. Bailey Justice of the Peace
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 Nathaniel Pinkham Jr who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the Brooksbury and that Ephraim Alley who has also signed the same is a resident in the Brooksbury and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Reaggle J. C.C.P. Attest Nathl Coffin Clerk
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
NIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that J. Bailey Justice of the Peace Esq. whose name is affixed to the above certificate, as a legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 12 th day of September A. D. 1832
Nathl Coffin CLERK.
Pay to Mr. Standish 307.890

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29 321 Key INVALID.
File No. 29,321
Benjamin M c Farland
Act: June 7 th 99 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May 7-1897. History Mrs. M. A. Schoen Robbins st. Waltham
June 19-1900 Nitz & Benj O. Barker Boston Mass

Jos. Cereles' depon. in Benj. Mt. Farlands case

I Joseph Carlisle of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine aged seventy one years, on oath depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Mt. Farland of said Boothbay & believe him now to be in his eighty second year. In the year 1779 he & myself enlisted as private soldiers for three months in Capt. Joseph Reeds Company at Boothbay, and went to Penobscot Bay to guard the coast, we were stationed at Old Point on the Bay, said Mt. Farland served out the three months and was regularly discharged, I was with him the whole time. I know that he afterwards served in a guard boat at Booth- bay two months to guard the coast - this they called rowing guard. Joseph Carlisle
~ State of Maine ~
Lincoln ss. November 1. 1832. Personally appeared the above named Joseph Carlisle before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within the said County & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him signed in my presence. The aforesaid Depositor is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose testimony evi- dence may be placed.
J. Bailey Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Ser. Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this ninth
day of April
A. D. 1832
Nath. Coffin CLERK.
W. Bailey

W m M. Reed's dep n in Benj. W. Farland's case.

I William M. Reed of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln State of Maine aged sixty five years on oath declare, that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Mt. Farland of said Boothbay & believe him to be as much as eighty one years of age, that in the Revolutionary war I well remember that my father sold a brig called the Rosannah to the Government, that is, to the State of Massachusetts for the purpose of going to the West Indies after warlike stores for the use of the country, this was not long after the war commenced, & I think it was in 1776 - she was bound to Cape Francis in the Island of Hispaniola. I well recollect that said Mt. Farland went in said brig as a master for that voyage - said brig was captured just before she reached Cape Francis by a British man of war - said Mt. Farland was in said brig as I have always understood when she was captured, he was gone a good while, but how long I cannot now recollect - he was then a near neighbour & all these facts were then well known in the neighbourhood - the voyage was wholly on account of the government as I always understood. -
Wm. M. Reed

State of Maine Lincoln ss January 4. 1833. Personally appeared the aforementioned William M. Reed before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within the said County. After due examination Scantim to testify & declare the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him signed in my presence. The aforesaid Deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the Coun- ty of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Jer. Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duely qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own prop- er signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this ninth day of April A. D. 1833
Nath. Coffin CLERK.

State of Maine Lincoln ss January 24. 1833. Personally appeared the aforementioned William M. Read before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within the said County. After due examination Scaturin to testify & declare the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him signed in my presence. The aforesaid Deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
Jeremiah Bailey Justice of the Peace
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHA ty of L. Esq. whose PEACE duely qualified er signature, to n. IN TESTIMONY where of the day of April
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B McTearland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 23 d 1833.
* hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Rolls of the Brig Rosanna, which in 1776 Benjamin McFarland claims services, are not found in this Office. -
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Optimism Alley, depn in Benj. Mt. Farlents car Also moor bluff, depn.

I Ephraim Alley of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine on oath depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Mt. Farland of said Boothbay and have been acquainted with him for a long time, I believe him to be eighty one years of age. — I know that said Mt. Farland enlisted into Capt. Timothy Langdon's Company at Boothbay & that he served therein as a private soldier nine months with year 1775 . I had a brother in the same Company, and I went once a week to carry him provisions; I always saw said Mt. Farland in the Company, & I well recollect the day when the Company was discharged.
I live very near said Mt. Farland and he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood to have been a revolutionary sol- -dier & that belief is general, & I never heard it doubted. — I have always understood that he went out to the West Indies in a Government brig to get warlike stores and I also know that he was out with the private armed Schooner called the True American, & on the cruise had a most desperate battle.
State of Maine Lincoln Co. Sept 14. 1832. — Personally appeared the above named Ephraim Alley, before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth made the oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed in my presence. The aforesaid deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whom testimony confidence may be placed.
J. Bailey Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Isaac Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this sixth day of October A. D. 1832.
Nathl Coffin
CLERK.

I Moses Huff of Cagecombe in the County of Lincoln & State Maine aged seventy one years on oath depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Benjamin M c Farland of Boothbay in said County & believe him to be eighty one years of age & a little upwards. In the year 1779 said M c Farland & myself enlisted into Capt. Hinckley's Company at Boothbay for six months, during the six months we went to Penobscott for six months, during the six months we went to Penobscott & said M c Farland was there, I will recollect him, after our return from Penobscott, our Company went to Cox's head on Rumine river & there built a fort, I will recollect that said M c Farland assisted in building the fort, afterwards the British came into Boothbay & burnt
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Jeremiah Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this ninth day of April A. D. 1832
Nath l Coffin CLERK.
Lincoln 1 st November 3 d . 1832. Personally appeared the above named Moses Huff before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within the said County & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed in my presence. The aforesaid Deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed. J. Bailey Justice of the Peace

I Moses Huff of Cagecombe in the County of Lincoln & State Maine aged seventy one years on oath depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Mt. Farland of Boothbay in said County & believe him to be eighty one years of age & a little upwards. In the year 1779 said Mt. Farland & myself enlisted into Capt. Hinckley's Company at Boothbay for six months, during the six months we went to Penob- scot Bay & said Mt. Farland was there, I will recollect him, after our re- turn from Penobscot, our Company went to Coxes head on Rumbra- river & there built a fort, I will recollect that said Mt. Farland assisted in building the fort, afterwards the British came into Boothbay & burnt & destroyed a good deal of property, our Company was then immediately sent there & divided into two parts to guard the coast, I will recollect that said Mt. Farland was there in Boothbay. I have no recollection per- ticularly whether said Mt. Farland served out the six months, but I have no doubt but what he did, for I served out the six months myself and well recollect of seeing said Mt. Farland in the Company but a very short time before the period expired —
Moses Huff
State of Maine —
Lincoln 1/2 November 3d. 1832. Personally appeared the above named Moses Huff before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within the said County & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed in my presence — The aforesaid Depponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
J. Bailey Justice of the Peace

Benjamin W. Farland Ret 23 rd Jan'y 34
Admiral a special 20 marks $6.66
Hon. J. S. Records Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Wiscasset, Maine, Jan. 16. 1834
Sir, The papers of Benjamin W. Farland in his application for a Pension are herewith enclosed. He applied to the Secretary's Office, Meso. as directed, but it appears by the enclosed certificate that nothing was found there as to the character of the brig Rosanna. As it will probably be more expensive to him to pursue that enquiry (as to the brig Rosanna) than he can find means to pay, he respectfully suggests that he is obliged to rest it as it now stands, upon the deposition of William M. Reed, & a part of the deposition of Ephraim Alley, inasmuch as he is very anxious to have a decision upon his application as to his services on the land, and he shall feel very grateful for a decision as early as may be.
Please to communicate to the subscriber, or to Nathaniel Coffin Esq. Clerk of the Courts (Wiscasset) as before, or shall be thought most proper by your Department.
With respect, your most Ob. Servt.
J. Bailey for Benjamin W. Farland.
Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Wm. M. Reed Sam. M. Glinton Affidavit in Benj. M. Farland case n

Benj. M. Furland here

I Edmund Wilson one of the Justices of the peace within and for the County of Lincoln State of Maine hereby certify to whom it may concern, that I have lived in Boothbay nearly thirty years all of which time I have been acquainted with Mr. Benjamin M c Farland and have always considered him a man of strict truth and veracity, and I also know that to be his general character.
Edmund Wilson Justice as aforesaid
We the Subscribers Justices of the peace as aforesaid and living in Boothbay aforesaid most cordially agree in recommending Mr. Benjamin M c Farland as a man of truth and veracity as above recommended by
D o 11 M c 2
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Edmund Wilson, H on M c Reed, Sam l McClintock Esq s whose names are affixed to the annexed paper, as JUSTICES OF THE PEACE are legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the names so affixed are their own proper signatures to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this sixth day of October A. D. 1832.
Nath l Coffin
CLERK.
for time of service nearly 30 years and do consider him a man of truth & veracity. John M c Clintock Alexander Reed Isaac Pickham

I Edmund Wilson one of the Justices of the peace within and for the County of Lincoln State of Maine hereby certify to whom it may concern, that I have lived in Boothbay nearly thirty years all of which time I have been acquainted with Mr. Benjamin M c Farland and have always considered him a man of strict truth and veracity, and I also know that to be his general character.
Edmund Wilson Justice as aforesaid
We the Subscribers Justices of the peace as aforesaid and living in Boothbay aforesaid most cordially agree in recommending Mr. Benjamin M c Farland as a man of truth and veracity as above recommended by Edmund Wilson.
Arthur Welch Sam l M c Clintock
Boothbay Sept r the 11 th 1832
We the Subscribers do state we have been acquainted with Mr. Benjamin M c Farland of Boothbay for thirty years and do consider him a man of truth & Veracity. John M c Clintock Alexander Reed Isaac Pinkham

29321
3-649.
Bureau of Pensions.
Boz 22
En. 1775 - Bowdoin Capt. Timothy Dighton 9 mos.
En. 1778 Capt. Trubitt Capt. Hunkley 6 mos
79 Capt. Jos Reed 2 mos 79 Reed 2 m
in 76 Novin Brig Rosanna (mass) " 4 mos True American " 5 mos "Cumberland" " 9 " " another vessel 13. "

Boston Institute of Osteopathy
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TELEPHONE "BACK-BAY 420"
Nov. 15, 1899.
Mr. H. J. Evans,
Washington,
D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me the record of the service of one Benjamin McFarland, who served in the Revolutionary War, for the purpose of proofs to join the Sons of the American Revolution.
Yours truly,
Benjamin P. Barker,
Address
27 Kilby Street,
Boston.

Mc
120 Robbins St. Waltham Mass 9/24 97
I am looking up the record of my great grandfather Benjamin McLellan of Boothbay Main He was born (I do not know when) Jan. 12 1750, and died at Boothbay I think in 1834. Have you his name on the pension roll? He drew his pension at Wiscasset. I want to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. That is my reason for the inquiry. Mrs. M. A. Schoen
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 29321.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
May 7, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Benjamin McFarland , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 12, 1832, at which time he was 81 years of age and residing at Boothbay, Maine, and his pension was allowed for twenty months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Reed. He enlisted at Woolwich, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. M. A. Achor,
120 Robbins St.,
Waltham, Mass.