Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25078, for Ephraim Stinchfield, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Stinchfield, Ephraim Sarah
N. 25078
CONTENTS

Maine 21.642
Of Maine Stockfield of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Kennebec by Captain [blank] of the [blank] company by [blank] in the [blank] time for 17 months Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents per annu to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Oct to [blank] and [blank] John Massy [blank] Maine Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1830 $118.67 Pension, allowance ending 4th March 1834 2834 $170.01
{ Revolutionary War, } { Act June 7 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk Book E Vol. 15 Page 55

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the first day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this first day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Ephraim Stinchfield a resident of New Gloucester in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he was returned on the pension list roll of the District of Columbia Agency and a certificate of pension granted to him on his application made on the 8th day of May 1818 and that his name has been stricken from the roll on account of his property. That he served in the Company commanded by Capt. Stiles in Col. Brown's regiment for the term of nine months as stated in his first application which term was in the year 1778 & 1779. He now states a further service, viz, that in the month of May 1780 he enlisted in a Company of State Troops commanded by Capt. Sam Parsons, and under the command of Genl. Peleg Wadsworth for eight months, that said Company went to the St. Georges river and served at Thomaston and Camden the full term of eight months & was discharged by general order from the General. That he lived at New Gloucester when he first entered the service was here then I has always resided there except when in the army. He refers to Genl. Parsons as a person fully acquainted with him as a person who knows him to be the person hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine .
Ephraim Stinchfield
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before.
Asher Ware { U. S. Judge for the District of Maine
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District

I, Samuel Fessenden of Portland, usually of New Gloucester do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Ephraim Stockfield, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration. I have known him for twenty years or more - That he has always been regarded and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier & to have served as he has stated he is a Congregationalist and I believe of the age he has represented. - Samuel Fessenden
Subscribed to sworn to the way I have expressed before. - Samuel Fessenden { W. S. L. for the District of Columbia
I certify that the above names Samuel Fessenden & in their witness writing of October. Samuel Fessenden before me

Act 1 May 1829
Maine.
N. R.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the fourth day of February and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Ashe Parris Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of February in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Ephraim Dinsmore aged sixty eight years, resident in Portland in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolu-
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820; that he, the said Ephraim Dinsmore enlisted for the term of six months on the fourth day of February in the year 1778 in the State of Maine in the company commanded by captain John Dinsmore in the regiment commanded by colonel John Dinsmore in the line of the State of Maine on the continental establishment: that he continued to serve in the said corps until the 1st of March 1779 when he was discharged from the service, in the state of Maine that his name has

in the line of the State of _____ on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the day of _____ A. D. 181 _____, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pen- sion, numbered _____ was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 ; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 : and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed ; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Sylvanus Stonefield
Subscribed to and declared, on the _____ day of _____ A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Isaac D. Dyer
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate - There is in the county of ... and state of ... the town of ... situated on the ... of ... which is ...
Of Personal estate - I have two cows ... one horse ... one cow ...
Income - my consequence of my ... which is ...
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me who, by occupation am a which I am able to pursue by reason of
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Sarah 64   Daughter 27   Son 26  

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Jr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is five hundred dollars and  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 10 th day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
{ Clerk of the U. States District } Court for Maine District.

Maine - 3221
Sarah Stinchfield
widow of Ephraim Stinchfield
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '32 and who died on the 18 th August 1837 of Cancer in the State of Maine who was a P. in the Comp y commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by B.  in the    line for 17 
Inscribed on the Roll of  at the rate of 5 6 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 1 st day of March 1836. 19 th Aug t 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of June '39, in seal att Jos. Pope, Portland, Me.
Arrears to the 14 th of Mar. - $138.50 Semi-annual allowance ending 28.33 $166.83
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk. Vol. 1 - Page 2

V1710 Sarah Churchfield's Application for a pension
Oct 24, 1838
Marrried in 1783
Died in 1837.
adm L
17 mo / m
$56:66
Died 18 Aug 37
Pen: Com: 19. Aug 37
Las. Dofed
Portland
ME

STATE OF MAINE.
District of Maine } County of Cumberland, ss. }
On this Sixth day of August 1838. personally appeared before Ashur Ware Judge of the United States for Maine District, Sarah Stinchfield a resident of New Gloucester in the County of Cumberland and State or District of Maine, aged seventy two 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 wid- ow of Ephraim Stinchfield who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and received as she believes about one year and five or six months in that capacity, but she cannot tell what Officers he served under. That he was a pensioner on the roll of the maine agency under the act of Congress of June 7 1832 at the rate of fifty six Dollars & Sixty seven cents per annum, agreeably to a certificate of pension dated October 7 1833. That she received the balance of his pension from the 11th of March 1837 to August 18 1837 the way that he drew under that the said original pension certificate and her receipt for said balance has been returned to Washington, as she believes - and that she continues the Widow of said Ephraim Stinchfield.
SHE FURTHER DECLARES, that she was married to the said Ephraim Stinchfield on the sixth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty three and that her husband, the aforesaid Ephraim Stinchfield died on the eighteenth day of August 1837 - 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.
Witness Joseph Pope Colonel Steners.
her Sarah Stinchfield mark.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
BEFORE
Ashur Ware Judge of the United States for the District of Maine.

United States Maine District
District Court August 5 th A.D. 1838.
I hereby certify that it has been satisfactorily proved in Open Court that Sarah Stinchfield within named was lawfully married on the day set forth in her declaration and now remains the Widow of Ephraim Stinchfield, deceased.
In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand and affixed the Seal of the District Court the day and year first above written.
John Nussey Clerk U.S. Courts

I Ephraim Stinchfield of New Gloucester of lawful age do testify and say that Ephraim Stinchfield late of New Gloucester, died on the eighteenth day of August 1837 - And that Sarah Stinchfield who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing application for a pension is the Widow of said Ephraim Stinchfield deceased & has not been married since his death. Cumberland ss: Ephraim Stinchfield
Sept. 14. 1838. Subscribed. I sworn to before me & I certify that the deponent is a credible witness Joseph Pope Jus. of the Peace
State of Maine Cumberland ss I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Cumberland and State aforesaid; do hereby certify that Joseph Pope Esquire is a Magistrate, duly appointed & commissioned to act as such in and for said County. - And that the above 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 this first day of December A.D. 1838 Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Cumberland.

I Jabez Woodman, Town Clerk of New Gloucester, in the County of Cumberland, and State of MAINE, hereby certify That the marriage of Ephraim Stinchfield and Sarah Herrin, both of New Gloucester, by Isaac Parsons Esq. late of New Gloucester, deceased, is recorded in the Book of Records of Marriages in said Town as follows viz. "Married Ephraim Stinchfield to Sarah Herrin both of New Gloucester, November Sixth, Seventeen hundred and eighty three"
I Jabez Woodman above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in New Gloucester aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town, with the exception, that the date is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "Nov ember 6. 1783"
Jabez Woodman, Town Clerk
State of Maine
Cumberland ss August 11 th 1838
Personally appeared Jabez Woodman, above named and made oath to the truth of the above Certificate, by him subscribed and I certify that he is Town Clerk of New Gloucester, and a credible & respectable witness
Osgood Bradbury Justice of the Peace State of Maine
Cumberland ss I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Cumberland & State of Maine do hereby Certify that Osgood Bradbury is a justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, and that the above signature purporting to be his is Genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court this Sixteenth day of Sept 1838.
Charles Fox Clerk

STATE OF MAINE.
Cumberland, ss.
The Honorable Barrett Potter Judge of Probate of Wills, and for granting Administrations within and for said County,
To whom it may Concern,
MAKES KNOWN,
THAT at a Court of Probate held at Portland, in and for said County, on the third Tuesday of December , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, Ebenezer Stinchfield , of New Gloucester, in said county, was duly appointed and commissioned Administrator of the estate of Sarah Stinchfield , late of said New Gloucester , widow, deceased,
; that he has accepted the trust and given bond pursuant to the laws of the State; that he remains at the present time Administrator, as aforesaid, and that full faith is due to his legal acts in that capacity.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Name and affixed the Seal Official of said Court, this fourth , day of January , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four .
ATTEST:
John D. Sleeper
Register.
Barrett Potter

State of Maine Cumberland ss.
On this fourth day of January A.D. 1844 personally appear- ed before the Hon: Daniel Patten Judge of Probate for the County of Cumberland Ephraim Stinchfield of New Gloucester Administrator on the Estate of Sarah Stinchfield late of New Gloucester deceased, who first being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1835. en- titled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That his late mother Sarah Stinchfield was the widow of Ephraim Stinchfield who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States receiving during his natural life the sum of fifty six dollars & sixty seven cents per annum. That said Ephraim his father died at New Gloucester on the 18 th of August A.D. 1837 leaving a widow Sarah Stinchfield who obtained the benefit of the provision of the act aforesaid and who re- ceived by virtue of said Act a pension com- mencing on the nineteenth day of August 1837. Being advised therefore that said Sarah is entitled to receive full five year pension commencing on the 14 th of March 1836 and ending on the 14 th of March 1841 if she

lived and remained unmarried so long I therefore as the legal representative of said Sarah do hereby claim the arrearages of pension that she was entitled to from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 19 th of August 1837 The time of her husband's death and the time of the commencement of her pension under the act of 1838.
And the said Ephraim Stinchfield further states that the said Sarah his mother was married previous to the first of January sixteen hundred & ninety four to wit at the time set forth and proved in her declaration made for the benefit of the act of July 7 th 1838. And that she died at New Gloucester on the thirteenth day of June A.D. 1841. And the said Ephraim Stinchfield Administrator as aforesaid refers the Com te of Pensions to the Declaration and proof contained therein made by Ephraim Stinchfield his father under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 and to the proof of marriage & other testimony in the Declaration of his mother Sarah under the act of 7 th of July 1838 for proof to substantiate this claim.
Ephraim Stinchfield
Subscribed & sworn to by the said Ephraim Stinchfield the day and year first above written
Before me Barrett Potter Judge of Probate for the County of Cumberland

I Deering Johnson of Portland in the County of Cumberland aged fifty years on oath depose and say that I have been acquainted with Ephraim Stinchfield and Sarah Stinchfield his wife for more than twenty five years previous to their death. Ephraim Stinchfield was a Revolutionary pensioner and died at New Gloucester in August 1837. Sarah Stinchfield his widow was a pensioner under the Act of 1838 and died on the thirteenth day of June A.D. 1841. Ephraim Stinchfield the son of said Ephraim & Sarah is the Administrator on the Estate of said Sarah. Sarah Stinchfield was the widow of said Ephraim the Pensioner at the time of her death. I have been intimately acquainted with the family for the term of time above stated having married the daughter of said Ephraim & Sarah. Deering Johnson
Subscribed & sworn to by the said Ephraim Stinchfield Administrator this fourth day of January A.D. 1844.
Before me Barrett Potter Judge of Probate for County of Cumberland

State of Maine
Cumberland ss. I John Appleton, Register of Probate for the said County, hereby certify that Garrett Potter is Judge of the Probate Court for said County as appears by the preceding attestation; that he is duly qualified as the law requires to act as such; and that his signature on the preceding page in that purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court. This fourth day of January A.D. 1924. John Appleton

State of Maine Cumberland County ss.
I, John Appleton, Register of the Probate Court for said County, certify that Barrett Potter is Judge of the Probate Court for said County, as appears by the preceding attestation; that he is duly qualified as the law required to act as such, and that the signature on the preceding page, Margaret Duedick, is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this fourth day of January, A.D. 1824. John Appleton,

Application of Ephraim Stinchfield Admr. for Arrearages of Pension under the Act of 7 th July 1835.
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

I, John Appleton, Register of the Probate Court within named hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Stinchfield, Administrator of the estate of Sarah Stinchfield for a pension arrearage in behalf of said estate, witness my hand & the seal of said court this fourth day of January A.D. 1844. John Appleton.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Stone a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. file 25076
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 28 1778 9 mos Private De Brig Genl Maine   May 1780 8 mos Isaac P. Moore                                                          
Battles engaged in, not stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, not stated Residence at date of application, not stated Age at date of application, not stated
Remarks: He was allowed pension as an official in 1838 while 72 years of age and a resident of New Stone Co. Me. where he died June 13 1841. In 1829 he mentioned his children: Abiah aged 27 yrs Ephraim 24 yrs and two grandchildren whose father (name not stated) died during the last war in New York.
Very respectfully,
2

Let to S. Bradford, Aug. 19. 1844

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Ephraim Stinchfield
Service Me. (Mass)
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim, except W. # 25078

104 415 R
Maine
Ephraim Stinchfield
of New Gloucester in the Dist of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Mass line, for the term of nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of May 1819 and sent to W m Wedge Esq Portland, Maine
Arrears to 4th of Nov 1818 ynd 28/11  79.22 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep r 1819  48.00
$127.22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Ephraim Stinchfield New Gloucester Maine

WIDOW, &c.
1909 Feb 24. Hist. Soc. Mrs. Ralph C. Kah. A.S.P.
File No.
25078
Sarah Stinchfield Wid of Ephraim Stinchfield Pro Mass line
Act July 7th 1838
Index: Vol.
1
Page
249
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ephraim Stinchfield esq e act J. June when last paid?
G. M. [initials]
(13 June 39 - Decr 18 th Aug t 1837) so to that period
SH

We Elijah Littlefield of Durham County of Cumberland State of Maine & Isaac Eveleth of New Gloucester County & State aforesaid yeomen of Lawful Age do testify & say that for fifty years past we have been personally acquainted with Ephraim Hinkfield of New Gloucester & that we served with him as private soldiers in the Massachusetts State troops for the full term of eight months viz from May 1780 to December the same year under the com- mand of General Peleg Wadsworth & that we joined said troops & were discharged about the same time New Gloucester March 21 1832. Isaac Eveleth Elijah Littlefield
Cumberland ss Personally appeared the above named Isaac Eveleth and Elijah Littlefield and made oath to the truth of the above statements. New Gloucester Before me March 21 - 1832 Ammi Rolluchman Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that in my opinion the above named Eveleth and Littlefield are men of truth and veracity Portland July 25. 1832 Attest Samuel Small Jus. Peace

Depositions Evid. by Elizabeth Sturtevant
State of Maine,
Cumberland County ss.
I William T. Vaughan, Clerk of the Court of Cumberland County do certify that Ammi R. H. Crossman is a magistrate as within and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine. — In testimony where I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed my seal of office this twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1832.
Wm T Vaughan,

Sidney, Ohio
Feb 3, 1909.
Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions, Record Division Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me a copy of the record of services of the two Revolutionary soldiers whose names are:-
(Elder) Ephraim Stinchfield who enlisted at New Gloucester Me, May 6, 1780. in Capt Isaac Parson's Co, 1st Primes Regt. for

U.S.
service - His name appears in pensions for 1832 - I am told he served in 1779, 1780 + 1781. but would like exact record of service + battles he fought in.
Also please send record
of John Pinchfield Jr. of Capt William Harris' Co, Col Timothy Pike's regt. service on 1779 + later.
Yours respectfully
Walter W. White Robt.
Address Mrs Ralph C. Kah Sidney, Ohio

Portland Jan'y 5 th 1844
Sir
I herewith transmit to your Department the application of Ephraim Stinchfield for arrearages of Pension due to Sarah Stinchfield deceased, under the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. If the claim is allowed and a certificate for the arrearages granted please forward the same to me.
Very Respectfully Your O bt . Servt J. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Ephraim Stinchfield late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of May , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this seventh day of May , one thousand hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

I William True of Rutland in the County of Cumberland do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Captain Ebenezer Dinsmore in said County, and that I was in the Continental service during the Revolutionary war at the same time with said Dinsmore and in the same company, and that to my certain knowledge the said Captain Dinsmore served as a private soldier in Capt. Samuel Merrill's Company and in the Regiment under the command of Col. Dinsmore in the Continental establishment of the Massachusetts from the twenty ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seven- ty eight - And until the twenty ninth day of March A.D. seventy hundred and seventy nine at which time he was honorably discharged - and left the service -  William True
Cumberland Jp May 15 1848
Personally appeared the above named William True and made oath to the truth of the above before him by him subscribed
Before me Jacob Sain Justice of the Peace

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Ephraim Stinchfield of New Gloucester in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of nine months on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at New Gloucester aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, being now fifty seven years of age .
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to Col. Allen's Company of the Massachusetts Line , that he entered said service on or about the twenty eighth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight and that he left said service on or about the 22 nd day of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine , the term of his enlistment having then expired and he received an honorable discharge which has since been lost.
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this 2 nd day of May 1818.
Ephraim Stinchfield
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the Eighth day of May — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, of Massachusetts — the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Ephraim Stinchfield farther offered in evidence the deposition of William Towne who is a private soldier in the Continental Army .
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Stinchfield served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this 2 nd day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Wm Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 12 th day of August A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury