Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,917, for John May, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
May, John Hepsibah
N. 23,917
CONTENTS
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Maine 73
Josephus May number in the State of Maine who was a Major in the 1st commanded by Captain Merrill of the 1st commanded by Merrill in the service of John May who was a private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Octo. 1836 and sent William Grant Jr. Augusta Maine Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1836 $440.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '37. 40.00 $480.00
{ Revolutionary Claim } Act July 27 1833
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk. Book Vol. 1 Page 13

Prob  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23917
Hepsibah May Wid. of John May Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 11
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Augusta, Sept. 12, 1836,
Sir,
With this you will receive the claim of Reuben May to a pension under the act of Congress of July 4, 1836,
I am Sir very respectfully Yours Obedt Servt M c Wart h
J. L. Edwards, Esq., Comm d of Pensions Washington D.C.

I hereby certify that a licence of marriage between John May, signerman, & Elizabeth Francis of this Town was entered Feby. 23. 1770 & were married by Rev. Samuel Chandler Minister of 1 st Parish in Gloucester March 28. 1770
true copy of Record
W m Saville Town Clerk
John, their son was born Sep r 16. 1771
William, their son was born Sep r 15. 1771
Gloucester Aug t 22 d 1836
William Saville.
Please to forward me, what sum you think proper for examining records & making certificate. say 1 dollar. W.S.
William Ward Sec. of State

William Mount Esq. Essex Maine.
State of Maine, } I William Mount Esq. a Justice of the Peace Kennebec ss: } In said County, hereby certify that I write to the Hon. Clerk of Gloucester, Mass. for a copy of the record of the marriage of John Aldy late of New Gloucester, Maine, deceased, without the knowledge of the said John who made the annexed declaration recd. the certificate of letter in this sheet by mail. That I fully believe it to be genuine, & that it is not known by the said widow or any one else who knows that she is entitled to a pension that such a certificate exists. That the annexed declaration was written by her & informally written declaration sworn to before a Justice before I wrote for this certificate. September 6 th 1838. Wm. Mount Justice Peace

Mehribah May widow of John May, claim for pension under act of July 4, 1836,
150
on Rolls. Bigelow 10 may 77. 3 years
Adm'd 2 yrs pri 80 $
M c W at h Augusta, Me.,

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress, of the 4th July, 1836.
State of Maine.
Cumberland County, ss.
On this first day of September A. D., 183 6 , personally appeared
Hepsibah May a resident of Poland in the County of Cumberland , and State of Maine, aged eightyfour years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4th, 1836; That she is the widow of John May late of New Gloucester same county, deceased; that on the 10 th day of May 1777, her said late husband John May , enlisted for three years in Capt. Ellis' company, in Col. Puglis's regiment of the Massachusetts troops, & after serving out that period was honorably discharged on the 10 th day of May 1780; that he, John May , returned to his place of residence, New Gloucester, Me. , & continued an inhabitant of the same town until his decease, which took place at Raymond, Me. , Dec. 8, 1812, and she refers to the papers or rolls now in file in the War Office for evidence as to the rank said John May held in the service. She further declares, that she was married to the said John May on the twenty eighth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and seventy one ; that her husband, the aforesaid John May died on the Eighth day of December , eighteen hundred & thirteen ; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Hepsibah + May Widow
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written. And I certify that from age & infirmity the said Hepsibah May is unable to appear in open Court to make her declaration, and that she is a person of credibility. Isaac D. Drown an Chf Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine

I Nathaniel L. Ingalls of Danville, Cumberland County, Maine, do hereby say, that I was well acquainted with the within named John May in his life time, & with his wife the within named Hepsibah May; that he had the reputation of having been a Revolutionary soldier, lived with the said Hepsibah as man & wife. That he died many years ago, & I believe that the within statement of the time of his death is correct. The said Hepsibah has remained a widow ever since that period, and I have no doubt whatever of the truth of the within declaration. Nathaniel L. Ingalls
State of Maine
Kennebec, ss:
Subscribed & sworn to this 15 th day of September 1836, the deponent being well known to me as a credible witness, and a highly respectable citizen of Danville in Cumberland County.
Wm Ward Justice of Peace
STATE OF MAINE.
Cumberland Co. ss.
I the subscriber Charles Cobb hereby CERTIFY, That Eschiel Whitman before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine. I also CERTIFY, That the within contains the original proceedings of the said Whitman in the matter of the application of Hepsibah May for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 15 th day of September A. D., 1836.
Charles Cobb Clerk of the Courts in said County

I James Durnin of Poland in the county of Lancaster and State of Maine Esquire On oath testify and say that I was well acquainted with John May late of Houlton in said county, and with his wife and widow Rebecca May that I think the aforesaid John May died about twenty two or three years since, and that his said widow now Rebecca May has remained a widow ever since the death of the said John May her husband. —
James Durnin
Subscribed and sworn to this first day of September eighteen hundred and thirty six before me
Nathaniel L. Ingalls
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named James Durnin Esq. and have been for more than eighteen years and that he is a credible witness.
Nathaniel L. Ingalls
Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Cumberland County ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of the courts in said County Certify that Nathaniel S Ingersoll is a Mag- istrate as appears within and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have set hereunto my hand and the Seal of said Court This fifth day of September A.D. 1836
Charles Cobb Clerk of the Courts in said Co:
State of Maine Kennebec ss:
William Wood Jr
I the subscribed Clerk of the courts for said County, hereby certify that is a Justice of the Peace for said County.
Witness my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County, This 7 th day of September 1836.
J A Chandler