Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 25075, for John Stockbridge, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Stockbridge, John Mary
W 25075 B.L. No. 2233-100.
CONTENTS

John Stockbridge
No 2233.

State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
I. The undersigned, Judge of Probate within & for the County of Oxford aforesaid, hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence is adduced before me, to prove that John Stockbridge, William Stockbridge, Edmund Stockbridge & Mary Abbott are the only surviving children of John Stockbridge, late of Byron in said County of Oxford, deceased - and that Mary S. Sanborn, David P. Sanborn, Abner T. Sanborn, Paul Sanborn, George D. Sanborn, Keziah Sanborn, Andrew N. Sanborn, & Sarah A. Sanborn, are the grand children of said John Stockbridge deceased - and that the above mentioned John Stockbridge, William Stockbridge, Edmund Stockbridge & Mary Abbott - Mary S. Sanborn, David P. Sanborn, Abner T. Sanborn, Paul Sanborn, George D. Sanborn, Keziah Sanborn, Andrew N. Sanborn & Sarah A. Sanborn, are the only heirs at Law of the before mentioned John Stockbridge deceased - and that said John Stockbridge deceased was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States previous to his death.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said Court, this eighth day of August A.D. 1838. at Paris in said County.
Stephen Emery

5756.
O Wum
John Lockbridge Pirate
Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 1 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to Abigail K. Farnes Res. Oxford County Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 mos. \frac{15}{30} = 36. Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819 48 "
Doll. $ 84.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Ordinance on the roll any loss of this may be made good by the State of Maine

John Stockbridge
N o 5750 - continued
25 Jany 1819

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a General Court of Common Pleas begun and held at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820
before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 15th day of June 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 county of Oxford John Stockbridge aged sixty one years, resident in township N o eight in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Lish in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Steubens in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 20th day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5756 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 below, also subscribed by me.
John Stockbridge
Sworn to and declared, on the 15th day of June A. D. 1820.
Benjamin Green Judah Dana
Judges of said Court.
BEFORE:
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:—
one cow - one swine - two sheeps - one axe - one hoe - two spinning wheels - earthen, crockery & tin ware, valued at three dollars - one pot - two kettles - four old chairs - two tables - one tub - two pails - one fire shovel - four knives & forks -
John Stockbridge

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Stockbridge who by occupation am a surveyor of lands which I am un able to pursue by reason of  numb palsy —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary wife of said John — 62 very infirm — John Stockbridge  
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford 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 thirty four dollars and  $34.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clark { Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford —

John Stockbridge Private Learned Miss Root Jan. 10. 1776. one year Shelburne, Mass. Dec. 2 John Stockbridge
April 20. 1818
X
John Stockbridge

I John Stockbridge of Township 8° 10' in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath declare that I enlisted into the Army of the United States of America and joined the company commanded by Captain Ezra Gannforth in the Regiment, by Colonel Ebenezer Learned in the Massachusetts Line on the tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six & continued to serve in said company as a private soldier in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment for the term of one year next following at the expiration of which term I was excused from service but am uncertain whether I received any other than a partial discharge.
Feb 8 th
That in February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven I again enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Thomas Fish in the First Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. William Shepard in the Brigade under the command of General John Glover continued in the service as aforesaid in different companies to the close of the war in the month of June A.D. 1783 when I received an honorable discharge which has been since lost.
I further testify that I am a resident citizen of the United States, am not born on any foreign soil & by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in need of assistance from my country for support.
John Stockbridge
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in the office of the Secretary of War at the City of Washington.
Robert Fulton

I Eben Poer of lawful age do hereby say, that I am personally acquainted with John Stockbridge of Township of Bright in the County of Oxford & State of Massachusetts That he is without property and in a feeble state of health and that sometime in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirteen according to the best of my recollection I did at the request of said Stockbridge bring from Boston his Discharge as a Soldier from the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war, that I believe he was in the fourth Massachusetts Regiment & that I am satisfied he had an honorable Discharge & that he has the reputation of having been an honest active & meritorious Soldier. Hancock Jan'y 30. 1818 ————— Eben Poer
Hancock ss. & Commonwealth vs. Massachusetts Jan'y 31. 1818 I Then personally appeared the above named Eben Poer and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him made and subscribed.
The foregoing whereof I have caused my Notarial Seal to be hereunto set the day and year above written. Done before me _____ Notary Public

Boston March 21.
Sir, Your note, dated March 14 th was recd. from the Post Office, (post- age not paid)
I find by a memorandum in the Secretary's Office, that Mr Stockbridge's discharge was deliv- ered to Hon. Ebenezer Dorr Oct. 24. 1812.
I can, moreover, further state and certify, that it appears by the regi- mental muster rolls, or records, now in the office, that John Stockbridge was a soldier in the fourth Regiment, Massachusetts' Line, of the American Army of the revolution - enlisted during the war & was regularly & honorably discharged.
Yours Alden Bradford Secy. of Commerce - H
To Peter C. [?]

East Andover Ap d 1818
We the Subscribers hereby Certify that we are personally acquainted with John Stockbridge of Township No. Eight In the County of Oxford District of Maine & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. That he is without property and is in a feeble state of health and is unable to support himself & Family by Manual Labor. That we have been Credably Informed and do believe that he was a Soldier In the Revolutionary Army During the war; That he Truly and Honorably Served to the Close of the War and we think Justly Intitled to the bounty of his Country as provided by Congress.
John Stockbridge Jr.
Ebenezer Woodwell
Ezekiel Merrill
Moses Merrill
Samuel Coor
Silvanus Fisher

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came John Stockbridge the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The deposition of Eben Poor, taken before W m Murphy a respectable magistrate & Notary Public, the deposition of Robert Fuller, made & signed in my presence, the certificate of Alden Bradford Esq. Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and the certificate of John Stockbridge Jr. & others, respectable citizens, relative to said applicant's circumstances in life; all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said John Stockbridge the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818; entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my
Official
Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion V. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

2610 Mary Stockbridge widow of John Stockbridge who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th March and who died on the 23 rd Aug st 1820 at Oxford in the State of Maine who was a P st in the Comp ny commanded by Captain Webb of the Reg t commanded by Lt. Jackson in the Mass s  ★ line for 2 years ★ Mass s  ★ Continental Records completed
Inserted on the Roll of ★ at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per an to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of ★ '39, and sent to Joseph Pope, Portland, Maine
Arrears to the 4 th of March - $240 00 Semi-annual allowance ending ★ 40 00
$280 00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
R Burgess Clerk Vol. 1 - Page 23
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1831 from 4 th March to 4 th Sept er 2. Agt Notified 21. July 11
National Archives

2687
Mary Stockbridge's Application for a pension
act July 7. 1838
In 1838
adm'd 2 yrs/mo 80 $
No deduction
+

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County of Cumberland ss.
On this 24th day of February  A.D. 1838 personally appeared before one of the Commissioners of the Court  Mary Stockbridge a resident of Byron in the County of Oxford - and State or District of Maine, aged Eighty one 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 John Stockbridge who was a Private in the War of the Revolution - and served as she verily believes, during the War in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, and in Col. Wells Company in the Massachusetts Line. That he was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of March 18, 1818, and his name placed on the pension list roll of the Maine legency - and she would refer to the origi- nal application of said John Stockbridge on which his said pension was granted for a more particular statement of his service which she is not able to make - She further states that she has not been married since the death of said John Stockbridge but still continues her widow.
SHE FURTHER DECLARES, that she was married to the said John Stockbridge on the ninth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty six - and that her husband, the aforesaid John Stockbridge died on the twenty third day of August 1820 . 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.
Mary Stockbridge
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
BEFORE me, And I hereby certify
That the above Applicant is totally unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity
Judge of Court of the Court of Common Pleas for the aforesaid County of Oxford

State of Maine. Oxford County ss.
I Thomas Clark, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in and for said County, and Clerk of the Court of County Commissioners, being a Court of records, hereby certify that Erastus P. Poor Esquire, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is one of the Court of County Commissioners aforesaid - I also certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Mary Stockbridge widow of John Stockbridge for a pension -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this twelfth day of October A. D. 1838.
Thomas Clark. Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, and Clerk of the County Commissioners, in and for the County of Oxford -

I John Stockbridge of Byron in the County of Oxford do testify and say that John Stockbridge who was a Revolutionary Pensioner on the roll of the Maine Agency died at Byron on the twenty third day of August 1820., and that Mary Stockbridge named in the foregoing declaration & application for a pension is the widow of said John Stockbridge and has not remarried since his decease - and has resided with me since that time - John Stockbridge.
State of Illinois Cumberland 18 - Subscribed and sworn to before me, and I certify that the deponent is a credible and respectable Witness - Joseph Pope, Juez of the Peace - 4 - 42 Durham

State of Maine County of Cumberland Town Clerks Office North Yarmouth
September 24 th 1835
I, Samuel Sweeten the subscriber do hereby certify, that it appears by the registry of marriages in the town of North Yarmouth aforesaid, that there is contained the following entry of marriage, to wit,
“One thousand seven hundred eighty six March ninth were married John Stockbridge and Mary Pillingham both of this Town.
“By David Mitchell Just. Peace.
“Recorded by David Mitchell Town Clerk.”
That it is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, to wit. “1786 March 9 th .”
I, Samuel Sweeten above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of North Yarmouth, in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Samuel Sweeten Clerk of the said Town of North Yarmouth.

State of Maine County of Cumberland ss 3 September 24 1838. Sworn to before me Jacob Mitchell Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Cumberland ss D. Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Cumberland and State aforesaid; do hereby certify that Jacob Mitchell Esquire is a magistrate in and for said County and duly commissioned to act as such; and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. — In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Court this twenty fourth day of September A.D. 1838. Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Cumberland. —

Heirs of John Stockbridge

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
State of Maine Oxford County. } ss.
I, John Stockbridge a Son and one of the heirs at law to John Stockbridge deceased, do upon oath testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, John Stockbridge aforesaid, about, or in the year 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the same, when he received an honorable discharge at the ter- mination thereof, from the Fourth Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson and when he was a Private
I further testify and declare that my Father John Stockbridge aforesaid was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818 and died in the Town of Upton  Oxford County in Maine on the 23 August 1820. I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to John Stockbridge aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever:
All Men By these Presents, that I John Stockbridge aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Boston in the State of Massachusetts my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Bounty Land due me as one of the heirs at law of John Stockbridge aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 21 st day of July in the year 1838.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, in presence of
John Stockbridge
Weld Curtis
Henry Farwell
Oxford County, ss.
Be it known that on this twentieth day of July in the year 1838 Before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared John Stockbridge the subscriber to the above de- claration, who made solemn oath to the truth of the same: and likewise acknowledged the power of attorney thereunto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; dated at Upton in said County the day and year above mentioned.
Henry Farwell
Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine Oxford County. } ss.
I, Thomas Clark Clerk of the Court of Oxford County, do hereby certify, that Henry Farwell Esq before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Oxford duly commissioned sworn and qualified by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my name at Paris this 10th day of August in the year 1838..
Thomas Clark, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within for the County of Oxford.

November 9, 1931
RA-7/APP
Herriotte L. Standish 7814 Spring Avenue Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Stockbridge, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 25075, based upon the military service of John Stockbridge in the Revolutionary War.
He enlisted, January 10, 1776 and served one year as private in Captain Asa Danforth's company in Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in February 1777 and served as private in Captain Thomas Fish's, Moore's and Webb's companies, Colonels William Shepard's and Henry Jackson's Fourth Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged June 9, 1783.
In this claim it does not appear that he ever served as an officer.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, April 20, 1818, at which time he was living in Township No. 8, Oxford County, District of Maine.
He died August 23, 1820 in Byron, Oxford County, Maine, aged about sixty-one years.
He married March 9, 1786, Mary Dillingham, they were both then of North Yarmouth, District of Maine.
She was allowed pension on her application executed, October 8, 1838, then a resident of Byron, Maine,

and aged eighty-one years.
Their children referred to in 1838- John Stockbridge, William Stockbridge, Edward or Edmund Stockbridge, and Mary Abbot. The following grandchildren were also referred to in 1838- Mary B. Sanborn, David P. Sanborn, Abner T. Sanborn, Paul Sanborn, George D. Sanborn, Keziah Sanborn, Andrew N. Sanborn, and Sarah A. Sanborn.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Boston, Massachusetts
4 Hawthorne Ave. Roxbury Mass. April 29 1922
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, -
May I, the great grandson of John Stockbridge who entered the army at the time of the Revolution, from Sutton Massachusetts, have the record of his pension which I know he received, or if possible have a copy of the paper ?
He was born in Pembroke Mass. Aug. 11 1757 and died in Byron Maine August 23 1820.
A cousin of my mother, had his pension papers before she died, but what has become of them since, I do not know.
He was, I think, in Col. Holman's regiment. He married Mary Dillingham from whom the chap- ter of the D.A.R. of Lewiston Maine takes its name.
I wish to learn his father's and mother's names if possible.
Yours very sincerely
Frank Carlos Griffith FRANK CARLOS GRIFFITH

EMOJENE D. CHAMPINE 4129 UPTON AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Rev. S. ... I adment of the Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Genl. Will you kindly send me a copy of the Pension record of Lieut. John Stockbridge who was born in Cambridge Mass. Aug. 1, 1807 and died in Boston Mar. 13 1880 and mar- ried Mary Dillingham. Entered service from Boston, Mass. served throughout the war, and received War Order of Merit.

Any information concerning him or his family would be gratefully received.
Very truly yours, Mrs. Eugene H. Chapman
Minneapolis
Nov. 27, 1922

NOV 27 RECEIVED
NOV 27 1944 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
MAR 23 1920
19 --
Chief of Rev. War Section
Sir:
I have this day received from Mrs. A. S. Draper draft No. Cash for $ 100 requesting post office address  certified copy as per letter herewith.
Photo copies delivered to Mrs. Draper in person on Mar. 25, 1920 by A.W. Red. War Section
Very respectfully, W. H. Campbell Chief of Division. [Signature]

✓ C.W. Cash 55¢ from Mrs. A. G. Draper of Hotel Richmond, Washington, D.C., for certified copies of 2 pages from Rev. War claim of John Stockbridge W 725075-
Proctor saw 2/23/20
No receipt desired

Name John Stockbridge Date Mar 23, 1920 Rev. War No. W. File 25075
Photographic copies wanted of 1 pieces, consisting of 2 pages.
Remarks: Ext. A.E. Wilson Chief Rev. War Section
Serial 1071 Law Clerk. No.

158 Lincoln St. Nov 22 1892 Worcester Mass.
Com. of Pension Pension Bureau Washington
Dear Sir:
Will you be good enough to send me a copy of the application of our John Stockbridge for pension, as suggested in the enclosed * let. Any reply is requested.

with Mr. [unclear] I said copy will gladly be submitted. Kindly return the enclosed (*letter to Mr. returned to Mrs. Locke) Thanking you & am Very truly yours Mrs. H. H. Locke
April 19th 1892
* Letter from Registrar Genl. N.S.D.R. saying that "copy of application" can be secured by writing to the Commr of Pensions.

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof John Stockbridge Soldier in the 10th Massachusetts Regiment , having faithfu- ly served the United States Seven Years since five Months and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
George Washington
By His Excellency
Command,
Thomas Mifflin
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
John Stockbridge Adjutant
THE above John Stockbridge Soldier has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Six Years faithful Service. Henry Knox
4th Feb 1819. This Disc. inscribed by the Hon. Nath. Lincoln M.C.

May 17, 1932
BA-J/AMIF:ALB
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX JOHN STOCKBRIDGE W. 25075
Mrs. Harriotte Leonard Standish 7814 Spring Avenue Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in regard to the service as lieutenant of John Stockbridge, as above, also, the amount of pension received by him and his widow, Mary.
There is no statement in the papers on file in his claim for pension, or that of his widow, Mary, that he ever served as a lieutenant. He and his widow stated that he served as a private; it is also stated that when he received his discharge he was a private. He was honored with a Badge of Merit for six years faithful service as a "soldier".
John Stockbridge received pension of $8 per month and his widow, Mary, received $80 per annum.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1031
31. E. Newton St. Boston April 8 1897
Commission of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would like the record (enlistment & service) of my great grandfather John Stickbridge , in the Revolutionary War .
He was born Aug 11 1757 in Pembroke Mass , and enlisted at the outbreak from Sutton Mass , served through the entire war, and the last three years was in the 6 th Brigade, Col. Jackson .
His widow received the pension of an officer's widow.
Can I have the official record of the above named?
Respectfully, Frank C. Griffith

OFFICE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE APR 10 1897
1897 LEO
RECEIVED APR 13 1897 DIVISION E

0.100

My Ancestor John Stockbridge enlisted in the war army of the Revolution either from Pembroke Scituate, or Hanover Mass. (the towns were formerly in one) He married Mary Dillingham in Hanover Mass.
He went from Hanover to Deyfield Maine, and after a few years to No. S. Oxford County Colony of Mass and I think it was there he died in 1816. Of course there is a record of his service in the Pension Office as he received an officers pension and his widow the same.
What I want is a certified statement from your office of whatever you find in the records. to aid me in obtaining membership in the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution.
Respectfully requested Mabel Bedford Nov. 17. 1894. Mrs. Lewis H. Hobbs.

To The Officer in charge
Dear Sir
I wish to know if the name of Lieut. John Stockbridge or that of his wife, Mary is on the roll of the Revolutionary pensioners. He entered the army of the Revolution at the beginning of the war and served till its close seven years & four months. He entered as private and was promoted three times, and when he was mustered out was entitled to a Capt's benefit but his pension was only that of a Lieut. as he had not served as Capt. His widow Mary received a pension as that of an officer.
John Stockbridge, enlisted from Pembroke Massachusetts, and was a native of said town. It may have been a part of Scituate at that time. He was my great grandfather, and I wish a statement from your office in regard to his serving in the war of the Revolution. If there is any such record. Very Respectfully, Wm Woodford Mass. Jan. 26. 1891. Mrs Lewis F. Hobbs.

WAR AND NAVY DEPT. JAN 31 1894

JUN 4 1894
F. ES.

1075 To the officer in charge of Revolutionary war records.
Dear Sir;
Will you kindly look up the record and forward me a statement of the services of Lieut. John Stockbridge of Pembroke Mass. who entered the Revolution at the beginning of the war and served till its close. He was a native of Pembroke.
Very Respectfully
Mrs Lewis F. Hobbs.
West Bedford. Massachusetts.
Dec 27, 1893.
as she found

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
John Stockbridge
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Sutton or Scituate Mass
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Scituate and Freeport
Date of death (as near as possible):
About 1820
Christian name of widow:
Mary
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Both it is thought
Remarks:
Please include rank. if any & other incidents of interest
Your name and address:
W. D. Stockbridge Mr Hill Building City

OLD WAR & NAVY FEB 25 1897 FILE B-15

O. W. and N. Div.
DIVISION.
U.S. Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Jan. 24, 18 94 :
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. Lewis T. Hobbs,
West Bedford, Mass.
For purposes of identification please furnish date and place of soldier's death and the Christian name of his widow, if one survived him.
Please return all papers.
W. 25075.
M. Lochman
Commissioner.

1922 June 12. Hist. to Mr. Frank Carlos Stockbridge Mass.
1922 Dec. 20 hist to Mrs. Emogene D. Champion
1929 Aug. 23. Hist. to Mrs. A. H. C. Standish N.Y. City
1931 Nov. 9. Hist to Harriet City.
1932 May 17 - Mrs. H. C. Standish to go to labo. Hist to rank & recd - of pension - M.V.G. Beth - ston - Mass.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25075 Mary Stockbridge West of Colin Stockbridge Pr. Mass Line
Act July 18th 38
Index: Vol 1 , Page 240
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mch. 24/97. Hist. to Mrs. Lewis F. Westphal, N. Bedford Mass. C
Mch. 17-1897. Hist to Mr. V. D. Stockbridge McGill Building.
Apr. 10. 1897. Hist Mr. Frank C. Gne 79. Warren St. Bo
May 27-1902 Mrs. Caroline H. Stockbridge Leicester Me
1916 Mch. 8. History to A. L. Stockbridge.
1917 May 9. to Mrs. F. H. Lücke
1920 Mar 25. Photo copies of 2 pages of the discharge cert. delivered to Mrs. Abner G. Draper
in person 1926 Mch 26 hist to J. H. P. Stokes

Rev. A1812 Wars Section. ADY
August 23, 1929.
Mrs. A. H. C. Standish, 8116 Ogontz Avenue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 35075, it appears that John Stockbridge enlisted January 10, 1776 and served one year as private in Captain Asa Danforth's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in February 1777 and served as private in Captains Fish's, Moore's, and Webb's Companies, Colonels William Shepard's, and Henry Jackson's Regiments, and was discharged June 9, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 30, 1818, while a resident of Township No. 3, Oxford County, Maine.
He died August 23, 1830 at Byron, Oxford County, Maine, aged sixty-one years.
Soldier married March 9, 1786, Mary Dillingham, they were both then of North Yarmouth, Maine. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 8, 1838, while a resident of Byron, Maine, aged eighty-one years.

Children in 1838: John, William, Edward or Edmund, and Mary Abbot. Grandchildren all of the name of Sanborn: Mary S., David P., Abner T., Paul, George D., Keziah, Andrew N., and Sarah A.
The names of soldier's parents are not given.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
March 26, 1923
J. G. Phelps Stokes Proudea Tavern Cor. Broad & Pearl Sts. New York City.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 25075, it appears that John Stockbridge enlisted January 10, 1776 and served one year as private in Captain Asa Danforth's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in February 1777 and served as private in Captains Thomas Fish's, Moore's, and Webb's Companies, Colonels William Shepard's, and Henry Jackson's Regiments, and was discharged June 9, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, while a resident of Township No. 8, Oxford County, Maine.
He died August 23, 1820 at Byron, Oxford County, Maine, aged sixty-one years.
Soldier married March 9, 1786, Mary Dillingham, they

were both then of North Yarmouth, Maine. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 8, 1838, while a resident of Byron, Maine, aged eighty-one years.
Children in 1838- John, William, Edward or Edmund, and Mary Abbot. Grandchildren all of the name of Sanborn- Mary S., David P., Abner T., Paul, George D., Keziah, Andrew N., and Sarah.
The above noted John Stockbridge is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Reply to your request of _____, received _____ For a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 17, 1776 June 9, 1782 Private James M'Kinley John M'Kinley Pa.   James M'Kinley John M'Kinley Pa.   James M'Kinley John M'Kinley Pa.   James M'Kinley John M'Kinley Pa.  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Respectfully, (Engr. ch. all of the name of Lantorn etc. Ed.) Dec 2, 19...
Commissioner.

U.S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C. Mr. A.D. Hillar, Kind Sir:
After waiting for nearly three months to hear from you, in regard to a Revolutionary soldier, I have decided to write again.
I do not wish to seem upset but I am anxious to straighten the matter out.
I asked for information of John Stockbridge, who comes under pension claim, No. 25275. He was allowed pension upon his application, executed, April 20, 1818, at which time he was living in Township No. 8, Oxford County, District of Maine. I have this personal & family record, but asked you to inform me the date upon which he was made lieutenant, in Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment, "Regular Line" Continental. He had three orders of Merit for Valor; also to inform me the amount of pension he received as well as amount his widow received upon her

Application executed Oct. 8. 1838. she was then a resident of Byron, Me.
Trusting I may receive your reply, immediately. I remain, & await,
Sincerely - Harriette Leonard - Standish 78.4 Spring - No 2 Elm Park - Pa.
May 1, 1932

U.S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C. Gentlemen:
My great-great-grand-son John Stockbridge, enlisted in the Rev. War, in 1776, at the age of 17 years - served seven years & four months, all told - the last 3 years in the "Regular Line" 6th Brigade, under Col. Jackson. It was in the "Regular Line" Continental, that he received his title "Lieut. Genl." He had 3 Orders of Merit for Valor, some of his records.
John Stockbridge, Private, Capt. Morris's Co., Col. Sheppard's Reg't for services from Feb. 18. 1777 to Dec. 1779. Credited to Stockbridge. (Vol. 4 part 1 pay. 139)
Also appears on Continental Army Pay A/C, same Co. + Reg't for service from Jan. 1st. 1780 to Dec. 31. 1780. Res. Sutton, Mass. (Vol. 4. part 2. pg 42) I would like to prove

whether or not his wife Mary Dilling- ham-Stockbridge received an Officers pension ?
Thanking you for your as- sistance in the matter & awaiting your early reply, I remain,
Sincerely - Harriett Leonard Standish 7814 Spring Ave - Elkins Park, Pa.
Oct. 20, 1931.

Bureau of Pensions: Washington, D. C. Kind Sir:
My mother's great-grandfather was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, 1775, and I would like very much to know something of him - who his parents were & when he was born, in fact any information that you have concerning him.
I do know that he moved to Byron, Maine & died there. His wife's name I believe was Mary Dillingham, but of this I am not certain.
Thanking you for any information you can give me, I remain & await -
5/31-79
Sincerely Harriette L. Standish
P.S. His name was John Stockbridge.

Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern Corner Broad & Pearl Streets New York City
Feb. 9, 1926.
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me, if feasible, a transcript of your record of the Revolutionary War service of John Stockbridge, who was born in Pembroke, Mass. on Aug. 11, 1757 or 9 and died in Byron, Maine on Aug. 23d, 1820.
It is stated that he was a Lieutenant during the Revolutionary War, and I am informed that he received a pension and that the record is in your files.
Your courtesy in the matter will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
J. G. Phelps Stokes, Secretary.
/DT

1-23-1916 (u) Stamp held W FRANK KIMBALL ILLUSTRIOUS POTENTATE NORWAY, MAINE
A. L. STOCKBRIDGE ILLUSTRIOUS RECORDER LEWISTON, MAINE
WM. M. GREENLEAF ILLUSTRIOUS TREASURER AUBURN, MAINE
KORA TEMPLE ANCIENT ARABIC ORDER NOBLES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE LEWISTON, MAINE
Lewiston Me Feb 26 1916
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:—
Will you please send an abstract of pension claim of John Stockbridge of the Revolution. I am enclosing this request from the Registrar General H Howard Clark at Washington D. C. to the State Secretary which I herewith enclose as after inspection of this letter which I enclose you may return to me with such information as you can give me. Thanking you in advance for your kind attention I am
Very Respectfully
A. L. Stockbridge 378 College Street Lewiston Maine
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Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., April 26, 1902.
Madam
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below:
(John Stockbridge) served through the entire war of Revolution - three years in regiment with Genl Washington.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Caroline W. D. Rich Lewiston Maine
H. Clay Ewing Commissioner.
Full name of soldier, John Stockbridge Where did he enter service? From Boston, Mass.
Place of residence after service, Freeport Maine & Byron, Oxford Co. Maine,
Approximate date of death, 1820. August 23
Given name of widow, Mary
Additional information the soldier & his widow Mrs. Mary Stockbridge received a pension bill for death in Byron Jan 5, 1841. I desire this information in order to join the Mayflower Society - I am grand daughter of said soldier -
Signature Mrs. Caroline W. D. Rich
Postoffice address, including street and number, town, county, and State, Idlehaven, Lewiston Maine Androscoggin Co

79 Warren St. Boston Dec. 10
To the Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will the Department kindly furnish me with what information it possesses relating to John Stickbridge , who entered the Army of the Revolution from Sutton Mass. as a private at the age of 17 and who served through the entire war, the last three years as lieutenant, and whose widow received the pension of an Spencer widow?
This is my great grandfather and I would like the date of enlistment at various times and the regiments he served in, and the battles he participated in etc. if possible.
What information I have so far as to his life but I believe some or all of the information is in the above department.
Yours very truly
Frank Carlos Bright

✓ Alison H. Lewis, Jr. from Lewis Union May 16 th 1879 to the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Middle Church with regard to the disposition of the property
Sept 22 nd 1879. wrote to him - see letter on file
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Paris, Maine
May 16. 1810.
Dr. Sir,
I send you an application in favor of John Stockbridge, a poor soldier of the revolution, for a military land warrant - Should Mr. Stockbridge wish the warrant to sent to me as do I will be answerable that he receives it and returns as receipt -
With respect, Sir, &c
Almon H. Parry
The
Secretary of War

12 ROCHESTER NY 1843 Peter C. Virgin Esqr
Rumford Me
12 1843

Boston, May 8. 1815
Sir, I can say nothing new about John Stockbridge - His discharge was valid? Hon. Mr. Poor of Oxford County 1812. I have no document or record to enable me to certify his being honorably discharged, tho' I have no doubt of it. He has had the gratuity of $20. allowed by this State - and that he could not have recd. except he had given evidence (by his discharge or a certificate from some officer) that he was a soldier for " during the war ", & served at least three years, & was

honorably discharged — For had he deserted, or left the army without leave, he could not have had the gratuity from this State. His discharge was lodged here as evidence of these facts, & was given Mr. Pove , by his order, as above stated, & as I wrote before — I can add, however,
That according to the regular Regi- mental roll or List in the Secretary's Office it appears, that John Stockbridge was a Soldier in Capt. Moore's Comp y . Col o . Shep- fords Regiment, of the Mass ts Line & in the Continental establishment, of the American army of the revolution, enlisted for "during the war", July. 18. 1777 & continued to the close of 1780 — and that the records & regimental rolls in this office do not come down to a later period than the year 1780 — The records of the army afterwards being lodged with the Continental Office

in some office under the care of Congress - May 2. 1818 —
Alden Bradford
Secy of Commonwealth of Mass. D.
vs. United States of America
vs. District of Maine ss —
I hereby certify that Alden Bradford, esq. above named is Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that the whole of the foregoing letter is in his hand writing, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official attestations. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal, May 16. 1818
Albion H. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine

Revolutionary Discharges of John Stockbridge Soldier 4 th Massachusetts Reg t
Deposited by the Hon ble Enoch Lincoln Mr. C.
Feb. 4. 1819.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 14 th , 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the child ren of Mary Stockbridge, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Sixty Dollars and Twenty Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March to the 1 st of Nov r .
Respectfully yours,
William H. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.