Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 24910, for James Purinton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Purinton James Purrington or Purinton
R 24910
CONTENTS

James Langston James Perrington - 6
✓ 14017.
nothing in the correspondence
Nathl. Grolan Baltic Name
Gordon Scawell

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF LINCOLN SS.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Sophrham in said County on the 30 th day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before John Russell ,
Ezekiel Whitman Esq. one of the Judges thereof, James Pennington a resident of Sophrham in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged ninety years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the Militia in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy five and went to Sulphur now Portland , and was there under Brigadier Genl. Saml. Thompson in service at the time the town was burnt by the British . Three months That on the first day of July in the year 1776, he was commissioned as a first Lieutenant in Saml. McCobb's regiment and immediately entered into service under Capt. Hector or as he was styled in the Commission Hector Patten , he annexes his commission to this application. He also a return of his company in the hand writing of Genl. Patten made in 1776 further on oath declares, that from July 1776 till the spring of the year 1779, he did duty as first Lieutenant under Capt. Patten that in May 1779, he was detached from said Company, to act as a commissary to the American troops raised to undertake the capture of Bagaducee a British post, on the Penobscot Bay . That afterwards, he hired a man by the name of Thompson , as a soldier to go, who went in that capacity in Capt. Patten's company. That this applicant entered upon the duties of commissary, and in the month of June 1779 embarked from Penobscot harbor in Boothbay in a transport, having the duties of commissary to the troops in Lincoln County . that he carried & had the care of Provisions & supplies to the American troops from Penobscot in Boothbay to Penobscot Bay , & before Bagaducee , in the year 1779 when the British were attacked by the American troops doing the duties of commissary, and continued in that service during the year 1779, still holding his commission as a Lieutenant, from 1779 till the peace of 1783. This applicant was constantly employed in supplying provisions & clothing for the American Army, and

James Russell
Lincoln County. that he carried & had the care of Poisons supplies to the American troops from Townsend in Boston to Pinhook Bay, & before Brandywine, in the year 1779 when the British were attacked by the American troops doing the duties of commissary, and continued in that service during the year 1779, still holding his com- mission as a Lieutenant, from 1779 till the peace of 1783. This applicant was constantly employed in supply- ing provisions & clothing for the American Army, and drove cattle to Boston several times for the use of the army. that by reason of his employment in that service he became poor at the peace. He further on oath says his service as a Lieutenant, was at least two years in constant employ, and that he acted in the capacity of commissary at least three years during the war of the Revolution, holding his commission and rank as a Lieutenant till the peace of 1783. He further on oath de- clares that he was born at Truro, on Cape Cod in Massachusetts on the 29th day of April in the year 1742 old style, has a record of his age in a Bible. That he lived in Topsham in the County of Lincoln, when first called into service he has lived there since the revolutionary war & now lives there he is known in his neighborhood to Ebenezer Farnin, Samuel Nelson who can testify to his services & Elisha Dwinell & Elisha Knowlton  J. Russell Boston

We Elisha Perrinton a clergyman residing in Topsham in the County of Lincoln, and Frederick Moston of Topsham hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James P. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty years of age that he is a pious and believing in the neighborhood where when he used to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war and that we concur in that opinion —
Elisha Perrinton
Frederick Moston
Sworn to, subscribed before me, the day & year aforesaid
Erskine Whitman Chief Justice of C. Com Pleas
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives 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 Elisha Perrinton & Frederick Moston are credible persons & that Elisha Perrinton is a clergyman. Erskine Whitman Ch. Justice Attest Nathl Coffin Clerk
I, Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas in Lincoln County.
The Clerk must date his certificate & affix his seal. (Note: see Clerk's certificate)
the seal of the court

April 29, 1932
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JAMES PURINTON
R. 24910
Honorable Wallace H. White, Jr., Room 242 Senate Office Building
My dear Senator:
This is in response to your request by telephone, for the record of James Purinton, a Revolutionary War soldier, of Lincoln County, Maine, who served as 1 st Lieutenant, 8 th Company, 1 st Regiment of Militia.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension, R. 24910.
James Purinton was born April 29, 1742 (Old Style), in Truro on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not shown.
He applied for pension August 30, 1832; he was then a resident of Topsham, Lincoln County, Maine, where he had lived ever since the Revolutionary War.
He stated that he enlisted in 1775, at which time he was a resident of Topsham, Massachusetts (Maine), served three months and was at the burning of Falmouth (later called Portland); that he was commissioned July 1, 1776, 1 st Lieutenant of Captain Aster or Hector Patten's company, Colonel Samuel McCobb's (Lincoln County) Massachusetts regiment; served until May, 1779, and was then detached from his company to serve as commissary for the American troops for the expedition to Bagaduce; that he held the rank of lieutenant and continued his duties as commissary in the militia until the close of the war in 1783.
His claim was not allowed, but there is no correspondence whatever on file to show the cause of suspension or rejection.
His commission and disreturn "annulled" to his of his company which he states was declaration was not on file when this data were ac- bled Apr. 29, 1932 & the seal was found broken, ribbon cut. M. V. Finch -

It is not stated whether he had a wife or children.
Since no payments of pension were made, this office does not have the date of his death.
In 1832, one Elisha Purrinton, a clergyman, was a resident of Topsham, Maine, no relationship to the soldier is shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

(3-223.)
No. 24910.
, Ex'r.
OLD WAR INVALID.
James Purrington
1932, Apr. 29 - Dist. 6 Hon. Wallace H. White, Jr. mm H. F. M.R.B.
Service: Revolutionary
Enlisted: 1 - 8 , 18
Discharged: , 18
Application filed: , 18 32
REJECTED
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Recognized. _____ Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____ , 18

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 Nathaniel Groom 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 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 30 th
day of August
A. D. 1832.
Nathl Coffin CLERK.

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 papers signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contain the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Topsham in said County, by the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman one of the Judges of said Court on the 30 th day of August A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of James Purrinton for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this first day of September A. D. 1832.
Nathl Coffin CLERK.

I Rachel Smith of Topsham in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine aged about sixty- six years on oath do say, that I am well acquainted with James Pennington of Topsham he is now in the ninety first year of his age. I remember the beginning of the revolutionary war and then lived with James Pennington. In the year 1775. he went to Portland then Falmouth about the time it was burnt by Mowat. he was then a Lieutenant in the militia in the year 1776 he was commissioned anew, as a Lieutenant under Capt. Gesta Patten, and served during that year and till the end of the war in 1783. His service was all the time under the commission of a  as a lieutenant. tho' he acted part of the time in supply- ing the american army with shoes, clothing & provisions, he was constantly employed in carrying on the war as far as was in his power. his service in all, was as constant as the militia service could be at that time. Tho' in the winter months there was not constant service in the militia — I have known James Pennington ever since the Revolutionary war and now know him, he

is in the ninety first year of his age and has always sustained a fair character
Rachel Smith
State of Maine Lincoln ss August 30 th 1832 } Personally appeared Rachel Smith above named who read the foregoing affidavit and signed the same in my presence and made oath that the same was true, before me . I further certify that she is a person of good character and entitled to credit on oath before me Nathl. Sproton Justice of the Peace.
I John Wilson of Topsham aged about seventy four years, on oath do say that I well knew James Puring ton of Topsham, and have known him before and since the Revolutionary war. He is now in the ninety first of his age year, he was a soldier in the militia early in the war, and was a lieutenant in 1776 under Capt. Asa Patten. I knew him as a lieutenant all the war of the Revolution and was engaged all the war in the militia service. He was always active and in service in helping carry on the war, so far as my recollection serves me. He was in service every year during the war. He sustains a fair character as a man for truth & veracity.
John Wilson
Lincoln ss. Court of Common Pleas
August 30. 1832 - personally appeared the said John Wilson and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me,
Frederick Whitman } Chief Justice of Cumberland Pleas.
Attest Nathl. Coffin Clerk

I Ebenezer Farris of Topsham in the county of Lincoln aged seventy years testify & say that I am well acquainted with Lieut. Ebenezer Patten of said Topsham, who is now ninety one years of age; during the former part of the Revolution and was I lived with him, he was a Lieutenant in the militia & went on such to Portland & found them, and afterwards he was attached to Captain Aler Patten's com- pany and found therein as Lieutenant during almost all the war
Job Dyer (Clerk)
Sworn to this 30 th Aug st 1832 before
Ebenezer Whitman Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas for the State of Maine
Attest Nathl Goffin Clerk
Portland May 3. 1833 I certify that the before named Ebenezer Farris of John Wilson are as I firmly believe persons of good character for truth and veracity
Ebenezer Whitman

Telephone call from office of Senator Wallace V. White, Jr. (Me.) Rm. 242 Senate Office Bldg., for Rev. War record of James Purinton of Lin- coln County, Me. Ser. as 1 st Lt. 8" Co., 1 st Regt. of Mil.
Id. Branch 816. The record is for Nellie M. Adams Street. Richmond, Me.
Apr. 26-1932 M.M.H.