Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35483, for Jacob Judkins, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N. H. -
Judkins, Jacob
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S 35483
CONTENTS

Deed - Let to H. G. Evans May 26. 1840. Same May 28. 1840.
Letter to Hon R. Williams 29 June 1841.
11.436
Wayne R
Jacob Judkins
of Wayne, . . . in the Dist  state of Maine who was a Private, . . . in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gilley, . . . of the N. Hamp: line, for the term of 4 years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of June 1819 and sent to R. C. Vose, Esquire
Augusta Kennebec County Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 10 mo 23/30/31 = 87.69
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep: 1819 48.
$135.69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

Jacob Lunding
11.436 31 June 1829
Sep. 1819
Robert G. Vase, Augusta
Maine Attleboro from Sarah Clark New copy
on the tenth day of June 1820 Before me Nathan Westbury e.g. C.C.P. Mass.

State of Maine.
375
Copy
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this Tenth day of June , 1820, personally appeared before  in open Court before  Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Jacob Judkins aged  fifty eight years, resident in Wayne in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain  Farwell and Regiment commanded by Colonel Gilly of the line of the State of New Hampshire upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of one year, and six months
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the  sixth day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 11436 . And I, the said Jacob  Judkins do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Jacob Judkins.
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: Fifteen acres of unimproved land in said  Wayne, the principal part of which is laid  under water, by reason of Mills of the value of  thirty dollars, one cow and calf both of the value  of nineteen dollars. Two swine of the value of  eight dollars. Old household stuff, besides necessary  bedding, not exceeding ten dollars in value, one old  cart without tier, of the value of six dollars. One chain  and a piece of another worth one dollar and fifty  cents, one old axe worth twenty five cents, one  old hoe of the value of twenty five cents, one old  shovel worth forty cents, one old scythe and one  old scythe, both worth fifty cents. I have no debts due  to me that can be collected, and I own as  much as five hundred dollars. My income  is not near equal to the interest of the money  I owe.

I am by occupation a farmer, but from age and infirmity am able to do very little, having lost the use of my right hand and having also had a bad rupture. my family at home consists of myself, my wife Anna aged fifty eight who is a very weakly woman, my daughter Eunice aged twenty three and my daughter Eliza aged twenty one who has a bad scrofulous humor. Except the foregoing and my necessary clothing & bedding, I have no property or income whatever.
Jacob Judkins.
Subscribed, sworn to, and declared both the oath and schedule on the tenth day of June 1820
Before me
Nathan Weston Jr C.J. C.C.G. Pleas.
Attest Cohu

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Isaac Jenkins , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Wayne , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the sixth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this eighth day of June in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston Jun. C.J. C.C.C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the HONORABLE NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis

Com. Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
Jacob Judkins. Wayne Kennebec Co. p t Col. Gilley's N.H. Reg. 1778. to 1782 4 years -
April 6. 1818.
Additional Admitted.
Robert C. Var. Esq. is a copy of Kennebec; as in my opinion a valid

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Jacob Judkins, aged fifty six years, born in Deerfield New Hampshire, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Wayne in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in Dec r 1778 January 1780 I enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United States, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, to serve until January 1780 in the company commanded by Capt Isaac Farwell and regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Cilly of the New Hampshire line. This period I served out, and took my honorable discharge from the army, at a place called Soldier's fortune near West Point. In Feb y . 1804 my house was burnt, and the discharge I presume burnt in it, as I have never been able to find it since. In June 1781 I again enlisted as a private soldier, in the service of the U. States, upon the continental establishment, into the same company and regiment above stated, for the period of nine months, or the nine months service, a part of which had then expired. Under this enlistment, I served in the army, until January 1782, and then took my final and honorable discharge from the army at Saratoga, having served in all upon the continental establishment, one year and seven months. This last discharge is not now in my possession. I did field duty principally, and was in the trenches when Maj r Andre was executed, was in many skirmishes, but in no general battle. I am poor, decrepit, and in need of the bounty of the government. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge, on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be put upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
Jacob Judkins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hennecke J.
On the sixth day of April A D 1818 Jacob Judkins above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed.
Before me,
Nathan Weston Esq.
Chief Justice C. Court C.
Phila, Second Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I William Hankerson of Readfield in the District of Maine, of lawful age upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Jacob Jenkins within named. He is poor, disrespected, and in need of the bounty of the government, and sustains the character of a man of truth.
William Hankerson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co.
On the sixth day of April A.D. 1818, William Hankerson above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed.
Before me,
Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice C. Court
Com. Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
Jacob Jenkins. Wayne Kennebec Co. p r Col. Cilley's N.H. Reg. 1778. to 1782 4 years -
April 6. 1818.
Additional Admitted.
I Samuel Jenkins, aged fifty nine years do upon oath testify and declare that I well knew Jacob Jenkins, a Continental Soldier in the War of the revolution - the said Jacob Jenkins to my knowledge enlisted and served and was discharged as he has within stated - I saw his honorable discharge from the Army after his return, and went with him myself to the Paymaster at Exeter New Hamp- shire, where he applied to obtain his pay due - I was myself a Continental Soldier, in the New Hampshire line -
Samuel Jenkins
Kennebec Co. May 15. 1819. subscribed and sworn to
Before me Robert C. Vose Justice of the Peace
Robert C. Vose Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Kennebec, and the said Samuel Jenkins is in my opinion a credible witness. Nathan Weston Esq. C. Just. C. C. C. Pleas

Jacob Judkins - Maine M - act 1818.
Said to have died July 11. 1821.
Up to what time paid? If to the day of his death, please say to whom paid.
Pension office May 26. 1840. }
p. 4 March 1821
JH

May 27. 1840.
Jacob Gudeman, Dr.
M c Evans
J. L. Edwards
Cash
Passion Office
or Evans H m Geo. R.

No. Rep. May 27. 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir -
I have rec'd Your favr,
2 enclosed sheets, respecting the arrear of pension, due Jacob Hopkins at his decease, & I am not able to determine from an examina- tion of them whether the children are now entitled to receive the amount. The case is this.
Hopkins died leaving a widow - Of course she was entitled to whatever was then due. But she did not claim it. She died.
Can the children now claim it? They could not while she lived. If there be now  res  due , then
the children may come in. Here there was a widow. The arrear are undoubtedly due, but
I do not perceive that the forms you sent me, meet the case.
Yours S t Serv t
Geo. Evans.

Jacob Judkins Maine. — 18 March 1818.
When did he die & When was he last paid
p st to 4 th March 1821
SH
Pension Office
29 June 1841
died previous to 4 Sept 1822

375
State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Seventy four dollars and forty cents ; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Nothing  dollars and  Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec

This may certify that I John Clough of Philips in the county of Somerset & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say that some time in the months of February or March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty I was then intimately acquainted with Jacob Judkins of Wayne in the county of Kennebec & Commonwealth aforesaid who was at that time a private soldier in the First New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Sills & stationed at Danbury in the State of Connecticut & that in the month of April following the Regiments to which said Judkins & myself belonged were marched to West Point where I received my discharge & returned home leaving said Judkins on duty in the United States Service at the last mentioned place I further testify & say that about one year afterwards I saw said Judkins in the Town of Winthrop in said county of Kennebec & had some conversation with him relative to the army he then shewed me his discharge which stated that he had faithfully served in Col. Sills Regiment three years & was honorably discharged I further testify & say that I was well acquainted with the hand writing & have no doubt of its being a genuine & lawful discharge
J. M. Clough
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss Then the above named John Clough made solemn oaths to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed this fourth tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighty
Before me _____
Edward Fuller Justice of the Peace
Edward Fuller Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Kennebec; and the above deponent is known to me to be creditable and disinterested.
Nathan Weston Jur

May 25. 1874.
M.
Mr. Evans
Jacob Gndkins Mogull Died in 1874
5 June 19
L. Edward
Geo Evans N.Y.
Cannon Puy, ton
Pension Office

Hon. Rep.
Mar 25. 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq
Concord
Sir, Jacob Jenkins, of Maine, was a Revolutionary pensioner - died July 11. 1821 - leaving 4 mo. 5 days pension due. Has this balance been paid? If so, to whom & when? His widow died 3 years after. If not paid, are the heirs now entitled to it & how is it to be obtained? An early reply will oblige,
Yours R't serv't
Geo Evans.

Washington June 26. 1841
Sir
Will you enable me to give the information asked in the enclosed letter of one of my neighbors, to oblige your obed t servant R Williams,
Court of Pensions.

35 483
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35 283
Jacob Jenkins His Rev Mrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 215-
[Arrangement of 1870.]