Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26727, for Ichabod King, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
continental (Mass) King, Ichabod Mary
W. 26727
CONTENTS

Maine
1944
Mary King
widow of Chabod King
who was a Private
in the e Mass line
for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Feb. 1842. and sent to
Hon. S. H. Harris
Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 6.

6768
District of Columbia
Ichabod King
of Allenot, Cumberland, in the Co  State of District of Columbia who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheppard of the Mass line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist of Columbia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of feby 1819 and sent to Judge Parvis, Paris Columbia
  Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818  4 mos 20 / 30  37.33    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  4 March 1819  48     85.33  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Judge
Judge

Mary King
2730
act July 3 82
Mained in 1788
1820 Ichaboe King's pension certificate bears date Feb. 10. 1819, and is N o . 6760-
admd 12 mo pri
40 $
No deduction
A. K. Parris
2 Compt n

State of Maine } ss. County of Cumberland, }
At a Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Portland within and for said county of Cumberland on the first Tuesday of October, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty- eight, — present the Hon.
Ezekiel Whitman Chief Justice of said Court.
On the first day of the term being the second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, personally appeared in open court, before the said Ezekiel Whitman Judge thereof presiding, Mary King, a resident of Minot in the said county, and State of Maine aged sixty-nine years, who, being first duly sworn, ac- cording to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," That she is the widow of Ichabod King, late of said Minot, who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War

that as near as she can recollect her husband served in two Campaigns, but she thinks did not prove, under the act 1818, his service, in but one - and that her husband's native place was Rochester in the State of Massachusetts, and thinks he enlisted in said town; — and for the particulars of her husband's service, she refers to his declaration now on the files of the pension office, made soon after the pension act of 1818, — she further declares that she was married to the said Ichabod King at Falmouth in said State of Maine by the Rev d . Thomas Brown, Minister in said town, on the twenty-seventh day of March, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, that her husband, the aforesaid Ichabod King died on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty; that she was not 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; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by referance to the proof hereto annexed —.

Subscribed in presence of Att. Sleadman
} her Mary D. Shing mark
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Mary Shing in open court on the day and year above written before } Presiding Ezekiel Whitman } Justice of said Court.
State of Maine } Court of Common Pleas County of Cumberland } ss. October term 1838
I Charles Fox, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the county of Cumberland do hereby certify that the within proceedings were had in open court, and that the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman - presided in said Court and is Chief Justice thereof the same being a court of record - And I do further certify that the signature above, is the genuine signature of said Ezekiel Whitman
In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the public seal of said Court this second day of October 1838 Charles Fox Clerk of Jud Court for Cumberland Co

Ichabod Kings Private Learned the 1st Week Jan'y 1. 1776. one year
Adams
April 15. 1818

I Ichabod King a resident citizen of the United States in the Town of Milford and County of Cumberland and Commonwealth of Massachusetts On Oath declare that on the first day of January in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy six I enlisted as a private Soldier into the Company commanded by Capt Isaac Wood, in the Regiment under the Colonel Learned of which regiment command of Col. Shepham was Lieutenant Colonel of the Massachusetts line on the Continental establish- ment of the Army of the United States of America And served in the same in the Revolutionary war for the term of one year at the expiration of which time I was honorably discharged and left the service but by accident have lost my discharge
I do further on oath declare that I am not borne as a pensioner on any pension roll of the United States aforesaid, and that by reason of peculiar circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support-
Ichabod King
Ebenezer Cobb
I Ebenezer Cobb of Norway in the County of Oxford in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify that I was a fellow soldier with the above named Ichabod King during the term of service above stated & that the state- ment in the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is true
Ebenezer Cobb

I Levi Beane of Hebron in the County of Oxford do testify and say that I was in the Continental service during the Revolution, every year, at the same period, that Ichabod King who signed the annexed illustration served and was in the same company and that the said Ichabod King to my certain knowledge served as a private soldier in Capt Isaac Wood's Company as aforesaid for one year as aforesaid and that to the best of my knowledge and belief he served to the end of the term for which he was enlisted and was honorably discharged
Levi Beane

I Salmon Hackett of Minot in the County of Cumberland do testify and say that I am per- sonally acquainted with Ichabod King of said Minot and from what I know of his circum- stances in life I believe that he stands in need of assistance from his country for support Salmon Hackett
Cumberland ss On the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord eight hundred and eighteen personally appeared the above named Salmon Hackett and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Jacob Lins { Justice of the Peace

I Nehemiah Packard of Bristol in the County of Cumberland do hereby certify and say that I am personally acquainted with Ishamel King of said Bristol and from what I know of his circumstances in life I believe that he stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Cumberland ss
On the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord eight hundred and eighteen the above named Nehemiah Packard personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Jacob Lusk Justice of the Peace

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fifteenth day of  April  April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Jehahood King 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 Ebenezer Cobb
who, after being duly cautioned and examined made oath to the truth of his testimony as subscribed by him contained in the annexed application of the said King, and also the testimony of Levi Bearce, who after being duly cautioned and examined made oath that the testimony by him subscribed contained in the annexed papers was true, before me.
And the said Applicant further offered in evidence the depositions of Salmon Harkett and Nathaniel Packard who made oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively and hereto annexed, before Jacob Sill , a magistrate in and for the county of Penobscot in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , duly commissioned and qualified by the laws of said Commonwealth to administer the oaths as aforesaid to said deponents.
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 Jehahood King - 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 Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

State of Maine Cumberland ss.
I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Court within and for the County of Cumberland and State of Maine; do hereby certify; that in the record of Marriages for said County; Solemnized by Rev d Thomas Brown late Minister of the Gospel in the town of Falmouth; the marriage of Ichabod King and Mary Houston is thus recorded. — "Ichabod King and Mary Houston March "twenty seventh, Seventeen Hundred Eighty Eight" And I do further certify that the above is a true extract from the records of said County page 9 th with the exception of the date; which is expressed in the records in fair legible figures as follows. " Mar 27. 1788 "
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas. this 29 th day of August A. D. 1838.
Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Court in & for the County of Cumberland.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac King 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.     July 1, 1776 1 year Col. Isaac Wood Learned Mass.          
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, located at Rochester Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 15-1818. He was alive.
Residence at date of application, located on Island Ave. Mass.
Age at date of application, born at Rochester Mass. as date stated
Remarks: He married March 27, 1788 at Falmouth by Mrs. Mary Houston, and died July 1, 1822. She was alive pension on an app. Oct. 2, 1832 while a resident of United Maine aged 69 years old.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Ray
1916 July 7 Hist. to file m. Record.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26.727
Mary King Widow of Ababod King Br. Mass. Gen.
Act Mar 3 rd 1843
Index:--Vol. A , Page 403
[Arrangement of 1870.]

see let to Hon: A. H. Parris
27 Dec: 1838
Moline - 766
- Mary King -
widow of Ichabod King, deceased
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18: Mar: '18
and who died on the 1 st July 1820
of Cumberland in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Reg't commanded
by Shapley in the Maine
line for 12 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Oct r 38 and sent to A. H. Parris Present
Arrears to the 4th of Sept - $ 100.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 20.00
$ 120.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk Book A Vol. 1 - Page 13

JNM Rev Sec
Cambridge, Ill., June 23, 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear sir:
Will you please look up the pension record of Elijah Pratt, who fought in the Revolutionary war. He drew his pension at Cincinnati, Ohio. He went from Milan, Indiana, there, to draw it. He is buried at the cemetery at Milan, near Delaware, Indiana. His tombstone tells the fact that he was a Revolutionary soldier. He was in service during the whole extent of the war, — seven years.
Ichabod King, my great great grandfather, born in Massachusetts, and died at Minot, Maine, was a farmer, and also fought in the Revolution. Will

you please look up his pension record also.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Respectfully,
(Miss) Ella M. Record,
Cambridge,
Ill.

I John Woodman of Minot in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged seventy one years on oath testify and say that I formed an acquaintance with Mr. Ichabod Thring in the year 1780 - he the said Thring purchasing a farm in my neighborhood at that time, and lived on it till he died which was in the summer of eighteen hundred and twenty - and I further state that the said Thring, married Mary Houston about eight years after my first acquaintance with him and the said Mary Thring now lives a near neighbor to me and know her to be the identical person who was married as above stated and has not since been married.
John Woodman
State of Maine Cumberland County S.S. On this twenty-sixth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight personally appeared John Woodman above named and made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed to be the truth - And I have been acquainted with the said Woodman twenty years and from his virtues can state that his word for truth is undoubted Before me Joshua Parsons Justice Peace

I am personally acquainted with the witness named John Woodmore and know him to be a man of considerable credibility — I also know that John Parsons within named is a Justice of the Peace, and that the witness purporting to be his signature is genuine
Albion B. Parsons
Oct. 24. 1830 —

2670
Mary King
$ 40 per ann
Hon. A. K. Parni Pleasant

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that,
Joshua Parsons is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission is dated March 16 th A. D. 1843 and will expire March 16 th A. D. 1850 and that the following 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 for said State, this eighteenth day of July Anno Domina 1843
Charles Cobb Clerk.

State of Maine } ss. Cumberland County }
On this tenth day of June eighteen hundred and forty-three, personally appeared before the undersigned, a justice of the Peace, within and for said county, Mary King, a resident of Minot, county and state aforesaid, aged seventy-four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March 1833, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Ichabod King, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and the Regiment she does not now recollect, in which he served; and she received annually forty Dollars, under the act of July 7, 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Signed in presence of
Mary Bowdoin
her Mary X King mark
The above named Mary King, I am personally acquainted with, and know her to be the widow as above declared; — Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written — Before me, Joshua Parsons justice Peace