Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35493, for Matthew Kelloch, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. Navy
Kellock, Matthew Kellock, Mathew
S 35493
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11.384 Q
District of Maine
Matthew Kellock
(Maf)
of A. George in the state of D. Maine who was a enlisted Mariner in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tucker of the U.S. Navy line, for the term of Eleven Months
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of June 1818 and to Ebenezer Shalchibay Lincoln District of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819.  87.16    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar 1819.  48.00    10 Mo 23 4      30 31        $135.16  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
[Faint handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]
died Mar. 1824

Matthew Kellock
11. 304
Calcutta
Oct. 1819

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss..... At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the tenth eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this Sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Eben: Thatcher Judge of the C & C Pleas 2 d Eastern Circuit
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Matthew Kellock aged eighty eight years, resident in St. George in 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. as a Mariner in the company  ship Boston commanded by Capt. Tucker  in the Regiment commanded by Colonel in the line of the State of Maine on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the Eighth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 113811 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 on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Matthew Kellock
Sworn to and declared, on the Sixth day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Two Cows.
Farming tools - an ax - one plough, one chain
Furniture - Six chairs - one chest, one pine table -
Matthew Kellock
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Matthew Kellock who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Peggy 58 years My daughter a nurse and house keeper -   George Maker 8 years an orphan child   Mat Nat. Coffin 64 years Matthew Kellock  
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, 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 Forty dollars and Fifty cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

8 th April 1818 Matthew Kellock - St George
Admitted 30 th April 1775 as a Burgher In Col d J. L. Campbell's Mass d Reg t Being 8 Months
In Oct r 1778 Admitted for the Roxborough Frigate Part d Lachlan, & served on board her from Middle Feb y 1779 to Dec r 1779
Obeying the Master's Pay r
Admitted

I Matthew Kellock of St George of Massachusetts in the County of Lincoln and Commonwealth, do hereby testify & declare that about the last of April Anno Thousand seven hundred & seventy five I enlisted as a private under Captain Sam uel Gregg in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Cargill that I served in said Gregg company & in the Regiment aforesaid from said last of April until the first day of the month of January then next following - that I was then dismissed from said service by said Colonel Carg ill but not in writing - That I considered said service to be on the continental establishment in the Massachusetts line - I further testify and declare that about the middle of November Anno Thousand seven hundred and seventy eight I enlisted under Samuel Gregg for the Boston Frigate commanded by Captain Samuel Tucker He went on board about the middle of February after and served on board said Frigate till the month of December Anno one Thousand seven hundred and seventy nine that while on board said Frigate we took eleven of the armed vessels belonging to the British - That I finally left said Frigate in December last mentioned by said Tucker consent - that I served both said terms against the common enemy - I further testify and declare that I have never received any pen sion from my country nor claimed any & that I hereby relinquish all claims to any pension from the United States before this time - I further that by reason of any re-

Due to circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support - I therefore hereby respectfully claim to be placed upon the pension list of the United States as a private - by virtue of the Act of Congress of March eighteenth Aone Thousand eight hundred and eighteen entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
Matthew Gilbrook

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Matthew Kellock , a citizen of the United States, now resident in St. George , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the eighth 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 provision 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 said applicant are 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 in the Navy 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 his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this fourth day of August — in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this 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 Wiscasset , in said County of Lincoln , this fourth day of August — in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
Nathl. Coffin

October 27, 1932
BA-J/MCS
Ella C. Newman 45 Masonic Street Rockland Maine
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 17, 1932, requesting information in regard to Matthew Kellock, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 35493, based upon the military service of Matthew Kelloch (personal signature Matthew Kelloch).
He enlisted about the last of April, 1775, and served until January 1, 1776, as private in Captain Samuel Gregg's Company in Colonel Cargill's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted the middle of November, 1778, as private under Captain Samuel Gregg for the frigate, "Boston", which was commanded by Captain Samuel Tucker, and entered on board said frigate about the middle of February, 1779, and served as mariner until about December 10, 1779, during which time his vessel captured eleven armed British vessels. His residence at enlistment is not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, while living in St. George, Lincoln County, Maine District.
In 1820 Matthew Kelloch was eighty-eight years of age and stated that his family then residing with him were a daughter, Peggy, aged fifty-eight years, and George Baker, an orphan child. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
He died in March, 1824.
Very truly yours
See Agency Book
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1925 Mar 21. Edw. R. Gould of 375 Main St. Rockland Me. wife of cost of copies see letter to Eliphaz Healey. W 24431.
1926 May 26. photos mailed to E. H. Gould.
1932 Oct 27. sent to Ellis C. Newman. 1u CS
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File No.
35493
Mathew Kellock Mariner Frigate Boston Rev War
Act March 18th 1818
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rockland, Maine, Oct. 17, 1932.
Commissioner of Pensions, Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Sections, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me the data from the Revolutionary pension papers of Matthew Kellock, a seaman of the Frigate Boston.
Yours truly,
signature ? Ella C. Newman, 45 Masonic Street, Rockland, Maine.

Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate.)
3-2006
Ex. Ad
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 3463 Date May 24 26 Subject Matthew Kellock Res. 835493 1 copies of 1 pieces consisting of 6 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.) forwarded when completed to the Rev War Section Division. Remarks: _____
Approved:
W. Wilson Chief Division Sect.
Chief Clerk.

6769
3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
May 24 1926
Chief Rev Secy Division.
I have this day received from Edward R. Gould M.P. No. 263 362 for $ 100.00, requesting
photostat copy post office addresses } as per
letter herewith.
1926 May 26 Copies mailed to Finance Div. A.D.
O. J. RANDALL Chief Finance Division.
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W.C.L.

After 5 days, return to EDWARD K. GOULD, 375 Main Street, ROCKLAND, MAINE.
STATE OF MAINE KNOX COUNTY PROBATE COURT ROCKLAND, MAINE
May 21, 1926 Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir: Enclosed is money order for 90¢ for which please send me photostat copies of the papers in the claim of Matthew Kelloch S. 35493, the number of pages to be copied being six.
Respectfully Edward K. Gould.
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Doth remember that Samuel Tucker Esq. came before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Lincoln in the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts and made Oath in due form of Law on the twelfth day of November A.D. 1818.
That Matthew Willock now residing on St. George's revere in said County of Lincoln entered on Board the Ship Boston at the under my command as a Seaman on the 17th day of February A.D. 1818 and continued on board the said Ship Boston to the best of my recollection until the Ship was laid up which was about the tenth day of December following.
Samuel Tucker Lincoln ss. Nov. 12. 1818. Then the above named Samuel Tucker personally appeared & made Oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed.
Before me Sullivan Hardy Justice of the Peace.
And I further certify that the above named Samuel Tucker is a credible Witness.
Sullivan Hardy Just. Peace