Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1434, for Samuel Jenkins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Moss
Jenkins, Samuel Thankful
W. 1434
CONTENTS

121.
Name
Thankful Jenkins
widow of Samuel Jenkins
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Sergeant
Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of March 1849 and sent to
Freeman Bradford Portland Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 1 , Vol. 1
29 July
Book D

322
Spaine
Dead-
Daniel Penkin
of Bucksport in the State of Maine who was a lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain Penkin of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer in the Mass line, for the term of 3 Years from November 1776 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 120 Dollars per month annum , to commence on the 4th day of Mar 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of Aug 1832 and sent to Daniel Penkin Bucksport Me
the Roll on day of 182 and notification sent to at Pension commencing on the of 182
Amount due on 4th of } Mar 1832  $120 } 4 Sept  $60  $180
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
June 1832
Recorded Book 20
Vol 1 - Page 66

No 160.
Thankful Jenkins, widow of Samuel, Me.
Act 29 July 1848 married 23 Jan 1794 Wesland died 1832, Adm o two years Sgl, $120 per annum for March 1848.
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

State of Maine County of Oxford ss
On this fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before me the subscriber judge of the Probate Court for the County of Oxford Thankful Jenkins a resident of Buckfield in said County of Oxford aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision of the Act of Congress passed July 29th 1848 entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and soldiers of the revolution"
And this declarant states that she is the widow of Samuel Jenkins who was a resident of Gorham Maine in the time of the revolution and who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary war and served on Continental establishment more than three years as she believes. She further states that her said husband Samuel Jenkins was a pensioner of the United States and that he was first placed on

the Pension Roll of the Main Agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month under the act of 1818, from which roll his name was struck under the act of 1820 - That he was afterwards placed on the roll of the Main Agency under the act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum. For further particular and proof of her husband's service she refers to his last declaration.
And this declarant further states that she was married to her late husband Samuel Jenkins at Gorham by the Reverend Mr Jewett on the twenty third day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four and that her maiden name was Thankful Snow. That her said husband died on the fifteenth day of November 1832 and that she is still a widow and has not been married since the death of her husband as will appear by the testimony annexed.
Thankful her Jenkins Mark
Signed & sworn to by the above named Thankful Jenkins the day and year first above written, said declarant being unable from bodily infirmity to attend court - Before me Job Prince Judge of the Probate Court for Oxford County Maine

I, Samuel Jenkins of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged fifty three years testify and say that I am the son of Samuel Jenkins late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that he died at Buckfield in said County on the fifteenth day of November 1832 leaving a widow by the name of Thankful Jenkins, who still remains a widow and unmarried and now resides in Buckfield aforesaid, - and that I obtained the arrears of Pension for said widow, after my father's decease, and surrendered his the said Samuel Jenkins Pension Certificate to the Agent for paying Pensions in Portland State of Maine at the time of receiving such arrears. I am not position that I was the Attorney named in the Power of Attorney to draw the arrears, but transacted all the business in relation to it, and had previously received his semiannual payments as an Attorney for him. Samuel Jenkins
State of Maine, Oxford ss. September 14 th 1878. Then personally appeared Samuel Jenkins a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before Me - Job Prince

I Rebekah Brown of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged forty three years, depose and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Jenkins, late of said Buckfield, deceased, and resided in his family at the time of his death, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and died at Buckfield aforesaid on the fifteenth day of November 1832, and that he left a widow by the name of Thankful Jenkins who still remains a widow and unmarried and now resides in said town of Buckfield
Rebekah Brown
State of Maine
Oxford County ss. September 14th 1848 Then personally appeared Rebekah Brown, a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed
Before Me
Job Prince

I John Richardson of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged eighty years, on oath, depose and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Jenkins late of Buckfield in this County, deceased, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and died at Buckfield aforesaid some time in the month of November A D 1832, that I was the undertaker at the time and dug his grave and assisted in burying him but am not positive as to the day of the month but think it was about the middle of the month - That he left a widow by the name of Thankful Jenkins who still remains a widow and unmarried and now resides in said town of Buckfield
witness Polly Atte
John his Richardson Mark
State of Maine
Oxford County ss. September 16th 1828
Then personally appeared John Richardson, a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed -
Before Me Job Prince

State of Maine.
Upton county, ss.
The subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Upton, it being a Court of Record, hereby certify that Robt Prince, whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration of Thankful Jenkins, and affidavit of Samuel Jenkins, Rebecca, Brown and John Richardson, is Judge of said Court; and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such in and out of Court.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty eight.
Geo. B. Shaw, Register.

Cumberland S.S.
State of Maine.
Clerks Office Judicial Courts } Portland October 5. 1848.
I Charles C. Harmon Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in and for said County hereby certify that the following marriage appears in the list of marriages, returned to this office by the Rev. Caleb Dwight of Gorham Minister of the Gospel for the year 1794 and recorded in the "Session Records" for said County to wit.
"Samuel Perkins Junior and Thankful Snow, January Twenty third in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four."
And I further certify that the foregoing is a true extract from said Records of said marriage Volume 3. page 63 excepting the words "January twenty third in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four," which are plainly and legibly expressed in the words and figures following to wit. "Jan'y 23 d 1794"
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, the day & year first above written, C. C. Harmon. Clerk.

Samuel Jenkins
N o 6750
10 Feb 1819
Not entitled
not entitled
T. Clark
Pam, ill y

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. A libuit Court of Common Pleas
begun and holden 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 Samuel Jenkins aged sixty four years, resident in
Bucksfield 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 Sergeant in the
company commanded by Capt. Josiah Jenkins in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Samuel Brewer 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 1st day of
April A.D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered
6750 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on
the 16th 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 particu-
larly described below, also subscribed by me.
Samuel Jenkins
Sworn to and declared, on the 15th day of June A.D. 1820.
BEFORE Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:—
Real Estate - 35 Acres of poor land, 10 of which is chiefly a ledge of rocks
Personal estate - 2 small Oxen - 3 cows - 1 heifer 2 years old - 1 year old do - 5 sheep with 5 lambs -
3 Articles of Ironware - 12 do of brockery ware - 4 ditto Earthen ware - 4 do of Wooden - do -
2 pine Tables - one axe - one shovel - one old chest - 6 old chairs -
Samuel Jenkins

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel Jenkins — who by occupation am a husbandman — which I am not able to pursue by reason of the rheumatism and general debility of Constitution — but a small proportion of my time —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sydia Jenkins — unknown unable to contribute to her support by reason of fits & various nervous complaints   Sally & Olive Jenkins — } 22 years chiefly supporting themselves by labour abroad but making their home with me —   Benjamin Jenkins 20 " able to support himself —   Polly Jenkins — 18 " do —   Rebecca Jenkins 15 " do —   Prudence Jenkins 10 " do in part to support herself.  
Samuel Jenkins
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clarke 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 two hundred & sixteen dollars cents.  $216.00
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 Clarke { Clerk of the Circuit Court of Com. Pleas for said county of Oxford }

Samuel Jenkins

State of Maine.
Court of Common Pleas August Term 1823.
County of Oxford ss - proceeding according to the course of the common law On this twenty first day of August A. D. 1823. personally appeared in open court, being a Court of Records for the having jurisdiction unlimited in amount the power of fine & imprisonment County of Oxford, Samuel Jenkins, resident in the County of Oxford, aged sixty seven years, who being, first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 10th March 1810 and the 1 st May 1820. that he the said Samuel Jenkins enlisted for the term of three years on the twentieth day of November in the year 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Josiah Jenkins in the Regiment commanded by Samuel Brown in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps until the first day of January 1780. when he was discharged from the said service at Fishkill in the State of New York, that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property - And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 10th day of March 1810 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 provision 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 10th March 1810. 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 -
One cow - one yearling heifer - six sheep - one swine - three articles of iron ware, - twelve articles of brockery - six articles of earth ware - four articles wooden ware - one pine table - one shovel one old chest and six old chairs - and a claim on Benjamin Jenkins of fifty dollars & fifty three cents to be paid to sundry creditors of mine - My occupation has been that of a farmer; but of late years my ill health has prevented my performing labour constantly or to any considerable degree - My family consists of myself - my wife, who is about fifty five years of age and of ability for the most of the time to support herself - and one daughter of the age of fourteen of feeble constitution and not able to do more than to support herself -

Since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property --
   Property sold - viz - To whom sold. Time of sale. Description of payment -     Thirty five acres of land Benjamin Jenkins April 3. 1823. Two hundred dollars, one hundred of which was paid by one year labour, forty nine dollars & 25 cents by paying my debt to Doct Seth Chandler, and the remainder still due -   One yoke of oxen same Spring of 1821 paid by labour at $30.   one cow same April 1823 ten Dollars paid in Corn   Two heifers Eucius Eoring fall of 1822 ten Dollars in Cash, which I have expended.  
The other changes in the articles included in said schedule are as follows, viz, one cow consumed in the family for beef -
Sam l Jenkins
August 21. 1823. Personally appeared the above named Samuel Jenkins in open court, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration before me.
Ezekiel Whitman Chf. Just. of said Court -
I am satisfied the articles enumerated in the annexed schedule exclusive of the claim on Benjamin Jenkins, do not exceed in value the sum of forty dollars.
Ezekiel Whitman -
State of Maine
Oxford ss. I Rufus K. Goodenow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records 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, does not exceed forty dollars. In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 13th day of October A. D. 1823 1 .
Rufus K. Goodenow, Clerk.

Samuel Jenkins Sergeant Braves Mass ts Reg t Nov. 20. 1776. B yrs
Correct
April 1. 1818
Samuel Jenkins.

I Samuel Jenkins of Buckfield in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Upon an oath declare that I served in the revolutionary war for the term of nine months and longer as a Regular Soldier - that I enlisted into said service at Gorham in the County of Cumberland and said Commonwealth, on the twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six. enlisted in said service into the Company of Infantry commanded by Josiah Jenkins of said Gorham, belonging to the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Brewer of Genl. Pollison Brigade, as a Sergeant in said Company - that I continued in said service and in said Company, doing the duty of sergeant, for the term of three years at the end of which, after having been in several engagements with the enemy, I was finally discharged at Fish Kill in New York by Capt. Silas Burbank, on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven eighty eight hundred & eighty —
Sam d Jenkins
Thomas Frank of Gray in the County of Cumberland & State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I was in the continental service during the revolutionary war at the same period that the above named Samuel Jenkins served & was a fellow soldier with him in the same company and to my certain knowledge he served as above said for a full term of three years. Thomas his Frank mark
Witness. A. K. Parris

I Richard Hine of Tazewell in the County of Oxford, Commonwealth of Massa- chusett, do hereby certify and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war. that while in said capacity in the army I became acquainted with Samuel Jenkins now of Buckfield in said County being in said army at Trenton on the first of July AD 1777 when he was a sergeant in the Company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Josiah Jenkins of Col. Samuel Brown's Regiment and I well recollect that said Samuel Jenkins continued in said service in said capacity of Sergeant from that time till June AD 1778 at Red Bank and then was
To the Hon. S. H. Parris Esq Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine —
This is to certify that Mr Samuel Jenkins of this town is a man of very little property and that he has had occasional assistance from the owners of the Poor of this town and that it is with difficulty he support his family though constantly industrious —
Samuel D. Brown
Selectmen of Buckfield
Buckfield Sept 6. 1810

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the first day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand hundred and eighteen, personally came Samuel Dorrance the applicant named in the papers here annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that 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 affidavit of Thomas Frank, a fellow soldier with him in the revolutionary war, made and signed in my presence; and the deposition of Richard Hine, who also served in said war with said applicant, taken before Samuel F. Brown, a respectable magistrate appointed by Sedgwick for this purpose; and the certificate of the said Brown, a municipal officer of the corporation to which said applicant belongs relative to his circumstances in life, all hereto 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 Samuel Dorrance the applicant, served as a non-commissioned officer 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.
Alcibiades H. Parry
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

County of Oxford
Presque Isle, July 31. 1832
Hon. Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War of the United States
Sir
The undersigned, resident in this town of Presque Isle, County of Oxford, respectfully represents that he served in the revolutionary war with Great Britain, as a Non Commissioned officer, being a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Jenkins, of Col. Samuel Wilson Regiment, 1 st John Patterson Brigade, for the term of three years in various parts of the United States, and at the end thereof, was honorably discharged. That in consideration thereof, by the provision of the Act of Congress of March 18. 1818, he received a pension and was placed and inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, as appears by the certificate of the Secretary of War, dated Feb'y 10. 1819 and numbered 6758. which is hereto annexed. That being stricken off by the provision of a subsequent law of Congress, his name was again restored to the Pension Roll, by the further provision of the act, as appears by the Certificate from the War Department, dated Feb'y 24. 1824, which is also hereto annexed. He now, by virtue of the late law of Congress passed June 7. 1832, claims the benefit of this last act, which provides for his benefit a greater pay than he is now receiving by the provision of the former laws, he having served as a Non Commissioned officer as above.

State. For this purpose he now hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State other than what is named as above.
Sam t Jenkins

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Samuel Jenkins late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pen- sion List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of April — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ,
es Pens...
Coventry
coln.
Rept

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE, July 28 th 1824 —
SIR :
In conformity with the law of the United States, of the 1st March, 1823, authorizing the Secretary of War to restore the names of certain persons to the List of Pensioners, you are hereby notified, that your name has been this day restored to the Pension Roll of the Maine Agency, and that, agreeably to the provisions of said act, your allowance, as a Pensioner, will commence from the 21 st of August 1823, the day on which the evidence was closed upon which you obtained a restoration to the List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
V. S. Edwards
To Mr. Samuel Jenkins, United States' Pensioner,
Oxford County,
Can of Hon ble
E. Lincoln,
J. C. Repr.

Samuel Jenkins
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next,
at the Cumberland Bank
Portland
Buttsfield Recorded

Maine
Samuel Jenkins - serg. aged 67 yrs. - a farmer - weakly constitution, & not able to labour much. - Wife 55 yrs of age pretty good health. 1 daughter 14 yrs of age - feeble constitution, but able to support herself.
= Served 3 yrs from 1776. -
1. Sched. (15 June 1822) Sched. exhibited 35 acres of poor land - 10 of which is a ledge of almost entire rocks. - 2 small oxen, 3 cows - 2 heifers, 2 yrs old - 1 1/2 yrs old - 5 sheep & 5 lambs etc. whole amt of stock $216.
= Off. 11. July 1822 Application for restoration, 21. August 1823, as W. D. S. Sched. exhibit only 1 cow, 1 yearling heifer - 6 sheep, 1 swine - & sundry arti- iron ware, wooden & earthen ware, etc. and a claim on Benj. Jenkins for $50. 53 to be applied towards the payment of sundry debts due Applicant. - Land was sold as for
Chandler - the remainder, still due [withheld to pay sundry debts as already stated] - was sold for 30 Dols. in the spring of 1821 to said Benjamin Jenkins to pay a debt for labour. 1 Cow sold to Benjamin in April 1823, for $10 - in corn. - 2 heifers sold in the fall of 1822, to Lucius Loring for $10 - money has been expended. - An authen- ticated copy of the deed is within. - A duly authenticated certificate of the said Benjamin Jenkins dated 9. Aug. 1823, is within, proving the facts relative to the con- sideration money for the land.
Likewise an affidavit affidavit of Knapp Hall, dated 16. June 1823, stating that for the last 12 yrs he has been one of the overseers of the poor, & that several times during that period he has known Applicant to be assisted by the town - some times to the amt. of $40 or $50. He also affirms that Applicant is very poor. The family Physicians makes affidavit to the poverty of Applicant.
51. 89 Hon: E. Lincoln, H. R.

Richfield Me Aug 4
Aug 15 1802 Pensions Office
Revolutionary Pension Department
Leag. $120 per ann not him nor his roll
322 Free
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington

6758 H
Dist. of Maine
Samuel Jenkins
of Co Buckfield, raised in the state of of Dofellain who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the all aps: line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Dof Maine at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Feb 1819 and sent to Judge Parrie, Paris. Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818. 5 Mo. 4 / 30 41.06. Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819. 118 — $ 89.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } Not Entitled to a Pension under the law of the 1 May 1820. Notification sent to Thos Clark Esq. 11 July 1820

Record Division. O.W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
May 21, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, Served from Mass.
Soldier, Samuel Jenkins
Service, _____ Rev. War
Remarks: No claim as above except Inv. # 29258
Chief of Division.

I Enoch Hall of Bethfield in the County of Oxford, & State of Maine, Esquire testify and say that I am well acquainted with the pecuniary circumstances of Samuel Jenkins of said Bethfield, which have always been very low and necessitous and that for several years within the last twelve years past he has had assistance from this town when his legal settlement is, through the instrumentality of the Overseers of the Poor in which office I have generally officiated during that time and from this circumstance am well knowing to the above fact — The small piece of land which said Jenkins has hitherto occupied is of a poor quality for the greater part and his health has generally been poor My impression at the time are that during the years 1816 & 1817 said Jenkins and his family were helped by the Overseers of the poor of this town, to the amount of from forty to fifty dollars. He has had a considerable degree of sickness in his family which has hitherto enhanced his expenses very greatly —
Enoch Hall
State of Maine — County of Oxford ss.
June 18. 1820 Then the above named Enoch Hall personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.
Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Oxford ss.
I Rufus King Goodenow, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Samuel F. Brown Esquire is a Justice of the peace in for said County, ap- pointed & sworn agreeably to the Constitution & Laws of this State & that full faith may be given to his official acts as such - That I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that the within is his signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto write my name & affix the seal of one of said Courts. Done at Paris in the County & State aforesaid this 22 day of November A.D. 1823.
Rufus King Goodenow.

I Benjamin Jenkins of Bethel in the County of Oxford State of Maine, testify and say that in the month of April 1823 I purchased of Samuel Jenkins of said Bethel by his Deed, a piece of land being the only land that said Samuel then owned containing thirty five acres for which I was to pay two hundred Dollars - I paid one hundred Dollars to said Samuel by discharging a debt that he owed me for (about) done before that time of that amount and I paid forty nine Dollars & 47 cent for said Samuel to Doctor Seth Chandler for a debt he owed him, and I have become accountable to pay other debt of said Samuel to the amount of the balance - I had contracted for the land sometime before said April the but did not take a deed till that day.
State of Maine
Benjamin Jenkins
Oxford ss. August 9, 1823 Then personally appeared for me full known as a man of truth and disinterested in the estate which this Benjamin Jenkins above named, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me.
Samuel D. Brown Justice of the Peace
Oxford ss. State of Maine
I Rufus King Goodenow Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for said County of Oxford hereby certify that Samuel D. Brown Esquire is a Justice of the Peace for said County appointed & sworn agreeably to the Constitution & Laws of this State & that full faith may be given to his official acts as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, & that the above is his signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto write my name & affix the seal of one of said Courts. Done at Paris in the State & County aforesaid the twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty three.
Rufus King Goodenow

The undersigned Seth Chandler of Minot, in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine practising physician hereby certifies that he has been for nineteen years the family physician of Samuel Jenkins of Buckfield in the county of Oxford during which time the said Jenkins has been in general a weakly man more especially of late years when I conceive he has not been able to labour sufficient to procure his living - his lungs and stomach being very weak, and his body emaciated.
Minot June 14, 1823 Seth Chandler
Cumberland ss. June 14, 1823 Then the above named Seth Chandler made oaths to the truth of the abovenwritten affidavit by him subscribed before me
Wm Ladd, Justice Peace
State of Maine.
Cumberland ss.
I William Vaughan, Clerk of the Judicial courts for the County of Cumberland certify, that Wm Ladd, who subscribes this paper as a Justice of the Peace has been duly Commissioned & qualified to act as such - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this second day of December A.D. 1823.
Wm Vaughan

Know all Men by these Presents....That
I Samuel Jenkins of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine Yeoman.
In consideration of the sum of two hundred Dollars paid by Benjamin Jenkins of Buckfield in the County and State aforesaid Yeoman
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Benjamin his
heirs and assigns forever A certain piece of Land being and lying in Buckfield aforesaid, bounded as follows. Beginning at Stake & stones on the easterly side of the County road from Buckfield to Houlton, thence by said road to a stake since. Thence easterly by the brook line to a stake standing in a little swamp on said line. Thence Northeasterly to a stake standing on the line between said Samuel and Benjamin Jenkins land. Thence westerly on said line to the County road to the first mentioned bounds at the corner of land owned by Daniel Merrill
To Have and to Hold the aforegranted and bargained premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof, to the said Benjamin his
heirs and assigns, to his their use and behoof forever....And I do covenant with the said Benjamin
his heirs and assigns, that I lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free from all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Benjamin to hold as aforesaid.
And that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Benjamin his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the said Samuel Jenkins
have hereunto set my hand and seal this Third day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED IN PRESENCE OF Geo. H. Hays Abner Gilbert
Samuel Jenkins 
Oxford ss. May 16 th 1823 — Personally appeared Samuel Jenkins the subscriber and acknowledged the above Instrument to be his free Act and Deed. Before me,
John Loring JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Oxford ss. April 16 th 1823 and recorded from the original for  Hanson Miller Esquire

Oxford St. Paris May 16 th 1823 I hereby certify that the within is a true Copy from Oxford Records from Book 22 Page 264. H. Mansel Pleydell Barron Esq. Recorder of Oxford for the County of Oxford

Copy of a Deed Samuel Jenkins To Benjamin Jenkins
State of Maine Oxford ss.
I Rufus King Goodnow Clerk of all the Ju- dicial Courts in the said County of Oxford hereby certify that Hanson Mellen Esquire is, & was, at the time of the date of the above certificate by him subscribed, Register of Deeds for said County of Oxford, having been elected & qualified agreeably to the Constitution & Laws of this State; that he has this day acknowledged before me that the above is his signature. Given under my hand & the seal of one of said Courts this 22 d day of November A.D. 1823. Rufus King Goodnow