Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35477, for Abraham Jordan, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Jordan Abraham.
S 35477
CONTENTS

Notification sent to John Murray Jr. Portland Maine 16 th June 1820
12. 846
Maine
Abraham Jordan of Cape Elizabeth in the district of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Massachusetts line, for the term of two years -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of July 1819 and sent to William Widgey Esq r Portland Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10m th  \frac{2}{3} 51 - 81: 83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept r 1819. - 48: -
$129:83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

35 477 Pay INVALID.
File No. 85-477
Abraham Jordan His Rev. Mrs.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 207
[Arrangement of 1870.]

alg - Abraham Jordan
Copy
12.046
@contine
(Sept 1899)
your amount in sign of the present contract is 25000.00 Hereby of the said party: and I do hereby certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the party entitled to the said sum is not the said party whose name appears on the said contract I give my assent to the said contract and I do hereby certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the party entitled to the said sum is not the said party whose name appears on the said contract
Dear Friend, I am very sorry to hear that you are not well. I hope you will be well soon. I am very sorry to hear that you are not well. I hope you will be well soon. I am very sorry to hear that you are not well. I hope you will be well soon.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday , being the sixth — day of June  and by adjournment from day to day, on the  day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this sixth — 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 Maine District, Abraham Jordan — aged fifty nine — years, resident in Durham — in said District, 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 Private — in the company commanded by Capt. Bradford — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout — 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 twenty eighth day of April . . . . A. D. 1818 , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12,846 — 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.
Witness
Joseph Bofie
Abraham  his  X Jordan mark
Sworn to and declared, on the sixth } day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
I have no estate real or personal except a few necessary articles of household furniture — nor have I any income — The house I live in belongs to the children of my wife who was a widow when I married her —
Witness Jos. Pofe
Abraham his X Jordan mark
Sworn to,
Before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Abraham Jordan — who, by occupation am a Farmer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of lameness — nor can I walk about without the aid of crutches —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Lydia — 40 — rather feeble   her children —   Lydia — 14 Healthy children   Eliphalel — 12 Abraham his X Jordan mark   Witness Jos. Pofe   Sworn to, before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge  

ad copy from original
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, 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 Three dollars and _____ cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Abraham Jordan Private 2 a Regt Mass. Line 1781 - to 1783
Dec 28 th April 1818
The deposition of two credi- ble & disinterested witnesses, duly taken before a notary public and authenticated by the certificate of an officer of the Regt. to prove the services of Applicant, is required. -

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Abraham Gordon of Cape Elizabeth in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of the services rendered to the war on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Cape Elizabeth aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to the 8th Massachusetts Company of the Second Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the 1st day of January one thousand seven hundred and 81 and that he left said service on or about the 1st day of December one thousand seven hundred and 81
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this 10th day of April 1818.
Abraham Gordon
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN , that on the 28 day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, Abraham Gordon the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Abraham Gordon farther offered in evidence
the Disposition of Eli Garkson which is herewith annexed
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Abraham Gordon served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy. that he is an indigent person and in need of assistance from his country for support
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this 28th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. which is hereby certified to have been
Wm. Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 30th day of July A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradburn

MAINE DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 30 th day of July A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury

I Ely Jackson aged fifty eight years before me say I have known Abraham Jordan since present circumstances. I was in the service in the war of the revolution with him in 1781. We were three years in the service and not served quite the whole time being discharged. He left our house a few days before me - he was having done.
Ely Jackson
Subscribed and sworn to this 28th day of April 1818
Before me Wm Vidgeny Judge
I Peter ... being now seventy four years of age testifies ... that I am personally acquainted with ...
I John Brinkley being now seventy four years of age testifies and say that I am personally and intimately acquainted with Abraham Jordan now present and known to me. Know from his childhood, that in 1782 I was a soldier in Col. Dyer's regiment Light Artillery Company having been transferred from Col. Frazier's regiment Light Artillery Company, that at that time I knew said Jordan in the army; I used to see him almost every day from that time till we were discharged which was at Guilford Point. We were discharged at the same time & returned home together. We were discharged in Decem- ber 1783 or January 1784 and were among the last discharged. I do not re- member what regiment said Jordan belonged to
John J Brinkley
Attest A. Wm.
Signed & sworn to before me May 2. 1819
Asahel Wm. Just. Pe.
I certify that said Brinkley is a credible & disinterested witness Asahel Wm.