Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37223, for Samuel Mc Clain, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
McClain, Samuel
S. 37223
CONTENTS

11.407 Q
District of Maine
Samuel M c Elain
of Bristol in the state of D. Maine was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bona of the Massachusetts for the term of one year
scribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of June 1818 and sent to Ebenezer Thaler Esq. Lincoln District of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar. 1819.  86 09    Semi-ann. all ce ending  Sep. 1819.  48 00    10 M 19 4 36 31   $134.09  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
(continued)
Subject: Samuel M c Elain, Private, District of Maine Revolutionary War, Act 18th March, 1818.

176 McLain Samuel H. (Clance)
11. 407
Sept. 10/19
Thatcher

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
No property real or personal except one Cow & six sheep, for which I owe & have never paid any thing.
Samuel M c Clain
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel M c Clain who, by occupation am a Farmer which I am un able to pursue by reason of old age & the rheumatism, which has made me a cripple so that I cannot go without the aid of crutches & I have been in this situa- -tion for sixteen years.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife 50 Sickly   Son 15   Daughter 10   Daughter 13   Do 7  
Samuel M c Clain
Attest Nat l Coffin Clerk
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 in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty four dollars and fifty
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this the day of August , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat l Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

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 eighth day of August 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 a Judge of the C. C. Com. Pleas for the second 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, S. W. Main aged 66 years, resident in Bristol 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 Private in the company commanded by Capt. Book in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bond 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 12 th day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 11. 407 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.
Samuel W. Main
Sworn to and declared, on the sixth day of July — A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Eben. Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

Mount Independence Novemb: 6 th 1776
These may Certifie that Samuel M c Lain Soldier in Capt e Cokes Company In the Late Col s Bands Regim t is rendered unfit for further Service this Campaign by sickness & is hereby recommended for a Dis-
charge
To Capt. Nailer Hatch 25. Reg t Jon n Peter Director
In consequence of the above Certificate, and convinced that the Complaint of Samuel M c Lain is not fictitious I do recommend the Samuel M c Lain Soldier in Capt e Cokes Company of the Regim t Under my Command aged 23 years five feet nine inches high light Complexion fair hair belonging to Bristol as a proper person for a Discharge from the Army of the united States of America
Nailer Hatch. Capt.
To the Honorable Major General Gates Command r at Ticonderoga

I Samuel M c Laine acknowledge that I have rec d all my pay and means of all kinds due to me for my service in the Army of the united States of America — Samuel M c Laine
Samuel M c Laine in Capt d Cooke company in the late war. Bonds Legim t in for the reasons above mentioned discharged from the service of the united States of America
Given at Head Quarters
This 6 th Day of December 1776 —
Horatio Gates

W. M. Clain Application for a pension - Ap. 12. 1810

I Samuel M c Clain of Bristol in the County of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts Do testify and declare that I enlisted about the first of De- cember A D 1775 as a private in Captain Cooks Company & Colonel Bonds Regiment in the Mas- sachusetts line & on the Continental establish- -in the Army of the Revolutionary War of America- ment, to serve against the common enemy that in pursuance of said enlistment I did actually & faithfully serve against said ene- my from said time of enlistment until the Sixth of November A D 1776 being more than nine months in the Company and Regi- ment aforesaid in said Massachusetts line and Continental establishment and that on said Sixth day of November I received an hono- rable discharge. In consequence of sickness that I was discharged at Mount Independence by General Horatio Gates That I have never received any pension from the United States & that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my Country for support - and therefore re- spectfully ask to be placed as a private in the Pension list of the United States by virtue of the Act of Congress of March 10 th A D one Thousand eight hundred & eighteen entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
Samuel M c Clain

State of Massachusetts — County of Lincoln ss
On this 12 th day of April A D 1818 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within the state of Massachusetts — Samuel McClain who has signed the within affidavit and after being duly cautioned & carefully examined made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained and at the same time exhibited satisfactory evidence that by reason of extreme bodily infirmity as well as reduced circum- stances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support
Ebenezer Thatcher
Lincoln ss
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that Ebenezer Thatcher on the the 12 th day of April A D 1818 was one of the Justices of the Circuit Court of Com- mon Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit comprising the Counties of Lincoln Kennebec & Somerset that the foregoing is his signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court, this eleventh day of July A D 1818.
Nath l Coffin

37 223
Rev INVALID.
Oct. 20. 1900 Mrs. Ruby A. Samson Freedom Maine
File No. 37 223
Samuel W m Clain
De' Rev was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12 th April 1880
Saml l McElain of Bristol application for Pension 1 st Dec r 1875. Enlisted as private in Col d Bonds Reg t Massachusetts Line Served to the 6 th Nov r 1876
Admitted
Proof of Service required

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 Samuel McClain , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Bristol , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the twelfth 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 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 his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this first 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 first day of August in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Nathl. Coffin

37723 Samuel M. Blain
Apr. 12, 1898 - 64
Bristol Me
Nov 1, 75 - 6
Nov 6 76
Capt. Co. R
Col. Bond
was in charge for Anchorage
No Pay

Friendship Me Oct 15 th 1900.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir.
There was a man by the name of Samuel McClain that was through the seven years war of the Revolution of 1776. He assisted in throwing the tea overboard in Boston harbor and received a pension of eight dollars per month

This we know to be facts but cannot get direct proof Will you please look on the records and inform us? His name was Samuel McLean of Bristol Me.
Respt Yours
Ruby A Jameson Friendship Me