Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22395, for James Thurlow, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Continental Mass.
Thurlow, James Elizabeth
NUMBER
N. 22395
CONTENTS

2067 Maine
Elizabeth Sharlow, decd., widow of James, Mass who was a private in the Revolution.
Increased from $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Ending 2 d March 1847
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of July 1852. and sent to
G. H. Harmon
Portland Me
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 10

June 7 th 1857
No 14.387
Declaration of
Elizabeth Thurston deed widow of James Thurston.
act 7 July 1838.
Exhibit
Filed by Dickins & Coombs.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Probate Office,
PORTLAND, May 27 th A. D. 1851 }
I,
Freeman Bradford
Register of Probate,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Josiah Pierce is an acting Justice of the Peace for each and every County throughout the State, and that Joseph Alsley is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that they are DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Pierce is dated May 2 nd A. D. 1850 and will expire May 2 nd A. D. 1857, and that the Commission of said Alsley is dated Jan'y 16. A.D., 1850 and will expire Jan'y 16. A.D. 1857
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be their are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford
Register.

State of Maine Cumberland Co.
Be it known that on this Seventh day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty one personally appeared Zebulon K Harnord Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Thurlow late of New Gloucester in said County deceased, who in open court makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the acts of Congress passed on and since the 7th July AD 1838.
And this declarant states that the said Elizabeth Thurlow was the widow of James Thurlow who was a soldier of the Revolution. He states that the said James was a resident of Gorham in the time of the Revolution and he believes that he served at least nine months as set forth in the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth hereto annexed. He further states that the tradition is that he served three years or more in the war of the Revolution.
He further states that the said Elizabeth Thurlow was married to the said James Thurlow on the _____ day of _____ 1780 and that the said James Thurlow died on the _____ day of _____ 1790 and that he was a member of the Society of Shakers, and the the said

Elizabeth Thurlow died on the second day of March 1847, leaving two children as will appear by the Certificate annexed, and that she was a widow at the time of her death.
He therefore claims the pension that was due to the said Elizabeth Thurlow at the time of her death.
Zebulon H. Harmon
Signed and sworn before me the subscriber Judge of Probate on the day and year first above written
Josiah Pierce Judge.

State of Maine
Special Probate Court, Cumberland County, ss. }
Be it known, That on this twelfth day of, November A.D. 1850, it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Elizabeth Thurlow, late of New Gloucester, was the widow of James Thurlow, deceased, that she died at said New Gloucester on the second day of March 1847, and that Jonathan H. Thurlow, & Dorothy R. Thurlow are the only surviving children of said Elizabeth Thurlow deceased.
Josiah Pierce Judge.
State of Maine
Cumberland, ss,
Probate Office, Nov. 12, A.D. 1850
In testimony that Hon. Josiah Pierce is Judge of Probate for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature is genuine,
I hereto set my name and the seal Official of said Court the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford
{ Register of the Probate Court

I Benjamin Bailey of Alfred but now in Port- land in the County of Cumberland aged fifty two years of age hereby certify that I am one of the trustees and one of the overseers of the Society of Shakers in the Town of Alfred in the County of York, and have known Elizabeth Thurlow widow of James Thurlow ever since I belonged to the Society which has been thirty eight years. James and Elizabeth Thurlow embraced the religious belief of our Society prior to 1790, as I have been informed, and the said James died in 1790 aged 32 years of age . Elizabeth Thurlow his widow survived him and died a widow on the 2 d day of Mar- ch 1847 aged 79 years as appears by the records of said Society. The children and only surviving children of James and Elizabeth Thurlow are Jonathan & Thurlow & Dorothy R Thurlow, both of whom reside in our Society at Alfred. The general practice among all Societies of Shakers has been not to make applica- tion for pensions, and that was the reason why Elizabeth Thurlow did not assert her claim in her life time.

James Threlow was reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and believed to have been such by those who knew him.
Benj: Bailey
Cumberland ss. May 21. 1851 Then personally appeared the above named Benjamin Bailey a credible and disinterested Witness and made affirmation that the above statement by him made and signed is true according to his best know- ledge and belief.
Before me Joseph H. Stetson Justice of the Peace

I John Wingate Town Clerk of Gorham County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath say that I have in my custody and keeping the Books of Records belonging to said Town. In one of those Books I find the following entry made, and is as follows.
"James Tholo entered his name and purpose of Marriage with Elizabeth Philbrick both of Gorham November twenty fifth one thousand seven hundred and eighty"
Attest Austin Holden Town Clerk"
The foregoing is a true extract from the records in my possession with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures thus "Nov 25th 1780"
I further state that I have made careful search for a record of the marriage of the said James Tholo and Elizabeth Philbrick but am not able to find the same on the Records in my possession.
John Wingate Town Clerk
Cumberland, May 26 1851.
Then personally the above named John Wingate Town Clerk of Gorham aforesaid and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me, Josiah Pierce Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
November 23. 1850.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of James Thurston is borne on a return of men from Gorham, to serve for 9 months in the Continental army, under resolve of Apr 20 1778. — His name does not appear on any other roll. —
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J. D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
The undersigned Zebulon H Harmon, Administrator of Elizabeth Thurlow late of New Gloucester in the County of Cumberland deceased respectfully requests the said Secretary to furnish from the Military rolls and Documents in his possession the evidence of the Service of James Thurlow in the Revolutionary War.
And this declarant states that the said James Thurlow was a resident of Gorham in the time of the Revolution and that he served in the Revolutionary war three years or more and was honorably discharged. He is unable to state in what company or Regiment he served but has reason to believe from the statement of others that he served on Continental establishment. He therefore requests a certificate of all the service that can be identified with the person above described.
Z. H. Harmon
Administrator
Cumberland ss Nov 1850
Signed Before me
Freeman Bradford Jus Peace

Z. H. Harmon Portland Maine

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, June 30 th 1854.
I, ROBERT A. BIRD,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
____ Mason Parsons Esq _____
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Oxford _____ as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his _____ GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
R. A. Bird , CLERK.

I, Judith Parsons of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am 92 years of age and upwards, my mem- ory is very good, and I can re- member things that took place in the time of the Revolutionary war. I was born in Gorham Cumberland County and lived there until I was nineteen years old, I was acquainted with Col. Edmund Phinney and Capt. Wentworth Stuart. who were both natives of Gorham Col. Phinney was a Colonel in the war of the Revolution, my father Thomas Pote was a soldier in the war in Col. Phinney's Regt. and I think was in Capt. Stuart's Company the first 8 months of the war, but am not certain, that he was, said Capt. Stuart died while in the Army of the small

Por, I further testify and say, that I knew the family of Thurl's who lived in Gorham in the time of the war, they used to be called Thurrill in their days, John, Asa, Davis, Richard, and James Thurl or Thurrill were all residents of Gorham in the time of the war, and were all brothers. I knew them all, and I am very sure that all of them were out in the old war of the Revolution, and were in Col. Phinney's Regt. with my father; - James Thurl, one of the above named brothers married Betty Philbrick of this town, they had two children while in this town, they then moved down to New Gloucester, and joined the Society of Shakers, I knew them well while they lived at the Shakers, for I was there married and lived within one

mile of them, my husband Elea- zer Parsons was a Soldier of the Revolution, he served 6 months in Gloucester Mass. and eight months from New Gloucester this state under Capt. Parsons, sta- tioned at Thomaston & St Georges in this State, for which service I now receive a pension. I also state that I have lived in this town Sixty one years, and that said James Thurlo died at the Shaker before I moved from the neighborhood, and that I have no interest whatever in the claim that said Thurlo's children may have to a pension.
witness Aaron Parsons
Aaron P box
her Judith Parsons Mark
Oxford County S.S. June 9 th 1854 Then personally appeared the above named Judith Parsons, who I certify to be a person

of truth and an intelligent and respectable witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by her signed is true before me Aaron Parsons justice of the peace

hable forego head State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, July 11th
1854.
I, ROBERT A. BIRD,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Thomas S. Howard Esq.
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Androscoggin as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — 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 said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
R. A. Bird CLERK.

I Dorcas Ricker of Auburn in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine, on oath depose and say that I am eighty three years of age and upwards, and was a resident of Gorham in Cumberland County when I was young, I was well acquainted with the Thurlow family of said Gorham, they were neighbors to my father, Richard, Davis, John, James and Asa were all brothers, I know that John and James were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, and I think some of the other brothers were out in said War - I can well remember when the Soldiers from Gorham started to go into the war, two of the Thurlow's were with them, I further testify and say that the aforesaid James Thurlow after he came out of the war married my sister, Elizabeth Philbrick of said Gorham, soon after they were married they moved to Buckfield in Oxford County, where they had two children, named Calvin and Polly who are now living, or were the last I heard of them, - Said James Thurlow and his wife both joined the Society of Shakers in New Gloucester, and both died there, I further state that I have

no interest whatever in the claim that the said Tharlo children may have to a pension.
Attest. Sarah Keith
Dorcas her  mark Ricken
Androscoggin County ss. July 11 th , 1854 Then personally appeared the above named Dorcas Ricken who is well known to me as a person of truth, and of the utmost respectability and intelligence and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by her signed is true.
Before me Thomas J. Howard Just. Peace

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
June 30 1854.
I, ROBERT A. BIRD,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
_____ Josiah Pierce Esq. _____
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — 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 said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
R. A. Bird , CLERK.

I James W Davis of Gorham in the County of Cumberland, and State of Maine, of lawful age on oath depose and say that I am Clerk of the town of Gorham, and that all the Books of Record of said town are in my custody and possession, said Records being complete from prior to 1760, up to the present time, I have carefully examined said Records from 1760 up to 1800, and it does not appear from said Records that but one James Thurlo resided in Gorham during the time aforesaid. The only James Thurlo mentioned on said Records in any manner was published to Elizabeth Phillnick Nov. 25, 1780. I also state that there are no records of the names of the Soldiers who served in the War of the Revolution from Gorham, on said town Records. I also testify and say that it appears by the above named Records that Col. Edmund Phinney, Capt. Wentworth, Stuart and Jonathan Sawyer were residents of said Gorham in the time of the Revolutionary War. I further state that I have no interest in the claim of said James Thurlo's heirs to a pension.
J o W Davis
W
Town Clerk of Gorham

Cumberland County ss. June 11 1854
Then personally appeared the above named James H. Davis, who, is known to me as the Town Clerk of said Gorham, and who is a man of truth and credibility, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true
Before me Josiah Pierce Justice of the Peace I swear throughout the State

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22395
Elizabeth Sharlow widow of James Sharlow Deceased
Act March 3 rd 1888 + June 15 th 1888
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 273
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11.169
Maine
Elizabeth Thurlow decd.
widow of James, who died on the _____ of _____ in the State of _____ who was a private, in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution for One year & 9 months.
Increased from $30 00
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 70. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of July, 1834, and
Arrears to the 4th of J. K. Harmon. Semi-annual allowances ending Portland Me.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by G. J. Little Clerk. Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 19

11.169
Maine Elizabeth Thurston deed widow of James Thurston who died on the of Cambridge Co, in the State of Maine who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col _____ in the Revolution and for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of September 1837 and sent to Dickens & County Present Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838. J. R. Wright Clerk. Recorded by Book _____ Vol. 1 Page 19

9067
Maine
Elizabeth Thurston died
widow of James
who was a Bristol
in the Revolution
J.K. Harmon May 24/57
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Entry 2 nd March 1843 Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Sept r , 1851 and sent to
Dickens & Coombs Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2 Page 10

No. 14.387.
Eliz th Thurlow decd widow of James Moaine
Act of 7 th July 1838.

Official Business.
Elizabeth Thurston Mr. O-43
Hon. L. P. Waldo Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Maine. (Free on.) Elizabeth Thurston widow James, private step brot. - Ad 1 year 9 mo private, died July 7. 1838. V 2 x $70 per Annu.
ca March 4, 1836, wid March 2 1847, when she died - deducting former payments at $30 per Annu.
To Zebulon H. Harmon, Administrator, use of Jonathan C. Thurston & Dorothy B. Thurston his children, &c To Z. H. Harmon, Portland, Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
May 29 th 1854.
Sir:
Yours of May 26 th is received. I have examined the Roll of Capt. Wentworth Stuart & Jonathan Sawyer's, (the former died April 17 th 1776 at Brookline) for the year 1776 and find that the places of residence of said Company are not given. I cannot therefore give a Certificate as to the place of residence of James Moulton, a soldier in said Company.
Most cordially
L. K. Hemen Esq.
Your At. Servt.
N. Vymann Thayer (Clerk of Prison).

Pension Office May 24 th 1834,
Sir,
The additional evidence filed by you in the case of Elizabeth Thurlow, dec d widow of James, of Maine, has been examined. The Secretary of War, must show that the James Thurlow, who served in Captain Wentworth Stewarts Company from Dec. 1 st 1775, to Dec. 8 th 1776, was from Gorham, and the Town Clerk of Gorham, must show that but one man of that name lived in that Town during the war of the Revolution, who could have borne arms.
Respectfully Your Ob t . Servt.
J. W. Harriman, Esq. Portland, Me.
S. P. Hildreth Commissioner

J. H. Warner Portland Maine

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, May 17, 1854.
I, ROBERT A. BIRD, _____
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, _____
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Hon. Joshua Herrick of Alfred
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an _____
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, _____
within and for each and every  the County of said State as appears by the paper s hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature  purporting to be his ate GENUINE. _____
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
Robt. A. Bird. CLERK.

State of Maine Cumberland Co. On this 17 th day of May AD 1854 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate in and for the County and State aforesaid Zebulon S. Har- mon Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Thurlow late of New Gloucester in said County deceased, who upon oath makes the following additional declar- ation in order to obtain an increased rate of Pension as due said Elizabeth Thurlow under the acts of July 7 1838 3 rd March 1843 and 17 June 1844.
And your declarant states that he is the same person who made a declara- tion for a pension as due the said Elizabeth Thurlow under the acts afore- said on the 7 th day of January 1851 on which declaration and proof there- adduced a pension was granted at the rate of thirty dollars per annum. He further states that since said pen- sion was granted new evidence has been discovered relative to this claim as will appear by the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts which shows additional service of one year in Col Phinney's Regiment. He further states that said Elizabeth was published as intending marriage with James Thurlow Nov 25 1780 and he believes she was married in the latter part of the year 1780 for proof which he refers to his former declaration. He also states that James Thurlow died in 1790 that Elizabeth Thurlow survived him and remained a widow to the time of her death which took place on the 2 nd day of March 1847 and that Jonathan C Thurlow and Dorothy R Thurlow are the only surviving children, of said Elizabeth Thurlow deceased.
He therefore claims an additional Pension under the acts aforesaid.
Zebulon K. Harmon
At a Probate Court held at Portland in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine on the seventeenth day of May A.D. 1854, the above declaration was subscribed and sworn to in open court.
Josiah Pierce Judge

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss. } PROBATE OFFICE. }
I Aaron F. Holden Register of Probate, for said County, hereby certify, That at a COURT OF PROBATE held at Portland, in and for said County, on the first Tuesday of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- Febulon K. Haman of Portland in said County, was duly APPOINTED AND COMMISSIONED Administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Thurston late of New Gloucester in said County widow deceased
that he has accepted the trust and given bond pursuant to the LAWS of the STATE ; that he remains at the present time Administrator as aforesaid, and that full faith is due to his legal acts in that capacity.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Name and affixed the SEAL OFFICIAL of said Court, this Seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four Aaron F. Holden Register
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, ss.
PROBATE OFFICE.
I Josiah Pierce JUDGE OF PROBATE for said County, hereby Certify, that Aaron F. Holden whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is the REGISTER OF PROBATE for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn : and that his said Certificate is in due form.
GIVEN under my hand this Seventh day of May A. D. 185 4
Josiah Pierce

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss. } PROBATE OFFICE.
I Aaron F. Holden Register of Probate, for said County, hereby certify, That at a COURT OF PROBATE held at Portland in and for said County, on the first Tuesday of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
Gibson K. Hamon of Portland in said County,
was duly APPOINTED AND COMMISSIONED
Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Thurston late of New Gloucester in said County Widow deceased
that he has accepted the trust and given bond pursuant to the LAWS of the STATE ; that he remains at the present time Administrator as aforesaid, and that full faith is due to his legal acts in that capacity.
STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
I, Aaron F. Holden Register of Probate
for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Isaiah Pierce whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this seventeenth day of May A. D. 1854
Aaron F. Holden Register.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
March 7 th . 1854.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Then the name of James Thurlow is borne on muster roll of the late Capt. Wentworth Stuarth's Comp. now Capt. Jonathan Sawyer's Comp. in Col. Edmund Phinnery's Regt. from Dec. 1. 1775. to Dec. 8. 1776.  page 402
Also on pay roll of Capt. Abraham Tyler's Comp. Col. Thomas Povey's Regt. service at North River N. York from June 1. 1778 to Jan'y 29. 1779 8 mos. 16 days. including travel.  8 mos.
Name written in Capt. Tyler's Company Thurlow. James Thurlow's name is borne on a "General Return" of men raised in the County of Cumberland to serve nine mos. in the Continental Army agreeable to a resolve of April 20. 1778.  8 mos.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. W. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

servd. during the whole year 1776 in Col. Edmund Phinnys Regiment and that this information has been given him since he made his former application.
He therefore requests the Secretary to examine the rolls &c and give him a certificate of all the service that was performed by James Thurlow or James Thurill as the name was sometimes called. Z. K. Harmon Adm r .
Cumberland Is Portland Feby 28. 1854 Then appeared the above named Z. K. Harmon and signed the above appli- cation in my presence-
Freeman Bradford Just. Peace

To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The undersigned Administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Thurlow late of New Gloucester in the County of Cumberland deceased requests the Secretary of State to examine the Books & Documents now remaining in his hands which relate to military service in the war of the Revolution and give a certificate of all the service of James Thurlow or James Thurnill therein found.
Your applicant made application for Revolutionary service of said James Thurlow in 1850 and on the 22 d of Nov r of that year then Secretary of State certified that the birth of James Thurlow was borne on a return of men from Gorham to serve for nine months in the Continental Army under a Resolve of Feb y 20 1778, and that his name did not appear on any other roll
Your applicant believes that the said Thurlow served in the war of the Revolution much longer than the nine months as certified by the Secretary and the tradition is that he served three years. Your applicant has learned that James Thurlow

I Benjamin Bailey of Alfred in the County of York on affirmation State that I am fifty three years of age and upwards, am one of the trustees of the family of Shakers in said Town and also one of the Overseers. I was well acquainted with Elizabeth Thun- low widow of James Thurlow from the time I belonged to said Society to the time of said Elizabeth's death. Said James & Elizabeth Thurlow embraced the religious belief of the Shakers prior to the year 1790 as I have been informed and verily believe. Said James died in 1790 aged 32 years. Elizabeth Thun- low his widow survived him and remained unmarried and his widow to the time of her death which took place on the second day of March 1847 aged 79 years as appears by the records of said Society. The children and only surviving children of said Elizabeth Thurlow are Jonathan C. Thurlow & Dorothy R Thurlow, and they both now reside in our Society in Alfred. James Thurlow was resu-

ted to have been a soldier of the Revolution by those who knew him in early life and such is the general belief. He resided in the town of Gorham Maine in the time of the Revolution as I have always been informed. I am in no way interested in the claim that the children of said Elizabeth Sheldon may have under the laws of Congress to a pension.
Witness By W. Wallingford Joshua Kennebec
Benj. Bailey
State of Maine
County of York ss. May 8 th 1854
Then personally appeared Benjamin Bailey known to me to be a man of truth and a credible witness and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the above statement by him signed
Joshua Kennebec Just Peace " throughout the

I Paul Nowell of Alfred in the County of York and State of Maine on affirmation state that I have been a resident of Alfred ever since I was four years of age as I have been told and have good reason to believe and am now eighty two years old and upwards having been born as appears by the record of my birth April 23 d 1771- I was well acquainted with James Thurlow, who was a native of Gorham, from the time he joined the Society of Shakers soon after the Revolutionary war till his death, which took place in the year 1798. He left a widow Elizabeth Thurlow who remained a widow to the time of her death which took place in March 1847 James Thurlow and Elizabeth his wife embraced the belief of the Society of Shakers soon after the Revolution and the said James was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution. The children and the only surviving

Children of James & Elizabeth Thurlow are Jonathan & Dorothy R Thurlow They live in the Society of Shakers in Alfred. I have no interest in the claim of said Jonathan and Dorothy R Thurlow for a Pension
Witness
Ebenezer Freeman Paul N Borell
York County ss: April 28 th 1854. Then personally appeared Paul N Borell to me well known as a man of truth, and a respectable and intelligent witness and made solemn affirmating to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed.
Before me
Joshua Herrick Justice of the Peace & Quorum throughout the state of Maine

I, James Pote of Alfred, in the County of York, and State of Maine, on affirmation state that I am eighty five years of age and upwards, and have been a member of the Society of Shakers in this town and New Gloucester over Sixty eight years, and was an officer in said Society more than thirty years. I was a native of Gorham Cumberland County, and was well acquainted with James Thurlow, who was also a native of Gorham aforesaid. James Thurlow was a Revolutionary Soldier from Gorham, and I do verily believe that he served in the war of the Revolution three years, or thereabout. I was intimate with him up to the time of his death, and have often heard him say that he was in said war, and have heard him speak of incidents which took place while he was a Soldier, and it is my impression that he has told me that he served about three years in all. Said James Thurlow soon after the close

of the war married Betty Philbrick and moved to Buckfield in Oxford County, and soon after, he and his wife both joined the Shakers at New Gloucester where I then lived. They had two children, Jonathan C. and Dorothy R. Thurlo, both of whom are now living in this town. I said James Thurlo did not live but a few years after he joined our Society, but Elizabeth Thurlo his wife remained a widow until her death, some seven or eight years ago. I never knew any other James Thurlo, than the one above named. I further state that I have no interest whatever in the claim that James & Elizabeth Thurlo's children may have to a pension or wages.
Ebenezer Freeman
James Pote
York County ss: May 10 th 1854. Then personally appeared James Pote to me well known as a man of truth, and a respectable and intelligent witness, and made solemn affirmation that the

foregoing affidavit by him signed is true.
Before me. Joshua Herrick Justice of the Peace & Quorum throughout the State of Illinois

BRIEF IN THE CASE OF Elizabeth Thurston, widow of James Cumberland — County and State of Maine ,
act. July 7. 1838, March 3 d 1843, &c
CLAIM, ("original," or "for increase.")
PROOF EXHIBITED, (if original.) Increase.
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Originally pronounced at $30 per Ann. for new months, same as a private. Additional evidence to Sec. 1776.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Z. B. Heaver, Portland, Me.
Examining Clerk.
Osde Niles.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND:
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify, That at a Court of Probate held at Portland, in and for said County, on the first Tuesday of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Zebulon K. Harmon of Portland in said county, Esquire was duly appointed and, commissioned Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Thurlo, late of New Gloucester in said County, Widow, deceased.
; that he has accepted the trust and given bond pursuant to the laws of the State; that he remains at the present time Adm r . as aforesaid, and that full faith is due to his legal acts in that capacity.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Name and affixed the Seal Official of said Court, this twenty seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and fifty one
Freeman Bradford Reg r

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Thurlow dec d , widow of James, County and State of Maine acts 7 July 1838 & its supplements
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Proof of Service; Records " " Mance. "
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
(Dillen, Hoomes present)
F. F. King
Examining Clerk.

Portland July 12 th 1854. Hon. L. P. Waldo Commr. of Pensions. Wash D.C.
Sir,
Please find enclosed additional testimony for increase of pension for James Thurlow's heirs. You will see by the letter from Secretary's Office M rs . that they cannot give the place of Residence of James Thurlow; I have therefore taken testimony to prove that fact, and also as to the place of residence of all his officers.
I am Sir, very Respectfully Yours J. H. Harmony

Portland, May 17th. 1854. Hon. L. P. Waldo Counselor of Pensions Sir,
Wherein en- close my declaration and proof of additional service of James Murtaw in the war of the Revolution, and ask that an increased rate of Pension may be granted. I understand that the rolls of the year's service in Col. Shimeys Regt. have been depos- ited in the office of the Secy. of State Mass. since the first application for proof was made at that office. As will appear by the papers, a recent application for further proof has resulted in obtaining service for one year in 1775 & 1776 in addition to that given in a former certificate.
I am Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servt. J. H. Harnum.

Elizabeth Thurlow dec d . widow of James.
Maine.
Act 7 July '38 & c.
9 mo pri - $30.00 per An. from 4 March 1836 to 2 nd March '47 when she died - except 2 years.
Payable to Zebulon R Harmon adm r . for the benefit of Jonathan C. Thurlow & Dorothy R. Thurlow only surviving children
bequeathed to Dicken, Hoomb Present.