Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21526, for William Kimball, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Kimball, William Bethiah
W 21526
CONTENTS

Ref? see letter
Payable to the children, viz. Isaac Kimball, Henry G. Kimball, and Lucy Kelgren, wife of Joseph Kelgren.
Maine 10,061.
Bethiah Kimball, decd?
Widow of William Kimball who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 29. January, 1814. of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine, who was a Private in the Continental Army, commanded by Captain of the the Mass. — line for 7 months 23 days,
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 27 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June, 1846, and sent to Hon. A. K. Parri, 2 d Comptroller.
Total amount,
$
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Book D. Vol. 1.
Clerk,
Page 9

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Maine ss On this fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six personally appeared before the subscriber, judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Oxford said Court being a Court of record Isaac Kimball a resident of Lowell in said County of Oxford aged forty nine eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in behalf of himself, and Henry G. Kimball and Lucy Kilgore wife of Joseph Kilgore, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That Bethiah Kimball late of said Lowell deceased was the widow of William Kimball late of said Lowell deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution and served therein seven months and three days and as the said Isaac believes in the Company of Captain Benton and in Colonel Putnam's Regiment That the said William and Bethiah were married at Fryeburg in said County of Oxford on the fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred

and ninety one; that the said William Kimball died at said Lowell on the twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen; that the said Bethiah Kimball died at said Lowell on the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three -
He further states that he and the Henry G. Kimball and Lucy Kilgore are the only children of the said Bethiah Kimball and William Kimball now living or who were living at the time of the decease of the said Bethiah. And the said Isaac further states that the said William Kimball had a wife before he was married to the said Bethiah and that William Kimball and Joseph Kimball children of the said William Kimball deceased are now living, in behalf of whom also, he makes this declaration provided they are legal- ly entitled to the benefit thereof and of said act of Congress. The said Isaac further states that the said Bethiah was not married to the said William prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit at the time above stated -
Witness Isaac Hammond
Sworn and subscribed Isaac H Kimball
on the day and year above written
Before Job Prince.

State of Maine
Oxford ss: I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County hereby certify, that Job Prince before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is the Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid - I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Isaac Kimball for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty six.
Geo. F. Emery Register.

At a Special Court of Probate holden at Lowell within and for the County of Oxford in the State of Maine, on this fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six it was satisfactorily proved that Isaac Kimball, Henry G. Kimball & Lucy Kil- gore wife of Joseph Kilgore all of said Lowell are, and on the fifteenth day April A D 1843 were the only surviving children of William Kimball and Bethiah Kimball both late of said Lowell Fryeburg deceased, and that Joseph Kimball of said Lowell and William Kimball of Hiram in said County on said fifteenth day of April were and now are the only surviving children of the said William deceased by a former wife -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this fifteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred & forty six Geo. F. Emery Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
February, 2. 1846
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 William Kimball, is borne upon a Pay Roll of the town of Faye-bough, for service in the Continental Army, as a private, from June 23 1780 to January 8, 1781, including allowance of 360 miles travel, 7 Months & 3 days. The above is all the evidence of service, which can be identified with the individual described in the annexed application.

800 118 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.
John G. Bassett, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for certificate of Revolutionary services made by the Heir of the party who rendered the services
State of Maine, County of Oxford, town of Lowell. The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of my fathers services in the War of the Revolution.
His name was William Kimball
He enlisted from the town of Fryeburg, in the then County of York, now County of Oxford, in the then Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now State of Maine in the year 1780 I think, as a private for the term of six months. He marched from said Fryeburg to West Point & there joined the Company of Captain Benton, of Colonel Putnam's Regiment - I am now forty eight years of age & I am not able to state my fathers services more fully than above stated -
Witness my hand this first day of December AD 1845
Isaac Kimball
Signed by said Isaac Kimball in my presence
David Hammond
Justice of the Peace -

Fryeburg April the thirtieth (30th 1792) seventeen hundred and ninety two -
The following persons were joined in Marriage by the Subscriber, Pastor of the Church in Fryeburg at the several dates hereafter noted
August fourth seventeen hundred and ninety one - William Kimball and Bethiah Gordon both of Fryeburg. Wm. Fesenden
A true copy attest Joseph F Swan Town Clerk -
I Joseph Chandler of Fryeburg in the County of Oxford and State of Maine hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of said town with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows. August 4th 1791
Joseph Chandler
I Joseph Chandler above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the County town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me -
Joseph Chandler
Oxford ss. March 11. 1846. Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Chandler and made oath in due form of law that the above affidavit by him signed is true Before me David Hammons Just. of Peace

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Isaac Abbott
Dep -
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1867
State of Maine
By bond ss
of the subjoined Clerk of the Judicial Court within and for the County of Oxford hereby certify that David

I Isaac Abbott of Fryeburg, Oxford County Maine on oath say that I am a pensioner of the United States, that in June 1780 I think William Kimball and myself enlisted for the term of six months in the war of the Revolution from said Fryeburg, that we marched from said Fryeburg to West Point together and joined Capt. Bentons Company and Col. Putnam's Reg. I think - I was discharged and returned to said Fryeburg a few days before said Kimball died - Said Kimball married Bethiah Gordon late of Lowell deceased - I was not at the wedding and did not see them married but well recollect the time of their marriage and know that they ever after lived together as husband and wife until his decease -
Isaac Abbott
Oxford ss. March 6th 1846. Then personally appeared the above named Isaac Abbott and made oath that the above affidavit by him signed is true
Before me David Hannan Just. of Peace -

I Jonathan Kimball of Lowell, Oxford County Maine on oath say that my grandmother Bethiah Kimball lived in my family fathers, for several years before her decease, that she was insane for eight or ten years before her death, and that she died on the fifteenth day of April A D 1843
Jonathan Kimball
Oxford ss March 11. 1846 Then personally appeared the above named Jonathan Kimball and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed
Before me David Hamman Just of Peace

State of Maine
By board ss
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Oxford hereby certify that David Hammons whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing deposition & application is a Justice of the peace within said County duly appointed and qualified and that full faith & credit are due to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & set the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty six
Charles Andrews Clerk

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21526
Bethiah Kimball Widow of William Kimball His New Wife
Act March 31 48
Index: Vol CA , Page 203
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rep? see letter
Maine 7792.
Bothiah Kimball, dec d . who was Mass widow of William Kimball
who was a Private
in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Vnd 15 th April, 1843, when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1846
and sent to Hon A. R. Parris, 2 d Comptroller
Payable to Isaac Kimball, Henry G. Kimball and Lucy Kilgore, wife of Jos. Kilgore, children of S d dec d .
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 5.

Bethiah Kimball, dec d : who was widow of William Kimball
Private continental Army, Mass. for 7 Mo. & 3 days.
$27 per ann.
Act 7 July '38 to com.
1 st March 1836 reauthorized '41 also cert: under act March 3 d 1843 to terminate on the 15 th April 1843, when she died. Payable at Portland, Maine, to their children Isaac Kimball, Henry G. Kimball and Lucy Kilgore, wife of Joseph Kilgore. - married 4 August 1791 husband died 29 January 1814
Cert: to the Hon. A. K. Parris, 2 d Comptroller

Lowell Me. March 17th 1846 - Hon. James L Edwards,
Inclosed is the application of the children of Mr & Bettsiah Kimball for a pension - I was applied to when the act of 1838 was first put to make out an application for the widow but she was perfectly insane and had no guardian, and it was then thought best to take no further steps -
I have so made the application as to include the children of the said Bettsiah & William only, or them and his children by a former wife -
I am not sure which form would be correct but enclose that his & her children only are entitled
Yours &c D. H. Hammons

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 3 d of March, 1843, Bettsiah Kimball, dec d late of Maine, widow of William Kimball, who was a private in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension at the rate of twenty seven dollars per annum; and having died on the 29 th January, 1846, and the widow having died on the 15 th April 1843, the amount due from the 4 th March, 1843 to the time of her death, is payable to Isaac Kimball, Henry G. Kimball, and Lucy Kilgore, children of said dec d .
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 10 th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claims.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th July, 1838, Bettriah Kimball, dec d late of Hamd, widow of William Kimball, who was a Private in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $27 per annum; and having died on the 29 th January 1814, and the widow having died on the 15 th April, 1843, the annual due from the 6 th of March 1836 to the 6 th March, 1841, is payable to Isaac Kimball, Mary G. Kimball, and Lucy Kilgore, children of said dec d .
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 10 th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty- 8 4.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. S
Commissioner of Pensions.