Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29970, for John Lombard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Lombard, John
S. 29970
CONTENTS

4063
Maine
John Lombarde
of Gersharn the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gills of the Regt commanded by Col Craft in the Massachus's time for Militia 6 mo — Seaman 3 mo —
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 32 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Jan'y 1833 and sent to Hon J Anderson House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1832 $ 4 8 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 st Mar: 1833 — 16
$ 6 4
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk, Book D Vol. 11 Page 68

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
AT a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the thirty first day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- nine before the H onorable ASHUR WARE , Judge of said Court.
ON this thirty first day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge John Langland a resident of Garland in the county of Penobscot in said Maine District, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted into the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution at Boston in April or May 1776 under Capt. John Gills for six months for craft having command & was stationed at Castle Island in Boston harbor in the service of the State of Massachusetts as he believes. The first Lieut. name was Cooper & he believes there was but one Lieut. That during said period he went with a detachment to Wautaskeag  Wautaskeag Cannon V drove out two ships that were anchored there. Got their cables & anchors which they dropped. V brought them up to Boston. That he served out said six months & was honorably discharged late in the fall. but was under a written discharge.
That in Oct 1778 he shipped on board a brig in Boston for the west Indies & the day after he sailed was captained by the British Admiral Byron's Fleet. was made prisoner as having the belt 94. Chas Fielding commander. was carried to Barbadoes & then to St Lucia & was at Barbadoes until the last of March 1779 when he with about forty others in said Fleet who were not carried to the Hospital with him away & got off in boats from St Lucia & went to Fort Royal in Martinique & then joined the French ship Languedoc of 110 Guns. Count D. Estang comm- ander. That he served on board the Languedoc until the French Fleet returned to Martinique after having formed the design to meet the British fleet & being out of meat & wood, declined the fight. He was then sent down to St Pierre to join the American Fleet. called the Delaware Frigate Capt. McEwen which he thinks was in April. He entered the Delaware & then sailed for the Cape May in May he believes, was soon Wilmington when he arrived in May he believes, was soon after put on board a French vessel belonging to the Government designed to Boston with flour for the troops. That said ship was com- manded by Capt. Munroe. was taken upon by part of the crew who proved to be British midshipmen & made a mutiny. He was put a drift in a boat with with an age & the ship taken & arrived at New York (connected the Capt & the mutineers were hanged at New York. He was got back to Boston the first of July 1779. Making nine months service in all during the time he was a prisoner. He does not know of any person living who was with him in the time he was a prisoner. He was taken at New York on the 17th of May 1779. His father moved to New Hampshire where he was at sea & he came to Durham in his return in 1779 when he was under he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
That in the summer of 1878 he enlisted at Falmouth in July he thinks; then had a term Gun Hoop John Larry seaman under for a cruise against the enemy.

in two or three days not was taken by the British Frigate Experiment & was carried with to New York & kept a Prisoner until September when he was exchanged & returned immediately to Boston I entered the Brig as before stated - The name of the Prisoner has been forgotten but remember that Deacon Titcomb of Portland was a St. & he believes he was in some way 2 or about twenty days in there two or three in prison then he may have. He is confident that his name will be found on the ship's roll of the Deacon Frigate which he believes is at Washington & has no other evidence of his name that he knows of - & he served in the whole seventeen months & a half .
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except declares his claim is that an appropriation roll of any agency in any State - J. B. M. L. M. C. Given & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before Admiral Ware Presd. of the
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Mussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Dombard for a pension. And that Josiah Pierce Esquire who took the deposition of Daniel Hunt & Nicholas Harrington is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & at his official attest- ations are entitled to full faith & credit, and that John Anderson Esq. who took the annexed deposition of Joseph Titcomb is also a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & entitled to full faith & credit in his official attestations - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirty first day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two .
John Mussey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

9/48 John Lomhard.
advent
6 in o private
3 in o seaman
#32
Adm J Anderson
Rd/P

Cumberland Co. State of Maine Sept r 1. 1832
I Nicholas Harding of Gorham aged sixty seven years, depose & say that I have been well acquainted with John Lombard, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing application, for more than forty years, that I am his near neighbor, & it is generally reported & believed in the neighborhood, that said Lombard was a prisoner on board the Sultan Seventy Four, & a seaman on board the French fleet, & on board the Lean Frigate in the Revolutionary war. & I concur in that opinion.
Nicholas Harding
Cumberland Co. Sept r 1. 1832
Personally appeared the above subscribed Nicholas Harding, & made oath to the truth of the deposition by him signed before me - Josiah Pierce - Justice of the Peace.
I Daniel Hunt of Gorham in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine aged fifty seven years, depose & say that I have been well acquainted with John Lombard who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing application for more than forty years. I am his neighbor, & it is generally reported & believed in the neighborhood that said Lombard was a prisoner on board the Sultan Seventy Four and a seaman on board the French fleet, & on board the Lean Frigate in the war of the Revolution - & that he is as old as he states in his declaration - and I concur in that opinion. the present & the
Dan. Hunt
United States for the District of Maine.
Cumberland Co. State of Maine, Sept r 3 d , 1832. Personally appeared the above named Daniel Hunt, & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed before me
Josiah Pierce, Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine, Cumberland County Town of Gorham. Sept r 3 d 1832. I Josiah Pierce of Gorham aforesaid Esquire - hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Deponents, Nicholas Harding and Daniel Hunt, & know that they are both men of truth & veracity -
Josiah Pierce

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
5-29970
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Lombard a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1776 6 mos Private John Hill Croft Mass   Summer 1778 2 1/2 mos Seaman on a 10 gun Sloop sailing from Falmouth Me and commanded by Capt John Cary.   Oct 1778 (See supplemental statement herewith)  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned Residence of soldier at enlistment, Truro Mass & Gorham Me Date of application for pension, August 31, 18832. Residence at date of application, Gorham Maine Age at date of application, Bn Truro Mass May 17, 1755.
Remarks: Moved to Gorham Me in 1779.
Very respectfully, Mrs Louisa A Morrison 29 Cornhill Boston
13603 b-3 m
Commissioner.

Supplement.
In Oct 1778 he shipped on board a (name not stated) Brig at Boston and the day after he sailed was captured by the British Fleet and made a prisoner on the "British Brig Sultan". He was carried to Barbadoes and from there to the Island of St Lucia and was a prisoner until about the last of March 1779, when he, with about 40 others, escaped in a boat and went to Port Royal and where he joined the French Ship "Languedoc" (Count D'Estaing's flag-ship). Shortly after he joined the American Frigate "Deane" and launched at Wilmington Delaware from whence he sailed on a Sloop laden with flour and bound for Boston. A mutiny occurred and he with the Captain and one of the sailors was set adrift adrift in a small boat but they soon landed at Stonington Conn. and he reached Boston about the first of July 1779.

Thomas Lombard's Deposition
John Myles Clerk N. S. Gault

I Thomas Lombard of a place called Number Three in the First Range in the County of Oxford & State of Maine do depose & say that I am well acquainted with John Lombard of Gorham in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine. that I personally knew the said John Lombard in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six. & that he was a private in the Company of Artillery commanded by Capt. John Gills of Wolffleet in the County of Barnstable & State of Massachusetts. in the service of said State & that the said John Lombard was stationed six months, on Castle Island, in Boston Harbour having often seen him while there under Capt Gills. And I further state that I have this day seen the said John Lombard & know him to be the same John Lombard above named -
Gorham July 14. 1832. Thomas Lombard
Cumberland ss. July 14. 1832. Personally appeared the above named Thomas Lombard and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. before me
Josiah Pierce Justice of the Peace.

Maine District
District Clerk's Office August 31. 1832
In testimony that the within named Josiah Pierce Esquire is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified and that his official attestations are entitled to full faith and credit I have here to set my hand & seal of office the day and year above written.
John Mufsey Clerk U. S. Courts
Thomas D. Merrill Deputy

Joseph Pitcairn of Pittcairn in the County of Cumberland State of Maine aged seventy six in 1800 dollars, in the summer of 1778 I sailed from Portland then Falmouth as Lieutenant of the private armed Schooner Retriever Capt John Gray commander on a cruise again st the enemy. said Schooner mounted ten guns. In a few days after sailing about a fortnight, soon after the great gale that dismasted the French Fleet off Rhode Island, we fell in with the British ship of War Experiment. His James Wallis commander & captured us & carried us prisoners to New York & put us on board the Bridal Ship. where we lay some weeks. about four or five weeks & were exchanged. I know that John Lord had now of Gosport, who is now present, was on board all said cruise the time of our imprisonment.
Joseph Pitcairn
Cumberland Pt. August 31 st 1832
Subscribed & sworn to before me
John Underwood just Peace.

Portland Sept 7 th 1832
Sir. I enclose the declaration of John Lambheard for a pension.
Also of Mary Fowler for the pension due her late husband John Fowler, & of Wm Dusen for the pension due Mr Farringdon's deceased - with the ordinary Vouch. a what remains of it kept by said Farringdon.
I have the honor to be Sir with great respect your obed Servt John Burdick
Hon Lewis Cass Secy of War.

Dear Lewis Cap
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In the claim of John Lundblad In a petition under the act of June 1832 as some of the services are not within the act, in behalf of the claimant I would express a willingness that a certif- icate may be issued for 6 months land service and three months seaman
John Lundblad

L. N. G. Barton May 2 nd 1894
Commissioner of Pensions
Will you please be so kind as to give me the information of the Record of John Lombard my Grandfather an old Revolutionary Soldier he with Joseph Gammon 28522 D. enlisted at Garham Maine and they were neighbors and friends and after the war both went to Otisfield Maine and took land in the woods and lived as neighbors for many years. Then both moved to Norway Maine where they both died my Grandfather at ninety I remember him well. He was pensioned for his bravery and suffering.

It will be a great favor if you would send me all the information you can. I find at the State house a record of Joseph Common and the name of my Grandfather but it does not give the town or other matter, as the two were together and served the same time. It seems, strange, that this is not there, they have a Richard Lombard, which I think must be his, you will doubtless have the record as he was a pensioner.
Yours Sincerely
Mrs Louisa A. Garrison 29 Common St Boston. (P.S. an early reply will confer a favor.)

29970 INVALID. Recy
May 24/84 Unit. Miss. A. Mrs. Louisa A. Morrison 29 Common St. Boston.
File No. 29,970
John Lombard His Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 246
[Arrangement of 1870.]