Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,443, for Samuel Tobin, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Tobin, Samuel
N 22,443
Margaret
CONTENTS

2267 Maine
Margaret Tobin
widow of Samuel Tobin who was a Private
in the Mass. line
for 2 years,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Oct. 1843. and sent to
A. K. Parrish Esq. Vice Comptroller Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book . 4 Vol. 1 Page 10.
Rep Oct 17-

3665 Margaret Solomon 2647 widow of Samuel 2647 Clarice act 7 July 1835 Married 1789 died 1834 Allow $80 per ann
Edward Blake South Hartford Oxford Co Maine

State of Maine
Oxford County ss. On this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord one hundred & thirty eight, personally appeared before the undersigned, Stephen Emery, Judge of the court of Probate within & for said County of Oxford, Margaret Tobin, a resident of Buckfield in said County of Oxford aged Seventy Six years, who, being first sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting Half Pay & Pensions to certain widows" - that she is the widow of Samuel Tobin late of said Buckfield deceased, who was a soldier in the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war - that the said Samuel Tobin was one of the last three years men, and served until the peace at the close of the war - that he also served in two campaigns in the then District of Maine - was one of General Washburn's men &c. -
She is not able to state the particulars of his said services, but respectfully refers to the evidence on file in the War Department, in his application for a Pension - that the said Samuel was a Pensioner of the United States, for his said services, certificate number 9772 or 9779, - that he was dropped from the list of pensioners on account of his poverty & afterwards restored - as by the annexed letter from J. L. Ed. - may well appear.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Tobin in the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred & eighty nine - she thinks in April, Second day - that her said husband, the said Samuel Tobin, died on the thirteenth day of December A D eighteen hundred & thirty four. That she was not married to said Samuel prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place before the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit at the time above stated - that she has remained a widow & unmarried ever since the death of the said Samuel Tobin, her said husband.
Witness S. Emery
Margaret Tobin
Sealed & subscribed by the said Margaret Tobin, the day & year first above written
Before
Stephen Emery Judge
And I certify that said Margaret is unable to attend personally in court by reason of bodily infirmity.
Stephen Emery Judge

I Anna Gilbert of Buckfield in the County of Oxford & State of Maine aged Sixty Six years, on oath testify & say, that I was well acquainted with the within named Samuel Tobin & Margaret Tobin, - that said Margaret is the same person now present - that I was present when said Samuel & Margaret were married - at Windham, in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine - and according to my best recollection said marriage took place in the Spring of the year A.D. 1789 - I have known said Samuel & Margaret before & ever since their said marriage up to the time of said Samuel's death, which happened in December A.D. 1834, I think - Said Samuel was a Revolutionary Pensioner when he died, and the said Margaret has remained a widow & unmarried ever since his death.
Witness S. Emery
Anna X Gilbert
Sworn to, & subscribed by the above named Anna Gilbert the day & year first within written, the said Anna being a credible witness. Before Stephen Emery, Judge
State of Maine
Oxford ss. I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is 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 Margaret Tobin for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of October A.D. 1838
Levi Howells

Samuel Tobin

" Mr. Samuel Tobin and Miss Margaret " Legro both of Windham intend marriage. " Windham January 10, 1789. Rich d Dole, Town Clerk.
I, John Buelath of Windham in the County of Lancaster and State of Maine, on oath depose and say that I am clerk of the town of Windham aforesaid, and have the records of said town in my possession and custody, and that the foregoing is a true and accurate transcript from said Records. I further depose and say that the marriages solemnized in said town commencing in the year 1763 to the present time appear to be all duly entered in said Records, excepting from the 19 th day of February 1789 to May 30 1791, not a single marriage solemnized in said Windham can be found in the Records.
John Buelath
Subscribed to Windham Sept. 28, 1898. Then personally appeared the above named John Buelath and made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above affidavit by him subscribed before me.
Charles Johnson Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Cumberland S.S.
I Charles Fox. Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Cumberland and State of Maine. do hereby certify that Charles Johnson Esquire is a Magistrate and duly appointed and Commissioned to act as such; and that the signature on the other side of this paper, and purporting to be his is genuine. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this fourth day of October A.D. 1838
Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Cumberland

Samuel Tobin

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE, March 1. 182 4
SIR :
In conformity with the law of the United States, of the 1st March, 1823, authorizing the Secretary of War to restore the names of certain persons to the List of Pensioners, you are hereby notified, that your name has been this day restored to the Pension Roll of the Maine — Agency, and that, agreeably to the provisions of said act, your allowance, as a Pensioner, will commence from the 21. of August 182 3 , the day on which the evidence was closed upon which you obtained a restoration to the List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Samuel Tobin
United States' Pensioner.
Care of the Hon. E. Lincoln House of Reps

9772 Waup
Samuel Tobin
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheppard of the Massa: line, for the term of 2 yrs.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of April, 1819 and sent to Albion H. Parris Paris Me
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  87.43 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819  48 9
135.43 10 m th 24/ 4/30-31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Notification sent to Thos Clerk 11 July 1820 Paris Me

Samuel Tobin
Sept. 1829
Suspended for deed, &c to be duly authenticated, & for which purpose they were returned to Saint F. Brown, Bucksfield, Maine.
The certificate of the select men is not added. -

State of Maine -
County of Oxford ss. Court of Common Pleas August Term 1823 -
On this twenty first day of August 1823. personally appeared in open court being a court of records for the county of Oxford - proceeding according to the course of this common pleas having jurisdiction without limitation as to amount & the power of fine & imprisonment. Samuel Tobin resident in the county of Oxford, aged sixty one years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the 1 st May 1820. that he the said Samuel Tobin, enlisted for the term of three years on or about the first day of January in the year 1781, in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain John Fuller in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd in the line of state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps untill September 1783. when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the state of New York - that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property -
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820. 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 provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War", passed on the 18th of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contract or debt due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed - One Cow - four sheep - one small pig - one table - four articles of Iron ware, part broken - a few articles of broomery - one pail - two tubs - one pair of Iron Dogs - four old chains - one hoe and three articles of earthen ware - one low chest - one fork a few articles of pewter ware & a few of tin ware & some jugs & bottles - My occupation has formerly been that of a farmer, but of late years my ill health has prevented my performing labour of any kind - My family consists of myself - my wife who is sixty years of age and much subject to rheumatism which deprives her, for a great part of the time, of all ability to labour - and one son of the age of fourteen - of a feeble constitution and not of ability to do more than to support himself -

Since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property -
   Property sold. viz - To whom sold. Time of sale. Description of payment     sixty acres of very rocky land with a dwelling house and barn thereon standing - John Eoring February 26 1821 one hundred & fifty dollars paid by discharge of a debt that I owed S. Eoring, and by my debts paid to other persons by him & by necessaries out of his store -   Also 2 Yearling steers same September 1821 Steers paid for as aforesaid -   one old Horse Sam l Tobin Jun November 1822 A watch sold for four Dollars -  
The other changes in the articles included in said schedule are as follows, viz, the cow was exchanged for a beef cow, which was consumed in the family - one of the heifers was also consumed in beef by the family the year after the cow - the other heifer I now have being the cow named in my schedule above
Sam l Tobin
August 21. 1823. The before named Samuel Tobin personally appeared, in open Court, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him signed before.
Ezekiel Whitman Chf. Justice of said Court -
I am satisfied the articles enumerated in the foregoing schedule do not in value exceed thirty dollars -
Ezekiel Whitman -
State of Maine.
Oxford ss. I Rufus K. Goodenow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Oxford, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records 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, does not exceed in value the sum of thirty dollars - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 13 th day of October A. D. 1823.
Rufus K. Goodenow, Clerk.

Samuel Tobins
N o 9772 -
24 ap l
Not Entitled 1819
not entitled

Informed Feb 13. 1822 that he could not be reunited, sent to Hon. E. Lincoln 11. Report,

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the seconds Tuesday of June A.D. 1820 before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 15th 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 county of Oxford - Samuel Tobin - aged fifty eight - years, resident in Hartford in said county, 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. John Miller, John Holliston in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Shephard 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 7th day of April A.D. 1818 - , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 9772 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 below, also subscribed by me.
Samuel Tobin
Sworn to and declared, on the 15th day of June A.D. 1820.
Benjamin Green & Judah Dana
BEFORE
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: -
Real Estate viz - sixty acres of very rock land one dwelling house - one barn
Personal estate viz - 2 Oxen 5 years old 1 Cow - 2 Heifers 2 years old 2 Steers - 1 do - 1 Horse 1 swine 10 sheep - 2 calves -
45 pieces of household furniture of very trifling value - Samuel Tobin -

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel Tobin — who by occupation am a husbandman — which I am not able to pursue by reason of asthmatic complaints —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Margaret my wife 57 years not able to contribute to more than half of her support, by reason of rheumatism —   Nancy Tobin 18 years not able to do anything of consequence towards her support —   John Tobin 16 do able to support himself —   Henry Tobin 11 do partly able to labour but somewhat weakly  
Samuel Tobin
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford 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 two hundred dollars and  cents $200.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clark { Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford —

I Samuel Tobin of Hartford in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, on oath testify and declare that I was a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the war of the Revolution for the term of nine months and longer, that I enlisted as a private soldier in said service into the Company of Infantry then as a recruit under Captain Richard Mayhew, a Recruiting Officer, at Windham in the County of Cumberland whence I marched with other Recruits to Boston, thence to West Point where I was attached to a Company of common Infantry commanded by Capt. John Fuller belonging to the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment comm- anded by Col. Sheppard - that I continued in said service and in said company the constantly doing the duty of a Soldier till I was discharged at West Point my said Company then being under the command of Capt. Holliston -
The time that I first enlisted was in in January AD 1781. and the time of my discharge was in September AD 1783
And I do further testify and say that in consequence of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support
Samuel Tobin

I, Enrich Hall, of Buckfield in the county of Oxford and state of Massachusetts, do certify and say, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war a part of the same period that the above named Samuel Tobin served, and was in the same brigade, and to my certain knowledge said Tobin served, as he has above stated the full term of nine months and nine.
Enrich Hall
The Selectmen of Hartford hereby certify that in our opinion Samuel Tobin an inhabitant of this town is so poor that he is deserving the Pension provided by the Government of the United States —
Edward Blake, Jr. order of the selectmen
April 6 1818
I hereby certify that Mr Samuel Tobin recd help from the  of this town the overseers of the poor the last year
Edward Blake

Samuel Tobin
Samuel Tobin Private Col. Sheppard's Regt Massachusetts Line 1751-2 years. dec: 7 th April 1818
Admitted.

I Joshua Davis of Beckfield in the County of Oxford Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty six  seven , I resided in the town of Gorham in the County of Cumberland and said Commonwealth, that while there I became knowing to the fact that Samuel Tobin, then resident in the town of Windham adjoining said Gorham, but now in Halloway in said County of Oxford, did, in January or February of the year aforesaid, enlist into the as a private soldier into the Continental Service under an officer by the name of Mabry, who was then recruiting soldiers in that town, for the term of three years; which term I confidently believe he served throughout as I well remember the time of his return, which was at the expiration of said three years. And I also recollect of seeing him several times in the army during said term, particularly at York Huts - Peeks Wilny and other places on North River — his
Joshua J Davis Mark
On this 10th day of August 10. 1848. Then the above named Joshua Davis who is of good reputation for truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me
Sam e H Brown justice of the Peace

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Samuel Tobin the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The affidavit of Esau Hall, made and signed in my presence; and the deposition of Joshua Davis, taken before Samuel F. Brown, a respectable magistrate duly authorised; and the certificate of the municipal officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life; all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Samuel Tobin the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my
Official
Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion L. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Samuel Tobin wid. File 22 443
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1781 Sept. 1783 Pvt. John Fuller John Holliston Isaac D. 4 th Mass.                              
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windham Cumberland Co. Me.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 7 1818. His class also
Residence at date of application, Wartford Oxford Co. Mass. (Me.)
Age at date of application, 56 yrs. He died Dec. 30 1834
Remarks: Soldier married Apr. 2 1789 at Windham Me. Miss Mary and  He was allowed pension on an application executed Sept. 20 1832  while a resident of Buckfield Me. aged 76 years. In 1820 children Mary  18 years. John 16 years, & Henry 14 years.
Very respectfully, (In 1843 widow alleged she was 74?)

1909 Sept. 18 List. Lo- Mrs. N. L. Seamans v. L. M.
Ray
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,443
Margaret Tobin
Widow of Samuel Tobin
Ohio Rev war
Act: March 3 rd  1843
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 279
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Maine 3665
Margaret Tobin widow of Samuel Tobin
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 30 th Dec. 1834 of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by Col. Shipard in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of July, 1837 and sent to Edward Blake, South Hartford, Oxford Co. Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March '39. 240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sep. 40.00 $ 280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 31 Page 24

The 60 acres of land, he sold in Feby 1821, to John Loring, for $150. - money consideration p. by discharge of a debt applicant owed him, & by his assumption to pay other debts due to applicant by one Joseph  Copeland for merchandise had out of said Loring's store, for the maintenance of applicant's family. - A duly authenticated copy of the deed is within. 2 yearling steers sold in Sept. 1821, as above, & p. for in like manner. 1 old horse, sold to Saml. Tobin in Nov. 1822, for a watch, valued at $4. - 1 cow, & 1 heifer, used for the support of the family - Formal affi- davits to prove the above state- ment are within - Also several affidavits to prove the indigence of applicant. Among them is the affidavit of three overseers of the poor, dated in April 1821, stating that applicant was then assisted by the town toward his support, & probably would need the same aid as long as he lived. The facts as stated, are fully  also proven by formal affidavits. Hon: E. Lincoln, H. R.
- in 59th Maine a 34
Parnell Tobin - p.:
Applicant aged 61 yrs - a farmer of late years, has not been able to perform labour of any kind, owing to continued ill health. - Wife aged 60 yrs - much subject to rheu- matism. - one son, 14 yrs of age able to support himself. -
Served 2 yrs from 1781. - 1 st sched: 15 June 1820, which exhibits 60 acres of very rocky land, with a dwelling house & barn thereon. - 2 oxen, 5 yrs old - 1 cow - 2 heifers, 2 yrs old - 2 steers 1 yr old - 1 horse - 1 swine - 10 sheep - 2 calves - & 45 pieces of household furniture - whole amount of sched: $200 -
2 nd sched: 11 th Feby 1820 - A second application for restoration to the pension list, was made on the 21 st Augt 1823, as p. his
3 rd sched: which exhibits, only 1 cow - 4 sheep - 1 small pig - 1 table, & a few other trifling arti- cles. whole amt. of sched: $30.
The accounts for the change in his property since 1 st sched: viz:

2267
120 Unity St Brooklyn N.Y.
Pension Department, Washington D.C. Revolutionary War Service.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly advise me if you have a record of Samuel Tobin . who served in a Mass. Regt. during the Revolutionary

war, and received a pen- sion at Hartford, Maine. If so, please advise me your fee for furnishing a copy of the record. Your attention will great- ly oblige,
Yours truly,
M. L. Seaman 120 Amity St
Sept 11. 1909
Brooklyn, N.Y.

I hereby certify that Samuel F Brown of Buckfield in the County of Oxford & State of Maine has been for several years a justice of the Peace in & for that County & that he continues to act as a known & acknowledged magistrate in that capacity
Washington Jan y 29 1824
Enoch Lincoln M.C.
To be filed with certain pension applications filed by me Jan y 28 th 1824 E.L.

I John Loring of Buckfield in the County of Oxford State of Maine Enquire witness and say that on the twenty fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand and twenty one I purchased of Samuel Tobin of Buckfield in said County, a certain piece of land being the land where said Tobin then lived situated in said Buckfield & being about fifty acres of poor land for which I paid said Tobin the sum of one hundred fifty dollars by discharging him from sundry notes and accounts then due me from him and by paying other credits of said Tobin at his request among which was a considerable sum paid Doct. William Bridgeman for his account as Physician and I also supplied him with some necessaries out of my store —
I also purchased of said Tobin, sometime in the same year a pair of yearling Steers and paid him for the same the sum of as above mentioned —
I received of said Tobin a deed of said land duly executed and recorded —
State of Maine
John Loring
Oxford June 12. 1823. Then the above named John Loring known to me to be a man of truth & to be disinterested in the claim to which this affidavit relates personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
Samuel F. Brown
Juror of the Panel

See endorsement on accompanying affidavit. The same is required in this case.

State of Maine
Oxford ss.
I Rufus King Goodenow, Clerk of all the Judicial courts in & for said County, hereby certify that Samuel H. Bronson Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Oxford appointed & sworn agreeably to the Constitution & Laws of this State, & that full faith may be given to his official acts as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that the within is his signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto write my name & affix the seal of one of said Courts. Done at Paris in the County & State aforesaid this twenty second day of November A.D. 1823.
Rufus King Goodenow.

Certificate by which deponent agrees and
Samuel F. Brown
Justice of the Peace
The credibility & disinter- estedness of the witness must be duly certified by the Magistrate - Also his signa- ture & official character must be certified by the Clerk of the Court, under seal of office

I William Bridgman of Belfast in the County of Oxford State of Maine, Physician, testify and say that I have for many years, been the Family Physician of Samuel Tobin of Belfast in said County, during which time said Tobin has generally been in a low state of health being subject to asthmatic affections and such debility as arises in consequence thereof which necessarily deprives him of ability to labour to any considerable degree.
I further say that said Tobin has always appeared to be in quite low circumstances as to property.
Wm Bridgman Jr
State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
May 16, 1823 Then the above named William Bridgman Jr made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me
Samuel F. Brown
Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Oxford ss.
I Rufus K. Goodnow, Clerk of all the Judicial courts in & for said County of Oxford hereby certify that Samuel F. Brown Esquire is a Justice of the peace in & for said County, appointed & sworn agreeably to the Constitution & Laws of this State & that full faith may be given to his official acts as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that the above & within are his signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto write my name & affix the seal of one of said Courts. Done at Paris in the County & State aforesaid this twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty three.
Rufus K. Goodnow

I James Ricker of Houlton in the County of Oxford, State of Maine, yreoma hereby certify that I was one of the overseers of the Poor of said Town of Houlton for the year 1821, during which year Samuel Tobias of said town, was assisted by the s d overseers several times as a pauper, his living in very low and necessitous circumstances and I further say that I have long been acquainted with said Tobias and have long known him to be a poor man and he is at this time more distressed in his pecuniary affairs than formerly, having little or no property — James Ricker
State of Maine
County of Oxford — May 17. 1823. Then the above named to me well known to be a man of truth and in disinterested in the application to write this affidavit James Ricker personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed before me Samuel F. Brewer Justice of the Peace
The credibility of this certificate of the overseers must be fully certified by the magistrate — else his signature & official character must be certified by the clerk of the court, under seal of office.

Suspended -
See letter to P. T. Brown Esq. Bucksfield, Maine,
31 st Oct. 1823.
Hon E. Lincoln. H. Rep.

FREE
Edward Blake Esq.
Post Master
South Hartford (Me)

State of Maine
Cumberland County Gorham September 6. 1838
I Eben Preble clerk of the Town of Gorham do certify that in the record of marriages by Edmund Phinney Justice of the Peace as recorded in the Records of said Town, Book No 1. page 146 the marriage of Samuel Tobin and Margaret Legrow both of Windham are recorded as follows (viz)
April Second Seventeen hundred and eighty nine. Samuel Tobin & Margaret Legrow both of Windham
Attest Eben Preble Town Clerk
I Eben Preble as above named Depose and say that I hold the office of Town clerk in the Town of Gorham and that the above marriage is a true extract from the records of said Town now in my possession with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Records of said Town in fair legible figures as follows, April 2 nd 1789.
Attest Eben Preble Town Clerk
State of Maine Cumberland County } S.S.
On this Sixth day of September Eighteen hundred and Thirty Eight personally appeared before me Elijah Hayes a Justice of the Peace in and for said County aforesaid, Eben Preble above named Town Clerk of Gorham a person by me well known and entitled to full credit as a witness and made oath that the above extracts by him subscribed are truly copied from the records of said Town, the dates being written out in words, which are put down in figures only in the Records, with no other alteration.
Elijah Hayes Justice of the Peace
(Fees 50 ct )

State of Maine
Cumberland Co: ss:
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial courts in said county certify that Elijah Hays is a Magistrate as appears within and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial court for said State this Eighth day of May Anno Domini 1839
Charles Cobb Clerk

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Hon. Enoch Lincoln Esq. Representative in Congress City of Washington

Brattleboro Jan. 19 th 1872.
Emerson L. Ely
Sir
Enclosed you will find several papers pertaining to Samuel H. King's application for a pension — I send them to you for the purpose of having you examine them and if they should be defective in point of form, to either return them to me, or to notify me of what may be further necessary in support of the claim — Should they be sufficient in your opinion, we wish you to send them in to the War Office and if any thing can be done to hasten the determination, by your consistent with your official standing, we wish you to do it as Mr. S. is very anxious to draw on the March payment day if possible —
It may be necessary to inform you that Mr. S. has heretofore been struck off the Roll.
I make this claim for your favor on the full assurance that you are now ready to "help the needy" and especially the old revolutionary soldier, "in distress" —
I lately forwarded you an application for a change of the Post Marks in this place — I now send you another paper on that subject, which you will please to dispose of as it should be —
Yours respectfully
Samuel H. Brown

Margaret Tobin wid. of Saml. Maine act 7 July 1838 Let to E Blake, Apr 19 1839—
E Blake South Hartford Me

Smile
Adolphus May 18 May 6, 1861.
Edwards Esq. Commissaireur of Portion Washington City

South Hackford 11 May 1839 J L Edwards Esq
in whom I forwarded the Paper of Mrs Margaret Tobin. I was not informed that the Marriage was recorded in my Parish I had caused a futile search to be made at Garchess sent to the Clerk to search & forward what might be found & he made the Certificate in Season & it seems it was neglected to be Mailed to me until the 26 of March & I was in hope that the Certificate of the Publication with the evidence I forwarded would be sufficient. is the reason I did not forward the Inlis. as soon as I received it - I suppose this will be sufficient without as this is the best evidence I shall not get the New Certificate from the Clerk of Bournemouth. supposing that this is all that is wanting in case I am mistaken Please inform me & I will attend to it faithfully
I am Sir Yours Respectfully
Edward Blake
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1882 Declaration of Margaret Hobbs M c at 3 o'clock 43
80 P
A. K. Paris 2. Compt

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford
County.
On this sixth day of July 1843 Personally appeared before the subscribed portion of the Peace County of Oxford Margaret Tobin of the
a resident of Brookfield in the County of Oxford aged seventy four years—who being first duly
sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of Samuel Tobin who was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution & served three several campaigns as she fully believes - one for three years - one for eight months & one for three months - the eight months under Capt. Parsons, but the other officers she cannot state - for which service he received a pension, under the act of June 7, 1832 - She also declares that she received a pension under the act of July 7, 1832 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum as per her certificate No. 3685.
she further declares that she is still a widow
Margaret Tobin (Mark)
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me and I further certify that the said Margaret Tobin is, personally known to me to be the identical person she has declared herself to be — Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Oxford County ss: I the Subscriber Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County hereby certify that Samuel F. Brown whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Declaration of Margaret Tobin , is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly appointed and qualified, & full faith & credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of August Anno Domini eighteen hundred & forty three.
Leo. F. Coney Register.
NOTE—After “who was a” insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.

I Samuel I

To the Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Samuel Tobin of Watford in the County of Oxford. State of Maine on oath declares that on the fifteenth day of June A.D. 1820. the day when he made up the Schedule of his property and family which was forwarded to your office, duly authenticated with a view of obtaining a continuance of the Pension before secured to him agreeable to the act of Congress of March 18. 1818. he, said Tobin, was indebted to several persons to an amount nearly equal to the value of the Real Estate mentioned in said Schedule - that he has since been obliged to dispose of said real estate, together with some personal property for the purpose of paying said debts and for procuring the necessary means of subsistence and that the following is a true schedule of all the property that he now possesses viz
One heifer 2 1/2 years old Four Sheep
Forty five pieces of household furniture of little value. He further states that his son John, mentioned in said schedule has since left him and gone beyond his control and that he, the said Samuel now has no offspring from said son whatever - and that his daughter Nancy named in said schedule has for two years past not been able to support herself by reason of constitutional weakness.
For the above reasons said Tobin requests that his name may be restored to Pension Roll.
Samuel Tobin
Oxford J. January 17 1822. Then the above named Samuel Tobin to me well known as a man of truth and accuracy made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him signed before me
Jobess Larnsey Not. Public

I William Hayward of Houlton in the County of Oxford State of Maine, Gentleman, on oath declare that I am well acquainted with Samuel Tobin of said Houlton, being a neighbor of his having lived within three fourths of a mile of his dwelling for twenty years last past during the whole of which time said Tobin has never been what is generally called a forehanded man as to property - That of late years he has grown poorer and at this time is in quite low circumstances, having a family that produces but very little income from their labor. I further say that about thirteen years ago, said Tobin met with a fall that injured him very much and which was then thought to endanger his life; since which time said Tobin has never been an able bodied man.
William Hayward
Oxford J. January 12. 1822.
Then the above named William Hayward will know to me as a man of truth, made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me
John Loring John Loring Justice
I Stephen Thurlow of Houlton in the County of Oxford, State of Maine, Gentleman, on oath say that I am well acquainted with Samuel Tobin of said Houlton being a very near neighbor of his and well knowing to all the facts stated by William Hayward in his affidavit above and that they are true. I further say that I am knowing that sometime in February or March last said Tobin was owing a note to one Lucius Loring of about one hundred & twenty five Dollars and that he turned out most stock with some bills towards paying the same.
Stephen Thurlow
Oxford J. January 12. 1822 Then the above named Stephen Thurlow will know to me as a man of truth made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed before me
John Loring Justice

I the subscriber being a practicing Physician in the town of Buchfield, in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, hereby certify that I have for twelve years, or more, been the regular family Physician of Samuel Tobin of the town of Hartford adjoining Buchfield, during which time said Tobin has generally been affected with Asthmatic complaints which have increased upon him with his age, so that at this time, these infirmities, with others, deprive him of nearly all ability to labour. Buchfield Feb. 15. 1821
Wm Bridgham
Oxford G. Feby 3 d 1821. Then the above named William Bridgham personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me
Samuel H. Brown Justice of the Peace

Where the Overseers of the poor of the town of Hartford hereby Certify That Samuel Robin an inhabitant of said town is now at expense to the town probably and certainly will be as long as he lives as he is in possession of no kind of property except what the law of this State allow a man to keep free from attachment and he is unable to labor on account of sickness for a number of years last past and he also was helped by the town in the year 1817 the year previous to the passing of the pension act
Dated at Hartford this 7th day of April 1821
Joseph Robin James Riker Daniel Bartlett } Overseers of the poor of said town
Oxford Jr. April 7 th 1821.
Then the above named Joseph Robin & James Riker and on the fourteenth day of said April the said Bartlett made oath to the truth of the above certificates by them subscribed before
Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace

I John Loring of Buckfield in the County of Oxford State of Maine. Esquire on oath say that sometime last fall Spring I purchased of Samuel Tobin of Halloway in said County the farm wherein he then lived which is a piece of poor rocky land for which I became accountable to him for about one hundred fifty Dollars and which I have since chiefly paid by discounting a bill that he then owed me and by paying other persons by said Tobin's order, debts that he was owing them, one in particular to Doct r William Bridgman for services as Physician.
I further say that from what I have known of said Tobin's circumstances during an acquaintance of fifteen years and more particularly for the last few years, I consider him to be in low and unprosperous circumstances at this time.
John Loring
Oxford Sp. January 12. 1822.
Then the above named John Loring made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed before me Samuel Swallow Justice of the Peace
I Stephen Phelps of Buckfield in the County of Oxford State of Maine Esquire on oath say that about the 20th day of October last I purchased of Samuel Tobin of Halloway in said County a right of land for which I gave him fifty eight Dollars and said Tobin at that time was owing me about ten Dollars, but was not willing pay me out of said sum price of the even more than fifty Dollars, because he said he was owing other debts and must let all have a part — said Tobin is now in debt to me —
Stephen Phelps
Oxford Sp. January 1822. Then the above named Stephen Phelps made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed before me
Samuel Swallow Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Aspd. J.
I Rufus H. Goodenow Clerk of the Judicial courts within & for said County of Oxford, here- by certify that John Loring, Samuel F. Brown & Larkad Swallow Equines are severally jus- tices of the peace within & for said County & acting, as such, under the authority of this State, and the foregoing are their respective signa- tures according to my best knowledge & belief In testimony whereof I hereunto write my name & affix my seal official, this 18 th day of January A.D. 1822.
Rufus H. Goodenow

KNOW all Men by these Presents, THAT I Samuel Tobin of Hartford in the county of Oxford and State of Maine yeoman
in consideration of the sum of One hundred and fifty Dollars paid by John Loring of Bathfield in said County Esquire
the receipt whereof I - do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, convey, and confirm unto him the said Loring and his heirs and assigns forever, a certain lot of land situated in said Hartford and being the easterly half of lot numbered nine in the eighth range of lots in said town. Also six rods more adjoining said half on the westerly side of the same said six rods wide to be the whole length of said half and is the same lot whereon I now dwell and the same that I purchased of Peter Silby by his deed dated the twenty first day of September 1804
Entered this day in the records of the town of Hartford from the original for Samuel Tobin Esquire
To have and to hold, the same, with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging to him the said Loring and his heirs and assigns, to their sole use and behoof forever. And I do hereby for my self my heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said Loring or his heirs and assigns, that I lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid; and that I and my heirs will warrant and defend the same to him the said Loring or his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful demands of all persons
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED, IN PRESENCE OF Samuel H. Parsons Katharine Parsons
Samuel Tobin -
On this 26th day of February 1821. ss. Then the aforementioned Samuel Tobin personally acknowledged the aforesaid instrument, to be his deed, before me Samuel H. Parsons - Justice of the Peace.

Oxford ss. Paris May 22. 1823. I hereby certify that the within is a true copy from Oxford Records from Book 10. Pages 35 & 36.
Mr. Alanson Mellen Register of Deeds Oxford County
Copy of a Deed Samuel Tobin to John Loring
State of Maine
Oxford ss. I Rufus King Goodenow Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for said County of Oxford hereby certify that Alanson Mellen Esquire is now & was at the time of the attestation of the above certificate by him subscribed, as he has this day before me acknowledged, Register of Deeds for said County of Oxford, having been elected & qualified agreeably to the Constitution & Laws of this State. Given under my hand & the seal of said County at Paris in the County & State aforesaid this 22 day of November A.D. 1823.
Rufus King Goodenow