Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 49295, for Abraham Knowlton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Knowlton, Abraham
S. 49295-
CONTENTS

Notification sent to Daniel Small Esq 25 Oct 1820.
Kennebunk Maine
7487
Maine
Abraham Knappton
of Phippsburg in the state  dist of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Little of the 11 th line, for the term of one year.
inscribed on the Roll of the Dist of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1815
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Mar 1819 and sent to F. H. Davis, Esq Paris, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 10 mths. 4 d. $1.29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819. $18.00
$129:29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

No. 34 - Abraham Knowlton
Berwick
1747 Maine
Berwick
M
Land Clerk at Kennebec
Hand
Feb 19

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday of July , being the fourth day of said month  and by adjournment  from day to day, on the  day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of July , in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court ,
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit  Abraham Hinckley aged sixty five years, resident in Berwick in said Circuit , who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Ezra Lunt , in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Little , 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 eighth day of April , A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7437 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 hereunto 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 herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Ab. H. Hinckley
Sworn to and declared, on the 4 th day of July , A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Benj a Greene, ch. Justice { One of the Judges of the said Court.
Atty. Daniel Sewall, Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
I have no property of any kind, nor have I had for many years.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Abraham Knowlton who, by occupation am a joiner , which I am unable to pursue by reason of a lameness, with which I have been troubled several years.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     No wife or family Abraham Knowlton  
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York ss. Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York 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 nothing dollars and cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirty first day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall, { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York
N.B. The name of the Captain, Colonel, & line was inserted in the original, after the Court adjourned without day. D.S. Clerk.

Dr Abraham Knowlton, a resident citizen of the United States, in the town of Phippsburg, and county of Cumberland, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby on oath declare that on the first or second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five, I enlisted as a pri- vate soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Nathanick Wade, in the regiment under the com- mand of Col. Moses Little, in the Massachusetts line, in the Continental establishment, in the army of the United States of America. I enlisted in said army to serve for the term of eight months from the time of enlistment as aforesaid, in the revolu- tionary war, and did serve for that time in said war, and was then honorably discharged. After which I again enlisted as a private soldier  on the first of January 1767 , in the year of our Lord seven hundred and sixty six, for the term of one year from the time of enlistment, in the company commanded by Capt. Ezra Dwin, in the regiment above mentioned, under the command of Col. Moses Little, in the Massachusetts line, in the Continental establishment, in the revolutionary war, in the army of the United States of America; and I did serve for that time, and was again honor- ably discharged and left the service, but by acci- dent have lost my said discharge. I do further on oath declare that I am not borne as a pensioner on any pension Roll of said United States, and that by reason of reduced circumstances I stand in need of assistance from my country for support.
May 1.
Ab m Knowlton
We the undersigned do hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with Abraham Knowlton of Phippsburg, named in the above declaration, and from what we know of him

his circumstances, we believe that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he stands in need of assistance  support from his Country for sup- port.
Elias Banks John W Gordon Pelah Smith } Electmen of
P. Pejepscot, April 21, 1818.
Pejepscot.
to A. H. Washburn

Abraham Knowlton private Col. D. L. Mays' line Jan '70 - 1 year May 1 st 1818
Abraham D.
for the judges certificate on file

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Nathaniel Wade esq. or Charles Scott, esq. of Ipswich
in the District of Massachusetts
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Paris in said District, on the first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Abraham Knowlton of Pejepscot in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by 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 order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Ipswich aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Inverness April 21 st 1818
This may certify that I was a Captain in the Regiment of foot commanded by Col o Moses Little, in General Green Brigade in the service of the United States in the year 1775. that Abraham Knowlton was a soldier in said company from the beginning of May until the first day of Jan y 1776 - being about eight months, the time for which he was enlisted -
Nath l Wade
Inverness April 21 st 1818
This may certify that I was a soldier in Captain Dyer Lunt's Company, in the Twelfth Regiment of foot in the service of the United States commanded by Col o Moses Little. That Abraham Knowlton was a soldier in said company - that he enlisted about the first day of January 1776 - and that he served in said company and Regiment until the first day of Jan y 1777 when he was regularly discharged in writing by Col o Little
Charles Lord
Essex / April 21 st 1818 - Then the above named Charles Lord made oath that the foregoing certificate by him signed as true - be fore me Nath l Wade Justice of the Peace

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the first day of May - in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Abraham Knowlton - 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 deposition of  the deposition of Nathaniel Wade, who was an officer in the Revolutionary war and also the deposition of Charles Lord who was a private soldier in the revolutionary army, taken in pursuance of a Declinus Potestatem by me issued, all which papers 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 Abraham Knowlton 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.
Almon H. Darris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
17. 49295 -
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Abraham Knowlton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will 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.     Sept 2, 1775 8 mos. Pvt. Nathaniel Wade Moses Little Mass.   Jan 1, 1776 1 yr. Ezra Lunt Moses Little  
Battles engaged in, 1 Residence of soldier at enlistment, 1 Date of application for pension, May 1811 Residence at date of application, Tioughniol, Cumberland Co. Me. Age at date of application, 63 yrs. Remarks: In 1820 he was a resident of Berwick, York Co. Me.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1913 Nov. 18 Hist. Soc. Geo. H. Knowlton 328 1/2 Hudson Ave. Albany N.Y. V.L.H.
OLD WAR. INVALID.
File No. 49295
Abraham Knowlton Pri. Mass. Line, Rev. War
Cert. No. 7437

328 1/2 Hudson Avenue Albany N.Y. Nov 13, 1913
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please inform me if there is record of a U S Pension having been granted to Abraham Knowlton (possibly may have been spelled Knolton or Nolton) for service in Revolutionary War - under Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818 - His original declaration I am told was made April 8, 1818, and Pension N o 7437.
His service was at Lexington Alarm of April 1775 as Private in Capt Nathaniel Wades Co of Minute men - Also Private in Capt Ezra Lunts Co, Col Moses Littles 17 th Reg enlisted May 2, 1775 at Newburyport, Essex Co, Mass. service 13 weeks -
Also service in Rhode Island in 1778 - I am informed -
After the war he lived in Newburyport & Salem Mass - When Pension was granted in 1818 he lived at Berwick, Maine
Please give me copy of the record -
Yours respectfully
George H. Knowlton
Knowlton Genealogical History, Notices a Pension Env 32961 issued Apr 10, 1819 to Abraham Knowlton of Wenham Mass - but that was a different man - not above Abraham Knowlton