Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,309, for Dudley Maxfield, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Maxfield, Dudley
5. 29, 309
CONTENTS

15626 Massachusetts
Andray  Markfield of Essex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Low of the Regt. commanded by Col. Baldwin in the Mass line for 6 months Amate " " Artificer
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 86 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of May 1833 and sent from P.O. at Newburyport Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $172.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept., 43.00
$215.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Madison Clerk, Book E Vol. 9a Page 52

Dudley Marjoribanks
13.586

Declaration , in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
State of Massachusetts, County of Essex ss.
On this day personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable David Appleton, United States District Judge for the District of Essex, of whose jurisdiction at Newburyport (Dudley, his place of residence) in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts are well and rightly known and understood, to be of the age of eighty years and upwards, who being first duly sworn, deposes and says that the contents of the foregoing Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated:
He first enlisted at Amoskeag in the year 1776, in the company commanded by Captain Oliver Sturtevant, in a regiment commanded by a German Officer from Albany - he enlisted under Colonel Bowdoin, and served in the said Company at Bunker Hill and at Ticonderoga the full term of three months, and was then discharged at Ticonderoga.
Afterwards enlisted at Newburyport and to the best of his present remembrance in the month of December 1776, in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Denny, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Pickering and served in said Company at Brandywine the full term of three months, as a private, and was then discharged at Brandywine in Pennsylvania.
Afterwards enlisted at Newburyport in the Company commanded by Captain Jacob Ladd in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin, and served at Brandywine, Red Bank, Red Bank and other places, with the Continentals in the year 1778, the full term of eleven months, and was then discharged at Newburyport.
That soon after the passing of the act of Congress of the 18th March A.D. 1818, he made application for its benefits, and accompanied his application with evidence of such service as he believed to be on the Continental Establishment, and was thereupon placed on the pension roll of the Massachusetts Agency, and became entitled to a pension of eight dollars per month, which he continued to receive until such time as the act of Congress of March 3rd 1820, his name was dropped from the said roll. That afterwards on the publication of new regulations of the War Department, he again made application conformably to said regulations, rendered a new schedule containing a true and just account of all his services, the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, March term A.D. 1820, which he also submitted to said Department his whole schedule in amount only $... now remains with the original of said Pension roll at Newburyport the same not having been received until after said regulations had been in their operation suspended he has received no benefits whatsoever therefrom.
That he was born in Dudley in 1752, lived there when he enlisted, and has never had a discharge in writing when he left the service - Isaac Brown and Edward Dyer would testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier, the records - believes there is a record of it, with the town books.
That he now resides in Dudley aforesaid, and has always resided there, except when in said service. He hereby relinquishes every claim to pension, or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the Agency of any State.
Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Dudley Mass. N.D. D. H. Wheeler Judge of Probate

We Rev David Darnon a Clergyman residing in Salisbury aforesaid and Jacob Brown Esquire a Magistrate residing in Salisbury aforesaid do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Dudley Mansfield who has subscribed, and sworn to the afore written declaration that we believe him to be Eighty years of age (Dumond) that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and unconvinced in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to before
W. W. Oates Clerk of the Rev
David Darnon
Jacob Brown.
And the said Court hereby declares its opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the cause named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. — And the said Court further Certifies that the Rev d Darnon who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in Salisbury aforesaid and that the said Jacob Brown Esquire who has also signed the same, is a Magistrate residing in Salisbury aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. H. White Judge of Probate
I Nathaniel Lord Jr Register of the Court of Probate for the county of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Dudley Mansfield for a pension — Also that William Warren is a Justice of the peace for the county of Essex and that his signatures to the annexed affidavits are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eleventh day of September A.D. 1832
C. M. Lord Jr

I Jonathan Morrill, of Amesbury, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged nearly Seventy Seven Years, do hereby testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with Dudley Mansfield, of Salisbury, and do know, that the said Dudley Mansfield, enlisted, and served as a private, in the company commanded by Captain Oliver Folsom — In the regiment which was commanded by Colonel Bagley, when he enlisted, which was in July 1776, and that he served therein three months, among the Artillery, at Lake Champlain, Ticonderoga — I do also know, that said Dudley Mansfield enlisted, in December of the same year, in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Eames, in Colonel Lockwoods regiment and served therein a further term of three months, in New Jersey — I was in both campaigns, and in the same companies with him, the same term of time.
Salisbury July 13. 1832.
Jonathan Morrill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. July 13th 1832. Then Jonathan Morrill above named, who is personally well known to me, personally came, and made oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the above written declaration, by him subscribed, in my presence. And I do certify that said Jonathan Morrill is believed by me to be a credible witness —
before me P. W. O. O. S. Justice of the Peace.

15489-16489
Dudley Maxfield
Abt 1820 New England
entitled

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Dudley Maxfield resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 16,489 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Dudley Maxfield late an artificer in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
***** * L. S. * *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this 12th day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War."
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, in his own right
Real estate - Five eighths of forty rods of land with five eighths of a dwellinghouse thereon - - - - - $30.00 Six rods of land adjoining William Morrell others - - - - - 6.00  Personal estate - 1 low case drawers 50 - 1 pair bellows 10 - - - - - .60 2 iron pots 3 pans 1 skillet 1 tea kettle - - - - - 2.00 9 iron toast iron, 3 earthen pots 1 tamarind pot - - - - - .25  38.85
Schedule of the income and estate which Dudley Maxfield owns in the right of his wife - to wit,
1 dwellinghouse and 5 rods of land - - - - - 225.00 1/3 part of grist mill and privilege - - - - - 300.00 5 tables and one light stand - - - - - 4.50 1 desk 4.00 13 chairs 2.00 base of drawers 1.75 - - - - - 7.75 1 looking glass 75 - iron ware 1.00 Pewter & tin 2.75 - - - - - 4.50 And irons, shovel & tongs 1.00 glass & crockery 1.50 - - - - - 2.50 Bellows 10 - warming pan 1.50, Pail & tubbs 1.00 - - - - - 2.60  $546.80

I, Dudley Maxfield do testify and say, that I am a laborer, that my age is sixty eight years - that a few years since I had the misfortune to be deprived of the sight of one of my eyes, in consequence of which and the infirmities of my body I have been able, since that time to earn little or nothing - that I have little property of my own, but a few weeks since I married a woman who has some property in her own right as appears by the accompanying schedule, but the income of which is very small - that my wife Betsey is forty seven years of age - that she has one son, Weld Flanders aged twelve years whose health is good but dependent on his mother for support -
And I do further testify and declare that I actually enlisted and served as an artificer in the Army of the revolution as set forth in my declaration of April 3 rd 1818 now on file at the office of the war department at Washington -
Dudley Maxfield - Essex ss. July 10. 1820. Subscribed &
Sworn to before me, Stephen Minot Judge of C. C. C. Pleas

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Dudley Maxfield do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Dudley Maxfield
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Dudley Maxfield took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule 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
Thirty eight dollars eighty five cents -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July - A. D.
1820
Atte.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

13516 Dudley Mansfield Mass.
within 11 Months Pack 6
Old case
6 2 6
M. Woart Inc Newburyport Mass

BRIEF in the case of  60 of Essex
Dudley Mansfield  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 enlisted 3 Private Gen. Capt. Tilton Col. Bagley   Decr. " " 3 " Capt. Evans Col. Perkins   1778 " 11 Artillery Capt. Law. Col. Baldwin  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Salisbury Essex Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Sayton
Examining Clerk.
he was on the Pension Roll under the act of 1832. and dropped on account of being too rich

Sister to L. N. Wourt 26 May 1829
16.489 R Massachusetts
Dudley Mansfield of Salisbury in the state of Mass ts who was a Artificer in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Mass ts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of Feb y 1820 and with the Hon ble S. Nelson House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819 $136.53
Semi-ann. all ce ending 1 st Mar. 1820. 48-
17 mo 2 / 30
$154.53
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled

29309 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,309
Trudley Mansfield Rev New York
Act: James M. [?]
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 955
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dudley Mansfield Salisbury. Mass:
Daniel A. White, Esq., Judge.
Essex county, Mass.
Dudley Mansfield Col: Jonathan Baldwin's regiment artificers - Revolutionary claim.
No rolls of this reg. t have been received at the pension office. - The applicant must be proved to have been a non-com. d officer or soldier and not an artificer . -
See endorsement in the case of Benjamin Griffin.
Hon. J. Nelson, H. R.

I Dudley Mansfield of Salisbury County of Essex to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Testify and declare that I enlisted in the Army of the late Revolutionary War in February 1778 & served un- till the eighth day of December following under Capt. Jacob Drow in Col. Baldwin's Regiment of Artillery against the common enemy —
Dudley Mansfield
I do further swear that I had only a verbal discharge when I left the Army also that from my reduced circumstances I am in need of the assistance of my country for support
Dudley Mansfield

Massachusetts.
We the subscribers, all of Salisbury in the county of Essex hereby certify, that Dudley Mansfield of said Salisbury, and late a soldier in the Army of the late Revolutionary War, now over sixty four years of age, and by reason of his age unable to earn his subsistence, and having no other means, is so reduced in his circumstances as to need the assistance of his Country
Salisbury April 2 nd 1818. Seth Clark, Amos Morrill } Selectmen Samuel Eaton }
Names of Citizens Joseph Dye Town Clerk Names of Citizens David Curran Ephraim Wadleigh J. H. B. Ayer Henry Mansfield Ephraim Morrill David Morrill Jr. Thos Boardman Jr.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex: ss.
I, Daniel White Judge of the Court of Probate of the said county of Essex do certify that Dudley Mansfield of Salisbury in said county personally appeared on the third day of April A.D. 1868, and made the declaration a- foresaid by him signed under oath be- fore me. And I have no doubt the en- closed certificate of Selectmen & citizens of said Salisbury is genuine & entitled to full faith. & that it appears from satisfaction that the said Dudley Mansfield served in the revolution- ary war as set forth in his said de- claration.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the fourth day of May in the year aforesaid.
D. White,

13586 Dudley Mansfield
M. Moors

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Dudley Maxfield which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yy
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yy
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yy
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yy
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yy
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yy
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

I Stephen Worthen of Chester in the county of Rockingham & state of New Hampshire, but formerly of Amesbury in the county of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify & say that in the month of February AD 1818 I enlisted as a private in a company commanded by Capt Jacob Lord of Col. Baldwin's regiment of the Massachusetts line, in the army of the United States — That a few days after enlistment I received orders for marching to some part of the state of New York — That in passing through the state of Connecticut I fell in company with Dudley Mansfield who also belonged to Capt Lord's company — That we marched together to Poughkeepsie & served together at that and several other places on the North River, until near the end of the month of December, & were finally discharged together at Fishkill — And I further testify & say that Richard Hall was our Quarters & that he has obtained a pension certificate for his services during said year 1818
Stephen Worthen
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Nov. 15 th 1819 Stephen Worthen personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition. by him subscribed I also hereby certify that the said deponent is a credible witness
Samuel Nye Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. To all people, I. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth of Massachusetts within and for the county of Essex, do certify that Samuel Nye Esq r is one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace within

within and for said County of Essex, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and that, according to my best knowledge and belief, the signature to the certificate aforesaid purporting to be signed by him, is the proper handwriting of him the said Samuel Nye
In testimony whereof, I have unto set my hand and affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court at Salem in said County RE Essex on this sixth day of January A.D. 1828
Edward D. Tucker Clerk

Schedule
containing the whole Estate and Income of Dudley Mansfield of Salisbury, in the county of Essex his necessary clothing and bedding excepted - to wit
Part of a dwelling house, and certain parcels of land in said Salisbury which he holds only in right of his wife ..... $100. House-hold furniture, viz. one desk, a looking glass, six chairs some crockery and glass ware - iron and wooden ware ..... 25 $125
Salisbury March 11 th 1829.
Dudley Mansfield
We the subscribers being a major part of the assessors of the Town of Salisbury, in said county of Essex, do hereby certify - That the above written schedule contains an accurate bill of the whole and full amount of said Mansfield's estate property - and that we know of none other possessed, owned, or occupied by him - We do further certify that his right in said dwelling house, is only during his natural life - the fee of which is in his wife - and that the value of the whole income of said property contained in the above schedule does not exceed twenty four dollars
Isaac O. Webster Henry M. Brown
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Say the Town of Newburyport. Be it known and made manifest to all whom the same shall or may concern, that Isaac O. Webster and Henry M. Brown, whose names are subscribed to the above written Certificate, were duly sworn according to Law, to the truth of the same before me the subscribers, Notary Public for the county of Essex, by legal authority commissioned and sworn, and a Justice of the Peace and Quorum, in and for said county residing in Newburyport aforesaid. -
I do also certify that said Isaac O. Webster and Henry M. Brown, are a major part of the assessors of said Town of Salisbury, duly appointed to that office and sworn according to Law that they are both Selectmen of said town.
In Testimony whereof I do also hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of Office this twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
W. H. D. D. Justice of the Peace & Not Public

Dudley Mansfield
cannot be restored prior to 1620
March 20,

Declaration
in order to be restored to the Pension List, under the Act of Congress of 11 th of March, 1823.
At a Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, begun Held at Springfield within and for the county of Hampden, on the third Monday of March A.D. 1829
Present, Honorable Solomon Strong one of the Judges of said Court.
On the twentieth day of March, A.D. 1829, personally appeared, in open Court here, being a Court of record for said Commonwealth, proceeding according to the common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment. Dudley Masfield , resident in Salisbury in said county, aged upwards of seventy days years, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, did on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the pensions mentioned in the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818, page 6, the 1 st of May 1820. That he served in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Loomis in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam, in the P'keepsie New York line in the Continental establishment, more than nine months that he enlisted.
That he furnished the Secretary of War, with the evidence of his service as aforesaid, and was by him placed on the Pension list, of the Massachusetts Pension, and became entitled to ten pounds of Eight dollars per month, under the Act of Congress aforesaid, and after he, the said Dudley Masfield, rendered a Schedule of his effects. And now the said Dudley Masfield, exhibits to the Court here the Schedule subscribed by him as follows: to wit:
Schedule
containing his whole estate, and inventory, as to clothing, and bedding excepted, to wit:
 That he has a dwelling house, and about four rods of land in said  Salisbury, in which he holds only in right of his wife ..... $100  Household furniture, etc. - Bed and desk - a looking glass, curtain  some crockery and glassware, and an iron stove ..... 25  $125 
(Signed) Dudley Masfield
And at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Certificate and Subscription before him by the Honorable Solomon Strong one of the Judges of said Court, as follows: to wit:
In pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 18 th of May, 1820, I do hereby certify that I am a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift sale, or in any manner, disposed of any property for any value, with intent thereby to diminish it, as to being entitled within the provisions of the 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 the 18 th 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 since the 18 th of March 1818, and since the rendering of my first Schedule, some real estate which I held in the right of my wife, as stated in said Schedule, has been obliged to sell for general support and maintenance of the wife and family, without leaving me at this time, any thing more than is what is contained and valued in the Schedule before mentioned.
(Signed) Dudley Masfield
Court of Common Pleas - March Term, 1829.
Elders etc. The above named Dudley Masfield , took and subscribed the oath, and declaration aforesaid, in open Court.
Attest John Prince Clk.

I John Prince, Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the forgoing rolls and schedule have been admitted to 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 four hundred & twenty five dollars
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Salem in said County on this twenty-third day of March A.D. 1829
John Prince Clerk

I, Richard Hall, of Hopkinton in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, being in the seventy second year of my age, depose and say, that in the month of March A.D. 1778 I enlisted, as a Lieutenant of the Company commanded by Captain Jacob Low, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin, of the Massachusetts Line, in the Army of the United States; and joined said Company and the Army, at West Point in the State of New York, on or about the seventh day of April in the same year; and continued in the service of the United States, in the capacity of a Lieutenant of said Company, till the thirty first day of December A.D. 1778; That, when I arrived at West Point on or about the seventh day of April, as above stated, I found the said Capt. Low and the greater part of his company there; and that Dudley Mansfield, then and still of Salisbury  Salisbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was then there a private soldier in said Company, and continued to serve, in that capacity, in said Company, until the said thirty first day of December A.D. 1778; when the soldiers belonging to said Company were discharged, and the Company disbanded, at Fishkill in the State of New York. Richard Hall
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough fs } Nov r 3 d A. D. 1819.
Then the said Richard Hall personally appeared, and after being duly cautioned and

carefully examined, made solemn oath, that the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed, contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Before me, John Harris Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss } Nov. 3 d 1819.
From personal acquaintance with the before named Richard Hall, and his character, I hereby certify, that he is a credible witness.
John Harris Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office } November 3. 1819
I hereby certify that John Harris Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates is a Justice of the peace for the county of Hillsborough in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such faith and credit are due.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the public seal of said State on the day of the date hereof
Sam l Sparkhawk Secy

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Maxfield, Edward GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6230 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 18, 1789 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.