Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,419, for Joshua Thorndike, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Thorndike, Joshua
No. 22,419
Hannah
Mass. rev. in 1818
CONTENTS

13.629 Q
District of Maine
Joshua Thorndike
of St. George in the state of D of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Phinney of the Mapachy to line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 14 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of July 1818 and sent to Ebenezer Hatcher Esq. Thomaston D of Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 77. 6 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48. 00 9 Mo. 22/31 $125.67
63/18 Lincoln
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent by Genl. Dev. 18th March 1820 to Ebenezer Hatcher Esq. Thomaston, Maine

1769. Name Hannah Thorndike widow of Joshua Thorndike Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of August 1848 and sent to
J. H. H. H. Portland Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 39 Vol. 1.
Reported

J. Jonathan Nutting of Cushing State of Maine - age 77 years do testify & say that I am the Brother of Hannah Thornike the widow of Joshua Thornike who was a pensioner under the act of Congress of March 1818 - I was present at the marriage of the sd Joshua Thornike & Hannah - Thornike on the 23 day of August 1780 at Cushing - in the County of Lincoln (then an unincorporated place) by the Rev John Ulquhart - a minister - I also certify that said Joshua Thornike D ied Decem 25 th 1823 & said Hannah is his widow - & has never married since his death.
Jonathan Nutting Lincoln ss Septem 6ce 28 - 1838 personally appeared the above named Jonathan Nutting and made oath to the truth of the above deposition and I certify that said Jonathan Nutting is a man of truth & veracity
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. W. H. Prince J d of the peace LINCOLN COUNTY, }
I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that W. H. Prince is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the Twentyfourth day of January eighteen hundred and thirtythree and will expire on the twentyfourth day of January eighteen hundred and forty and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of the said County, this Second day of October eighteen hundred and thirtyeight .
Jacob Smith Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Lincoln.
L. S.

I Betsey Eames - of Thomaston aged 79 years do testify and say that I am the sister of Hannah Thorndike - the widow of Joshua Thorndike - who was a Pensioner - and I was present at the Marriage of the said Joshua Thorndike & Hannah Thorndike on the twenty third day of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty - and that she is the widow of Joshua Thorndike - who died the 25 of December 1823 and has never married since that time
Betsey Eames
Lincoln, September 24 th 1838
The above named Betsey Eames personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed and I certify that said Betsey Eames is a person of truth & veracity
Her l Prince Just of the peace

49 Joshua Thornike
13.629
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Sept. 10/19
D. Yale Jr

Omit STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss..... At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, 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 JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this twentieth day of June 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, Joshua Thorndike aged sixty five years, resident in St. George 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. Abraham Tyler in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Edmund Phinney 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 fourteenth day of May A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13.629 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 on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Joshua Thorndike
Sworn to and declared, on the 20 th day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
1 loom, — Furniture — 1 pine table, 6 old chairs, 1 iron pot, 1 tea kettle, sundry small things —
Joshua Thorndike
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joshua Thorndike who, by occupation am a Seaman which I am unable to pursue by reason of my age, limbs in both of my hands
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Hannah 50 years is in health   Eliza Kaling 14 " my grand daughter — her mother has been dead 10 years    Joshua Thorndike  Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, 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 thirty dollars and
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

V 2000
Hannah Thorndike
Me 3699
act 7. July 38
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No deduction
W. Prince Esq
Thomaston Me
Am

State of Maine  Cont County of Lincoln ss. At a Probate Court held at Thomaston in and for said County on the nineteenth day of September A.D. 1838 -
Be it known that Hannah Thomdike of St. George, in said County, widow of Joshua Thomdike personally appeared in open Court - the same being a Court of record & keeping a record of wills and estates of persons deceased within the same County - and caused the annexed declaration to be reduced to writing and dictated the same under oath, and the same being read and understood by her she subscribed her name thereto and made solemn oath that the same and every part thereof was true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name as judge of said Court and affixed the seal thereof the day and year aforesaid
Nathaniel Groton Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln Cont
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. LINCOLN COUNTY, }
I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Groton is the Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of the said County, this Second day of October eighteen hundred and thirty eight ,
L.S.
Jacob Smith CLERK.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1833, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE—LINCOLN, ss:—
On this nineteenth day of September A.D 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate in & for of the said County  Hannah Thorndike a resident of St George in the county of Lincoln 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 benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1833, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Joshua Thorndike who was a
Soldier in the revolutionary War as will appear by his application for a pension reference to be had to the files in the pension office at Washington he being a pensioner under the act of Congress of March 18 th 1818 and drew his pension untill his death
December 25 th 1823 and that she has never been married since his death She further declares that she was married to her said husband Joshua Thorndike at Cushing in the County of Lincoln then an unincorporated place, by the Rev. John Wright , a settled minister in the town of Warren on the twenty fifth day of December A.D 1780 and have never intermarried with any other person since her said husband's death which took place as before stated Joshua Thorndike on the twenty third day of August in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty ; that her husband, the aforesaid Joshua Thorndike died on the twenty fifth day of December A.D 1823 ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated. Attest  Her Prince
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before Hannah Thorndike
Cath. Groot Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln

14 th May 1818
Ebenezer Thorndike of St. George
1 st Jan y 1776 enlisted in Col. Piney's Mass t Regt. Served for one year
Ebenezer Thatcher Esq.
In case and certifi- fy to the credibili- ty of the witnesses and the official charges of the Admitted Majors Wales

Joshua Thordike, Declaration -
On the 14 th of May, I 1812 Joshua Thordike of St George in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts personally appeared and after being duly sworn & solemnly testified and Declared that he is sixty three years old - That he enlisted as a soldier in the Army of the American Revolutionary war on the first of January A D 1776 for one year in Captain Abraham Tyler's Company in Colonel Phinney's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line & on the Continental establishment - That he served the full term of one year and was discharged honorably in Boston on the first of January A D 1777 - but thinks he had not a written discharge - That he was during most of said year at Piconderoga & in its vicinity & served the Country faithfully against the common enemy during the whole of said year - That he is now in reduced circumstances & by reason thereof stands in need of assistance from his Country for support - That he has never received any pension - he therefore respectfully asks to be placed on the pension list as a private by virtue of the act of Congress of March 1 st - 1810 - entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"
Sworn to & Declared before me Ebenezer Thatcher a justice of the C.C.C. Reas in the second Eastern Circuit in - that state of Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Joshua Thorndike , a citizen of the United States, now resident in St George , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine , on the 14 th day of May , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this first day of August in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER, Esquire , before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset , in said County of Lincoln , this 14 th day of August in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Nathl. Coffin

me addn of Hannah Thorndike,
Hez: Prince, Thomaston, Maine May 22

The 6 day of the week
March the 2 1755 Joshua Thorndike
Was Born Hannah Nutting was born June the 5 day the 21 1764
and was married by Mr John Urquhart & Miss George
Bethiah Thorndike was born May the 23 1781 the 11th day (August the 23 1780)
Lucy Thorndike was born 2 day September the 8 1784
Joshua Thorndike was born the 13 day of week the April the 3 1787
Hannah Thorndike was born the 1 day July the 7 day 1789
Ebenezer Thorndike was born the 5 day of week August 25 1791
George Thorndike was born the 1 day week March the 31 1793
Eliza Thorndike was born the 2 day of week December the 2 1800

Halifax Oct 1 st
P. on board stores - 13 7 th cable Red. 86 fms of an old cable
Joshua Thorne his Hans and
Josua Jossua Thorne his Willde
B
Jossua James
100
2 3 - 1-17-6
Received of Isaac Pettibone for Ephraim Thorne 1/2 gallon of rum at $1-00 one gallon of gin - 1-50

Joshua Thorndike of 1 st George County of Lincoln State of Maine aged Fifty two years - testify and say I am the son of Joshua Thorndike & Hannah Thorndike that my father was a pensioner and died December 25 - 1823
The Family Record was left in my care and is as follows - March the twelfth Seventeen hundred and fifty five Joshua Thorndike was born - Hannah Nutting was born June the twenty first Seventeen hundred & sixty four - And was married by Mr John Urquhart at Georges August the twenty third Seventeen hundred & eighty
The Above is a true copy except to figures which are as follows, March the 12 1755 Joshua Thorndike was born - Hannah Nutting was born June 21 - 1764 and was married by Mr John Urquhart August 23 - 1780 I certify that this record has been in my possession ever since my father's death and the lease ended in the Original Record
Joshua Thorndike
Lincoln, May -
The above named Joshua Thorndike personally appeared and produced the annexed Record and made oath to the truth of the same and I do certify that the said Joshua Thorndike is a person of truth & veracity
Her Prince Just of the peace
Lincoln, May 16 - 1839
I George Nichols Register of Probate for the County of Lincoln do hereby certify that Her Prince above named is a justice of the peace duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission is dated Jan'y 24 1833 and expires Jan'y 24 1840 and that the above is his signature
George W. Nichols Reg. of Probate

February 14, 1931
Edith A. Folsom 12 Gray Street Arlington, Massachusetts
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 22419, that Joshua Thorndike was born March 12, 1755, place not stated.
He enlisted January 1, 1776, place not given, served one year as private in Captain Abraham Tyler's company in Colonel Edmund Phinney's Massachusetts regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 14, 1818, at which time he was living in Saint George, Lincoln County, Maine District.
He died December 25, 1823.
The soldier married August 23, 1780 at Cushing, Lincoln County, Maine District, Hannah Nutting, who was born June 21, 1764.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 19, 1838, at which time she was living at Saint George, Lincoln County, Maine District.
Joshua and Hannah Thorndike had the following children:
Bethiah born May 23, 1781 Lucy " September 8, 1784 Joshua " April 3, 1787 Hannah " July 7, 1789 Eben " August 25, 1791 George " March 31, 1793 Elizea " December 24, 1800

In 1820 the soldier referred to his granddaughter, Eliza Kating, aged fourteen years and stated that her mother had been dead ten years but did not give her name.
The above noted is the history of the only Joshua Thorndike found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, and there is no record of Benjamin, Ebenezer and Joseph Thorndike.
As a possible means of obtaining the military records of these soldiers, it is suggested that you address the Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
Letter requesting history of Joseph Thorndike was returned 2/14/31 U.S.D.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22418 Hannah Thorndike Wid of Joshua Thorndike Rev. Rev. War
Act: Feb - 2 d 1848,
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929 Oct 22. hist. to Grace L. Lewis m.c.s.
1930 May 3. Photos mailed to Edw. H. Gould, See Matthew Beveridge, W. 25 232, A.P.O.
1931 Feb. 14. hist. to Edith A. Folsom m.c.s.

2628
Maine
Hannah Thorndike widow of Joshua Thorndike who was a Private in the Mass. line for 12 months
Dept Nov 4
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Nov 1843 and sent to Nunacel Fuller Hampden, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 10

Maine - 3,699
Hannah Thorndike, widow of Joshua Thorndike
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 2 nd December 1823 of Lincoln in the State of Maine who was a Pvt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by Phineas in the [blank] line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Aug. '39, as [blank] H. Pierce, Houlton, Me.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. - $ 120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 20.00 $ 140.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by [signature] Clerk, Book [blank] Vol. 15 Page 24.

✓ 2500 Sett. H. Prairie, May 8: '39
Out 7. July 38.

Hannah Thorndike
Payment to be made at Portland, by A. Newhall, Esq., Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 17 Page 24 by
R Burdick Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1832. Hannah Thornlike, of Maine, widow of Joshua Thornlike, deceased, who was a Private in the Revolution, and died on the twenty fifth day of December 1822, is entitled to receive five years pension at the rate of forty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
S. Cooper. Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

14 Jan 2628
Admitted
J. Hiley Portland Me

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss:
CLERK'S OFFICE, JUDICIAL COURTS.
Portland,
August 7. A. D. 1848.
I, Charles C. Harmon CLERK of all the JUDICIAL COURTS in and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Christopher Prince is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Lincoln as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is Duly qualified to act as such; that the Commission of the said Prince is dated June 14th  is dated A. D. 1847, and will expire June 14th A. D. 1854.
and that the his are following Genuine.
SIGNATURE purporting to be
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas C. Harmon , CLERK.

State of Maine, County of Lincoln ss.
On this 27 th day of July 1848 personally appeared, before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Hannah Thorndike a resident of St. George in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged Eighty 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 nd February A.D. 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Joshua Thorndike who was a private in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Jordan's Company in the militia as near as she can recollect,
She further declares that she has received the benefits of the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd March 1843 & 17 th June 1844, at the rate of Forty dollars per annum,
She further declares that she is still a Widow,
Witness Hannah Thorndike Joshua Thorndike
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Christopher Prince Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be as above stated Christopher Prince Justice of the Peace

I Christopher Stowe of St. George in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts, testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Joshua Thomsdike, now of St. George aforesaid, that I was well acquainted with him in the Revolutionary War (so called) that he was a soldier in said War, in the Year 1777, in Col. Phippen's Regiment, Capt. Tyler's Abraham's Company, and that I knew him to continue in said Service a year or more. And that he was at the time, in the continental establishments. Chris Stowe
State of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss. Dec 23. 1818. Personally appeared Christopher Stowe, and made solemn oath, that the above statement by him subscribed is true - Before me.
D. S. Hales, Justice
County of Lincoln - State of Massachusetts I hereby certify that Christopher Stowe who made & subscribed the above deposition is a credible witness & that David S. Hales Esq. before whom said deposition was taken is an acting Magistrate in the County & State aforesaid duly qualified & that the above is his own signature.
Ebenezer Thatcher a justice of the Court
of Pleas, 2 d Eastern Circuit State of Massachusetts

I Abner Milliken of Lincolnville of lawful age, do testify & say, that I was knowing Joshua Thorne like of St. George in the county of Lincoln about the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, enlisted into Capt. Abraham Tyler Company in Col. Phinney's Regiment in the Massachusetts line for one year & served out the year & was discharged on the first day of January A. D. 1777. — & further the Deponent saith not, — Abner Milliken
Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Lincoln ss. Sworn & subscribed to, this second day of March A. D. 1819. Before me Jon o Thayer Justice of the Peace,
County of Lincoln — State of Massachusetts
I certify that Abner Milliken who made & subscribed the above deposition is a credible witness & that Jonathan Thayer Esq r who took said deposition as a justice of the Peace is an acting Magistrate in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts duly qualified to act as such & that the above signature is his own proper signature. Edward H. Fletcher a justice of the Peace in the State of Massachusetts

3585
H. Thorndike
$40 per an
Samuel Fuller Thomaston Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that
Samuel Fuller Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as
as a Justice of the Peace is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so
affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of the District Court for the Middle District
Given this sixth day of July
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Jacob Smith CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln County.
On this fourth day of July 1843 Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Lincoln  of the Hannah Thorndike ————— a resident of St. George ————— in the County of Lincoln aged seventy nine 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 Joshua ————— Thorndike ————— who was a Private in the Revolution and a Pensioner under Act 15 th March 1818 and died on the twenty fifth day of December 1823 She also declares that she has rec d five years Pension under act 7 th July 1838 at the rate of forty dollars per annum
she further declares that she is still a widow
Hannah Thorndike
James W. B. Luckinton
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me, & I do hereby certify the applicant is personally known to me to be the identical person she declares herself to be Saml. Fuller Justice of the Peace

Maplewood, Mo.
Aug 8, 1929.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Please advise if the Rev. war records have the follow- ing names on pension list.
✓ Cushen Thorn dike - b. March 29, 1752. ✓ Joshua Thorn dike - b. March 12, 1755
Very truly yours.
Grace L. Lewis,
7304 Manchester Av.,
Maplewood,
Mo.

Arlington Mass
Feb 8-31.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir,
If we do not have to all Will you send me the record and Bonds of Ebenezer Thorndike who served in American Revolution War with his two sons Benjamin & Joshua, they have on their graves their markers buried in South Thomaston Maine I am very anxious to get the record right - I visited in South Thomaston this past summer and saw the graves with the markers, and flags so there must be a record in Washington, will you kindly look them up and send some to me
Edith A Folsom
12 Gray Street - Arlington Mass Thanks

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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS/eel
October 22, 1929
Grace L. Lewis 7304 Manchester Avenue Maplewood, Missouri
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.22419, it appears that Joshua Thorn-dike was born March 12, 1755, place not stated.
He enlisted January 1, 1776, place not given, served one year as a private in Captain Abraham Tyler's Company in Colonel Edmund Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 14, 1818, at which time he was living in St. George, Lincoln County, Maine District.
He died December 25, 1823.
The soldier married August 23, 1780, at Cushing, Lincoln County, Maine District, Hannah Nutting, who was born June 21, 1764.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 19, 1838, at which time she was living at St. George, Lincoln County, Maine District.

Joshua and Hannah Thorndike had the following children:
Bethiah born May 23, 1781. Lucy " September 8, 1784. Joshua " April 3, 1787. Hannah " July 7, 1789. Eben " August 25, 1791. George " March 31, 1793. Elizea " December 24, 1800.
In 1820, the soldier referred to his granddaughter, Eliza Kating, aged fourteen years and stated that her mother had been dead ten years but did not give her name.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Cushen Thorndike.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.