Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,674, for Solomon Jordan, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Jordan, Solomon Sarah
N. 26,674
CONTENTS

Maine - 1823.
Sarah Jordan, widow of Solomon Jordan, who died on the 15 th April 1819. of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a Corp t in the Company commanded by Captain Ellis of the Reg t commanded by Col. Bigelow in the M ty line for 2 years
Rate of death not m ts -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 88 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Mar. 1838, and sent att d F. Benford, Portland Maine
Arrears to the 14th of m ts . — $ 616.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th m ts . 44.00
$ 660.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by R. Benion Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 — Page 9.

United States of America
District of Maine Gs. On this Fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty seven personally appeared before Hon. Asahel Ware Judge of the United States for the District of Maine Sarah Jordan of Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland aged Eighty four years, who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836
That she is the widow of Solomon Jordan who was a Corporal in the Army of the Revolution, That in the Summer of Seventeen hundred & seventy five as near as she recollects her said husband commenced his services & continued to serve at intervals until 1777. He then enlisted for three years & served the whole of that time. She does not now recollect who was the Captain of the Company in which he served. Her husband during the first part of his service was stationed at Falmouth (now Portland) and in Cambridge Mass and during the last years of his service she does not now recollect when they were stationed where he was in which was considered and

known as the Seize at Bagaduce She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Jordan on the sixteenth day of April in the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight. She was joined in marriage by the Rev. Mr Clark Ginsman at that time of Cape Elizabeth, & that her husband the aforesaid Solomon died on the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & nineteen as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed
Sarah Jordan
Signed & sworn to before me May 5 th 1897
Asahel Wren
Judge of the United States for the District of Maine
Interlineations above the second and fourth lines from the bottom on the 1 st page made before signing, & also insertion of the word (page) after eighth in the 8 th line from the top on first page
Asahel Wren

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretarys Office Aug: 1. 1837.
I hereby certify that it appears from original documents remaining in this office, that Solomon Jordan enlisted in Capt Ellis's Company in Falmouth (then Portland) in the 15 th Mass. Reg: (Bigelow's) on the 23 d of March 1777 and served thirty six months as a corporal, and was honorably discharged.
Witness my hand and the Great Seal of the State.
John P. Bigelow
Secy of the Council

Sarah Jordan
adm d 2 years Corp Capt Ellis. Col. Berelow. Mass. Line 88 3/4 p. an m no deduction
J Bradford Pittsfield Maine
J. Bradford Esq. Portland

I Jane Jordan of Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland aged Eighty four years on oath depose & say that I have known Sarah Jordan ever since she was young and before she was married. The said Sarah was married on the Sixteenth day of April AD 1778. the same day that I was married. I have lived near said Sarah ever since that and have known her well. Solomon Jordan has been dead for many years and the said Sarah has never been married since the death of said Jordan. I do not recollect when said Jordan died but it was eighteen or nineteen years since as near as I can recollect. I pretty well remember that said Solomon Jordan was in the Revolutionary War a number of years & I think he served most of the time during said War. I further recollect that said Jordan was in the Revolutionary war subsequent to the time of his marriage to said Sarah.
Witness
Thuman Bradford
Cumberland Y.
Her
Jane Jordan Mark August 5 th 1837

Then personally appeared the above named Jane Jordan a person of truth & veracity and made oath that the foregoing declaratin by her signed is the truth.
Before me Freeman Bradford Justice of the Peace
I Richard Jordan of Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland of age forty six years in oath before & say that I am the son of Sarah Jordan the person who has this day made a de- claratin in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 4. 1836. Solomon Jordan lived on the fif- teenth of April eighteen hundred & nineteen. He was for four years or thereabout confined to his bed and unable to attend to any business. In consequence of his sickness & some property which he possessed he did not make application for the benefits of the act of Congress of 1818 which he said he was entitled to. He was confined to his bed for at least two years before his death & consequently was unable to attend Court to make a de- claratin after the passage of the

law aforesaid. I was with my father at the time of his death. My mother has never been married since the death of her husband as aforesaid.
Richard Jordan
Cumberland Co. August 5, 1837 Then person ally appeared the above named Richard Jordan & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed and I certify that the said Richard Jordan is a man of truth & veracity and I have known him to be such Before me. Truman Bradburn Justice of the Peace.

I James Dyer of Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland on oath upon & say that I am Town Clerk of Cape Elizabeth and have had possession of the Books & Records of said town in my capacity aforesaid for twelve years last past. None of the Books that I have in my possession are being and purporting to be a part of the Records of the Town of Cape Elizabeth I find the following to wit:
"A true copy of Marriage between Mr Solomon Jordan & Miss Sarah Staples both of Cape Elizabeth was entered March 21. 1778. David Root Town Clerk"
I further depose that the above is the only record evidence of marriage between Solomon Jordan & Sarah Staples that I am able to find in the books within my charge and that is the only way in which David Root made his record of marriages between the years 1773 & 1785 the time which he appears to have been Town Clerk of Cape Elizabeth.
I further state that Sarah Jordan is the widow of Solomon Jordan

who died eighteen or twenty years ago & she has never been married since the death of her husband.
Solomon Jordan was reported to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
James Dyer Town Clerk, Cumberland Co. August 5 th 1887 Then personally appeared James Dyer a person known to me as a man of truth & veracity, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true.
Before me Freeman Peabody Justice of the Peace.
Maine District Ct
District Clerk's Office
August 10 th 1887
I John Mussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine do hereby certify that Freeman Peabody is a Magistrate duly qualified to administer oaths and that the several signatures to the annexed depositions purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the year & day above written.
John Mussey Clerk U.S. Courts Maine

2464
Declaration of Sarah Staples Jordan
V 2699 V 2464 Sarah Jordan widow of Solomon ME
Freeman Bradford Portland ME

I John Skinner of Lewiston in the County of Lincoln & Now of Danville in the County of Cumberland, Commonwealth a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States aged eighty five years on oath testify & say that I was well acquainted with the late Solomon Jordan of Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine. The said Solomon lived with me in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Dunn of Cape Elizabeth eight months in the year 1775 and we were sta- tioned at Cambridge Mass. The Reg't to which we belonged was commanded by Col Finney. The said Jordan died about nineteen years ago as near as I can recollect at Cape Elizabeth. I do not know of any other person by the name of Solomon Jordan. The time I knew him was the last that I now recollect of being with the said Jordan.
John Skinner mark
Cumberland Co. February 3 d 1838 Then personally appeared John Skinner the one whose name is signed above known to me, as a man of truth and veracity and made solemn oath

To the truth of the above Statement by him subscribed
Before me Freeman Bradford Justice of the Peace.
ms.

I George Leach of Danville in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States aged eighty one years on oath depose & say that I served in the revolutionary war upwards of twenty months. I was at the commencement of the war with England, and have been ever since acquainted with Solomon Jordan till the time of said Jordan's death which I believe to be about nineteen years ago. I was a near neighbor to the said Jordan when a boy & before I entered the service of the United States. I well recollect that said Jordan did duty as a soldier in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Dyer of Cape Elizabeth in what was called the first eight months service & I believe in the year A.D. 1775. I recollect that the said Jordan served after that several times on long terms of service, but I did not serve with him, and cannot tell under what officers he served. The late Solomon Jordan of Cape Elizabeth is the identical person who served as

before stated. I further say that I never knew of any other Solomon Jordan than the one who resided in Cape Elizabeth and the late husband of Sarah Jordan
George Leach
Cumberland J. February 3. 1838 Then personally appeared George Leach the person whose name is signed as above and a person known to me as a person of truth & veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above state- ment by him subscribed
Before me Freeman Bradford Justice of the Peace
C.M.

I James Dyer of Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland on oath depose & say that I am Town clerk of Cape Elizabeth and have had possession of the Books & Records of said Town in my Capacity afore said for twelve years last past. In one of the Books that I have in my possession & keeping and purporting to be a part of the Records of the Town of Cape Elizabeth I find the following to wit
"A purpose of Marriage between Mr Solomon Jordan & Miss Sarah Staples both of Cape Elizabeth was entered March [21 1778] twenty first seventeen hundred & seventy eight. David Root Town Clerk"
I further depose that the above is the only record evidence of Marriage between Solomon Jordan & Sarah Staples that I am able to find in the Books within my charge, and that is the only way in which David Root made his record of Marriages between the years seventeen hundred & seventy three & seventeen hundred & eighty five the time which he appears to have been Town Clerk of Cape Elizabeth.
I further state that Sarah Jordan is the Widow of Solomon Jordan

who died eighteen or twenty years ago and has never been married since the death of said Solomon her husband Solomon Jordan was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War
James Dyer Town Clerk.
Cumberland Is Feby 9 th 1838 Then personally appeared the above named James Dyer a person known to me as a man of truth & veracity and made oath to the aforesaid affidavit by him sub- scribed & that the same is true.
Before me Freeman Bradfod Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Cumberland ss. I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Freeman Bradford is a magistrate as appears within and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Supreme Jud- icial Court this ninth day of February A.D. 1838
Charles Cobb Clerk

April 8, 1935
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Solomon Jordan-W.26674 BA-J/AWT
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Solomon Jordan, soldier of the War of the Revolution from Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
The Revolutionary War record of Solomon Jordan which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 26674, based upon his service in that war.
The date and place of birth of Solomon Jordan are not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
He served in 1775, eight months in Captain Samuel Dunn's company, Colonel Phinney's Massachusetts regiment; after which he served at various times, officers names not stated, until in 1777. He enlisted, March 23, 1777 in Portland, served as a corporal in Captain Ellis' company, Colonel Bigelow's 15th Massachusetts regiment, was in the Bagaduce Expedition, and served three years.
He died April 15, 1819 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine.
Solomon Jordan married April 16, 1778, Miss Sarah Staples; they were both then of Cape Elizabeth, and were married by the Reverend Mr. Clark, "clergyman at that time of Cape Elizabeth".
The widow, Sarah Jordan, was allowed pension on her

application executed August 5, 1837, at which time she was aged eighty-four years and a resident of Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Their son, Richard Jordan, was a resident of Cape Elizabeth in 1837 and then aged forty-six years. There is no further reference to children.
Jane Jordan was eighty-four years of age in 1837 and living in Cape Elizabeth, Maine; she stated that she was married on the same day that Sarah Staples was married to Solomon Jordan and that she knew her both before and after said marriage; her relationship to the family is not shown.
The application for headstone for Solomon Jordan is returned herewith, as is also a copy of the record of one Samuel Jordan taken from "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Portland Feby 10. 1835
Sir
I herewith return to you the papers of Widow Sarah Jordan of Cape Elizabeth who claims the pension that her late husband would have been entitled to, had he been alive at the passage of the act of June 7. 1832.
There are two depositions to show the identity of Solomon Jordan with the husband of the claimant and the affidavit of the town clerk of C.E. to answer the requirements of your department. I believe the case to be a meritorious one and I hope the additional papers herewith transmitted will prove satisfactory.
I have the honor to be To Hon. J. G. Edmunson with great respect Com te of Pensions J. B. Burdick

1924-May 14-Test to Mrs. A.C.
Blasing-awg. See letter in Joshua
Dunn-8935271
1935-April 8-Test to Memorial Branch
WIDOW, &c.
26674
File No. 24701  26674
Sarah Jordan widow of Solomon Jordan Corp Rev War
Act July 4 th 36
Index: Vol A , Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
AWZ
May 14, 1924.
Mrs. A. C. Blasing, Henderson, Minn.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 26674, it appears that Solomon Jordan enlisted in the summer of 1775 and served eight months in Captain Samuel Dunn's Company, Colonel Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment; he also served at various times (officers and dates not stated) until March 23, 1777, when he enlisted at Portland and served as Corporal three years in Captain Ellis' Company, Colonel Bigelow's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the Penobscot Expedition.
He died April 25, 1819 at Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine.
Soldier married April 16, 1778, Sarah Staples, they were both of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, she was allowed pen-

sion on her application executed August 5, 1837, while a resident of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, aged eighty four years.
Son Richard was a resident of Cape Elizabeth, Maine and aged forty six years in 1837. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.