Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14010, for Joseph Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Thompson, Joseph Thomson or
N. 14010
Mary
CONTENTS

Cop J. H. Thompson's Schindler
To be compared with Charles, Sm ith - who has been stricken off.
R. C. Vose Esq Postmaster Augusta

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.
ON this fifteenth day of June , 1820, personally appeared before  in open court before Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Joseph Thompson aged sixty five years, resident in Lewiston in the County of Lincoln within 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. in the Company commanded by Captain Maybury and Regiment commanded by Colonel Frances then Tupper of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of three years and was in the battle of Hubbardston in both the battles at the taking of Burgoyne , and in the Battle of Monmouth
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston  fourteenth  fourteenth day of April  1818  1818 and that his pension  he is now on the Maine Roll certificate is numbered 6.156 .
And I, the said Joseph Thompson do further 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. Joseph Thompson
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The following is a schedule of my whole Estate, and income necessary clothing and bedding excepted viz. Forty acres of land partly in Lewiston and partly in the town of Lisbon, ten acres of which only are under improvement of the value of eighty dollars. One old house of the value of twenty  twenty five dollars. One cow of the value of fifteen dollars. Two calves of the value of four dollars. Six sheep & eleven lambs of the value of ten dollars. Two pigs of the value of six dollars. Old household stuff, besides necessary bedding, not exceeding fifteen dollars value. One old horse harness worth one dollar, one axe worth one dollar, bar old hoes & shovel broken all worth fifty cents. one Pitchfork worth twenty five cents. One old one horse waggon of the value of fifteen dollars. I have no debts due to me that can be collected and I owe as much as seventy five dollars. My income from the above property deducting the interest of the money I owe, does not exceed eight dollars a year
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Attest
Isat. Coffin Cl

June 17. 1824
Dear Sir
The within is a Copy of Mr Thompson Schedule of property annexed to his declaration filed at August Term 1820 - which is all you want as I suppose, from your letter
Yrs sincerely Nathl. Coffin
B.W. 1/2 -

15.476
Massachusetts
Joseph Thompson
of Essex in the State of Mass ts who was a pri. in the company commanded by Captain Langdon of the Regt. commanded by Col. North in the Maine line for 18 months
Miller
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of June 33 and sent B. Merrill Salem, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 12 0 Femi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 3 0
$ 15 0
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 84
78. Sperry

6053 Massachusetts
Mary Thompson
widow of Joseph Thompson Maf who was a Private
in the Revolution
Dec 1. Nov. 1841
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2, day of Sep. 1844 and sent to S. M. Dearborn Exeter, N. H.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 56.
Ref?
Col. & Vets. Gregory Mar 11th 1843.

Joseph Thompson
21805
Ashley Co
By Merrill
Salem
Mass 188

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth  second day of August  October , A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Joseph Thompson , a resident of Salem , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That he is now infirm, decrepit, and broken in memory & in body: that at the time of his service he resided in the State of Maine then thinly peopled: that he is poor and has not been able to find any of his old companions to testify to his service.
He cannot recollect dates but knows that he served Six months in a Company of Militia of Massachusetts, to which Maine then belonged, commanded by Capt Langdon at Townsend on the coast of Maine, which place is now called Boothbay: he served therein from 1 st May to Nov r . - the year he cannot exactly state but thinks it was 1776:
He next enlisted he thinks in 1777 in a Company of said Militia under Capt Hood for Nine months and served all said term from March to end of Dec r . at Portland doing Garrison duty:
The following year he was drafted and marched to Rhode Island and served Three months: the particulars he cannot state nor the names of his Company officers: Col Joseph North of Augusta was the Colonel & John Dutton or Denton Lt. Colonel.
He was born in Beverly in 1756 Jan y 2 d , and dwelt there till he was eleven years old, and then his father removed to Townsend in Maine: he resided there till Lexington Fight - when he served almost 18 months in the Army and was afterwards a sailor: he has dwelt in Salem more than 50 years. He has no written certificate of birth & never had a written discharge. He has been & is acquainted with Jon a Hodges Esq r of Salem & all the Town officers.

He is unable to find any one to testify for him : and 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 Six months in 1776 ; - in 1777 nine months, and three months in 1778.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Joseph Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. White
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, John Prince, Esq. a clergyman, residing in Salem aforesaid, and Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Salem aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Thompson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be 76 years of age ; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
John Prince
Subscribed and sworn to before
Merrill Justice of the Peace

The undersigned citizens of Salem in Mass ts , do certify that we are acquainted with Joseph Thompson, who has for at least a quarter of a century resided in Salem: he is reputed and be- lieved in this neighborhood to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Nov. 22. 1832.
Jonathan Archer
Joseph Crockett
John Neal
Timothy Bryant
Thomas Needham
Ef ss : Nov. 22 d . 1832 subscribed to by the above named respectable, credible and disinterested citizens of Salem Fry. Merrill Dist. Clerk

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that John Prince L.L.D. who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Salem and that the said who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Salem , and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. W. Merrill Judge of Probate
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, 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 Joseph Thompson , for a pension, and that Benjamin Merrill is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex duly qualified to administer Oaths and his aforwritten signatures are genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of December , A. D. 1832.
C. Nath. Lord Jr.

28105 Joseph Thompson Map
Hambley parcels 18 mo. $11.00
B. Morrice Salem up

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Thompson  60 of Essex.  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? 76  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. As a Gen.     In 1796 enlisted 6 Private Col Langdon  for garrison   1804. " " 9 " Col Lofa   1812 drafted 3 " Col North Lieut. Col Denton  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lewiston Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? machinery  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Account of Supt A. Thompson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } ss. County of Essex ... }
On this sixth Day of October, A.D. 1845, personally appeared before me, James Gregory, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Essex, Joseph A. Thompson, alias Thompson of Salem in said County, aged fifty-seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath testify and declare that he is a son of Joseph and Mary Thompson, late of said Salem, deceased; that his said late father was a Pensioner under the law of June 7th, 1832, at the rate of sixty Dollars per annum, and died on the first Day of November, 1841; that his said late mother was afterwards pensioned — on the second Day of September, 1844 — at the rate of fifty dollars and twenty-two cents only , under the provisions of the law of March 3 d 1843, and died on the seventeenth day of February, 1844.
He further declares — that the Act of Congress passed April 30th, 1844, prohibited him and his brothers and sisters — named on the Certificate of the Court hereto annexed — from drawing a Pension, or arrears of Pension, for the same period during which his said father was a Pensioner, and that he makes this Declaration with the view of claiming, in right of his said late mother —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston October 15 th 1843.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation, James Gregory was a Justice of the Peace, and Nathaniel Lord was Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C. Sleeper; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

— and for the benefit of himself and her other children aforesaid — the amount due her from the fourth day of March, 1836, to the fourth day of March, 1841, — under the provisions of the Resolution of Congress, passed January 23 d 1845.
Joseph A. Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me, —
James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Mary Thompson, late of Salem in said county, widow, deceased, intestate, was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of fifty dollars and twenty two cents per annum; that she died on the seventeenth day of February, A. D. 1844; that she left five children, and no more, viz. Mary Andrews, Elizabeth T. Brookhouse, Abigail S. Eustis, William A. Thompson and Joseph A. Thompson; that they all are still living, and each of them is of full age; and that the first named four of said children have expressed their wish and desire, that said Joseph A. Thompson may claim and obtain any pension or arrears of pension due to them in right of their said mother, for his and their use and benefit; as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of October, A. D. 1845.
Nath. Lord Jr.

1847 Mar. Declaration of Mary Tompson Sine certificate to J. W. Dearborn Exeter N Hampshire

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. -
Essex. S.S.
I Joseph Waters Clerk of the Police Court within & for the Dis- -trict of Salem do hereby certify that Hon. Joseph G. Waters is Judge of said Police Court within & for the District aforesaid and that his signature herein is genuine.
That Joseph G. Waters is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Essex; that his Com- -mission is dated April 20 th 1838. and will expire in seven years from that date. And that his signa- -ture herein is genuine.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court at Salem. This twenty ninth - day of December A. D. 1843.
Joseph Waters Clerk

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting Half Pay and Pensions to certain Widows."
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, County of
ss. }
On this twenty second day of November A. D. 1843, personally appeared before Joseph G Waters Esquire, Judge of the Police in & for the District of Salem Unsaid County Mary Thompson a resident of Salem in the County aforesaid, aged eighty six 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 Con- gress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"--that she is the widow of Joseph Thompson who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War and a pensioner, (evidence of his rank and services being in the Pension Office at Washington.)
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Thompson on the twenty fifth day of August seventeen hundred and eighty one and that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Thompson died on the first day of November eighteen hundred and forty one 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.
Mary Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written by the above named Mary Thompson at the place of her residence in said Salem , she being unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court, having been confined to her house for several years last past Before me,
Joseph G Waters Judge of the Pol. Court

Salem Mass December 12 th 1863
I, Jos Glousterman, City Clerk of the City of Salem do hereby certify that I have the legal custody of the Record of Intentions of Marriages in said Salem, and that by said Record it appears that publication was made in legal form of an Intention of Marriage between Joseph Thomson and Mary Aborn both of Salem July 16 th 1781. and that the entry of the same in said Record is in the words and figures as follows,
"Joseph Thomson & Mary Aborn both of Salem, July 16 th 1781." — And I further certify that no return of Marriages by Rev Nathl Whittaker is recorded in the Records of Marriages after November 25 th 1773.
J Glousterman City Clerk

I Mary Thompson of Salem in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts widow of Joseph Thompson late of said Salem depose & say that I am aged eighty six years that my late husband died November first eighteen hundred and forty one that we were married by the Rev Nathaniel Whittaker of Salem in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one August twenty fifth at said Whittaker's house I know of no one living that was present at our marriage I do not know of any record of our marriage I have five children the oldest one is fifty one years old
Dated at Salem November 22. 1843
Mary Thompson
I Lydia Marston of Salem in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy two years depose & say that I live with Mary Thompson widow of the late Joseph Thompson of said Salem deceased until the time of their marriage I was not present at their marriage after it was said they were married they lived in the same house where I live my mother some years or more they have five children living the oldest is fifty one years old I have always heard it said that said Joseph & Mary were married by the Rev Nathaniel Whittaker formerly of this town Mary Thompson is my sister
Dated Salem November 22. 1843
Attest
S. M. D. cumm
Lydia Marston mark
Exhibit A Nov. 22 d 1843 Then the above named Mary Thompson and Lydia Marston personally appeared & severally made oath to the truth of the above affidavits - by them subscribed Deacon Joseph G. Watley just Pa

I Elizabeth T Brookhouse of Salem in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged forty six years depon & say that I am the daughter of Mary Thomson widow of Joseph Thomson late of said Salem deceased that said Joseph Thomson died November first eighteen hundred & forty one I was present at his death & attended his funeral there are five children of us children of said Joseph & Mary three of them are older than myself & one younger my Father drew a pension for the last few years before his death my mother resides in the family with me and I have now known of any record that contains a record of the marriage of my Father & Mother I have frequently heard my Father say that they were married by the Rev Nathaniel Whitaker at his house in said Salem Data at Salem November 22, 1843 E. T. Brookhouse
I Elizabeth T Brookhouse Jun of Salem in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged twenty two years depon & say that I was present at the death of Joseph Thomson & attended his funeral about the first of November eighteen hundred & forty one Mary Thomson his widow is still living & never has been married since his death
Data at Salem November 22, 1843
Elizabeth T. Brookhouse Jun.
Essex ss Nov. 22 d 1843. Then the above named Elizabeth T. Brookhouse personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit Before
Joseph G. Waterbury jus Pac

9598
Mary Thompson Mason
Act July 7 th 38
M 81. a 41
  Rolls Capt. Langans  4. no 40    Capt. Lurd  8. 28         15. 2  

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows"
State of Massachusetts Essex County ss:
On this twenty second day of May 1843 personally appeared before the Honorable Daniel A. White Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex, Mary Thompson a resident of Salem in the County of Essex aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn ac- cording 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. 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows.
That she is the Widow of Joseph Thompson who was a private in Capt Langdon's Company that served six months from May to November and the next year at Portland under Capt Lord nine months from March to De- cember and in 1778 from Jan'y to May under Col Root: she is unable to state the names of the other officers; he was al- lowed a Pension of $60. a year for said services under the act of 7 June 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Thompson in the month of August in the year one hundred and eighty by the Rev. Mr. Whitaker W.D. a settled Presbyterian Clergyman at Salem: that he in a few years afterward quarrelled with his parish and went to England and carried off with him the Records of Marri- ages so that a Record of her marriage cannot be found: that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Thompson died at Salem on the first day of No- vember 1841: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated. Mary X Thompson (Witness J. D. Merrill, her mark)
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me to whom the affidavit is known,
D. A. White Judge of Probate

August 14, 1943 I certify that Daniel A. White is a Judge of Probate and his within signature is genuine.
Gerrett Saltonstall.
100-100000-100000-100000

I, Lydia Marston of Salem, aged 70 years, on oath testify that I have all my life been well acquainted with Joseph Thompson of Salem late a Revolutionary Pensioner & with his widow Mary Thompson: he died in Salem in the fall of 1861: she is now living.
I well remember that in August 1780 I saw them go away from her residence to be married by Rev Dr Whitaker then a settled minister in Salem: I did not go with them, but then understood they were then married: they always afterwards as long as he lived, lived together as man & wife and raised a family of children. I and all the neighbors always believed, and I now have no doubt, that they were married lawfully. They were worthy respectable persons.
Dr Whitaker a few years after had a quarrel with his parish and quit the part of the country, and died away.
When they were married, I was a girl, and wanted to go and see them married, but they would not let me
Lydia her Marston
Epsa 13: June 2 d 1843
Then Lydia Marston above named, who is a credible and respectable witness, subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me
J. Merrill Just: Peace
June 12 1843 The above said Merrill is a Justice of the Peace & his signature is genuine.
Lydia Marston

35 649 Repr  INVALID.
1924-July 18-Heir. to Miss Ella M- Thompson. Detached in ch 35660 of Wm. Thompson. MMV-7-
File No. 35-649
Joseph Thompson His Rev. Wm
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 480
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev 14-010
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14010
Mary Thompson Widow of Joseph Thompson Pre Civil War
Act: March 3 d 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 27
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Thompson Main Roll N o 6156

V 9578 Mary Thompson Mass.
Suspended
Set to B. Merrill Nov. 9. 1845
Act July 7 th 38

Joseph Thompson - b. 63. Falmouth Mass? - Lewiston Enlisted Dec. 20. 76. 37 yrs Capt. Richard Maloney Col. Francis - Reg. Mass line - fired fully out Stock final shoulder discharge at West Point Dec. '79 - discharge here
Battle of Hubbardston both of the battles at the taking of Bangor at Monmouth. united one unit at Valley Forge

To whom it may concern we the sub- scribers selectmen of the town of Lewiston do hereby certify that Joseph Thompson an inhabitant of this town is a person in indigent circumstances, and is justly entitled to aid from his government by the late act of Congress for making provision for the survi- ving indigent soldiers of the revolutionary war. dated at Lewiston the 9 th of April A.D. 1818.
Don Mear William Garcelon, C. Gorham

12 State of Maine.
6 Seal No. 1 Nathl. Coffin Clerk, for the County of Lincoln of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is One hundred seventy two dollars and seventy five cents, not  not deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court is  dollars and Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirtieth day of August 1820.
Nathl. Coffin Clerk of said Court for the County of Lincoln

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, July 5 181 8
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Joseph Thompson served as a Soldier in Capt. Mayberry's Company, and Col. Tapscott's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Jan'y 1. 1777 to Decr. 31- 1779, being three years and months.
Helen Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Joseph Thompson , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Lewiston , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the fourteen day of April , 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 provisions 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 the said applicant, is 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 private 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 support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  Wm C. Root C. Court C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his 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 Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Stan Dars

9598
Mary Thompson Mama of Joseph Nap.
Act 7 July 1838
Rejected hist. d dia 1841
Map Rolls 6343 6 mo. 4 Capt Sangam 8-28 Cap Sad 15 mo 2 days private
Adm. d Act 3 March 1843
$50 23 pr. Ann
Σ S. W. Deuborn Esq
Excelsior
Excelsior
N. Harrah

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
No 113
Secretary's Office, April 24 1841
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Thompson is borne upon a pay roll of Capt Timothy Langdon from July 19. 1775 to Oct 15 4 days; Upon a pay roll of Capt Tobias Lord from Feb 28. to Nov 25. 1776 as a private. There are no rolls of service under Col Nutt in this Office
6 m 4 8 8.28 15-2

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm. S. Smith. Sept. 15, 33 Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE BY THE WIDOW OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of my husband, Joseph Thompson in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Salem in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts in the year 1773 or 6 as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Langdon in Regiment and he served as follows, viz:— six months on the sea coast  Maine as is supposed, but not positive as to the name of the Col. it may have been xxx  some other Captain in the sea coast service — nine months under Captain Lord in 1776 or 7 from March to December at the Portland Garrison—three months in 1777 or 8 under Col. South, the name of the Captain not known,—and also reference maybe had to the letter hereto affixed
I am now _____ years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this twenty ninth day of April
A. D. 1844.
Signed by said Frederick Norill - an Attorney in my presence, for Mary Thompson deceased Thomas A. Dyer JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Frederick Norill Attorney for Mary Thompson late deceased

Marblehead, August 7 th . 1846.
Hon. Sir:
Notwithstanding the lapse of time since the receipt of your favor of the 11 th . of November, 1845, respecting the claim of the heirs of Mary Thompson, widow of Joseph Thompson, Revolutionary Pensioner, late of the adjoining town of Salem, deceased - to the benefit of the Resolution of 23 d of January, 1845, yet, at the earnest request of the children, I desire very respectfully to solicit your Honor's attention once more to the premises.
The claim is denied by your Honor on the ground that as Mrs. Thompson died before the passage of the said Resolution, (having deceased Feb. 17 th . 1844,) therefore her children can have no claim.
To this decision I desire very respectfully to observe - that Mr. Thompson, the husband and Pensioner, died on the first day of November, 1841, and that the widow afterwards presented her claim to the benefit of the law of March 3 d 1843, and, as I presume (for I had not the honor of forwarding her claim to the benefit of that act) to the benefit of the Act of 16 th of August, 1842, also; but was only allowed

— the benefit of the law of March 3 d '43 — amounting to less than one year's pay altogether , — the Certificate for which was issued 2 d of September 1844.
Under these circumstances I beg leave very respectfully to observe — that as Mrs. Thompson was the widow of a Pensioner who died as above stated Nov. 1 st 1841, and made her Declaration before the act of 30 th of April, 1844 , (if I am correctly informed,) prohibiting widows of Pensioners "from drawing a Pension for the same period during which the husband was a Pensioner", — that under these circumstances she was entitled to 5 years pay over and above the amount allowed her by the Certificate issued.
At all events, I submit, that other widows under the same circumstances received the 5 years allowance, besides the benefit of the act of 1843. I would therefore with all respect beg to be informed —
First. Whether these views of the right of Mrs. Thompson herself to the 5 years additional pay allowed to other widows under exactly the same circumstances are correct?
Second. If correct, as the amount due her was not allowed to her in her lifetime , cannot the children now claim this amount in her right , or as a vested right, the same as in analogous cases?
Third. If due and it cannot be allowed under the

— Declaration of Joseph A. Thompson, already forwarded, the son, will it be allowable under a new Declaration based upon the said Act of August 16th, 1842?
A particular answer to these views and enquiries will much oblige the parties interested.
I am, with very great respect,
Your Honor's humble servt.
James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Marblehead, Oct. 17th. 1845.
Honored Sir:
I have the Honor to forward herewith a (Declaration of Joseph A. Thompson, (alias Thompson,) made in behalf of himself and his four brothers & sisters named on the Court Certificate, with the view of claiming, in right of their late Mother, Mary Thompson, — who was a Pensioner under the law of '43 — and died 17th of February '44, — the amount due her from the 14th of March, 1836, to the 14th of March, 1841 — under the provisions of the Resolution of Congress, passed January 23 d 1845.
I am, with very great respect, Your Honor's humble servt. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions, Washington (D.C.)

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Thompson 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? yes
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?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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 shewn 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.