Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45885, for Benjamin Lord, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Lord, Benjamin
S. 45885-
CONTENTS

18.360 Maine
R
Benjamin Lord
of Denmark in the State of Maine who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Prescott of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year
inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of Nov 1821 and sent to Sudah Dana Esq Fryeburg, Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1821. 40 m th 30 d 324-00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1822. 48-
$ 372.50
Oxford
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
A first of May 1820.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Oxford ss. On this fourteenth day of Feb'y AD 1820 before me Judah Dana Judge &c, personally appeared Benjamin Lord who made the Declaration to which this explanation is annexed, and being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration ex- planatory of his former one viz That since making his former declaration he recollects some facts that had escaped his memory, which he has refreshed, by conversations with some of his company & by a roll kept by a Serjeant of his company, altho' he hired a substitute by the name of Tuttleh, who took his place; yet it was for a short time, and the substitute dying, he the said Lord again returned took his place in the company and served out his year for which he entitled
Judah Dana Judge &c

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Oxford On this eighteenth day of April A D 1818 before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate in said County and first Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Circuit in sd Commonwealth personally appears Benjamin Lord a Resident of Denmark in said Circuit personally appears Benjamin Lord of who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and na- val service of the United States in the revolution- ary war; that he the said Benjamin Lord in May A D 1775 enlisted for eight months into Capt F. Nason's Company - Col d Scammon's Regiment under command of Gen. Israel Putnam, the Mass- achusetts Troops - That he served out sd time & then enlisted for two months more - and served out one month of the two, & then enlisted into the years service for a year and served in the same company nine months of the years service thereof & then hired a man by the name of Welch as a substitute - and that he was accepted by the officers for his the sd bond place - That he has no other evidence of his sd services now in his power & that he is in indi- gent circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support - Sworn to and

declared the day & year aforesaid before me
Justin Dana Judge etc
I Justin Dana Judge etc as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Lord did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration - against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment - that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support - and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken before me to the Hon. Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Tryphibury this tenth day of November 1818
Justin Dana Judge etc
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
By virtue of the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in said County do at Tryphibury in said County on this tenth day of November 1818 certify & make known that the Hon. Justin Dana who signed the foregoing certificate is Judge of said Court of Probate in first instance of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth & that said instrument is under the seal of said Court of Probate. Attest John Lywood Register of Probate

B. Lord ✓
First declaration
18 April 1818
With respect to the applicant's last enlistment let the name of his colonel the line and regiment with the dates of entering & of leaving it be stated.
Required the evidence of two credible and disinterested witnesses (or of an officer of the reg t ) duly taken and authenticated proving the actual and personal service of the applicant for nine months at least.
5 May 1819
I return this old application. That you may see that the date &c of the new one compares with it. J. Dana

This Mans Declaration must be drawn so as to correspond with the depositions of the witnesses - let a new one be made out, and with this and the depositions proving his service be sent to this office, and his claim will be attended to -

Schedule of B. Lord's property - taken acor- ding to directions from the Pen. Offic -
This miserably poor old man is totally blind with one eye and the sight of the other is poor. he made his declaration on the 18 apl 1818 as will be seen by the papers - & has been striving ever since to procure evidence and arrange his papers - and has been several long journeys on foot and by charity to enable him to receive his pension as he is the last who expects to get it by application from me & as his was made so early & been so troublesome & costly ever since - I hope he will receive it, as others did from his first application on 18 apl 1818 -
Susan Dana Judge

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Paris within and for the County of Oxford on the first Tuesday of October 1821 being the day of and by adjournment from that day, on the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Judah Dana Judge of said Court.
ON this seventeenth day of Sep. 2 in the year 1821, personally appeared Benjamin Lord of Denmark
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, aged more than seventy years, resident in Denmark 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. Jonathan Norwell in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Prescott 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 eighteenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, rendered has not been granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Benj. Lord
Sworn to and declared, on the 17th day of Sep. 2 A.D. 1821.
BEFORE
Judah Dana
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:
I have no real estate. — one pot, one spider, one old iron kettle, one old trapet & other necessary articles of the same kind — all worth $5.00 — one good axe, one old scythe & grass in use & one old hoe these gears old worth $2.50 and other old household furniture worth from four to six dollars — one old cow worth $10.00 & one hog worth $5.00 — a fushers & two geese
Total amount of property $26.00
Benj. Green Judah Dana

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me
by occupation am a farmer who, reason of old age & bodily infirmity - by loss of eye sight which I am unable to pursue by
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Myself 70 years old last March can do but very little work   Dorcas Lord my wife 77 do cannot perform labor, but wants assistance   Else Lord, a grand daughter 317 do takes care of my wife & does all the house work, spinning & weaving & helps me out doors    Oxford Sep. 17, 1821 Sworn to before me Judah Dana Judge of the Court STATE OF MAINE.
I, Titus K. Goodenow Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Oxford 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 twenty five dollars and no cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth day of October A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
Titus K. Goodenow
Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Oxford

Ref d to Mr E
The Lake dale of prop- erty is furnished agreeably to directions am't -
Served one year & I think entitled to a pension for tho' I have no data by which I can find out whether Capt Bowditch
was Continental more than his statement that he belonged to Col Prescott's Regiment. he is certified to be a man of truth.
Adm l & Com d -
J. L. E.
Memorandum is in Oxford Co. Me.

45885
INVALID.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 45885
Benjamin Lord
Povr. Mass Line Rev Wat
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Capt. Jonathan Nowels deposition in favor Benjamin Lord

State of Maine
York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of York do hereby certify, that Moses Hubbard, who has certified the oath of Jonathan Nowell to the annexed deposition, relative to the revolutionary services of Benjamin Lord, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, legally qualified to administer oaths in such cases, and that due faith & credit are to be given to his acts as such Justice of the Peace.
In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said County the sixth day of March A.D. 1821.
Jere Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts County of York

I Jonathan Nowell of Berwick in the county of York, in the State of Maine. Testify and say that I commanded a company in the continental service in the Revolution war and that Benjamin Lord of Denmark in the county of Oxford in the State of Maine enlisted in the company under my command at Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts some time in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, for one year and that he the said Benjamin Lord served the said term of one year as a good soldier and was honorably discharged at Pella-River, in the State of New York at the expiration of the term for which he enlisted & further that said company belonged to the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Prescott.
Dated at Berwick the first day of January 1821 Jonathan Nowell
State of New York ss January 1. 1821 The above named Jonathan Nowell who is a credible Witness Subscribed and Sworn to the above disposition Before me. Moses Hubbard Justice of the Peace

The Deposition of Benjamin Webber

Benjamin Webber Deposition in favor Benjamin Lord

I Benjamin Webber of Shapleigh in the County of York, Yeoman, of sixty six years of age testify and say, that I knew Benjamin Lord, who is now of Denmark in the County of Oxford, as a soldier in the Revolutionary war in Seventeen hundred and seventy six, that he was then an Inhabitant of York, in the County of York, that he enlisted as a Soldier as aforesaid, for the twelve months Campaign, that he served in the Company commanded by Capt Jonathan Nowell and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Prescott —
Benjamin Webber York ss, September 1 st 1819 - Then appeared the above named Benjamin Webber and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed
Before me Jonathan Clark Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the aforesaid Benjamin Webber is a man of truth — and a disinterested Witness
Jonathan Clark Justice of the Peace
I the subscriber Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the county of York hereby certify that Jonathan Clarke esquire, whose name is affixed to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the peace within & for said county duly qualified to administer oaths — In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court the sixteenth day of September 1819 — William B. Swall

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sims
DISTRICT OF Oxford — ss.
On this 18 th day of April - 1818, before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Commonwealth in and for the said State District, personally appeared Benjamin Lono County aged about seventy years, resident in Denmark in the said District, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he, the said Benjamin Lono enlisted for the term of One year on the first part of day in the year 1776 from the town of York in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Nowell of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Prescott in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the end of the year —, when he was discharged from service in Peks Hill - state of New York —, that he was in the battles of
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
I, Judah Dana Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Benjamin Lono did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of Nov 1818 Judah Dana Judge
The above is explanatory of the original declaration of the said Benjamin Lono - made this 20 th day of April 1821 and at the same time sworn to before Judah Dana Judge

The Depositions of the Witnesses does not agree with the declaration. The two first enlistments will avail nothing; therefore, need not be mentioned. Fill this blank declaration, and if it is then, shall be found correct, it will of course, be admitted
War Dept t
Pension Office
June 1. 1820.
It is necessary to forward to this Office the roll mentioned by the declarant which was kept by a Sergeant of the Company, to which he belonged - send the original.
N.B. The original roll is lost - no copy is left. as Capt. Powell died in 3 weeks after but the testimony of Sand-baptism who is a credible man with the depositions of two other credible witnesses must I think remove all doubt in the case of this miserly poor old man G. Davis
Extra

Benjamin Lord
Judah Dana Freiburg, Maine.
Recd 30 Oct n 1821.
Right Honorable J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War City of Washington

I Arthur Bragdon of Shalings in the County of York Yeoman of sixty three years of age do testify & say that I personally knew Benjamin Lord who is now of Denmark in the County of Oxford as a Soldier in the New -voluntary corps in sixteen hundred & sixty six Seventy six that he was then an inhabitant of York in the County of York & that he enlisted as a Soldier aforesaid for the twelve months campaign that he served in the Company commanded by Capt Jonathan Nowell & in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Russell
Arthur Bragdon
York ss September 2 1819
Then appeared the above named Arthur Bragdon and made oath to the truth of the fore going Deposition by him subscribed
Before me Whiting Stevens Just. Peace
I hereby certify that the aforesaid Arthur Bragdon is a man of truth
Whiting Stevens Just. Peace
I the subscriber Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the county of York hereby certify
that

that Whiting, Stevens esquire whose name is affixed to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the peace within & for said county duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court the sixteenth day of September 1819 - William B. Sewall
Deposition of Arthur Bliss on in favor Bindford