Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 49,028-160-55, for Theodore Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Thompson Theodore Elizabeth
NUMBER
B.L.Wt 49 028-160-55
CONTENTS

216.047
Claim of Elizabeth Thompson (widow of Theodore) To Bounty Land
Act of March 3. 1855
War of the Rev.
Z. K. Harmon Portland Maine

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
Octo. 1 st 1853
I, ROBERT A. BIRD , Obadiah G. Cook
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Samuel Rich, Esq.
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of Cumberland
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in
the aforesaid — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
are
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. G. Cook
CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
Elizabeth Thompson aged 86 years, a resident of Buxton Standish in the County and State
aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of Theodore Thompson deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Josiah Davis in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Colonel Joseph Prime  in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.
in the War of the Revolution.
That he entered the service at Buxton on or about the 25th day of July  1780 for the term of  residue of the enlistment and continued in actual service in said war for the term of Three months and was honorably discharged at Portland on the 27th day of October A. D. 1780 as will appear by the Certificate of the Secretary of State hereto annexed. She believes he received no written discharge as she knows of none.
She further states, that she was married to the said Theodore Thompson in Buxton on the 19th day of February A. D. 1786 by Rev. Paul Coffin .
a Clergyman , and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Sands ; that her said husband died at Standish on the 17th day of May A. D. 1833 and that she is now a widow. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty land, under this or

any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and believes that her said husband never applied for or received Bounty land under any Act of Congress, in his life time.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Elizabeth Thompson do hereby constitute and appoint J. R. Harmon of Portland in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Elizabeth Thompson Mark
We Greenleaf Thompson and Rebecca Thompson residents of Standish in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Thompson abovenamed in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration.
Greenleaf Thompson Rebecca Thompson
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Elizabeth Thompson the declarant above named, and by Greenleaf Thompson and Rebecca Thompson witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Samuel Peabody Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Sept. 24 th 1855.
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 Theodore Thompson is borne on pay roll of Capt. Josiah (Davis Comp. Col. Joseph Prime's Regt. raised for the Defense of the Eastern part of the State, from July 25. to Oct. 27 th 1780. 3 mos. 3 days, as private, travel included, from Buxton.

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 within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wingate Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State of Massachusetts
The undersigned Respectfully requests the Secretary of State to examine the Records & Rolls of service in the Revolution and give a certificate of all the service performed in said war by Theodore Thompson her late husband.
She states that her said hus- band Theodore Thompson was a Resident of Buxton Maine in the time of the Revolution, and she believes that he serv- ed as a private about six months under a capt. Davis of York County and Lieut. Moses Atkinson of said Buxton, and was stationed at Falunouth or vicinity. And for the purpose of this application I appoint J. H. Harmon of Portland Me. my Attorney in the premises.
Elizabeth Thompson Mark
Cumberland ss: Sept. 19 th 1855, personally

State of Maine County of York Town of Buxton - Extract from the Records of the Congregational Church
"Persons joined in Wedlocks, and when Seventeen hundred eighty six. February nineteenth Theodore Thompson & Elizabeth Sands both of Buxton. The foregoing were married by Paul Coffin D.D."
I Certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the Marriage of said parties, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record, in fair legible figures, as follows:— (b)
1786. Feb. 19. Theodore Thompson & Elizabeth Sands both of Buxton
Joseph Bartlett  Town Clerk of the Congregational Parish Buxton.
I, Joseph Bartlett above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Church Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy of the records of said town church, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Joseph Bartlett
Clerk of the Town of Congregational Church in Buxton.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this Twenty eighth day of September A. D. 185 3
Samuel P. H. 3 d Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

W olfe Greenleaf Thompson and Rebecca Thompson of Standish in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine depose and say, that we are well and intimately acquainted with Elizabeth Thompson of this Town, she is the widow of Theodore Thomp- son late of this Town and formerly of Buxton, deceased, we knew said Theodore Thompson well in life time and know that he died in the spring of 1833 and left said Elizabeth Thompson a widow who has remained a widow since the death of her husband as aforesaid, and is now living. we have no inter- est in the claim she may have to Bounty Land Greenleaf Thompson Rebecca Thompson
Cumberland ss. Sept. 25 th 1855 Then personally appeared the above named Greenleaf Thompson and Rebecca Thompson who are persons of truth and veracity and

respectable witnesses, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing af- fidavit by them signed,
Before me
Samuel Rich 3 d Justice of the Peace

A. J. K. Harman, Sept. 19/56
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Elizabeth Thompson
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Additional Evidence in No. 216,047
Hon. Josiah Minot Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Adcl. Evidence in No. 216,047
J. K. Harnan Portland Maine

I Joshua Littlefield of Standish in the County of Cumberland and State Maine aged 56 years on oath depose and say that I was well and familiarly acquainted with Theodon Thompson late of Standish deceased, I know that he was formerly a resident of Buxton in the County of York and that he removed from Buxton to Standish in the latter part of the winter of 1833. Where he died in the latter part of the Spring of 1833, and I have often heard said Thompson state that he served a short term in the Revolutionary war, and was sta- tioned at Falmouth now Portland Maine - And I further say that the said Thompson is the only Theodon Thompson that ever resided in Buxton or any of the adjoining towns to my knowledge -
Joshua Littlefield
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8 th day of October A.D. 1856 Samuel Rich 3 rd Justice of the Peace

I Abigail Hanson of Buxton in the County of York State of Maine aged seventy eight years. on oath depose and say that from a child I was well and intimately acquainted with Theodore Thompson who died in Standish in the County of Cumberland in the Spring of 1833. I know that he was always a resident of Buxton until the latter part of the winter of 1833, at which time he removed from Buxton to Standish in the County of Cumberland where he died the latter part of the same Spring. it was always reported of him that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and I further say, that I have frequently heard said of Thompson that he did serve a short time in the Revolutionary War, and that he was at Falmouth the now Port- land, and I further say that said Theodore Thompson is the only Theodore Thompson that has ever resided in Buxton or any where in these parts, to my knowledge. I further say that I know that said Thompson removed from Buxton to Standish

On the latter part of the winter of 1833, and that he will at said Standish in the month of May of the same year -
Abigail Hanson her
Mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me this eighth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty six & I certify that said affiant is a credible person -
Samuel Rich 3 d Justice of the Peace

Portland Me. Oct. 11 1856
Sir,
Please find enclosed proof of identity in claim No. 216, out of Elizabeth Thompson for Bounty Land. You have a certificate that Genl. Rich Esq. is duly qualified as a Justice.
I am Very Respectfully Your O bt Serv t J. H. Harmon
Hon. Josiah Minot Commr. of Pensions of Pensions Washington (D. C.)

I William M Jordan on oath depose and say that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Buxton in the County of York and State of Maine for the year 1836, and that I have searched the Records of said Town as for 60 yrs the time of the Revolutionary war, and I hereby certify that I find the name of but one Theodore Thompson Recorded in any of the Records of said Town,
Most William M Jordan Town Clerk,
William M Jordan above named personally appeared before me this 8 th day of October A.D. 1836 and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him signed -
Almond Rich 3 rd Master of the Peace

Benjamin Hanson of Boston in the County of York State of Maine, aged 77 years on oath. depose and say that I was well and intimate ly acquainted with Theodore Thompson who died in Standish in the Spring of 1833. I know that he was a resident of Boston in said County of York until the latter part of the winter of 1833, when he removed to Standish in the County of Cumberland where he died in the latter part of the spring of the same year. I know that he was always reputed to have been a soldier of the Rev- olutionary War, and I have often heard said Thompson state that he served a short time in the Revolutionary War, and he is the only Theodore Thompson that has ever resided in Boston, and I further say that I know said Thompson removed from Boston to Standish where he died in the Spring of 1833, and left a widow named Elizabeth whose name before her marriage was Elizabeth Smith and that she has ever since remained a widow.
Benjamin Hanson
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8 th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-six and
I hereby certify that I know the affiant to be a person of truth & veracity. Samuel Rich 3 Justice of the Peace