Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,581, for Daniel Merrill, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Merrill, Daniel
S. 17,581
CONTENTS
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Maine 31,008
Daniel Merrill
Hancock Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the _____ command Captain _____ of the Reg't. command Col. Tappan in the N Hampshire for 2 years Mass.
scribed on the Roll of Maine the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annu commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of March 1837 and sent to Hon. L. Jarvis at Mr. Ball's
Arrears to the 4th of March '37. 480.00 emigrant allowance ending 4 Sept. " 40.00 $ 520.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
recorded by D. Brown Clerk book E, Vol. 1 — Page 35

Application of Daniel Merrill for a Pension.
22399
Sent to War Office by Sumner Little of Bristolport Me
an roll of 3 yrs men from Rowley Essex Co in 81-
adm'd 2 years pri 80 pp
Hon. L. Jarvis at Mr Ball's

State of Maine and } ss. County of Hancock.
On this sixteenth day of October 1832 personally ap- peared before the commissioners of the County of Hancock Daniel Merrill, resident of Sedgwick, in the County of Hancock and State of Maine, aged sixty seven years and six months, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of Con- gress, passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the Ar- my of the United States, or as a soldier for the said Ar- my, on the first day of January in the year 1801; and after joining the army at West Point, served in the tenth Regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Col. Buffum, and in Capt. Thomas Francis' Company. In the above said Company and Regiment he served till he was selected by the Colonel, (Mr Isaac Evans) of the New Hampshire Brigade, (to which Brigade the tenth Massachusetts Regiment then belonged) to ride with him, as his order, to the southward. With the said Mr Evans, then called Col. Evans, he rode through the Jerseys, Pennsylvania, Delaware, to the head of Elk. There he joined Gen- eral Benjamin Lincoln's family, in which he was, whilst passing down the Bay of Chesapeake, and up James river; and during

our march from James river to near York Town, and during the preparation for, and the siege of Lord Cornwallis, in said York town, till he set off with the horses and General Lincoln's baggage waggon, by land, for the head of Elk. He there waited for Sir Evans, who came up the Bay by water, and then journeyed with him to Philadelphia, in the vicinity of which he spent the winter, or the remainder of it, and in March 1782 he journeyed thro' the Jersey State to Hudson's river, thence up the river to Albany; thence up the Mohawk river to Fort Plain and Fort Herkimer; thence back and up to Saratoga, and late in the Fall, or in the beginning of winter he again joined his Regiment. When the During of the war men were discharged, or furloughed, the New arrangement left but three Regiments in the Massachusetts line. To the third of which he belongs. Said Regiment was commanded by Col. Jackson, and his Captain's name was Wade Ward, who lived, for many years, in Woolage, County of Lincoln, and now in the State of Maine. From the above Regiment he was honorably discharged on the twentieth of December in the year Eighteen hundred and Eighty three, after having served as a private Soldier, two years, eleven months and twenty days, reckoning from the day of his enlistment to the date of his discharge.
When the above said Daniel Merritt enlisted into the service of his Country, he was a resident in his native town, Rowley, County of Essex and State of Massachusetts. I further State that my discharge is lost.
Whereby I relinquish every claim whatever to a pension, or an annuity, except the presents, and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and Daniel Merritt. Hancock Co. Com. Pleas. Oct. Term 1832. year aforesaid. Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid Attest Tho. Cobb Clerk

State of Maine.
Hancock So. Court of Common Pleas at Castine, October Term, A.D. 1832.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
I Thomas Cobb Clerk of the for said County of Hancock, Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Daniel Merrill for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two. Tho. Cobb Clerk
At Washington 4 March 1837. I was acquainted with Daniel Merrill for many years previous to his death in 1835. He was a respectable Baptist Clergyman & I am truly to believe that what he testifies under oath is strictly true. Long before the passage of the Pension act of 1832 I had heard him boast of having been in the army of the Revolution. Mr Merrill in 1825 was a member of the Executive Council of Maine.
Leot Davis
M. G.

Sur.File.No.17581, Daniel Merrill, Rev.War.
January 9, 1906.
Madam:
You are advised that the papers in the above-noted claim show that Daniel Merrill enlisted as a private from Rowley, Essex County, Mass., January 1, 1781, in Captain Thomas Francis' company, Colonel Tupper's 10" Massachusetts regiment; was detached as a waiter for Chaplain Israel Evans, and with him rode through the Jerseys, Pennsylvania and Delaware to the head of Elk River, where he joined General Benjamin Lincoln's family, with whom he went to Yorktown; he rejoined Dr. Evans at the head of Elk River, and in March 1782 went to Saratoga; in the fall or beginning of winter joined Captain Wade's company, Colonel Jackson's 3" Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged December 20, 1783.
He applied for pension October 16, 1832, when a resident of Sedgwick, Maine, aged sixty-seven years and six months. His claim was allowed. He died in 1835.
He was a Baptist clergyman, and in 1825 was a member of the Executive Council of Maine.
No family data.
The papers in the claim Widow File No.23,016, show that Israel Evans was appointed Chaplain in 1775, and went with the New York troops to Canada under General Montgomery; in 1777 he was a chaplain in General Poor's brigade of New Hampshire troops, and was present at the capture of Burgoyne; in 1779 he acted as an aide to

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General Sullivan in his expedition against the Indians in Genesee County, and was in battle with said Indians; In September 1780 he officiated as chaplain at the grave of General Poor; in 1781 he was with General Poor's brigade under Lafayette, and was present at the capture of Cornwallis. He served seven years. He died March 9, 1807, at Concord, New Hampshire. He married Huldah Kent May 4, 1786, at Charlestown, Massachusetts; she was living at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, in 1843, seventy-nine years of age. Her claim was allowed. Her brother was the Hon. William A. Kent. No further family data.
A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that a claim was filed on account of the Revolutionary service of Benjamin Tupper, Colonel, 10" New Hampshire regiment.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. R. W. Emerson, 1728 Columbia Road, Washington, D. C.

17581
INVALID.
1906 Jan. 6 - history to Mrs. R. W. Emerson. M. 13. H.
File No. 17581
Daniel Merrill
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 52
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 255
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Heath of Marshall Dept. Organs testify that I belonged to the United States Army in the New Hampshire Battalion from the year 1777 to the year 1783, and I know that Daniel Merrill having been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution for as much as two full years. That while he was a Soldier in the Company at West Point I messes with him. and I knew of his being detached as a winter to Dept. Evans and several times saw him in the service the last time was when I was wounded which was a few weeks before the Surrender of Cornwallis - That I always under stood that he served until he was discharged in December 1783. I was discharged in June 1783 and left him in the service of the Army - I understand that Merrill did not receive her discharge until the December following - William Heath
State of Maine.
Hancock ss. I certify that on this Eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord 1835 personally appeared the above named William Heath and made oath that the above is true before me Somme L. Little Justice of the Peace

Washington 4 March 1837
William Heath the deponent is personally known to me. He is a respectable man. I am also well acquainted with the magistrate before whom the testimony was taken & can vouch for his official character & signature.
Leoff Davis
M. K.
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I Davis Wescott of Mount Desert in the State of Maine Esquire do testify and say that. I was a Soldier in United States Army in the Revolution in the tenth Regiment Massachusetts line which Regiment was commanded by Col. Tufts in 1782 and capt n Francis Coomsey that I was knowing that the late Revd Daniel Merrill enlisted in Captain Lewis  said Coomsey's at the commencement of the year 1781. and that he served with the said Company that winter & spring and summer and while said Merrill was detached as a waiter to D r Evans. That I was in the Army until 1783 and have always been acquainted with said Daniel Merrill, have always understood and believed he served in the Army as he has stated in his application for a pension which I have this day examined altho I was only personally knowing to his having served from the time he enlisted until the preparations were making for the siege of Cornwallis - after which time I do not recollect seeing him till after the peace of 1783. (Davis Wescott)
State of Maine Hancock ss.
Be it known that on this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five the above named Davis Wescott personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me
I Anne Little Justice of the peace

Washington 4 March 1837
I am personally acquainted with the deponent Davis Wargatt. He is a respectable citizen of the town of Mount Dias in Maine & has been repeatedly elected to offices which indicate the confidence of his fellow townsmen. The magistrate before whom the deposition was sworn to is well known to me in which I certify to this signature.
Levi Davis M.C.

Mrs R. W. Emerson 1728. Columbia Road B-595. Washington, D.C. O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Jan. 6. 1906
[Letter in S. 7. 17581 Daniel Mervée]
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Jan. 4, 1906.
Searched by Hill
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Benjamin Tupper
Service Col., 10 th N. H. Regt.
Rev. War
Additional service _____
Remarks _____
No V. W. Inw. or Wid.
No V. W. Rej.
Chief of Division.

Miss Klein FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SEDGWICK, MAINE
FOUNDED 1805
ARTHUR WARREN SMITH, PASTOR
CELEBRATES ITS CENTENNIAL, JUNE 11-18, 1905
All past residents of Sedgwick and past members of Church are urged to be present. For further particulars write Pastor.
Maine, _____ 1905.
Daniel Merrill - Receipt dated Rowley, Feb. 1, 1781, for bounty paid said Merrill by Benj. Jackman and others, a class of the town of Rowley, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of three years; also return of men raised in Essex county for continental service, agreeable to resolve of December 2, 1780; engaged February 1, 1781. Term, three years. Also private Col. Benjamin Tupper's (10th) regiment; Service from February 8, 1781, 22 months, 21 days.
Israel Evans, chaplain and Benjamin Tupper, colonel, 10th New Hampshire regiment.
over

Please furnish statement -
Mrs R. W. Emerson 1728 Columbia Rd D.C.