Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26702, for John Jewell, New Hampshire

SERVICE
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Jewell, John Mary
W. 26702 B L Mt. 704-100. B L Mt 227-60.55.
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183.553 Act Mar 3/55
July 5/55
Mary Sewell, wid of John Sewell Prin.
No. 227 Yipwood Green
Meaf Cont. at
Rev. War
Rec. pension
Act. July 1, 1848 - Cert. No 3926
Me 1848-3926 W. W. C. Jr. 14/56 B. B. B.
Arthur M c Arthur Livingston Maine

3926
Maine
Mary Jewell widow of John Jewell
who served in the Revolutionary
war as a Private
Mass June 1850
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
16 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
1 st July 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the
10 th day of Sept 1853
and sent to
Joseph Hiley
Portland
Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1842 , Page 19 Vol. 1
W. C. 1848

3244.
Maine Roll
John Jewell & U private, New Hampshire line 1779. War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Oct r 1818 and sent to Judah Dana Esq r . Fryeburg Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept th 1818 36.53 Semi-annual acct ending 4 th Mar 1819 48.00
Arrears 4 Mo 17/30 $ 84.53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Contance Payson .
William Cook Co.

Let to Mrs. M. J. ... May 10. 37 " " " July 10. 37 " " " Aug 23. 37 Let to Cottontown Oct. 21, 1839
Midland ... July 20. 1839 to James ... Cottontown ...
1839

p 20.829- I Herby certify that John Jewett now living in the town of Cornish served in the 2 d New Hampshire Regiment of Infantry in the com- pany commanded by Capt. W m Cherry during the Revolutionary war & was honorably dis- charged at the expiration of said war.
Feb y . 10. 1818.
J. B. Boynton { Late Adjutant of 2 d N.H. Regt. Inf y .
I certify that I served in the above Reg t with said Jewett & that he was honorably discharged.
Feb y . 10. 1818.
Jacob Eastman { Drum Major
Major Col. Burinham

State of Massachusetts County of Cumberland ss Yr it Remembered that on this thirteenth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred & Eighteen before me Ebenezer Mayo one of the Justices of the peace for said County personally appeared John Sewell to me well known & made oath in due form of Law that he enlisted into the Revolutionary Army in a Company commanded by Capt. Robison company in the 2 d Regt New Hampshire Line in a Regiment commanded by Col. Reed about the Month of April in the Year 1779 For During the War after joining the Army at West Point was transferred to Capt. M c Cherry's Company in said Regt where he continued to serve in Company faithfully until the peace of 1783 at which time he had was Honourably discharged at Fishkill & Rec d the Badge of Merit. That said Discharge was signed by Gen. George Washington That according to the best Recollection of said deponent about thirty years ago he lost his Discharge by Moving That he has never sold or alienated his claim to Bounty Land to which he was entitled from the United States for said services neither has he at any time previous to the date of this affidavit executed any power of attorney for the purpose of collecting the same.
Sworn & subscribed before me this thirteenth day of February 1818
J. L. Merrill
Ebenezer Mayo Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts Cambridge County ss.
I George Bradbury Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Ebenezer Mayo before whom & at the time when the within acknowledgements & affidavits were made was & is a Magistrate duly qualified for that purpose acting under the Authority & his name thereunto annexed Subscribed is his own proper signature - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of all the Judicial Courts of the said County this fourteenth day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & Eighteen or Portland
Geo. Bradbury

STATE OF Massachusetts Cambridge — COUNTY, ss. }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Thirteenth
day of February ————— one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Ebenezer Mayo ————— one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared John Dodge Jr ————— and Elias Sprague ————— and made solemn oath in due form of law that they & each
of them were personally acquainted with John Sewell late a soldier in Capt William Cherry, Company in the 2 d New Hampshire Regiment in the Revolutionary army & the deponent further deposes & say that they say they were personally acquainted with said Sewell before he enlisted into the army & that he was discharged as a soldier for the war & that they saw his honorable discharge soon after he left the army & that they served three years in the same Regiment with him in the Revolutionary army & that since the Peace they heard him say that he lost his Discharge by accident in moving
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 13 th day of February ————— A. D. 181 8 And I hereby certify the above witness due in my opinion credible witness
Ebenezer Mayo } Justice of the Peace
John Dodge Jun Elias Sprague
STATE OF Massachusetts Cambridge ————— COUNTY, ss. }
I George Bradbury Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said County aforesaid
do hereby certify that Ebenezer Mayo before whom and at the time when the within acknowledgements and affidavits were made was a Magistrate duly qualified for that purpose acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereunto subscribed is his own proper signature.—In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of all the Judicial Courts of said County this Fourteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen at Portland
Geo. Bradbury

KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I John Sewell of Cornish in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts late a soldier in Capt. Cherys Company in the 2 d New Hampshire Regt in the Revolutionary Army Having been enlisted & served for the Period of During the War honorably Discharged at the Peace of 1783
have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Joshua W. Wring of the town of Phelps in the County of Otsego and State of New York my legal representative and lawful attorney, for me and in my name and behalf, to demand and receive of and from the proper office at the War Department of the United States, or such other person as may be duly authorised to Grant the same Warrant for all Bounties in Land to which I am entitled by virtue of the several Acts of Congress of the United States in such case made & provided
And the said Joshua W. Wring is hereby authorised and directed to execute in my name and behalf the proper receipt and legitimate acquittance for the same, and all other writings, necessary in my name, to make, do, seal and execute in as ample and complete a manner to all intents and purposes as I might or could do were I personally present at the doing thereof.—And one or more attorneys or substitutes under him to duly make and appoint, and at pleasure revoke their powers; and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the
premises by virtue of the power herein contained I hereby irrevocably ratify and confirm. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this Thirteenth day of February A. D. 1815
In presence of
Wm. Smith
John Merrill
John Sewell
STATE OF Massachusetts
COUNTY OF Cumberland ss.
PERSONALLY APPEARED
John Sewell to me well known, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the same person described in and who executed the above power of attorney, and the same is his free, voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this Thirteenth day of February A. D. 1815
Ebenezer Mayo
Jas. Pease
John Sewell
STATE OF Massachusetts
Cumberland
COUNTY, ss.
PERSONALLY APPEARED William Smith
and John Merrill and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say, that they and each of them are personally acquainted with John Sewell who has executed the above power of attorney, and well know him to be the person described therein.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this Thirteenth day of February A. D. 1815 and I hereby certify that the above deponents are in my opinion credible witnesses.
Ebenezer Mayo
Jas. Pease
Wm. Smith
J. Merrill

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
June 29
1855. }
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Edwin W. Wedgwood 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
York
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 County aforesaid, — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
is 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
York County
} ss:
On this twenty seventh day of May June One Thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid Mary Jewell aged eighty one years a resident of Cornish in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law on her oath declares that she is the widow of John Jewell late of said Cornish deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution in the Massachusetts continental line and served in the War of the Revolution for at least fourteen days & was honorably discharged & served as set forth in his original declaration to obtain a pension under Act March 18 1818, which said pension was granted to him under said Act at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum & was paid at the Pension Agency in Portland State of Maine & she also served as set forth in the said Mary Jewells original declaration under Act of July 7 1838 & under Act of July 1 1848 under which last act she was pensioned for the services of her late husband for the sum of ninety six dollars per annum her pension Certificate as referenced num- bered 3926 - and for the services as afore

said and for evidence of her marriage to the said John Jewell and the evidence of his death reference is to be made to the declarations as aforesaid on file in the pension office.
She further states on oath that she was married to the said John Jewell in Cornish on the fourteenth day of March A.D. 1793 by one — Chadburn a Minister of the Gospel that her name before her said marriage was Mary Gustin and that her said husband died at Cornish Maine on the fifth day of August A.D. 1827. and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the pur- pose of obtaining the bounty bond to which she may be entitled under the Act ap- proved March 3 1855 and she hereby appoints Arthur M'Arthur Esq. of Bangor Maine her attorney in the premises to pre- sent her said claim for Bounty Bond and to obtain for the benefit of the claim- ant the Bounty Bond thereunder to which she shall be entitled, whenever the same may issue.
Witness, Calvin W. Bedford
Enoch Jewell
We Enoch Jewell
her Mary J. Jewell
and Mary J. Rowe mark residents of Cornish Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed

and acknowledged in our presence by the above-mentioned Mary J. French and that we believe from the appear- ance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and upon oath as aforesaid, say that she is now a widow.
— Mary J. Brown
The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year first above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be respectable and credible persons and the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be & that I have no doubt in this claim just in the Edwin W. Wood. Justice of the Peace.

John Jewell
Samuel
3264
Co
March 1811
REV. DR. J. H. HILL

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday of July being the fourth day of said month and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, Chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
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 county of John Sewell aged fifty eight years, resident in Cornish in said Circuit county 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. Cherry in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the line of the State of New Hampshire 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, numbered 3,244 was 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. John Sewell.
Sworn to and declared, on the 4 th day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benj. Greene
At t Daniel Sewall, Clerk.
Ch. Justice 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 :
1 cow - 2 pigs - 2 sheep & lambs - a few articles of necessary furniture - 1 ax - 1 hoe -
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Jewell who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of infirmity.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Molly Jewell 46 not able to labour & part of the time so sick as to have a Doctor.   Charlotte 26 dependant on me for support.   David 9 cannot earn his living.   Abigail 5 not able to work.   John Jewell.  
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York  33.  Daniel Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit , within the county of York . 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 nine dollars and fifty cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall,
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York

John Jewell
Received of the Hon. John D. Sleeper the sum of Twenty Dollars
John Jewell
18

Webber Row of Baldwin in the County of Cumberland of Lawful Age do testify I say that I am personally acquainted with John Sewell the Signer of the within affidavit & I know him as a Soldier as is therein stated from the month of June 1782 till the month of June 1783 when he was discharged from the Service Attest J. Dana his Webber X Row mark -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Oxford ss - April 18 - AD 1818 - Then the above signed Webber Rowe personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed before me JUDAH Dana Just. Peace & Judge of Probate

John Lavelle of Cornish in the County of York in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being a native citizen of the United States do on Oath testify & declare that I served as a private in the War of the Revolution Forty Eight Months That from my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support, That according to the best of my recollection I enlisted in Capt. Cherys Com- -pany in Col. Reeds 2 d Regiment New Hampshire Line about April 1779 for the period of During the War When I continued to serve till the peace in 1783 when I was honourably discharged at New Windsor on the 8 th of June - said discharge was signed by Gen. George Washington. & that I have lost my said discharge about thirty Years ago by being misplaced Attest J. Dana John Lavelle ap d 18 th 1818
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Oxfordss on this eighteenth day of April 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 Eastern Cir- cuit - in said County personally appeared John Lavelle a Defendant of Baldwin in said Circuit who being duly sworn first by me according to law, doth, on his oath make the foregoing declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the late act of Congress en- titled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United in the revolution- ary war - Sworn to and declared the day & year aforesaid before me JOHN DANA Judge etc

J. Swan Dana Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it ap- pears to my satisfaction that the said then John Leavell did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding decla- ration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and from his redu- ced circumstances he stands in need of support assistance from his country for support; and I now transmit the pro- ceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the 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 the said Court of Probate at Fryeburg. This twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1818.
JUDAH DANA JUDGE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Oxford ss.
I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in said County do at Fryeburg in said county on this twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1818 certify & make known that the Hon. Judah Dana who sit ed the foregoing certificate is Judge of said Court of Probate & first Asso- ciate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth & that said instrument is under the seal of said Probate Court.
Attest Simon Gage Register of Probate

Widow Mary Jewell's application
4073
Mary Jewell
Me
act 7. July 38.
act 1818
2nd dyn
Widow Mary Jewell's application

STATE OF MAINE.
York
County of Cumberland , ss.
On this third day of September A.D. 1838 personally appeared before William A. Hayes - Judge of the Probate for the county of York - affidavit Mary Jewell a resident of Cambridge in the County of York - and State or District of Maine, aged sixty four - 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 Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of John Jewell - who was a private in the army of the revolution and had reason to believe by declarations made by him to her that he enlisted at Stratham in the State of New Hampshire in the New Hampshire lines for three years & served the said three years & then enlisted during the war & served until the peace of 1783 & in the whole served about four years & more than three years that he was included in the pension roll of revolutionary pensioners for revolutionary services & continued so until he died April 22 A.D. 1831 & his pension certificate was returned to office where he received the balance of his pay & that I have no means of proving his services excepting by his certificate on file in our Department
SHE FURTHER DECLARES, that she was married to the said John Jewell on the fourteenth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four and that her husband, the aforesaid John Jewell died on the twenty second day of April , A.D. 1831 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 Jewell
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
BEFORE me
Wm A. Hayes Judge of Probate York County Maine

State of Maine.
York, ss.—
I, JOHN SKEELE, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that
William A. Hayes is Judge of said Court of Probate and that Arthur M. Arthur and Cotton Lincoln are Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signatures to the papers hereunto annexed and purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this eighteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- eight .
John Skeele
} Register of Probate York County.

I Thomas Guttill of Gorham, York County, State of Maine, Certify that I was present at the marriage of "John Gowell & Mary Guttill" that ceremony took place at the House of Henry Cole in this place then called Francisborough in the month of March. One thousand seven hundred & ninety three the ceremony was performed by Humphrey Chadbourne Esquire; I further testify she is now the widow of late John John Gowell who died Thomas Guttill
State of Maine
York County S.S. August 27. 1898
Subscribed & sworn to
Before me
Cotton Lincoln,
Jus ce Peace.
I Cotton Lincoln the above named Justice of the Peace certify that the above named Thomas Guttill is a man of trust & veracity, & his statements under oath are entitled to full credit—
Cotton Lincoln
Jus ce Peace.

I Henry Cole of Porter, County of Oxford State of Maine, a United States Pensioner, certify that I was present at the marriage of John Jewell & Mary Gubell (it took place at my house in this place then called Francisborough, now corner), in the month of March. One thousand seven hundred & ninety three, the ceremony was performed by Humphrey Chadbourne Giguine; I further certify that I have been acquainted with Mrs Jewell ever since her marriage that she is now a widow she has been so ever since the death of her late husband John Jewell.
Henry Cole
State of Maine York County ss. August 22. 1878 Subscribed and sworn to Before me.
Cotton Lincoln
Just Peace.
I Cotton Lincoln the above named Justice of the Peace certify that the above named Henry Cole is a man of trust, veracity & his statements under oath are entitled to full credit.
Cotton Lincoln

I Enoch Jewell of Berwick in the county of York State of Maine do hereby testify & say that John Jewell late of Berwick in the county of York State of Maine was my father and that he died at said Berwick on the twenty second day of April A.D. 1831. & that he is the identical John Jewell who spoke with Mary Jewell made ap- plication for a pension at Septemb- Term of Probate Court York County Maine & that he is as reported to be a revolutionary soldier & was pensioned for revolutionary services.
Enoch Jewell
State of Maine York ss: On this tenth day of December A.D. 1838 personally appeared Enoch Jewell to me well known to be the person described in character for truth and veracity and who made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed Before me Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace

I Stephen Guphill of Cornish listing and say that I am fifty eight years old the twenty eight day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty. That I am the son of Sarah Guphill and brother to the widow Mary Jewell the widow of John Jewell deceased. I further state that in the month of March seventeen hundred and ninety three Mary my sister was was married to John Jewell. They were not married at my father's house but went to one of his neighbours to be married, in Capt. Coles as I understand, I was not present at the marriage, some trouble as to their marrying him was the reason of their not being married at my father's house. My mother was confined to the house at the same time by the birth of my brother Rice Guphill who was born the twentieth day of February seventeen hundred and ninety three. The same is fresh in my memory as the births of all my mother's children are recorded in the family bible which has been in the family a number of years. I further remember that my sister Jewell's eldest child Charlotte Charlotte Jewell (who is now living) was born in December seventeen hundred and ninety three the same year of their marriage. Mary Jewell is now living and has not been married since the death of John Jewell.
York SS. th April 28. 1840
Stephen Guphill
Sworn and subscribed to.
Before me - Cotton Lincoln Justice of the Peace

Rev. & 1812 War Section
W.C.S.
September 25, 1928
Royce J. Noble 133 Mt. Vernon St. Malden, Mass.
Sir:
I advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 26702, that John Jewell enlisted at Stratham, New Hampshire, in April, 1779, served as a private in Captains Robinson's and Cherry's Companies in Colonel Reid's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged June 8, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 18, 1818, at which time he was living in Cornish, Massachusetts, which was later Maine.
In 1820 he stated that he was fifty-eight years of age.
He died April 22, 1831, in Cornish, Maine.
He married in Francisborough which was later called Cornish, Maine District, March 14, 1793, Mary Guptil or Guptill.
His widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed September 3, 1838, at which time she was sixty-four years of age and was a resident of Cornish, Maine.

Reference was made to the following children of John and Mary Jewell: Charlotte who was born in December, 1793; David who was nine years of age in 1820; Abigail who was five years of age in 1820; and Enoch who was a resident of Cornish, Maine, in 1838.
No charge is made for this service.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

State of Maine County of York
On this 17 th day of March 1853, personally appeared before me Oscar Lincoln a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mary Fernald, a resident of Cornish in the County of York and State aforesaid, aged Seventy nine years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the joint Resolution of Congress passed 1 July 1848.
In this declaration states that she is the widow of John Fernald, who was a soldier of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States under the Act 18 th March 1818.
She further states that her said husband in his life time received a pension at the rate of thirty six dollars per annum. — She further states that she made application for the benefits of the acts of 3 rd March 1843, 17 th June 1844 & 2 nd February 1848, and was allowed a pension under said acts at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, and that she now receives the same rate of pension under the Act of February 2, 1848, as will appear by the Pension Certificate herewith sent, — Being entitled under the joint Resolution to the same amount of Pension per annum, as was granted

to her late husband. She claims the same and refuses to the proof of her late husband John Femell on file.
Witness Enoch Femell her Mary Femell Admiral Master
Signed and Subscribed by the above named Mary Femell on the day and year before written
Dear Lincoln Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Mary Femell is the widow of John Femell late a prisoner of the United States and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration.
Dear Lincoln Justice of the Peace

Maine District ss: Office of the clerk b. b. U. S. I Geo. F. Emery clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States for Maine District hereby certify that Oscar Lincoln who purports above to have acted as a Justice of the Peace was at the time of his signing the foregoing certificate in fact, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of York duly authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this thirty first day of March A. D. 1853
Geo. F. Emery } Clerk Circuit Court } U.S. for } Maine District

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Mary Jewell
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Celia Lincoln Cornishville York Co Me.

STATE OF MAINE.
York
County.
On this thirty first day of July 184 3 Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the of the Peace in and for said County of York
Mary Jewell
a resident of Cornish in the County of York aged Sixty nine years—who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress pas- sed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of John
Jewell who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner under the Act of March 18 th 1818 She also declares that she received a pension under the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum
she further declares that she is still a widow
Mary Jewell
Attest
Enoch Jewell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me and I further certify that the said declarant is personally known to me to be the identical person she has declared her self to be
Cotton Lincoln Justice of the Peace
NOTE—After “who was a” insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.

State of Maine, } ss. York County, }
I, William Drafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for said county, do hereby certify that Cotton Lincoln is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 14 th day of March 1838, and will expire on the 14 th day of March 1845, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this eighth day of August, 1843.
William Drafton, Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, October 6 th A. D. 1848 }
I  Chas. C. Harmon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Oscar Lincoln, is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of York as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Lincoln is dated May 28 th , A. D. 1846, and will expire May 28 th A. D. 1853.
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 Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Harmon CLERK.

State of Maine County of York ss.
On this sixth day of October A.D. 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mary Jewell a resident of Cornish in the County of York aged twenty three years, who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the Widow of John Jewell who was a private in the Revolutionary War in Captain's Jonas Bowls Company in Col. Henry Dearborn Regiment
She further declares that she is still a Widow and has received the benefits of the Act of Congress passed 3 d March 1843 and 17 June 1844 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum
Witness Enoch Jewell Mary Jewell
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written Before me Oscar Lincoln Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Mary Jewell is personally known to me to be the identical person as above stated Oscar Lincoln Justice of the Peace

Deposited Feb 16/49
3926 Name Mary Howell widow of John who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 8 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Feb 1849 and sent to Hon. A. W. N. Clark Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 19 Vol. 1

Cornishville Aug 20 1897
Sir
About a month since I addressed you and enclosed Capt H Boles farther testimony in regard to my marriage, As it is true in every particular I had faith to believe I should have been in possession of my certificate ere this. It is one year since I commenced my application; my advanced age makes it desirable that I should be in possession of that which is due to me, that I may remunerate those on whom I am dependent
Respectfully I remain
Your Obedt Servt Mary J Jewell
J. L. Edwards Commissioner. Pensions

John Sewell 2000 Claim for Bounty Land
Witness atty
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Hon. Lorin P. Waldo Comm ee of Pers on s Washington D.C.

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Warrt. is d Octr. 23 rd 1878
J. W. Wing Atty:

Cotton Lincoln Justice Peace
(State of Maine) (County of York) } set.
I, Jeremiah Bradbury, clerk of the judicial courts of the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Cotton Lincoln is an acting justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the fourteenth day of March 1838, and will expire on the fourteenth day of March 1845, and that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand and the seal of said county this twenty fourth day of September, 1839.
Jere Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial courts York County

I Captain Henry Cole of Porter County of Oxford, State of Maine, Certify that I com- menced making a farm in the Plantation of Framersborough, since incorporated by the name of Cornish, County of York in the year 1787; the following year 88. I married and moved my wife here, in 89 my first child was born in August; in 1791 my second child in October; Mary Gullill since Mrs Gullill worked with us frequently, she living in the same neighborhood; in the month of March or early part of April 1793 Mary Gullill was married at my house to John Gullill a resident of said plantation - in June 1794 I my third child was born; I state these particulars to show why my memory serves me correctly: The Marriage was solemnized by Humphrey Chadbourne Esq. then living in said Plantation - he has been dead many years and none of his descendants are living in this town now. Widow Mary Gullill is now living & has not been married since the death of John Gullill - The particulars here stated are not related from memory alone, I have a family record kept in my large Bible stating the time of my marriage and the births of all my children. that I cannot be mistaken as to time. Henry Cole
York SS
July 22. 1839
Personally appeared before me the above- named Henry Cole & made oath as to the truth of the above statement.
Cotton Lincoln Justice of the Peace

I Mary Sanborn, of Baldwin, County of Cumberland, and State of Maine, here certify, that I was born in the year 1779 the 31 st day of March, as stated by my mother, my name was Mary Hardy. In the year 1793 my mother was living with her second husband, in the plantation of Fonesboro. March 14 1793 I was present at the wedding of Mary Guffill and John Jewell, at the house of Capt Henry Cole, in said Fonesboro there being a meeting there that evening. They were married by Humphrey Chadbourne Esq. The reason of my memory serving me is, my mother had a bible then quite aged in which she recorded the marriages of her relations. Mary Guffill, being one, her marriage, with John Jewell, was there recorded. My mother being dead and her descendants, by her second husband having moved into the eastern country, I do not know what has become of the bible
Witness Enoch Jewell Mary his Sanborn mark
York ss Subscribed and sworn to this ninth day of September 1839 Colton Lincoln Justice of the Peace

I the undersigned Town Clerk of Cornish certify that I have carefully examined the records of this settlement from their commencement 1789 to their termination in Feb 1794 and can find no record of Marriage or births between these dates. The first publication is entered the 18 th May 1794 thence onward they appear to be regularly entered in the Town Books
Hiram Remick. Town Clerk
I the undersigned certify that Hiram Remick above named was regularly chosen Clerk of this Town in April Meeting last. Cornish July 23. 1839.
Cotton Lincoln S P

State of Maine County of York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of all the Judicial courts for the County of York aforesaid, do hereby certify, that having made diligent search of the Judicial re- -cord of this County, for a record of the return of marriage of John Jewell with Mary Jewell, said to have been made by Humphrey Chadbourn, deceased, I can find no such records.
I further certify that there does not appear any records of any return of marriages made by the said Humphrey Chadbourn, who was an acting magistrate in this County for a number of years. —
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name & affix my official seal this twenty third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Jere. Bradbury Clerk Jud. courts York County

Barnes May 20. 1879
Sir
At request of Mrs Mary Sewell I herewith enclose the Town Clerks Certificate: at the time of the marriage, there was no established Church form'd in this then Plantation, and if afterward the marriage was recorded in the Church Books (in which Mrs I was a Member) it now would be of no service to her, as all the Books & papers of the Church were burnt with one of the Deacons Houses; Knowing the respectability of the two witnesses (Capt Henry Cole, & Thomas Gubell, whose deposition accompanied her papers, who were present at the marriage, I have no hesitation in saying that she is entitled to a pension — Mr Sewell uses me to send this as her Attorney Mr Arthur lives at a considerable distance in the next Town.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Yr Obedt
Calton Lincoln
J. L. Edwards Comp Pensions & & &

This certifies that I have examined the records of the Town of Comish from 1794 up to 1800 and find no record of the marriage of John and Mary Sewell nor any other record by which it appears that the marriage took place subsequent to January 1. 1794
Hiram Remick Town Clerk
Comish May 16 th 1840
York S.S.
Subscribed and sworn to
Before me Henry Chittenden J.P.

This certifies that there is no record of the publishment or marriage of Mrs Mary Jewell in the Town Clerks Book. Nor of any prior to 1794 which time this Town was incorporated
Hiram Remick, Town Clerk of Comstock
May 20 th 1839

South Maine Apr 20. 1839
Sir
In August or Sept last, I made application for a Pension (John Jewell's Widow), my late husband was a revolutionary pensioner; my papers were forwarded by my Attorney Arthur M c Arthur: to this date I am ignorant whether the papers reach'd your Office or not. I solicit the favor of your informing me.
I have the honor to be Sir Yr M c d Ob t Serv t
J. L. Edwards Com d Pensions V & V
Mary Jewell

Pittsfield, Me. June 24. 1833
Sir. I herewith forward you the application of Mary Ferrar widow of John Ferrar a pensioner under the act February 2. 1848, for an increase of her pension from 80. to 96 dollars per annum commencing 1 July 1848 which if correct please forward me the certificate for the increase
Respectfully Yours Jos. D. Dey
S. D. Waldo Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Cornishville May 18 1890
Sir
In accordance with your letter of 8th current to Mrs Clifford, I herewith enclose the town clerk's certificate
I have the honor to be, Sir.
Yrs Mo. Ob. St.
Cuthbert L. Colby
J. P. Edwards Com d Pensions

Cornishville July 22 1899
Sir
Having obtained more evidence I here with send you Capt Henry Coles certificate which I sincerely hope will substantiate satisfactorily my my marriage. I also enclose the town clerks certificate showing there was no record of marriage's or births prior to the incorporation of Cornish which took place after my marriage.
Respectfully
I remain
Yr Ob St
Mary Jewett
J. L. Edwards Cornish Pension,

John Scull d 1831. Mary M. March 1793 B. of. at. Shatham R.H. and then extant d. W. des. 83

Mar 26. 1840
94.
Free
me
J. L. Edward Court Parsons
Washington
Hiram B. March 20

Germantown March 12, 1870
Sir
About two months since I had the honor of addressing you and inclosed a certificate of the clerk of our county, stating there were no marriages whatever recorded, which were solemnised by Humphrey Chastbourn. I had hope of having a reply from your office before this time, for if all the evidence hitherto sent is deemed insufficient, certificates from all the old respectable settlers of the town will be forwarded to establish the credibility of Mrs Dwell et, al.
I have the honor to be
dir. Yr Obs. Servt.
Cotton Lincoln
J L Edwards, Comr Pensions.

Hiram M c Oct 20 Nov 3
Free
J. L. Cadworth
me me
Low Pensions
Washington
Free

H. Cornwall Oct 28. 1839
Sir
I have read your letter of 21 st Current, stating that the additional evidence in M rs Jewell's case is not "sufficient to establish a distant date in which the error of a few months is decisive of the claim."
The certificate of the clerks of the county is required. This latter paragraph I do not exactly understand (I acknowledge my ignorance in official correspondence) please inform me what is meant — I regret much that the testimony sent is not deemed sufficient.
I have the honor to be
Sir Yr Ob st Serv t Abraham Lincoln
J. L. Edwards. Comr Pensions v v v

ap. 1. 1840.
Free Mother
A. Clifford W.R.
me
56
J. G. Edwards Esq.
Washington City D.C.

Washington City March 30 1840
Dear Sir
Please inform me respecting the case mentioned in the enclosed letter
Yours truly William Clifford

Cornville Sept 26 th 1839
Sir
At the request of Widow Jewell I hereby transmit the papers you returned to her for authentication; Attached to them is the testimony of Mary Sanbourn in regard to her marriage: I also enclose Sarah Ingalls deposition to the same effect.
Feeling as I do the correctness of these declarations, hope they will be satisfactory to you.
Your favour announcing the correction of the error in my Mother Terusha Lincoln's case is just recd
I have the honor to remain
Sir
Yr Ob. Servt
Cotton Lin. Sir
J. L. Edwards Comm. Pensions

Cornishville Jan 1 1890
Sir!
The absence of Mr. Bloodbury, Clerk of the courts (two months) was the cause of my not serving the certificate from that office sooner. It seems there is no public record of marriages by Humphrey Chadbourn to be found. If there was a law at that time for magistrates to make returns to clerks of courts they did not act in accordance. I have to reiterate my unaltered conviction that Mrs. Jewell is entitled to a pension. The Clerk at Alfred recommends her obtaining from the principal inhabitants about her a certificate — (Voluing as I do the testimony already sent especially Capt Coley I think it useless to trouble you with more papers. — but should you think otherwise certificates from all old settlers will be forwarded
I have the honor to be Sir
Your obt Servt
Husa Lincoln
J. L. Edwards. Commr - of Pensions.

Mary Small Mda of M o Me Ad July 1838 (Married 1793 died 1831 Allow. $80 per ann.
Cotta Lincoln Co Cornishville Me.

June 18. 1874.
me.
Yrs William Lloyd J. C. [?] H. R. [?]
J. J. Edwards Esq. Washington City D. C.

Washington City June 18/1840
My Dear Sir
Mr Lincoln continues to write me. I feel honored to forward his though I am sensible he is troublesome.
Yours Respectfully
William Lloyd

Pension Office Sep 6 1853
Sir
Mary Sewell widow of John Maine Rolls, acts July 7 1838: at $80 per annum, Please state to what time paid
Very Respectfully J. Cole
Acting Pension
J Burt 3 Auditor
Paid to 4 th March 1853.
J. Burt Auditor.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that, Rufus Sanborn is a magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated January 28 th A. D. 1835 and will expire January 28 th A D 1842
and that the following signature purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this sixteen th day of September Anno Domini 1839.
Charles Cobb Clerk.

I Sarah Ingalls of Baldwin in the county of Cumberland & State of Maine Widow; certify that I was present at the Marriage of Mary Guptil (now the Widow Jewell) with John Jewell now deceased at the house of Capt. Henry Cole in the plantation of Francesborough now Cornish, on the fourteenth day of March according to my best recollection, in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety three.
I was then in the fourteenth year of age, I recollect that there was a meeting at the house before mentioned the same evening.
The marriage ceremony was solemnized by Humphrey Chadbourn formerly of Berwick Maine. My recollection of the marriage service before mentioned is strengthened by my living with Esquire Chadbourn while he lived in Berwick.
Sarah Ingalls
Witness Samuel Ingalls
Cumberland ss
Personally appeared the above named Sarah Ingalls and made Oath to the above Before me Rufus Sanborn { Justice of the Peace
Baldwin September the 13 th 1839.

I, Bennet Pike of Conesville, Testify and say that I lived in this town in the year 1793, (then called Francisborough), that I was married to my second wife in January 1793, and I am positively sure that John Jewell was married to Mary Gubell within a few months of that time - Bennet Pike
York ss.
April 28. Bho
Sworn and subscribed to }
Before me —
Cotton Lincoln Justice of the Peace

Cornish April 28 th 1845
Sir
Herewith is Stephen Guphill (Brother to Mary Jewell) deposition in regard to her marriage. His declaration seems to establish the fact that she was married in March 1793. As farther corroborative proof - Send accompanying Bennet Pike Esq's deposition, who was married in January of the same year - he is one of the oldest settlers in town and a man of first respectability.
Hoping these documents will prove satisfactory
J. S. Edwards Coat Pensions
I have the honor to remain
Sir Yr Obt St Cotton Lincoln

Garnishville Jan 27/1829
Sir,
I requested my neighbor Mr. Lincoln to address you in answer to your letter of the 10 ult o ; about 7 weeks since, as there has been no communication from your office since, I fear the letter has been miscarried, &
At the time of my marriage there were but few inhabitants in this then Plantation and almost a wilderness; there was no meeting house, or minister, there was no record of publications or marriages in the Plantation books, as the town Clerks certificate which was sent you, shows. If it is deemed necessary I can have ample testimony as to the respectability of Capt Colencho is a last wars Pensioner. and also of Mr. Gubills.
From my advanced age and being dependent on my children, you must suppose I am anxious to be in possession, of what is due to me.
Respectfully I remain, Yr. Ob. Serv.
J L Edwards.
Com r .
Pensions.
Mary Jewell

1928 Sept. 25. Cust. L. Royce J. Noble T. W. S.
Resy 26/402 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26/402 26/402
Mary Genuell widow of John Genuell Died New Mar.
Act Feb 24 48
Index: Vol. A, Page 375
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Refuted Maine 3114
Mary Jewell widow of John Jewell who was a Private in the New Hampshire line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eighty — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the Second day of December 1843 and sent to Cotton Lincoln Cambridge York County Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 1

133 Mt. Vernon St., Malden, Mass. Nov. 19, 1927
Pension Office Washington, D.C.
The writer would like to obtain complete information as given in your files, concerning a Revolutionary War soldier — John Jewell.
His pension number was # 3244
Original Declaration made Apr. 18, 1818
Later " " July 4, 1820
Residence: Francisborough, (now Cornish), Maine. Detachment: Leeds Regiment, Capt. Cherry's Co. of the New Hampshire Line.
Will you kindly advise me whether the information in your files is available, and what the fee will be for obtaining it.
Royce J. Noble 133 Mt. Vernon St., Malden, Mass.

1820 26
1794 Chatham Am. 1794 See dec. 1820

52185.
Marie
Mary Brewee, widow of John Brewee,
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1848, and who died on the 22 d of April 1831, of Cornish in the State of Mass ts who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Cherry of the Reg t commanded by Col: Reed in the N. Hampshire line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Invalids at the rate of 80. Dollars and Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June 1840, Issued to and Colton Lincoln, Cornishville, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840 $ 320.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 40 40.00
$ 360.00
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by Wm. A. Lantinger Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 12.
Her Lit. to Nathan Clifford, (as to time of certf) June 19, 1840. do do July 13. 1840

Mary Sewell widow of John Mercer Me
W R 1 July 1848 $96. per annum 1 July 1848.
Deducting former payments at $80 under 2 o Feb y 1848.
As t o Joseph Ilesly Esq Portland Me

Brief in the case of Mary Jewell widow of John County and State of Maine act W. Res 1 July 1848
Claim, ( "original" "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the acts of 1818 & 1820 at $96. per annum, — she was pensioned under the acts of 1838 & 40 at $80 per annum, — W. Res 1 July 1848 gives her the same amount by Pension as was received by her husband, she now
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
claims the benefit of said Resolution, to which she is entitled,
Name and residence of Agent Joseph Dickey Esq Portland Me
Thomas L. Plitt Examining Clerk.

Payment to be made at Portland by
M rs Woodbury Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 69 Vol 1 Elo. Huntington Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mary Sewell widow of John Sewell who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 16th day of February one thousand eight hundred and Forty nine .
W. L. Marcy.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. G. Hunt Commissioner of Pensions.

See Mr. diary Iowa T. M.
10 th '39 -
do - do - July 6 th '39
same, Aug. 23 rd '39
to Cotton Lincoln Oct. 24, '39.
to do. Nov. 6, 1839, to him
Natna. Clifton, April 4, 1840.
To same April 15, 1840.
" same May 9, 1840.

Limington Maine July 2 1885
Sir,
I herewith forwarded you the Application of Mary Jewell widow of Peter for Bounty Land under Act 3 d March 1855.
Hon. Simon P. Waldo, Comm d . of Pensions Washington D.C.
I am very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t Arthur M c Arthur