Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35654, for John Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thompson, John
S. 35654
CONTENTS

0386
Maine
John Thompson
of S. Berwick in the Dist. state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years -
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist: of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st of March 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of March 1819 and sent to B. Greene, Esq. South Berwick, Maine -
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 11 3 / 4 Dg. 29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 40. 00
66/20 York
$:137.29
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued York County -
Application of John Thompson with Mrs. B. Greene, Esq. of South Berwick, Maine

John Thompson
S. Bennett
8386
Sept 1819
Low

STATE OF MAINE.
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 day of July being the fourth day of said month and by adjournment  from day to day, on the day of the 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, John Thompson aged sixty six years, resident in South Berwick 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. Willbury in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth 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 thirty first day of March — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8. 386 — 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.
Witness C. Greene
John Thompson mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 4th day of July — A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benjamin Greene
Chief Justice One of the Judges of the said Court.
Asst. Daniel Sewall, Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: A house 1 story 26 ft by 30 ft. old and unfinished scarcely habitable — 11 1/2 acres of our land, 1 yoke small oxen — 1 cow — 4 sheep — 3 lambs — no furniture of value —
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me who, by occupation am a _____ which I am able to pursue by reason of _____
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary my wife 72 years very sick and infirm   Betsey my daughter 38 years able to work   Witness C. Greene. John L. Thompson, mark  
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York ss. 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 an- nexed, 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 eighty 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 .

Marked J. B. Burwick March 4 Proclamation Blaine
Free
Com. Mr. Thomas at 11 am
26 March Gen. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

South Berwick, March 3 - 1834.
James L. Belknap Esq.
Dear Sir,
John Thompson was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and drew a pension under the Act of Congress passed March 18th 1818 - his pension certifi- cate is dated March 26 - 1819 - and numbered 8.386 - He left a widow to whom he was married before the expiration of his last service - Now, Sir, in order to assist her in making her declara- tion, will you please to send me a copy of the declaration made by her to obtain the pension above referred to - and the evidence to support the same.
Respectfully
Yours &c
Wm. H. Hayes

John Thompson M.A. Col. Gerrish Regt Mass line 1775 - 8 months
ae 31 st Mar 1818
Col. Wigglesworths Mass Regt 1777 - 3 years
Admitted -

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. }
ON this thirty first day of March
A. D. 1818,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears John Thompson aged sixty four years Resident in South Berwick in said county of York, 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 John Thompson in the month of April 1775. enlisted as a private soldier, in the Continental Army, for the term of eight months, under Capt Joseph Pettengal in the Reg t commanded by Col. Gerrish of the Massachusetts Line, that he continued to do his duty in said Comp y & Reg t at Cambridge Massachusetts, untill the expiration of the above-named term of eight months, when he again enlisted in the same Comp y & Reg t to serve in the said Comp y & Reg t so long as it should remain at that station, that he then continued to do his duty untill the first of April 1776, when he was honorably discharged at Roxbury in Massachusetts, but rec d no written discharge.
That in the spring of the year 1777, he again enlisted as a private soldier, under Capt Pillsbury in the Reg t commanded by Col. Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts Line, for the term of three years, that he continued to do his duty in said Comp y & Reg t untill the month of Sept r 1778, when having lost his hearing, & being unfit for service, he was discharged at Providence Rhode Island, but has lost his discharge.
(And in proof of the first part of the foregoing declaration made by the said John Thompson - Samuel Goy, and Amos Thompson, personally appear, & be by me first duly sworn - They upon their oaths do say That the said John Thompson did serve in the continental army from April 1775 until April 1776, that they both served with him, & do know that he did his duty as a good soldier in said Comp y & Reg t from the time of his enlistment in 1775 to April 1776 when he was discharged)
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs 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 above said.
Brig d Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Thompson did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do 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 before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
thirty first
day of March
Anno Domini, 1818.
Brig d Greene

35654
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File No. 35654
John Thompson His Rev was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 480
[Arrangement of 1870.]