Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21524, for Solomon Todd, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 26
Jodd, Solomon Renaid, Elizabeth Former widow
W 21524
CONTENTS

Maine 2.278
Elizabeth Kenaid Arnes widow of Solomon Todd decd.
N 16 March 1886 who died in the State of Maine of Waldo in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ by Col. Villey in the N.H. Co. line for 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Aug. 1838 and Seal Alpha Johnson Belfast Me.
Arrears to the 14th March 1835 $560.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " - 40.00
$600.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 7. }
Recorded by N.H. Addison Clerk Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 10

I Alexander Clark Todd aged fifty three years on the twenty eighth day of December last, on oath bestow say that I am the youngest son of Solomon Todd & Elizabeth his wife, as I have always been informed & understood. My recollection distinctly goes back to the time when I was living in Londonderry N.I. with my mother the Widow Todd & two of my older brothers & an elder sister, when I was in my fifth year. In the May before I was five years old I left my mother's family & removed to Belfast me with a gentleman, Alexander Clark, after whom I was named. When I left Londonderry my oldest brother was living out. My other two brothers & sister were living at home, & I recollect many circumstances relating to my mother & brothers & sister as to our being the children of a Widow-woman who was called Widow Todd, the same person who now resides in my family & has made application for a Pension.
My said mother, then called Widow Todd removed to said Belfast when

I was ten years old, & I obtained the residence of her. She was married about two years after to Thomas Kenard in Belfast by Rev. Mr. Price. I was present at the wedding - in the summer time I should think in the year 1796. My step-father the aforesaid Thomas Kenard died in September or about that time in the year 1819. & my mother has remained a widow ever since. She has resided in my family & been wholly maintained by me, & has never again been married.
I have never heard any suspicion or remark made against the legitimacy of my birth, but have always been told that my father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, that he died when I was about fifteen months old. In my youth I often heard my mother say she was married to my father by the Rev. Mr. Cotton at Fitchfield, N.H. I have often heard my father spoken of by others and also my grandparents, & my grandfather

by my mothers side John Wallace has frequently been named from my earliest recollection. - I have never been in Londonderry since I left before I was five years old.
my father & mother have always been spoken of in such a way as would not have been, had they not been man & wife: and my brother & sister have always been talked about & treated in such a way as brother & sisters would do if parents legally married. & nothing contrary to this idea has ever been breathed to my knowledge & belief.
Alexander C Todd
Sworn to & subscribed by the said Alexander C Todd on this second day of July A.D. 1838 who personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit & subscribed same in my presence, & I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Alexander C Todd the deponent, & that he is known

To me to be a man of truth & veracity — I also certify that the emendation of the spelling of the word 'Londonderry' was made before the execution of the affidavit, which is the cause of the confused appearance of the letters. —
Alfred Johnson Justice of the Peace & Judge of Probate
State of Maine
Waldoboro — I the subscriber Register of Probate for said County of Waldo hereby certify that Alfred Johnson who administered the oath to the said depon- ent is a Justice of the Peace & Judge of Probate for said County & that his signature is gen- uine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the official seal of said Court this second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
Solomon Heath Reg r

Reduction
Elizabeth Renaud
Wid of Sol' Godd
Marr'd 1773
died 1786
Cillyp Ref 3 of 22/9
Apl 1780 p 147 +
8 mo 75 Capt M. anders
Allow $80 per ann
No Deduction
By Mary Apl 1780
Cilly p 147
Alfred Johnson Esq Belfast Me

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th day of July A.D. 1836
State of Maine } Waldo Co }
On this twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1838 personally appeared before me Alfred Johnson Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Waldo, Elizabeth Renaud, widow, a resident in the Town of Prospect in said County of Waldo, aged eighty eight years on the ninth day of October last 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 4 th A.D. 1836 & the explanatory Act passed March 3 rd A.D. 1837. — That she is the widow of Solomon Todd formerly of Londonderry, N.H. — That the said Solomon entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary Army as a private soldier & marched to Canada under Genl Ar n Rd — That in the spring of the year 1776 he again enlisted — & in the spring of the year 1777 he enlisted for three years in, she believes, Genl Sullivan's Brigade — & served five years or nearly that time in all — That she does not recollect the name of his Captain or Colonel — but remembers that he was

at the capture of Burgoine & in the battle of Mon mouth. that she is the daughter of John Wallace of said Londonderry that she was married to said Solomon Todd on the fifteenth day of July AD 1773 at Litchfield - a place adjoining said Londonderry by the Rev. Mr. Cotton - under a license from the Provincial Governor of Me. - that her said husband Solomon Todd died at said Londonderry in March 1786, that she afterwards removed to Prospect, Me. & was married to her second husband, Thomas Kenaid at Belfast, Me. in July 1796 by the Rev. Eb. Price - that the said Thomas Kenaid died in Gorham, Me. on the 6 th of September 1819 - that she has remained unmarried ever since - & was a widow on the 4 th of July AD 1836, & still remains one, - all which will more fully appear by proof herunto annexed
Elizabeth Knowlton
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid at the residence of the said Elizabeth in Prospect, the said Elizabeth being bodily unable to attend the Court, at the Court Room in Belfast Before me Alfred Johnson Judge of Probate

State of Maine
Waldo ss — I the subscriber, Register of Probate for said County of Waldo hereby certify that Alfred Johnson before whom the proceedings after said were had is the Judge of Probate for said County of Waldo. I also certify that the above contains the original proceedings of the said Alfred Johnson in the matter of the application of said Elizabeth Kenard for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1838 & affixed to same the official seal of said Court. — Solomon Heath Register of Probate

I James McLean of the Plantation of Waldo in the County of Waldo & State of Maine do testify & say that I resided in Londonderry N.H. in the year 1775 that I knew Solomon Lodd who in that year entered into the Revolutionary Army - that he died some years after the war in consequence of an injury received in the service - I think he was in the Army most of the war. - I also was acquainted with Elizabeth Wallace, I know that they were married two or three years before the war commenced. I was intimately ac- quainted with this Elizabeth Wallace, the daughter of John Wallace of said Londonderry. She had four boys, & I think one girl, by the said Lodd. They & father & mother sustained a good moral character, & there can not be the least possible doubt of the marriage, of

which I heard spoken of at the time, as of other marriages, as matter of notoriety, & of which I have no more doubt than of any thing I did not actually see with my own eyes.
I have been acquainted with the said Elizabeth ever since. She afterwards married one Thomas Renaud who has been dead about twenty years. She now resides in the family of Alexander C. Todd in Prospect, a son by her first husband, & has remained a widow since the death of the said Renaud. (James M c C)
Waldo Co June 27. 1838 Then personally appeared the above named James M c Sure & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit & subscribed the same before me. And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the same James M c Clure & know him

to be a man of truth & veracity — also that he a highly respectable gentleman & very intelligent for one of his age. — also that the word 'miss' was altered to "this" & the blot upon the word "The father" — was made — before the execution of the same by the said James McLure —
Alfred Johnson Justice of the Peace Judge of Probate
State of Maine Waldoboro June 27. 1838 }
I hereby certify that Alfred Johnson before whom the affidavit aforesaid was sworn to is a Justice of the Peace & Judge of Probate for said County of Waldo & that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof, I Solymon Heath the Registrar of Probate for said County have hereunto set my name & affixed the official seal of said Court Solymon Heath. Registrar of Probate

I Mary M c Lure, of Waldo Plantation in the County of Waldo, & State of Maine, do testify & say, under oath that I was well acquainted with Solomon Todd of London - - derry in the state of Me as early as the year 1769, that I also knew Elizabeth Wallace of said London - derry, and that the said Solomon & Elizabeth were married, before the Revolutionary war broke out, I should say in 1772 or 1773, - that they lived together as man & wife until the Revolutionary war commenced, when he entered as a soldier into the Army, & was absent most of the time, until near the close of the war; when he returned, badly injured, & died a few years after in con- sequence of this injury. At the time of his death they had a daughter & four boys & one girl whom lived with my brother Jonathan Smith of Antrim N.H. until he was 21 years of age. - I have no doubt that they were legally married, any more than of any of my neighbours, of whom

I did not see the actual ceremony performed of wedlock . Mrs Todd, the widow aforesaid after wards removed to Prospect, near the place I reside in - was afterwards married to one Hannaid, & who died some twenty years since. I am intimately acquainted with her & know that she has remained unmarried since the decease of her second husband. I feel morally sure that in that day & place no such thing as the cohabitation of the said Todd & his aforesaid wife could have existed without legal mat- rimony, without my having heard of it.
Mary McClure
Wadsworth June 27. 1838 Then personally appeared the aforesaid Mary McClure & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit, & subscribed the same before me: & I hereby certify that the interlineation "a daughter &" were inserted before its execution: and that the

said Mary Wilson is a person of truth & veracity
Alfred Johnson Justice of the Peace Judge of Probate
State of Maine
Waldo Co.
June 27. 1838 I the subscriber, Register of Probate for said County of Waldo hereby certify, that Alfred Johnson who administered the oath to the said deponent, is a Justice of the Peace & Judge of Probate for said County & that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my own hand, & affixed the official seal of said Court, the day & year aforesaid
Solyman Heath Register of Probate

I David Gregg of Frankfort, State of Maine aged 88 years on oath say that before the war Revolutionary began, Elizabeth Daughter of John Wallace lived in my fathers family in Londonderry in New Hampshire, and before the war she was married to Solomon Todd. I was present at the wedding, I think she was married by the minister of Litchfield. Soon after the war of the Revolution com- menced said Todd enlisted into the army and served nearly or quite through the war. His said wife lived nearly all the time said Todd was away in the army at my father's. After the said war was over said Todd moved away from Londonderry with his said wife I was informed to Belfast in Maine. I do not remem- ber in what Regiment said Todd served but he served in the New- Hampshire line; his
David + Gregg
mark
State of Maine. Waldo County. ss. Then personally appeared before me the above-named David Gregg and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed and I certify that said David Gregg is personally known to me and is a man of truth and veracity. Archibald Jones Jur. of the Peace

I further certify that records "wan" in the third line of the within Affidavit, and "daughter of John Wallau" in the fourth line, and "linellaine" from the pattern of said Affidavit in the fourth, were interlined before the execution of the within Affidavit. Archibald Jones Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Waldo ss. I the subscriber, Register of Probate for said County of Waldo hereby certify that Archibald Jones Esq. who administered the oath to the said deponent is a Justice of the Peace for said County - & that he is the Post-Master of said Town of Frankfort, & that his signature is known to me to be genuine to both certificates. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the official seal of said Court this third day of July A.D. 1838 Polycarp Heath Reg.

3688. Aug 3 rd me
4 July 1836
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions, Washington.

Belfast July 25. 1838
Sir -
I enclose the Declaration of Widow Elizabeth Kenaid — whose Solomon Todd husband, it is said, served in Col. Gilley's regiment of N. H. Troops. —
I have not been able to find any record of the town of Bitchfield of the time of her marriage — If hereafter successful I shall forward it hereafter, if necessary. It seems to me her claim is proved —
Very respectfully
Yours &c Alfred Johnson
When her Certificate is made, you will please forward it to me, addressed to Belfast Me A. J.

I Joshua Marsh Town Clerk of the Town of Litchfield, County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire, hereby certify that I have diligently examined, the Records of the said Town of Litchfield, (all said Records being in my possession) & I find no Record of the marriage of Elizabeth Wallau to Solomon Todd, - and I further certify that the first Record of any Marriage, on the said Town Books is dated July 23. 1776, there being none of any date prior thereto
August 13. 1838
Joshua Marsh Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss August 13 1838.
Then the said Joshua Marsh whose name is above subscribed by him personally appearing made oath to the truth of the above certificate. Before me,
Charles A. Weston Justice of the Peace.

I Joshua Murch Town Clerk of the Town of Litchfield in the County of Hills- borough & State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that on examination of the Records of said Town of Litchfield it appears that Rev d Samuel Cotton was settled Minister of the Town of Litch- field, during the whole of the Year seven- teen hundred & seventy three, & for several years both before and after. Aug t 13. 1838. Joshua Murch, Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss August 13 1838. Then the said Joshua Murch personally appearing made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him subscribed
Before me
Ebenezer D. Folsom Notary Public

I Joshua Marsh do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Litchfield, County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire aforesaid,
Aug 13. 1838
Joshua Marsh Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss Aug 13. 1838 Then the said Joshua Marsh personally appear- ing made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him subscribed
Before me
C. G. Atkinson Justice of the Peace.
I Charles G. Atkinson Justice of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joshua Marsh Town Clerk of s d Town of Litchfield, who signed the foregoing Certificate in my presence & swore to the same before me & that his character for truth & integrity is good, Chas G. Atkinson Justice of the Peace.

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Charles G. Atherton within named is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as before mentioned, and that the foregoing signatures, (four in number) purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name, at Anhurst in said County, this fourteenth day of August Anno Domini 1838
A. Wallace Clerk

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 215:24
Elizabeth Rainard Former wife of Solomon Ladd Priv Rev war
Act: July 1 st '36
Index:—Vol. 14 , Page 394
[Arrangement of 1870.]