Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,301, for Richard Lord, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lord, Richard
S. 29 301
CONTENTS

No 600 Maine
Richard Lord of York Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Pillsbury of the 1st Regt commanded by Col Wigglesworth in the Massachusetts line for Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars ~ Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sept 1832 and sent to Burleigh & Hobbs, South Berwick, Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 120 Semi-annual allowance ending March 3 rd , 40 160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
B. Ed
Recorded by Book D Vol. 1 Page 67 Clerk,
decl n act 1818 1 st change copy for Hm. J. Frank D H R Sec 31. 1835

Richard Lords.
South Berwick
7690
1817
Sept 1819

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 fifth day of July 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 fifth 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 , Richard Lord aged sixty five 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 Revolu- tionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Pillsbury in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Rigglesworth 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 fifteenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7,690 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 con- tained 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.
Richard Lord.
Sworn to and declared, on the fifth day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Benjamin 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 :
38 acres of land - 1 house of one story 38 by 26 feet, unfinished and old - 1 barn 35 by 30 feet - 1 yoke of oxen - 2 cows - 6 sheep - 2 pigs - a few articles of necessary furniture very ordinary.
I owe to Ichabod Goodwin Esq. & others, seven hundred dollars.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Richard Lord who, by occupation am a cordwainer — which I am unable to pursue by reason of sickness & infirmity.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary my wife — 60 yrs. lame & very sickly   Sophia my daughter — 19 — able to work. —   Mary — " — 16 — d o —   Caroline " — 14 — d o —   Richard Lord.  
STATE OF MAINE.
York ss. I, 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 one thousand & thirty seven dollars, and that that the sum was seven hundred dollars . 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 .

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, ss.
ON this twenty sixth day of July = 1832 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace = of the County of York Richard Lord = a resident of South Berwick in the county of York and State of Maine = aged Seventy Six = years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1777 with Cap. Daniel Pilsbury and served in the Second = regiment of the Continental line, under the following named officers: Brig. Gen. Glover, Col. Edward Wigglesworth, Lieut. Col. Dudley Coleman, Maj. John Porter, Capt. Daniel Pilsbury, 1st Lt. Thomas Chaney 2d Lt. Sanfield - Ensign William Wigglesworth = He served for the term of three years and has a discharge which is now on file in the War department. He has been once on the pension list. Roll of the Maine Agency, and have been struck from the same. He now resides in South Berwick and resided in the same Town when my his former application was made. He served the above term as a private and was on the pension list under the act of March 18. 1818 —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine —
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
before me
Richard Lord
J. H. Burleigh Jus. Peace

Rich Lord
PO

State of Maine York County ss
I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of York, certify that John A. Burleigh, is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that the within signature, purporting to be his is genuine -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix my official seal, this thirtieth day of July Anno Domini 1832 Jer. Bradbury Clerk of the Jud. Courts York County
Richd Lord
Bo

South Berwick (Maine) July 30. 1832
J. L. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir }
Enclosed is the applica- tion of Rich d Lord for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832. He has been on the pension Roll of the Maine Agency under the act of March 18 th 1818 and has been struck off - He has lost his pen- sion certificate - If the evidence of his term of service in the War Depart- ment, do not correspond with his state- ment of it in the enclosed application, he can furnish it, if desired, on no- tice.
Yours respectfully
Burleigh & Abbot

Richard Lord (Private) Wiggenworth Maf't. Reg't 19 th May 1777 to 25 th May 1780- 15 th April 1810-
Correct

Richard Lord a Soldier in the 13 Mass s Regt having served three years in the Continental Army as a good Soldier his time being out his hear by Discharged from the Service
Highlands
20 May 1780
Calvin Smith Stated Clerk
and the above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in the office of the Secretary of War.
And the said Richard Lord further states (a fact attested by a certificate signed by the selectmen and overseers of the Poor of the Town of South Berwick.)
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.
Benj o 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 Richard Lord 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
Twentyfifth
day of June
Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj o Greene

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this fifteenth day of April 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 Richard Lord aged sixty three 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 on the 19 th of May 1777 he the said Richard Lord enlisted as a private soldier under Capt Pillsbury in the Reg t commanded by Col Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts Line, that he continued to do his duty in said Company & Reg t in the various places in which they were stationed, until the three years, that being the term for which he enlisted, expired. When he was honorably discharged, at Highlands in the state of New-York, as per his discharge hereunto annexed appear—
And the said Richard Lord further states (a fact attested by a certificate signed by the selectmen and overseers of the Poor of the Town of South Berwick)
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.
Benj o 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 Richard Lord 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 twenty fifth day of June Anno Domini, 1818.
Twenty fifth day of June
Benj o Greene

29301 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,301
Richard Lord
Rev Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 1897.
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 246
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7,690
Maine.
Richard Lord 4
of South Berwick in the state of who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of March 1819 and sent to Hon Benj. Greene, Judge, South Berwick, Me.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 — 85.29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819. 48 —
10. 4/30 5/31 $ 133.29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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