Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 604, for William Tompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Tompson, William
W. 604
Thompson,
B.Y. Wt. 19.526-160-55
Rebecca
CONTENTS

2148 Maine
Rebecca Thompson widow of William Thompson who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private Mass Troops Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 3 February 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept. 1853 and sent to
Y. K. Warren Portland Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 10 Vol. A
Feb. 3. 1853
1832
Reg 8 m 55-184358

4031- Maine
William Thompson Lumberland in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pride of the Reg t commanded by Col Prime in the Mass s transferred to State Troops for 8 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Jan'y 1833 and sent to Hon. D. Anderson House of Reps.
Airsars to 4th of Sept. 1832 $39 99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/11/33 - 13 33
$53 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock, Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 st Page 93

Civ L. K. Harmon Mar 5/56
Vol I. page 61.
134355 Act mar 3
May 1956
Rebecca Thompson via William Thompson Priv.
Private
Rev. Ralph Frojes Lois
May 19 1956
Rev. Evan
Rev. Peterson Me Feb 53 - 2148
Ad. 160ac Mar 19/56
Dodge
H. Cannon Portland Maine

Mr Thompson
P 6 No 5173.
admit Private 8 m o 26, 66
Ha Glendenon

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the first day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this first day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge William Thompson a resident of Cumberland in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy three 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 7th, 1832. That he
was a soldier in the United States Service in the Revolutionary War . at Falmouth in said County in April AD 1778 in Capt. as Prides Company, Col. Prince's Regiment Genl. Rebeccah Madsworth Brigade for the term of eight months & served out the whole term at Portland then called Falmouth, in said District of Maine & was employed in erecting Forts in what is called Portland neck. One Knight & one Burnet were the lieutenants of said Company & both belonged to Falmouth. That at the end of said eight months he was duly & regularly discharged but never had a discharge in writing, nor did he know that any one of the Company had. He further says that all the officers of said Company & Regiment are dead as he believes & that Josiah Hobbs nem of said Falmouth & Samuel Priest of Gray in said County were prisoners in the same Company.
That he was born at said Falmouth on the 30th of August AD 1759 & has lived in said Falmouth until long after the War closed. Then lived in Gray in said County & then in Cumberland where he now resides known years. He has no record of his age that he now remembers.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
William Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Semjison for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 10th day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Claim of Rebecca Thompson
To Bounty Land.
1361315-
Act of March 3, 1855.
WAR OF the Rev.
Z. H. Harmon
PORTLAND, Maine.

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, May 11. 185 2
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Elias Baker 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 Cumberland 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
are 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. Cook CLERK.
X

State of Maine.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this Third day of May A. D. 1855 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Rebecca Thompson a resident of Windham in said County and State, aged 71 years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 3d, A. D. 1855.
And your declarant further states that she is the widow of William Thompson late of Cumberland in the State of Maine that her said husband William Thompson was a Soldier of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1832, at $26.66 cents per ann. which pension he drew till his death which took place May 16. 1840. She also states that she has not applied for or received Bounty Land un- der this or any other Act of Con- gress, and she verily believes her said husband never applied for or received Bounty Land in his life time.

YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES , that she was married to the said William Thompson on the Fourth day of July A. D. 1825 , at Cumberland in said State, and that her name before marriage was Rebecca Sawyer .
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of February 3 rd 1853 she made application for a Pension, on which application a pension was granted her at the rate of $26.66 cents per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated the 24 th day of September A. D. 1853 No. 2,149.
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint J. H. Harmon of Portland my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest,
Stephen Knight  Rebecca  her  X Thompson mark
Francis Elliot
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged
the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I believe
the said Rebecca Rogers to be the person who performed  she represents herself to be, and that I have the military service aforesaid, and to be of the age above stated. no interest in this claim
Elias Baker Justice of the Peace.

We Stephen Knight and Francis Elliott both residents of Windham in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine do hereby depose & say that we are well acquainted with Mrs. Rebecca Thomp- son of said Windham she is the Widow of William Thompson, and is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration for Bounty Land, which dec- laration she has signed & ac- knowledged in our presence. We have no interest whatever in the claim said Rebecca Thomp- son may have to Bounty Land.
Stephen Knight Francis Elliott
Cumberland ss; May 1855. These persons appeared the above nam- ed and who are persons of truth & veracity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, then signed Before me Elias Baker Just of Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND
July 8th
A. D. 1853
I, Charles C. Harmon, _____
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Joseph Smith and Freeman Bradford Esquires are _____
is and at the date of his  their certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an  were
Acting Justice of the Peace.
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is  are DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid—and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his theirs are 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.
W. C. Harmon Clerk.

Rebecca Thompson William
Z. M. Harmon Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this fourth day of May A. D. 185 3 Freeman Bradford Regr

State of Maine County of Cumberland Town of Cumberland
(a) Eighteen hundred & twenty five
July fourth - I joined in Marriage William Thompson and Rebekah Sawyer
Both of Cumberland
Cyrus Cummings Justice of Peace
I Certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the Marriage of said parties, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record, in fair legible figures, as follows:— (b)
"1825 July 4th"
Samuel True Town Clerk of Cumberland
I, Samuel True above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy of the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Samuel True } Clerk of the Town } of Cumberland
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this Seventh day of June A. D. 1853
Joseph Smith Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

Pension Agency Portland Maine
I certify that the name of William Thompson is borne on the rolls of this agency as a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of 1832 at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum as of 1840  1840 county and was paid at said rate to May 16 1840 and against his name is the entry Died May 16 1840
Jos H. May Pension Clerk
Cumberland ss July 8 1853 Signed & sworn before me Freeman Bradford Just Peace

I Edward Sawyer of Portland in the County of Cumberland Truckman on oath depose and say I am thirty nine years of age and have known ever since my recollection or knowledge of any person, Rebecca Thompson now a resident of Windham, Maine. The said Rebecca is the widow of William Thompson late of Cumberland, who died in the year 1840. Said William Thompson was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and drew a small pension of about twenty six dollars a year. I was present when William Thompson and Rebecca Sawyer were married. She was married by Cyrus Cummings in the year 1825, I also state that I have no kind of interest in the claim for a pension made by the said Rebecca as the widow of the said William Thompson. She lives in the town of Windham with other relatives, and is my mother and is the identical person who was married to the said Pensioner William Thompson. She has not been married since the death of her husband aforesaid, and is now a widow.
Edward Sawyer
Cumberland ss. June 29 th 1853 Then personally appeared the above named Edward Sawyer known to me to be a man of truth and veracity, and a credible

witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed.
Before me Freeman Bradford
Just: Pease

State of Maine
Cumberland ss. On this 7th day of July A D 1853 before me a justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid duly qualified to administer oaths, be personally appeared Hannah Plummer a resident of Portland aged 69 years and Sarah E. Hodgkins also a resident of Portland aforesaid aged 26 years both credible and disinterested witnesses who being duly sworn on oath depose testify and say, that they are disinterested in the claim of Rebecca Thompson for a pension. That they have been personally acquainted with the said Rebecca for more than twenty years last past that she was the lawful wife and now is the widow of William Thompson late of Chebeague Island in the town of Cumberland that said William Thompson was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S. and received a small Pension the exact amount of which they are unable to state and died in the year 1840. They further state that they are personally acquainted with Rebecca Thompson the wife and the widow of said William

Thompson the Revolutionary Pensioner aforesaid. That she now resides in the town of Windham, and is an ap- plicant for a Pension and knows she is the identical person who was the wife of said William Thompson who was a pensioner as before described & has remained a widow ever since his death
At Bradford
Heaven, I know Sarah E. Hodgkins
Signed and sworn to before me, on the day and year first above written William Bradford Just: Peace

State of Maine } County of Cumberland } Ps.
On this fourth day of May A. D. 1853, personally appeared before me  Hon Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate for said County  Rebecca Thompson a resident of Windham in the County of Cumberland aged 69 years, who being sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3 d 1853
And your declarant states that she is the widow of William Thompson late of Cumberland in the State of Maine deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum under the act of 1832 which pension he drew till his death which took place on the 16 th day of May 1840. She refers to her said husband's dec- laration and proof of service now on file in the Pension Office in Washington and to the proof annexed in support of her claim.
And the said declarant further states, that she was married to the said William Thompson on the fourth day of July 1825 at Cumberland and that her name before marriage was Rebecca Bawyer and she believes said marriage is recorded in the Books of Record in the town of Cumberland
She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
Witness F. Bradford
Rebecca her X Thompson mark
Then personally appeared open Court the above named Rebecca Thompson and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me, Josiah Pierce

Mr. Hampton
4/25

We Josiah Hobbs of Falmouth & Samuel Sweet of Gray both in the Cumberland & State of Maine Do testify and say that in the year 1780 William Thompson of Cumberland in said County Enlisted as a soldier in the State service in a Company commanded by Capt Pride in Col Prime's Reg t in Genl Wardsworth's Brigade, said Thompson Enlisted for the term of Eight months and he served that term and was honorably discharged said service was performed in the Town of Falmouth (now Portland) we were in the same service and in the same Company with said Thompson during the whole time of Eight months Josiah Hobbs SECRET
Cumberland ss July 28 th 1832 Personally Josiah Hobbs & Samuel Sweet and oath to the truth of the above deposition by them signed Before me Silas Leighton for justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Josiah Hobbs & Samuel Sweet sustains a good reputable character for truth & veracity Silas Leighton for justice of the Peace
State of Maine —
Cumberland County ss. I William T. Vaughan, Clerk of the Court of Cumberland County do certify that Silas Leighton Jr. is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed my seal of office This second day of August, A. D. 1832. —
Wm T Vaughan

Additional Evidence in Sus:
B. Land Claim of Rebecca Thompson (wid: of William)
• N o . 134,355
Act of March 3, 1855
War of the Rev o
Z. K. Harmon
Portland
Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
March 11. 1856.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of William Thompson is bare on pay roll of Capt. Joseph Pridi's Comp. Col. Joseph Pridi's Regt. from April 27. to Dec. 6. 1780. 7 mos. 11 days, as private, from Yarmouth.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
F. De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
March 5th
1856.
Sir:
The claim of Rebecca Thompson for bounty land under the act of the 3d March, 1855, No. 134,355 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of William Thompson the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED, that the recorded action of this office, admitting a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon parole proof, is not considered "record of service evidence" within the meaning of the act aforesaid. In all applications for bounty land under this act, the papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined for record evidence of service, before this circular is issued.
Respectfully,
J. MINOT, Commissioner.
Z. H. Harmon Esq Portland Maine
Earned under Capt. Pride Hall Prime. 8 Mos service in 1775. Applying to Secy of State of Me. for record evidence

Brief in the case of Rebecca Thompson, Widow of William, Cumberland County and State of Maine, act 3 d Feb y , 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June, 1832, Record evidence of Marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
G. H. Harmon, Esq. Portland, Me. Name and residence of Agent
J. D. Dyming, Examining Clerk.

✓ 19,526
3
Newams

WIDOW, &c.
File No.
604
Rebecca Thompson, Widow.
William Thompson, Pai. Rev. War.
Act:
Feb. 3. 185-3.
Index:—Vol.
M.
Page
268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

134570
Francis Bartle for & wife Hester Bartle
134355
Rebecca Thompson Boyleston
Additional Evidence in Suspended N o 134.355 & N o 143.570
OFFICIAL BUSINESS. Bounty Land Claims.
Hon. L. P. WALDO,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City,
D. C.

OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Bounty Land Claims.
134377
Hon. L. P. WALDO,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City,
D. C.

July 13, 1853. N o 2860
Appl. of Rebecca Thompson, widow of William Thompson. Gen.
Cornwall and Co., Maine.
$26 2/3
Not 3 d Feby. 1853.
4031
Rn. $26. \frac{66}{100} Per An- num - Feb. 3 d 1853.
J. H. Harmon, Portland, Me.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business