Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,376, for Mathew Pettingill, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass Navy.
Pettingill, Mathew or Matthew
S 29,376
CONTENTS

N o 11,857 Maine
Mathew Pettingill
of Kennebec Co. in the State of Maine
who was a Pr. U.S. Mariner in the company commanded by Captain Lathrop of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bayley in the Mass.
time for 11 months Mariner $44.00 8 " Private 26.66 70.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 70 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. day of July 1833 and sent to R. B. Vose Augusta Me.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 141.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 35.33 $176.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 42
Died May 3-1838

24573
Mathew Pettengill Kennebec Co Maine
Sept 19
out of '18-
V o 12.268
Admitted
  11 mos  Mariner  44.00    8 "  private  26.66     $70.66  
R. b. Voss. Ag o Augusta Kennebec Co E Maine

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Mathew Pittingill, Kennebec Co. Maine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 8 Priv Cpl. Baxter Capt. Lathrop 44 years He was on the Main Pen n Rolls. was struck off on ac t of property   June 1776 5 Cpl. Ladd Capt. Allen   Jan. 1778 11 Marines Capt. Tucker of Ship Boston  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen

Matthew Pettengill
Private
Lothrop's Co: } 8 months Bailey's Regt }
Allen's Co: } same term Crary's Regt. } 6 months
Marine Ship Boston 11 months
8 months as a private.
11 " " " Marine.
Service in Allen's not proved.
R. Chase, Augusta, Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this seventeenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Matthew Pettigill a resident of Fayette in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec- laration, 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 1775 with Captain Loring and served in Col. John Bayley's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Loring Captain Bayley Colonel , that in April 1775 he enlisted as a private in that company and regiment for eight months, served out this period, and by request in continuation until March 17 1776 and was then discharged. That in June 1776 he again enlisted as a private for the term of six months in Capt. Allen's company and Col. Cary's regiment of the Massachusetts troops - That he served out this period and was verbally discharged at Courtland's manor New York in December 1776. That in January 1778 he entered as a mariner on board the continental ship Boston, Samuel Tucker commander, that he continued to serve eleven months, and was verbally discharged at Boston in November 1778
That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that his pension certificate is numbered 12,260 and dropped therefrom on account of his property. That at that time he resided in Fayette in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, and now resides in the same town.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, except as aforesaid.
Matthew Pettigill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Weston Jun Unit S. J. C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jun

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Matthew Pettengill for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 18 th day of July
A. D. 1832,
J. A. Chandler clerk

71
Matthew Pettingill
n. 263. 1634
15 July 1811 not entitled
Sept 1819
J. P. Vose. Augusta, Maine.
When the letter was

71 State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Eight hundred sixty three dollars and Fifty cents; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Four hundred sixty three dollars and Fifty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec

Copy
State of Maine.
71
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this twenty second day of May , 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston Esq Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Matthew Pellingall aged sixty four years, resident in Fayette in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain and Regiment commanded by Colonel of the line of the State of  upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of eleven months as a mariner on board the continental ship Boston , Samuel Tucker Esq , Commander.
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the twelfth day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 13268 . And I, the said Matthew Pellingall do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Matthew Pellingall
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz :
Forty acres of land in Fayette, with a small house and barn thereon, of the value of five hundred dollars, One horse of the value of forty dollars. Two cows of the value of thirty five dollars. One yoke of oxen of the value of fifty dollars. Two yearling heifers of the value of fifteen dollars. Ten sheep of the value of eighteen dollars. Two swine of the value of ten dollars. One plough, worth two dollars, two chains  worth worth two dollars and fifty cents, one axe worth one dollar. Debts due to me that can be collected, two hundred dollars, and I owe as much as four hundred dollars; my income does not exceed sixty dollars a year, from property trade or profession.

I am by occupation a farmer but from infirmity am wholly unable to labor.
My family consists of four in number, viz. myself my wife Rhoda aged fifty two who from infirmity is unable to labor, my daughter Priscilla aged twenty eight years, able to labor, and my daughter Polly aged twenty years, who is able to labor.
Except the foregoing and my necessary clothing and bedding I have no property or income whatever.
Matthew Pettengill
Subscribed sworn to and dictated (both the oath and schedule) on the twenty second day of May 1820.
Before me Nathan Weston Jun. C.S. C.C.C. Pleas.
A true Copy
Attest John Davis Clerk
John Davis. C.S. Nathan Weston. C.S.
22. 262 18 May 1820 Nathan Weston
Matthew Pettengill 41

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
November 17, 1924
Mrs. Jessie M. Case Magnolia Beach, Washington.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 29376 it appears that Matthew or Mathew Pettingill was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the date not stated.
He enlisted in April 1775, served as a private in Captain Daniel Lothrop's Company, Colonel John Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged March 17, 1776.
He enlisted in June 1776, served as a private in Captain Allen's Company, Colonel Gary's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged in December 1776.
On January 1, 1778 he shipped as mariner on board the U. S. Frigate " Boston ", Samuel Tucker commanding, and was discharged the last of November 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 12, 1812 while a resident of Fayette, Kennebec County, Maine aged sixty-two years.
In 1820 he referred to his wife Rhoda aged fifty-

two years and two daughters, Priscilla aged twenty-eight years and Polly aged twenty years. There is no further data on file as to his family. He died from AB May 3, 1838.
The above noted is the only soldier named Matthew Pettingill, under any spelling of the name, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1924-Nov. 17- Hist. to Mrs. Jessie M. Case - MMNVI
Invalid.
U.S. Navy
File No.
293 76
THE NO. _____ Mathew Pettengill Private 2 nd Marensd. Marine Ship "Boston" Rev War.
Act June 7. 1832
Index : Vol 1 , Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12,268 Maine R
See letter H. May 1824 to R. C. N. D. See letter Feb. 27. 1832 to Hon. P. Sprague
Matthew Tillingfill of Fayette Dist. in the state of Mass Maine who was a mariner in the brig Boston regiment commanded by Colonel Capt. Tucker of the U. S. Navy line, for the term of Eleven months.
Notif n sent to R. C. Vow Esq. — Augusta, Maine 11 July 1820
Letter R 6 Rose 28 th Dec 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of July 1819 and sent to Robert C. Vow Augusta — Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 2 2/3 78.10 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sep r 1819 48 $120:10
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued

Matthew Pettengill Mariner Ship Boston Cap t Samuel Tucker.
January 1778 to
November 1778 -
11 Months
May 12. 1818
Kennebec County,
Proof- certificate Cap t Samuel Tucker,
Admitted
on index
0

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Matthew Pettengill , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Fayette , in the said County of Piscataqua , in the District of Maine, on the twelfth day of May , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a mariner , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twelfth day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston Jun. C. Just. C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss:
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
G. M. Darrow
Subscribed. - P. H. -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Matthew Pettigill, a citizen of the United States, aged sixty two years, born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, now residing in Fayette, in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, upon oath testify and declare, that on the first of January 1778, I shipped as a mariner for the cruise on board the Frigate Boston, then in Boston harbor. We sailed from Boston in the same month of January 1778 on board said Frigate being a continental ship, employed against the common enemy, in the war of the revolution. Samuel Tucker Esq commander, and carried out His Excellency John Adams, our minister to the court of France. We arrived at Bordeaux in April following. In May we sailed from there on a cruise, and continued to cruise principally in the bay of Biscay, until the next fall. We took a number of prizes, and returned to Boston, where we arrived the last of November 1778, when and where I was honorably but verbally discharged, having served eleven months. From my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension hereafter allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge born on any pension list whatever. I request to be placed on the pension list for the District of Maine.
Matthew Pettigill
Hennecke Jr. On the twelfth day of May 1810, Matthew Pettigill above named made his declaration before me under oath; and on the twenty eighth day of May 1819 he made oath to the foregoing amended declaration, by him subscribed.
Before me, Nathan Weston Secy C. Dist. C. C. C. Phas.

Matthew Pettigrew
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland Maine at the Cumberland Bank Q.H.
Brooks

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Matthew Pettengill late a mariner in the Army Navy of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Dist. of Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the twelfth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb 16 th — 1833.
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 Matthew Pettengill, is borne on a muster Roll of the company under the command of Captain Daniel Lothrop in Col. John Baileys Regiment to the first of August 1775 - as having enlisted on the 3 rd of May, as a private and paid for three months & six days service up to the said first of August & that no further Rolls of the said Captain Daniel Lothrop are to be found in this office - and that no Rolls of Captain Allen's company & Col. Capps Regt are to be found in this office - E. D.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Mathew Pettengill Mariner Maine Roll
N o 12.268.
add d Dec. March 27. 1829.
Cannot be returned
$618
R. E. Vose
Augusta me

State of Maine Declaration of _____ Mathew Pettingell
Kennebec
On this twenty seventh day of March 1829. personally appeared before me, Robert C. Vose, a Justice of the Peace & Recorder and also Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within & for said County of Kennebec, the undersigned, Mathew Pettingell, a resident of said County, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that he is the same person who served in the Revolutionary War, on board the continental Ship Boston, Samuel Tucker Esq. commander; that he received a pension under the act of March 18. 1818. but his name was dropt from the Pension Roll, on account of the amount of his property, which was valued at less than $960, - His pension Certificate is numbered 12.268. and he now applies to be restored in consequence of the Regulations of the War Department of the 26 th December, 1828. having at this time the following named property, being worth no more than the sums below mentioned - He also swears that he has before applied to be restored, but his claim has been rejected, on account of the amount of his property.
Schedule.
Forty acres of land, with a small house and barn thereon, out of repair, not worth more at the present time — 450.00 1 horse - 15 years old - worth $15 - 2 yoke of Steers worth - $75 — 90.00 3 Cows - worth $36. 11 Sheep worth $16 - 1 Swine - 6$ — 58.00 farming utensils — 10.00 old house hold furniture, besides bedding — 10.00 $ 618.00
I have no debts due me that can be collected, & I owe in small debts due to different individuals as much as $100.00
Income derived from the foregoing property does not exceed Forty dollars, per. annum - Except the above & my necessary bedding & clothing I have no estate or income whatever.
Assothere B. L. T. in G. S.
Subscribed, sworn to and declared on this twenty seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine — In testimony whereof - I subscribe my

name and affix the Seal of the County of Kennebec, this twenty seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine. A. C. Dose.

Samuel Tucker Esq deposition in the cause of Matthew Pettigrew

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Samuel Tucker, late commander of the continental ship Boston in the service of the United States, in the revolutionary war, upon oath testify and declare, that Matthew Pettigill now resident in Fayette in the District of Maine, served as a mariner on board said ship Boston in the cruise when I carried his Excellency John Adams to France, eleven months, in the revolutionary war, from some time in January 1778 to sometime in November 1779 and was honorably discharged at Boston in November 1779. Said Pettigill was a faithful mariner, and served full eleven months on the above cruise.
Samuel Tucker
Lincoln ss. May 25 th 1819
Then Samuel Tucker Esq above named, well known to me, and being a credible and disinterested witness, made oath to the above deposition, by him subscribed. Before me,
Sullivan Hardy
Justice of the Peace
Sullivan Hardy Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Lincoln; and the above deponent is known to me to be a respectable and credible witness.
Nathan Weston Secy C. Just.
C.C.C. Phas. —

Magnolia Beach, Washington Oct. 24, 1924
The Department of the Interior. Bureau of Pensions Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Can you furnish me the war record of Matthew Pettingell who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and a descendent of Richard Pettengill who came to Salem, Mass about 1640.?
Respectfully,
Mrs. Jessie M. Case
Mrs. Jessie M. Case