Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24348, for Nathaniel Nichols, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Nichols, Nathaniel Nehitable
W. 24348
B.L.Wt. 26602-160-55
CONTENTS

12.274 Maine
Nathaniel Nichols of Leeds in the District state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock of the Rhode Island line, for the term of Eleven months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of July 1819 and sent to Robert C Vase Augusta Maine
Arrears to 4th of Oct 1819 - 114.89.00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 22.14.03
$137.03
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Notification sent July 18th 1871 R. E. Vose Esq. Augusta Maine

Nathaniel Nichols p v b d Hitchcock R 9 March 1776 11 months
April 1. 1810
Kennebec County, Mass s
Proof W m Pullen and David Foster
Admitted
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Nathaniel Nichols

I Nathaniel Nichols, aged fifty four years a citizen of the United States, born in Rehoboth Rehoboth in Massachusetts, but now of Leeds in the County of Kennebec & District of Maine, upon Oath testify and declare that having served in the first eight months service in year 1775. I re-enlisted in the month of March 1776 for the period of one year, in the war of the revolution against the common enemy into the Company commanded by Capt. Ephraim Bowen and in Col. Hitchcock's Rhode Island Regiment, I enlisted as a Corporal and did duty as such. I served in Rhode Island & in New Jersey the full period of my engagement and at Trenton  Cross wicks New Jersey engaged at the special request of my Officers for one month longer, which I also fully served. I served until February 1777, being more than eleven months in continuous service without interruption - I was in the retreat from Long Island, in the battle at Harlem Heights and at Princeton & Trenton - I was discharged verbally near Monmouth New Jersey - From my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my County for support - And I hereby relinquish all claims to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States if any but I am not to my knowledge borne in any pension list whatever. I request to be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine. Nathaniel Nichols
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co. On the first day of April A.D. 1818. Nathaniel Nichols, above named, after having been carefully made out declaration to me under Oath, and on the thirtyfirst day of May 1819. he made Oath to the truth of the above deposition and amended declaration.
Before me Nathan Weston Jun.
I William Pullen, now of Waterville in the County of Kennebec & District of Maine - do upon Oath testify and declare that I well knew Nathaniel Nichols above named a Continental soldier in the war of the revolution, being myself a soldier in the same regiment with the said Nichols, I knew that the said Nichols served as he has above stated being a period of more than eleven months in continuous service - I am now on the pension list for the District of Maine. William Pullen
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec County ss June 1. 1819. Personally appeared William Pullen above named, to me known as a credible witness and he made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed -
Before me
Robert C. Pove Justice of the Peace

I David Foster, now of Winthrop Kennebec County District of Maine do hereby Certify and declare, That I well knew Nathaniel Nichols, within named a Continental soldier in the war of the revolution - being myself a soldier in the same regiment. I well know of the said Nichols serving as he has within stated, being a period of more than eleven months in continuation - I am now on the pension list for the District of Maine -
David Foster
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec County June 2 d 1819. Personally appeared David Foster to the writer of the above deposition above named and he made solemn affirmation by him subscribed and signed before me. And I Certify that the said David Foster is in my opinion a credible witness
Robert C. Vose Justice of the Peace
Robert C. Vose Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Kennebec; and William Putnam and David Foster before named are known to me to be credible witnesses.
Nathan Weston Esq C Just. CCC Pons

State of Maine.
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I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Wennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec 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 Forty five dollars    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 nothing   and 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 Wennebec

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State of Maine.
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KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this twentieth 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, Nathaniel Nichols aged  sixty years, resident in Belgrade 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 Shaw  Bowen and Regiment commanded by Colonel Huscock of the line of the State of Rhode Island upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of one year
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the  first day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 12274 . And I, the said Nathaniel  Nichols 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.
Nathaniel Nichols
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:
One house of the value of twenty dollars.
Furniture besides my necessary bedding, of the value of fifteen dollars,
Farming utensils of the value of five dollars.
Cooper tools, of the value of ten dollars.
I have no debts due to me. I owe about eighty dollars for which I pay interest.
The income of the above property does not exceed the interest I pay yearly.
I am by occupation a cooper, but am not able to labor a quarter part of the time; my family consists of myself, my wife and five children, the oldest living with me not twelve years of age.
Except the above and my necessary bedding and clothing I have

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have no property or income whatsoever -
Nathaniel Nichols.
Sworn to and dictated May 20. 1820
Before me Nathan Weston Jr. C.J. b. b. b. Plus -
A true Copy
Attest John Davis Clerk

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Nathaniel Nichols
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15 July 1819
Sep 1819
R. Vose. Augusta, Maine.

1501 Maine
Mehitable Nichols widow of Nathaniel Nichols
R D who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private increased from $3 23 / 100 per an
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Jany 1857 and sent to
G W Morton Augusta, Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 28 Vol. 1 2765

The Record of the family of Nathaniel Nichols and Mehitable
Nathaniel Nichols was Born in Rehoboth Oct 13 1755
Mehitable Nichols was born in Concord New Hampshire the February 2 1776
Sabra Nichols Born Oct 23 1779 N.H.
Amos Nichols Born May 26 1776 Concord N.H.
Laura Nichols Born Oct 9 1779 Concord N.H.
Rachel Nichols Born Oct 19 1801 Berquin
Henry W Nichols Born Oct 7 1802 Akron
Rhoda Nichols Decm 24 1803 Providence R.I.
Joseph Nichols Nov 9 1804 Fayette Me.
Mary G. Nichols March 15 1811 Fayette Me.
Almira Nichols Jan 1 1814 Hallowell Me.
Francis Nichols Jan 9 1817 Hallowell
Hannah Nichols Aug 4 1819 Leeds Me.
I certify that this is the identical record referred to in Mary Standish's affidavit sworn to before me on the 7 th day of October 1839 which I have annexed to her affidavit by a wafer. Erastus D. Bartlett, Jus. Peace.

A Record of the Deaths
Mrs Sabra Nichols Died July 2, 1821 Aged
Mrs Deborah Nichols Died in Augusta May 28 th 1833 Aged 84 years and 9 months
Francis H. Nichols Died September 20 th 1903 Aged 21 years 11 months

4/10 Mehitable Nichols widow of Nathl Nichols Act July 7 1838
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Gen W Morton Augusta Me

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
On this fifteenth day of August A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine Mehitable Nichols a resident of Augusta in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Sixty two years, 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 7th, 1838, enti- tled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Nathaniel Nichols who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under Act of Congress of March 18. 1818. that his pension was payable at the Maine Agency and that he (her late said husband) the beliefs furnished the War Department with the evidence of his services in the War of the Revolution, to which she refers.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Nathaniel Nichols on the fourteenth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and Ninety three ; that her husband, the aforesaid Nathaniel Nichols died on the twenty eighth day of May 1836. ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. that she was married to the said Nathaniel in the town of Orford . New Hampshire and that her name before marriage was Mehitable Davis .
Mehitable Nichols mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me (the applicant, from infirmity, not being able with convenience to appear in open court) Nathan Weston Chief J. C.

State of Maine
On the fifteen the day of August, 1830, Mehitable Nichols, the applicant within named, was examined and cautioned and sworn as within stated. I am satisfied that she was married to Nathaniel Nichols, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, in August, 1793, that the said Nathaniel Nichols deceased on the twenty eighth of May, 1836, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston. C. J. S. J. C.
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec
ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice, in the matter of the application of Mehitable Nichols for a pension. I further certify that Isaac Wheeler Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Penobscot. And that George W. Matthews Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Kennebec. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 28 th day of Jany A. D., 1839.
L. A. Chandler

I Mary Stinson of Augusta in the county of Kennebec, and state of Maine, age twenty eight years next March, do depose and say, that I am a daughter of the late Nathaniel Nichols, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, he deceased the twenty eighth day of May 1836. and that his widow Mehitable Nichols now living in Augusta aforesaid has remained unmarried ever since his decease. Mary Stinson
State of Maine
Kennebec County ss. Personally appeared Mary Stinson above named, and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscription. I certify the deposition a credible witness and entitled to full credit & belief. Jan'y 26. 1839 Before me Geo. W. Morton Justice of Peace

St. Lawrence Island
Residence Percussion 1501.
160 acs May 15/56 the Feb 48 1501 Baton Miller
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Geo W. Norton Augusta Maine
St. Lawrence July 22/55
me Feb 48 No 1501
Vol M. page 87.

22673
~~~~~ Melitah Nichols. widow of Claim of Abner Nichols
TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Has not rec d bounty land. Revolutionary Pensions. Act Feb 2. 1848.
~~~~~ PRESENTED BY
GEO. W. MORTON,
ATTORNEY, AUGUSTA, MAINE. ~~~~~

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
On this twenty sixth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, Asaph R. Nichols a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mehitable Nichols aged seventy seven years, a resident of Augusta in the State of Maine, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical person now in receipt of a pension under the act of February 2, 1848, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum in account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband, Nathaniel Nichols, and that she is the identical person named in a pension certificate of which the following is a true copy, to-wit: Department of the Interior, Widows Pension No 1801. I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848, Mehitable Nichols , widow of Nathaniel Nichols , who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, commencing on the first of July 1848, and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of said marriage, deducting from payments at the rate of sixty two and 23 / 100 dollars per annum.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 17th day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty one Asaph R. Nichols , Justice of the Peace. Edward and Countess G. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855." also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and that she is now a widow.
Mehitable Nichols
We, Mary Elizabeth Stevens and James G. Ripley residents of Augusta in the State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mehitable Nichols in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents her self to be. We further state that we are personally acquainted with the said Mehitable Nichols , and know that she is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband, Nathaniel Nichols .
Mary Elizabeth Stevens James G. Ripley
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents her self to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Asaph R. Nichols Justice of the Peace.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents. That I, Mehitable Nichols of Augusta in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed GEO. W. MORTON, of the City of Augusta, in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty eighth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- six
Witness: Asaph R. Nichols
Mehitable Nichols
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Kennebec ss:—On the twenty eighth day of March 185 6 , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Mehitable Nichols and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
Asaph R. Nichols
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Asaph R. Nichols before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County aforesaid, this — 26 th — day of March 185 5
Wm. Shatten
CLERK.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.  Rev
File No. 24348
Mehitable Nichols Wid of Nathaniel Nichols Dis Rev War
Act Feb 2 d 48
Index: Vol N , Page 86
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Let. to Geo. W. Norton,
June 11, 1840.
do to same May 2 d 1840.
do to same Nov. 12, 1840.
to Ch. of the Fam of Pound Nov. 23, 1840.
act 9. July, 38
From Clark of Oxford 11 Nov. 1840

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4716 Mehitable Nichols Wid of Nathaniel Maine
Act July 7 1838
Marned 1793
died 28 May 1836
Allow 19 mo. for $ 63.33 per ann from 28 May 1836
41. 3. 4 36. 5. 28
4. 9. 6
253.33
31.66
15.83
1.05
302.04
Geo W. Morton Esq Augusta Me

Instructions (Ref. d ) under Act of 1844 sent to G. W. Morton, Augusta Maine - July 11. 1844.
97.
Maine Nehitable Nichols widow of Nathaniel Nichols who was a private in the Rhode Island line for 19. months.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 65. Dollars 55. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of May 1843 and sent to
G. W. Morton Esq Augusta Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 8.

Maine. 5952.
Mehitable Nichols - widow of Nathaniel Nichols -
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March '18. and who died on the 28 May 1836 of Kennebec (in the State of Maine) - who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by Col. Brackett in the R. Island - line for 19 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine - at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Terminating 28 May 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th - day of March 1843 and sent to Geo. W. Morton Augusta, Maine -
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
$15.10
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Wm. T. Merrill - Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 - Page 18 -
Repd. March 30-43
New certificate ipd. in this case, see opinion of Atty. Genl. of the 2 d September 1842

Maine 5952
Melitable Nichols — widow of Nathaniel Nichols, decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 — and who died on the 28 May 1836 of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain of the  reg t commanded by Col. Hitchcock in the R. Island line for 19 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 28 th day of May 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Dec r 1840 and sent to G. W. Morton, Augusta, Maine.
Arrears to the 1 st of Mar 1841 $302.04 Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. W. Bundy Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 18.
See let to Hon. Ruler Williams Jan'y 7. 1840.

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W. H. Middle. Ancestry
Name Elizabeth Nichols widow of Nathaniel Nichols who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of August 1848 and sent to J. M. Morton Augusta Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 28 Vol. 1

Nathaniel Nichols Me. at March 18. 1878 died May 1836. when pad lab ~.
H H S Dec 15 40
Died 28 th May 1836 p. 1. that spring JH
W H S

Town Clerk's Office, Oxford N. H. October 15 th 1838
I hereby certify, that I have examined and do not find any record of the Intentions or Marriage of Nathaniel Nichols to Mehitable Davis, at Oxford. --
Attest. Ebenezer N. Strong. Town Clerk.
State of New Hampshire Grafton ss October 16 th 1838. Then the above named Ebenezer N. Strong made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true.
Before me Theodore D. Dorr Justice of the Peace.

Ind to p 91/29 p 63:33 per Ann. Comg 1 July 1848.
G. W. Morton. Augusta Me

Augusta, Maine
Sir,
Nov 6. 1850
I herewith enclose the Pension Certificate of Mrs. Mehitable Nichols and also her application for an increase of pension. She has been pensioned at the rate of $63.33 per annum and paid at the Maine Agency under Act of July 7. 1838 5 Years — Act March 3. 1843 1 Year — Act June 17. 1844 4 Years and still in a pension under Act of Feb 2. 1848 under which she has been paid for 2 yrs 6 mo to Sept 4. 1850. total 12 yrs 6 mo.
She has been allowed pensioned under the above mentioned Acts on account of the Revolutionary Service of her late husband Nathaniel Nichols who was a pensioner under the Act of March 18. 1818 who died May 28. 1836 and was allowed a pension of $96. per Ann. I would respectfully request you to allow her claim of entitled, and send me such papers for her as you send in similar claims.
Very Respectfully
Mr. Off. Secy
Geo. W. Morton
Dear James L. Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington

Augusta, Maine, March 24 th 1840.
Sir:
I herewith enclose the affidavit of Mrs. Sarah Gay, in support of the claim of Mrs. Abigail Nichols to a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838. In your letter of 11 Jan'y last you inform me that in consequence of the alleged date of her marriage approximating so near to the limitation of the Act, it will be necessary to establish the date of the marriage by record evidence or by parol proof so definite in itself and sustained by associated events in the knowledge of the witnesses as to render it perfectly certain that there is no error as to its date. The accompanying affidavit is the best additional proof that the Applicant can obtain in support of her claim. She sustains a good moral character, her memory is unimpaired, her statements can be relied on with perfect confidence as true. She is poor and has made every effort in her power to obtain such evidence of her marriage as would be deemed sufficient. It is hoped the accompanying affidavit will be satisfactory. Should there be the least doubt I would respectfully request you to transmit me a certificate for her.
Very Respectfully Your Obed Servt. Geo. W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pension Washington City D.C.

Augusta Maine
March 18. 1843
Sir
The enclosed declaration of Mrs. Abigail Mitchell, I send you to obtain the balance due her under the Act of July 7. 1838. Will you have the goodness to transmit me for her the Receipt to which she is entitled.
Very respectfully Your Oble Servt Geo. W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Orford N.H. Dec 18 Nov 21. 1822
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr of Pensions Washington City D. Columbia
W. H. Nichols M.H. Franklin St. Bend

Town Clerk's Office Oxford N.H.
Nov 16. 1840
Sir Yours of 11 th Inst t is received in answer & I would say that I have examined the record of births and marriages in this Office from the first settlement of the Town until the present time, and find the name of no person mentioned in your communication.
The record of births and marriages are not regular and fall under the not finding the marriage of the Nathaniel Nichols and Miss Miriam Nichols I am presumptuous that such fact had not taken place.
J. S. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Probate
Very respectfully Yours Henry H. Howard

Dec 11 40 Richd. Smith
FREE
Mr
Hon. J. L. Edwards, (Govt of Oregon) Washington City D.C.
Merle H. Nichols

Concord Dec. 9. 1840.
Sir,
I do not find the name of Mehitable Davis either upon the Town or Church records of this place.
Yours Respectfully J. C. Carter. Town Clerk of Concord N.H.

Meritable Nichol No 1001
$63.33
Payment to be made at
Portland by
William Woodbury Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 28 Vol. 1,
Geo. H. King Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mehitable Nichols widow of Nathaniel Nichols . who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Sixty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 26th day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight .
W. E. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. S. Carrard Commissioner of Pensions. By H. S. Evans

Augusta Nov 5 1840
Sir
I herewith transmit affidavits to support the claim of Mrs. Mehitable Nichols to a pension under the act of July 7. 1838 when declaration of penses are now in your possession. In your letter of 2 d May last relating to her claim you inform me that the proof presented does not afford satisfactory evidence as to the date of her marriage. As it is not in her power to exhibit records proof of the date of her marriage. it is hoped the affidavits will be deemed by you sufficient to establish her claim that she was married at the time alleged there is no doubt in the mind of any person acquainted with her. If you should be satisfied with the additional evidence then affidavits furnished. I would respectfully request you to allow her claim.
Very Respectfully
Your obed Servt
Gerrit Smith
Jamies L. Edwards Esq. Censor of Pension Washington City D.C.

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 Nathaniel Nichols , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Hallwell , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the first day of April , 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 non commissioned officer , 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 twentysixth day of May , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen:
Nathan Weston C. C. C. Plus 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.
J. M. Davis

256 Nehelab Nichols
Geo W. Morton Augusta Maine

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF MAINE, }
County of Penobscot ss. }
A. D. 1843, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, Notchable
Nichols a resident of Augusta in the County of Penobscot aged Sixty Six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Nichols who was a
private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Nathaniel Nichols at the rate of Sixty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838, which was paid to her at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine . She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Nathaniel Nichols having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Nathaniel Nichols E. D. Bartlett
Notchable , X Nichols Mark R
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
Before me,
Ezra D. Bartlett
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of Nathaniel Nichols deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Ezra D. Bartlett
Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine
Yemasee County S.S. I the Subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Council, held for and within the said County of Yemasee, certify that Erastus Fossitt is a Justice of the Peace as within named, and that the within signature purporting to be his are genuine
Witness my hand and seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine the eighth day of April 1843-
A. R. Nichols

Mehitabel Nichols
No
at 7 July '38
63.33 from
March 26 to 28 May 1836
Geo W Morton
Augusta
Maine.

Declaration. In order to obtain an arrear of pension due from March 4. 1836. under the Act of July 7. 1838.
On this sixteenth day of March 1843. personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of Humboldt, and State of Maine, Mehitable Nichols a resident of Augusta in said County of Humboldt aged sixty six years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the 4th day of March 1836, to the twenty eighth day of May 1836. from which period she has been already paid under the Act of the 7th July 1838. And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Nathaniel Nichols who was a Sergeant during the Revolutionary war, that her pension was allowed at the rate of Sixty three dollars and thirty three cents per Annum, and was paid to her at the Agency in Portland in the State of Maine. And further she saith not
Mehitable Nichols mark
State of Maine
Humboldt County S.S. Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written
Ebenezer W. Morton Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine County of Kennebec ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of all the Inferior Courts for Kennebec County do hereby certify that George H. Morton is a Justice of the Peace for said County, and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Judicial Court of Maine this 18 th day of March 1849 —
A. R. Mitchell,

Declaration, In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 17th June 1844 entitled "An Act to continue the Pensions of certain widows"
State of Maine,
Kennebec County, ss
On this twenty ninth day of June 1844 personally appeared, before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine Mehitable Nichols a resident of Augusta in the County of Kennebec, aged Sixty Seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 17th day of June 1844 entitled "An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows" That she is the widow of Nathaniel Nichols who was a Sergeant and private during the Revolutionary war, that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Nathaniel Nichols at the rate of Sixty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, under the Act of Congress of July 7. 1838 & March 3. 1843, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Nathaniel Nichols having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Witness
Geo W. Morton
Mehitable her X Nichols Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before me
Geo. W. Morton. Justice of the Peace

Mehitable Nichols
Me
June 17 1847
Mehitable Nichols
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine

I certify that I have been acquainted with the with- named Abigail Merrill for several years, and know that she is the identical person (personam) under the Acts of July 7, 1838 and March 3, 1843, that she is the separated widow of Nathaniel Merrill deceased, and that she has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Geo. A. Morton Testator of the Plea.
State of Maine 3 County of Kennebec 3
I the Subscribed Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for the County of Kennebec do hereby certify that before Geo. A. Morton is of — a Testator of the Plea for said County & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his own genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the State of Maine this second day of July A.D. 1844.
J. R. Nichols.

Augusta, Maine
Nov 6, 1850
Hon James L. Edwards Commr of Pensions.
Sir
Being at the present time a Revolutionary Pension of the United States under the Act of Congress of Feb. 2, 1848 on the claim roll at the rate of $63.33 per annum on account of the Revolutionary Pension of my late husband Nathaniel Nichols who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of March 18, 1818, I hereby authorize Geo. W. Morton of Augusta, in the State of Maine to act as my Attorney to establish my claim to an increase of Pension. Witness L B Hamlin
for Nathaniel X Nichols mark

Mehitabel Nichols Augusta ad 97!
Admitted
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
On this Twelfth day of August A. D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, Mehitable Nichols a resident of Augusta in the County of Kennebec aged Seventy One years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Nichols who was a Private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Nathaniel Nichols at the rate of Sixty Three dollars and Thirty Three cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
WITNESS:
D. G. Bartlett Geo W. Morton
her Mehitable X Nichols marks
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME,
Geo W. Morton Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Geo W. Morton Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that George W. Morton is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this twelfth day of August in the year 1848 —
W. M. Stratton
Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.

State of New Hampshire Secretary of the States Office
I hereby certify that the within named Theodore Darn is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Grafton, is duly qualified and his resignation is received.
In testimony whereof I have this 29 th day of October Anno Domini 1838 caused the seal of the seal of the state to be hereunto affixed.
J. M. Whipple Deputy Secy

Unity Me. June 10 }
10
Mr. George H. Morton Esq.
Augusta
Me.,

I hereby certify that Mehitable Nickols widow of Nathl Nickols deceased called at my house in Garlands Jan'y 8 1839 and mentioned & related circum- stances & names of persons & dates & events which I know to be correct & which I know occurred or existed while I was Pastor of the church in Oxford Va In relation to Major John Mann Jr my next neigh- bour in Oxford with whom she lived before she was married & for whom Mr Nickols worked at cooper- ing for years while I was in the ministry in Oxford I lived but a short distance from Major Mann & knew his business in merchandise Potash & trading in Beef cattle &c. Also the birth & death of my only son, my son was born July 24 1793 like- wise my children older than my son be two daughters &c. She says I married them the month after my son was born, I was ordained Oct 2 1787 & was dismissed December Oct 17 1795. I was in the ministry in Oxford at the time of their marriage, & according to the best of my memory I married all or nearly all who were married in Oxford while I was in the ministry there. From the circumstances & particular mentioned above I have no doubt but I married Mehitable Davis & Nathl Nickols before the year 1794 Garlands Jan'y 8 1839
I hereby certify that the above named John Sawyer is a Minister of the Gospel & highly respected as such & is a man of undoubted veracity. I also certify that said John Sawyer personally appeared & made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him signed before me Isaac Wheeler Justice of the Peace

I Sarah Day of Augusta in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine formerly of Mercer in said State age seventy four years in July 1840. Sister of Abigail Stickney. do Depose and say that our Father's name was Samuel Gould. that we were born in the town of Boscawen a New Hampshire. that my Sister Abigail was reported to have been married to Nathaniel Stickney in the month of August 1793. I was not present at the time the marriage was solemnized. I resided in the same town with my sister that is in the town of Oxford New Hampshire at the time of her repeated marriages in consequence of a child of mine (which was I am certain born in the month of March 1793) being sick I was unable to leave home but I understood at the time they were married of which fact I have no doubt that the marriage took place in August 1793 there can be no doubt as I perfectly recollect that my child was but a few months old and that my sister's repeated marriages took place about fourteen months before the birth of her first child I know to be a fact which was in the month of October 1794. I cannot be mistaken as relates to the year for my child born in March 1793 was always considered to be seventeen months older than my sister Abigail oldest child. from I have with much care ascertained the age of my child born a few months before the marriage of my said sister Abigail and am certain that the time she was reported to have been married was the month of August seventeen hundred & ninety three. that my said sister ever after her repeated marriage with a

Stationed Nichols lived with him as her lawful wife till his decease. Since which time she has remained unmarried
her Sarah H. Day Nunke
State of Maine Penobscot County ss.
On this thirtyfirst day of October one thousand eight hundred forty, personally appeared Sarah Day and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed. She being entitled to full credit and belief the foregoing affidavit was carefully read to her the perfectly understood its contents her memory is good & she was carefully examined as regards the truth of the statements made by her
Before me
George Morton Justice of the Peace

We the undersigned members of the Methodist Church in Augusta, Maine, do depose and say, that we have for many years been acquainted with Mrs. Mehitable Nichols, widow of Nathaniel Nichols deceased, that she has ever sustained a good moral character and has been an acceptable member of the Church, that we believe that her statements made in order to obtain a pension are correct, that we are satisfied that the time set forth by her as the date of her marriage with the said Nichols, viz August the fourteenth of the thousand seven hundred and ninety three, may be fully relied on as the correct time of her marriage with the said Nichols, and that from our knowledge of her and satisfied she would not willfully deceive any person whatever, and that she is not in an error as relates to the time of her marriage we are fully satisfied that her memory is good, and that her oldest child was born in the month of October 1794, about fourteen months after her marriage as stated by her is correct.
Thomas Parker William Dye Stephen Wineland Jesse Parker
State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss. October 31. 1840. Personally appeared Thomas Parker, William Dye, Stephen Wineland & Jesse Parker known to me as credible persons and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed.
Before me
Geo. Morton, Justice of the Peace

Asaph R. Nichols of Augusta in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged forty four years, late Secretary of State for the State of Maine, do depose and say that I was acquainted with Nathaniel Nichols, who was a pensioner of the United States, for about twenty years previous to his death - and from my earliest knowledge of said Nichols and Mehitable his wife, they lived together as husband and wife - that they were lawfully married no one ever to my knowledge expressed a doubt - that his reputed widow the said Mehitable Nichols sustains a good moral character and her statements are to be believed. As relates to the date of the al- leged marriage with the said Nichols, on August 14. 1793. is correct I have no doubt - her mem- ory is good and from the birth of her first chil- dren, the date of which she is so positive, that she thinks cannot be wrong as to the time of her marriage. The said Nathaniel Nichols was not, to my knowledge, a relative of mine.
November 3. 1840 -
A. R. Nichols.
State of Maine. County of Kennebec ss.
On the second day of November A. D. 1840, personally appeared Asaph R. Nichols Esq., late Secretary of State -

a person highly respected for truth and integrity, having been well known to me for many years; and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, before me,
Joseph Springer, Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine.
County of Kennebec ss:
I the subscriber clerk of the Judicial Court herefor and within said county of Kennebec do hereby certify that Geo. W. Morton, and Joseph Springer are Justices of the Peace in and for said for said county of Kennebec and that the signatures hereunto annexed purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said state of Maine this fourth day of November A.D. 1840
J. A. Chandler

We the undersigned members of the Methodist Church in Augusta, Maine, do affirm and say, that we have for many years been acquainted with Mrs. Mehitable Nichols, widow of Nathaniel Nichols deceased, that she has ever sustained a good moral character and has been an acceptable member of the Church, that we believe that her statements made in order to obtain a pension are correct that we are satisfied that the time set forth by her as the date of her marriage with the said Nichols, viz August the fourteenth One thousand seven hundred and ninety, three, may be fully relied on as the correct time of her marriage - with the said Nichols, and that from our knowledge of her and satisfied she would not willfully deceive any person whatever, and that she is not in an error as relates to the time of her marriage we are fully satisfied that her memory is good, and that her eldest child was born in the month of October 1794, about fourteen months after her marriage as stated by her is correct.
Thomas Parker William Dye Stephen Winslow Jesse Parker
State of Maine
County of Penobscot ss. October 31. 1840. Personally appeared Thomas Parker, William Dye, Stephen Winslow & Jesse Parker, known to me as credible persons and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed
Before me
Geo. Morton. Justice of the Peace

Mehitable Nichols widow of Nathaniel Nichols who was a pensioner under Act March 18. 1818 Maine Agency.
Governor Augusta Maine

I Mary Stinson of Augusta in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine, of lawful age, do here- with testify that I am the daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail Nichols, the former late a Revolutionary Sol- dier of the U. States; - that the annexed record of the births of my late father's family, was taken out from his family Bible, and were made in the hand writing of Eliza White (now my brother Henry Nichols wife) more than seven years ago from an old Bible record by my late father's request & direction; and I also further declare that I believe the annexed Record to be as it purports, a true record of the births of his children etc. I have also, always understood & believed that my parents were married at Orford N. Hampshire on the fourteenth day of August Seventeen hundred & ninety three as I distinctly remember hearing my late father so state, several times before he deceased. Witness to Mary Stinson's signature Mary Stinson Mary Nichols
State of Maine Penobscot ss. - Augusta, October 7 th 1839. Personally appeared Mary Stinson above mentioned a respectable & credible person, & made oath that the above declaration by her subscribed is true. Before Me, Erastus D. Bartlett, Justice of the Peace

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
On this third day of October A. D., 18 39 personally appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, at a regular Session, held in Augusta, in said State of Maine, in Open Court, Mehetable Nichols a resident of Augusta in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged sixty three years, 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 7th, 1838, enti- tled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Nathaniel Nichols, deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18 1818. upon the claim roll, that she received as his widow the pension from the 4th day of March 1836 up to which time he was last paid, at the Maine Agency, to the 28th day of May 1836 the day of his death, that she refers to the evidence made by him of his services in the war of the Revolution, presumed to be in possession of the War Department, in support of her claim.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Nathaniel Nichols on the fourteenth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and ninety three ; that her husband, the aforesaid Nathaniel Nichols died on the twenty eighth day of May . On thousand eight hundred & thirty six ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated, that she has remained unmarried ever since his death, that her marriage was solemnized in the town of Orford in Hampshire that her mi- den name was Mehetable Davis , that she lived with the said Nathaniel Nichols as his lawful wife ever after their marriage on the 14th day of August 1793 to the day of his death & brought up a family of eleven children & that she has no family second of her marriage by
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before Mehetable X Nichols Mark
Nathan Weston Clk S. J. Court

State of Maine
On the third day of October, 1839, Mehitable Nichols, the applicant within named, was examined and sworn in open court, as within stated. I am satisfied that she was married to Nathaniel Nichols, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, on the fourteenth day of August, 1793, that the said Nathaniel Nichols deceased on the twenty eighth day of May, 1830, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C.J., S.J. Court
STATE OF MAINE.
November 23.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice in the matter of the application of Mehitable Nichols for a pension. I also certify that Elias B. Dorr is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Kennebec, and that the signature hereunto annexed is purporting to be his, one genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this thirty first day of November A. D., 1839
L. A. Chandler

I, Sarah Day of Mercer in the county of Somerset & State of Maine, aged twenty three years, wife of Samuel Day of said Mercer do upon oath declare that I am the sister of Mehitable Nichols of Augusta Me that I do believe that she was married in the month of August in the year Seventeen hundred & Ninety three to Nathaniel Nichols (late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U. States) in Oxford New Hampshire, by the Rev. W. Sawyer of S d Offord. — I perfectly well remember the time when she was to be married as above stated (and which marriage I have no doubt was solemnized as I have mentioned above, as I never heard it disputed or questioned, but always understood that it was so solemnized. — My sister Mehitable had been living at my husband's house in Offord before mentioned until a few days before her said marriage; — She then went (a few days before her marriage) to a Mr. N. P. Smith's a neighbor's house where she was married as I believe, as a bona fide. I was invited to the wedding but owing to the illness of my child Polly, who was born in the spring preceding my sister's marriage, viz on the sixteenth day of March. — I was unable to be present; I however assisted in arranging her dress for that occasion. — Sabrina Nichols the first child of said marriage, solemnized as I do not doubt as stated above, was born in October Seventeen hundred & Ninety four at Offord, New Hampshire I well recollect having been at her house (my sister Mehitable's) during her said confinement. — I cannot be mistaken in the time appointed for the marriage of my sister Mehitable, and Nathaniel Nichols; (and I have not

the least doubt that it took place as appointed, for from its being in the immediate neighborhood, and from my intimacy at the house where the marriage was appointed as well as with those invited on the occasion, if it had not taken place as appointed, I must have known it. — Said marriage having been appointed as I have before stated in the month of August, seventeen hundred & ninety three.
Witness Valentin Hott Jr. Jacob Souderer,
State of Maine
County of Somerset
her Sarah X Day mark
Subscribed and sworn to this fourteenth day of March A.D. 1840, — I certify that the above deponent is a credible person; —
Before Me
M c P. Emerson
Justice of the Peace
I Samuel Day husband of Sarah Day the above deponent, recollect all the material facts stated in the above deposition, & do corroborate them upon Oath —
Samuel Day
Subscribed and sworn to this fourteenth day of March, A.D. 1840 — I certify that the above named Sam l Day, is a credible person; —
Before me
M c P. Emerson
Justice of the Peace

I hereby Certify that I have been acquainted with Sarah Day - the deponent resided in the foregoing deposition - that she is a person who appears to retain all her mental faculties - can read & it is able to do her work about house & able to ride six or eight miles & walk out to her neighbours without help -
John P. Emerson Esq. of Peace
State of Maine
Kennebec ss
I the undersigned, Clerk of the Sup. Court for the County of Kennebec certify that John P. Emerson is a Magistrate as aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine -
Witness the seal of the Sup. Jud. Court this twenty fifth day of March A.D. 1840. -
L A Chandler