Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10535, for Isaac Morton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Nass
Morton, Isaac Mary
W 10535 BLt. 57.651-160-55-
CONTENTS

7578.4
New Hampshire Line
Isaac Morton of Portsmouth in the state of N Hampshire who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Eleven Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April 1812-
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th of March 1819 and sent to John S. Sherburne Esq. Judge Portsmouth N.H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 1/2 217:20 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1st Sept. 1819 120
$337:20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notifications sent to N. Pension Dept Dover N.H. July 19. 1820
In all, 24 March 1820 to Henry Shelburne & Pensions

1127.
New Hampshire.
Mary Morton, widow of
Mass Isaac Morton who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Lieutenant,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 240 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 1st day of Aug, 53. and sent to
Sam Howe, Opping N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 18 Vol. A.

Ead. Runun
264. 798
Feb 15 th 1876 Det man 3. 11 Oct. 8, '76
May Morton. mcl. 57 Isaac Morton. Lint.
Ad: 160000, Feb: 10/87 Blyden
Verny. war.
In Penn. papers Oct. 3. 73
July 5 - 1127
Vol. M o 2 = 113. 2
M o Wm P. Waller. Portsmouth. N. H.

Certificate of Silk mill respecting Is: Morton's reduced circumstances

Isaac Norton of Portsmouth in the County of Rock- ingham & State of New Hampshire formerly of Boston in the State of Massachusetts late a lieutenant in the Company commanded by Cap t Thomas in the Regiment commanded Colonel Marshall in the Massachusetts line on the Continental Establishment in the war of the revolution declar d maketh oath and saith that having at Charlestown in said State of Mas- sachusetts in May 1775 enlisted into the Company of Cap t Theodore Bliss in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson in said line & on said Establishment and having therein served the United States eight months being the period for which he enlisted. At the Deponent was, also on or about February 1777 made an En- sign in the Company commanded by Cap t Thomas in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall and in the line and on the Establishment aforesaid & received a commission as such the Deponent cannot remember precisely the time when he was commissioned but from the time he was in said Company in Boston the time occupied in their march to Ticonderoga & of their arrival there which he remembers was in March 1777 he thinks he must have been commis- sioned in February 1777 or earlier & the Deponent says that he served the United States in the war of the Revolution as an Ensign in said company at Ticonderoga Saratoga & etc and in a battle at the latter place received wounds through both hands & another in the right leg in a second battle there and that after the capture of Gen l Burgoyne's army in October or November 1777 he was promoted in the same Company last

mentioned & therein served the United States in said capacity faithfully in said war until in or about December in the same year when from want of health to serve longer he resigned his commission at White Marsh in Pennsylvania which resignation was accepted by Gen t Washington and the said Deponent says that to the best of His knowledge and full belief he served the United States as Ensign & lieutenant in the Company aforesaid in said line on the Establishment aforesaid in the War of the Revolution more than nine months & he further says that he has never been on the pension list of the United States or any other pension list that he has always been a resident citizen of the United States and for about thirty one years last past has resided and now resides in Portsmouth aforesaid and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his Country for his support
Isaac Morton
Sworn to and declared before me John S. Sherburne Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire on the 7 th day of April 1818 and I John S. Sherburne District Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said 7 th Ap.

mentioned & therein served the United States in said capacity faithfully in said war un- til in or about December in the same year when from want of health to serve longer he resigned his commission at White Marsh in Pennsylvania which resignation was ac- cepted by Gen l Washington and the said Deponent says that to the best of His know- ledge and full belief he served the United States as Ensign & lieutenant in the Com- pany aforesaid in said line on the Estab- lishment aforesaid in the War of the Revolu- tion more than nine months & he further says that he has never been on the pen- sion list of the United States or any other pension list that he has always been a re- sident citizen of the United States and for about thirty one years last past has resided and now resides in Portsmouth a- foresaid and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his Country for his support
Isaac Morton
Sworn to and declared before me John S. Sherburne Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire on the 7 th day of April 1818 and I John S. Sherburne District Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said 7 th Apr:

Isaac Morton did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the department of War. pursuant to the directions of the 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." Portsmouth in New Hampshire District to my satisfaction that said Morton from his reduced circumstances is in need of assistance from the country for support.
May 1818
John S. Sherburne
(Signature)
United States of America - New Hampshire District ss -
Be it known that John S. Sherburne Esq. who hath subscribed the foregoing certificate is one of the judges of the Circuit Court & judge of the District Court of the United States for said District - Witness The seal of said Circuit Court this 25 th day of July. AD 1818 Payton R Freeman Clerk

{ Bonnet of Mass. to Secretary's office June 2 d 1818
By this I certify, that it appears by the records of Commissioned officers of the American Revolutionary Army, now in this office, that Isaac Morton was an Ensign in Col. Marshall's Regiment (being one of the regiments of the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment) from Jan'y 1. 1777 to Decr. 4 th 1777, when he resigned
Halden Bradford
Secy. of Comm ee and the Seal of the State affixed

We the Subscribers Selectmen of the Town of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire, do certify, that Isaac of said  as he says Morton of said Portsmouth, who served the United States in the Revolutionary war, is in reduced and indigent circumstances, and is in real need of assistance from his country for support.
Portsm o N.H. May 21 st 1818-
John Haven Selectmen Jacob Cutter } of Sam l Hutchings } said Portsmouth.

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Isaac Morton
7570
(Sept. 1819.)
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To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Dover within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the first Tuesday of July, 1820.
Isaac Morton aged sixty six , resident in Dunham in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income—his necessary clothing and bedding excepted—as follows:—
16 oak Drawers 2 maple tables 1 Small Stand 7 oak Chairs 12 old pewter platters Tin Ware & Crockery value of 8 Dollars 1 Looking Glass 2 Spinning wheels Shovel & tongs And Irons Pot Iron value of $4— 1 measure & Baskets knives & forks 1 Bellows
Which articles were all purchased with the pension money that I have received from the United States Isaac Morton
And the said Isaac Morton following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
I Isaac Morton do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Isaac Morton
And the said Isaac Morton doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
he enlisted in February 1777 for three years in the Company of Capt Thomas in the Regiment commanded by Col: Marshall in the Massachusetts line of Continental troops - he paid back the bounty he received & was in the same month of February appointed & Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the same Company - that he continued to serve in said corps to the month of December when he was discharged on account of sickness rendering him unfit for service - that afterwards he commanded a Company of Militia at West Point - That he was in the Battle of Bennington & in the battle at Saratoga where he was wounded & lost the use of two fingers

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is April 7 th 1810 and the number of his pension certificate is 7570 :—That his occupation is that of a Baker but have not sufficient ability to pursue it That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
is my wife aged about Sixty years & does not enjoy health sufficient to labour
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the Sixth } day of July — 1820.
Isaac Morton
Attest. A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Dover within and for the county of Strafford and state of New-Hampshire, on the 6 th day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH  } Associate Justice of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Isaac Morton having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the Court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is twenty five — dollars  cents. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEWHAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath, and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 6 th day of July — 1820.
A. Peirce , CLERK.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, JOHN L. HADLEY, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that James W. Butten is an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Rockingham duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 21 st day of May 1851 and will expire on the 27 th day of October 1881 and that signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State, this tenth day of May 1853.
John L. Hadley Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord.
May 10, 1858.
I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestations Israel Bartlett was a Justice of the Peace for the county of Strafford and Charles S. Godfrey was a Justice of the Peace for the county of Rockingham in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written.
John L. Badley Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire Rockingham County ss.
On the seventeenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred & fifty three personally appeared before me James H. Butler a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas a court of record within and for the said county of Rockingham Mary Morton a resident of Raymond in said county of Rockingham aged Forty Four years who being 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 February third A.D. 1853 "To continue half pay pension to certain widows and orphans" - That she is the widow of Isaac Morton That she was married to the said Isaac Morton on or about the twenty second day of March eighteen hundred and twenty two - That her husband said Isaac Morton was an officer in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and was a pensioner and drew a pension of twenty dollars per month at the pension agency at Portsmouth New Hampshire At the time of his death he resided in Portsmouth (although he died at Durham while on a visit)
The facts of his drawing a pension, amount &c will appear by his pension certificate surrendered to the pension agent or the Department soon after

his death - That said Isaac Morton died on or about the twenty fifth day of September eighteen hundred and twenty four
She further swears that she has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of the said Isaac Morton and is now a widow and that she never has before made an application for a Pension
Signed in presence of
James H Battle
John W Marshall
Mary Morton
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I certify that the said applicant Mary Morton by reason of bodily infirmity cannot attend in open court
James H Battle
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Buckingham

State of New Hampshire, County of Strafford
and town of
Lee
"To the town clerk of Lee.
This certifies that on the twenty second day of March A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty two; Capt Isaac Norton of Durham and Mrs Mary Folsom of New Market were married by me
William Heooper } Minister of the Gospel
I certify that the above is a true copy and extract of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures; as follows "22 nd of March A.D. 1822"
Paul Giles Town Clerk
I, Paul Giles above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy and extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Paul Giles
CLERK OF SAID TOWN.
State of New Hampshire Strafford County ss
Sworn to and subscribed this fifteenth day of April A.D. 1833
Before me
Isaac Bartlett Justice of the Peace

I John M. Drew of Seaverton in the county of Rockingham and state of New Hampshire depose and say that I well knew Capt Isaac Morton who was a Revolutionary pensioner for more than fifteen years before his death which took place at Durham while on a visit at my uncle James Folsom's twenty eight years last fall - I know that he died at that time because I helped convey his remains to Portsmouth where he then resided - They were carried down in a Gondalo boat - Said uncle Folsom's house was on the Durham side of the Piscat- -agua Bridge and I resided then and now on the Seaverton side of said Bridge about one half mile apart -
That I knew his widow Mary Morton who now applies for a pension - when he, Morton, married her he resided at said James Folsom's in Durham - she was a widow Folsom from New Market - they had been married about two years when he died - She moved back to New Market and remained there about five years then to Epping from there to Raynham where she has been about eighteen years - That she never has intermarried but remained a widow since his death - That I am disinterested -
John M. Drew

State of New Hampshire county of Rockingham ss On sixth day of May A.D. 1850 personally appeared the aforesaid John M. Drown to me well known, a credible person, entitled to full credit and belief and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed, is true - before me
Charles S. Godfrey Justice of the Peace

I James D. Norris of Epsing in the County of Washington and State of New Hampshire having been duly sworn depose and say that I well knew Capt Isaac Morton of Portsmouth New Hampshire, (who was a Revolutionary Pensioner,) for more than five years before his death which took place at Durham N. H. in the fall in the month of September eighteen hundred & twenty four - I know that he died at that time because I attended his funeral which took place at said Portsmouth his place of residence - he having died while on a visit at Durham - Said Morton was a brother in law to me, having having married my sister Mary who now applies for the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed February 5 th 1833 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War - That said sister's first husband was one Ezekiel Folsom who died about thirty six years ago - That my sister said Mary Folsom was married to said Isaac Morton thirty one years ago last March - he then resided in Durham but soon removed back to Portsmouth where he continued to reside until his death - That after his death his said widow moved to New Market, thence to Epsing and then removed to Raymond where she now resides - That I have known her from her said

husband Isaac Morton's death until the present time and that she has not intermarried but remains a widow
That I am disinterested in her application for a Pension
James T. Morris
State of New Hampshire Rockingham County ss
On this seventh day of May A. D. 1853. personally appeared before me, the above named James T. Morris, to me well known and who is a credible person and entitled to full credit and belief, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is True.
Charles S. Godfrey Justice of the Peace

264.798 Application for 1600 acres Pennsylvania Oct Mar 3 1855
Gelman Holson as Guardian of Mary Morton. Widow of Isaac Morton Lt in Revolution War
William R. Wicker agent Portsmouth N.H.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF Rockingham
On this fourth day of December , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me, William H Hackett , a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified according to the laws of said State, Gilman Folsom aged fifty two years, a resident of Raymond in the State of New Hampshire , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the surviving of Mary Morton an imbecile widow  Isaac Morton , deceased, who was a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain _____, in the regiment of _____ commanded by _____, in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, of the Revolution and served as stated in the ordinance filed in her application for Revolutionary Pension under act Feb 3 1853 , wherein she was mentioned 1 August 1853, under said act that her said husband enlisted as stated in the evidence filed in said A.D. claim for the term of fourteen days , and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days , and was honorably discharged at on the _____ day of _____, A. D. as herein stated She further states that she was married to the said Isaac Morton in Durham NH on the as he has been informed & believes day of about the year A. D. 1820 , by one Elder Hooper , a Minister , and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Folsom ; that her said husband died at Durham NH on the twenty fourth day of September A. D. 1824 , and that she is now a widow. He 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, and prays that her warrant, when issued, may be sent for her to William R Walker atty of Portsmouth NH  Gilman Folsom .
We, Isaac Merrill and Edmund Kimball residents of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire , upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Gilman Folsom in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. Nathaniel  E P Kimball
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 herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal, on the day and year first above written.
William H Hackett Notary Public

Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10335
Mary Morton
Wid. of
Isaac Morton
Lt. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3 rd '63
Index:—Vol. M , Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]

57. 657
S
160 Aug

Geo. C. Whiting Esq Court of Pensions Washington D.C.

1127 New Hampshire Mary Marlow widow of Isaac who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Lieutenant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Aug. 1853 and sent to
Danl. Howe Epping, ME
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 20, 1848, Page 18 — Vol. 24
3 Feb 1853

6 Evidence of Joint Widowhood &c Mary Martin Wid Isaac Pennsylvania act Mar 3 1835
William P Walker agent Portsmouth NH

Joseph S. Parks, (and) Jeremiah Fullerton, both of Raymond in the State of New Hampshire, of lawful age, on oath depose and say: that we well know Mary Martin nee of Raymond, who is now under Guardianship of Gilman Holman of said Raymond, and we know that she is a very old lady, has resided in Raymond for many years and that she is a widow, & unmarried, and as we have been informed she believes is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.
Joseph S. Parks Jeremiah Fullerton
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham p Dec 5 th 1856 Subscribed & duly sworn before me & I certify that said deponents are credible witnesses, & that I have no interest in this claim.
Sam l B. Gove Justice of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham
I CERTIFY, That Saml B Gove before whom the accompanying affidavit of Joseph S Packer & Jeremiah Fullerton was made, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace for the said County, duly authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements. and that his signature to the annexed certificate of said affidavit is genuine
Witness my hand, and the seal of the Notarial Seal hereunto affixed Court of the said State, for the said County, this fifth day of December — A.D. 185 6
} Clerk of the said Court.
William H. Hackett
Notary Public

Pension Office July 28. 1853
Sir The witnesses in this case say that the within named Isaac Morton died Sept. 1824 . The published report of Secy of war, of 1833, dates his death December 1827 .
Please state date of death and on whose application the arrearage was paid.
Very Respectfully
L P Mulder
Yours
For Part Eng 3 Auditor
Isaac Morton, abt 1818. Died 24 th Sept. 1824. Paid Mary Morton, his Widow, the arrears to the day of his death. ~
F. Bent Auditor.

Mary Morton, widow of Isaac Morton N. 14.
Act Feby 3. 1853
Admitted from 3 rd Feb 1853 as Lieut, at $240. per annum
Agent Daniel Howe Epping N. 14.

Brief in the case of Mary Morton, widow of Isaac Rockingham County and State of New Hampshire 2 d Sec act Feby 3. 185 -3
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Isaac Morton was pensioner under act of 1818 continued - at $20. per month - as S er t - and died Sept 24. 1824 - arrears p d to his widow Mary.
Record Proof of marriage - sustained by afts of 2 - witnesses who also prove identity and widowhood
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Dank Howe
Epsom N. H.
S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.

Epping New Hampshire May 11 th 1853
Sir
Enclosed is declaration and accompanying papers of Mary Morton for a Pension
You will forward her certificate to me at the office
Yours Truly Daniel Howe
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City