Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,815, for Caleb Page, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Page, Caleb Keziah
W. 26. 815
CONTENTS

Maine — 5671.
Jeremiah Page widow of Caleb Page
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1831 and who died on the 26th day of January, 1835 of Cambridge, in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the [blank] for [blank] service [blank] containing [blank]
Inserted on the Roll of [blank] the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per an to commence on the 15th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the [blank] day of [blank] 1836 and [blank]
Arrears to the 15th of [blank] Semi-annual allowance ending [blank] 20
$200.
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by [blank] Vol. [blank] Page [blank]

Page, Caleb Cont-Mass W26815

No. 16,114 R. L. Vose
5993.
Maine
Caleb Page, Private.
Ala * hants line - 1 year to the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of Jany 1819 and del d R. L. Vose
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 4 mo 22/30 — 37.86 semi-ann. all ee ending 4 March 1819 — 48.00
$ 85.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Belgrade,
Discontinue.
Continental line. mich 24/05. Records corrected. R

Caleb Page Belgrade Kennebec Co. Col Learned Mass. Reg.
July 1776 to Jan'y 1777.
1 year.
April 13. 1878
Not on the Rolls
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Am as Caleb Page, aged sixty years, a citizen of the U. States, born in Nottingham West, in Nottinghamshire, but now resident in Belgrade in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that in January 1776, I enlisted as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for the period of one year in Capt Samuel Curtis's company and Col. Ebenezer Darned's regiment, of the Massachusetts troops or line. This period I fully served out and was finally and honorably, but verbally discharged at Peekskill January 1777. I was in battle on Long Island, and at East Chester. From my reduced circumstances, arising from my inability to labor, and from sickness in my family, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the district of Maine.
Caleb Page
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co
On the thirteenth day of April, A D 1818, Caleb Page above named after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration as here submitted.
Before me, Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice Court Common Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Caleb Rowe, late an Officer in the revolutionary army, of Belgrade in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Caleb Page above named. From his reduced circumstances, arising from his inability to labor, and sickness in his family, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
Caleb Rowe

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss
On the thirteenth day of April A D 1818, Caleb Rowe within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed, Before me.
Nathan Weston Clerk
Chief Justice Court Common Pleas Second Eastern Circuit

Caleb Page N o 5.993.
1 st Schedule March 25. 1829
Val. Prop. - 842-
Income - 50.
70 Years Old wholly paid labor
Not a tiller
$842 -
R. L. Vose
Augusta
Me

DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Mennebec , ss.
ON this twenty fifth day of March 182 9 personally appeared in open court before the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment Kaleb Page , resident in said County, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three--that he the said Kaleb Page enlisted for the term of one year on the first day of January in the year 177 6 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Earle in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Dummer in the troops of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until 1st January 1777 , when he was discharged from the said service in Pick's kill in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt there upon from on account of his property that he has made no declaration or schedule since 1820 ,
Pension Certificate Numbered 5993.
AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May, eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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 eighteenth day of March, eighteen 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.
Kaleb Page
SWORN to and declared, on the twenty fifth day of March 182 9 , before
Nathan Weston, Junr. Justice of said Court

SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted.)
belonging to me the subscriber, viz: 100 acres of land about 25 acres of which is under improvement with an old house & an old barn thereon out of repair & the fences old, all not worth more than $650.00
One mare & colt worth $50. 1 yoke of oxen worth $40. 90.00
2 cows worth $48 - 1 two year old $1. 3 yearlings $11. 67.00
5 calves worth $15. 2 swine worth $5. 20.00
old house hold stuff besides bedding been in use 20 years not worth more than. 15.00
The income of the above property does not exceed fifty dollars a year. $812.00
Except the above & my necessary bedding I have no estate or income whatever,
Caleb Page
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Caleb Page who, by
occupation am a Farmer which I am wholly unable to pursue by reason of old age & being subject to the asthma, & the piles - done no labor for the last eighteen years.
   Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Rebecca my wife 67 Subject to rheumatism,  
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property. I did not apply under the law of May 1. 1820, being told that no person holding real estate could be permitted to draw a pension under the then existing regulations. I have owned no real estate other than the above mentioned, since the 15th. March 1818.
   Names of the persons to whom sold. Time of Sale. Amount of Money, or description of property received in return.     Caleb Page  
I, Robert C. Vose , Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Mennebec do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Caleb Page did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is eight hundred forty two dollars and that the total cash amount of income of said Page does not exceed fifty dollars a year.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fifth day of March 1820.
R. C. Vose Clerk of the Court of the County of Mennebec

Copy from the Records of Wapalboro, Fremont County State of Maine -
Intention of Marriage between Caleb Page and Hiyah Sawtell both of Wapalboro Entered and Published January tenth one thousand Seven hundred eighty
A true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in four legible figures as follows January 10 th 1880
Obed Durrell Town Clerk
I Obed Durrell above named, on oath, State that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Wapalboro Fremont County, State of Maine and that the above is a true copy from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me. I further depose and say, that I have carefully examined the records of said Town of Wapalboro and do not find any record of the Marriage of said Caleb Page to Hiyah Sawtell - the records of marriages at that time having very imperfectly kept, and made but in few instances
Obed Durrell Town Clerk
State of Maine Fremont S.S.
I Subscribed and sworn to this 15 th day of January 1839.
Before me J. M. Melins Jus of Peace

I David Sawtelle of Sidney in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine of lawful age Do Depose and Say that in the Month of February 1780 I was present when the marriage was Solemn- ized between my Sister Fanny Sawtelle and Caleb Page both of Vass- borough in the then District of Maine and that the said Caleb and Fanny continued to live together as husband and wife untill the Discease of the said Caleb Page which took place in the year 1830 He was a pensioner of the United States under act of Congress of March 18. 1818 and was stricken from the pension Roll on account of his property widdaw the said Fanny is now living in the Town of Belgrade State of Maine David Sawtelle
State of Maine Kennebec County ss
Subscribed and sworn to this fourth Day of April 1879 the Deponent a credible person and entitled to full credit and belief before me
Richard Mills Justice of the Peace

Noziah Page, widow of Walter Page who was a pensioner under Act March 18. 1813. on the Maine Roll.
7117
Act 7. July 38 m 80.
ABM d 12 m p m 40 ff
No deduction
Garmorton Augusta Maine

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 June A. D., 1840 personally appeared before the undersigned, Judge of the Middle District Court, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, State of Maine, Keziah Page
a resident of Belgrade in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy eight 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, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Caleb Page deceased , who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1820, and received a pension under said Act on the 4th day of March 1820, his name having been after said 4th day of March 1820 dropped from the pension roll by Act of July 1st 1820. That at the time he was in receipt of the pension above mentioned he was a resident of Belgrade aforesaid that his pension was payable at the claim agency. She has seen to believe and does believe that he served in the war of the Revolution in Capt. Gurney's Company in Col. Gurney's Regiment for the period of one year from the month of January 1776 to the month of February 1777 that she refers to the proof furnished the War Department by her late husband for her service in the war of the Revolution in support of her claim, which evidence is hereunto annexed as a part of her claim. She further declares, that she was married to the said Caleb Page on the twenty fourth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and eighty ; that her husband, the aforesaid Caleb Page died on the twenty sixth day of June 1836 in the town of Belgrade aforesaid; 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, - I have made search for some family record of the marriage but can find none.
her mark Keziah Page
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Wm. Wellington, Jus. Dist. Court, Middle District.

Having been informed That Mrs. Page, within named, was unable, through bodily infirmity, to attend at Court I was requested to visit her at her residence for the purpose of receiving her declaration. - I found her very infirm, unable to walk without assistance, and wholly incapable of making a journey to the place of holding the Courts. -
W. H. Dunnington, Jus. Dist. Court -
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec
ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Asa Dunnington before whom the proceedings were had, is the sole Judge of the Middle District Court of Maine. I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Mary Page for a pension. I also certify that Asa Dunnington is a Justice of the Peace & Coroners throughout the State of Maine and that J. M. Rollins and Richard Mills are Justices of the Peace for the County of Kennebec State of Maine and are qualified Justices of the Peace for said County.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this Seventh day of June A. D., 1840.
J. A. Chandler

October 26, 1931
BA-J/MCS
Miss Esther L. Page 30 Fountain Street Bangor, Maine
Dear Madame:
Reference is made to your letter of October 7, 1931, requesting information in regard to Caleb Page, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data contained herein are obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 26815, based upon the military service of Caleb Page during the Revolution.
He was born in West Nottingham, New Hampshire, date not stated.
He enlisted January 1, 1776, place not given, and served one year as private in Captain Samuel Curtis' Company in Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battles of Long Island and East Chester.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, at which time he was sixty years of age and was living in Belgrade, Kennebec County, Maine.
He died there June 26, 1830.
The soldier married February 24, 1780, Keziah Sawtell, and both were residents of Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 3, 1840, while living at Belgrade, Maine, aged seventy-eight years.
They had several children but their names were not given.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26815
Keziah Page
Wid of
Caleb Page
Priv. Rev. War
Act July 7 th 1838.
Index: Vol 12 , Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.]
March 24-1907
Stephen T. Walton City
1920 June 10. Heir. to Chas. E. Page
1925 May 28. Mrs Chas. L. Reed 2429
1931 Oct. 26. List. L. & Neice Esther L. Page. M.C.S.

I, Hiram Crowell, make oath and say that I was acquainted with the late Caleb Page of Belgrade and with Keziah his wife forty years ago - and that that acquaintance was continued uninterruptedly till the time said Caleb died about ten years ago - and has been continued with said Keziah ever since. - From my earliest acquaintance with them up till he died, they lived together as husband and wife, and brought up a family of several children. - He was reported to have received a pension from the Government for services rendered in the Revolutionary war. -
Since the death of said Caleb, the said Keziah has lived unmarried and now is the widow of him the said Caleb. - She has always had the reputation of being a woman of truth and is much respected in the neighborhood, and is now poor and in need. - Hiram Crowell
State of Maine - June 3 d . 1840. Personally appeared the above named Hiram Crowell Esq., to me for many years personally known to be a gentleman of approved credibility and of good moral character, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed. Before me.
Asa Redington, Just. of Peace & Luorum throughout the State of Maine.

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 Caleb Page , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Belgrade , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the thirteenth 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 private soldier , 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, as stated in his 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  J. 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.
Stm Davis

Caleb Page

I Daniel Wyman, aged sixty four years, of Chesterville in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that being myself a soldier at the time, and most of the time his mate, I know that Caleb Page, now of Belgrade in the District of Maine, served as a soldier in the war of the revolution, all the year 1776 in Col. Learned's regiment, Massachusetts line, and that he was honorably but verbally discharged at Peekskill January 1777.
Daniel Wyman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss. On the seventh day of October A.D. 1910, Daniel Wyman above named, being a credible and disinterested witness, made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed.
Before me, Nathan Weston C. Not. C.C.C. Plead. & E. Circuit.

Augusta, Maine
June 6th 1840
Sir
I received onshore the papers of Mrs. Mary Page, widow of Col. R. Page, as applicant for a pension under the act of Feb. 7. 1838. Since the papers are satisfactory I respectfully request you to transmit me for her a certificate
Very Respectfully
Yours O. A. G. S.
Geo. Armstrong
Mrs. L. Edwards Esq. Corner of P Street Washington City D. C.

Caleb Page

I Daniel Wymen of lawfull age do testify & say That in the war of the revolution I was well acquainted with M c Caleb Page now of Belgrade in the County of Kennebec State of Massachusetts - That about the first of January 1776 we both of us enlist- ed into Capt. Crafts Company, in Col. Learned's regiment, then stationed at Roxbury, near Boston - That after Boston was evacuated by the British we marched on to New York and after the expira- tion of our term of enlistment which was for twelve months, we both of us then were discharged at the Poughkeepsie in the state of New- York - Further depose and say that for twelve months we were Mates together in the same Company, in the continental service - Daniel Wymen
State of Massachusetts } September 24 th 1818 Then County of Kennebec } the above named Daniel Wymen made solemn to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. I further certify that the said Daniel Wymen is in my opinion a credible witness - Moses Appleton Justice of the Peace

Moses Appleton Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hampshire.
Nathan Weston Esq

33 State St., Boston, Mass.
18 May, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, -
I have been informed that the record of my ancestor, Caleb Page, a Revolutionary pensioner, can be obtained by applying to you, and if you can give me any statement of his military service or family connection, I would be most grateful. He was a private in Mass. troops & was pensioned in 1819, then residing in Kennebec Co., Me.
Respectfully,
Charles E. Page.
Address. c/o State St. Trust Co. Boston.

Bangor, Me., Oct. 7, 1931.
Pension Bureau, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I have been endeavoring to collect the necessary data on Caleb Page, to use in joining the D. A. R. The Adjutant General at Augusta, Maine, advised me to write to you for the service record on Caleb Page, giving you the following record:
List Name Service Rank Age County '35c Page, Caleb Mass. line Private 70 Kennebec.
If you can give me the information on his service I will very much appreciate it.
Yours truly,
Ellis L. Page
30 Fountain St., Bangor, Me.

Rev. ar
on
MD4
May 28, 1925.
Mrs. Charles L Reed 635 Kellogg Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Madam:
I have to advise you that, from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W 26815, it appears that Caleb Page was born in Nottingham, West, New Hampshire, date not stated.
He enlisted January 1, 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain Samuel Curtis' Company, Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Massachusetts Regiment and was at the battles of Long Island and East Chester.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, April 13, 1818, while residing at Belgrade, Kennebec County, Maine aged 60 years and he died there June 26, 1830.
On February 24, 1780 he married Keziah Sawtell, both then residents of Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine.
She was allowed pension on her application executed, June 3, 1840 while living at Belgrade Maine aged 78 years.
They had several children, names not stated.
Respectfully,
WILDER S METCALF Commissioner.

Mass -
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan 1776 1 yr 1st Samuel Hunt Benjamin Parise Mass                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____  He was a soldier in the Continental Army. He died July 16, 1830 at Delaware Me. His widow was allowed a pension of $10.00 per month while living at Delaware Me aged 78 yrs.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.