Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 56,944-160-55, for Robert Perkins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Perkins, Robert
BL Nt 56,944-160-55-
Privateer.
Mary C.
CONTENTS

223.669. Nov. 20. 1855
Mary C. Perkins wid of Robt Perkins
Mary C. and Robt Perkins, Pri
Capt Dodge
Col. Ferrish
Mass. Troops.
Ent. April 1. 1778.
56.945 March 1st
Revolutionary War.
3 mo. 3 days.
AD 160 ac, mch 19/57
for Papers of B.R.D. Special J. Cole C.C.
Vol 8. page 68.
William Allen Worridgewock Maine
S.A. Allen. Jan. 1, 1857 Enf 9
1920 Sept. 25 Hist. Soc Mrs. B. H. Conford. 1926 Jan. 6. Photos mailed to E.B. Baldwin, 1255 N.H. Ave. City. see receipt for payment Mr. Goshall Davis N. 20961. au

Case of Mary C. Perkins
No 223.669.
(Abstract)
Mary C. Perkins claim for Bounty Land as widow of Robert Perkins, a Rev d Soldier Proof of service see Extract from Rolls of Rolls, certified by Secy of State; 3 m o 3 days from April 1. 1778 in Capt d Dodge's Co Proof of marriage see Affidavit of Town Clerk of St. George & Dep o of Sam l H. Perkins Mary Perkins Ralph E. Curtis and Myrs Reed as to identity &c &c
Return to be made to William Allen Not ridgewick (me)

I Samuel Watts certify on oath that I am Town Clerk of the town of St-George in the County of Lincoln and that I have the custody of the Records of said Town; that in the record of Marriages in said town I find in place words and figures the following entry
1812 Febr the 22 } Robert Perkins of Woolwich to Mary Hall of St-George By Benjamin Eames Minister of the Gospel Samuel Watts Town Clerk
State of Maine } County of Lincoln } Is on this ninth day of November 1855 before me Levi Smalley a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Samuel Watts above named and made oath in due form of law to the above certificate by him subscribed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written Levi Smalley Justice of the Peace

Additional evidence in claim of Mary C. Perkins N o 223.669 for Bounty land under Act of March 3, 1855
Returns to be made to Wm Allen Norfolk Maine

State of Maine } County of Somerset } ss.
On this fifth day of March 1857 before
me William Allen a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly qualified to administer oaths personally appeared Samuel H. Perkins a resident of New Sharon in the state aforesaid, born on the first day of April 1790 aged sixty seven years (wanting twenty seven days) a person by me well known as a man of truth and unblemished reputation; who being first sworn according to law declares on oath that he lived with his father, Robert Perkins deceased or by him from the time of his birth till his said father, Robert Perkins, died at Woolwich in Maine on the thirty first day of March 1837 aged seventy five years. That this declarant often heard his father Robert Perkins speak of his services in the war of the Revolution and particularly of his service in Captain Dodge's company as a private in the Battle on Rhode Island under General Sullivan three months in 1778 that he was but sixteen years old when he enlisted: —
He without knowing of his name's being born on the Rolls in Massachusetts requested the Secretary of State of Massachusetts to make an examination of the records & rolls in his office where he found the name of his father born on the Pay Roll of Capt Dodge's Company as private for three months and three days, from April 1. 1778 corresponding with the repeated statements of his father, from the time of his earliest recollection to near the time of his father's death; That he has good reason to believe, and does very firmly believe that his said father was the identical Robert Perkins whose name is borne on said Roll which has been certified to the Pension Office in support of the claim of Mary C. Perkins for Pension land as widow of said Robert Perkins deceased,

No 223,669 under the Act of March 3, 1855.
He further testifies that his Grandfather was a Lieutenant and Commanding Officer, afterwards Captain of the Ipswich Company of Cavalry stationed near Boston during the Battle on Bunker Hill in 1775, and that this deponent often heard his father, the said Robert Perkins say that he was his father's waiter and saw the engagement on Bunker Hill and that he his father left  Perkins assisted in removing a rail fence placing the same parallel with another fence and filling the space with hay to protect our troops.
That Capt. Perkins company of Cavalry was all dispersed in different directions to carry express into the country at that time. This declarant further testifies that he has heard his father the said Robert Perkins die often say in his life time that he scoured during one cruise in a ship of war or privateer under Capt. Coos out of Marblehead, against the common enemy.
That his said father was a resident at Ipswich Massachusetts during the war of the Revolution and afterwards removed to Woolwich in Maine where he remained to the time of his death.
That his father was also, taken prisoner from a privateer during the war and carried to Halifax where he was detained a prisoner three months as this deponent has heard him say: that he has no interest in the claim of said widow, his step mother. Samuel F. Perkins
Subscribed and sworn on the day and year first above written before me
William Allen Justice of Peace

State of Maine, County of Somerset Co. On this fifth day of March 1855 personally appeared before me William Allen a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid James A. Snell a resident of Industry in Maine aged thirty seven years being first sworn according to law declares on oath that he was personally acquainted with Robert Perkins late resident of Woolwich in Maine deceased, whose widow Mary C. Perkins is an applicant for Bounty land N o 223,669 under the act of March 3. 1855. That he has good reason to believe and does verily believe that said deceased was the identical person (Robert Perkins) whose name is borne on Capt. Dodge's company in Col. Gerrish's Regiment of the Massachusetts troops as a private three months and three days in 1778 , as will appear by a certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts supposed to be filed in the Pension Office in the above case; that he had repeatedly heard of said service by said Robert Perkins before he saw said certificate or knew that his name was on the Pay Roll aforesaid; He further testifies that he is well acquainted with Samuel A. Perkins a son of said deceased that full reliance may be had to his statements, as man of strict integrity and truth.
James A. Snell
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me.
William Allen Justice of Peace

Additional sentence in cause of Mary E. Perkins vs. 223-669 for Penny Lane under tax Feb. March 3, 1855
Returns to be made to Wm. Allen Mendgswell M.D.
State of Maine } ss. I Stephen D. Lindsey Clerk of all the County of Somerset } Judicial Courts in the county of Somerset aforesaid do hereby certify that William Allen is a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and the within signature purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of this State for the county aforesaid at Mendgswell this fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven Stephen D. Lindsey, Clerk

STATE OF MAINE.
SAGADAHOC, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court, }
BATH, October 30 th A. D. 1855 }
I Andrew C. Sewey
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
for said COUNTY OF SAGADAHOC , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
David Nathan,
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for the County of Sagadahoc as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid—and that the SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
A. C. Sewey  Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Nassau Sagadahoc ss.
On this twentysixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary C. Perkins aged Eighty-nine years, a resident of Woolwich in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of Robert Perkins deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain John Dodge in the Regiment of Infantry commanded by Colonel Jacob Gerrish in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.  Revolutionary war, who was in the engagement under General Sullivan at Rhode Island in 1778.
That he enlisted or was detached at Ipswich, Massachusetts on or about the first day of April  1778 for the term of three months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three months & three days and was honorably discharged at Rhode Island (as she believes) on the fourth day of July A. D. 1778 as will appear by the Pay Roll of said Company and the abstract therefrom which is herunto annexed duly certified by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
She further states, that she was married to the said Robert Perkins in St. George Maine on the eleventh day of March A. D. 1812 by one Benjamin Ames a minister of the Gospel , and that her name before her said marriage was Mary C. Hall ; that her said husband died at Woolwich on the 31st day of March A. D. 1837 and that she is now a widow. She 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 believes that her said husband never applied for or received Bounty land under any Act of Congress, in his life time.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Mary C. Perkins do hereby constitute and appoint William Allen of Wadsworth in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Witnesses
Mary C. Perkins
We Ralph E. Curtis and Myers Reed residents of Woolwich in the County of Sagadahoc  Sagadahoc and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by the above named Mary C. Perkins in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration. She is now a widow. We were well acquainted with Robert Perkins who was the husband of said Mary Perkins and from our personal knowledge of him we firmly believe that he was a private in the Revolutionary War and served at Rhode Island in the summer of 1778.
Ralph E. Curtis Myers Reed
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Mary C. Perkins the declarant above named, and by Ralph E. Curtis and Myers Reed witnesses above named, 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.
Daniel Hathorn
Justice of the Peace.

V. L. M. Rev. War Sec.
September 25, 1920.
Mrs. B. H. Crawford, Canton, Penn.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 16 th ultimo, you are advised that it appears from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau that Robert Perkins resided in Ipswich, Mass. in 1775 when he was attached to a Company of Ipswich Cavalry of which his father Robert Perkins was Captain length of service is not stated; that he served one cruise on a ship of war or privateer out of Marblehead under Captain Coos; that he was taken prisoner from a privateer, during the War and carried to Halifax where he was detained as a prisoner three months, no dates are stated.
On April 1, 1778, he enlisted as a Private in Captain John Dodge's Company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battle of Rhode Island, served three months and three days.
He married February 22, 1812, at St. George, Lincoln County, Maine, Mary C. Hall, and died March 31, 1837, at Woolwich, Maine, aged seventy years. His son Samuel F. Perkins born April 1, 1790, was a resident of

New Sharon, Maine in 1857.
In October 1855 soldier's widow Mary was a resident of Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, Maine aged eighty-nine years. she was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction for services rendered, under Warrant No. 56,944.
Very respectfully,
F D Byington
Acting Commissioner.

C. Perkins
Mary
Retired
PAID
to the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 6.4 Dist Col

5 56.944
5 New Camp

State of Maine } County of Sagadahoc } So
New Sharps
We Samuel F. Perkins of 1 and Mary F. Curtis of Woolwich in said County having been duly sworn before and say that we were present at the marriage of Robert Perkins of Woolwich & Mary C Hall of St George in the County of Lincoln. that they were married by one Benjamin Ames a Clergyman at St George on the eleventh day of March AD 1812 that we knew the said Robert Perkins & Mary now Mary C Perkins to live together until the decease of said Robert Perkins who died at Woolwich about eighteen years ago. that we know he died about that time because we attended his funeral that the said Mary C Perkins who now applies for bounty land has remained unmarried till this time. that the said Robert Perkins was the identical person who was a private in the Revolutionary war and that we are disin- terested.
Samuel F. Perkins Mary F. Curtis
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Mary F. Curtis before me this twenty-sixth day of October AD 1855 and I certify that I have no interest in the application of the said Mary C Perkins and it is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited to me by the affidavit of Mary F. Curtis of said Woolwich who is person- ally known to me, and is entitled to credit and who swears that she has no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand this twenty- sixth day of October AD 1855
David Hethorn ( Justice of the peace State of Maine County of Somerset, So.
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Samuel F. Perkins

before me this third day of November A.D. 1855 and I certify that I have no interest in the application of the said Samuel  Samuel Perkins and it is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited to me by the within affidavit that Samuel  Samuel Perkins is a person in entitled to credit and who swears that he has no personal or pecuniary interest in the result of the said application of Samuel  Samuel Perkins. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this third day of November A.D. 1855.
William Allen Justice of the Peace
I Samuel Perkins  Perkins aged sixty five years a resident of New Sharon in Maine, being first sworn according to law depose and say that I lived with my father Robert Perkins who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution till I was twenty four years of age and then settled on part of his farm in Woolwich Maine and lived but a few rods from him till he died on the 31st day of March 1837; that I often heard him speak of his services in the war; I heard him say that he served three months under General Sullivan and that he was in the engagement with the British forces on Rhode Island; I verily believe that his statement was correct and that he was the identical Robert Perkins whose name is found on the Roll of Capt Dodge's  Dodge's Company Col Gerrish's Regiment of the Massachusetts Troops as a private from April 1. 1775. three months & 3 days
State of Maine County of Somerset ss.
Samuel Perkins  Perkins
Subscribed & sworn to before me this third day of November 1855 and I certify that the deponent is personally known to me and is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last mentioned
William Allen Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
Somerset County, ss.
I George A. Hobbs, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the State and County aforesaid do certify that William Allen Esq. before whom a part of the annexed proceedings were had, was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Somerset, duly qualified and commissioned; that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, this 15 th day of November A. D. 1855
Geo. A. Hobbs Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Sept. 25 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Robert Perkins is borne on pay roll of Capt. John Dodge's Comp. Col. Jacob Gerish's Regt. from April 1 st 1778, 3 mos. 3 days, as private.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Thos M Doret Dept. Secretary of the Commonwealth.
...pension was also

To the Secretary of State Massachusetts or Clerk of Pensions in Secretaries Office Boston

Amherstwood Sept 24. 1855
To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sir
I enclose one dollar for services of the Pension Clerk in your office in searching the rolls to find the record of the service of Ezra Willard in the war of the Revolution.
I should direct to the Clerk if he had written his name so that I could read it whether it is Strong or Storey or Sterry I can not determine.
I also wish an examination of the rolls to find the service of Robert Perkins, Jr. who was a soldier in the Rev. War. He enlisted or was drafted at Ipswich Ms. in 1778 and served three months under Gen Sullivan in the Rhode Island Expedition was in the engagement at Rhode Island; We have not the name of the Col o or Captain under whom he served. He has been dead many years. His widow Mary Perkins now resident in Edgewater Maine is an applicant for bounty land and is required to furnish record evidence of her husband's service.
If the name can be found please certify the same to me with a bill of expenses & the same shall be forthwith remitted.
It is stated that Robert Perkins Jr was also

No. 223. 669.
Mary C. Perkins widow of Robert Perkins dec d app d for Bounty Land for Revolutionary services of said dec d in Capt Dodge's Co. in Col o Gerrish's Reg t Mass s troops from April 1, 1778. 3 mo. 3 day
Proof
See Mass. Rolls & certificate of Sec y of State of Mass.
Proof of Identity
See Dep n of Ralph E. Perkins Myers Reed, Mary C. Perkins also Samuel F. Perkins
Proof of marriage
See Town Clerks Certificate on oath Town of St. George and affidavit of Sam d F. Perkins and Mary C. Perkins Dec 15. 1855
Return to be made to William Allen, Nottridgebrook Maine

Rev Sec
Pension Department Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me any information of revolutionary soldiers — Robert Perkins of Mass. Isaac Perkins, and Gilbert Perkins whose wife was Charity Hartford and who served in Pierce Lungs Bat. Capt Jno. Brewster's Comp. Thanking you in advance,
I am
Very truly yours,
(Mrs B.H.) Addie H. Crawford
Can'ton, Pa.
August 16-1920

Mary C. Perkins widow of Robt Perkins Dec d
No 223. 66 11 Davis for Bounty Land Act of March 3. 1857
Return to Lieut. Col. Wm Allen Sandwich Mass

Provision Office, January 31 st 1857.
Sir:
The bounty land claim of Mary O. Perkins, has been examined & suspended for want of proof that, her husband, is the soldier whose services are described in the Certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, filed in support of her claim.
Yours Respectfully, M c culloch
Commissioner.
I don't know what to call the name of the above Com d being a Yankee & cannot even guess W Allen,
W m Allen Esq r Norridgewock, Me,

V. L. 14 Rev. War Sec.
September 25, 1920.
Mrs. B. H. Crawford, Canton, Penn.
Madam:
You are herewith furnished the record of the only soldier named Robert Perkins found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau and are advised that said records fail to afford any information in regard to a Gilbert Perkins.
In order to identify a claim if on file for Isaac Perkins, the subject of your inquiry, in addition to his full name some of the following data is essential: the State troops in which he served, place of residence at enlistment and after service approximate dates of his birth and death, and given name of his widow.
Very respectfully,
F D Byington
Acting Commissioner.