Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 44,509-160-55, for William Page, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N.H.
Page, William Patience
NUMBER
BLWt 44.509-160-55
CONTENTS

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163-741 - Act Mar 3 | 35
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Patience Page 88 years widow of William Page mi
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Walter Nichols North Seaport Maine

163.741 Declaration of Patience Page
Presented by Walter Nichols North Searsport, Maine.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Waldo SS.
On this twenty sixth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, Walter Nichols a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County aforesaid, Patience Page aged eighty eight years, a resident of Frankfort in the County of Waldo and State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Widow of William Page who was a Private in the Company of Infantry commanded by Captain Akin or Akins in the Regiment of New Hampshire Militia commanded by Col Barlett in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States, on the 18th day of June, 1812.  called the Revolutionary War.
That her said husband enlisted at Dary County of Waldo and State of New Hampshire on or about the summer  day of  or haying time in A. D. # 1780 to serve for the term of eight months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of about four months and was honorably discharged at that while he was in said service
I have often heard him mention of marching into the State of New York
She further states that she was married to the said William Page at Bucksport in the County of Hancock and State of Massachusetts on the 12 th day of July A.D. One thousand seven hundred and eighty eight by one
Buck a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage Patience Whitten, that her said husband died at Frankfort aforesaid on the 20 th day of October A.D. 1832 and that she is now a widow and have no family record of her said marriage in existence and cannot find any public record of the same on records
She further states that she believes it was in the year 1780 by his age as he said he was eighteen years of age when he enlisted and that would make his service in 1780 as above stated.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the 160 acres of Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act approved the 3d day of March, 1855. He also declares that he has never applied for or received under this or any other act of Congress, any Bounty Land warrant.
Patience  her  Page mark

We, Moses Weed and Mary Weed
Residents of
Frankfort in the State of Maine
upon our oaths, declare
that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Patience Page
in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person himself to be herself to be
We further testify that we well knew William Page and Patience Page for about twenty years before his death until his death which took place in the year 1832 and during that time they lived together in the relation of husband & wife and had a family of children and they were reputed husband and wife in the neighborhood. We remember well when he died for we saw him after he was dead. We further state that we have been well acquainted with his widow the claimant, from the time of the death of her said husband to the present time and we know that she is now a widow as she has lived about four years past in the same house with us
Moses Weed
Mary Weed
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 he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Walter Nichols, Justice of the Peace.
On this 31 st day of May A.D. 1855 I William Curtis aged sixty six years a resident of Searsport in the County of Waldo and State of Maine being duly sworn according to law declare that I was acquainted with William Page & Patience Page from the time I was a very small boy until his death that they lived together in the relation of husband & wife and had and raised a family of children and they were reputed husband and wife in the neighborhood and I never heard it intimated to the contrary and I am disinterested
Wm Curtis
State of Maine County of Waldo ss.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 31 st day of May A.D. 1855 And I certify that the affiant is personally known to me and that he is a credible & responsible witness.
Walter Nichols, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine, County of Waldo ss.
I, J. H. Cushman
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of
within and for the County of
do hereby certify that
Walter Nichols
whose signatures appear to the foregoing Certificates of
Attestation was at the time of the dates of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court this  day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
J. H. Cushman Clerk.

We, Moses Weed and Mary Weed
Residents of
Frankfort in the State of Maine
upon our oaths, declare
that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Patience Page
in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person himself to be herself to be
We further testify that we well knew William Page and Patience Page for about twenty years before his death until his death which took place in the year 1832 and during that time they lived together in the relation of husband & wife and had a family of children and they were reputed husband and wife in the neighborhood. We remember well when he died for we saw him after he was dead. We further state that we have been well acquainted with his widow the claimant, from the time of the death of her said husband to the present time and we know that she is now a widow as she has lived about four years past in the same house with us
Moses Weed
Mary Weed
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 he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Walter Nichols, Justice of the Peace.
On this 31 st day of May A.D. 1855 I William Curtis aged sixty six years a resident of Searsport in the County of Waldo and State of Maine being duly sworn according to law declare that I was acquainted with William Page & Patience Page from the time I was a very small boy until his death that they lived together in the relation of husband & wife and had and raised a family of children and they were reputed husband and wife in the neighborhood and I never heard it intimated to the contrary and I am disinterested
Wm Curtis
State of Maine County of Waldo ss.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 31 st day of May A.D. 1855 And I certify that the affiant is personally known to me and that he is a credible & responsible witness.
Walter Nichols, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine,
County of Waldo ss.
I, J. Bates Cushman
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of
within and for the County of
do hereby certify that
Walter Nichols
whose signatures appear to the foregoing Certificates of
Attestation was at the time of the dates of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court this day of day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
J. Bates Cushman Clerk.

FREE
163-7411
Hon L. P. Waldo Com. of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Patience Page

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No. Searsport Me. Sept. 17 }
Free
William Lloyd Jones
September
Additional Testimony Claim No. 163,741
Hon. J. Minot Com. of Pensions Washington City D. C.

162-941

North Searsport, Maine June 6- 1855
Sir,
I herewith transmit to you the declaration of Patience Page widow of William Page who was a Private in Capt. James Aiken Com. in Col. Thomas Bartlett Regt. N.H. Militia in the Revolutionary War, in order to obtain her land warrant under the act of March 3 rd 1855
You will please to give her Claim an examination and enclose the same to me
Yours Respectfully Walter Nichols
Hon. L. P. Waldo Com. of Pensions Washington City D. C.

North Searsport, Maine
Sept. 15 - 1856
Sir
I herewith inclose to you the affidavit of Moses Weed, Edward Renney, Mary Weed and Stephen Ide in the case of the identity of Patience Page being the widow of the identical William Page who performed the Regulations service for the Certificate of the Sec'y. of New Hampshire, it being Claim No. 163,741
You will please to give this Claim a reexamination and enclose the same to me.
Yours Respectfully, Walter Nichols
Hon. J. Minot, Com. of Pensions, Washington City, D. C.

(B.)

State of Maine Bucksport County of Hancock ss. June 2 nd 1855
I, James B Parker a resident of Bucksport in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law, declare that I am Town Clerk of said Bucksport, duly chosen and sworn; that I have Carefully examined the Town Records of said Bucksport and that I do not find the Marriage of William Page and Patience Whitten recorded on the Records of said Town
James B Parker Town Clerk
Sworn to and Subscribed, before me, on this the second day of June A.D. 1855. And I Certify that the above named James B Parker is Town Clerk of said Bucksport duly chosen and sworn
Nathan White
Justice of the Peace

State of Maine } County of Waldo } ss.
On this Sixth day of June A.D. One thousand, eight hundred and fifty Six before me, Walter Nichols a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Moses Weed a resident of Frankfort in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged Seventy three years who being duly sworn according to law declares that he well knew William Page late of Frankfort, deceased, that from the year 1813 to the time of his death the affiant lived his nearest neighbor, that the affiant has often heard the said William Page speak of his being in the Revolutionary War, that he enlisted in the State of New Hampshire and served in actual service in the time of said war
He further declares that he remembers more particularly about the his relating the Circumstances of his said services from the fact that he told him about the sickness that was in the Army while in the said service, He stated to the affiant that it was called the Camp Complaint and the cause of the sickness said Page supposed was caused by eating too much fresh provisions. He further declares that Patience Page the widow of said William Page made an application for a Bounty Land Warrant under the act of March 3 rd , 1855 - and that he is disinterested.
Moses Weed
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6 th day of June A.D. 1856 And I certify that the said Moses Weed is personally known to me and that he is a man of good Moral Character and his statements are entitled to credit
Walter Nichols , Justice of the Peace

State of Maine } County of Waldo } 33.
On this 6 th day of June A.D. 1856 before me, Walter Nichols a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid personally appeared Edward Kenney a resident of Frankfort in the County of Waldo and State of Maine aged Sixty eight years who being duly sworn according to law declares that he was well acquainted with William Page the husband of Patience Page, (from the law) of Frankfort, from the time the affiant was ten years old to the death of said William Page that the father of the affiant lived a near neighbor to said Wm. Page, that the affiant remembers, when he was a boy, of hearing the said William Page tell the affiant's father about his being in actual service in the revolutionary war, and heard him relate the circumstances of they eating fresh provisions and that a great many was sick with the dysentery or Camp Complaint. The affiant further states that he has heard him (speak) the said William Page speak of his being in the Revolutionary war quite a number of times during his acquaintance and that any statement made by the said William Page was strictly to be relied on. for truth - and that the affiant is disinterested
Edward Kenney
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this Sixth day of June A.D. 1856, And I certify that the said Edward Kenney is personally known to me and that his statements are entitled to full credit and that I have no interest in this claim Walter Nichols , Justice of the Peace,

State of Maine, County of Waldo 33.
On this sixth day of June A.D. 1856 personally appeared before me, Walter Nichols a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Waldo and State of Maine, Mary Weed a resident of Frankfort in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged fifty nine years who being duly sworn according to law declare that she well knew William Page late of Frankfort from the time of her childhood to his death, living during this time in the neighborhood of said William Page, that she has often heard him relate about serving in the Army in the Revolutionary War, that she heard him speak of living in Derry or London in the State of New Hampshire and that from what she understood from him that he served in a Company raised in that vicinity and she heard him tell the name of his Captain and other officers, but she has now forgotten their names. She also declares that the said William Page was a man of truth and any statement made by him might be strictly relied on, to be correct.
Attest Mary Weed
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 6 th day of June A.D. 1856. And I certify that the said Mary Weed is personally known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and her statements entitled to full credit.
Walter Nichols , Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
County of Waldo ss.
On this Sixth day of June A.D. 1856 before me, Walter Nichols a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Stephen Ide a resident of Frankfort, in the County of Waldo & State of Maine aged Sixty four Years who being duly sworn according to law declares that from the Childhood of the affiant to the death of William Page late of Frankfort deceased he was well acquainted with him, that affiant lived during the time aforesaid, within half a mile of said William Page, and during that acquaintance the affiant has heard said William Page relate that he had been in the actual Service in the Revolutionary War and relate the Circumstances relating to his being Sick while in said Service
He further states that he has heard said William Page speak of Derry & London Derry, New Hampshire and believes he formerly resided there. He further declares that the said William Page was a man of strict truth and veracity and full faith was given to his statements.
Stephen Ide
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first written; and I certify that the said Stephen Ide is personally known to me to be a person of good moral character, a good Citizen and full faith and Credit may be given to his statements. Walter Nichols , Justice of the Peace.

I hereby certify and declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief Stephen Dole and Moses Weed of Frankfort are are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to confidence. I have known said Weed and Dole, personally, and well, for more than thirty years, and they are in my judgement men of truth and veracity.
Adams Great By Collector of Custom Frankfort June 6 1856 Port of Frankfort,
State of Maine County of Waldo ss. I, Walter Nichols a justice of the Peace do hereby certify that Adams Great whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is the Collector of Customs at Frankfort in the County of Waldo, Maine and his Certificate is entitled to full Credit & belief Given under my hand this 6 day of June 1856, Walter Nichols , justice of the Peace

State of Maine Waldo S.S. I Nathl Patterson Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine for the County of Waldo, hereby certify that Walter Nichols whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate, is and was, at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commis- ioned and qualified.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this tenth day of June A.D. 1856.
H. Patterson Clerk

163:741 Certf. Sec. State N. H. Case William Page

State of New Hampshire. Secretary of State's Office.
I do 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 office, it appears that the name of William Page is borne upon a "Pay Roll of Capt. James Aikens Company, in a New Hampshire Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Thomas Bartlett in the service of the United States A. 1780", as a private in said company - Time of enlistment, July 9; When discharged, Octo. 24; Whole time of service, 3 months 19 days.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State. This 23 d day of May 1855.
John L. Hadley, Secretary of State.