Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 45061, for Thomas Perkins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Perkins, Thomas
S 45061
CONTENTS

17.139 D New Hampshire
Thomas Perkins
of Hillsborough Co. in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Little of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 1 Year
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th of March 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of May 1820 and sent to Levi Woodbury Esq r Portsmouth, N. H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820,  96. Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep r 1820,  48.
12 months.  $144:00
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

45 061
Rev
INVALID.
File No. 45 061
Thomas Perkins
Priv. Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 391
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Thos. Perkins Col. Little's Massachusetts Reg. 1776 - 1 Year - 5 th March 1819.
Proof of service wanted; and the Judge is requested to give the usual certificate, viz. that he needs assistance.
Levi Woodbury Esq. Portsmouth R. Hampshire
Admitted.
Hillsborough Col.

I Thomas Perkins of New Boston in the county of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire Blacksmith and formerly of Topsfield in the State of Massachusetts, depose that about the first of January I think, A.D. 1776, I enlisted for one year into Capt. John Baker's company in Col. Little's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Service, and there faithfully served out said term of time as a Corporal — against the common enemy — and was honorably discharged & rec d . written evidence thereof, which I have since lost.
I am now 65 years of age — have an expensive family — am able to labor but little — am worth but little property, I think about 500 dollars — never rec d . any pension — and think I need the assistance of my country for future support. O. H. Perkins
Dec. 22nd. 1819
Hillsborough ss. State of New Hampshire March 5th. 1819 — Then personally appeared the above Thomas Perkins & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed: and it hath satisfied me that he served at one period more than nine months in the Revolutionary Army in the Mass. Line in the continental service; and confessed — and that he has stated the truth in relation to the amount of his property — and needs assistance
Send Woodbury Asst. Secy. of War from his country for support — added — by me — July 12th. 1820 Sam Woodbury Asst. Secy.

We Solomon Dodge and Jacob Hooper junior, both of New Boston in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, and Selectmen of said New Boston, depose and say, that we are well acquainted with Mr. Thomas Perkins of New Boston aforesaid Blacksmith, that he is in reduced circumstances, and, in our opinion, is in need of the assistance of his country for his support.
Solomon Dodge Jacob Hooper Jr.
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. January 6 th 1820 -
Then the above named Solomon Dodge and Jacob Hooper junior personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by them subscribed is true, according to their best knowledge and belief. - and I certify that said Dodge and Hooper, are respectable men, and entitled to full credit & belief.
Edmund Parker Justice of Peace County of Hillsboro' -

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss
In testimony that Edmund Parker Esq r is an acting Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid & that the name Edmund Parker subscrib- ed to the within certificate is his signature & hand writing I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire of which I am Clerk for said County this sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty —
J. French

We Benjamin Hobbs and John Perkins both of Topsfield in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that we were both of us soldiers in the revolutionary army through the whole of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in Captain John Baker's company in Colonel Moses Little's Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States or as it was then called continental service; and we do testify that Thomas Perkins then of and belonging to said Topsfield, now of New Boston County of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, did serve as a soldier in the office of a corporal in said company commanded by said Captain John Baker in said continental service during the whole of said year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and at the end of said year was honourably discharged from said service. Benja Hobbs John Perkins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. In the town of Topsfield, On the twenty third day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and nineteen the above named Benjamin Hobbs and John Perkins, after being examined and cautioned, made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by them subscribed, taken at the request of the above named Thomas Perkins to be used in substantiating his claim for a pension conformably to a law of the United States passed the 18 th March 1818. and I do certify that the above named Benjamin Hobbs and John Perkins have not any interest in the merits of said Thomas' claim for said pension and that they are credible witnesses. N. Cleveland Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Su- preme Judicial Court of said Common- wealth within and for said County of Essex, do certify that Nehemiah Cleveland Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Essex, and that his signature to the above certificate, is as, I believe, the proper hand writing of the said Nehemiah Cleveland.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Salem in said County of Essex on this twenty- sixth day of December, A.D. 1819.
Mr. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk,