Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,238, for Samuel Milliken, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Milliken, Samuel or Millikin
NUMBER _____
R. 7238
CONTENTS

29.006 ✓ Daniel Milliken Maine
Suspended Letter H. Davis 13 Feb 1835
See copy - in claim
proof of Denies
Am L Davis No of Rep

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Decr. 24 th 1833 -
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Milliken
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
The narration of his services, and the evidence which he has produced, are vague and indefinite - He is inclined to think he was a Sergeant, if so, he must have received a warrant as such - By
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions. Applying to E. D. Bangs Esq. He may procure satisfactory proof of his alleged services -

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
[z] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Whereby it is the Crying man of all the Court is to inform to attend Court
J Nelson Judge of the Court of Probate
29.004 Rev. J. B. ...
I Wm Williams Registry of the Court of Probate for the County of Warwick aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel ...

State of Maine County of Hancock 3
On this eighth day of May A D 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate now sitting in Ellsworth in said County of Hancock. Samuel Mullen a resident of Mount Desert in said County of Hancock in State of Maine aged eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. He entered as Volunteer, as near as he can recollect in the month of May A D 1776 in the Militia Company under Capt Eleazar Brabtree of Sullivan in said County of Hancock. He cannot now recollect the day of the month & he does not feel very positive about the year or month, his memory having almost entirely failed him. One of his fellow soldiers, a Mr Joseph Bickford is now present with him & thinks it was June A D 1775 that they enlisted. His impression still is that it was in May 1776 but he may be wrong. He enlisted he thinks for eight months. He was discharged at the end of the term he enlisted for. He cannot now recollect the day but thinks it was the last of December of the same year. It was cold he recollects & snow had fallen. He had no written discharge. He with the rest of the Company were engaged at this time guarding the coast from Gouldsboro up as far as Fox Islands. He recollects that another Company met with them at Fox Islands. He was a Sergeant of the Company as he thinks. He recollects of one Winchell & one Dyer being officers in the Company. He did not serve with any

Continental troops & does not recollect of any Col being with them. The next reason in the month of August the last of the month as near as he can recollect an Express came to Agreen Crabtree from Col Allen who was commanding at Machias (Me) for Crabtree to get some volunteers to go down to guard Machias. The Applicant volunteered & went down with him in company with forty or fifty others. He the Col sent up a Privateer to bring them down He knows that he was there one month at that time, & thinks he was there longer. He came back to Sullivan where he enlisted & started from, in the same vessel & was discharged. He cannot recollect the time he came back but it was getting to be Frosty weather. He recollects of there being a meeting on board once while he was there & a minister preach- ing. Afterwards in the month of July in the year of our Lord 1779 orders came to Mr Abraham Dowes who was then Lieutenant of the Militia in Mt Desert to draft every other man on the Island to go to Castine or Bagwaduce as it was then called. The Applicant was drafted & went in Boat to Castine in the month of July. He went to the fort at Castine There were continental troops there, he thinks but cannot recollect any thing about them or any of the officers. After he was there about three weeks the British took the place & he with most of the troops there retreated up Penobscot River. He was taken twice by the British vessels before he got home. He got home the last of Septem- ber. Was absent a little more than six weeks at this time. The American vessels were obliged to retreat up the river & were there sunk. He is so old & in- firm that all incidents connected with his service have passed from his mind. He has no documenta- ry evidence, but knows of two persons Mr Caleb Ad- docks of Ellsworth & Mr Joseph Bickford of Gouldsboro who served with him in Capt Eleazer Crabtree's Com

pany & whose Deposition he shall obtain to accom- pany this declaration. In regard to the service under Eleazar Brabtree, he will further state that he is certain of having served six months & he thinks he served eight months. He further states that he never had any written discharge; that he was born at Scarboro (Me) in February the twenty fifth day A D 1746 - has no record of his age but presumes it is on the records of the town of Scarboro - was living at Ellsworth when first called into service & at Mt Desert the last time & has been living at Mt Desert ever since & lives there now. The Clergymen of Mt Desert Mr Eaton is very old & lame & unable to attend at this court. But Thom- as Heath aged Mr Isaac Ober of Mt Desert are present & can testify to the Applicant's character for veracity & their belief of his services as a sol- dier of the Revolution. He hereby renoun- ces every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Maine.
Samuel Milliken
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me J Nelson Judge of the court of Probate
We Thomas Heath & Isaac Ober both resident in Mount Desert hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Milliken who has sub- scribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we be- lieve him to be eighty six years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion - We also certify that the clergyman of Mt Desert Mr Eben Eaton is too infirm to attend court
Thos Heath Isaac Ober
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid Before me J Nelson Judge of the court of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he stated And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Heath & Isaac O'bear who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Mount Desert & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit & that Ebenezer Eaton the Crier of Mt. Desert is to inform to attend Court
J Nelson Judge of the Court of Probate
29.004 Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 v. 1 p. 37 I Wm. Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Milliken for a pension - And that J. O. Nelson is judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid & that the foregoing annexed purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this eighth day of May A.D. 1833.
Wm. Williams Register of the Court of Probate

State of Maine Hancock ss.
A court of Probate held at Ellsworth within and for the County of Han- cock on the twenty seventh day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & fifty two
I hereby certify that it was satisfactorily proved to said Court that Samuel Milliken late of Mt Desert in said County was a pensioner of the United States that he died on the day of AD 1841 - that his Widow Susanah Milliken died in July AD 1832 - that Simeon Milliken, Joanna Pease, Martha Reed, Susan- na Goto Abigail Sawyer Mary Butler and Prudence Walls are the only living children of said deceased and the heirs and only heirs at law
Given under my hand and seal the day and year above written
Markus Root } Judge of Probate } Hancock County

FAMILY RECORD. of
Samuel and Milliken's Family
MARRIAGES.
Parents Children
Samuel Milliken and Savannah Beal in Scarsborough Oct 1769 By Rev. Mr. Eliot  James Reed and Mary Milliken By Rev. P. Powers Feb 1791  Isaac Clark & Joanna Milliken By Rev. D. Merrill Dec 1793  Simeon Milliken & Rachel Wargent By Rev. D. Merrill Feb 1804  Samuel Milliken Jr. & Sally Sawyer By Rev. J. Fisher July 1806  Oliver Goff & Susannah Milliken By Rev. P. Powers Nov 1806  Joshua Sawyer & Abigail Milliken By D. Wargent Esq. Nov 1808  Thomas Hall & Prudence Milliken By D. Wargent Esq. April 1810  George Butler & Mary Milliken By Rev. E. D. Carey June 1835
BIRTHS.
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Samuel Milliken Born Feb 25, 1741 Susannah Bent Born Sept 14, 1741 Edward Milliken Born June 1770 Joanna Milliken Born Sept 22, 1771 Patty Milliken Born Dec 13, 1771 Samuel Milliken Born March 12, 1807 Samuel Milliken Born June 21, 1809 Susannah Milliken Born Nov 17, 1811 Phebe Milliken Born August 6, 1814 Abigail Milliken Born July 26, 1817 Mary Milliken Born Feb 2, 1771 Prudence Milliken Born Sept 30, 1823
DEATHS.
Edward died May 1771 Phebe Milliken died Nov 17 1812 Samuel Milliken died Sept 1 1832 Thomas Milliken died Nov 1 1830 Sally Milliken died Dec 6 1830 Samuel Milliken died July 20 1841 George Butler died Jan 6 1844

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of Maine
County of Hancock of the Peace for said County and State Simson Milliken
} Joseph A. Dean Be it known that before me personally appeared
Simson Milliken aged 73 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the only son of Samuel Milliken now living who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Massachusetts and that he died on the 14th day of July 1841 and that his mother named Susannah Milliken died on the Eighteenth day of July 1852 and that they were married on the 8th day of October in the year 1769 and that they were residents of New Bedford in the State of Massachusetts and that they resided there about 70 years, and that the son resides in Trenton, Maine and that furthermore
BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution—F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as son of said Samuel Milliken who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF he has on this 27th day of October 1852, hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
Simson Milliken 
Witness: Joseph A. Dean Witness: John Billings
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on this 27 day of October 1852.
Joseph A. Dean J. P.
At the same time personally appeared before me Simson Milliken two credible and disinterested witnesses named Jacob Jones and John Billings residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that Samuel Milliken was a Revolutionary soldier and that Susannah Milliken was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the wife of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
Jacob Jones 
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
John Billings
Joseph A. Dean J. P.
State of Maine County of Hancock } to wit:
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Joseph A. Dean Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court , this twenty-seventh day of October , one thousand eight hundred and fifty two .
Parker W. Pease Clerk.
* If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
May 6. 1852.
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 Samuel Milliken is borne on a roll of Capt. Andrews Co. Col. Prince's Regt. "in service at the Eastward" in 1780, from May 13 to Decr. 31, 7 months & 24 days including 5 for travel. The roll was sworn to before a York Co. Justice - and certified by Genl. Wadsworth, at Thomaston May 11. 1781.
On roll of Capt. Sullivan's Co. Col. Foster's Regt. in service from County of Lincoln, at Machias July 3, 1777 - 8 days.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Power of attorney to examine R. Papers of Samuel Milliken act 1832
Rolls of New Hampshire
filed 31 Jany 1832, J. E. Hassler attorney

State of Maine County of Hancock ss.
On this nineteenth day December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid
Susannah Milliken aged one hundred years, a resident of Tremont in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Samuel Milliken deceased who was a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain Bratton also in the siege on the Penobscot at Castine, Fort Point and Hamlton under General Lovell and at other places about four years in continental and revolutionary service, that her said husband was drafted in Ellsworth on or about the 20 th day of July A.D. 1776 and continued in actual service in said war for the term of four years and was honorable discharged
She further states that she was married to said Samuel Milliken in Scarborough Massachusetts the 8 th day of October 1769 and that he died July 26 th 1841 living together 42 years and her maiden name before marriage was Susannah Beal and her said husband

died at Mt. Desert State of Maine. County of Hancock on the 26 th day of July 1871 and that She is still a widow.
She makes the declaration for the purpose of obtaining the homestead land to which she may be entitled and pension and has not received any previously pay under any act of Congress.
She further states that her husband never received any pay or pension.
Sarah A. Wilson
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written Isaac Sawyer
Justice of the Peace
I, Jethro Penson depose and say that Samuel Maddox was a fellow Soldier with me at the siege of Castine and Fort Point and served as above stated through the war of 1812-15 in various places as a ranger.
Jethro his X Penson mark

AND I HEREBY CERTIFY, that at the same time, personally appeared before me Emilia T. James and Sarah M. Clear herself known to me, to be two credible witnesses, and who being duly sworn, deposes and says, each for himself, that the above named Susannah Milliker now present, is to their knowledge, the identical person named in the above deposition, and that the said affidavit is correct, as they verily believe; that they are acquainted with the said Susannah Milliker and that they are, each, wholly disinterested.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, } upon the day and year first above written. }
Jacob Sawyer Justice of peace
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK, ss....CLERK'S OFFICE, ELLSWORTH.
I Parker W. Perry
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Hancock, hereby certify, that Jacob Sawyer whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is now and was at the time of subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Hancock, duly commissioned and qualified, and as such, full faith and credit are due his official acts.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
P. W. Perry
Clerk of said Court for Hancock County.

State of Maine County of Hancock
Be it known that before me
Isaac Sawyer a justice of peace
for the aforesaid County and State, duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared Susannah Milliken aged 100 yr and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical person named in an original Pension Certificate* herunto annexed, No. _____ and bearing date the nineteenth day of December 18 51 , and signed by
Secretary of
and that she now resides in
Tremont and has resided there for the space of 70 years past—and that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining any arrears of pension that may be due her, under the laws of the United States; and that by these presents she does constitute and appoint F. E. HASSLER, of the City of Washington, her true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution for her and in her name, place and stead, to ask and receive of and from the United States, any bounty land, extra pay, pensions, money or moneys that now is or are due her on account of services rendered by her deceased husband; advances made, property destroyed or taken by the Government, or any claim arising from intercourse between the United States and any foreign nation, and the Indians, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by him while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in her name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such bounty land, pensions, patents, claims, and money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatsoever nature she may have with or before any of the Departments of the Government or Congress, or any legally established commission of the United States, and, generally, to do any and every other act or acts that she might or could do, were she personally present at the doing thereof, she hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever her said attorney shall do in and about the premises, by virtue hereof.
Signed, sealed and delivered } Two witnesses. in the presence of
Emma F. Jones Sarah M. Ober
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands and seal this nineteenth day of December 18 51 .
Susannah Milliken 
State of Maine County of Hancock } ss.
On this nineteenth day of December 18 51 , personally appeared Susannah Milliken before me, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be the free act and deed, for the purposes therein contained.
Isaac Sawyer J. P.

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December 19, 1924
Mrs. H. R. Murphy Rumford Centre, Maine
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 7238 it appears that Samuel Millikin or Milliken was born February 25, 1746 or 1747 in Scarborough, Maine.
While a resident of Ellsworth, Maine he enlisted in 1775 or 1776 or 1778 and served as a Sergeant for eight months in Captain Eleazer Crabtree's Militia Company of Sullivan, Hancock County, Maine, which was employed in guarding the coast from Gouldsboro to Fox Islands.
The August after this service ended, he was at Machias, Maine on guard duty for one month.
While a resident of Mount Desert, Hancock County, Maine in July 1779 he went to the fort at Castine, from which he retreated when it was taken, and he was twice captured by British vessels before he reached home late
Captured

in September.
His claim was not allowed as service in local militia and on patrol duty did not come within the provisions of the pension laws.
Soldier married October 8, 1769 in Scarborough, Massachusetts, Susannah Beal born September 14, 1751.
He died July 26 or 28, 1841 in Mount Desert, Maine.
In 1851 his widow Susannah was a resident of Tremont, Maine. She died July 18, 1852. Their children were:
This paragraph & Rev. Oki'd by Miss Wilson Edward born June --, 1770, died in May 1771. Joanna " September 24, 1772, married Dec. 1798, Isaac Obeare. Martha or P " December 13, 1774, married Feb. 1791, James Reed. Patty " December 13, 1774, married Feb. 1791, James Reed. Samuel " March 12, 1777, married July 1806, Sally Sawyer who died Dec. 6, 1834. He died Sept. 1, 1832. Simeon " June 21, 1779, married Feb. 1804, Rachel Wargatt, or Wasgatt. Susannah " November 17, 1781, married Nov. 1806, John Gott. Phebe " August 16-17, 1784, died Nov. 17, 1812. Abigail " July 26, 1787, married Nov. 1803 or 1808, Joshua Sawyer. Mary " February 2, 1791, married June 1835, George Butler → Butler . He died Jan. 6, 1844. Prudence " September 30, 1793, married April 1818, Thomas Walls. He died November 1839.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

1934- Dec. 19- Hist To Mr. H. R. Murphy
REJECTED
P. O.
Daniel Milliken
Service: _____
A.O.T. Aug. 16, 1906
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: The printed list of 1852 gives as cause of suspension:
Re-enlisted: "Served in local militia and in the patrol duty"
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 7 th 1834.
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 Sam l Millikin, as a private, is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Daniel Sullivan's company, in Col. Benjn Foster's regt. called to Machias three different times, (the year of service not mentioned) where he is allowed July 8 th eight days. The said roll appears to have been paid Feb y 25 th 1778. Sam l Millikin claims for services of eight months under Capt. Eleazer Crabtree, in 1775 or 1776. The roll of Capt. Eleazer Crabtree's company for 1775 is found in this Office, where the Officers are allowed five months and five days, and the privates four months & fifteen days, — but the name of Sam l Millikin is not borne thereon, the name of Samuel Mattes is borne thereon and is allowed four months & fifteen days. Sam l Millikin claims for services under Capt.

Agreen Crabtree, in 1777, and under Lt. Abraham Jones, in 1779; but the rolls are not found in this Office.
Edward A. Bangs. Secy
E. P. M.

Sam Milliken

State of Alabama
Hancock. I Hlzy. Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby Certify that Joseph A. Wood is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this twelfth day of Dec. A.D. 1833
Hlzy. Williams, Register of the Court of Probate.

I Joseph Bickford of Gouldsboro in the County of Hancock in State of Maine of lawful age do testify & say that I was well acquaint- ed with Mr Samuel Meliken residing in Mount Desert - that said Meliken is now very infirm & upwards of eighty years of age - That I well recollect of serving with him in the same company under Capt Eleazar Crabtree in the year 1775 as I think - But he says it was 1776 & I am not certain but he may be right - I have no documents by which to ascertain & my im- pression is it was 1775 and I have so stated in my declaration for a Pension - It was either 1775 or 1776 at any rate - We entered the company pretty near the same time and served said Meliken served all the time in said Crabtrees company which I did which was six months - How much longer I cannot tell Joseph Bickford
Hancock 17 May 8 th 1833
Subscribed & sworn to before me - Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hancock - and I certify that the said Bick- ford is a man of credibility
Jos A Wood Justice of the Peace

I Caleb Madocks of Ellsworth County of Hancock & State of Maine aged seventy eight years do testify & say that some time in May or June A.D. 1876 as near as I can recollect I enlisted as a volunteer in a company of which Ezra Grabbree of Sullivan was Captain - I recollect of Samuel Milliken of Mt Desert being a soldier in the same company - I presume he served during the whole season say six or eight months it was as late as December I think when we were discharged - We together with another company were engaged guarding the coast from Gouldsboro Newborn to Fox Islands - I saw Mr Milliken when at the Probate Court in May last & found that he had almost lost his memory about many events of those days owing to old age
Caleb Madocks
Hancock p. Dec 9 th 1833
Subscribed & sworn to before me - Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hancock & I certify that the said Madocks is a man of credibility
J. S. Wood Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Hancock p. I M c Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock afore said do hereby certify that Joseph A. Wood is a justice of the Peace within & for said County & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this twelfth day Dec. A.D. 1833
M c Williams Register of the Court of Probate

pr. 29.004 Samuel Milliken Maine
Act 7 E. Hasted 2 June 1855
7238
Act 7 June 1832

F. E. Hafslin, June 2/53.

Pension Office 29 2 June 1853
Sir
The additional evidence in the case of Samuel Milliken dec d does not remove the objections previously existing to the admission of the claim.
The certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts shows that a Samuel Milliken was a private in Captain Andrews' Co, Col Princes regiment in the year 1780. The claimant however in his original declaration recites no such service as this, and in fact does not claim to have served after 1779. He alleges six or eight months service in Captain Eleazer Grathree's Co in 1775 or 1776, but the Secretary of Massachusetts certifies in 1834 that the roll of Grathrees Co for 1775 is in his office and Millikens name is not upon it. Without further proof, the claim cannot be admitted,
J E Hassler Esq y Present.

Rumford Centre, Me. Dec 1, 1924,
Bureau of Pensions, Rev. War Dept. Washington, D. C.
Can you tell me anything about the Revolutionary War Service of Samuel Milliken of Ellsworth Maine (Union River) and later living at Mt. Desert Maine. An early reply will be appreciated.
Mrs. H. R. Murphy.

The name of Samuel Milliken is not borne on the rolls of Captain Crabtree in 1775 and the resolves of Massachusetts do not show that any such company of sea coast men were in the service in 1776.
The rolls of all the sea coast men ordered to be received by that state during those years are not deficient in the Secretary's Office, though those of the militia in the continental service are undoubtedly imperfect. But if Mr. Milliken served as he alleges, his services may be proved there.
The fact of the non-existence of the rolls of the companies he claims to have served in affords a strong presumption that they were only local militia herein before referred to. The papers remain on file.
{ COPY of letter of February 12, 1875 to Hon. L. Jarvis. } mmw