Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,860, for Nathaniel Perkins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass. Privateer.
Perkins, Nathaniel Abigail
26,860
CONTENTS

18.30 5/2 Maine
Nathaniel Perkins (desc d ) York Co in the State of Maine who was a Privat in the Company commanded by Captain Hooper of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ Dum
died 31 July 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Augt 1832 and sent to D. J. Granger. Dumas
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-ant. allowance ending
amt. due 31 st July '32 for $97.15 4 dollars 1831
Recorded by { Revolutionary Claim, } W. L. Williams Clerk, { Act June 7, 1832. } Book E Vol. 1 Page 42
Certificate issued in favor of Elizabeth Perkins (widow)

2 Maine 2661
Abigail Perkins widow of Nathaniel Perkins, Dec who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832, and who died on the 31 July 1832 of York Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the Co commanded by Captain Hooper of the regt commanded by Col in the Mass. Militia line for 22 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of May 1839 and sent W m H s Hayes, South Berwick, Maine
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1839 $ 219.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 39 36.66
$256.65
{ Act July 1830
Recorded by D. M. Cum A. Vol. 1. Page

Declaration of Abigail Perkins for a pension wid of Nathl. Main
Ad July 7 1898
Mando 1779
Rev 1832
Allow $73 33 1/3
Am. Mch. Mch.
pr. to apt Hooper
On roll Vol 36.
p. 1. 25, 62.
Pension certificate may be sent to William A. Hayes South Berwick Maine

State of Maine.
York, ss.—
I, JOHN SKEELE, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that
William A. Hayes is Judge of said Court of Probate and that the said William A. Hayes is also a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signatures to the papers hereunto annexed and purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
John Skeele } Register of Probate York County.
Nathaniel Perkins died on the thirty first day of July in the year eighteen hundred & thirty two. — That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the

State of Maine County of York ss On this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Hon. William Allen Hayes, Judge of the Court of Probate being a Court of record within and for the County of York in the State of Maine, Abigail Perkins a resident of Biddeford in said County of York, 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 7 th A.D. 1830 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Nathaniel Perkins, who was a private in the Militia of the Massachusetts lines, in the service of the United States, in the revolutionary war, and that he served as stated in his declaration on which he drew a pension under the act of Congress of 7 th of June 1832 in the pension department, to which she refers for a particular description of his services, that she has no documen- tary evidence of his service, her said husband's pension certificate having been returned to Portland, at the Maine agency when she drew the arrears of pen- sion money after the decease of her said husband. She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Perkins on the eighteenth day of November in the year seventeen hundred & seventy nine, that her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Perkins died on the thirty first day of July in the year eighteen hundred & thirty two. - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four at the

time above stated, that her maiden name was Abigail Haley, and that she has remained a widow & unmarried since the decease of the said Nathaniel Perkins - her said hus- band -
Witness
Wm. A. Hays - Daniel Gossage
Abigail her X Perkins Marks -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me Wm. A. Hays Judge of Probate York County Maine
I certify that the said Abigail Perkins by reason of her great age and bodily infirm- ity is unable to travel & attend court -
Wm. A. Hays Judge of Probate York County Maine

I Ralph Christman Jordan of Biddeford in the county of York & State of Maine Esquire aged seventy four do hereby testify & say that I have known Nathaniel Perkins late of Biddeford who was a soldier in the war of the revolution, even since I was a child and for the same length of time have known his wife whose maiden name was Abigail Haley. They were married and went to house keeping as husband & wife about the year seventeen hundred & seventy nine, and always lived together as husband & wife after their marriage till he died on or about the thirty first day of July in the year eighteen hundred & thirty two, I was not present when he died, but attended his funeral when he was buried, and was one of his Bearens . The widow of the said Nathaniel Perkins the same identical woman to whom he was married in the year seventeen hundred & seventy nine is now living my near neighbour & has remained a widow even since the decease of her husband the said Nathaniel Perkins - I further testify that the said Nathaniel Perkins was a soldier of the revolution, and drew a pension for his revolutionary services -
R. C. Jordan.
State of Maine
County of York ss - October 5 th A.D. 1838.
Then personally appeared the said Ralph S. Jordan, who is well known to me to be the person of truth and veracity and his statements under oath are entitled to full credence & I subscribe and subscribed the foregoing deposition
Before me - Wm. A. Hayes Just Peace

I Daniel Granger of Saco in the county of York & state of Maine Esquire aged seventy five depose testify and say that I have known Nathaniel Perkins of Beddelford, and his wife Hargaret for nearly fifty years, that the said Nathaniel Perkins died on or about the thirty first day of July A.D. 1832 & that his widow the same woman who was his wife fifty years ago is now living & has remained a widow ever since the decease of the said Nathaniel Perkins, I also depose testify and say that the said Nathaniel Perkins drew a pension as a revolu- tionary soldier
Daniel Granger
State of Maine
York county ss - October 5 th A.D. 1838.
Then personally appeared the said Daniel Granger, who is well known to me to be a man of truth & veracity of his statements under oath are entitled to full credit, and subscribed & swore to the foregoing deposition.
Before me Wm. H. Hayes Just. Peace.

Extract from the Records of the town of Biddelford in the county of York and State of Maine viz, under the head of Marriages all by the Rev. Nathaniel Webster - "November the eighteenth, seventeen hundred & seventy nine, Nathaniel Perkins Junior & Abigail Haley both of Biddelford"
I William Smith clerk of said town of Biddelford certify that the foregoing is a true extract as it is on the record except the dates which are expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz. "Nov 18th 1779."
William Smith Town Clerk of Biddelford
I William Smith above named deposed say, that I hold the office of town clerk, in the town county & state aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of the same town, with the exceptions aforesaid.
William Smith Town Clerk of Biddelford
York ss October 5th A.D. 1838 - subscribed and sworn to by the above named William Smith
Before me, Wm. A. Hayes Just. of the Peace
I William A. Hayes certify that the said William Smith is well known to me, and is a man of truth and his statements under oath are entitled to full cred it
Wm. A. Hayes Just Peace

Admitted
Issue certificate to Abigail Perkins, widow of Nathl. Perkins
Who served 22 mos $73.33
D. S. Granger Esq Paco Me

State of Maine County of York
To the Hon. Court of Probate within and for the county of York and State of Maine sitting at Saco in & for said county on this third day of June A.D. 1833 - Respectfully shown, Abigail Perkins of Biddeford in said County of York, widow of Nathaniel Perkins late of said Biddeford, deceased, that said Nathl died at said Biddeford on the thirty first day of July 1832, aged seventy seven years, that about four days before his decease, he made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, before Daniel Granger of Saco in said County of York Esquire, and that afterwards, the said Nathaniel Perkins died, before having an opportunity to appear in Court and sign and make oath to the truth of said declaration to wit,
"In 1775 about the first of July I enlisted for six months in the company of Capt. Benjamin Hooper and Lieut. Humphrey Pike and was stationed at Winter Harbor, and served out the time, and in 1776 in the month of November, I enlisted in the company commanded by said Capt. Benj. Hooper and Lieut. James Foss for one year, and was stationed at Portland in the Regt of Col. James Frye and served out the time, and was discharged on the last day of December 1776, and in 1778 in the month of November I enlisted in the company of Capt. Humphrey Pike & Lieut. Josiah Stinson and Col. Paine's Regt. for four months and marched to Fort Independence and Pickskill, the last of March 1778, and the same year 1778 I engaged on board the 20 Gun Ship, called the General Mifflin, Daniel McNeal Commander, and served on board eleven months," and that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state"
The said Abigail Perkins therefore prays that she may be admitted and sworn as a witness to the facts above stated within her knowledge, as the best evidence she can procure of the same.
Abigail Perkins
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above said Before me Wm. H. Hayes Judge of said Court

State of Maine } ss. A Court of Probate held at Saco within & for said County of York on this third day of June A.D. 1833
Be it known that on this third day of June A.D. 1833, it has been satisfactorily proved in open court, being a Court of record that Nathaniel Perkins late of Biddeford in the County of York & State of Maine was a soldier of the revolution & that he died at Biddeford aforesaid on the thirty-first day of July 1832. and that Abigail Perkins named in the foregoing declaration is the widow of the said Nathaniel Perkins deceased. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the said declaration is true. & that the said Nathaniel Perkins was a soldier of the revolution & served as therein stated
Wm. A. Hayes Judge of said Court
I Wm. Cutter Allen Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of York hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of the widow of Nathaniel Perkins for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of June A.D. 1833
Wm. Cutter Allen,
Register of Probate.

I Jotham Perkins of Biddeford in the County of York & State of Maine, of lawful age, testify and say, that I was present when Nathl Perkins made the following declaration of his services in the revolutionary War, a short time before his death. - And that he the said Nathaniel Perkins died on the thirty first day of July now last past, and left a Widow, Abigail Perkins who is still surviving. Jotham Perkins
York ss September 1 st 1832 then personally appeared Jotham Perkins and made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed in my presence, said Perkins is a credible Witness. Before me D. Granger jus t of the Peace
State of Maine. York ss I William Cutler Allen Register of the Court of Probate for said County hereby certify that Daniel Granger is a Justice of the Peace for said County of York; and that the signatures purporting to be his, attached to the depositions above of Robert Hemen, Robert Davis, Joseph Healy, and Jotham Perkins are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal official this third day of September A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cutler Allen, Register of Probate.

Joseph Haley of Haver in the County of York & State of Maine of seventy three years of age do on oath say that I well knew Nathel Parkinson of Biddeford and do know that he served his country in War of the Revolution for six months at Westminster and four months at Peterkill, I was with him in both of those times of service and know it to be true as he hath related in his declaration which has been read to me.
Joseph Haley
State of Maine
York ss August 10 th 1832 then personally appeared Joseph Haley a judicial witness and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed in my presence Before me D. Granger Justice Peace

10 I Robert Davis of Biddeford in the County of York and State of Maine of twenty two years of Age, on oath depose & say that I well knew Nathl Perkins of Biddeford and that he was out in the years since with me at Portland. I have heard that part of his declaration, & know it to be true
Robert Davis
State of Maine
York ss August 10 th 1822 Then personally appeared Robert Davis and made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed in my presence & I certify that said Davis is a credible Witness. Before me D Greenleaf justice of the Peace

I Robert Benson of Biddeford in the County of York & State of Maine of seventy seven years of age testify & say that I well know Robert Davis & Nathl Perkins both of Biddeford and do know that both of them were out with me in the War of the Revolution at Portland in in the years since; and at the Northward, at Fort Independence & Pickskale in the fort Mount sieve, and served out their times of enlistments and were discharged with me; and that Perkins was in the sea service on board the Genl Mifflin. True
Witness Luther Benson
Robert X Benson mark.
State of Maine York ss July 18 th 1832
Then personally appeared Robert Benson and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed in my presence, and I do certify that said Benson is a credible Witness
Before me D. Greenleaf justice of the Peace

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 Nathaniel Perkins a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 26.860
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1775 6 mos. Priv. Benjamin Hooper. Mass   Nov. 1776 Dec 31. 1777 Benjamin Hooper James Frye. Mass   Nov. 1778 4 mos. Humphrey Pike Prince. Mass   1779 11 mos. Daniel M c Neil Genl Mifflin Privateer  
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, June 3 1833 the claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Biddeford York Co. Maine.
Age at date of application, 78 years in 1838.
Remarks: Soldier mar. Nov. 18. 1779 at Beddeford, Abigail Haley, he died at Biddeford, July 31 1832 aged 77 years. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
It was Col. Joseph Frye - Col James Frye died in Jan 1776

Page WIDOW, &c.
1915. Dec. 3: History to Roy M. Savage. M. 12 H
File No. 26,860 Abigail Perkins Wid of Nathaniel Perkins Pr. Mass Mil.
Act July 17th 88 Index: Vol P , Page 124
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Recd. Dec 2, 1915. Stamped Rec. War. H.W.
MARK SAVAGE & CO.
DEALERS IN Fine Clothing, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes
Stamp OK Recd [Signature] OK
THE HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX CLOTHES BINGHAM, MAINE
Nov. 23, 1915.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Please send me the war record of Nathaniel Perkins, a Revolutionary Soldier from Maine.
Yours very truly,
Ray M. Savage

of Bedford
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Daco June 5 th 1888
Sir
Accompanying are the applications for pensions of Robert Benson & Abigail Perkins widow of Nathl. Perkins. In the latter case We have not been able to procure proof that the Gen. Mifflin was a public armed ship, but throwing aside the service of Mr Perkins in that vessel, it will be perceived that there is proof of his having been in the war of the Revolution at different times about one year & ten months.
Respectfully Your obed Servt Samuel L. Sprague
Hon Lewis C. Chap Secretary of War Washington