Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7878, for Zebediah Paine, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Paine, Zebadiah or Pain, Sarah
R. 7878.
CONTENTS

State of New Hampshire. County of Cheshire ss.
On this Eighteenth day February A.D. 1841 personally appeared before me Larkin Baker one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Cheshire aforesaid, Sally Pain, a resident of Westminster in the County & State aforesaid, aged Eighty Three years, Dec. 14, 1840, 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 4 th A.D. 1836, that she is the widow of Febediah Pain, who was a private soldier, in the war of the Revolution, and served as follows to wit In the year A.D. 1775 previous to the Lexington battle, he enlisted into a company of Minute men, so called, and that soon after, an alarm he marched with others of the company, (among whom were James Pain & David Pain) to Lexington a distance of more than twenty miles, was gone one day & one night. He next was called for & went to Bunker Hill battle and was absent two or three days, at an other time while in the Meetinghouse on Sunday where he & I were attending public worship an alarm came by some messenger, and he with several others left the meeting & marched immediately for Boston, He returned the next day, having (as he told me) travelled all night, the enemy having re- treated to Boston.

The next time he was called to go to Freetown to take several men who were furnishing the Enemy with provisions - They took them, and marched them to Taunton Green, and delivered them up to our authorities, all but one Daniel Leonard who was said to be their King Leader, who made his escape & fled to the British, at this time he was out two days & a nights & one day - I lived then, in the immediate neighborhood of the men who went out, say one fourth and a half a mile from them, - In February in 1776 he marched to Roxbury, was stationed & served there six weeks, The next service which I recollect was at Dorchester Point or hill building breastworks, in the night I cannot now say whether one or two, I remember well that on the 25 th July 1776, He my D. Husband set out from Stoughton to go to Frederickburg, his brother Joel Paine having sometime previous enlisted under Capt. John Whiting for five months, the said Zebediah Paine took his place, and was out five months in that service whether the name of Zebediah was substituted for that of Joel, on the roll or not I cannot say - Some of the names of the men who marched at this time with my D. husband, were Amos Morse Stephen Morse & James Paine David Paine & a Mr. Patten I think David or William.

and further that he went to Rhode Island & served for the term of six or eight weeks how long I cannot precisely recollect, at this last time of his service he informed me that he was a substitute for his B. Brother Joel and this time of service was after our intention of marriage was published and which was in April 1777 & before the time of Marriage Jan. 8, 1778.
She further declares that she was married to the said Geb. diah Bain at Stoughton Mass. on the eighth day of January in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & seventy eight by the Rev. Mr. Curtis then the settled Minister of Stoughton, which Town has since been so divided that several new Towns have been established within its former territory to wit Sharon & Foxborough, and that her husband the aforesaid Gebediah Bain died at Westmoreland N.H. on the 4th May A.D. 1829.
and that she has ever since remained a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed & herewith exhibited, — I further say that I have, applied by my agents, to the Town Clerks of Stoughton & Foxborough, as my agents inform me and that no record of my Marriage can be found, in either of the Towns which then comprised the Town of Stoughton — She further says that two years ago last September, she made, application to the present

Pension Department for the same claim she now presents, and that the papers taken case as she is informed & believes are lost or mislaid
Sarah Paine
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. Sworn and subscribed to on the 18 th day of February A.D. 1841 Before me
Larkin Baker Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
I certify that the aforesaid declaration was sub- scribed and sworn to in the town of Westmore- land and not in open court the said applicant being in my opinion unable from age and bodily infirmity to attend court.
Larkin Baker Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss.
I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State & County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Larkin Baker is a Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Cheshire, duly qualified and commissioned that his commission was dated January 8 th A.D. 1833 - and expires on his arrival at seventy years of age, and that his sig- nature above written is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at said Court at Keene in said County this twenty third day of February A.D. 1841 - H. Coolidge Clerk
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Sarah Paine H120
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, } CHESHIRE COUNTY ss.
On this fifth day of September A. D. 1838 personally appeared before me Fredrick Vose Esq. Judge of Probate in  for said County, in Open Court - Sarah Paine a resident of Witmouland in the County of Cheshire aforesaid aged eighty 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, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Libediah Paine who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and herein according to the best of her knowledge and belief as follows - In 1775. he was a minute man in the Town of Stoughton now called Foxborough , in the State of Massachusetts - and was out on the alarm at Lexington Concord - went again at the time of the Battle of Bunker hill , the rest in the battle - was at Roxbury 6 weeks just before the British left Boston returned in March 1776 . - I saw him when he was returning from this bury service - In 1776. he enlisted and marched to Ticonderoga and was gone five months - in Captain John Whiting's Company of Wrentham - In 1777. he served two months at Rhode Island as a substitute for his brother Isaac Paine in Captain Cobb's Company -
She further declares that she was married to the said Libediah Paine on the eighth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight ; that her husband, the aforesaid Libediah Paine died on the fourth day of May A D 1829 ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four , viz: at the time above stated. that she has never since been married to any other person - that her maiden name was Sarah Richardson Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before Sarah X Paine Fredrick Vose, Judge of Probate. mark

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting full pay and pensions to certain widows."
I Elijah Sawyer Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Cheshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the aforesaid Court in the matter of the application of Sarah Paine for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Sixth day of September A.D. 1838- Elijah Sawyer Regr.
She further declares that she was married to the said [illegible] on the [illegible] day of [illegible] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [illegible]; that her husband, the aforesaid [illegible] died on the [illegible] day of [illegible]; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss On the 18 th day of February A.D. 1841 Allen Pratt & Melzar Paine The deponents to the with affidavits made solemn oath to the truth of said affidavits Before me
Larkin Baker Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
I certify that the said Allen Pratt and Melzar Paine are credible witnesses
Larkin Baker Associate Judge
State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss
Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State and County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Larkin Baker is an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Cheshire, duly commissioned and qualified - that his commission is dated January 8. 1833. and will expire on his arrival at seventy years of age. and that his signature above written is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Keene in said County this twenty third day of February A.D. 1841.
H. Coolidge Clerk

I Allen Bratt of Westmoreland in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire make oath and say that I have resided in the Town of Westmoreland more than fifty years and have been a settled preacher of the Gospel for half a century - That I have for about fifty years been well acquainted with Bedediah Paine and Sally his wife, now his widow. That they did from the commencement of my knowledge of the family live together as man & wife to the time of his decease which was May 4 th 1829
And that they were always considered as having been duly & lawfully married and it is still so believed - Allen Bratt
And I Melzar Paine aged 62 years son of the aforesaid Bedediah Paine and Sally his wife, do on oath testify & say That I fully confirm the above affidavit signed by the Rev. Allen Bratt and that I and my father's family have resided in the Westmoreland for fifty years or about that time last past.
Melzar Paine

7878
P. O.
James Paine
Service: trial of Frederick Paine
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

see let to H. G. Babbitt March 22 d 1841 —
Sarah Paine mo. of Liberator 7878 X
July 4. 1841

I Timothy Skinner, of Westmoreland, in the county of Cheshire and state of New Hampshire, but formerly of Mansfield, in the county of Bristol and state of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I was acquainted with Zebediah Paine, late of the aforesaid Westmoreland, deceased, that he was born and brought up near my former place of residence in Mansfield aforesaid; that in the year 1777 the said Zebediah Paine was with me in Captain Silas Cobb's company, in Col. Wade's Regiment, of the Massachusetts State Troops, as a soldier, being then a substitute for his brother Joel Paine; and that the said Zebediah Paine continued in the service at that time, about two months. And I further testify, that I knew of the said Zebediah's being out in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution, in an expedition to Ticonderoga in New York, for how long time I can not perfectly remember, but supposed it to be five or six months.
Timothy Skinner
State of New-Hampshire Cheshire ss. July 28 th A. D. 1838 Then the said Timothy Skinner appeared and made oath that the above written deposition or testimony by him subscribed is true according to his best recollection.
Before me -
Barton Skinner, jus. Pac.

Sarah Pease
Exeter June 1844
State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss.
I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Indictature for the county of Cheshire certify that Barton Shinner was on the 28 day of July last past (and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Cheshire duly commission- ed and sworn; and that his name within written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Keene this seventh day of September A.D. 1844.
H. Coolidge Clerk

I, Timothy Skinner, of Westmoreland in the County of Cheshire and State of New-Hampshire, (formerly of Mansfield Mass.) of lawful age do testify and say; that in A.D. 1777 I was in Capt. Silas Cobb's Company of Norton Ms. in Col. Wade's Regt. of the Massachusetts State troops and that Zebadiah Paine of Foxborough formerly Hingham was in the same Company as a substitute for his brother Joel Paine, how long he was in said Company I cannot say, but think it was about six weeks or two months; (this was in what was called Spencer's expedition) I further testify that in the year 1776 I was knowing to the said Zebadiah Paine, going in an expedition to Ticonderoga, and think he was gone five or six months.
I further testify that in 1778 (as was commonly reported) he was married to Sarah Richardson, that they have lived together as man and wife ever since up to the time of his death, in 1830, and that the said Sarah, now the widow of the said Zebadiah Paine, is, to the best of my knowledge a person of truth and veracity. Timothy Skinner

State of New-Hampshire Cheshire Co. Oct. 30 th A.D. 1839. Then the said Timothy Skinner personally appeared and made oath that according to his belief the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true. Before me
Barton Skinner, Jus. Peace
State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss.
I Henry Boollidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State and County of Cheshire do hereby certify that Barton Skinner was on the 30 day of October A.D. 1839 an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Cheshire duly qualified and commissioned - that his commission was dated on the 15 day of June 1835 and expired on the 15 day of June A.D. 1840. that he is still a Justice of the Peace for said County under a subsequent commission; and that his name above written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Keene this twenty third day of February A.D. 1841
H Boollidge Clerk

We Allen Pratt and Melzar Paine of Westmoreland do hereby certify that we were well acquainted with Deborah Paine late of Westmorelands in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire deceased. That he died at said Westmorelands on the fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine that he left a widow Sarah Paine with whom also we are well acquainted, who still survives and remains his widow
Allen Pratt Minister of the Gospel
Melzar Paine
Cheshire Jan y 10 th 1839
Subscribed and sworn to Before me
Larkin Baker Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponents are credible persons
Larkin Baker Justice of the Peace

Parish. Pa. 1840 Evidence of Identity
State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss.
I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Cheshire certify that Sabin Baker was on the tenth day of January instant, and still is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Cheshire aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn - and that his name within written is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Keene this twelfth day of January A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine. H. Coolidge Clerk

I. Timothy Skinner aged Seventy Seven years. of Westmorland in the County of Cumbria do hereby depose and say that I was acquainted with Zebediah Paine late of said Westmorland deceased. - and with Sarah Paine widow of said Zebediah That they lived together as husband and wife to my knowledge more than fifty years up to the time of his decease. - That they have had a family of children - the eldest of whom is not less than Sixty years of age. - I was acquainted with him before marriage & have been ever since till his death. -
Timothy Skinner
Cheshire V. January 10 th 1839
Subscribed & sworn to
Before me Barton Skinner, Jus. Peace
I certify that the above deposition is a true and correct person. -
Barton Skinner, Jus. Peace

Sim: Skinner
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State of New-Hampshire Cheshire County
I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Cheshire certify that Barton Skinner, was on the tenth day of January without (and still is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Cheshire duly commissioned and sworn - and that his name within written is his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Keene this twelfth day of January A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine H. Coolidge Clerk