Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,732, for William Perkins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Perkins, William
S. 36,732
Mass. Agency
CONTENTS

12. 649 Maine
William Perkins Wells — in the dist  state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of the dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d of July 1819 and sent to Benj m Greene, Esq r South Berwick Me.
Appears to 4th of March 1819 3/4 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 4 1/4 33.06 $33.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
York County.
Application sent to David Chase Pinehurst Maine 31 July 1820

William Perkins
Not paid
12.64
Sept. 1891.

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first  tuesday being the fourth day of July and by adjournment ad Alfed from day to day, on the eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this eighteenth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County  William Perkins aged sixty one years, resident in Wells in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Sawyer in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the first day of May A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12.649 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
William Perkins
Sworn to and declared, on the 18 th day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Benjamin Greene { Chief Justice Adm. Daniel Sewall { One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: 30 acres of mowing & tillage land - 190 acres pineplains land - 40 acres spruce & hemlock swamp a one story house 30 by 38 feet - old & out of repair - 1 old barn nearly decayed - 1 new barn 30 by 42 feet & shed & pigsty - 1 yoke oxen - small - 15 sheep & 12 lambs - 2 swine - no furniture except the necessary articles for daily use - common farming utensils 340 dollars due me on notes of hand - I owe to doctor Lrafton, Thomas Sewall & others 1237 dollars
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me William Perkins who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of a disease in my scrotum which I have laboured under for 2 years & for which I am now under the care of a physician -
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     wife - Lucy years 63 very sickly & infirm   children - Nancy 24 able to work   Lovey 21 do.   boy - John W l Gooch 11 do.    William Perkins
STATE OF MAINE.
I, W.B. Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is eighteen hundred eighty eight dollars and said Perkins own 1237 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July - A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
property 1888.00 debts 1237. 651.-
W.B. Sewall { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York

William Perkins
Col. Patterson's Massachusetts Regt.
(Dec. 1775 - 12 car.)
1 st May 1819
Admitted.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York ss. On this first day of May A.D. 1819 before me the Subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in the Commonwealth aforesaid - personally appear Nathaniel Sawyer, & Daniel Littlefield, both of Wells, in said County - both credible & disinterested witnesses - who being by me first duly sworn according to law, they upon their oaths do say that they have always known W m Perkins of Wells, and that on the last of Dec r A.D. 1775 he the said W m Perkins did enlist as a private soldier into the Continental Army under Capt n Samuel Sawyer of Col Patterson Reg t Massachusetts Line for the term of twelve Months - that he did serve in said Company and Reg t the whole of that time - that they both served in the same Corps with the said W m Perkins & do know that he was accounted an active faithful soldier, & that he was honorably discharged -
19 uit in to act the ins into months by Col his that they Heads at
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, the day & year above said - - - - - B r y. Greene
e has
astern said nmon needs taken before
mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
tenth
day of May
Anno Domini, 1819.
B r y. Greene

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this first
day of May
A. D. 1819,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears William Perkins aged sixty years resident in Well, in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War :"
That he the said William Perkins on the last of Dec r A. D. 1778 enlisted as a private soldier into the Army of the United States for the term of twelve months under Capt. Samuel Sawyer of the Regiment commanded by Col. Patterson of the Massachusetts line, and continued to do his duty in said Company and Regiment in the various places in which they were employed until the twelve months the term for which he had enlisted expired, when he was honorably discharged at Mount Independence in the State of New York.
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
B. Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Perkins did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
tenth
day of May
Anno Domini, 1819.
B. Greene

March 2, 1939.
Mrs. F. W. Lovell 2945 Eaton Road, Shaker Heights Cleveland, Ohio.
BA-J/ILL William Perkins S. 36732
Dear Madam:
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 36732, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of William Perkins.
William Perkins enlisted the last of December 1775, served one year in Captain Samuel Sawyer's company, Colonel Paterson's Massachusetts regiment and was discharged at Mount Independence, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1819, at which time he resided in Wells, York County, Massachusetts, later Maine. He gave his age then as sixty years, but did not state the date and place of his birth, nor the names of his parents.
In 1820, William Perkins' family living at home consisted of the following members; his wife, Lucy, aged sixty-three years, Nancy and Lovey, aged twenty-four years and twenty-one years, respectively. He did not give the maiden name of his wife, nor the date and place of their marriage. A boy, John W. Gooch, aged eleven years, lived with the soldier's family then; there are no further data regarding him.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

36732 Rev INVALID.
File No. 36732
William Perkins
Dr Rev No
Act: 18 n March 18 n
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 320
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1894 Aug 15 - Date of death not known. To Henry J. Runnag Portland
1939 March 2 - Hist. to Mrs. F. W. Mc Lovell - Idl.

2945 EATON ROAD SHAKER HEIGHTS CLEVELAND, OHIO
Jan. 25, 1939
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
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My dear Mr. Hiller:
Please refer to BA-J/ILL.
Thank you very much for your response to my inquiry.
Joseph Johnson was born April 10, 1734, lived at Hampton and Brentwood, N.H. and died at Winthrop, afterwards Readfield, Maine, Oct. 8, 1794.
I would like to know also if you have a pension record of William Perkins of Wells, Maine. He was born in 1759, and served in 1777. He might have lived at Parsonfield, Me.
Yours very truly,
Eva G. Lovell
Eva G. Lovell (Mrs. F. W. Lovell)
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March 2, 1939.
Mrs. F. W. Lovell 2945 Eaton Road, Shaker Heights Cleveland, Ohio.
BA-J/ILL William Perkins S. 36732
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that the Joseph Johnson, whose Revolutionary War record you requested, was born April 10, 1734, lived in Hampton and Brentwood, New Hampshire, and died October 8, 1794, and in which you request also, the Revolutionary War record of William Perkins of Wells, Maine.
Another search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of the Joseph Johnson (Johnston) cited by you. The record of William Perkins, a pensioner of Wells, Maine, is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Her former requests, with carbon of this letter, are on file in negative for Joseph Johnson.