Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,857, for William Pettingill, [Blank]

SERVICE
NUMBER
Pettingill, William      N. 26,857 Lydia
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5402
Maine
William Pittingill
of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cole — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Jacobs — in the M'Intosh — time for 2 Years — — — — —
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30 Dollars — — — — — Cents per annum; to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Feby; 1833 — — — — — and to No. R.R. box Augusta
arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 120 emigrant allowance ending 4th '33 40 $ 160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book A.
Geo. C. Stiles
Vol.
Clerk,
Page
78 —

2247 M rs Lydia Pettengill widow of W m Pettengill who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Nov. 1848 and sent to G. W. Morton Augusta Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 30 Vol.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this tenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, William Pettengill a resident of Leeds in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec- laration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1778 with Captain Joseph Cole and served in Col. John Frobey regiment of
the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Col. Cole, Captain of Jacobs's Colonel that he enlisted as a private soldier for the period of six months. This period he fully served out & immediately re-enlisted at Nath Kingston, Rhode Island , the last of September 1778 a part of January 1779 , as a private in the same service, for the period of one year in the same company of the same regiment, then commanded by said Col. Jacobs, who was then a full Colonel of the same line. This period he also fully served out, then his honorable but verbal discharged at Swanzey, Rhode Island , the last of December 1779 . In July 1780 he again enlisted as a Sergeant in the same service, for the period of three months in Capt. Jacob Pool's company of the same Col. Jacobs's regiment of the same line. This period he also served out & was honorably but verbally discharged at Albany in October 1780 . In May 1781 he again enlisted as a waggoner in the Continental service under Capt. Mark Lockard . Conducted under this enlistment & served until December 1781 when he was honorably but verbally discharged at the head of Elk River . To the interrogatories responded under the instructions of the War Department, he answers that he was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts in the year 1759 , was living there when he entered the service & made that place his home until he removed to Leeds about thirty years ago. That he regularly enlisted as he has stated & was not drafted or received as a substitute for another. During the year service as mentioned above he states that Genl. Sullivan had the command - He knows of no record of his age.
placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that his ca is numbered X and dropped therefrom X account of hi property. That at that time he resided in X in the County of and State of Maine, and now resides in X
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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, except as aforesaid.
William Pettengill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before Nathan Weston Jun Just. S. J. Court
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jun
10th July,

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the
matter of the application of William Pettengill for a pension. That Robert G. Lord Esqr is a Mediation as below In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 15th day of October
A. D. 1832.
J. A. Chandler
I Caleb Fogg a Clergyman residing in Monmouth in the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify that I well know William Pettengill of Leeds an applicant for a pension & that I well know him to be a man of veracity, & that I believe him to be seventy years of age. Caleb Fogg
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss. Sworn to subscribed, on this tenth day of July A.D. 1832, the deponent being a credible witness.
Before me, Nathan Weston
Just S.P. Clerk
I Reuel Stanley a revolutionary soldier aged seventy three years do upon oath testify & declare that having served in the same company at the same time I well know that the within named William Pettengill served his months in Capt. Cole's company as he has first within stated. Reuel Stanley
State of Maine ss. Sworn to subscribed this fourth day of August A.D. 1832, the deponent being a credible witness.
Before me
Robert G. Lord Justice Peace
R. C. Lord Justice Peace
William Pettengill
Pettengill, Wm. W 26857

Extract & Copy of the Records of Marriages in the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts
February 16. 1784. William Pettigill and Lydia Cobb. By John Porter. Minister
The above is a true extract from the Records of marriages in the Town of Bridge- water and the said dates are upon the Records in fair legible figures July sixteenth nineteen hundred & eighty four
Lewis Holmes Town Clerk
I Lewis Holmes of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the said Town of Bridgewater and that the Records of said Town are in my custody and that the above marriage of William Pettigill & Lydia Cobb is justly entered upon the Records and that the above is a true extract from said Records
Bridgewater October 27 1848
Lewis Holmes Town Clerk
Sworn to before me Philo Leach Just of the Peace October 1848

I hereby certify that the within named Thos Read is a justice of the Peace, and that the within is his signature Bridgewater
Oct r 27. 1848
Artemas Hale Mem. longf

William P. Mungell
Maine
adm.
for Socy certificate
after 2
12 mo. 2 days Corp.
3. " 13 - Serf
5. 25 " pri.
21. 10
Phys. Service balance
admitted
44. 33 17. 25 16. 56 78. 14
23 A C Vase 81. 09
agent,

BRIEF in the case of William Pillsbury County of Hancock , in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? No, reason given  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days. As a Gen.     In 1798 enlisted 6 Private Capt Gale Colo Sawyer   1799 do 1 " Capt Doak ditto   1800 do 3 " Capt Doak ditto   May 1801 do 4 Hussars Capt Parkard  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bridge water May  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional documentary and two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The credibility of the living witnesses are not certified 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

No 532 Lydia Pettigill widow of William the
act 17 June 44
married before 1784 husband died 4 th Nov 1846
Adm $80 00 per m from 4 Nov 1846 to 4 March 1848
adm act 2 July 48 $80 00
Geo W. Morton Augusta Maine

Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 17, 1844.
State of Maine,
Wennebec County S.S.
On this twenty fifth day of February 1847 before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Wennebec personally appeared Lydia Pettigill a resident of Leeds in the County of Wennebec and State of Maine, aged Eighty five 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 June 17, 1844, entitled, "An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows", That she is the widow of William Pettigill who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, that he was allowed a pension under said Act of eighty dollars per annum, that his pension was paid up to September 4, 1846 at the Maine Agency, and that she refers to a declaration made by him of his services in the War of the Revolution in support of her claim.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Pettigill on the sixteenth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four, that her husband the aforesaid William Pettigill died on the sixteenth day of November A.D. 1846 at said town of Leeds
Witness. Hervey Bates
his
Ebenezer Hammond Lydia X Pettigill mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, Before me
Hervey Bates Justice of the Peace.

I hereby certify, that from my earliest recollec- -tion I have been acquainted with the family of William Pettigill who was a Pennsylvanian of the United States and who died in the month of November 1846, the David Pettigill and Lydia Pettigill (now his widow) lived together as husband & wife till his death & brought up a large family of children. From age & infirmity she is unable to leave her residence and made oath to the foregoing declaration before me at her residence. She is a person of good moral character and entitled to full belief.
Hervey Bates Justice of the Peace

I William Pettigill of Leeds in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged forty five years, do depose and say, that my late father William Pettigill was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832 at eighty dollars per annum payable at the Maine Agency when it was paid to him up to the 4th day of September 1846, that he died in the said town of Leeds on the 16th day of November 1846, leaving my mother Lydia Pettigill a widow. The annexed is the only family record ever used in my said father's family his marriage took place as inserted, on said record the 16th day of February 1784 I have no doubt, he had eleven children all of whom are now living except one, my said mother (Lydia), is now living in the said town of Leeds, unmarried.
Wm Pettigill
28 1784 Feb 16
of Maine
SS.
Personally appeared before me in and for said County who I certify to be a reputable person to the truth of the above Subscribed March 10. 1847.
Geo W. Newton

of Waverly
William Pittinger Journal
Stearns
Waverly County
me a Testimony of the William Pittinger person) and made affidavit by him
February 16 th 1784 This day William Pittinger and Lydia Cobb was married
April 2 nd we began to keep house
at Waverly
December 13 th then we moved to Abingdon

August 24 th 1784 Joseph was born on Wednesday
February 14 th 1786 Annah was born on Tuesday

November
3 rd 1787
Lysia Retracted
Was Born
on Saturday
May 4 th 1790
Sarah was born
on Saturday
September 17 th
1792 Rachel was born
on Monday
January 31 st 1795
January was born
January
January 31 st 1795
Jenet was born on
Saturday

April 10 1797 Isaac was born on monday
May 21 st 1793 Rutha was born on Saturday
December 21 st 1801 William was born on Thursday
January 26 th 1805 Mary was born on Sunday
November 22 nd 1807 Araminta Was born on Sunday

February 27 th 1819 Lydia Gordon dyed Aged 31 years 3 months & 24 days

My dear Senator April 7, 1928.
Honorable Charles S. Deneen, United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of April 3, 1928 enclosing letter of Mr. Andrew Holmes Burgess of Cicero, Illinois, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 26857, it appears that William Pettingill was born in 1759 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Bridgewater, he enlisted and served with the Massachusetts Troops as follows:
From in June 1778, six months as a private in Captain Joseph Cole's Company, Colonel John Jacob's Regiment; from the last of December 1778, one year as a corporal in same company and regiment; from in July 1780, three months as a sergeant in Captain Jacob Pool's Company, Colonel John Jacob's Regiment; and from in May 1781 to in December 1781 as wagoner under Captain Mark Packard.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1832, while a resident of Leeds, Maine. He died there November 16, 1846.

Soldier married February 16, 1784 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Lydia Cobb.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 25, 1847, while a resident of Leeds, Maine, aged eighty-five years.
Their children were--
Joseph born August 4, 1784. Hannah " February 14, 1786. Lydia " November 5, 1787. Sarah " May 8, 1790. Reuel (?) or Preuel (?) " September 17, 1792. Jenet " January 31, 1795. Isaac " April 10, 1797. Ruthe " May 18, 1799. William " December 10, 1801. Mary " January 20, 1805. Araminta " November 22, 1807.
Lydia Gorden died February 27, 1819, aged thirty-one years, three months and twenty-four days.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26857
Loydia Pettigill Wid of Wm Pettigill Rev Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol 9 , Page 124
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1928-Mch. 7-Heir to Laura P. Harding wid.
1928-Apr. 7-Heir to Hon. C. S.
Deneen - mmstf
1939-March 23-Heir to Hazel C. Weber - 322

Report
Maine 347
Lydia Pettigill widow of Wm Pettigill who was a Private in the Revolution
Husband died 6 Nov. 1846
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1847 Nov.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Nov. 1848, and sent to G. W. Merriam, Augusta, Maine.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 7.

V N 532
Sylvia Pettengill
Mr
Let to George N. Morton, chr. 27, 1847
act 17 June '44

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
RECEIVED IN BAG U.S. VET. ADM.
Veterans Administration Washington D. C.

50 Hanover Street, Prov.
Dear Sir. = = =
Please send me the Revolutionary War record of William Pettengill of Bridgewater, Mass. Born there Nov. 29, 1759, & died at Leeds, Maine Nov. 16, 1846. His wife's name was Lydia Cobb.
Very truly yours Hazel C. Webber

William Pettengill Mr. act 7 June 1832 $80 00 per
To what time was he last paid? Pension Office G. B. A March 7. 1848
Died 6 th Nov. 1846
Paid to his death.
B.L.B.
7 th Nov

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, SS.
Be it known, That on this Sixth day of September 1847 it has been satisfactorily proved in open COURT OF PROBATE, for said County of Kennebec, being a Court of Record, that William Pettigill late of Leeds in said County was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at Leeds on the Sixteenth day of November 1846 And that Lydia Pettigill is the widow of the said William Pettigill deceased
are the only  deceased, and that he left no widow. of the said
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this Sixth day of September in the year 1847.
Francis Davis } Register of the Court of Probate, Kennebec County, State of Maine.

Augusta, Maine.
Sept. 16. 1847
277 1666 1943
Sir,
I enclose a declaration of Lydia Pettigill (widow of William Pettigill) that she may be pensioned under the Act of Congress of June 17, 1844. Her late husband was pensioned at $80 per ann. under the Act of June 7, 1832 pay d at the Main Agency where it was paid to him up to Sept 4, 1846 from which time she rec d it to the day of his death (Nov 16, 1846) at the same Agency as his widow. Should her pension be satisfactory will you be pleased to transmit me for her a certificate?
Very Respectfully
Your Obed Servt
Geo W. Root
James L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions City of Washington D.C.
40-24 17-16 19-43 80.83

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand :
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty four
John Davis

Augusta. Maine.
Oct. 31. 1848.
Sir,
In your letter dated Nov 27. 1847 relating to the claim of Lydia Pettigill (widow of William Pettigill) for pension, the Service is admitted, but you require more satisfactory evidence of the date of her marriage, and that she should file a declaration made before a Court of record, the one on file in your office having been taken before a Justice of the Peace. I herewith enclose her declaration taken before a Judge of the Court of Probate for the county in which she resides at her residence, she being unable to appear in open Court. Also a certificate of the town clerk of Bridgewater, showing of her marriage from records of the town. Should you deem the enclosed sufficient to establish her claim, I would respectfully request you to send me, as her agent, a certificate for her.
Very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
Geo W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City.

Lydia Pettigill
Geo W. Morton Augusta Maine.

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 17. 1844, entitled "An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows" and an act entitled "An Act making further provisions for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution". Approved Feb. 2. 1848.
State of Maine,
Wennebec County, S. S.
On this twenty fifth day of October 1848
personally appeared before the subscriber, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Wennebec, Lydia Patten Gill a resident of Leeds in the County of Wennebec, and State of Maine aged eighty six 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 17. 1844, entitled "An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows" and an Act entitled "An Act making further provisions for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution". That she is the widow of the late William Patten Gill , who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7. 1832 , at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, which was paid to him at the Maine Agency to September 4. 1846, from which time to November 1846, the day of his death, she received the pension as his widow, paid at the same Agency, and that she refers to a declaration made by him of his service in the army of the Revolution supposed to be in possession of the War department.

in support of her claim. She further declares that her maiden name was Lydia Galt, that she was married to the said William Pettengill in the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, on the sixteenth day of February in the year Seven hundred and eighty four , that her husband the aforesaid William Pettengill died in the town of Leeds aforesaid on the sixteenth day of November A. D. 1846 since which time she has remained unmarried.
Lydia her X Pettengill mark
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written viz October 25. 1848, before me
Dan c Williams } Judge of Prob. Court } Kennebec County, Maine
I certify that Lydia Pettengill in consequence of age and infirmity is unable to appear in Open Court, and that she made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration at her residence, to the best of statements made in it I am fully satisfied.
Dan c Williams Judge of Probate

State of Maine.
County of Kennebec, S. S.
I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Kennebec, do hereby certify that the Hon Daniel Williams is the Judge of said Court, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Lydia Pettingill for a pension.
Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court the twenty sixth day of October A. D. 1848.
Francis Davis

I Obadiah Pettengill of Leeds in the County of Kennebec, and State of Maine, aged seventy years, do upon oath testify & declare, that I well know William Pettengill of the same Leeds an applicant for a pension, that I lived in the same town & same house with him in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at the time he entered the Army during the Revolutionary War in the year 1778 that I always understood & fully believed that said William Pettengill served in Capt. Joseph Cole's company & Lt. Col. John Jacobs regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops for the period of six months. And that he afterwards enlisted into & served in the same company & Col. Jacobs regiment as a corporal for the period of one year. I have also always understood & believed that said William Pettengill again enlisted in July 1780 as a sergeant in the same service for the period of three months, in Capt. Jacob Pool's company & the same Col. Jacobs regiment of the same line & that he was discharged at Albany in October 1780 - I would further state that I have always understood & do verily believe that said William Pettengill afterwards in May 1781 enlisted as a waggoner in the continental service under Capt. Mark Packard, conductor, & that he served under this enlistment until he was discharged at Elk river in December 1781.
That I have known the said William Pettengill ever since the Revolutionary War & have lived in the same town with him for upwards of thirty years. I fully believe that he served as I have stated & that he is a man of veracity & as such entitled to full credit. Obadiah Pettengill
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss
Sworn to & subscribed this tenth day of July A.D. 1832. the deponent being a credible witness before me.
Nathan Weston Jr.
Just S. P. Court
July 10.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
William Pettengill aged fifty eight years, a citizen of the United States, born in Bridge- water in the state of Massachusetts, now resident in Litchfield in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in June 1778 I enlisted as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establish- ment, for the period of six months, in Capt Joseph Colis company, and Lieut. Col. John Saco's regiment, Massachusetts line. This period I fully served out and immediately reenlisted at North Kingston, Rhode Island, the last of December 1778 or first of January 1779, as a private soldier, in the same service and upon the same establishment, for the period of one year, in the same company and the same regiment, then commanded by B. Col Saco, who was then a full Colonel, of the same line. This period I also fully served out, and took my final honorable, but verbal discharge, at Swansey, Rhode Island, the last of December 1779. In July 1780 I again enlisted as a sergeant in the same service and upon the same establishment, for the period of three months, in Capt Jacob Pools company and the same Col Saco's regiment of the same line. This period I also served out and was honorably but verbally discharged at Albany in October 1780. In May 1781 I again enlisted as a waggoner in the continental service under Capt Mark Packard, conductor. Under this enlistment I served until December 1781 when I was honorably but verbally discharged, at the head of Elk River. From my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. William Pettengill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Know all men by these presents. On the twenty first day of May A.D. 1810 William Pettengill above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above declaration, by him subscribed. Before me
Nathan Weston C. Not. C.C.C. Pres. Eastern Circuit.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I William Turner aged fifty eight years, of Litchfield in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with William Pettengill above named. I know that

company and the same regiment, then commanded by B. Col Jacobs, who was then a full Colonel, of the same line. This period I also fully served out, and took my general honorable, but verbal discharge, at Swansea, Rhode Island, the last of December 1779. In July 1780 I again enlisted as a Sergeant in the same service and upon the same establishment, for the period of three months, in Capt. Jacob Pools company and the same Col Jacobs regiment of the same line. This period I also served out and was honorably but verbally discharged at Albany in October 1780. In May 1781 I again enlisted as a Waggoner in the continental service under Capt. Mark Packard, Commander. Under this enlistment I served until December 1781 when I was honorably but verbally discharged at the head of Elk River. From my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge liable on any pension list whatever. William Pettigill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Remembrance. On the twenty first day of May A.D. 1810 William Pettigill above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above declaration, by him subscribed. Before me
Nathan Weston C. Just. C.C.C. Plus 2 Eastern Circuit.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I William Turner aged fifty eight years, of heads in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with William Pettigill above named. I know that he served the whole of the second period by him above stated, and I also know of his engaging and going into the other services by him above mentioned, and I am fully satisfied that he served the whole time by him set forth above. From his reduced circumstances, he needed the assistance of his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
William Turner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Remembrance. On the twenty first day of May A.D. 1810 William Turner above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed. Before me, Nathan Weston C. Just. C.C.C. Plus 2 East. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts To the Hon. the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second eastern circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that William Pittingill , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Leeds in said county of Kennebec, in the District of Maine, on the twenty first day of May A.D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an act, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A.D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is herewith annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve, as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, if the within service is to be so considered, for more than nine months , as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside to be hereunto affixed, this third day of October A.D. 1818. Nathan Weston Hon. C. Just C.C.C. Pleas 2 E. circuit.
William Pittingill

GEORGE W. NORRIS, NEBR., CHAIRMAN WILLIAM E. BORAH, IDAHO LEE S. OVERMAN, N. C. CHARLES S. DENEEN, ILL. JAMES A. REED, MO. FREDERICK H. GILLETT, MASS. HENRY F. ASHURST, ARIZ. GUY D. GOFF, W. VA. THOMAS J. WALSH, MONT. ARTHUR R. ROBINSON, IND. THADDEUS H. CARAWAY, ARK. JOHN J. BLAINE, WIS. WILLIAM H. KING, UTAH FREDERICK STEIWER, OREG. M. M. NEELY, W. VA. CHARLES W. WATERMAN, COLO. HUBERT D. STEPHENS, MISS. JOHN P. ROBERTSON, CLERK
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
April 3, 1928
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Scott:
Attached you will find a letter which I have just received from Mr. Andrew Holmes Burgess, 5111 West 23rd Street, Cicero, Illinois, requesting the record of William Pettingill, who served in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Burgess's letter gives you certain information which may be of assistance in locating this record. Will you return his letter with your reply, and oblige
Yours very truly,
C. S. Deneen
JCM:HW Enclosure

Memphis, Mo., July 18, 1927
Dept. of Interior, Bureau Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs: I would like to have some proof that William Pettigill a soldier of the American Revolution drew a pension. I have copied the following facts from the Pettigill genealogy as follows:
"William Pettigill born at Bridgewater Maine 1759 died 1846. He was a soldier in the American Revolution, drew a pension. He served in Capt. Coles co., Col. Robinson's regiment; in Captain Lothrop's co., Col. Thomas regiment; on return dated Oct 6, 1775; was corporal in Coles co., Jacob's regiment Jan 1, 1778 to Jan 1, 1779; in Nathan Packard's co. Edward Mitchell's regiment." Respectfully yours, Lenora P. Harding

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
March 7, 1928
Lenora P. Harding Memphis, Mo.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 26857, it appears that William Pettingill was born in 1759 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Bridgewater, he enlisted and served with the Massachusetts Troops as follows-
From in June 1778, six months as a private in Captain Joseph Cole's Company, Colonel John Jacob's Regiment; from the last of December 1778, one year as a corporal in same company and regiment; from in July 1780, three months as a sergeant in Captain Jacob Pool's Company, Colonel John Jacob's Regiment; and from in May 1781 to in December 1781 as wagoner under Captain Mark Packard.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1832, while a resident of Leeds, Maine. He died there November 16, 1846.
Soldier married February 16, 1784 at Bridgewater,

Massachusetts, Lydia Cobb.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 25, 1847, while a resident of Leeds, Maine, aged eighty-five years.
Their children were-
Joseph born August 4, 1784. Hannah " February 14, 1786. Lydia " November 5, 1787. Sarah " May 8, 1790. Preuel(?) or Preuel(?) " September 17, 1792. Jenet " January 31, 1795. Isaac " April 10, 1797. Ruthe " May 18, 1799. William " December 10, 1801. Mary " January 20, 1805. Arasinta " November 22, 1807.
Lydia Gorden died February 14 27 , 1819, aged thirty- one years, three months and twenty-four days.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

March 23, 1939.
Hazel C. Webber 50 Hanover Street Providence, Rhode Island.
BA-J/III William Pettingill W. 26857
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Pettingill, who died November 16, 1846 in Leeds, Massachusetts.
The data which follow are shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 26857, based upon service of William Pettin-gill in the Revolutionary War.
William Pettingill was born in the year 1789, in Bridge-water, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; the day of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a-"> While a resident of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served at different times in the Massachusetts troops, given as follow: from sometime in June 1778, six months as private in Captain Joseph Cole's company, Colonel John Jacob's regiment; from the last of December 1778, one year as corporal under these same officers; from sometime in July 1780, three months as sergeant in Captain Jacob Pool's company, Colonel John Jacob's regiment; and from sometime in May 1781, as wagoner under Captain Mark Packard and was discharged in December 1781, at the head of Elk River.
The soldier resided in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, until about 1802, then moved to Leeds, Kennebec County, that state.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1832, at which time he resided in Leeds, Kennebec County, Maine. He died there November 16, 1846.
William Pettingill married February 16, 1784 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Lydia Cobb; they were married by John Porter, a Minister

of Bridgewater. The names of Lydia's parents are not shown.
Lydia Pettingill, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed February 25, 1847; she was then a resident of Leeds, Maine, aged eighty-five years. The date and place of her birth are not shown.
William Pettingill and his wife, Lydia, had eleven children; all except one were living in 1847. Their names and births are shown as follows:
Joseph Pettingill, born August 4, 1784. Hannah " " February 14, 1786. Lydia " " November 5, 1787. Sarah " " May 8, 1790. Reuel or Pruel(?) " " September 17, 1792. Jenet " " January 31, 1795. Isaac " " April 10, 1797. Ruthe " " May 18, 1799. William " " December 10, 1801. Mary " " January 20, 1805. Araminta " " November 22, 1807.
It is shown also the Lydia Gorden died February 27, 1819, aged thirty-one years, three months and twenty-four days; the date of Lydia's marriage and the name of her husband were not stated.
In 1847, William Pettingill, the son noted above, was a resident of Leeds, Maine.
In July 1832, Obadiah Pettingill, was a resident of Leeds, Maine, aged then seventy years. He resided in the same house with William Pettingill when he entered service in the Revolutionary War, and had resided in Leeds for about thirty years. He did not state his relationship to the soldier, William Pettingill.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting

Office, this city, and cite the following data:
Lydia Pettingill, widow of William Pettingill, Certificate #2242 Issued November 15, 1848 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act of February 2, 1848 Maine Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.