Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37251, for Valentine Mink, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Mink, Valentine
S. 37251
CONTENTS

13.606 P
District of Maine
Valentine Mink
of Waldoboro in the state of Me who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bona of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1818 and sent to Ebenezer Hatches Thomaston D. of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar. 1819.  86.63    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep. 1819.  48.00    10 Mo. 21  4  50 31  $134.63  
66/21
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
Valentine Mink Private Massachusetts line for the term of One Year Thomaston D. of Maine
1819

Valentine Mink
Bh06
Con L. L. E.
R. C. Poe Augusta Maine
W. P. L.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Piscataqua within and for the County of Lincoln , on the fourth Monday of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twentyone Oliver Dyer Thaler & Sanford Kingsbury Judges of said Court.
ON this 25th day of April in the year 1821, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding 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 Circuit, Valentine Mink aged sixty six years, resident in Waltham in said Circuit, 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. Mullen in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hatch 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 tenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13,000 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 hereto 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 particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Valentine Mink
Sworn to and declared, on the 25th day of April A. D. 1821.
BEFORE
Oliver Dyer Thaler
{ One of the Judges of the said Court
Adams is in Lincoln Maine see p 64 P.O.B.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate none — Personal estate — 1 cow, six sheep, one swine — 25. Household furniture 2 dollars — 2 / $27 Valentine his Mink mark
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Valentine Mink which I am unable who, by occupation am a farmer to pursue by reason of age and debility ;
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary Mink 56 years Sickly   Philip Mink 22 "   John Mink 13 "   Godfrey Mink 9 "   Susan Mink 16 "   Margaret Mink 14 " Valentine his Mink mark    Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk.
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, 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 Twenty seven dollars and cents .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this second day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
Nath. Coffin
Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

10 th April 1888 Valentin Minck
Waldborough
In Dec 1875 Published in Col Bonall Dept Mag z ine - & served with Col Alden (succeeding to the Command) in the middle of June 1877 -
Ebenezer Thatcher.
Samitica

I Valentine Mink of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts testify & declare that about the middle of December A D 1775 I en- listed to serve as a private in the Army of the A- merican Revolutionary War in the Massachusetts line and continental establishment - to serve against the common enemy for the term of one year and that I did actually serve said term of one year and then more - in the Army aforesaid & in the Massa- chusetts line & Continental establishment and against the common enemy - that the first of said year I was under Captain Fuller in Colonel Bond's Regiment but that I was afterward transferred to Capt. Smith's company in said Bond's Regiment & that after the death of said Colonel Bond the Lieutenant Colonel Alden was promoted to the command of said Regiment & that in said Smith's Company & said Alden's Regiment I received my discharge which was an honorable discharge at Pecks Kilns on North River but it was not in writing - & that the time when I received said discharge was about the middle of January A D 1777 That I have never received any pension from the U- nited States & I further testify & declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my Country for support & there- fore respectfully ask to be placed on the pension list of the United States as a private by virtue of the Act of Congress of the 10 th of March A D 1818 entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
his Valentine X Mink Mark

I Conrad Flyer of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln State of Massachusetts - late of the Army of the Army of American Revolution. Was a private in the same in the company commanded by Capt Smith and in Colonel Bond's regiment in the Massachusetts line and Continental establishment serving against the common enemy. Testify and say that I am well acquainted with Valentine Mink late a private in the War of the American Revolution on the Continental establishment - Massachusetts line - but now of Waldoboro in Waldoboro - I testify the said Valentine Mink did serve against the Common enemy faithfully for the full term of one year from the from the middle of December 1775 to the middle of December 1776 in the Massachusetts line and Continental establishment the first part of said term in Captain Tuckers Company & Colonel Bonds regiment & that he completed said years service in Captain Smiths company & Colonel Aldens Regiment. I well know said Mink to be the same man who has filed his affidavit to which this is annexed for a pension under the United States - and further that he was honorably discharged from said Service -
This Conrad X Flyer
Mark
State of Massachusetts - County of Lincoln ss. On this 10 th day of April A.D. 1810 Conrad Flyer who has made his mark in token of his signature under the above deposition - personally appeared before me the subscriber a Judge of the C.C. of Common Pleas for the 2 d Eastern Circuit in the State of Massachusetts and after being duly cautioned as to the length of the same made solemn oath that the facts therein contained are all of them and in every part of them true -
Ebenezer Thatcher
County of Lincoln ss. 26 th June 1810
I certify hereby that Conrad Flyer the above Deponent is a Credible Witness
Ebenezer Thatcher Judge as aforesaid

I John Vanner of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts to wit state of the Army of the American Revolutionary War - testify & say that I am well acquainted with Valentine Mink of Waldoboro aforesaid but late or private in the said Revolutionary War & that said Mink actually served in said War in the Massachusetts line & on the Continental establishment against the common enemy from the Middle of December 1775 to the Middle of December 1776 that he enlisted at the former period & was honorably discharged in the latter period. That said Mink served during the first part of said term in Captain Nathan Hallers company under Col Brandt Regiment - and was discharged in Captain Smiths company in the Regiment under the command of Colonel Randall. That I was myself during the whole of said term in the same line of troops on the said Continental establishment and in the same Companies & Regiments before mentioned & am well knowing to the facts above stated and well know said Mink to be the same person who has applied for a pension under the late law of the United States of March 18. 1818 to wit  the  affidavit to which this is annexed
his John Vanner
Mark
State of Massachusetts County of Lincoln ss - On this 18 th day of April 1818 John Vanner who has made his mark with his own hand in token of his signature to the Deposition above written - personally appeared and being duly cautioned by me made solemn oath that the facts contained in said Deposition are all of them and in every part of them true before me Eben Thatcher one of the Justices of the Superior Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit in the State of Massachusetts
County of Lincoln June 25 th 1819
I hereby certify that John Vanner the above Deponent is a Credible Witness Eben Thatcher Justice as aforesaid

Valentine Mink

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Valentine Mink , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Waldoboro , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the 10 th day of April , 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 List of the United States, agreeably to the provision 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 said applicant are hereunto 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 Pirate in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, 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 his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this tenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this tenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathl. Coffin

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
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February 11, 1925.
Edith W. Mank, 12 Reservoir St., Lawrence, Mass.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 37251, it appears that Valentine Mink enlisted in December 15, 1775 and served more than a year as a private under Captains Nathan Fuller, Smith, Colonels Bond, Alden and Hatch, in the Massachusetts Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, while a resident of Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Massachusetts.
In 1820, soldier stated that he was sixty-six years old, and said that the following persons resided with him, but did not give relationship: Mary Mink, aged fifty-six years; Philip Mink, aged twenty-two years; John Mink, aged thirteen years; Godfrey Mink, aged nine years; Susan Mink, aged sixteen years; Margaret Mink, aged fourteen years.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Rev. & 1812 War Section
ms
March 27, 1925
Edith W. Mank 12 Reservoir St. Lawrence, Mass.
Madam:
I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to PHILIP MINK or MINCK (searched under all spellings of the name).
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person to whom paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, VALENTINE MINK, S.37251, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St., N.W., Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:
VALENTINE MINK, Certificate 13606, issued July 14, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced April 10, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Maine Agency.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner

EDITH W. MANK 12 RESERVOIR STREET LAWRENCE, MASS.
January 16, 1925.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs: -
Will you kindly let me know whether Philip Mink who enlisted in the Revolution from Waldoboro, received a pension? He died in Waldoboro but I do not know just when. I do not know his wife's name but his children were Philip, John and George (d. 1798). If he received no pension but his wife received one would there be any way of finding the record since I do not know her given name? Philip Mink was the only Philip in Waldoboro at the generation of the Revolutionary.

LAWRENCE, MASS.
soldiers.
Would you also kindly tell me whether there is a record of a pension for Valentine Mink. He enlisted from Waldoboro June 28, 1879 and served until July 5, 1879 under Capt. Thomas Starret and then from July 8, 1879 to Sept. 24, 1879 under Capt. Philip Ulmer? I do not know his wife's name, but I know that he lived and died in Waldoboro
yours very truly Edith W. Mank.

37251 Rev INVALID.
1925 Feb. 11-14-18 to 28th March 1925. 1925 March 27. Death of daughter. date of death etc. etc.
File No. 37257
(Valentine) (Mink) Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]

37 251 KEY INVALID.
File No. 37 251
(Valentine) (Mink) His Her two
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925 Feb. 11—Hist to Edith W. Mank's heirs. 1925 Mar. 27. Edith W. Mank ad v. as to date of death etc. Mat.