Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5333, for Thomas Morton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Morton, Thomas Lydia
W 5333 DL. Wt. 34828-160-55
CONTENTS

Maine
Thomas Morton
ofumberland Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Pray — of the regt. commanded by Col. Vose in the Mass ts line for three years from April 1781.
Copy for Land agt
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per ann m to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Septem- ber 1832 — and sent to John Mudge Portland, Me.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 $120. — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 1833 40 —
$ 160. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D. Vol. 1
Wm. H. Allison
Clerk.
Page 71

Act Mar. 31 201,885 Aug. 14/55
Lydia Morton will of Thomas Morton Lydia w: Thomas Morton, P vii,
P vi,
1855
Rev. War.
Rev. Pen. No. Cur. 3243.
Act. July 3, 1853.
July 53-3243
Ad: 160 ac, p. 22, 1856 Blyden
H. 20. m c Sellam
Gorham me.
Mal = 16 = 2 = 104

3243
Maine Sydia Morton Widow of Thomas Morton who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Decr 1853 and sent to
H. J. Chase Standish Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 7 Vol. W
32
200885
July 10

N o 17. Thomas Morton
Copy
13.650
Not entitled
Sep r 1819
574 Dollars
WILLIAM PRESTON Esq.
to the Hon. the Chief Justice of the United States of the District of Columbia
Respectfully, I have the honor to submit the following observations on the subject of the above entitled matter.
John C. Calhoun Esq. Attorney for the Plaintiff

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixeth . . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this sixeth — day of June — in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Thomas Morton — aged fifty five — years, resident in Garham — in said District, 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. Pray — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose — 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 sixteenth day of April — A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13.650 — 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.
Thomas Morton
Sworn to and declared, on the sixeth } day of June — A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Albion K. Parris
} U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — forty acres of land in Gorham, ten acres of which is under improvement — the residue is poor wild land — I have a small house and an old barn — I have two cows and two steers, and three sheep — A few mean broken articles of household furniture, one hoe & an axe — and I have no income of any description, nor have I any other estate
Thomas Morton
Sworn to before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Thomas Morton — who, by occupation am a Farmer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of a rupture, nor have I been able to do a whole days work for twenty years last past
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Betsey Morton 54 feeble & sick a great part of the time   Edmund Morton 24 burst very bad, works a little at shoemaking   Thomas Morton 21 gone from me — able to support himself   Ruel Morton 20 feeble & weakly, but works part of the time   Hannah Morton 19 able to help herself   Martha Morton 18 been sick — since months   Isaac Morton 11 an active boy  
Thomas Morton
Sworn to, before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge

Transferred to MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, 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 Five hundred seventy four dollars and _____ cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth — day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Thomas Morton's application for a pension
July 1832
Private
July 31 1832
Pension Office
...
$80 per ann

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the Twenty sixth day of July A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this Twenty sixth day of July aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Thomas Carlton a resident of Gorham in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he was placed on the pension list roll of the District of Columbia Agency, and a Certificate of pension granted to him on his application made on the 16th day of April 1818. That his name was stricken from the pension list on account of his property. That he served as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Pray in the Regt commanded by Col. Jos. Vose in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment. That he resided in Gorham aforesaid, and resided there when he made his first application in April 1818.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine
Thomas Carlton mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Twenty sixth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Declaration and Evidence of Lydia Morton.
Maine
Please address -
H. J. Swasey -
Standish, Me.
who is Attorney for said Morton

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
Dec 6th 185 3
I, ROBERT A. BIRD, _____
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Horatio J. Swain, Esq.
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his _____ GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
R. A. Bird CLERK.

- Declaration of Lydia Morton -
State of Maine
County of Cumberland, ss -
On this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before Josiah Pierce, Esquire, Judge of Probate within and for the county of Cumberland aforesaid, Lydia Morton, a resident of Standish in said county of Cumberland aged seventy two 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 the third day of February A.D. 1853 - That she is the widow of Thomas Morton late of Gorham in said county of Cumberland, deceased - who was a private in the army of the Revolution - and that he, the said Thomas Morton served as a private in said army as is stated in and as appears by the application of the said Thomas for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7 - A.D. 1832. Now on the files of the Department at Washington to which application and the evidence accompanying the same she refers for proof of the

said service of the said Thomas Morton - That he the said Thomas Morton was an United States pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832 - and before and at the time of his decease was in the receipt of a pension under said Act of eighty Dollars per year - She further declares that she was married to him, the said Thomas Morton, on the fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five - That her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Morton died at Gorham aforesaid on the nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six - and that she has remained a widow ever since that period and is now a widow - That she was the wife and is the widow of the same identical Thomas Morton to whom the pension aforesaid was granted - and who was before and at the time of his death in the receipt of said pension as aforesaid - as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed - That he, the said Thomas Morton at the time of his death held his pension certificate - and that she, the said Lydia Morton, after the death of the said Thomas, delivered the said certificate to Mr. Woodbury - the pension agent at Portland in said County of Cumberland

at the pension office there, and was thereupon paid by the said Agent the sum of twenty three Dollars and forty five cents, the balance of pension due to him, the said Thomas Morton. The said certificate she supposes has been returned to the proper office at Washington. To the application for a pension of the said Thomas Morton, to the evidence therewith connected and to the said certificate she refers for the purposes of evidence. She therefore prays that a pension may be granted to her, and that the same may commence from the said date of her husband's death, or such time as may be allowable by law.
STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SS.
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
I, C. M. Harris Register of Probate, Pro tem
for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this fifteenth day of November A. D. 1853
C. M. Harris, Register, P.T.

at the pension office there, and was thereupon paid by the said agent the sum of twenty three Dollars and forty five cents, the balance of pension due to him, the said Thomas Morton. The said certificate she supposes has been returned to the proper office at Washington. To the application for a pension of the said Thomas Morton, to the evidence therewith connected and to the said certificate she refers for the purposes of evidence. — She therefore prays that a pension may be granted to her, and that the same may commence from the said date of her husband's death, or such time as may be allowable by law.
Witnesses H. J. Swasey. E. C. Hamlin
her Lydia J. Morton mark
Signed, and sworn to in open Court the day and year first above written. Josiah Pierce Judge

State of Maine - County of Cumberland - Town of Standish -
"Thomas Morton of Gorham to Lydia Cotton of Standish. April the fifth one thousand eight hundred thirty five" -
I certify that the above is a true copy from the Record of Marriages, as certified by Phineas Ingalls, a Justice of the Peace within and and for said County - with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures - as follows - "April 5 - 1835" -
John H. Philbrick, clerk of the town of Standish.
I, John H. Philbrick, abovenamed, depose and say that I hold the office of clerk of the town of Standish in the County of Cumberland, and that the above is a true copy from the records of Marriages of said town, with the exception abovenamed as certified by me -
John H. Philbrick , clerk of the town of Standish -
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me
this 10 th day June A. D. 1853 -
H. J. Swasey, Justice of the Peace

Deposition of - Phineas Ingalls.
I, Phineas Ingalls of Standish in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, do testify, depose and say that I am well acquainted with Lydia Morton of Standish aforesaid, who is an applicant for the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress of Feb. 3 d A. D. 1853. That on the fifth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty five I, as a justice of the Peace, solemnized marriage between her and Thomas Morton, late of Gorham in said County, deceased. That I was well acquainted with the said Thomas Morton. That he, the said Thomas Morton was a pensioner under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832, and at the time of his death was in the receipt of a pension under said act. That the said Thomas Morton died in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six, leaving the said Lydia Morton as his widow. That she, the said Lydia Morton was the wife and is the widow of him, the said Thomas Morton, who was a pensioner as aforesaid.
Phineas Ingalls
Cumberland ss. Dec. 2 nd 1853. Personally appeared Phineas Ingalls and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him signed.
Before me. H. J. Searcy - Justice of the Peace.

- Deposition of - Susan Hamblen -
I, Susan Hamblen, wife of Charles Hamblen of Standish in the county of Cumberland and state of Maine, do testify, depose and say - That Lydia Morton of said Standish, who is an applicant for the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress of Feb'y 3 rd A.D. 1853 is my and my father's sister Aunt. That she, the said Lydia was the wife and is the widow of Thomas Morton, late of Gorham in said county, deceased - That he, the said Thomas Morton died at said Gorham on the nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty six - That I was present at the funeral of the said Thomas - That she, the said Lydia Morton, ever since the death of her husband, the said Thomas Morton, has remained a widow - and has never since been married - That Thomas Morton aforesaid was a pensioner under the laws of the United States and before and at the time of his death was in the receipt of a pension -
I, Susan Hamblen
Cumberland ss - 1853 Personally appeared Susan Hamblen and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by her signed -
Before me - H. J. Swasey - Justice of the Peace -

207885
Lydia Morton wife of Thomas
Barn Lane Churton Oct 3 rd March 1855
War of Revolution
Hugh P o McLean Gorham Maine

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
July 21 1855.
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Hugh D. McLellan Esquire
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for every the County of the State as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid,—and that the following Signature , purporting to be his is GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. G. Cook CLERK.

State of Maine
Cumberland County ss
On this Sixth day of June (A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and County of Maine, Mrs Lydia Morton aged 73 years of age a resident of the town of Standish in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Thomas Morton formerly of the town of Gorham in said State, deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and that she is the same identical Lydia Morton who receives a pension (Revolutionary) by her Pension certificate No 3243 dated the 15 th day of December (A D 1853. And recorded in the Pension office on the rolls of Pension Office under Act February 3 rd 1853 Page 7 Vol A,, and to the papers in said case she refers for the necessary proof.
And she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under

the Act approved March 3 d A D One thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Lydia her x Morton Mark
We Ebenezer P Hamlin and Ansel Boothby residents of Goshen in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lydia Morton in our presence and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
E. P. Hamlin Ansel Boothby
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, and that I have no interest in this claim
Hugh D. Allen Just Peace For the State

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Thomas Norton wid. File 55 33
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1781 1 yr. Pvt. Peay Col. Vose Mass.   Then transferred until Peace was declared Benson " "   Then transferred June 1784 Hunt in the American Regt.                                            
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Yarmouth at Gorham Me. (Mass.)
Date of application for pension, Apr. 16, 1818. He was allowed
Residence at date of application, Gorham Maine Feb. 1818. (Mass.)
Age at date of application, 52 yrs. died at Gorham Me. June 19, 1846
Remarks: In 1820 Volder's wife Betsey was 56 years. Children: Edmund 24 yrs. Thomas 21 yrs. Ruth 20 yrs. Hannah 17 yrs. Martha 18 years and Isaac 11 yrs. Volder married Apr. 5, 1830 Lydia Leighton. She was allowed pension on an application executed Nov. 15, 1853 while a Resident of Standish Me. aged 72 years.
Very respectfully,

195-100-11 First to Mrs. D. C. B. 1852 List in S.F. 18818. 2
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5333
Lydia Morton
Widow
Thomas Morton
Print Rev. Mass
Act: Feb 3 d  1852
Index:—Vol. 56 , Page 3
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Notification sent the 6 th June 1820, to John Mussey Esq. Portland,
Maine
Opinion of Atty Genl sent to J. Mussey Jr. June 8. 1821
133.650
Maine. R
Thomas Morton
of Gorham in the state of Dist of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vose of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist of Maine - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Aug 1819 and sent to George Thacher Esq. Yorks. York Mr.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 85.03
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sept 1819  48.00
10 mo. 27 d. 1818
Doll: 133.03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

19 June 1846 Pension Office Dec 10/53
Sir, Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner. Respectfully &c F. Burt Esq. (J. Hall & and Present. for Committee?
Thomas Morton, Act 1832, $8 per An - Died 19 June 1846, paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor

Standish. Maine -
Decr 7 - 1853
To Hon. L. P. Waldo -
Sir - I herewith transmit the declarations and evidence of Susannah Sinnell and Lydia Morton both of Standish. Me - They apply for pensions under the act of Feby - 1853 - Please address H. J. Swasey - Standish - Me - who acts as the attorney for the said applicants -
Your Obt Servt -
H. J. Swasey -

✓ 24 828
} New Am

Thomas Morton
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland, Me. by the Part of the Cumberland Bank
Record

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Thomas Marlon late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the sixteenth day of April — one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen —
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Second day of August one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

13.650
Capt. Pray's copy - Col. Jos Vose - Earham -

Brief in the case of Sydia Morton widow of Thomas Cumberland County and State of Maine act of February 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Mass line 3 yrs & pensioner of U.S. under act of 1832 at $80 per annum & paid to his death. June 19/46
Allowed $80 per annum to Com Feb 3/53 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record
Death of husband proved by aud. report
Identity & widowhood proved by ex witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
H. J. Sawyer Standish Maine
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray

Thomas Morton Private Col. Vose's Regt Mass: Line 1782 - 3 years, Dec: 16 th Ap l - 1818
See John's History page 100

Thomas Morton of Gorham in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts aged fifty two, do testify & say, that in the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one  one , I enlisted into the Continental army at Gorham aforesaid for the term of three years, on the thirtieth day of May in the same year aforesaid, I marched from said Gorham; on the thirty first day of the same month I passed muster at the town of Wells, before Samuel Carr Muster Master; from thence I marched to West Point under command of officers whose names I do not recollect; on our march we were called to quell a Mob at North Hampton - on my arrival at West Point I was enrolled in the Company Commanded by Capt. Pray; in the first Massachusetts Regiment Commanded by Col. Joseph Cose, in which Company & Regt. I remained about one year, & was then transferred to the Company Commanded by Capt. Benson in the same Regt. aforesaid, when I remained until peace was proclaimed; I was then transferred to the American Regt. in the Company Commanded by the said Capt. Benson  remained in P. Regt. until I received my discharge at West Point in the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred & Eighty four - I was not in any battle with the enemy; I was in the detachment under Genl. Patterson & marched to Philadelphia to quell an insurrection; while at West Point & engaged in unloading a cargo of Powder & rolling the same up into the magazine, I had the misfortune to hurt my self so as to disable my self ever after, from performing any manual labour without severe pain, in consequence of which I am in reduced circumstances, have never received any pension, and stand in need of assistance from my country; I am a citizen of the United States; I had a written Discharge, stating that I was a true & faithful Soldier, but I have lost it
April 16, 1818
Thomas Morton

Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss.
Be it known that on the 16 th day of April 1810 Before me the subscriber One of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appeared the before named Thomas Morton who being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the declaration by him in my presence, subscribed, 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; From which declaration signed & sworn to as aforesaid, I George Thacher One of the Justices etc Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Morton did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy in stated in his said declaration, and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of the country for support - and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this 16 th fifth day of May In the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & eighteen.
George Thacher

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cumberland ss. June 3. 1818 - Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within for said county of Cumberland, Eli Cole & made solemn oath that said Thomas Morton enlisted into the service of the United States as stated by him in his declaration by him signed, that he said Cole I served with said Morton  him in the same company of which said Cole was orderly sergeant & that he, said Morton received a discharge as one of the three years men - as by him stated in his declaration aforesaid
I Eli Cole do depose & say that the aforesaid Thomas Morton enlisted into the service of the United States of America as stated by him in his declaration by him signed, that he was a private in the same company of which I was the orderly sergeant & that he was duly discharged with the men called the three years men of whom said Morton was one -
Eli Cole
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cumberland ss. June 3. 1818 - Then appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within for said county of Cumberland, the above named Eli Cole & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed, & I further certify that said Cole is a man of truth & entitled to full credit
Joseph Adams

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cumberland ss. The Subscriber Clerk of the Courts in said County Certify: That Joseph Adams Dug on the day of the date of his within certificate was a Justice of the peace legally appointed & qualified as such for the County aforesaid - and That the signature thereto is his signature - In testimony whereof I do hereto set my hand & the County Seal this eighth day of July A. D 1819 - Geo Bradbury

N 289. Thomas Morton
Copy
13650
Aug '19
13650

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the fifth — day of December and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty eighth day of December in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Thomas Morton — aged fifty five — years, resident in Gerham — in said District, 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. Pray — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel S. Vose — 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 sixteenth day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13.650 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.
Witness J. Pope
Thomas X Morton mark
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty eighth day of December A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate — I have none — The little property I mentioned in a former schedule in June last has since been taken from me by creditors to whom I was then justly indebted for the necessaries of life — and am still in debt to physicians — A few ordinary utensils for family use constitute all that I possess —
I have no income, nor prospect of any and am poor and necessitous
Witness J. P. Pope
his Thomas X Morton mark
Sworn to Dec. 28. 1820 Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Thomas Morton — who, by occupation am a laborer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of a rupture or burst, and other bodily infirmities
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Betsy 54 a weakly woman   Edmund, a son 24 has a rupture or burst wholly disabled   Hannah — 20 able to do housework   Martha — 18 been sick almost a year   Isaac — 15 a healthy boy   Witness J. Pope — his Thomas X Morton mark   Sworn to Before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge  

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, 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 Four dollars and eighty three cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty eighth day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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I Elias Foss of Simmington in the County of York and State of Massachusetts of Lawfull age, do testify & say that on the thirteenth day of January Dec 1781 I enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United States, at the Town of Scarborough in S d State, and from thence I marched to Boston & there passed muster under Col o Crane. from thence I marched to West Point & there joined the tenth Massachusetts Reg t commanded by Colonel Tupper, in December 1782 I was transferred from the tenth to the first Massachusetts Reg t commanded by Col o Joseph Rose, and was enrolled in Capt John Pray's Company - and there I became personally acquainted with Thomas Morton of Gosham in the County of Cumberland in the State aforesaid, and I belonged to the same mess with said Thomas Morton, from December 1782 to October in the year 1783 - at which time I left said Morton at West Point in the Company commanded by Capt Benson.
Elias Foss Commonwealth Massachusetts
Cumberland 10 June 18 th 1819 - then personally appeared Elias Foss, and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed,
Before me David Harding Justice of Peace
I do hereby certify that the above named Elias Foss is a man of truth & entitled to full credit & belief
David Harding Justice of Peace
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Jedediah Lumbard do upon oath that I was a soldier in the army of the revolution - that I belonged to Col. Rugg- les Putnam's regiment of the Massachusetts line, that I well knew, while in the army, Thomas Mor- ton of Col. Vose's regiment of the same line, that I frequently saw him then, that of the facts stated by him in his declaration I am knowing to be substantially correct, that I have known said Morton from a child - & know him to be a man of truth & veracity witness Joseph Adams Jedediah Lumbard mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cumberland ss. June 28th 1819. Then before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace within & for said County, personally appeared the above named Jedediah Lumbard, a disinterested & credible witness, & being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the above affida- vit by him in my presence signed by him making his oath thereto, Joseph Adams.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cumberland ss. The Subscriber Clerk of the Courts in said County certify that Joseph Adams and David Harding Jr. Esquires at the date of their respective Certificates to the within & above Affidavits were legally Justices of the peace legally appointed & qualified as such for the County aforesaid and that their respective signatures to the same are the signatures of each as they purport -
In testimony whereof I do hereto set my hand & the County Seal this eighth day of July A. D. 1819 - Geo Bradbury