Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,876, William Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Brown, William Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 5876
CONTENTS
In 1820 aged 65 yrs and res. of Bath, Lincoln Co. Me. d. Apr. 1841.
8

William Brown. Private Map Line
1776. 3 years - dec 25 th
18
The depositions certificate of the Judge as to credibility of a disinterested witness of the within witnesses, is wanting.
Admitted
* Apr. 27.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. }
To the Hon. Samuel H. Perkins Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, (called the Second eastern circuit ) which is a Court of record in the State of Massachusetts.
The Declaration under Oath of William Brown formerly a Private Soldier engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War , now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the town of South county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said William Brown enlisted into Capt. Bland's Company in the the  Regiment of Mass Line commanded by Colonel M'Gillivray about the month of April 1776 for one year and continued to serve in the same company and Regiment until the month of November 1776 when he reenlisted into same company and Regiment for Three years and continued to serve in the same company and Regiment until the month of November 1778 at which time he was discharged in consequence of the fever and ague as is stated in the annexed discharge And the declaration further sheweth, that the said William Brown is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the town of South county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support He is sixty three years of age,
Therefore the said William Brown conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided.
W m Brown
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lincoln COUNTY, ss. Personally appeared W m Brown of the town of Beth county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 27 th day of June 1818,
Josiah Stebbins. a Judge of the C.C.P. & E.E.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lincoln COUNTY, ss. Personally appeared Patrick Grace, & David Colson and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that they were and now are personally acquainted with William Brown late a Soldier in the Revolution army and well know that he was at Hiondenough at the year 1776 in the company of a Soldier but do not recollect to what Regiment or company he belonged. etc.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 27 th day of June 1818,
Patrick Grace David Colson his mark.
Josiah Stebbins. a Judge of the C.C.P. & E.E.
July 6. 1819. On satisfactory evidence I certify that the above Patrick Grace and David Colson are disinterested and credible. Josiah Stebbins.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lincoln COUNTY, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Twenty Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, called the Second Eastern circuit of Massachusetts, which is a Court of record, personally appeared the aforesaid
William Brown
who being by me duly Sworn To — the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and having duly subscribed the same  hath before me testified and declared as therein of specified and on examination and inquiry it appeared to me that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life , he is in need of assistance from his country for his support — WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said William Brown did serve in the Infantry of the United States as private Soldier in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy. for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, this Twenty Seventh day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d C.C.
I do hereby certify that Nathl Coffin Clerk of the said Court within and for the County of Lincoln hereby certifies that Josiah Stebbins is a Judge of the Eastern circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second eastern circuit comprising the Counties of Lincoln Kennebec & Somerset and that the foregoing are true and correct copies of the original and seal of said Court this 27th day of April 1818 — Nathl Coffin

13.193
R District of Maine
William Brown
of Bath in the state of  D o Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth of the Mapachyettis line, for the term of Three years 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of July 1818 and sent to Josiah Hebbins Esq. Bath D o Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 82. 09 Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48. 00 10 Mo. 4 4/30 31  $130.09
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
W. G. Smith Genl. M c Kinley H. June 1811. Washington D.C.

664 Massachusetts Brown, Elizabeth widow of William Brown who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818
3 d February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1853 and sent to
H. Woodman Boston Mass a
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1818 , Page 37 Vol. A
1818

98 William Brown
Must appeal in open court
Conc. J.L.E. not properly estimated care of Gen. W. King 34.
Sylvester Hill
UNICORN
STATE OF VERMONT
Supreme Court of the United States A.D. 1841 The petition of the undersigned, a citizen of the District of Columbia, respectfully represents that he is the attorney of the appellee in the above entitled cause, and that the facts stated in the petition of the appellant are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Respectfully, J. M. [?] Attorney.
John C. [?]

Lincoln } At a circuit court of common Pleas for the second Eastern circuit begun and held at Warren within and for the county of Lincoln on the Tenth day of September 1821 before the Hon. Joseph Stebbins and Ebenezer Thatcher Justices Judges of said Court - Personally appeared William Brown in open court - made affidavit of the truth and facts within stated; and dated this eleventh day of June 1821
Sworn before me Joseph Stebbins, a Judge of said Court.
Attest Nathl. Coffin Clerk

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER , Judges of said Court. are exhibited, produced & filed the declaration & schedule following viz.
ON this nineteenth day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared before Josiah Stebbins one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit 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 Circuit, William Brown aged sixty five years, resident in Bath — 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 soldier in the company commanded by Capt. N. Blasdel in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wiggly worth 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 twenty seventh day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13.193 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.
William Brown
Sworn to and declared, on the 19 th day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Josiah Stebbins } 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 :
One pair of oxen Three Cows, three young cattle, 2 years old & one yearling, eighteen sheep & one horse & some old furniture. I have no house or land but a few farming tools. I owe P. Tallman $236 " W. Brown Jr. 284 $520    oxen.  $ 45    Cows  30    sheep  22    Horse  20    Furniture  20    young cattle  15     152  
William Brown
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me William Brown who, by occupation am a farmer which I am law able to pursue by reason of the gravel
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Attest Nat. Coffin Coffin Clerk William Brown  
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 nothing  one hundred and fifty two dollars
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Elizabeth Brown widow of Mr Mass N o 954
Act 3 Feb 1853
$96 per annum Comy 3 Feb 1853
Revolutionary Soldier's Widow's application for Pension Act of 3 d February 1853
Certificate to be sent to Horatio Woodman Boston Mass as within requested.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } County of Suffolk }
On this Eighth day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three, before personally appeared before me, Judge of Probate for the said County Elizabeth Brown a resident of Boston, in said County of Suffolk, aged eighty eighty eight years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by an act of Congress, approved 3 d February 1853; That she is the Widow of William Brown, who was a in the Company commanded by Captain Blasdell, in Colonel Wigglesworth's Regiment in the War of the Revolution; - that her said deceased husband, during his lifetime, drew a pension of $8 per month, commencing on 27 April 1818, as will appear by reference to the Pension Certificate No 13193 dated War Office 19 July 1819, - which said Certificate was returned to Washington after the death of her said husband in order to obtain the last payment due thereon.
She farther declares that she was married to the said William Brown on the fourteenth day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty two and that her husband, the aforesaid William Brown

died on the _____ day of April Eighteen hundred and forty one - She farther swears she is now a Widow, and that she has never before made an application for a pension; and she prays that her certificate may be forwarded for her to Horatio Woodman, Boston, Mass:
Attest Matthew Skolfield                      Elizabeth her  mark Brown
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me
Edw G Loring Notary Public

State of Massachusetts. County of Suffolk.
I do hereby certify that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, that Elizabeth Brown is the Widow, remaining unmarried, of the late William Brown who was a United States Revolutionary Pensioner.
Given under my hand and seal of office this Eighth day of March, 1853.
Ebenezer Loring
{ Judge of Probate of said County

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, SS.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
I, EDMUND B. BOWMAN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Thomas M. Reed whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such ; and that the signature to the annexed papers purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Edmund B. Bowman CLERK.

State of Maine County of Lincoln Town of Phippsburg
In a certificate of Andrew Reed Esq. recorded in (a) this office of certain marriages by him solemnized as a Justice of the Peace is the following marriage viz April fourteenth. eighteen hundred and twenty two. William Brown of Bath and Elizabeth Brown of Phippsburg.
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:— (b)
“ April 14. 1822. ”
Nathl. C. Reed Town Clerk
I, Nathl. C. Reed above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state afore- said, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Nathl. C. Reed } Town Clerk } of Phippsburg
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this fourteenth day of March A.D. 1853 & I certify that I have no interest or concern whatever in the prosecution or result of the above claim.
Thomas M. Reed Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full. (b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
October 26, 1926
John C. Scates Westbrook Trust Co. Westbrook, Me
Sir:
I have to advise you from  that the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 5876, it appears that William Brown enlisted in April 1776 and served as a private in Captain N. Blasdel's Company, Colonel Wigglesworth's Massachusetts Regiment, and served until November 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, while a resident of Bath, Lincoln County, Maine, aged sixty-three years. He died in April 1841.
Soldier married April 14, 1822, Elizabeth Bowker of Phippsburg, Lincoln County, Maine. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 8, 1853, while a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, aged eighty-eight years. There is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

Ithaca October 31 These Certify that the Brown Company of Col. Wigglesworth's Regim t is now in this Campaign by reason of Ague and here for a Discharge So Col. Wigglesworth of 2d Regim t Fort Pott Disch
In consequence of the above of William Brown is not a Soldier in Col. Wigglesworth's Compa y Aged 21 years 5 ft 6 in fair complexion and brown as a proper person to be United States of America E. Wigglesworth To the Hon. Major

do acknowledge that I have Received all my Pay all kinds, due to me for my Service in the Army States — Will m Brown
Served in Capt. Marshall's Company Col. Mayhew's
Infantry Regt. of Connecticut
Quarters this 3rd of Nov. 1864 Will m Brown William (Mass.) W. 5870

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5876
Eliz th Brown Wid.
Wm Brown Port. Rev: War
Act: 1818
Index:—Vol. A , Page 83
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1926 Oct 26. H. H. to John C. Seater. See letter in John Seater 837381 a. 3.

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Brown Suffolk County and State of Mass act 3 Feb 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a farmer at $96 per annum Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
H. Woodman Boston Mass
J. Cole Examining Clerk.