Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,617, Isaac Billington, Mass. Navy.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass Navy
Billington, Isaac or Bellington. Rebecca
W. 23,617
CONTENTS

19328
Maine
Isaac Bellington
of Kennebec Co in the state of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Prince of the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward in the Mass s line, for the term of Dec r 1775 to Sept r 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of September 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of Dec r 1824 and sent to R. C. Vose Esq r Augusta Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1824 $ 96 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar ch 1825 48.
$144
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } 1 March 1825
letter 22 May 37 G. W. Morton. do 24 Oct 37.

I Isaac Bellington aged fifty nine years a citizen of the United States, born in Middleboro' Massachusetts now a resident in Wayne, Kennebec County Maine. Upon oath declare that I enlisted in December 1775. as a private soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy upon the continental establishment, for during the year prior to 1776 - into the company commanded by Capt. Pearce and regiment commanded by Col. Ward of the Massachusetts Troops. I continued to serve in said company & Regiment until August September following when furlough was given for those in the land service - to enter the continental naval service, I accordingly enlisted at Boston, on board the Ship Hancock, Commodore Manly for the Line, as a Marine under Captain Lyman who had command of the Marines on board said Ship. The Hancock at the time I enlisted was fitting for a cruise at Newbury Port, & I went from Boston to that place under the command of Capt. Ayer. I continued to serve on board the Hancock, and in October 1776, while on duty as a Centinel on board said Ship, in attempting to prevent a Marine from passing, he resisted me, a scuffle ensued and I was thrown across the Ship's Deck down the gang way on the carriage of one of the Guns, which broke one of my ribs on my left side, & dislocated my right shoulder and broke the breast bone on my right side - there was no surgeon on board the Ship at the time of this accident, one was procured by Supt. Algor, and I was carried on board at Newbury Port. & remained on shore two or three weeks, when I was again carried on board the Ship and arrived at Boston the last day of November 1776. When I was Honorably discharged by order of Commodore Manly on account of said wound. I am now poor being entirely destitute of Property and have suffered great bodily pain ever since I received said injury - and I served more than eleven months in the continental service in continuation -
Isaac Bellington On the 14 th day of April 1818. The above named Isaac Bellington made his declaration under oath. & on this ninth day of July 1821. he made oath to the above amended declaration - Before me Nathan Weston h. S. J. C.

I William Raymond, aged sixty four years a pensioner now on the Maine Roll do upon Oath declare that during my self in the same Col Ward Regiment during the year June of 1776. I well knew Isaac Bellington a private soldier of the same Regiment in Capt Pease's Company to my knowledge the said Bellington served in said Company and Regiment from December 1775 to September 76 a period of nine months when the said Bellington entered the Naval Service as he has within stated - I have been acquainted with the said Bellington from his youth - we were born in the same town and well knew of his serving as he has within stated I was strongly urged to enter the naval service at the time the said Bellington died, which makes me fully recollect the circumstances of going on board the Hancock as he has within mentioned.
William Raymond Kennebec Co. Subscribed & sworn to the 28 th August 1822
the deponent being known to me an credible witness of identity Before me Robert C. Dole Just Peace
see page 18. Rev Isaac Bellington's name on board Ship Hancock and Private soldier in Capt Pease's Co Col Ward's Regt from Dec 1775 to Sept 1776
Proof of Service in Col. Ward's Regt Kennebec Co Isaac Hall
Resident to Hon. B. Webster, Sec. of Navy April 19. 1822
The service on board the ship "Hancock" was too short to entitle the officer to a pension
did him service proof of service of 9 months in Col. Ward's Regt
by two credible & disinterested witnesses
of him who make such a statement properly within act 10 th May 1820.
13. March 6 1822
I Isaac Hall, a pensioner now on the Maine do upon Oath declare that I well knew Isaac Bellington, a Continental soldier in the war of the revolution to my knowledge he enlisted in December 1775 into Capt Pease's Company and Col. Ward, Massachusetts Regt. and served in Company and Regiment until the last of September 1776 when he entered the Naval service as he has within stated - I knew of his being injured in the service, I saw him after his return, but I was not present when he was injured, but am well satisfied of his having received said injury in the manner at the time he has within stated. I have been acquainted with said Bellington from my youth, and well knew of his service in Capt. Pease's Company Col. Ward's Regiment the full period of nine months as I have before stated.
Isaac Hall
Kennebec Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me, the said deponent being to me well known as a credible witness the 4 th day of September A.D. 1823. Robt. C. Dole Just Peace
see Certificate of Qualification of part of the Rev. on the other side

2 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
:0:0:0:0: To the Honorable 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 Isaac Billington , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Wayne , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the fourteenth 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 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 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 private soldier and mariner 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 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 twenty second day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  for C. Just. C. C. C. Plus 2 d E. Circuit

Isaac Bellington
Schedule

DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Kennebec ss.
ON this fourth day of June 1823 personally appeared Isaac Billington , resident in said County, aged sixty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three—that he the said Isaac Billington enlisted for the term of one year on the first day of December in the year 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Vance in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Worce in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until September 1776 when he was discharged from the said service in Boston in the State of Massachusetts and then entered on board the ship Hancock  that his name  has been placed on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property.
AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May, eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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 eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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.
Isaac Billington
SWORN to and declared, on the fourth day of June A.D. 1823. before
Nathan Weston
Just. S. H. C.

SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: no Real Estate.
one cow of the value of twelve dollars, one sheep & 2 lambs — three dollars, one swine — four dollars Old House hold stuff (pansies &c. &c.) 6 old chairs — 1 table. 1 chest of drawers — 1 Pot — 1 Tea Kettle — 1 spider & old kettle broke — Old knives & forks & spoons — 1 Great wheel & 1 little wheel — all of the value of six dollars, — 1 loom & two cases worth two dollars, —
Isaac Billington
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Isaac Billington — who, by occupation am a Farmer — which I am unable to pursue by reason of age & infirmities. He was received in the Revolutionary war —
   Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Rebecca my wife 68 years infirm & unable to labor Isaac Billington  
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property.
   Names of the persons to whom sold. Time of Sale. Amount of Money, or description of property received in return.      
I, Robert C. Vose — Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Kennebec do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Isaac Billington did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is twenty six — dollars and — cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourth day of June — 1823.
Robert C. Vose Clerk of the Court of the County of Kennebec.

Maine 1594 Rebecca Billington widow of Isaac Billington decd. Isaac died on the 16th December 1829 of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pierce of the Regt commanded by Col Ward in the Mass. line for 17 mos & 27 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 59 Dollars 67 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Nov r 1837 and sent to Col. Morton Augusta Me
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 1837 $387.85 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar 38. 29.83 $417.68
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by H. H. Milton Clerk, Book A Vol 2 o Page 2 o

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress, of the 4th July, 1836.
State of Maine.
Hancock County, ss.
ON this sixth day of February A. D., 1837, personally appeared before Nathan Weston, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, Rebecca Billington a resident of Wayne in the County of Hancock and State of Maine, aged Eighty one 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 July 4th, 1836; That she is the widow of Isaac Billington, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, for the particular of whose services, she refers to the war department where his pension was established - and that her maiden name was Rebecca West
She further declares, that she was married to the said Isaac Billington on the twenty sixth day of July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight ; that her husband, the aforesaid Isaac Billington died on the sixteenth day of December 1929; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Rebecca her X Billington mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, at the residence of the applicant, she being from age and infirmary unable to appear in open court. Before me, Nathan Weston Ch. Just. of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State.

State of Maine
On the sixth day of February, 1837, I took the within declaration under the oath of Rebecca Billington, the applicant within named, at her residence, she being too infirm to appear at Court. She exhibited to me their family record, in which was duly entered the birth of her late husband, her own birth, and the time of their intermarriage which corresponds with her declaration. The same record had also duly entered the births of their children, about ten in number. I am satisfied that Rebecca Billington the applicant, was lawfully married to Isaac Billington, at a revolutionary pension of the United States, on the twenty sixth day of July 1778. That her late husband deceased on the sixteenth day of December, 1829, and that she has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston Ch. Justice of the Sup. Jud. Court of said state.
STATE OF MAINE.
ss.
I the subscriber
hereby CERTIFY,
That
before whom the proceedings
were had, is
I also CERTIFY, That the
contains the original proceedings of
the said
in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal
of the said Court, this
day
of
A. D., 183

July the twenty sixth One Thousand seven hundred and seventy eight I Married Isaac Billington Jr & Rebecca West both of Middleborough.
Caleb Turner
I Allen Shaw certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Records of said Town, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible figures, as follows. July 26 1778.
I Allen Shaw above named depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk, in the Town of Middleborough, County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Middleborough Nov: 15 th 1837.
Allen Shaw Town Clerk of Middleborough
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss Nov: 16 th 1837.
Then personally appeared Allen Shaw Subscribed to the above certificate and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above; and he is a credible witness.
Before me Arad Thompson Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office. Nov. 22. 1837.
I hereby certify that Sarah Thompson is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth in this State and was such at the date of his within attestation. Witness my hand & the Seal of the State
John P. Brigham
Secy of the Commonwealth

July 22, 1932
Mr. Carl A. Foss 823 Pine Place Bellmore Long Island New York
BA-J/MCS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Isaac Billington W. 23617 On
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of June 30 requesting information in regard to Isaac Billington who served in the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 23617, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Isaac Billington.
He was born in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, date not given.
He enlisted in Massachusetts December 1, 1775, as private in Captain Pearce's Company in Colonel Ward's Massachusetts Regiment and served as such until September, 1776, when he went on board the ship, Hancock, which was commanded by Commodore Manly, and he served as a marine under Captains Lyman and Ayer. In October, 1776, while on duty as a sentinel on the Hancock he had a fall which broke a rib, dislocated his right shoulder and broke his breast bone on the right side, and in consequence of his injury he was discharged November 30, 1776. He enlisted in February or March, 1778, as private in Captain Lemuel Wood's Company in Colonel Jacob's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battle of Rhode Island and was discharged late in December, 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, at which time he was fifty-nine years of age and was living in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine District.
He died December 16, 1829.

The soldier married July 26, 1778, Rebecca West of Middleborough, Massachusetts.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 6, 1837, at which time she was eighty-one years of age and was a resident of Wayne, Maine.
It was stated that they had about ten children but the only name given was that of Betsey who was born in September, 1780, and who gave her name as Betsey Frost in 1837.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1902 on mass
Rev WIDOW, &c.
msch. 6- Rev. L. Gilmore Dorchester
File No. 23617 Rebecca Billington Widow of Isaac Billington Pri. New War
1928 Feb. 18 hist. to Hon. Chas. S. Duncan. mch. 1922 July 22 hist. to Hon. Cal. A. Foss mch.
Act July 4 th 86
Index: Vol. A , Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rebecca Billington Maine suspended Rejected let 22 May 57 Geo. W. Morton no. 24 Oct 57.
service before marriage.
Isaac Bellington Maine let Bellant 1818 to what time paid? Per offer May 22, 57

The within case was taken by me, as is within stated, and forwarded to the War Department, and there rejected, as a service not on the continental establishment, of which an entry was made, as appears by the case. I considered, and do consider, the service well merited. The afterwards modified in favor of other services, upon which his pension was established. The within service, not being continental, the application omitted to state it in his military declaration, but I understand the intention to have been such a service, as entitled his widow to a pension.
Nathaniel B. Dutton
Isaac Bellington Wayne, Kennebec County private Col Jacob's Mass Reg. Feb. 1778 to Dec 1778 10 mo
April 14. 1810. Rejected - Jacobs Reg. not on Continental Establishment
Ms. A. 9. 2. 25. 1037.
New declaration
see vol. 26, p. 96 from 27 days from 1778 to 13 Feb 1778.
...within service... ...is entitled to a pension... ...Nathaniel B. Dutton... ...C. Court of Pensions... ...is entitled to a pension...

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Isaac Billington, aged fifty nine years, a citizen of the United States, born in Middleboro, Massachusetts now resident in Wayne in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in February on the first of March 1770 I enlisted as a private soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment for the term of what remained of the year 1770 in the company commanded by Capt Samuel Wood, and regiment commanded by Col. Jacobs of the Massachusetts line. This period I fully served out, and was honorably and finally, but verbally discharged from the army at Tiverton, Rhode Island the last of December 1770, having served full ten months. I was in battle at Rhode Island under General Sullivan.
From my reduced circumstances, I am in need of the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge born on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
Isaac Billington
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co
On the fourteenth day of April A D 1818, Isaac Billington above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him submitted, Before me.
Nathan Weston Esq
Chief Justice C. Court C.
Plus, Second Eastern Forest
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Uriah Foss of Leeds, in the District of Maine of lawful age, upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Isaac Billington abovenamed. From his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
Uriah Foss
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co
On the fourteenth day of April, A D 1818, Uriah Foss above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him submitted. Before me.
Nathan Weston Esq
Chief Justice C. Court C.
Plus, Second Eastern Forest

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Roger Daily, aged fifty five years, of Livermore in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Isaac Billington within named. I served in the same company and regiment with him in the continental army in the war of the revolution, the last six months of the time by him within mentioned. I know that he was honorably but verbally discharged. I am well satisfied that he served the whole of the time by him within stated, as I found him a soldier in the army, when I first joined.
Roger Daily
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Rembre p.
On the twenty seventh day of April A.D. 1810 Roger Daily above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed. Before me Nathan Weston Jun. C. Just.
I have no doubt the C. Court C. Pleadings, Eastern Circuit. testimony of the deponent is entitled to credit. Nathan Weston.
The within case was taken by me, as is within stated, and forwarded to the new department, and there rejected as a device not on the constitutional state. The case, I considered, and the evidence, the device well formed. The afterwords simplified contain other devices, upon which his version was established. The within device, not being constitutional, the applicant omitted to state it in his new declaration, but I understand the wish is to have the device a device, as entitled his evidence to a pension.
Isaac Billington Wayne, Kennebec County Pownal, Bot Baco's Shop May 24. 1778 Dec 1778 same April 14. 1810. Rejected device Pg. not on Continental establishment New declaration cont 25. 1037. to 13 Oct 1778. June 27 Dec 1778 cont 25. 26. 1796

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.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Wm Davis

State of Vermont. Rennébec County ss:
I the subscriber Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Rennébec do certify that Robert C. Vose, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were had was at the several periods the same purport to have been executed & now is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Rennébec & duly qualified as such In testimony whereof I subscribe my name & affix the County seal of the said County of Rennébec, this fourth day of September Anno Domini 1823. - R. C. Vose, Clerk.

State of Maine Kennebec County ss.
I the subscriber, clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within (and) for the County aforesaid, hereby certify, that the Hon. Nathan Weston is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State and that the annexed signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand (and) the seal of the said Judicial Court, this twenty second day of February A.D. 1837.
L. A. Chandler

See page 19. Reg.
Isaac Bellington, Kennebec Co. Maine.
R. C. Dose, Augusta, Maine.
Rec. 10 Nov. 1824
John C. Calhoun James F. Edwards Esq. Chief Clerk Pension Office War Department Washington City
Free
Rec. Nov. 10. 1824

Augusta Oct r 30. 1824.
Sir,
I now enclose you the claim of Isaac Bellington a Revolutionary soldier to a Pension. This case has been delayed by me by reason of a part of the papers being in the hands of Judge Whitman, who presented this claim in April 1822, to your department. — I hope this feeble old man will not suffer by the delay and that his case will receive your early attention. — I sent some time since the case of Joseph Russell an applicant for a Pension, as an Invalid, in the last war and have rec d . no return, the only thing required in the case of Russell was the name of the Pay master who last paid him, which was first given viz I. C. Boyd. —
I am very respectfully your
Obt. Serv t R. C. Vose
3
James L. Edwards Esq Chief Clerk Pension Office War Department Washington.

State of Maine County of Kennebec ss.
I John A. Chandler, clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within and for the County of Kennebec, certify that the Hon d Nathan Weston, was on the fourteenth day of April A. D. 1818, the Chief Justice Circuit Court of Common Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that he now is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, and that the signatures hereunto annexed purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of State of Maine and subscribe my name this twenty fourth day of August A. D. 1837
J. A. Chandler

James Hagen dep d as to the service of Hans Bellingten on board the Hancock in 1776. which shows the service & discharge of the said Bellingten
Notice
Hans Bellingten

I James Alger of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age do testify & say that I well know Isaac Billington of Wayne in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine, formerly of Middleborough in said County of Plymouth, and was on board the Ship Hancock with him in the United States service in the year 1776 in the revolutionary war and knew the said Isaac to receive on board said ship a very great injury by a fall from the gangway on to the carriage of one of the guns and broke one of his ribs on his left side, and dislocated his right shoulder and broke his breast bone on his right side. I was then a Sergeant of the marines. Commodore Manly was Commander. When the accident happened to the said Isaac I went on shore at Newbury Port and procured a Physician or Surgeon to attend him. He was injured very much and I believe discharged from active service immediately after. He is now present with me before the Magistrate and appears still to be a cripple in consequence of said wounds. The said Isaac was one of the marines, and the accident aforesaid happened I think in the month of October 1776.
James Alger
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. June 8. 1821. The above name James Alger personally appeared and being cautioned

and examined made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition and subscribed the same in my presence And I do further certify, that the said Deponent is a fel- low townsman and I am well acquainted with him, and he is a man, who sustains a good moral character, and is a credible witness.
Nahum Mitchell Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas & Justice of the peace through the Commonwealth aforesaid
Judge Mitchell above named is a Gentleman of the first respectability on whose certificate perfect reliance may be placed - Ezekiel Whitman

In. at me,
J. L. Edwards Esq Governor of Pennsylvania Washington City D.C.
FREE

Augusta, Me. Nov r 25 th 1837
Sir
I send you the certificate of the clerk of the town of Middleboro Mass s of the marriage of Mrs Rebecca Billington in support of her claim to a pension under act of July 4. 1836. In your letter of 24 th Ult you inform me, that such a certificate of the record of her marriage should be procured, provided there was any town record, and which when furnished would be satisfactory in establishing her claim
Very Respectfully
Your O bt Serv t
Geo. Morton
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington City

Augusta, Me. August 25. 1837
Sir
The 23 d day of Feby last I transmitted to you the application of Mrs Rebecca Billington, the widow of Isaac Billington, for pension under Act of Congress of July 4. 1835. and it appear by your letter of 22 d May last that her claim was rejected by reason of the service of her late husband, on which he was pensioned under Act of Congress of March 18. 1818 having been performed by him before his marriage. I have sent with this the declaration made by her husband in April 1818 of service performed by him in Col o Jacobs regiment in the year 1778 which was not allowed because Jacobs regiment was not on the Continental Establishment. he afterwards made another application for pension for service in the year 1775 or 1776 and on which he was pensioned. I probably did not mention his service in the year 1778 as not being necessary in any behalf in establishing his pension under the Act of March 1818. It is presumed that the service of Mr Billington in Jacobs regiment although of no use to him in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of March 18. 1818. will be sufficient to establish the claim of his widow under Act of Congress of July 4. 1835.

It is sent for that purpose, it being thought the best evidence that can be procured of the services of her late husband & if satisfactory please send me a certificate for her
I am Respectfully Your affec Son Geo. W. Morton
H. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

I Betsy Frost, aged fifty six years last September upon oath testify and declare, that my father Isaac Billington, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States died December 16. 1829, and that my mother Rebecca Billington has ever since lived his widow. I am their oldest child, except one, not now living. My father and mother lived together as man and wife from my earliest remembrance to the time of his decease, and I have always understood that they were married by the Reverend Mr Turner on the 20th of July 1770, and this corresponds with the family record.
her Betsy X Frost mark
Subscribed and sworn to this 6th day of February, 1837, the deponent being a credible witness.
Before me,
Nathan Weston Ch. Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

V1416 Rebecca Billington Maine
admitted
17 mo. 27 day M c $59. 66 100
Geo. Wm. Morton Augusta Me

Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am desirous to learn the military record of one Isaac Billington. I do not know whether he was in the Rev. War or that of 1812. His widow - whose name I am unable to learn - drew a pension from the Government, date unknown, but about 1828 or 30 or may be earlier, when application was filed. One, William Frost of Wayne, Maine, had something to do in procuring said pension. If you can give me any information on this very meager data, I shall regard it as a great favor. Thanking you &c, I am
Yours fraternally,
C. H. Hillebrown,
(clergyman)
71 Savin Hill Ave., Dorchester, Mass.
Feb. 15, 1902.

GEORGE W. NORRIS, NEBR., CHAIRMAN WILLIAM E. BORAH, IDAHO LEE S. OVERMAN, N. C. RICHARD P. ERNST, KY. JAMES A. REED, MO. RICE W. MEANS, COLO. HENRY F. ASHURST, ARIZ. J. W. HARRELD, OKLA. THOMAS J. WALSH, MONT. CHARLES S. DENEEN, ILL. THADDEUS H. CARAWAY, ARK. FREDERICK H. GILLETT, MASS. WILLIAM H. KING, UTAH QUY D. GOFF, W. VA. M. M. NEELY, W. VA. ARTHUR R. ROBINSON, IND.
JOHN P. ROBERTSON, CLERK ALLEN R. COZIER, ASST. CLERK
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
February 14, 1928
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Scott:
Will you give me the pension record of Isaac Billington, also spelled Billenton, who was born in Middleborough, Mass., in 1758, or 1759, and served in the Revolutionary War. He died in Wayne, Maine.
Thanking you for this information, I am
Yours very truly,
C. S. Deneen
JCM:D

CARL ALSTIEN FOSS 823 PINE PLACE BELLMORE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
June 30, 1932
Veterans Bureau, Washington, D. C. Dear Sirs,-
Do your records give any information about ISAAC BILLINGTON who died in Kennebec County, Maine, 16 December 1829, age 70. I believe him to be the ISAAC BILLINGTON who served in Capt. Abial Peirce's company, Col. Nicholas Dike's regiment, in the Revolution.
Did he receive a pension?
Do your records indicate where and when he was born, where he lived and where and when he died?
Any other information?
Very truly yours,
Carl Foss

MS
February 18, 1928.
Honorable Charles S. Deneen, United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of February 14, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23617, it appears that Isaac Billington was born in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, date not given.
He enlisted in Massachusetts December 1, 1775, as a private in Captain Pearce's Company in Colonel Ward's Massachusetts Regiment and served as such until September 1776, when he went on board the ship, Hancock, which was commanded by Commodore Manly, and served as a marine under Captains Lyman and Ayer. In October, 1776, while on duty as a sentinel on the Hancock he had a fall which broke a rib, dislocated his right shoulder and broke his breast bone on the right side. In consequence of his injury he was discharged November 30, 1776. He enlisted in February or March, 1778,

as a private in Captain Lemuel Wood's Company in Colonel Jacob's Massachusetts Regiment. He was in the battle of Rhode Island and was discharged late in December, 1778.
He married July 26, 1778, Rebecca West of Middleborough, Massachusetts.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, at which time he was fifty-nine years of age and was living in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine District.
He died December 16, 1829.
His widow, Rebecca, was allowed pension on her application executed February 6, 1837, at which time she was eighty-one years of age and was a resident of Wayne, Maine.
It was stated that they had about ten children, but the only name given was that of Betsey who was born in September, 1780, and who gave her name as Betsey Frost in 1837.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.