Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,936, Edmund Bridges, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bridges, Edmund
S 36,936
CONTENTS

Let to Mary Bridges April 10/57
This letter was to Mary Bridges widow of Daniel Bridges N. 4204
It is of d. not in air.
Notification sent October 10 1818 to Mrs. Mary Bridges, widow of Daniel Bridges
13.715
R
District of Maine
Camuna Bridges
Castine in the state of Maine
Private in the regiment commanded by Capt. Turner son of the Mapachy
Three years
District of Maine
at Dollars per month, to commence on
the 1 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of Augt to Job Nelson Esq. D. of Maine
  41. 01  Mar 1819.  81. 03    enl. all'ce ending  Sep 1819.  48. 00    No 4/31   $129. 03  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Conklin

Edmund Bridges Map line Col H. Jackson 7 April 1822-1823
It appears by Col Bridges that that Daniel Webster was a Commr of the claim —
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts District of Maine County of Hancock On this first day of May 1818 Before me the subscriber the judge of the court of Probate in & for said County of Hancock per- sonally appears Edmund Bridges aged fifty six years resident in Litchfield in said County of Hancock who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled An act to provide for retired persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war.
That he the said Edmund Bridges enlisted in York in the State of Massachusetts the second day of April 1782 into the company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Sumner in Colonel Henry Jackson's regiment be- ing the ninth regiment in the Massa- chusetts line that he continued to serve in said corps or in the service of the United States, till the end of the war & was then discharged from service at West Point in the State of New York that he was not in any important battle but in several skirmishes That he is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Edmund Bridges
Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid: John Nelson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hancock
I Job Nelson, Judge of the Probate Court of said County, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the aforesaid Edmund Bridges did serve in the revolutionary war against
the common enemy as stated in the foregoing declaration, and that it is my opinion that the said Edmund Bridges is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said Court to be affixed this twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen
Attest. Wm Abbot Reg
Job Nelson Judge of Probate

Edmund Bridges N o 13715
Carlina
1925
July 1925
number 1925

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Third Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Eastport within and for the County of Kennebec on the 2 Tuesday of July being the eighth day of 1 o Month and by adjournment from day to day, on the fourteenth day of 8 o Month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable William Crosby & James Campbell Judges of said Court.
ON this fourteenth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
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, Edmund Bridges aged Fifty seven years, resident in Eastport 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. Turner in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson 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 first day of May A. D. 181 8 , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13.715 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. 2
Edmund Bridges
Sworn to and declared, on the 16 th day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE the Court.
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.
Albert Mason Shaw Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
  1 Pig 30/ 1 Pot 6/ 2 Rattles 6/ $7.00   Pail 1/6 Tub 1/6 ax 4/6 2 Hoes 3/ 1.75   Scythe 3/ 3 Chains 3/ Crockery ware 6/ 2.00   Knives & Forks 6/ Spoon 3/ Wheel 6/ 2.50   Table 3/ 2 Chests 12/ Shovel 6/ 3.50   Fish & other Provisions 12/ 2.40   Bible 6/ School Books 6/ Sundry small articles 6/ 3.40   Income by Labour annually $ 25.00 21.75 
Edmund Bridges.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Edmund Bridges who, by occupation am a Farmer which I am now able to pursue by reason of Rheumatism + general debility.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Joshua Bridges 20 Common ability   David " 18 Sitto   Emine " 16 Sitto   Daniel " 14 a cripple   Edmund Bridges.  
Hancock Co. State of Maine
I, MASON SHAW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Third Eastern Circuit, in the County of Hancock and State of Maine, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 one dollars and seventy five cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July A. D. 1820.
Mason Shaw Clerk of the said Court for the County of Hancock.

I own no Real Estate
Amount of my Personal Estate 21.75
Annual Income by Labor 25.-
Whole Number of my Family Five
Edmund Bridges
Edmund Bridges
Jan 2 1872
Edmund Bridges

Washington September 16, 1931
Miss Della Prescott Dover-Foxcroft Maine
BA-J/MLB Qu
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 36956, that Edmund Bridges enlisted April 2, 1782, at York, Massachusetts, and served until the end of the war as a private in Captain Thomas Turner's company, Colonel Henry Jackson's Massachusetts regiment, and was in several skirmishes.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, while living in Castine, Hancock County, Massachusetts (Maine), aged fifty-six years.
In 1820, soldier stated that his family residing with him consisted of the following:
Joshua Bridges aged twenty years David " " eighteen years Eunice " " sixteen " Daniel " " fourteen "
Their relationship to soldier is not stated and there is no reference to his wife.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

36 936 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 36,936
Edmond Bridges Rev Rev D
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 250
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1913, Aug. 18. History to A. H. Bridges. Err.
1931 Sept. 15 Hist. to Miss Della Pheasant, Dover Foxcroft Maine — MJB.

I Daniel Webster do hereby certify that Edmund Bridges enlisted into the conti- nental Army I believe in the year 1782 & that he served in said Army till the war was ended & I am very certain was honorably discharged from the same service I also certify that I was a commissioned officer in said service in that term & I knew said Bridges there & also before he enlisted & that I am dis- interested
Dan l Webster
Witness Job Nelson

AUG 27 1931
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
To Whom It Concerns:—
Have you any record of an Edmund Bridges who received a pension as a Revolution- ary soldier. Said Bridges is buried in Castine, Maine, and on his tombstone is cut the following:—
Edmund Bridges Born in Old York
Aug. 10, 1762
Died in Castine
Sept. 14, 1851
A soldier of the Revolution— Faithful in his country's

service, and courageous in fighting its battles.
By his side is buried his wife:-
Elizabeth Avery Born in Old York Nov. 12, 1769 Died in Castine Feb. 16, 1820
Above named persons were my great-grandfather and great-grandmother. Did my great-grand-

father apply for a pension, and, if so, have you on record the date of his marriage? I have all necessary data but those two mentioned above.
For those two I shall be very grateful.
Thanking you, I am,
Yours very truly, Della Prescott.
Miss Della Prescott Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

NOTARY PUBLIC
TEL. 361-M
A. H. BRIDGES
ATTORNEY AT LAW
50 MAIN STREET
PROBATE PRACTICE
COLLECTIONS
BANKRUPTCY
WATERVILLE, ME., August 11, 1913
Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
I wish to ascertain if the Pension Records show that Edmund Bridges, born at Old York of Maine August 10, 1762 and who died at Calais, Maine, Sept, 14, 1851, received a Pension for services in the Revolutionary War.
Kindly take this up with me by return mail and oblige,
Yours very truly
A. H. Bridges X

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Edmund Bridges a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. F. 36,936
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 2, 1782 to end of war. Pri. Thos. Turner Henry Jackson Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Earl at York, Mass.
Date of application for pension, May 1, 1818 His cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Castine Hancock Co., Me.
Age at date of application, 56 yrs. (date & place of birth not stated.)
Remarks: In 1820, soldier refers to the following children: Joshua, aged 20; David 18, Ennis 16 and Daniel 14 yrs.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Cert 137/5