Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,892, Robert Bradeen, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
Continental Mass.
Bradeen, Robert
NUMBER
S. 30,892
CONTENTS

✓ Maine 11. 274
Robert Braden
of Dork Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the commanded by Captain Derby of the regiment in Scammon in the Massachusetts line for —
13 Mo Private - 43. 33
Inscribed on the Roll of — Maine at the rate of 43. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. day of April 1833 and sent to Joseph Howard, Penobscot, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March — 86. 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 - 21. 66
108. 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John S. Sprague Clerk, Book E - Vol. 1 - Page 3

affidavit for a pension - Robert Braden's Declaration
7138.

State of Maine. -
County of York, ss. -
On this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared before the
Court of Probate now sitting at Simsbury in the County of York Robert Bradburn a resident of Waterville in the County of York & State of Maine, aged eighty seven years, waiting further order who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
passed June 7. 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated -
I enlisted in the Town of York, in the County of York, & State aforesaid, for eight months, in April 1775, I think. Samuel Derby was my Captain, Joshua Grafton was Lieutenant Johnson Moulton was our Lieutenant Colonel. I was in Col. Seammens Regiment
We marched from York to Cambridge I was in Bunker Hill Battle Jun 17. 1775 - I served my time out & was discharged, had a written discharge, but have lost it - I was in the Massachusetts line -
Afterwards In March or April, I think 1776 - I enlisted near Boston, under Captain Jonathan Nowell. & Thomas
Nowell was Lieutenant, We were in Col. Prescott Regiment & enlisted for two months & served my time out in the Vicinity of Boston - was discharged in Brookline Massachusetts. had no written discharge
I was born in said York - Sept 6 th 1745 - I moved from York to Waterville where I now live
I don't think I can get any evidence unless with considerable trouble

Afterwards I enlisted for three months under Cap- tain Abel Moulton, (Simon Gage was our lieutenant) John Frost was our Colonel - in 1777 I think. we marched from York in November or December I think - we stopped a week at Danbury, I think it was in the Western part of Connecticut, or I was then told - From there we went to Poughkeepsie New York & staid till our time was out. I was discharged there but had no written discharge -
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Robert Bradeen Witness Wm. H. Hays
We Elias Libbey a clergyman, residing in the town of Limberick, Me and James Johnson residing in the town of Hollis, Me hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Robert Bradeen who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be eighty seven years old. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Elias Libbey James Johnson
And the court aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the questions prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the court further certifies, that it appears, that Elias Libbey who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Limberick Maine and that James Johnson who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Hollis, Maine and is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit - I William Cutter Allen Register of the aforesaid Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Bradeen for a Pension -
In testimony whereof - I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 20th day of August AD 1852 Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.

State of Maine
York ss. Waterville, December 31. 1832.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a justice of the Peace within & for the County of York aforesaid, Robert Bradeen, of said Waterville, who, in order to amend his declaration, which he made, before William A. Hayes, Judge of Probate for said County of York, on the twentieth day of August, A.D. 1832, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot positively as to the precise length of his service, than he stated in his former declaration aforesaid, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades - For eight months in the year 1775 - commencing in April of that year, - For two months commencing in April 1776 - and for three months in 1777 - I served, making in all thirteen months , as a common soldier, or private, as is more particularly described in my declaration aforesaid, & for such service I claim a pension.
 1. I was born in the Town of York in said County of York September 6 th 1745.  2. I have no Record of my age. I was cal  3. I was residing in said Town of York when I entered the service, at each of the periods aforesaid - and I moved from the said Town of Waterville, from the Town of York, fifty four , or fifty six years ago, I can't certainly say which, and I have lived in said Town of Waterville ever since  4. I enlisted into the service at each of the periods of my service aforesaid.  5. I cannot recollect the names of the officers, or Regiments - or the circumstances of my service, any more particularly than I did in my declaration aforesaid, before Judge Hayes, I am now quite sick and feeble.  6. I received a discharge at the end of my first period of service of eight months, which was the only discharge I 

ever received, and that discharge I lost many years ago.
7. I am known to & acquainted with Eldu Elias Libby, & James Johnston, who signed & certified my former declaration - also with Deacon John Hill, Paul Chadbourne Esqum - & the Hon John Holmes now United States Senator, all of whom & many other my neighbours, can testify to my character for truth and veracity - & their belief of my services as a soldier in the Revolution.
I caused the depositions of Deacon Simson Chadbourne of Lyman in the county of York, and Lord of Shapleigh in said County of York, to be taken in August last past. The former deposition was taken by Nathan Dane Appleton Esq. and the latter was taken by Samuel Bradburn Esq. and by those depositions I proved my services aforesaid - I caused the said Depositions to be sealed up, directed to the War Department, Informal  Informal  as  Secretary of War , & to be forwarded by mail, the same week, that I forwarded my application aforesaid.
I was seventy  eighty seven years old, the sixth day of last September. - Robert his X Bradburn mark Witness Joseph Howard
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid Before me Joseph Howard Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
York ss. I Mr. Walter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that Joseph Howard is a Justice of the peace as above stated, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal official this third day of January A.D. 1833.
Wm. Walter Allen, Register of Probate.

February 23, 1933.
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BA-J/ADY am Robert Bradeen S.30892
Rev.W. L. Bradeen, 24 Central Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Robert Bradeen, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 30892, based upon his military service in that war.
Robert Bradeen was born September 6, 1745 in York, York County, Massachusetts (Maine).
While a resident of York, Massachusetts, he enlisted in April 1775, served eight months as a private in Captain Samuel Derby's Company, Colonel Scammon's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted in March or April 1776 and served two months as a private in Captain Jonathan Nowell's Company, Colonel Prescott's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted about November 1777 and served three months as a private in Captain Abel Moulton's Company, Colonel John Frost's Massachusetts Regiment.
About 1778 he moved from York to Waterboro, Massachusetts (Maine).
Pension was allowed on his application executed August 20, 1832 while a resident of Waterboro, York County, Maine.
The name of one Samuel Bradeen appears in the claim, no relationship stated. There are no further family data.
Soldier died January 4, 1833, place not stated. On a B.

This office has no record of land having been granted on account of the service of this soldier.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

30892 ANY INVALID.
1933 Oct. 23. Hist. to Rev. W. L. Bradeen. a. 187.
File No. 30892
Robert Bradeen
His Rev. was
Act: June 1 st 1894
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 57
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Robert Bradeen which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? not distinctly V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  The best evidence must in all cases be produced XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? II Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  all except the 1st.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Robert Bradeen
Adm, 13 mos Private $43.53
4.13.17
Joseph Horn and Leineville Maine
J. H. A.

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Limrick Me. Jan'y. 16 th 1833 -
Lewis Cof Secretary at War - I herewith return the application of Robert Braden, for a pension - It was impossible for Mr. Braden to attend any  Court , in order to attend his declaration - Indeed from an examination of the printed instructions accompanying the Act of June 7. 1832. & the brief statement of the objections to a claim - I infer that the amended declaration , may be made and sworn to before a Justice of the Peace, and not necessarily before a Court of Record - If I am wrong in my inference - please so inform me - as I am attorney to several applicants
Very respectfully Joseph Howard
(Limrick, York County, Maine.)

24 Central Avenue Old Orchard Beach, Maine February 2, 1933
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am trying to prove myself a decendent of Robert Bradeen, a Revolutionary Soldier. He was from the Town of York, Maine , born 1746, died January 4, 1833; listed in Revolutionary War Pension List 35D, 1835. It is reported that the Government granted him a tract of land in the Township of Waterborough, Maine. Is this correct? I would like to learn who his parents were, the date and birth-place of his children, also their names, to whom and when he was married and the place of his death.
This may be too much to ask but I do not know where else to go for such information. If you can find anything more about him I shall be pleased to have it.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Respectfully yours,
Per W. L. Bradeen W. L. Bradeen