Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 940, Ichabod Blethen, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Blethen, Ichabod
R. 940
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

14065
Elizabeth Blather dd widow of Ichobod Maine
Rejected.
was not living at the time of the prepage of Act 7, July 1838.
Act 7 July 1838

State of Maine County of Lincoln Bath, October 13. 1849 -
Personally appears Levi Blethen of Phippsburgh in said County, and on oath declares that he is now of the age of fifty seven years in May last past. That he is the only survi- ving child of Ichabod & Elizabeth the Blethen. That Ichabod & Elizabeth, his father and mother, were married in that part of Georgetown now Phipps- burgh, in April A. D 1782. - His mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Sweetser, and when she married Ichabod Blethen she was widow of Philip Fow- ler, and called Elizabeth Fowler. That said Ichabod Blethen died in February A. D 1796. leaving Elizabeth his widow, who died August 13 th . 1836.
Levi Blethen

County of Lincoln. ss. On this 13 th day of October A. D 1849.
Levi Blish, who is well known to me personally, appears, and acknowledges the foregoing affidavit, and makes oath that the facts therein stated so far as within his knowledge are true and the matters therein stated not within his personal knowledge he believes to be true. I further certify that said Levi Blish is a credible witness, and his statements underneath are entitled to full credit.
Witness my hand the day of your above written
Nathan Grootow Jus of Peace.

State of Maine County of Lincoln, Town of Phippsburg
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls of his Office of the service of my father Lehabore Blethen in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Georgetown in the County of Lincoln State of Maine about or before the 1778 in the company commanded by Capt. Hinckley in Gen. Samuel M c obb Regiment on the coast near to and east of Kennebec River. He also was in the service nine months at Tiverton.
And I hereby constitute and appoint Freeman H. Morse of Bath my attorney in the premises. Witness my hand June 13, 18209 Levi Blethen
Signed and sworn to Before me Nath l le Reue Just Peace

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, made by the Attorney of the party who rendered the service.
State of Maine County of Lincoln Town of Bath
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Schabed Blithen in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Dor in the County of Georgetown and State of Maine
He enlisted from the Town of Phelpsburg in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine about 1778 as a soldier Capt in the Company commanded by Captain James Lennart or Hinkley in the Regiment Com by Genl Samuel McCalloch and he served as follows,* viz:— about six months in 1779 it is said under Capt James Lennart or Capt Hinkley — 2 months at Cambridge under Capt John Lennart 2 1/2 months under Capt Lennart in the Brayaduce Expedition He was in the service at Trenton under Capt Benjamin Lennart , & in other service during the latter part of the War. This description of the service of the above named Blithen may not be very accurate, but it is as near as I am able to arrive at it from the documents in my hands. Of his service & the title of his heirs to pension money there appears to be no reasonable doubt
A. H. Morse
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

I am now                                        years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this                                        day of A. D. 184 .
Signed by said in my presence,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. }

Ex'r.
INVALID.
No. 140
RECEIVED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Elizabeth Bluthner
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Elizabeth Blithenden Maine
Rejected let 13 Feb: 1850, to Bm R. H. Goodenough Paper, copied & sent to Mrs. S. P. Henshaw 11/19/50 25. Apr 1854
940
Ans 7 July 1838
38 me Elizabeth Blithenden Maine Schal...
Rev. Geo. P. Malolo Can't find Penitence Nothing to do.

Esacub Blythen and Elizabeth Fowler both of Georgetown Intends Marriage dated at Georgetown April the 13. 1782 certificate dated April 29 th 1782
William Butler Town Clerk
Georgetown June 5. 1849 The above is a true copy Attest W G Emmons Town Clerk

I William Wyman of Phippsburg in the county of Lincoln State of Maine. of the age of Eighty Seven years. do testify on oath and say that I have always known Ichabod Blithe, I lived near him until he died. I know that he was in the United States Service. as a soldier in the war of the Revolution
I know that he went to Siverton as a soldier. I know that he was at least at the time of the battle.
I saw him married to Elizabeth Fowler at her mother's house
I know that Serj Blithe of Phippsburg is a son of the aforesaid Ichabod & Elizabeth Blithe. Wm Wyman
State of Maine
Sineco. p. August 15. 1849 Personally appeared the abovenamed William Wyman, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
Nathl. C. Reed Just of the Peace
Sineco. p. Aug. 15. 1849. The abovenamed William Wyman is personally known to me. He is a man of truth & veracity Nathl. C. Reed Just of the Peace

Hann of Rep, April 20. 1874.
Dear Sir,
I herewith inclose a letter from J. M. Reed Esq asking for copies of the papers on file in case of Elizabeth Blett vs. for a Pension.
Please furnish the copies & return the letter with them.
Yours very resply
Hon. L. P. Waldo. Com r of Pensions.
Sam l P. Beman

Slavery is in Blight (all)

The attestation that the within line from Mary Day was made by consent of defendant N. G. Reed, Esq.
I Mary Day of Phillipsburg in the County of Lincoln State of Maine Seventy eight years of age do testify and say that I knew Ichabod Blitten at the time of the Revolution war, and that he served as a soldier in the Regiment commanded by Gen. Samuel Mc Cobb. kept Hein McIntire's company. He went to Boston where was in the battle at which kept McIntire was killed. He went to Tiverton as a soldier. I know that Levi Blitten of Phillipsburg is the son of Ichabod Blitten of said.
Mary Day
State of Maine Lincoln p. June 13, 1849 Personally appeared the above named Mary Day, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribers. Before me
Nathl. C. Reed Just Peace
State of Maine Lincoln June 13, 1849 I hereby certify that the above named Mary Day is personally known to me and that she is a person of truth and veracity.
Nathl C. Reed Just Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
September 28. 1849.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Ichabod Bliffen is borne on rolls of 8 mos. service in 1775. in Capt. Josiah Stearns lev. Col. Doolittle's Regt. as a private, from New Castle; — Also on Coat roll, Nov. 11. 1775. On a pay roll of Capt. Benjamin Lement's lev. Col. Samuel M c -Cobb's Regt. at Penobscot as a private from June 26. 1779. — 2 mos. 29 days and 40 miles travel. — There are no rolls of Capt. Hinchley, in this service. — Also on a list of prisoners on board the Hart the Hostage Schooner, to be exchanged for an equal number of British: — taken in privateer Sloop Retriever, from Casco Bay; — no date: — There is no evidence of any other service by any person of the name of Ichabod Bliffen. — The name of Blithen does not appear in any case.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
M. B. Calhoun —
Secretary of the Commonwealth.