Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18332, Joseph Brocklebank, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Brocklebank, Joseph
NUMBER
S. 18332
Carded
CONTENTS

10227 Maine
Joseph Mucklebank of Medway in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dodge of the Regt. commanded by Col. William Win the Maine line for 10 months Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of - 53 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of March 1833, and that Joseph S. Cole Paris Maine
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $106.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 26.67 $133.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. Addison Clerk, Book Vol. 9 st Page 3

Joseph Brook Leavitt Maine
Nov 16 1885
Atta
14007
Joseph G. Cole E Paris Maine

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Brocklebank  of  Sunbury  in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     June In 1796 entered 4 Private Capt Dodge Col Willard   Spring - 1797 " 2 " Capt Allen   Summer 1798 " 6 " Capt Evans   June 1799 " 4 " Capt Hughes  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Howland Mass & Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Saylor
Examining Clerk.

14,007. Jards Provisions ✓ ✓

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Cumberland ss.
ON this 24 day of October A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open
Court, before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Joseph Prouty a resident of Bridgton in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, aged 72 years, 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, and served as herein stated.
That he entered the service of the United States in the month of June 1778 in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Dole and Regiment commanded by Col. William Ladd and marched from Rowley where he joined the army to Concord and was stationed at Mount Hope until his time expired which was the fall of 1778 meaning four months. In that year a floating bridge was built across the Delaware River. In that year a battle was fought on the hills. I was discharged without any written or printed discharge. I again entered the service in the spring of the year 1779 and marched from said Rowley to Bristol River in Providence R.I. and remained there months under Capt. Silas Adams. I do not recollect where Regiment was discharged without any written or printed discharge.
I again entered the service in the summer of 1778 in Capt. Evans Company, Regiment not recollected and marched from Rowley to Providence and remained there about two months and was taken sick and returned home and remained there a few weeks and after I recovered returned to the army and served out my time which was six months, had no written discharge. I again entered the service in June 1782 in Capt. Thomas Magrath Company in Col. Wade Regiment and marched from Rowley to West Point where I remained stationed four months and was discharged without any written or printed discharge. He was born in Rowley 1759. He knows of no living witness except the deponent whose deposition accompanies this. He has a record of his age in his Bible. I have lived in Bridgton, Maine the last forty five years. The selectmen of Bridgton, Rev. Nathan Church of said Bridgton & Mrs. Tabitha Abner, Dea. Phineas Dyer & Robert Andrews all of said Bridgton can testify as to his character.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Prouty
Yours &c
John Ruggles J. C. C. P.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the
Court do hereby further certify that it appears to them that Nathaniel Church, John Gilborn, Alvin Dodge, Rufus Ingalls & Robert Andrews who have signed the certificate annexed are resident of Bridgton aforesaid and credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Ruggles Jr. 66 P
I William T. Vaughan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas — do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Grochabauck for a pension. Joseph
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifth day of October A. D. 183 2
Wm T Vaughan
CLERK.

P
18332
INVALID.
File No. 16,332
Joseph Beckelbank
Rev 1872
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 438
[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 Joseph Brunkbank which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Y II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Y 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? Y 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? Y VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Y VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Y VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Y IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Y 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? Y

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? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? /// If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? /// Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? /// 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? ///
 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† 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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

To Nathan Church - a deacon, residing in the town of Tilton and Phineas Ingalls, Court steward John Tilton and Abner Dodge residing in the same town do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Morrison of this town who has resided here some 40 years and is a man of good character and is a member of the church here and is and has been a member of the church here and is a member of the church here
Nathan Church John Tilton Abner Dodge Phineas Ingalls Robert Andrews
Cumberland ss Subscribed and sworn to by Nathan Church John Tilton Abner Dodge Phineas Ingalls and Robert Andrews this twelfth day of September A.D. 1832
Before me Asa Ingalls 2 d justice of the peace

State of Maine
Cumberland p. I William T. Vaughan Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County of Cumberland hereby certify that Asa Fargall is whose name is signed to the within certificate is a justice of the peace within and for said County, and duly au- thorized to administer oaths, and that the within signature of his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 5 th day of October A.D.
1832
Wm T Vaughan, Clk

I had known Mr. Dinsmore in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine over fifty eight years, at time before our war, that I was well acquainted with Joseph Dinsmore who resided in Dover at the commencement of the Revolutionary War and that I know that the said Joseph Dinsmore must have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War. I know of his going into the army at three different times, once he was drafted and went to Concordia, once to West Point and once to Rhode Island. I cannot recollect how long he was gone each time and I was not in the army with him, but I lived a near neighbor to him and I have no doubt but that he served as stated in his description. I have been acquainted with his son Brachlebank since the Revolution and he now resides and has resided in Bridgton aforesaid the same town I live in for the last forty years. I believe there are seventy two sons of his.
David Ellsworth
Concordia Me. Sept. 12. 1852. I believe said man is 100 years old and that David Ellsworth is a man of truth and veracity.
Before me Nathaniel S. Dinsmore, Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine.
Cumberland ss. I William S. Vaughan Clerk of the Court for the County of Cumberland hereby certify that Nathaniel S. Littlefield who has signed the within certificate is a justice of the peace within and for said County and duly author- -ized to administer oaths and that the within signature of his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 5 th day of Oct. A.D. 1872 - Wm S Vaughan, clk

The undersigned Selectmen of the town of Bridgton in the County of Cumberland Maine hereby certify that we are acquainted with Joseph Brocklebank of said Bridgton and in our opinion he is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to be believed
N. S. Littlefield } Selectmen Asa Dugall } of Bridgton
Subscribed and sworn to by Asa Dugall 2d this 12 th day of Sept. A.D. 1852
Before me Rufus Chase Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Cumberland ss. I William T. Vaughan Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County of Cumberland hereby certify that Rufus Chase who has signed the above certificate is a Justice of the peace for and within said County and duly authorized to administer oaths and that the above signature of his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 5 th day of October A.D.
William T. Vaughan, Clerk

I Jonathan Lambert of Rowley in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 68 years and upwards; on oath do testify and declare - that I am acquainted with Joseph Bracklebanke now of Bridgeton in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, but formerly of Rowley aforesaid - and do know that he marched from Rowley in the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Higgin in the Regiment commanded by Col. Nathl. Wade, in the month of July in the year 1780, to serve (as I verily believe) three months, and that he did serve the said term at place called West-point on the Hudson River in the State of New-York, and in that vicinity the said term, I have no doubt. —
My means of knowing what is above stated, are, that I was a private in said company during said term of three months, duly enlisted in said company, and although I did not see the said Bracklebanke enlist, yet I have no more doubt that he did duly enlist than that I did myself, - and I do know that I marched in company with him from said Rowley to said West-point, - And I also know that after the company arrived at said West-point, - that Genl. Arnold (of notorious memory) so contrived to distribute the men under his command, remote from each other, (some to cutting wood, some to guarding stores, and some to one duty and some to another) that they had but little intercourse with each other during the said term, - But although I did not march home in company with said Bracklebanke, yet I have no doubt that he served the said term of three months. —
Jonathan Lambert
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Essex, Town of Rowley, ss. Sept. 20 th A.D. 1832. — Then the above named Jonathan Lambert made solemn oath that the aforewritten affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth. — And I hereby certify that the aforesaid deponent is well known to me, and that he is a credible witness. —
Thomas Gage. Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Basix for John Prince; Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County being a Court of Record certify that Thomas Gage Esqr. is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that his above signature is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Salem this twenty-second day of September A.D. 1832.
John Prince; Clerk