Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,744, Elijah Bliss, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Bliss, Elijah Cheney, Rebecca (Former widow)
A. 22,744 B.Lt. 2193-100.
CONTENTS
Widow's second husband, Samuel Cheney, also served in the Revolution. See papers within.

Massachusetts 1087
Rebecca Cheney formerly widow of Elijah Bliss dec d also widow Mass of Samuel Cheney, a Reg t Sol d who died in the year 1788 of Suffolk Co in the State of Mass a who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain W m Farland of the Reg t commanded by Col l M c Farland in the Mass a line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of June 1837 and sent Rachel Baldwin Boston Mass a
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $720.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r 60.00 $780.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d Act March 3, 1831
Recorded by H. H. Addison CL k Book 4 Vol. 1. Page 55
21 B See papers of Rebecca Cheney widow of Sam l of Maine Reports Act. July 7 1838.

1964 Rebecca Cheney Widow of Elijah Bliss dec
Seiz. 2 v. $20 per ann com m g 4 March 1831
M c Farland En c . baps. See Mass. oth. Vol. 28 p 214 L final att t cert. Vol 3 p 105.
Reuben Baldwin Esq Boston Mass

Map roll Vol 28
p 214
Ayal Plops D.W. on ✓
Final Sub cert.
Vol 3 p 108 on

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk County ss. On this twenty sixth day of
April, In the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty seven, Personally appeared before the Hon Peter O Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court for the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Rebecca Cheney, who being first duly sworn According to Law, doth on her Oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress passed the 4 July 1836 and 3 March 1837, That She is in the Seventy fifth year of her Age and a Resident of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, That She is the Widow of Samuel Cheney of Said Roxbury dec d That She was formerly the Wife and likewise the Widow of Elijah Bliss formerly of Said Roxbury dec d That Said Elijah her first Husband was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and enlisted for "During the War in the year 1777. and Served as a Sergeant through the whole of the War until its termination And received an honorable discharge from the Army.
She further testifies and declares That during the continuance of Said War Said Elijah Bliss received an injury in the thigh and was disabled thereby and returned to Boston where he was enrolled in the Corps of Invalids and under the Medical treatment of Doct r John Warren now dec d where he continued until the Peace in 1783.
She further declares that She was Married to her Husband Said Elijah Bliss at Roxbury by the Rev William Gordon on the Seventh day of February in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two And that Said Elijah Bliss her Husband died from home in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty eight as near as She can now recollect,

And that afterwards in the year Seventeen hundred & Ninety in the Month of December She was Married to her Second Husband Samuel Cheney aforesaid, That her late Husband Said Samuel Cheney died on the Eleventh day of November in the Year Eighteen hundred and twenty. And that She has remaine- a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed. Rebecca Cheney
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the 7 Day of year aforesaid in 26 April 1837
Peter O. Tracher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
I Charles Veazie of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly Sworn do on Oath testify and declare That I am well acquainted with Mrs Rebecca Cheney the applicant named in the foregoing Declaration that She was formerly the Wife and is now the Widow of Samuel Cheney dec d whom I also well knew; It was always reported and believed that Said Rebecca was the Wife and likewise the Widow of Elijah Bliss dec d and it was reported that Said Elijah died from home, Said Rebecca is now and was a Widow on the 4 th July 1836. I am in the Fiftieth year of my Age
Charles Veazie
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day of year aforesaid in
26 April 1837 Peter A. Tracher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
I certify, that Rebecca Cheney the Declarant, by reason of age & infirmity cannot attend in Court; & that Charles Veazie, the foregoing Declarant, is a credible person, & that faith is due to his statement.
I further certify, that the said Declarant was well known to me, prior to her marriage with the said Samuel Cheney, who was a physician for some time by profession, and afterwards for many years one of the public schoolmasters in the

town of Boston. The said Rebecca was known to me by the name of Betsy. She was a widow and maintained herself by working at the trade of a tailoress, & was frequently employed in the family of my father, the late Rev. Dr. Peter Thacher of this city. Said Rebecca Cheney was a person of good character, & I think that full confidence may be reposed in her statement.
Boston April 26 th . 1837.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss.
I Charles A. Parker, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for the county of Suffolk, do hereby certify, that Peter O. Thacher Esqr. is a Justice of the Peace for said county of Suffolk & is Judge of the Municipal Court for the City of Boston, in said county of Suffolk, & that his signature above written is his true & proper signature.
Witness - My hand & the seal of said court of Common Pleas, this fifteenth day of May A.D. Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Seven.
Chas. A. Parker. Clerk

Marriage Certificate -
of Mr Elijah Bliss of Lebanon, Connecticut
to Mrs Rebecca Bradley of Roxbury Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County Jr. Roxbury May 10 th 1837 I hereby certify, that on the Record of Marriage of said Town "Mr. Elijah Bliss of Lebanon, and Miss Rebecca Bradley were married by the Rev d William Gordon. 1782."
A true Copy of Record -
Attest Nath l S. Prentiss Town Clerk of said Town -
Norfolk Jr Roxbury May 10 th 1837 Then personally appeared Nath l S. Prentiss Ass d Town Clerk of the Town of Roxbury and made solemn oath that this Certificate by him signed is a true Copy from the Town Record,
Before me
W m Whiting Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk. I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate of the County & Commonwealth herein certify that William Whiting is a Justice of the Peace within the County of Norfolk & that his signature on this paper is genuine & true In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this tenth day of May AD 1837 Jonathan H. Cobb

Roxbury Jamaica Plain Feb 8. 1782.
These are to certify that Mr Elijah Bliss was married to Miss Rebecca Bradley residing in Roxbury, the evening of Thursday Feb 7 th 1782. J William Gordon
orderly sergeant

Mr. E. Bliss. now of Marblehead

This certifies, that Elijah Bliss, son of Elijah & Rebecca Bliss, was baptized in the First Church of Christ in Roxbury, in Massachusetts, on the 29 th of August, in the year 1784. —
Eliphalet Porter, Pastor of s d Church.
Roxbury, Feb. 11 th 1818. —

Heir of Elijah Bliss. Secd.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
State of Massachusetts Essex County. } ss.
I, Elijah Bliss a Son and only heir at law to Elijah Bliss deceased, do upon oath testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, Elijah Bliss aforesaid, about, or in the year 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the same, when he received an honorable discharge at the ter- mination thereof, from the Imperial Regiment of the line commanded by Colonel James Nicols and when he was a Sergeant .
I further testify and declare that my Father said Elijah Bliss died while on a visit to his friends in Connecticut, soon after the Revolutionary War, as I have always understood & believed.
I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Elijah Bliss aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever:
Therefore, KNOW All Men By these Presents, that I Elijah Bliss aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Dabson of Boston in the State of Massachusetts my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Bounty Land due me as the only heir at law of Elijah Bliss aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 8th day of November in the year 1837.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, in presence of
James Gregory
Elijah Bliss
Essex County, ss. Marblehead
Be it known that on this eighth day of November in the year 1837 Before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Elijah Bliss subscriber to the above de- claration, who made solemn oath to the truth of the same: and likewise acknowledged the power of attorney thereunto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; dated at Marblehead in said County the day and year above mentioned.
James Gregory
Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts Essex County. } ss.
I, John Prince Clerk of the Court of said Essex County, do hereby certify, that James Gregory before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Essex duly commissioned sworn and qualified by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my Salem this 30th day of November in the year 1837.
John Prince Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
Penobscot, ss.
I, NATHAN WESTON, JR., CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS in said County, certify that
William Weston & Augustus Perkins of the County of Hancock & State of Maine
Esquire and  was at the date of this  his Certificate an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and that the signature to the paper annexed purporting to be his  his genuine, and that he is duly authorized and empowered, by the laws of said State, to take acknowledgments of Deeds, Assignments and Powers of Attorney.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State this thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- Seven
Nathan Weston Jr. Clerk.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of July 7, 1838 & subsequent acts -
State of Maine County of Hancock { 33
On this third day of May A.D. 1875 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the said County which is a Court of Record Nancy Grindle a Resident of Penobscot in said County aged Sixty six years, who first being duly sworn according to law, states on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts above mentioned -
That she is the daughter of Samuel Cheney and Rebecca Cheney and that the Deceased and Elizabeth Blake, Sally James, Abigail Brickett & Samuel Cheney are the sole surviving children of said Samuel & Rebecca Cheney That the said Samuel Cheney who was a Private & Surgeon in the war of the Revolution - That she fully believes he served in the capacities, at the times & places & for the term specified in the annexed or accompanying Certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts and that her reasons for so believing are that the services therein described corresponds and conforms to the accounts she had received from him and others respecting the same and affirms the statements made by her in her application to the said Secretary for said Certificate to which therefore she respectfully refers

for the services of her Father & also for proofs of said services -
That her said Father died in Hanover in the State of Massachusetts on the 11 th day of November A.D. 1820 -
That her Mother the said Rebecca Cheney whose name was then Rebecca Bliss was mar- ried to the said Samuel on the 29 th day of December A.D. 1790 - That she was not married to him before the close of his last period of service but at the time aforesaid.
That the said Rebecca survived the said Samuel and lived as his widow until her decease - that she died at Boston Mass on the 12 th of September 1838 within a few months after the passage of the act of July 7, 1838 under which a Pension is now claim- ed - & before she had any time to make application therefor, if she knew her right thereto -
All which statements will be authenticated by the proofs herewith furnished -
Wherefore she makes application for the amount of Pension due her said Mother on behalf of herself & the other children of said Samuel & Rebecca Cheney.
Attest William Wescott
George M. Billings Nancy Grindle
Sworn to and subscribed before me the Judge of said Court in open Court on the day & year above written
Parker Stock - Judge of Probate for said County.

We, William Wescott & George A. Billings both Residents of Bluehill in the State of Maine on oath declare that we are well acquainted with Nancy Grindle and know her to be the person who represents herself in the foregoing Declaration which was signed & sworn to by her in our presence & know her to be the reputed daughter of Samuel & Rebecca Cheney - William Wescott George A. Billings
State of Maine County of Hancock } ss
Subscribed & sworn to before me this day & year aforesaid & I certify that the affiants are known to me & entitled to credit
Parker Fick - Judge of Probate for said County

We Luther M Bates and Louisa A Bates Both residents of Brooksville in the State of Maine on oath depose and that the following is a true extract from a Family Bible formerly kept by Dr Samuel Cheney late of Boston in the State of Mass who was well known as an officer and soldier in the Revolution and now in the possession of Mrs Nancy Grindle who is the daughter of said "Samuel Cheney" M rs Rebecca Cheney died Sept the twelveth 1838 aged 75 years also Dr Samuel Cheney died Nov 11 th 1820 aged 75" we also testify that we have known Mrs Grindle for more than ten years and have known the Bible containing the above Record to have been in her possession for more than ten years also that the foregoing is all which is contain d in said Bible upon the subject
L M Bates
L. A. Bates
State of Maine
County of Hancock S o October 30, 1856
Subscribed and sworn to before me and I certify that the said affiants are well known to me and entitled to credit; also that I have no interest in this claim & no concern in the prosecution of it
William Prescott Justice of the peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SUFFOLK, SS.
I CERTIFY, That Thornton K. Lothrop Esq. before whom the accompanying affidavit was made, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand, and the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the said Commonwealth for said County, this second day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty six .
G. H. Nichols, Assistant Clerk of the said Court.
Thornton K. Lothrop — Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth State of Maine Massachusetts
COUNTY OF Suffolk City of Boston
On the Records of Marriages for said Town, is the following, viz:  Brattle street Church in said City. under the head of "Record of Marriages solemnized by Peter Thacher, Pastor of the Church in Brattle Street Boston," is the following, viz:
Mr. Samuel Cluett and Mrs. Rebecca Bliss
And I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record, in fair legible figures, as follows: Dec 29, 1790.
S. K. Lotthrop { Pastor of Brattle Street Church Clerk of the Town of
I Samuel K. Lotthrop Pastor of Brattle Street Church above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk , in the County, City Town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Church Town, with the exception where named, as certified by me.
S. K. Lotthrop Pastor of Brattle St. Church
Commonwealth of Massachusetts STATE OF MAINE , COUNTY OF Suffolk
ss. { December 2 - 1856
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, and I certify that the said Samuel K. Lotthrop the affiant abovenamed is well known to me, and entitled to credit. Also that I have no interest in the result of the claim aforesaid, and no concern in the prosecution of it.
Thornton K. Lotthrop — Justice of the Peace.

Samuel Cheney, b d 11 Nov 1820. Rebecca Cheney b d 12 Sep 1838
1790-
84 0
Nancy Grindle 1 - Elizabeth Blake 2 - Sally James 3 Abigail Burchstead 4 - Sam l Cheney 5

Apr e 1775 June 1780
5-8 mi 5-25

3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by F. W. May 6, 1911.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Soldier Claimant ag Died in 1820.
Soldier Samuel Cheney
Service Mass.
Additional Service. _____
No claim, State records , 190.
No claim, combination records , 190.
REMARKS:
No claim as above. S. F. 45-631 not ident. - alive in 1839.

History Eakin- ndon- Conn.
Re 22-744 WIDOW, &c.
June 14. 1897. H to Miss. Mary P. 32 Broad. st. New Lo (see Inv. 45.631)
File No. 22-744
Rebecca Cheney Former widow of Eliphaz (Eliza?) Also widow of Samuel Cheney deceased
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1904
No. Rebecca Cheney Service: widow of Samuel Cheney & former widow of Elijah Bliss Enlisted: Consolidated Feb'y 23 1882 , 18 with admitted widow Cheney Discharged: File No 22. 744 , 18
No 15,440 Rebecca Cheney dec. Widow of Samuel Maine.
Rejected - See papers of Rebecca Cheney, formerly widow of Elijah Bliss - admitted Act 1836. Mass Roll, No 1087 - and later to Chas. Davis. February 9, 1857.
1904
July 7 1831

I Jane Vose of Boston in the County of Suf- folk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now residing for a short time at Manville in the County of Prov- dence and State of Rhode Island, being duly sworn, do on Oath testify and say That I am the Widow of Amariah Vose dec d and that I am in the receipt of a pension from the United States under the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836, - which pension I receive at the Pension Agency in the City of Boston, That my late Husband Said Amariah Vose was a Sergeant in the Corps of Invalids of the Revolution- ary Army which Corps was Stationed in Essex Street in Said City of Boston in the year 1781. and 1782, I married my husband Said Amariah Vose in the Year 1781. and took up my residence with him in the Barracks occupied by Said Invalid Corps. I then and there became acquainted with Elijah Bliss who was a Sergeant in Said Corps of Invalids, I frequently saw him go on Duty to relieve the Guards at Fort Hill in Boston. and the Prison Ship Stationed in Charles River. and also on Parades, My Husband and myself were present at the Marriage of Said Elijah Bliss to Rebecca Bradley at Roxbury by the Rev. Mr Gordon. in the early part of the year 1782. And my acquaintance with Elijah Bliss and his Wife Rebecca continued for some time after their Marriage

And I always understood that after the death of said Elijah Bliss his Widow said Rebecca married Doct r Cheney and she is again and has been for several years a Widow Jane Vose
Providence County } Mansville 10 th day of May 1837 }
Then Personally appeared the above named Jane Vose and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by her subscribed in my presence Thereby Certify that the above named Jane Vose is a respectable person whose testimony is entitled to Credit and belief
George H. Nichols 3 d Justice Peace
State of Rhode Island, ss
I Dyer Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that George H. Nichols 3 d before whom the within affidavit was sworn, is a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Smithfield in said County; that he is by Law duly authorized & empowered to administer oaths & take Depositions; and that his signature as herein written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Providence this thirteenth day of May A D 1837.
Dyer Randall Clerk

STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
J. H. Drinkwater Esquire, Register-Judge of the Court of Probate, of Wills and granting Administrations, within and for said County:
HEREBY CERTIFY, That Parker French Esquire, is the Register  Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid, and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the certificate and attestation by him before subscribed; and that the same is in due form.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at ELLSWORTH, in said County, this Third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
J. H. Drinkwater
Register Judge of the said Court of Probate.

Elijah Bliss N. 2193. Rev

Authenticated copy ate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk ss I Sherman Leland judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to me to prove that Elisha Bliss & Marblehead in the County of Essex and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, is the only son only & heir at law of Elisha Bliss formerly of Roxbury in said County of Norfolk deceased, who was a sergeant in the Enlisted Corps of the Army of the Revolution. In testimony whereof I the said judge have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Eleventh day of Novem- ber AD 1837
S. Leland

Mrs Jane Rose recd May 4 th 1837.
Elijah Bliss
Mr. Nathan D. Dyer
[Large decorative flourish]
He left at Mr. May's Tuesday for the several places opposite the several churches
11/

Manville May the 3 1886.
Mr Baldwin
As concerning the information you want relative to Sergeant Bliss I recollect him and his wife well my husband and myself were at their wedding in Roxbury in the year 1882. I was married in 1881. I was acquainted with Sergeant Elijah Bliss previous to his marriage. I know that he was with the corps of involyntds with my husband in Essex Street.
I know he was on duty he used to go to release guard at fort hill and at the prison ship in Charles river. He also did duty on the parade what i have written is a part of what I know
if it will be of any service to you I shall be very happy
with respect Yours Sose

Mrs Jane Vose affectionately
J. H. P. Pembury Saltonstall Boston Massachusetts No. 5. Warrant place

Munsville May 16 10 1837
Sir I received your letter and have done as you requested as far as my knowledge extends,
I know nothing of the birth or existence of the child I have written all I know concerning Mr Bliss and his wife with respect Jane Ware

Mary Willard's affidavit

I Mary Willard wife of Aaron Willard of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Clock-Maker aged Seventy five years being sworn on oath testify and say that I was formerly acquainted with Elijah Bliss of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk and said Commonwealth and Rebecca his wife, whose maiden name was Rebecca Bradley, & I was more particularly acquainted with said Rebecca both before and after her marriage with said Elijah Bliss - that said Bliss was a weaver by - occupation, and for a short time pursued that vocation in Roxbury - that soon thereafterwards he left said Town, and it was reported and believed that he went to Connecticut on a visit to his - friends in that State, where he died soon after the termination of the Revolutionary War. - His widow the said Rebecca married Doctor Samuel Cheney who has subsequently deceased - and left said Rebecca again a Widow, who I understand was a pensioner under the Act of March 3 d 1837 but has recently deceased in this State Said Elijah Bliss and Rebecca his wife had only one child, a son by the name of Elijah Bliss who is still living and resides at Marblehead in the County of Essex in this state.
Mary Willard
Suffolk ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston, November 17. 1837. Personally appeared the above named Mary Willard & made solemn oath that the fore- going Affidavit by her subscribed is true. I hereby certify that the above named witness is a respectable inhabitant of said Boston living near the line on Roxbury neck to whose testimony full belief should be given. Before me, - George W. Adams, Justice of the Peace within and for said County.

I Jane Voss of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now residing for a short time at Mansville in Providence County in the State of Rhode Island, Being Sworn to on Oath testify and say that in the Seventy Seventy Seventh Year of my Age, and that I am the Widow of Amariah Voss in that I married said Amariah and resided with him in the Barracks occupied by the Invalid Corps in Eddy Street in Boston in the year 1781 and part of 1782, That I then and there became acquainted with Elijah Bliss who together with my husband said Amariah were Sergeants in said Invalid Corps That in the early part of the year 1782 said Elijah Bliss was Married at Roxbury by the Rev M c Porden, to Rebecca Bradley and myself and husband said Amariah Voss were present at their Marriage Jane Voss
Providence Sc Mansville May 10 th 1837 Personally came before me Jane Voss and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her Subscribed in my presence - And further certify the said Jane Voss is a credible witness in the premises
George Aldrich to Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. I Dexter Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within said County being a Clerk of Record. do hereby certify that Lunge March 3 rd before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn as a Justice of the peace in the Town of Northfield in said County: That he is by Law duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions and that his signatures before written are genuine & In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Providence this Eleventh day of May A.D. 1837 Dexter Randall
Eliza Bliss Admiral Coast Sergeants Mounted Troops No. 58,836 - + 58,920 - See Serial 3,000,000 - 3,000,000
Mrs. Jane Foss affidavit

Boston, Massachusetts
November 18 th 1839.
Sir
I transmit herewith the papers and Documents in support of the claim for Land Bounty, by Elijah Bliss , who is a son and only heir at law to Elijah Bliss decd, who was a Sergeant in the Invalid Corps of the Revolutionary Army. Should the above mentioned claim be considered admissible you will please issue a Warrant in satisfaction thereof, and deposit the same in the General Land Office, accompanied by the power of Attorney authorising me to draw Scrip thereon.
Accompanying the aforesaid Documents, is two letters from Mrs. Jane Vose, (who is a pensioner of this state) written by her daughter Mrs. Mary Eddy, at her mothers request, which letters are not a necessary part of the testimony, but explain the reason of her silence respecting the child of Mrs. E. Bliss. The Official capacity of George W. Adams, as a Magistrate, was  was fully established recently in the Documents forwarded, in support of the claim to Land Bounty by Mr. Barnabas Hollis - The case noticed by your letter of the 13 th Instant.
Permit me to enquire whether there is not some-

Some mistake in relation to the alleged No of Mr Hollis's Land Warrant No 2092. The one previously issued in the right of Ensign Luke Roundy is notified to be 2189.
Be pleased to reply to the foregoing commu- -nication and direct the same to me at this place
Very Respectfully Sir I am your Ob t Servant
Reuben Baldwin
Hon. Secretary of War Bounty Land Office Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
February 23 rd 1855.
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 Samuel Cheney is borne on muster roll of Capt. Seth Bullard's Comp. Col. John Smith's Regt. on alarm of April 19. 1775. 5 days, as private from Walpole Also on pay roll of six mos. men from the Town of Bradford from June 25. 1780 5 mos. 22 days. Allowed in Council Feby 26. 1782. Roll signed by the Selectmen of Bradford. Also on pay roll of Field and Staff officers belonging to Col. William Francis. Regt. who did duty at R. Island from Aug. 18 to Dec. 2 1781. 3 mos. 18 days, as Surgeon. Wages £ 64.16. Total travel included £ 68.17.4. Also the Town of Bradford paid Samuel Cheney the sum of £ 130. for his services in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years. Signed by the Selectmen of Bradford & sworn to June 18. 1782.

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.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Revolutionary Pension Claim -
Act of July 7, 1838
Surviving Children of Samuel Cheney
See papers of Re- becca Cheney, widow of Elijah Bliss. - Admitted under July 4 1836, Mass. charter Roll, N o 1087 -
Charles Davis Agent & Atty Bangor Me

POWER OF ATTORNEY— Revolutionary Pension Claims.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Francy Grindel of Penobscot in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine
hereby constitute and appoint Charles Davis of Bangor, Maine, Esquire my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of myself & the other surviving children of Samuel Cheney for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself, Elizabeth Blake Sally James, Abigail Burchstead & Samuel Cheney, the sole surviving child of Samuel & Rebecca Cheney, deceased
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this second day of January A. D., 185 7 .
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
Wm Wescott
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Hancock ss.
On this first  second day of January A. D. 185 7 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Francy Grindel and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
Wm Wescott Justice of the Peace.

Claim of Act of
STATE OF
COUNTY OF
ss.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this day of _____ A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty _____, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared _____ a resident of _____ in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of _____ Dollars per annum ; that _____ has been informed that said Pension ought to be increased ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me
J. Peace.
I, _____ Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. Peace.
I, _____ Clerk of the _____ Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that _____ before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths ; and the name thereunto subscribed, is _____ signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal, this _____ day of A. D. 185 _____.
Clerk.

STATE OF COUNTY OF
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It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me
that States at the rate of $
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United per annum and that died on the
day of
eighteen hundred and
leaving surviving
and that
the only surviving child
of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this day of one thousand eight hundred and fifty