Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12,386, Timothy Burdeen, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
mass.
Burdeen, Timothy Perdeen on Molly
W. 12,386 B. J. Wt. 1953-100.
CONTENTS

7732
Maine.
Timothy Burdeen 4
of York Dist in the state of Maine who was a privatt in the regiment commanded by Colonel M. Jackson of the Mass tt line, for the term of four years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist: of Maine at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of Mar: 1819 and sent to Hon Ben: Greene Judge, South Berwick M c .
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  89.29    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819  48 -  
$ 137.29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Timothy Burdeen of York, Maine, privatt in the regiment commanded by Colonel M. Jackson of the Mass tt line, for the term of four years. Inscribed on the Roll of Dist: of Maine at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818. Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of Mar: 1819 and sent to Hon Ben: Greene Judge, South Berwick M c .

Rep?~
Maine, 246.
Molly Burdeen, widow of Timothy Burdeen, who was a Private chap in the Revolution
Husband died 28 th Decr. 1845.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 ~ Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 28 th December 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of August 1846, and sent to
W m A. Hovey, Esq. South Berwick, Maine.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 1.
L. H. Wood, Clerk.

Devinotty Bundee. Private
M. Jackson's Maf. ts Regt.
July 1779 to 13. June 1783 -
31 st March 1810 -
correct

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this Thirty first day of March A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Timothy Burdeen aged fifty four resident in York in said county of York, 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 certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War :"
That he the said Timothy Burdeen in July one thousand seven hundred and Seventy nine enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army for the war at Kittery in the County of York and was marched to West Point where he was mustered in Capt. Oliver Peirce company of the eighth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col Michael Jackson and continued to do his duty as a private soldier in said company and Regiment untill the close close of the revolutionary war and was honorably discharged on the 13th June one thousand seven hundred eighty three at Newburg but has lost his discharge
And the said Timothy Burdeen farther testifies & proves by the Certificate of the Selectmen and overseers of the Poor of the Town in which he resides
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj o Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Timothy Burdeen did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
Twenty fifth day of June
Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj o Greene

Timothy Berdeon
York
7732
con
Sept 1811
X

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first tuesday of July being the fourth day of said month and by adjournment from day to day, on the fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, Chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fifth 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  county , Timothy Burdean aged fifty seven years, resident in York in said Circuit  county 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. Oliver Pierce in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael 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 thirty first day of March A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7,732 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 hereunto 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 herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Timothy Burdean.
Sworn to and declared, on the fifth day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Benj a Greene
Ch. Justice } One of the Judges of the said Court.
Atty. Daniel Sewall, Clerk.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
35 acres of poor plains land, worth dolls 70. with a one story two roomed house, neither clapboarded or shingled. — 1 cow — 1 pig — 5 sheep — & 5 lambs. — I owe to Doctor Frafton, Niram Norton & Co. Wentworth Fernald & Co the Collector of taxes, fifty nine dollars & ninety two cents.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Timothy Burdeen who, by occupation am a farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of occasional attacks of the rheumatism & the infirmity of age.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary my wife 55 weakly, in part able.   Abigail her sister 62 wholly unable, one side palsied, dependant upon me.   Niram my son 20 able to support himself.   Samuel d o 16 unable, almost blind & wholly dependant on me.    Timothy Burdeen.
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York ss. Daniel Sewall , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit , within the county of Yorke , do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 one hundred & seven dollars and seventeen cents.  And that the applicant owes fifty nine dollars & ninety two cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall , { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Yorke .

Timothy Berdeen No 1953.

Principal Claim by Timothy Beracen

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
State of Maine } ss. July 5. 1833 York County. }
I, Timothy Borden aged Sixty nine years, do upon oath testify and declare, that about or in the year one thousand seven hundred and forty nine I entered or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War," and served in the eighth regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson — , and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the eighth regiment of the Massachusetts line, under the command of Colonel Michael Jackson — and when I was a Private I do further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised me on the part of the United States, nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever:
Therefore, KNOW all men by these presents, that I Timothy Borden aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Timothy Baldwin to be 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 to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of July 1833.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, in presence of
Moses Hubbard
Timothy Borden
I, Nathaniel Hobbs aged Sixty three years, do upon oath declare that I am well acquainted with Timothy Borden who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and do well know him to be the identical person he represents himself to be: and further I know or do believe he did perform the military service therein stated.
Nath Hobbs
State of Maine } ss. York County. }
Before me Moses Hubbard a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared the above named Timothy Borden subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and likewise personally appeared Nathaniel Hobbs — subscriber to the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed. Dated this fifth day of July 1833.
Moses Hubbard Justice of Peace
State of Maine } ss. York County. }
I, Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Courts of York County, do hereby certify, that Moses Hubbard — 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 York — 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 Courts and subscribed my name at Alfred — this 6th day of May — in the year 1833. —
Jere. Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts York Co
Timothy Borden Act of 1818 Moses Hubbard Nathaniel Hobbs

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of third section of the Act of Congress of July 4 th 1836
State of Maine } County of York } ss-
On the twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty six personally appeared before the Hon. William A. Hayes Judge of the Court of Probate, being a Court of record within & for the County of York in the State of Maine. Molly Bunce a resident in South Berwick in said County of York & State aforesaid aged eighty years who being first sworn according to law, doth oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836.
That she is the widow of Timothy Bunce who was a private in the army of the revolution, and served as stated by him in his declaration to obtain a pension in conformity with the law of the United States of the eighteenth of March A.D. 1818, and on which declaration he drew a pension during his life at the rate of eight Dollars

per month during his life, and his pension certificate was numbered seven thousand seven hundred thirty two (7732) To which declaration of the evidence to prove the same she refers for a description of her said husband's services during the revolutionary war.
She further declares that she was married to the said Timothy Bundeen on the sixteenth day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred eighty seven. That her husband, the aforesaid Timothy Bundeen died on the twenty eighth day of December in the year eighteen hundred & forty five & that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed - - signed in the presence of us
Wm. A. Hayes David Boyd
Molly her { Bundeen Marks.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written Before me Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate York County State of Maine
I certify that the said Molly Bundeen by reason of her great age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel & attend court
Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate

State of Maine
York Ss.
I William Hammond Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of York and state aforesaid do hereby certify, that William A Hayes Esquire is the acting Register of Judge of Probate within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty second day of June AD 1816
W m Hammond Register of the Court of Probate for said County of York

I Daniel Peirce Clerk of the Town of Kittery in the County of York and State of Maine hereby certify: — That the marriage of Timothy Burdeen to Molly Fernald was consummated by the Rev. Alpheus Spring Minister in Kittery on the Sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven as appears by said Town records.
I Daniel Peirce Clerk of the aforesaid Town do hereby certify, that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the records in fair legible letters and figures, as follows: 1787 April 16
Daniel Peirce Town Clerk
I Daniel Peirce above named, depose and say: — That I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Kittery in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Kittery with the exception above named as certified by me
Daniel Peirce Town Clerk
York ss Jan. 27 th 1846
Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Daniel Peirce Before me Gowen Wilson Justice of the Peace
I Gowen Wilson the above the above named Justice of the Peace certify that Daniel Peirce, who is well known to me, is a man of truth and that his declarations are entitled to credit
Gowen Wilson Justice of the Peace

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 12386
Molly Burdeen Widow of Timothy Burdeen Rev Rev war
Act: same 17 th / 44
Index:—Vol. a , Page 109
[Arrangement of 1870.]

321.
Molly Burdeen (wid. of Timothy)
Me.
Act. 17 June, 1844,
Admitted.
2 years private
$80 per annum, commencing from 28 th De- cember, 1845, when her husband died.
W m A. Hayer, Esq. South Berwick Maine.

6773 Molly Bundeen Declaration for (321) Pension
m. 1787. - d 1845
Rejected.
Certificate to be sent to William A. Hayes South Berwick Maine

6773 Molly Bunce
Declaration (321) for
Pension
m. 1787. - d 1845
Rejected.
Certificate to be sent to William A. Hayes South Berwick Maine

I Joseph Brooks of South Berwick in the County of York & State of Maine Yeoman aged forty eight years depose testify and say, that Timothy Bundeen died on the twenty eighth day of December in the year eighteen hundred & forty five at his own house, I was present when he died I have been well acquainted with Timothy Bundeen ever since I was a small child, have often heard him say that he was out in the army many years during the revolu- tionary war, that he enlisted when he was sixteen years old to serve during the war that he did so service & was discharged after the peace. He drew a pension for his revolution- ary services for many years before his decease. His widow Molly Bundeen who was the wife of his youth, is now living a near neighbour of mine, and has remained a widow & unmarried ever since the decease of her said husband Timothy Bundeen
Joseph Brooks
State of Maine
York ss On the twelfth day of June in the year eighteen hundred & forty five the said Joseph Brooks personally appeared & made oath that the

foregoing Deposition by him subseunted is true Before me Wm. A. Hayes J. Peace
I certify that the above named Joseph Brooks is well known to me, and that he is a person of truth & veracity, and his statements under oath are entitled to full credit
Wm. A. Hayes J. Peace

STATE OF MAINE, } York County, ss. }
I, William Hammond Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of York and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William A. Hayes Esquire  and of the Quorum is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his commission was dated on the second day of May A. D. 1846 and will expire on the second day of May A. D. 1853 that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this twentyssecond day of June A. D. 1846
William Hammond } Register of the Court of Probate for said County of York.

6773 July 6. 1846.
be Molly Bunce,
July 4. 1836.
Dear James L. Schoenly
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
District of Columbia
20

State of Maine South Berwick July 1 - 1846
Hon J. S. Edwards, Commr of Pensions
In closed I send you the Declaration of Molly Burdick for a pension. You will be pleased to attend to the case at your earliest convenience & forward the certificate to me
Respectfully Yours &c
Wm. A. Hayes