Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23856, Jonathan Blaisdell, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Blaisdell, Jonathan Coffin, Elizabeth Former widow
W. 23856
CONTENTS

Maine . . . . . 120.
Elizabeth Coffin, former widow of Jonathan Blaisdell, deceased, who died on the 13 th of Nov. 1780; of Cumberland Co in the State of Maine, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain J. Reed, of the Regt. commanded by Col. Alden in the Massachusetts line for 2 years Private
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of July, 1837, and sent to Eben. Everett, Brunswick, Maine.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1837 $ 480:00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 40:00
$520:00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot, Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 1, Page 4.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23858
Elizabeth Coffin Former Wid of Jonathan Blaisdell Rev Rev war
Act July 4 th 1836
Index : Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2185
Elizabeth Coffin formerly widow of Jonathan Blaisdell
Me
Original - no deduction died in 1780 - on Rolls - 11 July 77. 372
ADM D
24 mo pri
 80 p
Ebenezer Everett Brunswick Me
enl 11 July 77. 372 enl 15 Feb 80

State of Maine. Cumberland Co. - ) Ss. On this thirteenth day of June A. 1837 personally appeared before the Subscriber, Judge of Probate for the County aforesaid, at a Court held at Brunswick in said County, Elizabeth Coffin, other- wise called Betsy Coffin, Widow, resident in said Bruns- wick aged eighty two — years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, cloth on her oath in open Court make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Con- gress passed July 4. 1836 and the Act explanatory of said Act, passed March 3. 1837; that she was married to Jonathan Blaisdell of Georgetown in the then District of Maine, who was afterwards a revolutionary Soldier, and that according to her best knowledge & belief the said Jonathan Blaisdell in the early part of the war enlisted and did duty as a noncommissioned officer or private for the term of three years in the Continental Army, in a Company commanded by Capt John Reed in Col. Holens Regiment; that when the said Blaisdell enlisted he resided at said Georgetown, the dates when he enlisted and when he was discharged she cannot definitely state; that she has not possession nor knowledge of any document proving the said deceased service nor of his discharge, but that she doubts not he was regularly discharged, and that his name will ap- pear on the Rolls of the Revolutionary army, she having recently substantiated her claim to a grant of Land under a resolve of the Legislature of the State of Maine for the aforesaid services of her deceased husband. She further declares as aforesaid, that her maiden name was Elizabeth Weston, also called Betsy Weston, that before her marriage she lived at North Yarmouth in the then District of Maine, that she was married to the said Jonathan Blaisdell by the Revd Nathan

Gilman an ordained Congregational Minister of the Gospel at North Yarmouth aforesaid on the twenty first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy one, as by the records of the said Town of North Yarmouth will appear; that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Blandell died at that part of North Yarmouth, which is now Freeport on the thirteenth day of November 1780; that she was afterwards married to Stephen Coffin of a place called Lewiston near the Town of Topsham in said District of Maine on the eighteenth day of September A 1783 by John Merrill Esquire of said Topsham, an acting Justice of the Peace, whose original entry of record of the said marriage is still extant, where she is described by the name of Betty Blandell; and that the said Stephen Coffin afterwards died at said Freeport on the twenty ninth day of October A 1800; that she was a widow on the fourth day of July A 1836 & still remains a widow, as will more fully appear on reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Witness, Elizabeth Coffin deceased
E. J. Dade (clerk)
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written. I further certify that the said Elizabeth Coffin otherwise called Betsey Coffin is a person of fair reputation for truth & veracity & that in my opinion the statements contained in the aforesaid declaration are true. I further certify that it is satisfactorily proved to me, that the aforesaid John Merrill Esq was a Justice of the Peace at the time of the marriage aforesaid, that his records have been produced in Court before me & that the marriage of the said Elizabeth to the said Stephen Coffin is duly entered thereon as stated in the foregoing declaration.
Barrett Brother Judge

10 4 22. Banns and thirty in a year issuing Intentions of Marriage between Mr. Jonathan Blaisdell of Georgetown and Miss Elizabeth Weston of this town entered Oct. 21 1771 certified granted Nov 21 1771 By David Mitchell Town Clerk North Yarmouth } A true copy of Record May 15 1837
Attest Samuel Sweetser Town Clerk
The following is a record of Marriages by the Rev. Mr. Gilman. 1771 November 21 Jonathan Blaisdell & Elizabeth Weston Recorded by David Mitchell Town Clerk North Yarmouth } A true copy of Record May 15 1837
Attest Samuel Sweetser Town Clerk
I Samuel Sweetser on oath declare that I am Clerk of the Town of North Yarmouth in the State of Maine & have the custody of the Town records; that it appears by said records that the above named David Mitchell was Clerk of the said Town duly qualified for the year 1771, that the above entries are true copies of record from the said Town records & that the original entries are made in the handwriting of the said David Mitchell, who is now deceased Samuel Sweetser
State of Maine Cumberland ss. May 30. 1837. Then the above named Samuel Sweetser, being of good reputation for truth & veracity, personally appeared and was sworn to the truth of the foregoing affidavit of him subscribed before me. Ebenezer D. D. Justice of the Peace
see my hand and the seal of the Court Judicial Court this twenty second day of June A.D. 1837
Most Charles Cobb Clerk

I George W. Coffin of Brunswick aged thirty-nine years do hereby declare that I am son of the above-named affiant Elizabeth Coffin by her last husband Stephen Coffin and that ac- cording to my best knowledge & belief the tradition in our family the facts stated in my mother's said declaration are true. George W. Coffin
State of Maine Cumberland ss At a Court of Probate held at Brunswick in said County on the thirteenth day of June A. D. 1837, the above-named George W. Coffin, a person of fair reputation for truth & veracity, personally appeared & was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed. Barrett Potter Judge
State of Maine Cumberland ss
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the judicial Courts in said County certify that Ebenezer Everett is a Magistrate as appears within, and that Barrett Potter is a Judge of Probate of Wills in said County and that the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twenty second day of June A. D. 1837.
Most Charles Cobb Clerk

2185 July 1.
me 4 July '86 3 rd Sec.
Elizabeth Coffin widow of Jonathan Blaisdell Cumberland Maine
J. L. Richards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C. John D. Sleeper
free

Barnesboro, Me June 26. 1837.
J. L. Redwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, I enclose applications of Mrs Elizabeth Coffin & of Mrs Rachel Hooper, Widows of Soldiers of the Revolution for pensions under the Laws of 1836 & 1837. I believe the claims to be very clear ones, and if found correct please forward the Certificates to me by mail and oblige
Yours very respectfully -
Oliver Everett