Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23565, Supply Belcher, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Belcher, Supply Margaret
N. 23565
CONTENTS
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Maine 11,408
Supply Belcher
of Kennebec Co. in the State of Maine who was a P t & S gt in the Company commanded by Captain Payson of the Reg t commanded by Col. Reids in the Mass ts  for Troops
  8 Mo Sergeant 40   3 " Private 10   50 
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 50 Dollars per per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of April 1832 and sent to A. C. Dorr, Augusta, Me.
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1831 100   Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 25   $ 125 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 3

Maine 1745
Margaret Belcher widow of Supply Belcher decd. Mass who died on the 9th June 1836 of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Parsons of the Regt commanded by Col. Peabody in the Mass line for 3 months private } 8 " Sergeant } " Captain }
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Mt H 6 to 4 March 1836 to be deducted
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Apr c 1837 and sent Wm Wheat Esq. Augusta Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $300.00 Peri-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 25.00
$325.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 5 th }
Recorded, by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 2

Mr William Waart Jr
Houghton Dec 10. 1836
Sir yours of the 2 nd ult was duly rec d but press of business prevented my answering your inquiry until now I have examined the records and can remit you the following certificate
I Martin Wales of Houghton in the county of Norfolk & State of Massachusetts do upon oath State that I am town clerk of said Town of Houghton having the custody of the records of said town and that I find the following marriage recorded with Houghton records — Supply Belcher & Margaret Moore both of Houghton, May 2 nd 1775 Returned by Rev Mr Dunbar
Attest Martin Wales Town clerk of Houghton Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss December 10 th 1836 Then personally appeared the above named Martin Wales and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed was just and true.
Before me Joel Fabbott Justice of the Peace I further certify that to my own personal knowledge the above named Martin Wales is clerk of the Town of Houghton that he was duly chosen and qualified Joel Fabbott Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Clerk's Office Dec. 15. 1835.
I hereby certify that Joel Folsom is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk in this State, & was such at the date of the within attestation. Witness my hand & the Seal of the Commonwealth.
John P. Bigelow
Sec'y of the Committee

Supply Belcher Sergeant - Mass'tts. troops, Payson's Co: Reed's reg't. 8 months Private Endicott's Co: 3 months,
  8 months as a Sergeant  40-    3 " " as a Private  10       11 " " "  50  
Applicant's original (attested) by Judge in open court April 4, 1833.
R. C. Blee Augusta Maine.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this third day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Supply Belcher a resident of Farmington in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Eighty 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Sam Payson and served in Col. S. Reed's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Payson Capt. &
Reed Col. That he enlisted in said company & regiment in April 1775 for eight months. That that period he fully served out at Quincy in Boston harbor doing duty  ready all the time as an orderly sergeant & was verbally discharged as such in December of the same year. That in February 1776 he was drafted  enlisted as a private for three months in Capt. James Endicott's company, George Blackman Lieutenant & Waltham , Longfellow but he does not recollect whether he belonged to any regiment. That he served on Dorchester heights , & Red Bank & its vicinity & was verbally discharged by Capt. Endicott in May of the same year.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the Department, he answers:
That he was born in the year 1752 in Stroud now called Sharon , Massachusetts, where his age is recorded; where his home was during his revolutionary services. That he afterwards lived in Bantam , in the same state, & thence removed to Hallowell & afterwards to Farmington, Maine , in which latter place he has lived about forty years. That he enlisted as he stated  as he stated & was not drafted & received as a substitute; That he has named such of his officers as he now recollects. That he did not receive a written discharge. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services, & he names the Rev. William Gural of Chester & Enoch Brang Esq. of Farmington , & the applicant further states that he is unable to find any one who served with him & can testify for him.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
S. Belcher
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, 13 of an
Nathan Weston Just S. J. C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
State of Maine. Nathan Weston Jun. August 4, 1833. It has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the above named applicant by reason of age & infirmity cannot without prejudice to his health appear in open court to renew his declaration & again to make oath to the same. Nathan Weston Just S. J. C.

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Supply Belcher for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 15 th day of October
A. D. 183 2.
J. A. Chandler

913. 3. sec. Margaret Belcher
Allaa 8 mo. due 40 3. pr. 10 $ 50 pa ann. com. 9
Wm Wood Jr Augusta Me

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress, of the 4th July, 1836.
State of Maine.
Penobscot , County, ss.
ON this twelfth day of October A. D., 183 7 , personally appeared before the Hon: Henry W. Fuller, Judge of Probate Ct. for said County, Penobscot & Bath a resident of Farmington in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, aged 82 years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4th, 1836; That she is the widow of Supply Belcher late of said Farmington , deceased, who she has reason to believe does believe , served as a sergeant eight months in the year 1775, in Capt. Payson's company in Col. Reed's Massachusetts regiment. And who also served as a private in Capt. Putnam's Coy. of the same troops, three months, in the early part of 1776, as will appear by the declaration Evidence upon which said Supply Belcher was pensioned under the Act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, now on file in the Pension Office.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Supply Belcher on the 10th day of May in the year seventeen hundred and forty five ; that her husband, the aforesaid Supply Belcher died on the ninth day of March ; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Penobscot State of Maine
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written.
Before me Henry W. Fuller Judge of Probate Court County of Penobscot
I further certify that the said Margaret Belcher lives more than thirty miles from the Probate Court Office in Augusta, that by reason of age & infirmity she

is prevented from making her said declaration in open Court. I also certify that I have satisfactory evidence that the said Margaret Belcher was the lawful wife of the said Supply Belcher, That since his decease she has not intermarried
A. H. Fuller Judge of Probate Kennebec County
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec ss.
I the subscriber Registrar of Probate for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Henry W. Fuller before whom the proceedings were had, is Judge of Probate for said County . I also CERTIFY, That the above sitting contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Margaret Belcher for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 17th day of December A. D., 183 6 .
Geo. Robinson.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23565
Margaret Belcher wid of Supply Belcher Sergt Rev War
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. A , Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]
To what time was Supply Belcher of Maun paid and all of June in 44

Sir,
Augusta Me. April 9 th 1833,
I herewith send you the applications of the following named persons to be placed on the pension list under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, viz.
 Robt. Anderson  Amos Adams  Pam. Boyd  Supply Belcher  Josiah Bacon  Tho. Davenport  Stephen Foster  Sepe Gould  Edward Hartwell  Wm. Hunter  Elihu Wash  Ino. Leach  Groff Moore  Ino. Nichols  Hugh Owen  Benja. Parker  John Rice  Edward True  Enoch Wood  Sam. Wood 
which I trust will receive an early attention,
very respectfully Your obedt. Servt.
Robert C. Rose by Wm. Ward
Col. J. L. Edwards, Comm. of Pensions &c. }

State of Maine.
We Jotham Sewall a Clergyman, residing in the town of Chesterville in the County of Kennebec and Enoch Craig residing in the of Farmington same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Suppy Belcher who has sub- scribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Jotham Sewall Enoch Craig
State of Maine.
Kennebec , ss.—Sworn and subscribed this seventh day of August A. D. 1832, by Jotham Sewall & Enoch Craig , —
Before me,
Oliver Sewall Justice of the Peace.
Oliver Sewall Esq. is a Justice of the Peace. The Rev. Jotham Sewall is a Clergyman residing in Chesterville & Enoch Craig a resident of Farmington , is a credible person & their statement is entitled to cred it .
Nathan Weston

Supply Belcher
Wash - write the

I Joseph Holland of Mount Vernon in the County of Kennebec, formerly of Stoughton (Massachusetts) being seventy one years of age depose and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, I was well acquainted with Supply Belcher now of Farmington in said County of Kennebec but then living in said Stoughton and that said Belcher during that year did military duty eight months in Capt. Samuel Payson's company & Col. Joseph Reed's Regiment in the Massachusetts Militia - his said service commenced in April and ended in December following and was performed at Squantum and other places near Boston Joseph Holland
Kennebec Co. Augt. 14. 1832
Personally appeared Joseph Holland and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me Hiram Belcher Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that the above deponent is in my opinion a credible & disinterested witness
Hiram Belcher - Who is a Justice of the peace Nathan Weston Jr.