Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,952, Thomas Calderwood, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Calderwood Thomas
S. 36,952
CONTENTS

19,002. R
Maine.
Thomas Calderwood
of Lincoln 6th in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Putnam of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hutchinson in the Mass. line, for the term of one year (1776)
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of May 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of June 1823 and J unto E. Hatches Esq. Thomaston. Maine
Arrears to 4th of Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1823 $26.9
Deed $26.9 Dec 12, 1831 { Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } March 1. 1823

Thomas Calderwood
E. Thatcher. Agent

State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss. On this twenty eighth day of May A D 1873 personally appeared before the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court holden at Wiscasset for said County in open Court (the same being a Court of Record for said State of Maine) Thomas Calderwood aged seventy two years resident in Thomaston in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820. That he the said Calderwood enlisted for the term of twelve months about the last of the year 1775 or first of the year 1776 in the State of Massachusetts - in the company commanded by Captain Enoch Putnam & in the Regiment commanded by Col Hutchinson in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment of the Revolutionary War. That he continued to serve in said Corps until about the last of December A D 1776 making up the full term of his years service & was then personally discharged from said services at Hackensack in the State of New Jersey - that he is now in very reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support & respectfully asks to be placed on the Pension list of the United States by virtue of said Act of Congress of March 18 th 1818 - entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War - That he never was in any pitched battles, but was a considerable part of said term of service employed at Fort Washington, near Kingsbridge in New York in preventing the passage of the British up the Hudson River

That he has not now any other evidence of his revolutionary service than the deposition of John Tucker who was an ensign in said Enoch Putnam's company in the War of the Revolution - And in pursuance of the act of 10 th May A d 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on 18 th of March 1818 and that I was a resident citizen have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby 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 & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person interest 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 hereto annexed and by me subscribed -
Thos l Calderwood
Schedule of the
Schedule of the real & personal estate, necessary bedding excepted, belonging to me the subscriber - Viz -
  Real estate none -   1 old hickory wood desk - $ 2.   1 table 1.   2 old chairs at 16 cents - .32   hard ware for cooking - 2.34   brockery ware - 2.   1/2 dozen knives & forks - 75     $ 8.41 value - Thos l Calderwood 

Schedule of the family residing with me Thomas Calderwood who by occupation am a farmer, which occupation I can no longer pursue by reason of age & infirmity —
   Names Ages Capacity of each to contribute to their support     Ruth Calderwood my wife 64 years Under the Doctor's hands   Thomas Calderwood  
Lincoln 30 May 28 th 1823 —
At the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine begun & held at Wiscasset within & for said County of Lincoln on the third Tuesday of May A.D. 1823. Personally appeared in Open Court Thomas Calderwood who made & subscribed the foregoing declaration, together with the Schedule thereto annexed and being fully examined touching the same made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained. Before me Prentiss Mellen
Attat Nathl Coffin Clerk
Chief Justice of said Court
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the County of Lincoln do hereby Certify That the foregoing Oath & Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of said Court & I do further Certify That it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property specified in said Schedule is Eight Dollars & forty one cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court on this 28 th day of May 1823 Nathl Coffin

February 24, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
Ella C. Newman 45 Masonic Street Rockland, Maine
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.36952, that Thomas Calderwood enlisted near Cobble Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts, about January 1, 1776, and served one year in Captain Enoch Putnam's Company, Colonel Israel Hutchinson's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1823, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and resided at Thomaston, Lincoln County, Maine.
In 1823, he referred to his wife, Ruth, as aged sixty-four years but did not give her maiden name, or the date of their marriage and there is no reference to children.
Fisher H.B. He died December 12, 1831.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

36952
Rev INVALID.
1931-Feb 24 - Dist. to Ella C. Newman. E&S 1921-Feb. 5 - Edw. K. Gould add- cost of photos - MMF
File No. 36,952  Calderwood* Thomas Calderwood Rev Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* W.W.H. July 9, 1907.

James L. Edwards Esquire Pension Office Washington City

Thomaston June 10 - 1833 -
Quil
To Jas. Edwards Esquire
I enclose to you the case of Tho s Coldenwood, who took his oath & declaration, before me in Aprl 1810, while I was in Office in this State as a Judge - It is the same case which I mentioned to you & also to the Secretary of War, in which the papers are misplaced or lost - but where your opinion was that there could be no relief as to the part , in consequence of the late law of Congress of March last.
The papers are now prepared in the form of an original application, embracing the provisions of both March 1810 & May 1820, stating his services & claims - and also his state of his property - This was done before the Chief Justice of our Supreme Court & a Copy from the Clerk is now forwarded - Accompanying this you will have the same evidence which I exhibited to you at Washington viz the deposition of a Commissioned officer of the Revolution, which you told me would be sufficient - I sincerely hope he may have as speedy an answer as your other evocations will permit
Respectfully
Ebenezer Thatcher

I John Tucker of Gloucester in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose and say: That I served as an Ensign in Capt. Enoch Putnam's company, in the Regiment of foot, commanded by Israel Hutchinson  Hutchinson Esquire in the service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, and that Thomas Baldenwood, now of Thomaston, was a private soldier in said company. Said Baldenwood enlisted in said company, near Cobble Hill, in Charleston, on or about the last day of December A.D. 1775. to serve until the close of the year 1776. and he did so serve until the last of December A.D. 1776. when he was honorably discharged, in Hackensack, in New Jersey. I have lately seen the said Baldenwood, and I declare him to be the identical Thomas Baldenwood, above mentioned. I should judge said Baldenwood was more than seventy years old, and I believe him to be infirm and poor. When last I saw said Baldenwood, I gave him a certificate substantially agreeing with the above, which I am informed had been lost. And further, the deponent saith not.
John Tucker
Essex ss. Nov. 5. 1822. Then John Tucker personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. Col. Louson Nash, Jus. Pacis.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The undersigned Notary, by legal authority admitted to swear and dwell in Gloucester in the County of Essex & Commonwealth aforesaid, truly certifies, That he now is, and for a long time has been personally & intimately acquainted with John Tucker Esq. above named. That he is a Gentleman of Respectability and veracity. That he was an Officer in the revolutionary war and that full faith and credit, is, and ought to be given to his Declarations.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal, the day & year last above written.
John Rogers. N.Y. Public.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex ss. To all people to whom these presents shall come, I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Common- wealth aforesaid within and for the County of Essex, do certify that Sonson Nash Esq r . before whom the within deposition appears to have been taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Essex, qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths and to take depositions within the County aforesaid. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court at Salem in said County of Essex on this sixth day of November, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & twenty- two
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk,

We made a mistake & had photos made before letter was written for the money - Held for check from Mr. Gaud

19,002. R
Maine.
Thomas Calderwood
of Lincoln Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Putnam of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hotchkiss in the Mass. line, for the term of one year (1776)
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of May 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of June 1823 and unto E. Hotchkiss Esq r Thomaston. Maine
Arrears to 4th of
Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1823 $26.9 $26.9
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } 2
March 1. 1823

I John Tucker of Gloucester in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby depose and say: That I served as an Ensign in Capt. Enoch Putnam's Company, in the Regiment of Foot, commanded by Israel Putnam  Hutchinson Esquire in the service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, and that Thomas Calderwood, now of Thomaston, was a private soldier in said Company. Said Calderwood enlisted in said Company near Cobble Hill, in Charleston, on or about the last day of December A.D. 1775, to serve until the close of the year 1776, and he did so serve until the last of December A.D. 1776, when he was honorably discharged, in Hackensack, in New Jersey. I have lately seen the said Calderwood, and I declare him to be the identical Thomas Calderwood, above mentioned. I should judge said Calderwood was more than seventy years old, and I believe him to be infirm and poor. When last I saw said Calderwood I gave him a certificate substantially agreeing with the above, which I am informed had been lost. And further, the deponent saith not.
John Tucker
Essex ss. Nov. 5. 1822. Then John Tucker personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me. Col. Louison Nash, jus. Pacis.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
The undersigned Notary, by legal authority admitted therefor and dwelling in Gloucester in the County of Essex & Commonwealth aforesaid, truly certifies, That he now is, and for a long time has been personally & intimately acquainted with John Tucker Esq. abovenamed - That he is a Gentleman of Respectability and veracity - That he was an Officer in the revolutionary war and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his Declarations -
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal, the day & year last above written.
John Rogers. N.Y. Public.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex ss. To all people to whom these presents shall come, I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the common- wealth aforesaid within and for the county of Essex, do certify that Lonson Nash Esq r before whom the within deposition appears to have been taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said county of Essex, qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths and to take depositions within the county aforesaid. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court at Salem in said county of Essex on this sixth day of November, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & twenty- two
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk,

State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss. On this twenty eighth day of May A 1823 personally appeared before the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court holden at Wiscasset for said County in open Court (the same being a Court of Record for said State of Maine) Thomas Calderwood aged seventy two years resident in Thomaston in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820. That he the said Calderwood enlisted for the term of twelve months about the last of the year 1775 or first of the year 1776 in the State of Massachusetts - in the company commanded by Captain Enoch Putnam & in the Regiment commanded by Col Hutchinson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment of the Revolutionary War. That he continued to serve in said Corps until about the last of December A 1776 making up the full term of his years service & was then personally discharged from said services at Hackensack in the State of New Jersey - that he is now in very reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support & respectfully asks to be placed on the Pension list of the United States by virtue of said Act of Congress of March 18 th 1818 - entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War - That he never was in any pitched battles, but was a considerable part of said term of service employed at Fort Washington, near Kingsbridge in N York in preventing the passage of the British up the Hudson River.

That he has not now any other evidence of his revolutionary service than the deposition of John Tucker who was an ensign in said Enoch Putnam's Company in the War of the Revolution - And in pursuance of the act of 10 th May A D 1820 - I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on 18 th of March 1818 and that I was a resident citizen here not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any 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 & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not, nor has any person interest 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 hereto annexed and by me subscribed -
Thos 1 Calderwood
Schedule of the
Schedule of the real & personal estate, necessary bedding excepted, belonging to me the subscriber - viz -
Real estate none -
 1 old hand wood desk - $ 2.  1 table " " 1.  2 old chairs at 16 cents - " " 32  hard ware for cooking - 2. 34  brockery ware - 2.  1/2 dozen knives & forks - 75 
$ 8.41 value Thos 1 Calderwood

Schedule of the family residing with me Thomas Calderwood who by occupation am a farmer, which occupation I can no longer pursue by reason of age & infirmary -
   Names Ages Capacity of each to contribute to their support     Ruth Calderwood my wife 64 years Under the Doctor's hands Thomas Calderwood  
Lincoln 28 th May 1823
At the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine begun & holden at Wiscasset within & for said County of Lincoln on the third Tuesday of May A.D. 1823 Personally appeared in Open Court Thomas Calderwood who made & subscribed the foregoing declaration, together with the Schedule thereto annexed and being fully examined touching the same made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained. Before me Prentiss Mellen
Atty Nat Coffin Clerk
Chief Justice of said Court
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the County of Lincoln do hereby Certify That the foregoing Oath & Schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the records of said Court I do further Certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property described in said Schedule is Eight Dollars & forty one cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court on this 28 th day of May 1823 Nathl Coffin

Rockland, Maine.
January 16, 1931.
Commissioner of Pensions Rev. & 1812 Wars Section Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me from the papers on file in Revolutionary War claim of Thomas Calderwood (S.36952) his military and family records and any property statement he may have made.
Yours very truly,
Ella C. Newman,
45 Masonic St.,
ECN:CG

EDWARD K. GOULD ATTORNEY AT LAW 276 MAIN STREET ROCKLAND, MAINE
Aug. 5th, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions Washington , D. C. Attention Rev. 1812 War Section.
Sir:
What will be the cost of procuring photostat copies of the papers in the Revolutionary pension claim of Thomas Calderwood , private Mass. line, of Lincoln County, Mass.?
Yours truly,
Edward K. Gould.

February 5, 1931
Mr. Edward K. Gould 376 Main Street Rockland, Maine
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section NHRF/cel
Dear Sir:
On January 2, 1931, you were advised cost of photostatic copies from Revolutionary War claim of Thomas Calderwood, S.36952; six pages at fifteen cents each and twenty-five cents additional, if you desire certification.
Please advise whether or not you desire said copies.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Bureau of Pensions. Rev. 1812 Wars Section.
December 18, 1930.
541
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rev. War claim for pension of Thomas
Calderwood, File No. S.36952.
Actual 1 of each page.
Edward K. Gould, 376 Main Street, Rockland, Maine.
xxx
Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number.
The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
8 pages.....90¢
Letter of Elmer Walcutt, not copied
Chisf, Rev. 1812 Wars Section.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. MMHF
January 2, 1931.
Mr. Edward K. Gould, 378 Main Street, Rockland, Maine.
Dear Sir:
You are advised that copies of original papers on file in Revolutionary War claim of Thomas Calderwood (S.36952) will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, and twenty-five cents additional for certification if you desire it.
The number of pages to be copied is six.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.