Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,678, John Bragdon, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Bragdon, John Dorothy
NUMBER
W.23,678
CONTENTS
8

12.843 R
Maine
John Bragdon 2 a of Durham — in the district of Maine — who was a private — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Alden — of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
Enscribed on the Roll of Maine district — at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1818 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of July 1819 — and sent to William Widgeon Esq.
Portland, Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 M th  \frac{3}{30} + \frac{4}{31} . . 81:83
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 — — — 48: —
$129:83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Notification Sent to John Mussey Esq. Portland
Maine 16 th June 1820
Paid as copied for Agent of Maine Dec 13 1831

4623.
Maine
Reported
Mrs Dorothy Bragdon widow of John Bragdon who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of Jan'y 1844 and sent to Joseph Pope Portland Me
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A 2 Vol. 1. Page 2

John Bragdon Private 7 th Massachusetts Reg t 1782 - 1 year
The evidence of two disin- terested and credible witnes- ses (or of an officer of the regi- ment) duly taken and authen- ticated is required.
10 May 1819 CH
Portland, Maine.

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
John Bragdon of Dunham in the Maine District, that he served as a Private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of fifteen months to the close of the war on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Dunham aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. being now fifty eight years of age
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a Private soldier to the 1st Company of the 7th Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the 1st day of August one thousand seven hundred and 75 and that he left said service on or about the 1st day of October one thousand seven hundred and 81
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this 28th day of April 1818.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 28th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, John Bragdon the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said John Bragdon farther offered in evidence the Disposition of several brooks which is herewith commited
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said John Bragdon served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy. and that he is now indigent and in need of assistance from his country for his support
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this 28th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. which is hereby certified and known unto all men
Wm Widgery — { Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this tenth day of August A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury

John Guilford of Wallis in the County of York aged fifty five years, testify & declare that I enlisted in the American Army on the Continental Establishment on the 20 of March 1782 in Col. Hunt's Company of Colonel Green's Regiment & was discharged in July 1784 at West Point - I further testify that John Bragdon now of Durham in the County of Cumberland joined the Army at the time I did & marched on with me & was turned into Col. Bates Company of Col. Mack's Regiment & was discharged sometime in the latter part of the year 1783. I was brought up in the same town with J. Bragdon & have always been well acquainted with him, & was on the same stations with him while in the Army & was intimate with him while there. S.P.S. Thacher Attest the mark made by John in Guilford mark
York 28. June 17 1819 Then personally appeared the above named John Guilford & being a disinterested & credible witness, was duly sworn, & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration & testimony by him subscribed - Before me Sam P.B. Thacher Judge

I have Breche aged fifty seven years. Tell Lindsay that I have always been acquainted with John Bragdon now present since he was a boy I went on to him with the divorce in 1982 and knew him in the Sewer about one year - we did not move to the same Regiment - I do not recall the number of his Regiment.
I remember I drove on to the 28 th day of April 88 before me Wm Wdge my Judge etc -

No 25 - John Bragdon Copy
12.043
Contine
Sept 1819
THE DISTRICT
total amount in value of the property described in the annexed schedule is Record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the property described in the said schedule is the property of the said Court and is subject to the I John Bragdon Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District do
the said Court on this seventh  fourth day of June In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
John Bragdon (seal) Clerk of the U.S. District Court

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland — within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth — day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this sixth day of June — in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, John Bragdon — aged sixty — years, resident in Burham — in said District, 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. Joseph Bates in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Brooks 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 28 th day of April — A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12,043 — 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 hereto 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 particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Witness Joseph Behe
John his X Bragdon mark
Sworn to and declared, on the sixth } day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate — I have none — Personal Estate I have none except my cloths — Myself and wife are supported by my son Nathaniel and have been for four years I have no income  Witness Joseph Bope John X Bragdon mark
Sworn to, before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Bragdon who, by occupation am a laborer — which I am — able to pursue by reason of generally
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Dorothy years 59 like other old women, often unwell   Witness Joseph Bope John X Bragdon mark    Sworn to, before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, 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 dollars and  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

9440
Dorothy Bragdon's application for a pension
Acts July 7. 1838, & Aug. 23. 1842

State of Maine.
Cumberland County ss:
On this eleventh day of July 1843, before me, Daniel Goodenow Judge of the District Court of the State of Maine for the Western District, Dorothy Bragdon a resident of Poland in the County of Cumberland, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision, made by the acts of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, and the 23 d . of August 1842, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Bragdon, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and a pensioner under the Act of March 18. 1818. She also declares that she was married to the said John Bragdon, on the twenty ninth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four; that her husband the aforesaid John Bragdon, died on the twenty seventh day of November eighteen hundred and forty two; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four; viz; at the time above stated, and that she is still a widow.
Dorothy X Bragdon Mark
Witness: Goodenow Nathaniel L. Ingalls
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me; and the oath was administered by me at the residence of the said Dorothy Bragdon in Poland - she being unable from bodily infirmity to attend court. —
Daniel Goodenow J. Dist. Court Western District, State of Maine

State of Maine.
Cumberland ss:
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that Daniel Goodenow Esquire is Judge of the District Court for the Western District in said State, as appears within; that he is duly qualified to act as such, that his acts and attestations as such are entitled to full faith and credence, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said District Court this Fifteenth day of July Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Charles Cobb Clerk.

I Edward Sampson of Scarborough in the county of Northum- berland State of the parish of Lowfield age, do hereby testify and say that I have the Parish records of the First Parish in Scarborough in my possession, and that in the record of marriages solemnized by the Rev Thomas Lancaster deceased in said Town, the marria- ge of John Brazdore and Dorothy Larabee is recorded as follows viz: "A Record of the persons joined together in marriage by Thomas Lancaster Pastor of the first Church in Scarborough. John Brazdore & Dorothy Larabee April twenty ninth Seventeen hundred eighty four." I Edward Sampson above named also do hereby say that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages in said Parish with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in plain legible Arabic as follows; viz; "April 29-1784" Edward Sampson Parish Clerk

State of Maine Unsworn to July 1-1943 Then personally appeared the within named Edward J. St. Pierre and made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him signed before me
Matthew L. Ingalls Justice of the Peace

777
Maine
Dorothy Bragdon widow of John Bragdon
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 27th Nov. 1842 of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Mass. line for 2 years
Paid Oct 10
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Oct. 1843 and Nathaniel Pope Portland
Maine Total amount, $ 400.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Wm. Kimball, Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 3

Pension Certificate

STATE OF MAINE.
Western District Court, June Term, 1843.
Cumberland COUNTY, ss.
Be it Known, That on this first day of July 1843 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That John Bragdon late of Poland in said County was a revolutionary PENSIONER of the United States, and that he died at Poland aforesaid on the twenty seventh day of November A.D. 1842.-- And that Dorothy Bragdon is the widow of said John Bragdon deceased.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this first day of July in the year 1843
Charles Cobb
Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23678
Dorothy Bragdon
Wid of
John Bragdon
Per Rev War
Act March 3 rd 48
Index : Vol. A , Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870.]

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that,
Nathaniel S. Ingersoll is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission is dated October 8 th A. D. 1840 and will expire October 8 th A. D. 1847.
and that the following signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this eighteenth day of July Anno Domino 1843.
Charles Cobb
Clerk.

9442 Dorothy Bradon Maine Act July 1 st 1938
Adm d
2 years
Priv
$80 per an
Joseph Pope Esq. Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that, _____
Nathaniel L. Ingersoll is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date October 8th Anno Domini 1840, and will expire October 8th Anno Domini 1841. _____
and that the _____ annexed _____ signature purporting to be his _____ is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the _____ Supreme Judicial _____ Court for said State, this Twentieth day of October Anno Domini 1841.
Charles Cobb Clerk.

4072
Dorothy Bragdon's application for a pension, Act, March 3. 1843.
$80 per an
Joseph Pope Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
Cumberland County.
On this eighteenth day of October 1843 Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Dorothy Bragdon ,
a resident of Poland in the County of Cumberland aged Eighty two - years - who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress pas- sed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the Widow of John Bragdon who was a Private in the Revolutionary war and a pensioner under the act of March 18 th 1818. She also declares that she has received a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum.
she further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness: Catharine Bragdon  her Mary Bragdon  Dorothy X Bragdon Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me; and I further certify, that the said Dorothy Bragdon is personally known to me, to be the identical person she has above declared herself to be, and that her statement is true.
Nathaniel L. Goodall ; of the Peace.