Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 2048, Isaac Clewly, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
blewly, Isaac
R 2048
blewly
Abiah
CONTENTS

9,163
Maine
Isaac Cleverley
of Brewer  but Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brane of the Infantry line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of the list of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of Apr. 1819 and sent to M. Hinckley Esq. Hampden Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 10m. 24d. 87.43 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819 48.00
$135:43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Dead. See letter 6 April to G. B. Moody
Nottingham sent the 14 th July 1820, to David Pearson Esq. Brewer Office Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk and Town of Wrentham
I David L Cowell of said Town do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of a record now in my posses- sion as such Town Clerk with the exception hereinafter named
"Married by the Rev. William Williams August fifth sixteen Seventeen Hundred and Eighty four Isaac Child and Abiah Haws."
And I further certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "August 5 1784"
I David L Cowell above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Sworn before me this David L. Cowell first day of April eighteen Town Clerk of Hundred forty three Wrentham
Samuel Warner Jr. Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk April 1 1843 I the subscriber a Notary Public duly appointed & sworn, do hereby certify that the above named Samuel Warner Jr. is a justice of the peace within and for said County duly appointed and sworn and that full faith and credit is to be given to his acts as such and that the above signature is an I believe his hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Notarial
Seal the day & year above
Melatiah Everett Notary Public

Isaac Clurly
Private Colbranes Regiment
1779 - 4 years
Correct

I Isaac Newby of Brewer in the County of Pumbach Aged sixty two do hereby testify & say, that I entered the service in the Revolutionary war on the 19 th day of April 1775. in Capt. Fords Company & Col Joseph Reed's Regiment: I continued in service in the same Company & Regiment till the end of the year 1776: at which time I was regularly discharged: In February following I enlisted for three years: in Capt. Sowards Company & Col Francis Ry. I continued in service to the end of this term: and then enlisted for during the War in the same Company, & Regt. at the end of the war I was regularly discharged at West Point. —
I am now under reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance of my country for my support. — I hereby relinquish all claim to any previous Pension on account of my P. services. —
Witness my hand. —
I have lost my discharges as above mentioned Witness my hand. —
Isaac Newby

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
PENOBSLOT, ss.
ON the 7 th day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington and Penobscot : Personally appeared Isaac Cluett who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, 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."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said Isaac did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce, I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed M. Kimball Esquire, Judge of the Court as aforesaid.

Issac Clewley's Oath & schedule
[Signature] 9,163. Himself & wife (Sept 10/19.) contem
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AND I Isaac Blewley do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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.
(Signed) Isaac Blewley.
Real Estate — None. —
Personal Estate. 1 Cow 1 yearling 1 Swine 2 Sheep
I owe about $150, which I am liable to be pressed for payment.
Occupations — Shoemaker. Owing to bad sight not able to pursue it to advantage.
Family — Myself, aged 66 years. my wife, aged 60 years. 1 Son John, aged 13 years.
(Signed) Isaac Blewley Sworn to and declared, on the twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1820, before the Court.
Attn Tho s Cobb Cln.
I, THOMAS COBB, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Third Eastern Circuit, in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 thirty four dollars and . — cents
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty seventh day of June A. D. 1820.
Tho s Cobb Clerk
of the said Court for the County of Penobscot.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT, ss. The Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun holden at Bangor, in & for the County aforesaid, on the fourth Tuesday of June A.D. 1820.
ON this twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record within and for said County, and State of Maine, established by a law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, made and passed on the eleventh  twenty fourth day of June, A. D. 1811, and recognized by the Constitution of the State of Maine, Isaac
Clewley , aged, sixty six years, resident in Brewer in said County of Penobscot, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows;
That I enlisted under Capt. Oliver Pond, in the Regiment of Col. Joseph Reed, Massa. in years service, sometime in the Fall of 1775; served out said term, and enlisted as a private under Capt. Thomas Seward of the Third Artillery Regt. commanded by Col. John Crane, for the first three years service. At the end of said term, I again enlisted into the same Company during the war, and rec d . my discharge at West Point, after peace was concluded: as is more particularly set forth in the original Declaration made before Hon ble Martin Klingley, one of the Justices of this Court, on the seventh day of April A.D. 1810, upon which I received a Pension Certificate, N o 9163, signed by the Secretary of War.

State of Maine
Penobscot ss.
On this twenty ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before Anson G. Chandler one of the Justices of the District Court for the State aforesaid Abiah Clewly resident of the town of Brewer in said County of Penobscot. Widow aged Seventy Eight years of age the twenty eighth day of last December, 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 Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. - entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Isaac Clewly who was a volunteer soldier in the Revolutionary War and joined the army at the commencement of the war and continued in the service seven years and eight months. At the time of his joining the army he resided in the town of Wrentham in the State of Massachusetts. She also declares that she has no documentary evidence in her possession of her husband's service, the same being as she believes on the files at the War Department to which she refers for proof. as her husband was a pensioner for several years previous to his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Clewly on the fifth day of August in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty four in Wrentham the town and State aforesaid, and that her husband died in the town of Brewer in the County aforesaid on the Thirteenth day of last February, and that she was not married prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and thirty four, namely at the time and place above stated.

and that she has never since been married.
Abiah Cleary
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Penobscot ss. May 29 th 1839 Personally appeared the above named Abiah Cleary and made oath that the foregoing declaration by her subscribed is true
Before me
Anson G Chandler president Court
Penobscot ss. State of Maine
I Charles Stetson. Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that Anson G Chandler before whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed and sworn is a judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of the State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and that the signature annexed purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the District Court for the Eastern District to be affixed this Twenty Seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Attest Charles Stetson, Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Blewly or Blewley , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. P 2048
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19. 1775 End of 1776 Pvt. Oliver Pond, Col. Bead Mass.   Feb. 1776 End of war " Thomas Seward, John Brans, "        
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Brentham Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 7. 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Brewer, Penobscot Co. Me.
Age at date of application, 62, He died Feb. 13. 1839 at Brewer, Me.
Remarks: He married Aug. 5. 1784 at Nrentham Mass. Abiah Hawes or Hawes who was a resident of Brewer Me in May 1839 aged 78 years and who died in said town Dec. 26. 1839. They had 10 children those surviving in 1843 were: John B. aged 37 years Walton; Cynthia m. Abia Pond; Sally mar. M c Johnston; Elizabeth mar. Elijah Orcutt; Isaac; Dorcas, mar Arneas Sinclair, Abiah mar Wing Spooner; & Daniel.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

A. Glessly, widow, da 2
Rejected. See letters
to J. Carr 6 Sept. 1839
- to G. B. Moody, 23 June
1843 - 1 Sept. 1843 and 6:
April 1844 -
2048
X

See No 5714
etot 7 th Aug 1858

This contains the following documents viz.
1. The application of John C. Clemley for himself & the other Heirs of Abiah Clemley widow of Isaac Clemley, a Pensioner - 2. Certificate of the Court of Probate for Co. of Penobscot, Maine that said Isaac was a Pensioner & died Feb. 13. 1839, that said Abiah was his widow & died Dec. 26. 1839, that she was then a widow, & that the Petitioner & the others named in his Petition or declaration are the sole Heirs of said Abiah - 3. Certificate of Register of Probate to the official character of the Judge & the seal - 4. Certificate of the Town Clerk of Wrentham Mass. from the town records of the marriage of said Pensioner & Abiah the mother of the applicant Aug. 5. 1784 - I know before a Justice - with the notary Public's certificate of his official character &c - 5. John Farnsworth's affidavit about the facts of Isaac Clemley's service &c - Certificate of Geo. B. Moody Ins. Mass - authenticated by certificate of Register of Probate.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
Ernest Sampson
I, JANUS WARE , Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
Ira Cleveland Esquire,
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said of- fice, and that his signature to the annexed certificate is genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth hereunto at Dedham, this first day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Ernest Sampson Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County & Town of Wrentham
I Calvin Dushy Clerk of said Town do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of a record now in my possession as such Town Clerk with the exception hereinafter named "Married by the Rev William Williams August fifth Seventeen hundred eighty four Deacon Oluf and Abiah Haws" and I further certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows
"August 5. 1784"
I Calvin Dushy above named do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County of Suffolk and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Calvin Dushy Town Clerk the Town of Wrentham
Norfolk Co. April 27. 1839
Sworn before me -
Ira Cleveland Justice of the Peace

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879.
1913. Oct 30. Heir to Mrs Frank M. Barber M.A.H.
RECEIVED
20218
P. O.
Abraham Chewley
Service:
widow of Isaac
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____
_____, 18

Ms. A. 9. 2. 10
July 24. 1843
Abrah. Cloudy
238
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Bangor July 20. 1843.
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I am quite aware of the value of your time and that representation made by Petitioners for Pensions after rejection of their claims, must frequently be annoying and inconvenient to you - yet I feel satisfied you will not withhold your attention from views & statements in relation to a case once acted on which are the results of right intentions and of careful consideration -
In answer to the application of John C. Clancy in behalf of the Heirs of Abigail Clancy I have Mr. Green's letter in which he states that as she died "before the act of 23 rd Aug. last, there was nothing due her at her death & chil- dren have no claim in their own right - Her claim was reject- ed & reported to her Attorney in her life time, & her case of course is not embraced by laws passed subsequently to her death"
To determine whether any thing here stated should be fatal to the claim let us consider the facts in the case which is no deficiency of proof is suggested I will take as establish- ed satisfactorily - That Abigail Clancy served nearly all the

War as a Private - He was married to Abiah - after his period of service & before the 1 st July 1794 & received subsequently a Pension of $896 - He & his wife were both living at the passage of the law of July 1838 - He died Feb. 13. 1839 - His wife Abiah survived him till Dec. 26. 1839 -
Upon this state of facts & the principle which prevails at the Department & which has regulated so many cases & which I understand to be a construction given to the law of 1838 & not a new law, it follows that upon the death of the Husband the said Abiah was entitled under the law of July 1838 to 5 years Pension from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841 -
The right having thus vested in her she dies without obtaining the pension -
Does it not follow that her children succeed to her right if I am right in the idea of its being the settled construction "that the right of the widow is a vested interest accruing on the passage of the law & not defeated by her omission to apply for it; & it goes as such to her persons not representative" -
But it seems that she applied for it & her claim was rejected - Why? Either from deficiency of proof, an objection not existing now as I understand -

or because the construction then given to the law was not as liberal as now -
I submit that the Act of 23 rd Aug. has no bearing on this case for it only touches the cases of widows who have married a 2 nd time -
Is it a Rule of the Department that a second ap- plication cannot succeed where a first has been rejected under a construction of law since found to be erroneous & no longer practiced upon? or where the first was rejected for a deficiency of proof supplied on the 2 nd application?
I am quite sure there is no such Rule as the last & I have labored under a misapprehension if the last such as one or the first is
If neither why should not the application in question be successful, the facts being satisfactorily proved?
I hope you will pardon me for these suggestions & give them all the weight they may be entitled to, & if the claim cannot be revised that you will have the goodness to explain a little more distinctly the grounds of its rejection -
I am very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Geo. B. Moody

5714
Abiah Blewely Me
Act 7. July 38.
m 84 d 39
Jos Cag? Jr en Bangor

James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Bangor May 8. 1843
James L Colwards Esq Sir
I send you the application & other papers on behalf of the Heirs of Isaac Clancey & his Widow Abiah Clancey for the Pension to which she was entitled but which she never received in her lifetime. As many particulars about the service of Clancey are stated as they have any means of arriving at the disposition of Mr Frampton a Pensioner is annoyed - The papers more fully proving the service are no doubt in the Pension Office as he the said Isaac was a Pensioner -
In aiding the applicants in this case I have conformed to the Regulations as exactly as possible & trust the papers will be found sufficient - If so, you will be good enough to send the necessary certificate to me at this place -
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
Geo. B. Moody

Ames June 22 1838
5714 July 5. me July 1838
Abiah Newby and signed of Isaac
Hon J. R. Edwards Pension Office War Department Washington
FREE

Bangor June 28 th 1839
Sir
I have the honor to enclose to you the papers and proofs of Abiah Cleary as an applicant for a widow's pension, the evidence for which I hope will prove satisfactory, and if a pension is granted you will please forward the certificate to your
most O b d Serv t
Joseph Carr. Jr.
Hon J V Edwards Washington
Bangor Me

I William Jackson of Brewer in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine of lawful age being first Courteous and Sworn. depose and say. That I was well acquainted with Isaac Clewly lately deceased, and have known him for about four years and also know that said Clewly lived in Brewer in said County and State and that he died on the thirteenth day of last February, and further I know that his widow Abiah Clewly is now living in said town of Brewer and has not been married since his death.
William Jackson
Penobscot ss June 25 th 1839
Personally appeared the above named William Jackson and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me
Joseph Carr Jr Justice Peace
I further certify that the said William Jackson is a person of respectability and entitled to Credit
Joseph Carr Jr
Justice Peace
State of Maine
Penobscot ss. I Charles Henson Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the State of Maine within and for the County of Penobscot do hereby certify that Joseph Carr Jr is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that the signature annexed purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Seal of the District

Court for the Eastern District to be affixed this Twenty Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Attest. Charles Stratton, Clerk,

I, John Farrington of Orangton Brewer in the county of Penobscot v State of Maine depose & say that I was well acquainted with Isaac Clewley late of said Brewer deceased and also with his wife Abiah Clewley whose maiden name was Abiah Haines - that I knew them both for more than sixty years - and at the time of their marriage which took place in Uptonham in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the year 1784 - I was not present at said marriage but came back from the State of New York about two months afterwards to Uptonham where said Clewley & his wife then lived - I married a sister of said Abiah - The name used to be spelt by many people in Uptonham Culy, altho the proper spelling was Clewley - He removed to Maine in the year 1887 seventeen hundred eighty seven - He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War - served during the whole war or nearly the whole - He was in Capt. Seward's Company in Col. Crane's Regiment of Artillery under Gen. 20 Enoy - His company may not have been the same all the time - He enlisted soon after the battle of Lexington - I was intimately acquainted with him at & before that time & I knew of his enlistment & of his going to the army - I was also a soldier in the Militia & commenced my service in the summer after said Clewley enlisted in April - I served with him while the Army was under Gen. Washington near Boston - we were stationed at Roxbury - the Head Quarters at Cambridge - Said Clewley received a

Pennan for some years before his death - He died several years since - his wife survived him and died within a year after - For many years they lived on a lot of land adjoining mine, but for some years before their deaths about five miles from my house - They had ten children in all - one of them died about two years old - the others are or were the last I heard from them all living - their names are as follows viz - Walton Bleaby born at Brent - Massachusetts - Cynthia born at Brewer now married to Abia Pond & living in Brewer - Sally married to William Johnson lives in Brewer - Elizabeth married to Elijah Or cutt lives in Brewer - Isaac Bleaby lives in Brewer - Abiah Bleaby lives in Bangor in said County is married to Mary Spooner - Dorcas married to Aeneas Sinclair lives in Brewer - Daniel lives in Coldington - John Bleaby lives in Brewer - I have known all of them from their infancy - in their Fathers house & since they left it and these are all the children & Heirs of said Isaac Bleaby & Abiah Bleaby - John Harrington
State of Maine
Penobscot S.S. April 13 th 1843 - Personally appeared the above named John Harrington and in my presence subscribed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same -
Geo. B. Moody Justice of the Peace Penobscot S.S. April 25. 1843. I further certify that I have long known the above named Harrington by reputation & that

he is a man of great respectability & of unimpeachable character & that his statements are entitled to implicit confidence -
Geo. B Moody Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Penobscot, ss.
Probate Office Bangor April 25th A D 1848.
I do hereby certify that Geo. B Moody Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Penobscot duly qualified and his acts in said capacity are entitled to full trust & confidence and that the above is his genuine signature in witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Probate for said County.
John Williams Register of Probate { the County of Penobscot

April 6 1844
James L. Edmendsley Commissioner of Pensions Mr. A. Clarke 1835 Washington D. C.
Rev C.W.

Bangor April 2. 1844.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
Your personal attention is respectfully requested to this communication which I should not trouble you with if I had not some reason to believe that my former letters on the subject owing to your absence had not passed under your own eye - I know that every reliance may be placed upon your candour & faithful consideration of every case which obtains your personal examination & that when such case rejected reasons that will command respect if they are not entirely satisfactory will accompany such rejection -
I forwarded early last summer the application of John & Ellen by in behalf of himself & the other Heirs of Alvin Clancey his Mother for the Pension to which if living she would have been entitled under the law of July 7. 1838 to wit the 5 year Pension from March 4. 36 to March 4. 41 or rather to the time of her death Dec. 26. 1839 - She was alive when the law passed & it seems made application under it, which was rejected probably for defect of evidence of the time of her marriage - In the application no more than a mere that deficiency is supplied & as no suggestion of any defect of evidence is made by the De

payment, I may safely take it for granted that all the facts are proved satisfactorily to have entitled her if liv- ing to the Pension - Mr Brumh in answer to the applica- tion, stated that it was rejected the cause she was not alive at the date of the act of 23 rd May, 1842 - & assigned no other reason - I ventured to reply very respectfully that on carefully examining the last mentioned act I could not see how it affected the case as it only purports to provide that widows otherwise entitled should not be refused a Pension by being married a 2 nd time provided they were widows when applying - & requested a reexamination. For this I received a renewed rejection of the claim with no additional reason assigned & a rebuke for my presumption in daring to be wiser than the Department - which had your signature but which I do not believe was written or dictated by or known to you -
There being no deficiency of evidence as to the necessary facts, this woman was clearly entitled to the Pension up to the time of her death - But she died without receiving it - Her Heirs then apply for it - According to law & according to the con- structions given to the Law & practiced upon in the De- partment are the Heirs of such a Widow entitled to the Pension which she was entitled to but failed to ob- tain in her lifetime? - This would seem to be the ques- tion - And I cannot think it any evidence of stupidity

ity not to perceive what light the act of 23 rd Aug. 1842 throws on that question nor any act of evidence of pre- sumption to decline -
Am I wrong in thinking the Heirs entitled under these circum- stances? - I had understood perhaps incorrectly that the De- partment allowed such claims - I had read from an opinion of one of the Attorney Generals, "that the right of the Widow is a vested interest accruing on the passing of the Husband, & not defeated by her omission to apply for it; &c." it goes on such, to her personal representative" & had understood that this construction was adopted by the Department - & in my own apprehension it seems to cover the whole ground of this case -
If Sir I am right in the supposition that this case has not yet come under your personal examination I do not think you will refuse me the favour to examine the papers letter of July 20. 1843 yourself & if the claim cannot be allowed I am quite satisfied that I shall hear from you some reason for rejecting it which I can at least understand -
I forwarded some time ago the application of Montgomery by & Lidskleygen without any accompanying letters but with my name endorsed on each as Atty & my objection - I have since seen one of your circulars which seems to require an accompanying letter & therefore inform you here that any communication about these cases may be made to me - I am very Respectfully your Obedt Servt Geo. B. Moody,

State of Maine
Penobscot S.S. Court of Probate within & for said County April Term A.D. 1843 -
Be it Known, that on this twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three, it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Isaac Cleavelly late of Brewer in said County was a Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at Brewer on the thirteenth day of February A.D. 1839 - That Abiah Cleavelly was the widow of said Isaac deceased - That the said Abiah died at Brewer aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of December A.D. 1839 - That she was a Widow at the time of her death - And that John Cleavelly, Newton Cleavelly, Cynthia Pond wife of Abiah Pond, Sally Johnson wife of William Johnson, Elizabeth Orcutt wife of Elijah Orcutt - Isaac Cleavelly, Dorcas Sinclair wife of Reuben Sinclair all of said Brewer, Abiah Spooner wife of Abiah Spooner of Bangor and Daniel Cleavelly of Oldington in said County are all the surviving children & Heirs of the said Abiah Widow as aforesaid & of the said Isaac Pensioner as aforesaid. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this twenty fifth day of April in the year 1843.
James Cury } Judge of Probate for Penobscot County.

State of Maine
Penobscot, ss.
Probate office Bangor April 25 th A.D. 1843
I do hereby certify that Samuel Cony Esquire is sole Judge of Probate within and for the county of Penobscot in the state of Maine, and that the signature of said Judge is genuine and that the seal herunto affixed is the seal of said court
John Williams Register of Probate for said County

State of Maine S.S.
On this twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three, personally appeared before the Honorable Samuel Long Judge of Probate for the County of Penobscot & State aforesaid in open Court held by him at Bangor in said County, John C. Blewley administrator of Brewer in said County aged thirty seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain for himself & others interested therein, the benefit of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7. 1838, August 16. 1842 and August 23. 1842, the first being entitled An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows - That he is the son & one of the heirs of Isaac Blewley and Abiah Blewley late of said Brewer deceased - That the following persons beside the said John are all the surviving children & heirs of said Isaac & Abiah - viz. Newton Blewley - Cynthia Pond married woman - Sally Johnson wife of William Johnson - Elizabeth Orcutt wife of Elisha Orcutt - Isaac Blewley - Dorcas Sinclair wife of Aeneas Sinclair all of said Brewer - Abiah Spooner wife of Hiram Spooner - Daniel Blewley of Colchester in said County - That said Abiah Blewley was the Widow of said Isaac Blewley who was a private, or noncommissioned officer in the army of the Revolution and served in Capt. Leland's Company in Col. Crane's Regiment of Artillery and under command of Gen. Rnox - He served from about the commencement of the War till near its close & was stationed a part of the time at Roxbury near Boston while the Head Quarters were at Cambridge where Gen. Washington then was - This he states from

information of his Father during his lifetime or other, or he cannot give a more particular statement of said Bleulay's service because he has no documentary or other proof - That said Isaac Bleulay was at the time of his death a Pensioner of the United States and the evidence of his service is on file together with his application as said John presumes in the Pension Department at Washington - to which he begs leave to refer -
He further declares that his Mother Abiah Bleulay whose maiden name was Abiah Haines, was married to the said Isaac at Wrentham in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the fifth day of August A.D. 1784, that her Husband the said Isaac died on the 13 th day of February A.D. 1839; that she was not married to the said Isaac prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above stated - He further declares that his Mother the said Abiah died on the twenty sixth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty nine and that she did not receive any pension before her death.
He further declares that she was not married to any other person before her death and that she was a widow at the time of her death. John C Bleulay
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written
Before
Sam Cony 3 Judge of Probate for Plymouth County

By
Providence, R.I. September 26. 1913.
Pension Office. Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:—
The undersigned, who is about to apply for membership in the D. A. R. wishes to know if Lieutenant Isaac Blewley , born in 1754 of English parentage and who died in North Brewer, Maine in 1839 - February 18 th was a

pensioner.
Full data concerning him will be found in enclosed sheet.
A speedy reply would be very greatly appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Mabel Adelia Grewley Barber.
Address.
Mrs. Frank Marshall Barber. P.O. Box 1474.
Providence, Rhode Island.

By _____ Isaac Blevley _____ | Charles Walton Blevley _____ | Herbert Richmond Blevley _____ | Wabel Adelia Blevley Barber.
Public records of Massachusetts state that Lieut. Isaac Blevley took an active part in Revolutionary war. He was first a private, capt. Oliver Ponds' company of minute men, who marched

re-enlisted April 27, 1775 on the alarm of April 19, 1775. In list of men mustered in Suffolk Co. by Nathaniel Barber, dated Boston, May 11, 1777. Col. Cram's regiment, enlistment three years, he served as gunner in the artillery 12 months, bombardier 21 months 21 days. Was also in descriptive list of enlisted men dated Camp New Windsor, Jan 12, 1780, age 26, stature 5 ft. 8 1/2 in. complexion light, residence Wrentham. Reported re-enlisted Lieut. Capt. Benj. Shute's (4th) Co. Col. Josiah Brewer

Penobscot Regiment, list of officers of Mass. Militia, dated Penobscot, July 1776; ordered in council July 20, 1776, that a com- mission be issued, reported commissioned July 20, 1776.
Lieut. Isaac Clewley married Miss Abia Hawes. They had nine children, - Walton, Cynthia, Isaac , Abia, Sally, Dorcas, Daniel and John.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Eleus Thomas GRADE Private "in the Invalides" LINE Invalides"
WARRANT NUMBER 12950 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 31, 1791 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.