Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35243, Thomas Decker, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Decker, Thomas
S 35243
CONTENTS

6752 H
Maine
Thomas Decker
of Boothbay in the District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7. of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Jan y 1819 and sent to Genl. Dailey Esq. M'caskill, Maine,
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 3 mo 25/31/30 $31:51 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48
$79.51
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
confirmed by Secy of War 19 Feb y 1821 - see letter to Hon. Mr. Hill, 26 March 1822.
Discharge 7. 1852
Notification sent to the Secy of War 10 Dec y 1820 to General Dailey Esq.
M'caskill - Maine

Thomas Decker
Private
M. Jackson's Mass Regt
June 1798, 9 mo.
adp...
May 7. 1818

State of Massachusetts -
I Thomas Decker - a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Brookline in the County of Lincoln in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the first day of June A. D. 1778
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the last part of March A. D. 1779
as a private soldier - against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Capt. Bancroft's Company Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment, Gen. Larned's Brigade, in the Massachusetts line, as I supposed - I think the 8th Regiment
and that I left the service on the last part of March A. D. 1779 at Poughkeepsie in the State of New York where I received a regular discharge which I have lost - and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty two
years -
Thomas Decker
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Thomas Decker
Lincoln ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twelfth  eleventh day of April  May , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me Jeremiah Bailey Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Lincoln on the Commonwealth aforesaid the same being a Court of record of said County
the abovenamed Thomas Decker
And after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Jeremiah Bailey
I John H. Sheppard Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the aforesaid Jeremiah Bailey is Judge of said Court above named & that his signature to this caption is genuine that the seal aforesaid is the seal of said Court.
John H. Sheppard

I Benjamin Greenleaf of this certit in said County of Lincoln on oath testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Thomas Decker the aforesaid Applicant, that the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration by him made are true - I enlisted with him at the same time - marched with him from the District of Maine to Fishkill, served in the same Company, we were both discharged at the same time, & returned home together. He enlisted for nine was months & faithfully served out the time from June 1778 to March 1779 seven regularly discharged - Benjamin Greenleaf
I Abner Wade of Woodstock in the County of Lincoln aforesaid late a Captain in the Revolutionary war in Michael Jackson Regiment, Massachusetts line - I recollect Thomas Decker who signed the foregoing application - he was a private soldier in my company - he enlisted for nine months & joined the company at Fishkill in June 1778 th & faithfully served out said nine months seven regularly discharged at or near Peekskill - during the time that said Decker served as aforesaid I was a Lieutenant of said Company & it was commanded by Capt. Beneraft - afterwards I was promoted to be Captain -
Abner Wade
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Lincoln ss. June 22. 1818 - Personally appeared before me Jeremiah Bailey aforesaid, Judge of said Court of Probate, the aforesaid Benjamin Greenleaf and Abner Wade & after due examination & caution to testify the whole truth, they severally made oath to the truth of the depositions aforesaid by each of them respectively signed, which said depositions were each written by me, & both signed in my presence, and each of said deponents are credible persons & their statements entitled to credit & belief -
Jer Bailey

Thomas Decker
(6752) March 1877
Not entitled
Bailey
STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT, ss. I, CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT, do hereby certify that the foregoing copy is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Montpelier, Vermont, this _____ day of _____, A.D. 19____.
Not Entered for the County of Plymouth

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment  day of  from day to day, on the in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this twentieth day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared in open court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Thomas Decker aged sixty three years, resident in Boothbay in said Circuit, 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. Bancroft in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson 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 seventh day of May A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 6752 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.
Thomas Decker
Sworn to and declared, on the 20 day of June } A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real Estate. 35 acres of land, rough & rocky, with a small unfinished house built forty years ago, small barn about the same age, both rotten & decaying.
Personal. 1 cow, 7 sheep, 1 swine, a little decayed furniture, & no income except my pension.
Thomas Decker
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Thomas Decker who, by occupation am a fisherman which I am not able to pursue by reason of infirmity from age & debility. I am subject to spitting of blood whenever I attempt labour. I can do nothing.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Catharine — 66. infirm & out of health   Son. David — 32 { now 3 or 4 years past subject to fits & delirious, & unable to take care of himself.   daughter Betsy — 24 common health —   grand daughter Abba Pinkham — 14 do —    Thomas Decker  Attest Nat Coffin Clk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, 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 two hundred thirty five dollars and
cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

mailed William recent
March 13, 1936
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Mr. George Wharton Rice Hotel De Soto Tampa, Florida
THOMAS DECKER S. 35243 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 35243, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Thomas Decker.
The date and place of birth of this soldier and names of his parents are not shown.
Thomas Decker enlisted in the State of Massachusetts, in April or May, 1778, or June 1, 1778, served as private in Captain Baneroft's company, Colonel Michael Jackson's 8 th Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged the last of March, 1779.
Thomas Decker was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-two years and a resident of Boothbay, Lincoln County, Massachusetts (Maine).
In 1820, the soldier was still living in Boothbay, Maine, and was referred to as Deacon Thomas Decker. In that year he referred to his wife, Catherine or Gatherine, then aged sixty-six years.
The following children of Thomas Decker were referred to in the claim: David aged thirty-two years in 1820; Betsey, aged twenty-four years in 1820; William, age not given, who died prior to 1825. It was stated that the soldier lost a son prior to 1822 who left a wife and three small children. In 1824, it was stated that the soldier had "one active son, only" and he had a large family, no names designated. Affa Pinkham, a granddaughter of the soldier, Thomas Decker, was aged fourteen years in 1820, names of her parents not stated.
In 1820, reference was made to Ebeneser Decker and Thomas

Decker, Junior, who were neighbors of the soldier, Thomas Decker, in Boothbay, Maine, their relationship to him not stated.
In 1825, Thomas Decker was still a resident of Boothbay, Maine. He died June 7, 1852.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Thomas Pecker
Maine;
Private, served 9 months in 1778,
33 acres of land in Penobscot, with a small
unfinished house (cabin), at an estimated value of $100.00.
Cow - 7 sheep - 1 swine, a small quantity of old furniture, valued at value by list, $25.00.
Schedule, 20 th June, 1820,
2 nd Schedule dated 24 th April, 1823,
Cow - 16 - 7 sheep, 10, swine 23, $32.50.
old furniture $5.00.
Sole real estate mentioned in 1 st Schedule to be
Mr. Howland's in 1830 Nov 22 nd 1821, deduction
by Mr. Howland as admin on the estate of E. Pecker
Pecker being a debt due to estate, $111.90,
also deducted by Mr. Howland being a debt due
him from claimant $32.40 - took Mr. Howland's
note for the balance of $5.64, on which note he
has received in necessaries for the support of his
family $57.83, still due $27.81 - One's deed  copy
Copy of deed exhibited. The account of
Mr. Howland against claimant exhibited
showing sundry articles for family use furnished
claimant from March 16, 1817 to Aug 20 th 1820
amounting to $59.14 also cash, to C. Riggs & others other by claimant
ants for $85.21, - whole amt $230. - debt
by sale of property to Mr. Howland in 1820.
Respondent of Bens Riggs exhibited as regard
letter to Hon. E. Herrick dated 28 th Feb. 1825,
stating that in 1821 he delivered Bonds &
Notes & seals amounting to $40.42 to claimant
with his note for the same, and red paid
in 1822, with interest amounting to $46.59
the hands of John McRae, Esq.
Respondent aged 67, occupation a fisherman,
infirmary, wife aged 70 infirm & unable
to labor - Son 35, for ten years past
with fits and unable to take care of himself, of daughter 17, common health
I certify that I have examined this case and am of the opinion that according to the principles which have governed in previous decisions, the claim ought to be admitted
Restored 14 May 1825, as
sent to Hon. Mr. Crate Esq. Piscataquis, Maine
Should this claim be admitted, the pension certificate which is filed within should be extended to the pensioner,
Respectfully J. H. 191 Last evidence 8 th Apr. 1825,

Maine Thomas Decker Private - 9 months 1 st Schedule, June 1820
35 acres of rocky land a small unfinished House, very old, & an old Barn -
1 Cow - 7 Sheep - 1 Hog & a little decayed furniture amt of Schedule $235
2 nd Schedule 24. Apr 1823 no Real Estate - 1 Cow. 7 Sheep - 1 Hog, and a little furniture. Total $32.50
Real Estate mentioned in 1 st Schedule, sold to John M c Keown Nov. 22. 1821, for $230 - Deed
made & acknowledged same day & recorded April 17. 1823 - duly authenticated -
Paid said M c Keown, as admini- -strator on the Estate of E. Decker $111.98 which I justly owed said Estate - paid J c M c Keown a debt I justly owed him $32.40. Took J c M c Keown's note for balance $85.64, on which note I have received in necessaries for family & on account thereof $57.83, There now remains due on J c note $27.81. This small sum will soon be expended in support family; & I owe necessaries small debts, amounting in all to $198.40
His Age 66 - very feeble wife 69. unable to labor - 1 Son - subject to fits - can do nothing - a Grand Daughter aged 17 - Baily Wife of J c

Th. Decker. Susp? see letters Dec. 14, 1824 and Feb. 23, 1825- to Hon. E. Herrick A. R. —

Thomas Decker

War Department,
N o 6752
PENSION OFFICE,
July 6. 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr.
Thomas Decker,
Boothbay,
Maine

The Honorable J. C. Calhoun Secy. at War Washington.
For reconsideration re letter to Hon. M. L. Hill No. Rep. M. S. Dec. 22. 1820

Washington Dec. 17 th 1820.
Sir
Deacon Thomas Decker of Boothbay Maine, was born on the Pension roll, and stricken therefrom by order of the Secy of war on the 8 th June last
The first personal knowledge I had of this man, was in Sept. last, when he came from the place of his residence to see me on the subject of his pension —
His property, consisting of about 30 acres of miserable rocky land & a hut thereon, was valu- ed at 235 $ which had, 14 years before been made over to his son as an inducement for him to continue with his father to prevent his coming on the town, but a deed was not made & recorded in legal form.
Soon after this Mr. Decker visited me, I had occasion to go to Boothbay to examine the place as a proper site for a light House, where I had an opportunity to become acquainted with this man's circumstances from the magistrates and the most

the most respectable people in the place; I found he was about 64 years old, wholly unable to labor, had not done a days work for 30 or 40 years without spitting blood — has a son that lives with him, but unprofitable — Another son 29 years old delirious & totally incapable of doing any thing by reason of fits, & is fed & dressed as regularly as an infant. And one daughter unmarried, with a wife very infirm — It is therefore impossible for the family to get along without aid from some quarter.
I therefore am requested by Deacon Duke to make these facts known to the Hon. Secretary & to pray him to assist re-examine the papers connected with these facts & the accompanying letter, written by Jer. Bailey, Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln, to see whether Mr. Decker's name cannot be replaced on the Pension list, consistent with law & the just intentions of those who passed

it — As to these facts, I hold myself responsible that they are substantially cor- rect, and have the honor to remain
Your most obedient servant.
Mark Sanzcher Hill.
The Hon. ble The Secy. of War.

Thomas Decker.
Bailey & Emery.

State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss -
On this 24 th day of April in the year 1823 personally appeared in open court the same being the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Lincoln & State of Maine and proceeding according to the course of the common law having jurisdiction unlimited in amount keeping a record of their proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment and being a Court of record Thomas Becker resident in said County aged sixty six years 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 the 18 th of March 1818 the 1 st of May 1820 & the 1 st of March 1823 - that he the said Thomas Becker enlisted for the term of nine months sometime in April or May in the year 1778 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Bancroft in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment: that he continued to serve in the troops until some time in March 1779 where he was discharged from the service in Poughkeepsie. in the state of New York, and that  his name has been placed upon the pension list & dropped therefrom on account of property. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth of March eighteen hundred & eighteen & 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 & 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 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 & by me subscribed.

That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property - namely - I have sold the whole of the real estate mentioned in my first schedule to John McHowe for two hundred & thirty dollars as is herein after stated & set forth -
   Name of the person to whom sold Time of Sale Amount of money or description of property received in return     John McHowe Nov 22 nd 1821 Paid said McHowe as a administrator on the estate of Ebenezer Becker the same being a debt I justly owed on said estate on a/c - 111.96 - Paid said John McHowe a debt I justly owed him in his own right on a/c 32.40 Took said McHowe's note for balance $88.64 - on which note I have received in necessaries for the support of my family & indorsed the same thereon There now remains due on said note to me 27.81 besides the interest This small sum if not soon expended in necessaries for my family I shall have to appropriate towards the pay of numerous small debts I owe amounting in all to $198.40 -  $ 230.00   
Thomas Becker
Sworn to and disclosed on the 24 th day of April A.D. 1823 -
Saml P. Smith
Justice of the Common Pleas

Schedule of the real & personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, belonging to me the subscriber. viz -
Real estate - None -
Personal -
1 cow 14 7 sheep 10.50 1 swine 3.00 a little decaying furniture 5.00 Thomas Becker $32.50
Schedule of the family residing with me Thomas Becker who by occupation am a fisherman, which I am not able to pursue by reason of infirmity from old age, great debility & spitting of blood whenever I attempt any exertion -
Names Ages Capacity of each to contribute to their support My wife Catharine 69 infirm, unable to labor Son David 35 now for ten years past afflicted with fits and delirious, unable to take care of himself - he is taken care of by us, his parents as well as our scanty means will permit - Granddaughter Abba Pinkham 17 Common health & ability -
Thos Becker Nathl Coffin Clerk
State of Maine. Lincoln ss. I Nathaniel Coffin, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within of the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the schedule annexed is thirty two dollars fifty cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hands & the seal of said Court this 24 th of April 1823
Nathl Coffin

Judge Beiley about Thomas Decker — Prisoner.
Hon. Mark L. Hare
Georgetown
Mr. Decker

Hon. Mark L. Hill
Georgetown
Mr. Duke. —

Wascassah Sep. 8, 1820
Dear Sir,
The bearer Thomas Decker of Brookton has once recd. a pension as a Revolutionary soldier, but has been rejected under the new law, his property valued by the Court of Claims. Pears at $235. His family is peculiarly situated as he thinks the Sec'y of War (or rather his clerk,) have not particularly noticed the deranged state of his family. - he having a son delinquent & subject to fits.
I have advised him to call upon you as our Representative to state his case truly, & that very probably the Sec'y may revise this decision & permit Mr. Decker to remain on the roll. I have been acquainted with him several years, & have always considered him a very industrious good member of society, and I really hope the Government will not withdraw from him the small sum he has been led to hope would be given him during the remainder of his days. - he is now sixty four years of age, sinfirm. -
Please to excuse this liberty I have taken for an old soldier, & believe me your very humble servant.
Ira Bailey
Hon. Mark L. Hill Esq.

Decker to McKown Copy
Fee 50 c
Dr to Bailey & Emery.
March 1829

State of Maine Lincoln Co.
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Lincoln do hereby Certify That Warren Rice Esq. was on the 30 th of September & is now Register of Deeds for said County legally qualified & acting as such, That the within signatures & certificates are in his own hands writing & that he has no official seal.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said Court for said County this seventh day of November A.D. 1823.
Nathl Coffin

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Thomas Decker of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln Yeoman,
in Consideration of two hundred & thirty Dollars paid by John McKown of said Boothbay, Esquire,
the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell, and convey unto the said John McKown a certain tract or lot of land situated in said Boothbay bounded as follows, beginning at the southerly side of Bear Cove at the corner of the stone wall being the corner between me & Robert Reed; thence West South West one hundred & fifty rods to the line of Samuel Ferris' land; thence North to the Southwest of Eben Decker's land; thence East Northeast by said Eben Decker's land to the corner of Thomas Decker Junr's land & thence the same course to the shore; thence by the shore to the first mentioned bounds, containing forty Acres, more or less.
To HAVE AND TO HOLD the afore-granted Premises to the said McKown his Heirs and Assigns, to his & their Use and Behoof forever.
And I do covenant with the said McKown his Heirs and Assigns, That I am lawfully seized in Fee of the afore-granted Premises; That they are free of all Incumbrances; That I have good Right to Sell and Convey the same to the said McKown
And that I will warrant and defend the same Premises to the said McKown his Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful Claims and Demands of all Persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, — the said I the Thomas Decker
have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twenty third Day of November in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us,
John McClintock Daniel Rose.
Thomas Decker & a seal.
Lincoln ss. November 22. 1821. Thomas Decker
acknowledged the above instrument to be his free
Act and Deed—before me,
Daniel Rose
Justice of Peace.
Recd April 17. 1823. & entered & examined by Warren Rice Reg??
Lincoln Co. Sept. 30. 1823. Copy from the Records for Deeds for said County Lib 119 Pg 68 Warren Rice Reg.

Thomas Deckers Petition

To the Hon. Senate & House of Representatives in Congress, assembled. ~
The petition of Thomas Decker, of Boothbay in the State of Maine humbly represents: that he served as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution & was honorably discharged and obtained a pension under the Law of March 1818. - that he applied for a continuance of the Pension under the Law of May 1820. but was rejected by the Hon. Secretary of War on account of his property as your petitioner supposes. A copy of the Schedule of his property and the number and situation of his family at the time of his application for a continuance for a continuance of his pension is hereto annexed.
Your petitioner would by leave state that since the application aforesaid, he hath been obliged to sell the little property he then possessed for the purpose of maintaining himself and family and paying a part of his just debts, excepting the small amount enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed made out and sworn to in Court the present month, and that the schedule last mentioned contains all the property of every kind belonging to your petitioner or to which he has any claim whatever, either in Law, or in Equity. -
Your petitioner therefore humbly prays, that your Honors would grant him his pension from the time of his its suspension in March 1820. in order that

he may be assisted in giving his family that support for which they look to him and without which his fam- -ily and your petitioner must be left in distress and in want of the common necessaries of life, and your petitioner also will be liable to be committed to prison for the balance of his debts yet unpaid - for the payment of which he has no means whatever. Thomas Decker
State of Maine
Lincoln J. Jan. 29. 1822. Personally appeared the above named Thomas Decker & made solemn oath that the foregoing petition & the facts therein stated & set forth are true. ~
Before me Jesse Bailey Just. Peace. ~

We the subscribers Magistrates within & for the county of Lincoln, hereby certify, that we are personally acquainted with Thomas Decker, who signed the foregoing Deletion - that he is correct in his habits and considered a man of truth - that we believe the facts set forth in his petition hereto annexed are truly stated, and he is really very poor.
We would further state, that since his first petition to the Secretary of War, he lost a son, upon whom he principally relied for support; and that, that son has left a widow and three small children without property & that they look to their Grandfather Thomas Decker your petitioner for support and, if he has any to bestow.
We would also state, that we are personally knowing to the sale of what little property he gave in the schedule first made, and that it was sold to pay just and bona fide debts which were due at the time of his application, and which he could not avoid.
We also state that he has a son, upwards of thirty years of age, who is lunatick and unable to take care of himself, and who always has been, and is now taken care of by his father the petitioner.
John M'Intire Justice of the Peace Jacob Ault W. Maxwell New Justice of the Peace Joseph H. Cobb Justice of the Peace Nich. T. Knight Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Warren within and for the County of Lincoln, on the second Monday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, before the Hon. Samuel E. Smith, Ebenezer D. Dicker & Sanford Kingsbury, Judges of said Court.
ON this fifteenth day of January in the year 1822 personally appeared an open Court, the same proceeding according to the course of the common law
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Thomas Decker aged sixty six years, resident in Boothbay in said Circuit, 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. Bancroft in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson 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 seventh day of May A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8896  6752 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.
County of Lincoln - Circuit Court Common Pleas - Thomas Decker January 7. 1822
Subscribed & Sworn to, both the declaration & schedule  and declared, on the in open Court - Before the day of subscription, one A. D. 182 of the Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, 2 nd Eastern Circuit, State of Maine
Ebenezer Dicker
{ One of the Judges of the said Court

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real Estate None
Personal A little decayed Furniture barely sufficient to keep house and live in the kitchen } $12.  One Cow } 10. $22.
No income whatever, if I now owe not less than one hundred and fifty three dollars — Thomas Decker
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Thomas Decker who, by occupation am a fisherman which I am not able to pursue by reason of my old age & great bodily infirmity, being sixty four years old ,
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My Wife Catherine Decker 67 Feeble & very infirm   son David Decker 31 A lunatic & subject to fits & wholly unable to take care of himself   daughter Betsy Decker 27 Common health   Grand daughter Effa Winkham 13 do  
Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk  Thomas Decker
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, 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 Twenty two dollars and cents .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty two,
Nath. Coffin Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Miscawset within and for the County of Lincoln, on third Tuesday  Monday of June being the in the twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty. before the Honorable Sarah Dabben & Oliver Thatcher , — Judges of said Court.
ON this twentieth day of June in the year 1820 personally appeared in open Court ,
According to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Thomas Dicker aged Sixty Three years, resident in Boothbay in said Circuit, 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. Bancroft in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson 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 seventh day of May A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 6752 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.
Thomas Dicker
Sworn to and declared, on the 20th day of June A. D. 1820
BEFORE Oliver Thatcher { One of the Judges of the said Court

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate - 35 acres of land - rough & rocky - with a small unfinished house built forty years ago, & small barn about the same age - both rotten & decaying
Personal - 1 Cow 7 Sheep 1 Swine a little decayed furniture - No income except my pension Thomas Decker
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Thomas Decker who, by occupation am a fisherman which I am not able to pursue by reason of infirmity from age & debility - I am subject to spitting of blood whenever I attempt to stir - I can do nothing
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Catherine - 66 infirm youth of health   son David - 32 Now 3 for 7 years past, subject to fits & delirious   daughter Betsey - 24 unable to take care of himself Common health   grand daughter Alfa Pinkham - 14 do    Thomas Decker
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, 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 Two hundred thirty five dollars and cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty two
Nathl. Coffin Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

War Department
Pension Office
Washington

State of Maine,
Wiscasset Nov. 7. 1823
J. L. Edwards Esq.
The enclosed copies of deeds (in the cases of Henry Abbot & Thomas Decker petitioners to be restored their Pensions) were returned to me for the purpose of having them properly authenticated as to the Register seal . He has no Official seal. I have now procured as directed, the certificate of the County Clerk of all our Judicial Courts, as to the Official character & signature of the Register. These omissions in the former papers we hope will be excused, & shall consider it a great favor to receive an early answer upon the claims of these Revolutionary soldiers.
I am very respectfully your Ob d . Servant
Jeremiah Bailey

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Hon Ebenezer Herrick
Member of Congress
Washington City

Portland Feb 7, 3 rd 1824
Dear Sir
In complying with the Request of the Government respecting Mr Thomas Decker, Pension, I send you my account inclosed in this, I hope you will receive it in due time so the object may be obtained this Session of Congress, Mr Decker is very Poor and really stands in need of assistance from his Government, which I hope you will obtain for him. The reason of my having the certificate made on the account by the District Clerk, was my being under necessity to attend the Legislature in Portland on the first of January last, which was inconvenient for me than it to have it done by the Clerk of the County Court, which Resided twelve miles from my place, Sir your attention to this business will much oblige your Obedient Friend and Humble Servant
John McKim
Hon Ebenezer Harnick
Pr Please write to me on the receipt of this

Boothbay May 24. 1824
Hon Edw: Herrick
Dr Sir
We wish you to present the enclosed petition & pay every attention to it in your power. Mr. Weeks has been entered on the pension list under the first law, but was, struck off on account of his land property, which by the misfortune of loosing two of his sons, that he expected to pay his debts. He has since been obliged to sell as stated in the petition — I excuse her, as the mail is about closing —
Dr. Sir, We have the honor to be your Ob td Servants, —
John M. Farland John M. Christook

Hon Ebenezer Herrick Esq.
Member of Congress
Bowdoinham Washington
Maine
Discontinued

To the Hon: Senate & house of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled
The subscribers, Selectmen of the town of Boothbay, in the State of Maine, beg leave respectfully to represent, that Thomas Decker of said Boothbay, who has made application for a pension, for services rendered his country in the Revolutionary war, is in indigent circumstances & really needs the assistance of Government. He is unable to labour, & his wife who is about seventy years of age, is very infirm. He has a son of thirty three years of age who is Non compos. Mr. Decker has been obliged to sell his real estate to pay his debts & support his family, which is nearly expended. He is now in reality a subject who comes under the Pension Law. If a pension for him is not granted he must inevitably be supported by his town; as he has but one active son, who has a large family & is not able to render any assistance to his father —
Your petitioners pray your honors to take the case of Mr Decker into consideration & grant him relief — and as in duty bound will ever pray —
Boothbay May 26. 1824
John M c Farland John M c Intosh

W. Thomas Duke to John McRae
   1819     March 16. To Sunday. Groceries and payments   " made your wife a pair kettle rendered 11 19   1819 April 30 1 pair Shoes 10/6 - 1 lb Sugar 9 3/4 - 1 lb Tobacco 2 00   Aug. 30 3 lb butter 11/6 paid Lewis - 5/3 1 32   1820   May 9 Leather 1/6 2 lb Nails 1/6. Twine 1/6 67   23 1 Quarten lead 4/6 1 pint Raisins 1/6 1 00   " 1 lb Raisins 9. Red wood & Allum 4/6 54   1821   April paid order to your son Williams 16 54   " Molasses and Vinegar 2 11   May 9 fishing boots 5/6 1 Gall Molasses 4/6 5 91   Aug. 13 1 barrel of Lead 5/3 1 33   28 Port. and Vinegar 8/7 87   Sept. 5 1 Gall Molasses 5/9 59   18 Tea 1/6 1 Gall Molasses 4/6 Rum 1/2 79   Oct. 9 Rum and Molasses 5/9 59   " 20 Candles. Rum & Molasses 1 23 1 23   " paid J. McRae before Jan 5/9 59   Nov. 12 Groceries 3/9 paym't to Row 3/1 39   26 Goo 2/3 Molasses 3/1 ct 69   29 paid order Joseph McRae Esq. 3 58   1822   Jan 28 2 lb Salt 11/3 1 per tape 1/6 1 per Rum 1/6 2 38   April 13 Molasses and Tea 7/0 (20 3/4 To 1 lb 2/6 - 1 20 8 16   " 1 Gall Rum 5/6 1 pair Shoes 10/6 Rum 5/6 2 34   Aug. 20 3 lines. 3 pints Rum & Crackers 1 01   4 48   46 54  

To. Amt. brought forward
$ 59.14
1822 Dec 12.
To paid Benjamin Riggs for your per order in 46.59
19 " paid order to E Pribble in 2.07
1 Cod line 54.68 " 54
22 - " my tot. of this acct for which Cash has been paid in Six Months from date in 35.64
" your orders for $36.02 paid Sunday
persons per acct Rendred you in 36.02 124.27
$ 230.00
John M'Kown

1821
Contra
Cash
Nov. 22 By a Quantity of Land as per Deed Date Nov. 22 1821 } $ 230.00
$ 230.00
Maine District
District Clerk's Office Portland February 7 th 1825
Then personally appeared John McRown and subscribed the preceding account and made oath to the truth of the charges and credits stated in the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the U. States District Court the day and year above first mentioned J. Melsey Clerk U. S.
Contra Maine District

Rep d Hale Feb. 14. 1825-
Sir
Enclose a letter from John M c Keown covering a statement of his account against Thomas Ducker - a document, which you informed me some time since was in dis- posible to the establishment of Ducker's claim to a pension. Ducker is of Boothbay Maine.
I applied to you sometime since, for information in the case of John Hale of Wis- capet. You replied that there was no evidence was found in your office that any person of that name residing in that place had ap- plied for a pension - I have since learnt that Hale who was Surgeon in the Revolution- ary army, lived , at the time of making his application, lived in the town of China Maine, and that his application was pre- sented by Robert L. Vose Esq.
You oblige me by informing me soon as possible

trouble, whether Duke has made out his case, and wherein Hall is deficient.
I have again to request of you an answer to my note on the subject of Isaac Plum- mer's application.
I am very respectfully Your most Obedient,
E. Herrick
J. L. Edwards Esq.

This may certify that I the subscriber of Georgetown in the County of Lincoln State of Maine in the year 1820 delivered Bonds shingles and nails to the amount of Forty Dollars & Forty Three cents to W m Deeken deceased son of Thomas Deeken and took Thomas Deekens note for the same. & the Dec r - 13 - 1822 Rec d paym t in full for the above note & interest amount & Forty Six Dollars & 59 1/2 cts by the hands of John M c Haddon Esq r Georgetown March 24 - 1825 Benj m Riggs
W. Crate.

Georgetown Apr 25. 1825 Then the within named Benjamin Riggs person appeared and made oath to the truth of the within Certificate by him subscribed before me - James Riggs Jus. peace
State of Maine
Lincoln ss. Clerk's Office
Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County of Lincoln. Certify that James Riggs is & was on the 25. th instant a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned & quali- fied to act as such, and that the foregoing is his true proper signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this twenty eighth day of April 1825
Nathl. Coffin. Clk
J. White

Unpaid balance as Mar 1823. due after 15
Jeremiah Bailey Aug. 29 1823 De 28 Octo: 1823.

160 Winchester May 4 1835
Hon. Secretary of War
Sir I enclose you the Benjamin Rigg Affidavit. testified by the proper officers which I hope will prove Satisfactory, in the case of Thomas or Ducker, you will please to forward any communication that you may make to said Ducker, to me at Winchester. I am respectfully your obedt servt
Thomas M. Foster

March 13, 1936
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Mr. George Wharton Rice Hotel De Soto Tampa, Florida
Thomas Deeker, S.35243 Caleb Hodgdon, S.18038 Asa G. Baker, O.W.I.File 19533 RA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Asa G. Baker, Thomas Deeker and Caleb Hodgdon, all of whom received pensions and in 1836 were living in Boothbay, Lincoln County, Maine. You state that you request these records in order to place markers at the graves of the soldiers.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service in that war of the Asa Baker described by you; however, the War of 1812 records show a claim for pension made by one Asa or Asa G. Baker, of Boothbay, Lincoln County, Maine. That record and the Revolutionary War records of Thomas Deeker and Caleb Hodgdon are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

35 243
Rev INVALID.
1836, Mar. 13 - First to Mrs. Wharton here (Rev. etc. in Chm. p. 18038 of Caleb Hodgdon) — M c L.
File No. 35, 243
Thomas Decker
Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 108
[Arrangement of 1870.]