Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,923, Nathaniel Day, Mass.

SERVICE
Day, Nathaniel Rachel
NUMBER
W. 22.923.
B.L.Wt. 2031-160-55
CONTENTS
Mass. [faint handwritten marks]
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3435
Widow Rachel Day widow of Nathaniel Day who served in the Revolutionary
for the sum of the rate of cents per annum the 4th day of March, 1813.
1st of July 1818 Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of July 1818 and sent to 1851
E. D. Johnson Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 9, 1815, Page 7 , Vol. 1

See letter 2. Hon. Mr. Badlegh 16. Dec. 1825.
to Hon. R. M c Intire 19. Sept 1827.

2 6 2 2 Maine
Nathaniel Day 2 a
of Hiram Dist: in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year.
inscribed on the Roll of the Dist: of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of July 1819 and sent to Endah (Dana, Esq.) Fryeburg - Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 \frac{22 \frac{1}{2}}{30 \cdot 31} 06. 09 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1819 - 49.00
$134.09
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Oxford County

Feb. 28 - No. 3934
Vol. 2-1.

Act 185
17687
Mar 27/53
Rachel Day, wid: of Nathaniel Day, cur? fin:
Chit. Saml. Dayer, {maddl; Col. Scammons, } mil:
Ent? } Pleasantry war. Ken?
Refer to Pension paper Adm't 160 A.C. July 3/55. B.R.P. 11/55
Berington
2031 as July 3/55
Arthur McArthur, Portland, Me.
File 33

For Value Received I promise and bind my Self in the Sum of two hundred dollars to pay and settle all the Lawful Debts and Claims that Stand against my Father Nathaniel Day up to this date as witness my hand & seal this 25 th of August 1825 his Witness Edmund Hammond Thomas S. Day Edmund Pendleton Mark

This may certify that I Nathaniel Day Jr of the Town of Cornish in the County of York and State of Maine Do hereby certify under oath that my father Nathaniel Day was indebted to me for my labour within five years Part one hundred Dollars and I have Received the same by the hand of Timothy Grafton of Cornish, Cornish November 3 rd 1827
Then the above named Nathaniel Day Jr appeared and made oath to the above Writing before me Nathaniel Day Jr Richard Cole J of the Peace

Watt - Day. private Leah Patterson vs Regt. Accts. Due 1776 - one year: dec. 28 th Apr. 1898
See John Holman's case.
Proof of service wanted
The original depositions are now annexed - there appears needs an apology - it was not copied, the original were to be forwarded - J. Dana
Admitted.

County of Oxford
twenty eighth
On this tenth day of April A D 1818 before me the subscribers Judge of the Court of Probate in said county a first Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the First Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth personally appeared Nathaniel Day aged sixty three years a resident of Hiram in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration 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 & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That the said his father  Nathaniel Day served in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment about one year & eight months that in April A D 1775 his father Wm Day entered for eight months into the company commanded by Capt S. Sawyer in Col S. Common's Regiment in Massachusetts Line in about two weeks afterwards his father returned home & he was put and accepted in his father's place in the army & served out the remainder of the eight months & then immediately enlisted for a year into the company aforesaid which was then in Col Patterson's Regiment in Massachusetts Line - that he served out said year excepting about one week - when he with two or three others were taken sick & the Capt left as to return home as soon as we were able - that that he never had any written discharge - & that from his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support and in addition to the above declaration of the said Nathaniel Day , two Credible Witnesses, Abraham Barns and

and Moses Pattee testify that they were personally acquainted with the said Day and know that he served out the eight months and years services as he in his said Declaration has stated, excepting that the former could not tell the exact time, when W m Day the father left & the Affiant took his place - and the latter sd Pattee could not tell whether it was a week or fortnight - that said Nathaniel left the army before his time of years service was out, on account of his sickness but both witnesses in all other particulars confirm the the testimony in all its parts, of the said Nathaniel Day - Sworn to and Declared before me the day & year aforesaid
Judson Dana Judge &c
I Judson Dana Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nath l Day did serve in the war of the Revolution as stated in the preceding Declaration as the common enemy nine months on the continental establishment - and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance, from his country for support - And I now transmit the proceedings &

and testimony taken and had before me to the Hon d Secretary of War, pursuant to the directions of the above- mentioned act of Congress - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty ninth day Sept r A D 1818
Judson Dana Judge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Offord
I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in said County do at Fryeburg in said County on this first day of October A D 1818 certify & make known that the Hon d Judah Dana who signed the foregoing certificate is Judge of said Court of Probate and is first Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Bath Circuit in said Commonwealth and that said instrument is under the seal of said Court of Probate. —
Attest Simon G. Dyer Reg t of Probate

Nathaniel Day Declaration &c

State of Maine.
County of York, ss.
On this seventeenth day of October 1827, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record, within and for the county of York, being the Court of Common Pleas, held at Alfred, within, and for the county of York, on the third Tuesday of October A.D. 1827, Nathaniel Day of Cornish in said county, aged seventy two 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 Congress, of the 18th. of March, 1818, and the first of May 1820, that he the said Nathaniel Day enlisted for the term of eight months on some day in the month of April A.D. 1775, in the state of Massachusetts, in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Sawyer in the regiment, commanded by Colonel. Scammons in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment, and that he continued to serve in said Corps, until some day in the month of December, 1775, when he was discharged from the said service in Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts.-----
----- After he was discharged as aforesaid, in December 1775, he enlisted again for the term of one year in the State of Massachusetts, in the company commanded by the said Captain Samuel Sawyer, in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Patterson, in the line of the State of Massachusetts, on the Continental establishment - that he continued to serve in said corps, until some day in the month of December, 1776, when he was discharged from said service in Albany, in the State of New-York, - that he hereby relinquishes every claim for a pension, except the present, that his name has been placed on the pension list - that the number of his pension certificate is 12622, and that he never exhibited a schedule of his property until the nineteenth day of October 1825, because, that until September 1825, he was able to perform so much manual labor, as would procure him a living - that, at that time in consequence of ill health, and the infirmities of old age, and the diminution of his property, he was unable to procure the means of support. And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident of the United States, on the eighteenth 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.
Schedule of the real, & personal estate (necessary clothing, and bedding excepted,) belonging to me the subscriber, viz. Ten acres of poor, rocky land, one cow, two pigs, a small house in bad repair, & common furniture necessary for a small family. I am indebted to Dr. Moses Sweat & to Dr. Benjamin Thompson, for services in my family. To Noah Weeks, and James Weeks for supplies to my family, the amount of which I do not now know. Schedule of the family residing with me Nathaniel Day, who by occupation am a husbandman, which, I am not able to pursue by reason of old age and debility.
Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support. Rachel Day 52. not able to support herself, by reason of ill health. Rachel Day Jr. 18. able to support herself and aids in my support.
Witness, Jere Bradbury.
Nathaniel his X Day. mark
Sworn & declared on the seventeenth day of Oct, 1827.
Ezekiel Whitmore
Chief Justice of said Court.
That since the 18th of March 1818, the following changes have been made in my property, to explain which it is necessary, to state that I formerly owned fifty acres of land - that nearly twenty years ago, I sold seven acres of said land to Timothy Gubtil for which he paid me at the time of the sale, and I gave him a deed of the same; that about two years ago, I sold said Gubtil seven acres more of said land, and the first deed not having been recorded, to save the expense of recording, it was given up to me, and the land conveyed by it, was included in the deed, conveying the seven acres last sold. I also sold four acres to Stephen Day Junr. sometime during the late war.

   Description of property sold. Names of the persons to whom sold. Amount of money or description of property received in return.     Two acres & one half an acre of land. Matthias Weeks. About twenty seven dolls. in his visions & necessaries for my family.   Twenty acres of land. Thomas S. Day. A bond to pay all my debts at that time due from me estimated at one hundred dollars, which he has complied with instant.   Seven acres of land as aforesaid. Timothy Gubtil. One hundred dollars with which a note I gave for that amount was paid to Nathaniel Day.   One Cow. Saphan Wentworth. Ten dollars part of which I paid for tares, & the residue for necessaries for my family.  
In October, 1825, I made a declaration and exhibited a schedule of my property, for the purpose of being continued on the Pension list which has not been decided on at the War Department for want of formality in the papers and again made further application to the same Court in February 1826, with a view of complying with the forms required at the Department, but through some accident the Clerk did not forward the papers of which fact, I was not acquainted till this present week.
Witness, Jere Bradbury ————— Nathaniel his X Day.
Sworn & declared on the seventeenth day of Oct 1827.
Ezekiel Whitman.
Chief Justice of the said Court.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Nathl. Day did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of 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 hundred dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the said Court on this seventh day of November - 1827.
Jere. Bradbury Clerk &c

Decy 17 687

State of Maine
County of York ss
On this twenty second day of March in the year eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Veteran of the Peace within and for the county of York aforesaid Rachel Dey aged eighty years a resident of Limerick in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law on oath deposes she is the widow of Nathaniel Dey deceased who was a private in the war of the Revo- lution and was pensioned under Act of March 1818
That she has been pensioned under Act of July 1838 & 1 July 1848 for the services of said Nathaniel Dey in the War of the Revolution and you are referred to the documents on file in the Pension Office for evidence of said service. That her said husband Nathaniel Dey served fourteen days in the United States Army in the Revolutionary War & that she is now a widow; that she was married to the said Nathaniel Dey in the year 1791 that her maiden name was Rachael Pendexter that her said husband died in the year 1840 on nineteenth day of April
She makes this declaration for the purpose of ob- taining the County Pension to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3 1855 she also declares that she has never applied for or received County Pension under this or any other Act. Moreover, that she appoints Attorney McArthur of Farmington Maine her agent & attorney to prosecute her claim & receive any said pension and any issue therefor benefit.
Witnesses Isaac Kelly Barnet Brundall
Rachel by X Dey mark

We Isaac Kelly and Rachel Randall residents of district in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declara- tion was signed and acknowledged by the above named Rachel Dey in our presence and that we are personally acquainted with Mrs Rachel Dey and know that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Witness James M c Arthur
Isaac Kelly Rachel Randall
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be respectable & credible persons, and that I have every reason to believe and do believe Rachel Dey the declarant and said claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be. That she is of the age above stated and that I have no interest in this claim.
James M c Arthur Justice of the Peace,

9947 last day 6106
Rachel Day
NH
Act 7 July '38 - husband died age 48.
Rejected
reg. 1 st act March 43
adm d 20. mo. pri
66.66
Rufus M c Intire Esq. Paysonfield Me

State of New Hampshire County of Carroll } ss
On this eighteenth day of September A D 1843 personally appeared before me Thomas P. Drake Esquire one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County of Carroll being a court of Record of said County Rachel Day a resident of Effingham in said County of Carroll aged sixty seven years who is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity and 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 th 1838, the 23 rd of August A D 1842, the 3 rd of March A D 1843 and any other Act or resolution of Congress on the subject granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Day 2 nd who was a pensioner for revolutionary services as a soldier in the army of the revolution the particulars of which service she is unable to state but refers to the evidence in the War Department furnished by said Nathaniel Day 2 nd when she was placed on the Pension Roll for term, time & circumstances of his service.
She also declares she was married to the said Nathaniel Day 2 nd on the 15 th of February 1800 in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one; that her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Day 2 nd died on the 19 nineteenth day of April 1841; 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 & ninety four viz at the time above stated. She further declares she has not been since married & that she is still a widow.
Rachel Day
Attest Thomas P. Drake
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written not in open court in term time which I certify she is unable to attend by reason of bodily infirmity Before me
Thomas P. Drake
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

State of New Hampshire — Canoll p.
I Francis R. Chase Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Carroll said County hereby certify that Thomas P. Drake Esquire was on the eighteenth day of September A.D. 1843 was a Judge of said Court as within mentioned. & that being well acquainted with his signature, have no doubt that the within purporting to be his is genuine. —
On testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name this tenth day of October Anno Domini 1843.
Francis R. Chase Clerk

2031
Hoang

This may certify that I Matthias Weeks of Cornish in the County of York Governor that I Bought a certain piece of Land situated in said Cornish containing two acres and forty seven square rods for the consideration of the sum of twenty seven Dollars and I paid the Thomas Parsons in Parsonsfield trades fourteen Dollars and fifty cents and the remainder Paid in Provisions for the use of said Nathaniel Days family in the Year of 1825 said Land I Bought of said Nathaniel Day at said Cornish 1825
Cornish November the 3 rd 1827
Personally appeared the above named Matthias Weeks and made Oath to the above Writing before me Richard Cole of the Peace

Rev WIDOW, &c.
am
No. 22923
Rachel Day
Widow
Nathaniel Day
Dis Ser was
Act Feb 2 d 48
Index: Vol. A , Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I James W. Weeks of Parsonsfield Leader Do hereby certify that Nathaniel Day of Cornish is indebted to me on account four Dollars and sixty seven cents on the tenth Day of November 1827 the same being for supplying his family in sickness James W. Weeks The above named James W. Weeks made oaths to the above account before me Richard Cole of the Peace on the 10 Day of November 1827
I Noah Weeks of Parsonsfield Leader Do hereby certify that Nathaniel Day of Cornish is indebted to me by note twenty Nine Dollars and Eighty seven cents on the tenth Day of November 1827 it being for necessary articles for his family Noah Weeks The above named Noah Weeks made oath to the above note before me Richard Cole of the Peace on the 10 Day of November 1827

I Matthias Weeks of Corralh Dohealy Certify that Nathaniel Day of Corralh is indebted to me on account four Dollars on the tenth Day of November 1827
Corralh November 10. 1827 (Matthias Weeks) And the above named Matthias Weeks made Oath to the above account before me Richard Cole J. of the Peace

John Humphreys
Rachel Day,
widow of Nathl. Day,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. and who died on the April 1841-
of Canal in the State of N. H. who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Shapley line for 20 m-
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Oct 45 and sent to A. McC. Arthur, Farmington, Maine
Total amount, $ 333 . 30
[Act July 7, 1838.] for res. letter of Jan'y 45
Recorded by Y. L. Stevens Clerk, Book 5 Vol. 1 — Page 27.

Portsmouth 5782.
New Hampshire
Rachel Day widow of Nathl Day who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Jan, 1844 and sent to Reuben M c Intire Parsonsfield Me
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 24.

Reported
No 374.
Adm'd. under joint resolution of 23 d Jany: 45 & act 7 July 1838 - in 10 act 45 and certificate sent to A. McArthur, Simington. Maine -
Repd 11

Petersfield Me Oct 23
Friend
J. L. Edmonds Esq Cannipion Station Washington D.C.

Parsonfield, Me, Oct. 23. 1843
J. L. Doleards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir
England
herewith is the application of Rachel Day for a Pension. The papers show under what Act of Congress she claims - Nathaniel Day's application for a pension which were admitted with the service
Yours respectfully Rufus White

Increase to $96. Per annum, less former pays at $166:66 per annum. Comg 1 July 1848
W. L. Johnson Present,

Washington Sep 24. 1850
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions.
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose the application of Rachel Day Widow of Nathaniel, for an increas e of Pension under the Joint Resolution of July 1. 1848.
With great respect Your ob t Serv t
H. D. Johnson.

Leicester July 21 1845
Sir, Inland is Widow Rachel Doy's application under Resolution of 23 Jan'y 1845.
I am very respectfully Your Obedt Servt
Hon. James L. Edwards Com te of Pensions.
Arthur M c Arthur

Rec 24. Sept 1828.
Passumpsic Maine.

me Parsonsfield, Sept. 16 th 1828
Mr. J. L. O'Neals Sir,
Enclosed are some additional papers in the application of Battle Bay for a pension. Sir I hope will prove satisfactory.
Yours &
Rufus White

O. R.
12,622
Maine
Nathaniel Day 2 o
of York in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sawyer of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson in the Massachusetts Line, for the term of one year from December 1775 to December 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th day of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of July 1817 and sent to J. Dana Esq. Bangor Maine.
Continued or Restored to the Roll on the 3 rd day of January 1829. and notification sent to Hon. R. M. Foster at House of Representatives Pension commencing on the 3 rd of December 1828.
Amount due on 4 th of March 1829. }
$ 24. 51
{ Revolutionary Claims Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.

1 May 1820 Me.
Nathl. Days applica- tion for Pension
file March 1819
1 st March 1820
Hon. Mr. Burleigh
H. R. 12 Dec. 1825

State of Maine.
County of York ss
On this nineteenth day of October 1825 in open court being the Circuit Court of Common Pleas held at Alfred within & for the County of York on the third Tuesday of October A. D. 1825. Present the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman Justice of said Court; said Court keeping a record of their proceedings, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having the power to fine & imprison, and being a Court of Record in said County personally appeared Nathaniel Day of Bonnish resident in said County aged seventy years, who, being first duly sworn, according to oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, & the 1st. May 1820 that he the said Nathaniel enlisted for the term of eight months day of April in the year A. D. 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Sawyer in the regiment commanded by Colo. Scamman in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said Corps until December of the same year, when he was discharged from the said service, in Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts that his name has been placed on the pension list & dropped therefrom on account of his property -3
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; & that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any other 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 engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor had 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.
After his first enlistment was up, to wit; in December A. D. 1775. He enlisted again under the said Capt. Samuel Sawyer in the regiment commanded by Colo John Patterson for the term of one year that he served in said Corps until Decr. A. D. 1776 when he was discharged from the said service in Albany in the State of New York.
Nath l  for Day.
Witness Jer. Bradbury. 3 October 1825 before
Sworn and declared on the nineteenth day of Ezekiel Whitman - 3

Schedule of the real and personal estate; necessary clothing & bedding excepted \frac{2}{3} belonging to me the subscriber, viz: ten acres of poor 20 cays land which cannot produce more than one ton of hay on four acres, two small cows & two pigs; A small house in very bad repair. 3
Schedule of the family residing with me Nathaniel Day who by occupa- tion am a husbandman which I am not able to pursue by reason of my extreme age & debility.
    Names. Age. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Rachael Day. fifty Not able to support herself.   Rachael Day. fifteen Able to support herself & no more.   
Witness Jere Bradbury.
Nathl. his mark Day. 3.
Sworn to and declared on the nineteenth day of October 1825. before Ezekiel Whitman. 3
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Nath l . Day did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of 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 hundred & fifty dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this twentyfirst day of November 1825
Jere. Brattain Week of the judicial courts body ork

I Timothy Guptrail of Cornish in the County of York and State of Maine Yeoman Do hereby certify that I Bought of Nathaniel Day of Cornish a certain Piece of Land containing seven acres for the consideration of one hundred Dollars of which money I Paid to his son Nathaniel Day Jr and took up D Nathaniel Days Note Said Land has been Deeded to me within five Years Cornish November 3 1827
Personally appeared the above named Timothy Guptrail and made oath to the above writing before me
Richard Cole J of the Peace

I Moses Pattee of Greyville ac do testify & declare on oath that I am personally acquainted with Nathaniel Day the signer of the within affidavit & knew him in the revolutionary war to be a soldier, that he served the most of the first eight months sever, and all the year seven in 1776 excepting about a fortnight before his time was out, he was taken sick & had a pass to return home as soon as he recovered, & that he served said terms in the manner & under the officers he has named.
om os es p o th
26 Sep - 1818 -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss Then personally appeared the above named Moses Pattee, a very credible witness, before the subscri- ber, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me JUDAH DANA Just. Peace &c Judge of Probate & of Gen. Plea

Deposition of Dr Moses Sweat.

I, Moses Sweat, depose and say that Thomas S. Day has paid me twenty four dollars & sixty cents, for his father Nathaniel Day of Cornish, it being the amount that was due me from the said Nath. l on the first of August 1825.
Parsonsfield, Dec 10 th 1828
Moses Sweat
State of Maine.
County of York ss
December 10. 1828.
Personally appeared Moses Sweat above named & made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me Noah Sebbets Justice of the Peace for the County of York.
State of Maine
County of York ss
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County of York. hereby certify, that Noah Sebbets, who has certified the above deposition of Moses Sweat, is and was on the 10 th day of Dec r . m t a Justice of the Peace for said land that the signature purporting to be his is genuine —
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said State this twenty third day of December Anno Domini 1828
Jere. Bradbury Clerk —

I and sixty three Nathaniel Day of Gorham in the County of York in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a Citizen of the United States do hereby and on oath declare that I served in the war of the rebellion on the Continental Establishment as a Private Soldier against the Common Enemy one year & eight months - In April 1865 my Father W m Day enlisted for eight months into Capt. J. Sawyers Company Col o Scammon's Regiment in Massachusetts Line - in about two weeks after, I went and took his place and served out the eight months - and then I enlisted for one year into the same Company - which was then in Col o Patterson's Regiment in Massachusetts Line - I served out my time but excepting one week - when I was taken sick - with the fever & ague - and the Capt t left me and two or three others sick & told us as soon as we recovered to return home - which we did so that I never had any but a verbal discharge - I further say that I am not a pensioner & that from my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. Nathaniel his Day Attest Isaac Dana made 28 ap l 1878

N.B. The appearance of the original depositions, will be excused, when it is recollected that, only a transcript was expected, without accompanying the papers - J. Dana

I Abraham Barrs of Cornish do testify and declare on oath that I am personally acquainted with Nath l Doy the signer of the within affidavit - and knew him in the revolution war & know that he served in it as he has then stood - excepted that I cannot tell the exact time his father left the army & he took his place; but believe he served out almost the whole of the eight months service, and then immediately enlisted into the year service & served that about out -
Abraham Barrs
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sept r 11-1818 County of Oxford Sept r 11 th 1818 Then personally appeared the above named Abraham Barrs a credible witness - before me the subscriber - and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, before me Jason Dana Just. Peace & etc Judge of Probate etc
I Abraham Barrs of Cornish do testify & declare on oath that I served in the war of the revolution and am personally acquainted with Moses Potter of Knapp & knew him in the revolutionary war and know that he served a part of the eight months service in 1775 - and that he entered into the year service the last of December 1775 for a year into Capt Sawyer's Company - in Col o Patterson's Regiment and served out the year in the same company I was in the battle of Trenton with him & fought by his side in that engagement -
Abraham Barrs
Sept 11-1818 sworn to

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, March 23 1855. }
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
James M c Arthur
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of
York
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid,— and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
W GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. G. Cook
CLERK.

61
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, March 20, 1844
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathaniel Day is borne upon the eight months rolls in the company of Capt Saml Sawyer Col Seamen, as a private from Wells from May 1. to Oct. and upon the Coat rolls in 1775.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons; Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Repub M o Luke Eg Parsonsfield Maine

was on the 26 day of January 1844
I am now 68 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand, this twenty sixth day of February
A. D. 184 4
Signed by said in my presence,
Rachel Day Abraham Drake
Rachel Day Mark
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE BY THE WIDOW OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
State of New Hampshire County of Carroll Town of Effingham , Widow Jathaniel Day 2 nd  lately a Pensioner of the U. States for revolutionary services.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my husband's service in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Wells in the County of York and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sawyer in Scammons Regiment and he served as follows,* viz:—
eight months in Capt. Sawyers Company as I have heard & believe - I cannot state the particulars of his service as I knew them only from report & my Husbands account of them & most of which I do not recollect -
I had a Child born in 1793 August 7 I was married in February 1791 dont remember the day of the month - have no record of my Marriage I state only from recollection - have no record of the birth of my Child.
*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the soldier, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

847.
Rachel Day Maw of Nathaniel N H
acts 7 July 1838 and Joint resolution of 23 rd July 1845
Adm. $66 66 / 100 per annum from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841
That the Certificate be payable at Portsmouth N H
Arthur McArthur Inverness Mr

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Resolution of Congress of January 23 d 1842.
Whereas the act of the 30 th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the Resolution above-mentioned. I am the widow of Nathaniel Day 2 d who was a private in the war of the Revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of sixty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum from the fourth day of March 1843 and now ask for the amount due me from the fourth day of March 1836 to fourth day of March 1842 when my former pension commenced. My husband died April 19 th A.D. 1842.
Witness. Rachel Mandell Day Drown to and subscribed to Rachel Day before me on this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord 1845 at Limberick, Maine
Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit. Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace.

I William Trafton Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of York in the State of Maine do hereby certify that Arthur M c Arthur who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace for the County of York in the State of Maine and that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court one of the courts in said County of York on this fourteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty five at Alfred in the County of York in the State of Maine.
William Trafton, Clerk.

Notre Dame L
1 May 1820
Hon. R. M c Intire H. R. rec d 8 Dec. 1827

State of Maine
County of York
I Jeremiah Bradbury clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify, that Richard Cole who has certified the annexed affidavits of Matthias Weeks, Timothy Gupital, Nathaniel Day Jun James W. Weeks, Noah Weeks & Thomas I. Day is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this twentyfifth of November A.D. 1827
Jere. Bradbury clerk

June 27 '44
Parsonfield, Me, June 24
Free
Mr. Adams,
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Passumpsfield, Me, June 24
Free
June 27 '44
Mr. Ames
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

me Concordfield June 21 st 1844
J. L. Edwards Esq. Clerk of Petitions, Sir
Your note of the 15 th addressed to the Hon. Mr. Fairfield of the U.S. Senate has been transmitted to me in which note you say "That Mr. White has been made acquainted with the action of the Dept upon the cases of Mrs. Proale & Mrs. Day within the present month" - Yours concerning the certificate of Mrs. Proale was recd last Saturday
No such com te as you suggest in case of Mrs. Day has yet reached me.
Yours respectfully &
Rufus W. Tuttle

Will Col. Edwards report to D. Hammons of the House —

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, February 5th A. D. 1849
I Charles C. Harmon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Ebenezer Blaze is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Oxford , as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the
COMMISSION of the said Blaze is dated January 26 , A. D. 184 8 , and will expire January 26 A. D. 185 0 .
and that the his is following Genuine,
SIGNATURE, purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Harmon , CLERK.

Nathaniel Days Papers

Stebbins John McDonnell 1850 dollars, 88 3/4 cents
  to 1.95 cents paid Levi Libby for dress  7.50    to 2.50 paid Esten Lindon  1.95    to 8. dollars paid Taylor Lougee  2.50    to 1.05 cents paid Pease & husband  8.00    to 1.50 cents paid J P for tax  1.05    to 1.50 paid J Perkins  1.50    to 1.50 paid Bennett Pike  1.50    to 2 dollars to Simon Harrison  1.50    to one beef cow  2.00    to note paid James for  15.00    thirty dollars  30.00    to 100 dollars paid D P for  1.00     73.50    grays red
too Paid James for work 3.60
too Paid Thomas Parsons 3.20
I Thomas I Day Do hereby certify that I have Paid these Debts for my father Nathaniel Day which he was owing I the said Thomas Day have made oath to the above account Thomas I Day sworn me Richard Cole of the Peace Cornish November 10 1827

Rafus. Motore Esq.

I Daniel Pendexter being of Lawful age now living in the town of Cornish in the County of York and State of Maine Blacksmith Do hereby certify that Thomas Dey Paid me for his Father Nathaniel Dey of Cornish in the County and State aforesaid the sum of fourteen Dollars & fourteen Cents it being a Debt of his father contracting within six Years York 31 December 10 th 1828 Then the above named Daniel Pendexter appeared and made oath to the foregoing Instrument before me Richard Cole J of the Peace
State of Maine County of York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial courts in said County of York hereby certify, that Richard Cole who has certified the foregoing deposition of Daniel Pendexter, is a Justice of the Peace for said County and was so at the date of the caption of the same, and that the signature purporting to be his genuine
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said State this twenty third day of December Anno Domini 1828
Jere. Bradbury Clerk

Washington Dec. 30 th 1828
Sir
Enclosed are some additional papers in the case of Nathl. Day - I am not certain that they entirely cover up to the amount paid by Thos. S. Day for his father Nathl. Day and I am not informed whether any further evidence can be procured - I should suppose it would be extremely difficult to get the proof of every item paid as they are represented to be small sums to mechanics, taxes &c. and probably left unpaid for a time after the agreement till it was condemned to pay them & in the mean time additional debt was contracted by the son & so mixed & so paid that it would be next to impossible to get the precise evidence of the payment in every case - And it is not improbable that in the course of the business the son might have furnished the father himself with the money to go & settle his mother's annuity & pay the balance in which case it would be out of the Applicant's power to comply strictly with the rules of the Department - I do not know however that this was the case in any instance but Mr. Day who I believe to be a man of strict veracity told me that he did not know that

he could recollect every debt that had been paid or could bring it to the recollection of the persons to whom the payments had been made whether they were made by him or his son or could ascertain the principal amount that they had received as much of it was among those who did not keep very particular their accounts & perhaps many none at all in a book - and indeed he did not know that his son he had in three instances done more than assume his debts & have them paid with his sons order -
Yours respectfully -
Rufus W. Austin
J. L. Edwards Esq

I, Bennet Pike of Cornish in the County of York and State of Maine, of Lawful age do depose and say that sometime in the year A.D. 1821. or 1822. a deed from Nathaniel Day of said Cornish to Nathaniel Day Jr of Cornish aforesaid conveying all of the land of said Nathaniel Day, same about eighty acres. In the said Nathaniel Jr. and also, a bond from said Nathaniel Day Jr. to the said Nathaniel Day for the maintenance of the said Nathaniel Day & wife during their natural lives & for the payment of all the said Nathaniel Day's debts, were deposited with me and remained in my possession till the last of February eighteen hundred & twenty four at which time the said Nathaniel & Nathaniel Jr. came to me & agreed to cancel said deed & bond & Nathaniel Day agreed to pay said Nathaniel Day Jr one hundred dollars for his labor & improvements on the land described as aforesaid. & I do further depose & say that the note annexed was written by me & signed by said Nathaniel Day at the time at the time the deed & bond were canceled & that it was for & in consideration of the labor & improvements aforesaid.
Bennet Pike
York ss. On the twenty third day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight the aforesaid deposition was examined & confirmed and sworn agreeable to law, to the deposition aforesaid by him Subscribed - before me John Jameson Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
I, Jeremiah B. County of York ss. - I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the County of York, here by certify that John Jameson who has certified the above deposition of Bennet Pike is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly appointed and qualified and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said State - this seventeenth day of September A.D. 1828
Jere. Bradbury Clerk

I Thomas Day of Denmark in the County of Oxford and State of Maine of a  lawful age to depose as depose and say that about three years ago I gave a bond to my father Nathaniel Day of Cornish in the County of York to pay all his, the said Nathaniel's debts for & in consideration of twenty acres of land situated in said Cornish & deeded me by the said Nathaniel Day. & I do further depose & say that since that time I have paid debts of my father, Nathaniel Day to the amount of about one hundred dollars - being all the debts that have been come to my knowledge as due from my father. Nathaniel Day at the time I gave the bond aforesaid - attest John Jameson Thomas his + Day Mark
York ss. On the twenty third day of August in the year of our Lord eight hundred and twenty eight the aforesaid deponent was examined & contirmed & sworn agreeable to Law, to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed before me John Jameson Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
County of York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the County of York hereby certify, that John Jameson, who has certified the above deposition of Thomas Day, is a justice of the Peace for said County duly appointed and qualified and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said State this seventeenth day of September A.D. 1828
Jere. Bradbury Clerk

copy. Deed - Nathaniel Day to Thomas S. Day.
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KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I
Nathaniel Day of Cornish, in the county of York & state of Maine, yeoman, in consideration of one hundred dollars — — — — — paid by Thomas S. Day of Cornish in the county and state aforesaid, yeoman.
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Thomas S. Day, his heirs, administrators & assigns, forever, a certain twenty acres of land lying in said Cornish, being lot numbered two on D. range, bounding as follows — beginning at Matthias Weeks' land, formerly deeded by said Nathaniel Day, to said Weeks, thence running easterly by land owned by Simon Harmon to land owned by Timothy Gupit, thence to contain that width, and extend northwardly until it shall contain said twenty acres.
[Handwritten signature: N. Day]
To have and to hold the said premises, with the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to him the said Thomas S. Day, his heirs and assigns.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted premises to the said heirs and assigns, to  use and behoof forever.
AND I do covenant with the said Thomas S. Day, his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the said premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and convey the same. to the said
AND that he will warrant and defend the same premises to the said Thomas S. Day, his heirs and assigns, forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the said
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty fifth — — — — day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in presence of us Edmund Harmon, Jr. Edmund Pendexter.
Nathaniel his X Day — [seal] Rachael her X Day — [seal]
York, ss. September, 21 st — — — — 1825.
the above named Personally appeared the within named Nathl. Day, & acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed—before me, John W. Donald, Justice of the Peace.
Recorded according to the original, received Septem. 21, 1826. Attest. Jere. Goodwin, Register.
Copy of the Records, book 123, pages 247 & 248. Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds.

State of Maine
County of York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County hereby certify that Jeremiah Goodwin, who has certified this copy of Record is Register of Deeds for said County and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said State this eighth day of November A.D. 1828
Jer. Bradbury Clerk

copy. Deed - Nathaniel Day to Timothy Gubtail.
Search & copy, 37 1/2¢

Know all Men by these Presents, That I
Nathaniel Day of Cornish, in the county of York & state of Maine, yeoman, in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars paid by Timothy Guptrail of said Cornish, yeoman,
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Timothy Guptrail, his
heirs and assigns, forever, a certain tract of land situate in said Cornish, and bounded as follows, being part of lot number two, on D. range, beginning at the east corner of said lot, thence running north northwest eighty nine rods by the road running by Dnoch Wescot's to the road leading by Jabez Albee's, thence south southwest twenty five rods & one quarter of a rod to stake & stones, thence south southeast eighty nine rods to Joshua Harmon's land, thence on a straight line to the first mentioned bounds, containing fourteen acres.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD , the aforegranted and bargained premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof, to the said Timothy Guptrail, his heirs and assigns, to their use and behoof forever. And I do covenant with the said Timothy Guptrail, his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Timothy Guptrail, to hold as aforesaid. And that I and my heirs and assigns will warrant and defend the same to the said Timothy Guptrail, his heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I the said Nathaniel Day, and Rachael Day, wife of the said Nathaniel, in token of her relinquishing her right of dower, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. N.B. the word "rods" interlined before signing.
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED IN PRESENCE OF
Andrew W. C. Chapman James Wescot.
Nathaniel Day Rachael Day
York, ss. May 12, 1824. Personally appeared Nathaniel Day & Rachael Day wife of the said Nathaniel, and acknowledged the above instrument to be their free act and deed.
Before me,
Andrew W. C. Chapman, Justice of the Peace.
Recorded according to the original, received April 28, 1828. Attest, Jeremias Goodwin, Register.
Copy of Record, book 129, page 120. Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds.

State of Maine.
County of York, ss: I, Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said county, hereby certify that Jeremiah Goodwin, who has certified this copy of Record, is Register of Deeds for said county, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said State, this eighth day of November, A.D. 1828.
Jere. Bradbury Clerk, &c.

Copy. Deed Nathaniel Day to Thomas S. Day.
Search & copy, 37 1/2 Search of record for step dtd 25

Know all Men by these Presents, that I Nathaniel Day of Cornish in the county of York and state of Maine, yeoman, in consideration of one hundred dollars paid by Thomas S. Day of Cornish in the county and state aforesaid, yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby sell and convey to the said Thomas S. Day, his heirs, administrators and assigns, forever, a certain twenty acres of land, lying in said Cornish, being in lot numbered two, on D. range, bounding as follows: beginning at Matthias Weeks' land formerly deeded by said Nathaniel Day to said Weeks, thence running easterly by land owned by Simon Harmon to land owned by Timothy Guptil, thence to contain that width and extend northwardly until it shall contain s o twenty acres.
To have and to hold the said premises, with the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to him the said Thomas S. Day, his heirs and assigns. And I do covenant with the said Thomas S. Day, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the said premises; that I have good right to sell and convey the same. And that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Thomas S. Day, his heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims of all persons.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of Edmund Hammons, jr. Edm d Pendexter.
Nathaniel his X Day mark. Rachel his X Day mark.
York, ss. September 21, 1825. Personally appeared the within named Nathaniel Day and acknowledged the within instrument by him subscribed, to be his free act and deed.
Before me, John M c Donald, Justice of the Peace. Recorded according to the original, received Septem r . 21, 1826.
Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Register. A true copy of Record, book 123, pages 247 & 248.
Attest,
Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds for the county of York.

State of Maine
County of York -
I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of York do hereby certify that Jeremiah Goodwin, who has certified the with copy of a Deed of Nathaniel Day and Rachel Day to Thomas J Day is Register of Deeds for said County and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of November A.D. 1827
Jere. Bradbury Clerk &c

Copy. Deed. Nathl. & Stephen Day to Matthias Weeks.
Copy - - - 30¢

Know all Men by these Presents, That we Nathaniel Day and Stephen Day, both of Cornish in the county of York & state of Maine, yeomen, in consideration of the sum of thirty dollars to us in hand paid by Matthias Weeks of the same Cornish, yeoman, — — — — —
the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Matthias Weeks, his — — — — —
heirs and assigns, forever, a certain tract of land situate in said Cornish and is bounded as follows; beginning at the southwest corner of Stephen Day's land aforesaid, thence easterly by said Day's land sixteen and a half rods, thence south twenty degrees east thirty rods to Simon Harmon's land, thence westerly by said Harmon's land eight rods to Matthias Weeks' land, thence by said Weeks' land to the first mentioned bounds, containing two acres and forty seven square rods.
[Handwritten signature]
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD , the aforegranted and bargained premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof, to the said Matthias Weeks, his — — — — — heirs and assigns, to their use and behoof forever. And we do covenant with the said Matthias Weeks, his heirs and assigns, that we are lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that we have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Matthias Weeks, — — — — — to hold as aforesaid. And that we and our heirs shall and will warrant and defend the same to the said Matthias, — — — — — his heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , we the said Nathaniel Day & Stephen Day have hereunto set our hands and seals, this first — — — — — day of October, — — — — — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.
Nathaniel his X Day Stephen Day Rachael her X Day
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED IN PRESENCE OF Andrew M c . Chapman, Noah Weeks.
York, ss. October 1 st , 1825. Personally appeared Nathaniel Day and Stephen Day, and acknowledged the above instrument to be their free act and deed. Before me,
Andrew M c . Chapman, Justice of the Peace.
Recorded according to the original, received November 13, 1827. Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Register.
A true copy of Record, book 128, page 177-3 Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds.

State of Maine,
County of York, fs: I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said county, hereby certify that Jeremiah Goodwin, who has certified this copy of Records, is Register of Deeds for said county, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said State, this eight day of November, A.D. 1828.
Jere. Bradbury Clerk, etc.

James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Passumpsfield Me. March 26. 1844
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir
England is the evidence in the case of Rachel Day of the service of her Husband Nathaniel Day in Sawyer's Regt. & Scammon's Regt.
I have made enquiry & cannot find that any record evidence exists of her marriage as having taken place in Cornish before that there was no provision or had any records & no provision of law pointed out where such marriages should be recorded.
I have also enquired of the Descendants of Humphrey Chubb the Magistrate who married them and am informed that search has been made for his records within a few years for the purpose of proving other marriages but could not be found they having been supposed to have been destroyed in the house of one of his relatives that was burned or by negligence of them into whose hands they fell after his death - I can obtain the affidavits of her Brother as to her marriage & of others her neighbors in confirmation of that already filed but I suppose the deposition of Noah Weeks who testified from a record in his Bible of his own marriage which took place the same spring would be sufficient sufficient to fix the date & more distinct than any other I could furnish. I cannot find any record of the birth of the child that will be of any use - indeed I cannot find any record of the birth of any of her children - none exists in Cornish where they were born. If further testimony of the character of that I have furnished be required I will furnish it - but I should from a knowledge of the character & accuracy of Noah Weeks consider it unnecessary to sustain his statement by the general recollection of any number of witnesses
Yours &
Rufus W. Hildre

Amount of Vats. & Days acc't

Mr. Nathaniel Day,
On examination I find there has not been any settlement between us, on account, since the 30th. of April 1818; and, that on the 25th. of August 1825, the balance due to me was $ 24,62.— Since that time, up to the present, my acct is $ 14,70 cts— amounting in the whole to $ 39,32.
Lawsonfield, Nov. 6th. 1827.
Yours, &c. Moses Sweat.
Thos. Shephard Day bound himself to pay all the debts of Nath. Day up to August 25. 1825. This was the consideration for which Nath. sold his land.

Declaration

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 2 nd of February, 1848. entitled "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Maine } Oxford County } ss
On the Second day of February A.D. 1849, personally appeared before me Ebenezer Blazo, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford, Rachael Day, now President of the town of Brownfield, in said County of Oxford, and formerly a resident of Effingham in the County of Carroll and State of New Hampshire aged seventy five years she being first duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the Second of February A.D. 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Day late of said Effingham, who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, but she cannot tell in what particular corps, or how long he served, and refers to his declaration on file in the War Department made by him when he obtained a pension and to the proofs there furnished of his service, that she as his widow received an pension drawn a pension, under the act of the 17 th of June 1844, of Sixty six dollars and Sixty six cents per annum having been inserted on the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire in which State she then resided with a son there, but has removed from said State into the State of Maine in December last to reside with another son in which last State she wishes in future to draw her pension she further declares she is still a widow
Witness Elias Gould I was Doy
Rachael her X Day mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year within written before me
I also certify the declarant is and has been personally known to me for the space of eight years last past , that when I first became acquainted with her, she lived with her husband Nathaniel Day, who was a revolutionary pensioner
Ebenezer Blazo, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine } York County } ss:
On this seventeenth day of September A.D. 1850 before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in all the counties of the State personally appeared Rachel Day a resident of Limnuch in said county and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Nathaniel Day who was a revolutionary pensioner; that she has drawn a pension since his death at the rate of sixty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum and is now a pensioner under the Act of 2 d February 1848; that she now asks for all arrears or increase of pension to which she may be found entitled under any of the Acts or Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case, viz. 7 July 1838 3 March 1843 17 June 1844 Joint Resolution of 23 January 1845 & 1 st July 1848; that she now resides in said county & State
Witness
Rachel Randall
Rachel A Day mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written
Before me Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace throughout the State of Maine

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
I, L. McIntire Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, do hereby certify that Arthur McArthur of Limington in said county of York Esquire is a Justice of the Peace & Quorum in each and every county in the State of Maine
in and for said county, as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated Aug 6 1850 and will expire Aug 6 1857.
and that the following signature purporting to be his is genuine,
TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this Eighteenth day of September Anno Domini 1850
L. McIntire Clerk.

No. 17,687
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 27 th 18 55
Rachael Day wid of Nathaniel Day pro Capt. Saml. Dayer Col Scammon's Mil. Rev. War.
Warrant 2031-160-56
Arthur McArthur, Portland Me.

I stood Weeks of Parsonsfield in the County of York & State of Maine being seventy four years of age depose & say that I have been acquainted with Rachel Day now of Effingham & State of New Hampshire more than fifty years - she was the wife & now the widow of Nathaniel Day 2 nd formerly of Cornish in the County of York aforesaid upon recently of said Effingham where he died and who was a pensioner for Revolutionary service. Said Nathaniel Day 2 nd & Rachel Day his wife formerly Rachel Penderexter before her marriage lived in what is now Cornish before that Town was incorporated & were married sometimes in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety one, as I then understood & believe whether before that Town was incorporated or not I cannot now say. I was not present at the wedding of said Nathaniel Day 2 nd & said Rachel who were said to have been married by Humphrey Chadburn Esq. a Justice of the Peace & who was sometimes called Deacon & sometimes Elder Chadburn though I think he was not an ordained preacher & who lived in said Cornish or Francisborough as it was called before incorporation. Why I know said Rachel was married in the year I have mentioned is I married Anna Penderexter my first wife a Sister of said Rachel on the seventh day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety one, and said Rachel was married to said Nathaniel Day 2 nd very soon after I think within a month at farthest. I have a record of my marriage in my family Bible

Bible which enables me to be particular as to the day & year and is in confirmation of my recollection of the time. Said Nathaniel Day lived with his wife Rachel as his wife from the time of his marriage as I have before stated - till his death lately & raised up a family of children. Gamewell adjoins Passumpsfield & I have lived in Passumpsfield more than fifty years within a mile of the town line of Gamewell. Said Humphrey Chadburn lived with his son William Chadburn & used to transact business as a justice of the Peace & lived within a mile of my house. I have which enables me to testify from my own personal knowledge & personal and familiar acquaintance.
"Rachel" in the fourth line blurred by attention & from the time of his marriage as I have before stated interlined between fourth & fifth lines on this page before signing
Noah Weeks
State of Maine
County of York
August 12, 1843 Then personally appeared Noah Weeks who is known to me to be a man of intelligence & veracity & has for the last thirty years been one of the principal inhabitants of Passumpsfield for property & business public & private, and made oath in due form of law that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true
Before me Rufus McIntire Justice of the Peace in and for the County of York

I Phebe Durgin of Porter in the County of Oxford & State of Maine aged sixty nine years depose & say that I am the Widow of Samuel Durgin and that before I was married my name was Phoebe Day of Cornish in the County of York & State of Maine and was the Sister of Nathaniel Day 2 d formerly of said Cornish and of late years of Offingham in the County of Carroll & State of New Hampshire lately deceased. I further depose that I was present at the marriage of said Nathaniel Day 2 d with Rachel Pendlepton now his widow in Cornish some years before I was married myself. They were married by an Elder Chadbourne I think his name was William who also married another Brother of mine William Day. I was present at that wedding. I was married forty nine years ago come the twenty ninth day of September next. I know Noah Weeks of Ossipee in said County of York & know that he married Anna Pendlepton Sister of said Rachel Pendlepton a very short time before the marriage of said Rachel - I think within about a week but cannot say certain but I think it could not have been more than one month. Said Nathaniel Day 2 d & said Rachel lived together as husband & wife from the time of said marriage to the time of his death about two years since & raised up a family of children. Said Nathaniel Day 2 d was a Pensioner. I nursed said Rachel with her first child & before I was married myself. My Father lived about three quarters of a mile from where said Rachel Pendlepton's Father lived   'Lately deceased' and 'time' may be 'two' intended before signing Phebe X Durgin witness Mark 
Rufus W. Tuttle Clerk Durgin 6th State of Maine County of Oxford ss August 11th 1843 Then personally appeared Phebe Durgin who is reputed a woman of veracity among her neighbors and made oath in due form of law that foregoing affidavit by her signed is true before me Rufus W. Tuttle Sess. of the Peace in and for said County

I Hiram Remick depose & say that I am the Town Clerk of the Town of Cornish in the County of York & State of Maine for the current year and have in my possession & custody the records of said Town. I find by the records that said Town was incorporated the twenty seventh day of February in the year seventeen hundred & ninety four when the Town Records commenced on the organization on the seventh day of April following (1794). The first marriages on the records were returned by Humphrey Chamberlain as solemnized in that year, 1794, and dated April 24 th 1795 embracing the Municipal year. I have searched the records & can find no marriages returned before the year 1794 and I do not find any record of the marriage of Nathaniel Day or Nathaniel Day 2 nd nor of Rachel Pendexter. Hiram Remick
State of Maine } County of York }
On the twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three personally appeared Hiram Remick and made oath in due form of law that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true.
Before me Ralph White Not. of the Peace and I hereby certify that the foregoing County of York State said Hiram Remick is known to me to be a man of truth & it be respected so do Ralph White Not. of the Peace

State of Maine } ss. York County, }
I, William Grafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for said county of York, I do hereby certify that Rufus McIntire is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 25th. day of January, 1839, and will expire on the 25th. day of January 1846. and that his sig- nature to the foregoing certificates is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this twen- tieth day of October, 1843.
William Grafton, Clerk.

Cornish Feb. 27 1824 for Value Recd. I promise to pay Nathaniel Day-Junes or order one hundred Dollars to be paid in next six at cash price to be delivered at my house in Cornish. months with interest Attest Fremont Dyer Dolly M. Baker

Payment to be made at
Portland
by
Wm Woodbury Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 1 Vol. 1
Geo. Perkins
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Rachel Day , widow of Nathaniel Day who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Sixty Six dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 16th day of February one thousand eight hundred and Forty nine .
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. G. Bunt For Commissioner of Pensions.
married to Brownfield in fall of 1840 - from Effingham ILL