Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22820, Samuel Colby, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Colby, Samuel Sally
N 22820
CONTENTS

16.252
Maine
Samuel Colby 2nd of Portland in the Dist state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Pepper of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year and 5 months
inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of Decem r 1819 and sent to William Wedgery Esq r Judge Portland Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept r  $132 53 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar: 1820  48.
10 mo 17/30
$180 53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent - November 16 1820 to John Murphy Jr. Portland, Maine

108. Name Sally Colby widow of Samuel Colby who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a pirate due from $80
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
1 st July Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Jany 1851. and sent to
Dickins & Coombs Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 8 Vol. 1

It appears from the rolls that the applicant's engage- ment in 80 was for a period of 6 months only.
With regard to his earlier service, referred to by him, let the line , regiment colonel's name and the time of entering and of leaving such service be mentioned.
10 May 1819
Admitted on the explanatory declara- tion, proved by the evidence of Capt a Lunt & James Hawes.
1 st Dec r 1819

Samuel Colby private Col. Dyer's Regiment Massachusetts Line
1780  24 years

Personally appeared Samuel Colby to me well known and made oath in addition to which this is annexed that he enlisted for six months and served that term some time in the year 1700 and that he re-enlisted some- times in the same year 1701 for the term of three years and thinks he was mustered in Captain Francis Company in Col. Tappens Regt. but that he was taken out by Col. Tappens for his waiter and served as such until he was discharged which he thinks was sometime in the year 1702 or 1703 Col. Tappens having obtained his discharge some short time before his enlistment had expired
Samuel Colby
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cumberland ss. July 26th 1819
Be it known that Samuel Colby the above named applicant being the same Samuel Colby named in the application taken before me on the 10th day of April 1818 to which this is annexed I now personally appear and make oath that the above by him subscribed is true according to his best knowledge and belief — whereupon (from a personal knowledge of his reduced circumstances in life) it does appear to my satisfaction that the said Samuel is entitled according to this and that he has stated in said original application
Wm Wiscary Judge etc

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Samuel Colby — of Portland — in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of three years on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Portland aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. being now fifty five years of age
And your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to Colb's company of the tenth Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the first — day of April — one thousand seven hundred and eighty — and that he left said service on or about the first day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty two having received an honorable discharge which discharge he has lost. Your applicant was also in the year 1778 & 1779 for the space of about seven months.
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this eighteenth day of April . 1818.
Samuel Colby
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the eighteen day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, Samuel Colby — the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Samuel Colby farther offered in evidence
the deposition of William Chadwick hereto subjoined
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Samuel Colby — served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy. and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for subsistence
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this eighteenth day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
William Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this second day of October A. D. 1818.
Geo Bradbury

I William Chudwick of the age of fifty years depose and say that Samuel Colby now present enlisted into the service of the United States in the town of Bradford being at that time a neighbor of mine. The term of his enlistment as far then understood was for three years - As near as I recollect he was among the first discharged about the close of the war - He is now in needy circumstances having a few years since lost one of his legs -
William Chudwick
Subscribed and sworn to this 18 th day of April 1818
Before me Wm Widgery Judge etc
I Daniel Sunk of Westbrook in the District of Maine being now sixty eight years of age testify say that in the year 1780 I was a Captain in Col. Dyer's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line that
I am personally acquainted with Samuel Colby the within named appli- cant that in 1780 I well remember said Colby belonged to our regiment but I do not remember whether he belonged to my company. He was a winter of Col. Dyer's. Remember I remember his being in the regiment as long as two years. When I marched the men in June 1782 to Boston who were discharged still as enlisted during the war I left him in the army then a winter to Col. Dyer's. Daniel Sunk
Signed & sworn to before me Oct 14. 1818
Wm Widgery Judge etc

I Daniel Lunt being now sixty nine years of age testify or say that from 1780 to the end of the war of the revolution I was a captain in Col. Safford's regiment of the Massachusetts line. That in 1780 or 1781 I well remember that Samuel Colby who with whom I am now personally acquainted was belong- ed to said Regiment. He was a wicket to Col. Safford. I per- fectly recollect that he continued in the Regiment till the end of the war knowing he having served in the Regiment above two years. In the month June 1783 I was ordered to Boston with a detachment of during the war men , and I then left said Colby in the Regiment. I left at that time my my muster rolls in the care of Col. Marshall at Newbury or being ordered away to assist in quelling the mutiny in the Pennsylvania line the short com- taining my muster rolls was lost, and I am not able to recollect whether said Colby served in my com- pany or not.
(Daniel Lunt)
District of Maine ss. Personally appeared the above- named Daniel Lunt who being first sworn to made affirmation that the foregoing by him above subscribed is true before me June 8. 1819. Arthur Ware Just. Peace.
I certify that the above named Lunt is an ill- iterate witness — Arthur Ware

1272. Samuel Colby?
Copy
1825
Patland
Can
Dec 19
Samuel Colby
30

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
Special At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the  day of and by adjournment from day to day, on the fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth — day of September in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Samuel Colby — aged fifty eight — — — years, resident in Portland — in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Supper — 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 18 th day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 16.252. . . 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.
Samuel Colby
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty first day of August A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Furniture worth about thirty dollars Samuel Colby
Sworn to Aug. 21. 1820 Before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel Colby who, by occupation am a Mariner — which I am not able to pursue by reason of the loss of a leg —
   NAMES AGES Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sally, my wife 52 able to do some work   Sally, a daughter 17 able to work   Susannah — do 14 able to work   Elizabeth, — do 12 _____   Nathaniel, son — 11 _____    Sworn to Before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge  Samuel Colby

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is thirty dollars and no more . cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourth day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$30-

218.
Sally Colby
Me
at 17 June 44
Vm 92. d 12 aug. '45
adm
2 yrs prc
80 p.m.
12 Aug. 45
Joseph Isley Esq
Portland
Me

State of Maine Cumberland ss.
Clerk's Office Judicial Courts Portland,
I Charles Cobb, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County, hereby certify that the following marriage, appears in the list of marriages returned to this Office by the Rev. Samuel Deane, Minister of the Gospel, for the years 1789 to 1792, and recorded in the "Sessions Records," for said County, to wit,
"Sam d Colby to Sally Morse, January eighth Anno Domini Seventeen hundred and ninety two."
And I further certify that the foregoing is a true Extract from said Records of said marriage, excepting the words "January eighth Anno Domini Sev- enteen hundred and ninety two," which are plainly and legibly expressed in the words and figures following to wit, "Jan y 8. 1792."
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Sup d . Jud d . Court of said State this 26 th day of November A. D. 1845. Charles Cobb Clerk.

United States Maine District
Circuit Court Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that the Honorable Ashur Ware before whom the foregoing pro- ceedings were had, is Judge of the United States in and for Maine District and that the signa- ture thereto purporting to be his, is genuine.
And I further certify that Joseph Shirley Esq. is a Magistrate duly commissioned and quali- fied and that full faith and credit are due to his official attestations
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Circuit Court this twenty seventh day of Novem- ber A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty five
John Mussey Clerk U.S. Circuit Court Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Nov. 10. 1845
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 Samuel Golby, of Bradford is borne upon a pay roll of bounty due to Capt Joshua Reed's company, in Col Robinson's regt as a private from July 11. 1777. 5 months & 24 days. Upon a pay roll for the 6 months men, that served in the Continental army in 1780, for the town of Bradford, as a private from June 26 to December 20 1780, 6 months & 6 days, including allowance of 240 miles travel. Upon a receipt for the sum of £114, as a bounty for his engaging to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years, for the town of Bradford, dated at said town, May 8. 1781. — Upon an account of Public Certificates due to officers and soldiers of the late 6th Massachusetts regt amount of his certificate was $18. 22 1/2. — Not upon rolls of Capt Francis, and the above is all the evidence of service, which can be identified with the individual described in the annexed application.
S. Golby Died in 1825 Sally Golby

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 within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Linn,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Attest: Isaac D. Doolittle 8/1791
To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Secretary of State is requested to furnish from the rolls or any books in his office or from both the evidence of the service of Samuel Colby who served in the revolutionary war as a private.
She believes that her late husband entered the service from the town of Braintree in the State of Massachusetts in 1779. or in 1780, and marched to Westpoint in the State of New York and joined Genl Patersons Brigade Col. Perry's Duffin Regiment and Capt Francis Company and that he served in the Army or service of the Revolution till he was honorably discharged by Genl Washington. She requests therefore that a certificate may be given of the service of her late husband
I do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Doolittle of Newton my attorney in the premises
Given under my hand this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Signed by Said Sally Colby in presence of Elizabeth D. Colby.
Before me
Joseph Doolittle of the Town

Recd
WIDOW, &c
File No. 22,820
Sally Colby Wid. of Samuel Colby Pri. Rev. War
Act Feb. 2 d 1848.
Index: Vol. A , Page 461
[Arrangement of 1870.]

167. Maine.
Sally Colby, widow of Samuel Colby, who was a private, in the Massachusetts line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 12th: August, 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of April, 1846. and sent to Joseph Ilesly, Portland, Maine.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 10. Vol. 1. Page 3.
let to Pen aft abt 18 '46.
Reqd 9-

Reports
158.
Maine
Sally Colby widow of Samuel Colby
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of June 1848 and sent to
Hon A. M. H. Clapp H. of R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 6 Vol. 1

Williamstown of. Mission, District of. Maine S.S.
On this twenty sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before the Hon. S. M. Ware Judge of the U. S. for the said District, Sally Colley a resident of Portland in and for said County of Multnomah and State aforesaid aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn doth upon her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of June 17th 1844.
And this application state, that she is the widow of Samuel Colby late of Portland who was a pensioner of the U.S. And this declarant believes that the late husband was a resident of Bradford in the Commonwealth of Mass. in the time of the Revolutionary War. She has heard her late husband say that he served 3 years and more as a soldier in the Revolution. She verily believes that the services set forth in the service set forth in the cer- = tificate annexed was performed by her late husband and she believes that he served in his last three years indistinct to the end of the War, and that he was honourably discharged. She further declares that she was married by the Rev. Dr. Dean of Portland on the 8 th day of January 1792. and that her husband died on the 12 th day of August 1845. and that she has remained his widow since that time as will appear by the testimony given. Sally Colby.
by the testimony provided. Witness Joseph Shiley. Sally Colby.

Payment to be made at
Portland
by
William 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 6, Vol. 1,
Geo. H. King Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Sally Colby.
widow of Samuel Colby. who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty , dollars and  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 fourteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty Eight.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

I James Hans of the age of fifty eight years now resident of Portland County Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, on oath declare that I enlisted into the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution for the period of three years, that I enlisted in January 1781 and served in the company commanded by Capt Simon Jackson in Col. Tupper's Regiment until I was discharged which I think was in October 1783 that I well remember Amariah Colby now present being at that time in the same Regiment, that he was waiter for Col. Tupper when I joined the Regiment and remained as such until which Col. Tupper left the Regiment which I think was sometime in the month of June or July 1783 after which time I do not recollect of seeing said Colby, but that I knew him to serve more than two years in said Regiment that I have known him since his residence in Portland for more than thirty years last past his now J. Hans
Subscribed and sworn to this 16 th day of Nov. 1819 Before me — Wm Widgeon
ms 96th

Portland Me. Nov 28/45
Sir. I herewith forward you the declaration of Sally (Widow) of John Kelley for the benefit of the Act of Congress 17 June 1844. which if correct will thank you to forward me a certificate.
Respectfully you
J. L. Camaras Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington.
Joseph Kelley

PENSION OFFICE,
April 9 th 1846.
Sir,
Be pleased to inscribe on your roll the name of Sally Colby, widow of Samuel Colby - who was a private, at the rate of Eighty  12 th Dollars and 12 th  cents per annum, commencing on the 1 st day of  March 1845 under the act of June 17, 1844, and pay the pension on the 4 th September, and 4 th March. The pension will expire on the 4 th March, 1848, unless the pensioner should marry or die before that time; in which case it will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
To the Agent for paying pensioners at Portland, Maine.
Merchants Bank Portland April 11 th 1846
The Original Certificate has been presented and gives Sally Colby a pension from the 12 th day of August , - which is right?
To the Pension Agent
P Mitchell

Sally Colby
(105)
158
Sally Colby
Due to p96, 97 p80 per ann Comg 1 July 1848
Filed by Dickins & Coombs.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Probate Office,
PORTLAND,
Nov. 14.
A. D. 1850
I,
Freeman Bradford
REGISTER OF PROBATE,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Joseph Alsley is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Alsley is dated January 16th A. D. 1850 and will expire January 16th A. D. 1857
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford
Register.

State of Maine County of Cumberland ss.
On this first day of Nov- ember A.D. 1850. before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for said County, personally app- eared Sally Colly of Patten in said County aged eighty years, and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Samuel Colly late of Patten in said County who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of 18. March 1818. and died on the day of 18 that she has drawn a pension since his death at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. and is now a Pensioner under the Act of 2 d February 1848. that she now asks for an arrears or increase of Pension to which she may be entitled under any of the Acts or Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case viz 7 th July 1838. 3 d March 1843. 17 June 1844. 2 d February 1848. Joint Resolution of 23 d January 1845 and 1 st July 1848. that she now is the widow and continues the widow of Samuel Colly
Witness
Sally Colly
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written
Before me Joseph Selby Justice of the Peace

adm d
admitted
J. W. Clapp of Maine Report to me at Home of Representatives

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
CLERK'S OFFICE, JUDICIAL COURTS,
Portland, May 23 A. D. 184 8 Charles C. Warman CLERK of all the
I, Charles C. Warman CLERK of all the JUDICIAL COURTS in and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Joseph Dibley is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is Duly qualified to act as such; that the Commission of the said Dibley is dated February 9,  is dated A. D. 184 3 , and will expire February 9, A. D. 18 50 .
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. Warman CLERK.

State of Maine County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty third day of May A.D. 1848, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Sally Colby a resident of Patten in the County of Cumberland, aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 d February 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the revolutionary War, that she is the Widow of Samuel Colby who was a private in the Revolution who was pensioned under the Act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818, and died at Patten on the 12 th day of August 1845.
She further declares that she is still a Widow and has received the benefits of the Act of 17 th June 1844, for the benefit of Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers, and that she was married previous to 1 st January 1794.
She further declares that she has drawn a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum per act 17 th June 1844.
Witnes Elizabeth D. Colby. Sally Colby.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written
Before me Joseph Tuley Justice of the Peace