Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,946, James Colby, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
★ Colly James
NUMBER _____
S. 30.946
CONTENTS

30946 Rev INVALID.
File No. 80,946
James Colby Pin Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: —Vol. 9 , Page 89
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Maine.
THE Joshua Day a Clergyman, residing in the town of Lisbon in the County of Lincoln and Aaron Dwinel residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Colby who has sub- scribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Joshua Day Aaron Dwinel
State of Maine.
Kennebec Lincoln A. D. 1832
ss.—Sworn and subscribed this 23 rd
day of July
Before me,
James Emerson
Justice of the Peace.
James Emerson Esq is a Justice of the Peace. And the Rev Joshua Day is a clergyman residing in the town of Lisbon — and Aaron Dwinel Esq a resident in the same town is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Weston Esq

Maine
11.884
James Colby
of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine who was a Pr — in the Company commanded by Captain Parkers — of the Regt commanded by Col McCobb in the Massachusetts for Troops —
8. No Private — 26. 66
Inscribed on the Roll of — Maine at the rate of 26 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of April 1833 and sent to — R. C. Boor, Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1832 — 58.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept — " 13.33
71.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Sprague Clerk, Book E — Vol. 1 — Page 9 —

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the 27 th day of March A. D. 1833.
PERSONALLY appears in open Court James Colby by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jr. on the sixteenth day of July A. D. 1832, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Just S. J. C.
I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Colby for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 27 th day of March A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler

Ja. Colby Private - Mass. Troops. Parker's Co: M c Cobb's Regt. N o 1657 8 months.
Declaration in Open Court March 27, 1833.
Adm 8 mths 9 26,66
Re. C. Rose Augusta, Me.
State of Maine I Elisha Shaw, a revolutionary officer, aged seventy four years, upon oath testify and declare, that being myself an Ensign at the time in the same company, I know that James Colby served as a private in Capt Jordan Parker's company and Col Samuel M c Cobb's regiment from April to the last of December 1781. (Elisha Shaw)
Subscribed and sworn to, July 16 1832, the deponent being a credible witness before me Nathan Weston Esq. Notary P. M. C.

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of James Colby for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 16 th day of July
A. D. 1832.
J. A. Chandler

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this sixteenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, James Colby a resident of Lisbon in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec- laration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1701 with Captain Jordan Parker and served in Col. Samuel McCobb's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Parker Captain McCobb Colonel , that in April 1701 he enlisted as a private in the war of the revolution in that company and regiment, that under that enlistment he continued to serve until the last of December 1701, when he was verbally discharged at Coxes' head at the mouth of Kennebec river.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the department, he ans- wered: That he was born in the town of  where his father is recorded, and where his home was during his service, and that about forty years ago he removed to where is now Lisbon, Maine where he now lives. That he enlisted, was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he never took any written discharge, that he was employed in guarding the coast at the mouth of Kennebec river and eastward. That Micah Hinkley was his lieutenant and Elisha Shaw was his Ensign. That any of his neighbors will testify to his veracity and belief of his service, and he names Rev. Jonathan Day and Aaron Dwinell Esq.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
James Colby
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Before
Nathan Weston Jun
Just. S.J.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jun