Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23789, Simeon Chadbourn, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Chadburn Simeon Chadbourne
N. 23789
B.L.H. 15439-160-55
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

Reduced from $65 Letter to D. D. Appleton 30. July 1840 date same Aug 1 st 1840
Maine 18331
Simeon Chadbourn
of York Co. in the State of Maine who was a Br. d Corporal in the company commanded by Captain Roberts of the regt. commanded by Col. Frost in the Maine Troops due for 5 months Br. - - $16.66 7 " 25 days Corp. 28.72 $45.38
Mass. Line
Recorded on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 45 Dollars 38 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1834 1840 Reduced from $65
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of July 1840 and sent to N. D. Appleton, Alfred, Maine
Arrears to the 1 st of S p . 1840 $22.69 Some-ans. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1. Page 9

W. M. H. Haverford Dec 11/48 Same Dec 11/48 G. B. Moody June 22/49
Reported Dec. 8/48
2287.
Anne Elizabeth Chadbourne widow of Simon Chadbourne Esq. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Capt. H. S. i.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars 38 Cents
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Dec r 1848 and sent to
A. M. Arthur Ginnington Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 6 Vol. 1

1262531 19 May
Elizabeth Chadbourne Simon Chadbourne
Capt. Revolutionary War at Boston Albany in Russia July 30 1818 refers to residence City of File Coburn Maine Rev. War
Me July 48- 2287
Ad. 160 acs Feb 4/56 B. B. B.
Israel Chadbourne Alfred Maine
Vol. 101.

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this twenty second day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate now sitting at Alfred within & for the County of York and State of Maine Simon Chadbourne resident of Lyman Maine aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. in the year 1775 - under Capt. Ebenezer Dyer of Brown in the same County - Col. James Scammons regiment & served at Cambridge eight months & was at the battle of Bunker Hill & then discharged & returned home to Brown where I was born & has always lived - In 1776 in February I enlisted again under Capt. James Roberts in a regiment I think Richer's & served two months on Roxbury lines & discharged & returned home In the same year in December I again enlisted in Capt. Jonathan Hamblen's company & served three months in N. York at Peekskill & was discharged but in neither of the wars missed any winter Discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Massachusetts
SWORN TO, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Simon Chadbourne
Before Me. H. Hays Judge of said Court
WE, John D. Sleeper U.S. Senator and clergyman, residing in the town of Alfred County of York and Barnabas Palmer, residing in the town of Skeneateles in the County of who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Simon C. Chadbourne, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two 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.
SWORN TO, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
J. D. Sleeper B. Palmer
Before Me. H. Hays Judge of said Court
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that
John D. Sleeper, resident in the town of Alfred Maine, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a United States Senator and clergyman, and that Barnabas Palmer, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Skeneateles in the County of Essex and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Simon Chadbourne for a pension, and that the signature of Wm. B. Palmer is a true copy of the same and that the signature of the Clerk is a true copy of the same. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty-second day of August, A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.

I Jeremiah Roberts of Lyndon in the County of York do hereby certify that I served with the British named Abraham a Soldier in the revolutionary Army the term of eight months that we were both soldiers in the Company of Capt. Philemon Tullison in Col. Williams Regiment and that I know that said Jeremiah Roberts did serve the said term at Cambridge & we were both in the fort at Parkersburg
1892 - as before subscribed & sworn to by Jeremiah Roberts before William B. Holmes - Justice of the Peace State of Ohio
Simon Chapman

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
May 7 1846.
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 Simon Chadbourne of Berwick, is found upon a Muster Roll of Capt Ebenezer Sullivan's Company, in Col James Seaman's Regt in the Eight Months Service, as a Corporal from May 5 to August 1775 3 Months and 3 days - probably travel is included. Upon a Return of said Company, in said Regt as a Corporal - no service named, and said Return is not dated. Upon an order of said Company for Military Coats, dated October 30. 1775. - No rolls of Captains James Roberts and Jonathan Hamilton in Col Must. The above, is all the evidence of service of any one of the name, shown by the Military Records in this

Office
[Large decorative flourish or signature]
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. Parsons
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application of Simeon Chadbourne of Lyman in the county of York & state of Maine for evidence of his services in the war of the Revolution -
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of my service in the war of the Revolution
I am a native of Berwick in the county of York & state of Maine.
I enlisted in Captain Ebenezer Sullivan's company in Col. Deane's Regiment in May or April 1775 as a corporal & served in said company eight first as a corporal & was afterwards advanced to office of a sergeant. I enlisted in Captain James Noble's company in Col. of some Massachusetts Regiment & served two months.
I enlisted as sergeant in Captain Jonathan Hamilton's company in Col. Folsom's Regiment for three months & served that period but before I returned home in April 1777 was four months. I enlisted for part of December 1776 When my hand at Lyman in the county of York & state of Maine the sixteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred & sixty six Subscribed by the said Simeon Chadbourne Simeon Chadbourne in my presence Arthur H. Arthur justice of the Peace

State of Maine York County ss: On this eighteenth day of February A D 1847 personally appeared before Hon. William A. Hayes judge of the Probate Court for the county of York in the State of Maine being a Court of Record Elizabeth Chadbourn a resident of Lymen in the county of York & State of Maine aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declar- ation in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7 1838 & March 3 d 1843 & June 17 1844 & all acts supplementary and additional thereto that she is the widow of Simeon Chadbourn who was a corporal and serjeant in the army of the Revolution and served as follows viz, I believe that Simeon Chadbourn my late husband enlisted as a corpo- ral in Captain Ebenezer Dillies company in Col James Mann's regi- ment in the Massachusetts line in 1775 and served as a corporal and was afterwards advanced to the office of a serjeant & served in said town eight months.
I believe that my said husband enlisted as a serjeant in Captain James Roberts company in the Mass a

Massachusetts line and served two months the term of his enlistment.
I believe that my said husband enlisted as a sergeant in Captain Foss than Hamilton's company in Col Frost's regiment in the Massachusetts line for three months and served that term but that from the time of his enlistment in December 1776 until the time he re- turned home in April 1777 he had been absent about four months and that he served in this town including his travel about four months.
She further declares that she believes that no evidence can be found in the Secretary of State's office of Massachusetts any evidence of said service excepting of the first named service as will be shown by the certificate hereto annexed made in conformity to an application to said Secretary by the said Simon Chadborn in his lifetime for the purpose of pro- curing evidence for an increase of his pension & the Commission of Pensions is referred to his evidence on file in his original declara- tion made to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed March 7 1832

She further declares that she was married to the said Simeon Chadbourn on the eighteenth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty that her husband the aforesaid Simeon Chadbourn died on the twenty ninth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty five , 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 and ninety four in at the time above stated.
Witness Wm. A. Hayes Arthur M'Arthur
Elizabeth her Chadbourn Mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written. Before me, Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate
I certify that the above named Elizabeth Chadbourn by reason of her great age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel attend court
Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate

State of Maine York County So
I William Hammond Register of the Court of Probate for said County of York hereby certify that William A Hayes Esquire is the acting Judge of Probate within and for said County of York duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature above written is genuine given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
William Hammond } Register of the Court of Probate for said County of York.

Marriage of Lincoln Chadborn to Elizabeth Yeaton

Extract from the Records of the town of Berwick in the county of York & State of Maine
"Marriages by the Revd Mathew Meariam" "Seventeen hundred & eighty, April the Eighteenth" "Simeon Chadbourne with Elizabeth Yeaton both of Berwick"
I Oliver Worsten Clerk of said town of Berwick certify that the foregoing is a true extract as it is on the Records except the dates, which are expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows "April 18th 1780."
Oliver Worsten Town Clerk
I Oliver Worsten above named depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Berwick county of York and State of Maine, and that the above is a true extract from the records of the same town with the exceptions aforesaid.
Oliver Worsten
York ss February 26 - 1847 subscribed & sworn to by the above Oliver Worsten
Before me Wm. A. Hays Justice of Peace
I the above named Justice of the Peace certify that the above named Oliver Worsten is well known to me to be Town Clerk of said Town of Berwick, that he is a man of truth & veracity & his declarations underneath are entitled to full credit. Wm. A. Hays Justice of Peace

126,258
The applicant requests that any warrant or other communication be sent to her Atty- Israel Chadbourne, Alfred Marie

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
Alfred,
May 21
A. D. 1855 }
I, James O. McIntire,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF YORK, certify that
James O. McIntire
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for
the County of
York
as appears by
the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his Commis-
sion is dated
May 26
May 26
A. D. 1855
A. D. 1848 and will expire
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be
his own
GENUINE.
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.
James O. McIntire
Clerk.

State of Maine.
County of York ss. Henry
On this Third day of May A. D. 185 5 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Elisabeth Chadbourne a resident of Lyman in said County and State, aged ninety three years years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 3 d , A. D. 1855.
And your declarant further states that she is the widow of Simeon Chadbourne late of Lyman in the State of Maine that her said husband Simeon Chadbourne was a Soldier of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 18 31 at the rate of $45.38 per annum which pension he drew to the time of his death which took place on the 29 th day of October 1846 - For evidence of her husband's service she refers to his declaration and proof thereof of filed in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions under the act of 18 31 . She further states that she has never received Bounty Land under any act of Congress heretofore passed and believes her said husband never received Bounty Land in his life time.

YOUR DECLARANT, FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said Simeon Chadbourne on the eighteenth day of April A.D. 1780 , at Berrick in said State, and that her name before marriage was Elisabeth Yeaton
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848 she made application for a Pension, on which application a pension was granted her at the rate of Forty five dollars & thirty eight cents , per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated the Seventh day of December A.D. 1848 No. 2287 .
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint Israel Chadbourne of Alfred Maine my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest,
Hiram Roberts  Elisabeth  Her  Chadbourne Alba Roberts  X mark
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Elisabeth Chadbourne to be the person who performed  she represents herself to be the military service aforesaid , and to be of the age above stated.
James Mason Justice of the Peace.

We Niram Roberts & Abba Roberts - of Syman. County of York State of Maine, on oath depose, testify, and say that we are personally acquainted with Mrs Elizabeth Chadbourne the widow of Simeon Chadbourne, late of Syman Maine, deceased - We have been intimately ac- quainted with her for more than twenty years last past - She is a widow Pensioner of the United States and has not been married since the death of her said husband Simeon Chadbourne, and is now a widow - We were present at the time of her sign- ing her declaration for bounty land, and we believe she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her application -
We have no interest in the claim of said Elizabeth Chadbourne for Bounty Land.
Niram Roberts
Abba Roberts
York County ss: May 3 d 1855.
Then Personally appeared the above named Niram Roberts & Abba Roberts Known to me as persons of truth and integrity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them signed - Before me James Vason Just. Peace.

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Simeon Chadbam
11 th April 1833
obj 14.
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7 mi 25 d cap 28 72
5 pr — 11 66 $45.38
William B.
Iron Holmes Alfred Maine

BRIEF in the case of Simen Chadburn of Lynn on in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 82 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol 16 July In 1775 1 8 1 Private Gen. Sullivan Col. Seaman   1776 2 " Col. Nichols Col. Pickering   Nov 1776 3 Col. Hambleton Col. Frost  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berwick Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
+ Living witnesses
Richard Little Examining Clerk.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Simon Chadbourne mid file 25789
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. or May 1775 8 mos. Enlisted Privates Cheney & Sullivan James Sullivan Mass.   Feb'y 1776 2 mos. James Roberts Heberang   Dec. 1776 2 mos. Jonathan Hamilton John French  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Berwick, York Co., Me.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 22 1842. For himself.
Residence at date of application, Lyman, York Co., Me.
Age at date of application, 82 yrs. born at Berwick, Me.
Remarks:
died at Lyman Me. Oct. 29, 1846.
Soldier married Apr. 18, 1780, Elizabeth Gorton of Berwick, Me. She was allowed pension on an application executed Feb'y 18, 1847 where a resident of Lyman Me. aged 80 yrs.
Very respectfully,

Prisoner & Pension August 14 July 1840
N 18331
Maine
Simeon Chadbourne of York Co. in the State of Maine who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Roberts of the Regt. commanded by Col. Frost in the Maine Troops time for 13 months Mass. Line
Should be $45.38 7mo. 25 d. Corp 5. m 3
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 65 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of August 1833 and sent to Mrs. B. Holmes Alfred
  Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 130. 00   Semiv. allowance ending 4. Sep. 1833 32. 50   $162. 50 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1 Page 8

Rep.
Maine. 361.
Elizabeth Chadbourne widow of Simeon Chadbourne who was a Corporal of Privates in the Maine Troops
Mass Line. Husb d died 29 th Octo. 1846.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars 38 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 29. October 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of March 1847. and sent to
Arthur M c Arthur, Limington, Maine.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 2.

I Jonathan Calf a Clergyman in the town of Lyman county of York State of Maine hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Simon Chamberlain of said Lyman who swore to a declaration on the twenty second day of August 1832 to be allowed a Pension for his services in the Revolutionary war
that I believe him to be now in his eighty third year of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and a sergeant and that I concur in that opinion
York Co. Alfred 30, 1833
Jonathan Calf
State of Maine York Co. ss Alfred 30 April 1833 Then personally appeared Jonathan Calf a Clergyman to me well known, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed
Before me William B. D. Cross Justice of the Peace
I Jeremiah Roberts of Lyman county of York and State of Maine testify and declare that I served with Simon Chamberlain as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army the term of eight months - that he was a sergeant in Capt. Ebenezer Gallows company 1st Regiment in service and we both served said time at Cambridge and are now both in the battle of Bunker Hill (in said company).
Jeremiah Roberts
Alfred - York Co. ss 30 April 1833. Then Jeremiah Roberts above named swore to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed in my presence
Before me William B. D. Cross Justice of the Peace
And I hereby certify that the said Jeremiah Roberts is an highly respectable man and is believed and announced to be a well informed and patriotic soldier of the Revolution
William B. D. Cross Justice of the Peace

I Simon Chadborn of Lynn in the County of York & State of Maine do swear that I have stated as accurately as I can to the terms of my service in the revolutionary war - by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory I cannot swear more positively as to the precise length of my service, but according to the best of my recollection I served not less than the period mentioned in my Declaration of the 22 d August 1832 (as a sergeant) for the term of fourteen  there been months & for such service I claim a pension - while in (at Jonathan H. Smith's house - Perry as I was in the above Declaration for three months I was in (at the militia
Simon Chadborn
Witness to the above
20 April 1833
York Co. Alpha State of Maine 20 April 1833 The aforesaid Simon Chadborn made oath that the above certificate or affidavit signed by him was true
Before William B. Holmes
Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Each p. I Mr. Luther Allen, Register of the County of Penobscot for said county hereby certify that William B. Holmes is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of York and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal official this time of July A.D. 1833.
Mr. Luther Allen, Register of Penobscot

I Simeon Chadbourne aged ninety years , now resident in Lyman in the County of York, testify and say on oath, that after I enlisted in 1775 in Capt Woods company, afterwards commanded by Capt. E. Sullivan as a private soldier, for eight months service, and after we were mustered at Berwick, I was chosen corporal of the company aforesaid, and acted as such until we arrived at Cambridge, and for a week or ten days after our arrival there, after which, one Daniel Grant, who was one of the sergeants of our company, was discharged on account of his being deaf, and went home, and I was immediately chosen Sergeant in his stead, and acted in that capacity till my term of enlistment expired, it being for the whole eight months, except a few days at the commencement of the term, when said Grant was Sergeant. During my service in the Revolution I was never corporal but once, nor for a longer time than I have above stated. The next year, 1776, in the Spring, I again en- listed as a private in the company of Capt. James Roberts and served two months at Dorchester & in the vicinity of Boston, and after our company was mustered at Dorchester & Roxbury I was chosen one of the Sergeants and acted as such the whole term. Again in the fall of 1776 I enlisted as a private in Capt. Jonathan Hamilton's company at Berwick, Col. Frost's Regiment and in December of that year we marched to New-York, and after we were mustered there, at Brattlekill I think, I was chosen Sergeant of said company & clerk, and

performed the duties of orderly sergeant for the whole term of service, and until the three  for which I enlisted months expired, when I was discharged and returned home. At each of the times aforesaid I was chosen Sergeant by the votes of the company as the custom then was, but never received any warrant or commission as such. The other Sergeants were chosen in the same manner as I was; I never heard of their having received warrants, nor do I believe they did. But be this as it may, I know I was ap- pointed Sergeant as above stated, acted as such, and was so recognized by the officers and privates of my company.
I would further state that in 1832 I applied to the Hon. John Holmes of Alfred to aid me in making out my application & preparing the papers necessary to obtain a pension and through my inadvertency or his it was not stated in my application that I was Sergeant - Indeed I did not then know then knew that it was material to state about my being Sergeant. As neither he nor his son who assisted him said any thing about it at that time. My papers were sent back for some error or deficiency, in April 1833. and then before they were returned to Washington, I found out the omission in my first declaration, and I have the impression that it was corrected by a new statement from me, or him, but will not be positive - the papers are all with you and will speak for themselves. I believe that Jeremiah Roberts and George Riches, (the last of whom is now dead) both testified to my being Sergeant in the eight months service at Cambridge and Jonathan Pope to my being Sergeant in the three months service at New-York. Mr Gowell testified to my service at

Dorchester, but whether his attention was called to the matter of my being Sergeant I do not know. I am sure if living he would so testify. I have a Brother Levi Chadbourne who lives remote from me, who also knows the fact that I served at Dorchester as Sergeant, and will so testify if necessary. I have no doubt - but I cannot send to him without considerable expense.
I am sure that there was nothing wrong in granting me a pension predicated on my having served as Sergeant. I do not desire, nor would I ask for anything which does not justly belong to me. But if I am entitled to the pension as it was , I should like to retain it the short time I have to live - as my growing infirmities increase the necessity for it.
Simeon Chadbourne
State of Maine
York ss. August 11, 1840. Then personally appeared Simeon Chadbourne above-named and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Nathan Dane Appleton Justice of the Peace

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100258
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To the Commission of Washington
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Cyrus Me Feb 3 1843 Full River Me
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Mar 25 '99 To Forr. Dexter Aug. 29 1903-4
File No. 23789
Elizabeth Chadbourne Wid of Simson Chadbourne Corpl Rev War
1712 June 10, Fish St William H. Chadbourne
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol 9 , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payments to be made at Portland by the Post. U. S. Br. Pk. V Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 1
Page 8 by D. Brown
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Simeon Chadbourn of the State of Maine who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Sixty five dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 8 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Examined and } Countersigned. }

WILLIAM M. CHADBOURNE 49 WALL STREET NEW YORK
May 31, 1910.
Dear Sirs :
1910 I am advised that Simeon Chadbourne, of Berwick, Me., served in 1776 and 1777 for five months in Col. Pickering's and Col. John Frost's Regiments, and that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner in 1832. Could I obtain from you, if this is the case, a copy of his Service?
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
Yours very truly,
William M. Chadbourne
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
0101 - 1 NNF

Art
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by W.T. G.
Claim No. 6/6/10.
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Simeon Chadbourne
Service Mass. Rev.
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim as above except OWNF 23,789.

Bangor June 7 th 1849
James L Edwards Esq Comm of Pensions Dr Sir
I enclose the papers of Elizabeth Chadbourne for annex & increase of Pension -
Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Geo. B. Moody

Simeon Chadbourne
Me June 7 1832
Issue a new certificate for $45.38 per ann. pay March to commence Sept 1 st 1840 subject to no deduction. So inform the Agent.
A. D. Appleton Esq. Alfred Me

Miami Ret.!
18m 13 each leg. $65-
J.W.
J. L. Rawas Esq Commission of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Alfred Me. May 1833
J. L. Rawson Esq.
Or Sir
Enclosed are the original papers in the application of Simeon Chadbourne for a Pension - together with new affidavits, made it is hoped, agreeably to the requisitions -
Very respectfully
Your ob. S.
Wm. B. Holmes

Aug 27/62
Miss Elizabeth Blackwell 10, Prince of Wales Terrace Kensington, W.
me
361,444 J. Richardson
L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions War Dept.
July 21/62

Washington Aug 21. 1848
Sir,
I enclose herewith a declaration of Mrs. Elizabeth Chadburn of Maine a pensioner made out 1838 etc.
Claiming the benefit of the resolution July 1848.
I remain very respectfully Sir on Sir H. S. May
Sir,
I sit the widow in the case entitled to the highest pleasure. The husband was not under act. 1832
J. L. Edwards Esq. Clerk of Pension.

Winington March 8 1847
Sir, Inclosed are the documents in the application of Elizabeth Chadbourn for a pension.
I am very respectfully Your Obedt Servt,
Arthur M c Arthur
James L. Edwards Esq r

Alfred Maine July 25, 1840
Dear Sir,
Mr. Simeon Chadbourne of Lynden has received your letter of 14 th instant requesting him to return his pension certificate, in order to correct an error discerned in it. At his request I enclose said certificate. He is desirous to know which the error consists in, and, if inconsistent with the rules of the department, would like to be informed of it before any alteration is made.
Your obed t servant
Nathan D. Appleton
J. L. Edwards Esq.
P.S.
Please to direct your communications to me at Alfred - Me
N. D. A.

July 29. 1840
Ans
PAID JUL 29 1840
Maine
J. Chadbourne
32 Nov 18331
free
Edwards Esq n Commissioner of Pensions
Washington - D.C.

Simon Chadbourn Mr act 7 June '32 f 415 28 p u as
To what time was he last paid?
G6A
Pension Office March 27 1847
Paid to 4 th March 1846.
J. B. Bryan

I George Richer of Lyman in the County of York & State of Maine 79 years of age do hereby say that I was a private in Capt. Glen Sullivan's company - Col. Leamens regiment in the year 1775. I enlisted in May & served eight months according to the enlistment Simon Chadbourn of the same Lyman was a sergeant in the company during the whole of the time & when our time was out he returned home - I know that he served the eight months The same Simon Chadbourn is now present & I know him to be the identical person who then served as I have above stated - Chadbourn lived in Berwick when he enlisted - I was of Lancaster when I enlisted -
George Richer
State of Maine - 18 May 1833
York ss
The above named George Richer well known to me as a person of good credit & entitled to belief personally appeared & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - before me
John Holmes Justice of the Peace
I also certify that the said Simon Chadbourn is the same who in August last made application for a pension -
J. Holmes J.P.

State of Maine.
Yah p. I Wm. Guttco Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that John Holmes is a true copy of the Will as within stated, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal office this third day of May A.D. 1843.
Wm. Guttco Allen, Register of Probate.

I Benjamin Gowell of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine age eighty years, do testify and say that in the year 1776 I was a soldier in the War of the Revolution under Capt James Colbats at Rosebury Gap two months. Mr Simeon Chadbourne, then from Berwick, served with me at said Rosebury I think as a Sergeant during the two months I was there. We enlisted and went up to Rosebury, I think in February 1776 and were dismissed in April following. I have personal knowledge of said Chadbourne serving at Rosebury two months as aforesaid, I was then a soldier with him. Lebanon August 24, 1892 Benjamin Gowell
York ss. August 24, 1892 The above named Benjamin Gowell to me is well known to be a man of truth and veracity, and on the day and year last above named, said Gowell personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed Before me
Increase S. Kimball } Justice of State of Maine. } Peace
York ss. I William Cutter Allen, Register of Probate for said county of York hereby certify that Increase S. Kimball is a Justice of the Peace for said county as above stated and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of August, A.D. 1892.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.

I Jonathan Ross of Shopleigh in the County of York as being and also that I served with the Worcestershire Union Massacre in life. Jonathan Hamilton Campbell Col. First Regiment & served three months with him in New York at Peekskill - and that I know that Simon Massacre did not the said term of three months and I was with him Jonathan Ross
22 August 1832 Subscribed and sworn to
before William B Holmes - Just of the Peace State of Maine.
Be it known that I Wm. Cullen Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that William B. Holmes is qualified as the Peace for said county as above stated and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal Official this twenty-second day of August, A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cullen Allen, Register of Probate.

I Jonathan Kops of Shapleigh in the county of York & State of Maine, being duly sworn, do hereby depose & say, that I am eighty five years of age, that I was born & lived at Berwick in said county till about 1780, that in the Revolutionary war I was a soldier in three tours, to wit, eight months in Capt. Wood's & Sullivan's company & Col. Scammon's regiment, at Cambridge & vicinity of Boston in 1775; also for three months in Capt. Roberts' company at Roxbury & Dorchester, in the spring of 1776, when the British evacuated Boston; and again I served three or four months in Capt. Jonathan Hamilton's company in Col. John Frost's regiment of Massachusetts militia, the year of this last tour is not recollected, but served at Peekskill & on North river, in New York. And I further swear that I well know Simeon Chadbourne, now living at Lyman in said county, that he lived at Berwick at the time of the Revolutionary war, and I well knew him, that he was a soldier in the the last three months tour at New York, and was the orderly sergeant of my company. Witness: Jno. Goodwin. 3
Jonathan Kops
State of Maine - York county, ss. Alfred, April 25, 1833. Then Jonathan Kops, above named, to me

well known, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence Before me Jonathan Goodwin Justice of the Peace.
And I hereby certify that said Jon- athan Root, to me known, is an high- ly respectable man, and believed and always considered an highly credible witness, and his testimony ought to be relied on, except his memory is impair- ed by old age. Attest, Jon. Goodwin, Justice of Peace.
State of Maine York, ss. I John Cotton Clerk of the Court of Sessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the signature purporting to be that of Jonathan Root is the true signature of the person described to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and who was known to me to be the person described to and who executed the foregoing affidavit. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the twenty-seventh day of March 1833. John Cotton Clerk.
I Simon Chadbourne above named do hereby declare that I was sergeant in all the regiments to which I have testified that from age loss of memory I forgot to testify in my first declaration of the 22 nd August 1832 - claiming a pension for revolutionary services under the act of June 7 th 1832 30 April 1833 Simon Chadbourne
State of Maine York ss. Sworn to and subscribed by Simon Chadbourne above named the 30 th of April 1833 Before me William B. Holmes Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Cumberland ss:
W Charles C Harmon
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for said County certify that Arthur M c Arthur is an acting justice of the Peace within and for the County of York, as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he is duly qualified to act as such, that his Commission is dated February 3 rd A.D. 1842, & will expire February 3 rd A.D. 1849, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this Eleventh day of August A.D. 1848.
Cha s C. Harmon, Clerk,

State of Maine County of York ss: On this day personally appeared A.D. 1848 personally appeared before me Arthur McArthur Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of York aforesaid Elizabeth Chadbourn a resident of Lynn in said county aged eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law stateth that she is the widow of Simon Chadbourn late of said Lynn deceased who during his life was a revolutionary pensioner under Act of June 7 1832 at the rate of sixty five dollars per annum on account of his revolu- tionary services
And that she was allowed and received a pension under Act of June 17 1844 at the rate of forty five dollars and thirty eight cents for the revolutionary services of her said husband.
Now the object of this statement being made is to assert a claim at the same rate of pension my husband enjoyed to wit sixty five dollars per annum on the evidence now on file in his case. The claim is made under the Resolution of the 1 st July, 1848, her Witness Simon Chadbourn Elizabeth X Chadbourn Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written.
Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace And I do hereby certify that the affiant is personally known to me as the widow of the late Simon Chadbourn deceased and the identical widow she represents herself to be.
Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, August 29 , A. D. 184 8
Charles C. Hamon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS.
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Arthur M c Arthur is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of York as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said M c Arthur is dated February 3rd A. D. 184 8 and will expire February 3rd A. D. 18 49 .
and that the list is following his is 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. Hamon , CLERK.

State of Maine York County ss: On this twenty fifth day of August A.D. 1848 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of York aforesaid Elizabeth Chadbourn a resident of Lymen in said county aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law deposits on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit made by the act of Congress passed February 2 nd 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolution in sofar that she is the widow of Simeon Chadbourn who was a Sergeant and Corporal in the army and served as set forth in his declaration under act of June 7 1832 & as set forth in her declara- tion under act of June 17 1844. That she received a pension for his services at the rate of forty five dollars and thirty eight cents per annum under act of June 17 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow
William Simeon Chadbourn Elizabeth Chadbourn mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written
Before me William M'Adams Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
York, ss.
I, William Trafton ,
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, do hereby certify that,
William A. Hayes is an acting Justice of the Peace
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 was dated on the second day of May A second day of May A.D. 1846, (and will expire on the second day of May A.D. 1853
and that the
following
signature purporting to be
this is
genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court for said State, this
third
day of March,
Anno Domino 18 47.
William Trafton,
Clerk.

30 | Sec'y of Mass' certificate May 7 1846 Re d May 12 1846
13286.
Elizabeth Chadbourne widow of Simeon Mr
act. 7 July 1838
Marnid 1780
husband died 29 Oct 1846

State of Maine, COUNTY OF YORK, ss.
At a Special Court of Probate, held at Alfred in said County on the 18th day of February Term, A. D 1847
BE IT KNOWN, That on this eighteenth day of February A. D. 1847 it has been satisfactorily proved, in open Court, being a Court of Record, that Simeon Chadbourne late of Lyman in said County, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that he died at said Lyman on the twenty ninth day of October A. D. 1846 and that Elizabeth Chadbourne is the widow of said Simeon Chadbourne deceased
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty seven
William Hammond
} Register of the Court of } Probate, York County.

No 13286 (458)
Elizabeth Chadbourne widow of Simon Mr
act 7 July 1838
Referred husband died 29 Oct 1846
Adm d act 17 June 1846
7 mo 5 days Caporal $28.72
5 " " 16.66
$45.38 from 29 Oct 1846
Arthur McArthur Lexington Ky

State of Maine.
TORE, ss.
I, James O McIntire Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, do hereby certify that James Naden of Lyman in the County of York and State of Maine is a Justice of the Peace within
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 expires the twenty sixth day of May 1848 and will expire the twenty sixth day of May 1855
and that the accompanying
signature purporting to be
his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court for said State, this fifteenth day of June
Anno Domini 18 49
J O McIntire
Clerk.

Declaration
For increase of Pension and arrears of Pension under the Acts of 7 th July 1838 - 3 rd March 1843 - 17 th June 1844 - 7 th May 1846 - 2 nd February 1848 and 26 th June 1848 - and for the benefit of the Joint Resolutions of 23 rd of January 1845 and 1 st July 1848 -
State of Maine } ss York County }
On this thirtieth day of May 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State Mrs Elizabeth Blackbourne a resident of Lyman in said County of York aged eighty eighty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law, state on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain such increase of pension and arrears of pension as she may be entitled to, under the provisions of the several acts of Congress and joint Resolutions above recited -
I am the widow of Simeon Blackbourne who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and who prior to his decease

draw a pension from the United States under the act of 7 th June 1832 - I have drawn a pension under the act of 17 th June 1844 & 2 nd Februry 1848 at the rate of forty five dollars and thirty eight cents per annum - I further declare that I am still a widow -
In presence of James Nason                      Elizabeth X Chadbourne Isaac Chilbourne                      Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above mentioned - before me
James Nason                      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 -
James Nason                      Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
JOHN W. DANA.
Governor of the State of Maine.
To all who shall see these Presents,
GREETING.
Know ye, That James Mason of Lyman in the County of York , Esquire, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was, on the twenty sixth day of May A. D. 1848 appointed and Commissioned, and on the fifth day of October A. D. 1848 qualified as a Justice of the Peace and Quorum within and for our said County of York that he still continues to hold said office.
John N. Dana
and that to his Acts and Attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed,
Given under my hand at Augusta, this eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine and in the seventy third year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By the Governor.
Ezra B. Funch Secretary of State.

I Joseph Wilkinson of Shapleigh in the county of York & State of Maine aged eighty five years testify and depose that in the fall of the year 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Hamilton of Berwick in said county, in which place I then resided. I was then well acquainted with Simon Chadbourne who lived in the same town, and who now resides in Lyman. Said Chadbourne enlisted as a private soldier about the same time I did in the company of Capt. Hamilton. We both enlisted to serve three months in the United States service in the Massachusetts line. Soon after our enlistment we were mustered at Berwick in December 1776 and ordered to New-York to which place we marched and arrived at North river about the first of January 1777.
After we arrived at New-York and were there mustered I remember that said Chadbourne was chosen orderly sergeant of said company, and that he performed the duties of sergeant and clerk of the company during the whole period of our service which was full three months & I think more, if we calculate the time when we were mustered at Berwick. Col. Frost commanded the Regiment to which our company belonged - we were at various places during the campaign, at Peeks kill, Kings bridge &c. When our term of service expired we were discharged at Peeks-kill - I am certain that said Chadbourne acted as orderly sergeant the
whole of said term of service, I cannot be mistaken about it.
Witness N.B. Appleton James Gowers
Joseph his Wilkinson mark

State of Maine
York ss. August 11, 1840. Then personally appeared Joseph Wilkinson within named and made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed before me. I also, certify, that I have been acquainted with said Wilkinson, and believe him to be a credible witness, and entitled to belief & confidence.
Nathan Dane Appleton
Justice of the Peace

Alfred Me Aug. 12, 1840
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Dear Sir,
I have received your letter enclosing a new certificate to Simon Chadbourne for a life sum than he rec d before, and stating the reasons for the reduction - and am obliged to you for the promptness with which you have answered mine.
I have seen Mr. Chadbourne, and am satisfied after all that his pension was not more than it ought to have been, and can have no doubt upon a further examination of his case, that you will come to the same conclusion. The original declaration & papers in this case, were prepared by Hon. John Holmes who formerly resided in this town & by his son, - Mr. Holmes has since removed to a distant part of the state - and of course I have been unable to refer to him in relation to this matter. But have to rely on the recollections of Mr. C. whose memory is remarkable for a man of his great age - yet it cannot be expected that he should remember all the minute circumstances in relation to the proofs furnished you with his declaration.
Mr. C. states to me, that probably he said nothing about his being a Sergeant in his declaration inasmuch as he was not then aware of its being necessary - and Mr. Holmes seems strongly to have been in attention to that question. But when the declaration was returned on account of an error in not complying with all your rules, Mr. C. says it was then discovered by Mr. Holmes that the fact of his having been Sergeant was material , and he has an im- -pension -

that he made an additional statement in discreditation to that effect - and that the testimony went to prove the fact of his being Sergeant besides his own statements for his whole time of service except the two months at Roxbury or Dorchester heights. I have come to the conclusion therefore, that there must be some papers and documents on your files, which on the last examination you did not see, but which were examined by you in 1833 - and which authorized you to make the allowance and grant the certificate for $65.00. and this presumption is strengthened by the well known caution and accuracy with which the business of your department is always conducted - and also from the fact that stated to me by an intelligent man yesterday, who says he very well recollects that Mr. Holmes remarked at the time, that it was fortunate that the error occurred requiring the original declaration to be returned, as it enabled Mr. C. to supply the omission in relation to his being Sergeant, and thereby to get a larger pension, than he would have got on his original declaration, and the testimony accompanying it - all the circumstances go to satisfy me that your attention must have been called to the consideration of this subject at the time, by the documents then before you, but which have escaped your notice on the recent examination.
I enclose an affidavit of Mr. Chadburne, lest you should not find the additional statement of his, which he supposes was sent to you in 1833 and also the deposition of Joseph Wilkinson who resides in Shepleigh but happened to be in this vicinity yesterday and who places beyond doubt the fact of Mr. C. serving as Sergeant in the New-York campaign. To these and the affidavits referred to by Mr. Chadburne supposed to be on your files, I would respectfully ask your attention, and a reconsideration of the case. The fact that the rolls show that he served as corporal at Cambridge will not be considered as conclusive I presume - if there be

other evidence to contest it - and this error seems to be accounted for by the fact that he was coopered a few days only - and probably the change was omitted to be noted.
From the young advanced age of Mr. G. he cannot in all human probability live long to receive any pension. But yet he needs what is his due. Yet the old gentleman seems to think more about having the matter settled according to truth and right , than the pecuniary benefit he may derive from it. He always being born a very upright, conscientious good man - The whole case is submitted to you, confiding in your discretion & ability to determine it right. I enclose the new certificate, so that if you should be satisfied on a reexamination that the first certificate was correct, that might be returned without further delay. But, if you cannot come to that conclusion, the new certificate can be again transmitted to me.
I am very respectfully
Yr ob t serv t
Nathan Dane Appleton