Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,059, Joshua Dillingham, Mass. Navy.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. Navy.
Dillingham, Joshua Marcy
W. 24,059.
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3355, Maine.
Marcy Dillingham dec. widow of Joshua Dillingham who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private & Seaman
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. Vendo 18 March 1848. when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of February 1850 and sent to
Hon. S. H. Hamlin House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9 Vol. 71
Payable to surviving children to wit Nathaniel Dillingham Rachel & Missie R

Report

Waldo Me. Sept. 28th 1849. Personally appear- ed the within named James F. Thonndike and made oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed as clerk of the town of Camden.
Before me
Hiram Bass Jus of Peace.
I hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the within named James F. Thonndike. That I was present at the meeting in 1848. when he was chosen Town Clerk of Camden. and also at the meeting in 1849. when he was rechosen. and know him to have acted in said capacity from April 1848 to the present time. Also that he is a man of truth, and veracity.
Hiram Bass Jus of Peace.

I James, F t Thornlike of Camden in the County of Waldo a State of Maine on oath testify & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in said town and have held the same for one & half years, and that the following is a true and exact copy from the records of said town in my custody, both as to words and figures
Joshua & Nancy Dillingham's Children
Births
Joshua Dillingham
Nancy Dillingham
Children
Nathaniel Dillingham Oct 13 th 1783
Rachel Dillingham July 9 th 1786
Sally Dillingham April 1 st 1793
Joshua Dillingham Jr May 1 st 1794.
Deaths
Joshua Dillingham died May 8 th 1820
Sally Dillingham died July 8 th 1793
I also on oath state that the same entries have been upon said records to my personal knowledge, ever since I came into office of Town Clerk, and that they were therein, when said records came into my possession, which was on the third day of April 1848, and are on the seventy sixth page and first volume of said records, & that said volume contains eighty eight pages of Births & Deaths, and that there are three volumes of said records in all.
James F t Thornlike } Clerk of the Town of Camden

Declaration -
In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of 7 th July 1838, March 3, 1843, June 17, 1844 and Feb. 2, 1848.
State of Maine } ss. County of Waldo }
On this second day of October 1849 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate now sitting Nathaniel Dillingham a Resident of Cam- den in said County aged sixty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following dec- laration in order to obtain for himself and Rachel Minick his sister widow the benefits of the provision made by the acts before mentioned and which were due to the Mother of said Declarant & said Rachel at the time of the death of their said Moth- er - That said Declarant & said Rachel one and were at the time of her death the only surviving Children and Heirs of Mar- cy Dillingham who was the widow of John Dillingham late of said Camden de- ceased, who was a private in the war of the Revolution and who served as he is informed & verily believes at two differ-

ent periods in said War amounting together to the period of sixteen months and days - his first service being in Capt. Caleb Turner's Company on Sea coast service commencing March 26, 1776 and continuing till Dec. 7, 1776 a period of eight months and twelve days - during the period of two months and twenty seven days of which time said company was stationed at Boothbay in said State of Maine - his second period of service commencing on the 17 th day of March 1779 as seaman on board the Frigate Boston and continuing as he has reason to believe & does believe at least eight months - He cannot state any other particulars of his service but refers to the accompanying proofs and such records as may exist in the Departments of the Government which prove any thing relative thereto.
He also declares that the said Joshua was the Father of said Declarant & said Rachel, that he resided many years in the town of Bristol now in said County & State, that the said Joshua has many times in the presence of said Declarant spoken of his service in said Company and also of having served on board said Frigate Boston and has spoken of the latter service as has

ing continued for eight months according to his best recollection that ever since he was old enough to recollect he has always heard his Father spoken of by the family & by his neighbors as having served in the war of the Revolution - He also declares that his Mother the said Marcy Dillingham was married as he fully believes to the said Joshua on the fourth day of February 1782 that the said Joshua her Husband died at his own house in said town of Camden on the sixth day May in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, that his mother the said Marcy was not married to the said Joshua prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred ninety four nor at the time above mentioned - that as to the time of said Joshua's death said Declarant speaks from his own knowledge - that his Mother the said Marcy died at the dwelling house of the said declarant where she had lived for some years before her death, in the town of Camden on the eighteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight and was the widow

of the said Joshua at the time of her death - that he has often heard his Mother speak on the subject of a Pension for the services of her Husband and has reason to believe that she did not apply for one because nobody informed her that there were any Rolls which could be come at or by which any part of her husbands Service could be proved and she supposed she could not fully prove it by any witnesses known to her - And said Declarant for himself & his Sister the said Rachel Minick asks that a Certificate may be issued for the Pension due their Mother in the names of said Declarant & said Ra- chel -
W. H. Dillingham
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written in open Court be- fore me -
At the trial of the sign by Joseph Miller Judge
I certify that the word "slavery" wherever it occurs in the foregoing declaration was altered from "Mercy" before signing. At the trial of the sign by Joseph Miller Judge

State of Maine Waldo County } I Charles Palmer Register of Probate for said County hereby certify that Joseph Miller is Judge of Probate for said County and that the signature to the foregoing declaration purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of the Probate Court this second day of Oct. A. D. 1849.
Charles Palmer { Register of Probate for the County of Waldo

I, Isaac Lincoln of Bangor in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine on oath before me say - that I was born in the year 1781 in Bristol in the County of Lincoln where my Parents had resided about fifteen years before that period - I resided there till I was 27 years old when I moved to Bangor - I was acquainted from my earliest recollec- tion with Joshua Dillingham late of Cam- den the Father of Nathaniel Dillingham & Rachel Minick now resident of Camden - at my earliest recollection of said Joshua he lived at said Bristol - He removed from Bristol when I was about thirteen years old & removed to Camden where he lived until his death - I was well acquainted with his Parents or rather his Father who resided at Bristol until his death which was when I was about twenty years old - It was always said among the Dillingham family & among the neighbors in the town that said Joshua was in the Revolution

any War - I have heard my Father speak of it & many others - Such was the com- mon Report - any particulars about his service I do not recollect - According to reputation and tradition the said Joshua & Parents had resided in said Bristol thirty years before the Revolution - they were among the very earliest settlers in the town - His Father's name was Lemuel - He had three Sons - Joshua - Lemuel and Josiah - I was well acquainted in the town & knew most if not all the inhabitants - this was the only family of Dillingham, that I ever knew - and Joshua afterwards was the only Joshua Dillingham that I ever knew or heard of except a son which he had who was named for his Father and died some years ago - That part of the old town of Bristol where the Dillinghams lived & where I lived has been within 8 or 10 years set off & made a town by the name of Bremen - I lived about three miles from the Dillinghams - Com- modore Tucker who was in the Naval Service of the Revolution lived about four miles from me - I was not perso

nally acquainted with him - I was also well ac- quainted with Capt. Caleb Turner who com- manded a Company in the Revolution - He lived within fifty Rods of my Father's & died there, I should think about 18 or 20 years ago - The said Turner was intimately ac- quainted with the Dillingham family - The people of the town living within three miles of each other were on very sociable & neighborly terms - The said Joshua Dillingham who lived at Bristol and afterwards at Camden, who was the Father of Nathaniel was always re- ted among all my acquaintances as having served in the Revolution - I have every reason to believe, especially from the long previous residence in said town of said Joshua's Father, that said Joshua resided in said town previous to the Revolution and that he enlisted in the service from said town of Bristol - The nearness of the residence both of Com. Tucker & Capt. Turner with whom I have heard that he served to the said Dillinghams - & the fact that the town of Boothbay where I am informed that it has been promised that one Joshua Dilling- ham served a part of the time of the war is within fifteen miles of that part of

Bristol where these Dillinghams lived - these & other circumstances lead me to believe & be- tertain no doubt that said Joshua Dillingham of Bristol is the same person who so rememb- -Laid Joshua married Marcy Palmer some years before he moved to Camden & they had a family of children before he moved from Bris- tol - Isaac Lincoln
State of Maine County of Penobscot } ss -
December 10. 1849 - Sworn to and subscribed before me this day - and I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the Signer many years - that he is a well known & highly respecta- ble citizen of Bangor & entitled to the fullest credit - the word "thued" as it now stands, is a pure inu- teo before signing. Geo. B. Mooseby Justice of the Peace -

Intentions of Marriages Published
The intention of marriage between Mr. Joshua Dillingham and Miss. Mary Palmer Published
I Howland Hatch depose and say that I have the custody of the Records of the town of Bristol in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine and that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows - (October fourteenth seventeen hundred & eighty one) "Oct 14 th 1781" Book 1. st Page 125 I further certify that very few returns of marriages in the years of 1781 & 1782 are on the Records but many of intentions, I have carefully examined the records but cannot find any return of their marriage
I Howland Hatch above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me,
Bristol Sept 25 th 1849
Howland Hatch { Clerk of the Town of Bristol
Sworn To before me
Peabody M. Wells Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Palmer of Bremen in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine - of lawful age do testify and say - and make the following answers to the following interrogatories - viz.
Question first. What is your present age? Answer. Fifty five years -
Question Second. How long have you lived in the part of the town of Bristol now called Bremen?
Answer. About fifty four years -
Question Third. Were you acquainted with Joshua Dillingham who was formerly a resident of the town of Bristol?
Answer. I was always well acquainted with him since I were old enough to be acquainted with anybody -
Question fourth. What do you know relative to the aforesaid Joshua Dillingham sailing in the Frigate Boston during the Revolutionary War?
Answer. I have often heard the said Joshua Dillingham that he sailed in the Frigate Boston during the Revolutionary war - and have often heard the late Hon. Samuel Ducker, who also lived and died in said Bristol say the same - and furthermore it was generally known by the people in this vicinity that he the said Dillingham sailed in the Frigate Boston at the time of the American Revolution - and no one ever disputed it here -
Question Fifth. Do you know how long the said Joshua Dillingham sailed in the frigate Boston?

Answer to question fifth. I do not — But I think I have heard him the said Dillingham say he was in her two cruises.
And I have also heard my father, Nathaniel Palmer (who is now deceased) and who was a resident of the town of Bristol aforesaid during the revolutionary war, say that the aforesaid Joshua Dillingham sailed in the frigate Boston in the time of said war.
Benjamin Palmer —

State of Maine. Lincoln Co. On
the twenty third day of August A.D. 1849. Personally appeared the within named Benj m Palmer at my office in said Bremen - and being then and there first sworn to testify to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth relative to the cause for which his deposition was to be taken - then gave the foregoing deposition which was re- duced to writing by me in his presence
And I further certify that I am intimately acquaint- ed with the deponent - and that he is a man of truth and veracity - and having generally lived in this vicin- ity I have no doubt of the truth of the subject matter of this deposi- tion -
Benjamin Hardy Justice of the Peace

In the name of God, Amen, I Joshua Dillingham of Camden in the County of Lincoln, and State of Maine, Esq, being sick and weak in body, but of sound health and of disposing mind & memory, & considering the certainty of death and uncertainty of the time thereof, and to the end that I may be the better prepared to leave this world, whenever it shall please God to call me hence, do judge it best and accordingly do hereby make & declare this my last will & Testament — It is my will, that all my just debts and the charges of my funeral, shall be paid and discharged by my executors herein after named and appointed, out of my personal estate, as soon as conveniently may be after my decease and I leave the charge of my funeral to my sd. executors.
I give & bequeath to my beloved Wife Mercy, the use and enjoyment of all my personal property and estate, during her life, excepting so much thereof, as may be necessary to pay my just debts and funeral charges; and excepting my wearing apparel & clothes. — I give & bequeath my wearing apparel & clothes to my two sons Nathaniel Dillingham & Joshua Dillingham.
From & after the decease of my said wife I give and bequeath all my farming tools, to my said son Joshua his heirs, executors or administrators. And all that may then remain of my other personal property or estate, (excepting my said Wifes wearing apparel, necklaces & rings, which I leave to her disposal) I give and bequeath to my said sons Nathaniel and Joshua & my daughter Rachel Merick wife of Joseph Merick, in equal shares & proportions and to their respective heirs, executors & administrators forever.
I further give & bequeath to my said wife, the use, occupation, profit and benefit of my whole real estate, which is situated in Camden aforesaid, to be enjoyed by her, during her life, excepting therefrom, the parts of the house and out-buildings and barns and privileges hereafter bequeathed to my said sons and given to my said son Joshua and the right and privilege of cutting firewood hereafter given & bequeathed to my said sons & daughter, and their heirs and assigns respectively; provided however, that my said wife shall not sell or dispose of the green wood, upon my said real estate in Camden, or commit strip and waste thereof, and shall make no other use of the wood thereon, than for firewood for her self and tenant, and for building and repairing fences, and for repairing the buildings upon said real estate; and the wood thus used by her, shall be taken yearly or as nearly so, as may be, from the several lots hereafter specially and severally devised to my said sons and daughter and to their heirs and assigns respectively — I give, grant & devise to my said son Joshua, his heirs and assigns, the use, occupation and improvement of the westerly front room, and adjoining bed. room, the easterly front chamber, and adjoining bed. chamber, and the east westerly half of the garret, of my dwelling-house, together with a moiety or equal

right and privileges of the kitchen, porch, cellar, milk-cellar, woodhouse & all the out-buildings and door yard, belonging to said house (excepting therefrom the cheese house) and further, the whole of the westerly barn and moiety or equal privilege and right in the barn, gars and shed and avenue leading thereto; And it is my will, that my said wife & my said son Joshua shall equally between them, during her life, keep said house and out-buildings (except the cheese house) and the barn, shed & yard and fences round the same in good order & repair. — And from & after the decease of my said wife, I give grant & devise, to my said son Joshua and to his heirs and assigns forever, all that part of my easterly lot of land, so called which is now owned & occupied by me, and which is bounded agreeably to the surveys of John Hathorn and William Parkman Esqrs the other part of said lot being now owned by my said son Joshua —
And I further give and grant to my said son Joshua, his heirs and assigns, the right and privilege during the life of my said wife, of cutting and taking firewood sufficient for the use of one family from the woodland of that part of said lot, now owned by me, free from charge or hindrance by my said wife — And from & after the decease of my said wife, I give, grant and devise, to my said son Nathaniel, to his heirs and assigns forever, all those parts of the middle lot of land so called, now owned & occupied by me, which lot is bounded agreeably to the surveys aforesaid, the other parts of said lot being now owned by my said son Nathaniel. — And I further give & grant to my said son Nathaniel, his heirs & assigns, the right & privilege during the life of my said wife, of cutting and taking firewood sufficient for the use of one family from the woodland of those parts of said lot, now owned by me, free from charge or hindrance by my said wife — And from & after the decease of my said wife, I give, grant and devise to my said daughter Rachel and to her heirs and assigns forever, all that part of the westerly lot of land, so called, now owned & occupied by me, which lot is bounded agreeably to the surveys aforesaid, the other part of said lot being now owned by my said daughter Rachel, and Joseph Myrick. — And I further give and grant to my said daughter Rachel, her heirs & assigns, the right and privilege, during the life of my said wife, of cutting and taking firewood sufficient for the use of one family, from the woodland of that part of said lot now owned by me, free from charge or hindrance by my said wife. —

And from & after the decease of my said wife, I give, grant & devise to my sons Nathaniel & Joshua and my daughter Rachel, in equal shares and proportions, and as tenants in common, and so to their respective heirs & assigns forever, a lot of land in Benuler, called the table land, bounded upceally to the survey of said John H. Arness Esq (excepting therefrom the oak timber, which may then be on any one acre of said lot, measuring ten by sixteen rods, to be chosen & selected by the said Rachel, her heirs and assigns and which said oak timber, on said one acre, I give and bequeath, to my said daughter Rachel, her heirs & assigns provided she or they choose and select the same and take the oak timber from said one acre, within one year from & after a written request from the said Nathaniel and Joshua or either of them so to do - But my said daughter Rachel, her heirs & assigns, may select and take the timber from said acre, without being so requested. c → From and after my decease, I give, grant and devise to my said sons Nathaniel and Joshua, and to my said daughter Rachel, in equal shares and proportions as tenants in common and so to their respective heirs & assigns forever, a lot of land in Lewistonville, containing about fifty acres, being the only land which I own in said town. And I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my wife Mary Dillingham and my son Nathaniel Dillingham, executors of this my last will & testament - In witness whereof I the said Joshua Dillingham, the testator aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand & seal, and publish and declare, this to be my last will & testament; this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
Joshua Dillingham with a Seal
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Joshua Dillingham to be his last will & testament, in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses, as we have likewise done to a duplicate of the above written will at the same time.
Jonas Wheeler Benj. P. Dillingham } Witnesses. Horatio Dillingham
True Copy
Attest John H. Sheppard Esq.

State of Maine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss. By the Hon. Jeremiah Bailey Esq.
Judge of the Probate of Wills and for granting letters of Administration on the Estates of persons deceased, having goods, chattles, rights or credits in the County of Lincoln, within the State Commonwealth aforesaid,
TO ALL UNTO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING.
KNOW Ye, that upon the day of the date hereof, before me at Thomaston Dillingham in the County aforesaid, the Will of Joshua  late of Candeu in the County of Lincoln, Yeoman deceased, a copy whereof is to these presents annexed, was proved, approved and allowed ; who having while he lived, and at the time of his death, goods, chattles, rights or credits in the County aforesaid. And the Probate of the said Will, and power of committing administration of all and singular the goods, chattles, rights and credits of the said deceased, by virtue thereof appertaining unto me. The administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased, and his Will in any manner concerning, is hereby committed unto
Mercy Dillingham & Nathaniel Dillingham,
Executors in the same Will named, well and faithfully to execute the said Will ; and to administer the estate of the said deceased according thereunto. And to make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattles, rights and credits of the said deceased, and to exhibit the same into the Registry of the Court of Probate for the County aforesaid, at or before the fifteenth day of April next ensuing ; and also to render a plain and true account of this said administration upon oath.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court of Probate. Dated at Thomaston the fifteenth day of January Anno Domini 1821.
Jer Bailey

I, Simeon Tyler of Camden depose & say that I hold the office of Sexton & undertaker in said town - and have done so ever since the year 1819 - that I was well acquainted with Joshua Dillingham and Mary Dillingham his wife - and well recollect the death of said Joshua - I dug the grave and mole his coffin & performed the bu- rial services - I do not recollect the precise date but it was some time in the year 1820.
Simeon Tyler
Waldo, H. Sept 28th 1849. Then personally appeared the above Subscribed Simeon Tyler, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit
Before me
Norain Bass
Just of Peace.
Certify that I am well acquainted with Simeon Tyler above Subscribed and know him to have been in the capacity of Sexton of the town of Camden many years. and that he is now a man of respectability, and his statements may be relied upon
Norain Bass
Just of Peace.

I, Geo. B. Moody, depose & swear that I have examined the Bible referred to in Nath. Dillingham's deposition and that the extracts therein purporting to be from said Bible are exact copies of the original and that they embrace the whole of the family rec. and purporting to be entered in said Bible except as excepted in said Bible deposition - and that said Bible on its title page bears for its date of publication - the year 1805 -
Geo. B. Moody
Walden J. Sept 28 th 1864. Then personally appear the above subscribed Geo. B. Moody and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Before me William Bass Just. of the Peace.

I, Nathaniel Dillingham aged Sixty five years depose & say that I am the Son of Joshua Dillingham & Marcy Dil- lingham & reside at Camden in the State of Maine - that I have in my possession a Family Bible formerly belonging to my Mother which she kept for ma- ny years and brought with her to my house when she came to live with my family in the year eighteen hundred thirtyseven that on the fly leaf immediately pre- ceding the commencement of the Old Tes- tament are the following Entries viz "Nathaniel Dillingham born October 13 th 1783 - Monday -
" Rachel Dillingham born Sunday July 9 th 1786 -
" Sally Dillingham born Monday April 1 st 1793 -
" Joshua Dillingham Jr born Thurs- day May 1 st 1794 -
" Sally Dillingham died July 8 th 1793
" Joshua Dillingham Jr died at Belle Fontaine Ohio -
" March 13 th 1848 -
" nearly 54 years of age -

and that I have given a true & exact copy of the whole Record in words and figures - but the book shows a wider space between the deaths & births than is indicated in this copy - I also depose & say that on the first page after the title page of the New Testament are the following entries which are exact copies of the letters and figures thereon viz
" Joshua Dillingham born " November 12 th 1758 " Marcy Dillingham born " October 28 th 1760 - " Joshua Dillingham & Marcy " Palmer Mahiel. Feb'y 4 th " 1782 - " Joshua Dillingham died " May 6 th 1820 - in the sixty " second year of his age - " Marcy Dillingham died " March 18 th 1848 in the eighty " eighth year of her age -
There is also on a leaf near the end of the New Testament a record of the births of myself and sundry other persons of the family

wife of my wife and my own children and of no one else - of the foregoing copies from said book or Bible, the Records of the death of Joshua Dillingham Jr and of Joshua Dillingham my Father & Mar- cy Dillingham my Mother were made by me and are in my handwriting and are true Records of the facts which took place within my own knowledge & were made by me in said Book either on the days specified or so early thereafter that I could not be mistaken as to the dates of said occurrences - The other extracts before given are in my handwriting in said Bible and were copied by me at the request of my Father or Mother many years ago I think more than thirty years ago and were correctly & truly copied from a little old & worn Bible of duodecimo size in my Moth- er's possession - the covers of which were about four inches long by three wide I have no recollection of having ever seen said old Bible since I copied said Record from it, but have no doubt that after the new one was had, being worn & torn it was soon after destroyed by handling, use & age - The new Bible remained in

my Mother's hands at her house until she came to live at my house & in my family about eleven years before her death - after which time the Bible was still kept by her & was her property until she died when it fell into my hands & I have had possession of it ever since - The persons named in the first record extracted & on the first page of this deposition are myself & the other children of my Father & Mother - I also depose & say that the paper marked A & annexed to this deposition is the original & identical Instrument delivered to me as one of the Executors of my Father by Jere Bailey Judge of Probate -
Wath. Dillingham
Wadsworth Sept 28th 1849 Then personally appeared the above subscribed Wath. Dillingham and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit.
Before me Heman Ball Jus. of Peace.

I Robert Thorneike of Camden in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged seventy six years, on oath depose & testify that I was acquainted with Joshua Dillingham and Mary Dillingham as long ago as the year 1790, and prior thereto, that the said Mary, at that time was reputed to be his lawful wife, and by him ac- knowledged to be such — that they lived together as husband & wife to the time of his death — that during all that time, the said Mary was reputed & understood to be his lawful wife, and by him ac- knowledged as such —
Robt Thorneike
Waldo Co Camden Sept. 22 d 1829. Then personally ap- peared the above subscriber Robert Thorneike and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit to him subscriber
Before me William Bass Just of Peace.
I William Bass, Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Waldo, certify that I am well acquainted with Robert Thorneike the subscriber of the foregoing affidavit that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that he is in the possession of his faculties in a remarkable degree for a man of his years. That his statements may be fully relied upon
William Bass Just of Peace.

I James Richards, of Camden in the County of Waldo & State of Maine, aged eighty three years on oath depose and testify that I was acquainted with Joshua Dillingham & Marcy Dillingham as long ago as the year 1793, and prior thereto. — That the said Marcy at that time was reputed to be his lawful wife, and by him acknowledged to be such. — That they lived together as husband and wife to the time of his death, and that during all that time the said Marcy was reputed & understood to be his lawful wife & by him acknowledged as such —
James Richards
Waldo Co. Camden Sept 20th 1847. Personally appeared the above named James Richards and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Before me Hiram Bass
Jus. of Peace.
I Hiram Bass, a Justice of the Peace in the County of Waldo, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named James Richards and that he is a man of undoubted truth, & veracity, and that his statements may be implicitly received
Hiram Bass.

September 10, 1937
Mrs. Hester Holloway 211 E. Short Street Independence, Missouri
Joshua Dillingham W. 24059 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Joshua Dillingham of Bristol, Maine, and John Brunett of Virginia.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon the service of John Brunett under any spelling of the surname.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 24059, based upon the service of Joshua Dillingham in the War of the Revolution.
Joshua Dillingham was born November 12, 1758, place  not stated . He was the son of Lemuel Dillingham, the name of his mother was not shown; his parents lived in Bristol, District of Maine prior to the Revolution, and also, during that war. Joshua Dillingham had two brothers, namely- Lemuel and Josiah Dillingham; it was stated that Lemuel, also served in the Revolution.
While a resident of Bristol, District of Maine, Joshua Dillingham served as a private in Captain Caleb Turner's Massachusetts company, from March 26, 1776 until December 7, 1776. He enlisted March 17, 1779, served as seaman on board the Frigate "Boston", commanded by Commodore Samuel Tucker, length of this service between five

and eight months.
Joshua Dillingham married February 4, 1782 in Bristol, District of Maine, Miss Marcy Palmer. She was born October 28, 1760, place not stated, nor were the names of her parents shown; her parents resided in said Bristol, prior to and during the Revolutionary War.
Joshua Dillingham and his wife, Marcy, moved from Bristol in 1784 to Camden, Waldo County, District of Maine. He died at his residence there, May 6, 1820. His widow, Marcy Dillingham, died March 18, 1848 at the residence of their son, Nathaniel Dillingham, in said Camden.
The following are the names of their children as found in the claim-
Nathaniel born October 13, 1783 Rachel " July 9, 1786 Sally " April 1, 1793, died July 8, 1793 Joshua, Jr. " May 1, 1794, died March 13, 1848 in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
The pension due their mother was allowed the surviving children in 1849--Nathaniel Dillingham, and Mrs. (Joseph) Rachel Myrick, both living in Camden, Maine. The name Myrick is shown, also, Mirick, Merick, and Missick.
Reference was made in 1849 to the wife and children of Nathaniel Dillingham, but no names were given, and no data as to his marriage; nor was the date of marriage of Rachel stated, and no reference to her children.
Reference was made in 1820 to Benjamin P. Dillingham and Horatio Dillingham, no relationship to the family given.
In 1849 Charles Palmer was Register of Probate for Waldo County, Maine; and Benjamin Palmer, the son of Nathaniel Palmer, was fifty-five years of age in 1849, then living in Bremen, Lincoln County, Maine. It was not stated that they were related to the widow, Marcy Dillingham.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Grand Father
Joshua Hillingham had 3 brothers William Artz and Archy. he was in the Revolutionary war I am thinking this from the old Bible I would appreciate it very much if you will please look this up. as I would like to be a D.A.R.
Yours Truly.
Hester Holloway 211 E short st Independence Mo.

Independence Mo. 25 211 E Short st Mrs Hester Holloway Veterans.
Bureau Pension Dept Washington D. C. Sir
Have you Revolutionary Service record or other family data concerning
Joshua Hillingham born in Hanover Mass. in 1758 Probably enlisted in Main as he was stationed at Bristol Main at one time Also of John Brunett who

was probably in a Virginia regiment.
These are my ancestors and I need the records for geneal - ofical purposes
Yours Truly
Hester Holloway -
Independence
MO 211 E Short st

Independence Mo.
211 E Short st
Veterans Bureau pension Dept. Washington D.C.
Have you Revolutionary Service record or other Family data concerning
Vachel Dillingham , perhaps born in Madison Co Kentucky or his Brother William Dillingham or his son I don't know. for sure any information will be Thankfully received
Hester Holloway.
211 E Short st
Independence Mo

Range
1937- Sept. 10 - leish to Mrs. Hester Holloway and 1937- Nov. 17 - Mrs. Rachel Holloway adv. only Joshua Dillinger found etc. MSB
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 241059
Nathaniel, Rachel, & William, Mary
Children of
Joshua & Mary, Dillinger Priv. Rev. War.
Act Feb. 2 d 1848.
Index: Vol A Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8765 Maine
Marcy (Dillingham, dec d ? widow of Joshua (Dillingham who was a Private & Seaman in the Revolution)
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Feby 1850 and sent to
Hon. A. Hamlin House of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book  A Vol.  2  Page  2

10849.
Maine.
Marcy Dillingham  do Widow of Joshua Dillingham who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 6 th May 1820 of in the State of Maine who was a private in the R commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Feby 1850 and sent to Wm H. Hamlin , House of Reps
Payable to sur 9 children
Total amount, to wit $ Nathaniel Dillingham
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Rachel Missick  do Recorded by J. Chase Clerk,
Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 19

N 14,000 Mary Dillingham Mr
Little George B. Moody 28 Nov 1849
act 7 July 38

Copy from Mr Ames memo; Margaret Chandler, widow of John M c Alp, on July 1838, claims for service on board the Frigate Boston, Captain. - Captain Turner testifies that all who were with him when his ship was taken at the siege of Charleston served not less than 11 months. See Capt Turner's affidavit in case of Joseph Loring a pensioner under act March 18, 1818, on m c Alp rolls, No. 18,091. Com ee says eight months is all that can be allowed.
Feb 3. 1850
Mr Edmonds -
Will you examine the papers and make a decision in the case of Nathl. Dillingham, of Maine one of the heirs of M c Alp Dillingham
It is a claim for a Pen. under the act of July 7. 1838 - & the papers were forwarded by Geo. B. Moody Esq. of Bangor Maine in Oct last
Resp y Yours H. H. Melvin

Bangor Oct 31. 1849
Sir
I transmit herewith the application of Nath. Dillingham for himself & Rachel Minick for the Pension believed to be due their Mother Marcy Dillingham.
Very Respectfully your Obedt Servt
James L. Edmonds & Geo. B. Moody Commission of Pensions.

Bangor Dec. 22. 1849
Dear Sir
Your communication of 28 th ult. requiring further evidence upon certain points in the case of the Heirs of Mary Dillingham was duly recd - I had not anticipated any difficulty on the question of identity - Seeing that the Secs. Certificate shows that the Roll made by Capt. Turner was dated at Bristol , that part of the service was at Bristol , part at Boothbay which is very near Bristol , that the town Records of Bristol show the public servant to have been there & other evidence that the marriage was in Bristol - seeing also that it appears that Com. Tucker who commanded the Boston Frigate resided in Bristol - that B. Palmer who was 54 years in Bristol had always known Josh. D. & heard him speak of being with Com. Tucker 2 cruises & heard his own father who lived in Bris. in the Rev. say that D. H. sailed in the Bos. Frig. - that Heirs the G. son of Com. who himself lives in Bristol heard conversations between

Zucker & Dill. & the former say that Dill. was of the crew of his vessel - and that M. Dill. in his declarations states that his Fathers residence was Bristol before he moved to Barnsden - all these circumstances seem- ed to lead so directly to the conclusion that Josh.'s residence at the time of his marriage was in Bristol. As to make it quite clear that the Father of the Declarant was the iden- tical Josh. mentioned in the Lec. Certificate. I regret they have not satisfied your minds on the point - Unless we could conclusively have shown by parol proof when he enlist- ed & how long he served, which we did not pretend that we could do & which after so long a period could not be expected, it would not of course be possible to prove ab- solutely "that that seaman enlisted from the same town to which her Husband belonged" -
I now send you new affidavits which I trust will throw so much light upon the question that you will no longer doubt the identity of Claimants Father & the person in the service - They show clearly that Josh.'s

Parents lived in Bristol long before & during the Revolution - that no other Goshen except his son has been from that period down, known in this country - that he was from a period as far back as the Rev. reputed to have been in it - that he lived at B. with his wife after the Rev. & moved to Candela about 1784 - It is by evidence of this character & purports only that the question can be satisfactorily settled after the lapse of such a period & I hope you will consider it sufficient in quantity - Most of the people of that day resident at Bristol are dead or so scattered as not to be found - I came at the testimony of the Tirills by information of Lincoln one of the Deponents who resides here -
The claimants new affidavit as to the causes of non application earlier I have no doubt will satisfy you on that point - And the affidavit of the Lepton as to the time of Mrs D's death - But for my understanding that the death & survivorship were facts to be proved before a Court

whose Certificate was the evidence to be sent, I should have obtained the Lepters affidavit before -
I cannot permit myself to doubt that your mind accustomed to consider evidence on these questions with sound judgment, to weigh it vigilantly & cautiously & yet to give it a fair and candid examination, will come to the conclusion that no reasonable doubt can exist as to the identity of the claimants rather with the person who rendered the services & that I shall soon receive a favorable decision of the case -
I am with great respect
Your Obedt Servt
Col. James L. Coleman Commissioner of Pensions
Geo. B. Moody
P.S. For Clerk's Certificate of Jurisdiction to Mr. Bass please see other affidavits in the same case -

Jan 26/82
Mr. Miller
No ann requir'd certificate sent to No N. 26 th
Please inform me
from the care of Henry Willingham Esq. H. Hawks

Barnes Feb. 18. 1880
My dear Sir
I thank you for your attention to the case of Rogers - I have written to the officer in Charleston & hope to show by him that the disability was incurred while in the line of duty -
I have not yet heard from the case of the Heirs of Mary Dillingham respecting which you were kind enough to address a note to the Commissioner as stated in your note to me

of Feb. 4. - I cannot see why so much longer time has elapsed without a decision on this, since I filed the additional testimony than they required before noti- cing it after its first presenta- tion -
Yours very truly
Geo. B. Moody
Hon. H. H. Hunsicker
Sen. of U. S.

Payment to be made at Portland by W m Wordbury Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol- ume 2 Page       by
J. P. Chase Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 3 March 1843 & 17 June 1844 Marcy Dillingham, widow of John Dillingham who was a private and seaman in the Revolution and died 6 May 1820 is inscribed on the roll of pensioners at the rate of $60 per annum, commencing 4 March 1843 & ending March 4. 1848
The amount is due and payable to her, my surviving children, viz, Nathaniel Dillingham, and Rachel Mussick.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 25 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty-five
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Payment to be made at Portland by W m Woodbury Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 2 Vol- ume 1 Page by J. P. Chase Clerk.

Copy
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th July 1838, Marcy (Dillingham dec d ) late of Maine widow of Joshua Dillingham who was a private and Seaman in the Revolution and died, May 6 th 1820.
is inscribed on the roll of pensions at the rate of sixty dollars per annum commencing 4 th March 1836 and ending 4 th March 1841.
The amount is due and payable to her only surviving children, to wit, Nathaniel Dillingham and Rachel Missick B.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this 25 th day of February
one thousand eight hundred and forty-five
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Payment to be made at Portland by W m Woodbury Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Volume 1 Page 9 by J B Chase Clerk.

Copy
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 2 nd February 1848. Marcy Dillingham Luke of Maine, widow of Joshua Dillingham who was a private & seaman in the Revolution and died 6 May 1820 is inscribed on the roll of pensioners at the rate of five dollars per month commencing 26 th March 1848, and ending 18 th March 1848, when she died.
The amount is due & payable to her only surviving children, to wit Nathaniel Dillingham and Rachel Missick
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 25 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty-five
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

18 th W. d. 18 March 1848,

I, Rachel Linnell of Bremen in the County of Penobscot aged 76 on oath depose & say that I was born in the town of Bristol in the State of Maine in the year 1773 - I was in my youth well acquainted with the fami- ly of Dillingham in that town - The Parents of Joshua Dillingham were old & early settlers in said town & were said to have lived there long before my birth & before my knowledge - My maiden name was Rhoades - My Parents lived within about a mile or mile & a half of the Parents of Joshua Dillingham - I remember Joshua Dillingham as long ago as I do any body - I was about 23 years old when I moved to Northport where I lived till about 11 years ago when I moved to Bremen - it was said in the families & among the neighbors that Joshua Dillingham & his Brother Lemuel also were out in the Revolutionary War - I was too young to know any particulars about the service of either of them & beside my memory has failed me a good deal - I can only say that it was reputed in the town that Joshua served in the War I have seen Commodore Tucker who

lived in Bristol - our family and the Dillingham family used to visit each other considerably often - There was no other family of Dillinghams in the town except that to which Joshua belonged - I never heard of any other Joshua Dillingham except him and a son of his by the same name - Joshua Dillingham married Mary Palmer and I remember their living there some years after their marriage & then they moved to Camden - what year they moved I don't remember - My Husband is Joseph Flannery
Witness Rachel her * Flannery Manda M O Flannery mark
State of Maine
Penobscot County } ss
December 21. 1849 Sworn to and subscribed before me & I certify that from the reputation she bears I am satisfied she is entitled to credit -
Geo. B. Mooreby Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
Penobscot ss:
I William T. Hilliard, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, Certify that George B. Moody Esquire, is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he is duly qualified to act as such, and the signatures to the papers hereto annexed 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 twenty second day of December Anno Domini 1849
W m T. Hilliard Clerk

I. Simeon Tyler of Camden, County of Waldo & State of Maine. Certify & say, that I was Seisin in the said town of Camden in the year eighteen hundred forty eight. That I furnished the coffin and performed the burial service of Mary Dillingham, widow of Joshua Dillingham, of said Camden, on the twentieth day of March said year, she having died the eighteenth day of said March. That I am certain in said points from the fact of charge made for said service on said day. Further say that the said Mary Dillingham was the reputed widow of Joshua Dillingham, on account of whose services their children are now making effort to obtain pension.
Simeon Tyler
Waldo Co. Dec r . 11 th 1847. Then personally appeared Simeon Tyler, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed.
Before me
Hiram Bass. Jus. of Peace.
I. Hiram Bass. Justice of the Peace hereby certify that the above subscribed Simeon Tyler is a person of respectabil- ity, & that his statements may be fully credited. Further say that at his suggestion I erased the word "made" and wrote "furnished" he having employed another person to make said coffin.
Hiram Bass
Jus. of Peace.

No 14006
Marcy Dillingham widow of Joshua Mr
act 7 July 1838
admitted
Pr: 8m 12 d - $ 28.99
Scam 8m - 32 $ 60. -
on 4 March 1836, to 4 March 1841, from 4 March 1843, to 4 th March 1848 from 4 th March 1848 to 18 th March 1848 when she died,
Children Nathl Dill- ingham, Rachel Minick
- Hon. N. Nardin N, R

14000
Brother D. L. D. D. D. D. D. D.
Maine Waldo County 7 July 1830
Geo. B. Moody

State of Maine Court of Probate for the County of Waldo - County of Waldo, S.S.
Be it Known that on this second day of October A.D. 1849 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court being a Court of Record by the affidavits of Simeon Tyler, Therese M c Dillingham & Hiram Bass who are persons entitled to credit that Mar- cy Dillingham who was the Wisdom of forsaken Dillingham reputed to have served in the war of the Revolution, died at Camden in said County at the house of her son Nathaniel Dilling- ham on the eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred & forty eight and that she left one Son only Nathaniel Dillingham and one daughter only the Wisdom Rachel Mirick who are & were at her death the only survi- ving children of said Marcy Dillingham. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affix- ed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this second day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine.
Charles Palmer { Register of Probate for said County of Waldo

I certify that the word Marcy whereon it occurs in the foregoing Certificate was altered from Macy before signature -
Charles Palmer
Register of Probate for the County of Waldo

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
August 8 th 1849.
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 on a muster roll of Capt. Caleb Turner's Co. on Sea Coast Service, dated at Bristol, is the name of Joshua Dillingham, private, from March 26 to June 10. 1776.
2 15 2 Mo. 15 days. — £ 4. 10. wages. _____
3 On roll of same, from June 10. to Sept. 10. 1776. 3 mos. due £ 5. 8.!
Also on roll of same Co. stationed at Boothbay, from Sept. 10 to Dec. 7. 1776. — 2 mo. 27 days. — due. £ 5. 4. 4. on each roll as a private. _____
8. 12
On a muster roll of men on board frigate Boston is the name of Joshua Dillingham, Seaman, entered March 17. 1779 wages 48 s per mo. prize money advanced £ 4. 10. 0. — The roll is not dated, nor is any term of service given — but some of the men are entered as late as

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.
W. L. G. [Signature] (Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.)

To the Hon. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
I the undersigned Nathaniel Dillingham of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable am the son of Joshua Dillingham & Mary Dillingham - My Father served in the Revolution as a Marine or Mariner & probably in a Ship called the Boston - I have not any particulars of his service & am desirous of ascertaining the facts thereof in order to obtain proof to procure the Pension which was due on account of his service to my Mother who died about a year ago - You are respectfully requested to examine the Rolls of Revolutionary Officers, soldiers, marines, or Mariners which there may be in your Office & to afford me a certificate of any facts relating to my Father's service which may be on Record there - Please send said Certificate to Geo. B. Howland Esq. of Bangor Maine -
Nath. Dillingham
Resubscribed H. Merrill appeared Nathaniel Dillingham & acknowledged the foregoing application to have been signed by him this 28 th day of June 1849. Geo. B. Howland Esq. Clerk

STATE OF MAINE. ~~~~~
Lincoln, ss :
I, Edmund B. Bowman , Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that Peaslee M. Wells
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, as appears by the papers hereunto annexed ; that he is duly qualified to act as such ; that his Commission is dated May 8 th 1849 , and will expire May 7 th 1856 ; and that the above signature, purporting 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 twelfth day of October Anno Domini, 1849 .
Edmund B. Bowman Clerk.

This is to certify that I Sam l D. Hinds of Bristol in the county of Lincoln a State of Maine, agree for to give my word to live with my Grandfather Samuel Ducken, who commanded the Boston Frigate in the Revolution I went to him with him about the year 1802, & continued to live with him until his decease in 1837. I recollect that Mr. Joshua Dillingham that lived in Camden (Me), called to see him several times and they often had conversation about the days of the Revolution and I have heard my Grandfather say that Mr. Joshua Dillingham was one of the crew of the Boston Frigate but I do not recollect what time or in what capacity he served on board.
August 23 1849. Sam l D. Hinds
Since on the August 23 1849 personally appeared the above named Sam l D. Hinds & made oath to the truth of the above statements to the best of his recollection — Before Me — James Erskine } Justice of the Peace
Feb 16 '43

STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln, ss:
I, Edmund B. Bowman, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that James Estlin is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, as appears by the papers hereunto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission is dated February 16 th 1843, and will expire February 15 th 1850; and that the above 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 twelfth day of October Anno Domini, 1849.
Edmund B. Bowman Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln, ss :
I, Edmund B. Bowman , Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that Benjamin Hardy
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, as appears by the papers hereunto annexed ; that he is duly qualified to act as such ; that his Commission is dated May 8 1849 , and will expire May 7 1856 ; and that the above 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 twelfth day of October Anno Domini, 1849 .
Edmund B. Bowman  Clerk.

I, Hiram Bass of Camden in the State of Maine of lawful age depose & say that I was acquainted with the late Joshua Dillingham, who is reputed to have died in the Revolutionary War - I lived in Camden at the time of his death and well recollect it and have always known the grave in which he was buried - I have this day been to the Grave yard and found said grave which has a head stone & foot stone - on the former is the following inscription which I have copied exactly as it is there printed in letters & figures as follows viz - "Sacred to the memory of Joshua Dillingham Esq; who died May 6. 1820 aged 64 years". My age is forty four years -
Hiram Bass.
Malolo SS. Camden September 28. 1849 Personally appeared Hiram Bass & subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit.
Before me
Robert Chase Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with Flavian Bass above named; that he is a man of veracity & entitled to full credit -
Robert Chase Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Waldo
I Nathaniel Patterson Clerk of the Judicial Court of the State of Maine for the County of Waldo, do certify that Robert Chase is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Waldo, duly commissioned & qualified, and that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine this second day of October A D 1844 N. Patterson

I, Elizabeth Turner aged eighty five years last September depose & say that I was born in Bristol in the State of Wine in the year 1764 - I knew the family of Dillinghams - among them Joshua Dillingham who lived after wards at Camden - I also knew Mary Palmer before her marriage to said Joshua - I was married in the year 1785 when I was twenty one years old - They were reputed to be married & lived together as man & wife several years before my mar- riage - I was not at the marriage nor do I know the precisely when it was, but I know they lived together & acknowledged each other as husband & wife & were so considered by all their acquaintance for a considerable length of time before my marriage - I lived in Bristol till within four- teen years - I reside in Prospect in the County of Middlesex & have a Pension -
Elizabeth Turner

Waldo So. Oct 27 th 1849
Subscribed & sworn to before me and I certify that the affiant is well known to me that she is entitled to full credit as a wo- man of prime noble intelligence for one of her age -
Sarah Bridgett Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Waldop. I Nathaniel Patterson Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the State of Maine, for the County of Maine do certify that Luther Bridgett is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Maine duly commissioned & qualified & that the above signature purporting to him, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this thirtieth day of October A. D. 1849
N. Patterson

Remarks upon the foregoing evidence by Geo. B. Moody Agent and Attorney for the Claimant.
1. The Marriage is not proved by the Town Record nor by the evidence of any eye witness - It is not at all surprising that the Record does not show it, as undoubtedly the cases where it does show marriage are the exception & not the rule, especially in that early period - And as to parol testimony it cannot be expected that in one case out of a hundred a witness could now be found who was present at a marriage so remote - But it is believed that the evidence is plenary & abundant to establish the marriage in any Court of Justice in a civil cause -
That this is all which the Pension Laws require as to the character of the proof I refer to Atty Gen. Mason's opinion giving construction to the law of 7 th May 1846 under date of June 23. 1846 - that such proof ought not only to establish

the fact of the marriage but its occurrence previous to a given date -
The evidence here is First - Record proof of publication of the Parties on 14 th Oct. 1781 -
Second - The Depositions of 3 old persons showing general reputation & cohabitation for years before 1794 -
Third - The testimony of the Claimant to the existence of an old family Record copied by him faithfully many years ago on which the marriage is entered Feb. 4. 1782 twelve years before 1794 - account ing naturally for the loss of the original -
This deposition to be sure is that of one interested in the result, but of a character entitled to weight or the Department would not require the oath of the Claimant to the facts of his case, as is unusually done if it was not to be received as evidence
To this is added my own testimony that the Record is correctly transcribed from the Book -
Fourth - A copy of a Record of the Sillingham family from the Records of Lander entered on the first of three volumes & of course therefore many years ago, in which the birth of the Claimant is en

teral as of 1783 & his Sister Rachel as of 1786. It is confidently trusted that the evidence furnished upon the marriage will therefore be regarded as almost superfluous by strong general reputation & cohabitation - not only being shown previous to 1784 but much proof strongly corroborative -
Second. The Service - It is believed that the Certif. of Sec. of Mass. establishes 8 mos & 12 days in Tanners 60. - It also proves ad- ditional service in the Bos. Brig. but does not show the length of said additional service nor is it in the power of the Claimants defin- itely to do so - but it would seem that it ought to be regarded as satisfactorily establish- ed that it was for a period of at least 5 mos. viz from March 17. 1779 to Aug 19. 1779. - For the Certif. shows that the Roll contains the entry of man as late as August - If Dill. had not remained in the vessel up to that time, the presumption is certainly very strong that his leaving would have been entered - & the Roll should be regard- ed as showing the existing state of things at & up to the time of the last entry - Again - the Certificate shows an advance to him of £ 4. 10. 0 - this is a significant

fact - without any doubt if his actual countenance in the service did not correspond with his enrolment it would have appeared how he had violated his engagement or been released from it -
again - The testimony of Palmer shows that Dilingham always spoke of himself as sailing in that Frigate & as he thinks of sailing in her two cruises - D. could have had no motive to misrepresent at any time before his death in 1820 expecting no pension - Com. Tucker who was the Commandant so so spoke & it was the reputation he had in Bristol - which would not have been likely to be acquired without an actual service of some length of time - he also speaks of the traditional evidence obtained from his own Father -
again - The testimony of Col Hinds Grandson of Com. Tucker proves that Tucker spoke of him as one of the Bos. Frig. Men, which he would not have done unless there had been a service corresponded to his term of enlistment -
The Department must be satisfied & think that he was a service in that vessel of at least 5 months - independently of the evidence of his son the applicant who says that his

Fourth spoke of that service as being as much as 8 mos.
Some of Com. Tucker's papers have been copied for Govt. at least, & the originals are not now in the hands of the family.
It is highly probable that they would throw light on the subject - & also that in the archives of the Govt. are other evidences of the service in question.
It is trusted, that if there be such, within the spirit if not the letter of act of May 1846 the Department will after due search discover & give us the benefit of it.
Without asking too much as we believe of the liberty of construction of the Department, the Claimants feel assured that they are entitled for at least 13 months of service.
Thirdly - The death of the Widow on 18 March 1848 & the Heirship of Claimants proved by the certif. of the Prob. C.
Fourth - The time of the soldier's death proved by the entry on the Tomb stone, the date of his Sons appointment as Executor - the evidence of the Legat etc.

These remarks are with great deference & respect submitted to the favorable con- sideration of the Hon. Commissioners.
Bangor Oct. 31, 1849. Geo. B. Moody

I, Joseph Shaw Twissell of Bremen in the county of Penobscot depose & say - I was born in the year seventeen hundred & seventy in Oeymouth Mass. - I came to Bristol in Maine when I was a child with my Parents and moved from Bristol to Northport about the year 1796 having resided till that time in Bristol - I knew the family of Dillinghams in Bris- tol well - the Parents and Joshua Dillingham & Samuel Dillingham their sons - it was said & reported in the fam- ily & our family & among the people of the town that both Joshua & Samuel were in the Revolutionary service - my memory has failed me so much that I cannot tell any particulars which I heard of the service of either of them nor whether I ever knew any of the particulars - I never heard of any other Joshua Dillingham except this one & he moved away to Camden - I married Rachel Rhoades - I understood said Joshua had a son by the same name - The Dillinghams were said to be old settlers of the town of Bristol

and to have lived there a great many years before my recollections. This Goshen Dillingham was married to Mary Palmer.
Joseph Shaw Forde
State of Maine } ss. Penobscot County
December 21. 1849.
Subscribed and sworn to before me and I certify that the affiant is entitled to credit from the reputation he bears
Geo. B. Moody
Justice of the Peace

I Nathaniel Dillingham of Camden in the County of Waldo & State of Maine. depose & testify that my Father Joshua Dillingham and Mary Dillingham his wife were residents in the town of Bristol, District of Maine at the time of revolutionary war — that their parents lived & brought up their families in that town. —
The exact time when they began to reside in said town I do not know — I have always under- -stood from my earliest recollection that Bristol was the home of my Father previous to the time of his enlistment in the service & afterwards till he and my Mother moved to Camden, which they did in the year 1784. — I further testify in regard to the reason for the delay in presenting a claim until after the death of my Mother, that she was ignorant of the provisions of the pension laws, and so was I. She did not know certainly, nor did I, what length of service entitled to pension, nor whether service in the Navy as Marine or Mariner was provided for or what kind of service as a soldier. Neither she nor I knew the precise facts about my Father's service, nor the times of his enlistment in Turner's Co. or in the Boston Frigate. — Altho' as my declaration states, he made frequent relations of the fact that he was in the Revolution and of his being in the Army & in S d Frigate. — But he died long

before the law of 1832 under which I now understand he would have been entitled, and therefore he did not agitate the subject of a pension — Neither she nor I knew at the time, of the passage of the law of 1838. neither did we know where sufficient witnesses of Father's service might be found, nor where the Military Rolls were to be found — In after years we supposed from the fact that many widows had obtained pensions for services of their husbands, that she also, might obtain. — The idea of trying to do something about it occurred to us but our notions on the subject were too indefinite to know what action to take, and it was put off, & put off to a more convenient season. — We did not attend to it as a sharp regard for her interests, made it perhaps the duty of the family to do, and she did: —
But the delay has harmed her, and us, but not the Government. — Last Spring we heard that George B. Moody Esq of Bangor had experience in the pension business & was acquainted with the laws on the subject & I was informed also that he had published an advertisement to that effect, which I saw. — As soon as it was convenient I went to Bangor, and consulted him on the subject, and was informed by him, that a pension was due my Mother during her life if the service could be proved as stated by me, and the marriage proved to have taken place before 1794, and that

having died without obtaining it, her children were entitled to it according to the laws & practice of the department. He also informed me of the existence of Notes in the Sec'y. Office in Mass. & at my request drew up a request to the Sec'y. which was brief & general, and in which no more was said than he supposed necessary to draw the attention of the Sec'y. to the case & to get a cer- tificate of what the Records might show.
I employed him to prosecute the case & under his advice & directions have procured the evidence sent to the department. These are all the reasons I have to give, why an earlier ap- plication has not been made — And I trust that neither my right, nor my Sister's will be overlooked, because my Mother and her children have not been so vigilant with regard to her's as they might have been —
Nathl. Dillingham
Waldo Co. Dec r 11th 1849. Then personally appeared Nathaniel Dillingham and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed
Before me
Horace Bass Just of Peace

I Hiram Bass. Certify that the within Subscription of Josh d Dillingham, is the same person, whose affidavits, in regard to pension, for Joshua Dillingham, have been forwarded to the Dept t , and that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit.
Hiram Bass. Sus. of Peace

Veterans Administration Washington Mrs Hester Holloway 211 E short st Independence Mo
I Appreciate Very Much you Sending Me the Revolutionary War Statement of Joshua - Willingham he was My Great Great Great Grand Father And seems to be some mistake in regard to his Children he only had Vachel Willingham and William Hill [Vachel H was my Great Great

November 17, 1937.
Mrs. Hester Holloway 211 East Short Street Independence, Missouri.
BA-J/MHF / ILL. Am Joshua Dillingham W. 24059
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you state there must be some mistake in the names of the children of Joshua Dillingham, W. 24059, whose record was furnished you September 10, 1937, that he had only two, Vachel and William, and three brothers, Artz (Arty ?), Archy and William, which data you find recorded in the family Bible. You request the Revolutionary War records also of Vachel Dillingham who was born in Madison County, Kentucky, and William Dillingham, his brother or son.
The data furnished you in regard to Joshua Dillingham are correct as shown in the papers in the claim for pension based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. The record furnished you is that, perhaps, of another Joshua Dillingham, and the only one found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War or War of 1812 of an Arty, Artz, Archy, Vachel or William Dillingham.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.