Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18762, John Clark, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Clark, John
S. 18762
CONTENTS
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8163 - Maine
John Clark
of Waterville in the State of Me who was a Pri — in the Com commanded by Captain Bragdon of the Reg commanded by Col Seammson the Massu Continental Militia 18 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of March 1832 and sent to James Ayer: Nearfield Me
Arrears to the 14th of March 33: $120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep. 33 — 30.00 $150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk Book 1 Vol. 1 Page 52

John Clarke No 4. 642 18 m.
admit 18 mi private $60
James Ayer Newfield Maine

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this 7 th
day of January A.D. 1833- personally
appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate now sitting at Alfred in & for the County of York John Clark a resident of Waterborough in the county of York and State of Maine aged Seventy-Seven 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. That he enlisted, as a private, into a Company of Light Artillery
Militia commanded by Capt. Joshua Bragdon, Col. James Scammon's Regiment. That he enlisted about the first of May 1775 for the term of eight months - he marched from Litchfield (now Lyman) Me., where he then resided, to Cambridge Mass. where he served out his term of eight months in said Company & was discharged the last of December 1775 and returned home. In the month of June 1776 he enlisted, as a private, for the term of six months into a Company of Light Artillery Militia commanded by Capt. John Wentworth, Col. E. Poor's Regiment. He marched from Litchfield where he then resided to Boston Mass. from Boston to Bunker Hill where he served out his term of six months in said Company & was discharged some time in December 1776 and returned home.
About the last of August 1777 he enlisted for four months as a private, into a Company of Light Artillery Militia commanded by Capt. Joshua Henson in Col. Joseph Storer's Regiment. He marched from Litchfield where he then resided to Bennington Vt. where he staid a few days then marched to Stillwater N.Y. where he remained some time & was in three engagements with the enemy. At about the same time Burgoyne surrendered with his army; after which he marched to Albany N.Y. where he was discharged about the last of December 1777 having served out his term of four months and returned home.
He was born in Falmouth N.H. February 9 th , 1755. He resided there till he was about fifteen years of age when he removed to Litchfield (now Lyman) York Co., Maine, where he resided till about eight years ago when he removed to the town of Waterborough, York Co. and has then resided ever since.
He has no documentary evidence in his possession, having never received any.
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
SWORN TO, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
John N Clark
Before Wm. D. Hays Judge of said Court
WE, Henry Smith, a clergyman, residing in the town of Alfred and James Ayer, residing in the town of Newfield who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy Seven 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.
Henry Smith James Ayer
Before Wm. D. 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
Henry Smith, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Alfred, and that James Ayer, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Newfield
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Wm. D. Hays Judge of said Court
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 John Clark for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Seventh day of January A.D. 1833.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate.

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this twentieth day of August , A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for Sitting at Yarmouth of the within & for the County of York a resident of Waterboro' in the county of York and State of Maine , aged 77 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 with Capt. Joshua Bragdon and served in the Col. Seaman's regiment of the Massachusetts line, under the following named officers:
He enlisted about the first of May 1775 in a company commanded by Capt. Joshua Bragdon in Col. James Seaman's Regiment. He marched from Coxhall , now Lyman Me. , 8 mi. when he then resided - to Cambridge Mass. - when he served 8 months in said company and was discharged the last of Decr. 7, 1775 and returned home.
In the month of June 1776 he enlisted into the service in a company of Massachusetts Infantry commanded by Capt. John Nuttall in Col. Ebenezer Dyer's Regiment. He marched from Coxhall to Boston Ms. from Boston to Placerville when he served in said company the same time in December 1776 when he was discharged & returned home.
About the last of August 1777 he enlisted into the U. S. service in a company Massachusetts Militia commanded by Capt. Joshua Nason in Col. Joseph Storer's Regiment. He marched from Coxhall to Burlington Ver. where he stayed a few days - then marched to Stillwater where he remained sometime & was in three engagements with the enemy. - At about the same time Burgoyne surrendered with his army - after which he marched to Albany N.Y. where he was discharged at about the last of December.
He was born in Wentworth New Hampshire February 9 th , 1755 - he resided there till he was about fifteen years of age when he removed to Coxhall now Lyman York County Maine where he resided until about eight years ago when he removed to the town of Waterboro' York County Maine where he now resides.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine .
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
John N. Clark
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, William C. Allen Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
20 , day of Aug - 1832 ,
Wm. Cutter Allen , Register of Probate .

a few days - then marched to Stillwater where he remained sometime 4100, & was in three engagements with the enemy, - At about the same time Burgoyne surrendered with his army - after which he marched to Albany N.Y. where he was discharged at about the last of December. He was born in Suncook New Hampshire February 9 th 1755 he resided there till he was about fifteen years of age when he removed to Cook's Hall now Lyndon York County Maine where he resided until about eight years ago when he removed to the town of Watervillevale York County Maine He has no documentary evidence in his possession having never missed any  R
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, William C. Allen Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Clark for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 20, day of Aug - 1830 ,
 Wm. Cutter Allen Register of Probate.

M B H.
Inw F. 18,762.
John Clark.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
March 6, 1906
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Clark , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1. 1775 8 mos Private Bragdon. James Scammon Mass   June 1776 Dec 1776 Private. John Wentworth Enoch Pools Mass   Aug 1777 Dec 1777 Private Joshua Mason Joseph Harker Mass                                            
Battles engaged in, Stillwater
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Gorham Me.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 20, 1832; his claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Waterboro, York Co., Me.
Age at date of application, Born Feb. 9, 1755 at Somersworth N.H.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Mrs. M. E. White,
43 Harvard Ave.

43 Harvard Ave.
Brookline Mass
Feby 28 th 1906
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:—
Several weeks have passed since writing you requesting information for ancestral use regarding some Revolutionary Pensioners, and subsequently a relative wrote requesting other records. As yet no replies have been received although under your predecessors desired information was al-

most immediatly forthcoming.
Possibly some new mode of procedure accounts for the delay and should our requests have been sent through Senator Lodge or Senator Crane, or other Executive there will be no trouble in supplying the omission if you will kindly inform me this is necessary.
The original letters to which I have referred are over the signatures of "S. W. Lee" and "M. E. White." Hoping for an early reply I am
Yours Respectfully
Wm Lee per S. W. Lee

Information desired regarding
Sadler John. Georgetown Maine ae. 70 In Pension List of 1840.
Sadler John (Earlier Pension List) Lincoln Co. Maine Pension May 7 th 1819 ae 72.
Private Mass. Line Service
[Full Pension record re of these two men and any John Sadler of Maine or of Gloucester Mass.]
Clark James on Invalid List Pension April 20. 1832. Waldo Co. Maine. Private Mass. Militia.
Transfer from New Hampshire Mch. 4 th 1832 Clark James Penobscot - (Co. or Town?) Me.
Pensioned Apr 9. 1819 ae 73. 9191
Private Mass. Line.
Clark John. York Co. Me.
Pensioned March 13. 1833. 8163
Private Mass. State Troops.
(Full Pension Record desired of these men (over))

Some clue in the Records may assist in tracing the families and supply missing ancestral data.

E. White. M.B.H.
18762 INVALID.
1906. March 6. History to m-
File No. 18762
John Clark
Pre New War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 431
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War
City of Washington (D.C.)

Newfield York Co. Maine
Janr. 8 th 1833
Hon. Lewis Caps.
Dear Sir in order to meet your requirements in the cases of Daniel Eastman and John Clark, it was considered best to make a new declaration, it is hoped they will be found sufficiently correct, now, to meet with a favorable decision.
I have returned all the papers in each case in order that you might see I endeavored to remove the objections which were pointed out in the first declaration.
Yours & James Ager

4. (142)
John Clark
5. 11. 12
J. Ayer
P 101.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Clark which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No clergyman
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

I William Leaver of Waterville in the County of York & State of Maine aged 72 years do testify & say that I am well acquain- -ted with John Clark of Waterville aforesaid and do know that he served six months in the army of the revolution at a place called Concord in a company com- -manded by Capt. John Wentworth in Col. Enoch Poor's Regiment in the year 1776. I was in the same Army at the time & place where said Clark served and I served in the same company and regiment with him
his William + Leaver mark
York ss. August 24 th 1832
Personally appeared the above named William Leaver who is a credible disinterested witness & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed
Before me Jacobus L. Dyer Just. Peace
I Charles White of Parsonsfield York Co. Maine aged about 75 years do testify & say that in the year 1775 I belonged to the army of the revolution in a company commanded by Capt. Joshua Bragdon, in Col. Scammon's Regiment, I served eight months in the aforesaid company at a place called Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, and I do know that John Clark who now lives in the town of Waterville in the County of York, served in the same company with me the full term of eight months, I also say that I was acquainted with the said Clark be-

...swore eight months in the aforesaid Company at a place called Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, and I do know that John Clark who now lives in the town of Waterboro in the County of York, I swor in the same company with me the full term of eight months, I also say that I was acquainted with the said Clark be- fore we went into the service & have been ever since. In the year 1777 said John Clark and I belonged to a Regiment commanded by Col. Storer, he belonged Capt. Mason's company & I belonged to Capt. James Littlefield's & we both swor four months in said Regiment at the surrender of Burgoin Charles White
York ss August 17, 1832 Personally appeared the above named Charles White who is a credible disinterested witness & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me
James Otye Just. Peace
I Daniel Eastman of Cornish York Co. Maine age about 76 years do testify & say that I have been acquainted with John Clark who now lives in the town of Waterboro in the County of York ever since we were boys, and in the year 1775 we both belonged to a company infantry commanded by Capt. J. Braydon in Col. Simmons Regiment, that we both swor in said company eight months at Cambridge A.D. in the army of the Revolution
In the year 1777 said Clark & I swor four months in the revolutionary Army at the taking of Burgoin's Army, we both belonged to Col. Storer's Regiment, he belonged a company commanded by Capt. Joshua Mason and I belonged to Capt. ...

Col. Seamon's Regiment, that we both served in said company eight months at Cambridge Mass. in the army of the Revolution
In the year 1777 said Clark & I served some months in the revolutionary army at the taking of Burgoyne's Army, we both belonged to Col. Gor. Storer's Regiment; he belonged a company commanded by Capt. Joshua Mason and I belonged to Capt. James Littlefield's company Daniel Eastman
York ss. August 17th. 1802. Then personally appeared the above named Daniel Eastman, who is a credible disinterested witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, by him subscribed, Before me. James Ayer Just Peace
State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
I, WILLIAM CUTTER ALLEN, Register of Probate, for the County of York, hereby certify that James Ayer is a Justice of the Peace for said County of York as above stated, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is an genuine. annexed to the deposition of Charles Merrill and Daniel Eastman. and William Lever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal, this twentieth day of August , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Wm. Cutter Allen , Register of Probate.