Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 715, Scamon Chadbourne, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Chadbourne, Scamon or Scammon Polly.
W. 715
CONTENTS

18.193
Maine
Samson Chadburn
York Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wood of the Reg't commanded by Col. Gannond on the Mt. mtn. for Hmo 2
Entered on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July 1833 and sent to Burleigh Hobbs. S t Berwick
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $73.32 Rem-ant. allowance ending Septm - 18.33
$91.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by B. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 8
Payroll Note - it has been shown to Genl. in law of Samson to the rate of 31 Sept. 1833 W. L. W.

129 N. Williams Dolly Chadbourne widow of Stephen Chadbourne who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private N. Hampshire.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1848. 3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of August 1853 and sent to
E. W. Bennett Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 9, 1848, Page 2 Vol. A
3 rd Feby 1853
1853

Scammon Chadbourne 11 months South Berwick Me
Private, militia 1780.
State of Maine.

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this Fifteenth day of August 18 32 personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. Am. A. Hayes Judge of the Court of Probate for said County now sitting at South Berwick  Scammon Chase a resident of South Berwick 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.
He enlisted as a volunteer and minute man in the militia line for the term of one month in March A D 1775, that he served said term in Capt Alexander Scammons Company in drilling at Berwick in said County where he resided when he entered the service. and he never had any discharge from the above service that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can have, who can testify to his service aforesaid, that afterwards, he enlisted again in May A D 1775 as a private in the militia line for the term of Eight months , he left home soon after he enlisted and served under the following named officers viz Capt Wood, Lieut Thomas Butts and Ensign Nathan Lord, Col Alexander Scammon, Lt Col Moullon and Maj Wood, (our captain having been promoted to the office of Major, soon after we arrived at Cambridge and Ebenezer Sullivan appointed captain in his place) Genl Putnam and Genl Ward commanded as Generals, but to which our Regiment belonged, he does not recollect, he resided in Berwick aforesaid when he enlisted, he marched from said Berwick to Cambridge Ms. where and at Roxbury Ms. he was stationed, he was in the Battle of Bunkerhill, he does not recollect any
officers there at that time whom he knew he left the above service in January A D 1776 he had a written discharge signed by Capt Sullivan, which was burnt several years ago with his house, that Jonathan Welch of Wells in said County can testify to the above service whom affidavit is herewith sent.
That after the above term had expired he enlisted again in January A D 1776 as a private in the militia line for the term of two months , he left home at the same time and served under the following named officers viz Capt James Rober Leut  William Hall , Ensign Joseph Chadbourne, Col Robinsons Regiment, the names of the other officers he has forgotten he resided in Berwick aforesaid, when he en
Scammon Chase

and served under the following named officers Capt James Rober Lieut  William Hall, Major Joseph Chadbourne Col Robinson's Regiment, the names of the other officers he has forgotten he resided in Berwick aforesaid when he en- tered the service, he served the last mentioned Arm - Roxbury (Mass), he was engaged in no battles, he does not recollect any
officers there at that time whom he knew, he left the above service in March of the same year, he never had any written discharge, that Jonathan Welch of Wells aforesaid served in the same company with him whom affida- vit is herewith sent, that Joseph Williams a clergyman residing in the town of Berwick in said County and Isaac Chick of York or the said County are well acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, he was born A.D. 1755 in Berwick now called South Berwick in said County of York, where he re- turned after he left the service and has resi- ded there ever since, there is a record of his age on the Records of the town of Ber- wick aforesaid
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, as (if any) of the State of Maine the State of Maine
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Deacon Isaac Chick Joseph W. Chadbourne
We Joseph Williams, a clergyman, residing in the town of Berwick and Isaac Chick, residing in the town of York hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Deacon Chadbourne 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. Joseph Williams - Isaac Chick
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Deacon Isaac Chick Joseph W. Chadbourne
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
Joseph Williams, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Berwick Maine, and that Isaac Chick, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of York Maine and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the said Court of Pensions aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Deacon Chadbourne for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of August, A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Pensions.

Maine. Act 3 Febry 1833
Polly Chubborne widow of Scammon Put. Act 1832.
L. W. Brannett Atty Present.

J. B. F. Parks, Clerk of the Town of South Berwick, hereby certifies, that the following entry appears on the Records of said Town, viz
"Married in South Berwick by William Hight Esq. Deacon Ebenezer and Polly Hackley, both of said South Berwick, March tenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty" except the date, which is in figures, thus "March 10, 1830". B. F. Parks.
I, Benj F. Parks, testify and depose, that I am the clerk of said Town of South Berwick duly chosen and qualified, and that the extract above from the records of said Town, is correct,
B. F. Parks.
Sworn to & subscribed, before me this tenth day of May Anno Domini, eighteen hundred & fifty three, and testified, that I have no interest, in this claim either as attorney, agent, or otherwise.
Schood Goaden
Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
York County, ss.
I, Joshua Herrick, Register of the Court of Probate, within & for said County of York, do certify that Ichabod Goodwin within written is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of York, duly commissioned & qualified, and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court, this eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred fiftythree.
Joshua Herrick } Register of the Court of Probate York County

State of Maine County of York of Probate
On this tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, before the undersigned a Judge of the Court held in and for the County and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, personally appeared Mrs. Polly Chadbourne — who is to me known as a resident of the Town of South Berwick, in the County of York and State of Maine, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, approved 3rd February A.D. 1853, viz:
That she is the widow of Scammon Chadbourne — deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States under act of 1832 upon the Roll of the Portland Agency — at the rate of $ per annum; She also further states that the certificate for Pension which was issued to her late husband, was, accidentally, issued in the name of Simson Chadbourne instead of Scammon Chadbourne; She further declares that she was married to the said Scammon Chadbourne, on the tenth March day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty — as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed: That her husband the aforesaid Scammon Chadbourne died on the twenty fourth day of January — in the year eighteen hundred and forty two. She further avers that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application as attorney, agent or otherwise; and I further certify that the said Polly Chadbourne, by reason of old age and bodily infirmity, is unable to attend the regular term of the Court aforesaid.
Wm. C. Allen, Judge as aforesaid.
her Polly X Chadbourne mark.
Witness J. Goodwin
I do hereby constitute and appoint Clement W. Bennett, of Washington N.H. any time a lawful attorney for the purpose of presenting this my application for a Pension, to attend to the same while pending and to receive the Certificate when issued and to do all things necessary and proper as fully as I could do were I personally present. Dated this 10th day of May, 1853.
Witness. J. Goodwin
Acknowledged on the day and year aforesaid, before me, Wm. C. Allen, Judge.
her Polly X Chadbourne mark.
State of Maine: County of York:
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Probate,
Being a Court of Record held in and for the said County that Scammon Chadbourne, who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $ per annum, and a later resident of the County and State aforesaid —
died on the twenty fourth day of January, eighteen hundred and forty two, and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz: Polly Chadbourne his widow and no children by said Chadbourne; but the said applicant has one, and but one, child by a former husband, whose name is Mary Ann Blackley;
Witness my hand this tenth day of May, A.D. 1853.
Wm. C. Allen, Judge as aforesaid.
State of Maine, County of York.
I do hereby certify that Hon. William C. Allen whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Probate held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this
15th day of May A.D. 1853.
Joshua Merrill { Register of the Court J. Nichols, York County

May 23/53
no 1871
Fanny Chadbourne
wid Scammon Concord
18193 Maine
3rd Feb 1833
Rev
Allowed 13. Aug 1853 at $36.66 per Ann from 3rd Feb 1853 P. W. Cook Ex Cash
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PERSONNEL OFFICE - OFFICIAL BUSINESS
J. W. Bennett Presents Morgenthau Holloman

Oct. 15-1900 - Hilt to W. M. Somers Full River Mass.
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
715
Polly Chadbourne, Widow.
Scammon Chadbourne, Pain. Rev. Wm.
Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Index - Vol.
A
Page
127
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Fall River, Mass., Oct. 2, 1903.
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:- Will you kindly furnish me
with the records of the following Revolutionary soldiers bearing the name of Chadbourn, in case any of them happened to have been pensioned. There is considerable variation in the spelling of the name in ancient documents, and sometimes a T occurs where the D should be:
Chamion Chadbourn
Francis "
Lt. Joseph "
Levi " a clergyman
Lt. Nathaniel (or Nathan) Chadbourn
Samuel "
Scammon "
Wilburn "
All of these were from Maine.
Regretting that the exigencies of genealogical investigation necessitate putting you to this trouble, and thanking you for the courtesy, I remain,
Respy. yours, William M. Emery P.O. Box 397

adm 11 m's 30. 30
Penleigh & Hobbs South Berwick Maine

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Samson Chadbourne 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?
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?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
One part of a declaration must not be referred to another
No - See Quere 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Washington
May 24, 1853.
Hon. S. P. Waldo, C Commr of Pensions (Sir).
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration of Mrs. Polly Chadbourne widow of Scammon Chadbourne deceased late a pensioner, Maine roll, act 1832; for the benefits of of her 3 d July 1853.
Very Respectfully Your Obedient S. W. Bennett

Polly Chadbourn Wife of Seamon Chadbourn $36.66 Died 14 th day 1842

Brief in the case of Polly Cabourn Wif of Seamon Chadbourne Yorke County and State of Maine Under the act 3 Feby 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Seamon Chadbourne was a Re Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at $36.66 per annum & who died 24 Jany 1842 Polly Seamon on the 10 May 1853 in the Court of the County & State aforesaid made application for a new pay under the Act of 3 rd Feby 1853 Marriage proven by Public Record
(if for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death by Burialers Certificate
Identity of Widow & continued Widowhood by two Witnesses of long acquaintance Pension allowed at the rate of $36.66 per annum from the 3 rd day of Feby 1853
August 13 th 1853
C. W. Name and residence of Agent Pennell Esq. Present
Daniel McCook Examining Clerk.

415
24-GEN. (Rev. No. 5-1891)
5-22
Bureau of Pensions.
Scammon Chelborne
Aug 15, 1832-77
South Berwick Maine
mot - Berwick Me A.H.
Capt Alice Scammon
Col - Pvt - 1 m
my 75 Capt Wood
Col Alice Scammon
Pvt - 8 m
Bat. Dunker Hill
July 26 Capt Jas Roberts
Col Robinson
Pvt - 2 m
Born 1755, Berwick Me
mar - Polly Hackley
Mar 10, 1830
D - July 24, 1843

Pension Office
4 Aug 53
This case is respectfully referred to 3 d Ave for date of death of Pensioner & of last payment
Very Respectfully
J. Cole Chief Clerk
H. H. C., (see other side.)
Scammon Chubborne, Ad. 7 th June 1832. p. 36. 66. p. an. -
Deed 24 th Jany. 1843. Paid
to his death
J. Brins Auditor

St. George County Court York County Maine 10 May 1853
Marriage of her 10 March 1820 By Public Record
June 24 Jany 1842 her By 2 witnesses identity of Widow and court Widowhood

Jonathan Welch of Wells in the County of York and State of Maine do hereby certify that I lived prior to the Revolutionary war within about thirty rods of John Scamman Chadbourne then in Berwick now South Berwick. I was then about twenty five years old. And I well recollect that said Scamman Chadbourne in 1775 left home as a soldier in Capt Woods Company for eight months as was said at that time. This was in the spring of the year. I recollect that within the time of his enlistment he returned for a few days on a furlough, and his father procured one Gideon Walker to serve in his stead during said furlough. Afterwards in the fall of the same year I enlisted into the army under Capt Hylton, and was stationed at Malden. Soon after my arrival at Malden I saw Scamman Chadbourne who was then stationed at Cambridge, doing duty as a soldier in Capt Sullivan's Company. Soon after that time said Chadbourne took his leave and he left the army. I recollect of seeing him when he crossed his Native River on his return home - Jonathan Welch
Witness J. H. Burleigh Subscribed & sworn to the 24th day of July 1832 - Before me - John H. Burleigh Justice of the Peace
I Jonathan Welch of Wells in the County of York and State of Maine aged eighty one years do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Scamman Chadbourne of South Berwick that in 1776 about the 15th of January said Chadbourne enlisted in the Revolutionary Army

York and State of Maine aged eighty one years upon and say that I am well acquainted with Scamman Chadbourne of South Berwick that in 1776 about the 15th of January said Chadbourne enlisted in to the Militia in the Revolutionary Army for two months under Capt James Roberts Tristram Hall was Lieut and Joseph Chad- bourne 2 d Lieut in Gen Thomas Brigade And said Scamman Chadbourne lived said term in Roxbury in the State of Massachu- setts
I was a soldier in the same company and enlisted and served with said Scamman the same time and well recollect that he lived at the same time with me -
Witness J. A. Burleigh Jonathan Welch his mark
Subscribed and sworn to the 23 d day of July 1832. before me John A. Burleigh Jus Proce
I hereby certify that Jonathan Welch who signed the above deposition is a credible witness and disinterested John A. Burleigh Jus Proce
State of Maine.
YORK, SS.
I, WILLIAM CUTTER ALLEN, Register of Probate, for the County of York, hereby certify that Wm A. Burleigh is a Justice of the Peace for said County of YORK as above stated, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is all genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal, this fifteenth day of August , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Wm. Cutter Allen , Register of Probate.