Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,761, Jabesh Churchill, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Churchill, Jabesh
N 22,761
Merriah
B.L.9H, 3807-160-55
CONTENTS

376 Mrs. Maine Merrill Merrill widow of James Major who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Paed Jan 1840
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
1 st of July
Certificate of Pension issued the
8 th day of May 1838
and sent to
Hon. John Prince Turner Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 8. Vol. 1.
37

Con. Jany 29. 1824 com. J. August 21. 1823 Sent to Hon. Mr. E. Lincoln 18 Rep
7,891
Maine 4
Jabez L. Churchill
of Bucksport  Dix field in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth of the Mass. line line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of the list of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of Mar. 1819 and sent to J. K. Pavis, Esq. Paris, Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819-10 mo. 2 1/2 mo. 86.63 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 48.00
$134.63
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued on the roll under the law of the 1 May 1820. Naturalization sent to the 22 July 1820. Paris Maine

30764 Apr 2/55 act 55
Merriah Churchill Isabella Churchill and min
Map: Cont'd line,
Pensioner Cur: 376.
Cur: Mar.
Ad: 1600a, Aug: 11/55,
Blyton,
Baynton
3807 ip Aug 17/55
Rufus Prince Turner Me
Rec'd
Me July 482 No 376
Vol. 61-96.

Jacob Churchill (Private.)
Wiggleworth M aj or Reg t .
28 th Feb y 1777 to 29 th Feb y 1780
10 th April 1810—
Correct
Jacob Churchill first

I Yabez Churchill, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Buckfield in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that on the twenty eighth day of February, seventeen hundred and seventy seven, I enlisted into the army of the United States of America, on the continental establishment, for the term of three years as a private soldier in Captain Daniel Pillsbury's company and Colonel Mugglesworth's regiment, in the Massachusetts line, in which company I served as aforesaid, until the twenty ninth day of February A.D. 1780. when I received from said captain Pillsbury an honorable discharge, which I have since accidentally lost. I further testify, that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, and that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States.
Yabez Churchill
We, Eleanor Drake, of Hebron in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and Thaddeus Pratt of said Hebron do testify and say, that we were in the continental service during the revolutionary war, at the same period that the above named Yabez Churchill served, and to our certain knowledge said Churchill served the full term of three years as is above stated. We further testify, that said Churchill is in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Eleanor Drake Thaddeus Pratt

We the Subscribers, Selectmen of the town of Buckfield in the County of Oxford Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby certify that Mr. Joby Churcher of this town is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life; in need of assistance from his country for support —
Samuel H. Beman
Larnard Swallow
Buckfield April 21. 1840

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the tenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Isabell Churchill the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavits of Ebenezer Dukes and Phoebe Pratt, fellow soldiers with said applicant in the revolutionary war, made and signed in my presence, also the certificate of Samuel F. Brown & Leonard Swallow, municipal officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life; all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Isabell Churchill the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion P. Parrish
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Jabez Churchill 159.
Recd. 28 Octo: 1823.
In letter 29 Oct. 1823.
Samuel F. Brown. Bucksport, Me.
STATE OF MAINE.
Osford ss. At a Special Court of Common Pleas for the within Respect within and for the County of Osford — Deborah Weston Esquire, begun on the Wed —

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss.... At a Session Court of Common Pleas for the County of Oxford , begun and holden at Paris within and for the County of Oxford on the third being the Tues day of August  in the year of our Lord one thousand from May to May, or there  day of  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Ezekiel Whitman Esquire - Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty first day of August in the year 182 8 , personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas begun and holden as aforesaid
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keep- ing a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County  County - Jabesh Churchill aged sixty four - years, resident in Bucksport in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private in the company commanded by Capt. Daniel Pillsbury - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth - in the line of the State of Massachusetts - on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration made on the tenth day of April - A. D. 181 8 , and on which said declaration his Cer- tificate of Pension, numbered 7891 - was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Jabesh Churchill
Sworn to and declared, on the 21 day of August A. D. 182 8
BEFORE
Ezekiel Whitman
{ One of the Judges of the said Court
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: one Bed and bedding - one set cups and saucers - one tea kettle - one broken iron pot - one tub - one wooden pail - two tin pails - one tea pot - one chest - one steel trap - one gun - one iron kettle & one dog -
I am satisfied the articles enumerated in the above sche- dule do not exceed in value the sum of thirty dollars -
Ezekiel Whitman

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Jobeb Churchills who, by occupation am a Salomer which I am not able to pursue by reason of an incurable lameness in my right arm —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Marah my wife fifty nine years not able to contribute but a trifle towards her support by reason of rheumatism —  
Jobeb Churchills —
STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. I, Rufus H. Goodenow — Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit , within the county of Oxford — do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, does not exceed  thirty — dollars and  cents . IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirteenth day of October A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty three —  Rufus H. Goodenow { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Oxford .
James H. Brown Buckfield, Me.
In letter 29 Oct. 1823.
Rec. 28 Octo: 1823.
Jobeb Churchills — 169.

Hon ble E Lincoln A. Rep

I, Jabez Churchill of Buckfield in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, Labourer, testify and say that some time in the year eighteen hundred and twelve, finding myself infirm and not able to labor much, I agreed with my sons, Shepard and Bela Churchill of said Buckfield to take my land and support me during life. I accordingly conveyed to them my said land consisting of about sixty acres, much of it being a poor rocky ledge, being the only land that I then owned and my said sons made to me an obligation to support me and my wife during our lives. This obligation has long since been lost and is not now to be found. The deed of conveyance from me to my said sons purported to convey one hundred and twenty acres more or less, but the land included in the description did not in fact all belong to me, about one half of it belonged to my said sons in common, they having purchased it jointly together. But the deed having been made to me, the whole was deeded together by me as aforesaid to my said sons. My said sons Bela and Shepard contributed to my support for some time but as their families have become large and being very poor, they have long since failed to supply me sufficient for my necessities and their reduced circumstances now renders them hardly competent to support their own families. The pension which I drew from the United States Government assisted me essentially, but its cessation reduced me again to indigence. The reason why I have not before applied to be restored to the pension list and exhibit a schedule of my property, is because I thought I would try to do without the help of Government so long as my own exertions and the trifling help of my sons could support me. I consider the said obligation against my sons as worth nothing if I now had it to enforce. The disposal of what property I have had since March 1 st . 1818 is as follows, viz. One cow sold for hay in the year 1819. One cow consumed in my family as beef in 1820. Four sheep sold to Amos Winslow in 1820 who paid for them by hay-

ing a debt of mine to Thomas Waldren.
Two yearling steers sold to Nathaniel Briggals (the time I have forgotten) for a gun and six yards of cotton shirting.
One plough sold to Bela Churchill for a gun.
One cow sold to Amos Winslow for ten dollars, who paid for the same by paying my debts to John Sebring and Eliphalel Beckhard and a small balance to me.
The guns aforesaid I have exchanged repeatedly and generally had boot which I have applied to purchase necessaries; the particulars of their disposal I cannot now recollect. I have now one gun only. Some of the above named articles I purchased with my pension money.
The above is a true account of what property I have had since March 18. 1818 and the disposal of the same except such trifles as I have consumed as necessaries in my family which it is impossible for me to account for particularly at this time. In testimony of the above I hereunto set my
hand this twenty eighth day of November 1823
Isabell Churchill
District of Maine ss.
December 2 d 1823 Personally appeared the above named Churchill and made oath to the truth of the affidavit by him above subscribed.
Before me
Asa River Ware Judge of the U. S. for Dist. of Maine

Amos Winslow of Buckfield on oath say that the facts stated in the above affidavit of Jabez Churchill so far as they relate to the poverty of his two sons are known to me to be true, I being a neighbor of both of them. They keep but one cow each and neither has a trade or any means of support but from their farms and labor.
Amos Winslow
District of Maine ss
December 2. 1823.
Personally appeared the above named Winslow and made oath to the truth of the affidavit by him above subscribed.
Before me
Asahel Ware Judge of the U.S. for the District of Maine
United States of America Maine District ss
In testimony that the foregoing are true copies from the records of the United States District Court for said District I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of December A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty three.
John Mufsey Clerk

9737
Merrill G. Churchill
Recd .. Oct 7 in July 38

State of Maine Oxford County ss.
On this tenth day of October AD 1843, Personally appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court held at Paris within and for said County of Oxford, Merriah Churchill a resident of Buckfield in said County age seventy eight years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, - That she is the widow of Jobebah Churchill, who was a private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that she is not able to state the names of the Officers under whom he served, or the Regt or Corps to which he belonged, but that he was a Pensioner under the Act of the 18th of March 1818, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, the certificate of which was numbered 7,891, and payable at Portland, Maine - And she would refer the Department to the evidence accom- panying his declaration, on which he obtained said certificate for proof of the service etc. She further declares, that she was married to the said Jobebah Churchill on the twenty fifth day of January, nineteen hundred & eighty six at a place, then called Shephardfield, now Hebron - And that the Reverend John Strickland of Turner (then called Sylvester Plantation) Solemnized the Marriage - That her name previous to her marriage with said Churchill -

was Merriah Benson, that her husband the aforesaid Jobesh Churchill died on the sixteenth day of August 1893, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred ninety four viz at the time above stated, - and that she still remains a widow and unmarried
Attest J G Goble
Merriah her } Churchill mark
State of Maine
Oxford ss
On this tenth day of October in the year eighteen hundred & forty three the above named Merriah Churchill made her mark as above and made oath that the foregoing declaration by her signed is true before me Ezekiel Whitman
Ch. Justice of the P. I. Court of said State

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings upon the application of Meriah Churchill widow of Abiah Churchill for a Pension at the Supreme Judicial Court held at Paris within and for the County of Oxford on the second Tuesday of October 1843 before Ezekiel Whitman Esquire Chief Justice of said Court, whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate
I further certify that Job Prince whose genuine signature is affixed to the Depositions of Hira Bradford, John Bicknell, and Amos Winslow, which are hereto annexed is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford & duly qualified as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this tenth day of October 1843
Joseph Gleason Clerk

"A. Record of the return of Marriages made by the Minister of Gospel as followeth Viz"
"This certifies I have joined in Marriage the following persons in the year 1785 & 86 to April 30. 1786, John Strickland Minister of Gospel Plantation in the County of Cumberland (Viz)"
Isaac Churchill & Merriam Benson Jan'y. twenty fifth seventeen hundred eighty six.
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of the town of Turner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine. with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - "Jan'y. 25 th 1786."
Hira Bradford Town Clerk I Hira Bradford, depose & say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town of Turner in said County and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named. as certified by me -
Hira Bradford Town Clerk
State of Maine
Oxford ss. September 30 th 1833
Personally appeared Hira Bradford Clerk of the town of Turner and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed Before Me, Job Prince Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, SS.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
 ELISHA WINTER , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD , and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
Job Prince Esquire, was on the Twenty ninth day of March  1855 , ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County , duly authorized to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of our said Court, this Twenty ninth day of March 1855
Elisha Winter Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
City of Offord ss.
On this twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
Merriam Churchill aged Eighty eight years, a resident of Bucksport in the County and State
aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of
Jabez Churchill deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  Revolutionary War in the
Regiment of and a Pension commanded by Colonel  of the United States
in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.
And that she is a Pensioner under the Act of February
2) 1848 at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum that
her Pension Certificate is dated the eighth day of February 1857
That he was  and numbered 376 and for proof of the time
on or about the Marriage and day of death of her said husband
the term of  She would refer the Department and continued in actual
service in said war for the term of  to her declaration and the
and was honorably discharged at  evidence attached on thereto
day of  A. D. as will appear by
upon which she was granted said Pension
Said Pension is payable at the Maine Agency
She further states, that she was married to the said _____ in _____ on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____ by one _____ a _____, and that her name before her said marriage was _____; that her said husband died at _____ on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____ and that she is now a widow. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty land, under this or

any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and believes that her said husband never applied for or received Bounty land under any Act of Congress, in his life time.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Merriam Churchill do hereby constitute and appoint Rufus Prince of Turner in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Merriam Churchill Mark
30. 864
We Asa Taylor and Amos K. Winslow residents of Bethfield in the County of Offord and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Merriam Churchill in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration. and that we live in the immediate neighborhood of said applicant and know that she is still a widow and a Pensioner of the United States and has a Pension Certificate in her possession Asa Taylor Amos K. Winslow
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Merriam Churchill the declarant above named, and by Asa Taylor and Amos K. Winslow witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
L. B. Prince Justice of the Peace.

Rev. and 1818 War Section.
awf
May 25, 1926
Mrs. Jesse Long 30 N. LaSalle St, Room 1333 Chicago, Ill
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 22761, it appears that Jabesh Churchill , while residing at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, enlisted February 28, 1777 and served as a private in Captain Daniel Pilsbury's Company, Colonel Wigglesworth's Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged February 29, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, while a resident of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine. In 1823, he stated that he was sixty-four years old.
He died August 16, 1843.
Soldier married January 25, 1786 at Shepherds-

field, Mariah or Merriah Benson. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 10, 1843, while a resident of Buckfield, Maine, aged seventy-eight years.
Sons, Sheppard and Bela, are referred to, their ages are not given, their families are referred to, no names are stated, and there is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

3807
S
160 Acres

No. 30.764
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 2, 187 55
Merriah Churchill Wid of J. Churchill. Revolutionary War.
Warrant No 3807-160-55
Rufus Prince Gurner Maine

Res WIDOW, &c.
1824 Feb. 24 Hech to Mrs. B. H. Barker later in m. 23. 551 Ephraim Barrow 1826 May 25 Hech to Mrs. Jesse Aug 4th.
File No. 22,761
Mariah Churchill widow of Jabesh Churchill Pris. New War
Act Feb 29. 48
Index: Vol. A , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Letter to Pension Agent 27. June 1844
Maine 8333
Merriah Churchill widow of Jabesh Churchill
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 16. August 1843 of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nigglesworth in the Mass. line for 2 years,
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. This certificate issued in lieu of one dated 22 d April 1840 which was erroneous.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of June 1844 and sent to Hon. A. K. Parris, 2 d Comptroller
Total amount, $_____
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1, Page 3,

Ref? See letter Sept. 18. 1844 to Hon. A. K. Parris-
1543
Maine 5775
Merriah Churchill
widow of Jabesh Churchill
who was a Private
in the Revolution,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
16 th August 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28, day of June 1844 and sent to Hon. A. K. Parris P. Comptroller
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
8 1844
Recorded in Book A,
Vol. 1. Page 254.

Resolution N o 320
Res p .
Maine 5775
Merrah Churchill widow of Jabish Churchill who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. & end 16 th August 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of June 1845 and sent to Job Prince, Esq. Turner, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
By Resolution of 23 Jan y . 1845.
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1.
Page 254

376.
Name
Mariah Churchill widow of Jabesh Churchill
Reported
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of June 1848 and sent to
Hon. A. Clark Hoff R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page Vol.

8233
Reported
Maine
Mariah Churchill widow of Pabesh Churchill
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 10th August 1843 of Oxford in the State of Maine who was a Captain in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass line for One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 44 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of April, 1844 and sent to Mr. David Turner, Maine
Total Amount, $ 220.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thos. Cummins Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1. Page 3.

Merriah Churchill widow of Jabesh Churchill.
under act 43 to commence 16 th August 1843
Private $80 per ann
act 7 July 1838, to # commence 4 March 1836
1 st Issued in lieu of one dated 22 nd April 1844, in which there was an error.
Marine Roll
1 st Enter & number it under acts 43 & 44 and issue a Certificate embracing both acts
Send cert: to the 6095 Hon. A. K. Parris 2 nd Comptroller

Jan 21/17
Coa Sub. to p. 96 of 1848 per act. of Cong. 1 July 1848 37/1
H. H. Smith Senate U.S.
Senior certificate to Hon. John Prince Turner Me

State of Maine } County of Oxford } ss
On this second day of January in the year 1851, personally appeared before Job Prince Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, Merviah Churchill a resident of Backfield in said County of Oxford aged eighty five years who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit XXXXX of the of the Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States passed on the first day of July A.D. 1848 "relative to evidence in application for pensions" That she is the widow of Jobab Churchill who served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War and was granted a pension under the Act of 18th March 1818 at the rate of eight dollars per month that her husband the aforesaid Jobab Churchill died on the sixteenth day of August A.D. 1843, and for proof of her marriage with the said Jobab Churchill &c she would refer the Department to the evidence accompanying her declaration on which she was granted a pension under the Act of February 2 d 1848, and she makes this declaration in order to obtain the additional sum to which she is entitled

under the joint Resolution aforesaid, witnesseth,
Amos Winslow
Merrill her X Churchill Mark
State of Maine Oxford County ss.
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Merrill Churchill on the day and year first above written.
Before Me
Job Prince { Judge of the Court of Records for said County

State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
I the Subscribed Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that the same is a Court of Record, and that Job Prince whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration of Mervial Churchill, is Judge of said Court, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such, both in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name this Seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Geo. R. Sheard,

THE BUREAU OF PENSIONERS, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Chicago March 26, 1926.
Revolutionary War Section.
My dear Sir:-
Will you be so kind to furnish me with a copy of my Revolutionary ancestors affidavit containing family data. He was
Jabez Churchill, born in Bridgewater, Mass., 1759 died Hebron, Maine Married Maria Benson, b.1765, married 1785
He served as Private in Capt. Prentiss, Marshall, Snell, Porter's, Pillsbury's, et al companies, something over four years lapsed all told.
Thanking you very kindly for anything you may be able to furnish me, I am, with many thanks,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Jesse Long,
Room 1333, #30 North LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Ill.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N. F. 22 761
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Churchill 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.     Feb'y 28. 1777 Feb'y 29. 1780 Pvt. Daniel Pillsbury Highworth Mass.          
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bridgewater Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 10. 1818. His cl. was at
Residence at date of application, Buckfield Oxford Co. Me. Dist Mass.
Age at date of application, 64 years old in 1823
Remarks:
He married { Died Aug. 16. 1843  He married { Lany 25. 1786. at Shepherdfield, Merriam  Reason who was at Kennebec on an application executed  Oct. 10. 1843 while a resident of Oxford Co. Me. aged 78  years. Sons Shepard and Bela are referred to. There  is no other data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
A19
Commissioner.

M. Churchill
Payment to be made at
Portland by
William Woodbury Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 6, Vol. 1.
Geo. Shu King Clerk.
1 1 1 1 1

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Merriah Churchill, widow of Jabesh Churchill who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States thirteen  twenty first day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W. L. Marcy.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edrards Commissioner of Pensions. By H. S. Evans.

Turner October 11. 1843
Lt. S. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions
Sir - herewith you will receive the application of Merriab Churchill for a Pension and when you have any commu- -nications to make in relation to the same - Please address the subscriber at Turner, Maine
Very respectfully Your Oblt Servt Job Prince

June 16, 1845. Moral Church Re Jan 23 1845.
File.
L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

State of Maine Turner June 13 - 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq - Sir herewith you will receive the declaration of Merrick Church, & when you have any communication to make in relation thereto - please address to the subscriber - at Turner Maine Respectfully Yours Job Prince

John Sargent Timothy Knapp Isaac D. Williams Martin H. Smith David L. Wood
Merriah Churchill
under the joint resolution of 23 d January, 1845, & act 3 d March, 1843
Adm d : $80 per annum - from 4 th March, 1843, to 16 th August, 1843. -
Job Prince Esq r : Turner, Maine.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 d January, 1845. Whereas the act of the 30 th of April 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner. I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned - I am the widow of Caleb Churchill who was a private in the war of the Revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum from the fourth day of March 1836 to the fourth day of March 1841, and also from the sixteenth day of August 1843 - and now ask for the amount due me from the fourth day of March 1843 to the sixteenth day of August 1843, when my former and last pension commenced. I made my declaration before the 30 th of April 1844 and it was filed in the Pension Office before the 23 d of January 1845.
Witness L P Prince
Mary Churchill Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this seventeenth day of June in the year 1845, at Buckfield in the State of Maine. ————— Job Prince, justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing Affidavit.
Job Prince - justice of the Peace

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss.
I Joseph G. Cobb Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County hereby certify that Job Prince whose genuine signature is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace throughout the State of Maine duly commissioned and qualified as such
In testimony whereof I hereto affix the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court and subscribe my name this eleventh day of June in the year 1845
Joseph G. Cobb Clerk as aforesaid

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Turner June 10th 1844 Hon. Abias H. Paris
Dear Sir -
Herewith you will receive the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass, in relation to the Service of Jabez Churchill in the Revolution, also the Affidavit of Nathaniel Pocknow to the same -
You will perceive that the certificate reads Jabez instead of Jabesh - And the Secretary has given the certificate as he says in his letter to me because "there can be no doubt as to the identity." The Land agent of this State, in his examination into the claims of the Revolutionary Soldiers for the Land Bounty, satisfied himself from an examination of the Rolls, that Mr Churchill served about four years - And as there is no doubt (as I view it) I suppose that the widow is entitled to an additional allowance of 40 dollars per annum under the 5 years Act, You doubtless recollect that

She was allowed for one year service as a corporal, we now show about 3 years as a private in addition.
I have directed this to your care by her request, & hope you will attend to it & see that she has further done her a much oblige the undersigned, who takes this opportunity to express his gratitude to you for past favors
With Much respect Yours truly
Col. Prince

207 Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 5 1811
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Sabey Churchill of Bridgewater is borne upon the Continental Army lists in the 13th regiment Col Wigglesworth & Smith, as a private from February 28 1777 to Feb 10. 1780
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. M. Serfs. Depy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Maine County of Oxford.
Town of Buckfield The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office of the service of my late husband, Iabesh Churchill who served during most of the Revolutionary war, and the greater part, of the time as a private soldier, - I am not able to state the names of all the officers under whom he served, but am satisfied that he served three years previous to 1780 in Capt Pillsbury's company, 1st Wiggles- worth Regt, and in 1780 enlisted again in the same Regt, am confident he served one or two campaigns previous to the three years service, but cannot name the officers, he was a resident of Bridgewater Mass. when he enlisted. I have empowered Job Prince of Turner in said county to act as my Attorney in the premises Witness my hand this 21. day of May 1844 Signed in my presence by the son of Merriab her Churchill Merriab Churchill Mark Job Prince Justine of the Rev

Marion Marion Churchill
Admitted
Hon. J. Clark Hoffe

State of Maine County of Oxford ss.
On this fourteenth day of June 1848, personally appeared before me Job Prince a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Merriah Churchill, a resident of Buckfield in the County of Oxford aged Eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second day of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jobesh Churchill who who was a Private in the Revolution and for proof of the service of her late husband marriage &c. She would refer the Department to the declaration, by her made, and the evidence accompanying the same upon which she was granted a Pension of Eighty dollars per annum under the act of 17th June 1834. She further declares she is still a widow witness } N. Kimball Prince her Merriah Churchill mark
Sworn to and subscribed by the said declarant, (with whom I am well acquainted) on the day and year first above written
Before me
Job Prince Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County, ss :
I, the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
Jah Prince whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing Declaration of Meniah Churchill is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this
fifteenth day of June A. D. 184 8
Charles Andrews CLERK.
Churchill
Prince

I Nhemiah Packard of Auburn, in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, aged Eighty two years, testify and say, that I enlisted, and served three years during the Revolutionary War, as a Drummer in the 13 th Regt under Col. Wigglesworth, in Capt Pillsbury's company, and that Jobab Churchill late of Buckfield in the County of Oxford, deceased, who then resided in Bridgewater and within two miles of my place of residence served as a private Soldier in the same company with me during the whole of said term. I further testify that I have ever been acquainted with said Churchill from his boyhood to the time of his death, that he left a widow by the name of Merriah Churchill who now resides in Buckfield aforesaid
Nhemiah Packard
State of Maine } Cumberland County }
On this twenty fifth day of May 1844 Personally appeared Nhemiah Packard a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed - Before Me Job Prime Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss.
I Joseph G. Cook Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Oxford hereby certify that Job Prince whose genuine signature is affixed to the within deposition of Nathaniel Packard is a Justice of the Peace throughout the State duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is to be given to his acts as such in each and every County in said State
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court and subscribe my name this twenty eight day of May 1844
Joseph G. Cook Clerk as aforesaid

Hon E Lincoln D Rep Jan 28. 1824

We John Bicknell, James Bowdoin Jr & Richard Waldrun all of Buckfield in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, on oath say that we are neighbors of Jabez Churchill, Bela Churchill and Sheppard Churchill of said Buckfield and that we are well acquainted with their apparent pecuniary circumstances from which we conclude that it is as much as they said Sheppard and Bela can do to maintain their families and that it would distress them to be compelled to support their father, the said Jabez Churchill, who is a very poor man possessing no property apparently of any consequence and is not able to labor much -
John Bicknell
Richard Waldrun
James Bowdoin Jr
State of Maine -
Oxford ss. Dec. 13. 1823
Then the above named John Bicknell Richard Waldrun & James Bowdoin Jr to me well known to be men of veracity & disinterested appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed before me Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace
We Benjamin Spalding & Enoch Hall, both of Buckfield in the County of Oxford & State of Maine on oath say that we are two of the three overseers of the Poor of said town of Buckfield for the year 1823 - that we have a general knowledge of the pecuniary circumstances of Jabez Churchill of said Buckfield and his two sons, Sheppard & Bela from which we should judge that said Jabez is a poor man possessing little or no property and incapable of labor in any considerable degree and that said Bela & Sheppard have a pretty hard task to support their own families in a comfortable manner and that they could not afford to support their father & mother without taking from themselves what is necessary for their own comfort -
Benj. Spalding
Enoch Hall
State of Maine -
Oxford ss. Dec. 13. 1823
Then the above named Benjamin Spalding & Enoch Hall

to me well known as men of veracity, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed before me,
Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace
I, Elisha Parkard of Buckfield in the county of Oxford & State of Maine on oath certify, that I am one of the assessors of said Buckfield for the year of 1823, that the whole amount of the valuation of property both real & personal belonging to Shepherd Church & Bela Church -hills of said Buckfield, as taken by said assessors on the first day of May last, is as follows viz. the said Shepherd two hundred & seventy seven dollars, & the said Bela two hundred & five Dollars - & I further say that James Churchills, of said Buckfield the father of s'd Shepherd & Bela is not taxed for any property nor for his Poll for the said year
Elisha Parkard
Buckfield Decr 17, 1823
Oxford ss. December 17, 1823. Then the above named Elisha Parkard, to me well known as a man of truth and disinterested in the case to which this certificate pertains, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace

I John Bicknell of Woodstock in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged forty seven years, testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Jobeb Churchill late of Bucksfield, deceased, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States - that he died on the sixteenth day of August 1843 and that he left a widow by the name of Mercy Churchill, who still remains a widow and unmarried, and now resides in Bucksfield aforesaid John Bicknell
State of Maine } Oxford County } ss.
On this tenth day of October A.D. 1843 Personally appeared John Bicknell above named, a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed Before Me
Job Prince Justice of the Peace

I Amos Winslow of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, aged forty two years, do hereby and say, That I was well acquainted with Jobish Churchill late of said Buckfield, deceased, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that he died on the sixteenth day of August 1843, and that he left a widow by the name of Merriah Churchill, who still remains a widow and unmarried and now resides in Buckfield aforesaid Amos Winslow
State of Maine County of Oxford
On this tenth day of October 1843 personally appeared Amos Winslow a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Job Prince Justice of the Peace