Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,744, Jonathan Cushman, Mass. Navy Privateer

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Mass.
Cushman Jonathan
S. 29,744
Navy
Privateer
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Jonathan Cushman of Farming in the State of Me who was a Serget in the Compny commanded by Captain Dillingham of the Regt commanded by Col Francis in the Mass a line for 7 mo 18 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Me at the rate of 38 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Jan'y 1833 and sent to R. C. Vose Augusta Me
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 $ 5 77 Pensant. allowance ending Oct 1833 - 1 9
$ 7 60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 3 Vol. 1 st Page 52

Jonathan Cushman Sergeant Capt. Dillingham, C o French, Reg t Jan y . to March 1776 — 2. — May to November '76 — 6. — Sergeant — 8. — Midshipman in Sloop Argo — Capt. Talbot from Jan y 79 to mid Feb y 1780 — 8. — Prize Master — Pres. Brig. Peggy — Privateer 3 mo. Proof Certificate Rev. Nathan Sewall E.D. Bangs. Cert — 7 m 18 day of Aug t 
Adm t Ser t / u o 18 Aug 1838
R. C. Vose, Augusta Maine

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY,
On this tenth  third day of July  July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Jonathan Cushman a resident of Farmington in the County of Kennebec 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Benjamin Dillingham and served in Col. French's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Dillingham Capt.
and French Col. That he enlisted in January 1776 as a Sergeant in said Company & regiment for two months, & served at Roxbury, & was there until the British left Boston. That he was verbally discharged in March of the same year. That in May 1776 he again enlisted in a Company of the same troops commanded by Capt. Benjamin Dillingham to go with said Company to Dartmouth. to guard the  to guard the fort build a fort, that he served out the full term of his enlistment in said Company at said place that being the only Company stationed there. Verbally discharged the last of November of the same year. He having enlisted for seven months. That he enlisted as a midshipman on board the Sloop Large on some one of the first days of June in the year 1779, commanded by Capt. Isaac Talbot , that on the next day after he enlisted said Sloop sailed out of New Bedford to cruise on the Coast against the enemy, & during her cruise she took two prizes the ship Dragon & the brig Blencathra & returned with her prizes to New Bedford in about two, or three months, that he continued to serve in said Sloop until said Capt. Talbot was appointed to the command of a twenty gun ship the last of February 1780. That the said Talbot then left him at Providence R.I. in charge of the said Prize Blencathra under the  the command of the said Talbot as the said Talbot told him. That he was never discharged but waited his Captain's orders which he never received. That in December 1779, he entered at Boston as Prize Master on board the Privateer Brig Peggy Capt. John Phillips & after serving on board of her three months, in cruising on Long Island Sound was discharged at the said R.I. in March 1780.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was at Dartmouth, Mass. in Oct r 1754, where he presumes his age is of record; where his home was during his revolutionary services & where he continued to reside until he removed to said Farmington upwards of thirty years ago. That he has ever since lived in Farmington. That he enlisted into the service was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he never received a written discharge from the service but was discharged verbally. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services. & he names the Rev. Jonathan Sewall of Chesterville & Solomon Adams Esq. of Farmington.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Jonathan Cushman
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before me
Nathan Weston Jun. S.J.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jun.

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Jonathan Cushman for a pension. That Joseph Fairbanks Esqr is a Magistrate as purports to be by returned papers. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 15 th day of October
A. D. 1832.
J. A. Chandler
CUSHMAN, JONATHAN (MASS., NAVY) 5-29744

29.744 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 29744
Jonathan Cushman Sergt Rec. Det.
Act: June 1 st 39 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]

CUSHMAN, JONATHAN (MASS, NAVY, PRIVATEER) S-29744
CUSHMAN, JONATHAN (MASS, NAVY) S-29744

Received July 16 th 1777 of Jonathan Cushman the sum of Three Pounds & 11 for the use of raising men for the Continental Army Army agreeable to the order of the General Court of this State George Hathaway Capt
Dartmouth May 30 th Then Received of Jonathan Cushman the sum of one pound ten shillings towards raising men for the Continental Army I am Received By me George Hathaway Capt

CUSHMAN, JONATHAN (MASS., NAVY) S-29744

December 27 th 1779
Received of Jonathan Cushman the sum of one hundred and four pounds Lawfull Money it being in full for his share of prize Money Obtain on board The Sloop Argo Dr. Mr Samuel Shokley

CUSHMAN, JONATHAN (MASS., NAVY) S-29744

October 13 th 1779
Received of Jonathan Cushman one hundred and four Pound Six Shilling and Eleven pence the Whale of m d Ephraim Briggs Prize money Obtaind for the Continental Ship Argus Silas Talbot Esq r Commander for the Ship Dragon and briggenteen Russian Captured to the S d Ship which I promise to pay to the heirs of S d Briggs on the Accountable to Jonathan Cushman for the same
By me
Ebenezer Drowne

The "Argo" sloop Capt. Silas Talbot, Navy Aug. 1779 captured the "Dragon" after engagement 4\frac{1}{2} hrs.
Privateer "Peggy" Capt. John Phillips not identified.
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I Hepsebeth Spooner of lawful age do testify and say that I recollect of Jonathan Cushman going to Roxbury in the time of the Revolution War in the capacity of a Soldier for the common defence of his country - and likewise remember of his being out a privateering
State of Maine Kennebec ss. July 20, 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Hepsebeth Spooner and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement before me Joseph Fairbanks { Justice of the Peace

I Elizabeth Gay of lawful age do testify and say that I am knowing to Jonathan Cushman going to Roxbury in Capt. Benj k Dillinghams Company of Dartmouth being in the service of the State of Massachusetts in the Revolutionary war, and I was knowing to his being in the Fort in said Dartmouth, and I was further knowing to his going out a privateering
State of Maine
Kennebec ss July 20, 1832 Then personally appeared the aforesaid Elizabeth Gay and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing statement before me Joseph Fairbanks { Justice of the Peace }

We the subscribers Selectmen of the Town of Farmington being personally acquainted with Jonathan Cushman, do certify that the is a man who sustains a good Moral character and entitled to truth and veracity and is an advanced man in years with a large family dependant on his labour for support.
Joseph Fairbanks Thomas Parker

We the subscribers citizens of the Town of Farmington in the County of Kennebec, hereby certify, that Capt. Jon a Cushman of this Town who has applied this day to the Hon. Judge Stebbins as a revolutionary claimant for a pension, is a man of a fair and correct moral character and of strict truth and integrity
Apr d 22. 1818 -
Hiram Belcher Supply Belcher Joseph Sitcomb Abraham Johnson Clifford Belcher N. Jewett

The within is the Disposition of Col Robert Hattaway

I Robert Hathaway of lawful age do testify and say that I was knowing to Jonathan Cushman of Dartmouth in the state of Massachusetts being and an bond and serving on board the continental sloop Atkins and I further say that I was knowing to the above named Jonathan Cushman coming in to Dartmouth Master of a prize that was taken by the Atkins .
Robert Hathaway
Maine Sumner et al March 19 1829
This Deposition of Capt Robert Hathaway was taken and subscribed before me Levi Barrett Justice of the Peace

We hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Capt. Jonathan Cushman of this Town and believe him to be a man of truth & have not any doubts but what he served in the Revolutionary war as the states —
Farmington July 25 th 1832
Francis Belcher S. Belcher Nathan Stoyell Enoch Cushing

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 2 d . 1832.
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 Jonathan Cushman served as a Sergeant in Capt. Benjamin Dillingham's company stationed at Dartmouth from April 15 th . 1776 seven months & 18 days.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

State of Maine.
We Jotham Sewall a Clergyman, residing in the town of Chesterville in the County of Kennebec and Solomon Adams residing in the same  Farmington town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Cushman who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed 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.
J. Sewall Solomon Adams
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss.—Sworn and subscribed this twenty sixth day of July A. D. 1832, by Jotham Sewall first above named.
Before me,
Oliver Sewall Justice of the Peace.
Oliver Sewall Esq. is a Justice of the Peace. The Rev. Jotham Sewall is a Clergyman residing in Chesterville. And Solomon Adams Esq. of Farmington is a credible person, & their statement is entitled to credit. —
Nathan Weston Jr

Jonathan Cushman. Farmington Kennebec Co Mariner Sloop Argo S. Tabor Master. 1779 to 1780 17carr
April 22. 1818
Rejected - Argo did not belong to the U.S. Navy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Jonathan Gushman , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Farmington , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the twenty second day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Mariner in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this 27th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this twenty seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Wm. D. D. S.

Jonathan Cushman of Farmington in the County of Kennebec and District of Maine, in my sixty fourth year a resident citizen of the United States desiring to obtain the provision made by the law 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' and to be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine, do on oath testify and declare That I was born in Dartmouth in Massachusetts and enlisted as a midshipman on board the Sloop Argo on some of the first days of June in the year 1779, commanded by Capt. Silas Talbot, on the next day after I enlisted said Sloop sailed out of Newbedford to cruise on the coast against the enemy and during her cruise she took two prizes the ship Draggon and the brig Hannah - and returned with her prizes to Newbedford in about two or three months - said Sloop Argo was in the Continental service in the revolutionary war and I served under Capt. Talbot until the last of February 1780 when he was appointed to the command of a twenty gun ship I believe in Baltimore he then left me in Providence in charge of the said Prize Hannah under his command as he told me. and also told me he should call me on board the twenty gun ship early in the spring - but he never called on me nor I never was discharged but waited my captain's orders - I now know of no person living in this part of the County who who was knowing to my services - By reason of my reduced cir- cumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support -
Jon Cushman

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Second Essex Circuit.
On the twenty second day of April, 1818, The aforesaid Jonathan Cushman, having been duly cautioned and examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declara- tion by him signed. Before me,
Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. for said Circuit.