Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6700, Abraham Cleaves, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cleaves, Abraham
N. 6700
Deborah
B.L.Wt. 61.058-160-55
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270. 620
Act mar. 3. '17 Mar. 9. '17
61.058 Issued April 14-16/57
Deborah bleaves. wid. Abraham bleaves. fri.
AD 160 aa, Ap. 2, 1857 [Signature] Revif. war.
Me Purs! Act Feb. 3. '53-2550
Special. Mar. 20. '57 Special Call C.C.
Samt L. Noanis Present.
Vol 61. page 161.

2,550 7 Maine Deborah Cleaves widow of Abraham Cleaves Maf who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Octr., 1853. and sent to
S. M. Knight Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 3 Vol. A
270620
(32)

Maine 11.332
Abraham Cleaves
of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine who was a Pr. in the Company commanded by Captain Merrill of the Regt commanded by Col Mitchell in the Massachusetts line for —
10 Mo Private — 33. 33
Inscribed on the Roll of — Maine at the rate of 33 — Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of April 1833 and sent to R. C. Dorr, Augusta, Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 — 66. 66 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept " — 16. 66
83. 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by — D. T. Sprague Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 7

Abraham Cleaves
Private - Mass s troops,
Merrill's Co: Mitchell's Regt, 2 months
Parson's Co: McCobb's Regt, 8 months
N o 1660.
10 months as a forage
Declaration in Open Court March 27, 1833.
Submitted
10 months Private $33.33
R. C. Rose Augusta, Me.
I James Stevens N Litchfield, Lincoln County

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 seventeenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Abraham Cleaves a resident of Windsor , in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged fifty nine 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 1779 with Captain Nathan Merrill and served in Col. Stitchell's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz Merrill Capt. and Stitchell . That he enlisted at New Gloucester Me. for the term of two months sometime in August 1779 & served out the full term of his enlistment at Portland Me. in doing guard duty &c, & was there verbally discharged. That afterwards in April 1780 he again enlisted as a private for the period of Eight months in Capt. Parson's company of Col. McCobb's regiment of the same line. This period he fully served out & was discharged at Thomaston Me. in December 1780 . During this period he served principally under May. Ulmer .
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born at Gloucester Mass. in the year 1763 I believe his age to be of record in that town. That during his revolutionary services his home was at New Gloucester Me. That after the war he lived there for 12 or 14 years then moved to Gardiner lived there four or six years, then moved to Whitefield lived there a number of years, then moved to New Portland lived there a few years, from there to Brighton N.Y. lived there nearly two years ; from there back to Maine & has lived in Windsor the principal part of the time since. That he enlisted into the service was not drafted or received as a substitute. That his discharge from his latter service was signed by Genl. Peleg Wadsworth & is now lost. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services. The names the Rev. Daniel Whitehouse & John Merrill .
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.
Abraham Cleaves
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, 17 July
Nathan Weston Jun'r not 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

I James Stevens of Litchfield, Lincoln County, Maine aged Seventy one years, do upon oath testify & declare, that I well know Abraham Cleaves of Windsor an applicant for a pension, that I having served with him during both periods of his service as he has stated I well know his declaration to be correct & that he served faithfully as he has stated. Said Stevens is a man of veracity entitled to full credit.
James Stevens
Subscribed and sworn to July 17 1832, the deponent being a credible witness, Before Nathan Weston Junr Nath. W. J. C.
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 Abraham Cleaves for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 17 th day of July
A. D. 1832
J. A. Chandler

State of Maine } ss. On this Eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand County of Penobscot } eight hundred and fifty-three before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Supreme Judicial Court held in and for the County and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, per- sonally appeared Mrs. Deborah Cleaves who is to me known as a resident of the Town of  Penobscot  Hersey in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine in aged seventy three 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 3 d February A.D. 1853, viz: That she is the widow of Abraham Cleaves deceased , who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and as such was pensioned under Act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of Thirty three 33 /100 Dollars per annum, and paid at the Agency at Portland, Maine. That she was not married to him prior to Eighteen hundred, but at the time hereinafter mentioned, viz: October 31 st A. D. 1809. She further declares that she was married to the said Abraham Cleaves on the thirty first day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and nine (1809) as will more fully appear by the proofs hereto annexed: That her husband the aforesaid Abraham Cleaves died on the fourteenth (14 th ) day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and forty six (1846). She further swears 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 Deborah X Cleaves written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application mark as attorney, agent or otherwise. W. Hathaway Witnesses Eliot Vaughan Dru DeWolfe
I do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel M. Knight of Washington D.C. any time & 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. Witness my hand this 8 th Eighth day of Aug - 1853 Deborah X Cleaves mark seal
State of Maine } ss. It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited County of Penobscot } before me the undersigned Judge of the Court Supreme Judicial Court a Court of Record held in and for the said County that Abraham Cleaves late of said County, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States died on the fourteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and forty six in and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz: Deborah Cleaves, who still survives as his widow and to me known. Witness my hand this Eighth day of August A.D. 1853.  W. Hathaway Judge etc.
State of Maine } ss. I do hereby certify that Hon. Joshua W. Hathaway, County of Penobscot } whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court Supreme Judicial Court held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this eighth day of August A.D. 1853. Nathan Weston Jr. Clerk.

Widow's Declaration: Revolutionary Pensioner. For Bounty Land.
COUNTY OF Kennebec , STATE OF Maine .
SS :
On this tenth day of January , A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven , personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the county and state aforesaid, Mrs Deborah Cleaves aged seventy four years, a resident of Windsor , in the State of Maine , who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Abraham Cleaves , deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] , in the 2nd regiment of Massachusetts Militia commanded by [blank] in the war with  Revolutionary War , for which he was a Pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832, at $33, 33 per annum, and she is now a Pensioner at the same rate under the Act of February 3 d 1855 .
at [blank] , on or about the [blank] day of [blank] , A.D. [blank] for the term of [blank] , and continued in actual service in said war for the term of [blank] , and was honorably discharged at [blank] , on the [blank] day of [blank] , A.D. [blank] .
She further states that she was married to the said Abraham Cleaves , in Whitfield Maine on the thirty first day of October , A.D. [blank] , by one Joseph Bailey , a Baptist Minister , and that her name before her said marriage was Deborah Tinkham ; that her said husband died at Windsor, Maine , on the fourteenth day of January - A. D. 1846 ; and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855," and for proof of her marriage and of her husband's service she refers to her pension papers on file; and further, that she appoints Samuel L. Harris Esq. of Washington City , her Attorney to prosecute this claim.
Deborah Cleaves
We, B W Hallowell and Neil Hallowell , residents of Windsor , in the State of Maine , upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mrs Deborah Cleaves in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
B W Hallowell
Neil Hallowell
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; 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.
Jacob L. Haskell
J. P.

Deborah Cleaves, Widow of Abraham.
Maine.
For Bounty Land, Act 3. March 1855.
Revolutionary Pension. see her papers.
270.620
Presented by Sam l L. Harris, Attorney, Present.
State of Maine County of Kennebec ss
I hereby certify that Jacob S. Marshall Esq. before whom the within declaration and affidavit were made, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace for the said County, duly authorized to administer oaths &c. and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court for said County this 28 th day of February A. D. 1857
Ym s M. Struttan, { Clerk of said Court.

Mr Abraham Clewes and Deborah Pinkham both of Balltown were married Oct 31-1809 by me
Joseph Bailey - Pastor.
August 3 d 1853. The above is a true copy of the records
Attest John King Town Clerk of Whitefield
Memoranda D.D. August 3 d 1853
Personally appeared the above John King & swore made oath that the above is a true copy before me
Horace Rogers } Justice of the Peace
We hereby certify that John King at the last annual town meeting held in Whitefield was chosen and qualified as town clerk of said town Whitefield Aug. 3 d 1853
Attest Horace Rogers Mr F. Carleton } Selectmen John Ryan } of Whitefield

Pension Office Oct 8/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully be F. Burt Esqr J Aud Present J. Cole for Commr
Abraham Cleaves, Act 7 th June 1832 $33.33 per an. Died 14 th January 1846, Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor.

No 3069
Delorah leaves of Abraham
Let to S. M. Knight
Oct 11/53
Gray

George C. Whiting, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Aug. 24, 1853.
Appl s of Webber rah beaver, widow of Abraham,
Pln obrest co.,
11332 Me.
P. 933 1/3
Acc 3 d Feb. 53. Allow d $33 33 / 100 per annum Com. Feb. 8-1853
Mr.
Y. M. Knight, Present.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business.

61.058
Nov 1882

Brief in the case of Delorah Cleaves widow of Abraham Penobscot County and State of Maine act of Feb. 3 — 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Mass. line 10 mos. and pensioner of the U.S. under act of June 7. 1832 at $ 33 \frac{33}{100} per annum & paid to his death Jan. 14. 1846
Allowed $ 33 \frac{33}{100} per annum
Conn. Feb. 3 - 1853
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record
Death " by auditor's report
Identity and widowhood proved by credible testimony
Name and residence of Agent
S. M. Knight Present.
Examining Clerk.
Delray

Washington
Oct. 14 th 1833.
Hon. L. P. Waldo. Court of Pensions. Sir.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the certificate of the Town Clerk of Whitfield, Maine, of the marriage of Mrs. Deborah Cleaves whose application for a Pension under 2 d section of the Act of Feby. 3. 1833, was suspended by your letter to me of the 4 th instant.
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t .
S. M. Knight

Washington
August 23. 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo Clerk of Pension Office.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration of Mrs. Deborah Cleaves widow of Abra- ham Cleaves late a prisoner under Act of 1832 upon the Portland, Maine, roll at the rate of $33. 33 per annum; for the benefit of the 2 d Section of the Act of 3 d February 1853.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
L. M. Wright

State of Maine.
THE Daniel Whitehouse a Clergyman, residing in the town of Windsor in the County of Penobscot and John Merrill residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Abraham Cleaves who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine 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.
Daniel Whitehouse John Merrill
State of Maine.
Penobscot ss.—Sworn and subscribed this twentieth day of July A. D. 1832
Before me,
Nathan Newell , Justice of the Peace.
Nathan Newell Esq is a Justice of the Peace. And the Rev Daniel Whitehouse is a clergyman residing in the town of Windsor , and John Merrill , a resident in the same town is a credible person, and this statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Weston Esq

C. Ray  WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
6700
Deborah Cleves
Widow
Abraham Cleves
Pvt. Res. Cav.
Act: _____
Feby. 3/53
Index:—Vol. _____
A
Page _____
115
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Alden Reed of Windsor and Hartwell Stickney of Augusta, in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, do depose and say that we were personally acquainted with the late Abraham Bleeker who, was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and who died in said town of Windsor about the year 1845. That Deborah Bleeker now living in the town of Chester, in the State of Maine, is his reputed widow, we were personally acquainted with her while living with the said Bleeker as his wife. From our first acquaintance with her she and the said Bleeker lived together as husband & wife till his death, they brought up a family of children and were considered respectable persons in the neighborhood where they resided. We have always understood & fully believe that her name before her reputed marriage was Deborah Tinkham. We further state that she is still a widow having remained unmarried ever since the death of the said Abraham Bleeker.
Alden Reed
Hartwell Stickney
State of Maine,
County of Kennebec S.S. On this eighth day of October 1853, personally appeared before the subscribers and Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Alden Reed and Hartwell Stickney, above named, they being respectable persons, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them respectively subscribed.
Geo. M. Morton Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Kennebec County ss —
I hereby certify that Alonzo Rogers and George W Morton Esqs before whom the annexed affidavits were made, were, at the dates thereof respectively, Justices of the Peace for the said County duly authorized to administer oaths &c and that their signatures thereto are genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court for said County this eighth day of October A D 1853
W m M c Stratton Clerk of said Court

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the 27 th day of March A. D. 1833.
PERSONALLY appears in open Court Abraham Cleaves by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jr. on the Seventeenth day of July A. D. 1832, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Just I. J. C.
I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Cleaves for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 27 th day of March A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler