Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,926, Jonathan Delano, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Delano, Jonathan Ruth
W. 22.926.
CONTENTS
4

Duplicate Certificate issued the 25 th of January 1828, and sent to the Hon. J. F. Wingate House of Representatives Respecting ap n for back pension, see letter to Hon. J. F. Wingate H. R. 19 th March 1828.
See letter to Do.
23 rd December 1828.
see letter to Hon. J. Bailey July 6. 1837.
13. 281.
Maine
Jonathan Delano
of George Town in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Lewis of the Reg t commanded by Colonel Bailey 8 th the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year from 1776 to Jan y 1. 77 1777.
2 nd
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th day of Apr l . 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of July 1819 and sent to Josiah Stevens, Esq. Bath Maine.
Restored to the Roll on the 25 th day of Apr l 1826 and notification sent to Hon. E. Herrick at House of Representatives. — Pension commencing on the 4 th of Apr l 1826.
Amount due on 4 th of } Sep r . 1826. . . . }
$ 40. 26.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

Maine 1543
Ruth Delano
Widow of Jonathan Delano
who died on the 16th September 1833 at Pownal in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Drew of the regiment commanded by Col. Bailey in the Mass. Militia for
20 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
16th Sept 1833.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of No- vember 1837, and sent to Wm Allen Jr. Atty Norridgewock, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 $ 265.33 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '38 33.33
$298.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by D. M. Curdy, Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 4.

Jona Delano. Private Col. Bailey, Rev Mar. June 1776 - 1 year Rec: Apr 20 th 1818
The certificate of the Judge as to the credibility & disinterestedness of the within witness, is wanting.
Admitted
L Apr. 25.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lincoln COUNTY, ss.
To the Hon. Josiah Hobbins One of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, (called the Second eastern circuit ) which is a Court of record in the State of Massachusetts.
The Declaration under Oath of Jonathan Delano formerly a Private Soldier engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the town of Georgetown county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Jonathan Delano enlisted into Capt Percy Menenworth Company in Leopold Cottoas Regiment in April 1775 for eight months at the expiration of which term he re-enlisted for one year in the same company and before Bunker Hill in the first line and continued to serve under Jan y 1777 at which term he was honorably discharged at Pittsfield in the State of New York , which discharge he lost on his return home from the army
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Jonathan Delano is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the town of Georgetown county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
He is sixty seven years of age, was at the Battle of Long Island and Heckler Egypt , and White Plains —
Therefore the said Jonathan Delano conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided.
Jonathan Delano
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. } Personally appeared Jon d Delano of the town of Georgetown county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn and subscribed before me this } 25 th day of Apr l 1818, }
Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d E.C.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. } Personally appeared Charles Thomas & William Weston and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that are now on war personally acquainted with Jonathan
Delano late a Soldier in Col d Harkness Regiment Mass Line and well know that he served in the Revolution as near the eight and twelve months service, having served in the same Regiment with him —
Sworn and subscribed before me this } 25 th day of Apr l 1818, }
Charles Thomas William Weston
Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d E.C.
July 6. 1819. I hereby certify that the aforesaid Charles Thomas and William Weston appear, on satisfactory ex- amination, to be disinterested credible witnesses, Josiah Stebbins.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lincoln COUNTY, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, called the second Eastern circuit of Massachusetts, which is a Court of record, personally appeared the aforesaid
Jonathan Delano
who being by me duly Sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and having duly subscribed the same, hath before me testified and declared as therein expressed and on examination & inquiry it appear to me that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Jonathan Delano did serve in the Infantry of the United States as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, this twenty fifth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d E.C.
Lincoln ss I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and for the County of Lincoln hereby certify that Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the circuit court of common pleas for the second eastern circuit comprising the counties of Lincoln Kennebec & Somerset cited that the foregoing are severally his signatures In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court this 25 th day of April 1818 Nathl Coffin

83 Jonathan Delano
13.281
Sept 1819
not entitled
Syloweta

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER , Judges of said Court. are exhibited, produced & filed the declaration & schedules following Viz ON this nineteenth day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared before Josiah Stebbins one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Jonathan Delano aged Sixty nine years, resident in Georgetown in said Circuit, 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 soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Wadsworth in the Regiment commanded by Colonel S. Bailey 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 twenty fifth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 18,281 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 hereto 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 particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Jonathan Delano
Sworn to and declared, on the 19 day of July , A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Josiah Stebbins
{ 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 :
Three cows. Eighteen sheep, two young cattle one two years old the other one. I am hired by the United States to keep the light on the island of Sequin & receive for my services three hundred & fifty dollars per year. I owe to Mrs. Brombie a note amounting to $ 202, 60 cents  Jonathan Delano
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Jonathan Delano who, by occupation am a mariner which I am un able to pursue by reason of a partial loss of my eyesight & the Rheumatism
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Ruth Delano - 67. my wife is very weakly   Mary Delano - 40. daughter is unhealthy   Sophia Delano - 36. daughter is very weakly   Nancy Delano 24 daughter is well    Jonathan Delano
That Nat. Coffin Esq.
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, 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, is Nothing  dollars and
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d Section of the Act of Congress of July 4, 1836 -
State of Maine?
Somerset County ss. On this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Drummond Harnsworth Judge of Probate of wills &c in and for the county aforesaid at a special Probate Court held in Starks in said county Ruth Delano of said Starks aged Eighty two years, nearly who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836.
That she is the widow of Jonathan Delano who was a private in the Revolutionary war and served in Capt Seth Drew's company in the seventh Regiment of the Massachusetts troops to the best of her recollection and belief at least two years and Eight months, and possibly more; that he was residing at Duxborough in Massachusetts at the time he enlisted which was in May 1775 that we had then been married about eight months, He was then about twenty two years old; That he enlisted in the town of Plymouth Massachusetts under Capt. Drew, who belonged to Kingston, near Plymouth for the term of nine months and immediately joined the Army at Roxbury near Boston and served out that term; that he then enlisted again under the same Capt. Drew for one year, marched with the army to New York and fully served out that term; and then enlisted

again for the year 1834, he stated that he exactly understood that said husband had written a letter which she has since lost is now lost and she knows not where it is; that the said husband was in several battles at Hatteras Plains. That he came home twice on furlough; once he was at home eleven days and once two or three weeks. That she resided at Duxbury during the time he was in the army; that we continued to reside in Duxbury five or six years after he returned from the army and we then removed to Wadsworth in Maine where we lived till he died in September 1833 and in June 1836 she removed to Skunk in Maine where she now resides with her grandson John DeLoane; that she had had eleven children by her said husband six of whom are now living.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan DeLoane at Duxbury on the fourteenth day of September 1774 by the Rev. Charles Farnes, settled minister of that town; that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan DeLoane died on the sixteenth day of September 1833; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed; that her said husband was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death; that the annexed Pension Certificate

numbered 13.281 was left among his papers when he died; that she was told that she was entitled to a small balance for twelve days; but that it would cost as much as it was worth to get it and she has never received it. She is not able to state the names of his officers except Capt. Drown and she believes that he served during the whole time under the same Captain: That Charles Thomas then of Duxbury was a fife in the same company: That she believes he is now living in Brewster & Nantucket. The annexed paper marked A is an original family record in the handwriting of my late husband Jonathan Delano dated taken from my Bible W. H. Allen.  Ruth Delano
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me D. Farnsworth, Judge
State of Maine ss. July 6. 1837.
I Martha Bradford aged fifty one years depose on oath and say that I was well acquainted with Jonathan Delano a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, deceased, in his life time I have often heard him speak of his services in the war and I know that Ruth Delano who has subscribed the above declaration is the widow of said Jonathan Delano & that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband; I have known her for more than thirty years; she is a woman of truth and veracity and I have entire confidence in her statements above subscribed & sworn to by her Martha Bradford
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written by the above named Martha Bradford who is an intelligent & credible witness before me D. Farnsworth Judge.

State of Maine } Somerset County } ss. July 6 1837
I Catharine Delano aged twentythree years depose and say that I am the grand daughter of Jonathan Delano late of Woolwich, Maine, deceased; who was a Slave to Leonard Pownall; I know that he died on the sixteenth day of September 1833 I was present when he died: my grandmother Ruth Delano, who is his widow now lives in the same house with me and I have the care of her I know that she has not remarried since the death of her said husband, Jonathan Delano, but remains his widow. Catharine Delano
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written, and I certify that the above named deponent is a credible and intelligent witness.
D. Harnsworth Judge

State of Maine Somerset County) Is. July 6. 1837
I, Sofia Walker aged fifty four years (formerly Sofia Delano) do hereby depose on oath and say that I am the daughter of Jonathan Delano late of Woolwich Maine deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner; I know that he died on the sixteenth day of September 1833 I was present when he died. I had often heard him tell of his services in the army during the Revolutionary war; I always understood that he was in the army more than two years; I know that my mother Ruth Delano has not intermarried with any person since the death of my father Jonathan Delano, but still remains his widow.
I know that the annexed family record "A" is in the handwriting of my father Jonathan Delano and I firmly believe that it is a true record of the births & deaths of his family and that the statements made by my mother in her declaration are true.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written: And I certify that the above named deponent is a credible witness -
D. Farnsworth Judge

State of Maine Somerset County } ss.
I D. Harnsworth Judge of Probate of wills &c for the county of Somerset in the State of Maine do hereby certify that Ruth Delano the within named applicant for a pension, from age and bodily infirmity being unable to attend a regular court. I therefore appointed a special court which was held at her place of residence in Starks in said county on this sixth day of July 1887 when after a due examination of the case and the testimony adduced I am fully of opinion that the above named applicant is the lawful widow of Jonathan Delano De d who was a Revolutionary soldier and that he served as she has stated and that he died Sept 16. 1833 and that she has not inter- married since that period.
D. Harnsworth Judge
I Cullen Sanville Register of Probate for the county of Somerset, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court of Probate in the matter of the application of Ruth Delano for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
C. Sanville Register

A.
these are the names of our Children
 Charles born the 29 year 1795  Mary born December the 31 year 1797  Thomas born April the 19 year 1779  Josiah born July the 18 year 1782  John born November the 12 year 1784  Elizabeth born April the 19 1787  Spencer born July the 4 year 1789  William born January the 6 1793  Ruth born May the 10 - 1797  Ruth Died October the 31 year 1798 aged 18  Mary born February the 24 year 1801  Richard died June the 30 year 1803  in the 11 year of his age  John Deane Died December the 1806  in the 22 year of his age A 
Ruth Deane
D N
B

A. theas or the names of our Phil o ren gene
Charles born the 29 year 1775
Mary born December the 31 year 1777
Thomas born April the 19 year 1779
Josiah born July the 18 year 1782
John born November the 12 year 1784
Elizabeth born April the 19 1787
Spencer born July the 4 year 1789
William born January the 6 1793
Ruth born May the 10 - 1797
Ruth Died October the 31 year 1798 aged 18 months
Mary born February the 24 year 1801
Richard died June the 30 year 1803
in the 11 year of his age
John F. Deane Died December the 24 1806
in the 22 year of his age "A"
Ruth Deane

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK; AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED, By His MAJESTY'S Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in CHURCHES.

I hereby certify, that in the Records of the town of Duxbury Book 2 nd . Page 270 it reads as follows viz "Jonathan Delano and Ruth Delano were married September 14, 1774."
A true copy of record M st Ralph Partridge Clerk of Duxbury
Duxbury January 3, 1837.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss On the day & year above written personally appeared Ralph Partridge above named & made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed I further certify that the said Ralph Partridge is a man of good character & his statement is entitled to full credit
Seth Sprague for his Brain

Ruth Delano Widow of Jonathan Maine Sus. Mt. Bailey July 27. 1837 do do Hon D. Daves Oct 13. 1837
Admitted
The pension will commence on the 16 th Sept. 1839.
Act 4 July 1836

13.281 Q
District of Maine
Jonathan Delano
of George Town in the state of  District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Mapachysetts line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of July 1818 and sent to Sariah Stebbins Bath District of Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 82 63 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819 48 00 10 Mo 6/30 31 4 $130 63
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Notification sent the 5 th July 1820, to Mrs. B. Stephen, Esq. Bath Maine

according to certificate made March 4 th 1833 to the Drew's company of the Seventh Regt.
Jonathan Delano
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September, of every year, by the Pres. Gumbel and Bank at Portland, Maine
Recorded by
Benjamin L. Beall Clerk, in Book C Vol. 1 st Page 42.

13,281
WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March 1818,
Jonathan Delano late a private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty fifth day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
James M. Pickens Secretary of War.
This Certificate is issued in lieu of one dated July 1819, and is subject to be lost or destroyed, which if it should hereafter be presented at the Bank, the Government shall transmit to the War Department.
Examined and countersigned: J. L. Edwards

Wescasset June 30. 1837
Dear Sir,
I received yours of the 27 th Inst. & herewith enclose the papers in my possession relating to the claim of Ruth Delano for a pension. Her friends from Woolwich were lately here & requested me to write her to come to Woolwich & finish the business, as she was expected there on a visit this summer. But as she has concluded not to come, I will communicate to you what information I possess. I received last winter at Washington the Certificate of the Town Clerk of Dunbury (herewith enclosed). - I was about sending it back to procure the Certificate of the Clerk of the Courts for that County, that Seth Sprague Jr. was a Justice of the Peace. This you can do, if you think it necessary. I enclose the original Pension Certificate of Jonathan Delano. I took the deposition of John Delano (her grandson) as to the time of her husband's death, & that she had remained ever since unmarried ; but I do not send it, because those facts can easily be proved by any one of her acquaintances.
I made application for the 200 acres of land for her, but I have rec d . two letters from Mr. Woart, stating that her claim had been rejected, because it could not be proved by the papers on file in the War Department that her husband was enlisted for three years.
If I had have proceeded on with her business, I intended to have written to Washington for a copy of his declaration when he drew his pension, in order to see how he there stated his services.
Please to acknowledge the receipt of these papers, and be good enough to inform whether under the law of July 4. 1836, the Pension Department has in any case recognized & allowed the

application of the Widow to be made in a Court of Probate . If so, it will be a convenience to those parts of the State remotely situated from our Judicial Courts.
Your most Ob. Servt.
J. Bailey
William Allen Esq.
P.S. I have since writing the above concluded to send to Washington for a copy of Don. Delano's application for a Pension, and when recd. will furnish you with it.

N 227 Application of
Ruth Delano
for Pensions under act of July 6. 1836
Moved 17/4 died 1833
born Jan 20 small-
846 66 per ann, cont
14 Sept 1833 1833
Wm Allen to Agent Norridgewock Maine

Norridgewock July 6/1857
Col James L Edwards Comt of Pensylvania
Sir
The foregoing application of Ruth Delano is sent to you for examination; with the accompanying evidence including a letter from Joseph Bruley late Minister of Congress to me showing some facts in the case -
Please to let me know the result of your examination when had; and forward a certificate to my case if the claim should be allowed; which is without doubt a just one
I am Sir
your obedt servant William Allen at request of Ruth Delano

hly MAR 30 Can't have Copus On of the Can't
Free J. Bailey
19 July 19
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Wiscasset, Maine, June 30. 1837
Dr Sir,
Will you be good enough to furnish me with a copy of the original declaration of Jonathan Delano late of Woolwich in this State, for a Pension under the law of 1818. Certificate It was granted Jan. 25. 1828, "in lieu of one dated the 19. th of July 1819 supposed to be lost or destroyed" - Recorded Book C. Vol. 1 st Page 42.
A mere copy is sufficient, without any formality of being authenticated, as it is wanted by his Widow to assist her in her claim for land in this State, & to guide her in her declaration for a pension under the law of July 4. 1836.
Very respectfully Yours
J. Bailey
Hon. J. L. Edwards —

18
for
James L. Edwards Esq. Com d of Pensions Washington (city)
James L. Edwards Esq. Com d of Pensions Washington (city)
Revolutionary claim? 5 th Sec t Act July 4, 1836?

Norridgevock Nov 4. 1837
Col d James L. Edwards Com r of Pensions
Sir
Your communication through Hon. Horace Dane of the 13 th ult. was duly read (in relation to the claim of Ruth Delano widow of Jonathan Delano for a pension), I gave immediate notice to Mrs Delano of the contents of your letter, and she has made some enquiries for additional evidence of the service of her late husband in 1777 but has not been able to get the names of his officers; She therefore desires me to request you to send her a certificate for the 20 months service which has been proved, as she is old & infirm and needs the bounty and may not live to prove her claim to a full pension if she were to attempt it —
You please direct the certificate to my care at "Norridgevock Main."
I am Sir
your ob t Servant William Allen Jr

Jonathan Dillan, of Georgetown, Maine As 18. Mar. 1 1838. when paid cost
B.S. f
To the 4th. September 1833. 3? Aud Offic 11 Nov. 1837 A.H.

Case suspended for further information — See letter 22 d April 1826, to S. Pleasanton Esq. 5 th Auditor, and Commissioner of the Revenue, Treasury Depart.
Rec d 20 th April 1826. Hon E. Henrick
Sept 1819

House of Representatives
Apr. 19. 1826
Sir
I send you the papers of Jonathan Delano. Please inform me of the decision in his case, soon as made.
Very respectfully,
Your obt serv't
E. Herrick
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Treasury Department, 5 th Auditor's Office.
Recd Apr. 25, 1876
James L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office,
War Department.

Treasury Department, Fifth Auditor's Office, April 24, 1826.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 22 d instant, requesting information as to the cause of removal of Jonathan Delano from the situation of Keeper of the Seguin Light House, I have to states that satisfactory evidence having been exhibited at this Department of his having fraudulently disposed of Oil, Lamps Wicks &c. belonging to the establishment, it became indispensably necessary to remove him, which was accordingly done, and a successor appointed March 2, 1826.
No evidence exists at this Office of his being a debtor to the government.
I have the honor to be, respectfully, Sir, your obdt. Servt. J. Pearson Fifth Auditor and Acting Commissioner of the Revenue
J. L. Edwards Esq r

Jonathan Solano,
Claim,
Private. Served 20 months from 1775.
3 cows - 18 sheep - 2 young cattle states that he is hired by the United States to keep the light on Sequin island and receives for his services $350 per annum Owes Moses Bromley a note of hand for 202, 60 / 100
Schedule. 21 st June, 1820,
2 o Schedule dated 27 Apr. 1825, 2 cows & 16 sheep, value by unit $54. Owes Jacob Robinson & Edward Wood for 50. - Since 1 st schedule, one cow and 2 sheep have been killed for family use, states that he has been removed by government from being keeper of the light on Sequin Island, and another person appointed in his stead,
Claimant aged 74, mariner, unable to follow his business, by reason of partial loss of sight, rheumatism & his age, wife aged 72 feeble - 3 daugh- ters aged 45, 41, & 24, two eldest in health the youngest healthy,
I certify that I have examined this case and am of the opinion, that according to the principles which have prevailed in previous decisions, the claim ought to be admitted,
Joseph Sewall, Esq.
Bapt. Main
1051
Not endorsed 27 Apr 1825. 1
Duplicate Certificate issued the 25 Jan. 1828, and sent to the Hon. J. T. Wingate.
see letter 8 July 1825 to Joseph Sewall

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
en
File No. 22926
Ruth Delano
widow of
Jonathan Delano
Pr. Rev War
Act July 4 th 36
Index: Vol. 4 , Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870.]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss. I, WILLIAM TORREY, Notary Public by legal authority duly admitted, commissioned and sworn, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lincoln, residing at Bath, said County, do hereby certify, attest and make known to all persons whom the same shall appear. That Joseph Sewall Esquire before whom the depositions were taken, and whose signature to the same is in his own proper hand writing, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lincoln, duly commissioned and legally qualified. And that full faith & credit are, and ought to be given to his official acts in courts and thereout.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, at Bath, the fourth day of April 1820.
William Torrey Notary Public and Justice of Peace.

I Wadsworth Oliver of Georgetown in the County of Lincoln State of Maine aged thirty eight years testify say that I reside near Jonathan Delano of said Georgetown who was formerly keeper of Seamen Light and am well acquainted with said Delano & his circumstances - said Delano is very poor and does not own or possess any property real or personal excepting some few articles of household furniture the whole of which I think would not exceed in value thirty dollars. He has no visible means of support & being quite aged cannot labour but little. From present appearances I should suppose that unless he has some relief the town will be obliged to support him & his family - Wadsworth Oliver
State of Maine Lincoln ss. March 6. 1876. Personally appeared Wadsworth Oliver and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true Before me Joseph Small Jr. Prime

I Nathaniel S. Todd of Georgetown in the County of Lincoln State of Maine aged forty two years testify & say that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Delano of Georgetown aforesaid who was formerly Keeper of Sequin Light being a near neighbor of his. Said Delano is very poor, and does not own or possess any property real or personal excepting some few articles of household goods the whole value of which I should think would not exceed thirty dollars. Said Delano is aged & infirm and must count his upon the town for support if he does not receive relief from some other source being unable to engage in labour but little - Nathl. S. Todd
State of Maine Lincoln ss. April 4. 1826. Personally appeared Nathaniel S. Todd and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true Before me Joseph Sewall Jr. Clerk
State of Maine ss. April 4. 1826. Personally appeared Nathaniel S. Todd and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true Before me Joseph Sewall Jr. Clerk

I Moses Crombie of Bath in the State of Maine aged sixty years testify & say that five or six years ago as near as I can recollect Jonathan Delano who then was keeper of Sequin Light was indebted to me on balance of account in the sum of from fifty to sixty dollars this balance was due for supplies I had furnished out of my store for the support of his family such as flour tea, sugar &c. some English goods but was principally for provisions. For the balance then due me Delano gave me his note of hand - after- wards at a time when he got his pay as keeper of said Light he paid me the amount due me on said note out the money he received from government and I gave up to him said note - Moses Crombie
State of Maine
Lincoln Co. I March 25. 1826. Personally appeared Moses Crombie and made oath the above deposition by him subscribed is true Before me Joseph Sewall Jr. Clerk

Rec d . 24 Jan. 1828
Rev. J. F. Minigale H. R.
Appn of Am & Foreign Soc y a new Caliphate
Edward Ely Pension Office Washington--

Hon. Repd - Washington June 23. 1828.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed, is the Application of Jonathan Dillano, (belonging to my congressional district) for a new pension certificate, his former one and having been lost - The fact, I believe, is properly authenticated, both the applicant & magistrates are personally known to me, and if the evidence is satisfactory to you, I will thank you to enclose to me the desired certificate - Very Respectfully
Yours Respectfully
J. H. Wingate
To J. L. Selverly Esq. Pension Office Wash n

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
State of Maine
County of Lincoln 88.
On this fourth day of January 182 8, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Lincoln personally appeared Jonathan Delano who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Seth Drew in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Massachusetts that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War: which certificate, on or about the first day of April 182 5, at or near Seaguin Light House , was lost.
Jonathan Delano
Sworn and subscribed to. before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Mark S. Hill Just. Peace.
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
□ If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.

I Thomas Oliver, living now in Georgetown, County of Lincoln & State of Maine, as a neighbor to the afore named Jonathan Delano, & well know him to be the same person named in the an- nexed affidavit. Tho: Oliver
State of Maine.
Lincoln Co. January 4 th 1828. Then the above named Thomas Oliver personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him signed, contains the truth.
I further certify that the same Oliver is considered a man of truth & veracity
Mark S. Hill Just. Peace.

State of Maine
I William Torrey Notary Public for the County of Lincoln by Legal Authority and duly admitted, commissioned and sworn, residing at Bath in said County, Do hereby certify, Attest and make known to all whom the same may con- cern, that Mark L Hill Esquire, whose signa- ture in his own proper hand writing is sub- scribed to the within written Certificate, is a Justice of Peace within & for the County of Lincoln duly commissioned and legally qualified, and that full faith & credit are and ought to be given to his Official Acts in Courts and thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed my Notarial Seal at Bath this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
William Torrey Not. Pub

Iona. Delano -
Sawade

DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Lincoln ss.
ON this twenty seventh day of April 1825 personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas held at Wiscasset within and for said County being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Jonathan Delano , resident in said County, aged in open Court  Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three—that he the said Jonathan Delano enlisted for the term of eight months, on the  first and at the expiration of his term for  day of  some time in the year 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Peleg Mads worth in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until both terms of enlistment expired when he was discharged from the said service in 1777 — in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt there from  upon on account of his property receiving pay from the United States for keeping the light on the Island of Segdew in the State of Maine
AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May, eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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 eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Jonathan Delano
SWORN to and declared, on the twenty seventh day of April AD 1825. before
David Perham Justice of the Court of Common Pleas State of Maine

SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: Two Cows & sixteen sheep. I owe to Jacob Robinson & Edwards Wood about fifty dollars.
Jonathan Delano
$54
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Jonathan Delano who, by occupation am a mariner which I am unable to pursue by reason of partial loss of my eye sight, rheumatism and old age
   Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Ruth Delano 72 my wife - is feeble and debilitated.   Mary Delano 45 a daughter is unhealthy & sick   Sophia Delano 41 a daughter is unhealthy.   Nancy Delano 24. a daughter is well.  
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property. viz one cow and two sheep have been killed and used as provision for my family and I have been removed by government from being keeper of the Light on Sequin Island aforesaid and another person appointed in my stead -
   Names of the persons to whom sold. Time of Sale. Amount of Money, or description of property received in return.     Attest Nathl Coffin Clk   Copy. Attest Nat. Coffin Clk Jonathan Delano  
I, Nathl Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Lincoln do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Jonathan Delano did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Fifty four dollars and cents.  of Common Pleas, in said County.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of April 1825
Nathl Coffin Clerk of the Court of the