Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,820, Josiah Clark, Continental Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass N.H.
Clark, Josiah Patience
N. 23,820
CONTENTS

599.
Maine
Josiah Clark
of Lebanon in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Place of the reg t commanded by Col d Reed, in the field line for 12 Mos from May 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 2/6 - Dollars 66 Cents per Annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sep r 1832 and sent to J. G. Devins Alfred Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1832 $ 67.94 Pension allowance ending 4th Mar 33 23 33
$93.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. N. Blair Clerk, Book 5 Vol. 1 st Page 46.

Maine 973
Patience Clark
widow of Josiah Clark
Mass
who died on the 30th November 1834
of York Co in the State of Me
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Place of the Regt commanded
by Col Need in the Mass.
line for 14 months
4
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of $6 Dollars 67 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 30th November 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of June
1837 and sent E. E. Kimball Lebanon Maine
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $28.02
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 23.93
$303.95
{ Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836 Section the 3 rd
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clk Book 17 Vol. 1 Page 4

State of Maine!
County of York, ss. Person of Alfred, on this twenty eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, before Jeremiah Goodwin of said Alfred, a Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum, as also a Notary Public, within and for the county of York aforesaid, personally appeared Josiah Clark of Lebanon in said county of York, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on oath declare, that he is about seventy eight years of age, and doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary Army, under the following officers, and served as herein after stated, to wit, That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, under Captain David Place, at Winter-Hill, at or in the immediate vicinity of Charlestown, Massachusetts, & only two miles distant from the celebrated Bunker Hill, on or about the first day of January, 1776, for period of one year, and served as a Private for said period in the company commanded by Capt. David Place, in the regiment commanded by Col. James Reed in the New-Hampshire line, & it is believed on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps, at or in the vicinity of said Winter-Hill, till about April, 1776, and then marched to the city of New York, & in May left New York and ascended the North river, and through Lakes George & Champlain into Lower Canada, near Montreal, under the command of Genl. John Sullivan; from Canada we retreated to Crown Point on the west side of Lake Champlain, and afterwards from Crown Point to Ticonderoga & Mount Independence; and at Ticonderoga he was discharged at

honorably, sometime in the month of December, 1776, having had the small pox, & being then sick, or not fully recovered. And he further declares that he was born at Berwick in said county of York, and always lived there till about 1778, when he removed to said Lebanon, and resided there ever since.
And he further declares; that in the autumn of 1775, about the month of September or perhaps the early part of October, he enlisted with Capt. Stephen Hodsdon in said Berwick, and served with his company at Portsmouth, N.H. and at Kitty Point & on Seavoy's island, near the mouth of Portsmouth harbour, for the period about one & half months; and after being dismissed from this short tour of duty, returned to said Berwick, and the following day, about mid of November, 1775, he again enlisted enlisted with Lieut. Aaron Hanson of Capt. David Plice's company, for the period of six weeks, & soon after marched from said Berwick with said Plice's company, to Mystic river and Winter Hill, in the vicinity of Charlestown aforesaid; where he served till his term expired on the last day of December, 1775, or the first of January, 1776, on which last day he re-enlisted with said Capt. David Plice for the period of one year, as first before stated.
The two short tours of services, last stated, amounting together to three months, must be considered militia services under Massachusetts.
And he further declares, that, under the law of the 15 th March, 1818, at which time he was, and ever since has been, a resident citizen of the United States, at said Lebanon, his name has been placed on the pension list, Maine agency, and dropped therefrom on account of his property; that his original application for pension was made on or about the 30 th day of April, 1818, on which application a pension certificate was granted him then dated March 26, 1819, & numbered 8,392; and at which application as evidence of his services was proved

N.B. Josiah Clark says his Pension certificate was sent to a member of Congress at Washington, & can't be recalled at this time. This fact was omitted in declaration. Attest. Jeremiah Goodwin.
by his fellow soldiers Maturin Tucker & others, in the same company, and forwarded to the United States War Department, his original discharge having been previously lost, to the best of his recollection. That under the act of May 1, 1820, by which his pension was discontinued, he again applied February thirteenth, 1829, for restoration, but failed of being restored.
And he hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except under the present application, and declares he has drawn no pension money since 1820, when his name was stricken off as aforesaid.
And he further swears, that he is the indentical Josiah Clark named in the original pension certificate before referred to, that he resided in the town of Berwick in said county of York aforesaid, at the time of his three enlistments as aforesaid, in 1775 & 1776, and that since about 1778, he has resided in said Lebanon.
Josiah his Clark mark
Witness: Jeremiah Goodwin, John D. Grant. Nathan Lord
And at the same time, before me the said magistrate, personally appeared Mr. Nathan Lord of said Lebanon, to me well known, and made solemn oath, that he was born & lived in said Berwick till about 1781, except about five years services in the Revolutionary army at three different tours, and that since 1781 he has lived in said Lebanon; and he further swears that he has been intimately acquainted with the aforesaid Josiah Clark, a near neighbour, (who is now personally present & signed the above declaration in his presence) for over seventy years, and well knows that he was a soldier on the three tours of service as by him before stated, having so understood from him & all the neighbours at that time and ever since.
Nathan Lord
Sworn and subscribed to by said Nathan Lord on this 28 th July, 1832. before me, Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of Peace of the Peace of the Lebanon, & Notary Public.

State of Maine.
County of York ss. Town of Alfred, this twenty eighth day of July, A.D. 1832, before Jeremiah Goodwin, a Justice of Peace & of Quorum, & a Notary Public, within & for the county of York aforesaid, personally appeared the aforementioned Josiah Clarke, the declarant, to me known, and made solemn oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed in presence of myself, & of John L. Grant & Nathan Lord.
And I hereby certify, that I have known said Josiah Clarke since Feb'y 13, 1829, when, thro' my agency, he made a new declaration & application for restoration to the Pension list & failed; and I know him to be be the identical Josiah Clarke, so applying, and believe him to have been a revolutionary soldier. And I further certify that Nathan Lord, an old revolutionary soldier, well known to me, who testifies to Clarke's services, is a credible witness. Witness my hand & Notarial Seal the day & year aforesaid. Jeremiah Goodwin, Jus. of Peace & Quorum, & Notary Public.
Josiah Clarke for Pension Aug. 1832.
State of Maine
York county ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial courts for said County of York, certify, that Jeremiah Goodwin is a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum and a Notary Public as above stated and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my official seal, this thirty first day of July Anno Domini 1832 -
Jer. Bradbury Clerk of the Jud. courts York County

Josiah Clarke's Application for Pension.
1 May 1820
Maine
(S. 191)

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this thirteenth day of February , 1829, in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas , held at Alfred , within and for the County of York on the Second Tuesday of February , A. D. 1829, Present the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman , Chief Justice of said Court; said Court keeping a record of their proceedings, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having the power to fine and imprison, and being a Court of Record in said County, personally appeared Josiah Clark of Sebago , resident in said county, aged seventy five 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 Congress of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he the said Josiah Clark enlisted for the term of one year as a private about the 1st. day of January , in the year 1778 , in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain David Place , in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed , in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps until about December, 1776 , when he was discharged from the said service, at Piquaderoga , in the State of New York , that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property under the law of May 1, 1820 .
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, 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 Na- val 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.
And I further declare on oath, that my original application and declaration for a pension was made on or about the 30th April, 1818 , on which application a pension certificate was granted to me bearing date March 26, 1819 , numbered 8,392 . I did not apply for restoration to the pension list, under the law of 1st. May, 1820 .
Witness, Jesse Goodwin .
Josiah X Clark's mark .

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
I own no real estate of any description, but of personal estate I own two cows, two yearling heifers, one calf, 4 sheep; also a few articles of household furniture, not worth more five dollars, exclusive a beds and bedding.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me  Josiah Clark, who, by occupation am a farmer, which I am unable to pursue by reason of my old age and rheumatism.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Patience Clark, my wife, 72 years Sick and unable to labour.  
application in 1818, THAT since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property, to wit: In March, 1818, I owned about 35 acres of land in Lebanon, with an old, unfinished, one story house and an old barn, the whole worth about five hundred dollars: This real estate I sold and conveyed to my son Jonathan Clark by deeds, about the month of October, 1827, in payment of his services for nine years previously, and aid towards my support during that period, and for the payment of about two hundred dollars in various debts which I owed and he has paid for me. The said Jonathan Clark allows me the privilege of keeping two cows and some other creatures on the place, and he contributes towards my support - I have no other source of supporting myself.
Witness: Jere. Goodwin  Josiah X Clark's mark.
SWORN to and declared on the 13th day of February, 1829, before Ezekiel Whitman.
I Jeremiah Bradburn Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Josiah Clark 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 schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of 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 sixty dollars and no more cents.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this second day of March 18 29  Jere. Bradburn CLERK of the C. P.

State of Maine } ss. York County }
On this twentieth day of March A.D. 1837 personally appeared before the undersigned the judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of York aforesaid; Patience Clark a resident of Lebanon in said County of York & State of Maine aged eighty one 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836 That she is the widow of Josiah Clark late of said Lebanon who was a Revolutionary soldier, and served in the Army of the Rev- olution under Col. Roberts then of said Berwick Aaron Hanson of the same Berwick was Lieutenant I think My Husband enlisted in the Army soon after our marriage and served as a soldier twelve months. I lived at his father's until he was in the Army. He moved to Lebanon where I now live soon after my said Husband returned from the War. I was married to said Josiah Clark January the 15, 1776 at Berwick in the said County of York by The Rev. Matthew Miriam of Berwick at my father's house whose name was Phineas Han- son. he lived at said Berwick. My mother's name was Patience Hanson. My husband Josiah Clark aforesaid died at said Lebanon on 30 th day of November A.D. 1834. and I said Patience have remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the testimony herunto annexed Patience Clark Witness Wm. A. Hayes mark Caleb Emery

state of Maine } county of York } ss.
On the said seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared the said Patience Clarke, before me William A. Hayes Judge of Probate within & for the county of York in the state of Maine, and made solemn that the foregoing declaration by her subscribed in my presence is true, and do further certify that the said Patience Clarke, by reason of her great age and bodily infirmity is unable to travel and attend court - and I further certify that she is a woman of truth & veracity, & her statements are entitled to full credence.
Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate
State of Maine.
York county ss.
I William Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate of the county and state aforesaid, hereby certify that the Hon. Wm. A. Hayes is the Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid and that his signature annexed above is his genuine signature; I also certify that the said Wm. A. Hayes is a Justice of the Peace for said county of York and that his signature to the deposition of Joseph Prindle hereto annexed, is his genuine signature; I also further certify that Increase S. Woodard Esq., is a Justice of the Peace for the county of York aforesaid and that his signatures herewith annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty seventh day of March, 1837.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Reg. Prob. York Co.

Josiah Clark and Patience Hanson both of Berwick were joined in Marriage by the Rev Matthew Merriam of said Town January 15 th 1776
Recorded
P. Nahum Marshall Town Clerk
A true Extract from the Records of Berwick Book 2 nd page 422
Attest Joseph Prime Town Clerk
Berwick February 20. 1837
I Joseph Prime of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine do hereby depose and say that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Berwick aforesaid, and that the foregoing is true extract from the books of Records in the Town Clerk's office in my possession, and on the Book of Records the marriage of said Josiah Clark & Patience Hanson is recorded in the usual way of recording marriages in this State -
Joseph Prime Town Clerk
State of Maine York ss. February 20 - A.D. 1837
Then personally appeared the said Joseph Prime who is known by me to be Town Clerk of Berwick & who also is well known by me to be a man of truth & veracity, & made oath that the foregoing certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me Wm. A. Hayes J. Peace

1675
Patience Clark widow of Josiah Me
Married Aug 15/76. Record-
Adm E
14 mo. fri
46 66/100
Old Case - died 30 Nov. 34
deduct
J. S. Kimball Lebanon Me

I Benjamin Gowell of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine aged eighty four years, do testify depose, and say that I am a Revolutionary Pensioner, that I was born and lived at Berwick in said County till March 9 th 1784 when I removed from said Berwick to Lebanon aforesaid. I was well acquainted with Josiah Clark late of said Lebanon deceased He and his wife Patience Clark who now lives in Lebanon a few miles from me, were both born and lived neighbours to me in Berwick aforesaid; Her name before her marriage with her late husband Josiah Clark, was Patience Hanson. They were married at Berwick by Rev. Matthew Minium in the month of January 1776. After the marriage Josiah Clark enlisted and was gone about a year and it was said he served as a soldier in the Revolution while absent after he returned to Berwick he and his family removed to Lebanon where he spent the rest of his days on a farm. He died at said Lebanon the last of November 1834. His widow Patience Clark is now living at Lebanon with her son and is unmarried.
Benjamin Gowell
York ss March 4 th 1837 Then the above named Benjamin Gowell, who is a person of truth and accuracy and a credible witness, personally appeared and made oath that the above Deposi- tion by him subscribed is true Before me
In presence of Justice of the Peace

Jonathan Clark of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine aged thirty eight years, do testify and say that I was present and saw Josiah Clark late of said Lebanon, die; he expired at my house in said Lebanon on the 30 th day of November A.D. 1834 - Said Josiah was a Revolutionary pen- sioner of the United States when he died, under the Act of Congress passed the seventh of June 1832 - Said Josiah Clark left a widow who now lives a widow in said Lebanon, and her name is Patience Clark. She has lived with said Josiah ever since my remembrance as his wife and they were married as they both have told me at Berwick in York Coun- ty by Parson Matthew Miriam late of said Berwick deceased Jonathan Clark. February 21, 1837
York S. February 21, 1837 Then personally appeared Jonathan Clark above named, and made Oath that the above affidavit by him sub- scribed is true Before me Increase S. Kimball Justice of the Peace
I also certify, that said Jonathan Clark, is well known to me to be a man of truth and veracity, and a credible witness. The words and were first retuned before signed Increase S. Kimball Justice of the Peace

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MEE/HMM
January 9, 1930.
Mr. John Clark Scates Westbrook Maine.
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 23820, it appears that Josiah Clark was born in Berwick, York County, Massachusetts.
While residing in Berwick, Massachusetts, he enlisted about September 1775 and served one and one half months as a private in Captain Stephen Hodsdon's Massachusetts Company.
About the middle of November 1775 he enlisted and served as a private in Captain David Place's New Hampshire Company, was discharged December 31, 1775 or January 1, 1776 on which day he re-enlisted and served one year as a private in Captain David Place's Company, Colonel James Reed's Continental Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 30, 1818, at which time he was sixty-six years of age and a resident of Lebanon, York County, Massachusetts (Maine District), to which place he had moved about 1778 from Berwick, Massachusetts.
He died November 30, 1834 at Lebanon, Maine, at the home of his son, Jonathan Clark who was in 1837 aged thirty-eight years.
The soldier married January 15, 1776, at Berwick, Massachusetts, Patience, the daughter of Ebenezer Hanson of said Berwick. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 17, 1837 at which time she was aged eighty-one years and resided in Lebanon, Maine, with her son, but it is not shown that this was Jonathan.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

KNOW all Men by these Presents, That
Josiah Clark of Lebanon in the county of York and State of Maine, husbandman,
in consideration of five hundred dollars paid by Jonathan Clark of Lebanon in the county of York aforesaid, yeoman,
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto
the said Jonathan Clark, his heirs and assigns, forever, a certain tract or piece piece of land situated in Lebanon aforesaid, being the easterly part of lot range ten - number thirteen in the third division of lots in Lebanon aforesaid, bounded as follows, viz. beginning at the New road, so called, at the northerly corner of Mark J. Cowell's land, being a part of the same lot, running southwesterly by said Cowell's land to a certain red oak tree standing by the county road, thence southwesterly by said road to a certain stone wall made for a division fence between this tract of land and land of Ebenezer Clark, thence northwesterly by said Ebenezer Clark's land to land of Daniel Fall, thence northeasterly by said Fall's land to the New road aforesaid, thence southeasterly by said New road to the place of beginning, being the residue of all the said lot that has not been conveyed by deed heretofore; containing fifty acres, be the same more or less, within these bounds.
To HAVE and to HOLD the afore-granted premises to the said Jonathan Clark, his heirs and assigns, to his and their use and behoof, forever.
AND I do covenant with the said Jonathan Clark, his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the afore-granted premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Jonathan Clark.
AND that I will warrant and defend the same premises to the said Jonathan Clark, his heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the said Josiah Clark
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, David Jones, Nathan Lord, junr
Josiah X Clark Seal mark
York, ss. October 24 th 1827.
THEN the above named Josiah Clark acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed—before me,
David Jones, Justice of the Peace.
Recorded according to the originals, received March 2, 1829. Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Register.
Copy of Record. Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds for York County, Maine.

State of Maine. County of York, ss. I, Jeremiah Goodwin, a Notary Public within & for the county of York aforesaid, residing at Alfred in said county, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified by legal authority, — do hereby certify, that I, the said Jeremiah Good- win, am the Register of Deeds for the said county of York, having been such Register of Deeds for thirteen years past; that the within copy is the proper hand writing of said Jeremiah Goodwin, and bears his official signature as such Register of Deeds, to which full faith & credence ought to be given within & without the state of Maine.
In witness of which, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my Notarial seal, this fourth day of March, A. D. 1829.
Jeremiah Goodwin, Notary Public.

Jonah Clark
Jonah Clark (private) Col. Read's Regiment New Hamp e line 1776 - 11 months.
Decla: April 30. 1819.
3
Admitted.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. }
ON this thirtieth
day of April
A. D. 1818,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Josiah Clark aged sixty six years resident in Lebanon in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:"—
That he the said Josiah Clark on the first day of January 1796 , enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army, for the term of one year, under Capt David Plarr , in the Reg t commanded by Col. Read of the New Hampshire Line , that he continued to do his duty in said Comp y & Reg t untill eleven months expired, when being sick and unfit for duty he was discharged, but has lost his discharge.
And in proof of the above declaration made by the before named Josiah Clark , Mahariah  Reuben and Ebenezer Clark two creditable witnesses, personally appear, and being first by me duly sworn according to law, they upon their oaths do say, that the said Josiah Clark did serve in the continental army for the full term of twelve months as he has testified that they all served with him the whole time, and knows that he performed his duty in said company and Regiment as a good soldier until he was discharged at the expiration of the term for which he had enlisted.
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Josiah Clark did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
thirtieth
day of April
Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj a Greene

Isiah Clark.
N o 6632

State of Maine.
County of York, ss. On this twenty second day of August, A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Wm. A. Hayes, Judge of the Probate now sitting at Alfred, within & for the county of York aforesaid, aged Josiah Clark, of Lebanon in the county of York and State of Maine, aged near seventy 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 Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary Army, & served under the following officers.
He served one month or six weeks in the months of October & November, 1775, in the company of Massachusetts militia under Capt. Stephen Hodsdon, and Lieut. Samuel Grant & Gilbert, all of Berwick in said county of York, where he (the applicant) was born & then resided; that he served with said company for term aforesaid, at Kitty Point & Sea-ey's island in the Portsmouth (N.H.) Harbor.
Again, he engaged or enlisted at said Berwick with Lieut. Aaron Hanson, sometime in November or December, 1775, for the period of six weeks, and served in the company of Massachusetts militia under Capt. David Place, Lieut. Thomas Hodsdon & Aaron Hanson, & with said company marched to Cambridge & vicinity, where he was discharged on or about the 1 st January, 1776. These two tours of service, as aforesaid, were in the Massachusetts Militia - or perhaps the last tour in the New Hampshire militia, as Capt. David Place was a New Hampshire man, residing in the town of Rochester, N. H.
Again, he enlisted on or about the first of January, 1776, for the term of one year, at Winter Hill, in the vicinity of Charlestown & Cambridge, with Lieut. Aaron Hanson, and served for said period in the company commanded by Captain David Place, Lieut. Emerson & Hanson, in the regiment under the command of Col. James Read in the New Hampshire line, & it is believed on the Continental establishment - that he served with said company and regiment at Cambridge & vicinity till the spring, 1776, and marched to New York city, then went up North river, through lakes George & Champlain into Canada, & retreated in the autumn of 1776 from Canada to Ticonderoga & Mount Independence, on lake Champlain,

and where he was discharged about December, 1776. This last tour of duty has before been proved in open Court, April in, 1818, on which application & declaration a pension certificate, now lost, was granted him dated March 26, 1819, numbered 8,392 - that he was dropped the pension roll under the the law May 1, 1820, on account of his property; since which time he has drawn no pension money.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state his
Witness, Jere. Goodwin, John L. Grant.
Josiah X Clark mark
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
We, Elisha Bacon, a clergyman, residing at Sanford, and Jeremiah Goodwin, a magistrate, residing at Alfred, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Josiah Clark, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy 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.
Elisha Bacon Jere. Goodwin
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Elisha Bacon who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Sanford, Maine, & that Jeremiah Goodwin who has signed the same is a resident in the town of Alfred, Maine, and is a credible person & their statement is entitled to credit.

I William Cutler Allen, Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Sarah Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cutler Allen, Register of Probate.

I Simeon Nicker of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine, aged seventy eight years do testify and say that in the year 1775 in the month of November I served with Josiah Clark a soldier of the Star of the Revolution at Kittery Point. Said Clark enlisted in a Militia Company for one month at Berwick in York County then part of Maine and Commonwealth of Mass. under Capt Stephen Holmden also of said Berwick. Our first Lieut was Samuel Grant, second Lieut Gilbert Warren. We enlisted under said officers the last of October of said year, I think and forthwith marched to Portsmouth N.H. where we tarried a few days. We then crossed over to said Kittery Point in Maine where we remained till the term of one month, the time for which we enlisted, had expired. We were then dismissed at Kittery Point by our Captain and returned home the rest of November. Said Clark served as a private soldier in said Company with me when we enlisted as aforesaid, said Clark was an inhabitant of Berwick aforesaid. We were called Militia men from Maine.
I the said Simeon Nicker further testify and say that I also know the said Clark a soldier in the Star of the Revolution at Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Mass. in the month of December 1775. He enlisted at said Berwick under Capt David Place for the term of six weeks. Our first Lieut was Thomas Holmden of said Berwick. Aaron Hanson of Berwick was second Lieut. We marched from Berwick to Boston where we stopped a few days, and then went to Cambridge aforesaid, where said Clark served with me in said Company as a private soldier six weeks. At the expiration of six weeks, the time for which we enlisted as aforesaid, said Clark enlisted a second time under Capt David Place for twelve months, and left me at Cambridge for New York. I served with said Clark in the same company in both of the above described campaigns. We were called Militia men.
SIMEON NICKER York County ss
Man of Lebanon August 16th 1832. The above named Simeon Nicker to me is well known to be a credible witness and a man of truth & veracity. On the day and year above named, said Simeon Nicker personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed - Before me -
Enos A. Dinsmore } Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
York ss. I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that Increase Minsall is a Justice of the Peace as within stated, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal official this twenty-Second day of August A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Joseph Clark W.F. 23820
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR DISCHARGE. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept. 1775 1 1/2 mo. Pvt. Stephen Haddad Mass.   Nov. 1775 6 weeks " David Place N.H.   Jany 6 1776 11 mos. " David Place James Reed Vermont.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Barnesville, York Co. Me.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 30 1878 His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Lebanon, York Co. Me.
Age at date of application, 66 years at Barnsfield, York Co. Me.
Remarks: _____
(died at Lebanon Me. Nov. 20, 1834) Soldier was at Barnsfield Me. Jany 15, 1776. Patience daughter of Ebenezer Hanson. She was allowed pension on an application executed Dec. 17, 1857 while a resident of York Co. Me. aged 81 years. Son Jonathan was 38 yrs old in 1857.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Farmington, N. H. July 11, 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., Sir:-
We respectfully submit that it is desired to obtain a full record of Josiah Clark of Lebanon, Maine, who was a soldier of the Revolution.
It is believed that he was a native of Berwick, Maine, but entered the service for the town of Wells.
He is said to have died at an advanced age, in the town of Lebanon, Maine.
Very respectfully, (Mrs.) Chris H. Tibbetts. Box 519. Farmington, N. H.

JOHN CLARK SCATES WESTBROOK, MAINE
Nov. 9, 1929.
Com. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I would like the Pension record of Josiah Clark who enlisted at Wells, Maine, July 20, 1780 in the Continental Army and who was a pensioner. I am particularly interested to learn if he was of Berwick, Maine. The Berwick town records would indicate that he had a prior enlistment.
I would also like the pension record of his widow, Patience Hanson Clark, who was a resident of Lebanon, Maine, when she received a pension.
If the record of Josiah Clark indicated any dependents I would like their names.
Truly Yours,
John Clark Scates

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23820
Patience Clark Wid of Josiah Clark Rev Rev war
Act: July 1 st 1836
Index:—Vol. A , Page 139
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1911 aug. 16 Hist. Soc. Mrs. Chris. H. Tibbetts V.P.M.
1930 Jan 9, Hist to John Clark Scotts, M.E.E.

Josiah Clark. M c act 1832. 46 66 / 100 p r an m when last p d ! J.M.C. June 7. 1837.
Died 30 th Nov. 1834. Paid 1st Q r 1835. S. H. H.
46.67 6 28002

Maine 1675 A/c 1. 4 July 36 3 rd Sec.
Sir
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington, D.C.
Registered
W.P. 100 MAR 27

Please to make re- turn to Francis S. Shurcliff Esq. Lebanon, York Co. Me.

See letter April 27. 1829 to J. Goodwin.
8392 4
Maine.
Josiah Clark
of Lebanon in the Dist: state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Read of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 11 months -
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of March 1819 and sent to B. Greene, Esq. South Berwick - Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 2 / 3 01. 29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Feb. 1819  40. 00
$129.29
Lebanon
Me
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Recd
York County -