Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 22827, Isaiah Cole, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass)
Cole, Isaiah
N. 22827
Mary Catharine
CONTENTS

17.283 Maine R
Isaiah Cole
of Lincoln County in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel H Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April  April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of May '20 and sent to Ebenezer Thatcher Esq. Wiscasset. Lincoln County Me.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820. 17 mos 2/30 4/30 - 190 89 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820. 48 1
$238.89
$238.89
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Reference sent to Genl. Thatcher Esq. 29 July 1820 from the State of Maine

3920
McAine
Mary Catharine Cole widow of Isaiah  Cole
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inced from $80
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
1 st of July
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of June 1837
and sent to
A. D. Johnson
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 8, Vol. 1.

Isaac Col 444
Claim for Pension
Private
Col H. Jackson's Regiment Massachusetts Line
1779 - 3 years
Not on roll.
Rejected
This claim cannot be admitted without the testimony of an Officer as to the service.
Correct by Roll

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Isaiah Cole , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Waldoboro , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the ninth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Private Soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this twenty-ninth day of September in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this nineteenth day of October in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Nathl. Coffin

To the Honble Secretary of War —
Enclosed is a variety of Evidence as to the Applicant's service — His real name is Isaiah Cole — In the Secretary's Office of this State the name is returned Josiah Cole — There is such a similarity in the names, that a mistake of that kind might easily happen — It is stated by the Secretary's Certificate annexed — That there was last year a man of the name of Isaiah Cole in the Regiment — but that Josiah Cole as he is called on the Secretary's Books, was of Waldoboro — & Waldoboro is the place to which Isaiah Cole now belongs & did belong at the time of his enlistment in the Revolution — & it is ascertained that no man by the name of Josiah Cole ever did enlist from Waldoboro nor is there a man of that name of Josiah Cole known in Waldoboro now or ever — he appears to have served a long time in the War in the late Henry Jackson's Regiment and faithfully — by the evidence annexed
Ebenezer Thatcher —
November 1 st 1820 —
State of Massachusetts } County of Lincoln ss. } I hereby certify that Isaiah Cole of Waldoboro who made the within declaration, again appeared before me the subscriber Judge of a Court of Record in the State of Massachusetts and made solemn oath that he is the identical Isaiah Cole that served in Capt Scott's company in Col Henry Jackson's Regiment in the Revolutionary War. & that he is the same person named Josiah Cole in the Secretary's certificate hereto annexed & that his being returned by the name of Josiah Cole is a mistake —
Ebenezer Thatcher —

I Israel Cole of Waldoboro; in the County of Lincoln State of Massachusetts, testify & say that I served as a Private in Capt. Scotts Comp y in Col. Henry Jackson Reg t . in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establish t . in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy from the 22 d . day of June 1777 the date of my enlistment untill some time in the month of June 1780, at which time I was honorably discharged from the army by Col. Henry Jackson at Elizabeth Town New Jersey having served out the full term of three years, & that my said discharge has been a long time since lost & is not in existence that I have not been on any pension Roll of the U. States, that I am now a resident citizen of the U. States, & that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in need of assistance from my Country for support & therefore respectfully request that I may be placed on the pension Roll of the United States agreeably to "an act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818 providing for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the U. States in the Revolutionary War."
Israel Cole

I am A. Stagg of Noblesboro' in the County of Lincoln State of Massachusetts late a Drummer in Capt. Hastings Comp y Massachusetts Line com d by Col. Jackson on the Continental establish d against the common enemy testify & say that I am personally acquainted with Israel Col d of Waldoboro' County & State aforesaid late a private in Capt. Scotts Comp y in Col. Jackson Reg t aforesaid & will know that he served the full term of three years in said Reg t on the Continental establish d in the Valley of the Schuylkill against the common enemy Samuel A. Stagg
Subscribed and sworn to at Waldoborough in the State of Massachusetts this ninth day of April 1813 Before me Denny M c Cobb Justice
I certify that the above Deposition is a credible witness Denny M c Cobb Justice of the Peace State of Massachusetts May 26 - 1819 County of Lincoln SS - I hereby certify that Denny M c Cobb Esq r who has affixed his name to the certificate of the credibility of the above Deposition is an acting Magistrate in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts duly qualified & that the above is his own signature
Ebenezer Thatcher a Justice of the P.C. Pleas 2 d Eastern Circuit State of Massachusetts

It is known Selectmen of the Town of I Alpheus Delano of Friendship in the county of Lincoln State of Massachusetts late a Sergeant in Col. Scott's Comp y Col. Henry Jackson Regt. in the Continental establish t testify & say that I am personally acquainted with Israel Cole of Waldoboro in the County & State aforesaid late a soldier in said Comp y & Regt. that said Cole was enlisted sometime in the month of June 1777 & served in said Comp y & Regt. until sometime in the month of June 1780 at which time he was honorably discharged, that I served with said Cole in said Comp y & Regt. during said period, that there was no other person in said Comp y  by the name of Cole during said period, except the said Israel Cole who is the same identical Israel Cole named in the annexed declaration taken before Rev. Thacher Esq. on the 9 th day of Apr. 1818. — Alpheus Delano
Subscribed & sworn to at Waldoboro this 3 rd day of Nov. 1819 —
Before me, DWYNN M c COBB Jus of the Peace

Attest subscribers Select men of the Town of
I John Jones of Jefferson in the county of Lincoln State of Massachusetts late a Sergeant in Col. Henry Jackson's Reg t in the continental establish t testify & say that I am personally acquainted with Isaiah Cole of Waldoboro in the county of State aforesaid, late a soldier in Col. Scott's Comp y in the Reg t aforesaid, that said Cole was in listed sometime in the month of June 1777 & served in said Comp y & Reg t until sometime in the month of June 1780, at which time he was Honorably discharged with said Cole in said Reg t during said period, that there was no other person by the name of Cole in said Company during said period, except the said Isaiah Cole who is the same identical Isaiah Cole named in the annexed declaration taken before Rev. Thacher Esq. on the 9 th day of Ap r 1818.
Subscribed & sworn to John Jones at Waldoboro the 28 th of Oct 1819
Before me, Henry Flagg Just of Peace State of Massachusetts County of Lincoln ss I certify that Henry Flagg is a justice of the Peace in the County & State aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified and that the above is his signature E. Bent. Wabes Judge of a Court of Record in Massachusetts

To the subscribers Select men of the Town of Waldoboro! in the County of Lincoln State of Massachusetts, testify & make known that Isaiah Ladd late a Soldier in the Rebel Army now an inhabitant of this Town is in reduced cir- cumstances, that he cannot by his own labour or means within himself, support himself with- out the aid & assistance of his Country
Jacob Ludwig Jr. (Select men of Charles Miller the Town of Henry F. Ladd Waldoboro! —
Subscribed and sworn to at Waldoborough in the State of Massachusetts this tenth day of June 1873
Before me D. M. Webb Jr. Clerk

Isaiah 60:6
17,203
[Large cursive signature]
Sept. 1820
17,203
STATE OF VERMONT

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 twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this Sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Eben? Thatcher a Judge of the C C C Pleas 2 d 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, I. Cole aged 63 years, resident in Waldoboro 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 in the company commanded by Capt. Secte in the Regiment commanded by Colonel H Jackson 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 29 day of Sept. A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 17283 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.
Isaiah Cole
Sworn to and declared, on the Sixth day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Eben? Thatcher
{ 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 :
No property real or personal.
Isaiah Cole
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Isaiah Cole who, by occupation am a Seaman which I am unable to pursue by reason of great lameness in consequence of Rheumatic complaint which has existed for more than seven years.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife 61 Sickly   Asst Nat Coffin 64 Isaiah Cole  
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 twelfth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Declaration 2333
May 6. 60 old
Waldoboro
Me, Sept. 20 1838.
act. of July '38
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Died 17 Oct. 36
Pen. com. 18. Oct. 36
Denny M Cobb
Waldoboro
Me

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1833, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE - LINCOLN, ss :-
On this Monticello day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Nathaniel Grooten Judge of probate within & for the County & State
Mary Catharine Cole A. B., a resident of Waldoboro in the county of Lincoln aged Seventy Seven 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 7, 1833, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Isaiah Cole who was a
Private in the army of the Revolution . That the period for which he enlisted and served was three years. The date of his enlistment and time of discharge, and the names of the officers under whom he served is unknown to your applicant. His services are particularly set forth and described in his original Declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of March 1818, and on which said Declaration his certificate of Pension was granted. She further declares that said certificate of Pension immediately after his decease was returned to the Pension Agency at Portland, and is on file in the War Department. She respectfully refers to his original Declaration on file in the War Department for evidence in support of her claim. She further declares that she was married to her said husband Isaiah Cole at Waldoboro on the 24th of January 1779. by Rev. Mr. Schoffer then a preacher of the Gospel at Waldoboro and she was never married to any other person but her said Husband Isaiah Cole and is now a widow.
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaiah Cole by Rev. Mr. Schoffer a minister of the Gospel on the Tenth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy Nine ; that her husband, the aforesaid Isaiah Cole died on the Sixth day of November 1836 ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Mary Cole Nathaniel Grooten Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln

I also Askins of Bristol, County of Lincoln State of Massachusetts late a Soldier in the Comp y commanded by Lieut. Hubby in Col. Henry Jackson Reg t in the Continental establis t in the Revolut n War, testify & Say that I am personally acquainted with Israel Cole of Waldoboro in the County of State aforesaid late a Soldier in Capt. Scotts Comp y in the Reg t aforesaid, that said Cole was enlisted in the Month of June 1777 and served in said Comp y & Reg t until some time in the Month of June 1780, at which time he was honorably discharged, that I served with said Cole in said Reg t during said period that then was no other person by the name of Cole in said Scotts Comp y except the said Israel Cole, who is the same identical Israel Cole named in the annexed declaration taken before Ebenezer Thacher Esq r on the 9 th day of Apr. 1818. & Subscribed & sworn to at Alsea Askins Waldoboro this 26 th day of Nov: 1819 Before me, D r M c Clusky Justice of the Peace

I Sam. A. Hagg of Middlebury county of the State of Massachusetts, late a Drummer in Capt. Hastings's company Col. Hens's Jackson Regt. in the continental establish n . in the Rev. war testify & say that I am personally acquainted with Isaiah Cole of Middlebury in the county & State aforesaid late a Private in Capt. Scott's company in the Regt. aforesaid, that said Cole was enlisted in the Month of June 1777 & served in said company & Regt. until sometime in the Month of June 1780 at which time he was honorably discharged that I served with said Cole in said Regt. during said period that there was no other person in said Regt. during said period by the name of Cole except the said Isaiah Cole, who is the same Isaiah Cole, named in the annexed declaration taken before Hon. Thacher Esq. on the 9 th day, of Apr. 1818.
Sam l A. Hagg
Subscribed & sworn to at Middlebury this 13 th day of
Dec. 1819
Before me D. W. M c Robb Just of the peace

22827 a M Sweetland Mass SWB
History to embroid Normal Mass.
History to Mrs - 26 Hanover Mass
22827 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,827 Mary Catharine Cole Widow of Isaiah Cole Died Nov 1896
Act Feb 21 48
Index: Vol 4, Page 241
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov 10 '96 to Miss Ella Boston
June 9. 1897- Mr. E. F. A 32 Warren Somerville
June 24. 1897- Ella E. Fuller St. Boston

Maine L 121
Mary Catharine Bole widow of Isaiah Bole,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar. '18 and who died on the 17 th Oct r or 6 th Nov r 1836 of Lincoln in the State of Maine who was a P er in the County commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Jackson in the Mass s line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 7 th Nov r 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Sep r '39, and seal d by Henry McCobb, and Waldoboro, Me.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sep r — $ Semi-annual allowance ending
$ { Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Bussey Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 — Page 5.

1401.
Maine
Mary Catharine Cole widow of Micah Cole who was a Private in the Mass line for 2 years
Rep Aug 8
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of August, 1843 and sent to Parker Mc Cobb Jr Waldoboro. Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 3.

3920.
Name Mary Catharine Cole widow of Isaiah
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Febry 1849 and sent to
Wm. H. Slapp Hofk
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page Vol. 1.
Reported Febry 16/49

May 6. 1860 Payment to be made
at Portland by A. Newhall, Esq., Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
First payment to be made on the 31st December, 1838, and on the 4th March and 4th Septem- ber in each year there- after.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 15 Page 5 by
R. Burdine Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Mary Catharine Cole, of Maine, widow of Isaiah Cole, deceased, who was a Private in the Revolution, and died on the 17 th Oct r or 6 th day of November 1836, is entitled to receive a pension, at the rate of eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the seventh day of Nov r 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the 4th of March, 1841, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
S. Cooper.
Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Geo. M c Cumf Actg Commissioner of Pensions.

Isaiah Bole etc. act 1818. When last paid? J.M.C.
Sep 2. 39
Due 17 Oct 1836 p t that period JH

bath. Lehr, Me, Dec 18 bath. Warner " " "

Waldoboro Dec 13 1838
Rev James S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I transmit you herewith certificates from the Town Clerks of Waldoboro & Russel to be filed with the claims of the following persons claiming the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 4 1836 & 7 th of June 1838 and whose declarations have been transmitted to your Department viz Mrs. Ann Catharine Sho. Catharine Varnes. Sophia Fitzgore etc. Hannah Russell & Mary C. Cole.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Most Obedient Servant D. M. Merrill

Certificate of John Clarke of Maldabav in the diocese of
Mary C. Cole
Maldobav maria
Act 7 th June 1838.

Isaac Reed of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk and have in my custody the records of the town of Waldoboro, and that after a careful examination, the marriage of intention of marriage of Sarah Cole and Mary C. Schenck, does not appear upon the records of marriages and publications for the town of Waldoboro.
Waldoboro December 8 th 1838
Isaac Reed Clerk of the town of Waldoboro
State of Maine Isaac Reed on this 8 th day of December A.D. 1838 Personally appeared the abovenamed Isaac Reed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him signed. Further saith this deponent that he has a true and correct copy of the foregoing certificate and that his statements made under oath are entitled to full credit and belief. Dwight M c Guire Jr. Clerk
P.L.O.

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Denny M'Gobb Esq. whose name is affixed the annexed paper as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 12 th day of December A. D. 1838
Jacob Smith CLERK.

Waldoboro June 14. 1839
Mr James P. Edwards Commr of Pensions Sir
I herewith transmit you such additional evidence establishing the date of the marriage of Peter Lake & Catharine Lake as can be afforded, and which I hope will prove satisfactory.
The certificate of the Town Clerk of Waldoboro showing that no evidence of the marriage of said individuals appeared upon the town records I transmitted to your Department some time since and I presume the same is on file. If it failed to reach the Department & it being deemed essential in being informed of the fact I will procure another one.
I am Very Respectfully Your Most Ob. Servt D. M. D. Abbott

msat July 10.
FREE
J. H. Reynolds Esq. Home of Pensions Norfolkington Hill D. R.

State of Maine Lincoln County Clerk's Office Kennebec - July 4 th 1839
Sir,
I do not find in this Office any record of an alleged marriage between Mr. Peter Lehn and Miss Catharine Broadman. nor on between Mrs. Josiah Gold and Miss Mary P. Schenk.
I am very respectfully Yours obt. servt. Jacob Smith
J. L. Edmonds Esq. Comm r : of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

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

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mary Catharine Cole widow of Isaiah Cole , who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 16th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine .
E. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. G. Burnett for Commissioner of Pensions.

Isaiah 60
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by the President of Cumberland Bank in Portland
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
"Payable to the 4 March 1820 but thereafter no payment can be made before ex- hibiting a schedule of property".
E. Fletcher
Registered, by G. H. Henihan Clerk, in book B, volume 13 page 38
✓

New certificate issued. Pension to commence 9 April 1818 — See letter to E Thatcher Esq Thomastown M c 23 Aug r 20

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Isaiah Gole 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 ninth day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this thirty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty .
J B Calhoun Secretary of War.
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Dr Crump for at
Mary Boli allain
for James & Edwards Commission of Bruns Wethersfield.
FREE

Waldoboro, July 18 th 1839
Dear Sir
In answer to your enquiries respecting the Marriage of Isarah Cole and Mary C. Schenk Jan. 26 th 1779, I would give you the following.
I Henry Kennebecy. Clerk of the Town of Waldoboro, in the state of Maine, do affirm and say, that I have examined the records of this Town from 1773. to 1802. and cannot find any such Marriage on record, I have likewise examined the records of births and deaths and cannot find any thing recorded which recognises them as husband & wife, But this record appears to have been kept in such an imperfect manner that no dependance could be put upon it, it appearing that but few individuals (at that time, had their births & deaths recorded, By examining the records I find that from Dec. 18 th 1779 until May 19 th 1789. a period of about ten years, there is not a Marriage on record, the Marriages before and after this, appear to have been kept regular, I account for this omission as follows, In the latter part of the old book of records where the marriages were kept for over 20 years; there has

been eight leaves torn out, a strip of the bottom of the leaves are left from \frac{1}{4} to \frac{1}{2} inch wide, which shows that they were torn out in an irregular manner, which cannot be accounted for, as those leaves are taken from the place where the Marriages would have been recorded, I have good reason to suppose the records were destroyed with those leaves, I would further testify and say that I have lived a neighbor to Isaiah & his family for fourteen years past, and have always known them to live together as husband & wife during that time until his death,
Respectfully Yours
Henry Kennedy Clerk of the Town of Wallasea,
Subscribed & sworn this nineteenth day of July A.D. 1889
Respectfully Yours Henry Kennedy Clerk
County of Lincoln
State of Maine
In testimony that the above named Henry Kennedy was on the day when the above acknowledgment was made a justice of the Peace for the above mentioned County & that his signature is genuine I subscribe my name & affix
my Notarial Seal this 19 th day of July A.D. 1889
Parker M. Cobb Jr
Notary Public

V Am. Q. Perry McChubb Nov. 29. '38 do - do - Apr. 15. '39 Town. & County Clerks 2 nd June 39.

Cole
3920
Ind to p 96, dy p 80 p un comy 1 July 48
H. D. Johnson
Present

State of Maine
County of Cumberland
ss.
Clerk's Office,
Judicial Courts Portland } October 18 th A. D. 1850 }
I,
Charles C. Cannon Clerk of the Judicial Courts — in and for said County of Cumberland
certify that
Arthur McArthur is an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for every  said County of said State duly qualified to act as such, that the commission of the said McArthur is dated August 6 th 1850 and will expire August 6 th 1857
and that the foregoing SIGNATURE, purporting to be his, is Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Cannon CLERK.

State of Maine County of Lincoln
} ss.
On this day of fifteenth day of October A. D. 1850 before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for every  said County in said State personally appeared Mary Catharine Cole of Waldoborough in the county of Lincoln aforesaid aged ninety one years
and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Isaiah Cole late of said Waldoborough deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that she has drawn a pension since his death at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, and is now a Pensioner under the Act of 2 d February, 1848 that she now asks for all arrears or increase of Pension to which she may be enti- tled under any of the Acts or Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case, viz. 7 th July, 1838; 3 d March, 1843; 17 th June, 1844; 2 d February, 1848; Joint Resolution of 23 d January, 1845; and 1 st July, 1848; that she now resides in said County and State.
Witness,
James Cole
her Mary Catharine Cole mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me, Arthur M c Attee
Justice of the Peace.
Throughout the State

I have all men by these presents that I have also lots of Woodlots sought in the County of Lincoln and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, situated In consideration one hundred and fifty dollars in hand paid me by John Currier of care of Woodlots in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid The receipt hereof is hereby acknowledged have given granted and quit claimed unto him the said John Currier and his heirs and assigns forever all my right and title of said as is here after described. Beginning at the Western side of the Road leading from New Spurs to Capt Charles Garrison, on the West- side of the Road on the line of Land belonging to Caleb Howard thence running West to Medomak River thence by said River to Land belonging to Michael Kelly thence East by said Kelly's Land to the town Road thence by said Road to the first mentioned bounds. To have and to hold the premises with all Privileges appertaining thereunto him the said John Currier & his heirs and assigns by me the said Smith Eddy fully acquitted of all claims hereafter to the premises excepting a certain piece belonging to Capt George Seisness of Woodlots in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts said Land was conveyed by me Smith Eddy deceased of the town County & State aforesaid being situated & bounded as follows

Beginning at the town Road at a stake & stones thence by Standard line West thirteen & half Poles thence South three fourths West Nine & the quarter Poles through the house thence East Nine & three Poles thence North East 9 N. ten Poles the first mentioned boundary In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight and one And Catharine Cole in tokens of her release of Dower has hereunto set her hand & seal
Signed & sealed & delivered in
(Signed) Presence of us (Signed) Isaiah Cole
Jeremiah Barnard
Paul Lusk (Signed) Catharine Cole
Lincoln ss. Waldoboro April the 20 1801 Then personally appeared Isaiah Cole & Catharine Cole wife to the said Isaiah Cole & acknowledged the above and within instrument by them subscribed to be their free act & deed
Before me Jacob Ludwig Justice of the Peace
Lincoln ss. Recd August 4. 1802 & entered with the records for seeds for said Conn of L 16. 50 Votio 28 th att. His Rise Regt

State of Maine County of Lincoln ss April 24. 1839. I Henry W. Cobb Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Lincoln do hereby certify that the annexed is a true copy thereof giving an original Deed executed by Isaiah Cole & Catharine Cole wife of said Isaiah deceased to John Currier the Grantee and of now in his possession.
I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Mary Catharine Cole widow of Isaiah Cole late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States deceased and am familiar with her hand writing and that the signature appended to the original Deed referred to by me in the annexed is a true copy of her genuine sign- ature to me well knowing with the exception of the omission of "Mary" preceding Catharine as she sometimes writes her name
DWYNN M c COBB for Dea
State of Maine County of Lincoln ss
In testimony that the above named Henry W. Cobb was in the day when the above acknowledgment was made a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State abovenamed and that his sign- ature is genuine I subscribe my name and affix my Notarial
seal this twenty fourth day of April A.D. 1839
Parker M c COBB
Notary Public

Co Co
aa 1401

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, October 2nd A. D. 1848
I  Charles C. Harmon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
John H. Kennedy is an Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Sincedm as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Kennedy is dated March 14th A. D. 1848; and will expire March 14 A. D. 1851.
and that the this and following Genuine.
SIGNATURE purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Harmon , CLERK.

State of Maine County of Lincoln ss.
On the twenty six th day of Septem- ber 1848, personally appeared, before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mary Cath- erine Cole, a resident of Waldoborough in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged Eighty nine years who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that She is the Widow of Isaiah Cole, who was a private in the Revo- lutionary War, in Capt. Company in Col Regiment.
She further declares that She is still a Widow, and has received the benefits of the Act of Congress, passed 7 July 1838, 3 d March 1843 and 17 June 1844 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, Mary Catherine Cole Witness Alice C. Gray,
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written Before me John H. Kennedy Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me to be the man described in above stated John H. Kennedy Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
Lincoln County ss.
I Jacob Smith Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Lincoln do hereby certify that Nathaniel Estlin is the Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of the said County this 5 th day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.
Jacob Smith, Clerk.

State of Maine
Lincoln County ss
I Jacob Smith Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County of Lincoln do hereby certify that Denny M'Clott is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the thirteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty eight, and will expire on the thirteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Forty Five and that his signature is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of the said County this 5 th day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
Jacob Smith Clerk.

Deposition of Abel Cole
I, Abel Cole of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged Eighty Seven years in oath depose and say that I am well acquainted with Mary Catharine Cole who is now about seventy seven years of age and can remember her for more than sixty years - her maiden name was Mary Catharine Schenck. On the 24 th day of January A.D. 1779 I was present at the dwelling house of Rev. Mr. Schoeffler and witnessed her marriage with Isaiah Cole which marriage was performed by the Rev. Mr. Schoeffler who was then a minister of the Gospel and settled in this town and that after this marriage she lived with said Isaiah Cole as his wife and they reared up a family of children. Mr. Schoeffler was a German, and kept no records of his marriages that are now to be found. I have lived in Waldoboro more than sixty years; and know that Isaiah Cole was a soldier in the Revolution and a pensioner that he died in November A.D. 1836 and that the aforesaid Mary Catharine Cole is now living his widow and never married to any other person.
Alex. B.
State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss. On this twenty third day of September A.D. 1838 Personally appeared Abel Cole above named & cause of the foregoing deposition to be reduced to writing and having the same read and understood by him he subscribed his name thereto and made solemn oath that the same was true. I further certify that said Abel Cole is a man of truth & veracity and his statements under oath are entitled to full credit & belief.
D. W. M. B. for Peace

State of Maine.
County of Lincoln ss At a Probate Court, held at Waldoborough in and for said County, on the twentieth day of September A.D. 1838.
Be it known that Mary Catherine Cole of said Waldoborough, widow of Isaiah Cole deceased, personally appeared in open Court - the same being a Court of Record, and keeping a record of wills and estates of persons deceased within the said County, and caused the annexed declaration to be reduced to writing and dictated the same under oath - and the same being read to her she then understood she subscribed her name thereto, and made solemn oath, that the same and every part thereof was true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name as judge of said Court and affixed the seal thereof the day & year aforesaid.
Nathan Grooton judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln.

Declaration Mary Catherine Kate

Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1833, granting Pensions for one year to certain widows who have received Pensions under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of Maine County of Lincoln ss
On this Fifteenth day of May A.D. 1843 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine Mary Catharine Cole, a resident of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln aged Eighty Three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1833, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Isaiah Cole who was a private during the Revolutionary War that she was pensioned at the widow of the said David Cole at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum under the act of July 7. 1838, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Isaiah Cole having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Mary Catharine the Cole mark
Witness: P. true copy Isaiah Cole

Sworn to and Subscribed this Fifteenth day of May A.D. 1845
Before me John T. Cushman Justice of the Peace
I certify that the Declarant Mary Catharine Cole is personally known to me to have been sworn to under the act of Feb. 7. 1838, and is the reputed Widow of Isaiah Cole deceased and has remained unmarried ever since his death
John T. Cushman Justice of the Peace

1434 Declaration
Mary Catherine Cole
$80 per ann
Parker McCallum
Waldoboro Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that
John H. Easton Esq.
whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as
a Justice of the Peace
is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so
affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
SEAL of the District Court for the Middle District
Count this twentythird day of May
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Jacob Smith CLERK.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, May 28 th 1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Josiah Cole served as a Soldier in Capt. Scott's Company, and Col. H. Jackson's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from June 22 d 1777 to June 2 d 1780, being two years and eleven months & twenty days —
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
There is not the name of Isaiah Cole in the Regt — It is Josiah ; & probably a mistake for Isaiah — He was of the town of Waldoboro' —
Alden Bradford Secy. of Com th

SAM'L ORR, MANUFACTURER OF SILK AND DERBY HATS 26 HANOVER STREET.
Boston, June 7 1897
Pension Bureau Washington D.C. Gentlemen.
Please send me a certificate of the fact that Isiah Cole served in the "Revolutionary Army" in Massachusetts troops three years under Col Henry Jackman and Capt Scott
Yours truly Mrs Ella E Fuller 26 Hanover St Boston
Mark

WM. ROGERS M'FG CO.,
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TRADE MARKS:
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CHARLES W. SWEETLAND.
Boston , Oct. 19, 1896. 189
Hon. John A. Lochran,
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear sir:--
My great grandfather, Isiah Cole, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He died in Waldaboro, Maine. I want to get his records and the facts that will prove my eligibility to become a member of the Daughters of the Revolution. Can you get such evidence and forward to me, and greatly oblige
Yours very respectfully,
Ellen M. Sweetland,
67 Chauncy St.,
Boston, Mass.