Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22816, Joseph Coolidge, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Goodridge, Joseph Mary
W. 22816
CONTENTS

27037  Maine =  Joseph Coolidge Maine, in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Bassett of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bradford in the Mass. for 9 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Dec.  1833 and Antioch R. Washburn North Scituate
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33  $ 75    Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr '34  15     $ 90  
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832  Recorded by Geo. B. Stiles Clerk, Book E , Vol. 2 , Page 9 .

414.
Maine
Report
Mary Coolidge widow of Joseph Coolidge who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of June 1848 and sent to
Jefferson Coolidge North Livermore Orford Co. Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page Vol. 4.

Joseph Coolidge
Maine 28 Sept 3
Private of Montpelier adm'd on roll Col. Bradford Map ut. -
Reuel Washburn South Livermore Maine

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Maine } County of Oxford } S.S.
On this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before Stephen Emery Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate He within and for said County of Oxford now sitting at Livermore in said County, Joseph Coolidge, a resident of said Canton in said County aged seventy 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 enlisted in the army of the United States about the first of July in the year 1780 with Samuel Sawin and others, then of Watertown (Mass) for the term of six months , and served in the fourteenth Regiment of the Mass. line under the following named officers, viz. Brig. Genl. Patterson, Col. Bradford, Lieut. Col. Bapett, Major Wiley and in the company commanded by Lieut. Realy and at the end of said term, to wit about the first of January A.D. 1781 was honorably discharged. And the said Coolidge further states that he resided when he entered the service aforesaid in the town of Watertown in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
That immediately after his enlistment as aforesaid, he was marched to West Point in the State of New York & so from place to place to the State of New Jersey from whence he returned to West Point for winter quarters, where he was honorably discharged as before stated.
And the said Joseph Coolidge further states, that he entered the service of the United States about the first of November 1777 by enlisting for the term of three months , into a company commanded by Captain Pierce and Lieut. Murdoch but the name of the Regiment & its Commander he does not recollect - Which company as he thinks belonged to the Massachusetts Bay Militia or State Troops - That immediately after his said enlistment, he was marched to Cambridge Mass. was there stationed during the whole of said term and at the end thereof was honorably discharged - And the service last mentioned he can prove

by Joshua Coolidge of Watertown in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - And the said Joseph Coolidge further states that at the time he enlisted into the said Pierce's Company as aforesaid, he resided at Newton in said Commonwealth. That not any documentary evidence of said service
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 -
Joseph Coolidge
Subscribed & sworn to, in open Court - the day & year aforesaid
Stephen Emery, Judge
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states, he having adduced in corroboration of his own declaration, the deposition of Samuel Savin, on oath duly administered.
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Lole Register of the Court of Probate hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Coolidge for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the twentieth day of September A.D. 1832
Joseph G. Lole Register

6576

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 17 th 1844 Entitled "an act to continue the Pensions of certain widows,"
State of Maine } ss County of Oxford }
On this Eighteenth day of September AD 1844 Personally appeared in open Court before the Subscribed Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Oxford the same being a Court of record, Mary Coolidge, a resident of Canton in the County of Oxford State of Maine aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed 17 th June 1844 Entitled "an act to continue the Pensions of certain widows," that she is the widow of Joseph Coolidge, who was a pensioner of the United States under act of June 7 1832 at the rate of thirty dollars per annum, which was payable at the State of Maine agency, and where it was last paid to him up to March 4 1843 from which time to the 17 th day of October 1843 the pension was paid to her or his widow at the same agency; She refers to his certificate which was dated December 16 th 1833 and numbered 27037 also to a Declaration made by him of his services in the revolution, supposed to be in possession of the War Department, in support of her claim, She further declares, that she was married to the said Joseph Coolidge on the nineteenth day of December in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty three that her husband the said Joseph Coolidge died in the aforesaid Town of Canton on the seventeenth

day of October one thousand Eight hundred and Forty three, that her maiden name was Mary Adams, that her marriage was solemnized at the time mentioned in the Deed of Watertown in the county of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, and that since his death she has remained a widow Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written viz September Eighteenth AD 1844 Before me Mary Coolidge
Lyman Rawson { Judge of the Probate court State of Maine { in and for the county of Oxford State of Maine Oxford County ss
I the Subscriber Register of the court of Probate of said county of Oxford, do hereby certify that the Hon. Lyman Rawson before whom the proceedings were had, is the Judge of the court of Probate for the county of Oxford in the State of Maine I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Mary Coolidge for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and the Seal of said court this Eighteenth day of September AD 1844 Isco. F. Emery Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Town Clerks Office Watertown.
Extract of the Records of the Town of Watertown in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid. Joseph Coolidge of Watertown and Mary Adams of Watertown were lawfully married on the nineteenth day of December seventeen Hundred and Eighty three By Richard R Eliot Minister of the Gospel.
I Isaac Robbins hereby certify that the above is a true Copy of the Records with the Exception of the dates which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures and words 1783 Decr 19.
Isaac Robbins Town clerk of Watertown. Massachusetts
I Isaac Robbins above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town clerk in the town of Watertown aforesaid and that the above is a true Copy of the extract from the Records of said Watertown with the exception above named as certified by me.
Isaac Robbins clerk of the Town " " of Watertown
Middlesex ss Watertown April 29 th 1844. Then personally appeared the above named Isaac Robbins and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true before me Charles Dennis Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Elias Praney Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the county of Middlesex, do hereby certify that Charles Bemis Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, duly Commissioned & qualified, and that his name Subscribed to the within Certificate is his genuine Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affix- ed the Seal of said Court The twenty ninth day of April 1844.
E. Praney Clk.

August 21, 1930
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
Joseph Coolidge
Mr. Andrew Holmes Burgess Cicero, Illinois
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 22816, that Joseph Coolidge was born in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, date not shown.
While a resident of Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, he enlisted about November 1, 1777, and served three months as a private in Captain Pierce's Company, in Colonel John Brooks' Massachusetts Regiment.
While a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts, he enlisted about July 1, 1780, and served six months as private in a company commanded by Lieutenant Reaby, in Colonel Bradford's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 20, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Canton, Oxford County, Maine, aged seventy years. He died there October 17, 1843.
While a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts, the soldier married there December 19, 1783, Mary Adams, of Waltham, Massachusetts.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 18, 1844, at which time she was living in Canton, Oxford County, Maine, aged eighty-four years.
In 1846, one Jefferson Coolidge was Justice of Peace in Oxford County, Maine, but his relationship to soldier was not shown.
Street address 5111 West 23rd St. The original was returned to John Cook, Rec Div., showed
the Civil War claim a half day, but finally found it - with address on Mrs. Burgess's list.

Your letter has been referred to the proper division of this bureau for reply, in regard to Charles E. Cole, a soldier of the Civil War.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

I Joshua Coolidge of Watertown, in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth, of Massachusetts, aged seventy four. Testify and say, that my brother Joseph Coolidge, now living in Canton in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and served for the term of six months, and was stationed as I always understood, at different Military stations, during said time on the North River in the State of New York - My Brother Joseph was also drafted as a Militia Man, from the town of Newton, in said County of Middlesex and served as a soldier for the term of three months, - but the names of the Company officers under whom he served I do not recollect, but the Colonel under whom he served was Colonel John Brooks.
I served under Captain Israel Walton, of Cambridge and was drafted from Watertown, the men drafted for Newton, to guard the prisoners taken with Genl. Burgoyne were brought on by John King who I believe acted as a Sargent. I recollect that Henry King, Noah Hyde, and Robert Dalrymple served as Soldiers in the same Company with my brother Joseph.
I was myself a soldier to guard said prisoners at Cambridge during the whole of said three months with my said brother. - My brother Joseph was on guard when the troops came to relieve us, at which time I was regularly discharged, and my brother Joseph also received a regular discharge at the same time.
J. G. Coolidge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. November 23 d 1832. Personally appeared the above named Joshua Coolidge, and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me Charles Bemis Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss.
I Elias Pinner clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Middlesex, do certify that Charles Bemis Esquire is a Justice of the peace, within & for the County of Middlesex, duly qualified to administer oaths, that full faith & credit should be given to his official acts, and that his name set to the foregoing certificate is his own proper signa- ture.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, the twenty seventh day of Novem- ber 1832.
E. Pinner.

I Samuel Sawin of Livermore in the County of Oxford & State of Maine of lawful age do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Joseph Coolidge now resident in Canton in said County and was born & brought up in the same town with him viz. in the town of Watertown in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - and about the first of July A.D. 17.80 the said Coolidge and myself enlisted as private soldiers in the  in the army of the United States in the Company commanded by Lieut. Reals in the fourteenth Regiment commanded by Col. Bradford, Lieut. Col. Bapst, Major Wiley, in Genl. Patterson's Brigade - And the said Coolidge to my certain knowledge served in said Company & Regiment until about the first of January A.D. 1781 when he was discharged honorably, at West Point in the State of New York -
Samuel Sawin
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
Reuel Washburn
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of
Samuel Sawin is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 16 th day of October in the year A. D. 1832
RK Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

I Samuel Sawin of Livermore in the County of Oxford & State of Maine of lawful age do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Joseph Coolidge now resident in Canton in said County and was born & brought up in the same town with him viz. in the town of Watertown in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - and about the first of July A.D. 17.80 the said Coolidge and myself enlisted as private soldiers in the army of the enemy of the United States  in the company commanded by Lieut. Reals in the fourteenth Regiment commanded by Col Bradford, Lieut. Col. Bapst, Major Wiley, in Genl. Pattersons Brigade - And the said Coolidge to my certain knowledge served in said Company & Regiment until about the first of January A.D. 1781 when he was discharged honorably, at West Point in the State of New York -
Samuel Sawin
State of Maine
Oxford ss. September 20 th 1832 Personally appeared the said Samuel Sawin and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, before me the subscriber - The said Samuel Sawin being known to me as a credible person whose statements are entitled to credit
Reuel Haskell Justice of the Peace

For Coolidge Maine
James L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office Washington City.
Holliston

Washington Dec r 17. 1832 Dear Sir.
Enclosed are the papers of Mr. Joseph Goodridge. a petition for a pension. under the late law of Congress.
Respectfully Yours -
C. Hall and
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 d January 1846. Whereas the Act of the 30 th April 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner. I now make the following declaration under oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of Joseph Coolidge, who was a private in the war of the Revolution. I was pensioned at the rate of thirty dollars per annum from the seventeenth day of October 1843 to terminate on the 4 th of March 1848, and now ask for the amount due me from the 4 th day of March 1836 to the 4 th day of March 1841 and from the 4 th day of March 1843 to 17 th day of October 1843.
Witness
Cornelius Hollands
Jefferson Coolidge
Nancy Coolidge
State of Maine - Oxford County ss.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this Eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five at Canton in the County of Oxford, State of Maine
Cornelius Holland Justice of the Peace
I certify, that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Cornelius Hollands Justice of the Peace

to the dinner on the
free
Sept 20
Sept 20 1828
0576
me
Mar 3 rd 1843
June 17 1844
Mary Coolidge
(Original)
A. Harris
James Johnson
Mrs. Apartment
City Washington D.C.

State of Maine Oxford County
North Livermore September 19 1844
J L Edwards Esq
Inclosed is the declaration &c of Mary Coolidge of Canton, in order to avail herself of the benefit of the late act of Congress for a pension if the papers are such as are required by the war department will you please to forward her certificate by Mail to me at North Livermore (Maine)
Yr obedt yours Respectfully
J L Edwards Esq
Jefferson Coolidge

North Livermore Me June 16 th
Free
J. A. Edwards Comm. Pensions War Department City Washington D. C.

State of Maine Oxford County North Livermore June 15/1848 J. L. Edwards Esq
Inclosed is the declaration of Mary Coolidge of Canton in order to avail herself of the benefit of the late act of Congress for a pension if such as is required by the War Department; will you please to forward her certificate by mail to me at North Livermore (me) Very respectfully your obed Servt
J L Edwards Esq town of Livermore
Jefferson Coolidge

62 82, 68 m.
Henry Boelke - Pupuno, Oct 145 June 24 1877 D.C.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Vermont
Willingford June 7 th 1879
L L Edwards Comm of Pensions
I inclose to you a Declaration for Mrs Mary Coolidge widow of Joseph Coolidge & when the returns are made out please forward them to me Whither her Declaration was made out before the 30 th of April 1844 I do not know only what she says she says that it was sworn to some time in April 1844
I Am respectfully Your Obt Servt John C Harris
L L Edwards Comm. of Pensions

Washing D C. March 20. 1845
Colo Edwards.
I herewith enclose you the application of Mary Coelidge for some of Housons - Is entitled to it please forward her certificate to me as soon as possibly convenient. -
I have always since wrote your respecting a certificate for Mary Coelidge.
Most respectfully Yours John F. Scammon.
Colo James L Edwards Barr of Housons. Washington

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 January 1845 whereas the Act of the 30 th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner I now make the following Statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned I am the widow of Joseph Coolidge who was a private in the war of the revolution I have drawn a pension at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum from the 17 th of October 1843 and now ask for the amount due me from the fourth day of March Eighteen hundred thirty six to the 17 th of October 1843 when my former pension commenced I made my declaration before the 30 th of April 1844 and it was filed in the pension Office before the 23 rd of January 1845
Sworn to and Subscribed before me on this twenty fourth day of May in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty seven at Canton in the County of Oxford and State of Maine Signed in presence of Cornelius Holland } Mary Coolidge
STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County, ss :
I, the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Cornelius Holland whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing Declaration of Mary Coolidge is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this twenty seventh day of May A. D., 1847 Charles Andrews
CLERK.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 January 1845 whereas the Act of the 30 th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner I now make the following Statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned I am the widow of Joseph Coolidge who was a private in the war of the revolution I have drawn a pension at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum from the 17 th of October 1843 and now ask for the amount due me from the fourth day of March Eighteen hundred thirty six to the 17 th of October 1843 when my former pension commenced I made my declaration before the 30 th of April 1844 and it was filed in the Pension Office before the 23 rd of January 1845
Sworn to and Subscribed before me on this twenty fourth day of May in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty seven at Canton in the County of Oxford and State of Maine
Signed in presence of Cornelius Holland } x Jacob Ludden } x Mary Coolidge Cornelius Holland, Justice Peace
I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Cornelius Holland Justice Peace

Mary Coolidge Ax. Co. Me Application for Arrears under Res. 23 Jan 45

Whereas, the Act of the 30th April, 1844, prohibits me from drawing a Pension for the same period during which my Husband was a Pensioner, I now make the following Statement under Oath, to obtain the benefits of the resolution of 23 Jan y 1845.
I am the Widow of Joseph Coolidge who was a private in the War of the Revolution; I have drawn a Pension at the rate of thirty dollars per annum from the Seventeenth day of October 1843 and now ask for the amount due me from the fourth day of March 1830 to the Seventeenth day of October when my former Pension commenced.
Witness Jacob Ludden Jane L. Ludden
Mary Coolidge Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this ninth day of March in the Year 1846 at Canton in the County of Oxford and State of Maine Before me
Jefferson Coolidge Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual, she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.

Jefferson Coolidge Justice of the Peace.
I Charles Andrew Clerk of the Judicial Court within & for the County of Oxford do hereby certify that Jefferson Coolidge who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Oxford in the State of Maine and that the above is his Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name and affixed my Seal of office this eleventh day of March 1846 (1846) Paris in the State of Maine
Charles Andrew Clerk as afore

Admitted
Jefferem Coolidge North Livermore Oxford Co Maine

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 d of February, 1848, entitled an act making further provision for surviving Widows of Soldiers of the Revolution
State of Maine } ss.
Oxford County
On this tenth day of June A D 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County of Oxford. Mary Coolidge a resident of Canton in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, aged Eighty Eight 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 Joseph Coolidge, who was a pensioner of the United States under act of June 7 1832 at the rate of thirty dollars per annum, which was payable at the State of Maine Agency and where it was last paid to him up to March 4 th 1843, from which time to the 17 th day of October 1843 the pension was paid to her or his widow at the same agency; She refers to his certificate, which was dated December 16 th 1843 & numbered 27037, also to a declaration made by him of his services in the revolution, supposed to be in possession of the War Department, in support of her claim. She further declares that she was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars per annum, in conformity with the acts of March 3, 1843 & 17 June 1844 & that her certificate was dated 21 st day of October 1844

Of number 6282. She also refers to her declaration made on the eighteenth day of September A D 1844 supposed to be in possession of the War Department in support of her claim. She further declares that she is still a widow of the late Joseph Coolidge who died at Canton aforesaid on the 17th day of October 1843. To the truth of which statement I am fully satisfied the declarant being personally known to me. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written viz June tenth 1848
Witness her Mary X Coolidge Mark Before me Goin Wilson Sally Wilson Jefferson Coolidge Justice of the Peace
STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County, ss :
I, the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Jefferson Coolidge whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing Declaration of Mary Coolidge is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this fourteenth day of June A. D. 1848
Charles Cushman CLERK.

Mary Coolidge widow of Joseph Coolidge.
acts 43 & 44 44 }.
$ 30 per ann
Married 19 Dec. 1783 husband died 17 Oct. 1843
pension under act 43 to commence 17 Oct. 43—
Maine Roll
Cont: to Jefferson Coolidge Nath Livermore, Maine

Maine - 6282.
May Coolidge
widow of Joseph Coolidge
who was a private
in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 - Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 17th: October, 1843 - when her husband died -
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 - day of October, 1844 - and sent to Jefferson Coolidge North Livermore
Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
417 June 1844 -
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 - Page 2 -
At 17 June 44 N o 152
Oct 22 Oct 7
see letter to Hon. F. H. Moore
18. March 1845. -
Hon J. H. Scammon 30 March
1846 let to J. C. Harris Esq. June 1847

Recy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22, 816
Mary Coolidge widow of Joseph Coolidge Pris Rev War
Act Feb 24 48
Index: Vol A , Page 451
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct. 21-1902 Mrs. A. F. Smith Fairbury Nebr.
1930, Aug 21. hist. to Mrs. Andrew Holmes Burgess Letter sent to Record Div. W.C.T.U.

22. 816 Joseph Coolidge
Sept. 20. 1832 Canton Me. 70
July 1. 80 Watertown Mass
St Ready Col Bradford Dur 6 mos
Nov. 1. 77 Newton Mass
Capt Pierce Col — Dur. 3 m
wid App Sept. 18. 1840 Canton Me - 84
Mr. Mary Adams
Dec. 19. 1783 Watertown Mass
Al - Oct. 17, 1843 Canton Me
wit - Joshua Coolidge, Mass. Me.
" Samuel Sawin " "

3-595.
O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Searched by -----
Claim No. -----
Certificate No. -----
Claimant -----
Soldier -----
Service -----
Additional service -----
Remarks -----
----- Chief of Division.

CR Fairbury, Nebr. Aug 12, 02 Hon Eugene Ware, Com. of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
I, — Mrs. A. F. Smith, under date of yesterday (Aug 11) wrote a letter to you begging the favor of such information as the pension records give in regard to Godfrey Richardson, a Revolutionary soldier, — Looking over the other side of my family, I find which I have straight from 1632, The Coolidges. I find that two generations served in the Revolution. Joseph Coolidge of Watertown Mass. was a "Minute Man", killed Apr. 19, 1775 in the Battle of Lexington, his descendants erected a monument to his memory at Watertown, Mass. Apr. 19-1875. His son Joseph Coolidge then but sixteen, served in the war

before its close and was a pensioner and his wife Mary Adams Cool- idge was a pensioner for many years after his death,
Is the widow of the "Minute man", Joseph Coolidge, was a pensioner Will you send me the date of his birth together with her name, date of birth and death,
The second Joseph Coolidge emigrated from Waltham, Mass. to a farm in Maine, "near the line of Livermore, in the part of Jay, that is now Canton", "he was a member of the fourteenth regiment of the Continental army." Will you give me his rank, date of birth and death, and also the date of his wife's birth and death,? Any further information that I can secure, will be gratefully rec'd, I regret troubling you, but these records are reliable and give me the points I want, — Mrs. A. F. Smith, Fairbury, Nebr.