Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,600, Joseph Curtis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Curtis, Joseph
R. 2600
1 st wife Hannah - 2 nd wife Mary -
CONTENTS
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8560
Let. 26 July 1838 B. Penhallom.
Maine
Joseph Curtis
of Kittery in the state of  Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years
scribed on the Roll of the Regt. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1810 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of March 1819 and sent to H. Green, Esq r South Berwick - Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 11 2/3 09. 03 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept r 1819 40. 00
$: 137 03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued York County.
Joseph Curtis, unit to D. D. Merrill Esq r in 1810 from Berwick, Maine

Joseph Curtis.
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STATE OF MAINE.
York ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first  Eastern Circuit , begun and holden at York , within and for the County of York — on the first Tuesday of July , being the fourth — day of said month and by adjournment from day to day, on the fifth day of July — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene , chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fifth — day of July , in the year 1820, personally appeared before Benjamin Greene , chief Justice of said Court.
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 County — Joseph Curtis — aged seventy four — years, resident in Millbury — in said County , who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolu- tionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Park , in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper — 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 day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8,560 — 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 con- tained in the schedule hereunto 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 herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
his Joseph X Curtis mark
Sworn to and declared, on the fifth — day of July , A. D. 1820. } out of Court.
BEFORE
Benj. Greene , ch. Justice
{ 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:
About 4 acres of land, one small old house, one small barn one cow, one pig - 3 old pine tables, 1 can - old pine drawers - 6 old chairs - 2 old spinning wheels - & a few articles of iron crockery ware. -
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me
who, by occupation am a labourer - which I am not able to pursue by reason of a fever sore on one of my legs, for 25 years past.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary my wife 57 able to contribute chiefly to her own support -   Miriam my daughter 19 able to take care of herself.  
his Joseph X Curtis mark
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York ss. Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit , within the county of Yorke 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 sixty dollars and twenty five cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of July , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Yorke .

I, Sarah White of New Castle, in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, Depose Testify and say, that I was the only Daughter of Joseph Curtis of Kittery, in the State of Maine, and my mother was Hannah Curtis his first wife, and that I was born in Kittery in the State of Maine, on the 20 th day of April 1776. and that, my mother Hannah Curtis, died on the 27 th day of May 1776. and I further Depose Testify and say that my Father Joseph Curtis, was a Private Soldier, and an Army Pensioner, in the Army of the Revolutionary War. and that Col: Tobias Fernald, was the Colonel, of the Regiments to which he belonged, and that he received his Pension for several years before he died, at Eight Dollars, per month, and that previous to his death, he intermarried again, with Mary Leach, but Hannah Curtis, was my mother & being the first wife, and I further Depose Testify and say that the Balance of Pension due to my Father Joseph Curtis, at the time of his death, December 11 th 1822. was paid to his widow, being his second wife Mrs. from the 14 th of September 1822. to the 11 th of December 1822. And that the Original Papers of his application for his Pension, as I suppose are now on the Files at Washington, with the Pension Certificate given up by her, when she received the last payment. And I now the said Sarah White, only Daughter and only Child of the said Joseph Curtis, think I am entitled by the Act of Congress of July 14 th 1836. to the half pay which my Father Joseph Curtis received as a Revolutionary Pensioner, from the time of his death. — Witness: Benjamin Penhallow. Benjamin H. Penhallow. Sarah White
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss. } Portsmouth May 7 th 1838. Then the above named Sarah White, personally appeared, and made Oath, in due Form of Law, to the Truth of the above Deposition and Statements by her subscribed Before me.
Benjamin Penhallow Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Sarah White is a very respectable Woman.
Benjamin Penhallow Justice Peace.

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss.
I John Kelly Register of Probate for said County do certify that Benjamin Penhallow Esq. on the 21 st day of April A D 1830, was, ever since hath been, and still is a Justice of the Peace for said County, and that the signatures purporting to be his to the foregoing certificates, and also to the Certificates hereto attached - touching the Depositions of Sarah White, Mary Perkins and Hannah Odiorne - are genuine and in his own proper hand writing
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Probate Court for said County this eighth day of May A D 1830 at Portsmouth in said County
John Kelly Register of Probate

Joseph Curtis
Joseph Curtis
(Sister)
Col. Jackson's
Col. Tupper's rest.
Map. line
1781-3 years.
(Deed: April 1. 1818)
Admitted.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this first 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 Joseph Guntis aged seventy two years resident in Hittany 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 Joseph Guntis in the month of March 1781, enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army, for the term of three years, under Capt Parker in the Reg t commanded by Col. Tupper of the Massachusetts Line, that he continued to do his duty in said company & Reg t about two years, when he was transferred to Capt Jackson's company, in the Reg t commanded by Col. Jackson of the Massachusetts Line, that he continued to do his duty in the last named Reg t & company, until the 19 th of December 1783, when he was honorably discharged.
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 a 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 Joseph Guntis 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 first day of April Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj a Greene

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
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P. O. _____
Henrik Guntis
Service: _____
widow of Joseph
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____ REJECTED _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Wages: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
Handwritten text on the left page, oriented vertically, likely bleed-through from the reverse side.

Joseph Cook, soldier in the 2 d Massachusetts Regiment having entered for three years only is hereby honorably discharged. The service of the United States.
Given at Newbern, N.C. Dec. 1 st 1863.
M. W. B. Genl
✓ Registered in the books of the Regt.
C. L. Lupper adjutant

X Hannah Cust. died. claim of S. White. New Hampshire
Rejected
Recd 26 July '38 B. Pinkham.
mother died before pop-grd at 20 July 35
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Entered upon the register in the name of Hannah Curtis dec d . Claim preferred by Sarah White - (no claim)

James L. Edwards Esquire. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Portsmouth New Hampshire.
May 26 th 1838.
Sir, Inewith inclose you the Papers of Mrs Sarah White, of New-Castle, New Hampshire, who was the only Daughter, and only child of Joseph Curtis, and Hannah Curtis his first wife, and that her mother Hannah Curtis was the wife of the said Joseph Curtis, at the time he was in the service of the United States, in the army of the Revolutionary War, and that the said Sarah White, then Sarah Curtis, was born in Hiltary Maine on the 20 th day of April 1776. and that her Mother Hannah Curtis, died on the 27 th day of May 1776. and that her Father Joseph Curtis, was a Private Soldier and an army Pensioner in the army of the Revolutionary War, and that Col t Tobias Hernald was the Col t of the Regiment, to which he belonged, and that he received his Pension for several years before he died, at Eight Dollars per month, and that previous to his death, he inter- married again, with Mary Leach, and that the Balance of Pension due to her Father Joseph Curtis, when he died, at Hiltary Maine, December 11 th 1822. was paid to Mary Curtis, formerly Mary Leach, who was his second Wife, viz t from the 4 th of September 1822. to December 11 th 1822. And that the Original Papers of his Application for his Pension, are now on the Files at Washington, with his Pension Certificate, given up, when her Father's last Wife, received the Balance of Pension due to her Father. — and the said Sarah White, being the only child of her Father Joseph Curtis, & her mother Hannah Curtis, "thinks she is entitled by the Act of Congress of July 14 th 1836. to half Pay which her Father Joseph Curtis received as a Revolutionary Pensioner, from the time of his death December 11 th 1822.
any

Any communication Sir, from your Department, for Mrs Sarah White, you will please to direct them to my care, at her request, and I will immediately give her information of it, as I do in all cases directed to my care.
I am Very Respectfully Sir, (Your Most Obedient Servant) Benjamin Pinhasow.

3581.
U Sarah White child of Bannah Custodee N. H.

I Daniel Jones Clerk of the Town of Milford in the County of York and State of Maine hereby certify that the Intention of Marriage between the Joseph Bartlett and Miss Hannah Benson both of Milford were entered on the Town Records of Milford December the fifth one thousand seven hundred and seventy three Also their Marriage were entered January the fifth one thousand seven hundred and seventy four as appear by the original Records of said Town Sarah their Daughter Born April the twentieth one thousand seven hundred and seventy five as appears by said Records.
I Daniel Jones Clerk of the aforesaid Town hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Records in said legible figures as follows entered December 5 th 1773 Married January 5 th 1774 Sarah their Daughter Born April the 20 th 1775
I Daniel Jones above named do hereby certify that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exceptions above named as Certified by me.
Daniel Jones Clerk for the Town of Milford

State of Maine York ss
Subscribed and sworn to the within statement this first day of March AD 1838 the deponent being well known to me as Fawn Clerk of Kittery within named Simon Lewis Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
York ss.
I, Miriam H. Hobbs, Clerk of the Ju- dicial Courts within and for the County of York, hereby certify that Simon Lewis Jr. is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of York and that the foregoing Sig- nature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my official seal this twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
Hiram H. Hobbs { Clerk of Jud. Courts for York County

I Mary Perkins of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, Widow, Depose, Testify, and say, that I very well knew Joseph Curtis of Hitting in the State of Maine, who was a Private Soldier, and an Army Pensioner, in the Army of the Revolutionary War, and I also know that he had a Pension Certificate, and he received his Pension, for several years, before his death, at Eight Dollars per month, and that Hannah Curtis was his first Wife, and she died on the 27 th day of May 1776. and that Joseph Curtis died at Hitting, Maine, December 11 th 1822. previous to his death he intermarried again, with Mary Leach, but Hannah Curtis being the first Wife of the said Joseph Curtis, left but one Child, a daughter, whose name is now Sarah White, and she being the only Child of the first wife and was born April 28 th 1776. and I further Depose & say that Mr Joseph Curtis' Balance of Pension due to him, at the time of his death, viz t from the 18 th of September 1822. to December 11 th 1822. was paid to his Widow, being his second wife. And the Original Papers of application for his Pension, as I suppose, are now in the files at Washington, with the Pension Certificate given up, when the last payment was made to his Widow. ~
For Mary Perkins
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss.) Portsmouth April 21 st 1838. Then the above named Mary Perkins, personally appeared, and made Oath to the Truth of the above Deposition, by her subscribed Before me
Benjamin Penhallow Justice Peace.
I, certify that the above named Mary Perkins is a very Reputable woman.
Benjamin Penhallow Justice Peace. ~

I Hannah Odiorne of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Widow, of the age of Seventy years, Depose, Testify, and say, that I very well knew Joseph Curtis of Kittery in the State of Maine, who was a Private Soldier, and an Army Pensioner, in army of the Revolutionary War; and I also know that he had a Pension Certificate, and received his Pension, for several years before his death at Eight Dollars per Month, and that Hannah Curtis was his first wife, and she died on the 27 th day of May 1776. and that Joseph Curtis died at Kittery Maine, December 11 th 1822. and previous to his death he intermarried again, with Mary Leach, but Hannah Curtis being the first wife of the said Joseph Curtis left but one child, a Daughter, whose name is now Sarah White, and she being the only child of the first wife, and I further Depose and say, that Mr Joseph Curtis's Balance of Pension, due to him, at the time of his death viz t from the 4 th of September 1822. to December 11 th 1822. was paid to his Widow, being his Second wife, and the Original Papers of application, for his Pension, are now as I suppose, on the Files at Washington, with his Pension Certificate given up, when the last payment was made to his wife.
Witness Benjamin Penhallow
John Lake
Hannah Odiorne mark
State of New Hampshire }
Rockingham County ss. } Portsmouth April 23 rd 1838. Then the above named Hannah Odiorne, personally appeared, & made Oath to the Truth of the above Deposition, by her subscribed Before me
Benjamin Penhallow Justice Peace.
I certify that the above named Hannah Odiorne is a very Reputable woman.
Benjamin Penhallow Justice Peace.