Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2073, Caleb Cushman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass-
Cushman, Caleb Abigail
W. 2073
CONTENTS

Maine Abigail Cushman Widow of Caleb Cushman who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Mil. & Sgt. Massachusetts Mil.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 98 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of July 1853 , and sent to Job Prince Esq Turner Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 22, 1842 , Page 2 Vol. A February 1853.

18.319 Maine
Caleb Cushman
of Paris in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hadon of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bradford in the Mass. militia line for 13. m. 24 d. pr. S 3 .. 8 gts.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 100 Dollars 98 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of August 1832 and sent to
Thomas Clark. Paris.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $121.96 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 30. 49
$152.45
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 8.

9663
Caleb Cushman
April 12 th 1833
By 11. 12 14. 16
P. 332
  3 mos Leaf?  15    13 .. 240 priv  43.33     284     110.97  
Thomas Clark Esq 8 Paris name

BRIEF in the case of Caleb Bathm an  of Pems in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 82 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     June In 1776 5 ± Private Gen. Capt. Moulton Col. Gove   June 0777 8 14 " Capt. Farmer Col. Brackett   May 0778 3 Sergt Capt. Sargent Col. not recollect   16 24  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Halifax Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
• X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
+ Living witnesses
Richard Cottle Examining Clerk.

"Paris April twenty fourth A eighteen hundred and twelve, The Rev d James Hooper certifies that he has joined in Marriage the year past the following persons (Viz) Caleb Cushman and Abigail Oldham both of Paris"
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of Marriages of the town of Paris, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "Paris April 24 - A 1812"
George L. Mellen Town Clerk
I, George L. Mellen on oath depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the town of Paris in the County of Oxford and State of Maine and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town with the exception as above certified by me.
George L. Mellen
State of Maine } County of Oxford } M ch March 10 th 1833
Subscribed and sworn to Before me
Timothy Cuddlen } Judge of Probate for said County

State of Maine } County of Oxford } ss
On this tenth day of March in the year 1833 personally appeared before me Timothy Suddens Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Oxford Abigail Cushman a resident of Paris in said County 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed February 3 d 1833; That she is the widow of Caleb Cushman who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and a Pensioner under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 at the rate of Sixty and  88 dollars per Annum and for proof of his services she would refer the Department to his the said Caleb Cushman's declaration and accompanying papers on which he was granted said pension. She further declares that she was married to said Caleb Cushman by the Revd James Hooper in Paris aforesaid forty one years ago last Summer, but cannot tell the day And that her husband the aforesaid Caleb Cushman died in said town of Paris on the Sixteenth day of March 1833

And That She Still remains a widow and unmarried, and that her name before her marriage with said Cushman was Abigail Oldham
Abigail her Cushman Mark
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year first above written, before me And I certify that said declarant is unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court
Timothy Sedden 3 judge - of Probate for 2 said County of Oxford

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss
I Geo. W. Shaw Register of the Court of Probate for said County, it being a Court of Record, hereby certify that Ruthothy Sudden, whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration of Abigail Cushman and the Affidavits of George L. Melin and Elias Cushman is Judge of said Court and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such in and out of Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed the Seal of said Court and sub- scribed my name this fif- teenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Geo. W. Shaw, Reg-

I, Joseph Cushman, of Oxford in the county of Oxford, in the State of Maine, on oath declare, that to my certain knowledge, my brother Caleb Cushman of Paris in said county of Oxford enlisted into the army of the United States, in the revolutionary service on the continental establishment - and that he was out in the service at several campaigns in the years 1776, 1777 & 1780 - for the term of one year and four months - I well recollect when he enlisted & when he returned home - but not being in the same companies or regiments with him, I do not recollect his officers - The first campaign he went as I well remember to New York State - and in the last campaign I frequently saw him on duty at Charlestown and the vicinity -
Joseph Cushman
State of Maine. County of Oxford. ss. August 27th. 1832. The above named Joseph Cushman, to me personally known as a man of truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed - Before me -
Thomas Clark, Jus. of the Peace

Caleb Bushman of Paris. . .
9665

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 20th day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Caleb Cushman a resident of Paris , in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 82 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 service of the United States June 1776 , under the following named officers, and served as herein stated at Halifax, in the county of Plymouth, in the State of Massachusetts, for the term of five months , as a private soldier, in the company commanded by Capt. James Halow, in the regiment commanded by Col. Cary, in the Massachusetts line, marched to Connecticut, thence took water passage to New York & marched up the North river about four miles to the barracks - and was there stationed - and at the expiration of said term, was verbally discharged at New York a place near Kings Ferry N. Y. - He again enlisted at Halifax aforesaid in May or June 1777. for the term of eight months , in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Turner, in the regiment commanded by Col. Gamaliel Bradford, marched to Albany N. Y. thence to Seconderoga, thence to Valley Forge, where he was verbally discharged, at the expiration of said term -
He again enlisted at Charlestown, Massachusetts, in April or May 1778, for the term of three months , and in the company commanded by Capt. Sargeant (the Colonel of the regiment not recollected) was stationed at said Charlestown and the vicinity, and was verbally discharged at Boston at the expiration of said term - in which last mentioned term he served as a Sargeant - to which he was appointed by Capt Sargeant.
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. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Caleb Cushman
Before,
Stephen Emery, Judge

And the said Court do 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 revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. said applicant having adduced the depositions of James Dunham, Joseph Cushman, & Edmund Dean all under oath duly administered in corroboration of his own declaration
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Gole Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Caleb Cushman for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of August A. D. 1832
Caleb
Joseph G. Gole Register

Rem.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2073  Abigail Cushman  Widow  Caleb Cushman  Sergt. Rev. War.  Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 919
Argail Cushman widow of Caleb Maine
Let to Job Prince June 6/53
Act Heby 8/53

Albany, New York
Miss Mary Geddy
Vallo House of Pensions Washington City
FREE

April 11. 1853
App. of Abigail Bushman widow of Caleb.
remains
18319
Act 3rd Feby 1853
Rev:
Job Prince Turner me.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

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 Stephen Mynck & Thomas Clark Esqrs whose genuine signatures are annexed to the foregoing Deposition of James Donhan Joseph Bushman & Edmund Dean , are respectively Justices 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 28th day of August in the year A. D. 1832
R K Goodenow
Clerk of Oxford County Courts.
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
Clerk's Office of the Supreme Judicial Court.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT Job Prince Edgare
was at the time of the annexed attestation, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE , within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, in said State, duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements of deeds, and other instruments in writing, and that the signature to the certificate annexed, purporting to be his, is genuine, and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this Twenty-fourth day of June A. D. 1853
Elisha Minter CLERK OF SAID COURT.

Turner (Me) June 27-1853
Sir -
Herewith you will receive the Affidavit of Alfred Andrews in aid of the Application of Abigail Cushman for a pension
Very Respectfully Job Prince
L P Waldo Comm'r of Pensions
Turner (Maine) April 5 th 1853
Sir - Herewith you will receive the application of Abigail Cushman for a pension under Act of Feb 3 d 1853 When you have any communication to make in relation thereto, please address
Your Obedient Job Prince
L P Waldo Comm'r of Pensions

I Elias Cushman of Paris in the County of Oxford and State of Maine age forty nine years on oath depose and say that I am the son of Caleb Cushman late of said Paris deceased that he died on the fifteenth day of March 1833, that he left a widow by the name of Abigail who still remains a widow and now resides in said town of Paris, that my father, the said Caleb Cushman, was a Prisoner under the act of June 7 th 1832.
Elias Cushman
Oxford ss. March 10 th 1833
Then personally appeared Elias Cushman a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed
Before Me Timothy Sleeper
Judge of Probate for said County

I Alfred Andrews of Paris in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, aged fifty three years on oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Caleb Cushman late of said town deceased whose widow has applied for a pension under the Act of Feb 3 d 1833, that he the said Caleb Cushman was a relative of my wife and intimate in my family, that he died in March in the year 1833, which fact I well recollect from the circumstance of my being a Member of the Legislature that year and returned home early in the month of March of that year and found him very sick and died in a few days thereafter, I also recollect that he had then made application for a pension under the Act of June 1832 and that he had not obtained his Certificate when he died and that his widow Abigail Cushman drew his pension after he died - that I do not recollect the precise amount of pension but well recollect that it was about sixty dollars per Annum and that I am disinterested Alfred Andrews
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss June 24 th 1853. Then personally appeared Alfred Andrews, a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me Job Prince Justice of the Peace

I James Donham of Hebron in the county of Oxford and State of Maine aged seventy eight years, do on oath depose & declare that in the year 1776 I resided in Plympton, county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts & that I well knew Caleb Bushman then of said Plympton but now of Paris in the county of Oxford in the State of Maine who is now an applicant for a pension. And I further testify & say that said Caleb Bushman & myself both voluntarily enlisted into a company under the command of Capt James Harlow in the Regiment commanded by Col. Barry then of Bridgewater, county of Plymouth, Mass. & that said Bushman & myself performed military duty under the command of the officers aforesaid, commencing about the first of July 1776, for five months in the State of New York.
James Donham
State of Maine } Oxford County } August 14 th 1832
Personally appeared James Donham by me known to me well known to be a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration - by him signed in my presence. Stephen Merrill Justice of the peace.

I, Edmund Dean, of Paris in the county of Oxford, in the State of Maine, on oath declare, that to my certain knowledge, Caleb Cushman of Paris in said county of Oxford, enlisted into the army of the United States, in the revolutionary war on the continental establishment, in May or June 1777, for the term of eight months , in the company commanded by Capt Thomas Turner in the regiment commanded by Col Ganiadiel Bradford in the Massachusetts line at Halifax, in the county of Plymouth in said State - marched to Albany thence to Ticonderoga - thence to Valley Forge where he was discharged at the expiration of said term verbally - Edmund Dean
State of Maine. Oxford ss. August 20th. 1832. The above named Edmund Dean personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me,
Thomas Clark Jus. of the Peace
I further certify, that the above named Edmund Dean is personally known to me as a man of truth, and a Revolutionary pensioner.
Thomas Clark, Justice of the peace

Brief in the case of Abigail Cushman, Widow of Caleb, Oxford County and State of Maine, act 3 d February, 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase," )
• Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the Act of June, 1832, Marriage from by record Evidence,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. H. Prince Esq., Turner, Me.,
Name and residence of Agent
J. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.