Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23780, Samuel Coolidge, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Coolidge, Samuel Carmen, Mary
W. 23780
Former widow
CONTENTS

881
Massachusetts
Mary Garman widow of Samuel Coolidge 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 26 day of July 1848 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Report
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 26 Vol. 2

208437.
Mary Farman formerly widow of Sam Cooley (Mass)
Act 7 July 38 23 Aug 42. m 81. d 00-
on Roles Capt. Child. Col. Specta
at m 2 2 yrs pri
80 $
Isaac Fisk Esq. Cambridge Mass.

Mary Bennis Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. On this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty two personally appeared Mary Coorman widow a resident of Watertown in said County of Middlesex aged twenty seven years before the Honourable judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Middlesex - and said Mary being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1838. and of the act also among the acts of July 1830 & 1838 allowing pensions to certain widows passed at the second session of the 27 th Congress
1 st . That she is the widow of Samuel Coolidge late of Watertown aforesaid, deceased, who served in the war of the revolution, as she has always understood & believed partly from his statements during his life & partly from other sources of information, eight months in the year 1775 as a private, but under what officer she cannot recollect - That in January seventeen hundred & seventy seven he enlisted for three years & served as a private in Captain Child's company H. Col. Greaton's regiment to the last day of December seventeen hundred & seventy nine & in Capt. William's company of the same Regiment from the first to the eighth day of January seventeen hundred & eighty. That he was honourably discharged at the close of said service & a discharge to that effect which he was always proud remained in his possession until the time of his death. Since, it has been lost, it not being supposed of any use or value. That said Samuel Coolidge was a resident born in said Watertown & always lived there except during his apprenticeship

apprenticeship while in the service as aforesaid. When the war commenced, he was an apprentice at Portland as she thinks. He left his master & enlisted into the service - she always understood he served from the beginning of the war, until his discharge in 1780 aforesaid, but whether he enlisted as a resident of Watertown or not she cannot say, but suppose he did.
That the said Mary, whose maiden name was Mary Bemis & then a resident in Watertown, at the age of sixteen was married to the said Samuel Coolidge in the month of December in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one, but is not sure on what day of the month, altho' she thinks it was the fourteenth day. She has now no record of said marriage & cannot be more certain as to the day. The marriage was solemnized by the Rev. Richard R. Elliot then minister of the Congregational Society in said Watertown at his dwelling-house in said town. The said Mary lived with her said husband in the married state, about nineteen years & had by him eight children, six of whom are still living - That she became a member of Mr. Elliot's church as the wife of said Coolidge in Oct 1792 as appears by the Church records. - That her said husband Samuel Coolidge died on the third day of December eighteen hundred, in said Watertown. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794, but at the time above stated. That after her said husband's death she was again married to one Blake Sparhawk of said Watertown in April A.D. 1811, who died about eleven months after viz in March 1812. The precise day of said marriage or death she does not recollect - Again in November A.D. 1814 the day of the month she does not recollect, she was married to Samuel Carman then resident in said Watertown, who died in Newton - New Jersey in eighteen hundred & thirty one, and she has lived widow ever since that time in Watertown aforesaid -

Subscribed & sworn to by said Mary Garman at her residence in Watertown, being too infirm to attend court, on the day & year first above written —
Mary Garman
Before
J. P. C. Gay
Prob for said County of Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Dike Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Middlesex hereby certify that Samuel P. C. Gay Esq. is the judge of said Court of Probate & that his signature above written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty two.
Isaac Dike Reg.

I Thomas Livermore of Watertown of lawfull age, depose and say that I am a Deacon of the Church of the Congregational Society of Watertown of which Richard R. Elliot was the pastor from 1780 to 1819 and that I have the custody of the records of said Church (the office of Pastor being now vacant) that it appears by said records and in the hand writing of said Pastor, that "1792 October 7 th Mary the wife of Samuel Coolidge was rec d into full Communion" and I do further certify the same to be true according to the record in my possession signed in name of Abraham Edwards. Thomas Livermore
Middlesex ss p. Mass. Sept 21, A. D. 1842. Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Livermore and made solemn oath, that the above certificate by him subscribed, is true according to his best knowledge and belief.
Before me
Abraham Edwards Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. I Isaac Dike Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Abraham Edwards Esquire is a justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature above written is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two. Isaac Dike Reg

I George Coolidge of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex, aged Fifty two years do depose & say I am the son of Samuel & Mary Coolidge of Watertown in said County, as I was always told & firmly believe that I lived with my said parents in said Watertown until his death, which took place when I was ten years of age. That from my earliest recollection until that event my said parents lived together as man & wife. Had eight children nor did I ever hear it questioned at any time, that they were lawfully married, nor have I the least doubt of it, as his estate was regularly settled among his widow & said children as his heirs at law. That I have always understood that my father was in the service of the United States in the army of the Revolution, & I have now his gun which was reputed to be the same he carried in said service. In the year 1811 my mother was again married to one Blake Sparkhawk, who died in about a year afterwards. In 1814. my mother was again married to one Samuel Garmen, who was several years older than my mother. That some years after the said Garmen left my mother at Waltham where they then resided & I have never seen him since - and I have always understood & believed that he died in New Jersey twelve or thirteen years ago, as my mother & the family were informed at the time in such a manner as to leave no reasonable doubt of the fact. and she has lived a widow ever since.
George Coolidge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Middlesex County, Sept. 28 th 1842
Then person also appeared George Coolidge, well known to me as a credible person & made oaths to the truth of the forego- ing affidavit by him subscribed
before me
J. P. P. May

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Bates the clerk of the Court of Sessions in and for said County hereby certify that Samuel May Esq. is judge of said Court & a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature as above written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty two
Isaac Bates Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
O. W.& N. Div.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
F. S.
M. E. C.
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 24, 1896.
Sir:
Replying to your request for the military record of Samuel Coolidge, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that his widow, Mary Garman, applied for and was granted a pension for his services in the Massachusetts troops. From the papers on file with her claim it appears that he served as a private in Capt. Childs' company, Col. Creadon's Mass. regiment, from January 22, 1777, to December 31, 1779, and as a private in Capt. Williams' company, of the same regiment, from the 1st to the 8th of January, 1780. It is also stated in the widow's declaration for pension that he first enlisted in the year 1775 and rendered about eight months service, but the names of his officers during this service are not stated.
At the date of the widow's application for pension, September 15, 1842, she was residing in Watertown, Mass., and seventy-seven years of age. It appears that she was married to the soldier above mentioned (her maiden name being Mary Bemis) in the month of December 1781, and that he died on December 3, 1800. In April, 1811, she

married Blake Sparhawk, who died in March, 1812, and in November, 1814, she married Samuel Carman, who is supposed to have died in New York about 1831.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Charles E. Lincoln, Providence, R. I.

Reported,
4806
Massachusetts
Mary Garmen, formerly widow of
Samuel Goodridge dec d who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 3 Decr. 1800 of Middlesex in the State of Mass: who was a Private in the Comp: commanded by Captain Whitcomb of the 1 st Regt, commanded by Col. Greaton in the Mass. line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Oct. 1842 and sent to, Isaac Fish Esq. Cambridge Mass Arrears to the 4th of March 1842 Semi-annual allowance ending
Act. 23 rd August 1842 $400. [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Theo Smoody Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1 Page 81

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January 16 th 1839.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Sam'l. Coolidge (priv t of — in late Captain Childs Company, Col. Graton's Reg t ) is borne on an account in the Army books in this Department, and there credited by Service from 22 d January 1777, to 31 st December 1779, being 35 months & 9 days at 40/ per Month. The name of "Samuel Coolidge" appears again in the same books, and is credited with Service in Capt. William's Company, Col. Graton's Reg t from 1 st January to the 8 th January 1780, being — months 8 days, & 40/ per month.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

3752
Massachusetts
Mary Carmo formerly widow of Samuel Corlidge who was a Private in the Revolution
Reported
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 12th day of Dec 1842 and sent to Isaac Fiske East Cambridge Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 38.

May Garman
ad 375m
Admitted
C. S. Balfinch Boston Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Suffolk COUNTY, }
On this twelfth day of June 1848 personally appeared
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Mary Carman a resident of Watertown in the county of Middlesex
aged eighty two 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of her first
husband Samuel Coolidge who was a resident of said Watertown
and who was a private in the War of the Revolution
and is the identical person who drew a pension
under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late hus-
band aforesaid, at the rate of eighty dollars and
cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Carman L.S.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me,
and year above written, }
In presence of G. T. Belfinch Justice of the Peace.
* Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner,
as she declares.
G. T. Belfinch Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
COUNTY, }
I, Clerk of the
Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly
commissioned and qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this
day of 18
CLERK.
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4101 Mary Carman
4101

Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
Middlesex ss: On this fifth day of September in the year eighteen hundred forty three personally appeared in open Court before the Honourable Samuel P. Dyer judge of Probate for the Said County of Middlesex Mary Garman a resident of Watertown in Said County, widow, aged seventy eight 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 on the third day of March last (1843) granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the army of the Revolutionary war namely That She is the widow of Samuel Coolidge formerly of Said Watertown, deceased, who was a private in Said army & served as she verily believes, as she has stated in her original declaration made to obtain a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838, to which declaration & the evidence accompanying the same now on file in the War Department, as she is informed & believes, she refers for the proofs of her Said husband's services, & of her intermarriage with him — of the time of his death — of her subsequent marriage with Blake Shattuck & Samuel Garman & of their deaths, & of her identity as the widow of Said Coolidge — She further declares that she has re-
-vived

received a pension at the rate of eighty dollars a year, granted to her under the said last-mentioned act. For her declaration & proofs aforesaid, which pension she received to the fourth of March A.D. 1841. at the Massachusetts  United States agency for the payment of pensions, in Boston, Massachusetts, where she surrendered her pension certificate on the payment of the last instalment, as required by the Department — She further declares that she had not married since she made her former declaration before referred to, but had remained a widow to this day —
Mary Carman
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written by said Mary Carman. The words "Blake Sparhawk &" on the first page & the words " United States " & " last " on the second page being interlined before signing & before —
J. P. Fay judge of Prob. for D. C. of Middlesex

I George Coolidge, aged fifty three years do depose & say, that Mary Barman who has made & subscribed the foregoing declaration, is my mother & was the wife of Samuel Coolidge formerly of Watertown, deceased, as stated in said declaration, as I have always understood & believed - That she has received a pension as therein stated, & has continued & now is a widow as she has also therein stated. That I believe all the facts by her stated to be true and further I say not -
George Coolidge
Middlesex ss. Sept 7 th 1843. Then personally appeared George Coolidge known to me as a person of veracity & credit, & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
J. P. P. Gray J.P.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. I Isaac Tinker Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex, hereby certify that the Hon. J. P. P. Gray is the Judge of said Court & that his signatures above written are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this seventh day of September in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three Isaac Tinker

Wed Sept 11. 1840
Mary Ann
March 3 1840
W. B.
$60
Edward Ely (Commissary of Revenue at Washington)
Francis Ely East Cambridge Mass

East Cambridge County of Middlesex Mass. -
Hon J. S. Edwards
Enclosed is the application of the widow Mary Cannon for continuance of her Pension for one year; when acted upon, please to communicate to Yours most obediently &c. Isaac Tinker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex - Town Clerks Office Watertown
September 17 th 1842.
I Isaac Robbins Clerk of the Town of Watertown, County and State aforesaid make the following extract from the Records in my possession.
On the tenth day of March in the Year Eighteen Hundred Samuel Coolidge was chosen as a col- -lector of Taxes.
on the twenty ninth day of December in the Year Eighteen Hundred a Town meeting was called for the purpose of choosing a Collector of Taxes instead of Samuel Coolidge a late Collector deceased.
on Monday the thirteenth day of March Seventeen Hundred and Eighty at a publick Town meeting Richard Roswell Elliot was unanimously chosen Minister - at a publick Town meeting held on Monday the twenty second day of May Seventeen Hun- -dred and Eighty - Voted That the time for Ordaining Mr Eliot be the third wednesday in June next.
I Isaac Robbins above named Clerk of the Town of Watertown. certify there is no Marriages re- -corded by Richard Roswell Eliot from the time of his ordination (as above) until the Year Seventeen Hun- -dred and Eighty two - April Eighth.
I, Isaac Robbins above named Clerk of the Town

of Watertown County and State aforesaid certify that the foregoing is true according to the Records in my possession
Isaac Robbins Clerk of the Town of Watertown.
Middlesex ss Watertown Septs 19 th 1842 - Sworn to before me -
Charles Bennis Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex fr. I Isaac Burke Magistrate of the Court of Sessions in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Charles Bennis Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature above written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty two
Isaac Burke by

no 8437
Oct 1. 1842.
Miss: July 7. 1838, Mary Carman,
J. H.

FREE
Edwards Esquire
Commr of Pensions
Washington D

East Hambridge County of Middlesex, Mass,
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir  Indeed is the application of Mary Carman for a Pension, with sundry documents in support thereof, when examined & passed upon you will please to communicate to me the result.
I am very respectfully Yours Isaac Hite

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. —
We Richard Sanger, aged Seventy three years & Abraham Sanger, aged Seventy years, both of Watertown in the County of Middlesex on Oath severally declare, that we are well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Gorman of Watertown, formerly the wife of Samuel Goodridge late of said Watertown who died many years since we were well acquainted with the said Goodridge during his life time, We were all of us born and lived in the same neighbourhood and were intimate acquaintances. We were not present at the Marriage of the said Samuel & Mary, but we have not the least doubt of the fact, as they were respectable people, lived together, had a family of children and were considered by every one as Man & Wife & no one to our knowledge ever questioned the reality or truth of it. said Goodridge was a Man small in stature, not much over five feet in height. And further we say not Richard Sanger Abraham Sanger
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. —
Middlesex ss. Sept. 24 th 1842 Personally appeared Rich d Sanger & Abraham Sanger, who are personally known to me as creditable & respectable persons, & severally made solemn oath that the above affidavit by them severally subscribed is true, according to their best knowledge belief.
Before me Levi Phapten, Just. of the peace

Carmichael of Macalister Maclellan. I Isaac Forster the younger of the Court of Orkney in and for the County of Aberdeen hereby certify that Lewis Fraser Esquire is a justice of the Peace in and for said County. Duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature within written is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Isaac Forster the younger

G. W. & N. Div. P.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 30, 1892.
Sir:-
Replying to your communication of the 29th. instant, in which you you request to be informed if the name of Samuel Coolidge, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, appears on the records of this Bureau as a pensioner, I have to inform you that no pension was granted to him. Mary Carman, former widow of this soldier, received a pension for his services in that war as a private in Captain Child's Company, Col. Cleton's Massachusetts Regiment for 2 years. from 1775
Very respectfully,
M. D. Crock, Esq.,
Commissioner.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D.C.
Emma B. Lincoln 368 Pine St Providence R.I.

House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D.C. May 5 th 1892.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir.
I enclose herewith, letter of Emma B. Lincoln, asking for records of the service of her great-grandfather, in the war of the revolution. It is hoped that some trace may be found through the record of the pension of the widow, under the name of Mary C. Annan.
Will the Hon. Commissioner kindly have the record examined and furnish me with such information as is obtainable.
Very respectfully,
O. Lapham.
M.C.

John F. ...

Providence, R.I., December 16, 1895.
To The Commissioner of Pensions, Revolutionary Department:-
Dear Sir:-At your earliest convenience will you kindly send me a copy of the records in your office of the application for pension, which was acted upon favorably, and which pension Mary Coolidge, or Carmon, drew. She was the widow of Samuel Coolidge, a Revolutionary soldier , who was a private in Captain Child's company, Col. Greateon's Massachusetts regiment. He served two years, and his remains are buried in Watertown, Mass., where he was born on August 31, 1756. He died December 4, 1800. He was married to Mary Bemis, who afterwards married a Car m mon.
I desire a full copy of the records, or as much thereof as you furnish to applicants who wish to file the information with the officers of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution. If there is any expense attached to the preparation of this certificate will you kindly let me know that I may remit the same to you?
Yours very truly,
P.O.Box 172, Providence, R.I.
Chas. E. Lincoln

MR. CHARLES E. LINCOLN,
P.O. BOX 172,
PROVIDENCE,
R.I.
Handwritten note: 10/11/11

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RETURN THIS SLIP TO THE MAIL DIVISION.
CONGRESSIONAL.
R.I.
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Name: Saul Corlidge  deed
Co. _____, Reg't _____
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Name of M. C. Lapham
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Respectfully referred to the Hon. Com te of Pensions for the in- formation desired, with the request for a report to the undersigned.
D. Lapham M. C.
May 5 th 1892.

Pawtucket R. I.
March 20. 1892
Wm. Oscar Lapham
Dear Sir,
My object in writing you, is to ask for information regarding my great-grandfather, who was a soldier in the Revolution. His name was Samuel Goodridge and he enlisted from Watertown, Mass. Died Dec 4, 1800. Can you ascertain to which regiment he belonged. His widow having married again, drew a pension under the name of Mary Carmen . She died in April 1849. I ask for the information, as

I wish to know if I am entitled to join the Gaepec Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution, and if I am, should like a vaseke that I may do so. Am a daughter of the late Thomas Lincoln and a sister of Charles & the reports. Samuel Corlidge was my mother's grandfather. Hoping I am not asking too much,
Very respectfully yours Anna B. Lincoln
368 Pine St.

W 5780
EXECUTIVE MANSION
WASHINGTON.
March 29 1892
My dear Capt.
Will you please inform me if the name on the enclosed slip was at any time upon the rolls of the Pension Office.
Sincerely yours
Thos. H. Cook
Capt A. M. Fisher Chief Clerk Pension Office

EXECUTIVE MANSION.
OFFICIAL.
Capt. A. H. Fisher Chief Clerk Pension Office City -

Samuel Coolidge of Watertown, Mass. died in 1800.
His widow, drew a pension under the name of Mary Carman, having married again. She died in 1849.

Providence City
Res WIDOW, &c.
1892 Mar 20 De to W.D. Crook
PS
File No. 23780
Jan. 24, 1896. Mil. Fishy sent to Chas. E. Lincoln Providence,
Ed.
Mary Carman Formerly Wid of Samuel Coolidge Prin Rev was
Act: Oct 2nd 1828
Index:—Vol. A , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]