Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23120, Moriah Gould, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass -
Gould, Moriah Lucy
W. 23120
CONTENTS
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See letter to Hon. G. Parks H. R. Dec. 19. 1835 Dote & Cobb, June 2, 1836.
Pension sent to N. G. Gould Esq. 23 d Oct. 1836
(2364) Maine Massachusetts
Mariah Gould, private, Massachusetts line 9 months In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Sept. 1818. and sent to Joshua Gould Esq. Norridgewock, Me.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 mo. 24/30 th  38. 40    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Mar. 1819  48. 00     $86.40  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Norridgewock, Somerset Co.
Ingraves Maine

91. Maria Lucy Gould, dec d widow of Mariah who was a private in the Revolution
Income from $33.33 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Ending 2 nd January 1846. Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of May 1851, and sent to
A. D. Addison Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 4

Declaration & Evidence in the case of Moriah Gould -

I Moriah Gould of Norridgewock in the County of Kennebec & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being a Native Citizen of the United States, do on oath testify & declare that I served in the war of the revolution as a private soldier for the term of about seventeen months & from reduced circumstances I now need assistance from my country for support - I first served seven months as a substitute for one being to Adams & afterwards enlisted at Cambridge in the month of Nov r A. D. 1775 into the company commanded by Col. Joseph Moore, of Colonel Prescott's Regiment of the Massachusetts line for the term of one year - I served said term at Boston Ticonderoga, at New York & in New Jersey & at the expiration of said term I was dis- missed at Pittsfield about 1 st Jany 1777 - but I never received any certificate of discharge 64 Moriah Gould
Humble vs Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this 11 th day of April A. D. 1878
The above named Moriah Gould, after having been lawfully examined, made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me - S. S. Wilde
Jus. Sup. Jud. Court for S. County

I Jonas Gould of Stormsville in the County of Somerset of lawful age do testify & say that I well know the within named Gould who is my brother - and that I am well knowing to his having served in the revolutionary War for about one year & a half - I served in the Army myself & saw him several times while in the service - but we were separated the greater part of the time - but I always have understood & I have no reason to doubt it, that he served as before stated -
Witness my hand & seal. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this 11 th day of April A. D. 1818. The above named Jonas Gould, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me J. S. Wilde
Jus. Sup. Jud. Court for T. County

To the Honorable the Secretary of the department of war of the United States.
The Subscriber, being one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Moriah Gould, a citizen of the United States in the District of Maine now resident with- in said Commonwealth, on the eleventh day of April A D 1818 made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, & such other evidence as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings to be had thereon, to your Honor, that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeable to the provisions 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 th A D 1818, which declaration & the other evidence produced by the said applicant is herewith annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a careful exam- ination of the said applicant and a full 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 on the continental establishment Revolution, against the common enemy, for the term of more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid. & that from reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have caused the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court to be affixed hereto, this twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & eighteen.
J. S. Wilde
Jur. J. S. Wilde Clerk
for the Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Kennebec ss
The subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies that the FOREGOING Transcript of Notes left before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is one of the Pages of the Supreme Judicial Court within this Commonwealth; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed, unto this certificate, the Seal of said Supreme Judicial Court. —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand: Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this twenty second day of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand, eight hundred, and eighteen. —
John DAVIS

I William Allen Junior Town Clerk of Woridgeock and Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in the county of Somerset, upon oath testify and say that the within named Moriah Gould is a man of undoubted veracity, and that to my knowledge he is dependant on his friends for support, and I further testify that I am well acquainted with the Deponents Maj t Obadiah Withersell & Josiah Spaulding Esq r that they are considered men of strict truth and whose testimony in my opinion is deserv- ing of full credit, and at the request of said Gould I have enclosed their depositions her- ewith marked A & B. William Allen, Jr.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Somerset August 10. 1818
Then the above named William Allen made solemn oath to the above deposition by him subscribed before me Jotham Fairfield Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Somerset ss I William Allen Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the county of Somerset in the Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that Jotham Fairfield Esquire before whom the above affidavit was made is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of said Commonwealth
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this tenth day of August AD 1818
William Allen Esq r Clerk

No. 28 Monah Gould Norridgewock
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2364 he was at Capot; & so I intended it to be understood - having taken his declaration myself, viz. that he had the rights of improvement of this property during his natural life - R.C. Vose July 27.
Robert Vose Augusta Maine

State of Maine.
William Allen Jr. Clerk, for the County of Somerset of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Eighty five dollars and 50 cents; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Eighty five dollars and 50 Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of June 1820.
William Allen Jr. Clerk of said Court for the County of Somerset
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.
Mariah Gould
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: Old house hots furniture to the value of thirty dollars I have debts due me which may be collected to the amount of twenty five dollars. My income is a life lease of four hundred acres of land with the buildings which is of the value of thirty dollars per annum. My family consists of myself, who by reason of age and infirmity, and having lost my left leg thirteen years since, am now and have been for years past unable to labor) My wife Lucy aged sixty years.
Except the above and my bedding and clothing, I have no estate or income whatever.
Mariah Gould
Somerset, ss. Subscribed, sworn to and declared both the oath and schedule this twenty sixth day of June A.D. 1820 before me
Ebenezer Thatcher Judge of the C.C.P. 2 d E. Circuit

State of Maine.
Somerset KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this twenty seventh day of June , 1820, personally appeared before  open Court before  Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties; proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Moriah Gould aged sixty six years, resident in Wadsworth in the County of Somerset within 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. in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Moor and Regiment commanded by Colonel William Prescott of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of about eighteen months
that his original declaration was made before Judge Wilde on the Eleventh day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 2.864 . And I, the said Moriah Gould do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Moriah Gould
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: Old house lots furniture to the value of thirty dollars I have debts due me which may be collected to the amount of twenty five dollars. My income is a life lease of four hundred acres of land with the buildings which is of the value of thirty dollars per annum. My family consists of myself, who by reason of age and infirmary, and having lost  lost my left leg thirteen years since, am now and have been for years past unable to labor) My wife Lucy aged sixty years.
Except the above and my bedding and clothing, I have no estate or income whatever.
Moriah Gould
Somerset, ss. Subscribed, sworn to and declared both the oath and schedule this twenty sixth day of June A.D. 1820 before me
Ebenezer Thatcher a Judge of the C.C.P. Pleas E. S. Circuit

Lucy Gould widow of Moriah Me
at 7 July 38
married 1780 died in 1825.
Aug 27 the 7 July 1838
800
Widows Pension under act of July 1838
Col. James L. Edwards Comr. of Pensions
Washington City Dist Columbia some 10 mo.
$33.33 no deduction
M. Allen Jr Norridgewock Me
800

rain D 7 DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Somerset County, ss.
On this twentieth day of August A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Honorable Drummond Harnsworth Judge of Probate in and for said county of Somerset at a Probate Court held at Norridgewock  Lucy Gould a resident of Norridgewock in the County of Somerset aforesaid and State of Maine, aged Twenty 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 July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Mariah Gould late of said Norridgewock , deceased, who was at the time of his decease a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States : that to the best of her recollection the said Mariah Gould used to state that he served Eighteen months in the Revolutionary war , in Capt Moore's company in Col. Prescott's Regiment in the Massachusetts line - in the capacity of private for which service he was placed on the pension list Maine agency, that his pension certificate was numbered 2.364
She further declares, that she was married to the said Mariah Gould on the Eighth day of June in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty ; that her husband, the aforesaid Mariah Gould died on the seventh day of September in the year Eighteen hundred thirty five ; 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; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, and to the records of the war Department, particularly to the Revolutionary claim in the Pension Office  N o 2.364 for the service of her late husband's service.
Lucy Gould
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me
D. Harnsworth Judge

State of Maine } ss On this twentieth day of August in County of Somerset } the year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight before Honorable Drummond Farnsworth Judge of Probate in and for said county of Somerset personally appeared William W. Dinsmore Esq aged fiftythree years who being first sworn according to law and duty on his oath declare that he was well ac- quainted with the within named Moriah Gould in his life time that he lived in the same house and provided for him in his last sickness and that the within named Lucy Gould has remained his widow and unmarried ever since the death of said Moriah Gould; that he died on the seventh day of September eighteen hundred and twenty five; that this deponent hath now in his custody an old large family bible which belonged to said deceased & now belongs to said Lucy Gould his widow on one page of which is entered as follows to wit "Family Record"
"Marriages:"
"Moriah Gould and Lucy Gould were married June 8 [eighth] Anno Domini 1780 [seventeen hundred and eighty] " "Moriah Gould born Dec. 5 Anno Domini 1754 Births: "Lucy Gould born June 15 1760"
"Polly Gould born June 10 [tenth] 1781 [Seventeen hundred & eighty one]
"Lucy Gould born September 28 [twentyeighth] Anno Domini 1783 [seventeen hundred and eighty three]
"Joshua Gould born September 3 [third] 1785 [Seventeen hundred & eighty five]
"Maria Gould was born November 26 [twenty sixth] 1787 [Seventeen hundred & eighty seven]
"Polly Gould was born January 4 [fourth] 1792 [seventeen hundred & ninety two]
"Melinda Gould was born May 3 [third] 1797 [seventeen hundred & ninety seven]
all of which entries were made prior to the decease of said Moriah Gould
and all are truly copied except that dates are set down in figures only and not in words. This deponent further states that he married Lucy Gould the daughter of said Moriah & Lucy Gould & that his mother in law the widow of said deceased lived with him
William W. Dinsmore
Sworn & subscribed before me by the above named William W. Dinsmore who is a person by me well known and a credible witness - I further certify that I have examined the above STATE OF MAINE Family Record & the same appears to be an authentic record
D. Farnsworth, Judge
Somerset ss.
I the subscriber Register of Probate for said county hereby CERTIFY, That Hon. Drummond Farnsworth the before whom the proceedings were had, is Judge of Probate within & for said county of Somerset I also CERTIFY, That the sheet contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lucy Gould for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this twentieth day of August A. D., 1838
C. Sawtelle Register

State of Maine } ss On this twentieth day of County of Somerset } August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me William Allen & a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Somerset Hon d Drummond Harnsworth Judge of Probate of the county aforesaid aged forty eight years who being first sworn doth on his oath testify that was well acquainted with the within named Moriah Gould who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that he lived in the same town and knew him and his wife Lucy Gould, who is now his widow from his earliest recollection & held her till the decease of said Moriah & has been well acquainted with his widow the said Lucy Gould ever since. That she lives in his imme- diate neighborhood, that he has this day examined the Family record of said deceased kept in a large Bible in a fair legible hand by which it appears that said Moriah and Lucy Gould were married on the eighth day of June Seventeen hundred & eighty. That he has entire confidence in the truth of the foregoing declaration of said Lucy Gould & knows her to be the widow of the identical Moriah Gould who was a Revolutionary Pensioner That said deceased & said Lucy his widow were always highly esteemed for their good moral character and unimpeachable veracity That he knows that said Moriah Gould has been dead many years &
D. Harnsworth
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me by Hon d Drummond Harnsworth a witness entitled to full credit
William Allen by Justice of Peace

State of Maine County of Somerset, ss I Cyus Fletcher Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the county of Somerset & State of said do hereby certify that Will Allen Jr is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the ninth day of March 1832 and will expire on the ninth day of March 1839 Given under my hand and seal of office this twentieth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight C. Fletcher Clerk
Lucy Gould mison Me act 7 July 38 married 11/1830 died in 1825.
James L Edwards Comd. of Pensions Washington City Dist Columbia 20 mo. $33.33 no deduction Mr Allen Jr Norridgewock Me
Lucy Gould 1838 July 1838 Will Allen Private Treasury Claims 003 ordered act of July 1838
Norridgewock Aug 20, 1838 James L Edwards Esq
Sir When the within case of Lucy Gould is examined, you will please make returns to me or let me know the result, I am Respectfully your obt Servt. Wm Allen, Jr.

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S. W. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., November 21, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Moriah Gould --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. During the first of the war he served about seven months as a substitute for one Benjamin Adams (officers names not stated) and then enlisted at Cambridge, Mass., sometime in the month of November, 1775, and served as a private in Capt. Joseph Moore's company of Col. Prescott's Mass. regiment, until about the first of January, 1777, when he was discharged at Pookskill, New York.
Battles engaged in, None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated.
Date of application for pension. April 11, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Norridgeock, Me.
Age at date of application, Sixty-four years.
Remarks: His widow, Lucy, to whom he was married June 8, 1780, was also a pensioner. He died Sept. 7, 1825.
Very respectfully, Mr. W. D. Hale,
Minneapolis, Minn.
870blm
By order of the Commissioner
Commissioner.

March 27, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Miss Ethel M. Richardson 11 Lincoln Street Brunswick, Maine
EA-J/ENL Jonas Gould- S. 37007 Moriah Gould-W. 23120
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Lucy Gould, a pensioner of Norridgewock, Maine; Jonas Gould born in 1752 and died in 1819; and Moriah Gould, who died in Norridgewock, Maine in 1827.
You are furnished herein the histories of Jonas Gould, and Moriah Gould, whose wife was Lucy, and who received a pension, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claims, S.37007 and W.23120, based upon the military service of those soldiers in that war.
Jonas Gould S. 37007
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jonas Gould are not shown.
Jonas Gould volunteered and served about six months; place of enlistment, dates of service and names of officers not shown: he enlisted at Charlestown, state not given, about December, 1775, served in Captain Murray's Company, Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment; was transferred to Captain Oliver's Company, Colonel Reed's Regiment, went on an expedition to Canada and about December 1, 1776, left Port Independence, marched to New Jersey, where soldier was taken sick and was not able to rejoin his company and regiment, until after his term of enlistment had expired.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, while residing in Norridgewock, Massachusetts(Maine).
He died June 22, 1819, place not shown.

It is not stated that Jonas Gould was ever married.
In 1818, soldier's brother, Moriah Gould, resided in Norridgewock, Massachusetts(Maine), and in same year one Joshua Gould was a resident of Norridgewock, Maine; no relationship of Joshua to Jonas was shown. There are no further family data.
*****
Moriah Gould W.20120
Moriah Gould was born June 15, 1754. The place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
Moriah Gould enlisted and served about five months; the place of enlistment, dates of service and names of officers are not given; he enlisted in November, 1775, at Cambridge, state not given, served as a private in Captain Joseph Moore's Company, Colonel Prescott's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged January 1, 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, while a resident of Norridgewock, Massachusetts(Maine).
He died September 5, 7 or 10(all these dates are shown)1825, at Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine.
The soldier married June 8, 1780, Lucy-----, born June 15, 1760. The place of their marriage and her maiden name are not stated.
Soldier's widow, Lucy, was allowed pension on her application executed August 20, 1838, while residing in Norridgewock, Maine.
She died in said Norridgewock on January 2, 1846.
The names of the following children are shown:
Polly Gould born June 10, 1781. Lucy Gould # September 28, 1783, married William W. Dinmore. He was living in Somerset County, Maine, in 1838, aged fifty-nine years.

Children of Moriah and Lucy Gould, continued:
Joshua Gould born September 3, 1785, in 1851, living in Norridgewock, Maine. Maria Gould " November 26, 1787. Polly Gould " January 4, 1792. Melinda Gould " May 3, 1797.
The following children survived their mother: Lucy Dinsmore, Joshua Gould, Maria Heald, Mary Chase, Melinda Fuller.
Soldier's brother, Jonas Gould, lived in Norridgewock, Maine, in 1818. In same year one Joshua Gould lived in Norridgewock, Maine; no relationship of Joshua to the family was shown.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ a statement of the military history of Mariah Gould soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. M. File 23,120
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 7 mos. Private ✓ not dated ✓ Mass.   Nov. 1775 to Jan. 1, 1777 Joseph Moore Prescott "  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Feb. 11 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Norridgewock, Somerset Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, b. June 5, 1754 d. Sept. 7, 1825.
Remarks: Soldier mar. June 8, 1780 Lucy Gould b. June 15, 1760, and she was allowed pension on her appln. executed Aug. 20, 1838, at which time she resided with her son in her house home at Norridgewock, Me. Children: Polly b. June 10, 1781. Lucy b. Sept. 28, 1783. Joshua b. Sept. 3, 1785. Maria b. Nov. 26, 1787. Polly b. Jan. 4, 1792. Melinda b. May 3, 1797. Widow died Jan. 2, 1846, leaving Joshua, Lucy wife of Wm W. Dinsmore, Maria Heath, Mary Chase & Melinda Fuller only sur. childr.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

November 7, 1912.
Mrs. Mary Loving Holman, 95 Gainsboro Street, Boston, Mass.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 31" ultimo and received the 4" instant, relative to the pension claim of Moriah Gould, W. File No. 23,120, Rev. War, you are advised that the information regarding his marriage is given in an affidavit executed August 20, ;838, by William W. Dinsmore, his son in-law, who stated that he was custodian of the family Bible in which was entered the following record,
"Marriages."
Moriah Gould and Lucy Gould were married June 8(eighth) Anno Domini 1780 (seventeen hundred and eighty)
Births.
Moriah Gould born June 5, Anno Domini 1754.
Lucy Gould born June 15, 1760."
Then follow the births of six children as furnished you. There is no further information relative to the soldier's marriage or the maiden name of his widow, and the Bible is not on file in this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
J. C. Davenport Commissioner.

August 23, 1922.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly send me to address above whatever records you have of a man named Samuel Emery, a Revolutionary pensioner who was living in Norridgewock, Maine, as late as 1832.
also - record of Moriah Gould, living in Norridge- brook, Maine, and a Revolutionary pensioner, in 1818. He entered

The Army At Cambridge.
With thanks beforehand for this service, I remain
Sincerely,
Lucy Chase Putnam
Mrs. Ragood Putnam,
3249 Pacific Ave. -
San Francisco. Calif.

MARY LOVERING HOLMAN GENEALOGIST
95 Gainsboro St. Boston Mass.
J. L. Davenport Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:
I have just received a copy of the Pension Record from your bureau, (I. S. C. wid. file 23120 - Rev. War.") of Moriah Gould. It is all very satisfactory except in one particular and I am going to ask you to verify one thing stated. Under "remarks" is "Soldier married June 8, 1780, Lucy Gould". She was not Lucy Gould. Her great grandson says she was Lucy Weston - and I want to prove it.
Of course I know your records may show that she was Lucy Gould - they often lost sight of a woman's maiden name in the early days. Are there any witnesses to the application or anything further - Will you please just see if the record stands Lucy Gould or not.
Thanking you, I am
Sincerely yours
Mary Lovering Holman.
Oct 31, 1912

Boston Mass. Oct 25, 1912
Bureau of Pensions Wash. D.C.
Kindly send me a copy of the Pension record of Moriah Gould* with every fact you have about him. and if the pension was continued to his widow let me have her pension record also.
Thanking you for this courtesy I am,
Sincerely yours
Mary Loreine Holman 95 Gainsboro St. Boston
Mass
* of Narridgewock Maine or Middlesex Co. Mass. he died in Maine & was born in Mass.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23120
Lucy Gould Wed. of Mariah Gould Prv. Rev. War
Act: March 3 d /43  Jan 17 th /44
Index:—Vol. A , Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov. 21/95 Miss. E. M. D. Minneapolis Minn. 1912 Oct. 30. Hist. to Mary Lovring Holman - P. 1912 Nov. 7. M. L. Holman advised P. about wife's name in marriage record 1922 Sept. 25 list to Mr. Osgood Putnam Esq. 1935 - Mar 27 - 2 list to Miss Ethel M. Richardson Letter in case - Jonas Gould. S 87009 - Ethel

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Maine
Inez Gould
Widow of Moriah who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the _____ of _____ in the State of _____ who was a pirate in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ line for 20 mos Inc from $33.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May 1857 and sent to D.D. Addison Present
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. C. Robinson Clerk. Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 7

Maine - 565-
Lucy Gould.
widow of Moriah Gould,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18: Mar. '18 and who died on the 7: Sept. 1825. of Somerset in the State of Maine, who was a P. in the Comp'y. commanded by Captain Moses of the Reg't commanded by P. in the Maine line for 10 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 27: day of Sept. '38, in sum of Now Allen, P. Norridgewock, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. $ 83. 32 Semi-annual allowance ending 16. 66 $ 99. 98
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. B. ... Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 18.

Maine
Lucy Gould
widow of Moriah Gould who was a private in the Massachusetts line. for 10. months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of May 1843. and sent to
William Allen Norridgerock Maine.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book
A
Vol.
1.
Page
8

Memor
Maria Row
Lucy Lucy Gould, died wid of Maria, who was a private Mass. Line.
Acc. Set. July 1, 1838, Mar 30 1843. & June 17, 1844.
20 months private
$66:66 per Annum.
To com March 4, 1836 & end Jan. uary 2 d 1846, when she died, deducting some payments at $33,33 per Annum.
Payable to
Joshua Gould, Lucy Dinsmore Maria Heald Mary Chase Matilda Fuller, only daugh ter.
D. D. Seldeson.
Parent.

Revolutionary War Pensions
Leah Tipton
Callie
W. C. Heath, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

404
ap 17 1843
(for) Mr. Meigs Mar 23 1843 Miss Gould,
[Large stylized signature]
James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City Dist. Col.

When, to whom, and what was the nature of the proof upon which Moriah Gould was last paid? It is said that he died in June 1827
We was pay'd to the 11 Sep 1825 and to 4 Sept 1825. JH 3 rd and Office
J. C. ... Sept 6 1825
Sept 25 Maine Oct 1818 -

Washington April 7. 1854
Dear Sir,
I am authorized and requested to ask a re-examination of the papers of Mrs Lucy Gould Deceased, with a view to an increase of Pension.
The parties interested are satisfied that upon a review of the evidence filed, it will be found that the amount allowed is much less than is justified by that evidence.
M rs Gould was a pensioner on the Maine Roll under the Act July 7. 1838. at $33.33 per Annum and her husband was pensioned under the Act of 1818 at $96 per Annum, but as M rs Gould died before the passage of the joint Resolution of July 1. 1848. she has no claim under that Resolution; but as her husband served twenty months in the Revolution she is entitled to $66.66 per annum instead of the $33.33 which was allowed.
Please have this claim examined and the result reported to me at an early day.
The certificate of Court is herewith enclosed
I am, Very Respectfully M mo of M r N. B. Aldison
J E Heath Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

M. Gould at 1815 alleged 17mo service from Spring of 75 viz 7mo as substitute for Benjn Adams - as officer named and in Dec. 75. enlisted in Capt Joseph Mores Company and served say 10mo. — 1 st term neither set forth as to officer re nor any proof offered G.M.C.

A I Obadiah Wetherell of Norridgewock in the county of Somerset, do hereby certify that I well knew Moriah Gould now of said Norridgewock, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and that to my knowledge he served in the eight months service in the year 1775 in Col. Prescott's Regiment & Capt. Joseph Moor's Company, and further that said Moriah Gould to my knowledge he served one year following in the Continental Service in the same Regiment & Company — And I further say that he was discharged at Peekskill the last day of December in the year 1776 — and that there was no written discharges given at that time & that said Gould was a Good soldier —
Obadiah Wetherell
Somerset ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
On this seventh day of August A.D. 1818 — the above named Obadiah Wetherell, after being carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me
A
Samuel Weston Justice of the Peace for said county
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Somerset ss. I William Allen Junior Clerk of all the Judicial courts in the county of Somerset and Commonwealth of said do hereby certify that Samuel Weston Esquire before whom the above affidavit appears to have been made is a Justice of the Peace, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county of Somerset at Norridgewock the eighth day of August in the year of our Lord 1818 —
William Allen Jr. Clerk.

B. I Josiah Spauldin of Norridgewock in the county of Somerset of lawful age do testify and say that I was intimately acquainted with M aj ah Gould (who now resides in said Norridgewock) in the Revolutionary War, and to my knowledge said Gould did serve as a soldier for the term of one year in the continental service in the company commanded by Capt Joseph Moor, and in Col Prescott's Regiment, and that said Gould was discharged the last of December A.D. 1776, having served at a place called Peeks in New York hill, the time of his enlistment (which was for one year) then having expired. Josiah Spaulding
B
Somerset ss. August Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this eighth day of August A.D. 1818 the above named Josiah Spauldin after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Calvin Selden
} Justice of the peace for said county

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Somerset ss. I William Allen junior clerk of all the Judicial courts in the county of Somerset in the Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby certify that Calvin Selden Esquire before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county of Somerset at Norridgewock the eighth day of August AD 1818 William Allen Jr. Clerk

Woridgeworld Aug 10
True
By Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Admitted
Secretary of War Dept City of Washington

Norridgewock August 10. 1815
Sir, I recd the Pension certificate for David Pierce from your office — The additional evidence your honor required, in the case of Moriah Gould, has been obtained, and the papers are herewith forwarded — By forwarding the Pension certificate to me at Norridgewock you will very much oblige
Your obed t humble Serv t
Hon J. C. Calhoun Esq Secretary of War
Joshua Gould

June 1 Solon Me May 26 Merrill Gould
May 25.
H. L. Edwards Esq Pension Office Washington City DC

Solon 26 May 1836
Dear Sir
On examining the Maine Pension Roll I have observed a singular not in the case of Moriah Gould, It appears by the roll that this person belonged to the Massachusetts line, was placed on the pension list Sept 17 - 1818 commencement of pension April 11 th 1818 - Died June 1827 up to which date the pension appears to have been paid - Should it appear on a due investigation of this case that the pension on any part thereof has been drawn for one year since the fifth day of September A.D. 1825 have the goodness to forward to me, copies of the vouchers and certificates by which the same has been drawn - with a for  simile of the signature I will thereupon communicate to the Department any further facts that may be developed I would suggest that this be entirely confidential until the vouchers above alluded to be examined Yours Respectfully E. D. Gould J. L. Edmonds Esq Pension Office

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 8 th March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.
State of Maine County of Somerset } ss On this tenth day of April 1843 personally appeared before me William Allen a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of said Lucy Gould a resident of Bridgton in the county of Somerset aforesaid 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 8 th March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Moriah Gould who was a private in the Massachusetts line and served for the term of two months in the army of the United States and was placed on the pension list of the Maine Agency under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818 and died September 10 th 1825 That she was placed on the pension list as his widow under the act of 7 th July 1838 on the 27 th Sept. 1838 at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum which sum she received for five years under said act that her pension certificate was numbered 565 - For proof of her claim she refers to the War Department.
She further declares that she is still a widow
Attestes William Allen
William G. Dinsmore
Lucy her Gould mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
Before me William Allen Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Lucy Gould is a person well known to me having lived within one mile from her for thirty years last past and that she is entitled to full credit for truth & veracity William Allen Justice of the Peace

Application of Lucy Gould widow of Merriam Gould for pension
under Act of March 3, 1843
See her other application (No 565)
(Certificate to be returned to William Allen Norridgewock Maine)

State of Maine
County of Somerset, ss. I Joshua Gould Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the County of Somerset State of Maine hereby certify that William Allen before whom the within declaration of my mother Mary Gould was made is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Somerset duly commissioned and qualified that his commission is dated Dec r 24 th 1838 and expires on the twenty fourth day of December 1845; and that the within 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 of said county at Norridgewock this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Joshua Gould

State of Maine } ss. On this seventh day of Somerset county } January A.D. 1851. personally appeared before me Charles Greene Judge of the Court of Probate at a Probate Court holden at Norridgewock within and for the county and State aforesaid, being a Court of record. Joshua Gould, aged sixty five years a resident of said Norridgewock, who being first sworn according to law, declares that he is one of the children of the late Lucy Gould deceased who died at said Norridgewock on the second day of January, A.D. 1846 and who was a Revolutionary pensioner under the Act of 1838 at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum as the widow of my father Meriah Gould who received a pension under the Act of March 18 th 1818 of ninety six dollars per annum —
The object of this application is to claim the increase of pension to which my mother was entitled under the Resolution of July 1 st 1848 as she received a pension of only $33.33 instead of $96.00 per annum. I therefore claim for myself and the other surviving children the difference between the pension received by my mother and that allowed my father viz an increase from $33.33 to ninety six dollars.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written. And I certify that it has been made to appear to my satisfaction that Joshua Gould above named, Lucy Dinsmore Maria Mary Chase Gould and

Melinda Fuller are the children and only surviving children of said Lucy Gould deceased late a pensioner of the United States; and that the said Lucy Gould died at said Norridgewock the widow of said Moriah Gould died on the second day of January, A.D. 1846.
C. G. Allen Judge of Probate
State of Maine } County of Somerset } ss. I Albert Moore Register of the Court of Probate for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that the signing on the original proceedings of said Court the the Honorable Charles Greene is Judge of said Court within and for the county and state aforesaid and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate at Norridgewock in said county this seventh day of January, One thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Albert Moore
Register