Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23168, Levi Hamlen, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
continental (conn.)
Hamlen, Levi
Mary
W 23168
B.L. # 13440-160-55-
CONTENTS

1074 Name
Mary Hamlen widow of Levi Hamlen Rev. Continental who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pri. Hopk.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 84 Dollars 46
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of July 1848. and sent to
G. W. Morton Augusta Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 1.
Reported

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110.329 act Mar 3 rd /55
May 1 st 155
Mary Hamlin widow
Levi Hamlin son
At: Cont. line, he is a Revolutionary Pensioner under act July 2 nd 1848 Pension Certificate is at 10 3/4 at 84.46 per Ann
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Ad: 160 Acres Dec: 31 st 1855,
me Feb 48-10 Blyth,
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George W. Morton Augusta Maine

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.
Kennebec
County, ss.
On this twenty sixth day of April , A. D., 18 41 personally appeared before the undersigned Judge of the District Court of Maine for the Middle District comprising Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset Counties
Mary Hamlen a resident of Windrow in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy seven 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 Levi Hamlen deceased who she has reason to believe and does believe, enlisted into the Army of the Revolution in the year 1777 for the period of three years, into Colonel Sherburne's Regiment of the Connecticut line, a part of which time he did duty as a corporal, at the time of his enlistment he was a resident of the town of Somers, Connecticut, having served the full period of his enlistment was discharged from the Army. He with a brother named William Hamlen who served with him, removed into the District of Maine, that his said brother was a pensioner of the United States under Act of March 18, 1818 on the Maine Roll, and died in Wiscasset, Maine
She further declares, that she was married to the said Levi Hamlen on the ninth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two; that her husband, the aforesaid Levi Hamlen died on the twenty seventh day of September A D 1814; 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 her marriage with the said Levi Hamlen was solemnized in the town of Woolwich, Maine, and that her maiden name was Mary Foster and that she has remained unmarried ever since the decease of the said Levi Hamlen . She was married by the Rev Josiah Winship .
Witnessed by M c Redington
Mary Hamlen mark
State of Maine -
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before the Subscriber, Sole Judge of the District Court Middle District, the same being a Court of record of the State of Maine.
M c Redington
I certify that the above named Mary Hamlen through bodily infirmity, viz. a long protracted rheumatism, of which is now added a debility from sickness since last winter, is wholly unable to attend the Court at its session. - Her decrepitude

have been such as to have prevented her from walking for many years past.-
At Readington J. D. Lamb.
STATE OF MAINE.
ss.
I the subscriber That were had, is I also CERTIFY, That the the said
hereby CERTIFY, before whom the proceedings
contains the original proceedings of in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this of A. D., 18

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
On this twenty fifth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, Thomas C. Davis a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Hamlen aged ninety two years, a resident of Winston in the State of Maine, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical widow of Levi Hamlen who was a private and Corporal in the revolutionary war and that she is pensioned under act of Feb. 2, 1848 on account of his said services, and is the identical Mary Hamlen named in a Pension Certificate of which the following is a copy. Viz,
"N o 1074" War Department. Widows Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 1848 Mary Hamlen widow of Levi Hamlen who was a private & Corporal in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Eighty four dollars and forty eight cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1848, and continuing for life unless she should again marry, in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the War Office of the United States, Seal this 1 st day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight . W. L. Marcy Secretary of War. Examined Hamlen and forty eight . J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pension. By S. S. Evans.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855." She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. and that she is still a widow
his Mary H Hamlen mark
We, William Perkins and William Perkins Jr residents of Winston in the State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Hamlen in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents her self to be. we further state that we are intimately acquainted with the said Mary Hamlen and that she is the identical person who receives a pension as stated by her above and that she is still a widow having remained unmarried ever since the death of her late husband the said Levi Hamlen .
Wm Perkins Jr Wm Perkins
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents her self to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Thos C Davis Justice of the Peace.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents. That I, Mary Hamlen of Windsor in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed GEO. W. MORTON, of the City of Augusta, in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty fifth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Witness: Mr. Perkins Jr  Mary X Hamlen 
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Kennebec ss:—On the twenty fifth day of April 185 5 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Mary Hamlen and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
Thomas C. Davis Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE,
COUNTY OF Kennebec
} ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Thomas C. Davis before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County aforesaid, this 27 day of April 185 5
M. M. Stratton CLERK.

110.329
Mary Hamlen widow of ~~~~~ Lavi Hamlen.
Claim of _____
TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Has not rec d bounty land.
Revolutionary Pension Act Feb. 2. 1848
Lavi Hamlen, late husband, was a Private & Corporal. in the Army of the Revolution.
_____ PRESENTED BY
GEO. W. MORTON,
ATTORNEY, AUGUSTA, MAINE. ~~~~~

Woolwich May 6 1841 It appears from the records of the Congregational Church in the Town of Woolwich County Lincoln State Maine under the head of Marriages that Levi Hamlin was married to Mary Foster May the ninth seventeen hundred eighty two by Rev. Josiah Winship Pastor of said Church. I hereby certify it a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in in legible figures as follows. May 9. 1782
Attest John Stinson { Church Clerk
John Stinson above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Congregational Church in the Town aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church, with the exception above named as certified by me
John Stinson { Clerk of the Cong. Church
Lincoln ss May 7 th 1841 Then personally appeared the above named John Stinson and made oath to the truth of the above John Thwing { Justice of the Peace

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Levi Hamlen a 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.
Mr. file 23168
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 20, 77 Pri. { Blackman Henry Sherburne Continent l   Mch. 17, 79 to Apr. 20, 80 Corpl. {        
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Somers, Conn. where he was born
Date of ms application for pension, Apr. 26, 1841. Allons
Residence at date of application, Windsor, Me.
Age at date of application, 77
Remarks: Sol. mar. Woolwich, Me., May 9, 1782 Mary Foster  he d. Sept. 27, 1814 Bath, Me.

Augusta, Maine
May 8th. 1841
Sir
I herewith enclose the papers of Mrs Mary Hamlen (widow of Levi Hamlen dec d , who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who enlisted for three years a part of which time her served as a corporal) that she may be pensioned under the act of July 7. 1838. It is hoped that her papers will be deemed sufficient to establish her claim, in which case I would respectfully request you to transmit me a pension certificate for her
Very respectfully
Your Ob d . Serv t
Geo. Wm. Dorr
James L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions. Washington D.C.

Augusta, Maine
Sept 4. 1841
Sir
The case of Mrs Mary Howland whose claim to a pension under act of July 7. 1838 was allowed and a certificate issued dated May 21. 1841 has not been reported to the agent for paying pensions in Maine. for payment. but You are respectfully requested to direct the agent to pay it whenever the proper vouchers are forwarded to him.
I am, respectfully,
Your obed Servt
Gerrit Smith
Jamess L Edwards Esq Commissr of Pensions Washington City D.C.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d 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 Kennebec ss. }
On this twelfth day of April A. D. 1843, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, Mary Hamlen
a resident of Windsor in the County of
Kennebec aged seventy nine 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Levi Hamlen who was a Corporal & private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Levi Hamlen at the rate of eighty four dollars and forty six cents per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838, which was paid to her at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine . She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Levi Hamlen having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Witness Robert Hutchinson Jr.
her Mary X Hamlen Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
Before me,
Robt Hutchinson Jr.
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of Levi Hamlen deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Robt Hutchinson Jr.
Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine County of Penobscot.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held for and within the said County of Penobscot, do hereby certify that Robert Hutchinson Jr is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Penobscot, legally commissioned & duly qualified to act as such, and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine the fourteenth day of April 1843
A. B. Nichols

Mary Hamlen Winson Maine.
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Geo W. Morton Augusta Maine.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Wennebec }
On this Twenty Second day of July A. D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Wennebec and State of Maine, Mary Hamlen a resident of Windsor in the County of Wennebec 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 benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Levi Hamlen who was a Corporal & Private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Levi Hamlen at the rate of Eighty four dollars and forty six cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
WITNESS:
Ebenezer Perkins
her Mary H Hamlen mark,
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME,
Geo W. Morton Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Geo W. Morton Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
I, William W. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that George W. Morton is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this 26th day of July in the year 1848,
W. W. Stratton
Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.

27 Sept. Levi Hamlin d. 1814 Mary Hamlin m. 1782 S. 77 3 y. C. Sherburn. copt. beam line Wm. a bro. sent with him. 13. 14 copt. 10-16 pr. 24 no.
On Roll be Sherburn
R. G. roll
"Levi Hamlin copt May
26 1777 3 y. copt Mar 1779 dued at 30 480 "
J. H. Hamlin on roll

Mary Hamlin And if Levi Me
Ad July 7 1838
Mam'd 1782
deed Sept 27 1884
Allan $ 84.46
Capital 13mo 14d
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Col Blackman Co
Col Sherburne R.I.
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W. Morton Esq Augusta Me

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Mary Hamlen widow of Levi Hamlen
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 27. September 1814 of Kennebec Co. in the State of Maine who was a P. & Corp. in the company commanded by Captain Blackman of the regt. commanded by Col. Sherburne in the Line Continental line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 84 Dollars 46 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of May 1841 and sent to Geo. W. Morton, Esq. Augusta, Maine
Arrears to the 14th of March 1841. $422. 30 Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 12
Reported to Pension Agent? 9. Sep. 1841 Letter to Geo. W. Morton 4. Sep. 1841

Reported.
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Maine
Mary Hamlen widow of Levi Hamlen who was a private & Corporal in the Rhode Island line Continental for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 84. Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of May 1843 and sent to
G. M. Morton Esq. Augusta Maine.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 51

Rev 23168 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23168
Mary Hamlin Widow of Levi Hamlin Corpl Rev War
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 316
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1894 Sept. 20th To
Hon. H. F. Andrews
Audubon, Iowa.
1909 Jan. 22 History to Mrs. Mattie S. Holubay - P.

Note.
This soldier was a bro. to John Haulin who was residing in Maloraham Mass in 1818.
AM

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Remarks:
Your name and address:

Rev
Solon, Maine.
Jan'y 4, 1909.
Department of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I wish to ascertain the christian name and war record of a certain man named Hamlin who served in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted from the town of Alma, Maine and after his death his widow, Mary Hamlin, drew a pension. Can you from that fact establish his name and war record? His widow drew the pension from the town of Windsor, Maine. If possible, please trace the record and write me regarding the same.
Very sincerely,
Mrs. Mattie S. Holway. E.B.H.
Box 75. Solon, Maine.

EDWARD KENT, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING.
Know Ye, That of the persons whose names are borne on the Instruments hereunto attached, Asa Redington, of Augusta in the County of Kennebec, is Judge of our District Court, within and for the Middle District, and also a Justice of the Peace within and for each and every County through the State; and that Joseph H. Linsell, of Phillips in the County of Franklin, and John Shuring, of Woolwich, in the County of Lincoln, are Justices of the Peace within and for the respective Counties in which they reside, duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
Edward Kent
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA, the eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one and in the sixty- fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Sam. H. Bensan, Secretary of State.

Comptroller's Office
Hartford March 4 1841
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of Levi 11 Washburn I have examined the Settlements made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army and find his name in a "Settlement with 3 Companies in Col. Henry Sherburne Regiment before January 1780 - where he is entered as a private and commenced service May 20 1777. Time of Settlement March 17 1779 having earned 1. 9. 27 and in the same Regiment as Corporal commencing service March 17 1779 ending July 1 1780 again same Regiment commencing as Corporal July 1 1780 Time of Settlement Apr 30 1780 having earned 4 months
  from May 20 1777 to March 17 1779 as private 1. 9. 27   from March 17 1779 to July 1 1780 as Corporal 9. 14   from July 1 1780 to Apr 30 1780 as Corporal 4. 00   2. 11. 1 
Henry Sherburne Comp. H

I Joel Pelton of Madrid in the County of Franklin and State of Maine aged eighty two years, the fourteenth day of November last, depose and say, that I was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and served in Capt Brigham's Company, in Col Simmons Regiment, and also in Capt Hawes' Company, in Colonel Blue's Regiment; that I was well acquainted with Levi Hamlin, that he was born in the same town with myself, that his mother & mine were Sisters, that we were born in the town of Goshen, Hartford County, State of Connecticut, that said Levi Hamlin was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, that Hamlin served in Captain Blackman's Company, & in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sherburne three years, a part of which time he was a corporal; He also had a brother in said Regiment by the name of John Hamlin; Colonel Sherburne's Regiment was composed of Troops from Rhode Island, Massachusetts & Connecticut a part from each State. I do not recollect certainly the name of the Captain to whose Company Hamlin belonged, but I do know that the Regiment he served, was commanded by Colonel Sherburne. I am certain however that Capt Blackman commanded the Company to which he belonged - that said Levi Hamlin was married to Mary Foster in the town of Woolwich, in the Spring of the year, a few months before the close of the war, and the same year the war ended; that I was present at the wedding and saw the marriage ceremony performed;
Joel Pelton
State of Maine.
Franklin Co. June 8 th 1840.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
Jos. A. Linscott, Justice of the Peace,
I certify the above deponent is a credible person and entitled to belief.
Jos. A. Linscott, Justice of the Peace,

I, William Perkins, of Windsor in the State of Maine, make oath, and on oath say, That I have been well acquainted with the widow Mary Hamlen of said Windsor. That she was the wife of Levi Hamlen, whom I well knew, and who died in Bath, Maine, in the year 1814 that said Levi & Mary had and raised up a family of children, one of whom only is now alive, being of the age of fifty three years or thereabouts. — That said Mary has always been a widow, since the death of said Levi, never having been married since that time. I knew said Levi & Mary, as husband & wife for at least twelve years before his death, they living together in that relation.
From the time of my first knowledge of him he was reputed to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and I have no doubt he was so. — I also state that said Mary sustains the char- acter of a woman of truth, in whose statements confidence is to be placed. — and that it is utterly out of her power to make the journey to the County Court in order to make her declaration there — such are her bodily infirmities.
Wm Perkins

State of Maine
The within named William Perkins Esq. to me well known and reputed to be a man of truth and integrity, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed - Before me,
W. A. Dillingham,
Justice of Peace thro' the State
Apr. 26. 1841.