Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,502, Tobias Gould, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gould, Tobias Wagg, Rhoda
W. 22,502.
Former widow
CONTENTS
This woman's last husband was a pensioner of the Rev. see James Wagg, Continental Mass. S. 35,703

6.303 Name Rhoda Wagg, decd. forf. widow of Tobias Gould Maf who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 44 Dollars 44
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. and end 6th March 1852.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Novr. 1854 and sent to
P. H. Baldwin Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 44 Vol. 1

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Rhoda Wagg nee? former widow of Tobias Gould Me
July 7, 1838

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
Aug 21 st 1854.
I, ROBERT A. BIRD,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
W. F. Wentworth Esq.
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of York _____ as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his is _____ GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
Robt A. Bird
CLERK.

State of Maine County of York Town of Kittery
(a)
Tobias Goold of Kittery and Rhoda Hammond of North Yarmouth, November Seventh, Seventeen hundred Seventy nine.
I Certify that the above is a true abstract  copy of the record of the Marriage of said parties, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record, in fair legible figures, as follows:— (b)
November 7 th 1779
Briard A. Currier Town Clerk of Kittery
I, Briard A. Currier above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true abstract  copy of the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Briard A. Currier } Clerk of the Town of Kittery
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this ninth day of August A. D. 1854
M. H. Wentworth Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, Aug. 17 th 1854.
I, ROBERT A. BIRD, _____
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Ai Waterhouse & J. H. Warman, are
is , and at the date of his  their certificates to the papers hereto annexed, were  were
ACTING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the Counties of Cumberland & Androscoggin as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that they are  are DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signatures purporting to be his  theirs are _____ GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
Robt. A. Bird
CLERK.

State of Maine County of Androscoggin
On this Eighth day of August A.D. 1854. Personally appeared before the Hon. Wahum Morrill, Judge of Probate for said County, William Gould, Administrator of the Estate of Rhoda Wagg late of Durham deceased, who being duly sworn dock on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Pension that was due said Rhoda Wagg under the acts of Congress passed July 7. 1838, March 3. 1843 June 17. 1844 & Febry 3 d 1848.
Your declarant states that Rhoda Wagg was formerly the widow of Tobias Gould, & that he is one of the children of said Tobias and Rhoda, and is now 65 years of age. The tradition and belief of the family has always been, that her father was a soldier of the Revolution, and his said mother soon after the death of her second husband claimed a pension as will appear by her application made in May 1846. His father as he verily believes performed the service in Capt. Wild's Company in 1776. and he believes he served also in the Penobscot Expedition as appears by the Certificates of the Secretary of State herunto annexed. He has heard

his mother say that his father Tobias Gould was a resident of Kittery at the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and that he first went into the Army from that town, - that he moved to New Gloucester during the War, and from the town of New Gloucester went into the Penobscot Expedition.
He further states that his mother was married to Tobias Gould on the 7 th day of November A.D. 1779, at Kittery, and that her name before marriage was Rhoda Hammond, that his said father Tobias Gould, died February 28 th A.D. 1815, that after the death of said Tobias Gould, his mother intermarried with James Wagg of Durham who was a Pensioner of the United States, that said Wagg died on the 31 st March 1845, that his mother the said Rhoda survived him and remained a widow to the time of her death which took place on the 6 th of March A.D. 1852
The children and only surviving children of Rhoda Wagg are Samuel Gould, William Gould, Dennis Gould, Tobias Gould, Polly Hammond & John Gould. He therefore claims the pension that was due his mother under the acts aforesaid as Administrator.
William Gould
Signed & sworn to on the day and year first above written. Before me.
Nahum Morrill Judge of Probate

State of Maine Androscoggin County S.S.
Office of the Court of Probate
I Stetson L Hise Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify, that Hon Mahum Morrill, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is Judge of Probate in and for said County and State, duly Commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State, That the annexed signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto Affixed the official Seal of said Court, and Subscribed my name this eighth day of August A.D. 1854
Stetson L Hise

STATE OF MAINE.
Androscoggin CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss. } PROBATE OFFICE.
I Stetson S. Hill Register of Probate, for said County, hereby certify, That at a COURT OF PROBATE held at Portland, Second term
in and for said County, on the Second Tuesday of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four William Gould of Danville in said County, was duly APPOINTED AND COMMISSIONED Administrator of the Estate of Rhoda Wagg , late of Durham , deceased, formerly the widow of Robie's Gould with good & sufficient sureties in the sum of twelve hundred dollars that he has accepted the trust and given bond pursuant to the LAWS of the STATE; that he remains at the present time Administrator — as aforesaid, and that full faith is due to his legal acts in that capacity.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Name and affixed the SEAL OFFICIAL of said Court, this Eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four .
Stetson S. Hill
STATE OF MAINE.
Androscoggin COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND , ss.
PROBATE OFFICE.
I Nahum Morrill JUDGE OF PROBATE for said County, hereby Certify, that Stetson S. Hill whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is the REGISTER OF PROBATE for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn: and that his said Certificate is in due form.
GIVEN under my hand this eighth day of August A. D. 185 4
Nahum Morrill Judge

3 STATE OF MAINE.
Androscoggin County ss.
At a Court of Probate held at Lewiston within and for said County, on the eighth day of August A. D. 1854, being a Court of Record:
Satisfactory evidence having been offered to the Hon. Nahum Merrill Judge of said Court, that the facts hereinafter mentioned are true, the same are ordered to be entered on the Docket of this Court, and the testimony pertaining thereto filed, viz:— by the testimony of Levi S. Hammond of Pownal, County of Cumberland, & Anna Chesley of Bangor, County of Androscoggin, credible and disinterested witnesses, that Rhoda Wagg was formerly the widow of Tobias Gould, that said Tobias was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that he died at Pownal, on the 28 th day of February A.D. 1815. That the said Rhoda afterwards intermarried with James Wagg, a Revolutionary Pensioner, that said James Wagg died in Durham, on the 31 st day of March 1845, and that the said Rhoda survived him, and remained his widow to the time of her death, which took place on the sixth day of March 1852, and that Samuel Gould, William Gould, Dennis Gould, Tobias Gould, Polly Hammond & John Gould, are the children and only surviving children of said Rhoda Wagg, deceased,
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this Eighth day of August 1854.
Stetson S. Hill Register of Probate.
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Androscoggin , ss. PROBATE OFFICE, II, Nahum Merrill JUDGE OF PROBATE for said County, hereby Certify, that Stetson S. Hill , whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is the REGISTER OF PROBATE for said County, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn: and that his said Certificate is in due form.
Given under my hand this Eighth day of August A. D. 1854.
Nahum Merrill Judge

H Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
June 25 1846.
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 Tobias Gould, is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt William Vobbs's Company in Col Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. from the County of Cumberland in Penobscot Expedition as a private from July 8 to September 25 1779. 2 Months and 17 days. The above is all the evidence of service of any one of the name shown by the Military Records in this of Office.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Pierce,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State Mass:
The undersigned Rhoda Wagg formerly widow of Tobias Gould requests the Secretary of State Mass to furnish from the rolls and Documents relating to Military service in the war of the revolution the evidence of the service of said Tobias Gould.
And this applicant states that her former husband was born and brought up in the town of Hiltary Maine and lived in said town until the year 1778 or 1779 at which time he came to the town of New Gloucester Cumberland County. She has heard her husband say that he was in the service in the revolutionary war before he came to New Gloucester but she is unable to state in what Company he served or the length of his service. She believes & has no doubt but he served in some Company from Hiltary. After he came into the County of Cumberland he was in the Penobscot Expedition in 1779. She therefore requests the Secretary of State to give all the evidence of service performed by her said husband Tobias Gould either from

the Town of Pittsburg or State from the Town of New Gloucester.
And for the purpose of this application I hereby appoint H. Bradford of Portland Maine my Attorney in the premises -
Witness William Gadd his Rhoda Wagg Mark
Cumberland Co. May 1846 Then person- ally appeared the above named Rhoda Wagg and signed the foregoing application in my presence. George M. Hunnand Justice of the Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
July 20 th 1854.
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 of Tobias Gould is borne on Muster roll of Capt. Silas Wilds Comp. Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt. from January 15. to Dec. 8 1776 as private. Roll dated in Garrison, at Fort Grey, Dec. 8. 1776.
The above service has been added to this office, since the date of the former Certificate, bearing date, June 25. 1846.

Johas Gould
L. R. Hume
Page 6 N. Ser.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
C. M. [Signature] Secretary of the Commonwealth.

6 State of Maine County of Androscoggin Town of Danville (a) Town clerks office Danville August, Tenth A.D. 1854.
I certify, That in a book of records of Marriages, of said Town, have the following, — James Wagg, to Rhoda Gould Both of Danville April twenty eighth Eighteen hundred and twenty five, by Elder Joseph Roberts, —
I Certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the Marriage of said parties, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record, in fair legible figures, as follows:— (b) James Wagg to Rhoda Gould both of Danville April 28 th , 1825. by Elder Joseph Roberts,
Calvin J Skinner Town Clerk of Danville
I, Calvin J Skinner above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy of the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Calvin J Skinner } Clerk of the Town } of Danville
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this Tenth day of August A. D. 1854,
A. Waterhouse Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full. (b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

6 I Levi Hammond of Pownal in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine on oath depose testify & say that I am Sixty three years of age, and that I was well and intimately acquainted with To- bias Gould, and his wife Rhoda Gould who was Rhoda Hammond before her marriage, my wife is a Daughter of said Tobias & Rhoda; Said Tobias Gould was a native of Wittery in York County as I have always been told both by him and his wife. Said Tobias Gould was reported to have been a Soldier in the Revolution, I have often heard his widow say that her husband was a soldier in said war, I have heard her say that her husband, said Tobias Gould was out in the war nine months at one time, and have repeatedly heard her say that she was entitled to and ought to receive a pension for the Revolu- tionary services of her said husband.

I further testify and say that said Tobias Gould died in this town on the 28 th day of February A.D. 1815. I was present at his funeral, that the said Rhoda Gould his wid- ow interviewed with one James Wagg, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, said James Wagg died the last of March 1845. I was at his funeral, said Rhoda Wagg who was formerly the widow of Tobias Gould survived her said husband James Wagg and remained a widow until her death, which took place in Dan- ville on the sixth day of March A.D. 1852. I saw her after she was dead and was present at her funeral. I also further state that Samuel Gould, William Gould, (Dennis Gould, Tobias Gould, Polly Hammond and John Gould are the children & only surviving children of said Rhoda Wagg deceased and that I have no interest in their claim for a pension. Levi Hammond Cumberland County ss: August 4 th 1854. Then personally appeared the above named

Levi Hammond who is known to me as a man of strict truth and veracity, and who is a person of intelligence and respectability, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Z. K. Harmon, Justice of the Peace.

8 P. Zebulon Rave of New Gloucester in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am Sixty six years of age and have always resided in this town & neighborhood, I was well and intimately ac- quainted with Tobias Gould who lived for many years be- fore his death in our immed- iate neighborhood, I used to see him almost daily for many years previous to his death, he used to work for my father, and had dealings with him as near neighbors usually do. Said Gould was a very honest man, was a good great Walker, but when he said anything it could be depended upon as true. I have heard said Gould say that he was a native of Hittery Maine and that he came into this town from that place, I have often heard said To- bias Gould speak of his services.

as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, my father Zebulon Rowe was a soldier & Corporal in said war, and they used to often talk of their being out in the war, and relate scenes and incidents which took place when they were away, but I cannot now state any particular facts as to said Gould's services or how long he served, but think from what I used to hear him say that he served some considerable time in all; and that he was out in the service more than once, as I have heard said Gould speak of service in the Bagaduce Expedition, and also of service in other places at a distance from home. Said Tobias Gould died about 40 years ago and left a widow her name before marriage Rhoda Hammond, after the death of said Gould she intermarried with James Wagg who was a Revolutionary Pensioner. Said Wagg died about eight years ago, and left the said Rhoda Gould the at was

a widow, and she remained a wid- ow till her death which took place in Danville in the spring of 1852, I further testify and say that Sam- uel Gould, William Gould, Den- nis Gould, Tobias Gould, Polly Hammond and John Gould are the children and only surviving children of said Rhoda Wagg deceased, and that I have no interest at ever direct or indirect in the claim of said Gould children to a pension
Zebulon Rowe
Cumberland County ss: August 3 rd 1852. Then personally appeared the above named Zebulon Rowe who is known to me as a respectable and credible witness, and a man of strict truth and veracity, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true.
Before me J. K. Harmon Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
Nov. 21 st 1854
I, ROBERT A. BIRD,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Y. H. Hammond Esq.
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature purporting to be his and _____ GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
Robt. A. Bird
CLERK.

I Samuel Gould of Freeport in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depos- tify and say that I am 70 years old & over, and am the oldest child now living of Tobias and Rhoda Gould deceased. The tradition of the family has always been that my said father Tobias Gould was a native of Hittery in York County, Maine. I have heard my father talk of his fa- ther's family a great many times, and never heard any thing to the contrary but that he was born & bred in Hittery, and I know that his father lived there & died there, for my grandfather died in Hittery say according to my remembrance, my father had a brother named Samuel, for whom I was named, when my grandfather died my uncle Samuel took the old homestead in Hittery, and paid the other heirs something. I remember that my

Uncle Samuel paid my father a part of his legacy, and gave a note of $30 for the balance, which note never has been paid.
I further dispose that I have heard my father say that he went into the Revolutionary war from Hittery but how long he served I cannot now state nor do I remember the names of his officers, but I have heard him many times speak of his service, of being a great way from home, and the tradition has ever been, that my father came from Hittery to New Gloucester, and there he became acquainted with my mother, that in 1779 my father went into the Penobscot Expedition, and upon his return from that service went home to Hittery, to his father, about this time my mother found herself in a delicate situation and her folks came to the conclusion at once that she and my father must

be married; accordingly one of my mothers brother's took her over to Wittery, where my father then was, and there they were published and married. After their marriage they came back into this county where they lived and died.
Samuel Gould
Cumberland County ss: Novem- ber 20th 1854. Then personally ap- peared the above named Sam- uel Gould who is known to me as a man of truth, and who is a credible & intelligent witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed.
Before me
J. H. Harmon Just. Pacis

Joseph Gould of Westbrook in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am nearly 76 years of age, that I was born in Hittery York County Maine, my fa- thers name was Joseph Gould and was a native of Hittery and was a brother to Tobias Gould who was also a na- tive of Hittery, my father was a Soldier of the Revolu- tion and drew a pension. Said Tobias Gould went from Hittery to New Glouces- ter in this County, I have been to his house in said New Gloucester, I cannot say positively that my uncle Tobias was a Revolutionary Soldier but have no doubt that he was. I have no interest what- ever in Tobias Goulds childrens claim to a pension Joseph Gould
Cumberland County ss: Nov 21, 1854. Then personally appeared the above named

Joseph Gould, who is a credible witness and a respectable mer- chant of this city, but a resident of Westbrook and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affida- vit by him signed.
Before me J. H. Harmon Just. Pacis.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,502
Rhoda Wagg Former widow of Tobias Gould Per Rev Wagg
Act: Feb 28 48
Index:—Vol. Ms , Page 312
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rhoda Wagg, deceased, formerly widow of Tobias Gould. Maine.
Adm. act July 7. 1838
13 Mes. 18 days private = $44.44 per annum. from March 4. 1836 to 6 th March 1852, when she died - deducting two years
Pay to William Gould, administrator open estate of Rhoda Wagg, in trust for
Samuel Gould, William Gould, Dennis Gould, Tobias Gould, Polly Hammond, John Gould.
only surviving children of said Rhoda Wagg -
Certificate to R. N. Baldwin Esq. Present.

9575 Maine
Rhoda Nago decd formerly widow of Tobias Gould who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 44. Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Nov r 1854. and sent to
P. K. Baldwin Present.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2. Page 11.

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Maine
Rhoda Wagg decd. formerly widow of Tobias Gould, who died on the 28 th Feby: 1815. of _____ in the State of _____ who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for 13 months & 10 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 44 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of November 1854 and sent to
B. H. Baldwin
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Present.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
G. J. Getty
Clerk.
Recorded by Book D.
Vol. 1.
Page 557

No 15210 Rhoda Waggded former widow of Tobias Gould Me
B. H. Baldwin Aug 29 '82, B. H. Baldwin 18 Oct. 1884. at } Oct. 23 Kittery Maine } 1874
July 7/88

Brief in the case of Rhoda Magg, deceased, formerly widow of Tobias Mogg, Set. July 7. 1838.
For Secretary of Interior

Brief in the case of Rhoda Wagg, deceased, formerly widow of Tobias Gould - Androscoggin County - State of Maine. Act. July 7. 1838.
The marriage of the above parties is proved by verified records of Town Clerk of Hiram, York County, State of Maine, where taken place November 7. 1779.
The death of the Tobias Gould on the 28 th February, 1815 - the second marriage of his widow with James Wagg - the death of the latter on the 31 st March 1845 - and her death on the 6 th March 1852 - (leaving Samuel Gould, William Gould, Dennis Gould, Tobias Gould, Polly Hammond, and John Gould, her only surviving children) are proved by Certificate of Court of Record, accompanied by affidavit upon which it is founded.
The service in this case, amounting in the aggregate to 13 months and 10 days, is shown by certificates of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, and the identification of the father of claimants with that service, is shown by parol and other evidence that he was a revolutionary soldier at the time designated in the certificates of the Secretary, and that he

resided before, and at the period of the war, in the locality from which the soldier is shown by the certificate to have been enlisted.
Proper evidence is also adduced of the appointment of William Gould administrator upon the estate of Rhoda Wagg, deceased.
Pension has, accordingly, been allowed, at rate of $44.44 c per annum, from March 4, 1836, to March 6, 1852 - when Rhoda died - deducting two years, viz from 4 th March 1841 to 4 th March 1843 - payable to the administrator, in trust for the above named surviving children of said deceased widow.
H. Sedder Examining Clerk
B. A. Baldwin Esq. } Present } Attorney.

Dear Mr. [unclear] He has [unclear] me - [unclear]
Wm. L. P. Walker Counsel of Pleaders.

Portland Oct. 26th, 1854.
Benj. H. Baldwin Esq
Dear Sir.
Yours of the 23 rd inst. is at hand, will hand Mr. Bradford the Davis Report on his return from Michigan. I am glad to hear anything favorable in regard to the Rhoda Wagg case. The oldest children have told me, that Tobias Gould their father came to New Gloucester & hired out previous to his service in the Penobscot Expedition, that he came from Hittery, that he got acquainted with Miss Rhoda Hammond of New Gloucester or edge of No. Yarmouth and that he done up a very little courting before he went to "Baggaduce" as it was called, and when he returned from that service in Sept. he went immediately home to Hittery - In November Miss Rhoda found herself in a very delicate situation, all owing to "Wandering many a night in June, Beneath the bright and Bonny Moone." with this amorous Tobias of Hittery,
write Oct 31.

Well when her family found how mat- ters were progressing, they began to think as the fellow did when his boat was sinking, that something must be done and d- d quick too, so Miss Rhoda and her brother started for Hittery, called on our Pobras and told him that he must face the music at once. This is the reason why the marriage took place in Hittery when the bride belonged in New Gloucester. Now inasmuch as Miss Rhoda has made a "clean breast" of it, I hope Mr. Waldo will be willing to ticket her through, notwithstanding her youthful indiscretions.
I expected of course if this Wagg case was allowed that it would com- mence March 4th 1836.
I send you a Power of Atty. of James Lowell, he does not seem to know much about his claim says one of his brothers made the application.
The above from J. R. Harmon Portland Maine. B. H. Baldwin

Pension Office November 10 th 1854.
In the matter of the application of the surviving children of Rhoda Wagg, deceased, for arrears of pension due her at her death, as the former widow of Tobias Gould, a Revolutionary soldier.
The marriage of the above named Rhoda Wagg with a man named Tobias Gould, is proved, by public record evidence, to have taken place November 7 th 1779. His death, on the 28 th February, 1815—her second marriage with James Wagg, and his death, 31 st March, 1845, and her death on the 6 th March, 1852—leaving Samuel Gould, William Gould, Dennis Gould, Tobias Gould, Polly Hammond, and John Gould, her only surviving children, are proved by certificate of court of Record, accompanied by affidavits upon which it is founded.
It appears, also, that an administrator has been regularly appointed, with adequate bond.
The certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts, of June 25 th 1846, shows that Tobias Gould served in the "Penobscot Expedition" from July 8 th to September 25 th 1779—2 months and 17 days; and another certificate from the same officer, dated July 20 th 1854, shows that a Tobias

Gould served in Wild's company, Hovey's regiment, from January 15 (11) to December 8 (13) 1776 - 10 months, 23 days, making a total service of 13 months and 20 days.
The next  only question in this case, it will thus be perceived, is, Whether the first husband of Rhoda Wagg was the person who performed the service set forth in the above certificates.
1st. As to the service in the "Penobscot Expedition." The certificate states the soldier to have been from Cumberland county. The evidence abundantly shows, the husband of Rhoda was originally from Kittery, which is in York, an adjoining county to Cumberland. The marriage also took place in Kittery, and, although its date is subsequent to the date of the service, (the latter terminating in October, and the marriage taking place in November,) the fact of his being at Kittery after the termination of his service, is not inconsistent with his having been noted as entering the service from Cumberland, as I find, on referring to Williamson's History of Maine, that the troops raised for the "Penobscot Expedition," were taken indiscriminately from Cumberland, Lincoln, and York, adjoining counties, situated in the extreme north-west part of Maine. In addition to this, the parole proof is clear that the husband of Rhoda was not only, in his lifetime, generally reputed to have been a Revolu-

tionary soldier, but two of the witnesses swear that they had frequently heard him speak of being in the "Baggaduce Expedition." Now, Williams's History clearly shows that the "Penobscot Expedition" and the Expedition to "Piguydise," were one and the same, and his description of the Expedition, as given by these witnesses, corresponds with that given by Williamson, in all essential particulars. I think, therefore, that Rhodas husband is sufficiently identified with the service in 1779, certified by the Secretary of Massachusetts.
2 d As to the service in Phinney's regiment.—The parol evidence is meagre upon this point. The widow, who appears to have made an affidavit in 1846, to procure evidence from the authorities of Massachusetts, claimed two tours of service, and the witnesses testify, generally, that the father of claimants alleged a service of 9 months in the early part of the War. This is all the parol evidence furnished, identifying claimants father with the service certified. The Secretary of Massachusetts, however, certifies that Daniel Merrill was the 1 st Lieutenant, W m Frost, 2 d Lieutenant, and John Pray ensign of Wild's company, in Phinney's Regiment, in which Tobias Gould appears to have served as private,—that from documents in his possession, it also appears that Frost and Pray were both from Kittery , and Merrill

from Arundale, in York county, in which, as before remarked, Kittery is situated. He also states that "our rolls show that several other soldiers of Captain Wild's company, were residents of Kittery, and other adjoining towns in York county." I also find, by referring to the American Archives, vol. 2, p. 208, that Phinney's regiment marched from Boston in the Summer of 1779, and were ordered to Fort George, on the 8 th of September, of that year. It also appears they were 12-months men. It is submitted to the Commissioner whether these facts would not warrant the inference that the Tobias Gould whose name is found on Wild's muster roll, was not also from Kittery; and, if so, whether the husband of Rhoda Wagg is not identified as the soldier who performed the service certified, in Phinney's regiment, especially as the name is, by no means, a common one, and the town clerk certifies that it does not appear there was more than one Tobias Gould residing at Kittery from 1775 to 1780.
As the service in the Penobscot Expedition is not sufficient, of itself, to entitle the parties to any arrears of pension, upon the point now submitted depends the allowance or rejection of the claim altogether.
Very Respectfully Rhodas
Ex Clerk

That Revolutionary Lodge, not appear that there was more than one Tobias Gould residing at Boston from 1775 to 1780
In the matter of the application of the surviving children of Rhoda Wagg, deceased for arrears of pension due her at her death, as the former widow of Tobias Gould, a revolutionary soldier.
= The marriage of the above named Rhoda Wagg with a man named Tobias Gould, is now proved by Public record evidence to have taken place Novem- ber 7 th 1779. His death, on the 28 th February 1815 - her subsequent second marriage with James Wagg, and his death 31 st March 1845, and her death on the 6 th March 1852 - together and also that she left  and that she left leaving Samuel Gould, Wil- iam Gould, Dennis Gould, Tobias Gould, Polly Nam- mond and John Gould, her only surviving children, are proved by certificate of birth of Record, accompanied by Affidavits upon which it is founded.
X The certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts, of June 25, 1846, shows Tobias Gould, then deceased served in the "Pensylvania Key- stone Battery" from July 8 to Sept. 25, 1779 - "2 months and 17 days" - and another Certificate from the same office dated July 20, 1854, shows that a Tobias Gould served in the Wild's Company, the Key Stone Battery from January 15 to December 8, 1776 - "10 months 24 days", making a total service of 12 months and 27 days -
It appears also that an administrator has been regularly appointed, with adequate bond.
The main question in this case, it will thus be

perceived, is whether the first husband of Rhoda Wagg, was the same person who performed the service set forth in the above certificate.
1 st As to the service in the "Penobscot Expedition". The certificate states the soldier to have been from Cumberland County. The evidence abundantly shows that the latter husband of Rhoda was originally from York Kittery, which is in York an adjoining county to Cumberland. Although The marriage also took place in Kittery, and although its date is subsequent to the date of the service, (the latter terminating in November, and October, and the marriage taking place in November) it is not inconsistent the fact of his being at Kittery after the termination of his service, is not inconsistent with his having been noted as entering  entered the service as from Cumberland, as I find the  the  troops raised  troops raised on referring to Williamson's History of Maine that the troops raised for the "Penobscot Expedition" were were taken indiscriminately from the  the  Counties  Counties of Cumberland, Lincoln and York, adjoining counties situated  on the extreme south west part of Maine. In addition to this the proof is distinct clear that the husband of Rhoda, was not only in his life-time several times generally reputed to have been a revolutionary soldier, but two of the witnesses dear that he told them they had frequently heard him speak of being in "the Baggaduce Expedition" — Now, William's history clearly shows that the "Penobscot Expedition" and the Expedition to "Bay one and Biguidice" and  the  description of this  the expedition as given by these witnesses corresponds  with the its known history that given by Williamson in all essential par.

tecular. I think, therefore, that Rhoda's husband is sufficiently identified with the service in 1779 , certified by the Secretary of Massachusetts. Under Co.
2. As to the service in Phinney's Regiment - the last part of The parole evidence is meagre upon this point. The widow who appears to have made an affidavit in 1846 to procure evidence from the authorities of Massachusetts, claimed two tours of service, and the witnesses testify generally that the father of claimant's alleged a service of 9 months in the early part of the war. This is all the parole evidence furnished, identifying claimant's father with the service certified. The Secretary of Massachusetts, however, certifies that the Lieutenant , Daniel Merrill was the 1 st Lieutenant, John Frost 2 nd Lieut. and John Pray Ensign of Wild's Company in which Phinney's Regiment the name of Tobias Gould appears to have served as private. That from documents in his possession it also appears that Frost and Pray were both from Kittery , and Merrill from xxx Anacdale in York County, in which, as before remarked Kittery is situated. He also states "Our rolls show that several other soldiers of Captain Wild's Company were residents of Kittery and other adjoining towns in York County." - I also find it by referring to the American Archives Vol. 2, p. 203, that Kinney's Regiment marched from Boston in the summer of 1779, and were ordered to Fort George on the 8 th September of that year. It also appears they were 12 regiments It is submitted to the Commission whether these facts, would not impair a reason the influence that the Tobias Gould whose name is found on Wild's Muster roll was not also from Kittery - and if so, whether the hus-

band of the Rhoda Mays is not identified as the artist who performed the service certified in Finney's Regiment . especially as the name is by no means a common one, and the Brown County outfit As the service in the Pendleton Expedition is not suffi- cient of itself to entitle the parties to any arrear of pension upon the point now submitted depends the allowance or rejection of the claim altogether.
Very respectfully
Khoddy
24 C.M.

Wen. S. P. Waldo,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Sir,
Your letter of the 23 d is at hand. In reply I have to inform you that I have made diligent search for the name of "Tobias Gould," in the records of this town and I only find the name twice. The record reads as follows - "Tobias Gould and Rhoda Hammond of North Yarmouth. Their names and intentions of marriage entered Octo r 31. 1779" and in another book of Records of Marriages, the following entry. Marriages - "1779, Nov r 7 th Tobias (Gould) of Kittery and Rhoda Hammond of North Yarmouth."
I am sorry to be obliged to say that our Records of births is very meagre, and unreliable - So far as I can judge, not one birth in ten in this town was recorded at the period in question. We have no records of Real Estate here. All deeds and conveyances are recorded in the County Records at Alfred -
I have the honor to be
Your O ur Servant,
Benard S. Currier S. C.
Kittery Maine Octo r 26. 1852.

Washington Aug. 24 th 1854
Hon S. P. Waldo Com d of Pensions }
Sir. I beg leave to file herewith the declaration of William Gould administrator of Rhoda Wagg former widow of Tobias Gould , Claiming the arrear of Pension due the said Rhoda Wagg under the act of July 7. 1838 for the services of her said former husband Tobias Gould .
It will appear by referring to the paper attached to the Certificate of the Secretary of State, that immediately after the death of her second husband, to wit in May 1846, Rhoda Wagg made an attempt to procure Evidence from the office of the Secretary of State of Mass to enable her to obtain a Pension, but the evidence of her former husband's first period of service was then not on file.
I am informed that Col Plummer under whom Tobias Gould served in 1776, belonged in Gorham, a town adjoining York County and near to the town of Kittery where Gould belonged, and that Col. Plummer's Regiment was composed of

York & Cumberland County Me. There can be no doubt of the identity of Tobias Gould who lived under Col. Hinman, with Clarrissa's former husband, as he lived in Hilteng until about 1779 and it was always understood that he served before he Moved from Hilteng to New Gloucester—
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
Brnf W Baldwin
Atty —

Washington D.C. Oct. 17. 1854
Hon S. P. Waldo Com d of Pensions 3 d Jri.
I beg leave to file herewith additional Evidence in the case of Rhoda Fellows Wagg, former widow of Tobias Gould , under the act of 7 July 1838. It will be observed that the Secretary of State of Mass. is not able to state positively that Tobias Gould was from Hitting, but the circumstance that the serjeant and ensign of Capt Wilds Co were from Hitting, and the 1 st  serjeant from an adjoining town, and many of Capt Wilds Men from Hitting, taken together with the affidavits of Wm Merrill and Prof Witham and of the Town Clerk of Hitting herewith included, would seem to leave no reasonable doubt that the Tobias Gould of the Rolls and other was claimants husband are the same. The case is respectfully submitted.
I am Sir Respectfully Yours &c Bruf W Baldwin

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, October 12, 1854.
I, ROBERT A. BIRD, _____
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
J. H. Harmon & Winthrop Cobb, are,
is, and at the date of his  their certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an  were,
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that they  are DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signatures , purporting to be his theirs are _____ GENUINE. _____
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written. _____
R. A. Bird CLERK.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
September 13 th 1854.
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 residence of officers or soldiers in no instance appears on the rolls of Capt. Silas Wild's Co. in 1776, or of Capt William Cobb's Comp. in 1779. said rolls bearing the name of Tobias Gould as heretofore certified. The name of Daniel Merrill appears as 1 st Lieut. W m Frost as 2 d Lieut. & Jno. Pray as Ensign in Capt Silas Wild's Co. in 1776. & from other rolls & documents in this office it appears that Lt W m Frost was a resident of Kittery, Ens. John Pray of Kittery, also, and Capt Daniel Merrill of Arundel, now called Wells, in York County. Our rolls show that several other soldiers of Capt Wild's Company were residents of Kittery & other adjoining towns in York County.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M c Knight Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, William Merrill of Freeport in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, on oath depose and say that I am Seventy eight years of age and upwards, and I well knew Tobias Gould and Rhoda Gould his wife, said Tobias Gould was a native of Wittery Me. and came to New Gloucester from that place I was intimate in the family, and married Hannah Gould a daugh- ter of said Tobias and Rhoda, my wife is now dead. Said Tobias Gould was reputed to be a Sol- dier of the Revolution, & was so con- sidered and believed by all who knew him, I have heard him re- late his services & talk about his being in the war, but I cannot now state any of the particulars of his service; but I have always had the impression that said Gould served nine months the first part of the war, and also that he served in the Penobscot Expedition Said Gould lived in my family

the latter part of his life, after he died his widow married James Wagg, who died & left her a widow. She there made an effort to procure a pension. I further state that Samuel Gould, William Gould Dennis Gould, Tobias Gould Polly Flannery and John Gould are the surviving chil- dren of said Tobias Gould and Rebecca Wagg deceased, and that I have no interest in their claim for a pension.
Witness
M
Josiah Merrill
William Merrill
Cumberland County ss: Sept. 9 th 1854 Then personally appeared the above named William Merrill who De- poses is a man of truth and veracity and a credible and intelligent witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed.
Before me
J. H. Harnan Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Witham of New Glou- cester in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose testify and say that I am Eighty years of age, and have lived in this town ever since I was a boy. I was well and intimately acquaint- ed with Tobias Gould who lived for many years in this town, and also in the adjoining town of Danville. I used to work with said Gould, and used to have dealings and business transactions with him. Said Gould was a native of Wittery in this State as he has told me, and he came into this town from that place. Said Tobias Gould was always re- puted to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and was so believed by those who knew him and he was a man of integrity, I never heard any man say aught against him. Said Tobias Gould has often told me that he had been a Revolution- ary Soldier, and that he went into the Army from Wittery vicinity,

before he came into this town, he has often related his adventures and hardships to me when we have been at work together, and told me of his sufferings both from cold and hunger, while in the Army. I have heard him say that he and others of his fellow soldiers froze their feet, and suffered a great deal from not having sufficient clothing. I have also heard said by could say that he was in the the Baggaduce expedition, and that they did not accomplish much by going, and had a hard time in getting back through the woods. I was also well acquainted with Rhoda Gould the wife of said Tobias, after her husband died she married James Wagg who was a Revolutionary pensioner, said Wagg died first and left her a widow, she then lived with her children till her death some two or three years ago. I further state that I have no interest in the claim her heirs may have to a pension. Witnesses J. K. Harmon      Benjamin his Witham mark Salome Chesley
Witnesses J. K. Harmon Salome Husley
his Benjamin X Witham mark
Carmel Highland County by 35 Sept 9 1884 There

Personally appeared the aforesaid Benjamin Witham who is known to me as a man of truth and a credible & intelligent witness & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true
Before me Winthrop Cobb. } Justice of the Peace

Town Clerks Office; Wittery, Maine.
I, Briand A. Currier, Town Clerk, hereby certify that from a careful examination of the Records of this Town, which remains in this office, embracing a period from 1775 to 1780, there appears to be only one Tolman Gould of Wittery for the above period. In witness whereof I hereto set my hand and make oath this seventh day of October A.D. 1854. } Town Clerk
Briand A. Currier } of Wittery
Personally appearing, the above named Briand A. Currier, subscribed and made solemn oath to the above certificate, the day and year herein after named. And I certify that at the last annual meeting of the Voters of this town, said Currier was duly elected Town Clerk, that he was qualified according to law and that since that time he has been and now is the acting Town Clerk of this Town.
In witness whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix my Notarial Seal this seventh day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty four.
William B. Allen. Notary Public.