Extract from Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, 1800-1900:
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of Maine,
Kennebec County,
On this 29th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, John Church, a resident of North Salem in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Dickerson and served in Col. Woodbridge's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Dickerson Capt.& Woodbridge Col. That he enlisted in that company and regiment in April 1775 as a drummer for eight months. That this period he fully served out at Cambridge Massachusetts & was verbally discharged there the last of December of the same year.
That he also served as a private of Capt. Crocker's company & Col. Robinson's regiment of the Massachusetts Militia in the summer & fall of 1777. He was in the American Army on the Hudson, between Albany & Fort Edward, & served in the camp with the Army, being a private soldier in the reinforcements composed of the Militia about three months.
That he was born in Killingly Connecticut in the year 1753 where he presumed his age is recorded. That during his Revolutionary services his home was at Shaftsbury in Massachusetts. That about forty five years ago he moved to what is now called Augusta, Maine. That he hence removed to Farmington, thence to said North Salem where he has lived about thirteen years. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute & never received a written discharge. Brown of Waltham was Lt. Col. in Col. Woodbridge's regiment & Montague Major, that he has stated such of his officers as he now recollects. That during his last service he was at the taking of Burgoyne.
That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services & that the Hon. Judge Cony of Augusta knows of his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
/s/ John Church
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before Nathan Weston, Jun'r, Just S.J.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
/s/ Nathan Weston, Jun'r
[Note: he was awarded a pension of $39.84 per year.]
He married Susanna Coney 18 May 1778 at Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of Maine,
Kennebec County,
On this 29th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, John Church, a resident of North Salem in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Dickerson and served in Col. Woodbridge's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Dickerson Capt.& Woodbridge Col. That he enlisted in that company and regiment in April 1775 as a drummer for eight months. That this period he fully served out at Cambridge Massachusetts & was verbally discharged there the last of December of the same year.
That he also served as a private of Capt. Crocker's company & Col. Robinson's regiment of the Massachusetts Militia in the summer & fall of 1777. He was in the American Army on the Hudson, between Albany & Fort Edward, & served in the camp with the Army, being a private soldier in the reinforcements composed of the Militia about three months.
That he was born in Killingly Connecticut in the year 1753 where he presumed his age is recorded. That during his Revolutionary services his home was at Shaftsbury in Massachusetts. That about forty five years ago he moved to what is now called Augusta, Maine. That he hence removed to Farmington, thence to said North Salem where he has lived about thirteen years. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute & never received a written discharge. Brown of Waltham was Lt. Col. in Col. Woodbridge's regiment & Montague Major, that he has stated such of his officers as he now recollects. That during his last service he was at the taking of Burgoyne.
That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services & that the Hon. Judge Cony of Augusta knows of his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
/s/ John Church
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before Nathan Weston, Jun'r, Just S.J.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
/s/ Nathan Weston, Jun'r
[Note: he was awarded a pension of $39.84 per year.]
He married Susanna Coney 18 May 1778 at Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Extract from Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, 1800-1900:
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of Maine,
Kennebec County,
On this 29th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, John Church, a resident of North Salem in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Dickerson and served in Col. Woodbridge's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Dickerson Capt.& Woodbridge Col. That he enlisted in that company and regiment in April 1775 as a drummer for eight months. That this period he fully served out at Cambridge Massachusetts & was verbally discharged there the last of December of the same year.
That he also served as a private of Capt. Crocker's company & Col. Robinson's regiment of the Massachusetts Militia in the summer & fall of 1777. He was in the American Army on the Hudson, between Albany & Fort Edward, & served in the camp with the Army, being a private soldier in the reinforcements composed of the Militia about three months.
That he was born in Killingly Connecticut in the year 1753 where he presumed his age is recorded. That during his Revolutionary services his home was at Shaftsbury in Massachusetts. That about forty five years ago he moved to what is now called Augusta, Maine. That he hence removed to Farmington, thence to said North Salem where he has lived about thirteen years. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute & never received a written discharge. Brown of Waltham was Lt. Col. in Col. Woodbridge's regiment & Montague Major, that he has stated such of his officers as he now recollects. That during his last service he was at the taking of Burgoyne.
That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services & that the Hon. Judge Cony of Augusta knows of his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
/s/ John Church
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before Nathan Weston, Jun'r, Just S.J.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
/s/ Nathan Weston, Jun'r
[Note: he was awarded a pension of $39.84 per year.]
He married Susanna Coney 18 May 1778 at Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of Maine,
Kennebec County,
On this 29th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, John Church, a resident of North Salem in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Dickerson and served in Col. Woodbridge's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Dickerson Capt.& Woodbridge Col. That he enlisted in that company and regiment in April 1775 as a drummer for eight months. That this period he fully served out at Cambridge Massachusetts & was verbally discharged there the last of December of the same year.
That he also served as a private of Capt. Crocker's company & Col. Robinson's regiment of the Massachusetts Militia in the summer & fall of 1777. He was in the American Army on the Hudson, between Albany & Fort Edward, & served in the camp with the Army, being a private soldier in the reinforcements composed of the Militia about three months.
That he was born in Killingly Connecticut in the year 1753 where he presumed his age is recorded. That during his Revolutionary services his home was at Shaftsbury in Massachusetts. That about forty five years ago he moved to what is now called Augusta, Maine. That he hence removed to Farmington, thence to said North Salem where he has lived about thirteen years. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute & never received a written discharge. Brown of Waltham was Lt. Col. in Col. Woodbridge's regiment & Montague Major, that he has stated such of his officers as he now recollects. That during his last service he was at the taking of Burgoyne.
That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services & that the Hon. Judge Cony of Augusta knows of his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
/s/ John Church
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before Nathan Weston, Jun'r, Just S.J.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
/s/ Nathan Weston, Jun'r
[Note: he was awarded a pension of $39.84 per year.]
He married Susanna Coney 18 May 1778 at Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Inscription
Mr. John Church
DIED
Mar. 12, 1837
Aet. 85
The founder of this village
Gravesite Details
the 1837 death year may be incorrect, per the sworn statement of his widow Susanna in her application for a Revolutionary War widow's pension, and that the correct year of death is 1838.
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