Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11250, for William Plumbe, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental
Mass.

Plumbe, William

NUMBER
S. 11250
carded

CONTENTS
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State of Connecticut County of Hartford SS
On this 11th day of May 1835 personally appeared the reverend William Plumbe of Middletown in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut and made oath that he was appointed Chaplain to Colonel Thomas Marshalls regiment in 1776, and was stationed at Castle William in Boston Harbor State of Massachusetts and served therein six or seven months under a commission from Governor Hancock. 

In 1777 early in the spring of that year, he again served as a Chaplain to a Continental regiment under Colonel Marshall and accompanied him to Ticonderoga and was there appointed Chaplain to the Hospitals of the Northern Department with the pay and envolvments of a Brigade Chaplain and receive a Commission from General Gates when he took the command of the Northern Army after his retreat from Ticonderoga - and continued in that service from four to five years - perhaps a little longer.
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& was discharged at White Plains.

The 3 commissions above referd to viz the first & 2d signed by John Hancock & the 3d by General Gates were forwarded to the War Department in 1818, when he the said William Plumbe was enrolled on the pension list of the State of Connecticut under the Act of March 18, 1818, and he presumes they can be there found and will fully substantiate his claim. The deponent further declares that in the year 1828 he secured a certificate from the Hon Richard Rush granting him an annuity of 480$ under the Act of May 15, 1828. and afterwards received a certificate under said act signed S. D. Ingham seal of Treasury & dated August 3d, 1829 which last certificate he now holds in his possession. & has been paid thereon to the 3d of March 1835.
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The deponent further declares that the pay of Chaplain during the Revolutionary war was more than the pay of Captain of artillery, it being the same pay as the Colonel of Regiment. He therefore would respectfully request that his name be placed with roll of pensioners under the Act of June 7 1832 at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum being the pay of a Captain of artillery & the highest to which he is entitled by said act.
William Plumbe

Given to & subscribed this 11th day of May 1835
Before me Samuel H Parsons Notary Public

I am personally acquainted with the above named William Plumbe & know that he is the same person who receives an annuity under the act of May 15, 1828 as a Chaplain of the Revolution
Samuel H Parsons
Notary Public
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At a City Court held in & for the City of Middletown in the District & State of Connecticut on the 14th day of September 1824 the same being a Court of Record and having a seal by virtue of the laws of said state personally appeared in open court William Plumbe a resident in the City of Middletown in the County of Middlesex in said state & exhibited and subscribed the following schedule and made oath that the same is a true & perfect schedule of all his income & property necessary clouthing & bedding excepted. Viz.
Bible in 4 Vol: octave much damaged by use - $2.-1 Teapot .75. 1 tin coffeepot .25. 1 sugar bowl .16 --1.16
1 set Teacups, & saucers .42. 1 set coffee Do .50 --.92
3 tumblers @5ct &3 foot glasses @5 ct. --.30
1 milk pot 3 ct. 1 pepperbox .3. 1 grater 2 ct. --.08
1 set of several Silv. Teaspoons 2, 1 p. sults 3 ct --2.06
3 bowls @ 6 ct. 1 pitcher .17. 1 platter .25 --.60
1 iron candlestick .6. 3 milk pans .12 1/2 -- 43 1/2
2 sets of plates at 50 ct. & 1 Do at .50 -- 1.00
1 set knives & forks .75. 2 mahogany tables 5 & 2.50 --8.25
1 qt. pewter cup .25. 1 pint Do .12 1/2 1/2 p Do .12 1/2 -  .50
1 p. and irons  .75 1 p. flats .50. old tin kettle .12 1/2 - 1.37 1/2
1 dish kettle .50. 1 grid iron .75. 1 tin buson .12 1/2 -- 1.37 1/2
8 old Windsor chairs 4. 1 lookg glass 5. -- 9.00
1 p. shovel & tongs .25. 1 trunk .75. -- 1.00
10 wheat flour 4 ct. 4 lard .12 1/2. 3 Butter .12 1/2 -- 1.27 1/2
1 Boiler 1. 20 dollars in Cash -- 21.00
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3 cows - one at 15, 1 at 16, & 1 at 18, --49
76 rods of land contg mansion house & buildings -- 2125.
13 acres of land partly without & partly within the City -- 325.
28 acres & 32 rods of land south farms 570
34 do   --  do    250
26 do  --- at Stony Hills  --- 364
20 do --- at New Field  ---500
(total) 4235.33
All of said land is mortgaged to Mrs Abigail Hubbard to secure the payment of 4691 dollars the right or equity of redemption is of no value to me - see mortgage deed to Mts Hubbard one dated July 7, 1824 one dated Jany 4, 1819 & one dated Feby 14, 1821
William Plumbe

District & State of Connecticut SS
Be it remembered that in the City Court held in & for the City of Middletown in the District & state aforesaid on this 14th day of September 1824 the same being a Court of Record & having a seal under the authority of said State personally came & appeared in open court William Plumbe aged seventy five years resident in the City of Middletown in the County of Middlesex in said State & being sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows that in the summer of 1776 he engaged to serve in the office of a Chaplain
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in a regiment commanded by Colo Marshall for that year & that he continued to serve in said regiment in said office till the close of that campaign in the beginning of the year 1777 he again engaged to serve in the same office in a new regiment raised by the same Colo upon the Continental establishment - he did duty in said office in said regiment - & in the ensuing spring went with the regiment to Ticonderoga. The regiment being annexed to a Brigade commanded by De Roche Fermoy - he was appointed by him to the office of Brigade Chaplain - he being first requested to do it by the officer of his Division - he received an appointment to the office of Chaplain to the general Hospital of the Northern Department about the same time - He did double duty a considerable time. He received pay in the Hospital as Brigade Chaplain. The paymaster in the Brigade drew pay for him also for his services in the Brigade & offered it to him but he refused to take it & requested him to replace it in the public chest - all his commissions are in the office of the Secretary at War as also a resolution of Congress respecting him. He retired from public service about the time of the date of that resolution
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That the original Declaration made by him for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18 of March 1818 was dated the 22d day of April 1818. that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners & received a Pension Certificate No. 4346. - And I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818. & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 day of March 1818. - & 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 hereunto annexed and by me subscribed - In my first application for a pension I did not exhibit any schedule of property. It was not then required since that time I have made no purchase or sale of any real estate - Nor of personal property except in the way of my expenditure & payment of debts - And I do further
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declare that I have no occupation my last sands are running; my days are almost extinct - & that I have no family residing with me except when I procure some person or persons to help me & take care of me - I am a widower without parent son or daughter or any other relative to assist me - my nervous system has been so deranged almost ever since I left the Army that I have been compelled to desist from public speaking. I have lately had along fit of sickness & have no prospect of recovering my health all which is subscribed by me the day & year aforesaid
William Plumbe

Sworn to & declared in Court aforesaid - Whereupon said Court is on satisfactory proof exhibitted in Court of Opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred & one dollars & thirty three cents & doth order these proceedings to be entered in the Records of sd. Court 
Test. Jno Fisk Clk

State of Connecticut SS City of Middletown
I John Fisk Clerk of the City Court for the City of Middletown in the State & District of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing & the Schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the Records of said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion
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of said Court. that the charges on the real property of the applicant William Plumbe by mortgages fairly due equal or exceed the fair marketable value of the said real property, & that the total amount in value of the property exhibitted in the foregoing Schedule is that of the personal property to wit the sum of one hundred & one dollars & thirty three cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of sd. Court this 14 day of Septr AD 1824
Jno Fisk Clk of Court