Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,924, for Daniel Peckham, Rhode Island
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R.I.

Peckham, Daniel
Pickham

S.21,924
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6232
Rhode Island

Daniel Pickham*
Newport in the State of RI who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Gifford of the Reg't commanded by Colonel Cook in the Rhode Island line for 8 months and 15 days
*Peckham W.W.G. 2/12/07

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 28 Dollars 31 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Feby 1833 and Sent to Hon DJ Pearce H.R.

Arrears to4th of Sept 1832 $42.46
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th March 14.16
$56.62
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book D Vol. 3 Page 129
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[left side]
Revolution
21,924
Daniel Peckham
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:- Vol. 2, Page 323

[Arrangement of 1870]

[right side]
Sept. 10 96 [illegible]
Ex by Aspwall
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I. Henry Terr of Newport, in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island, Mariner, on solemn oath declare, that I have been acquainted with Daniel Peckham of Newport, in said State for more than fifty years, and that to my certain knowledge said Peckham served as a private in Captain Giffords Company, in Col Cook's regiment the service of said State but how long said have served I am unable to remember. I further declare that I was orderly Sergeant in said company for upwards of ten months. 
Henry Terr
State of Rhode Island &c. Newport &c. 
Newport sc Sept 11th 1832. Then personally appeared before me the above named Henry Terr, and the preceding statement being by me reduced to writing in his presence & read to him, made oath to the truth of the same and the same subscribed in my presence 
Wm Ennis 
Justice of the peace
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I certify that at the time of taking these dep’s Wm Ennis was Justice Peace, & that the deponent Henry Terr is known to me & his character for veracity is unimpeachable
 Dutee J. Pearce
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State of Rhode Island +c
County of Newport Newport +C
On this fourteenth day of September A.D. 1832 personally 
appeared in open Court, before the Court of probate now holden
in and for said town of Newport, Daniel Peckham a
resident in said Town of Newport, aged seventy four years, who
being first duly sworn according to law on his oath declared as follows
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7. 1832. That about the first of September 1778
being then a resident in Middletown in said State, he
enlisted for three months in Captain Gifford's Company in
Col. Cooks regiment in the service of said State, and 
served in and near Newport, until the British took possession
of the Island, when he was marched into Tiverton in said
State, and there when his enlistment was out, verbally 
discharged - that he soon after removed to Westerly in said State
& in the spring of 1777 was there enrolled in Capt. Gavitt's 
company in Col. Noye's regiment of Rhode Island Militia, which
company was employed by detachments, all that spring and 
summer in guarding the Narragansett shore of that during this
period he often did duty for others, as a substitute, but on
remember the names of some in whose places he served, to wit
William Sweet Peckham, Joseph Peckham and one Gavitt and
that he served in all at least five months during the spring
& summer of 1777. He was drafted for fifteen days service under
Gen. Spencer and went in said company on the expedition
directed against Rhode Island that sometime in August
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of September 1778, he went as a substitute for one Gavitt in
the company & Regiment last aforesaid, under Gen. Sullivan
against Rhode Island, they marched from westerly aforesaid
to Warwick neck, & thence croped over to Bristol or Warren
and were the next day he thinks transported from Bristol to
Rhode Island, where his company were quartered the
first night, in a windmill near Bristol Ferry that he
was on guard on one of the worst nights of the three days storm
which occurred during Sullivans expedition in which these
troops suffered much from want of provisions, which they had
no means of cooking - he remembers that whilst he was
at work on one of the forts near Honeyman's hill on Rhode
Island Clark Bendick in Gavitts company was killed by
a cannon ball-- he was about twelve days on Rhode
Island, when the time for which he was drafted having 
expired, he returned to Westerly, continued there for
a few months, & from thence went to Little Compton in
said State there reside till the latter part of 1779
when he came to Middletown aforesaid, where until the
last thirty years, he resided & within that time his resided
whom at Newport. that in Capt Gilford Company, Oliver
Durfee was first lieutenant and one with second lieutenant, 
& in Gavitts Company Stephen Saunders was one of the
Lieutenants, who is the only one of the four last men
in officer now living, & who resides in westerly in this
State that he cannot recollect particularly any continental
regiments or officers with whom he served. & has
no documentary evidence of his services or written discharge 
of that he was born in Middletown aforesaid
in the year 1758, but has no record of his age. he hereby
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relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except
the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension 
roll of the agency of any state - he refers to Dutee J. Peace
Esquire, and Benjamin Fry merchant both of said Newport
residing in his neighborhood for his veracity & their belief ┃
of his services as a soldier of the revolution & to the accompanying statement of Henry Tew
Sworn to & subscribed the day and
year aforesaid Benj B Howland Prob Clk
Daniel Peckham
We Dutee J. Pearce, Esquire & Benjamin Fry Esq. both residing in
Newport aforesaid, do hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Daniel Peckham, who has subscribed & sworn
the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be
seventy four years of age;
that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution
& that we concur in that opinion.
Dutee J Pearce
Benjamin Fry
Augustus Peckham

I Augustus Peckham of said Newport
County certify to the same effect.
Sworn and Subscribed the day
and year aforesaid witness
Benj B Howland Prob Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter, and after putting
the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
Soldier and served as he states. And the Court
further certifies, that it appears Dutee J Peace
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Benjamin Fry and Augustus Peckham who have
signed the preceding certificate are residents in the
town of Newport aforesaid, and are credible persons,
and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Benjamin B. Howland Clerk of said Court of Probate
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
Daniel Peckham for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of
Office this fourteenth day of
September AD Eighteen hundred
and thirty two
Benj B Howland Probate Clk
[seal]
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Daniel Peckham
Private
8 Months & 15 Days
$28.31

H.S.M.14.
Jan 25, 1833

Gifford 
book
P-215
Hon D.J. Pearce
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BRIEF in the case of Daniel Peckham
County of Newport in the State of Rhode Island
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? - 

3. How old is he? 74

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Name of General and Field OR [illegible] who he served.
_
 | Years, Months, Days. | As a | Gen.

In 11776 1st Sept | - 3 - | Private | Capt Gifford, Col. Cook 
5 1777 Spring | not stated precisely | " | Capt Gavitt, Col. Noye
Drafted - | not stated precisely 15 | " | Genl. Spencer, Capt Gavitt, Col Noye
Sub. 1778 Sept | ditto | | Capt Gavitt, Col Noye, Genl Sullivan.

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middletown, R.I.

7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary of a witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what resepect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Examining Clerk
F. Waug
Jany. 22. 1833.