Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23909, for Benjamin Shute, New Hampshire
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SERVICE Navy (N.H.)

Shute, Benjamin

NUMBER  S.23909
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331
New Hampshire
Benjamin Shute  Navy
of Londonderry in the state of New Hampshire  who was a Mariner in the sloop of War Ranger commanded by Captain Simpson of the [blank] commanded by Colonel [blank] , in the NH line, for the term of Nine months from September 1779

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire, at the rate of Thirty  Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th of Mar 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of Aug 1832 and sent to Hon S  Bell Chester N  Hampshire

Amount due on the 4th of March 1832  -  $30
Semi-annual. all'ce  4 Sept 1832   -   - $15
[total] $45

 {Revolutionary claim, Act 7 June m1832.}
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I Benjamin Shute depose that I am the same Benjamin Shute who was placed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency under the Law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 - That I was dropped from said List on account of property. That I served as a mariner in the station of Corporal of Marines in the Marine of the Revolution in the Ship Ranger Thomas Simpson Commander, Elijah Hale first Lieut.  As to my term of service I am unable at this time to add anything to the the testimony furnished when I made my first application for a pension which testimony is, I suppose, on file in the appropriate department and to which I desire reference may be had if needful for the purposes of this application.
My place of residence when I made my first application was Londonderry in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire.
My present place of residence is Derry in the  same County of Rockingham.
[signed] Bejamin Shute
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss.}  Be it known that on the twenty fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two before me a Notary Public for the State of New Hampshire personally came Benjamin Shute to me well known and made oath that the foregoing declaration by him signed is true.
In testimony of which I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my notarial seal the day and year above written
[signed] John Porter
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS:MLB

October 2, 1930

Mrs. Emojene D. Champine
4129 Upton Avenue, South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22907, that Benjamin Shute enlisted September 28, 1779, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as corporal of the marines on board the United States sloop of War ""Ranger"", which was commanded by Captain Thomas Simpson. The Ranger went to Boston, and from there to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was captured by the British.  Benjamin Shute was taken prisoner. He was sent to Philadelphia, arriving there in June, 1780. He was soon released and reached his home in New Hampshire, in July, 1780, the exact place of residence not shown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he was living in Londonderry, New Hampshire.
In 1832, he was living in Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
The soldier's age is not shown and there are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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1920, Oct. 2. Hist. to Emogene D. Champine-M.C.S.

Invalid
Revy

File No. 23909  Navy
Benjamin Shute
Mariner 
Sloop of War Ranger 
Rev War
Act June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. 1, Page 184
[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870.
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11,100  R
New Hampshire
Benjamin Shute

of Londonderry in the state of New Hampshire  who was a Mariner in the [illegible] sloop of War The Ranger Captain Simpson Commr, for the term of Nine months

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of May 1819 and sent to Samuel Bell Esq Judge Rochester New Hampshire

Arrears to the 4th of March 1820 
10 mo 24/30 & 4/31 -   -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  27.43
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 -   -   48.-- 
[total] $135.43

 {Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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331 -
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Vol 1-
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Shute
Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will be
made on the 4th of September
next in Portsmouth N Hampshire
at the United States Branch bank


Recorded
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War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Benjamin Shute late a Mariner in the Marine of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 7th day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 25th day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
[signed] J. L. Edwards,
in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War
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$30 per ann.


Hon. S. Bell
Chester, N.H.
recd Aug. 14, 1832
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Chester July 28th 1832
Sir, At the request of Mr B Shute an applicant for a pension under the law recently passed I enclose his affidavit, together with his certificate under the pension act of 1818
I have to add, that I am personally acquainted with Mr Shute and that he is a man of irreproachable character-- I am also acquainted with John Porter the Notary Public before whom this affidavit was taken who has been for many years an acting Magistrate & Notary Public
The certificate upon the affidavit under the signature of the said John Porter, and that signature, are in the hand writing of the said John Porter Notary Public
very respectfully
Your Obt Svt
[signed] Samuel Bell


John L. Edwards Esquire
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Benjamin Shute
Mariner
Ship Ranger
Captain Simpson
1779 - 10 months


Admitted
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I Elijah Hall of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire, testify and say, that I was first Lieutenant of the United States Sloop of War Ranger, before, during her last cruise, & until she was captured at Charlestown, South Carolina. That Benjamin Shute, entered as a marine on board said Ranger, on the twenty eighth day of September A.D. 1779, and served on board from that time as a Corporal of Marines, until the capture of said vessel at Charleston aforesaid, in May 1780. That I find the said Shute's name in the original roll of said Ship in my possession, as a Corporal as aforesaid. That the people belonging to the Ranger were brought to Philadelphia, and those who belonged to New Hampshire & Maine got home from thence in July & August 1780
[signed] Elijah Hall

State of New Hampshire
Portsmouth to wit
On this sixteenth day of December anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me Daniel Humphrey Notary Public duly commissioned & sworn, & a Justice of the peace & Quorum throughout said State, personally appeared Elijah Hall Esq. a Citizen here to me well known, & Naval officer of the Port District of Portsmouth, & made oath in due form, to the Truth of the above written declaration or Deposition by him subscribed in my presence. He being a respectable Witness, entitled to entire credit-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal the day last aforesaid
[signed] Dan Humphreys Not. Pub. & Jus. Peace & Qurm.
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State of New Hampshire ss.
On this seventh day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature of said State personally appears Benjamin Shute resident in Londonderry in said State who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War; that he the said Benjamin Shute enlisted as a marine on board the United States ship Ranger commanded by Capt Thomas Simpson in the month of September A.D. 1779 and sailed from Portsmouth in New Hampshire where the ship then lay soon after and at Boston the said ship joined the Providence frigate the Boston Frigate and Queen of France sloop of War and sailed to Charleston South Carolina, where she was blockaded and afterwards taken by a British force[.]  that he with the other prisoners was sent by the British Commanded to Philadelphia at which city we arrived in the month of June 1780, and on the 30th day of June aforesaid received a passport from an officer of the United States whose name he does not recollect that he might return to New Hampshire to his home with an order to draw provisions from the issuing Commissaries on the route for his support and that he reached New Hampshire on the seventeenth day of July in the year aforesaid[.]  
and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his possession of his said services excepting the accompaning [accompanying] affidavit of the Lieutenant of said ship.-
Sworn to and declared before me this day and year aforesaid
Before me [signed] Samuel Bell Asso. Jus. Sup Cur: Judic: N.H.-
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I Samuel Bell Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Shute did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration for nine months at one time in the Continental establishment against the common enemy and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
April 7th 1818.
[signed] Samuel Bell Ass. Jus. Sup: Cur: Jud: [Associate Justice Superior Court of Judicature] N.H.

I Frederic French Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Samuel Bell Esquire is one of the Judges of said Superior Court and that the name Samuel Bell subscribed to the preceding affidavit of Benjamin Shute is the signature and hand writing of the said Samuel Bell Judge as aforesaid to all of which I have affixed the seal of said Court for the County of Hillsborough this thirteenth day of May Anno Domini 1818
[signed] F French
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Minneapolis Minn
4129 Upton Ave. So.
Sept. 20, 1930

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me the Pension record  of Benjamin Shute, who was granted a pension in Derry, N.H. June 1, 1840 at the of 81 years; also, any family data connected with same.
Very truly yours,
[signed] (Mrs.) Emogene D. Champine