Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1158, Edward Dunham, Mass. New York
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
New York
Dunham, Edward
Mary
NUMBER
W 1158
CONTENTS
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22,826
14,563
New York
Edward Dunham
of Orleans Co in the State of N.York who was a Private in the Compy. commanded by Captain Morse of the Regt. commanded by Col. Warner in the N.York line for 7 mos: & 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N.York at the rate of 25 Dollars _Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of June 1833 and sent to H.S. Goff Albion
Arrears to the 4th of Ma '33 $50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. '43 12.50
$62.50
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by GC Stiles Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 53
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245
New York
Mary Dunham
Widow of Edward Dunham who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private NY Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 Dollars _Cents per annum, to commence the [crossed out: 4th day of March, 1848.] 3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of July 1853 and sent to A G Mudge Rochester NY.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act [crossed out: July {illegible}] Page 71 Vol. A
3 February 1853
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Family Record.
BIRTHS
Edward Dunham
Born July the 24: 1753
Mary His wife was Born March the 1: 1766
BIRTHS
Edward Dunham Jun
Borrn [Born] August the 5: 1803
Cazenova.. Madison Co
Sophia Dunham
Born the 13 Day of April 1805
Seneca Dunham
Born Febuary [February] the 20 1807
The Children of Edward Dunham Jun
Hellen Sophia Dunham
August the 12. 1826
Jo Mary Jane Dunham
Born Jan the 27 1828
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Family Record.
MARRIAGES.
Mary Dannal the Widow of Jacob Dannal Deceased Married Novr. the 17: 1802
Mr Edward Dunham Now Living in Cazenova Chitenango County
MARRIAGES.
Sophia Dunham Maried [Married] To Joseph Monroe March the 3 1822
Edward Dunham Jun Maried [Married] Feb the 23, 1823 to the daughter of Joseph and Mary Corbine
Seneca Dunham Maried [Married] Jan the 8: 1829 to the daughter of John and Hannah Dannal
Seneca Dunham
Tirza Dunham
H.R. Curtis
County Judge of Orleans County N.Y.
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Family Record.
DEATHS.
Sopia Monroe Died March the 3: 1825
Mary Jain the daughter of Edward Dunham Jun Died Jan the 9, 1831
Edward Dunham Died January 25th 1856
Seneca Dunham
Tirza Dunham
H.R. Curtis
County Judge of Orleans Co. N.Y.
DEATHS.
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Family Record.
BIRTHS.
[crossed out: Myron Monroe Born July the 3 1824]
Myron H Monroe Born July 3d 1823
BIRTHS.
[crossed out: Albert]
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State of New York
County of Orleans ss: On this 28th day of April in the year 1833 personally appeared before the undersigned Judge of Orleans County Courts, Mary Dunham a resident of Barre in the said County of Orleans aged 87 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed February 3d 1833. That She is the widow of Edward Dunham deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States then residing in Henrietta in the County of Monroe in said State and who drew as such Pensioner an annual pension of twenty five dollars ($25) per annum payable in the city of New York in said State according to his Pension Certificate which is herewith returned.
She further declares that She was married to the said Edward Dunham in Smithfield, Madison County in the State of New York, on the 17th day of November A.D. 1802 by a Methodist Clergyman whose name is unknown to declarant, That her said husband the aforesaid Edward Dunham died at Henrietta aforesaid on the 26th day of January A.D. 1844. She further swears that She was a widow at the passage of the Act aforesaid and is still a widow, and that She has never before applied for a Pension. She also swears that her said husband the aforesaid Edward Dunham was an Artificer in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War residing in the eastern part of the state of New York and as such Artificer was employed in building Stables, Forts &c for the Army for several years as She is informed and
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believes, and for a more full description of his said service She refers to his Declaration upon which his said Pension was granted, That her husband drew his Pension up to 4th of September 1843 and that none has since been drawn. Mary X mark Dunham
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first above written before me. And I certify that the said Mary Dunham is unable from bodily infirmity and old age to appear in open Court. She residing about four miles from Albian where the Courts in and for said County are usually held and that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution. Henry R. Curtis
County Judge of Orleans County
New York
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State of New York
Orleans County} ss:
On this 23 day of August Personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Oyer & Terminer & Jail delivery now setting at the Court House in the Town of Barre in & for the county of Orleans Edward Dunham, a resident of the town of Barre in the County of Orleans and State of New York aged seventy nine years of age who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That he was born in the Town of Great Nine Partners, in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York on the twenty fourth day of July 1753. That he has no Record of his age. That he lived in Kingsbury in the County of Washington State of New York when he first entered the service. That he enlisted in the month of September 1776 into a company of Rangers, under Captain Isaac Morse for during the war or during the pleasure of crongess [Congress]. That they were stationed in a Black house in the Town of Kingsbury aforesaid and Remained there under the command of said Capt Morse until the Last of Febuary [February] 1777 when he hired one Mr Rice to supply his place and that he then Removed to Lanesborough in the State of Massachusetts. That in June 1777 he was called out with the rest of the militia to oppose the enemy went to near Hubbletown [Hubbardton] where they met with Colonel Warner Regiment Just after the Battle at Hubbletown [Hubbardton]. Remained with Warners Regiment a short time and Returned Home. Think was out three or four weeks went again shortly after to Bennington on another alarm. Served Colonel Warner's Regiment was in the Battle under the Command of General Storke after the Battle Returned home. was out this time about three or four weeks. That Late in the fall of the same year and after the Surrender of General Burguin's [Burgoyne's] army went to Live at Fort Edwards in Washington County New York. That in the year 1780, thinks in august went under Capt. Isaac Morse Lieutenat [Lieutenant] Payne who was of Colonel Warner's Regiment to Fort George Took Boat went to the Foot of the Lake George. Landed and went to near Crown Point on a scant to Learn information of the enemy. Staid [Stayed] there a day or two but did not find the enemy there Returned the same way we went to Fort Edwards where he was discharged. no written discharge given. was out
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three or four weeks at this time. That he has no documentary evidence of his said services and that he knows of no person who can Testify to said services, who was in the army with him That he is acquainted with Davis Knapp a clergyman and Jesse mason and Jeremiah Cady. who can Testify to his character for veracity & their Belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution That after the war of the Revolution he Removed Saratoga County in said State of New York. from there he Removed to Casenovia Madison County N.Y. from there to Henrietta in the County of Monroe. and from there to Barre in the County of Orleans where he now Resides
He hereby 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
Edward Dunham
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me A.B. Mills Clerk of said Court
We Davis Knapp a clergyman Residing in the Town of Barre County of Orleans & State of New York. And Jess Mason and Jeremiah Cady Residing in the same Place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Dunham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy nine years of age. That he is Reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Davis Knapp
Jesse Mason
Before me A.B. Mills Clerk of said Court
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 to them that Davis Knapp who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergiman [clergyman], resident in the Town of Barre, and that Jesse Mason, who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Barre, and is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
A Gardener [illegible] Esqr.
Abm Cantine one of the Judge of the Court of Oyer & Terminer
William Jameson of the Judges of the Court of Oyer & Terminer
State of New York
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No. 22826
Edward Dunham
Orleans County
New York
Admitted.
7 mo 15 days Private.
11/1.64
H.S. Goff
Albion
Orleans Co
N.Y-
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (this: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Edward Dunham Orleans Co New York
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Years./Months./Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported. |
enlisted Sept 1776 | . | . | - | Private | Col Warner, Genrl Storke, Captn Morse | 79 years Kingbury Co. of Washington, N. York | Traditional Evidence- only |
Feby 1777 | - | 7 | 15 |
June 1777 | indefinite |
ditto | ditto|
Augt 1780 | in definite |
I am, respectully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law & seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of} ss.
On this _ day of _ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _ in the county of _ and State, Territory or District of _ aged (c) _ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the Unites States in the year (d) _, with _ and served in the _ (e) regiment of the _ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the county through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _ of the Court of _ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the state Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: _ (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations; that we believe him to be _ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I _ Clerk of the Court of _ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _ day of _ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
6. {To a Soldier, {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer, {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party, and the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant, cannot, from bodily infirmity, atttend [attend] the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State of Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so , he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language indefinite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:- For -year -months, and -days, I served as a -, For -months and -days, I served as a -, and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John N Ashton
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MMHF/HMN
[handwritten vertically: Copied by HMN from letter of U.M. Apr 29. 1924 {illegible} any review_ ({illegible} with work)]
February 28, 1930.
Mr. Herbert A. Thompson
New York Central Building
230 Park Avenue
New York, New York.
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1158, it appears that Edward Dunham was born July 24, 1753, at Great Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York.
While a resident of Kingsbury, Washington County, New York, he enlisted in September 1776 as a private in Captain Isaac Moss' New York Company of Rangers, and was discharged the last of February 1777.
He moved to Lanesborough, Massachusetts, and while living there enlisted in June 1777 and served two months as a private in the Massachusetts Militia under Colonel Warner.
He then moved to Fort Edward, New York, and enlisted in August 1780 and served three or four weeks as a private in Captain Isaac Moss' New York Company under Colonel Warner.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1832, while a resident of Barre, Orleans County, New York.
He died at Henrietta, Monroe County, New York, January 25, 1844.
Soldier married at Smithfield, Madison County, New York, November 17, 1802, Mary (widow of Jacob Dannak) who was born March 1, 1766.
She was allowed pension on her application executed April 28, 1853, while a resident of Barre, New York.
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Children of Edward and Mary Dunham.
Edward, Jr. born August 5, 1803, married February 23, 1823 daughter of Joseph and Mary Corbine (name not stated)
Sophia " April 13, 1805, married March 3, 1822, Joseph Monroe, and died March 3, 1825.
Seneca " February 20, 1807, married January 8, 1829 daughter of John and Hannah Dannak (name not stated).
Children of Edward Dunham Jr.
Hellen Sophea born August 12, 1826
Mary Jane (or Jain) " January 27, 1828, died January 9, 1831
Myron H. Monroe was born July 3, 1823.
This is the history of the only soldier named Edward Dunham that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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1905. Sept. 29. Hon S.W. Smith MC
hist. of service aw
1906 March 12 - History of Service
to Geo. H. Monroe. M.B.H.
1907 Oct. 7. Hist. to Mr. C.H. Monroe
1915 Jan. 7. Hist. to H.A. Thompson aw
1924. Apr. 29 - Hist. to Mrs. S.W. McColloch. UM.
1930 - Feb. 28 - Hist. to Mrs. H.A. Thompson [illegible]
Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1158
Mary Dunham
Widow.
Edward Dunham.
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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May [illegible]
Appl. of Mary Dunham widow of Edward
N.Y. 32
14853
Act 3d Feby.: 1853
Rev:
Admd. $25 per annum
Commencing 3d Feby. 1853
Alfred G. Mudge
Rochester
N.Y.
[typeset vertically: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business]
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State of New York
Orleans County ss: I hereby certify that H.R. Curtis whose genuine signature appears to the annexed Declaration affidavits and acknowledgments is and was at the time of signing the same Judge of the Court of Orleans County duly commissioned and sworn:
That I am well acquainted with his handwriting and that I believe his said signatures to be genuine and that the Orleans County Court is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof witness my hand and official seal this 29th day of April 1853.
D H Cole Clerk
[stamp: ORLEANS COUNTY {illegible}]
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9523
Edward Dunham
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Orleans County} Ss
I Abraham B Mills Clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer & Jail Delivery of the County of Orleans Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edward Dunham for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand & the seal of office This 23d day of August Eighteen hundred & thirty two
AB. Mills Clerk of said Court
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Edward Dunham
22826
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State of New York
Orleans County} Ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Orleans aforesaid Edward Dunham a Resident of the Town of Barre County of Orleans to me personally know to be a credible person and whose Statement is entitled to full credit and to which facts I also hereby certify, and who being duly sworn deposeth & says that by reason of old age and consequent Loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise Length of Time of his Services as a Soldier of the Revolution but that according to the best of his Recollection he served not Less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: For Seven months and fifteen days I served as a private Soldier and for such Services I claim a pension:
Edward Dunham
Sworn & Subscribed this Ninth day of February 1833 before me Stephen Skinner} Justice
State of New York
County of Orleans ss I A.B. Mills Clerk of said county do certify that Stephen Skinner before before whom the preceeding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said County And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the same affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 9th day of February AD 1833
A.B. Mills Clerk of Orleans County
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Revolutionary Pension Claim_
Mary Dunham wid of Edward Dunham deceased.
Act Feby. 3d 1853
Alfred. G. Mudge
Attorney
Rochester
N.Y
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1 State of New York
2 County of Orleans ss:
3 On this 28th day of April
4 in the year 1838 personally appeared before
5 the undersigned a Judge of the Orleans County Courts
6 duly authorized to administer oaths within & for
7 the County aforesaid Seneca Dunham and Tirzah
8 Dunham residents of said County who being
9 duly sworn, depose and say, That Mary Dunham
10 of Barre in said County is the widow of the
11 identical Edward Dunham, deceased, who was a
12 Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and
13 who as such Pensioner drew twenty five dollars
14 per annum. That the said Edward Dunham died
15 at Henrietta in the County of Monroe on the
16 25th day of January A.D. 1844 and that
17 the said Mary Dunham still remains a widow
18 and is unmarried.
19 And they further swear that the annexed
20 papers consisting of two sheets and upon
21 which their names are written by themselves on
22 the bottom of each sheet is the Family Record
23 of the said Edward Dunham and Mary Dunham
24 this day taken from the family Bible, and that
25 the same has been in the possession of these de-
26 -ponents from the time said entries were made
27 therein about Eight years since. That the entries
28 made in said Record are in the hand writing & made
29 by Edward Dunham, the son of the aforesaid Ed-
30 -ward Dunham, except the one relating to the death
31 of the first named Edward Dunham which entry &
32 writing was made about 1844 and within a year
33 from the time of his death aforesaid by Seneca Dunham one of these deponents.
34 And they swear that said Record is genuine and
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that they are disinterested witnesses.
Seneca Dunham
Tirza Dunham
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written. And I certify that the Said Seneca Dunham and Thirzah Dunham are credible witnesses, and that I believe the annexed paper consisting of two sheets upon each of which I have written my name and title of office, is the Family Record of the aforesaid Edward Dunham & Mary Dunham and that the same is this day taken from a Bible and that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution. And that the figure "4" was written over figure "5" in the 16th line above and the words "Dunham one of these deponents" was interlined above between 33d & 34th lines before the execution hereof.
H.R. Curtis
County Judge of Orleans County
New York
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know all [illegible] by these presents that I Mary Dunham of Barre County of Orleans N.Y. do hereby make constitute and appoint Alfred G. Mudge of Rochester N.Y. my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States or other proper Department the Pension Certificate to which I may be entitled as the widow of Edward Dunham as is mentioned in the foregoing Declaration and in all proper ways to prosecute said claim. I hereby revoking and countermanding any and all other Power of Attorney or other authority I may have given for any such purpose and vest the same solely & irrevokably [irrevocably] in my said attorney, said Alfred. G. Mudge
Witness my hand and seal this 28th day of April 1853.
Mary her X mark Dunham
Attest.
H.R. Curtis
Albert S Dunham}
State of New York
County of Orleans ss: On this 28th day of April 1853, before me personally appeared Mary Dunham Subscriber to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that she executed the same for the purposes therein mentioned.
H.R. Curtis
County Judge of Orleans County
New York
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Payments to be made at New York by Pres. U.S. Br. [illegible] Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of 
New York
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 4, Page 53 by G.C. Stiles Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Edward Dunham of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Twenty five dollars [crossed out: and _ cents] per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 1 day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.}
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Rochester New York May 2d 1853
Sir:
1 Enclosed I send you the application of Mary Dunham widow of Edward Dunham, deceased, for a Pension under the Act of February 3d 1853.
2 If, in accordance with the rules of your office, it is hoped that an allowance may also be made her for the arrears of Pension from the 4th Sept 1843 till the time of his death.
3. She claims also that her husband was an Artificer in the Revolutionary War, but has no facts or evidences of his service. Address me at Rochester N.Y.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Respectfully Yours,
Alfred G. Mudge
Attorney
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Brief in the case of Mary Dunham, widow of Edward Dunham Orleans County and State of New York act 3d February 1853
Claim, ("original," [crossed out: or "for increase."])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 4th June 1832
Marriage proved by authenticated record from Family Bible_and [illegible] proof certified to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Alfred G. Mudge Esqr.
Rochester, New York
Name and residence of Agent
R Geddes
Examining Clerk.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON.
Answered Sept. 29. 05
Pontiac, Mich. Sept. 25, 1905.
Hon. V. Warner,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose a letter from H.G. Monroe of this City and a letter from Gen. Ainsworth. I will thank you if you will return these letters with the desired information.
Truly yours, 
S. W. Smith.
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GEO. H. MONROE
PUBLISHER
SOUVENIR POSTAL CARDS
[stamp: O.W.&N. DIV. FILES FEB 24 1906]
Jamestown, New York. Feb 20 1906
Hon Comm. Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly cause to be made 2 statements of the Military history of Edward Dunham, a solder [soldier] of the Revolutionary War. (wid. File 1158. Rev. war.) also a statement of military hist. of Harmon Hibbard. (War 1812) (Sarah Hibbard, his widow, pensioner) also Jonas Parker, soldier Rev. war (First man killed in that war)
These men were all related to our family, and through these records we wish to pIrfect [perfect] our family tree
Thanking you in advance_
I am very Truly yours
Geo H Monroe
[stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE A FEB 21 1906]
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Monroe Studio
56 WEST 2ND. SOUTH
SALT LAKE
Salt Lake City Utah Sept 6th 1907
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
I am desirous of getting such data as your office may have, of my great grandfather Edward Dunham, a veteran & Pensioner of the Revolutionary War, served with Clarks Rangers, and was from Orleans Co and Died in Henrietta Monroe Co N.Y. am making application for membership in Sons of Am Revolution and wish such data as you can kindly give me for such application
Very Truly
G.H.Monroe
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Fullerton Calif
March 24, 1924
Dept of Interior, -
Washington D.C.
Will you please look up the Military history of Edward Dunham a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Edward Dunham died at Henrietta N.Y. in 1845, at the age of 100 years. He lived at an earlier date at Saratoga Springs N.Y. but do not know whether he went from N.Y. State with the army or not.
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I will appreciate an early reply.
Respt.
Mrs S.W. McCollock
Fullerton
Calif
Route No I, Bx 35.
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78 College Ave
New Brunswick NJ
Jan'y 2, 1915
Hon V. Warner
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly furnish me with the military record of a Revolutionary soldier, Edward Dunham who I believe was first enlisted at Great Nine Partners and died at Henrietta, Monroe Co, N.Y.
Very truly yours,
H.A. Thompson
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Rev. & 1812 War Section.
[handwritten in corner: UM]
April 29, 1924.
Mrs. S.W. McColloch,
Route #1, Box 35,
Fullerton, CALIF.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, w.1158, it appears that Edward Dunham was born July 24, 1753, at Great Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York. While a resident of Kingsbury, Washington County, New York, he enlisted in September 1776 as a private in Captain Isaac Moss' New York Company of Rangers and was discharged the last of February 1777.
[handwritten in margin: p 148 N.Y. archives shows Capt Isaac Moss as {illegible} Ranger]
He moved to Lanesborough, Massachusetts, and while living there enlisted in June 1777, and served two months as a private in the Massachusetts Militia under Colonel Warner.
He then moved to Fort Edward, New York, and enlisted in August 1780 and served three or four weeks as a private in Captain Isaac Moss' New York Company under Colonel Warner.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1832, while a resident of Barre, Orleans County,
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New York. He died at Henrietta, Monroe County, New York, January 25, 1844.
Soldier married at Smithfield, Madison County, New York, November 17, 1802, Mary (widow of Jacob Dannak) who was born March 1, 1766. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 28, 1853, while a resident of Barre, New York.
Children | Born
Edward, Jr. August 5, 1803, married February 23, 1823, to the daughter of Joseph and Mary Corbine (her name not stated).
Sophia April 13, 1805, married Joseph Monroe March 3, 1822, died March 3, 1825.
Seneca February 20, 1807, married January 8, 1829, to the daughter of John and Hannah Dannak (her name not stated).
Children of Edward Dunham, Jr.
Hellen Sophea born August 12, 1826.
Mary Jane (or Jain) " January 27, 1828, died January 9, (1831.
Myron H. Monroe was born July 3, 1823.
[handwritten: This is {illegible}]
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
[handwritten: Note: I did not use the name Tirza Dunham as rel. is not stated. UM]
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THE ERICKSON COMPANY
Advertising
NEW YORK CENTRAL BUILDING
230 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y.
February 27, 1930
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington,
D.C.
Gentlemen:
Subject: Edward Dunham
Will you please give me the Revolutionary War record of the above gentleman? I am not at the moment in possession of the fact as to where he enlisted, or when, but I do know that he fought under General Stark in the Battle of Bennington, Vt.
If it is possible for you to dig this material out without having the date and place of his enlistment, I should appreciate very much having it.
Sincerely yours,
Herbert A. Thompson
HAT:BH
[handwritten: He re-enlisted twice after his original enlistment ran out. I think he enlisted from N.Y. State.]
[stamp: U.S. PENSION {illegible} FEB 28 19{illegible}]