Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21719, Ammi Burnham, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass(achusetts).

Burnham, Ammi
Ruhasnah


NUMBER
W. 21719

CONTENTS
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15.181
New Humpshire
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Ammi Burnham
M(arried). (17)84 d(ied)1829
of Greenfield in the State of New Hamps(hire)
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of three years.
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Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 12th of June 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of Sept(ember) 1819 and sent to Levi Woodbury, Esq(uire) Portsmouth N(ew). H(ampshire).
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Arrears to 4th of Sept(ember) 1819 14mo(nths).   23/30                       ($) 118. 13
Semi-an(nua)l. all(owan)'ce ending 4 March 1820                                                      48.00
(Total)                                               $166. 13
     Revolutionary claim,
⎨Act 18th March, 1818.⎬

Discontinued

R
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Notification sent to  J K Smith Esq(uire) 19 July
Amherst N(ew), H(ampshire)
.
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(left side of record) 
1434
New Hampshire, Concord
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Ruhama  Burnham
Mass(achusetts)
widow of Ammi Burnham
who was a Sergeant
in the Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
120 Dollars----------
(lined out--Cents) per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of August 1843
and sent to Tho(ma)s M. Edwards
Keene, N(ew). H(ampshire).
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[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 14.


(right side of record)
Reported
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I Ebenezer Burnham of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachu
, do hereby certify, that Ammi Burnham and Ruhamah Story both then of said Ipswich
were joined in Marriage December the twenty third seventeen hundred and eighty four
by the Reverend John Cleaveland then Minister of the Gospel in said Ipswich as appears
by the records of Marriages in the town of Ipswich.   The following is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which which is expressed in fair legible figures, "Seventeen hundred eighty four  Dec(embe)r 
twenty third Ammi Burnham to Ruhamah Story, both of Ipswich."   The following
is a true copy of the record in words and figures as it stands upon the said record in fair
legible words and figures.  "1784 Dec(embe)r 23d Ammi Burnham to Ruhamah Story both
of Ipswich." --
(signed) Ebenezer Burnham Town Clerk of Ipswich

I Ebenezer Burnham above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the
town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
(signed) Ebenezer Burnham

Essex ss. September 17, 1838   Sworn to before me  (signed) Charles Kimball, justice of the peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Essex, ss,   Probate office.

I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of Probate for said county, hereby certify, that Charles Kimball Esquire, before whom the affidavit above written of Ebenezer Burnham
purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and his name subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature. 

Given under my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of September, A.D. 1838.
Nath(aniel) Lord Jr.  

(seal affixed)
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(left side of record)
Ammi Burnham---
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Private
Colonel Jacksons Reg(imen)t
Mass(achusetts) line 1777 3 years

Let the judge certify 
that the applicant
from his reduced 
circumstances in life is in need
of his countrys assistance
for support.
7 June 1819 }

on roll  (faint)
certified within
Admitted (faint) 

(right side of record)
Vol(ume) 33 269 (faint)
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State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. June 12th 1818
personally appeared before me Ammi Burnham now resident in Greenfield in s(ai)d. C(i)ty--Yeoman--and formerly of Ipswich (M[assechusett]s.) and made solemn oath before me Levi Woodbury As(sociate) Jus(tice) (of) the Sup(erior) C(our)t (N[ew]. H[ampshire].) 
to the truth of the following declaration by him
Subscribed-- viz-- that in April AD. 1777 he enlisted as a private Soldier in Capt(ain). Brennham's Company in Col(onel). M. Jackson's Regiment in the Massachusetts line
in the Continental service and there served against the common enemy three years
when he was honourably discharged.  In AD. 1781 he re(-)enlisted into the same line and served as above till after the close of the war and was again honourably discharged; but hath not now the certificate thereof in his possession-- that he is in reduced  circumstances and needs assistance from his country for support-
(signed) Ammi Burnham

I Ammi Burnham further depose, that I am fifty eight years of age -- not in good health -- have a family of six persons -- and do not think myself worth, after payment of my debts,
over six or seven hundred dollars
Jan(uar)y 20. 1819-   (signed)  Ammi Burnham
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(top of record)
Jan(uar)y. 20. 1819 Hillsboro ss State of New Hampshire

I hereby certify that the within affidavit of the within Ammie Burnham hath satisfied me that he served in the Revolutionary War as within described and made oath to the truth thereof before me, Levi Woodley As(sociate). J(ustice) (of the) . Sup(erior). C(our)t

Sept(ember) 21st 1819.  I also add to my above certificate, that the said Ammie Burnham
is in such reduced circumstances as to need the assistance of his country for support-
(signed)  Levi Woodley As(sociate). J(ustice) 

(bottom of record)
(sideways)
Ammi Burnham---
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Private
Colonel Jacksons Reg(imen)t
Mass(achusetts) line 1777 3 years

Let the judge certify
that the applicant
from his reduced
circumstances in life is in need
of his countrys assistance
for support.
7 June 1819 }

on roll (faint)
certified within
Admitted (faint)
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2703
Ruhamah Burnham
wid(ow) of Ammi
N(ew) H(ampshire)
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1784
died 1829
Allow 2y(ear)s Sergeant
$120 per an(num)
Capt(ain) Burnham
Col(onel) Jackson
Mass(achusetts) line
Ses Mass(achusetts) rolls
Vol 33 p(age) 269
1788 3 y(ea)rs

Titus Brown Esq(uire)
Francestown
N(ew) H(ampshire)
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County ss On this third day of
October in the year of our Lord 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County Ruhamah Burnham of Greenfield in said county aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that
she is the widow of Ammi Burnham late of said Greenfield deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution & a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act
of March 18, 1818 & served as follows. About the first of April 1777 he enlisted into Capt(ain) John Burnham's company in Col(onel). Michael Jacksons regiment of the Massachusetts Line & served three years and was honorably  discharged at West Point.   He enlisted again in the month of April 1781 for three years and served as a Sergeant in Capt(ain) William Story's company in the said Jackson's regiment
until June 1783 when he was transfered to the
Massachusetts Regiment in which he was
appointed Sergeant Major & held the appointment until honorably discharged in the same year.-- She further says that she was married to the said Annie Burnham on the twenty third day of December seventeen hundred and eighty four; that her husband
the aforesaid Ammi Burnham died on the fourteenth day of December eighteen
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hundred and twenty nine; that she was
not married to him prior to his leaving
the service, but that the marriage took
place previous to the first day of January
seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit
at the time above stated
(signed) Ruhamah Burnham (by her mark)

Witness  (signed) Titus Brown

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year before written in open Court before
me
(signed) Luke Woodbury} Judge of Said Court

I Stephen Peabody Register of the Court
of Probate aforesaid Do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Ruhamah Burnham for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of said
Court this third day of October in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred &
thirty Eight

(signed) Stephen Peabody Register
of Probate for said County
of Hillsborough

(seal affixed)
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Examination
Ammi Burnham
Act 1818
Revolutionary
N(ew). H(ampshire). Rolls
filed 6 March 1852
by aff(i)d(vi)t Hassler
Cole
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ⎬

Be it known that before me Charles Richardson a Justice of the Peace personally appeared John Burnham aged 64 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Ammi Burnham
who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of New Hampshire and that he died on the 14th day of January, 1829, and that his mother named Ruhamah died on the 26th day of February 1847, and that they were married on the (left blank) day of (left blank)
in the year 17(85--faint) and that they were residents of (left blank) in the State of New Hampshire and that they resided there more than 40 years, and that He resides in Greenfield and that furthermore He 
BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution--F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as a son of Ammi Burnham
who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF He had on this Tenth day of February 1852, hereunto signed his
name and affixed his seal.
(signed) John Burnham  {seal}
Witness:(signed) Almira Burnham
Witness:(signed) Charles Richardson

Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and sworn to before me, on this Tenth day of February 1852
(signed) Charles Richardson J(ustice of the). P(eace).    {SEAL}

At the same time personally appeared before me Charles Richardson a Justice of the peace two credible and disinterested witnesses named Jonathan Patch and William Whittemore residents of the aforesaid County and State, who have been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that Simon Low was a
Revolutionary soldier and that Isaac Low was by him always treated as and is by the  witnesses believed to be the Son of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
(signed) Jonathan Patch [SEAL]

Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.  (signed) William Whittemore [SEAL]
(signed) Charles Richardson J(ustice of the). P(eace).    {SEAL}

(lined out--State of New Hampshire)
(lined out County of Hillsborough)    ⎬
(lined out --to wit:)

State of New Hampshire 
Secretary of States Office⎬

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Charles Richardson
Esq(uire)., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his
name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid, duly commissioned
and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State (lined out--County Court,) this twenty eighth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
(signed) John L. Hadley (lined out--Clerk)
Secretary of State
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*-If a widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."
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Copy 53

Ammi Burnham

not entered (faint)

15,181
Not Ent(ere)d

29 Sep(tember)  '(18)19
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HILLSBOROUGH, SS.

At a Court of Common Pleas for the first district, holden at Amhurst in said county of Hillsborough, on this fourth day of July, 1820,
being a court of record; having power of fine and imprisonment, and unlimited Jurisdiction in point of amount.
                               PRESENT
The Hon(orable). ⎨ JOSHUA DARLING,
                                JEDIDIAH K. SMITH,⎬ Justices

Personally appeared, in open court, Ammi Burnham aged 60 years, resident in Greenfield
in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit: -- that he enlisted in April 1777 in Capt(ain) John Burnhams Company in Col(onel) M Jackson's Regiment in the Massachusetts line and served there years and was discharged at West Point(.)   I also enlisted in the year 1781 in April for three years in Capt(ain) Story's Company in the above  Regiment and served in his Company until June 1783 when I was transfered to the third Massachusetts Regiment and appointed Sergeant Major and held the appointment 
until honorably discharged in Dec. the same year

the date of my original declaration was on the twelfth day of June Anno Domini, 1818   I have received a pension, the certificate of which is numbered 15 181 on the back thereof.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th
day of March 1818, and 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 the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land or naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March, 1818;" and 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 following schedule, by me subscribed.

Farm in Greenfield                        900.00
House Furniture                              28.18
Waggon damaged + old Cart          9.00
3 old ploughs and same old Harness 5.50
1 Lot of Farming Utensils                  5.81 
old Saddles                                          15
1 Lame Mare & Colt                         25.00
3 yearling heifers                              12.00  
1 small 3 years old Heifer                   7.00
1 good Do (3 years old Heifer)          10.00
4 Calves 2 Shoats 2 young pigs         20.00
(total)                                             1083.24
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I owe (lined out--illegible plows) $200.00
(lined out--illegible) to Nehemiah Dodge of Essex in Massachusetts, a note of $100
and also a note to Nathanel Burnham of Greenfield of $100
(total) amount - $200.00

My occupation is a Farmer (I) am not able to pursue it by reason of ill health and lame(-)ness in one of my feet

My family, residing with me, consists of a wife and two children Miriam aged 16 & Joseph 
Story 13 my Wife is infirm and unable to
perform much labor
(signed) Ammi Burnham

Sworn to and declared in open court, on the 4th day of July Anno Domini, 1820.
(signed) M. Eastman Clerk

I MOSES EASTMAN, Clerk of the above named Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing declaration and oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited, in the foregoing schedule, is $1023.24 and that said applicant is indebted as above

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fourth day of July, 1820.
(signed) M. Eastman} Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough
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Rev(olutionary)
WIDOW, &c.
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File No 21.719
Ruhamah Burnham
widow of
Ammi Burnham
Serg(ean)t Rev(olutionary) War
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Act March 3d (18)43
Index: Vol. A, Page 106
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Ammi Burnham N(ew) H(ampshire) Ports(mouth) Ag(enc)y Act 1818 when p(resente)d?

not on our Books
H H L
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2553        Rep(orte)d

New Hampshire
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Ruhamah Burnham
widow of
Ammi Burnham, Dec(ease)d
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar(ch): 1818.
and who died on the 14th December, 1829
Hillsboro Co(unty) in the State of N(ew). H(ampshire). 
who was a Sergeant in the comp(an)y. commanded by Captain Burnham of the Reg(imen)t. commanded by Col(onel) Jackson in the Massachusetts line for 2 years Sergeant-
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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 120 Dollars ---Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of April 1839 and sent to Titus Brown, Francistown, N(ew) H(ampshire) 
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $360.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept(ember)  
$60 -
(total) $420.00

  Act July 7,
⎨1838.            ⎬

Recorded by W(illia)m Stewart Cler,.
Book A Vol. (illegible)  Page 34
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We hereby certify that we give it as our
Opinions that Ammi Burnham of Greenfield
N(ew) H(ampshire) is in such reduced circumstances that He stands in need of his countrys assistance for his support
Greenfield 31 Aug(us)t AD 1819
(signed) David Ramsey
(signed) Ephriam Holt
(signed) Samuel Lewis
(sideways on record) Selectmen of Greenfield
.
31 August 1819
then personly appeared the above named
David Ramsey Ephram Holt and Samuel
Lewis and made solemn oath that the above Certificate by them subscribed is just and
true 

before me (signed) Paul Cragin Just(ice of the)  Peace
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1492
Declaration of 
Ruhamah Burnham
$120 per ann(um)


(faint) Please return to
Tho(ma)s M Edwards
Keene N(ew). H(ampshire).
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DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
Hillsborough COUNTY, SS. ⎬

On this thirty first day of March 1843 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire, Ruhamah Burnham a resident of Greenfield
in the County of Hillborough and State of New-Hampshire, aged Seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War.   That she is the widow of Ammi Burnham who was a soldier of the Revolution and died on the fourteenth day of January A.D. 1829. as she believes at said Greenfield.  That she was a pensioner under the act of July 7th 1838 on the New Hampshire list of the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum and was paid at the Agency in Concord and State of New Hamps(hire). She further declares that she is still his widow 
her
(signed) Ruhamah Burnham (by her mark) 

Attest (signed)  C(harles) . Richardson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written,
Before me,
(signed) Charles Richardson
Justice of the Peace.
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We Joseph S. Burnham and Ruhamah Burnham 2(n)d of Greenfield in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that we are acquainted with Ruhamah Burnham of said Greenfield.  That she was a pensioner under the act of July 7th 1838. and that she still survives and remains the widow of Ammi Burnham late of said Greenfield deceased
(signed) Joseph S Burnham
(signed) Ruhamah Burnham 2(n)d

State of New Hampshire
Hillborough County SS  ⎬
March 31st 1843

Subscribed and sworn to before me 
(signed) Charles Richardson Jus(tice of the) Peace
I certify that the above deponents are
Credible persons
(signed) Charles Richardson Jus(tice of the) Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State.
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I, Josiah Steven Jr. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Charles Richardson is an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Hillsborough duly commissioned and qualified; that his  commission was dated on the 14th day of
January 1842 and will expire on the 14th
day of January 1847 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the seal of said State this 4th day of May 1843
(signed) Josiah Stevens Jr. Secretary of State

(seal affixed)