Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,401, Joseph Dearborn, N.H.
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N. H.
CONTENTS
Dearborn, Joseph
NU
ECK
S. 15. 401
Carded
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6239
New Hampshire
Joseph 
Dearborn
of Grafton in the State of N.H.
Capt & Co in the command
Captain - of the Regt commanded
Col Moore in the New Hamps
6 Mo & 12 days Captain
3 mo Lieutenent

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
the rate of 167 Dollars- 88 Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Feb
1833 and sent to Have
Isaac Hill N.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 251.8
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 83.96
$335.76
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book D Vol. 1 Page 150
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Joseph Dearborn
10.418
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire
County of Grafton
On this fifth day of September personally appeared before the Judge of the Count
of Probate now sitting Joseph Dearborn a resident of Rumney in the County of
and State of New Hampshire, aged ninety
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 entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers & service as herein states to wit
In the fall of 1775 in the town of Chester County of
Rockingham & State aforesaid he enlisted in Lieutenant 
the company commanded by Capt Moses Baker for one
month & marched with his company to Portsmouth and
was stationed at a place called great Island for the
purpose of guarding the part of Portsmouth where he
served his term of one month in his said company
which consisted of about one hundred men, and was
discharged & returned to said Chester-
In December same year 1775 he again entered the ser
voice of the United States by enlistment as Lieutenant
under the said Capt Baker & marched to Cambridge Ms
& served about two months in guarding said Cambridge
in said Company does not recollect of being attached to
any Regt in either of the tours aforesaid after the
expiration of his said time was discharged and returned
to said Chester
The first of April 1776 by order of Col Moor of Derry NH
at said Chester he enlisted & commanded a company of
minute men who were enlisted from the town of
Chester, Candia Raymond, He called out his said
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company for drilling & disciplining them one day in
two weeks till the last of June same year or nearly
three months during which time he & his company
were ready to march at any minute-- In the month
of June eighteenth day AD 1776 he enlisted & was commissioned Captain in the fourth company of N. H. Militia
under Col. Isaac Wyman and marched from said
Chester with a part of his said company of minute
men & others to Charleston N.H. then called thence
to Otter Creek - thence to Lake Champlain
and crossing the lake was stationed at fort Ticonderoga where he served untill the last of November
the same year (1776) when he the said Dearborn was sent
by said Col Wyman Town, in charge of sick & invalid
soldiers and arrived home the last days of said Nov
In July 1778 at the special call of Gen Sullivan
he again volunteered & collected a company of volunteer
at the head of which he marched to Rhode Island and
was to service under Gen. Whipple of Portsmouth
who had the command of the volunteers - In the
last expedition he served to the best of his recollection
about one month or a little more-- In all he served
three months as Lieutenant & nine months as Capt
of the time he served in collecting drilling & disciplinary
his company be included. which time he was
employed in the service of his country. He has no documentary
evidence except his Captains Commission &
Dated June 18, 1776 and one pay roll dated September
1776 & signed by his own hand, to which he refers
also to the Depositions of John Emerson & Sherburn
Dearborn - Since the revolutionary war he has
lived most of the time in Renning aforesaid &
where he now resides-
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He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
 
Joseph  his x mark Dearborn
Witness Edward Webber

And the said Court do hereby
declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
Edward Webber Judge of Probate

I Moses Dow Clerk of the Court of Probate hereby certify,
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
Joseph Dearborn
for a pension.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifth
day of September A.D. 1832.
Moses Dow
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I Sherborn Dearborn of the town of Chester in the County of
Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged seventy-four
years in the month of September AD. 1832, do testify and declare
that my brother Joseph Dearborn now of Runney in the County
of Grafton and said State, but formerly of said Chester,
marched from said Chester in the Fall of the year 1775 to
Portsmouth harbor in said State and served as a first
Lieutenant in Captain Moses Baker's company of New Hampshire
Militia at said Portsmouth one month or more. I further
testify that said Joseph Dearborn marched from said Chester
to Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the
month of December 1775 and served as a first Lieutenant
in the company commanded by said Captain Moses Baker
about two months at said Cambridge and was dismissed and
returned home to Chester in the month of February 1776.
I was at said Cambridge and saw my brother in the Revolutionary
Army at that time and he performed a Lieutenants duty in
said Captain Baker's company, and I believe said company
was attached to Colonel Enoch Poor's Regiment. Captain Baker
then lived in Candia in said County of Rockingham but is now
deceased. Samuel Buswell of said Candia was Ensign in the
company at Cambridge. I further testify that said Joseph
Dearborn served as a Captain of New Hampshire Militia in the
State of Vermont and New York and on the Canada frontier
in the Summer and Fall of the year 1776 about five
months - went from Chester in the Fall of 1776 to bring my
brother home to Chester. I further testify and declare
that said Joseph Dearborn enlisted a company of New
Hampshire Militia in Chester, candia and Raymond in
said County of Rockingham in the summer of the year 1778.
and marched to Rhode island and there served as a Captain
commanding said company about five or six weeks
Nathaniel Emerson Esqr of Candia aforesaid was a Lieutenant
Colonel in the Regiment, to which my brother Joseph
Dearborn's company was attached while at said Rhode islands aid
Captain Dearborn's company marched from Chester in July
1778 and returned in September 1778. being absent about six
weeks, said Captain Joseph Dearborn is ninety-one years old
this year and the present month of August.
Chester August 28th 1832.

Sherborne Dearborn

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County.
Chester August 28th 1832
Then personally appearing the above named
Sherborn Dearborn made solemn oath that the
above deposition by him is just and true
Before me Samuel Aiken Justice of the Peace

(Certificate over)
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I John Emerson of Chester in the County of Rockingham
and State of New Hampshire aged seventy five years
during the present month of August do testify and
declare that I enlisted as a private soldier at said Chester
in the fall of the year 1775 into the Revolutionary
Army under Captain Moses Baker of Candia in said
County and Lieutenant Joseph Dearborn of said Chester
to go to Portsmouth in New Hampshire for one month
but after I had been at said Portsmouth about one week
the muster master Major Cilley would not muster me us
soldier and some others and we returned home-- said
Joseph Dearborn now lives in the town of Runney
County of Grafton and said State of New Hampshire
he the said Joseph Dearborn served as a Lieutenant
in said Captain Moses Bakers company at that time
about one month and then returned home
to Chester
and was the only Lieutenant in said company-
I again enlisted as a private soldier towards the last
of the month of December 1775 into said Captain
Moses Baker's Company to go to Cambridge in the State of
Massachusetts and immediately marched from Chester 
to said Cambridge and served as a private soldier
there about two months. said Joseph Dearborn
served as a Lieutenant in said Capt. Moses Bakers
company during the said two months at Cambridge
and was the only Lieutenant in said Company. Samuel
Buswell of said Candia was Ensign of said company and
William Baker brother to the Captain was orderly Sergeant
I think said company belonged to Colonel Enoch Poor's Regiment
but am not certain-- I further testify and declare that
I engaged as a volunteer in the month of July in the year
1778 to go to Rhode island under said Joseph Dearborn
as a Captain and served as a private in Captain Joseph Dearborns
company about six weeks including the time of marching
on and returning to Chester, Captain Joseph Dearborn was
one Captain during the Rhode island compaigns during said
six weeks, Colonel Nichols commanded the Regiment to
which Captain Joseph Dearborn's company was attached, and
Nathaniel Emerson of said candid was Lieutenant Colonel
of said Regiment. I was well acquainted with said Joseph
Dearborn while he resided in said Chester, and have often
seen him at Chester and at Rumney since, he is about
ninety-one years old.
Chester August 28th 1832.
John Emerson
State of New Hampshire ss. Chester August 28, 1832.
Rockingham County.
Then personally appeared the
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I certify that the within named Sherborn Dearborn is a credible
witness and his statement is entitled to belief
Justices fees 51 cts.
Samuel Aiken Justice of the Peace

fees 50
State of New Hampshire Secretary Office Aug 28 1832

Grafton ss
I hereby certify that the above named
Samuel Acker is a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Rockingham, duly
constituted and sworn and his signature
as such his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereto
set the seal of the State
Ralph Metcalf Secretary

State of New Hampshire
Court of Probate holden at Rumney in
said County on the fifth day of
September A.D. 1832
Ordered by the Court that the foregoing
depositions of Shearborn Dearborn
John Emerson, be attached to the del
cation of Joseph Dearborn for a
pension as evidence in the case
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of Office the day & year above written -
Moses Dow Regr Probate
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the above named John Emerson and made solemn
oath that the above deposition by him subscribed
is just and true
Before me Samuel Aiken Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with
the before named John Emerson, and that he is a credible
witness and his statement is entitled to belief
Samuel Aiken Justice of the Peace
Justices fees, Subpoence
and writing deposition
I certificate
78 cts
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10.418
Joseph Dearborn
of Grafton
Captain 6 month & 12 days
Lieut 3 mo
9-12

$167.88
Col Moore

Hon J HIll
Senate US
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10.448.
 
BRIEF in the case of Joseph Dearborn
County of Grafton 
in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 90
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

{Chart}
Period.
Entited 1775 Fall
1775 Decr.
about 2"
1776 in not stated pring
1776 -1
1778 July (about 1"
 
Duration of Service.
Years
Months,
1
about 2
not stated precisely
5 about 1
Days.
12

Rank.
Lieut
do
Captain
do
do

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt. M. Baker
Capt. M. Baker
Col. Moore
Coleman, N. H. Militia
4th Company,
Genl Whipple

5. In what battles was he engaged none
 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rockingham Cy N.H.

7. Is his stated by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witnesses & Documentary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not
attached to the seal as required

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case have
F. Waugh
Examining Clerk
Feb. 11. 1833.
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15401
INVALID.
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File No. 15
Joseph Dearborn
Capt Rev War
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Act: June 7"" 32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 95
Arrangement of 1870.)
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Sur File 15401.
Joseph Dearborn
Company roll, dated Sept 4,
1776, of Capt. Joseph Dearborn's Co
Col. Isaac Wyman's regt, has been
taken from the case to be sent to
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the War Dept.
M. B. H.
Oct. 22, 1908
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COLONY OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
15, 401
The Government and People of said Colony.
To
Joseph Dearborn and
Confidence in your courage and good Conduct, Do
WE reposing special fund
by these Presents constitute and appoint you the said Joseph Dearborn
Captain of the fourth Company in the Regiment of Millia raised within
said Colony, for the Continental Service of which Isaac Wyman Esq
is Colonel. You are therefore carefully, and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain
in Leading ordering and exercising the said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and
Soldiers, and to keep them in good order and Discipline, and they are hereby required and commanded
to obey you as their Captain and you are yourself to observe and follow
such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from time to time receive from the General and Commander
in Chief of the Continental Forces, or any other your Superior Officers, according to
Military Ruler and Discipline in War in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you
Dated at EXTER, the Eighteenth day of June
1776.
Council.
yeare President of the
GREETING:
Thompson Secretary