Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11139, for Jeremiah Newcomb, Massachusetts
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
CONTENTS
Newcomb, Jeremiah
NUMBER
S. 11139
Carded
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27,135 Massachusetts
Jeremiah Newcomb of Wellfleet in the State of Mass. who was a pri Artilery in the Company commanded by Captain Gill og the Reget commanded by Colo Crafts in the Mass. line for 1 Month 14 days private 12 private Artilery

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass - at the rate of 54 Dollars 90 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension Issued the 4th day of February 1834 and Sent to Abner Gilford Esq. Falmouth Barnstable Co Mass

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833           $137.25
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34    27.45
                                                                 $164.70

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by George Taylor, Clerk
Book E Vol. 23 Page 60
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I hereby certify that it appears from the Records
kept for the Town of Wellfleet County of Barnstable State of Massachusetts that Jeremiah Newcomb was born April 2d 1760.
Attest
Jonah Whilman Town Clerk
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Jeremiah Newcomb
Wellfleet
29259

Admi
1 14 pvi
12 m Artilery
Cap Gill Colo Crafts

Abner Gilford Esq.
Falmouth Barnstable Co
Mass
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James Newcomb [crossed out] I Lemuel Newcomb both [crossed out] of Wellfleet in the County of Barnstable & State of Massachusetts aged Seventy six years do give under testify and say that Jeremiah Newcomb of Wellfleet inlisted as a soldier in the war of the revolution on or about the fifteenth day of March AD 1776 ^a [illegible] to about the first day of May AD 1776 in a Company of the Massachusetts Militia under the Command of John Gill of Wellfleet I inlisted at the same time he was and was discharged At the same time he was      s/Lemuel Newcomb
S.   

I Stephen Young of Wellfleet in the County of Barnstable and the State of Massachusetts of the age of seventy one years old testify and say that Jeremiah Newcomb was a soldier of the war of the revolution in a Company of the Massachusetts Militia commanded by John Gill of Wellfleet which was stationed at Castle William in Boston Harbour and at Boston 
I inlisted said company as a substitute for my Brother Barnabas about the first of August AD 1776 and served in said company till about the first of May 1777 and when I entered said company said Jeremiah then belonged to it and continued in said company till I was discharged at the same time with me & also know that said Newcomb had been in the service for some time before as he left Wellfleet at the same time my Brother Barnabas and which was about the middle of March AD 1776 as near as I can recollect and they at that time inlisted for six weeks s/Stephen Young
S.
Barnstable [seal]  Probate Court at Wellfleet in said County November 1st. AD 1832
Personally appeared Lemuel Newcomb & Stephen Young above named in open court and and severally made oath to the truth of the above depositions by them respectively subscribed in Court. And I certify that the said Lemuel & Stephen are, in the opinion of the Court, credible witnesses. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of the Court the day & year aforesaid
s/Abner Davis, Register
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Barnstable ss. 

On this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Wellfleet in and for said County, Jeremiah Newcomb a resident of Wellfleet in said County, aged seventy two 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 act of Congress passed June 7th, A.D. 1832. 

THAT he was born at Wellfleet on the second day of Jul A. D. 1760, and that there is a record of his birth in the town Records of Wellfleet, at that he was in the United States service from the fifteenth day of March A.D. 1776, the just day of May A.D. 1776 as a Private in the State troops of Massachusetts : 
that he was residing at Wellfleet when he entered the service; that he enlisted for six weeks and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt John Gill of Wellfleet William Cooper of Boston first Lieut : 
that he sailed from Wellfleet to Plymouth in a bullet :  
that he marched from Plymouth to Boston where we were stationed  : that he served with none of the regular troops that he can recollect except General Putnam [crossed out: of the regular troops]; and no other regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received a discharge but not in writing : 
that he left the service on or about the first day of May A.D. 1776 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Wellfleet

ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the Second day of May A.D. 1776, to about the Second day of May A.D. 1777 as a Private in the State Troops of Massachusetts; that he was residing at Boston when he entered the service; 
that he enlisted in the Artillery company, for twelve months and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. John Gill Wellfleet William Cooper of Boston first Lieut :

that he marched from Boston to Castle William Since called Castle Island in Boston harbour where he staid till the winter then went up to Boston where he staid the residue of his said term of service :

that he served with General Burbanks & he was chiefs regiment on castle William of the regular troops; and no other regular officers were known to him: 

that he was in no battle : 

that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on or about the third day of May 1777 and left 

ALSO: that he was in the United from the [blank] day of [blank] A. D. 17, to the [blank] day of [blank] A. D. 17 as a [blank] that he was residing at [blank] when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of [blank] : that he marched from [blank] that he served with [blank] of the regular troops; and [blank] regular officers were known to him; that he was in [blank] battle that at the end of his service he received a discharge the service on [blank] battle and left
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that during the said six weeks service he assisted in building the Fort on what is called Williams Island in Boston harbour passed to and from Boston to said Island daily in at flat bottom boats, and assisted in draging the cannons on top of the hill and placing them in the fort. During said twelve months service repaired the fort on Castle Island Stacked and bedded the cannon which had had the nuts knocked off by the English & received the passports of vessels passing the Fort - went from Castle Island to Boston and procured a mortar & stationed it in the north side of Long Island head then have bombs across Long Island head into the English shipping then laying in Nantasket Reads we also hove a beast work on Nantasket hill & stayed at the same time on the English shipping with a six pounder when the third bomb was fired the English Shipping got under way and droped down a knoll to the light house and blew it up 

Revd Hezekiah Newcomb & Josiah Whitman Esq reside near me and can testify to my character & reputation of having been a soldier in the Revolution 

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. 
[signed]Jeremiah Newcomb 


Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid. 
[signed]Abner Davis Regt

We Hezekiah Newcomb, Clergyman residing in the Town of Wellfleet  and Josiah Whitman Esquire residing Wellfleet aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with a Jeremiah Newcomb who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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 as aforesaid. 
[signed]
Hezekiah Newcomb 
Abner Davis Regr 
Josiah Whitman 

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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Hezekiah Newcomb who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Wellfleet; and that Josiah Whitman Esquire who has also signed the same is a resident in said Wellfleet and both credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

[illegible]

I Abner Davis Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Newcomb for a pension In testimony whereof 

I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid. 
Abner Davis, Reg
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[table headings] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. - COLONEL. | STATE

[row 1]May 2, 1775 | 6 weeks | Private | John Gill | Mass
[row2]May 2, 1776 | 13 mos | Matross | John Gill | [blank]

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wellfleet, Mass
Date of application for pension,  Nov 1, 1833
Residence at date of application, Wellfleet, Barnstable Co.  
Age at date of application, born April 1760 at Wellfleet
Remarks:
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OW&R Revolution

Burean of Information 
Pension Department 
Washington D. C. 

[stamp] O.W.& R.Mar 15, 1900 RECEIVED

Will you kindly inform me if there was a pension granted Jeremiah Newcomb - Rank Private 
Description of service - Mass State Artillery
When placed on file - Feb. 4th 1834 
Commencement of Pension May 4th 1831 
Age 74  years
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above matter would he gladly received or any one who could give such information will you tell me of them 
Respectfully Yours 
Eliza M. Chaplin 
25 Thomley St. Pawtucket R.I.
March 9th 1900,

[postmark]US PENSION OFFICE MAR 18 1900
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Comm pf Pension 
Mass Pvt. Soldier 
Jeremiah Newcomb Age 81 
name of head of families 
Jeremiah Vincent June 1st 1840 

Please also state if there in a pension due the heirs or son of Jeremiah Newcomb who served in Capt. Freeman Foster Co. of Mass Militia, Col. Jonston Snow, in the War of 1812 Any information  you could give in regard  in the
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Mch 21- 1900 

Mr. Eliza M. Newcomb Pawtucket R.I. 
1900 Jany 7 Hist to J H Hall all 

11139
Revtary INVALID.
File No. 11 .139 
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832 

Index: -- Vol. A Page 276 
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Somerville Mass. 
Dec. 23, 1907. 

Bureau of Pensions- 
Will you please send me the pension record of Jeremiah Newcomb of Wellfleet Mass who was a Revolutionary War  Soldier- He entered the same
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March 1776 in Capt. John Gill's company - - of Wellfleet Mass 

afterward was with Col. Crofts regiment or battalion - Remained during the winter at  Castle William

was taken prisoner Nov 1780 and committed to and committed to Old Prison- 
Received pension under the act of 1832
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(Mrs.) Grace Fielding Hall 80 Pearl St. Somerville Mass June 
Sev 11139

[stamp]RECORD DIVISION DEC 26 1907
[postmarK]US PENSION OFFICE DEC 24 1907
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I Israel Young of Newburyport, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy three years and upwards, on oath do testify and declare the I am well acquainted Jeremiah Newcomb of Wellfleet in the County of Barnstable and do know that the said Jeremiah Newcomb was a soldier and served in the company commanded by Captain John Gill in the regiment nded by Colonel Crafts, and that he served in said Company as such in the war of the revolution Twelve month in the year 1776 and 1777- I know that he enlisted in the spring 1776 and served in said Company which was Artillery at Castle William, in the harbour of Barton, the full term of Twelve months - I was a Bombadier in said Company and served a longer time. I was gunner in said Company
[signed]Israel Young
Newburyport September Oct 1832 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
September 26 1832- Then personally came Israel Young above named who is personally well known to me, and made oath in date form of Law to the truth of the above written affidavit by him subscribed in my presence. I Certify that the said Israel Young is believed by me to a credible witness.
M. Woart, Justis of the Peace
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Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
Essex ss
I John Prince Jr. Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas in said
County do hereby certify that
W. Woart is a Justice of the
Peace in said County & that
I believe his signature within
is genuine.
Witness my hand & the
seal of said Court at Salem
Sept. 28. 1832 John Prince Clk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 9th 1833
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of Jeremiah Newcomb as a
Matross, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. John
Gill's Company in Col. Crafts Battalion, where
he is allowed from May 9th to the 1st of August,
1776 two months and twenty-four days
m   d
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Jeremiah Newcomb's name, as aMatross, is found
on a Pay Roll of Capt. John Gill's Company,
in Col Craft's Regt. where he is allowed from
the first day of August to the 1st of November 1776
3 =
Jeremiah Newcomb's name, as a Matross, is
found on an Abstract of Capt. John Gillis
Company, in Col Craft's Regt. where he is allowed
from Feby 1st to May 8th 1777, three months & seven days.  3 = 7
Jeremiah Newcomb claims for services under 9 = 01
Capt. Gill in Col. Crafts Regt. in 1773, the rolls of
which are not found in this Office.
Edward D Bangs, Secy.