Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13027, John Fish, Mass. N.H.
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Service
Mass
N.H.

Fish, John

Number
S.13027

Carded
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2886
New Hampshire
John Fish
of Charleston in the state of N.H.
who was a Sergt in the company commanded by captain blank in the regt commanded by Col Reed in the N.H. line for 5 mos. Sergt and 9 mos. Private
Also Mass. service

Inscribed on the roll of N.H. at the rate of 55 dollars 55 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Dec 1832 and sent Hon H Hubbard H of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $83.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 21 Mar '33 $27.77
$111.09

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by J H McBlair - Clerk
Book D Vol 1 Page 155
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John Fish
Charlestown
N H
admitted
5 Mos Sgt
9 Mos Private

$55.55


Hon H Hubbard
H of Reps
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BRIEF in the case of John Fish
of Charlestown in the state of New Hampshire
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a court or a judge? - BLANK
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? NA
3. How old is he? 74 years
4. State his Service as directed in the form annexed.
Period - 
1. Apr in 1775
2. May or June 76 - 
3. year preceding Burgoine surrender

Duration of Service
1. 8 months
2. 5 months
3. 1 month

Rank
1. Private
2. Sergeant
3. Private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served - 
1. Capt. Morris Col Reed
2. Capt. Keep Col Smith
3. not stated

5. In what battles was he engaged - BUNKER HILL & WHITE PLAINS
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? - Mason N.H.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? H Hubbard and another credible witness's belief of his service
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? - dep in living witness, proper clergyman's evidence

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.


D D Woodson
Examining Clerk
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John Fish

H Hubbard
H of Reps
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7, 1832

State of New Hampshire
County of Sullivan

On this seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting, John Fish, a resident of Charlestown in the county of Sullivan and state of NH aged 74 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 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that in April 1775 he enlisted for the term of eight months in Capt. Manns company Colonel Read's regiment NH militia & was stationed sometime at Cambridge from which place he was ordered to Charlestown Neck shortly before the battle of Bunker Hill & on the morning of the 17th of June was ordered to Bunker Hill & was engaged in the battle - After the battle when the American troops were reassembled he was ordered to Winter Hill & was stationed there the remainder of his term - he recollects that Colonels Stark and Prescott were in command there - Peabody was the Adjutant - The Quarter Master was Fry - at the end of his term he was discharged verbally - Declarant further states that in May or June 1776 he enlisted for the term of five months in Capt. Keep's company, Col Smith's regiment Massachusetts Line - that he was ordered to proceed directly to New York & arrived there about the time that General Sullivan evacuated Rhode Island - He was in New York when that city was taken by the English, & was then ordered to Harlem from thence he was with the army in their various marches from place to place, & was in the engagement at White Plains, after which he again accompanied the army in its movement until the end of his enlistment when he was dismissed - he well recollects General Washington and General Lee & that they were with the troops at the engagement at White Plains - He recollects also a Captain Farwell who was in the battle of Bunker Hill. Declarant further states that in the month of August or September preceding the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, he was actively employed in assisting to form a corps of volunteers that a corps was formed & that they proceeded towards Saratoga when news came that Burgoyne has surrendered - Declarant was employed in this service about a month.
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Declarant was born in Mason NH in the year 1758. He has no record of his age - he lived in Mason aforesaid when he entered the service & entered as a volunteer - He has stated all the officers whom he recollects & never received any written discharge - He cannot procure the certificate of a clergyman as to his services because neither the clergyman of Charlestown nor any other is sufficiently acquainted with him to make any such certificate.

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.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

John Fish
His X Mark

We James Gilchrist Frederick A Sumner and Henry Hubbard residing in Charlestown and hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Fish who has subscribed and sworn to the above obligation; that we believe him to be 74 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 and year aforesaid.

J James Gilchrist
Frederick A Sumner - Judge of Probate

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 certifies that it appears to them that J James Gilchrist who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in Charlestown and that Henry Hubbard who has also signed the same is a resident in Charlestown and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Frederick A Sumner - Judge of Probate

I Fred A Sumner Judge 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 John Fish for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of August AD 1832

Frederick A Sumner - Judge of Probate
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Rev War
13.027
INVALID.
File No. 13.027
John Fish
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7' 1832
Index:- Vol., Page
(Arrangement of 1870)
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By Elisha Smith Esquire
Colonel of the 3d Regiment of the Continental army on foot raised by the State of Massachusetts
To John Fish - greeting the [illegible] especial trust in your loyalty and good conduct do appoint you to be sergent in the aforesaid regiment under my command  you are carefully to obay and observe such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from me or any other of your superior officers according to the rules & discipline of war I in [illegible] to the trust placed in you for which this shall be your sufficient warrent.
Given under my hand this third day of September AD 1776
[signature] Elisha Smith Col
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John Fish's Sergeant's warrant -
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351-
4
14,04

351
14
365
25
3,90

500
390
1,10
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Jos Hodgman Deposition
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I Joseph Hodgman of Springfield in the County of Winsor & State of Vermont of lawful age do testify & say that I was well acquainted with John Fish in the year 1775. And well recollect that he was an enlisted soldier in the Revolutionary war - & that he served eight month in the company commanded by Capt Benjamin Mann in the 2d Regiment commanded by Col James Ried New Hampshire troops - & further saith not
[signature] Joseph Hodgman
Chester April 17 1818

State of Vermont
Windsor County  At Chester in sd county on the 17th day of April 1818 personally appeared Joseph Hodgman of Springfield in the County of Windsor & state of Vermont & made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth
Before Amas Heald Justice
I further may certify that I am well acquainted with Amos Heald at the time whose stated I know that he was a Judge of the county court and as above signature is his own handwriting
Dec 7 1818 Henry Hubbard Clk
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John Fish Appln
This case was not presented
Inadmissable
not having served 9 months at any one enlistment
No petition permited
22 Cong 1 Sep
[illegible]
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To Phineas White Esq Chief Judge of the County Court within and for the County of Windham and State of Vermont.

I John Fish of Rockingham in the county and state aforesaid claiming the benefit of an act of congress passed on the 18th day of March in the presence of our Lord entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War do in pursuance to the provision of the said act here upon oath make the following declaration to wit: That I the said Fish served in the War of the Revolutionary on the Continental Establishment as follows: I first went out on leaving of the Battle of Lexington and on the 22nd of April 1775 I enlisted for the term of eight months - in the regiment of Col Reed in the company of Capt. Benjamin Mann - and regularly served out my said time in the [illegible] line and was regularly dismissed - but received nothing in writing - And afterwards in June 1776 I again enlisted for five months and went to New York in the regiment of Col Elisha Smith If I mistake in the company of Capt. Jasper Rush - in the Massachusetts line and faithfully served out said last mentioned term and was regularly dismissed - I am now a cripple unable to labor and I further upon oath declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances I am in need of assistance of my county for support.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand this 14th day of April 1818

John Fish
HIs X Mark
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State of Vermont
Windham County
Be it remembered that on this 11th day of April A.D. 1810 John Fish the foregoing applicant personally appearing before Phineas White Chief Judge of Windham County Court he made solemn oath to [illegible] of the preceding declaration by him subscribed in due form of law  And I do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Fish did serve in the War of the Revolution, as stated in the preseding declaration, against the common enemy - And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of congress - In witness [illegible] signature and have caused the seal of Windham County Court to be affixed
[signature] Phineas White Chief Judge of Windham County Court

To the Hon The Secy of the Department of War.