Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21123, Mark Fifield, N H
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(3-1776)
Service  Number
NH
Fifield, Mark
W21123
Deborah
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419
Portsmouth N, Hampshire
Deborah Fifield
widow of Mark Fifield dec(ease)d 
H,H, 
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 17th December 1834
of Rockingham iCo. in the State of N.H
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Rollins of the Reg(imen)t commanded by Col. Drake in the N. H
line for 7 months 23 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth N.H.
at the rate of 25 Dollars 88 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sept.
1838 and sent David
Murray New Market N.H. 
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $64.70
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 39.12.94
(sum) $77.64
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{Act July 7,
1838}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk 
Book A Vol.  1st  Page 40

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Dead
Letter to Hon J. Cilley & 3rd (illegible)
10. Foley 1847
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523
Deborah Fifield
Wid(ow) of Mark
N.H
Act 7 July (18)38
Married 1783
died 1824
Allan? $25.88
N(illegible)  AM(illegible)

David Murray 
New Market

(inverted)523
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Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress of July 7th 1838, entitled An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows

State of New Hampshire}
County of Rockingham} ss 
On this fifteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Probate holden at Exeter (it being a Court of record) in and for said County of Rockingham
Deborah Fifield, a resident in Stratham in the
County and State aforesaid aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according 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 7th 1838, entitled An Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows,  That she is the widow of Mark Fifield late of the Stratham aforesaid deceased who was a private soldier in the service of
the United States during some part of the Revolutionary War.  She declares that she is unable to state the services her late husband the said Mark Fifield performed; or what corps he belonged but she declares that the said Mark Fifield was a Revolutionary pensioner at the time of his decease, that he drew a pension under the act of June 7th 1832 of twenty five dollars and eighty eight cents per annum payable at Portsmouth N. Hampshire reference being had to the application of the said Fifield for his pension
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his services will fully appear
She further declares that she was married to the said Mark Fifield, at Exeter in said County of Rockingham by the Re(veren)d Isaac Mansfield on the sixteenth day of August one thousand Seven hundred and eighty three  That her husband the said Mark Fifield 
died at said Stratham on the Twentieth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty four of Palsey  She further declares that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen
hundred and ninety four at the time above stated  She further declares that she has never intermarried since the death of her late husband the said Mark Fifield but remains his widow and that previous to said marriage her name was Deborah Young

(signed) Deborah Fifield

Sworn to and subscribed
the day month and
year above written
(signed) John Harvey
Judge of Probate

I John Kelly Register of
Probate for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said 
Court of Probate in the matter of the application of Deborah Fifield for a 
for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the 
seal of said Court of Probate this fifteenth
day of August AD  1838
(signed) Sam Kelly Register of Probate
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I Sally Field of Stratham in the County of
Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged fifty two years depose and say, that I am a daughter of Mark Fifield late of Stratham aforesaid ? and late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and Deborah Fifield his widow now residing in said Statham  That I have lived with my Father and mother the said Mark  & Deborah from the time of my infancy up to the time of my Fathers decease, and since then with my mother. That my mother 
the said Deborah is now living in said Stratham 
and has never intermarried since the decease of my Father the said Mark but remains his widow. I further depose and say, that 
my Father the said Mark Fifield died at Stratham on the seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four of Palsy

(signed) Sally Fifield

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss On this seventeenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared the above named Sally Fifield and made oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true; and I hereby certify that the said Sally Fields Character for truth is good
(signed) David Murray Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County SS.


I J. B Hoitt Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for said County hereby that David Murray Esq who has subscribed the within and annexed certificates is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County and I believe the same to his genuine signature

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of our Sup(erior) Court of
Judicature this seventeenth
day of August Anno Domini 1838,

(signed) J. B. Hoitt Clerk S J C 
Rockingham County
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The following persons, their marriage was certified to me by the Rev(eren)d Isaac Mansfield, Mark Fifield and Deborah Young August Sixteenth one thousand Seven hundred and eighty three

Exeter March fourth Seventeen hundred and eighty four. The certificate for the above marriage Rec(eive)d & Recorded per 
Josiah Gilman Town Clerk

I Charles Conner Town Clerk of Exeter in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the Records of said town with the exception of the date which is expressed
on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:

The following persons their marriage was certified to me by the Rev(erend) Isaac Mansfield, Mark Fifield to Deborah Young August 16th 1783  (signed) Charles
Conner Town Clerk Exeter March 4. 1784

The certificate for the above Marriage Record
Recorded, per Josiah Gilman Town Clerk

I Charles Conner 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 record of said town with the exception above named
as certified by me
(signed)  Charles Conner 
Clerk of the town of Exeter
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham on this Seventeen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Subscriber Justice of the peace for said County , (illegible) , Charles Conner made oath
that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
(signed) Davis Muncy Jus(tice of the) Peace
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Mark Fifield
Private
on Roll Capt(ain) Rawlings  Company
Col(onel) Drakes Reg(imen)t Must(er)
8 September 1777 for
June 11
4 months & 16 days
On Roll Capt(ain) Jewell's
Company, Col(onel) Bartlett's
Regt Must(er) 19 July 1780
3 months & 7 days
7 months 23 days
Adm(?)
JLE
Peter Chadwick
Exeter
N H
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BRIEF in the case of Mark Fifield of the County
of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  (left blank)
3. How old is he? 71 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
(table begins)
Period.
In 1777 Sept.
1780 July

Duration of Service.
Years,---Months  3 Days ---

Rank 
As a Private 
ditto 

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen. Gates
Col. Drake's Regt
Capt Nicholas Rollins Comp(an)y

Col. Tho(ma)s Bartlett's Regt
Capt. Dan(ie(l Jewell's Comp(an)y
above mentioned.

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5. In what battles was he engaged? with Burgoyne

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stratham in the County
and State above mentioned.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Nothing but his affidavit
never had a written discharge

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No Clergyman's Certificate.

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
(signed) Levin Bell
Examining Clerk.
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Mark Fifield 

No 4.414
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Mark Fifield

No 4.414
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State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham, ss.
On this thirteenth day of August AD 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature  now sitting at Exeter in said County

Mark Fifield  a resident of Stratham 
in the County of Rockingham and State of
New Hampshire, aged seventy one 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 7, 1832;
That he entered the service  of the United States in the Company commanded by Capt(ain) Nicholas Rollins in Col(onel)
Drakes Regiment New Hampshire Militia
(as he thinks) in September 1777 for the term of three months marched with said Regiment through Exeter NH through Wooster Massechusetts crossed Connecticut River at Northfield and the Hudson River at Stillwater and joined Army under General Gates --was present when the battle with
Burgoyne was fought on the 7th of October -that soon after Burgoyne's surrender he was taken sick and sent to the Hospital at a place called New City (now Troy) State of New York that after he got well enough to walk he was sent home and arrived in December
(as he thinks) 1777 having served his full term at this time he was drafted.  That in July 1780 he enlisted into Captain Daniel Jewell's 
Company in Col(onel) Thomas Bartletts Regiment New Hampshire Militia for three months. Marched through Massachusetts & Connecticutt to West Point was there when Arnold deserted remained there until October 1777 when the Regiment was disbanded and
he returned home having served his full term of three months that in about one fortnight after his return he again entered the said service to drive 46 oxen to West Point and did drive them to that place and was engaged in said service about six weeks, that he was in all concept? honorably discharged but received no written discharge-- that he resided in Stratham previous to entering the service and  has resided in the same place over time  excepting six years in Gilmantown in said State
that he has received a paralytic strock(stroke) which has some impaired his memory

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and is he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
(signed)  Mark Fifield

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

(signed) Allen B Chadwick Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion in that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mark Fifield for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court this 13th day of August Anno
domine 1832 
(signed)  P Chadwick Clerk of the
Rocking(ham)  County
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AW/eel

November 8, 1929

Miss Martha B. Walker
Newmarket
New Hampshire

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W.21123, it appears that Mark Fifield, while residing at Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, enlisted in September, 1777, and served three months
as a private in Captain Nicholas Rawlings' Company, Colonel Drake's New Hampshire Regiment and was in the battle of
Stillwater, October 7, 1777.

He enlisted in July, 1780, and served three months in Captain Daniel Jewell's Company, Colonel Thomas Bartlett's New Hampshire Regiment and was at West Point when Arnold
deserted.

Soon after his return home he enlisted and served six weeks and drove forty-six oxen to West Point, no officers stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Stratham , New Hampshire, aged seventy-one years. He died there
December 17, 1834.

Soldier married August 16, 1783, at Exeter, New Hampshire, Deborah Young.

She was allowed pension on her application executed August 15, 1838, while residing at Stratham, New Hampshire, aged seventy-five years.

Their daughter, Sally Fifield, in 1838 was a resident of Stratham, New Hampshire, aged fifty-two years.  There is no further reference to children.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No.  21.123

Deborah Fifield
Widow of
Mark Fifield
Pri(vate) Rev(olutionary) War
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July 7th (18)38
Act . July 7 (18_38
Index: Vol A, Page 239

(Arrangement of 1870.]

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1929- Nov. 8  (illegible) to Miss Martha Walker awj
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Portsmouth Nov 3, 1835

Sir 
I herewith forward the application for
the arrears of pension due to the late Mark
Fifield who was a resident of this County
I believe the papers are correct & that the
claim is just, but from the length of time
since he was last paid I determined I
should not be justified in paying it without
your permission
I am Sir with respect
your obedient servant
(signed) Isaac Waldron 

James L Edwards. Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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(vertically on envelope) 

523 
N.H. Aug 22
7 July 1838

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J. L. Edwards Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington DC
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New Market N. H. Aug 18 1838

J.L. Edwards Esquire 

Dear Sir 
Enclosed is the declaration of Mrs. Deborah Fifield Please address

Your Obedient Servant
David Murray
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MISS MARTHA B. WALKER
NEWMARKET, N. H.

(stamped) Pension Sep. 18 US Office

Sept 11 1929
Commissioner of Pensions-
Will you kindly send me
what record you have of Mark
Fifield of Stratham b(orn) 1760
d(ied). Dec. 18 1834 Age 74.
He re(ceive)d pension at the time of his death, as did his wife, Deborah Young.
Any thing you can give me will be a help am
trying to get the name of her children.
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Noah, is the only one I can find 
Thanking you for the help you
have already given. I am sincerely
(signed) Martha B. Walker
Newmarket N.H.