Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,505, for Jonathan Ingraham, Connecticut
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Service                                                        Number

Conn.              Ingraham, Jonathan             S30505
Mass.

Contents
                                      See N.A Acc. No. 874
                                             No. p50090-Not Half Pay
                                             Jonathan Ingraham
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                  21.259
         Massachusetts
________________________________________________
Jonathan Ingraham
of Berkshire in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the Comp commanded 
by Captain Lyon of the Reg. commanded 
by Col. Chester in the Conn
line for 2 years---------------

_________________________________________________

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 80 Dollars ----Cents per annum, 
to commence of the 4th day of March, 1831.
_________________________________________________

Certificate of Pension issued this 21 day of Aug. 
1833----- and sent to H.W Bishop
                                                 Lenox
_________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33           $ 160
Semi-anl allowance ending Sep 33     40
                                                       ________
                                                         $ 200
                                        {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                         {Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Go. C Stile, Clerk,
Book 6, Vol 2, Page 38
                                                        
[Written on side of page-Date of death not on A 13.]
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                 13912
Jonathan [John crossed out] Ingraham
               Mass


Private 2 years
___________________________

[Illegible]
May 21 1833








H. W. Bishop Esq
Lenox   Mass
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BRIEF in the case of Jonathan [John-crossed out] Ingraham
Co. of Berkshire in the State of Mass
                                          (Act 7th June, 1832)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  before the Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  72

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Period.                                    Duration of Service.               Rank.       Names of General and Field Officers 
                                                                                                                     under whom he served.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                       Years,        Months,     Days,              As a          Gen.     
June
In 1776    enlisted                                  6                               Private     Cap Lyon     Col Chester
May 18,1777   "                                      2                                   "           Cap Thompson  Col Leonard 
             1780   "                                      3                                  "            Cap Albend   Col Belding
              1781  "            substitute      1-4                                  "            Cap Drury   Col Shephard

5.  In what battles was he engaged?   Battle of Harlem Hights

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?   Woodstock Con t. [abbreviation Conneticutt]

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
      incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   traditionary. one living witness

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


          I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
     mentioned.                 George Payton
                                                                             Examining Clerk
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State of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire

On this 25th day of September personally appeared
                                                           the Court of
before the Hon. Wm P. Walker, Judge of ^ Probate
of the County of Berkshire & State of Massa
 chusetts,  Jonathan Ingraham resident of New Ashford  said County-
aged seventy two years who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on this oath make
the following declaration, in order to obtain the ben
efit of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army
of the United States in the year one thousand seven hundred
& seventy six in the Connecticut Line under
the following named Officers  Col. Chester, Lieut Col
Wells, Major Ripley, Adjutant Tallmage, Copl
Stephen Lyon, Lieut Muray, the name of the Ensign
I do not recollect, I listed in the month of June 
1776 in the town of Woodstock, State of Conn.  I
remember from there, to Norwich, when I went
bound of a Sloop, & sailed from New York.
During the battle on Long Island, I was Corporal of
a guard over the baggage of our Company left at
New York for three days.  From there I marched to 
Mile Square thence to Harlem Heights.  I was at the
battle of Harlem Heights under [illegible] officers.
Thence I marched to Valentines Hill, where we begun
our barracks but were driven away by the British
before we finished them.  Thence we marched to White
Plains, where we had a battle & nine men from our
company were killed.  I remained at this place until
the expiration of the term for which I listed which
was six months, we were dismissed I recollect on
Chrismas Day 1776.
 On May 18th 1777 I listed again in the town of Pelham
County of Hampshire Massachusetts & was under the
following officers Col. Leonard, who died before we reached
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Ticonderoga of the Small Pox.  Lieut Col Hale, Capt John
Thompson, Lieut Mack Dickinson & Ensign Wilson. We marched  
immediately for Albany then to Ticonderoga by land.
From there we were driven by the enemy.  Our Generals were
Schuyler & St. Clair.  We marched through the twenty mile
woods to Hubbenton, where we encamped
At this place Col Warner's Regiment who brought up the
rear, was almost to a man killed by the British.
Here the sick were permitted to return home, where I 
arrived on the 18th day of July.  There I remained a few days,
& was drafted to go to Bennington, but not having fully
recovered from the disorder occasioned by the hardship at
Ticonderoga I hired a man to take my place.
In the year 1780, I listed again for three months & served
under the following officers. Col Bellimy of Hatfield, Capt
Albend of South Hadley, Lieut Albend brother of the Capt., 
Ensign Wilson of Greenwich.  We then marched to Hudson River to West Point.  A party was called for to go on to the lines on Croton River among which I was one. There I remained un
till my time was out and I obtained his Mission.
In December 1781 I enter the Service as a substitute for
a man by the name of Trainer from Old Hadley. It was a 
custom to class six men together. Those six were to furnish
one man to go.  We hired Trainer for six months he
served his term. I then took his place with the promise
from the other five of my Class that I should be relieved
at the end of six months, but they kept me sixteen
months.  This last service was with the regular United States troops.  My officers were Col. Shepherd, Lieut Col Miller, Major
Rays, Quarter Master Bills, Capt Brady, Lieut Pratt.   I then belonged to the 4th Mass. Reg. 1st Brigade.  Brigadier Ge 
Glover, Col of Brigadier, Col. Vores, Col. Shepherd & Brooks since Gov. of -Mass.  I most of the time during this year was in
camp.  Sometime during this year 1782 Col Shepherd was 
promoted to a Brigadier General.  Col Drury was taken sick 
went home and never returned.  Capt Clapp, was raised to fill
the vacancy.  I received my discharged from Col. Jordan.
When we were discharged our Pay Master having drawn our
wages for three months paid us a crown a piece at night.
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1.  He was born in Berckley County of Bristol 
     State of Massachusetts 4th Day of April 1760.

2.  He doth not know that he has any record of his
     age.

3.  He lived in Woodstock Connecticut when
     called into service -- after that about two 
    years in Pelham Massachusetts- since that to the                                               
    present time has lived in New Ashford
    aforesaid.

4.  He enlisted or serves as substitute for
    a man by the name of Trainer. of Hadley

5.  Has mentioned the names of the
     officers in the preceding declaration
     when he served.

6.  He received a discharge as before mentioned.

7.  Saml. P. Sykes, John Stitts, Phinehas Hamman.
     These can testify as to his character for
      truth to honesty & the belief as to his services
      as a soldier.
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promising to pay the remainder in the morning.  That
night he ran away.  I left my discharge with Ware
ham Smith of Old Hadley, in hopes our wages would
be allowed over again.  But our hopes were disap
pointed, Smith died,   His papers were either lost or de
stroyed & and with them my discharge

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.    
                                              
                                                      Jonathan (his X mark) Ingraham

5.  Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
                                                   W. P. Walker J Probate

We Wakeman G Johnson a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Williamstown and Wm H. Tyler residing in Lanesborough hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Ingraham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that his reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.   
                                                        W. P. Walker J. 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 further certifies that it appears to them that Wakeman G. Johnson who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Williamstown in the County Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that William H Tyler who has also signed the same, is a resident of the town of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
                                                     W.P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonathan Ingraham for a pension.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
                                                Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate.
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                                           June 4, 1938

Mrs. M. G. Turley                Jonathan Ingraham
657 Fifth Avenue                S.  30505
Ft. Worth, Texas                  BA-J/AWF


Dear Madam;

    The data furnished herein relative to Jona-
than Ingraham were obtained from papers on file
in pension claim, S. 30505, based on his military
service in the Revolutionary War.

    Jonathan Ingraham was born April 4, 1760
in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts.  The 
names of his parents were not given.

    While residing in Woodstock, Connecticut,
Jonathan Ingraham enlisted sometime in June, 1776,
served in Captain Stephen Lyon's company, Colonel
John Chester's Connecticut regiment, at the time
of the battle of Long Island, he was corporal of
a guard over the baggage, was in the battle of
Harlem Height, and White Plains, and served until
Christmas Day, 1776, He enlisted at Pelham, Massa-
chusetts, May 23, 1777, served two months in Captain
John Thompson's company, Colonel Leonard's Massachusetts regiment.  He served in 1780, three months
in Captain Alvord's company, Colonel Belding's Massa-
chusetts regiment.  He enlisted sometime in December 
1781, served in Captains Drew's and Clapp's companies,
Colonel Shepard's 4th Massachusetts regiment, length
of this service sixteen months.

    He was allowed pension on his application exe-
cuted September 25, 1832, at which time he was a
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resident of New Ashford, Berkshire County, Massa-
chusetts.

    The papers on file in this claim contain no
reference to wife or children of the soldier,
Jonathan Ingraham.

    Timothy "Engram" a resident of Chesterfield,
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, in 1832, stated
that he was well acquainted with the soldier,
during the War of the Revolution.

    In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C. and furnish the following data-

Jonathan Ingraham
Certificate #21259
Issued August 27, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Massachusetts Agency,

                        Very truly yours

                        A. D. Hiller
                        Executive Assistant
                         to the Administrator
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13912
Jonathan [crossed out-John] Ingraham









 H. W. Bishop Esq
    Lenox Mass
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claim, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan [crossed out-John] Ingraham which require further proof or explanation.

I.    Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?   yes

II.   Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he                         resides?  yes

III.   If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.   Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V.  *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?   yes

VI.   Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?   yes

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

X.   Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes.
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XI.     Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?    yes

XII.   If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII, If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least on living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV.  If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
         If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  yes
         Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  yes

XV.    Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulation direct?  NO

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  yes
 J I has declared he say that he doth not know that he has any record of his age.

                       EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
    "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service , but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For_______year________months, and _______days, I served as a __________.  For _____________months and ______days, I served as a  __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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          It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant     ,     and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the length of his service.  The use of the phrase "about three of four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under wat officers the applicant served;   the duration of each term of engagement;  the particular place or places where the service was performed;  that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority;  that he was either in the field or in garrison;  and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE  XIV.   Proof of Service.
       In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
      In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.  
            In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Application should be made to the Comptroller of public accounts at Hartford Ct for evidence of the claimants' service {crossed out-account]
N.P.  The applicant has applied to the comptroller as above directed & accompanying this is all that he has been able to procure from that source in regard to his service.
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                                                                                                                                                                Hartford July 2nd 1833
Lee
     By a memorandum left at my office, I was requested to obtain evidence of the military service, of Jonathan Ingraham, in the army of the revolution.  I cannot find any roll of the company or regt, in which he claims to have served.  But I have discovered evidence of a secondary nature, which will corroborate his own testimony, to satisfy the Commissioner of Pensions.  The pay rolls which were in 1787 in this office, were principally sent to the department of war, as vouchers in the adjustment of this States claim for disbursement in the revolution.  
     If the applicant served at other periods & under other officers, & evidence should be necessary it is possible that I might furnish some of character similar to that what I now enclose.  In such case, I wish he would be particular, as to the time when he served-the place where & the names of his Capt. & other Superior officers & whether as State troops, militia, & whence by detachment or enlistment.

Fee $1-                        I am very respectfully
                                    yours       E Phelps-
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                                           Hartford, July 2nd 1833.
Lee
     From an examination of the records of 
the State, I can unofficially state, it appears that the General Assembly, at their session in June 1776, ordered six battalions to be raised, to join the Continental Army at New York, & serve until the 25th of December 1776: so that John Chester was appointed Col, Solomon Wills 2nd Col. & and John Ripley Major of one of the said battalions; that Stephen Lyon was also appointed one of the Captains therein.

                                                                E. Phelps
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                               Comptrollers Office
                                      July 2nd 1833

I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public 
Accounts for the State of Connecticut, do certify,
that among the files of this office is a bond dated
the 24th day of June 1776 signed Stephen Lyon as
principal & Elisha Child as surety; the descriptive fact of the condition is in these words, viz, "The
"condition of the above obligation is such that
"whereas the above founder Stephen Lyon is
"appointed Paymaster of his own company in
"Col. John Chesters Regt now to be raised in
"this Colony to join the Continental Army in
"New York, now if C/,, de do:
     And that there is charged upon the journal
of the Pay Table, under date June 19th 1776, to
"Capt. Stephen Lyon (Chester Reg, Dr to order on
"Treasurer in account for his Co.-L580,0.0,, & that
he settled his acct Sept 23rd, 1777 " By account
"rendered L782,14,10, which amt, was charged to 
    the United States.
                                E. Phelps
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13.912
Jonathan Ingraham
New Ashford, Mass
Application for Pension
Sept 23rd 1832






[sideways on left margin--Jonathan Ingraham]
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     I Timothy Engram of Chesterfield in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age certify that I was knowing to Jonathan Engram enlisting and entering the service in the Militia in the year of our Lord 1776 he went to New York (as I understood at the time and was absent from home six months)  I was also knowing to his enlisting the next year in 1777 and [crossed out--as I understood at the Time he was at the taking of Genl Burgoin [General Burgoyne]]  he was absent from home two months He the said Jonathan Engram enlisted again in the year 1780 and was in the service or absent from home three months.  Also in the year 1781 he entered the service as substitute for a man by the name of Trainer of old Hadley and was absent from home a little over Sixteen months.
   Chesterfield   Sept. 7th, 1832, Timothy Engram

Hampshire Ms.  Sept 7th 1832

Then Personally appeared before me Mr. Timothy Engram and made oath that the facts set forth in the above affidavit are substantially true and correct  
                Isaac King Justice of the Peace

I further state that I have been acquainted with Timothy Engram for Many years and believe him to be a man of integrity and strict veracity.  
                Isaac King
Chesterfield Sept 7th 1832

       Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire,,    I Solomon Stoddard, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Isaac King, Esquire whose signature is affixed to the above certificates was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the hand writing
of the said Isaac King and believe his signature above to be genuine.
        In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two-
                      S Stoddard, Clerk
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                                                  June 4, 1938

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Mrs. M.G. Turley                                BA-J/EEL
657 Fifth Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas

Dear Madam;

     Reference is made to your letter in which you request in-
formation in regard to Abraham and Jonathan Ingraham, of Massachusetts; Benjamin Ingraham, of Rhode Island; Benjamin and John Ingraham; of New York; John and Samuel Ingraham, of Pennsylvania, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

     There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon services in the Revolutionary War of Benjamin or John Ingraham or Ingram, who served from New York or who applied for pension while residing in that state nor of a John or Samuel Ingram, of Pennsylvania nor of an Abrahm or Prince Ingraham, or Ingram.  The records are furnished you herewith of Jonathan Ingraham, of Massachusetts and Benjamin Ingraham, who served from Massachusetts and later lived in Rhode Island.


                                                     Very truly yours

                                                      A. D. HILLER
                                                      Executive Assistant
                                                      to the Administrator.
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     I Timothy Engram of Chesterfield in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age certify that I was knowing to Jonathan Engram enlisting and entering the service in the Militia in the year of our Lord 1776 he went to New York (as I understood at the time and was absent from home six months)  I was also knowing to his enlisting the next year in 1777 and [crossed out--as I understood at the Time he was at the [illegible] of Gen Burgoin]  he was absent from home two months He the said Jonathan Engram enlisted again in the year 1780 and was in the service or absent from home three months.  Also in the year 1781 he entered the service as substitute for a man by the name of Trainer of old Hadley and was absent from home a little over Sixteen months.
   Chesterfield   Sept. 7th, 1832, Timothy Engram

Hampshire Ms.  Sept 7th 1832

Then Personally appeared before me Mr. Timothy Engram and made oath that the facts set forth in the above affidavit are substantially true and correct  
                Isaac King Justice of the Peace

I further state that I have been acquainted with Timothy Engram for Many years and believe him to be a man of integrity and strict veracity.  
                Isaac King
Chesterfield Sept 7th 1832

       Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire,,    I Solomon Stoddard, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Isaac King, Esquire whose signature is affixed to the above certificates was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the hand writing
of the said Isaac King and believe his signature above to be genuine.
        In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two-
                      S Stoddard, Clerk
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                                                         February 3, 1932

                                                                          BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Hazel C. White
West Hartford, P.O. Box 107
Connecticut.

Der Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter relative to
Jonathan Ingraham, a soldier of the Revolutionary
War.

     The data contained herein are obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 30506, base
upon the military service in the Revolutionary War
of Jonathan Ingraham.

     He was born April 4, 1760 in Berkley, Bristol
County, Massachusetts.

     He enlisted sometime in June 1778, while a resi-
dent of Woodstock, Connecticut, and served six months
in Captain Stephen Lyon's company in Colonel John Ches-
ter's Connecticut regiment, and was in the battles of
Harlem Heights and White Plains.

     He enlisted sometime in May 1777 at Pelham, Massa-
chusetts, and served until sometime in July 1777 in Cap-
tain John Thompson's company in Colonel Leonard's Massa-
chusetts regiment.  He served in 1789, three months in
Captain Alvord's company in Colonel Belding's Massachu-
setts regiment.  He enlisted sometime in December 1781
and served sixteen months in Captain Drew or [crossed out Drewry's] Clapp company in Colonel Shepard's Massachusetts regiment.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 25, 1832, then a resident of New Ashford, Berk-
shire County, Massachusetts.

                 There are no data as to family.

                                   Very truly yours

                                    A. D. HILLER
                                    Assistant to Administrator
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                                                       March 30, 1927

Mrs. William N. Hughes
16 Fruit Hill Ave
Providence, R.I.

Madam:

     I have to advise you from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim S.30505,
it appears that Jonathan Ingraham was born April
4, 1760 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
     While residing at Woodstock, Connecticut, he
enlisted in June 1776 and served six months in Cap-
tain Stephen Lyon's Company, Colonel [inserted-John] Chesters's Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battles of Harlem Heights and White Plains. [handwritten- until Xmas day '76]
     He enlisted at Pelham, Hampshire County, Massa-
chusetts in May [inserted -18] 1777 and served to July [in-
serted-14] 1777 in Captain John Thompson's Company, Colonel Leonard's Massachusetts Regiment.
     He enlisted in 1780 and served three months in Captain Alvord's Company, Colonel Belding's Massachu-
setts Regiment.
     He enlisted in December 1781 and served sixteen
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months in Captain Drew's [inserted-Drury] Company, Colonel Shepard's Massachusetts Regiment.
     He was allowed pension on his application
executed September 25, 1932, while a resident of
New Ashford, [inserted- Berkshire Co.] Massachusetts.

       There is no data on file as to family.

                           Respectfully,

                    
                                         WINFIELD SCOTT
                                         Commissioner.
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                                          16 Fruit Hill Avenue,
                                              Providence, R. I.
                                                February 5, 1927

Commissioner of Pensions,
     Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

     Will you please send me, at your 
earliest convenience, a copy of the Pension
Record of Jonathan Ingraham, a Revolutionary
soldier, who received a pension while
living in New Ashford, Mass., in the
year 1840, I think.  I am a descendant
of his and should like this information for 
joining the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thank you.
                               Very truly yours,
                                   Pauline Barrows Hughes
                              (Mrs. William Newton Hughes)
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                                                  P.O. Box 107
                                                  West Hartford
                                                  Connecticut
                                                   Jan. 12, 1932

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D,C,

Dear Sir:

    Have you the birth
or any other information   
concerning the following?
   Jonathan Ingraham
    who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
    in 1840-age 80.
He enlisted in Hampshire County,
Massachusetts in 1780, engaged
for town of Pelham.
     About 1790, he settled in
New Ashford, Massachusetts,
where he died in 1847.




[upper right side stamped with a seal-RECEIVED JAN 14, 1932 PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION]
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Would your records give
his birth place or parentage?
Did his wife survive him?
      Anything at all will
be greatly appreciated.
  
                                          Most sincerely
                                   (Mrs.) Hazel C. White
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30505
Revy INVALID
_________________________

File No.   30505

Jonathan Ingraham

Pen Rev War

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1927-Mch. 30 Hist to Mrs. Wm. Hughes
1932- Feb 3-     "    "   Mrs. Hazel C. White
1938- June 4-     "   "   Mrs. M. G. Turley