Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14804, James Goodwin, N.H.
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(3-1776)
Service  Number
N.H.
Goodwin, James
W14804
Mary
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New Hampshire 1328. 
Mary Goodwin widow of James Goodwin, decd.
who died on the 14 September, 1815; of Sullivan Co in the State of N. Hampr. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Wait of the Regt. commanded by Col. Beedel, in the N.H. state line for troops.
N.H. 12 mos. private
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire C. at the rate of 40 Dollars --Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of August 1837 and sent to J.J. Gilchrist, Charlestown, N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1851=$240.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 20.00
$260.00
Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4, 1836
Section the 3d
Recorded by S.A. Elliot
Book A Vol. 2 Page 25
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Duplicate Certificate issued 
20 May 1842, and sent to Hon E. Barker House of Reps 

Date of death not on A. B.
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I John H Sumner of Clairemont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire herein do testify and say that Mary Goodwin widow of the late James Goodwin of Clairemont  deceased: is a sister of mine the aforesaid Mary and her husband James Goodwin were joined in holy Matrimony I believe in August 1774 I well recollect the time I was present I further say that in or about the month of January 1776 the aforesaid James Goodwin was enlisted into the army of the United each States for one year, when the troops marched for the City of Seiber James Goodwin went with them his wife and last Child was brought to our Father's house and stayed there untill untill Goodwin returned the next winter

Rev. James Wilman of Carnish Joined them James and Mary together in holy Matrimony 
I further say that aforesaid James Goodwin died in the fall of the year 1815 and that Mary has lived a widow ever since 

And remember and I can recollect aforesaid James Goodwin returned from the army in the month of December 1776- 
 
John H Sumner 

Sullivan  H
17 May - Sworn and subscribed before me 
& I certify that the above Deponent is a credible witness 

J. Gilchust 
Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
 Sullivan L.
I T.W. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judication, do hereby certify that J.J. Gilchrist is a Justice of the Peace for said County, and that the his signature herewith is genuine from under my hand and seal of the Court this 12th day July AD 1837 
T. W. Gilmore Clerk
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Deposition of Daniel Stearns
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I Daniel Stearns of Cornish in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire eighty years of age testify and say that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, in the month of February I think, I enlisted into the United States service with several others in the Town of Claremont in said County where I then resided for the term of one year, and among this number that enlisted at that time was one James Goodwin of said Claremont. The said James Goodwin with myself and others marched from Charlestown New Hampshire in the month February seventeen hundred and seventy sic in a company commanded by Capt. Jason Wait of Alstead in said State for lake Champlain thence to Montreal and Quebec--The Regiment to which Capt. Wait's company was attached was commanded by Lieut. Col. Joseph Wait of Charlestown--The army before Quebec commenced their retreat for lake Champlain in the month of May of the same year and arrived at Ticonderoga the summer following and was afterwards engaged in fortifying that plain--I was discharged from service sometime before my term closed on account of ill health--I further say that the said James Goodwin served with me in the same Company during that campaign, was a mess make, took care of me in sickness and returned to Claremont sometime the winter following--I lived a near neighbor to that Goodwin and am knowing to his having been married before he went into the United States service as aforesaid 
Daniel Stearns
The interlineations in the fifth and thirteenth lines were made before signing.
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan Ss--Cornish May 11th 1837
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written 
Before me
Eleazer Jackson Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the within named Daniel Stearns for many years past, and to best of my knowledge and belief is a man of credibility.

Eleazer Jackson Justice of the Peace . 
State of New Hampshire 
Goodwin James
I  T. W. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judication, do hereby certify that Eleazer Jackson is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that his signatures herewith are genuine. Given under my hand and seal of the Court this 12th day of July A D. 1837 

T.W. Gilmore Clerk
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Declaration of                   2459
Mary Goodwin 

on Payroll for J Wait the 2459 
Co Feb 7 1776
N H rolls of Book No 1

Mary Goodwin 
widow of James Goodwin
 see N.H. rolls. of Book No 1 
Married 1774 
died 1815 
Served 12 mo with State troops Capt Wait, Col Beedel. - $40 
per ann. con of 4 march 1831

JJ Gilchrist Esq.
Charleston
NH
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3d Section of the Act of Congress of the 4 July 1836. 
State of New Hampshire} on this 17 day of May Sullivan }.           A.D. 1837 before the 
Judge of Probate for said County, personally appeared Mary Goodwin a resident of Claremont in said County, aged Seventy Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to 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 4, 1836. That she is the widow of James Goodwin who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. That he enlisted in February 1776 into a company commanded by Captain Jason Wait in Colonel Waits regiment, and went to Quebec, and was absent till the month of December following, as will appear by the accompanying Depositions. The further states that she was married to the said James Goodwin on the 18 day of August 1774 by the Rev James Welman, that her husband the aforesaid James Goodwin died on the 14 Sep. 1815, that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. 

Sworn and subscribed the }
day and year above written}    Mary Goodwin 
before me & I certify that the }
Deponent is a credible }
witness }
John L Putnam }
Judge of Probate-}
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February 6, 1933.

Mrs. Karl J. Brummer     BA-J/ILL 
Lisbon                              James Goodwin 
New Hampshire.              W. 14804

Dear Madam:   
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Goodwin, a Revolutionary War soldier, whose widow, Mary, drew a pension. 

The record of James Goodwin given below is obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.14804, based upon the service of James Goodwin in that war. It is the record of the only soldier with that name found on the Revolutionary records of this office. 

James Goodwin of Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, enlisted in February, 1776, served as private in Captain Jason Wait's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Wait's New Hampshire Regiment, was on the expedition to Canada and continued to serve until the following winter, length of this service about one year. 

The soldier died September 14, 1815 in Claremont, New Hampshire. 

James Goodwin married August 18, 1774, Mary -----, whose maiden name is not stated. 

Mary Goodwin, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 17, 1837, at which time she resided in Claremont, New Hampshire. She was then seventy-eight years of age, the date and place of her birth not shown. 

At the time James Goodwin entered the service, February 1776, his wife, Mary, with their "eldest child" remained at the home of her father; the name of her father, the name of this child, or of any other
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children are not stated. 

In 1837, John H. Summer of Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, stated that Mary who married James Goodwin, at that time the widow of said James Goodwin, was his sister. 

Very truly yours, 

A.D. Hiller,
Assistant to Administrator. 

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[Stamped "Daughters of the American Revolution]


Committee for locating graves of Revolutionary Soldiers, 
Gunthwaite Chapter. 
MRS. KARL J. BRUMMER 
STATE HISTORIAN, D.A.R. 
LISBON, NEW HAMPSHIRE

January 25, 1933.

The Pension Bureau,  
Department of the Interior, 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sirs: 
I am writing to you to ask for information concerning the Revolutionary soldier, James Goodwin {handwritten: only one}. I have practically no information about him. He is buried in the cemetery at Landaff, N. H. near here. There is, and always has been a flag at his grave, but there was never a grave stone. His widow, Mary ........, was a pensioner, so you will have some thing concerning him. 

Will you please tell me whatever you can about his family and his services as a soldier. 

Very truly yours, 
Mary C. Brummer
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[Handwritten: 1933 - Feb. 6 - Hist. to Mrs. Karl J. Brummer - ILL.]

[Handwritten Rev]
WIDOW, &c.
File No. [Handwritten 14804]
[Handwritten Mary Goodwin 
widow of 
James Goodwin 
The Rev War]

Act:  [Handwritten July 4th (illegible 36?) ]

Index: -- Vol. [Handwritten a],
    Page [Handwritten 281]

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Original certificate destroyed by fire. See proof on file with the papers of Nathan Carr, N.H. roll, Act 1832, No 3084.