Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16440, for Abel Lamphaer, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                    NUMBER
Conn.         Lamphaer, Abel      S. 16440
                   or Lamphear

CONTENTS                              Carded
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[on left side]
[1illegible] Civ Tr. Pen [2 illegible] 10th Sept '34
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Transf'd to N. [1 illegible] fr 4 March '34
--Sept. 15 1834
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[1 illegible] to Pen [1 illegible] 16 July 1838.
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To Lawrenceburg Indiana from
4 March 1838 to 4 July 1838.
[2 crossed out] [2 illegible] sent to
Pensioned  Wilmington  Dearborn County Ind'
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[on right side]
4205  Indiana
[line crossed out]
[word crossed out] [ illegible]
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Abel Lamphaer
of __________ in the State of Pennsylvan
who was a Pri'v & Fifer in the Company commanded
States of the Rgt command
by Captian Shutes Of the Rgt commanded
by Col Bebee - in the Con'n
line for Fifer 9 mo         $33.00
       Private 15  "          __50.00__
                                     $83.00                                                
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of  $83 Dollars _____ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued by 15th day of January
1833 and sent to Hon J Ford
                          House Reps
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 -                       $124.50
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th Mar 1833     41.50
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                                                                     $166.00
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                                         {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                         {   Act July 7, 1832.    }
Recorded by Vinal Luce
Book D  Vol. 6   Page 67
  To   E  ----  4 ----   [number illegible]
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The State of Indiana
County of Dearborn  ss
                       On this fourth
day of July 1838 before me the subscriber
a Justice of the peace for the said
County of Dearborn, personally appeared
Abel Lamphaer who on his oath declares
that he is the same person who formerly
belonged to the company commanded
by Captain David Olmsted in
the regiment commanded by Colonel 
Barzilla Beeba in the
service of the United States, that his
name was placed on the pension roll
of the State of Pennsylvania; from whence
he removed to the State of New York
and was transferred to that State
which was to take effect from the 4th
March 1834, and from whence he
has lately removed; and that he
now resides in Dearborn County in
the State of Indiana where he intends
to remain and wishes his pension to be
there payable in future the following
is his reason for removing from New York
to the State of Indiana Namely That he
[crossed out: his wife is dead,] does not keep a
house of his own; but lives  with his
son who removed from New York to
Indiana and this deponent further
says not
                   [signed] Abel Lampton

Sworn and Subscribed to before me
the 4th day of July 1838 
          [signed] David Kerr    JP
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And Caleb G. Ward also appeared
before me the Subscriber a
Justice of the Peace in said County
who being by me duly sworn according to
Law deposes [1 illegible] and  makes affidavit
that the person who has taken the
above oath is the person described in
the said foregoing affidavit and I
the said justice of the peace do hereby
certify that said witness personally
appeared before me & was duly
Sworn according to law-- was of lawful
age and further certify that said
ward who made the above affidavit
is a person of veracity and a
Credible Witness and this deponent
further says not &c
                  [signed] Caleb G Ward

Sworn and subscribed to before the day
and year aforesaid
                              [signed] David Kerr JP

The State of Indiana}
    Dearborn County} ss
                        I James Dill Clerk
of Dearborn Circuit Court in said
County of Dearborn do hereby certify
that David Keer before whom the Two
foregoing affidavits were made was
was at that time and Still is a duly
qualified Justice of the peace in said
County and that the Signatures purporting
to be his are genuine.  In Testimony
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whereof I James Dill Clerk of the Circuit
Court in said County have hereunto
Signed my name and affixed
the seal of our said Court this
the 4th day of July in the Year
1838.
                [signed] James Dill  Clerk


                    J. L. Edwards Com. P.O.
                   A similar application was
made on the 25th May 1838 to which
no answer has been read. It may
have miscarried. Might not have
been addressed to the proper officers
for want of the necessary information
     The certificate of transfer is here
with enclosed and [1 illegible] the
Pension Certificate for fear of Loss
                   Direct the papers
to Wilmington, Dearborn County
State of Indiana
                          Yours
               [signed] Abel Lamphaer
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State of Pennsylvania } 
     Tioga County        } ss
                            On this 27 day of August in 
                             the year A.D. 1832 personally
Appeared before the Hon Ira Kilburn one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Tioga County being a Court of Record Able 
Lamphaer Aged Seventy one years in [1 illegible] last now Resident
in Elkland Township in said County who being
first Sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That the declarant
saith that he first volunteered in old Stamford Con
in 1776 under Capt Shutes for six Month Stationed there and
Served my time out and was discharged by my s'd Capt
and in 1777 was called out on an alarm in new Fairfield 
and served under Major Nehemiah Selly and gave a few
weeks at the time Fairfield was burnt by Gov. Tryons Troops
and in 1779 was in the Battle against Gov Tyrons Troups
when Norwalk was burnt, and in the month of May or
June 1780 Enlisted under Amos Hubbell a Recruiting
Officer in New Fairfield in Fairfield County Company
Commanded by David Ulmstead of Ridgefield Fairfield
County for nine Months. Regiment  commanded by
Col. Bragilla Beebe, passed Muster at New Milford
marched and joined the Army at Horse Neck said
Army was commanded by Gen. Waterbury, Adjutant
John Bull from Hartford Conn was in a Battle at Rye near
horse neck with Delanes and Hatfield light horse two
noted Refugees, was discharged in Cannan Con, by his Capt
that under his nine month Enlistment he served as
fifer in Capt Ulmsteads Company, after this discharge he
States that he Served as Volunteer Six months or more
in guarding the frontiers in Scanting[?] from New Fairfield
under Sergt Bennet Sills The declarant saith
that according to the best of his Recolection during the
Revolutionary war he was out in defence of his Country
in all more than ten years, and that he knows of no
living witness to prove his services
            (over)
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                 (brot over)

This applicant 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 any
agency or State
   In Answer to the questions put by the Judge the deponent says-
1st  I was born at Stoningtown Point in Connecticut
2d  I have no record of my age it was formerly in my fathers bible
3d  Was called into Service from New Fairfield Conn
    Since the Revolutionary War have lived in [1illegible]
in New York State 8 years and in Steuben County the
greater part the time since except the last four years mostly
in Pennsylvania
4  Enlisted and Volunteered, never Served as a Substitute for any one
5  Col Bragilla Beebe, Adg't John Bull, Capt. David Ulmstead,
Liut Amos Hubbel, Ensign Thos Avery were some of my officers
6  I Received one discharge in writing by Capt David Ulmstead which
is lost with my house
                    [signed] Abel Lamphear

Sworn and subscribed
before me stated above
                     [signed] Ira Kilburn Judge

From the old age, poverty and infirmities
of the applicant he is not able to attend
Court - - - - - -[signed] Ira Kilburn Judge
      
Date as above
                      Cyprian Wright Esq
appeared before me and on his solemn oath
declares and says that he has been acquainted
with the above named applicant four years or
upwards and that his reputation as to truth and
veracity is good, and that he was a soldier in
the revolutionary war by common report-
                         [signed] Cyprian Wright
Sworn and subscribed
before me
             [signed] Ira Kilburn Associate Judge
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Tioga County ss
     I Jonah Billester Clerk of the Court
     of Common pleas in & for said County
      do certify that Ira Kilburn was an associate
     Judge of the Court of Common pleas of Tioga
County at the time of taking the foregoing depositions &
that I am well acquainted with & do verily believe, the
Signature of Ira Kilburn, to be in his own proper
hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court
at Wellsborough the fourth day of September A.D. one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two

Johna Brewster Prothonatory

Meluhhears [not sure this is the right word}
Declaration for a
Pension

June $55 paid
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Abel Lamphaer


Admitted
9  mo. Fifer       $33.00
15  "   Private  __50.00__
                           83.00
Hon J. Ford
Ho of Reps


Jas Ford Esq'r
Lawrenceville Pa
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BRIEF in the case of Abel Lamphear of the County
of Tioga in the State of Pennsylvania
            (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge: Judge
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
inability
3.  How old is he? 71 years
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      |                                                            |
|    In 1776        |           |       6      |          | Volunt'r  |           Capt. Shutes                             |
| 1780 May or J|une     |        9     |          | Private}   |           Col Beebe                                |  
|                       |           |               |          |  & Fifer}  |           Capt Ulmstead                         |
|  after this       |           |        6     |          |  Volunt'r  |          Sergt Benet Sills                       |

5,  In what battles was he engaged? at Rye near Horseneck
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Fairfield C't
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8,  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
no Clergyman's Certificate
      I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
                        Levin Belt
                        Examining Clerk.
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    16.440
    INVALID
Revy
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File No. _________________
      Able Lamphaer
        Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7"  32
Index: -- Vol. [1 illegible] 

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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               MECHANICS & FARMERS' BANK,
                              Albany Pension Agency,
                                           July 19th 1838
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
                  Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
      In reply to your letter of the 16th inst
I have to state, that Abel Lamphear
a Pensioner under the Act of 7 Jun 1832 at
83 Dollars per [crossed out: annum] was last paid to
the 4 day of March 1838
                    I am, Sir,
                       Very respectfully
                              Your obt servt
                         [signed] Tho W Olcott
                         PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.
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                          WAR DEPARTMENT.
                                   PENSION OFFICE.
                                    September 15 1834
Sir:
     In conformity with the regulations of this Department, you
have this day been transferred from the Roll of Pennsylvania to that of New York to take effect from and
after the 4 March 1834
                  I am, Sir, respectfully
                       Your obedient servant
                                [signed] J L Edwards
                               Commissioner of Pensions
Mr. Abel Lamphear
U. S. Pensioner
Care of William Welch Esq
DeWitt Valley
    Allegany Co
                 New York
P.S. Your pension certificate is herewith returned
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State of Pennsylvania}
    Tioga County ss    }
On this 29th day August A.D. 1832 Personally appeared 
before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County Samuel Tubbs of Elkland Township in
Tioga County aforesaid who who being sworn according 
to law doth on his oath depose and say that he has
been personally acquainted with Abel Lamphear who
is now an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress
passed the 7th of June 1832 and have been acquainted 
with him for thirty years or more and the deponent
having been a Soldier and now a pensioner of the Revolution
have frequently Conversed together Respecting our Service
in the Revolutionary war and have no doubt in my
mind but what he has Rendered 
Services in the Revolutionary
War agreeable to his Statement the deponent further Stated
that more than thirty years ago he had the Command of a Regiment at 
Newtown in County N.Y. and the said Lamphear 
was his fifer and sustained good Character as far as anything
he ever heard, and as to his truth and veracity he never heard it
disputed by any one and further saith not
                                                   his
Witness Present              Samuel  X  Tubbs        
[signed] Samuel Davenport       mark

Sworn and Subscribed before
me the day and year above
written
[signed]  Cyprian Wright J.P
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Tioga County  ss
       I Jonah Brewster Clerk of the Court
       of Common pleas in and for said
       County do certify that Cyprian Wright
       whose name is attached to the foregoing
deposition is an acting Justice of the peace and that
I am well acquainted with, and do verily believe the Signature
"Cyprian Wright" is in the proper hand writing of the
Said Magistrate. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said
Court at Wellsborough the fourth day of September
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
[signed] Jonah Brewster Prothy
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                  Grace Bank
                   Philad'a    Sep. 12th 1834
Sir
    Your letter of the 10th Inst is received. Abel
Lamphear a Revolutionary pensioner under Act of June 7
1832 whose name is in our books was last paid to
March 4. 1834 Agreably to your instructions no further
payments will be made him at this Bank & his
name shall be noted on the Roll as transferred to
the New York agency from & after the fourth of
March last.
                  Respectfully
                       Your Obt Serv't
                     [signed] Jas Schott  Pret


J L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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                                Penns'a
           [crossed out:] N York
                                   ___                      
                        Abel Lamphear
                                       4,205

                                   Transfer
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State of New York  }  I Judson W Shenman
Allegany County ss}  Clerk of said County do hereby
certify that William Cannell Esq
before whom the affidavit for transfer
& the affidavit of William Welch &
the certificate of the identity of William
Welch, purports to have been sworn
was at the date of said Affidavits and the
said Certificate a Justice of the Peace in &
for said County, duly qualified according to
Law, And that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing & verily believe his name
subscribed thereto to be his proper hand
writing & genuine signature Witness my
hand and seal of Office this 4th day of
September 1834
[signed] Judson W Shenman    Clerke
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               APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

County of Allegheny SS
   On this second day of September 1834
before me, the subscribed, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Allegheny personally appeared Abel Lamphear who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain David Ohmstead in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bagilla Bebee in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State [next three words crossed out] of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.  The following are his reasons for removing from Pennsylvania to New York  I have a son living in New York and being old & infirm need his care & attention.
                                                 [Signed] Abel Lamphear
Sworn and subscribed to, before me,
the day and year aforesaid.}
    Wm Carrell J.P.

_____________________________________________________________
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
   The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person if veracity, and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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Allegheny County Js
                       William Welch being duly 
sworn before me William Carrell Justice of 
the Peace of Said County Saith that he is 
well acquainted with Abel Lamphaer the person who Subscribed the anexed [sic] affidavit and that  he is the identical Abel Lamphear named in the anexed Pension Certificate
Sworn and Subscribed
before me this 2d Day of         William Welch
September  1834
        Wm Carrell J.P.

Allegheny Count Js
            I the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the said County do certify that I am well acquainted with William Welch the person whose name is Subscribed to the above affidavit and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that his Statement is entitled to full credit. Sept. 2d, 1834
         Wm. Carrell J.P.
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The State of Indiana County of Dearborn SS
On this nineteenth day of May in the Year 1838 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Dearborn personally appeared Abel Lamphaer, who on his oath declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by  Captain David Ohmsread /Unstead/ in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Barella Beeba or Barzilla Beeba in the Service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania from whence he was transferred to the State of New York to take effect from the 4th of March 1834 and from whence he had lately removed that he now resides in the State of Indiana where he intends to remain and wishes his  pension to be there payable in future.  The following are his reasons for  removing from the State of New York to the 
State of Indiana: saith that he lives with his son Abel Lamphaer who removed from New York to the State of Indiana and as he intends  to continue to reside with his son he came along with him to this State and further says not.
                                         his
                 [Signed]  Abel   X  Lamphaer
                                        mark
Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid                
                        [Signed]  David Kerr

And also on the said 19th day of May in the year 1838 before me the said Justice of the Peace [last word inserted] of said County Personally appeared Caleb G. Ward who I hereby certify to be a person of veracity, a credible witness and being [last word inserted] duly sworn according to Law on his oath deposes, swears and makes affidavit that the above named Abel Lamphaer who has taken the above oath is the person described in in the said Affidavit which
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The State of Indiana
Dearborn County} SS
                                          I James Dill Clerk
of Dearborn Circuit Court for the County of Dearborn in Said State do hereby certify that David Kerr before whom the foregoing affidavit of Abel Lamphaer and Caleb G. Ward were made and who administered said oath is a Justice of the Peace and hear [sic] at the time of administering said oath, a Justice of the Peace in said County duly commissioned and qualified into office as such and do further certify that the two signatures purporting to be his of David Kerr, are genuine and that to all his official acts as such Justice of Peace full faith and credit should be given as well in County of [illegible] as there [illegible]

Seal                                  In testimony whereof
affixed                              I James Dill    Clk
here                                 of said Court                
                                         and have affixed                        
                                         the seal of said
                                         Court this 19th day
                    {Signed]  James Dill   Clk.
                                         of May 1838.
                                         Court this 19th day