Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,545, Amos Gates, Mass.
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(3-1776)
Service Mass.
Gates, Amos 
Number S 45545
Contents
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11.905 R
New Hampshire
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Amos Gates Jr
of Marlborough in the state of N Hamp who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon of the Mass : line, for the term of 1 year
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per months, to commence on the 4th of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 15th of June 1819 and sent to Nahum Parker Esq Fitz William
N. Hamp
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Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 10 mo 97/30 4/31 = 88.23
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 6 Sep. 1819 48.
$136.23

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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I Jeffery Hemenway of Worcester in the County
of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts
aged eighty one years, do testify depose
and say that I enlisted in to the years service
of the United States about the first day of January AD 1886 in a company commanded by Capt. Micajah Gleason in Col Nixon's Regiment
and was well acquainted with Amos Gates
now of Marlborough in the State of New
Hampshire, who was then a Neighbour [neighbor] of mine and inlisted [enlisted] about the same time with me and served in the same Company and Regiment to the end of the year, which was the time he enlisted for & I know the
was regularly discharged by the late at
Pitkskill [Peekskill] in the State of New York

Jeffery his x mark Hemenway
attest
Ezra Hemenway
Middlesex August 29th 1818-
Then the above named Jeffery
Hemenway personally appeared & made
oath that the above affidavit by him
subscribed contains the truth and nothing
but the truth relative to the subject matter
therein contained
Before me
Jona Maynard Justice Peace
Full credit may be given to the above
named Witness
Jona Maynard Justice Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts: ss.  [paper seal attached]
I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Judicial
Courts in the County of Middlesex do certify
that Jonathan Maynard Esquire is a
of Justice of the peace acting under the authority
of this Commonwealth, & his name set
to the within certificate is his own proper
signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme
Judicial Court this third day of May
in the year of our Lord 1819
 Abraham Biglow
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I  Alpheus Nickolds now of Bolston in  
the County of Worcester
of Lawful age: being seventy nine years old
Hereby testify and say: That I inlisted [enlisted] in the one year year's service of the United States about the first of January in the AD 1776. in a Company commanded by Capt. Micajah Gleason in Col Nixons Regiment, and was intimately acquainted with Amos Gates now of Marlborough in State of New Hampshire who was then a Neighbor of mine and who inlisted [enlisted] about the same
time that I did myself-- And served in the same
Company and Regiment to the end of the year: Which was the term he inlisted [enlisted] for, and would further say that I am not personally knowing to the circumstance of his discharge, yet I have no doubt, but he obtained a like regular discharge with my self. By the Col at Pitkskill [Peekskill] in the State of
New York
Alpheus his x mark Nicholds
Attest
Ezra Hemenway
Middlesex ss December ye 9th 1818
Then the above name Alpheus Nicholds personally appeared and made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by ^him^
subscribed. And that it contains the truth & nothing but the truth. All which, for myself I have no reson [reason] to
support anything to the Contrary
Attest Peter Wood Jus. Peace
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Alpheus Nickolds
Deposition to be used in favor of Amos Gates.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Middlesex ss.

I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the county of Middlesex do certify that Peter Wood is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and his name set to the written certificate is his own proper signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this third day of May in the year of our Lord 1819.

Abraham Biglow
[illegible paper seal attached]
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I Amos Gates of Marlborough in the County of Cheshire and State of Newhampshire [New  Hampshire] being seventy three years of
age Testify and declare that I served in the war of the revolution on the Continental establishment That I entered the said service as a private in Capt. Micajah Gleason Company in Col Thomas Nixons Regiment in the Massachusetts line on or about the first day of
January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six for the term of one year and served in said Company and Regiment until the end of said term when in January Anno Domini one
thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I was discharged but my discharge is lost and that from my reduced circumstances I need assistance of my Country for support
Amos Gates  j na
State of New hampshire
Cheshire ss. 

Be it rembered [remembered] that on this
day of April A.D. 1818 pursuant to a law
of the United States entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war made and passed the 18th of March A.D. 1818 personally appeareth before me the subscriber Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas for the County of Cheshire aforesaid the above named Amos Gates and after due examination and [illegible] to testify and declare the whole truth that the declaration aforesaid and subscribed the same in my presence and on examination duly made by me the said Judge it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true
Nahum Parker
State of New hampshire
Cheshire ss.
Fitz William May 27, 1819
I Nahum Parker Judge &c as aforesaid do
certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Amos Gates is in reduced  ircumstances
and stands in need of the assistance of his
Country for support
Nathan Parker
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Upside down:
Writing the judge's certificate of the reduced circumstances of the applicants. 
Further evidence required.

Right-side up:
Amos Gates
Declaration
private 
Col Nixon's Regiment
Massachusetts Line
admd [admitted]  P.L.
1776 - 1 year

I Salma Hale Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas
for the County of Cheshire hereby certify that the Hon. Nahum Parker, whose proper hand is within subscribed, is one of the Justices of said Court, duly commissioned and that no particular impression is used as a seal by said Court.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed and affixed a seal in usual form as used by said Court
this 26th day of June A.D.1!818
S. Hale
[illegible paper seal attached]
Fitz William 
N. H.
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In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Amos Gates, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this bureau. 

S.J. 45545

Dates of enlistment or appointment. Jan. 1 1776
Length of service. 1 yr. 
Rank. Pri. 
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain. Micajah Gleason. Colonel. Thomas Nixon. 
State. Mass. 

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apr. 24, 1818. His [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Marlborough, Cheshire Co., N.H.
Age at date of application, 73. He died May 18 1820. 
Remarks: There is no data relative to family. The above noted is the only Amos Gates found on the Rev. War records of this Bureau. 

Very respectfully,
Commissioner. 

Only Amos Gates in files
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[stamp] U.S. Pension Office. D Aug 12 1913
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New York, August 11, 1913. 191

Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
I have been referred to your department for records concerning one Amos Gates, and Amos Gates, Jr., of Framingham, Mass,, and Schoharie County, N. Y., who rendered service to the Government in various capacities from 1775 to 1780. According to some family records in my possession, there was a Captain Amos Gates, but do not know whether it was Jr. or not.
Would like the same of David Porter, residence, Abingdon, and Braintree, Mass., and Derry, N.H. I believe he served as lieutenant from 1777 to 1780. Any information you can give me regarding either of the parties mentioned, will be thankfully received. Kindly state if they were pensioners or not.
Yours sincerely,
W.C. Emerick
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[stamp] U.S. War and Navy. Nov 14 1893. Files
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THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
CLARK FAIRBANK,
GENERAL AGENT AND MANAGER FOR NORTH
EASTERN INDIANA.
CENTRAL OFFICE, FORT WAYNE, IND.

[stamp reading "SECOND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER NOV 13 1893"]

H. Wayne, Ind, Nov, 11, '93.
Hon. H. C. Bell, Dep. Com.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me statement of military history of Zacheus Fairbanks and Amos Gates in the Revolutionary war.
The Secretary of State of Massachusetts certifies that they both responded to the "Lexington Alarm", 19th April, 1775, from Framingham, Mass.
Also give statement in regard to Henry Gates, son of Amos, if convenient, and oblige
[illegible]
Clam Fairbank
[in lighter pen] No record of Fairbanks
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Wrote Oct 23 1803
Sating if letter is not recd. with additional dates another examination would be made

[black round stamp:] PENSION OFFICE U.S. SEP 27 1893
[black round stamp: duplicate:  second stamp:] PENSION OFFICE U.S. SEP 27 1893

[black rectangle stamp:]OLD WAR AND NAVY FILES D,C, SEPT 29 1893
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Delaware and Hudson Canal Company,
Northern Railroad Department.
-
Office of the Superintendent.
C. D. Hammond, Superintendent.
P. H. Bonners, H. C. North, } Asst. Superintendent

Albany, N.Y. Sept. 26th, 1893

Hon. William Lochren,
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
If consistent with your practice I respectfully request to be furnished a copy of the military record of my ancestors, Henry Gates of Ashburnham, Mass., John Hill of Lunenburgh, Mass., and Nathan Maynard of Marlborough, Mass., who were soldiers in the war of the Revolution from their respective towns.
Respectfully yours,
Frederick A. Boutelle
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Mar. 28/93 Mail Hist to
Clark Fairbanks, Insurance
agent, Ft. Wayne, Ind. C.
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1913. Aug. 19. History to
W. C. Emerick. F. W.
Revy
45545
INVALID.
File No. 45545
Amos Gates Jr
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:- Vol. 3 Page 187  
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I Ebenezer Hemenway of Marlborough in Cheshire County State of New hampshire of lawful due testify and say, that Amos Gates a Pensioner of the United States in the New hampshire agency before his name was placed on the pension roll was, for a number of years, a County pauper and under my care, and that since he was a Pensioner I have had the care of him, that on or about the seventh day
of March last I carried him before Nahum Parker Junior before whom, he took an oath that he was the same person named in the Certificate he then had, and executed a power of attorney to Amos A. Parker to draw the money due him on the 4th of March last. and I believe his certificate was stated from said Attorney on the 15th of April last
by which means his Certificate is lost, and that
on the eighteenth day of May 1840 said Amos
Gates died, and he the said Hemenway
applys [applies] for a new certificate
to [illegible] the money due said gates on the 4th of March last
Ebenezer Hemenway

State of New hampshire
Cheshire ss May 22, 1820

Sworn and subscribed to
Before me
Nahum Porter Justice peace
State of Newhampshire
Cheshire ss 
On this 24th day of May 1820 before me ^the subscriber ^ a Justice of the peace for said County, personally appeared Amos A. Parker and made oath that the above mentioned Certificate was stolen from his
posession [possession] at there in said County on the night of the 15th of April & 1820. & has not since been recovered.
Amos A. Parker
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid Nathan Parker Just. Peace
I Nahum Parker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cheshire & State of New hampshire do certify, that the above named Amos Gates was supported by said County or State I believe when I was
first a member of said Court in 1807 that the Court have annually allowed accounts for his support =
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until his name was placed on the pension roll
that he was under the care of the said Ebenezer Hemenway, that he is the same Amos Gates who made declaration before me and whose name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of New hampshire, that a certificate of that [part] was sent to me from
War Department under the signature & Seal of the Secretary of War, that I delivered it to him, that he made and executed a power of Attorney before me to authorize Amos A. Parker to receive the money due the 4th
of March last which certificate and power it
appears was stolen from said Attorney on the night of the 15th of April last and that he the said Gates is since dead, and it further appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Hemenway has supported said Amos Gates since the fourth of September last on the credit of his pension 
25th of May 1820 Nahum Parker
The name of his Captain + Col, will appear by his declaration in the Pension Office
Cheshire ss.
Amos Gates
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Superior
Court of Judicature in & for said County
certify that Nahum Parker is an acting
Justice of the Peace, & a Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for said county, that the
foregoing are his signatures
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix
the Seal of said Superior Court this 30th
day of May 1820
S. Hale

Amos Gates