Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.14047, James Abercrombie, Mass.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
Abercrombie, James
NUMBER
S14047
Carded
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Paid at the Treasury under
the act of [illegible] 1828
from 4th

3644
Massachusetts
James Abercrombie
in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company command
of
Captain Col Brewer in the Mass
for 13 Mos
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James Abercrombie
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DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE
ss.
ON this Sixteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before
Samuel Hinckley, Judge, of the court of Probate now sitting,
James Abercrombie a resident of Mass in the County of Hampshire, and
State of Massachusetts, aged seventy-eight years, who being first duly sworn, according law, doth, on
his oath, make the following 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 under the following named officers, and
served as herein stated. (viz) he was born in the town of Pelham in the County
and Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the third day of February
A.D. 1754 where he has ever since resided. he has no record of his age except
his family record, that in the fore part of May force Seventeen hundred and Seventy
five he enlisted as a Private in the Militia of Massachusetts for eight
months and immediately entered the service in the company was commanded
by Capt. Isaac Gray and marched to Watertown near Boston  in said State.  he was in the Battle upon Bunker Hill in the Regiment commanded
by Col. Brewer - after which Battle he was stationed on Prospect Hill, near
Boston when he remained the residue of the campain. and was discharged
at the end of his term of enlistment , he had no written discharge –

In the fore part of July A.D. 1776, he again enlisted as a private
in the state troops on militia of Massachusetts for the term of
five months and immediately marched in the Company commanded
by Capt.  Reuben Dickinson by the way of Northampton and Williamstown
to Bennington in the State of Vermont. thence by the way of Skeensboro-
to Tyconderoga in the State of New York where he served the residue of the ^term
of enlistment in the Regiment commanded by Col. Woodbridge. and was
discharged in Dec following at that place. he had no written discharge
as he recollects.

making in the whole one year and one month service
as a Private in the War of the Revolution –

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, [or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of] [note - preceding phrase is crossed out] 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. James Abercrombie
 Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate [illegible] County
We, John Hunt residing in the town of Amherst and Jthaman Conkey residing in Amherst hereby certify, that we are
well acquainted with, James Abercrombie who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;
that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age ; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
John Hunt
Jthaman Conky
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and
served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Hunt
who has signed the preceding certificate, is – resident in Amherst and that Jthaman Conkey who has also signed the same, is a resident in Amherst
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinkley Judge of Probate 
I, Saml F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
James Abercrombie for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixteenth
day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two-
Saml F. Lyman Register Clerk.
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BRIEF in the case of James Abercrombie
of Hampshire County in the State of Mass
(Act 7th 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?
3. How old is he? 78 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
Gen.
In 1775 May, 8 Months, Private, Capt Isaac Gray – Col. Brewer
In 1776 July,  5 Months, “ [Private], “[Capt] Reubin Dickinson
Col Woodbridge
5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire Cty
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary incidence, living
witnesses
8. Are the papers defective so, as to form or authentication? and if in what respect? Correct-
x Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 22, 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the States," the children of James Ambercrombie
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at
the rate of Forty three Dollars and thirty three Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1836,
to the 14 th December, 1836, the day of his death.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion M. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present,
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June 2. -1900
Miss E. Abercrombie
Brookline Mass.

14047
INVALID
Rev War

File No. 14.047
James Abercrombie
Priv. Rev. War
June 7" 1832
Index:-- Vol. 1, Page 7
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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4100
James Abercrombie
Private
13 Months

adm

$43.33

Jthaman Conkey E
Amhurst
Mas
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Abercrombie Hampshire Cty Mass. 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 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? -
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? -
XIV. ‭✝ If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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 regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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 a 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 the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
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 claimants 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 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 authenticated 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 offer, so as to prevent any paper form being improperly attached to the certificate.
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I Alexander Conkey of Prescott in the County of
Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawfull
age do testify and say that I am well acquainted with
James Abercrombie of Pelham in said County, and knew him in the war of the revolution, that the fore part of May AD. 1775 he enlisted as a private in the eight months
service of the Militia of Massachusetts and served prospect Hill after the battle on Bunker's Hill in which we were engaged. 

he served in the same company with me
our Company was command by Capt. Isaac Gray [Grey?]
and was dismissed at the end of the said time of eight months - and further the deponent saith not

Alexander Conkey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County 

August 16. 1832 then personally
appeared Alexander Conkey who is well known to me and is a credible witness and who subscribed the above affidavit
and made solemn oath to the truth of the same -
Before me Jthaman Conkey Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss.
I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Ithamar Conkey Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within certificate was at the state 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 handwriting of the said Ithamar Conkey and believe his written signature to be [genuine]

In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said commonwealth this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two-

S Stoddard Clerk
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No. 4.600
James Abercrombie

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss.

I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Samuel F Dickinson Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the 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 an attestations done in that capacity and that I am
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I James McCullock of Colrain in the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the seventy seventh
year of my age, do testify & say, that in the forepart of July in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & seventy six
I enlisted in the revolutionary army of the United States into the company commanded by Capt. Reuben Dickinson of
Amherst, Lt. Corder [Cowden?], & Surgeon White, I then [illegible] in Pelham in the County of Hampshire, being a native citizen
of Pelham in Col. Woodburys [Woodbridge's?] Regiment, one [illegible] being the
Major; the time for which I enlisted was five months.

I further testify, that James Abercrombie of Pelham in the County of Hampshire, who was my intimate agent in town enlisted at the same time & place, & into the same Company.
& faithfully served out the full term of aforesaid.
I was dismissed with the rest of the Company. I further say that
our company first met at Amherst - then passed through Northampton, Adams, Williamstown & Pownal to
Bennington, where they attended divine services, being on the Sabbath - thence through Dorset. Rupert & Granville to
Skeensborough, where the company remained a week or two.

Thence to Tyconderoga, in boats, where we remained the residue of our time; completing five months service; being dismissed in December following Gen. Gates commands.

I do then know, that the said James Abercrombie did enlist & serve in said Company the said time five months faithfully, as aforesaid.

James M Crelloch [or McCullock] [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire [illegible] July 31 1832 Personally appeared James McCullock, subsciber to the above deposition & well known to
me as a credible witness & made solemn oath to the truth of the same.

Before Samuel Dickinson Justice of the Peace
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No. 4.600
James Abercrombie

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss.

I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Samuel F Dickinson Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within certificate in as at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the 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 an attestations done in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel F Dickinson and believe his his signature within to be genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common please for said commonwealth this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S Stoddard Clerk
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Rectangle Stamp [ O.W. L. N. DIVISION; JUN 1 1900; RECEIVED]
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OWTN &EL 
US PENSION OFFICE
MAY 29 1900 [stamped]

19 Linden St. Brookline, Mass - May 25, 1900- 

Commissioner of Pensions -
Dear Sir
I am informed that in your office is a list of the pensioners of the Revolutionary War. Is there any record of Isaac Abercrombie of Pelham Mass, who enlisted from the town of Brookline,  Mass. Information or record of any kind is desired.  Also of his brothers. David, James, Samuel or any of the name of Abercrombie, as there was but one from Mass.
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family of that name in Massachusetts
at that date -
Trusting you will oblige me in
this matter - 
yours respectfully
Elizabeth Abercrombie

Address
Miss E. Abercrombie
19 Linden St
Brookline - Mass