Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,083, David Wingate, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Wingate, David
....................Lydia

NUMBER
W. 26,083

CONTENTS
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Ref.     126
New Hampshire. P.
Lydia Wingate
NH
widow of David Wingate
who was a private & Sergeant
in the New Hampshire Mil.a
for 4 mos 27 days priv

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
       34 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843

Certificate of Pension issued the
    11th day of May 1843
and sent to Richard Russell
                    Rochester N.H.

    [Act of March 3, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1.  Page 22.
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State of Newhampshire 
Strafford  fs.

On the thirtieth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared before me Hiram R Roberts a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Strafford in said State, Lydia Wingate of Rochester in said County, aged seventy three years, who being 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 Congrefs, pafsed July 7th 1838. 

That she is the widow of David Wingate late of said Rochester deceased, who was a soldier in a Malitia Company commanded by Capt. David Place on Seavey's Island, near Portsmouth N.H. And served in said Company six weeks. That afterwards he the said David Wingate enlisted as a soldier into Capt Norm McDuffies Company of the State troops of New Hampshire, and served three and a half months months in the State of New York. And that afterwards the said David Wingate enlisted as a sargeant into Capt Timothy Emersons Company. Col. Thomas Bartletts Reg. N.H. malitia and then served three months and eighteen days. She further declares that she was married to the said David Wingate on the sixteenth day of November 1786, that her husband the aforesaid David Wingate died on the 25th day of November 1821, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed.
Lydia Wingate
Witnefs  Richard Rufsell

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me H R Roberts Justice of said court.

I do hereby certify that the above applicant from bodily infirmity is unable to attend the Court.
H R Roberts Judge of C. C. Pleas for said county
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Extracts from the records of the Town of Rochester in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire under the head of Marriages Solemmized by the Rev. Joseph Haven, A Minister of the Gospel in said Town in the following entry.
 Viz - Married A.D. Seventeen hundred and Eighty Six, November Sixteenth, David Wingate with Lydia Tibbets, both of Rochester. 
I James C. Cole Clerk of said Town of Rochester depose And say that the foregoing is a true Copy of record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as follows; viz- 
Married AD. 1786.
 Novr 16th David Wingate with Lydia Tibbets both of Rochester 
James C. Cole R Town Clerk Rochester 
I James C. Cole above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of the said Town, with exceptions aforesaid as certified by me. ⎬ James C. Cole Town Clerk Rochester State of New Hampshire County of Strafford ss. Rochester December 9th 1841. 
Subscribed and sworn to by the above named before me Richard Russell Justice of the Peace a Justice of the Peace certify that James C. Cole above named is well known to me to be a credible witness, that he is entitled to full credit and that he to my knowledge is Town Clerk of said Rochester.
Richard Russell Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire ⎬
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I James Burnham of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and state of New Hampshire eighty seven years old depose & say that in July 1780 I engaged as Ensign in a company of New Hampshire Malitia commanded by Captain Timothy Emerson and Colonel Thomas Bartlett raised for the defence of West Point and was in said Company three months. David Wingate late of Rochester in said County of Strafford was a Soldier in the same Company during the same time and his widow now lives in said Rochester three miles from my residence.
{signed} James Burnham

State of New Hampshire 
Strafford  fs. } December 6, 1841
Then personally appeared the above named James Burnham and made oath that the above affidavit by him signed is true.
Before me  Richard Rufsell-- Jus Peace thr'o the State

I hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named James Burnham for the last five years and that he is a man of truth
Richard Rufsell  Jus Peace
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26.083
Lydia Wingate
wid of
David Wingate
Sgt Rev war
Act: Mrch 3rd ‘/43
Index:—Vol. W, Page 347
          [Arrangement of 1870.]
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6504
Portsmouth, N. Hampshire
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Lydia Wingate
widow of David Wingate
["who was a pensioner under the Act of" stricken out]
and who died on the --------of Nov. 1821
of Strafford Co. in the State of N. Hampshire
who was a Pr. & Sergt. in the company commanded
by Captain McDuffee of the regt. commanded
by Col. Evans in the N.H. Militia
line for 4 months & 27.  Pr.          )   34.33
................3....."................18...." Sergt.  )
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Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth
at the rate of 34 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension ifsued the 10th day of January 1842 and sent to Hon. Franklin
Pierce,  Senate U.S.
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Arrears to the 4th of ["Sep. 1841" stricken out] March  '41..........................................................$171.65
["Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '48" stricken out]

(Act July 7,   )
(  1838.        )

Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk,
Book A.   Vol. 1.    Page 60

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Agent notified
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
__________________________________
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR.  Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hiram R. Roberts is an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Strafford duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 17th day of March 1840 and will expire on the 16th day of May 1876 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 24th day of December 1841

Josiah Stevens Jr  Secretary of State.
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............ 1.12   Place
Sergt  3.18   Emerson
.............3 15   McDuffee
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.............4.27 pr
.............3 18 Ser

M. 86   A 1821

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Washington   Jany 5, 1841

Sir

In your letter of the 4th inst. I am informed that the pension papers of Mrs Lydia Wingate are returned "in order that her declaration, which is made before a Justice of the Peace, may be made before a Court of record as is prescribed by the rules of the Department."  I believe it will require no very close scrutiny to discern that the rules of the Department in this particular have been completed with--

The declaration, which I never examined until this morning appears to have been made before one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Strafford County (Hon H.R. Roberts) who certifies that the applicant from bodily infirmity was unable to attend in open Court--
I am with much respect
Yr Obedient Servant,
Frank Pierce

Hon J.L. Edwards--
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Lydia Wingate
Wid of David
NH
Act July 7, 1838

Married  1786
died Nov  1821

Allow 4 mos 27 days pri and
3 mo 18 days Sergeant, NH
militia.  Capt McDuffee, Col'o
Evans.   $34.33 per ann

On Rolls.  on file in
this Office.  HHL
taken from these papers

Hon Frank Pierce
Senat U States
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State of New Hampshire--
Secretary of State's Office

Jan 24--1841

I hereby certify that Richard Rufsell is duly in commifsion & a Justice of the Peace throughout said State & also a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Strafford

His commifsion was dated on the 21st day May AD 1839 & will expire on the 21st day of May AD 1844--& his signature to the annexed is genuine--

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State.
Josiah Stevens Jr
Sec'y of State
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congrefs of the 3d March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7th 1838

State of New Hampshire   )
Strafford County               ) fs

On this fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Richard Rufsell, Justice of the Peace in and for the State of New Hampshire.  ["Mary" stricken out] Lydia Wingate, a resident of Rochester in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged seventy five 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 Congrefs pafsed on the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.

That she is the Widow of David Wingate who was a Soldier in Captain David Place's Company at Seaveys Island in 1775 and a Soldier in Captain William McDuffee company at New York in 1776 and a Soldier in Captain Timothy Emersons Company at West Point in 1780 all his services were in the New Hampshire Malitia.  That she has received a pension for 5 years at the rate of $34.33 per annum under the act of July 7th 1838.  She further declares that she still remains his widow.
Lydia Wingate

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me.   Richard Rufsell, Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Strafford County [illegible[  April 5, 1843

I hereby certify that the above named Lydia Wingate is a credible person to me well known and is the same person to whom a pension was granted about one year ago & that the word Lydia was inserted instead of Mary in the tenth line from the left before signing.
Richard Rufsell  Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss.

I Winthrop A. Marston, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for said County, certify that the within named Richard Russell is a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum throughout Said State of New Hampshire, duly commissioned and sworn; that his said commission bears date May 21st A.D. 1839 and will expire May 21st A.D. 1844--I further certify that the within two signatures purporting to be his signatures are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and and affixed the Seal of said Court of Probate this 18th day of April A.D. 1843
W.A. Marston, Register of said Court of Probate

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]