Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,608, Thomas Vincent, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N. H.

Vincent, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 11.608

carded.
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Jan. 30 /94 Sent Hist. A D. H. Vincent 105 Broad St. Boston, Mass. C
1920, Nov. 1 Hist. to Mrs. L. E. Hayward - Ew
1938 - May 5-7 Sent to Mrs M. F. Aultman - EL


Rev War
11608
INVALID.

File No. 11, 608

Thomas Vincent
Matross Rev. War

Act:  June 7" 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 388

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Date of death
not on AB


2578.
New Hampshire

Thomas Vincent
of Bekling in the State of NH who was a Matross in the company commanded by Captain Daniels of the commanded by in the NH line for 1 Year

Inscribed on the Roll of NH at the rate of 50 Dollars ~~ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Nov 1832 and Sent George Woodward Plymouth NH

Arrears to 4th of Sepr 1832 $75~
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 - 25~
                                              $100~

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk
Book D Vol. 1 Page 190.
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11,661

Thomas Vincent

Matross
1 Year

W. C. O

adm

$50-


Geo Woodward Es
Plymouth
N. H.
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11661

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Vincent
of Puling in the State of New hampshire
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  a Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  ~~~

3.  How old is he?  71

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
from 17 Decr In 1776

Duration of Service.
1 Year

Rank.
As a Private

Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Daniels

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  none mentioned

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Newington  NH

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?  all right

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
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Thomas Vincent Decd


pd. 1.00

11661
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State of New Hampshire}
County of Grafton SS}

on this fourth day of September anno Domini 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for Said State now sitting at Plymouth in the Said county Thomas Vincent of Puling in Said county aged Seventy one years who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832  That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & Served as having Stated that Sometime in the month of December (as he thinks) in the year 1776 he enlisted into a company of troops called matrosses commanded by Captain Eliphalet Daniels - by Lieut. Andrew Marshall and he thinks & by Second Lieut. Mendum Janurin - said company was stationed at Fort Sullivan on Scavey's Island in Pissataqua River - That he enlisted at Portsmouth in Said State with Seth Walker then (as he thinks,) clerk of said company - & that he resided, when he enlisted, in the town of Newmyton in Said State - that he enlisted for one year & that his Said Service was in behalf of the United States against Great Britain in the revolutionary war - that immediately after his said enlistment he went to said Fort & commenced his duty there - that at or about the time of his joining Said company said Marshall left it & said Janurin was appointed first Lieutenant & said Walker the Second Lieut. that he remained & Served at Said fort one year with the exception of about one fortnight when he & nineteen others from said fort & fort Washington in the neighborhood of fort Sullivan, were detached to go to the westward to meet & guard prisoners recently taken, as he believes, at Bennington, or before the capture of Burgoyne - that he went as far as Charlestown No 4. in said New Hampshire, met the prisoners & returned in [illegible] of them to a guard house, near fort Washington aforesaid - that he then rejoined his Station at for Sullivan & continued there till his year of enlistment was out.
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& he was honorably discharged & returned home to Newington that he does not remember whether he recd a discharge in writing or not - that if he did he has not preserved it - that he Served as aforesaid in all twelve months - that he has no documentary evidence of his Said service - that he was born in said Newington - that his birth is recorded as of the 14th day of April 1761 on the records of said town of Newington & in his family bible - that he lived in Newington till he was about twenty two years old that he removed thence to Denham in New Hampshire, lived there about five years - removed to Rycin New Hampshire lived there about ten years - then back to Denham & lived there ten or eleven years & removed thence to Said Puling where he has ever Since resided & now resides that he relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State  Thomas Vincent
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year first above mentioned Geo Woodward Clerk

We Jacob Sergeant & Jacob Sullingham Junior both of Thornton in Said county residing there in the neighborhood of said Thomas Vincent hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Vincent subscribed of said declaration that we believe him to be Seventy one years of age - that his is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Jacob Sergeant
Jacob Sullingham

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first above mentioned 
before me
Saml. Rogers Jus Peace
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and the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogation per [illegible] by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & found as he states & the court certifies that it appears to them that Jacob Sergeant & Jacob Sullingham Junior who have issued the above certificate are residents of Said Town of Thornton & are credible persons & that their Statement is entitled to credit
Geo Woodward Clerk
I George Woodward Clerk of the Said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Vincent for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this fourth day of September Anno Domini 1832
Geo. Woodward Clerk


State of New Hampshire
Grafton SS
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton do certify that Samuel Rogers Esqr is a Justice of the Peace within & for said county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits & that I believe the foregoing to be his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 5, day of September 1832
Geo. Woodward Clerk
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May 5, 1938


xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/EEL
Thomas Vincent-S.11608

Mrs. Mattie V. Aultman
Byron
Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Vincent, who served in the New Hampshire troops.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.11608, based upon the military service in that war of Thomas Vincent, the only soldier of that name who served in the New Hampshire troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Thomas Vincent was born April 14, 1761, at Newington, New Hampshire and his birth was recorded on the records of said town.  The names of his parents are not stated.

While residing at said Newington, Thomas Vincent enlisted in December, 1776, served as matross in Captain Eliphalet Daniels' Company, New Hampshire troops and was stationed at Fort Sullivan on the Piscataqua River; length of service, one year.

[written on side margin:  Identified service in N H. book - VOL. I]

After the Revolution, Thomas Vincent moved to Durham, New Hampshire and lived five years; then moved to Rye, New Hampshire, and resided ten years; returned to Durham and lived ten or eleven years; then moved to Peeling, Grafton County, New Hampshire.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, while living in said Peeling.

There are no data as to soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Thomas Vincent (S.11608), you should
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address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Thomas Vincent
Certificate No. 2518
Issued November 29, 1832
Rate, $50.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New Hampshire Agency.


Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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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 Thomas Vincent 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?  No

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?  one living witness

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 to all but 5 & 7th


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 an 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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I Seth Walker of Exeter in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire, aged seventy six years, depose and Say that some time in November or first of December 1775, I inlisted into a company of Matrosses raised by the Province of New Hampshire for the defence of said Province under the Command of Eliphalet Daniels Esquire Andrew Marshall first Lieut. and Mendum Janurin second Lieut. which Company was stationed at Fort Sullivan on Piscataqua River, where I served in the capacity of first Sergeant and Clerk of of said Company until the first day of January 1777 when I was appointed second Lieut. of said Company and served in that  capacity until the ninth of December following when I resigned said Lieutenancy.  I very well rember that Thomas Vincent then belonging to Newington in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Inlisted as a Soldier in Captain Daniels' Company some time in the year 1776 for the term of one year, which term of time he served his Country in all things required of him as a good and faithful Soldier - said Vincent now resides in Peeling in the County of Grafton and State aforesaid -
Exeter 13th August 1832.         Seth Walker.


Rockingham SS August 13, 1832
Subscribed and sworn to 
Before me    John Kelly Justice of the Peace

I certify that Seth Walker Esq the foregoing deponent is a credible witness, of good reputation for truth and entitled to full credit
John Kelly Justice of the Peace
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I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that John Kelly before whom the within affidavit was Sworn to is a Justice of the Peace within and for Said County of Rockingham and that his name to the within certificates are his genuine and proper Signatures-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Said Court this thirteenth day of August Anno Domini 1832
P Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingm County

[seal affixed to page]
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Recd Dec 26 1893

Boston Dec. 23rd. 1893
Pension Office
Washington D. C.

I desire official information of the fact that Thos. Vincent who was a member of Eliphalet Daniels Co. of Matrosses, stationed at Fort Sullivan N.H. 1777 rendered service during the War of the Revolution.  He was also a pentioner  My object is to become eligible to the "Sons of the Revolution"
The records at Concord NH are very incomplete.

Yours very truly.

D. H. Vincent
#105 Broad St.
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Revo F. V. E.


Lakeport, N. H.
Sept, 20, 1920.

Pension Bureau,
Washington D. C.

Gentlemen;

I would like a copy of the pension papers of Thomas Vincent, a Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted from Partsmouth New Hampshire, i Sept 23, 1777, in Capt. Eliphalet Daniels Co, and was stationed at Ft Sullivan.

He died in Woodstock N. H. in 1840, having moved to that place when it was known as Peeling.
An early reply will gereatly oblige,

Your truly,

Cora F. Hayward-

Mrs L. E. hayward,
640 Union Ave., 
Lakeport,
New Hampshire.


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U. S. PENSION OFFICE
SEP
22
1920
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MAR
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10 PM
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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Veterans Administration
Washington
D. C.
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Byron Ga
March 25-38

Dear Sir:

Please send me the Rev. Pension record of Thomas Vincent of New Hampshire.

Thank you.

Mrs Mattie V. Aultman

[stamp reading]
RECEIVED
MAR 28 1938
MAIL SUB DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER No. 6
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1920


In reply to your request of --, received-- for a statement of the military history of Thos. Vincent a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Dec. 1776

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 yr.

RANK.
Matross

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Eliphalet Daniels
COLONEL.
~
STATE.
N. H.

Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Newington, N. H.
Date of application for pension, Sep't. 4 1832. Cl. Al.
Residence at date of application, Peeling, Grafton Co. N. H.
Age at date of application, b. Apl. 14, 1761 in Newington, N. H.
Remarks:  No fam. data


Respectfully,


Commissioner.

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