Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29255, for Daniel Ingham, Connecticut
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Conn

Ingham, Daniel

NUMBER
S. 29255

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CONTENTS
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11-978
Maine
Daniel Ingham
of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chapman of the regt commanded by Col Ledyard in the St ma line for 21 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of July 1833 and Sent to R. C. Vone Parent

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00
Some-ant. allowance ending Sept  40.00
$200.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by W. J Williams Clerk, Book C Vol 1 Page 24
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24834
Daniel Ingham
Private [illegible] 
Chapman's Co. 6 months
"    " 3 "
Ledyard's regt
11 months
Masstts troops
Sermont' Co; McCobb's regt
6 months
Tangs  6. 2101
26 months and a private
[illegible] of E D Banegt certificate of 6 months, 21 days as a private
Cee Connecticut rolls
Declaration in [illegible]
March 26, 1832

R. C. Tose
Aomd Augusta, Me
24 mo. pri
80 #
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
STATE OF MAINE
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.

On this twenty fourth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Daniel Ingham a resident of Mount Vernon in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtin the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.  that he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Chapman and served in Col. (does not recollect) regiment of the Connecticut line or troops under the following named officers:  Viz. Chapman Capt and he does not now recollect the name of his Col.  That he enlisted the 18th [ofillery] 1775 for six months, that he served at Leabrook Connecticut.  I was employed in building a fort & guarding the coast, that during this service there was but one company & that was Capt Chapman's stationed at Sea Brooke; that he served out the full term of his enlistment was verbally discharged at Seabrook point in November of the same year.  That in June 1776 he again enlisted for these months in the same Company commanded by Capt. Chapman & in whose regiment he does not now recollect & served at said Seabrook Point & Oyster river in guarding the coast & after serving out the full term of his enlistment verbally discharged at the same place in September of the same year.  That in 1777 he again enlisted for eleven months in a company the name of Capt. of which he does not new recollect in Col. Ledyard's regiment of the same troops that he served at New Haven & New London in Connecticut in building forts &c & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was verbally discharged at the Latte place in March or April 1778.  That in May 1779 he enlisted for six months in Capt. Benjamin Lemants' Company & Col McCobb's regiment of the Massachusetts troops, that under this enlistment he served at Coye's head at the mouth of Kennebec river, & was there verbally discharged in November of the same year.
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November of the same year
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And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born at Leabrook, Connecticut in August 1759, where his age is recorded & where his home was during his revolutionary services in the Connecticut troops.  that while in McCobb's regiment of the Masschusetts troops his home was at Brunswick, Ma.; that he afterwards lived at Avon & Phillips & now lives in said Mt. Vernon where he has lived for upwards of thirty years.  that he enlisted into the service was not drafted or received as a substitute.
that he never received a written discharge from the service.  That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services. & he named the Rev. Arthur Drinkwater & the Jas Elijah Morse.

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 State.
Daniel Ingham
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before Nathan Weston Jun
Inst S. J. C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jun
21 July
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I Daniel Ingham by whom the within declaration was made, do further upon oath declare that I have lived in Maine upwards of fifty years & do not know of any person now living who served with me in the Connecticut troops and am therefore entirely unable to procure the evidence of any one who served with me, That my service in Capt. Lemonts' company in Col McCobb's Massachusetts regt.  I am now enabled to state was in 1781 instead of 1779 as within stated & is proved by the certificate of the Secy. of State of Massachusetts That any of my neighbors will testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as within stated.
Daniel Ingham
Subscribed and sworn to Nov 1 1833 before me Nathan Weston Crt S. J. C.

State of Maine
KENNEBEC, ss.  - I John A. Chandler, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Daniel Ingham for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 28th day of July A. D. 1832
J. A. Chandler
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State of Maine
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We Arthur Drinkwater, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Mt. Vernon in the County of Kennebec and Elijah Morse residing in the same town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Ingham who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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.
Arthur Drinkwater
Elijah Morse

State of Maine.
Kennebec ss. - Sworn and subscribed this 27th day of July A. C. 1832
Before Me, Upham T. Cram, Justice of the Peace.

Upham T. Cram Esq is a justice of the Peace And the Rev Arthur Drinkwater is a clergyman residing in the town of Mt. Vernon, and Elijah Morse of the same town is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to be believed
Nathan Weston Jnr
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State of Maine

Kennebec County, ss.
At the supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday o October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the 26th day of March A. D. 1833

Personally appears in open Court Daniel Ingham by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jr. on the 24th day of Sept A. D. 1832, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary solder and served as he states.  
Nathan Weston
Just S J C

I, John Alphonso Chandler, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Ingham for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court and subscribe my name this 26th day of March A. D. 1833 J. A. Chandler
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24834
Daniel Ingham
State of Maine

See additional Declaration that evicence cannot be procured sworn to before Judge Weston June 1st, 1833
admd

R. C. Vose
Augusta Maine
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War Department,
Pension Office, 183
Sir:
  The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request,greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Daniel Ingham
Mount Vernon Kennebeck Co. State of Maine

Enl 1775  6 months  Private  Under Capt Chapman, Col not recollected
Enl 1776  3 months  Private  Capt Chapman
Enl 1777 11 months  Col Ledyard
Enl 1779 6 months  Capt Lemart
Col McCobbs

Age at present and place of aboce when he entered the service:  72 years, Seabrook Connecticut

Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary Documentary Evidence  [illegible]

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line, " "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, & c, Teamsters, Boatmen, Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
  As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commisisoned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of}ss.
County of }ss.
On this    Day of     personally appeared (a) before       A. B. a resident (b) of    in the county of    and State, Territory or District  of     aged (c)    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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with     and served in the     (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular  period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, & c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
 I     of the Court of     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of     for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of     &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:    (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman residing in the     and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with       , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be    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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
  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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the     and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the     and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
  I,     Clerk of the Court of      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of     for a pension.  
  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal     of office, this    day of     &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.  
  If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if True, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
  The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
  The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
  The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -- one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
  The traditionary evidence of service of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
  Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
  Whenever any official (illegible) required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
  No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period of periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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.  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, undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory , he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according tto the best of his recollection, he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For ___year----months,and ---days, I served as a ----p.  For ---- months and ---- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension."
  It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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.  Some persona who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) the law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) 
The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) the Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has not public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service
(j) 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 claimant's 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 to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
 --> The notes from (a) to (i) are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) this traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found , the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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(stamp) New Sharon Me Feb 21
(stamp) Pension Office Feb (illegible) 1860
free
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Daniel Ingham
Me
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29255
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 29255
Daniel Ingham
Pvt Rev War 
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Act: June 7 32nd
Index: ---Vol. 2, Page 202
[Arrangement of 1870]
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New Shawn Me. Feby 20th 1860

Dear Sir:
  David Ingham of Farmington Maine was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and died.  I think at the age of about 80 years, having a widow, Rebecca Ingham, who survived him several years and died at the age of about 80 years.  They were married about 1798 -  The widow died without ever receiving a pension.  Whether she ever applied or not I cannot state but think she never did apply.  A few days before her death she made her declaration which has remained unpresented on account of her death.  She left several children, sons and daughters by Mr. Ingham.  If living would she be entitled to a pension from and after the decease of
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her said husband?  Never having need, a pension being entitled to it if she had applied.  Are her children now living entitled to receive what she failed to receive, because she died not asking for it?
Please do me the favor to give the desired information
   & greatly obliged
O. L. Currier
for David Ingham
& others children as
aforesaid ---
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  Secretary's Office, November 8th, 1832

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Daniel Ingham is borne on "a pay abstract of Capt. Benjamin Lemont's company in Col. Saml. McCobb's regiment of the Massachusetts state troops from the time of their engaging up to the first day of December 1781." as having been paid from May 9th for six months, 21 days service as a private.
    Edward D. Bangs, Secy.