Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3134, Samuel Dunham, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass
Dunham, Samuel or Durham,
Mary
NUMBER
R 3134
CONTENTS
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14074
14613
New York
Samuel Dunham*
Oswego Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mills of the Regt. commanded by Col. Provost in the Mass. ma. line for 9 mo
*Dunham
W.D.G. Aug 24 07
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum [to] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of fMay 1833 and Sent to A.P. Grant Oswego
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.00
$75.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
[Recor]ded by M.L. Williams Clerk
Vol. 4 Page 53
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Paid at the [illegible] under The Act of 6 April 1838 from 4 Sep to 23 Nov. 1839. Agt notified, 11 Decr 1844
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No 14613
Samuel Dunham Oswego County New York_
admitted.
9 mo. Private
AP Grant Oswego
Oswego County
New York
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Dunham County of Oswego in the State of New York
(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?
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. | Rank. As a | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen. |
Enlisted in 1780, June | 6. | Private | Capt Gloddard, Col Provost
Drafted 1781 " | 3 | " | " Mills |
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plymouth Co Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.
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Saml. Dunham
Pension papers
14613
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State of New York
Oswego County Ss.} On the eighteenth day of September in the year eighteen hundred thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before [crossed out: Joel Turrill Esq First Judge of said Court {ilegible}] Lovewell Johnson Avery Skinner, John Reynolds & Samuel Freeman Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oswego now sitting, Samuel Dunham a resident of the Town of Scriba in the County of Oswego & State of New York, aged sixty seven 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 enlisted the service of the United States under the following Named Officers and served as herein stated_
That General Glover, whose Christian name this deponent does not Recollect was the Brigadier General Commanding according to the deponents Recollection & belief, of the Brigade in which this deponent served_ That he this deponent enlisted for six months in the Regular service of the Militia of Massachusetts that he entered the service in the month of June but on what day this deponent cannot now tell in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty and left the same in the month of December of the same year having served in the service of the Revolution six full months_ That this deponent during the above period belonged to Captain Stodards Company whos Christian name he cannot Remember_ That one Eggleston was Captain Stodards Lieutanant [Lieutenant], and John Williams [crossed out: was that one of his Ensigns this deponent does not now Remember] his orderly Sergeant_ The Name of his Insign [Ensign] this deponent does not now recollect That Captain Stodards said Company belonged to a Regiment Commanded by Col Provost as Colonel and that his brother was his Lieutanant [Lieutenant] Colonel of the same name and that he does not Recollect the Christian name of either the Colonel or his Lieut Colonel. Nor can I now
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[illegible] the Name of his Major That this deponent at the time he Enlisted in the Service of the Revolution Risided [resided] in the Town of Middlebury in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts that he went from that place to Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth & from thence to Springfield in Massachusetts where he passed Muster from thence he went through the Country on foot to Elizabethtown in the State of New Jersey & remained in & about Elizabethtown & that Country during the period of Six Months that he cannot recollect any More than one Regiment with which he served & that was a Regiment commanded by Col Smith belonging to the same Brigade nor does he now Remember any particular Companies with which he served that he has no documentary evidence at this time in his possession of having served in the Revolutionary Army and that he know of no person within some hundreds of miles whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service_ This deponent also further Represents that after he served six Months in the War of the Revolution as is above stated he was drafted as a Solder [Soldier] in the Month of June in the year 1781 together with two other individuals for three Months and each one of them then was to Relieve the others by serving one Month of said three Months & that neither of the other three persons served any part of said term but he this deponent served the whole three Months and was engaged during this period in & about West Point in the State of New York
That during this last Mentioned Service he was drafted out of a Company Commanded by Capt Pierce & served in a Company Commanded by Capt Mills of the militia can't tell the name of his subaltern Officers and that Capt Pierces Company belonged to a Regiment Commanded by Col Sprout_ That this Deponent was never
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[crossed out: engaged in any battle during the War_]
He this Applicant hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his Name is not on the petition Roll of the Agency of any State or if any only in that of the Agency of this State of New York.
Saml. Dunham
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court By D McPherson
Dep Clk of Oswego Com. Pleas
State of New York
Oswego County} Ss I Hezekiah Barret residing in the Town of Scriba in the County of Oswego and State of New York hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Dunham the applicant for a pension described in the annexed declaration: that I believe him to be Sixty Seven 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 I concur in that opinion
H Barot
Sworn & Subscribed the 10th day of Sept 1832 before me
J Turrill First Judge of Oswego County Courts
I Joel Turrill First Judge of Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oswego & State of New York do hereby Certify and represent that the above named Hezekiah
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Barret who made oath to and subscribed the foregoing Affidavit in My presence, is an aged and infirm Man in his health and in My opinion is not sufficiently strong & able from bodily infirmity to Attend personally the sitting [illegible] of Common Pleas & on this account I have taken the said foregoing Affidavit Made by him at My Office out of Court.
Dated Oswego September 10th 1832
J Turrill First Judge of Oswego County Courts
State of New York
Oswego County Ss: I Samuel Phillip residing in the Town of Scriba County of Oswego and State of New York hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Dunham the applicant for a pension described in the annexed declaration that I believe him to be sixty seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in  the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion
Samuel Phillips
Sworn & subscribed the 18th day of September 1832 In Open Court
D McPherson
Dep Clk of Oswego Com. Pleas
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Lived as he states_ And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Hezekiah Barrett was prevented from attending Court personally from bodily infirmity who has signed the
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That he received a Discharge from the Service which was given to this deponent by the Quarter Master Eggleston & signed by the Lt Colonel Provost which is now lost
He is known to many of his neighbours & Hezekiah Barrett of said Scriba aforesaid & Samuel Phillips of the same Town and both neighbours of this deponent can testify as to this deponents character for veracity & their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution. That there is no Clergyman residing in his neighbourhood or town to the knowledge of this applicant who can testify to these particulars
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engaged in any battle during the War That he was born in Newport in the State of Rhode Island in the year seventeen hundred and sixty five. That he has no record of his Age
That since the service he has lived in Newfane  in the State of Vermont, from thence to Stillwater in Saratoga County, then in East Town in the same County, then in Lansingbury in Renselaer [Rensselaer] County, then to Columbia Columbia County, then in Green County then in Herkimer County then to Oswego County and now lives in Scriba in said Oswego County all these last mentioned Counties in the State of New York
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preceding certificate and is a resident in the Town of Scriba & County of Oswego and is a credible person that Samuel Phillips who also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Scriba & County of Oswego and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit. Given under our hands at the Court House in Richland in said County the 18th day of Septr. 1832
A. Skinner
Lovewell Johnson
J Reynolds
Saml. Freeman} Judges of Oswego Co. Courts
Oswego County} Ss I Donald McPherson Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Oswego do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Dunham for a pention [pension] and that the witness Hezekiah Barrett was prevented from Bodily infirmity from personally attending Court as a witness
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of My Office this 18th day of September eighteen hundred & thirty two
Eric Poor Clerk
By D McPherson Dep Clk
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EXPLANATORY
NOTES
UPON THE
NEW TESTAMENT.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
BY JOHN WESLEY, M.A.
LATE FELLOW OF LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD.
THE THIRD AMERICAN EDITION
VOL. II.
NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY DANIEL HITT AND THOMAS WARE, FOR THE METHODIST CONNEXION IN THE UNITED STATES.
Paul & Thomas, Printers.
1812.
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END OF VOLUME FIRST.
Saml. Dunham
Born Jan. 15th 1765
Mary Earl 
Born Sept. 4th 1774
Saml. Dunham
&
Mary Earl
Maried [Married] Dec. 11th (1791.
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Elisabeth born Aug 18 1792
William born March 20 1794
John Earl born Jan. 28 1796
Daniel born feb. 18 1798
Moses born may 5 1800
Waitstell born march 11 1802
Henry born march 11 1804
Minerva born may 28 1806
Saml. Jr. born Jan 2 1809
Wesley born march 24 1811
Elisabeth Died may the 1 1794: aged 1y: 9m
Daniel Died feb the 19 1813: Aged 15y 1D
John Earl Died Dec the 25 1813: Aged 17y 11m
Waitstill Died februry [February] 23-1830 29
Samuel Died January 5th 1839 aged 29, years, and, 364,
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10550
Mary Dunham
N.Y. Samuel
Act 7. July 38
Hon Orville Robinson MC
3134
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows.
State of New York
County of Oswego} Ss. On this first day of Fibruary  [February] 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court in and for said county Mary Dunham a resident of Volney in the said county aged seventy 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 Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Samuel Dunham who was a a soldier in the War of in revolution, and a pensioner of the United States.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Dunham in Lansinburgh N.Y. on the 11th day of December 1791 Seventeen hundred and ninety one, that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Dunham died on the 25th day of November 1839 eighteen hundred and thirty nine That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above state.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written before} Mary Dunham
E Hibbard a Judge of Os. Co. Courts
I certify that the above named Mary Dunham is a respectable person That I consider her to be of the age represented by her that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court.
E Hibbard a Judge of Oswego Co Courts
Counsillor &c
State of New York
County of Oswego} Ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county William Dunham of Volney in said County aged fifty years in March 1844 after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that widow Mary Dunham above named & who is applying for a pension is the widow of Samuel Dunham late a Soldier in the war of the United States & a pensioner of the United States, is this deponents mother & that the aforesaid Samuel Dunham was this deponents father That this deponent is the second child of his aforesaid father and mother. That the attached family record is the identical old record used by his aforesaid father & mother for the last twenty or thirty years, and is as this deponent believes fully correct that the [illegible] of the certificate of this deponent aforesaid father and mothers marriage is also attached That this deponents aforesaid father died in the 25th day of November 1839 Eighteen hundred & thirty nine And that the deponents aforesaid mother still remains a widow.
Subscribed & sworn before me this second day of February 1844} Wm Dunham
John Grant Jr
Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named William Dunham is a respectable person.
John Grant Jr. J.P
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State of New York
County of Oswego} Ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Minerva Laper of Hannibal in said county aged thirty seven years and [illegible] after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that widow Mary Dunham within named who is applying for a pension as the widow of Samuel Dunham late a soldier in the war of the revolution and a pensioner of the United States, is this deponent's mother and that the aforesaid Samuel Dunham was this deponents father. That the attached family record is the same old family record that was in use in the family of this deponents aforesaid father and mother at this deponents first recollection, That this deponents aforesaid father died on the 25th day of November 1839 eighteen hundred and thirty nine & that this deponents mother aforesaid has not since married but remains a widow.
Subscribed & sworn before me this 31st day of January [crossed out: February] 1844} Minerva Laper
John Titus Justis [Justice] of the Peace
I certify that the above named Minerva Laper is a respectable person.
John Titus J.P.
State of New York 
County of Oswego} Ss. Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county Susan Burriss of Volney in said county aged fifty years after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that she has been for the last forty years personally acquainted with widow Mary Dunham within named & who is applying for a pension as the widow of Samuel Dunham late a Pensioner of the United States this deponent deposeth and saith that She is the identical person and widow of the aforesaid Samuel Dunham late a pensioner. That she is the identical person that was the wife of the aforesaid Samuel Dunham more than forty years since, & further that the aforesaid parties as husband and wife had at the first acquaintance or more than forty years since several children. That the aforesaid Samuel Dunham died in November 1839 eighteen hundred and thirty nine, & that his widow the aforesaid Mary Dunham has not since married but remains a widow.
Subscribed & sworn before me this 1st day of February 1844} Susan Burrus
Ephm Beardsley Justice of the Peace
I certify the above named Susan Burroughs is a respectable person.
Ephm Beardsley J.P.
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State of New York
County of Oswego} Ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county, Daniel Dunham of Hannibal in said county aged Eighty one years after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that he has for fifty to sixty years been personally acquainted with widow Mary Dunham within named & who is applying for a pension as the widow of Samuel Dunham late a pensioner of the United States this deponent deposeth and saith That she is the identical person and widow of the aforesaid Samuel Dunahm late a pensioner That she is the identical person that was the wife of the aforesaid named Dunham more than fifty years since And further that the aforesaid parties as husband and wife had at the first acquaintance, or more than fifty years since One or two children, that the aforesaid Samuel Dunham died in November 1839 eighteen hundred and thirty nine, & that his widow the aforesaid Mary Dunham has not since married but remains a widow.
Subscribed & sworn before me this 31st day of January 1844} Daniel his X mark Dunham
Hale Worster justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Daniel Dunham is a respectable person.
Hale Worster JP
State of New York
Oswego County
Clerks Office} Ss. I John Carpenter Clerk of said County verily certify that at the date of the certificate of the proof above taken by E. Hibbard Judge &c the said E. Hibbard was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County and that at the [illegible] dates of the [illegible] certificates of proof or acknowledgment [illegible] taken by the said John Grant Junior, John Titus, Ephraim Beardsley & Hale Worster they were each of them respected Justices of the peace in & for said Court And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said E. Hibbard, John Grant Junior, John Titus, Ephraim Beardsley & Hale Worster & verily believe their respective signatures to the [illegible] certificates of Proof or acknowledgement taken by them respectively to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this second day of February A.D. 1844
HD Freeman
Dep. Clk.
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WHF
Rev.&1812 Wars Section
August 12, 1927
Kenneth M. Stead
106 Crescent Ave.,
Peoria. Ill.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 3134 it appears that Samuel Dunham was born January 15, 1765 in Newport, Rhode Island.
While a resident of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts he enlisted in June 1780 and served six months as a private in Captain Stoddard's Company, Colonel Provost's Massachusetts Regiment.
He belonged to Captain Pierce's Company, Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment in June 1781 and at that time was taken from that company and served three months as a private in Captain Mills' [crossed out: Pierce's] Company of Massachusetts Militia.
After the Revolution he lived in Newfane, Vermont, in Stillwater and East Town, Saratoga County, New York, in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, New York, in Columbia, Columbia County, New York, in Green and Herkimer Counties, New York and was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832 while a resident of Scriba, Oswego County, New York. He
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died November 25, 1839.
Soldier married December 11, 1791 in Lansingburgh, New York, Mary Earl born September 4, 1774, of Lansingburgh, New York. In 1844 she was living in Volney, Oswego County, New York. She died September 18, 1846. Their children were:
Elisabeth born August 18, 1793, died May 1, 1794.
William " March 30, 1794, living in Volney, New York in 1844.
John Earl " January 28, 1796, died December 25, 1813.
Daniel " February 18, 1798, died February 19, 1813.
Moses " May 5, 1800.
Waitstell " March 11, 1802, died February 23, 1830.
Henry " March 11, 1804.
Minerva " May 28, 1806, married......Lopee? or Laper? (not plainly written) and was living in Hannibal, N.Y. in 1844.
Samuel, Jr. " January 2, 1809, died January 1, 1839.
Wesley " March 24, 1811.
The above history is that of the only soldier named Samuel Dunham of Middleborough, Massachusetts, pensioned from Scriba, New York and who married Mary Earl of Lansingburgh, New york, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Photostat copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claims will be furnished under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912 at the rate of fifteen cents a page.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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1927_Aug_12_ Hist. to Kenneth M. Stead_ MNHF_
Invalid
Revy
File No. 46.034
Samuel [crossed out: Durham] Dunham*
Private
Mass Mila.
Rev War
Act June 7-1832
Index: Vol. 4, Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]
*W.D.G. Aug. 29, 07.
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3134
P.O.
Mary Dunha[m]
Service: widow of Samuel
Enlisted:_, 18
Discharged:_, 18
REJECTED
Application filed:_, 18
Alleges:_
Re-enlisted:_
[crossed out: 14 604 Elizth
14430
14074]
Attorney:_
P.O._
Recognized. Contr
Cert. of Dis. Searched for _, 18
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Oct. 24 1901
Prof Isaac W. Dunham
Schenectady N.Y
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[crossed out:Let to Hon O. Robinson
March 26th 1844
Arid {illegible} Dec. 23d 1844]
Let to GH Woodward Apl 11/51
" Same May 12/51
Not a widow on July 7-1838
under which Act she applied
Children no entitle because widow died prior to 1851=
([illegible] 1851 Books)
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[Sam]uel Dunham
to
Mary Earl} Marriage
11th Decr. 1791
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Earl both of Lansingburgh
[illegible]clare this 1th_ day_.
[illegible]ar of our Lord One_ [hu]ndred and Ninety One_
Moss Kent Just of Peace
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Hon O Robinson
26th March 44
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Pen Off
Sir
March 26th 44
In the case of Mary Dunham I have the honor to inform you that the evidence is satisfactory as to the date of the marriage but as each claimant is required to adduce the best attainable proof, she should verify the service of her husband by [crossed out: the] certified copies of the records in the offices of the Secy. of State or of the Clerk of the Town of Plymouth_ He claimed for 6 mo Service in the Mass. Line from the Town of Plymouth in 1780 & 3 mo under Capt. Mills in 1781_
The addl. papers sent thro you by Mr. Joy in the case of Mary Fuller do not strengthen but in the contrary impair the force of the proof as to the date of the marriage_ The recent writing on pale ink of a family Register upon an old paper is a very common occurence [occurrence] among the evidence presented to this office_ The effect is to cast a shade of distrust over the
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other proof which can be cleared upon by the most conclusive testimony
Hon. O. Robinson
A.R.
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Washington city D.C.
Feb. 12 1850_
Sir,
I have been appointed [crossed out: age] by the children of Sarah Bailey of Maine, widow of Joshua Bailey, their agent to prosecute the claim of their late Mother for a pension under the act of 1836. (Susp. case)
Also, by the children of Mary Dunham of New York, widow of Samuel Dunham, under act of 1838 & '43. (Susp. case.)
I have respectfully to request that you will inform me what are the difficulties in the way of the admission of each of the above cases and what is necessary to establish them.
Very Respectfully yours,
J.M. Thayer
Comm. of Pensions
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Presented By
GW Woodward
Geddes
Onondaga Co
N.Y
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N.Y. Onondaga Co Geddes May 3d 1851
Sir,
Your letter of April 11th 1851, is duly recieved [received] and in reply I would say,
In Your letter You State "Samuel Dunham Died November 25th, 1838,_ "and at the Treasury on the 11th, of December 1844, his Pension was paid from the 4th of September to the 25th of November 1838,; consequently all arrears are due" If the family Register is correct he deceased the 25th of Nov 1839, which would make one year arrearages due.
By Mary his widow who died Sept 18, 1846 we claim from the date of said Samuel's death, under the Joint Resolution of July 7th 1838, from which I make the following quotation
"The benefits of the third section of the act entitled, An act granting half pay to widows or orphans where their husbands or fathers have died of wounds received in the Military service of the United States in claim cases and for other purposes, approved the 4th day of July 1836, Shall not be withheld from any widow whose husband has died since the passage of said act as who shall hereafter die if said widow shall be otherwise entitled to the same."
In Your letter You seem to intimate that Mary Dunham must have been a widow on the 7th of July 1838, under which Act she claimed,
If I understand the word italized above in the quotation from said Join resolution that was not strictly neccessary [necessary], as it says, or who
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Shall hereafter die,
I also present for Your consideration the rules relative to the Act of April 30 1844 from which I make the following quotations
Pension Office May 1st 1844
Sir
I have the honor to enclose herewith to enclose a copy of the Act of April 30th 1844, making appropriations for the payment of Pensions &c; and respectfully ask Your opinion & direction on the following premiss
The law of July the 7th 1838, and the mandatory Act of August 23rd 1842, gave the widow a pension from the 4th of March 1836, to the 4th of March 1841 notwithstanding the husband might at the same period have drawn a pension; but the Act of April 1844 prohibits the widow from drawing a pension for the same period during which her husband recv'd his pension The following questions arise:
1st If the husband was a pensioner and died at any time between the 4th of March 1834 & the 4th of March 1841 is not the widow entitled to that portion of the five years pension which accrued between the day of his death when his pension ceased and the 4th of March 1841?
2nd Omitted
3rd Does not the Act of April 1844, operate in all claims filed in the office prior to the passage of the Act as well as to all subsequent cases
I have the honor to be &c
JSL Edwards
Hon Wm Wilkins
Sec of War,
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To the afore quoted letter was made the following reply,
The three questions numbered 1, 2, and three within presented to Me I answer in the affirmative
Wm Wilkins
In Your letter also there appears to be an Error in the name. You have Wesley Dunham for Samuel Dunham_ whether they are two persons or not I am unable to say,
I have the honor Sir
To be very respectfully Your Obt Servt
GW Woodward
James E Heath
Comms Pensions
Washington
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Wesley Dunham
for Back Pension
Samuel Dunham
N.Y_ 52
W Woodward
Geddes
Onondaga Co
N.Y
[illegible]
26 Dec 1850
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Geddes Onondaga Co. Dec 16th 1850
Dear Sir
I herewith present the claim of Wesley Dunham Son of Samuel Dunham deceased who was a nine months man in the war of the Revolution and for his services was granted a pension by the United States of 32 Dollars [illegible] year the last of which pension he drew the 4th of March in the year 1840. He said Samuel Dunham deceased the 25th day of November A.D. 1840. He thinks his pension was unpaid from the 4th of March untill his death He left a widow By name Mary Dunham who after his death Recieved [received] no pension She continued a widow Six years and died the 18th day of September 1846, Making from the 4th of March prior to the death of Samuel Dunham to her decease Six years Seven months and 14 days Acording [According] to the family Record left By the said Samuel and Mary they were married December 11th in the year 1791, at Chatham in the state of New York Please inform me the result of your investigations when you have determined in relation to this [crossed out: matter,] Case.
Yours Respectfully
GW Woodward
To JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Nov. 26/44
Addl.tes case
Mary Dunham
[vertically: Hon J.L. Edwards 
Comms of Pensions
Washington
DC.]
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Ovid Nov 22d 1844
Hon J.L Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Dear Sir
I beg leave to enclose Certificate of Sect. of State of the Service of Samuel Dunham, whether it refers to the late husband of Mary Dunham, whose papers are on file in your office, I am not able to judge, there appears to be some discrepancy between it & her application, of the fact whether it refers to her husband or not, no doubt, you can judge 
I subscribe it in good faith, asking nothing but justice in the previous
I am Respectfully Your
Most Obt. Servt.
Arad Joy
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GIDEON PRINTER
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
April 26th, 1844.
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 United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Samuel Dunham, dect. a Pensioner of Roll of the Albany, N.York, Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars [crossed out: and _ Cents] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. to the 25th Nov. 1839,
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Nov 15 1844.
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 the name of Samuel Dunham of Middleburgh is [illegible] upon a payroll of said town from July 18 1780 4 mos 28 days
The rolls of Capt Mills in 1781 do not bear the name of Saml Dunham.
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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[illegible] 
State of New York  County of Oswego Town of Volna 
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the services of my late husband Samuel Dunham
He enlisted in the year Eighty from the town of Plimoth in the County of plymoth state of Massachusetts in the Company of Capt 
Regiment and served as a private until discharged
We were married in the year 1791 [crossed out: Eighty] He died in the year 1839 the only other facts which I recollect is as follows
He served six months in the Massachusetts Line from the Town of Plymouth in 1780 and three months under Captain Mills in 1781.
I am now seventy years old and my memory does not enable me to state any thing further material to the search required I have empowered Arad Joy of Ovid Seneca County to act with promises as my attorney
Witness my hand this 2d day of May AD 1848
Mary Dunham
Signed in my presence
by said Mary Dunham}
Horace N Gaylords
Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
Answer to Arad Joy Ovid N.Y.
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Arad Joy Dec 23d 1844
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Pension Office
December 23d 1844
Sir
The certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts shows that Samuel Dunham served in 1780 but 4 mo 28 days and that the alleged service in 1781 is discredited by the rolls in his office. Unless Mrs. Durham [Dunham] can show other service she is not entitled to the benefit of the pension Laws. Perhaps the Rolls of Capt. Pierce for the year 1781 may furnish some evidence of her husbands service as it appears he was transfferred [transferred] to Capt Mills Company from that of Cap Pierces.
Arad Joy Esq
Ovid
N.Y.
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Peoria, Illinois.
August 4th, 1927.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
[stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE F AUG 6 1927]
Gentlemen:
Will you please inform me as to price for making photostatic copies of pages from the records of Revolutionary War Veterans?.
I am trying to establish my connection with the Dunham family as recorded in the Dunham Genealogy, compiled by Isaac Watson Dunham, member of Conneticut [Connecticut] Historical Society, Hartford, Conneticut, so that I may apply for membership in the order of the Sons of the American Revolution.
On page 38, of the Dunham Genealogy, above mentioned, third paragraph, Samuel Dunham, sixty-sixth descendant of Deacon John Dunham. The pension records, Washington, D.C., show that Samuel Dunham enlisted in the Revolution at Middleboro, Massachusetts; born 1733; application September 18th, 1800, Scriba, New York., age 67 years, married Mary Earl at Lansingburg, New York, December 11, 1781; died November 25, 1839; (Saratoga County Probate Office.)
Any information that you can offer in confirmation with the above will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully, Kenneth M. Stead
106. Crescent Ave. Peoria Ill
KMS"R
P.S. this record on page 22 [crossed out: 38] also shows Samuel Dunham, "94 the descendant of deacon John Dunham," b. Jan. 15 1765; clergyman; m. Mary Earl, Lansingbury N.Y. Dec 11. 1791. Applied for pension Sept 15, 1800, at Scriba N.Y. Have you any records of him.
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Peoria, Illinois.
August 15, 1927.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Your communication of August 12th received, for which I thank you.
Will you please make photostatic copies of pages from which you have secured data in the above communication, and send them to me C.O.D. or advise me as to how I can take care of this?
Can you furnish me with information or have you any records of a Samuel Dunham who was born in England and came to America, settling in New York State and who served in the Revolutionary War, being a member of the New York Levies, Commanded by Colonel William Malcolm?
Respectfully yours, 
Kenneth M Stead
106 Crescent Ave.,
Peoria, Illinois.
KMS"RB
P.S. How many Samuel Dunhams are recorded as having served in the Revolutionary War from the New England States? There seems to be some difficulty in getting the right Samuel Dunham - that is the reason for this question. The above Samuel Dunham, mentioned in paragraph three is, also, supposed to have married Mary Earl of Lansingburgh, New York.
[stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE AUG 17 1927]
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[Re]v. & 1812 Wars Section MMHF
Gm_
August 23, 1927
Kenneth M. Stead
166 Crescent Ave.,
Peoria, Ils.
Sir:
I have to advise you that the name Samuel Dunham appears five times on the Revolutionary War pension records of this Bureau.
(1) Samuel Dunham, S. 45346, enlisted at Farmington, Connecticut, in 1818 was living in Stillwater, New York, in 1820 wife Dolly was living and children referred to at that time, Esther, Delila, Eliza Ann, David.
(2) Samuel Dunham, W. 2773, enlisted at Stillwater, New York, in 1818 was living in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, died in 1822 leaving widow Martha.
(3) Samuel Dunham, W. 14654, a resident of Plymouth, Mass. during Revolution, in 1818 was living in Taunton, Mass. died in 1827 leaving widow Elizabeth(formerly Morton).
(4) Samuel Dunham, W. 27795, born 1754 in Mansfield, Conn., there during Revolution, in 1832 living in Manchester, N.Y., died in 1854 in Mansfield, Conn. leaving widow, Asenath(nee Curley). He married first, Eunice Jennings.
(5) Samuel Dunham, R. 3134, whose history was furnished you on August 12, 1927.
If you desire photostat copies of the original applications of Samuel Dunham, R. 3134, and his widow Mary, the same
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will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is fourteen
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by Money Order drawn to the order of the secretary of the Interior (not to the Commissioner of Pensions).
Owing to the [illegible] of a clerical force available for the purpose, the Bureau is unable to furnish but two full reports of soldiers of the Revolution to each person.
It is proper to add that the Revolutionary War records are open to the public, and you, or any one designated by you, may examine and collect data from the papers on file by calling at the Bureau.
Respectfully,
E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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