Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,243, William Babb, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Babb, William
Jemima

NUMBER
W. 17.243.

CONTENTS
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N. Hampshire
Wm. Babb's application for a pension April 4, 1818.
Wm. Babb private 
Colonel Reed's Reg't
New Hampshire line June 1782 to June 1783
Required the evidence of two credible and disinterested witnesses (or an officer of the regiment) duly taken and authenticated.
Wanting the judge's certificate of the reduced circumstances of the applicant. 
10 June 1819
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, SS.}
On the fourth day of April 1818, before the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Courts of Common Pleas for the First District in said State, personally appeared William Babb aged 73 years, resident of Barrington in the said district, who being by me duly sworn, according to law, did, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said William Babb enlisted in said service in June 1782 in the state of New Hampshire ['in the company commanded by  Captain' crossed out] to serve three years - that he joined the army at fort plain on the Mohawk River in June or July of the same year, & was attached to the Company commanded by Cap. Samuel Cherry of the 2d New Hampshire Reg't then commanded by Col. George Reid - that some time in the autumn of the same year he was transferred to Capt. Jeremiah Fogg's Company of the same Reg't. That he continued to serve in the corps aforesaid, in the service of the United States till some time in June 1783 when he was discharged, at Newburgh in the State of N. York and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support 
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. 
I. DANIEL M. DURELL, Chief Justice of the Courts of Common Pleas for the first District in the State of New-Hampshire, as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said William Babb did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, [obscured] the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of said Court for the County of Strafford in said district, to be affixed to the same, this 19th day of March A.D. 1819
/s/D. M. Durell
By Order of the Judge
/s/A. Peirce, Clerk.
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I Rich'd B. Foss of Barrington Depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Mr. William Babb, whose deposition is hereto annexed & do further depose, that he is a very poor man, & further say that he is reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution by those who know him at that time - /s/Richard B. Foss
State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss } April 4th 1818 - Then Richard B. Foss made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just & true - 
Before me - /s/D. M. Durell Jus. Peace
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N. Hampshire
Wm. Babb's application for a pension April 4, 1818.
Wm. Babb private
Colonel Reed's Reg't
New Hampshire line June 1782 to June 1783
Required the evidence of two credible and disinterested witnesses (or an officer of the regiment) duly taken and authenticated.
Wanting the judge's certificate of the reduced circumstances of the applicant.
10 June 1819

Dover N.H. June 25, 1838 This certifies that this paper has remained in my possession ever since it was returned from the pension office, at Washington, in 1819 - and that  I have this day delivered the same to Mr. Benjamin Elliott of the state of NY for the purpose of aiding the Widow of Wm. Babb, the original applicant, to a pension.
/s/D. M. Durell
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[verso]
Albany 3046
Jemima Babb widow of William Babb who died on the 7. January 1819 of Tompkins Co. in the State of N. York who was a Pr. & Lieut. in the company commanded by Captain Cherry of the regt. commanded by Col. Read (Reid) N.H. in the N.H. line for 9 months & 14 days Pr. - 31.55
2  "  "  "  12  "  Lieut - 32.00
$63.55
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 63 Dollars 55 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Increased from $31.55
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of June 1840 and sent to Hon. Amasa Dana, House of Representatives. 
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1840  571.95
Semi-annual allowance ending to Sep  "  31.77
Former payments to be deducted $603.72
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book ['A' crossed out] C. Vol. ['3' crossed out] 1. Page 107

[recto]
Exa'd by Eller
Letter to Hon. A. Dana 11. June 1840
Hon. S. S. Ellsworth July 16, 1846. 
Hon. H. S. Wallridge, April 14/52
Hon. J. J. Taylor. 12th July 1854.
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss: On this seventeenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Benjamin Jennings one of the Judges of the Court of  Common Pleas in and for the said county of Tompkins (the said Court of Common Pleas being by law duly made and constituted a court of Record) Jemima Babb a resident of the Town of Danby in the County of Tompkins and State of New York, aged seventy nine years on the twenty first day of April next, 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 4" 1836. That she is the widow of William Babb who was a private and Lieutenant in the service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution and who served as herein after stated viz: - 
That in 1776 he enlisted in the aforesaid service at Barrington in the State of New Hampshire in Capt. John Drew's Company of New-Hampshire Militia as a Lieutenant and served in that capacity for nine months in said Capt. John Drew's in a Regiment commanded by Col. Tetcomb - and in Capt Samuel Hage's Company and Col. Joshua Wingate's Regiment in the service of the United States during the years 1776 & 1777 at and in the vicinity of Charlesto(w)n in the state of Massachusetts: but she cannot state whether such service was all performed under one or more enlistments nor how many - That after the above period of service the said William Babb was in the same service & she thinks in the same Companys & Reg't for various short periods (but the precise times or terms of service she does not recollect and cannot state) - that as near as this Declarant can now recollect the latter part of June A.D. 1782 the said William Babb again enlisted into the service of the United States as a Private to serve three years or during the war of the Revolution and that very soon after such enlistment and as early as the last of June 1782 he entered said service & served as such Private in the continental establishment for a Period of at least Eighteen months but the declarant does not remember nor can she state the names of the officers nor the company or regiment in which the said last mentioned service was rendered - But the Declarant well remembers that the said William Babb returned from such service in November or December 1782 & showed her his written discharge signed by Gen'l Washington which has many years since been lost or destroyed - 
That after the law of 1818 granting Pensions to those who served in the Revolution, the said William Babb during the same year made an application to the War Department for a Pension, under that law for his services, but died & did not obtain his Pension - But this Declarant is informed and now supposes & believes his declaration & proofs then made to the Department are now on file at Washington to which for fully proof she most respectfully begs leave to refer as she cannot now state or set forth more fully his said services - 
She further declares she was married to the said William Babb on the fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one: That her Husband the aforesaid William Babb died on seventh day of January 1819 at Barrington in the State of New Hampshire and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will
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more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed - 
/s/X her mark Jemima Babb
Sworn to & subscribed by the above named Declarant making her mark on the day and year first above written - }
/s/Benj'n Jennings
Judge of C. Pleas}
I Benjamin Jennings one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Tompkins and State of New York and before whom the preceding Declaration by the said above named Jemima Babb, Do hereby certify that the said Jemima Babb cannot from old age & bodily infirmities attend personally in open Court to make her said Declaration. And further that I am well acquainted with the said Jemima Babb and that her reputation for truth & veracity in the neighborhood where she resides is good & unquestionable & her statement intitled to credit and belief - also that the said Jemima Babb by reason of her age & infirmity together with a want  of practice for many years is wholly unable to write her name & therefore makes her mark - 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of March A.D. 1838 - 
Benj'n Jennings
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss: I. Wait T. Huntington Clerk of the said county of Tompkins & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby Certify that Benjamin Jennings before whom the preceding Declaration purports to have been subscribed & sworn, and whose name is subscribed thereto and to the Certificate thereunder written was at the day of the date thereof a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas in & for said County duly Commissioned and sworn as such. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe that the signatures to the Jurat at the close of said declaration & to the certificate thereunder written are his genuine hand writing and signature - 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Ithaca this 20th day of March A.D. 1838 - 
/s/W. T. Huntington Clerk
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Extract from the Records of the town of Arundel now Kennebunkport, York County, state of Maine
"The persons hereafter named were married by Benjamin Meads Lord Esquire" 
William Babb and Jemima Denant, both of Arundel June y'e 14th 1781."
"Recorded By Benj'n Downing Town Clerk"
A true copy 
Attest /s/Joshua Herrick Town Clerk
State of Maine.
York county ss. 
Personally appeared the above named Joshua Herrick & made solemn oath to the truth of the above extract by him subscribed - 
Before me /s/Barnabas Palmer Jus't Peace 
I am informed that the above named Barnabas Palmer is also Collector of the Poor of Kennebunk, Maine - and that his official station & signature are well known at the Department
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State of New York
County of Tompkins ss On this 6" day of July 1854 personally appeared before me D. Boardman County Judge in and for said County & State aforesaid Benjamin Elliott of Danby in said County aged Sixty Six years, who on being duly sworn according to law doth make the following statement to ennable him as Administrator to the estate of Jemima Babb late a Pensioner of the United State at the rate of Sixty three dollars and fifty five cents p annum and to whom was entitled more pay (as a Officer or Soldier in the Revolution of Her Husband William Babb) he haveing served as a Lieutenant and in haveing enlisted in 1782 to serve for three years or During the War: and also at different times as a Lieutenant.) That the said Pensioner Jemima Babb died on the 17" of September 1851, at my House in Danby in said County & State That she left her surviving ['Three' crossed out] four children namely Judah who married Nathaniel Shepard ['of New' crossed out] she resides in Strafford County and town of New Hampshire, John Babb who resides in Baltimore, Maryland Hannah who married Otis Elliott who resided in Springfield County of Bradford Pennsylvania and My Wife Nancy D. Elliott who Married Benjamin Elliott, above named and who is administrator to the Estate of Said pensioner above named and whose Certificate of Pension is returned to the Office at Washington for the Ballance due from the 4" of September 1851 to the 17" of September 1851.
That he Refers to the Annexed Certificate of service of the said Pensioner, Husband William Babb which is herewith surrendered to the office. That he makes this application to enable him to ['draw the' crossed out] obtain the certificate for all the arrears and Ballance or Increase of Pension due to her - under the Different act of Congress, relating to Revolutionary Pensioner a Widows
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of Revolutionary ['soldier' crossed out] Officers or Soldiers 
/s/Benjamin Elliott Administrator
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6" day of July 1854 
/s/D. Boardman 
Tompkins County Judge
I also certify that the within named Benjamin Elliott is a respectable person and his statement within named is entitled to full credit and beleif as appears satisfactorily to me upon the examination under oath of John W. Quigg
/s/D. Boardman 
Tompkins County Judge
I Douglas Boardman County Judge of Tompkins County do hereby certify that Benjamin Elliott of Danby in the County of Tompkins ['County' crossed out] and state of New York ['has' crossed out] was appointed Administrator to the Estate of Jemima Babb deceased on the 6" day of July 1854, & that Letters of Administration of her goods chattels & credits of the said deceased were duly granted to him on the day aforesaid & that the same are still valid & of full force
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hand & the seal of the Surrogate Court the 6th day of July 1854
/s/D. Boardman 
Tompkins County Judge
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Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 17243
Jemima Babb Widow of William Babb Lt. Rev. War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index: Vol. 1, Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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N. York
Jemima Babb 
Letter to Hon. A. D. W. Bryan 30 March 1838}
to Benj. Elliott 7 July 38. to S. Crittenden 4. Sept 1839
Act July 1836
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Letter to Sam'l Crittenden 11. Jan. 1840
  "  to Hon. A. Dana 13. Feb. 1840
  "  to same 17. Feb. 1840
  "  same 1. May 1840
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3046
New York
Jemima Babb widow of William Babb, dec'd who died on the 7 Jany 1819, of Tompkins Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Cherry of the regt commanded by Col. Reed in the N.H. line for 9 mo 14 ds
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 31 Dollars 55 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept'r 1839 & sent to S. Crittenden Jr Ithaca, N.Y. 
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Arrears to the 4th of Septr 1839  $268.22
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40 15.77
$283.99
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d}
Recorded by D. McCurdy Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 103.
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Jemima Babb wid of Lt Wm Babb
act 1836
3046 NY
Trf
W. Ellis
Jan 15 - 51
Exa by
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Danby Dec'r 16. 1850

The Commissioner of Pensions
Will please permit Mr. Respucian Elliss to examine the Pension application & Papers filled by me in my application for a Pension in the year 1838 under the act of Congress of 1836, in relation to My Husband services William Babb. I Resided at the time of Makeing application in Danby Tompkins County & State of New York. I make this request being entitled to an increase of Pension. 
/s/X her mark Jemima Babb
Benjamin Elliott
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In the matter of Mrs Jemima Babb Widow of Wm. Babb Dec'd an application for Pension.}
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Cortland County
State of New York ss} Aaron Day of the Town of Cortlandville, in said County of State being duly sworn according to Law, says he is Seventy two years old the 28th day of May Instant - that he was at Fort Plain, & along the valley of the Mohawk in the year 1782, that, then and there he became acquainted with one William Babb a Private in the company commanded by Captain Cherry, New Hampshire Troops, as this deponent understood, the Regiment to which Capt Cherry belonged, was said to be Commanded by Col. Reed (Reid) - this deponent thinks that, he knew said Babb, as much as Six Months or More, & that he served honestly & faithfully, in the line of his duty as a Private Soldier to this deponent's personal knowledge in the year 1782, in the Revolutionary Army this deponent, belonged at the time, to Capt. Fonder's Company, & Col. Millett's Regiment, New York Troops and was a Fifer - 
/s/Aaron Day
sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day of May 1839 
Lizar B. Canfield J. Peace
I certify, that I am personally acquainted with Aaron Day who subscribed and swore to the above Affadavit, & have been for Twenty five years last past, & that he is a man of truth and veracity, & reputable in his neighbourhood
/s/Lizar B Canfield J. Peace
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Outland County Clerk's Office ss}
I Orm Stimson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Lizar B. Canfield before whom the annexed Affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and qualified, and further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believed his signature to the within is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said County this 25th day of May 1839. 
/s/O. Stimson Clerk for D. B. Canfield deputy
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State of New York
Chemung County ss: Elezar Grover of the Town of Cayuta in said County being duly sworn doth upon his oath depose & say that he is eighty years of age and upwards and that he was a soldier of and served in the war of the Revolution in the service of the United States - That he well knew William Babb then of the Town of Barrington in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire during the Revolutionary War - that he knew the said William Babb & was present when he joined the Army of the United States in the said service under Capt. Cherry in Col. Reed's (Reid) Regiment of the New Hampshire Line in the month of June in the year 1782 - That he also saw & knows that the  same William Babb was in the same service in the Revolutionary War in the year 1783 in a company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Fogg in the same Col. George Reid's Regiment in said New Hampshire Line at Newburgh & West Point in the Hudson River - that he then understood that said William Babb had previously been in the service & served as a Lieutenant - That he was present at the time the said William Babb left the service which was at Newburg in the year 1783 in the month of July - And further that at other places he saw said William Babb in the same service from June 1782 to July 1783 & believes that during that period he was continually in such service. And further says not 
/s/Elezer Groves
Subscribed and sworn before me this 9 day of March 1839.}
/s/James Van Etten Just of the peace of Chemung county
I certify that I am well acquainted with the said above named Elezer Grover, that his reputation for truth & veracity is good and undoubted - and that his statement is entitled to full credit & belief - 
Dated Cayuta March the 9 1839 - /s/James Van Etten JP
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State of New York
Chemung County Clerk's office SS. I Isaac Baldwin Clerk of said county do hereby certify that James Van Etten was at the date of the foregoing certificate and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County elected and sworn and duly authorized to act as such and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature to said certificate is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county the 30th day of May 1839. 
/s/Isaac Baldwin Clerk per D. Heman D. Clk
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss: Jemima Babb of Danby in said county being duly sworn says that she is the same person named in the annexed original Certificate of Pension and the widow of William Babb formerly of Barrington in the County of Strafford & state of New Hampshire deceased. 
That her said Husband the said William Babb was the same person mentioned in the annexed affidavits of George Foss, John Atkins and Paul Otis as a Lieutenant in the service of the U. States in the war of the Revolution and verily believes that her said husband served as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army as is stated and set forth in the said several affidavits above mentioned and hereunto annexed as also stated & set forth in the affidavits of Henry Hill and Samuel Parsley with the other proofs presented & on which this Deponant was pensioned - and she hereby claims to be entitled to an increase of her said pension on account of her said Husband's services as Lieutenant as aforesaid - 
/s/X her mark Jemima Babb
Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd day of April 1840.}
/s/Charles C Howell Justice of the peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the said above named Jemima Babb, that her reputation for truth & veracity is good and that her statements are entitled to full credit and belief - 
Dated April 2nd 1840 - /s/Charles C. Howell Justice of the peace
State of New York
Tompkins County} ss: I Wait T. Huntington Clerk of said county, and of the Court therein certify that Charles C. Howell whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate and affidavit is a Magistrate as above; and that the signatures there purporting to be his are genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this third day of April A.D. 1840. 
/s/W. T. Huntington Clerk
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John Bruce affdt
Hon. N. S. Walbridge
H of R
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State of New York
Tompkins County }ss
I, John Bruce of the town of Danby County of Tompkins & State of New York, being duly sworn saith that he is Eighty eight years of age last Jany - and that in the year 1776 he was in the United States service as a private soldier under Captain John Burrows in Col. David Forman's Regiment an General Green's Brigade and that in the fore part of the month of June in the said Year 1776, he the said deponent became acquainted with Col. Tash's regiment of Newhampshire troops and at the same time he became acquainted with Captain Emerson and Lieutenant William Babb belonging to said Tash's regiment - deponent also says that at the time above mentioned he first became acquainted with the said Lieut. William Babb on Long Island and that he the said Babb was a Lieutenant in the said Capt. Emerson's Company - deponent further saith that he was in New York at the time of the declaration of Independence and about that time he saw said Lieut. Babb in Cap't Emerson's Company in New York aforesaid. deponent further says that he saw the said Lieutenant Babb in Capt Emerson's Company at Peekskill with Col. Tash's regiment - deponent further saith that about the middle of August 1776 he left the said Lieut William Babb with Capt Emerson's Company and said Tash's regiment at Peekskill aforesaid further this deponent saith not
/s/X his mark John Bruce
Carried over
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brot over - 
The within Affidavit was Subscribed & Sworn this 16th day of September 1847 before me
/s/Elihu Keeler Justice of the Peace
And I further Certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforementioned John Bruce and that I consider him a man of good moral character & entitled to full credit & belief
/s/Elihu Keeler Justice of the Peace

State of New-York.
Tompkins County Clerk's Office.}ss. 
I, HORACE MACK, Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Elihu Keeler Esquire, before whom the preceding declaration was subscribed and sworn, and whose name appears to the Jurat  thereto, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn, and authorized to act as such, and to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the preceding Jurat is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said County and Courts, at Ithaca, this Twenty fourth day of November 1851. 
/s/H. Mack Clerk.
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Jemima Babb
New Hampshire Rolls Vol. 4
Lt. Wm. Babb - Capt. John Hill 1775 28 day Serves [illegible]
1 month Capt Drew
Hon Amasa Dana HR
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I Paul Otis of Gilmanton in the County of Strafford and State of Newhampshire a Revolutionary Pentioner and a Soldier in the United States Service aged Eighty five testify and say that in the winter of 1776 I was at Cambridge or winter Hill So Called in the State of Massachusetts John Drew was our Captain, and William Babb who was from the Same Town that I was viz Barrington, was our Lieutenant after staying there two months I came home and left the Said Babb there
/s/Paul Otis 
Strafford ss March 13th 1840 then personally appeared the above named Paul Otis and made Solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me /s/Ezra Ham Justice Peace
the words and as a Soldier in the United States Service were interlined before signed, and I further say that the above named Paul Otis'es reputation for trooth and verasity is good and the above Deposition is entitled to belief
/s/Ezra Ham Justice Peace
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I John Aikens of Barnstead in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire a Revolutionary Pensioner aged Eighty six, testify and say, That in the winter seventeen hundred and seventy six I Enlisted at Barrington in said State of New Hampshire in a Company commanded by Captain John Drew in Colonel Titcomb's Regiment for the term of six weeks, That soon after enlisting I marched directly on to Cambridge where I served in the Army of the United States the said term of six weeks, and two weeks longer, when I was dismissed at Cambridge and returned home to the State of New Hampshire. 
I further say that William Babb then of said Barrington served with the said William Babb marched from said Barrington in the same Company, and served the full term of Eight weeks with me and at the time I was dismissed and returned home I left the said William Babb at Cambridge aforesaid. I further say that I was well acquainted with the aforesaid William Babb he living in the same Town and Neighbourhood. I further say that Samuel Pauley (Parshley) was in the same company with me and served the time aforesaid.
/s/X his mark John Aikens 
Strafford ss March 11th 1840. Then personally appeared the above named John Aikens and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed, by his mark, is ['in his belief' crossed out] true
Before me /s/James C. Dame Justice Peace
I certify that the above named John Aikens' Reputation for truth and veracity is good and the above deposition is enabled to belief
/s/James C. Dame Justice Peace
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Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin Elliott of the Town of Danby County of Tompkins and State of New York, Heir at Law of the late Jemina (Jemima) Babb Deceased of Danby Tompkins 
I do hereby ordain constitute & appoint Ephraim Schutt of the Town of Ithaca County of Tompkins & State of New York my true d& lawful attorney for me & in my name to procure a Pension which was due Said Jemima Babb Deceased at her death
And I hereby ratify & confirm that my said Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises
/s/Benjamin Elliott
In presence of Levi C. Beers
Tompkins County ss. On this 13th day of Dec 1853 before me the Subscriber personally came Benjamin Elliott whom I know to be the individual described in the above power of Attorney & acknowledged that he had executed the same 
/s/Levi C. Beers {Justice of the Peace in & for said county
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary of State's Office. 
I do hereby certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to the Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which in this office it appears that the name of William Babb is borne upon a "A Return of Capt. John Hill's Company on Seaway's Island Nov'r 5th 1775", as a first Lieut. 
And the name of Wm. Babb is signed to a petition of the "noncommission officer and soldiers under the command of Capt. Titus Salter at Fort Washington in the State of New Hampshire" for an increase of pay addressed to the "Honorable Councellars and House of Representatives at Exeter in General Court", and dated the 26 of May 1777. 
To said petition is appended the following: "N.B. When the war began forty shillings was better than six pounds is now." 
And upon a "Return of the Companies
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of New Hampshire Militia in the Continental Army" addressed "to the Hon'ble Committee of Safety in the Colony of New Hampshire", is borne the name of William Babb as Lieutenant - dated December 1775. 
And upon a "Return of soldiers mustered in the years 1781 & 1782 to fill up the continental army with the towns and places they engaged for and the time when mustered for each of which a Bounty of twenty pounds was promised by the acts and resolves of the General Court" for the town of Barrington are borne the following names &c: 
"John Holmes 1781 Apl. 17th
Solomon Gray  "  "  17th
William Babb 1782 July 4th.
John Rollings -- 5th.
James Danielson -- 18th. 
Stephen Hall -- 18th.
Elijah Hall 18th.
Webber Rowe 26
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Rec'd an order for one hundred & sixty pounds. Peter Young, Selectman."
And upon an "Account of State Bounties for Continental Soldiers, who inlisted in the year 1782 for three years or during the war", is borne the name of William Babb, under date of July 4
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this 19th day of June 1854.
/s/John Q. Hadley
Secretary of State.
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['This paper' crossed out] Town by me for convenience of reading the within 
Rhett, 12 July 1854.
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Jn at No Luce(?)
Benjamin Elliott Present July 7, 1838
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I Thomas Babb of Barrington in the County of Strafford and State of Newhampshire, aged seventy six years and six months testafy and say that William Babb of said Barrington Enlisted in the Servis of the United States in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five or seventy six as Lieutenant and marched to Boston and remain'd at or near said Boston ['and remained' crossed out] some considerable length of time the prosise length of time I cannot State. 
I firther testafy and say that the said William Babb above mentioned whilst a Solger in the United States servis, sumtime in the Summer of Seventeen hundred and Eighty three hired a Man by the name of Marden for two months to take his place while he returned to newhampshire to visit his friends and instead of receiving a firlow for said two months they gaive him a discharge, and firther say that he the said Babb went back to the army before said two months was expired. his (colonel's) name was Reed (Reid) I think 
/s/Thomas Babb 
State of Newhampshire
Strafford ss. June 30 A.D. 1838
the above named Thomas Babb maid solom oath that the above afidafit by him signed was true Before me
/s/William Foss jr justice of the Peace
I the subscriber certify that I am well aquainted with the above named Thomas Babb and have ben for more then thirty years and have found him to be a man of truth and verasity and of a strong mind, (though at presents feable in Body)
Strafford June 30, 1838 /s/William Foss jr justice Peace
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Feby 17. 1840
N.Y. Mrs. Babb
the papers in this case [illegible] on the 10th Feby
Hon. A. Dana HR
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions 
Washington
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[handwritten letter]
House of Reps.
Feby 14th 1840

Hon J. L. Edwards ['Esq' crossed out]
Sir,
In relation to Jas. Young's claim to bounty land I had made all necessary inquiries at the bounty land office & found that Soldiers who enlisted in the Continental lines of the army for the term of "during the war" and continued to serve to the end thereof, only were entitled to bounty lands and my search for his pension papers was for the purpose of ascertaining whether the facts proved bro't him within the rule.
As the the McMurphy & F'r King cases I will not trouble you to make any further examinations. 
In Mr. Crittendon's (Crittenden) letter relative to Mrs. Babb's pension there were some inquiries not answered in your letter to me - She claims a larger pension. Will her acceptance and drawing of the present pension affect in any way unfavorably her claim to the larger pension & to the arrearages thereof?
Is it necessary to return to the department the certificate sent to her? An early answer to these questions will much oblige her and, 
Your Obt Serv't
/s/Amasa Dana
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June 6. 1840
N.Y. Jemima Babb
Hon. A. Dana H.R.
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions 
Washington City
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[handwritten letter]
House of Reps.
June 5th 1840

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
I send you enclosed a letter just rec'd in relation to the ['claim' crossed out] Pension of Mrs. Babb.
If then any paper has been overlooked to the prejudice of the applicant you will of course rectify the error. 
Very Respectfully Your Obt. Serv't
/s/Amasa Dana
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: Oct 14 Jnat N.Y.]
[postmark: ITHACA N.Y. OCT 10] FREE
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comss'r of Pensions 
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Ithaca Tompkins Co. N. York
Oct. 8, 1839

Hon J L Edwards
Comss'r of Pensions

Sir
An Envelope enclosing a certificate from the Pension Department granting to Jemima Babb widow of James Babb Deceased a Pension of $31.55 per annum came duly to hand - We had supposed that from the widow furnished in this case Mrs. Babb was entitled to a larger amount. 
Henry Hill's afft. proves our months service in the fall of 1775 on Seavey's Island near Portsmouth N.H. under Col. Wingate in Capt. Hayes' Comp'y as a Lieutenant - Sam'l Parsley (Parshley) proves that in the summer of 1776 Wm. Babb joined the army under Col. Cambridge as Lieut & after having served there 2 months he went there to N York under Col. Tash & Capt. Emerson & served there a period of three months as Lieut - Hannah Reynolds swears that Babb in 1782 enlisted in the continental service of the U.S. for 3 years & served till about the close of the war Also in that service until he got his discharge but neither of the two last witnesses nor does Mr. Holmes prove the names the officers - Eleazer Grover & Aaron Day both testify that in the months of June 1782 Wm. Babb was in the service in Col. Reid's Reg't & Capt. Cherry's Comp'y of N.H. Troops the former that he served till July 1783 when he was discharged at or near Newburgh and the latter that that he served for 6 months or more & that too honestly and faithfully - Now does not this evidence together with the widow's declaration &c. and the original proofs of Wm. Babb himself made previous to this death for a Pension under the Act of 1818 entitle the applicant to more than $31.55 per annum? -
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[handwritten letter]
would not necessarily (being made under the law of 1818) include his service as Lieutenant in the militia or State troops as by that law, the officers & soldiers were not entitled to Pensions for such service - And does it follow that because in that application he did not state such service, that no such service was rendered especially as it proved by the affts of Hill & Parsley (Parshley)?
I regret to be troublesome in this matter & trust you will not consider me as impertinent for I do not intend it and am willing to submit to what is right: But it seems to us that the allowance in this case is less in amount than the service proven would seem to require - We think we can obtain further proof relation to his service as a Lieut if required but do not know what part of the service is required as not having been sufficiently proven - 
Mrs Babb has not drawn her pay under the Certificate forwarded as she supposes and has been advised that by doing so she would not be entitled to the increase (in case she should be found to be entitled to it) for the period for which she might be paid. is not this so and does not the proof justify the department in increasing the amount of this Pension - Your answer will greatly oblige
Your Obt. Honor'd Servt
/s/Sam'l Crittenden Jr
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[handwritten letter]
Concord NH April 27-1841

Sir
In answer to your letter of April 17 I would inform you that a Return dated at Seavey's Island Nov. 5. 1775 is as follows
"John Hill Capt
Wm Babb 1st Lieut
John Drew 2d dLieut
Isaac Runnels Ensign"
I do find that Wm Babb of Barrington or for Barrington entered the service July 4th 1782 The name of Wm Babb is born(e) on a Petition of Capt John Pelton Co at Fort Washington in 1777 - From the petitions it might be infered that he had been some time in service, but the length of service is not given - 
The name of Babb may also be in other places on the Records now in this office, an examination of which would [illegible] much time - 
I am Sir Respectfully yours
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr
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Mrs. Jemima Babb
Payment to be made at Albany by T. W. Olcott Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Albany, N.Y.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 2, Page 103, by D. McCurdy, Clerk.

[margin note: 1840 March lived in Danby 23 years before lived in Sussex County Vermont]
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Jemima Babb, a resident of New York, widow of William Babb, deceased, who was a private in the Revolution, and died on the 7 January 1819, is entitled to receive Thirty one dollars and fifty five cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.
[seal affixed] Given at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. 
Examined and Countersigned.}
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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 Ezra Ham is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Strafford duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the thirtieth day of June 1837. and will expire on the thirtieth day of June 1842 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine. 
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this twenty fourth day of March 1840
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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3366
Jna at Mar 27 N.Y. (enter)
ADW Bryan MC
A.D.W. Bryan H.R. 
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
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[handwritten letter]
Washington March 25th 38

Sir
I herewith enclose to you the application of Mrs. Babb for a pension under the Act of the 4th July 1836
Some weeks since I presented the papers of Joshua Hinckley an applicant under the act of 1832 to which I have not yet received an answer
Very respectfully Yours &c 
/s/ADW Bryan
To J. L. Edwards Esqr
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: apl 30, 1840. N.Y. J. Babb Hon. Amasa Dana, H.R.]
Hon J L Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington City
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[handwritten letter]
Washington April 29th 1840

Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I send you the enclosed additional papers of Mrs. Jemima Babb for a Pension together with her partial pension certificate which I return under the expectation that an increased pension will be allowed - 
Permit me to solicit an early attention to this case and a return of Mr. Crittenden's letter after you shall have passed upon the case. 
Very Respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/Amasa Dana
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To the Hon'bl the Committee of Safety in the Colony of New Hampshire - 
Returns of the Companies of New-Hampshire Militia in the Continental Army December 1775 
Captain John Drew - Lieutenant William Babb - 2d Lieutenant George Waterhouse [margin note: 19]
(Filing) 31 Companies NH Troops Mustered by Col. Burnham 1775
State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State April 10-1840
I hereby certify the foregoing is a true extract from the original now on file in this office 
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said state
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr 
Sec'y of State
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
[state seal affixed] I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Foss Jr is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Strafford duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the twenty first day of June 1838 and will expire on the twenty first day of June 1843 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this twenty fourth day of March 1840
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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I George Foss of Strafford in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire and a Revolutionar Pensioner aged Eighty five testafy and say that some time in the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy five I listed in the United States Services under the Command of Capt Samuel Hayes and Lieutenant William Babb and Marched to Portsmouth and was stasioned at Seaves (Seavey) Island and Continued their with Said Hayes and Babb one month and then I left and returned home And I firther testafy and say that some time in the summer of Seventeen hundred and seventy six I enlisted in the united States Sirves the Regment Comanded by Colonal Tash in the Company Commanded by Capt. Smith Emerson and Lieutenant William Babb and Marched to New York and was stationed ['at' crossed out] near a place Called Peaks Kill (Peekskill) whair I sirved three months in said Sirves with said Lieutanant William Babb and then I left and came home and I firther say that the abvoe named William Babb went from the same town that I did and that I was aquainted with said Babb for a number of years after he returned home out of the sirvis.
/s/X his mark George Foss
Strafford March 20, 1840 Then Personally appeared the above named George Foss and maid Solom oath that the above affadafit by him subscribed by his mark is true 
Before me /s/William Foss jr Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named George Foss Reputation for truth and varasity is good and the above afadafit is intitled to credate
/s/William Foss jr Justice of the Peace
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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 James C. Dame is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Strafford duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the Eighth day of January 1838 and will expire on the Eighth day of January 1843 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this twenty fourth day of March 1840
/s/Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.
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3366
Jemima Babb
Act July 4, 1836
Married 14 June 1781
Husband died 7 Jan'y 1819
Enl'd 14 July 1782
serv'd to 1 May 1783
Capt Cherry - Col. Reid N Hampshire Line
Admitted
Private 9 mo & 14 days
Lieutenant 2  "  & 12 - do
S. Crittenden Jr Esq
Ithaca N.Y.
['Hon. A. D. W. Brayn (Bryan)' H.R.' crossed out]
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office Feby. 24, 1838}
[state seal affixed]
The within named William Foss Jun is a Justice of the Peace in and for our County of Strafford duly qualified and his signature genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have here to set the Seal of the State.
/s/Ralph Metcalf Secy of State.
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I Henry Hill of Strafford in the County of Strafford and State of Newhampshire of the age of Eighty two years testafy and say that I  inlisted in a Company of Militia in the United States sirvis in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy five and Marched to Portsmouth and was stationed on Seaves (Seavey) Island so call'd my inlistment was for one month under the comand of Colonel. Joshua Wingate and Capt. Samuel Hayes and Lieutanant William Babb of Barrington was the company officers 
I firther say that Lt William Babb sirved ['sirved' crossed out] the above named time and came off of said Island with me
Feb. 23, 1838 /s/Henry Hill 
Strafford ss.} Feb. 23, A.D. 1838
Personaly apeared the above named Henry Hill and maid oath that the above Instrament by him sined is true 
Before me /s/William Foss jr justice of the Peace
I the subscriber certify that I am well aquainted with the above named Henry Hill and that he is a Man of ['tuth' crossed out] truth and varasity and of a sound mind
/s/William Foss Jr Justice Peace
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I Samuel Parshley of Barrington in the County of Strafford and State of Newhampshire of the age of Eighty Eight Testafy and say that I inlisted in the Revolution war in ['seventy' crossed out] seventeen hundred and seventy six for two months in the company commanded by Capt John Drew in the Ridg't commanded by Colonol Titcomb and was stationed at Cambridg(e) and firther say that William Babb of Said Barrington was in the same company with me and was a Lieutant in said Company and after wards in the same year I inlisted in a company Comanded by Capt Smith Emerson for three month and went to new york in a Ridg't Comman by Colonl Tash and I firther say that Lieutant William Babb was in the same Ridgment with me the above named three months
/s/Samuel Parshley
Strafford ss. Feb. 24, 1838
Personaly apeared the above named Samuel Parshley and maid oath that the above Instrament by him subscribed is true. 
Before me /s/William Foss jr justice of the Peace
I the subscriber certafy that I have been acquainted with the above named Samuel Parshley is in my opinion a man of truth and of a sound mind for a man of his age
/s/William Foss jr Justice Peace
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I Hannah Reynolds of Barrington in the County of Strafford and State of Newhampshire of the age of seventy one years Testafy and Say that William Babb was married to Jemima Durant in the year seventeen Hundred and Eighty one and I firther testafy and say that the above named William Babb Inlisted in the United States sirvis some time in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty two and Returned from the sirvis of said United States about  the close of the war
/s/Hannah Reynolds
Strafford ss. Feb. 24, 1838
Personaly apeared the above named Hannah Reynolds and maid oath that the above Instrament by hir sined is true Before me
/s/William Foss jr. Justice of the Peace
I the Subscriber certify that the above named Hannah Reynolds is a Woman of truth and varasity of a strong mind
/s/William Foss jr Justice Peace
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I Betsey Foss of Alton in the County of Strafford and State of Newhampshire of the age of sixty five years Testafy and say that ['I have' crossed out] William Babb husband of Jemima Babb Lived with me at the time of his death and had lived with me for the last twenty years before his death and Died January Seventh in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen i the Seventy fourth year of his age and died with the tiphes (typhus) fever
/s/X hir mark Betsey Foss
Attest /s/William Foss jr. 
Strafford ss. Feb. 27, 1838
Personaly apeared the above named Betsey Foss and maid oath that the above afadafit by hir Subscribed is true Before me
/s/William Foss jr Justice Peace
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I Thomas Babb of Barrington in the County of Strafford and State of Newhampshire of the age of Seventy Six years Testafy and say that William Babb was married to Jamina (Jemima) Durant in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty one and i the summer of seventeen hundred and Eighty two (he the said William Babb) Inlisted in the sirvice of the United States for three years and ameaditly (immediately) after entered the servis and staid til he was discharged
/s/Thomas Babb
Strafford ss. Feb. 24, 1838
Personaly apeared the above named Thomas Babb and maid oath that the above Statement by him sirved is true Before me
/s/William Foss jr Justice of the Peace
I the subscriber certify that I have ben aquainted with the above named Thomas Babb for many years and say he is a man of a strong mind and a man of truth and integraty
/s/William Foss jr Justice Peace
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I John Holmes of Strafford in County of Strafford and State of Newhampshire of the age of Seventy five years testafy and say that I was aquainted with William Babb some years before I inlisted in the sirvis of the United States as a solger in the revolutionary war which was in seventeen hundred and eighty one and went and joined the army at peaks skill (Peekskill) and I firther say that in the year sventeen hundred and eighty two I saw William Babb while he was a solger near mohawk River in New York but cannot tell how long he staid nor who his officers was. 
/s/John Holmes
Strafford ss.
Strafford Feb. 26, 1838
Personaly apeared the above named John Holmes and maid oath that the above affidavit by him sined is true Before me
/s/William Foss jr Justice Peace
I the subscriber Certify that I am well aquinted with the above named John Holmes and that he is a man of truth and varasity and of a strong mind
/s/William Foss jr Justice Peace
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: June 10. N.Y. add'l proof Jemima Babb]
[postmark: ITHACA N.Y. JUNE 6] FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Ithaca N.Y. June 5th 1839

Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq
Comss'r of Pensions

Sir
Enclosed I send you the affidavits of Messrs. Aaron Day also Elizur (Eleazer) Grover which I believe are duly authenticated in aid of the application of Mrs. Jemima Babb widow of Wm. Babb a claimant for a Pension which was originally forwarded to the Department by me. Since the case was first presented & about the month of June 1838 Benj'n Elliott Esq the son-in-law of the applicant procured some additional proofs which he presented at the Department in person. Mr. Elliott informs me that a portion of Wm. Babb services sufficiently appeared at Washington but that the applicant was further required to prove the services of Wm. Babb in the Revolution after the marriage - This certainly is abundantly made to appear by the enclosed affidavits - tho' it is impossible to prove by any living witness the precise time of entering & of leaving Col. Reed's (Reid) Reg't other than by Mr. Grover - I trust the enclosed affts. together with the other papers presented & on file will be deemed satisfactory & the claim allowed. Please examine the same & inform me as to the result as early as your convenience will permit
Your Obt. Hon'l Serv't
/s/Sam'l Crittenden Jr.
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[handwritten letter]
Ithaca July 6th 1854

Hon. J. J. Taylor

Dear Sir
Benjamin Elliott of Danby in this county has a claim for some arrears of pay from the Government for the services of a Lieutenant Babb. & not being acquainted with you request of me a letter which I give him with pleasure. I have no knowledge of the merits of the claim but am well acquainted with Mr. Elliott who is a respectable & worthy man. He married I believe a daughter of Mr. Babb. 
Yours very truly
/s/Amasa Dana
 I fully concur with Judge Dana in relation to Mr. Elliott's character & believe his claim to be eminently entitled to a favorable consideration
Truly &c
/s/L. B. Cushing