Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13509, James Humphreys, Mass.
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Mass, Humphreys James              S. 13509
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3469
Massachusetts
James Humphrey
of Norfolk in the State of Mass
who was a sergt in the company commanded
by Captain  of the regt commanded by Col McIntosh in the Mass line for 2 years

James Humphreys*

Record corrected Apro. 10/06

Inscribed ion the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 120 Dollars ~ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Dec
Leland Rosebury Mass

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $180~
Semezanl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] 33.  60~
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$240.
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{ Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832 }

Recorded by J H P Blair Clerk,
Book D Vol. 2nd Page 76
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4677
James Humphrey
Norfolk  Co
Mass

Sergt 2 years
Adm [admitted]

$120 --

E S Leland
Roxbury Norfolk Co
Mass.
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BRIEF in the case of Jas. Humphreys [handwritten]
of Norfolk County [handwritten] in the State of Mass. [handwritten]
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? Open Court [handwritten]
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 79 years [handwritten]
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.

In 1776. Septr. | - | 2 | 19 | O. Sergt. | Capt. E. Gore. Col. Wm. McIntosh
" Decr. | - | 3 | 10 | " | Col. Joh. Lovell
78. Mar. | - | - | 24 | adjt. | [word crossed out] Saml. Pierce
79. May | 1 | 5 | 11 | " | Leml. Clapp. Majr. Heath
80. Novr. | - | 6 | 5 | " | Capt. Caleb Champney. Majr. Heath
76. Mar | - | - | 12 | Sergt. | " Lemuel Clapp.
June | - | - | 3 | " | " Do

5. In what battles was he engaged? None [handwritten]

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dorchester [handwritten]

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence, living witness documentary proof. Rolls. [handwritten]

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct. [handwritten]

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

J H M Blair Examining Clerk
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James Humphreys
4677.
Edwin S. Leland
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss.      On this        day of      in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at       in for said county, James Humphreys a resident of Dorchester in said County, aged, seventy nine, 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 7th A.D. 1832.
     THAT he was born at Dorchester aforesaid on the fourth day of June A.D. 1753, and that there is a record of his birth in the Town Record of Dorchester: that he was in the United States service from the twenty seventh day of September A D. 1776 to the sixteenth day of November A.D. 1776 as an On duty Sargent in the Massachusetts Militia:  that he was residing at Dorchester aforesaid when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Ehen Gone, Lieutenants Aaron Burr and John Gulliver and Colonel Wm. McIntosh, that he marched Dorchester to Fairfield, from thence to North Center near White Plains: that he served at said Plains with some of the regular troops; and  General L       of regular officers was known to him:  that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge:  that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Dorchester.  ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the seventeenth day of December A.D. 1776 to the twenty seventh day of March A.D. 1777 as a Quarter Master Sargent in the Massachusetts Militia: that he was residing at Dorchester aforesaid when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Colonel Solomon Lowell: that he marched from Dorchester to Roxbury, from thence to Providence from thence to Danbury from thence to Tarrytown from thence through several other places to Morristown that he served with some of the regular troop; and General Starkof the regular officers was known to him:  that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no witten discharge.      
    ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the ninth day of March A.D. 1778 to the  third day of April A.D. 1778 as an Adjutant in the Massachusetts Militia: that he was residing at Dorchester when he entered the service;  that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Lieut. Colonel Samuel Pierce:  that he marched from Dorchester to Castle Island in the Northern Harbor: that he served at said place with none of the regular troops; and no regular officers were known to him:  that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge.
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Also: that he was in the United States Service from the eleventh day of May 1779 to the thirty first of October 1780 as a Sergeant in the Massachusetts Militia that he was residing at Dorchester aforesaid when he entered the service that he was a volunteer & served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Lemuel Clapp of Major Nathaniel Heath's detachment upon the Dorchester Heights with none of the Regular Troops or officers: that he was in no battles and received no written discharge at the end of his service. [all handwritten]

After [partly illegible] that he was in the United States Service from the first day of November to the 6th day of May 1781 as a Sergeant in the Massachusetts Militia that he was residing at said Dorchester when he entered the service: that he was a volunteer & served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Caleb Champney of Major Nathaniel Heath's detachment upon the Dorchester Heights-that none of the Regular Troops or officers served with him & he received no written discharge at the end of his service. And also that he served for three short periods in March & June 1776 as a Sergeant in the Massachusetts Militia under the command of Captain Lemuel Clap of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin [crossed-out word] Gill as by the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth [illegible] [illegible] [all handwritten]

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid. James Humphreys [handwritten]

We Thaddeus M. Harris D. D. [handwritten] a clergyman, residing in [the crossed out] said Dorchester [handwritten] and David Clap [handwritten] residing in Dorchester [handwritten] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Humphrey [handwritten] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we belive him to be seventy nine [handwritten] years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier & officer [handwritten] of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid. Thaddeus Mason Harris. [handwritten] David Clapp [handwritten]

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier [handwritten] as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Thaddeus M Harris [handwritten], who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in [the crossed out] said Dorchester [handwritten]; and that David Clap [handwritten] who has signed the same is a resident in Dorchester [handwritten] and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit. Sherman [illegible] Judge of Probate [handwritten]

I Samuel Haven, Regr. [handwritten] of the Court of Probate aforesaid, [handwritten] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the applicaton of James Humphreys, [handwritten] for a pension.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid. Samuel Haven [handwritten]

[seal applied at lower-left corner of page; round stamp on diamond-shaped label, message in center: PROBATE COURT]
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James Humphreys S. 13509
or Humphrey
A copy of a payroll of Capt. Gore's co. dated North Castled Nov. 1776, has been removed from this claim to be forwarded to the War Dept.
A. E. P.
Apl. 3, 1906.
Sent to War Dept.
Jany. 16, 1913
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James Humphrey
Sergt. Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: Vol. 1, Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James Humphreys*
Records corrected. Apr. 10, 1906. J.S.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Augt. 6th. 1832.

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that [start of handwriting] the name of James Humphrey is borne on a roll of Capt. Lemuel Clap's Company in Col. Benjamin Gill's Regiment; and is therein stated to have served as a Serjeant from March 14 to March 26. 1776 --- Also on another roll of the same Company in which he served from March 4 to March 8. 1776 --- Also on another roll of the same company in which he served three days from June 17. 1776 --- [following struck out] Also on the roll of the same Company in Maj. Nathaniel Heath's detachment of guards, in which he served for three months from August 10, 1779. [end of struck out section] --- all as Serjeant 
Also on several other Rolls of the same Company, in Maj Heath's detachment, by which it appears that said James Humphrey served as a Serjeant, from May (May) 11. 1779 to Oct. 31. 1780 ---
Also on several Rolls of "Capt. Caleb Champney's Company in the United States Service", in which he [end of this page]
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[continued from previous page] is stated to have served as Serjeant from Nov. 1. 1780 to May 6. 1781 ---
Edward D. Bangs, Scy.
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Lemuel Withington
Declaration
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts --- 

In the City of Boston on this twenty fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally came and appeared before me (the undersigned) Lemuel Withington - of Boston - currier; he having been duly sworn to state the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth on the matter to be now examined into deposes and says ---

That [crossed out] I was fife major in the late revolutionary war in the regiment of Colonel William McIntosh, and that I enlisted in the Company of Ebenezer Gore, Captain; Aaron Birch, Lieutenant, John Gulliver Ensign at Roxbury; -- in September 1776; -- as a fifer, & was afterwards promoted to be fife major; this company, and I as part of this company proceded with it to Fairfield in Connecticut; --- and remained there ten or fifteen days; --- and thence went to North Castle, and remained there till the later part of November in the same year, and having been meantime at Rye in N.Y. -- and
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the company were there discharged at North Castle. Deacon James Humphreys, now here present, was orderly Sargent of this company; he enlisted as a Sargent, and was promoted to be orderly Sargent at Fairfield - and served all the time, in the company, until discharged at North Castle,
I did not serve with said James Humphreys at any other time; and I have no personal knowledge of any further service by him; but I heard of his being service afterward & verily believe that he did serve several campaigns afterwards; and I have always so heard and understood.
I further say that I am nearly seventy five years of age; that during the last five and a half years I have been entirely blind; my other
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I further say, that I could go to Dedham, the shire town of Norfolk County, in which James Humphreys aforesaid lived, but it would be some inconvenience to carry me there, and bring me back.
Lemuel Wilhington
Signed in my presence this twenty fifth of July at Boston by said Samuel Withington
Wm Sullivan Justice of Peace.
I further certify that I have long known Deacon Humphreys above named - and that he is a man of most respectable reputation, and untitled in my judgment, to full belief and credit as to any every matter of fact, which he asserts to be such.
Wm Sullivan counsellor at Law of Boston
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I John Pierce of Dorchester in the county of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, [illegible], on oath depose and say, that I am now in my ninetieth year of age; that I was a quartermaster in the militia of this Commonwealth and stationed for a short period on Castle Island so called, in the harbour of Boston in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy eight.
I entered as a volunteer in the service sometime in March of the above stated year and remained there about one month. The troops on the Island, at that time consisted of a detachment of two or three companies of militia - among the officers whom I now recollect was Col. Paul Revere, who had the chief command, Lieut Col. Pierce, Capt. Babcock and Capt. Lyon --I was born & have always been an inhabitant of Dorchester and have well known Decn. James Humphreys (now present) from a boy, who was also born
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[continued from previous page] in Dorchester. And I further say that said James Humphreys was the adjutant of the detachment of militia on Castle Island as above stated and acted in that capacity during all the time that I remained in the fort -- And I further say that the infirmities of my great age would make it extremely inconvenient & difficult for me to travel to the county Court to give this testimony.
John Pierce

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Norfolk. ss. On the twenty sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two - the aforesaid deponent came before me, the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in [illegible] said county, and was examined, cautioned, and sworn to the deposition aforesaid, taken at the request of James Humphreys, Esq. --
Saml P. Loud Justice of the Peace
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S. File 13509
James Humphrey
Mass.
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Morriftown
March 4th 1777
Solomon Lovel Col
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Bounty Land Warrant Record Card
Name - Humphreys, James
Grade - Private
Line - New York
Warrant Number - 7245
Acreage - 100
Issued - Jan 5, 1791
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