Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15182, James Hungerford, Conn.
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(3-1776)
 
SERVICE
Conn.
 
Hungerford, James
 
NUMBER
S.15182
 
Carded
 
CONTENTS
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1569
New York
James Hungerford of Chenango in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp’y commanded by Captain Fenn of the Regt commanded by Col. In the Connecticut line for 14 Mos. And 14 day
  
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 48 Dollars 06 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
 
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Novr. 1832 and sent to Monnell + Patterson Greene

Arrears to 4th of Sepr. 1832 $72.09
Sem-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar ‘33 24.03
$96.12

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Geo. C. Siles Clerk
Book D Vol. 5 Page 99

Died. Dec-6, 1832- A.B.
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State of New York
Chenango County SS.

On this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the honorable Robert Monell, Vice Chancellor of the sixth circuit of the State of New York, at a court of Chancery held at the residence of the Vice Chancellor in the town of Greene in the County of Chenango and State of New York now sitting, James Hungerford a resident of the town of Coventry in the County of Chenango aforesaid, aged 72 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 7th 1832- That in the year 1777 he was drafted for two months and served in the company commanded by captain Thomas Fenn, the Col. name not recollected nor the Generals name that the company in which he served went from Westbury, now Watertown Litchfield County and State of Connecticut, where he lived at the time he was drafted to Newhaven in Connecticut, where he remained until the two months were up and was discharged and returned home. THat in the year 1779 he Enlisted for the term of nine months and cannot now recollect the Captain’s name or the Col. name. Does recollect that Thomas Hammond, Amasa Mattoon, Private Samuel Foot Steward and that at the time of Enlistment he lived in the town of Westbury now Watertown aforesaid and marched from thence to New Haven and from Newhaven to Milford, and then returned to
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West Haven to Winter and there remained untill the expiration of the nine months for which he enlisted and was discharged, thinks it was in the summer he enlisted, was in the Battle at Newhaven during this year, that in the summer of 1781 he enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Buckingham (as he thinks) for the term of three months, that he at the time of enlistment lived in the town of Westbury now Watertown aforesaid and that he went to Standford, and stationed about half of the time at that place, and then marched to Horse Neck, and there remained untill the expiration of the three months, that in July 1779 he turned out with the whole militia of his town and was present at the burning of Fairfield an [illegible] Connecticut, that he was in the engagements at that time at both of the above places, cannot tell the names of his officers, was out on duty this time about two weeks, That he has almost lost his recollection of the facts that 8 or 9 years since he had a tree fall on his head, and had it Trepaned, which has very much injured his faculties, cannot say whether he had a written discharge or not, That he has no documentary evidence or proof of any part of his services, and knows of no person or persons by whom he can prove and part of his services except what affidavits are herewith annexed. 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.
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Sworn & Subscribed
The day and year aforesaid
Robt. Monell
Vice Chancellor

James Hungerford

The following questions were propounded by the court to the applicant

First Where and in what year were you born
Ans. He was born in the year 1760, May 3d at the town of Westbury now the town of Watertown Litchfield County Connecticut State

2d. Have you any record of your age and if so what is it
Ans. He says that he has a record in his account book at his residence taken from his father’s record and thinks that it is on the town record of the town where he was born.

3d. Where were you living when called into service + where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live
Ans. He lived in the town of Westbury now Watertown at the times when called into service, that he has lived in the town of Barrington Massachusetts State, and in Truxton Cortland County and State of New York, and removed from time to the town of Coventry in the County of Chenango and state of New York where he now lives.

4th How were you called into the service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Ans. Either enlisted or was drafted as mentioned in my declaration

5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with you or the Troops, where you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services
Ans. he cannot recollect any other officers escept what are stated in my declaration and cannot recollect the names of any other continental or Militia Troops. During my services, he stated that all the circumstances he can now recollect are state in his declaration escept that he once saw General Washington

6th Did you ever receive a discharge and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans. He has no recollection that he ever received a regular written discharged

7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for truth and veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans. He states Gilbert D. Philips, Deacon Albert Martin, Yera Beardslee, Curtis Stoddard Esq. Parsons Beacher.
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4th. How were you called into service. Were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom.

Ans. Either enlisted or was drafted as mentioned in my declaration. 

5th. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with you or the troops, when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circum-stances of your services.

Ans. He cannot recollect of any other officers except what are stated in my declaration and cannot recollect the names of any other continental or militia troops. during my services, he stated that all the circumstances he can now recollect are state in his declaration except that he once saw General Washington

6th. Did you ever receive a discharge and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it

Ans. Has no recollection that he ever received a regular written discharged -

7th. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for truth and veracity and the belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution -

Ans. He states, Gilbert D Philips, P.M. Deacon Albert Martin, Yera Beardslee, Curtis Staddard Esq Parons Beacher.
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We Samuel Martin and Harvey Judd of the town of Coventry county of Chenango and State of New York, residing in the same place with the said James Hungerford, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Hungerford who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 72 years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion, and we further state, that we well know that the said James Hungerford, some 8 or 9 years since met with an accident and had his head broken so bad that it was Trepaned and that he has lost his recollection that he is poor and in needy circumstances, and he is a man whos character for truth and veracity as perfectly good
Sworn & Subscribed the day 
and year aforesaid 

Harvey Judd
Samuel Martin


Robt Monell
Vice Chancellor
And the said court does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states- and the Court further certifies that it appears to him that Harvy Judd and Smuel Martin who have signed the preceding certificate, residents of the town of Coventry in the County of Chenango and State of New York and are credible persons + that this statement is entitled to credit.
Robt Monell Vice Chancellor
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I, Jonathan L. Woods, Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Hungerford for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jonathan L. Woods Clerk

State of New York
Chenango County SS. Harvey Judd of the town of Coventry in the aforesaid County being duly sworn in open court on his oath saith that he was well acquainted with James Hungerford who has made the above declaration in the Revolutionary War and that he was knowing to the said James Hungerford being drafted as a soldier for two months and was gone from home at least two months as he then understood served out his time, and that he also knows the fact that he enlisted for nine months and that he was also gone from home this time at least nine month and as this deponent understood and believes he served out his time that he then lived in the town of Westbury now Watertown and
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State of Connecticut, and in the same school District with the said James Hungerford, that he enlisted for the nine months soon after he was married and did not return home until after the birth of his eldis son, and from this and other circumstances he has no doubt but what he served nine months and further saith not.
Harvey Judd
Sworn &subscribed
The thirteenth day of August
1832- in Open Court
Robt Monell
Vice Chancellor

Chenango County SS: Samuel Porter being duly sworn in open court makes oath and saith that he knows James Hungerford of Coventry, who has made the above declaration and that he was acquainted with Captain Finn mentioned in the said James Declaration who was in the Battle at Norwalk in the state of Connecticut, that he this deponent was in that Battle and has heard James Hungerford tell over his story and the circumstances of that Battle and the Burning of that places and that he thinks the said James must have been there at the time or he would not have related so minutely the facts as they took place at that time.
Sworn the 13th day of August 1832 Samuel Porter
Robt Monell
Vice Chancellor
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The applicant James Hungerford is laboring under great pain and disease and the account he gave of his services before the court was more full and correct than I supposed he could do under his circumstances. The right side of his face is much disfigured and taken by a cancer which is still preying upon him.
Robt Monell
Vice Chancellor
Given Augt. 13. 1832

J. Hungerford
No. 6696.

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6696

New York.

Admitted
14 mos. + 14 days

323
14
_
1332
333
_
46.62
1.40
_
48.0214
10
_ 4
140

48.06
_
24.05
72.09
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6696

New York

admitted
14 mos & 14 days

323
  14
1332
333
4662
  140
4802      14
               10
              140

28.06
24.05
72.09
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6696

BRIEF in the case of James Hungerford, Coventry, Co. of Chenango in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
How old is he? 72
State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Column 1]
Period.
In 7777
1779
1787
1779

[Column 2]
Duration of Service
Years, Months, Days.
2
9
3
14

[Column 3]
Rank
As a
Draft
Private
-
-

[Column 4]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Thos. Fenn
no officers recollected *
Capt Buckingham
officers not recollected *

In what battles was he engaged? New Haven; Fairfield; Norwalk
Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westbury, not Watertown, Litchfield Co., Connecticut
Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect?
*It appears that the applicant met with an accident (the breaking of his head) 8 or 9 years since, wh. has affected his mind, + wh. is offered to account for his not recollecting the names of his officers

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Fawcett
Examining Clerk.
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May 2, 1934.

Miss Dorothy Evans 
212 Lincoln Avenue
Endicott, New York.

BA-J/ILL
Aaron Mills-S. 13927
James Hungerford-S.15182

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Aaron Mills and James Hungerford, both pensioners of Chenango County, New York.

The records of these two soldiers are given herein as shown in their claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

AARON MILLS- S.13927

Aaron Mills was born in the year 1754, in Staatsburg, Dutchess County, New York, and moved from there to Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted April 20, 1775, and served seven months as private in Captain Nathaniel Buel’s company, Colonel Hinman’s Connecticut regiment and was on the expedition to Ticonderoga and Lake Champlain; he enlisted in February or March 1776, served as private in Captain John Bigelow’s Artillery company under Major Ebenezer Stevens, and in Colonel Charles Burrall’s Connecticut regiment, and was discharged at Mount Independence at the expiration of service of one year; he enlisted in 1777, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and served three months as private in Captain Serjant’s (or Sergeant’s) company, during which he marched to Fort Anne and was in an engagement with Burgoyne’s troops; he served subsequently two months as private in Captain Nathaniel Evert’s company.

After the Revolutionary War the soldier resided in Canaan, Connecticut, in Lenox, Massachusetts, for two years, in Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, and in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
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Aaron Mills was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1819, at which time he resided in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. In 1830, he resided in Sherburne, Chenango County, New York.

He died April 18, 1835.

No reference was made to wife or children of the soldier in this pension claim.

*******

JAMES HUNGERFORD -S.15182

James Hungerford was born May 3, 1760, in Westbury (later Watertown), Litchfield County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Westbury, Connecticut, he enlisted in 1777, and served two months as a private in Captain Thomas Fenn’s Connecticut company; in 1779, he was called out at the burning of Fairfield and Norwalk, length of service about two weeks; he enlisted that same summer, served nine months as private in the Connecticut troops, (his captain not named); he enlisted in the summer of 1781, and served three months as private in Captain Buckingham’s Connecticut company.

After his service, the soldier resided in Barrington, Massachusetts, in Truxton, Cortland County, New York, and from there moved to Coventry, Chenango County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, at which time he resided in Coventry, Chenango County, New York.

The soldier died December 6, 1832.

No reference was made to wife or children of the soldier in this pension claim.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

2.
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1934 May 2 Hist. to Miss Dorothy Evans- ILL

15182
INVALID.
File No. 15.182
James Hungerford
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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212 Lincoln Avenue
Endicott, New York
April 18, 1934

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs
Will you kindly send me the service of and any family information concerning the two following persons: Aaron Mills, who served in Connecticut and was receiving a pension in Chenango County, New York, in 1832, and James Hungerford, who served in Connecticut and was receiving a pension in Chenango County, New York, in 1832.
Very truly yours
(Miss) Dorothy Evans
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212 Lincoln Avenue
Endicott, New York
April 18, 1934

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs,
Will you kindly send me the service of and any family information concerning the two following persons: Aaron Mills, who served in Connecticut and was receiving a pension in Chenango County, New York, in 1832, and James Hungerford, who served in Connecticut and was receiving a pension in Chenango County, New York, in 1832.
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Dorothy Evans