Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,852, Jacob Wiggins, New York

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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
New York 

Wiggins, Jacob 

NUMBER 
S.11.852. 
Carded.

CONTENTS

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20.946 
Utica  New York 
Jacob Wiggins of Oneida in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Conklin of the Regt commanded by Col. Hasbrouck in the Conn line for 12 months
* N.Y. Line.
Records correction May 23/15

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct. 1833 and sent to B. P. Johnson  Rome 

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. ‘33 $100 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M. ’34  20 
[total] $120 
{Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk 
Book E.  Vol. A  Page  

Date of death not in AB

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Jacob Wiggins 
Oneida County N.Y. 
Private 20462 
1777. 78. Capt Conklin Co. Col Hasbrouckes Regt 
N.Y. S. Mil.  8 months.
1779. Capt Saml Clarkes Co.
Col Hasbroucks Regt. 
3 months. 
Capt Glasbys Co 
1 Mo 
In all 12 months 

B. P. Johnson 
Agent. Rome 
Pension payble 
US. Branch Bank 
Utica.

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State of New York 
Saratoga County ss George Wiggins of Malta in said county aged 65 years. being duly sworn say that he is brother to Jacob Wiggins of Western Oneida Co. N.Y. and that he recollects of his brother Jacob Wiggins serving as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, in Capt Conklins company & in Col Hasbrouck Rgt of Militia in 1777 and 1778 - and that he served at that time according to this deponents recollection and belief - the full Term of Eight months
And this deponent further says that in 1779 his brother Jacob Wiggins volunteered in the Militia under Capt Samuel Clarke in Col Hasbroucks Regt. and served at this time at least 3 months - and that afterwards during this same season. the said Jacob Wiggins was out in service again as much as one month. –
And this deponent further says that he was living with his fathers family at New Burgh at the time the said Jacob Wiggins performed the said Service 
[signed] George Wiggins x his mark

Personally appeared before me the above named George Wiggins to me known as a man of credibility truth & veracity, and made oath to the foregoing affidavit, July 20 1833 
[signed] Obadiah S Haight Justice Peace

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State of New York 
Saratoga County } ss  I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Obadiah S. Haight before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County - and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature – 
Witness my hand and seal of Office the twentieth day of July 1833
[signed] A Goodrich Clerk

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State of New York 
Oneida County ss
On this 12th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court in the court of Common Pleas, now sitting Jacob Wiggins a resident of said County and State 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 7, 1832. viz 
(1) That he was born at New Burgh, on the North River in the State of New York in the year 1760 –
(2) There is no record of his age, to his knowledge - though the above is the time of his birth as received by him from his parents and he believe the same to be correct (3) Resided at New Burgh, when he entered the service - since the war has resided at Saratoga N.Y. - and Western Oneida Co  N.Y. where he now resides. 
(4) That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. viz 
In the fall of 1777 was drafted at New Burgh N.Y. in Capt Conklins Company of Militia in Col Cornelius Hasbroucks Regt of militia - at least he believes his Christian name was Cornelius - and marched from New Burgh to the frontiers as it was called through Platterkill [Plattekill], Wallkill, Shongum [Shawangunk], Mamacotting [Mamakating] and Shandakin [Shandaken] near the line of Pennsylvania to guard and protect the inhabitants from the incursions of the Indians - That he continued in that service in the region about Shandakin - until sometime in the Summer of 1778 - when the troops returned and we crossed the river to Peekskill, and

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there were discharged - having served the full term of Eight months. Did not receive any discharge in writing 
Recollects a Capt Glasby who had charge of a company with Capt Conklins Co. – 
There were no continental officers with us during this service. The Sufferings of the troops during this campaign was great and the duty very arduous –
And in spring of 1779 or the first of summer, he volunteered to go to the frontiers in a company of militia commanded by Captain Samuel Clarke Lt Cane - and in Col Hasbroucks Regt - and marched the same route as before Shandakin, and there served for the full term of three months and was regularly discharged - There were some other companies with us, but he has forgotten the names of the officers who had command – 
Did not receive any discharge in writing – 
Shortly after this Service and in the fall of same season was again drafted in Capt Glasbys Company of Militia and marched again to the frontier as it was called, and there served at a place called Mamakatting [Mamakating] for the full period of one month in guarding and protecting the inhabitants from the Indians - was then regularly discharged but did not receive any written discharge.

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(5) Does not recollect the names of any other officers. There were no continental officers with us.
(6) This deponent never received any written discharges from the service.
(7) He refers to persons living in Western with whom he is acquainted and who know his character and reputation - viz George Brayton Esq Henry Wager Esq Doct J. S. Mills Prosper Rudd Esq and many others if it were necessary might be referred to:
He knows of no witness living who was with him in the service - but refers to the affidavit of his brother Anning Wiggins who recollects of his going into Service 
There is no settled minister now living in Western, so that a clergymans certificate cannot be procured – 
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. 
[signed] Jacob Wiggins
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
[signed] Joseph B Read  Dep Clk

We, John Ely farmer and Collins Seymour farmer residing in  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Wiggins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about 72 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion,  and that he is a man of truth & veracity 
[signed] John Ely  Collins Seymour
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signed] Geo Brown Clerk

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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states: And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Ely who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Western aforesaid & a farmer and that Collins Seymour who has also signed the same, is a resident in Western & a farmer and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit & that there is no settled clergyman as appears by the afft hereto annexed of the said Jacob Wiggins.
[signed] C. Hayden, first judge

Oneida County ss  Anning Wiggins of Western in said County aged 65 years in april, being duly sworn deposes and says that he is the brother of Jacob Wiggins within named, and that he has heard the affidavit or declaration hereto annexed read and that he recollects distinctly that his brother was called into the service, at the times stated in said declaration in 1777 - and in 1779 according to this deponents best recollection. And this deponent further states that the time his brother was out, was certainly as long as stated in his said declaration, by the first [illegible] eight months- The Second Three months and the last, one month - And this deponent further says that he was living with his fathers family at the time his brothers entered the service, at New Burgh within mentioned and further says not.
[signed] Anning Wiggins
Sworn in open Court the day & year aforesaid and I certify that the said Anning Wiggins is a credible witness and a man of truth & veracity
[signed] Joseph B. Read Dep Clk

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I, George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Oneida County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Wiggins for a Pension.
 In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 day of December 1832 
[signed] Geo Brown Clerk 
Joseph B. Read Dep Clk

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No. 20462 
Jacob Wiggins 
Oneida Co. N. York 

Admitted 
Private 12 months 

B.P. Johnson 
Rome New York

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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 
183

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

[BEGIN TABLE]
Period when the service was rendered  |  Duration of the service Years. Months. Days.  |   Rank of the claimant.  |  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  |  Rank of the General and Field officers.  |  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  |  Country through which he marched.  |  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  |  Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  |
Drafted 1777  |  8 Months.  |  Private  |  Cap Conklin  |  Col Hasbroucks  |    |  to the Frontiers to the Pensa. Line  |  Aged 72  New Burgh  |  traditionary  |
Vol 1779  |  3 Months.  |    |  Cap Clarke  |    |    |  Peekskill  |    |  Anning Wiggins as to the when time  |
drafted 1779 |  1 Month.  |    |  Lt Cane Cap Glasby  |    |    |  Shandakin Mamakatting  |    |    |
[END TABLE]

I am, respectfully 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory or District of County } ss.
On this ___ day of ___ personally appeared (a) before __ A.B. a resident (b) of ___ in the county of ___  and State, territory or District of ___  ages (c) ___ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___  , with ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which marched. [ ]This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ___
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. ____ A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I _____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ___for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___ day of ___&c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
 (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ___ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ___ , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. ___ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ___ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ___ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I ___Clerk of the Court of ___ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of ___ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___ day of ___&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6.  {To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?}
6. {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?}
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must in the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For __ year ___ months , and ___ days I served as a ___. For ___ months and ___days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.   Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority;  that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant’s entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  Done now.
[ ] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies in continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
George Wiggins
addl Witness & Certificate credibility as to Anning Wiggins

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See further letter to this person on Oct. 18, 1933 in Regt files under Benj. Wiggins.

April 18, 1933
BA-J/EEL 
Jacob Wiggins-S.11852

Inez Wiggins 
720 East Capitol Street 
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Annin and Jacob Wiggin, also the children of one Captain James or David Wiggin who may have served in that war. 
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in the Revolutionary War of an Annin Wiggin, both names variously spelled. Such claims are the source of Revolutionry War data furnished by this office. The records of the children of the Captain Wiggin cannot be identified, should they be on file, without the full name. The record of Jacob Wiggins is given below as found in his claim for pension, S.11862, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
Jacob Wiggins was born in 1760 at Newburgh “on the North River” in the state of New York. His father resided in that town during the Revolution; the names of his parents are not stated. 
While residing at said Newburgh, Jacob Wiggins enlisted and served as a private with the New York Troops as follows: from sometime in the fall of 1777 until the summer of 1778, about eight months in all, in Captain [side note: Capt Jacob Conklin] Conklin's Company, Colonel [side note: he said he thought Col. Cornelius Hasbrouck but it was Col Jos. Hasbrouck so I left out given name – See NY book page 168 for sol.] Hasbrouck's Regiment and guarded the frontiers against the Indians: from the spring of 1779, three months in Captain Samuel Clarke's Company, Colonel Hasbrouck's Regiment; and in the fall of same year, one month in Captain Glasby's Company. 
After the Revolution, he lived in Saratoga, New York, and then in Western, Oneida County, New York, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed December 12, 1882.

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It is not stated that soldier was ever married. 
In 1832, Jacob Wiggins' brother, Anning Wiggins, was aged sixty-five years and resided in Western, New York, and in 1833, his brother, George Wiggins, was aged sixty-five years and resided in Malta, Saratoga County, New York. There are no further data as to family. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Jacob Wiggins (S.11852), you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all the following data: 
Jacob Wiggins, Certificate No. 20946, issued October 23, 1833, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York (Utica) Agency. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator.

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Nebraska 
State Historical Society
Lincoln

Dec. 17, 1912. 

Dear Sir: 
For the purpose of proving right to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution, information is desired as to the military service of Jacob Wiggins, born at Newbury on the Hudson 1760; died in Western New Yonk 1839. 
Thanking you in advance, I remain 
Yours very truly, 
[signed] Clarence S. Paine 
Secretary

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington D.C.

CSP-NP

[stamp] U.S. Pension Office Dec 20 1912

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Rev Sec

Nebraska
State Historical Society
Lincoln

Dec. 13, 1915.

Dear Sir: 
Will you kindly advise me as to whether your records of the Revolutionary service of Jacob Wiggins as recorded under "V. L. M. S. F. 11,852" discloses the name of his widow?
Yours very truly,
[signed] C. S. Paine
Secretary 

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Department of the Interior, 
Washington, D. C. 
CSP-NP

[stamp] U.S. Pension Office Dec 15 1915

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720 East Capitol Street 
Washington D.C 
March 15, 1933

[stamp] RECEIVED MAR 17 1933 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS. ADM. PENSION #3

The Director of Pensions 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir: 
I find on page 369 of the U.S. Pension Roll for 1835 that Jacob Wiggins of Oneida County, N.Y. was placed on the pension roll Oct. 23, 1833 (commencement of pension Mar. 4. 1831 - age 73) for having served as a private in the Connecticut militia 
I think this is probably the same Jacob Wiggins whose tombstone in the rear of the Presbyterian Church at Westernville Oneida County. N.Y. reads "Jacob Wiggins - died Sept. 30. 1839 aged 79 
Malone his (3d) wife - died June 8. 1827 aged 56.”
and therefore the brother of my great grandfather Annin Wiggins whose tombstone in Wright Settlement Cemetery Oneida County reads: “Anning Wiggins died August 9, 1851 in the 85 year of his age 
Catherine (Woodworth sister of Malone) wife of Anning Wiggin died March 21. 1847 aged 75 years.”

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what I care most about knowing to where Annin(g) Wiggins and his parents John Wiggins (died May 1811) and Polly (Nichols) Wiggins, came from to central New York, and anything you can tell me about Jacob will help me. 
This is, I suppose all the definite information you can give me, but, as I think at points you may have a great deal of data about the Revolutionary Wiggins of Orange and Ulster County and may be willing to pass on to me any fact that might help me in my search. I add, without requesting you to  read – that the tradition in my family is that my great grandfather Annin Wiggins was born in New York City in 1767- and a [moral?] boy took his father Johns place in the army. In Newburgh John, John Jr. and Stephen Wiggins refused to sign the Association, but John Senior (my great great grandfather John?) signed it a few days later. I find an Annon (duplicate Anon) Wiggins was a private in the 4th Ulster County Regiment. N.Y. Did he or ask for a pension - so you can give me any facts of his family?
Were there any children of (naval) Captain James and David Wiggin of Southold L.I. (that fled to Connecticut in 1776) who received pensions? 
I shall be satisfied if you can answer my first question about Jacob Wiggins family, and shall deeply appreciate go doing so 
Very truly yours
[signed] Inez Wiggins

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Rev. War Section. 

[stamp] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

December 18, 1915. 
Mr. C. S. Paine, 
Nebraska State Historical Society, 
Lincoln, Nebraska. 
Sir: 
In reply to your letter dated the 13" instant, you are advised that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Jacob Wiggins, Sur. File No. 11,852, it is not stated that soldier had a wife. 
For date of last payment of pension, person to whom paid, and probable date of his death, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: 
“Jacob Wiggins, Certificate No. 20,946, issued October 23, 1833, at $40. per annum, from March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832 at the Utica, New York Agency." 
Very respectfully, 
[signed] G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., 19 
S. F. 1185-2

In reply to your request of ___ received ___ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Wiggins a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[BEGIN TABLE]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  |   LENGTH OF SERVICE.   |   RANK.   |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.   |   COLONEL.   |   STATE.  |
Fall of 1777 or summer |  8 mos.  |  Pvt  |  Conklin  |  Hasbrouck  |  N.Y.  |
Spring of 1779  |  3 mos.  |    |  Samuel Clarke  |  Hasbrouck  |    |
Fall 1779  |  1 mo.  |    |  Glasby  |    |    |
[END TABLE]

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Newburgh, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept 12 1832. His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Western, Oneida Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, b. at Newburgh N.Y. in 1760
Remarks: 
Very Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

Brothers Anning and George
6-2856

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11.852 INVALID. 
Rev War
File No. 11,852 
Jacob Wiggins 
Pri Rev War 

Act: June 7th 32 
Index:-  Vol. A  Page 412 
{Arrangement of 1870.} 

1912 Dec. 27 Hist. to Clarence S. Paine  V.L.M
1915 - Dec. 18 Mr. C. S. Paine no mention of a wife in claim also data to apply to aud for Int. Dept. 
1933 - Apr 19 - Hist. to Inez Wiggins   EEL