Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29045, John Burnham, Mass.

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Mass
Burnham, John
S29045

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15840
Massachusetts
John Burnham
of Essex in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gould of the Rgt commanded by Col Meade in the [illegible] 
line for 10 months

[signature illegible]

Insicribed on the Roll of Massachusets at the rate of 33 dollars and 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Aug
1833 and Sgt Joseph
Dennis Ipswich, Mass

Arrears to the 4th of March 1883 $66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] 16.67
$83.33

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [illegible] Addism Clerk
Book 5 Vol 2 cc Page 8

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No. 10.135
Jn. Burnham


14-16 of
March 20. 1833

P. 304

Private 10 Months

Jos. Dennis Esq.
Ipswich, Mass

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Brief in the case of John Burnham of the county of Epea in the State of Mass.
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by a bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 77 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period
In 1777 Dec
~78 Apr
~80 July

Duration of Service
3 months
3 months
4 months

RANK
As a
Drafted 
Volunteer
also

Names of General and Field Officers 
under whom he served.

Gen.
Col Ferrish, Capt Dodge
Same Officers
Col. Wade, Capt Gould

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ipswich

7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Regular

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

Signed Serin Belh
Examining Clerk.

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State of Massachusetts County of Essex, ss.
On this fourth day of September, A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open
court, before the Honorable Daniel Appleton White, Judge of the 
Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid now sitting
              John Burnham a resident of Ipswich in the County of Essex and
State of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven years who being duly sworn
according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order
to obtain the befifit of the act of Congress passed June the 7, 1832; That
he entered the service of the UNITED - STATES, under the following named 
officers, and served as herein stated: viz.
     First, in December 1777, he was draughted as a Militia soldier into 
a company under Capt. John Dodge of Wenham, of which Chellis was lieutenant
Col. Gerrish's regiment, for the term of three months, which term of time he
served doing his duty as a soldier on guard at Winterhill
near Boston.  Went from Ipswich to Cambridge which is near Boston, there passed
muster before Col. Gerrish, from thence, marched to the aforenam'd Winterhill.
This principal duty was to guard the prisoners of Burgoyne's Army.  At the
expiration of this term of service, he was orally discharg'd about the last of March or first April.
     Second.  In April of the same year of his last discharge 1778, he again
enlisted as a volunteer to serve as a private under the same officers of the first
term, viz. Capt. John Dodge, Col. Gerrish's regiment, for the term of three
months, which term of time he served doing his duty as a soldier on
guard at Winterhill in                near Boston, in July 1778, was verbally discharg'd.
He then return'd home to Ipswich, where he first enlisted.
     Third.  In July 1780, he volunteer'd as a private soldier in a company
of the Massachusetts Militia commanded by Capt. Benjamin Gould of
Topsfield, in the regiment of Col. Nathaniel Wade of Ipswich, he
served during four months, the term of his enlistment beginning the 1st.
of July.  Said company formed in Topsfield, & marched from thence to
Westpoint, passing through the towns of Springfield, Great Barrington, 
Redhood, & over the North-river to Westpoint.  He afterwards went to
the lines, so call'd, under Capt. Titcomb, Col. Well's regiment; he was
employ'd in the duty of scouting, was in the party to which the three
men belonged who took Major Andre.  Was on duty four months
as above stated; and then orally discharg'd by General Putnam.
about the last of October or first of November 1780, he then return'd to Ipswich.
[where he enlisted]

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Answers to interrogations
First.  Born in Ipswich 1755, 77 years old.
Second.  Record of his age in his family bible.
Third.  Living at Ipswich when call'd into service.
Fourth.  Has lived in Ipswich ever since the war, except seventeen
years, when he lived twelve years in Enfield, New-Hampshire, and
five years in Underhill, State of Vermont.  He now lives in Ipswich.
Fifth.  The first term of three months he was draughted.
Sixth.  The second & third terms he volunteer'd
Seventh.  His first term of service was three months.
                    His second term of service was three months.
                    His third term of service was four months, 
as herein stated, making ten months of service during the war 
of the revolution.  The general circumstances of his terms of service
were such as he has above stated.  He never receiv'd a written discharge.
Jonathan Burnham was with him in Capt. Goulds company, and
tertifies that he served.  Enos Gallop was with him his second and
third terms of service, and testifies to his serving.  He has no documentary 
evidence, which he can produce.
     Reverend Daniel Fitz and Col. Charles Kimball, Esq. will testify as to
his character for veracity & their belief of his service as a soldier in the Revolution.

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I Jonathan Burnham of Worcester
County of Essex, Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, [of the year] of the age of seventy
two years, testify & say, that I was a private 
in the company of foot belonging to Tops-
field in said county, commanded by
Benjamin Gould, in the Regiment of
Col Nathaniel Wade of Ipswich, for the
term of four months from July first in
the year seventeen hundred & eighty.
I further testify, that John Burnham
of Ipswich was a private in the same
company & served the same term of 
time with myself & the said Company
was in the service of the State
of Massachusetts.    Jonathan Burham

Essex, ss.  August 8th 1832.  There Jonathan
Burnham made solemn oath to the
truth of the above affidavit by him
subscribed. Col. Henry Phelps, [illegible][illegible]
I hereby certify that the above named
Jonathan Burnham is reputed a
person of truth & veracity.
                                    Henry Phelps

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And the said Court hereby declares its pinion, after the invest-
igation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed
by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further
certifies that the Rev. Daniel Fitz who has signed the preceding Cer-
tificate is a Clergyman resident in Ipswich, and that the said
Charles Kimball who has also signed the same is Magistrate
resident at Ipswich and is a credible person and that their
statement is entitled to credit.
                                    [illegible signature] Judge of Probate
I Nathaniel Lord junior, Register of the Court of Probate
for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of John Burnham for a pension.
Also, that Moses Foster and Henry 
Phelps, esquires, whose names are subscribed
to the certificates respectively on the affi-
davits hereto annexed, are justices of
the peace for said county; and that 
said signatures are their genuine signatures.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this fourth day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two.                                   Nathl. Lord jr.
                                     signed and sealed anew this fifteenth day of
                                     April, A.D. 1833
                                                                         Nathl. Lord jr.

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29045

INVALID

File No.  29045

JOHN BURNHAM

Pri.  Rev.  War

Act:  June 7, 32

Index-Vol.  2,  Page  59

[Arrangement of 1870]

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered  in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Burnham which requires further proof of explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides:  YES

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration the county where he resides?  YES

III.  If the applicant did not make the celebration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  (NO ANSWER)

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war where he served:  YES

V.  Has he mentioned with precision the length of his services, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to the enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled:  YES

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations:  YES

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  YES

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  YES

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  YES

X.  Is the Clerks seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished for any other seal?  YES

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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and other respectable citizen as to their brief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  YES

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
(NO ANSWER)

XIII. If the applicant  has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at lease one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
(NO ANSWER)

XIV.  If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  YES

        If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility  of the witness or witnesses?  YES IN ONE CASE NO IN ONE

        Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  YES

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? YES

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? YES

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And if not, which of them is not answered?  YES

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                          EXPLANATORY NOTES

QUEREV.  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 duty sworn, deposit and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For_____ year______ months, and ________days, I served as a _____________ For ____________ year_________months, and days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a pension.

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 This certifies that I Priv Gallap of Wenham in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts entered the militia of the state above named in April 1778 in Colonel Gerish regiment in the company commanded by John Dodge of Wenham Chelis 1st and porter 2nd Lieutenant of said company Da[illegible] P [illegible] of Topsfield order by [illegible], I joined the Company at Winter hill and then continued for the term of three months for which term I [illegible] . I then returned to my native place, Topsfield. My third campaign commenced in June or July in the year A.D. 1780 in the militia of said state in the Company commanded by Benjamin Gould of Topsfield, David Perkins of Topsfield order by Sarjint [spelling] [illegible] [illegible] regiment. said Company form in Topsfield and march from th[illegible] to

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West point, & going through the towns of Springfield, Greater Barington, and Red Hook. Our term of service on this [unintelligible] was four months, after which I returned to my native town Topsfield. --
I further testify and say, that John Burnham of
Ipswich in the aforenamed state & County was a soldier in both of the aforenamed Companys for the term of seven months.
Essex ss. -- Wenham
July 28, 1832
Personally appeared Enos Gallop and on oath declared that the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed, is true -- Before Moses Foster Just Peace
This may certify that the aforenamed Enos Gallop is a man of truth and veracity
Moses Foster jus peace