Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,288, Simon Wiggin, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Wiggin, Simon
S. 18,288
carded
CONTENTS

New Hampshire Simon Wiggin
Brookline in the State of N H who was a Fifer in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by Col Long in the N H line for 1 Year from July 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of N Hampshire at the rate of 44 Dollars 37 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of October 1832 and sent to Peter Chadwick Boston N H
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 66 -- Semi-annual allowance ending Dec 31 22
$ 88
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. McBlain Clerk, Book 5 Vol. 1 st Page 193

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18288
INVALID.
File No. 18,288
Simon Wiggins
Tyler New Mar
Act: James T. ...
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4427
Simon Meggin Fifer
1 year's service on Roll capt. Folsom's Company as a Fifer Mustered 4 Augt 1778 for 27 days - on Roll capt. Jewell's Company Col. Bartlett's Regt. as a Fifer. Mustered 3 July 1780 for 3 Months & 23 days.
on Roll capt. Meggin's Company, Col. Long's Regt. Mustered 8 Dec 1776 to 7 Jany 1777 - do 22 Augt 1776 to 7 Dec 1776
Peter Chadwick Esq. Agent Exeter M c H

BRIEF in the case of Simon Wiggin of the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years -  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 July — 8 — Private Gen. Col. Pierce Song, Regt   1778 Agt 1 st — 1 — Volunteer Capt Mark Wiggin Comp y   1780 July — 3 — Private Col. Thos Bartlett Regt   about the mid- dle — — — Served as Musician in each enlistment. Capt. In o Folsom Comp y Col. Bartlett's Regt. Capt. Lieut. Jewell's Comp y  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None -  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Exeter in the County & State aforesaid -  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? his Affidavit - never had a written discharge,  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No Certificate of a Collyman 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bolt Examining Clerk.

Semen Wiggin  Wiggin
No 4. 4 27
Black Mountain in Orange Co

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Rockingham, ss.
ON this tenth day of August AD 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature now sitting at Exeter in said County
Simon Wiggin a resident of Exeter
in the County of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire, aged more than Seventy three 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary war in 1776; that about the last of July in that year he enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Mark Wiggin of Stratham in the Regiment commanded by Col. Peirce Long (of the New Hampshire militia as he supposes) and was stationed near Portsmouth at what is now called Sheepscot island where he remained in said Company till the Spring of 1777 when he was regularly & honorably discharged having served as he thinks Eight months .
That about the first of August 1778 he went again into the service as a volunteer in the Company commanded by Capt. John Folsom in Col. Thomas Bartlett's regiment of New Hampshire militia, was at Rhode Island and retreated from it with Gen. Sullivan's army and after serving about one month was honorably discharged & returned home.
That about the middle of July 1780 he again enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Jewell in the said Col. Bartlett's Regiment for three months, was marched to Westport, (was then when Arnold played the traitor) and served out the term for which he enlisted, was honorably discharged; That under each of the above enlistments he enlisted and served as a musician; that he resided in Stratham in said County of Rockingham when he entered the service at the times aforesaid; but has resided at Exeter aforesaid since 1784; that he received no written discharge at any time that he recollects; & has no documentary evidence.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Simon Wiggin
Attest Richard B. Clark

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the before named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as the States
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simon Pease for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of August Anno Domini 1872.
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County