Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35132, John Wingate, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wingate, John
S 35132
CONTENTS

6106.
Maine.
John Wingate
Surgeon
Reg t Colo d Brewer
Massachusetts line — 5 Years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 20 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of January 1818 and del d R.C. Vose. Augusta — Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818. 3 m 21/31. 4/30 — 76.12 Semi-ann l all ee ending 4 th March 1819. 120 00
$196.12
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Hallowell,

John Wingate, Hallowell Surgeon. Col. Smiths Madd. Reg. 1775. to 1780
May 11. 1818
Admitted
John Wingate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I John Wingate, aged twenty five years, a citizen of the United States, born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, now resident in Hallowell in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that in June 1776 I was appointed a surgeon in the regiment commanded by Colonel Edward Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts line of troops. I served as surgeon of that regiment to the end of the year, and immediately Jan y 1. 1777 I received a new commission as a surgeon in the same Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regiment, in which I served until the first of April 1778 when I was transferred from the 13 th to the 12 th regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Col o Samuel Brown, afterwards commanded by Col o James Swift. In this regiment (Brown's) I received another commission dated Jan y 1. 1778. My three commissions are herewith forwarded. I continued to serve from the first for more than four years until October 1. 1780 when my health having been very much impaired by the hardships of the camp and sleeping on the cold, damp earth, I having resigned by I received from John Cockeran Physician and Surgeon Gen l , a discharge in these words taken from a copy in my possession "I do hereby certify Oct r 1. 1780, that John Wingate has served as a surgeon to a regiment in the Massachusetts line, for near five years, first in the 13 th and afterwards to wit April 1. 1778 was transferred to the 12 th Massachusetts regiment, during which time he has served his country with faithfulness, and discharged his duty with the utmost care and diligence, becoming the character of a gentleman of humanity and abilities, and it is with regret that I am under the disagreeable necessity of accepting the resignation of so good an officer, his declining health rendering him unable longer to bear the fatigues of a camp without endangering his life - Certified at Tappan Camp Signed John Cockeran Physician and Surgeon General"
I am now old, feeble, and in firm, and from my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support and I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine. My discharge is not now in my possession, but the letter in which it was enclosed is herewith forwarded.
John Wingate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Is.
On the eleventh day of May A D 1818, John Wingate within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within declaration by him subscribed.
Before me, Nathan Weston Jun r Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit.

35 132 lay INVALID.
File No. 35, 139
John Wingate Surgeon Rev. Jas
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 457
[Arrangement of 1870.]

S F 351.32
John Wingate
Mass.
This commission was invalidated when found Nov 3, 1910.
M.P.
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IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, TO
John Wingate Gentleman Greeting;
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Surgeon of the Battalion whereof Samuel Brewer, Esq r is Colonel.
in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Surgeon by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as their Surgeon . And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Dated at Camp January 1 st 1778.
By Order of the Con
ATTEST.
J. Morton Secy

Colony of the Massachusetts Bay
The Major part of the Council.
To John Wingate
Greeting;
Being informed of your Skill in Surgery, and reposing special Trust, and confidence in your Ability, & good Conduct, do by these Presents constitute, & appoint you the said John Wingate to be Surgeon of the Regiment raised by this Colony to reinforce the Continental Army at Canada - whereof Edward Wigglesworth Esq m is Colonel.
You are therefore carefully, & diligently to discharge the Duty of Surgeon in said Regiment, in all things appertaining thereto, observing from time to time such Orders & Instructions, as you shall receive from any your superior Officers, according to the Military Rules, & Discipline establish'd by the American Congress, for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under our hands, and the Seal of the said Colony at Watertown the twenty seventh Day of June - In the Year of our LORD. One Thousand, Seven hundred, and Seventy six.
By Command of the major part of the Council John Avery Dp y Sec y
Rev. Powell
Caleb Cushing
R. Derby Esq m
J. Cushing
S. Hotten
Moses Gill
Robert Fisher
John Taylor
Wm Phillips
Benjamin
Henry Gardner
Danl Davis
D. Small
B White
Hopkins

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that John Wingate , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Hallowell , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the eleventh day of May , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a commissioned officer in the medical staff , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twentieth day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  Chief Justice C. Court C. Plus E. E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the HONORABLE NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Dows

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, TO
John Wingate Gentleman Greeting
W E, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Surgeon of a Battalion Whereof Edward Wigglesworth Esq r is Colonel
in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Surgeon by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as their Surgeon And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Dated at Boston Jan y . 1 st 1777
By Order of the Congress,
John Hancock
PRESIDENT.
ATTEST
William Lee

Doctor John Wingate
Cash

Yrs
In closed is the certificate you requested, which I hope will prove satisfactory. I have only to regret your leaving us, at a time when there is but too much reason to fear, many will follow your example and we shall be deprived of Federal Assistance.
Your reasons for resigning on account of your declining State of Health are sufficient, & I am sorry to say that too many others exist. When they will be remedied,
I know not. I wish you the reestablishment of your Health & much Happiness & am
Dear Sir
Saban Camp Octo. 1: 1780
your unfeigned friend John Carver
Doctor Kingsley