Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6546, Robert Wigham, New York

(8-1770)
SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Wigham, Robert
N. 6546
Whigham or
Prudence
CONTENTS

New York City Prudence Highman widow of Robert Highman N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private of artillery
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars //
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of April 1837 and sent to
John McAule Brooklyn N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848 , Page 87 Vol. A
July 29 th

No. 956 New York
Robert Wigham
of Orange Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb of the New York line, for the term of Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Dec r 1820 and sent to Joseph Morrell Newburgh, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1820 229.60 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mch 1821 48
28 \frac{21}{30} $ 277.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } (1 May 1821)
11 28 8 24 5.60 14 229.60 21 30

State of New York } Robert Wigham being duly Orange County } sworn doth depone and say that he is seventyfive years of age and is the son of Robert Wigham deceased a prisoner of the United States at the rate of Ninety six dollars per Annum that he was present at the marriage of his said father to his second wife who was a widow named Pudence Green that the said marriage was per- formed Blooming Grove Orange County by the Revd Mr Baldwin a Presbyterian Clergyman in the summer of the year 1799 and that their first child was Elizabeth born in the ensuing March and is now fifty- one years of age and is the wife of John McAnally Since he further saith that his wife Elizabeth Wigham was also present at the said marriage and that they resided at the time of the said marriage in the neighbourhood of the said Pudence Green - Deponent further saith that he knows of no further evidence or more evidence of said marriage now in existence that there was a record of the same kept by the the said clergyman (of the same) who mentioned him but that said record was destroyed about thirtyfive years since when the house of the said clergyman with all its effects was consumed by fire - He further saith that his said father died on or about the 16 th day of March 1822 that he was in the receipt of a pension at the time of his death and that he left a widow surviving him whose name is Pudence Wigham being the aforesaid Pudence Green who is now living at Brooklyn Kings County with her daughter the before named Elizabeth wife of John McAnally

And further this deponent saith not known the 31 st day of March 1857 before me Robert Wigham
Abemethy Lane Justice of the peace
Orange County of Elizabeth Wigham being duly sworn deponent and saith that she is 74 years of age and is the wife of the aforesaid deponent that she and her husband were living in the same neighbourhood with Prudence Green at the time of her marriage with Robert Wigham the father of her husband that she was present at said marriage as in the summer of 1799 that the first child by the said marriage was Elizabeth now the wife of John M c Adoo of Brooklyn Kings County New York that she was born about ten months after the said marriage and is now fifty one years old and she further saith that the father of her husband the Robert Wigham died many years ago leaving her surviving a widow now residing with her daughter the said Elizabeth M c Adoo (Viz) Madame Wigham formerly the said Prudence Green Elizabeth Wigham Mark
Known the 31 st day of March 1857 before me
Abemethy Lane Justice of the peace
I certify that Robert Wigham and Elizabeth his wife the above deponents are persons of Good Moral Character and in all respects worthy of credit under oath Abemethy Lane Justice of the peace

State of New York. Orange County Clerk's Office. } ss.
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of the said County of Orange, and also Clerk of the County Court of said county, being a Court of Record having a seal, Do hereby Certify, that M. Cunningham
before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were subscribed and sworn was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths for general purposes; and further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature
" M. Cunningham " respectively  attached to the said declaration and affidavit is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and county the 1st — day of April 185 /
N Westcott Clerk.

State of New York } Kings County } p: On this ninth day of April, 1851, personally appeared before the subscriber, John Greenwood City Judge of Brooklyn & as such Judge of the City Court of Brooklyn, a Court of record organized under the laws of a City of  City of  State of  State of Prudence Whigam, a resident of Brooklyn, Kings County, State of New York, aged Eighty years, who, being duly sworn, according to law with an her oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed 29 th July, 1848, giving pensions to indigent mar- ried prior to 2 d January, 1800, whose husbands served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Robert Whigam, who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars per annum under Act 18 th March, 1818; and who drew his pension in the city of New York.
She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Whigam in June, 1799; and that the marriage was solemnized by the Rev: Mr Baldwin in Blooming-grove, Orange County, at the house of this declarant, she being then a widow: that her first child by said marriage was born on the 24 th day of March in the year 1800 between nine and ten months thereafter, and was named Elizabeth, and is now the wife of John Mc Ardle, of Brooklyn, Kings County, State of New York - She further saith that her husband, the aforesaid Robert Whigam, died in March, or April, 1822: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January, eighteen hundred, viz: at the time above stated. She further swears

that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension - and also that she knows of no record or documentary proof of her marriage: that the only record, of which she had any knowledge, was that kept by the clergyman who performed the ceremony, as aforesaid, and that she ascertained many years ago, soon after her said husband's death, had been destroyed by fire; the said clergyman's house having been burnt up with all its effects.
Sworn to and subscribed this twelfth day of April 1857 before me, who further certify that the declarant is unable from age and infirmity to attend court to make the declaration therein
Prudence do X Whigam mark
J. Greenwood City Judge of Brooklyn
King's County p: Elizabeth Mc Ardle, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that she is the daughter and oldest child of Robert and Prudence Whigam: that she is now fifty one years of age, and was born, as she has always understood and believed, on the 24 th day of March in the year 1802: that her father, the said Robert Whigam, was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Twenty Six dollars per annum, and that her mother, the above declarant,

has remained his widow ever since his death, which took place when this deponent was 22 or 23 years of age. She further saith that she is the wife of John Mc Ardle, and was married to him on the 24 th day of December, 1820; and that the 24 th of the succeeding March was her twenty first birth day; she being twenty years of age when she was married. She further saith that she has always been informed and very believes that she was born between nine and ten months after the marriage of her said parents.
Sworn to and subscribed this ninth day of April 1851 before me, who further certify that the deponent is a respectable person and worthy of credit
Elizabeth Mc Ardle
John Greenwood City Judge of Brooklyn
The Clerk will thereunto the signature & official character of the Judge
I certify that John Greenwood is the duly qualified Judge of the City Court of Brooklyn & State of New York said Court being a Court of Record & having concurrent jurisdiction with the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court this 14 th day of April 1851.
C M Waring Dep. Clerk

ad can
Robert Whigham or Wygham - Orange county, N. Y. Joseph Morrill.
at Newburgh, N.Y.
Rec d 2 d Aug: 1820. original declaration stated by the applicant to have been made on the 14. April, 1818.
Col: Sams's regim t art l y New-York line, 1777 to 1780.
worth $: 37. 9 / 100
Service proved by two persons, certified like credible witnesses.
Adm l Robert Whigham
The original declaration is required, or a certificate of the judge, under the Seal of the Court, of the day, month, and year when it was sworn to before him.

State of New York } ss On this 31. day of May in the year Orange County } one thousand eight hundred and twenty, in open court, in the court of common pleas for the said county of Orange, being a court of record by the virtue of the constitution and laws of the State of New York personally appeared Robert Cligham, age 77 years resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolution- ary war in Capt. Andrew Moodys Company in Col. Lamberts Regt. of Artillery of the New York Line from 1777 to 1780 that his first declaration was made April 14. 1818 - And the said Robert Cligham in open court as aforesaid doth take the following oath viz I Robert Cligham do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled called "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Rev- olutionary war," passed March 18, 1818. and that I have not nor had any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the sche- dule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. and the said Robert Cligham produced the following sche- dule of his property, that is to say - 1. cow worth $15. 1 horse $3 1 sheep $1.25 5 hogs /62 1 wash tub /37 2 pails /50 1 axe /75 1 hoe /25 1 table $1.50 12 chains $2.50 1 looking glass /12 6 knives & forks /50 1 churn /50 2 barrels /25. 4 Bowls /12. 6 pewter table spoons /37 6 do Tea do $1.19 6 earthen plates /18 3 pewter do /37 12 cups and saucers /50 1 fiddle $1.00 2 smoothing irons /75 2 iron pots $2.00 1 Tea Kettle $1.00 2 chests /25 2 hand irons shovel & tongs $2.00 1 fry- ing pan /25. - That I am a weaver by profession and that my first declaration was made on the 14 April 1818.
Robt his Cligham
Sworn to 31. May 1820 before Nathan H. assistant White Saml. D. Davenport Stephen Jackson Esqrs. Justices Jno W. Wilkin Clerk

I, James W. Wilkin clerk of the court of common pleas in for the county of Orange, do hereby certify that the within oath and inventory, are truly copied from the records of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is thirty seven dollars and nine cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 7th day of June 1820,
James W. Wilkin — clerk of the court of common pleas in and for Orange county

No 981 Prudence Elizabeth Whigam or Wigham, widow of Robert N.Y. died 29 July 1848.
Marr'd 1799 Hus d died 1822
Adm d 2 yrs pay of Artillery $100 per annum, Com'g 4 March 1848
St. Marks City Roll
John M c Andrew, Brooklyn N.Y.

Key WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6546
Prudence Wigham Widow
Robert Wigham Pvt. Rev. War
Act: July 29/48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 339
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5743.
Robert Whigham, Orange County, N. Y. Col: Lamb's reg t N. Y. artillery, 1777 to 1780. 1 st declaration.
14. April, 1818.
Not found on rolls.
The testimony, oath, of two or more disinter- ested and credible persons, certified as such by the judge, proving 9 months service of the applicant, in continu- ance, on Cont t . Estab t . is required,
Joseph Morell, agt. Newburgh, N. Y. Rec d . 14. Feb y . 1820.

Robert Wigham Company and that Robert Wigham did faithfully three years in said company and was Honorably discharged on that Point - further forth not - Given the 7th day of Feb y 1820 } William Brachmann before me
Joseph Morris Commissioner

Orange County } State of N. York }
This may certify that the original declaration of Robert Wigham was made according to the best of my belief on the 14. April 1818 - I believe it was sent on with a sub- sequent declaration to the War office - & is not now in my possession - Dated Oct- 28. 1820
J. H. White, first Judge of O. County State of N. York
The first declaration made before Judge White by Robert Wigham was on the 14 day of April 1818 - you will perceive this, by the printed piece of paper which I attach to this - and I know the same to be true
Oct 28 th 1820
Yours Respectfully &c. Joseph Morris
P.S. Rob t Wigham requests the papers to be sent to me J.M.

Free
Robert Rhighams Newburgh Oct 31 for the Pension Joseph Morton Newburgh, N.Y.
Recd. 4 Nov 1820.
W. C. Calhoun certany of War. ———
City of Washington

New Windsor Orange County NY - Oct. 30 th 1820
I have the Honor to enclose to the Honorable The Secretary of War, all the papers Relative to the Estate of Robert Wigham
I am very Respectfully y r Ob d Serv t -
Joseph Norvell
With an wish to know whether he can draw any Money before the 4 th of March or not -

William Graham's affidavit in the case of Robt. Weyburn

Orange County ss - William Graham being duly sworn saith - that he was acquainted with Robert Whigham in the revolutionary war - That the said Whigham served three years with him in Capt. Moody's Com- pany in Col. Lamb's Regt. & was regularly discharged at West-point -
Sworn the 3 d March 1820 before me
William his Graham mark
Nathl. H. White
I Certify that W m Graham is a respectable character and entitled to belief
Nathl. H. White

Wm Buchanan } affidavit in the } case of Robt. Weyman }

Orange County ss - William Buchanan being duly sworn saith - that he was well acquainted with Robert Whigham in the revolutionary war - that he was attached to Capt Muddys Company in Col n Smith's Regiment of Artillery of the New York line that the said Whigham served faithfully upwards of three years in said Company and was honorably discharged by Major Phineas Brauman at West-point in 1780 - further saith not -
Sworn the 27 May William Buchanan 1820 - before me
Wm H White, first Judge of the County of Orange
I certify that the above mentioned William Buchanan is a respectable citizen and worthy of Credit - Wm H White

Orange County } ss State of New York
I Nathan H. White, first Judge of the Court of Common pleas for the said County of Orange do hereby certify that W m Buchanan & W m Graham are disinterested & credible persons, & that Rob t Wigham first made his decla- ration before on 14 April 1818
Dated 25 July 1820
Nathan H. White

Brooklyne April 19 1851
Sir I Herewith transfer applications of My Mother in law Prudence Whigam For a Pension at the rate of 96 Dollars Per annum under the act 29 th July 1848
Yours obedient Servant John M. Miller