Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,325, Mark Wiggins, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Wiggins, Mark or Wiggin
S. 43,325
CONTENTS

16.309.
New Hampshire
Mark Wiggins
of Wolfborough in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Long of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Jan y . 1820 and sent to Hon ble Josiah Butler, H. Rep ts U. S.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820 - 15 30.17 / 31.80 322.07
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar. 1820 120.00
$442.07
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Dead - daughter continued
to Hon D. Perkins June 25, 1850
Heaton sent to A. Pierce Esq. New Hamp. 6 in Sept 1820

11 Mark Wiggin
16309.
lan
March 1820.
Cont. P.

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Wolfborough within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the Second Tuesday of July, 1820.
Mark Wiggin aged Seventy four , resident in Wolfborough in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income—his necessary clothing and bedding excepted—as follows:—
One Cow & 1 Calf
Mark Wiggin
And the said Mark Wiggin — in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
I Mark Wiggin — do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my 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 “an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has 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 schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Mark Wiggin
And the said Mark Wiggin doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
He was appointed & Commissioned a Captain of the first Company of the New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Col Pierce Long, in August 1776 & served therein for one year & was honorably discharged the 8 th of August 1777 he was a Major in the Militia and assisted as such at the taking of Burgoyne's Army — was a Lieut Col in Col Kelley's Regiment with General Sullivan at Rhode Island.

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is May 2, 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 16.309 — That his occupation is that of a husbandman but has not sufficient ability to pursue it having lost the use of one That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
I have none
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the
11 th day of July — 1820.
} Mark Wiggin
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Wolfborough within and for the county of Strafford and state of New-Hampshire, on the 11 th day of July, 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH and SAMUEL QUARLES, } Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Mark Wiggin having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the Court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is seventy dollars — cents. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce CLERK.
STATE OF NEWHAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath, and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 11 th day of July 1820,
A. Peirce , CLERK.

DISTRICT OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, PORTSMOUTH, to wit;
ON this Second - - - day of May A. D. 1818 before me the subscriber, Judge of the District Court of the United States, for said District—PERSONALLY APPEARS
Mark Wiggins aged Seventy one years resident in Wolfborough
in said District, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."
That he the said Mark Wiggins was commissioned to be Captain of the first Company in the Regiment commanded by Col o Pierce Long in the New Hampshire Line, on the Continental Establishment, on or about the beginning of August 1776, that his Com- -mission as Captain, he believes, was dated the 7 th day of said August, being the date of officers serving in said regiment, as in newspapers — That he the said Mark Wiggins served, & continued to serve the United States in said Corps, until the 8 th day of August 1777, when said Company and regiment were discharged, the term for which the soldiers had enlisted having expired. — That this discharge was at Still water in the State of New York, on the day last mentioned. That the said Mark Wiggins was afterwards, (tho' not then in the Continental Service) in the Battle at or near Saratoga, when Gen l Burgoyne's Army was captured — That he has lost his Commission in the sudden retreat from Ticonderoga, or in the previous preparation. — That he has always been a resident citizen of the United States, & for more than twenty years in Wolfborough, that he is in reduced circumstances, & poor, having lost his Estate, some considerable, by fault or failure of others, and is in need of the assistance of his Country Support.
Sworn to and declared before me, on the day and year aforesaid, and I John S. Sherburne District Judge as aforesaid do certify, that it appears to

to my satisfaction that the said Mark Wiggins did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the common Enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pur- suant to the Directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress - and I also certify that it appears to my su- Persecutions satisfaction that the said Mark said District Wiggins is in reduced circumstances in life, & in need of assistance from the country for support.
J. S. Sherburne
United States of America
New Hampshire District ss -
Be it known that John S. Sherburne Esq r . who hath subscribed the foregoing Certificate is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court and Judge of the District Court of the United States for said District - Witness the seal of said Circuit Court the 27 th day of July A.D. 1818 - Peyton R Freeman - Clerk

State of Nottinghamshire
Stafford B g Wolfborough
We the subscribers Select men of the Town of Wolfborough do hereby certify that Mark Wiggins of said Town has not paid any tax in said Town for several years past for nothing more than his poll & one cow and that is all the property he owns either is taxable to our knowledge either personal or real and in our opinion needs help from his country
Shol d Stevenson
William Cotton
select men
Stafford B g September 30 th A. D. 1818 -
Then the above named Shol d Stevenson and W m Cotton personally appeared and made solemn oath that they were chosen select men for the Town of Wolfborough at a legal Town meeting held in said Wolfborough on Tuesday the 10 th day of March A. D. 1818 and were sworn to the faithful discharge of that office.
Samuel Quarles Justice of the peace

State of New Hampshire Portsmouth.
I the Subscribed Notary Public duly com- missioned & sworn do certify, that Sam l Charles who has signed within, is a Justice of the Peace & of the Inferior for the County of Strafford in s c State & was so at the within date.
Under attestor meum sigilloque
Dan l Humphreys Not y Pub l

John Mooney's Dep. Mark Wiggins served Longs Regiment

I John Mooney Depose and say that I enlisted as a soldier in August or September A. 1776 for twelve months and served in Col. Pierce Long's Regiment in the Continental Service in the War of the Revolution, and knew Capt. Mark Wiggins who served as a Captain in the same Regiment am confident that he served as a Captain the full term of time for which said Regiment was raised being twelve months, and that my Father Hercules Mooney was Lieutenant Col. in the same Regiment
John Mooney
State of New Hampshire } Strafford ss. — } New Hampton August 24. 1818.
Then Personally appeared the above named John Mooney and made solemn affirmation that the above deposition by him subscribed was just and true before me.
Thos Simpson
{ Jus. Peace & Unis quoram
Shrubby certify the Hon. John Mooney Esq. the signer of the above certificate is Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Strafford, is an honorable man, & his testimony or affirmation is fully to be relied on.
Thos Simpson
{ Jus. Peace & Unis quoram
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss Portsm o Sep r 23 d 1818
I Dan l Humphrys Notary Public do certify that Thos Simpson, who has signed the above Caption & Certificate is a Justice of the Peace & Deorum for this County of Strafford, & was so at the above Date
In presence of our fidem
Dan l Humphrys Not Public

Mark Wiggins, Col. red a centurion into the
Col. Long's N. Hampshire Regt. 1776-1781
2 May 1810.
benefit
Not on Col. D. D. D. D. D.
Found on the loose roll of Col. Long's Regt.
Admitted

I Michael M c Clary of Epsom in the District of New Hampshire, Marshal of s d District, do hereby say, that in the year 1777, I was a Captain of a Company in the third New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Col o Scammon that I well knew Mark Wiggins of Wolfborough in said District, that he was a Captain of a Company in the Regiment commanded by Col o Pierce Long, in the New Hampshire Line, and well knows that he was in the service in Col o Long's Regiment at said time the retreat from Ticonderoga in the said year 1777.
Mich d M c Clary
State of New Hampshire Portsmouth.
On this second day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and eighteen, before me Dan t Humphreys Notary Public, duly commissioned & sworn, & a Justice of the Peace & Quorum, personally appeared the above named & signing Michael M c Clary, Marshal of said District, and made oath in due form of Law to the Truth of the above written Deposition by him subscribed in my presence.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal the day last aforesaid.
Dan t Humphreys Not y Pub ic & Jus- Peace & Quorum

Gen l M. M c Clurg Disposition
of Capt m M. Wiggins Survived in Rev d War

Ho. of Reps.
Washington June 22 1850
Sir Will you please cause an examination of the papers on which a pen- sion was granted to Mark Wiggins of the N Hampshire Line in the war of the Revolution for the purpose of deter- mining whether the heirs of said Mark are en- titled to land or other pay from the Government.
Yr obed Servt D. A. P. King Col. J. L. Edwards Pens. Comt.

43 325
INVALID.
Rey
File No. 43 325
Mark Higgins
Capt Rev Dv
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 569
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Higgins, Thomas GRADE Sergeant LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10646 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 9, 1799 to Abraham Bell, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.