Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26023, Stephen Wickham, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Wickham, Stephen Wickam Margaret.
W 26023
CONTENTS

Albany 1612
Margaret Wickham widow of Stephen Wickham
who died on the year 1811 of Ontario Co, in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hamtramck of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cortland in the N. York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 — day of Dec. 1837 and sent to H. Gould Auburn, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. '37, 520.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. '38 40.00
$560.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book 1, Vol. 2 Page 125 12

Margaret Wickham 2021
Agent J. G. Luce Auburn N.Y.
V 2021.
Margaret Wickham widow of Stephen.
Mark
Rolls 4 th Regt 1 st Jan'y 77 - War muster to Jan'y '82
to Regt New York Line at Kingston Capt Titus
Admiral Pinto Dyer
A Gould Esq Auburn N.Y.

State of New York
Onondaga County } ss
Benoni Runnels of said County being duly sworn deposes & says that he is aged eighty one years & upwards. That he is brother to Margaret Wickham widow of Stephen Wickham late of said County now deceased, that he was present at the marriage of said Stephen Wickham and the said Margaret and witnessed the ceremony. That her name before the said marriage was Margaret Runnels. That said marriage took place at Great Ninepach in Dutchess County New York on the 13 th day of January 1778 and the ceremony was performed by the Revd Roorer Bullock
Deponent further says that said Wickham was in service as a Revolutionary soldier during said the Revolutionary war, That he was a soldier in the company commanded by Capt John Glantenmark in Col. Philip Van Cortlandt's Regiment from about the month of June 1778 until the close of the war in 1783. Deponent further says that he has frequently seen the said Wickham in said service and knows that
he performed other than that above stated Sworn this 24 th day of April 1887 before me Benoni Runnels His mark Merrill G. Lupton of the peace

I certify my opinion that said Benoni Riennels is a man of truth & veracity Dated April 24 th 1837
Theron Goddard Justice of the Peace
State of New York Onondaga County Clerks Office
I, J. A. Mason Edwards Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Theron Goddard Esquire before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly Elec- ted and qualified; and that I am ac- quainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature: - Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 8 th day of May in the year 1837
J. A. Edwards Clerk
fee of

State of New York 3
Ontario County 3/30
On this fifth day of May 1837 personally appeared before me Oliver Phelps First a judge of the court of Common Pleas in & for said County Margaret Wickham a resident of Richmond in the County of Ontario and State of New York aged seventy seven years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836
That she is the widow of Stephen Wickham who was a private in the company of the Continental troops of the New York line commanded by Captain John H. Hamtramck in the second New York Regiment commanded by Col. Philip Cortland. That the said Stephen Wickham as she believes enlisted in said company and Regiment in the winter of 1776 for three years or during the war that he continued to serve in said company until the time of the taking of Burgoyne when he was wounded in the hand and came home on furlough in the month of November 1777 and remained til the 13 th day of January 1778 on which day she the said Margaret & the said Stephen Wickham were lawfully married by the Rev d Hoomer Bullock at Nine Partners in the County of Dutchess in said State of New York
That in the month of June 1778 the said Stephen Wickham again returned to the service and continued to serve until the year 1783 when he was discharged and returned home.
She further says she does not know that said Stephen was under said Capt John H. Hamtramck the whole time but understood that to be the name of his Captain the latter part of said term of service. She further says she is unable to state the particulars of said service but believes said Stephen Wickham was in the battle at the time of the taking of Burgoyne and of Cornwallis at Yorktown in the battle of

Brandywine & Marmouth as she believes.
She further says she has no documentary evidence of said service. That at the time of entering said service the said Stephen was a resident of Nine Ponds aforesaid.
She further says that according to the best of her knowledge information & belief there was never any public or other record of said marriage and has never obtained and cannot now procure a certificate of said marriage from the clergyman who performed the ceremony. That previous to said marriage her name was Margaret Munn and she has lived a widow ever since the death of said Stephen which happened in the year 1811.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written
Oliver Phelps
First Judge of Ontario County
Margaret her Wickham mark
I certify my opinion that said Margaret Wickham is unable to attend & appear in open court by reason of old age & bodily infirmity.
May 5 th 1837
Oliver Phelps
First Judge of Ontario County
State of New York County of Ontario } ss.
I John L. Dorr Clerk of the Courts in and for the County of Ontario aforesaid do hereby certify that

Oliver Phelps Esquire is a District Judge of the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his Commission is dated on the 25 th day of May 1833 and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Judge and that his signature above written is genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County this 18 th May 1837
Chas Dorr Clerk
7 27 Oliver Phelps Esquire District Judge of the County of ... State of ...

file  ms. file 26.023  Rev. War.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Stephen Wickham , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     76 enlistment 77 when he was wounded. Pvt. John F. Hamtramck Philip Van Cortlandt N.Y.   June 78 to 83 ✓ " "                    
Battles engaged in, Bellwater + Yorktown.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Nine Partners N.Y.
Date of application for pension, by widow May 5, 1837.
Residence at date of application, Richmond, N.Y.
Age at date of application, 77
Remarks: Col. mar. Jan'y 13 1778 at Great Nine Partners, N.Y. Margaret Runnels. He died — 1811 —
Very respectfully,

Fort-Lupton May 26 th /12
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C., Gentlemen
Will you send me a copy of Pension granted to Margaret Wickham a Revolutionary Pensioner, for services of Stephen Wickham, Whatever charges there are please send the bill and I will send by return mail and oblige
Anna C. Whiteside, Fort-Lupton, Weld Co., Colo.

1906 Dec. 8 - History to Ston. R. D. Cole - inquiry in J. File 11,798 Daniel Wickham.
1912, June 8, History to Anna C. Whiteside, Fort Lupton, Colo.
Key  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26023
Margaret Wickham wid of Stephen Wickham Died Rev. war
Act: July 15 th 1836
Index:--Vol. V , Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2021 May 31.
NY. 4 July 36 3 PM
J. L. Edwards
Cour. of pensions Washington D.C.

Subm May 25 1837
Sir
Enclosed I send papers in support of the claim of Margaret Wickham to a pension under the act of July 9 1836
Will you please examine them and send me an answer by return mail. I think there can be no difficulty in this case in as much as the marriage is clearly proved & the service was in the regular army. He also drew land from the state of New York as a soldier
Yours Very Respectfully
J. Gould
Hon J. L. Edwards

2021
Oct 5
Adolf
Margaret Wickham,
FREE
Dear James L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

State of New York Duluth Sept 30 1889
Sir
In reply to your request contained in yours of July 10 last I have endeavored to find some new evidence of the marriage of Margaret Wickham but without success. I enclose afft showing the reason for not furnishing the evidence. I hope it will be satisfactory.
I am yours Respectfully
J. Gould
Hon J. L. Edwards

let. to A. Gould July 10, 1837

In the morning
of Margaret Mitchell editorial efforts
Agent J. Gould Helen
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State of New York
Cayuga County } ss I, James Gould of Auburn in said County being duly sworn deposes & says that since the receipt of the letter of the Hon J L Edmonds under date of July 10 1837 in the matter of the claim of Margaret Wickham, he has caused inquiry to be made of the Post Master of the town in which the marriage of said Margaret Wickham with Stephen Wickham took place. That in answer to said inquiry the said Post Master wrote that he had made inquiry of the oldest & best informed citizens of the place and found that no records of births and marriages were kept in the parishes in that section at or about the time of the Revolution.
The letter also stated that Mr & Mrs Wick- ham were known to have lived there as husband & wife by said citizens.
Deponent further says that from the information which he has been able to obtain he is satisfied that no records of births or marriages were kept in said town or parish at the time of the marriage above mentioned. And that it is out of the power of said Margaret Wickham to procure any record evidence of said marriage.
And further deponent saith not J Gould
Sworn this 29 day of Sept 1837 before me E B Goff Justice Peace

I certify that I am acquainted with said James James Lord and that he is a man of truth & veracity E. B. Goff Justice Peace
State of New York Cayuga County Clerk's Office
I Michael J. Myers Clerk of the county of Cayuga do hereby certify, that E. B. Goff whose signature appears to the within affidavit was on the day on which the same purports to have been taken a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn & authorized to act as such and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily, believe his said signature to be genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 30 th day of September 1882 By - - B. F. Hall Deputy Clerk

Ontario County ss Margaret Wickham being duly sworn deposes and says that she is the widow of Stephen Wickham deceased a soldier in the Revolutionary war that she was married to said Stephen on the thirteenth day of January 1778 which marriage was recorded in their family Bible together with the dates of the births and deaths of their children. And she further says that about twenty years ago the Bible in which the said records were registered was exposed to the rain by which it became injured in such a manner that the leaves came apart and out of the binding since which time the greater part of the said Bible has been destroyed that the record above referred to has been totally lost so that no part of it can now be found. And she fur- ther says that the clergyman who perform- ed the marriage ceremony is now dead as she is informed and verily believes to be true; that she never received a mar- riage certificate from him; and that so far as her knowledge extends there were no records of marriages and birth of children kept in the place in which she then resided. And further deponent says not.
Margaret her X Wickham mark
Subscribed Sworn before me this 24th day of August 1837
Joseph Moore Justice of peace

State of New York Ontario County ss: }
I Sedran Brown Deputy Clerk of the county aforesaid hereby certify that Joseph Morse Junior whose signature appears to the within affidavit was on the day on which the same purports to have been taken a Justice of the Peace in & for said county duly elected & sworn & authorized to act as such and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & hereby believe his said signature to be genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of said county this 29 th day of August 1837 -
Sedran Brown Deputy Clerk