Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20158, for David Ingraham, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
mass
Ingraham, David Lydia
W. 20158
CONTENTS

27757 New York
David Ingraham of Hamadag in the State of New York who was a private in the corps commanded by Captain White of the col commanded by Col. Brewer in the Massachusetts line for 8 months private
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 16 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of October 1834 and Thomas Ball Commanding
Arrears to the 4th of September 95.25 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 13.66 $108.91
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk, Book 102 Vol. 4 Page 36
9210

New York No. 7984.
Lydia Ingraham, dec d . widow of David Ingraham who was a Private in the Mass. Line
Herb d died 10 th Jany. 1835.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843, & on 13 th January 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Oct. 1846, and sent to
T. L. S.
A. T. Smith, Present.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
and June 17. 1844,
Recorded in Book d Vol. 2. Page 78
Payable to Children
To Lydia Chaffin B. B. Cross, Seymour and Alfred Ingraham, only children.
Acts 1838, 1843 & 1844.
Rep d .

Payment to be made at Albany by T. M. O'Connell Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of New York Payable on the 4th March, and 4th September in each year.
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book A, Vol. 1, Page by _____ A. G. Wood Clerk.
Caplicoult.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Lydia Ingraham, dec d , of New York widow of David Ingraham, who was a Private in the Mass. Service and died on the 10 th day of January 1835 is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Six dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th March 1836, and terminating on the 4 th of March, 1841, unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death, payable to Lydia Hulfiller, Ora Cross, Symon & Alfred Ingraham, only children  only children Given at the War Office of the United States, this 19 th day of October one thousand eight hundred and Forty Six.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Duplicate.

No 9210 David Ingraham
proof of age
5.77.
1922
Thos. Beals Cannandaigua N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of David Ingraham of Canandaigua in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Eighty Six 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.     Sept In 1776 3+ As a General Gen. Col. Brewer   Volunteered in July 1777. in Capt. White's Comp. and served as Sergeant until the last of September following.   Octo. 1777 7 Capt. Chapins Comp.   July 1778 4 Private Capt. Asahel Pomeroy  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wheatley Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are correct in form and authentication 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
X Bangs certificate
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

State of New York, Ontario County
In the matter of David Ingraham's application for a pension
I personally appeared before me the undersigned a Notary Public in and for said County David Ingraham who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith, that when he made his declaration before the County Court on the 27 August 1832, under the act of June 7 th 1832 he supposed he complied in all respects with the rule of the War Department. He has been furnished with a Brief from the War Department and he now amends his said Declaration. He is required to answer the 7 Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. He has answered all but the 5 th interrogatory in his original declaration. He now says that when he served as under his 1 st head Colonel Willard, Regiment was on the same station. When he served as under his 2 nd and 3 rd head, there were a great number of troops, but he does not remember the names of any of the Regiments. He saw Generals Gates and Schuyler, and knew them. When he served as under his 4 th head there was no other Regiments on that station. He served as under his first head no less than Three months as a corporal under his second head he served no less than Three months as a private, and under his 3 rd head no less than One week as a private, and under his 4 th head no less than four months as a private - in all not less than Ten months and a quarter - of which three months as a Corporal and Seven and a quarter months as a private soldier for which he claims a pension
Sworn to and Subscribed this 5 th April 1833 before me
David Ingraham
Morris Pratt Not. Pub.

State of New-York, Ontario County ss. }
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Thomas Beals, whose name is subscribed to the within certificate of affidavit was, at the date thereof, a Notary Public in and for the said County; And that I am well acquaint- ed with his hand writing and verily believe the said signature to be his proper act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixth day of April A. D. 1833.
Charles Crane

9210 David Ingraham.
Thomas Beals Agent Canandaigua
adm d
Synopsis by certop of trans
$26.66

State of New York Ontario County } ss:
On this twenty seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court now sitting David Ingraham a resident of the town of Canandaigua in the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty six 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
1 st At the town of Wheatley County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, he enlisted as a corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Benjamin Pormey (Lieutenant Cummings) in Colonel Samuel Brewer Regiment for the term of three months in the month of September 1776. That he marched with said Company to Ticonderoga, and there done duty for the full term of his enlistment. 2 d In July 1777 at the town of Wheatley as aforesaid he volunteered to serve in Captain Whites Company the name of the Colonel he does not remember. That he marched with said Company to the Hudson River opposite the City of Albany, from thence to Lansingburgh and thence to Stillwater, at and near which place he continued to serve as Sergeant of said Company until the last of September following when he was discharged and went home. 3 rd In the month of October following he again volunteered in Captain Chapins Company that he marched with said Company to meet the army of General Burgoyne, that he was in said service one week (the) when returned home on account of sickness in his family. 4 th At Wheatley as aforesaid on or about the 1 st July 1778 he enlisted for four months

in the Company Commanded by Captain Asahel Pomeroy and marched in said Com- pany to Albany, and joined the Army there and served at that place until his time expired, when he was honorably discharged and went home. Whilst in the service as aforesaid he knew the following named Officers. General Lincoln, General Gates and General Arnold. He knew Captain Watson at Ticonderoga. He claims to have served his Country more than ten months during the Revolutionary War. That he has no documentary evidence nor now remember to have had a written discharge and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. Was born in Lebanon State of Connecticut on the 8 th March 1740. After the war lived in Blanford Massachusetts, afterwards in Cornwall in Vermont and since then in the town of Aurelius County of Cayuga and State of New York, and has lived therefor seventeen years past and lately has removed into the town of Canandaigua County of Ontario and State aforesaid and now resides in said town. He has no record of his age. He knows the Reverend John B. Potter and Jesse Miller of the town of Canandaigua. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid - in open court David his Root
We the Revd John B. Potter and Jesse

Miller residing in the Town of Canandaigua in the County & State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Ingraham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty six years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed & sworn the days year aforesaid in open Court
John B. Potter Jesse Miller
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John B. Potter, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, and that Jesse Miller, who has signed the same, is a credible person, that they both reside in the town of Canandaigua, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court, in the matter of the application of David Ingraham for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of September A. D. 1832.
Charles Crane

13003
Lydia Ingraham N. York
7 July 1838
Mamie before 1794 h. d. 10 Jan'y 1835 w. d. 18 Jan'y 1845
8 mos. private Col. Brewer $ 26.66

State of New York County of Ontario } ss
On this twentieth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty six personally appeared in open court before me Harry Smith one of the judges of the court of common Pleas in & for the county of Ontario Lydia Chatfield of the town of Canandaigua in said county aged sixty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount that may be due to the heirs of Lydia Ingraham of the town late of the town of Canandaigua, who was entitled to the benefits of the act of Congress passed 7 th July 1838. -
This declarant states that her father David Ingraham was a soldier in the war of the revolution and drew a pension for his revolutionary services for several years previous to his death - that her said father resided for nearly thru many years in the said town of Canandaigua and died in that place - that he the said David Ingraham died on the tenth day of January in the year eighteen hundred & thirty five.
This declarant further states that the said David Ingraham was married to the said Lydia (whose maiden name was Lydia Miller) about as far as this declarant can ascertain about the year seventeen hundred and eighty four, in the town of Mosanville in the State of Mass

achusetts - that from that time to the day of the death of her said father in it on the 10 th of January 1835: the said David Ingraham & the said Lydia, lived together in lawful wedlock and were respect and sustained the relation of husband & wife -
This declarant further states that her mother the said Lydia Ingraham died, in the town of Canandaigua on the eighteenth day of January in the year eighteen hundred and forty six - at the house of this declarant. that after the death of her said father, this declarants said mother did not marry again, but died, being the widow of the said David Ingraham -
This declarant further states that after the death of her said father, her said mother resided with her and received her support & maintenance entirely at the hands of this declarant.
This declarant further states that her said father & mother, left four children surviving them, whose names are Lydia Chatfield (formerly Lydia Ingraham, this declarant), Ora Crofts, Seymour Crofts, Ingraham & Alfred Ingraham -
This declarant further states that her said father died at the house of this declarant at the reported age of eighty eight or eighty nine years - that her said

mother died at the reported age of ninety two years. Subscribed & sworn the her Lydia X Chatfield day & year first above written. before me.
The words "mark there" interlined before signing. and the words "for several years" erased. Henry Smith
A Judge of Ontario County Court
Ontario County ss
I. Alexander H. Howell clerk of said court do hereby certify that at a court of common Pleas held in & for said county on the twentieth day of May 1846. it was proved by the ad- -duction of testimony to the satisfaction of said court that David Ingraham late of the town of Canandaigua, died on the tenth day of January in the year eighteen hundred & thirty five (1835) - that Lydia Ingraham also of the said town of Canandaigua also died on on the eighteenth day of January in the year eighteen hundred & forty six (1846). and that the said David Ingraham & Lydia Ingraham left four children surviving them whose names are Lydia Chatfield Ora Croft. Seymour Ingraham &

Alfred Ingraham.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court & county this 20 th day of May 1846.
Alb. H. Howell Clerk.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20158
Lydia Ingraham Widow of David Ingraham Prin. Rev. War
Act: Mar. 3 d 1873
Index:—Vol. 04 , Page 366
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Upon looking at my papers for another purpose I came across the enclosed certificate in the case of David Ingraham.
The case, I had, of Lydia Ingraham in 1846 - and an allowance at for 8 months service was got - He was a Pensioner - The allowance was probably for 8 months service in 1875 - But this cert shows 4 months in 1878 - Possibly this 4 months may be added to it - The amount will be small but perhaps worth looking to -
Yours truly
F. S. Evans SSV Washington D.C.
L. M. Doan

The other letters, besides yours, which I had from the Dept denied that Buschburg claimed to have served as a teacher - When in fact he claimed nothing else - & the clerk who wrote the letters either did not look at the papers or he stated an untruth.

David Ingraham. N.Y. Act 7 June 1832 at $21 67 / 100 per ann.
To what time was he last paid?
Pension office Oct 19. 1846
G. C. Amis
Died 10 th Jan y 1835 p t to day of Death
W. Syson

Lycia Ingraham
Ms. A. 9. 2. 63
Cal
Mr. R of Henderson
Dear Evan

V 13,003
Lydia Ingraham,
N York
J. L. & A. T. Smith, Sept 18/86
Aug 7. 1888

New York Revs:
David Ingraham
Suspended for 20 Reals 20 July " " 33 July 34
adm d
Act. 7 June 32

11116.)
New York.
Sydia Ingraham, dec d . Widow of David Ingraham who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 10 th January 1835 of Ontario in the State of New York who was a Quisto in the Company commanded by Captain White of the Regt. commanded by Col. Brewer in the Mass — line for 8 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Octo. 1846 and sent to M c L. & A. T. Smith Present,
Total amount, $ 133.30
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. L. Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1, Page 163.
Payable to Children

I Justus Rose of Granville in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts age Eighty Six years tes- tify and say that I was well acquainted with Lydia Miller daughter of Joseph Miller
They lived in said Granville, but a few rods distant from my father's dwelling house
I was well acquainted with said Lydia Miller in her youth, both before and subse- quent to her marriage and believe she was married to David Ingraham in the year 1784 or 1785 — It is my impression that I was present at their marriage, but am not positive I think they were mar- ried by Rev. Mr. Forward of Southwick
I know that said Lydia and David lived together as husband and wife several years in Granville, and removed to the town of Blandford and from thence to Cornwall in the State of Vermont, and I visited them in both of those places and saw their children — They had one or more children previous to the first of January 1794 —
There was no settled Minister in Gran- ville at the time said marriage was

solemnized, I am pretty sure that Mr. Howard married one of Joseph Miller's daughters, and it is my impression that he married the said Lydia to Mr. Ingraham. And further the Deponent saith not.
Justus Rose
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden Ss. Granville 19 th August 1846. —
Then personally appeared Justus Rose Aged Eighty Six years and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed. — And I certify that I am well acquainted with the Deponent and believe him to be a person of truth and veracity, and full credit may be given to his testimony.
Before me
James Cooly Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, SS.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that James Cooly , Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said James
Cooly , and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six
Rich d Bliss Clerk.

State of New York County of Ontario
William Luch
of the town of Canandaigua in said county being duly sworn deposes and says that on the eighteenth tenth day of January last past he was spoken to and employed to dig a grave for Lydia Ingraham of the same neighborhood in which this deponent resided who had died on that day as this deponent believes that on Monday the nineteenth tenth day of the same month he this deponent did dig a grave for the said Lydia Ingraham and on Tuesday the twentieth twentyfirst day of the same month the said Lydia Ingraham was buried and this deponent was present at her funeral and officiated as Undertaker on that oc- -casion - And further says not-
Sworn & subscribed. } William Luch this 19 th day of June 1846
Before me - The words "eighteenth" "nineteenth" and "twentieth" interlined before signing and the words "nineteenth" "twentieth" and "twenty first" erased Lyman Cooly Justice in and for Ontario County
I certify that I am personally acquainted with William Luch - the subscriber to the above affidavit He is a person of credibility - Lyman Cooly Justice in and for Ontario County

State of New York County of Ontario } I Alexander D. Howell, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Lyman Cooley is a magistrate in & for said county, duly elected & qualified - that his term of office commenced on the first day of January - and will ex- -pire on the thirtyfirst day of December _____ and that his signature to the within affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here- -unto set my hand & affixed the seal of said county this 20 th day of June 1846 -
Reuben Murray Jr Deputy Clerk

State of Illinois, County of Winnebago, } S.
Luther Miller of the Town of Rockford in said County, aged seventy four years and upwards, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he knew David Ingraham and Lydia Ingraham, in their life time; that the maiden name of the said Lydia Ingraham was Lydia Miller, and that she was this deponent's sister; - This deponent states that he knows that the said David Ingraham and the said Lydia sustained the relation of husband and wife from about the year seventeen hundred and eighty four; that at that time they were united in marriage, as this deponent knows, he being present at their marriage; that about the year seventeen hundred and eighty five or eighty six the said David and the said Lydia had a child born who was named Lydia - now Lydia Chatfield.
This deponent further states that he knows that the said David and Lydia Ingraham lived together in lawful wedlock and sustained the relation of husband and wife, and were reputed as such where they were known, and had a child born previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four.
This deponent further states that the said David and Lydia sustained the relation of husband and wife from the year seventeen hundred and eighty four to the time of the death of the said David Ingraham. And further this deponent saith not.
Luther Miller
State of Illinois, County of Winnebago, } S. Subscribed and sworn to.

This Thirty first day of August A.D. 1846, before me
John W. Taylor Justice of the Peace for Winnebago Co. State of Illinois
I hereby certify, that I am acquainted with the subscriber to the above affidavit. He is a person of credibility.
John W. Taylor Jus. Peace
STATE OF ILLINOIS, } Winnebago COUNTY. } I, Selden W. Church, Clerk of the county commissioners' court for said county, do hereby certify, that John W. Taylor Esq., whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, was, on the day of the date thereof, an acting justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly com- missioned and qualified, as appears of record in my office; and that, as such, full faith and credit are due to all his official acts. And that the signature to said certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, at Rockford, this 31 st day of August, 1846. Selden W. Church, Clerk, By William Hulin, deputy Clerk.

Letter from Geo. Shepard in the Ingraham case. June 5. 1841.
West Goshen Indls, I June 10 J. S.
Rev. Mr. Dury Esqr. Canandaigua N.Y.

West Granville June 5 th 1846
Dear Sir
I have not been able to find a record of the marriage of David Ingraham & Lydia Miller - The town of Granville was destitute of a settled Pastor about the time you make enquiry - and a Mr Robinson then a Justice of the peace performed the Ceremony of Marriage in several cases about that time. He I am told kept a record and his house was burnt and the effects of it and it is probable the record of their marriage was on his papers - I find on our Town Books records of several marriages as far back as 1787 but the one on wish for I have not as yet found - Should I be able to, will inform you as soon as possible. The name of our Town Clerk is Vincent Holcomb Esq. He rec d your letter & would have attended to your enquiries - but for sickness as he was very unwell about that time. I should have written in this had I not indulged the hope that I should in some way learn the date of their marriage - Some of our Townsmen believe there is yet a book of records for the back than those I have seen - We have two parishes in our Town the practice is a Clerk one year in one parish & the next year in the other - In that way our Town Books are liable to get mislaid or lost

Please give our respects to Cousin Sophia Shepard & say to her, her friends are usually well at the East - except Aunt Caroline she probably cannot continue with us long Yours Respectfully Geo. W. Shepard

State of New York County of Monroe Leander M. Brown of Canandaigua Ontario County being duly sworn doth depose & say that the annexed letter was received by him de- ponent through the Post Office in reply to one addressed by him to George Shepard of Granville Massachusetts asking for evidence from the public records of said last mentioned place of the mar- riage of David Ingraham with Lydia Miller - And further says not -
Sworn & subscribed to the 28 th day of September 1846 Before me
Leander M. Brown
P. H. Meekhan First Judge of Monroe County Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 23 d 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of David “ ” Ingraham ” , as a private, is borne on a Mileage Abstract of Capt. Benj s Bonney's Company, in Col. Sam l Brewer's Regt. who marched to reinforce the Northern Army the year past. Dated at Chesterfield March 13 th A.D. 1777. ” where he is allowed 153 3 / 4 Miles travel time of service not mentioned. —
David “ ” Ingraham ” as a private is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Salmon White's Company, in Col. Ezra May's Regt. where he is allowed from Sept. 20 th to October 14 th 1777. for services and travel one month.
David Ingraham's name as a private, is borne on a Pay Roll of a Detachment from General Danielson's Brigade of Militia, from the county of Hampshire. Commanded by Capt. Daniel Pomeroy.

and served under General Starks, in the Northern Department, agreeable to an Act of the General Court of this State passed June 12 th 1778. for Sept & Oct. rs where he is allowed from July 8 th to October 31. st
David Ingraham claims for services under Capt. Chapin in Oct. rs 1777. also under all the above named Officers, - but the rolls which he describes are not found in this Office, except those as mentioned above.
End.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

War Department Pension Office May 7. 1834
Sir,
The papers of Philip Lamunyon have again been examined. The affidavits in this case are returned, in order that the witnesses may be sworn before the proper officer. An affidavit sworn before a Notary Public cannot be received in support of claims in this Office. The original declaration remains on file.
The affidavit in the case of David Ingraham is also returned, for the purpose of being taken before the proper officer. If Mr. Ingraham served as alleged, proof of it may be obtained by applying to E. D. Bangs Esq., Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, to whom he is referred for that purpose. His papers remain on file.
I am respectfully
Your Obet. Servt.
J L Edward
Thos. Beals Esq. Canandaigua N. York

Canandaigua 8 th July 1832 J. S. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Sir
I enclose the certificate of E. D. Bangs in the case of David Ingraham as required by your letter to me - Mr. Ingraham is in full health, and is very anxious that his case may be considered, and if the proofs furnished do not satisfy the department to allow all his claim, he prays so much as is established may be allowed, and he have a certificate -
Respectfully M c Gregor

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Ingraham which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? The Court Certify that the interrogatories were put to the applicant Full answer required
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Canandaigua, 15 th Aug t 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions
Sir
I enclose the affidavits and proof in the case of Philip Samunynge, whose application for a Pension is suspended as per your letter of 20 th ult o and remain
Your most obed t serv t
M c Manus

Payment to be made at
Albany by
J. M. Alcock
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2 Page
J. B. Howard Clerk.
Duplicate

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, and 17 th June 1844
Lydia Ingraham, dec d , late of New York - widow of David Ingraham who was a Private in the Massachusetts Line and died on the 10 th day of January 1835 is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Six dollars and 87 1/2 cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th March 1843, and terminating on the 18 th Jany 1846, unless the Pensioner married or died before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death. when she died, payable to Lydia Chatfield, Ora Cross, Seymour & Alfred Ingraham, only children.
States, this 19 th day of October one thousand eight hundred and 46
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Duplicate

Washington D C
3 October 1846
Sir,
We have the honor to present additional testimony in the case of Lydia Ingraham of New York widow of David Ingraham, required by your letter to us of the 18 th ulto, which we hope will be satisfactory.
We are very resp t
Jo th H. G. S. J. L. & A. H. Smith
Col d Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

Sir,
Washington D.C. 31 August 1846
We have the Honor to present the Declaration of Lydia Chatfield, one of the heirs of Lydia Ingraham, widow of David Ingraham a revolutionary pensioner, claiming the benefits of the Act of 1838, with the necessary proofs in support of the claim. Be pleased to give the papers an early examination.
We are very resp for Mr. Gals- T. & A. Tho Smith
Lt Edward Eng Commt of Pension.

I Timothy Gibbons of Granville in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty four years testify and say that I was well ac- quainted with the family of Joseph Miller who lived in said Granville in the year 1884 and knew his daughter Lydia Miller and also David Glyn Kun - I did not see them married but it was a matter of notoriety that they were married and they lived together as husband and wife and had children prior to the year 1894 And further the Deponent saith not
Timothy Gibbons

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden Ss. Francis 19 th August 1846
Then personally appeared Timothy Gibbons aged Eighty four years and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed, and I Certify that I am well acquainted with the Deponent and believe him to be a person of truth and veracity and full credit may be given to his Testimony - Before me
James Booley Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, SS.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that James Booley , Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said James Booley , - and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six .
Richd Bliss
Clerk.

19083 N 13.003 } 247 Lydia Ingraham decd Widow of David NY died 7 July 1838
Adm 8 mo 1 mo $ 26.66 per ann from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841, payable to Lydia's children born, Ora Crisp, Seymour In- graham and Alfreda Ingraham only children of Lydia Ingraham Adm Act 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844, $ 26.66 per ann from 4 March 1843 to 18 January 1846 the day of her death payable to children alive named
J. L. & A. the Smith Present

Pension Office October
1876
Sir
The certificate of the Secretary of the Army Pennsylvania

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
June 26 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of David Ingraham, is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Henry Stile's Company, as a private of Whately, from April 21 to 23 1775, 3 days. Upon a Mileage Abstract of Capt Benjamin Bonney's Company, in Col Samuel Brewer's Regt, as a private. No Service named - number of Miles travel against his name is 155. Said Roll is dated Chesterfield March 13 1777. Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Seth Murray's Company, in Col Jonathan Clapp's regt, on Expedition to Fort Edwards and Moses Creek, as a private from July 9 to 13 1777, including allowance of 80 Miles travel, 5 days. Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Daniel Bonney's Company, detached from Genl Danielson's Brigade

from the County of Hampshire, as a private from July 1 to October 31 1778 4 Months. — The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the names shown by the Military records in this Office.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Cushing,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the state of Mass. - a certificate is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the service of my father David Ingraham in the war of the revolution - He was a native of the town of Granville, in  Witchell County and state of Massachusetts - He enlisted from the said town of Granville or  Witchell into the army of the revolution in the Massachusetts line - The names of the officers under whom he served are not remembered - I have heard my father speak of being in service at Ticonderoga, at Crown Point, and at Stoney Point in the war of the revolution - and also that he served in the capacity of a sergeant, at one time - and in the capacity of drum Major at another - that he was in the war three years - I am now sixty one years of age & my memory does not enable me to state my father's services more fully than above stated
witness my hand at Canandaigua, N.Y. this 20 th day of May 1846. Lydia her * Chatfield mark Signed in my presence } Harry Smith A Judge of Ontario County Courts

Washington Jan'y 30 th 1857.
Sir.
We herewith enclose, authority to examine the papers in the case of Lydia Ingraham, Widow of David.
We presume that it is a New York case, perhaps Mass or Canada. This should be referred to Mr Cole
Very respectfully Evans & Hunt.
J. E. Heath Esq Bard of Physicians