Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,522, for Samuel Punchard, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Punchard, Samuel
S. 33,522
CONTENTS

33522 Rev INVALID.
1916 June 12. Hist. to Hon. Wesley L. Jones. Puss.
File No. 88,599
Samuel Panchard
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 329
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3701.
Massachusetts Roll
Samuel Pynchard, 4 Capt Fogg Private. New Hampshire line - 1781. 3 years in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Dec r 1818 and sent to Samuel Putnam Esqr Salisbury Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. — 1818  40.53    Semi-annual acct ending 4 Mar - 1819  48.00    5-1/2 N o 2/30  $88.53  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Essex Co

Samuel Purchard?
4 Apr
to be sent for by the Bishop -
Correct
for the Bishop
B
to be sent for by the Bishop

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex Salem ss:
Be it known, that on this third day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen, Before me Samuel Putnam Esquire, Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, personally appeared Samuel Pynchard of Salem aforesaid and on oath declared; that he served the United States during the revolutionary war against the common enemy, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for a support; that he enlisted about the latter part of the year 1780 or beginning of 1781 into the company commanded by Capt n Jeremiah Fogg of Kensington, N. Hampshire, in the Regiment commanded by Col l Henry Dearborn, New Hampshire line and was afterwards transferred into the company commanded by Capt n Isaac Gorge of Wilton, N. Hampshire in the Reg t commanded by Col l George Reed, New Hampshire line and served therein three years, and was honorably discharged on the twentieth day of December 1783 at West-point by Michael Jackson Esq r Brig t Gen l and Commander in Chief. And that he doth hereby re- linquish every claim to any pension heretofore allowed him by the Laws of the United States.
Samuel Pynchard
Wherefore, the said Pynchard having subscribed and sworn to the truth of the foregoing declaration, and
it

it appearing to my satisfaction that he served the United States during the revolutionary war on the con- tinental establishment against the common enemy for the term of nine months & more, I hereby certify, and transmit the testimony in this case and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to a Law of the United States passed on the 18 th March A.D. 1818. — I also cause the seal of said Court to be affixed here.
Apr. 3. 1818
S. Putnam Judge of the S. J. Court of Mass ts . — 3

Mr. P...

Enlisted for three years truly & having faithfully served his time is hereby Honorable Discharged from the Army
B.
of the United States of America
My hand in
at Point this 20 Dec 1863
Wm B. Gind
the Books of the Regt Hedam P.O.

April 4. 1818 The said Pynchard has desired to have annexed the Paper marked B. which is a part of the discharge given to him - The rest having been accidentally lost. - & I have accordingly annexed the same hereto.
S. Putnam J. S. J. C. of Mass ts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth aforesaid in and for the County aforesaid, hereby certify to all whom these presents may concern that the aforesaid Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court as aforesaid that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said Court & the signature aforesaid is his proper hand.
attest Ichabod Tucker (Clerk)
Samuel Putnam
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page, including names like "Charles" and "Samuel" and the word "attest"]

Senator W. L. Jones personal inquiry June 9, 1916 for Mr E W Foster Room H H 6 Senate Bldg
Send these two records letter to Senator a in re say in re to your personal inquiry in behalf of Mr E W Foster

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Pynchard a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 33,522.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct 1780 at 1781 3 years Private William Foss Henry De la Motte -   Dec 20 1783 James Foss George Root Mass   at West Point        
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Oct 3, 1816. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Salem Essex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application,
Remarks: _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
June 12, 1916.
Hon. Wesley L. Jones, Room 446, Senate Office Building.
My dear Senator:-
In response to your personal inquiry on the ninth instant, in behalf of Mr. E. W. Foster, I have the honor to furnish you the following information from the papers on file in this Bureau.
Sur. File No. 33522 Rev. War, Samuel Punchard, was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
He stated that he enlisted the last of 1780 or first of 1781, as a Private in the company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Fogg of Kensington, New Hampshire, in Colonel Henry Dearborn's regiment of the New Hampshire line; was afterwards transferred to Captain Isaac Frye's company, Colonel George Reid's New Hampshire Regiment, and served until December 20, 1783, when he was discharged at West Point.
His age is not stated, and there is no family data.