Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,886, for Benjamin Jackman, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Jackman, Benjamin
S. 32,886
CONTENTS

4. 858
Massachusetts.
Benjamin Packman
of Newbury in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sargent of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Sept r 1819 and sent to D. A. White, Esq r , Salem, Mass ts
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819 17 mo 2 / 3 136.53
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1820 118.00
Continued 254.53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Withdrew from service March 1819

14,858
Benj a Jackman 18 Sep 1819
cont d 25 Sep
1820

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Benjamin Jackman resident in Newbury in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 44. 858 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Benjamin Jackman late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
***** * L. S. * ***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this eighteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
1 old table 33 cts 1 Junk bottle 26 cts 1 Cane 6 cts (and two feathers mugs 15 cts) ----- 80 cts
That he is Seventy Years old, and very infirm, has been for several years indebted to the Town in which he lives for support, and until the bounty of Government enabled him to provide for himself more comfortably.
That he served in the army of the United States, in the war of the revolution, as stated by him, in his declaration before the Hon Daniel A White an application for a pension in April 1818.
Test S. Minot
Benjamin V Jackman mark

Ebbs ss July 10. 1820 then the above named Benjamin Jackman made oath that the said Schedule & Statement by him subscribed are true, before me Stephen Mearns Judge of said Court.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Benjamin Jackman do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
his Benjamin Jackman mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Benjamin Jackman took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 eighty cents
There
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk

Benjamin Jackman Newbury - Mass.
Benjamin Jackman, Private, Sergeants, Massachusetts Regt
one year 1775 to 1776 -15
The date of first enlistment is required and the judge will Certify to the Credibility of the witness swearing to the Service of the Applicant
Admitted.

I Benjamin Jackman of Newbury, in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath do testify and declare, that I served in the army of the United States, in the war of the Revolution, on the continental establishment as follows vizt
I enlisted in 1775 in Captain William Scott Company, in Colonel Sargents Regiment, in which I served one year. after which I was taken sick with the small pox, and received a discharge from the Army - Afterwards I again enlisted in Captain Paul Howdys Company in Colonel Sargents Regiment in which I served again as a private soldier for three months when I received a regular discharge. but that discharge is lost. I do further declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances I am in need of the assistance of my Country, for support -
Attest Noah Little
his Benjamin X Jackman mark
I William Mace of Newburyport in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath do testify and say, that I personally knew Benjamin Jackman above named, and I do know that in the year 1775 he was a private soldier in the service of the United States. I saw him then doing duty as such in Boston in the Company commanded by Capt. Scott, in Colonel Sargents Regiment. I am known to be the person in said Scotts Company, and in other Companies to have served more than twelve months during the war of the Revolution.
William Mace
Before Newburyport May 13 th 1816. Then William Mace above named personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above written Affidavit before me.
William Smith of the P.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss.
I Daniel D. White, Judge of The Court of Probate of the said County of Essex, do certify that Benjamin Sackman of Medbury in said County, personally appeared on the third day of April A.D. 1818. & made the declaration aforesaid by him signed un- der oath before me, that the affidavit upon said of William Mace was duly taken, as thereon certified, and that it appears to my satisfac- tion that the said Benjamin Sackman served & is in reduced circumstances in the revolutionary war, as set forth in his said declaration.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the twenty fifth day of May in the year aforesaid -
D. D. White.

January 4, 1940.
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Mr. Ben H. Lewis 147 A West Fifth Street Watsonville, California
BA-J/ady Benjamin Jackman S.32886
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Benjamin Jackman who served in the Revolutionary War.
The record of the only Benjamin Jackman that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S.32886, based upon his military service in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Benjamin Jackman are not shown.
Benjamin Jackman enlisted in Cambridge, in September 1775, and served one year as private in Captain William Scott's Company, Colonel Sargent's Massachusetts Regiment. He reenlisted, and served three months as private in Captain Paul Moody's Massachusetts Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, at which time he was aged about sixty-eight years, and a resident of Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
In 1819, his sister, Miss Hannah Jackman, aged seventy years, was living in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Soldier's brother, his name not stated, served in the Revolutionary War and was in the expedition to Penobscot and after he left the army he entered the sea service and died, date not given, on his passage from the West Indies.
It is not shown whether soldier ever married and there are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: "Benjamin Jackman, Certificate No. 14858, issued September 18, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced April 3, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Massachusetts Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

32886 Rev INVALID.
1940 Jan. 4. Hist. to Ben H. Lewis A.D.F.
File No. 32,886
Benjamin Jackson
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 387
[Arrangement of 1870.]

147 A -West 5th Street, Watsonville, California December 9, 1939.
Veterans Administration Washington D. C.
Dear Sirs:
I would like you to tell me as much as you can about Lieutenant Benjamin Jackman of Boscawen, New Hampshire, who fought in the American Revolution. He was born in 1743 and died in 1836, and his wife was Jane Woodman. Could you tell me who his father and mother were and where they were from and when they were born?
Sincerely yours,
Ben H. Lewis 147 A West 5th Street Watsonville, Calif.

Additional Evidence in support of the declaration of Benjamin Jackman, of Newbury, in his application to the Honorable Daniel A. White, made on the 3 rd day of April 1818, for the benefit of the act of Congress of March 18 th 1818.
I Benjamin Jackman above named in addition to the declaration by me made as aforesaid, and in explanation thereof on oath do further declare, that to the best of my present recollections it was in the fall of the year 1775 that I enlisted into the Company commanded by Captain William Scott to serve in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution. It was soon after the celebrated expedition to Penobscot, that I went with my brother (who was a soldier in that service) in said Company to Cambridge (and I think in the month of September) and I immediately enlisted there and entered the Service, my brother after he left the army, entered the Sea Service and died on his passage from the West Indies. I do not now recollect any other person able to state the precise time of my enlistment and I am now so much broken with age that I cannot recollect more particularly than I have above stated. - after I enlisted in said Scott's Company at said Cambridge, the Regiment marched into Boston in March 1776 following, and were employed in building a Fort on Fort Hill so called, and in driving the enemy from Nantasket Roads: which was effected in July of that year - and we were afterwards stationed at Castle William, the Regiment left that Station some time towards the close of the year 1776 for New York - I was left behind sick with the small pox, and did not recover until the term of Service expired, when I enlisted (and entered Capt Paul Mundy's Company. I am certain that I did serve in said Scott's Company, including the time of my sickness with the small pox - a full year - I always understand that the said Company was an Continental Establishment.
Witness Moses Foster
Benjamin Jackman mark
I Phoebe Pittinger of Newburyport in the said County of Essex within age Seventy five years, on oath do testify and say that Benjamin Jackman above named is well

known to me - I well remember him in the early part of the revolution. He was intimately acquainted with my husband John Tucker late a soldier in the Army of the United States now deceased. My husband entered the service in the first of the war (and on his return from one campaign said Sackman enlisted and went with him to Cambridge - served in Captain Scott's company - I am not able to say what month they enlisted in - It was to the best of my recollection in cold weather that Sackman enlisted in 1776. I well remember that they went away together (and that they returned home together (and I am certain that said Sackman served a full year, as well as I can be certain of any thing which I did not see. I have no interest in his application for a pension.
Phoebe D. Pettibone mark
I Hannah Sackman of said Newburyport Singlewoman aged Seventy Years on oath do testify and say that Benjamin Sackman above named is my brother, I know that he enlisted into the Army of the United States in the year 1776 as well as I can now remember (and I think it was in the fall of the year because it was after George Tucker above named returned from one campaign - my brother enlisted in Captain Scott's company (and went to Cambridge - I know that he was with the Army a full year. I have not the least doubt that he served all that time. I have no interest whatever in his application for a pension.
Hannah Sackman mark
X Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport - Be it known by these presents, that on the sixteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me the subscriber, Notary Public for the county of Essex, by legal authority

(admitted and sworn, and a Justice of the peace (and Governor in and for said county) residing therein, personally came Benjamin Jackson an whose name is signed to the within written declaration, (and made oath to the truth of the same; and on the eighteenth day of August following, personally came Phoebe Pettengal and Hannah Jackson (and severally made oath to the truth of the above written affidavits by them subscribed) respectively. And I do hereby certify that said Phoebe Pettengal and said Hannah Jackson - as well as William Mace whose name is signed to the Annexed Affidavit sworn by him before me May 13th 1818 - are personally known to me that they are all credible witnesses, and believed by me to be disinterested.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office, the nineteenth day of August in the year of our LORD, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
W. W. Worth Not. Pub.
I Daniel A. White the Judge aforesaid do further certify, that William Mace, Phoebe Pettengal and Hannah Jackson the deponents aforesaid are credible and disinterested Witnesses.
Given under my hand & Seal Official the 26 th day of August A.D. 1819. D. A. White