Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5480, for Joseph Ingham, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey Privateer
Ingham, Joseph
R. 5480
CONTENTS
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Joseph [unclear] Oct 23
Mr. Samuel G. Brown
Washington
D.C.
1852

Rem N.Y. Sep. 29 56
Hon Com d of Pensions
Sir
I am Widow of Joseph Ingham a Soldier of the Revolutionary War and believe I am entitled to a pension, & truely land - I am aged, infirme, & destitute, & it is not in my power to give the particulars of my husband Service, nor the names of his officers - I therefore have to claim the benefit of the proper file at War d office, referred to in the original letter, of which a copy follows, & hereby request a copy of them proper, to enable me to put my claim in proper shape to present.
substantia, & the facts above seem to be in my
I am respectfully y r ob d
Dolly Ingham
J. H. H. H. H. H.
copy
War Department Rec d Off. 21 Dec 1832
Sir
The act of 7 th of June, does not provide for service outside of Prisons, & the Declaration of Joseph Ingham does not set forth a military service of sufficient length to bring his case under its provisions - his case is therefore rejected & his papers placed on file.
I am respectfully y r ob d
J. L. Edwards

14358 Joseph Ingram Oneida Co. N.Y.
1782. On Board Privateer — Nine months
1782-3 — On line between Amboy & Elizabeth town abt 3 months .
1783. On Board Privateer Capt Jno. Boardman one month .
1784 Privateer capt Taylor — 3 or 4 weeks , On land at Elizabeth town one month Whole Service — about 1 year 5 months
W. P. Johnson Agent Rome N.Y.
Pay the above N.Y.

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Oneida County, }
On this 11 th day of Sept 1832 personally appeared in open court now sitting, Joseph Ingham the court of Common Pleas Oneida Co state, aged sixty eight 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: That he
was born at the Isle of Bermuda 9 th Sept 1764. Has no record of his age - Came from Bermuda in 1776 - Lived at New Brunswick N.J. when he entered service - His first service was at Middletown Con, New York City and now Steuben Oneida Co. N.Y. That he entered on board Private ship not known March 1782 Capt John Hylar - Sailed from Brunswick N.J. on a cruise along coast Returned in Dec - and that from his return until March 1783 was on the line from Amboy to Elizabeth Town Point in the land service under American officers. In March 1783 went on board of Government Private - Capt John Boardman on a cruise along the coast, on Jersey Shore returned to Brunswick in April. The months being over. After the Capture of Cornwallis, defendant was out in service at Elizabeth Town and in that region about six weeks - this was in 1781 - And was also out in a private ship before the Capture of Cornwallis, Capt Hylar and Captain a British ship and was out some three or four weeks - This defendant's whole term of service according to his best recollection is about Seventeen months - he knows of no witness living to prove the same, but refers to annexed affidavits as to his reputation & does not recollect any continental officers.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph B Read Deputy Clerk
Joseph Ingham
We, Christopher Porter - farmer - and Horace S Burchard farmer residing in Newton Oneida Co Joseph Ingham we believe him to be about sixty eight years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
24 th day of August 1832
Timothy Griffith
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Horace S Burchard
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 Christopher Porter - farmer who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Newton Oneida Co and that Horace S Burchard - farmer who has also signed the same, is a resident in Newton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
That from distance of witnesses from court it would occasion two weeks expense to require a personal appearance -
By the Court E. Hayden, first judge
I, Ebenezer Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Oneida Co do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Ingham for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 11 th day of Sept 1832
And I further certify that Timothy Griffith above named is a Justice of the Peace for said County, and the above signature I believe to be in his proper hand and handwriting
Ebenezer Brown Clerk
Joseph B Read Dep Clerk

February 27, 1932
BA-J/AWF
Henry L. Ingham 1st Lt. (F.A) Q.M.C. Madison Barracks, New York.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Joseph Ingham, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 5480, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Ingham.
He was born September 19, 1764 on the Isle of Bermuda, and left there in 1776.
He stated that while a resident of New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1781 he entered on board a privateer, commanded by Captain Hyler, captured a British ship and was out three or four weeks, and after the surrender of Cornwallis, was in the service around Elizabethtown about six weeks, no officers given. In March 1782 he went on board a privateer, commanded by Captain John Hyler, sailed along the coast and returned to New Brunswick in December 1782, and from that time was on the lines from Amboy to Elizabethtown Point (no officers given), until in March 1783, when he again went on board a privateer, commanded by Captain John Boardman, and was on a cruise one month.
After the Revolution he lived in Middletown, Connecticut and in New York City.
He applied for pension September 11, 1832, then a resident of Steuben, Oneida County, New York.
The claim was not allowed as he did not served

six months in an embodied military corps. The length of service required by the pension law under which he applied was six months, and privateer service was not considered military.
His widow, Dolly, was in Rome, New York in 1856.
The date of death of the soldier is not stated, and there is no reference to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Madison Barracks, N.Y., Jan. 23, 1932.
Subject:- Revolutionary Service of Joseph Ingham.
To:- The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
1. Information is requested regarding the Revolutionary Service of Capt. Joseph Ingham, b. Sept. 19, 1764 in Bermuda, Settled in Middletown, Conn. after the Revolution, Removing to Steuben, N.Y. in 1794, and d. Jan. 19, 1853 in Western, N.Y.
Henry L. Ingham. Henry L. Ingham, 1st Lt. (P.A.) C.M.C.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
5480
1932 - Feb 27 - from the Henry P. Ingham 1st Q.M. Co. Genl
P. O.
Joseph Ingham
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for rejection
Alleges:
"Service on board
Re-enlisted: privateers"
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract.

W. V.
Dec. 21 st 1832
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Recorded Vol. 8. Page 170.
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War Dept.
Pension office
Dec. 1832
Sir.
The act of 7. June 1832 does not provide for service on board of Privateers, & the declaration of Joseph Ingham does not set forth a military service of sufficient length to bring his case within its provisions - His claim is therefore rejected & his papers placed on file.
Sept. 12 1832 22 Recd Ad. T. June
J. L. Johnson esq Rome

Joseph Ingham New York
Act 7 June 1832 -
Rejected. See letter to B. P. Kirtson, Oct December 21 st 1832 Dolly Ingham Oct 31/56
5480
Act 7 June 1832 - 1832

Patent Office, Oct. 31, 1856.
Madam.
In reply to your letter of the 29 th inst. I have to state that I have examined the declarative made by your husband, Joseph Dugham, in September 1832, for the benefit of the act of the 7 th of June in that year, and find that the same alleged was, principally, rendered a board of a provincial service & not provided for by the Prussia laws. The entire sum claimed amounted, apparently, to two or three marks, only which, if established in the manner required by the regulations, would not bring the case within the provisions of the law, as marks being the smallest a sum, for which persons are granted. Your husband alleged that Mr. Luce's sum was rendered from New Brunswick, N. Jersey, H. O. C.

probably some notice of its duration might be found in the office of the Secretary of War State at Trenton, and his contacts might be useful in establishing your a claim to Land.
Mrs Dolly Ingham
Oct 31/56
Mrs Dolly Ingham, Rome, New Jersey.