Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8780, for Job Kent, New Hampshire

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Job Kent A.H.
2 Feb 1770
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I Jacob Webster of Thington in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire of lawful age testify and say that sometime in November seventeen hundred & seventy five I had orders to march my Company to Portsmouth N.H. a short time after I arrived there I had orders to enlist my men over again and march to Cambridge Ms. which I did and served three months. I think I have some recollection of a man by the name of Thent being in my company Thington July 30 th 1832.
Jacob Webster
Thington July 30 th 1832 The above named Jacob Webster appeared and made oath that the above deposition by him signed in his belief is just and true before me Robert Dyer Justice Peace

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File No. 8780
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Br. Rev. Wm.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 et, Page 212
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph

I Benjamin Gile of Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I served as a private in the Militia in the war of the Revolution in a company commanded by a Captain Eastman of Kingston in the state of New Hampshire and that Job Kent now of Hampstead in the state of New Hampshire was the ensign of the company to which I belonged and I served under said Job Kent in the year seventeen hundred and eighty for the term of three months.
Atkinson, June 23 d 1832
Benjamin Gile
Rockingham Jp June 23 d 1832.
Then the above named Benjamin Gile personally appeared and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is in his belief true. — Before me
John Kelly Justice of the Peace Rockingham Jp Feb. 4. 1883 I hereby certify that the above named Benjamin Gile is a man of undoubted veracity John Kelly Justice of the Peace

We John Kelly a clergyman residing in the town of Hampstead county of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire and Caleb Emerson residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well ac- -quainted with Job Thent of Hampstead aforesaid who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- -ration, that we believe him to be eighty nine 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
John Kelly
Rockingham Is Feb 9th 1833
Caleb Emerson
Then the above named John Kelly Caleb Emerson made oath the above certificate by them subscribed is true
Before me - Isaac B Noney Justin of the Peace
And I, the said Isaac B Noney do hereby certify that the said John Kelly is a clergyman of regu- -lar standing and of undoubted Piety and that the said Caleb Emerson is a Deacon of said Kelly's Church and a man of undoubted veracity
Isaac B Noney Justin - Peace

Samuel Dinsmoor
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS.
GREETING.
KNOW YE, THAT the within named John Kelley and Robert Ayer are Justices of the peace for our County of Rockingham
in the said STATE, duly Constituted and Sworn, and that to their ACTS and ATTESTATIONS, as such, full FAITH and CREDIT are and ought to be given, in and out of COURT, within and out of the STATE.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, at CONCORD, this twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two and in the fifty- sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
Samuel Dinsmoor
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Nathaniel
Secretary of State.

Job Kent
No 9707
Wm. E. Eupala AR
J. B. Hovey

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Job Stout 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? yes 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? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No 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? 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? No Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes 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? yes 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? yes
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.

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