Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5479, for John Ingersoll, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Wash. Naval Sea Service
Ingersoll, John Elizabeth
R. 5479
CONTENTS
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10.624  Massachusetts  John Ingersoll of Salem in the State of Mass who was a Seaman in the Company commanded by Captain WARD of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Mass line for 10 months Service, 4 " 15 days Service 7 " 15 days Service
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of -80- Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April 1833 and sent to Joseph  Ward Salem Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $179.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Feb 16, 1833 $44.92 $224.58
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Gordon Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 2 Page 38

John Angussoll 9183
Depreciation in the 14 & 16 th Interrogations
Private 4 M rs Seaman 4 do 15 days Master Mate 7. do 15 th
Joseph O'Water Salmon Map 9188

BRIEF in the case of  John Ingersoll  of  Salem  in the State of  Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 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.     Apr 76 In 17 " — 4 " Private Gen. Capt. Ward   Aug 76 " 4 15 Cap't of Inf'ty Gen. Patton, Brig. Maj. Jackson etc   Oct 77 " 7 15 Master Mates Capt. Harada etc. Tyrannicide  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Salem  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses, documentary proof  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Life alive, witness not stated as evidence, state does not pass much the seal as required 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. D. Briggs Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Mrs.
widow of
For Revolutionary Pension under the Act of
State of Massachusetts. County of Essex. — } ss.
On this fifth day of January 1854, personally appeared before Joseph G. Waters Justice of the Police Court for the Judicial District of Salem of the County and State above named, Elizabeth Ingersoll. — a resident of Salem. — in the State of Massachusetts. aged 84. years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed February 3. 1853. — granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Ingersoll. who was a private of Massachusetts Militia and seaman and Master's Mate of the State Navy in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States on the Massachusetts roll under the Act of June 7. 1832 at the rate of Eighty nine dollars and Eighty three cents per annum. —
She further declares that she was married to the said John Ingersoll. — on the 17th day of May. — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty six — at Salem Mass. — by one Rev. Elias Cornelius a Clergyman that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Crosby. — and that her husband, the aforesaid John Ingersoll. — died at Salem Mass. on the 10th day of February. — A. D. 1840. — and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband.
Elizabeth Ingersoll
By reason of age and bodily infirmity the above named Elizabeth Ingersoll is unable to appear in open court.
Joseph G. Waters Justice of the Police Court for Judicial Dist. of Salem
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. I. Stephen B. Ines Jr. Clerk of the Police Court for the City of Salem, hereby certifies that Joseph G. Waters Esquire, before whom the foregoing oath was administered, is the Justice of said Police Court, duly commissioned & acting as such Justice & that the above is his genuine signature. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this fifth day of January A.D. 1854
Stephen B. Ines Jr. Clerk

Know all Men by these Presents, that I, Elizabeth Ingersoll of the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts do hereby constitute and appoint Chas. C. Tucker, of Washington, D. C., my true and lawful agent and attorney, for me, and in my name to prepare and prosecute my claim for a Revolutionary Pension by reason of the services of my deceased husband; and I hereby empower my said attorney to examine all records and documents in reference to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington, to file additional evidence and arguments, and to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, with full powers of substitution. Hereby revoking and countermanding all former powers of attorney that may have been given by me for the above specified purpose.
Witness my hand and seal this fifth day of January of 1854.
Elizabeth Ingersoll
State of Massachusetts County of Essex ss:
On this twenty eighth day of January 1854 personally appeared before me, the above named Eliz th Ingersoll and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Joseph D. Waters Jur. Pol. Court Dist of Salem
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. I, Stephen B. Dows Jr. Clerk of the Police Court for the City of Salem in said County, hereby certify that the above is the genuine signature of Joseph D. Waters Esq. , who is the Justice of said Police Court, duly commissioned & acting in said capacity, before whom the above written acknowledgment was made. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 28th day of January A.D. 1854
Stephen B. Dows Jr. Clerk S.B. Dows Attorney
CLAIM FOR PENSION.
Act of
Mrs.
Widow of
DECLARATION.
CHAS. C. TUCKER,
Attorney

Exhibit A — Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Joseph Cluettman City Clerk of the City of Salem hereby certify that I have the legal custody of the Records of Marriages of said City - that it appears by said Records that John Ingersoll and Elizabeth Crossby were united in Marriage on the seventeenth day of May in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty six, by the Rev Elias Cornelius then a Clergyman of Salem - and that the following is a true copy of the words and figures of said record -
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May 17 th - John Ingersoll & Elizabeth Crossby
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In witness whereof I have signed my name and affixed the Seal of said City of Salem, on this twenty ninth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred fifty three
Joseph Cluettman
City Clerk of Salem

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John Ingusoll
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, John Ingersoll , a resident of Salem , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 76 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:
In the month of April A D seventeen hundred & seventy six he enlisted as a volunteer in the company of militia commanded by Cap. Benjamin Ward, of Salem, and served in said company four months. During this time he assisted in erecting the fortifications for the defence of the town of Salem. He was then marched to Boston, and was employed in building the fort on Noddles Island in Boston harbor. He remained at the fort, till the first part of August 1776, when he enlisted on board of the States Brig of War Massachusetts commanded by Captain Souther. We cruised till the last of December of that year, but succeeded only in taking one prize, a Brig from Bristol Eng. bound to New York, having on board a Company of light horsemen. The Lieutenant of said Brig Massachusetts was named Lambert, Second Lieutenant Winslow and sailing master Clark.
On the first day of October A D 1777 he enlisted as master's mate on board of the States brig of War Tyrannicide commanded by Cap. Jonathan Hassenden. Sailed from Salem in the month of November A D 1777, and arrived at Boston in the month of May 1778. During the cruise the Tyrannicide captured four prizes. The officers of said Brig were first Lieutenant Bray of Marblehead, Second Lieutenant Joseph Dolliver of Marblehead, and John Batten of Salem, sailing master.
Said Ingersoll further states, that he was born on the second day of June A D 1756 at Salem, where he lived at the time he entered the service, and where he has ever since resided in Weymouth with the exception of eleven years when he lived that the only record of his age within his knowledge, was the family bible which cannot now be found - that he never received a written discharge from the service. Said Ingersoll would refer to the testimony of Joseph Waters and Moses Townsend of Salem, as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as are herein stated -
John Ingersoll

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.
John Ingersoll
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. White
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We Joseph Waters a Merchant  a clergyman , residing in Salem aforesaid, and Moses Townsend Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Salem aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Ingersoll who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 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.
Subscribed and sworn to before
Joseph Waters Jus. Pa
Joseph Waters M. Townsend

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Joseph Waters , who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman  Merchant resident in Salem and that the said Moses Townsend who they are  may be and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. A. White Judge of Probate
I, NATHANIEL Lord Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Ingersoll for a pension. and that Joseph G Waters before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken & sworn to, is a justice of the Peace for said County of Essex, duly qualified to administer oaths, and that said Waters's signature annexed to said affidavits is his genuine signature -
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this of August A. D. 1832. -
fourteenth day
Nath. Lord Jr.
Signed and sealed anew this ninth day of January, A. D. 1833.
Nath. Lord Jr.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 10 th 1832.
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 John Ingersoll enlisted on board the Brig Tyrannicide, Jonathan Haraden Commander in the capacity of Mate October 1 st 1777 - according to the Muster Roll of said Brig on file -
Edward D. Dangs Secy.

I James Cheever of Salem in the County of Essex gentleman, on oath depose and say that I am well acquainted with John Ingersoll of Salem, who has made an application for a pension on account of his services, in the War of the American Revolution. I was a private in a volunteer Company of soldiers commanded by Cap. Benjamin Ward of Salem from the first day of November A D seventeen hundred & seventy five until the first day of March A D 1777. Some time in the month of April A D 1776 said Ingersoll enlisted as a private in said Company and continued with us till the month of August A D 1776 when said Ingersoll enlisted on board of the States armed Brig Massachusetts.
James Cheever
Essex ss Aug. 11 th 1832 Then the above named James Cheever personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed -
Before me Joseph G. Waters. Jus Pac

I Thomas Brown of Marble head in the County of Essex mariner aged eighty four, on oath depose and say, that I am well acquainted with Cap. John Ingersoll of Salem who has made application for a pension on account of services in the war of the Revolu- -tion, that I was Gunners yeoman, on Board of the Brigantine Massachusetts, a state's vessel of war, commanded by Cap. Souther. The said Ingersoll was a Captain of the foretop on board of said Massachusetts. We sailed from Salem early in the month of August AD 1776. and cruised till the middle of the month of December of that year. during our cruise we took only one prize. Our first Lieutenant was named Lambert. When we returned we arrived at Boston. Mr Thomas Barker of Marble head was likewise a seaman on board of said Massachusetts. I further depose and say that in the month of Decem- -ber AD 1777 I joined the state's brig of war Tyrann- -icide commanded by Jonathan Harraden of Salem.

The said Tyrannicide was then at St. Pierres Martin-ique - I was master's mate on board of said Brig and the aforesaid John Ingersoll was likewise master's mate of said brig - We arrived at Boston on the fifteenth of May 1778. John Bray of Marblehead was our first Lieutenant. Joseph Dolliver of Marblehead our second Lieutenant, John Batten of Salem our sailing master - and said Ingersoll continued on board of said Brig of war during all the time I was on board of her
Thomas Brown
Essex ss. August 6 th 1832 Personally appeared this day the above named Thomas Brown and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Joseph G. Waters Jus Pac

I William Hooper of Marblehead, in the County of Essex Cordwainer, Cordwainer aged seventy five years of age, on oath Depose and say That I was a marine on board of the States brig of war Tyrannicide command- ed by Cap. Jonathan Harraden. I am well acquainted with John Ingersoll of Salem, who has made an application for a pension. Said Ingersoll was sailing master's mate on board of said Brig - We sailed from Salem in the month of November AD 1777. arrived at Boston in the month of Mar 1778 - we cruised off the Western Islands and took four prizes - John Bray and Joseph Dolliver were our Lieutenants and John Batten our sailing master. Said Ingersoll continued on board of said brig, during all the time of this Cruise - which was about seven months, from the time of our entering on board of

Said Brig. which was about the first of October AD 1777. to the time of our arrival before mentioned - William Hooper
Essex SS. Aug. 6 th 1832 Personally appeared the above named William Hooper personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me Joseph G. Waterman

I Thomas Barker of Marblehead Shoeman aged eighty two on oath depose and say that I am well acquainted with John Ingersoll of Salem who has made an application for a pension on account of his services in the war of the Revolution - I was a common seaman on board of the States Brig of War Massachusetts Cap. Souther - said John Ingersoll was a Captain of the fore top on board of said Brig - said Ingersoll and myself went on board of said Brig about the last of August or the first of September 1776 - we cruised about four months, but took only one vessel, called the Lighthouse Brig - We sailed from Boston, about the first of September AD 1776 and arrived at the same port about the last of December of that year - John Lam- -bert was our first Lieutenant, our second Lieutenant's name was Winslow - sailing master's name was Clark -
Thomas Barker
Essex SS. Salem Aug 6 th 1832 Personally appeared the above named Thomas Barker & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me.
Joseph G. Waldo Justice.

Essex ss. Dec r 27 th 1832.
I Joseph G. Waters of Salem in the County of Essex a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum in and for said County of Essex hereby certify to all whom it doth or may concern, that James Cheever of Salem Thomas Brown William Hooper and Thomas Barker of Marblehead, being the same persons who gave the preceding affidavits in the matter of John Ingersoll's application for a pension, and which persons made oaths to the same, as will appear by my certificates herein before given, are credible persons, and that full credit may be given to their several affidavits of the facts so sworn to by said James Cheever Thomas Brown, William Hooper, and Thomas Barker.
Joseph Waters Jus. Pac. & Quorum

5479
P. O. Elizabeth Ingersoll
Service: in service of John
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Feb'y. 7 th 1824.
Elizabeth Ingersoll
Witney Prov:
Epsom Co:
May.
10 th / 5 th 23
Rev
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
Chas. G. Tucker, P. M.

sq 5,016 Elizabeth Myersoll, wid of Geo: Mass
Set. to Chas. C. Tucker. 8 Feb 7/54
5479 AOT/53

State of Massachusetts Essex SS.
In this fifth day of January 1854 before me a Notary Public in and for said county and State personally came David Perkins _____ and Nathaniel Appleton both of Salem in said County to me known as credible witnesses, who being duly sworn, declare that they are personally acquaint- ed with Elizabeth Ingersoll of said Salem widow of John Ingersoll a pensioner of the United States, and who has made and subscribed the necessary declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed Feb- ruary 3. 1853. and that they have been acquaint- ed with her for the space of twenty years. That they know her to be the identical person stated in her said declaration which we have read and she now is and has remained a widow since the death of her said husband and they know that the said John Ingersoll is dead because they attended the funeral of said John Ingersoll and saw him lying dead in his coffin. — and the said David Perkins followed the body to the grave next to the hearse, and the said Nathaniel Ap- pleton made the coffin and put the body of said John Ingersoll in the same and under date of February 11. 1840 charged the estate of said Ingersoll on his books for the making of said coffin _____

That they knew the said John Ingersoll for twenty years before his death which occurred February 10. 1840 and they know that he died at that time or about that time. —————
and they swear that they are disinterested.
David Perkins Nathl Appleton
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that I am not interested in said claim nor concerned in its prosecution.
Joseph B F Osgood Notary Public.

Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office, Nov. 9. 1853.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 7th. Inst, I have to state that, upon examination, I find that John Ingersol, a pensioner of the Boston Agency, died 10 Feb. 1840, and has been paid in full up to his death.
The papers in the case are herewith returned to you, agreeably to your request.
I am, Sir, your Obedient Servant Edw. S. Hark, Actg. Third Auditor
Charles C. Tucker, Esq. Washington, D. C.

Map 32 Elizabeth Ingersoll
and John
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Boynton
Recd Feby 7 th 1834

Washington D.C. Feb. 6. 1854.
Hon. Loren P. Waldo.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir.
I send herewith the Claim of Elizabeth Ingersoll widow of John of Massachusetts for a pension under the Act of Feb. 3. 1853. —
An early examination of the Claim is respectfully requested.
Very respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
Chas. Tucker. —
Enc./

John Ingersoll 1883
Joseph H. Waters Salem Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation. Wm A. G. Roll
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?
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XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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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?
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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
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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
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XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
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XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? See
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 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.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.  below
‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.