Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10900, for Isaac Huse, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Huse, Isaac
S. 10900
carded
CONTENTS

10983
New Hampshire
Mac House
of Milford in the State of N Hampshire who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain G. A. C. of the Regt commanded by Col. Putnam in the N Hampshire line for Q. years
Inscribed on the Roll of N Hampshire at the rate of 2 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of May 1835 and sent Feb. 5th 1835 to Mark Coffston N Hampshire
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $110.00 Semest. allowance ending 1st Sep 40.00 $200.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. C. Woodson Clerk Book 2 Vol. 151 Page 90

1863
Isaac Newton New Hampshire
Pay to 2 years
Frederick G Starke Goffstown Amoskeag Post Office N.H.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Sarah Nurse Willsborough Co. New Hampshire
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist 1776 1 Priv Ser Chandler Sargrants at formal Boston 72 Traditionary   Feb. 1777 3 capt Secy Heath at Boston Castle Island Methuen 2 Living witness   1778 9 " Whiston Genl Gates at Bunker Hill Bunker Hill New Hampshire   " Howland Genl Gates New York   in Role of runner King's Bridge   White Plains   Pennington   Caratoga   Cambridge   White Plains   Phillipsburg  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Application for Pen- sion
Isaac Huse.
15037

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Hillsborough, ss. At a Court of Probate holden at Antrim
within and for said County, on the Second day of October Anno Domino, 1832, Before EDMUND PARKER, Esq. Judge of Probate. Personally appears in open Court, before the said Court now in session Isaac Huse
of Manchester in said county, aged Seventy two years,
Who being 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say,
That he was born at Methuen in the state of Massachusetts in the year 1759. That I enlisted into the army of the United States under Lieutenant Chandler of Andover on the day of December 1775. and joined the army at Cambridge in January 1776. and was attached the 16 th Regiment of Bay Line (so called) commanded by Col. Sargeant and De Col. Michael Dickson and Major Austin. in Capt. James Keith's Company. I, and about about 20 others were detached under Lt. Chandler, and remained at Cambridge during that winter, making Carriages and running Balls, until the British forces evacuated Boston, when we were ordered to join the Regiment. and marched into Boston where we remained a few days, and then went onto Castle Island where we remained a few weeks when we were ordered to the barracks on Bunker Hill, where we remained until about the first of June when we were ordered and marched to the City of New York, but were stationed on the Island near Hurl Gate, where we remained until the British took possession of New York on the 10 th September 1776. we then went to Harlem's height. and the next day the 11 th we had some skirmishing with the British troops, and at evening we retired over Kings Bridge to Valentines Hill. Soon after that I was detached, under Sargeant Voyes to the Laboratory - remained there two or three weeks, when we were marched to the White Plains where I was in charge of the Stores at Weeks Liberty pole, during the Battle. we then went to North Castle and remained there a short time in company with Capt. Correy, who then superintended the stores. we then were ordered to move with all the Laboratory stores to Fishkill.

and remained there in guard of the Stores till the 1 st of January 1777. and was there dismissed by said Capt. Cerey. and returned home about 200 miles on my own expence.
In August 1777. I engaged in a company of Volunteers under Capt David Whittier. Lieutenant Stephen Webster. Ensign Elijah Sargent and marched for Pennington where we arrived soon after the Battle - and proceeded on to Saratoga and joined Gen. Gates army and drew rations. and were ordered to fort Edward where we remained only a few days when we were sent back to Saratoga. where we remained until Burgoyne surrendered. when we marched down to Stillwater in guard of the British army. and then to Cambridge where I was dismissed and went home. I was absent on this tour about three months. and do not remember of ever receiving any compensation for it.
In 1778 there was a call for men to fill the vacancies in the Bay line and I volunteered and joined the army at Westpoint and was annexed to Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment. and served in Capt Goodall's company. remained there till after the Battle at Monmouth and then marched to the White Plains. and was soon detached and was annexed to Col Westons Regiment. and in a short time again detached and annexed to Col. Hensley's Regiment. and placed under my old Capt. James Keith. and moved to Phillipsburg. seven miles in advance of the main army. I remained in this service about five months. and was dismissed from the Infantry service and returned to our Regiment at Fiskill barracks and remained there in Col Westons regiment until the 17 th day of March 1779. when I was dismissed by Lt Col. Bedloe. and Maj. Amos Cogswell. and returned home at my own expence. after an absence of about ten months.
On the 27 th day April following I moved with my parents. from Milford to Derryfield, now called Manchester, in the State of New Hampshire, where I have resided ever since that time.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension. or an annuity. except the present, and he declares that his name is not

on the pension roll of any agency in any state. —
Isaac Huss
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid —
Essex.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate.
I Charles H. Atherton Register & Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Huss for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate at Amherst aforesaid this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two.
C. H. Atherton Regd Clerk.

Rev. War
10900
INVALID.
File No. 10900
Isaac Hense
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7th 82
Index: — Vol. A , Page 185
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924 Mar 26 photos mailed Admiral H. D. Hull Oct 8 16 " " Wash. D.C. (see receipt for payment in Samuel Huse, N. H. 518046) and

Application of Isaac Huse for a Pension.
Return to be made to Frederick G. Stark.
Amoskeag Post office
Goffstown
N.H.

I David How of Haverhill in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 75 years on oath testify and say, that I know January 1. 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Janus Keith's company, in Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Regiment, to serve for one year; the regiment was on the Continental line. I served in that company at Cambridge Mass. Boston, and in that neighborhood till August 13. when we marched through Norwich Conn to New London to Hornshook N.Y. we went from Norwich by water; we remained in the State of New York till the first of the last of the fall of 1776. when we went to New Jersey and were dismissed at Trenton N.J. January 1. 1777.
Also in September 1777. I marched as a sergeant in Capt David Whittier company of militia, from Methuen Mass. to Saratoga N.Y. for the purpose of taking Burgoyne but was not present at the battle, and marched to Charlestown Mass. for the purpose of guarding the prisoners in Burgoyne's army, and was there dismissed after a service of two months and a half. Isaac Huse then of said Methuen was a member & a private in the said companies, and served with me the whole of both said times. I know that said Huse after the war moved to Derryfield (now Manchester) N.H.
Quorum
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. September 27. 1832. Haverhill. Then the above named David How, who is personally known by me to be a credible witness and a man of truth and veracity, personally appeared and made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true.
Stephen Minot, Justice of the Peace.

Affidavits Dawson Patten.

I David Patten of lawful age depone and say that in the year 1778 & 9 I was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, in a company of light infantry commanded by Capt Keith, that our company was stationed at a place called White plain, at which time I became acquainted with Isaac House Esq who now resides in the town of Manchester in this State, who is now an applicant for a pension, that the said House belonged to the same company with me, that our enlistment was for nine months, and I believe he served the full term of time for which he enlisted and acquitted himself honorably.
David Patten
State of New Hampshire } Rockingham ss. } Sept. 24, 1832.
Then personally appeared the above named David Patten and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true,
before me Noah Burnham Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named David Patten, and believe him entitled to credit.
Noah Burnham Jus. Peace.

Approved Noah Patten
I Andrew Wallace, clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Noah Burnham within named is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Rockingham in said State, and duly empowered to administer oaths, and that the within signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this second day of October in the year of our Lord 1832.
A. Wallace clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
Know Ye, That
Stephen Winelock
is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations as such full faith and credit are and
Levi Lincoln

Levi Lincoln
the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to the Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof , I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this fifteenth day of October A. D. 1832, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Edward D Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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