Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,024, for Ephraim Tinkham, Massachusetts

SERVICE
mas
Yinkham Ephraim Elizabeth
NUMBER _____
W. 14.024
CONTENTS

2532
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Tinkham widow of Ephraim Tinkham
who died on the month of August 1795 of Plymouth Co. in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Pope of the Reg't commanded by ————— in the Mass. line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 140 Dollars ————— Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of April 1839 and sent to J. H. Lord Plymouth, Mass.
  Arrears to the 4th of March '39  320.00    Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. "  20.00         $340.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book A. Vol. 2 Page 60
E. Mar. 2, 1841

2591 Declaration of 2532 Elizabeth Tinkham Massachusetts.
admitted
P-1 yr, $40,
March 26
Act 4 July 1836
J. N. Londs Plymouth Mass

State of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. On this thirty first day of May 1837 personally appeared before Hon. William Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County aforesaid Elizabeth Tinkham of Rochester in said County aged Eighty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law Oath on her Oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836, that she is the Widow of Ephraim Tinkham late of Rochester aforesaid deceased who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution & served as follows to wit for the term of one year in the Company of Capt. Isaac Pope & he served at Roxbury & in Rhode Island & she supposes that this term of service commenced in the fall of the year 1775.-
She further declares that she was married to said Ephraim Tinkham by Edward Pope Esq of Dartmouth who was a Justice of the Peace on the twelfth day of June in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy four; that her husband the aforesaid Ephraim Tinkham died on the _____ day of August in the

Year 1795
that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof accompanying this declaration
Witness. Jacob Fobes,
Elizabeth Mr. Sinkham mark
Plymouth J. I own to subscribe on the day first above written & I certify that said Elizabeth Sinkham is a credible person & by reason of advanced age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel to attend Court
W. M c Wood J. Prob y
Plymouth J. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this twenty second day of August 1837
J. H. Lord

Salmon Chase President
Newark Valley, N.Y. Aug 10
[Signature]
Ephraim Tinkham Mattapoisett Plymouth Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Charles J. Holmes is a Justice of the Peace throughout the Commonwealth aforesaid that the several official signatures to the annexed papers purporting to be his are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County this eighth day of January 1839
Jacob H. Lord

Supplement Declaration
Elizabeth Fentham.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss. On this twenty fifth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, before me Charles F. Norris one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Plymouth, personally appeared Elizabeth Finkham of Rochester in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following supplemental Declaration in correction of one by her then before made for the purpose of procuring a pension, to wit, that the service referred to in her original declaration as having been performed by her late husband Ephraim Finkham, in the army of the Revolution in a company commanded by Israel Pope, was in fact and in truth performed in a company commanded by Capt d Earl Grafton.
Elizabeth Finkham sworn
Ephraim Finkham C. F. Norris
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss. Dec 25, 1838. Elizabeth Finkham appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the matter contained in the foregoing declaration by her subscribed, and further certify that she is personally known to me, and that she is of good reputation for truth.
C. F. Norris Just Peace.

Deposition Abraham Teukerman.

I Abram Tinkham of Rochester in the County of Plymouth legally qualified to give evidence do testify and say that I was personally acquainted with Ephraim Tinkham late of said Rochester. He was an uncle of mine and I attended his funeral in . I am not able to state the precise time of his death. I have been married thirty eight years and he died some years before my marriage. The records of the church of which he was a member state that he died in 1797. Elizabeth Tinkham, his widow, is still living; is a neighbor of mine, and I have known her from early youth. She has never been married since the death of my uncle. Her husband Abraham Tinkham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. Nov. 2. 1838. Abraham Tinkham appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me the undersigned. And I further certify that the affiant is personally known to me and that he is of good reputation for truth. J. H. Holmes. For Peer.

JR
Mr Ephraim Tinkham Mattapoisett Mass.
19 Oct 18 19 Oct 18 19 Oct 18

State of Vermont } Washington County ss }
Montpelier October 17. AD 1838
I Hezekiah Tinkham of Montpelier County of Washington and State of Vermont of the age of Seventy nine years Old On the Eighth day of October 1838 Do Testify and say that in the years of 1775 and 1776 that I made it My home in the Town of Rochester in Massachusetts And that I was well acquainted with Ephraim Tinkham who was My Brother and that I was in the first part of the year 1776 out a whaling on the coast of Brazil and On my Return home I found My said Brother Ephraim Was Absent and I then enquired When he was and my family informed me that he had Enlisted into the Service of United States and that he then was with the Army in State of New York and that he Enlisted in the year 1776 for the Term of One Year. and I Remained at home but a few days at this time and then Went a privateering and was absent till late in fall of 1776 or very for part of the Winter 1777 and Shortly after My Return home from privateering My Brother Ephraim Returned home and informed me that he had served out his time of Enlistment which was for one year and that While in Service he served Under Captain Earl Clapp and that he was then discharged from any farther Service and further your deponent saith not.
Hezekiah Tinkham
Witness Caleb Bennett
State of Vermont } Washington County ss } Montpelier October 17. 1838 Personally Appeared Hezekiah Tinkham Signer of the foregoing Affidavit and made solemn Oath that the same contained the truth and nothing but the truth. William W Cadwell Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Washington County ss } Montpelier October 17 th 1838
This may certify that I have for a long time past been personally acquainted with Hezekiah Pinkham of the within and do know him to be a man of Credibility and Respectibility
William W. Cady Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Washington County ss } I Joshua Vail Clerk of the Washington County Court in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William W. Cady is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 25 th day of November 1837 and will expire on the 30 th day of November 1838, and that his signature to the within and above is his own proper hand writing
Given Under my hand and the Seal of said County, this 17 th day of October 1838
Joshua Vail Clerk

Deposition Elizabeth Tinkham

I Elizabeth Tinkham of New Bedford in the County of Plymouth Esq. legally qualified to give evidence, testify and say that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Tinkham of Rochester in the County of Plymouth. She is the widow of Ephraim Tinkham late of said Rochester, deceased. I was present at their marriage which took place before the commencement of the War of the Revolution. They were married by the late Edward Pops Esq. I acted as bride maid at the marriage. I am not able to state precisely how long since the marriage took place, but I know it was before the commencement of the war. He served in the army after his marriage, and I think was gone a year but of this I am not certain. My brother died more than forty years ago, but I can not say how much more. His widow has never since been married. I am in the eighty fourth year of my age. Ephraim Tinkham was my brother and next but one older than myself.
Witness.
Deborah Sturtevant      Elizabeth Tinkham Of the same.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol ss. Dec. 12. 1838. Personally appeared Elizabeth Tinkham and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me the undersigned; and I further certify that the affiant is personally known to me, and that she is of good moral character for truth.
Off Notaries. Clerk of the Peace.

State of New York County of Tioga ss
In the sixth day of August A.D. 1838 - before me Elisha P. Hight Esq one of the justices of the peace of said county, personally appeared
Calvin Tripp, of the town of Owego, county and state aforesaid, with whom I am acquainted and being by me duly sworn deponeth and saith - That he was well acquaint- -ted with Ephraim Pinkham (now deceased) and that he knows that the said Ephraim Pinkham served one year as a Private in the war of the Revolution under the command of Capt. Clapp and that the said Ephraim Pinkham resided in the town of Rochester County of Plymouth and state of Massachu- -setts - that the time of said Pinkham's service was from January 1776 to January 1777 -
Sworn and subscribed before me Aug. 6 th 1838
Elisha P. Hight
Calvin Tripp
Elisha P. Hight Justice of the Peace Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County, sir I received yours the 4 th inst together with one from Mr. J. Tripp he proposed to have you pay all charges to our sister Elizabeth which you can do, which will be one dollar & fifty cts. To Ephraim Pinkham, deceased Heirs Calvin Tripp

I Elizabeth Tripp of Rochester County of Plymouth and state of Massachusetts of the age of seventy years Testify and say that I was Bred and Born in the Town of Rochester in the County Plymouth and State of Massachusetts I recollect and Remember: many things in the war of the American Revolution
I knew Ephraim Finckam of Rochester he lived in the same neighborhood, & my by, he enlisted in the war of the American Revolutionary war for one year and went to Providence and I think to York, & Returned at the End of one year he marched a way in the Fall of the year and I had two Brothers enlisted at the same time for one year and returned at the same time at the Expiration of one year I think in the year 1778 that is to the best of my Recollection and belief
Fairhaven 1837
Elizabeth mark Tripp her
Present Jabez Fisher
Elizabeth M Bennett
Bristol vs Fairhaven June 21 st 1837 Then the above named Elizabeth Tripp personally appeared and made solemn Oath to the within deposition by her subscribed together with her answers to the Interrogatories therein contained and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Elizabeth Tripp that her character for truth and that her testimony is intitled to credit
Thomas Davis Justice of the Peace

I Joshua Chandler of Rochester County of Plymouth and state of Massachusetts of the age of seventy nine years Testify and say that I am acquainted with Elizabeth Finckum widow of Ephraim Finckum Late of Rochester in said County of Plymouth deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that his widow the said Elizabeth Finckum is the same person and is still living and remains a widow Present Joshua Chandler Jabez Fales
common wealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss Fairhaven June 21 st 1837 Joshua Chandler a credible witness made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed before me Thomas Davis Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Town of New Bedford County of Bristol ss June 21 st 1837
I Thomas Pope do on oath declare that I have the custody of the Records of my Honored Father Edward Pope formerly of Dartmouth and know his hand writing it appears by said Records that Mrs Ephraim Tinkham to Elizabeth Jones both of Dartmouth were married by Edward Pope Justice of the Peace June 12-1774
Present Jabez Talbot
Thomas Pope
Bristol ss Then personally appeared Thomas Pope subscribed to the above Certificate and made solemn oath to the above and I further certify that his moral character is in no way impeached
New Bedford June 21 st 1837
Thomas Davis Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. I Anselm Barrett Register of the Court of Probate for said County, do hereby certify that Thomas Davis is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Bristol, and that the signature to the within certificates purporting to be his are genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty third day of June eighteen hundred and thirty seven
A Barrett

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Titchham a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. No. 14,024
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1776 1 yr. Pvt. Earl Clapp. ✓ Mass.          
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rochester, Mass.
Date of widow's application for pension, May 31, 1837. Cl. cl.
Residence at date of application, Rochester, Plymouth Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 87 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier mar. June 12, 1774. Elizabeth Jones of Dartmouth. He died in Aug. 1795 or 1797 and his widow Mar. 2, 1841. A.B. No further family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Probate Office Plymouth Mass. Jan 8. 1839
Sir
I send enclosed a Supplemental Declara- tion of Mrs. Elizabeth Tinkham in explanation & correction of her former declaration with several affidavits in support of the same.
Respectfully Your Obedt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions Washington
Jacob H. Lord
D.C.

Plymouth Aug 23. 1857
Dear Sir
I send herewith you the pension application of Mrs. Elizabeth Tinkham.
The Certificate may be sent to me
Yours &c J. H. Lord
Hon J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.

139 Rock Street Fall River, Mass. March 18, 1912.
Pension Office
Dear Sir:- W. 14,024
Please send me the service of the Linkham man who served in the Revolutionary War. He lived in Rochester, Mass. and his wife Elizabeth Linkham received a Pension, see Pension Roll 1870, or it may have been his daughter.
Believe it was Ephraim Linkham? Yours truly
Louise Adeline Handy.

Elizabeth Tinkham Massachusetts
Suspended
See letter 8 th Nov- 1837 to J. H. Lorde.

Key
WIDOW, &c.
1912, Mar. 26. Hist. 15 Louise Holmes Handy
File No. 14024 Elizabeth Sinkham Widow of Ephraim Sinkham Pre Rev War
Act: July 4 th 86 Index:—Vol. M , Page 2/6
[Arrangement of 1870.]