Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11027, for John Megregory, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn Continental
Mcgregory John or Maggregory
8.11027
CONTENTS
Carded

3148.
New Hampshire
John 3 Macgregory
of Sullivan in the State of N H who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Huntington in the N H line for 2 Years
John 3 Macgregory
Continental Conn. Mch 14, 1905. Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Dec 1832 and sent to Newton Newport (H. C.)
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $120 — Pension allowance ending 21 Mar 32 40 — $160 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H 1 st Clerk Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 170.

Mr. Meggregory of Newport N.H.
No. 4773.
John Meggregory
Ponds
2 years
Proof of new regu 27 Oct 1872
adm
Return
$80
H. Newton Esqf.
Newport N.H.
Nov 8 Feb 1872

BRIEF in the case of  John Mey Gregory of the County of Sullivan  in the State of New Hampshire  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 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.     In the In 1775 fall Dec 1780 or Jan 1781 1 — — Private in Cont'l line Gen. Col. Huntington & Capt. Oziel Bissell   1777 April 2 — — Substitute for Azariah Hall Col. Matthew Mead forgets the Capt's name —   Private Col. Bosworth Capt. Asahel Smith  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sumner Co.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? his statement & the opinion of the Court — thinks he has one written discharge & has lost it — none in the other cases —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No certificate of a Clergyman or others — 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

State of New Hampshire, } ss. County of Sullivan. }
On this twenty-second day of August Anno D omi one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, person appeared before the judge of the court of Oyer at new setting within and for the county of Sullivan aforesaid John Meggregory a resident of New, in the County of Sullivan and State aforesaid, aged seventy six years the twenty ninth day of J an cast, who being first duly sworn, according to cloth, on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 183
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the fall of the year 1775 with the young men from Connecticut and served in the regiment of the Connecticut line under the following named officers:
1. year) He first enlisted at Somers in the state of Connecticut in the fall of the year 1775 as before stated, into the company commanded by Capt. Orieus Bissell in the regiment commanded by Col. Huntington of the Connecticut Continental line. He marched from Somers, where he enlisted to Boston, thence to Providence, after New London, with the regiment, which he joined at Boston, and, from New London, the regiment was conveyed by water to the city of New York. He arrived at the city of New York he thinks in May 1776 and remained in the city till it was taken possession of by the enemy. He was then sick and unable to rise from bed without assistance, was carried in a waggon to Hackinsack in the state of New Jersey. He continued unable to do a soldier's duty till some time he thinks in the month of December, when at a place called Mansapo or some name of similar pronunciation was discharged in writing, but has lost his discharge. He can not remember the date

later accurately; but knows he enlisted as above stated for a year, and that he served out the whole time, and thinks he received his discharge in December 1776.
2) Second. Some time in December 1780 or January 1781 he joined the company commanded by Capt. _____ in the regiment commanded by Col. Matthew Mead of the Connecticut State Troops for two months, as a substitute for Asariah Hall and served out the time. He marched from Garfield when he joined the company through Hartford New Haven & _____ to Housatonic when at the end of said two months he was discharged.
2. years) Third. Some time in the month of April Anno Domini 1777 he enlisted for the term of three years into the Connecticut Continental line in the company commanded by Capt. Asahel Smith in the regiment commanded, first by Col. _____ Wadsworth or Watson or a name similar, and afterwards by Col. _____ Bastwick. He served about nine months under Capt. Smith, and fifteen months under Capt. _____ White and Capt. _____ Benedict being two years in the whole under his said last enlistment, as a teamster and was discharged some time in the month of April 1779 by Col. Bastwick, but whether he had a written discharge or not, he does not now recollect, if had one, it is lost. He does not now know precisely the reason why he was not held to serve out the whole term of three years for which he enlisted; but thinks he was returned in some way to Col. _____ Bastwick as having enlisted for two years. He was employed during said two years a teamster in carrying provisions and forage from various parts of the country to the army stationed at Fishkill & other places.

He hereby relinquishes every claim to any pension or annuity whatever except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension-roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed, John Mcgregory the day and year aforesaid.
Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
And the said Court does hereby declare the opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
I Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of the court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in matter of the application of John Mcgregory a pensioner.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of Probate

Joel Mcgregory of Newport in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged since two years testify and declare upon oath, that John Mcgregory to whose declaration this deposition is annexed is my brother that in the year 1775 my brother John above mentioned and myself lived with our mother in Enfield in the State of Connecticut. I well remember that said John Mcgregory enlisted into the Army of the United States in the fall of the year 1775 and understood then, that his Captain's name was Bissell, and the belonged to the regiment commanded by Col - Huntington whose christian name I think was Jedediah - He served one year under this enlistment, and I knew from time when he returned at the end of the year.
I further say that I also knew that said John Mcgregory again enlisted into the Army of the United States in the month of April 1777 for the term of three years into a company commanded by Capt - Smith whose christian name I do not recollect, but can not say to what regiment he belonged, he served in the Army two years of the three for which he enlisted, and was then dismissed; but for what reason I know not, but supposed it was through mistake in consequence of a shift of officers - The reason why I am now able to state his latter term of service with so much certainty is that I enlisted myself into the Army of the United States in the same month of April 1777 for three years, and often visited him and he me at each other's quarters during the two first years of my enlistment, and that I returned home one year and no more after he left the Army -
I further say that from May 1780 to the first day of January 1781 I was a prisoner of war at which time I was exchanged and when I returned home my mother told me that my brother John had gone with the militia into the Army for two months some time in the month of February after he returned and I understood from him to the same effect. Joel Mcgregory

State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss. 17 th November 1832 Then
the within named Joel M c Gregory made solemn oath that the within deposition by him subscribed is true. And I hereby further certify that said Joel M c Gregory is a credible and disinterested witness -
Sworn and subscribed before me
Hubbard Newton Jus. Peace.
As in of a I Benjamin B. French Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Sullivan aforesaid hereby certify that Hubbard Newton is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Sullivan aforesaid and legally authorized to administer oaths, that the above is his proper signature, and that his attestation is entitled to full credit -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this twenty first day of November - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
B. B. French

Rev. Man
11027
INVALID.
File No.
11027
John ★ Meggregory Priv. Rev. War.
Act:
June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol.
A
, Page
238
[Arrangement of 1870.]
John ★ Meggregory Records corrected. Mch 14, 1905.

I Phinehas Chopin of Newport in the County Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged seventy six years testify and declare upon oath that I was well acquainted with John Montgomery in the year 1775 at Eastfield in the state of Connecticut, and knew that he enlisted into the army of the United States some time in that year to the company commanded by Capt. - Bissel Col. - Huntington's regiment for one year and complained that he served under this enlistment the full term for which he enlisted.
I further say that said John Montgomery again enlisted as I well recollect in the Spring of the year 1777 into the service of the United States, but can not now say, for what term he enlisted or how long he served - The reason why I am now able to recollect the facts I here stated, is, that said John Montgomery moved from Connecticut into Newport with me in 1740 and has lived a neighbor to me ever since and I have had frequent occasion to recall to my recollection the events of the war of the revolution.
Phinehas Chopin
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss. 28 th November 1832
Then Phinehas Chopin above named made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true - And I further hereby certify that the said Phinehas Chopin is a credible and disinterested witness, and that his character for truth is unimpeach- able.
Sworn and subscribed before me
Hubbard Newton Jus. Peace

I Philip W. Ribble of Newport in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged seventy one years, testify and say that I enlisted into the Army of the United States in the same company with Joel Montgomery whose deposition is hereto annexed in the month of April 1847, and messes with him for the term of three years, that during the time John Montgomery, who in this case applies for a pension, visited his brother Joel with whom I messes, when I first became acquainted with said John Montgomery, & when I often afterwards saw him during the years 1847, or 1848 or 1849 of said years. The place where said John Montgomery visited his brother when I was present was at Peek's Hill in the State of New York; but do not tell how long said John Montgomery served in the Army at this time. P. W. Ribble
State of New Hampshire -
9 Sullivan ss. 17 th November 1832, Then Philip W. Ribble made solemn oath that the above deposition before him subscribed is true. And I hereby further certify that Philip W. Ribble is a credible in this case a disinterested witness.
Sworn and Subscribed before me Hubbard Newton Jus. Peace