Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1780, for Joab Kimball, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER
Kimball, Joab Betsey
N 1780
CONTENTS

(N. 1975.) Vermont
Joab Kimball, Putnam's private, regt. 1 Massachusetts line in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of July 1818, and sent to Sarah H. H. Esq. Danville, Vermont.
arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Scant all the ending
4 mo. 28/30 $: 39. 46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
81 Three Years
C. ... Danville, Vermont

New Hampshire
Betsey Kimball
widow of Joab Kimball
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80  Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th  day of August 1849, and sent to  Christopher Morrison Windham Rockingham Co. N. H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 8, 1848, Page 33 Vol. I July 29 th 1848,  Book II

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston March 12 th 1849
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Francis Pease Jr was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. Sullivan Secretary of the Commonwealth.

January twenty third Seventeen hundred ninety nine, then was Married Joab Kimball of Peacham & Betsey Read of Danville, State of Vermont By Samuel Judson Clerk
I Amariah Graft of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that I have examined the records of the town of Uxbridge and found a record of the above marriage, which is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible letters and figures as follows - Jan'y 23 d 1799.
I Amariah Graft above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Amariah Graft { Clerk of the Town of Uxbridge
Worcester ss. December 4 - 1848
Sworn to before me Francis D. Larnap Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss. December 4 - 1848 I certify that Amariah Graft above named now holds the office of Town Clerk of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. And that he is a man of credit and judgment. Francis D. Larnap Justice of the Peace

Declaration
In Order to Obtain the revision of a Pension allowed under the Act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848 or any other Act which may be Applicable to this case.
State of Vermont } Washington County } ss
On this eighth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and fifty one Personally appeared before me William W. Cadeville a justice of the Peace within and for said County & State aforesaid duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths. Betsy Kimball aged Seventy Eight years a resident of Windham in the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire, and the widow of Joab Kimball deceased who was at the time of his death a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per Annum, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration, in order to Obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of Congress, passed on the 29 th and first of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and forty eight And any other Act which may be Applicable to my case. That She is the widow of Joab Kimball who was a private in the War of the Revolution and who was placed upon the Pension List Roll of the Vermont Agency under the Act of Congress passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per Annum, and was in the Receipt of the same at the time of his death. And that I heretofore filled my Application and Declaration in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions with the proofs necessary to establish my marriage and the time said marriage was solemnized with the said Joab Kimball, and also his death and the time it took place of my said husband Joab Kimball, and that I was and still did remain the widow of the said Joab Kimball up to the time of the making and signing said Papers. And do further say that I still remain a widow and the widow of the said Joab Kimball and that on said Declaration and Application a Pension Certificate was issued to me from under the hand of T. Ewing Secretary

of the Interior bearing date on the ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, commencing on the 4 th of March 1848 for the sum of Eighty dollars per annum to continue so long as that I remained a widow and up to the time of My death.
I make this Declaration fully believing that it was the intention of the Law under which my pension was granted, being the 29 th day of July 1848. That the widows of Revolutionary officers and soldiers shall be entitled to a pension during their widowhood, of equal amount per annum that their husbands would be entitled to if living, under any existing Pension Laws, and that at the time of his death he was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum and that he would have been entitled to that amount if he had been living at the passage of said act of July 29 th 1848. and in consideration thereof, that I should have been placed upon the Pension List at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum, that being the amount my husband was in the receipt of at the time of his death and another reason goes to confirm my belief that such was the intention of the Law that the Law relating to my furnishing proof of my husband's service in the war of the Revolution says that upon the widow proving her marriage to the person on whose account she claims a pension and was a widow at the time of making her declaration and application shall be  receive a Pension  be placed upon the Roll of the of the Vermont Agency at the same rate that her husband was in the receipt of at the time of his death by the proof of service furnished by her husband at the time he was placed upon the pension list Roll and that the same now is and was then at the time of filling my declaration and application in the Office of the United States at Washington of the Commission of Pensions or the War office. And that I herewith return my certificate which was issued to me as above stated and do hereby request that my pension may be increased from the sum of Eighty dollars to the sum of Ninety Six dollars per annum and that a new certificate may be issued to me commencing at the same time of the present one, as the last sum being the sum my husband was in the receipt of at the time of his death, and that I feel that I am fully entitled to receive the

Some Amount) that my husband was receiving at the time of his death.
And that for the proof of marriage and death of my said husband I would respectfully refer to my declaration and application now on file in the War Office and that I now am and have remained a widow ever since the death of my said husband Joel Kimball in presence of.
Le Me Bail
Betsey Kimball
Sworn to and Subscribed on the eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
William W. Cadwell Justice of the Peace
STATE OF VERMONT.
Office of the Secretary of State,
Montpelier, September 12 th 1851 }
I certify that William W. Cadwell
Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Washington duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of this Office, this 12 th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
Gerard F. Merrill
Secretary of State.

Joab Kimball
1975.
Sept 18/78
N. 2 Ep?

State of Vermont } On this 29 day of June 1820 Personally appeared Washington ss } in Open court being a court of record to wit the Honorable Supreme court of the State of Vermont holding a Session at Montpelier within and for the county of Washington aforesaid
Joab Kimball aged Fifty Eight years resident in Marshfield in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as fol- lows, that on or about the 16 th day of March 1781 I enlisted and joined in Capt. Smiths Company and Col. Patnams regiment of the Massachusetts line for the term of three years and served until about the 24 th day of December 1783 when I was honorably discharged from Capt. Goodells Company and Col. Vose St. Massachusetts Regiment - that my Original declaration is dated the 7 th day of April 1818 and my certificate issued thereon dated July 29 th and numbered 1.975 - - - - -
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any Manner Disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to bring myself within the provi- sions of an Act of Congress Entitled "An Act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the revolutionary land and naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th Day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person for in trust for me any property or Securities, Contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto Annexed and by me Subscribed (to wit) One Cow, one hog, One Cow-yak ring, one Draught Chain Middling Size one piece of Chains one five pail Kettle, one pot, two Dish Kettles, one Bake Kettle, one tea Kettle. - - - - -
I am by Occupation a Farmer and enjoy Tolerable health to pursue it - my wife Eliza of the age of forty seven years is rather feeble my son Leonard of the age of Eighteen is Sickly and is not Able to support himself - My Daughter Eloner of the age of twelve, my son Jesse of the age of Eleven, my son Thomas of the age of nine and Daughter Charlotte of the age of two years all unable to support themselves and dependant on me
Joab Kimball Sworn to & declared in open Court on this 29 th day of June A.D. 1820 Before the Court George Rich Clerk

I George Pillsbury Clerk of the Supreme Court for the County of Washington in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing book & the schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the Records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Forty Seven Dollars and seventy five cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 14. day of July A.D. 1820.
Geo. Pillsbury Clerk of Sup. Ct. Washington County

Job Minterall

State of Vermont Racine County
I Joab Kimball of Danville in the County of Caledonia & State of Vermont
Being duly sworn, doth declare & say, that on or about the first day of April 1781, at Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts, I was drafted as one of the Quota of men to be provided by the Town of Haverhill under a requisition of the Congress of the United States, & marched immediately to Boston & met under the command of a recruiting officer of the United States Army, & from thence marched to West Point I entered the service as a Soldier in the Army of the United States, some time in the Month of April 1781, I was placed under the command of Capt Sylvanus Smith, in Colonel Putnam's Regiment, being the 5th Massachusetts Regiment & the brigade commanded by Genl Patterson - I served in the above named Regiment until some new arrange- ment took place, & was transferred to the first Massachusetts Regiment, & served in the last mentioned Regiment in Capt Gossall's company, until the month of December in the year 1783, after which when the enemy, at which time I was discharged by Genl Henry Knox - The whole time of my service in the Continental Army being Three years & eight Months - He further deposes that he is now & has been a Citizen & President of the United States, & is now in the fifty sixth year of his age Yrs in very reduced circum- to need, as he is a poor & distressed man in nearly all his circumstances from his country for support
Joab Kimball

State of Vermont Lebanon January 1818 P. D. D. April 7th 1818. P. D. D. appeared the within
Personally appeared the within named Isaac Kimball & scles, entered the within declaration in my presence, & made solemn oath that the same is true before me Isaiah Fish } Chief Judge Gleason C. Cole
Anna I do hereby further certify that the within named Jacob Kimball has produced date's factory evidence That he is in very reduced circumstances as to property & is needy assistance from his country for Support
State of Vermont Pales-tonia ss. I, Isaiah Fish Chief Judge of the County Court, within & for the County of Litchfield do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the within named Job Kimball did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy. And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken there before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of a late act of Congress, Entitled an act, to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War which said declaration is made in order to obtain the privileges made by said act - Ellis G. Smith Clerk of said Court I do further certify that since subscribing the above declaration, the said Job Kimball has produced his original discharge which is enclosed herewith, & that it appears to be in the name of Job. instead of Job Kimball, & as he states, he for some reason wrote his name in some cases, as written in his discharge that he was enrolled in the Army by the name of Job Kimball, & I am well satisfied that he is the same person who served as set forth in said discharge. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature to the said my Court this 12 th day of May A.D. 1818. Isaiah Fish

P Merrill Madam A

I Presided Merrill of Pownhams County of Caledonia & State of Vermont of lawful age depose & say that Jacob Shinnall (now Dorrill in so County of Caledonia) absent March AD 1781 at Haverhill in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enlisted into the Continental army for three years soon after left home to join the army was absent three years during about two months I recd the general Pease during which time I do nearly believe he served in the army His deponent at the time of his enlistment & at the time of his return lived in the family with the deponent from which circumstances the above facts are more clear in this deponents recollection Another South Hot
Pownhams 7 th March 1818 Priscilla Merrill State of Vermont Caledonia 7 th April 1818 Merrill
Personally appeared Priscilla Merrill & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me John Matthews Just Peace and I further certify that the above deponent is a widow which I Matthews Just Peace

Hope Merrill dep —
v. n. v. n. —

Jesse Merrill of Peacham County of Caledonia deposes says that he was well acquainted with Isaac Hinckle now of Danville that in the year A D 1901 in spring of the year then living or neighboring in Leeds I was known to him entering into the Continental Army departing from home and continued in the army as this deponent understood until his return at the spring of 1903 that this deponent has no recollection of his serving during the war in the army against the common enemy  Jesse Merrill
Danville April 10th 1912
State of Vermont Caledonia ss
I hereby certify that April 10th 1912 I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness
Horace Fairbanks Chief Judge Cal. Co. Ct.

293. New Hampshire
Mary Kimball widow of Elias Kimball
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Mass Line Recd from $80
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
26 th day of Sept r 1848
and sent to
M m C. Cadwell Montpelier Vt
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 17 Vol. A.

Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
Betsey Kimball, Widow. Joab Kimball, Pris. Rev. War
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 400
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Isab Kimball N. act 18 March 1828, $911.00 per ann To what time was he last paid?
Gl. A
Pension Office August 11. 1849
Died 19 th Nov. 1842 Date in death bills.

State of Vermont Caledonia County p s Peacham Nov 29 1845
Personally appeared Lucia Merrill and Leonard Johnson and made oath that Jacob Kimblee died in Barnes in said County Nov 19. 1843 By me. Saml A Chandler Justice of Peace

The Certificate of discharge filed in this case has been this day removed and given to Leonard A. Munson Grandson of Soldier by order of Col. Wm. S. Nelson 1st Brig. Comdr.
W. R. Frazier - Police Exch.

The Clerk of District in this case has been this day removed from office and given to Almond A. Morrison 2nd order
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Montpelier September 12 th 1857
Hon. J. E. Heath
Sir
I herewith forward you the declaration and Application of Betsey Kimball for the purpose of a revision in her case and with a belief that on the Reexamination of the Papers furnished by her and those in the office furnished by her husband on which a pension was granted to him of Ninety Six Dollars per Annum. that a Certificate of her enrollment as a pensioner should have been issued to her for the sum of Ninety Six Dollars per Annum instead of Eighty the amount of the one herewith returned.
If Mrs Kimball is not entitled to the Amount her husband was in the Receipt of at the time of his death I cannot reconcile the words of the act of July 29 th 1848 which are as follows "after stating that he was an officer or soldier in the War of the Revolution, shall be entitled to a pension during her widowhood, of Equal Amount per Annum that their husbands would be entitled to, if living under existing pension Laws; to commence on the 4 th of March 1848. to be paid 6 / 12 provided they were married before the 1 st day of Jan y . 1800." The act of July 1 st 1848 says "the evidence upon which such pension was granted shall be conclusive of the service of such officer or soldier in the application of any widow, or woman, who may have been the widow, of such officer or soldier, for a pension, upon proof of marriage & death of the person for whom service is claimed.

It Appears to me perfectly plain that all persons who on Application for the Benefit of the Pension Act of July 29. 1848 & the Act of July 1. 1848 being widows of either officers and Soldiers of the war of the Revolution proving themselves to be the Widow of the Person under whom they Claim and that their Marriage took place before the time stated in the Acts that the Commissioner of Pensions if he believes that the declaration and the Proofs by her furnished are true that the Applicant should be placed upon the Pension Roll at the same Rate that her husband was in receipt of at the time of his death if a Pensioner at that time if not it should be one of Equal Amount that her husband would have been entitled to if living under Existing Pension Laws. And I can see no reason why Mr. J. Kimmick would not have been entitled to the same Amount provided he had been living at the passage of the Act of July 29. 1848. which constitutes the right on which his Widow Claims to be a Pensioner of the United States that he was in the Receipt of at the time of his death. and I can see no Reason why the Certificate should not have been issued to her for Ninety Six dollars in stead of Eighty.
I have no doubt but that on a reexamination of all the Papers now on file in the War office made by her husband Jacob Kimmick and by herself Betsy Kimmick that you will cause to be returned to me for her Certificate awarding her Ninety Six Dollars per Annum instead of Eighty from March 4. 1848. I trust you will give this matter an investigation at as early a day as the other business of your office will permit.
I Am Sir yours Very Respectfully William W. Cooke

April 12/49 Recd. of Betsy Abimbola
20
James S. Edwards Esq. Pension Agent
Washington D.C.

Wintatham Rockingham County N.H. April 6 1849 James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir I send enclosed the declaration of Betsy Kimball together with the other evidence of her being the widow of Jacob Kimball a soldier of the Army of the Revolution, claiming a pension under the Act of Congress of July 29 th 1828. And wishing her pension Certificate made payable at the Pension Office at Portsmouth Rockingham Co N.H. Christopher Morrison, Agent, of Wintatham Rockingham Co N.H. —
I hereby certify that Christopher Morrison of Wintatham in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire who makes application as Agent of Betsy Kimball of said Wintatham at the Pension Office for a Pension Certificate is a man of integrity and entitled to full Confidence.
erry April 4, A.D. 1849
J. Mcmilton Shapley Register of the Court of Probate for said County

Brief in the case of Betsey Kimball, widow of Isaac Kimball, Rockingham County and State of New Hampshire act 29 July 1848.
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Husband received $96 per annum, Under Act of 29 July 1848, the widow is entitled to the same rate
Name and residence of Agent
W. C. Cudworth Montpelier vt
J. Gale Examining Clerk.

Payment to be made at Portsmouth New Hampshire by John Kelly P.A.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Portsmouth
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 1848 2d, 1849 , Page 33 Vol. 1 Book D.
Edw d Clarke Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 24  July 29 th 1848, Betsey Kimball
widow of Noah Kimball who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 9 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
I. Murray
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Kimball - N.H.

N 398 Belsey Kimball no of coal NH act 29 May 1848 Married 1799 Instans d th 19 th 1848
Aora, $80 00 per
Ann. per 4 th March 48
Christopher Morrison Windham Rockingham NH

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29 th of July 1868 entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and soldiers of the revolutionary Army.
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham ss. On this fourth day of April eighteen hundred and forty nine personally appeared before the Hon. Free St. Clair Judge of Probate in and for said County of Rockingham it being a Court of record in Court held at Derry in and for said County Betsy Kimball a resident of Windham in the County of Rockingham aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 29 th of July 1868 entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and soldiers of the revolutionary Army. That she is the widow of Joab Kimball who was a private in the army of the revolution as doth appear by his pension certificate surrendered to the War Department after his decease. Said certificate was obtained under the act of Congress of 1818. And said Joab Kimball then resided in Danville in the State of Vermont. She further declares that she was married to the said Joab Kimball in January one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. That her husband the aforesaid Joab Kimball died on the nineteenth day of November one thousand eight

hundred and forty three That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place subsequent to the second day of January eighteen hundred viz. at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before.
Betsy Kimball
State of New Hampshire } Court of Probate at Rockingham Co. } Derry in and for said County April 4 th . A.D. 1849
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written
Before me Ira St. Clair Judge of Probate.
State of New Hampshire } Court of Probate at Derry in Rockingham Co. } and for said County April 4 th . A.D. 1849
J. J. Hamilton Shapley Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, hereby certify, that Ira St. Clair is the Judge of said Court, that his name subscribed to the above certificate is his own proper signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal

of said Court. -
J. Hamilton Shapley Registrar
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Act 29 July 1828, In S th p 9 h. & 80 p 80 Com y 4 March 1848
Portsmouth
W m C. Cudwell Marshall W

Know all men by these presents, that I. Betsy Kimball of Windham in the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire, have made constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make and constitute William W. Goodall of Montpelier in the County of Washington in the State of Vermont, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, and to my use and as I could in my own proper person to present my claim before the Commissioners of Pensions for a revision and increase thereof according to my declaration made and executed and also that my said Attorney to do and prosecute the same before the Commissioners of Pensions and for to do all things that may be necessary to bring the same to a final and full adjustment between myself and the United States. And to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever concerning the premises, as fully in every respect, as I myself might or could do, if I were personally present; and that he may appoint an other Attorney if necessary to prosecute the claim above named and for the purposes aforesaid and for no other, to make, and at his pleasure alter work; hereby ratifying, allowing and confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall in my name lawfully do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, by virtue of these presents.
In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal at Montpelier in the County of Washington in the State of Vermont on this Eighth day of September A.D. 1851. In presence of.
Catherine M. Blair
Mary J. Hall
Emily Kimball