Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,331, for Nathaniel Kingsbury, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Kingsbury Nathaniel
S 21,331
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CONTENTS

15762 Massachusetts
Nathaniel Kingsbury of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private  Lieut. in the Company commanded by Captain Everett of the Regt - commanded by Col. Levereile in the Mass. 3 reg time for 15 ds Dr. Miss. Sgt } 5 mo 26 ds Lieut. }
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 50 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1833 and sent to J Ware Deohan
Arrears to the 1st of March 33 $160. 68 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept 40. 17
$200.85
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 45

Burlington 21 331 INVALID.
File No. 21,331
William ... First ...
Act: Page 11, 21
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 211
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nathaniel Daniel Kingsbury
b. 18208

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk
ss. On this twenty first day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the
Honorable John M. Williams of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Dedham
in and for said County, Nathaniel Kingsbury a resident of Medfield in
said County, aged eighty three 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 7th, A. D. 1832.
that he was born on the 26th of Feby 1749 at Norfolk in County of Norfolk there
is a record of his birth on Norfolk, records : THAT he was in the United States service from
the nineteenth day of April A. D. 1775, to the third day of
May A. D. 1775, as a Quarter Master in the Mass Militia
: that he was residing at Dedham
when he entered the service; that he volunteered
and served for the period aforesaid under the
command of Col. McIntosh
: that he marched from Dedham to West
Cambridge where he met the British Troops : that he was in Lexington battle
and left the service on the third day of May 1775.
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from
the twentieth day of December A. D. 1776, to the about the last day of
March A. D. 1777, as a Lieutenant in the Mass Militia his commission
is annexed : that he was residing at Dedham
when he entered the service; that he was under the
and served for the period aforesaid under the
command of Capt Capt Ebenezer Everett, in Col. Solomon Lovell's
regiment) : that he marched from Dedham to Morristown
New Jersey
Providence & Hartford rendezvoused at Danbury Conn. through
and left the service on but in several small skirmishes our regiment
was kept to Genl. Washington's Quarters in Morristown
as part of the train Lovell's regiment, was a scouting party
& was despatched in several flying parties to reconnoitre the
enemy before they were at Morristown
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from
the day of A. D. 17, to the day of
A. D. 17, as a in the
: that he was residing at
when he entered the service; that he
and served for the period aforesaid under the
command of
: that he marched from
through : that he was in battle
and left the service on

THAT he upon the pension roll under the act of 18 as a in the of his application, he was residing at
and that the time
He was out two days & nights at the time of Brattle Hill battle & served 14 days as a volunteer when they took possession of Dorchester heights, his team was then driven by another man - since the Revolution he has resided in Dedham twenty years & twenty years in Medfield.
He was at Block Island & when he was there had forty men under him at the same time when Col. Revere commanded on Castle Island in Boston harbor he was not positively sure as to the time but thinks he was there about two months.
When at Morristown he was acquainted Gen. Washington - Gen. Lincoln, Brigadier Moulton - Col. Thatcher of Cambridge Col. Whitney of Harvard, & Col. Frost from Maine - was a member of a court martial with Col. Thatcher -
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
J. M. Williams J. C. C. Clerk Nathl. Kingsbury
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Officer and served as he states,
J. M. Williams J. C. C. Clerk
I James Ware Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Kingsbury for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
James Ware

21 321 Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay. }
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England,
To Nathaniel Kingsbury Gentle: Greeting.
YOU being appointed second Lieutenant of the second Company whereof George Gould is Captain in the first Regiment of Militia in the County of Suffolk whereof William McIntosh Esq: is Colonel
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a second Lieu: in leading, or- dering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline:—And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their second Lieu: and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the major part of the Council or your superior Officers
GIVEN under our Hands and the Seal of the said Colony, at Watertown the Eleventh Day of June in the Year of our Lord, 1776.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council. }
John Lowell Dpy Secy
Suffolk ss: June 17 th 1776
The above named Nathaniel Kingsbury Gentleman Personally appeared and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing his Duties, in the above Office
Before us Wm McIntosh Colo
Hijah Draper r Majr
Rowdon W. S. 1777 Warner Caleb Cushing Winthrop Hunting John Whetcomb Shatten Jabez Fisher White Berylston Henry Gardner Dan Davis Hopkins Sewall