Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,917, for Isaac Kingman, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Kingman, Isaac
S. 18917
CONTENTS
Carded

N. 083 Massachusetts
Isaac Ingman of Goshen in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bates of the Regt. commanded by Col. Holman in the Mass line for 8 months 26 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 29 Dollars 56 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of March 1833 and Lieut. Genl. L. Bates Northern Dep. Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $59.12 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 14.78 $73.90
Nov. 11 1839
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. H. Anderson Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 a Page 45

96-71
Isaac Newman
Mass.
Spent 8 Mos & 26 days
Attn
The 11, 12 & 13 entries shown in the brief not completely correct
Hon: J. C. Bates
Northampton
Mass
Charles B. Haskell Northampton Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Wingman  of  Goshen  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Eighty Four 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 17 74 7 Private Capt Packard   75 14 " Capt Gates   75 1 14 " " Gates   76 1 " " Gates   76 5 " Col Holmans   77 24 " Col May  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Worcester Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not defective  Stated as credible - 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
L. S. Addison Examining Clerk.

Isaac Kingman
Melita
No 26/11
Isaac Kingman
1901
Isaac Kingman
1901

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. } ss.
ON this Eighth day of August personally appeared in open court, before Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate the court of Hampshire for said County now sitting, Isaac Kingman a resident of Goshen in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts aged eighty four 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In 1774 in the Summer, at Bridgewater Mass he entered said service as a volunteer on account of an alarm from Weymouth in the company he thinks of one Capt. Packard & marched to said Weymouth. The British had bought some hay of a tory who lived on an island near Weymouth & were carrying it from the barn to the Water side, to go to Boston. Some of the Americans combined to set a large pile of it on fire. The regulars pushed off for Boston. He served one week. There was no engagement, his company fired a few guns which did not reach them. In 1775 in the Spring before planting time being at work on a farm at Worcester Mass ploughing, the Lexington alarm was raised, he enlisted into the company of Capt. Gates as a private & marched to Roxbury & was stationed at there & served two weeks. The same year he enlisted again as a private into the company of the same Capt. Gates in the latter part of the Spring & marched through Marlborough, Sudbury, to Dorchester & was there stationed & served six weeks. He got home before the battle of Bunker Hill. The next Winter he enlisted again as a volunteer in the same company & marched to Dorchester where stationed & served one month. In the same house at Dorchester both times. The month he cannot recollect. In the fore part of July 1776 he enlisted as a private at said Worcester into the company of the same Capt. Gates for 5 months. Col. Holman's regiment. Gen. Sullivan's brigade marched through Hartford to New Haven, thence by water to New York. There stationed nearly two months till driven out by the British to Greenwich. The retreat was on the Sabbath a very hot day & many of the men died from drinking cold water. He came to Housatonic. Every other man alternately was selected for the engagement. Said Isaac was not to stay behind & took at the least work. The regulars retreated. He served till the 1 st of December & was then discharged but not in writing. He was sick about a month, confined at Hockanuck in a barn for a hospital. He was about a fortnight on his return owing to said sickness. In 1777 in June or July, he enlisted as a private in the company of Capt. Webber at said Goshen in Col. Hays regiment & marched to Fort Edward & there stationed & served about 2 weeks. At the time of the Bennington alarm he was out about a week in said service Went to Williamstown & then returned. He was born in 1747 Oct 11 th old style, at Bridgewater aforesaid. He has no record of his age that he knows of. In 1777 for part of the year he remained from Worcester to Goshen & has since resided there. He knows of no one living to prove said several terms of service except the 5 months. His memory is very imperfect, but he is very particular as to said several terms of service though his memory fails him as to names & precise dates. He never received a written discharge. Ambrose Stone & John Jepson can testify as to character & belief of services.
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, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Kingman
We, Ambrose Stone & Joseph Jepson residing in the town of Goshen and residing in Goshen hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Kingman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 84 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbor- hood 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.
Before me Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate  Joseph Jepson
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Ambrose Stone who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in Goshen and that Isaac Kingman who has also signed the same, is a resident in Goshen and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Before me Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate
I, Samuel Hinsley Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Kingman for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Sam F. Lyman Register

Hampshire Dec 5th 1832
I William Hubbard residing in the Town of Goshen hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Hingham that I believe him to be eighty four 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 I concur in that opinion
William Hubbard
Hampshire Dec 6th 1832
I hereby certify that the above named William Hubbard is a Clergyman in Goshen and has made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed Also that Ambrose Allen and Joseph Teyson named in the application of the said Isaac Hingham are men of truth and veracity
Benjamin White Justice of the Peace
Goshen Dec 6th 1832
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion as before as to the revolutionary services of said Isaac That it appears to them that William Hubbard who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Goshen a credible person that he cannot be produced in open Court without too much inconvenience & expense
Samuel H. Bickley Judge of Probate
I Samuel T. Lyman Register of the Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the amended original application of Isaac Hingham for pension that the above named Benjamin White is a justice of the Peace duly authorized to take affidavits
So the foregoing whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two
Sam T. Lyman Register

Luke Packard Affidavit for Isaac Kingman.
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I Luke Packard of # Easthampton County of Hampshire. Mass of the age of 75. do testify depose & say that I have known Isaac Kingman of Goshen more than 63 years. he married my sister. In 1776 in July being myself in the continental service at New York. I heard of said Isaac's being at New York in service & he being then my brother in law I went to see him. I saw him in the state service at that time & saw him frequently afterwards in the same service with his equipments &c on guard & in other duty. I also saw him when he was on the sick list at Hackettsack. & should say he served 5 months. I saw him just about the time of his arrival & just before he left in December. I do not recollect the names of his officers. He was in the Massachusetts line of state troops. And further say not.
July 25 th 1832.
Luke Packard ✓
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampshire ss July 25. 1832.
Then personally appeared the above named Luke Packard & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by him subscribed before me
Chas. P. Huntington.
Justice of the Peace

Hampshire J. Dec 7 th 1832.
I hereby certify that the within deponent who made oath to the truth of the within affidavit before me is a credible person
Chas. P. Huntington Justice of the Peace.

January 27, 1932
BA-J/MCS
Mrs. Alice Kingman Davis 809 Division Street Boone, Iowa
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of December 20, 1931, requesting information in regard to Isaac Kingman, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein are obtained from papers in file in the pension claim, S. 18917, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Isaac Kingman.
He was born October 11 (old style) 1747, at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
In the summer of 1774 he entered the service at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, on account of an alarm from Weymouth, and marched there and served one week in Captain Packard's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted in the spring of 1775, at the time of the Lexington alarm and served two weeks as private in Captain Gates' Massachusetts Company. He enlisted late in the spring of 1775 and served six weeks as private in Captain Gates' Massachusetts Company. He enlisted the next winter, which was in 1776, and served one month in Captain Gates' Massachusetts Company. He enlisted in July, 1776, and served five months as private in Captain Gates' Company in Colonel Holman's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted in June or July, 1777, and served about two weeks as private in Captain Webber's Company in Colonel May's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted in August, 1777, at the time of the Bennington alarm and served one week, names of officers not given.
In 1777 Isaac Kingman moved from Worcester to Goshen, Massachusetts.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1832, at which time he was living in Goshen, Massachusetts.

He died November 11, 1839.
In 1832 Luke Packard of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, aged seventy-five years, stated that Isaac Kingman married his sister but he did not state her name. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Isaac Kingman and the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
Isaac Kingman, Certificate 10083, issued March 19, 1833, rate $29;56 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

to Iowa
2 1891 1/2 INVALID.
File No. 18917
Isaac Kingman His New Wife
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Dear 17-1903, this Ino. S. Crooks. Boone
Mch. 26, 1904 hist. to Rev. Newton W. Bates, West Bloomfield, N.Y.
1910 Oct. 30 Hist. to Mary V. Keyes
1924 Mch. 13 Alice K. Davis inf. this is only one acct.
1932 Jan. 27 hist. to Mrs. Alice Kingman Davis N.C.

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
NEWTON W. BATES, PASTOR
WEST BLOOMFIELD, N. Y., March 17 1904
The Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
I am searching for proof that my ancestor Nehemiah Bates was a soldier in the Revolution. The following has been sent to me with the statement that I can learn date of birth etc and widow's name from the Pension Bureau. "Nehemiah Bates Private, Capt. Banister's Co. Col. Ezra Mays regt. Enlisted 1777. Service 21 days." "Nehemiah Bates Capt. Strong's Co. Col. Bear (Hampshire Co) regt. Enlisted 1781. discharged 1781. Service 3 mos 10 days at Saratoga." Both these are Mass. regiments, and the

last is most likely the man I seek. My data concerning him is
Nehemiah Bates, born in Hingham Mass June 19. 1740. married Mehitable Marble. She died June 3 1809. He died May 20. 1817.
The family moved to Chesterfield Mass about 1771 and to Cummington, Mass some years later, perhaps 1785.
Can you give me the date of birth, or age, and birthplace, with name of wife, of these men who are mentioned on the other page, or any other men of that name from Mass.?
Also was Isaac Kingman of Bridgewater, Mass a revolutionary soldier?
Yours truly
Rev. Newton W. Bates

Date of birth, marriage death.
He was a resident of Goshen, Mass.
Also any information concerning the service of Nehemiah Bates who is known to have enlisted in Captain Banister's Co., Col. Ezra May's Regiment, in 1777. He was born 1740.
I trust you will give this prompt attention. Thanking you in advance, I am Yours truly
Mary V. Keyes

Boone Iowa
Feb. 10, '24.
Revolutionary War Section: -
As I
have the record of Isaac Kingman, born at Bridgewater Mass. and enlisted from Salem Salem Mass., was wondering if there could have been another by that name from Mass. who fought in the Rev. War. Would you kindly inform me?
Also where was his pension last sent to him?
Mrs. Alice Kingman Davis 109 Monona St.
Boone Iowa

Boone Iowa. Dec 2 nd 1903.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Have you the name of Benjamin Croix on your Pension list of the Revolutionary War. He was from Kentucky + is my Great Grandfather, or Isaac Kingman. of Mass.
If you have any record of same it will greatly oblige me.
John S. Crooks.
Boone 128-Boone St. Iowa.

2 nd stamped Rev. due envelope om
Jefferson City Mo Sept 28, 1916
U.S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:—
I am in search of information concerning one Isaac Kingman, a soldier in the Revolution. If you could answer any or all of the following questions it would be greatly appreciated.
 Date of enlistment.  Length of service.  Regiment.  Rank. 

Boone, Iowa Dec. 20, 1931
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pension Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I wish to inquire in re- gard to Isaac Kingman who fought in the Revolutionary War, was born at Bridge- water, Mass. Oct. 11, 1747 and resided at Goshen, Mass. in 1832. When did his pension cease?
Any information you may be able to furnish in regard to said Isaac Kingman will be appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Alice Kingman Davis 809 Division Street Boone, Iowa

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Charles P. Huntington Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of August A. D. 1832.
Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Isaac Newton Goshen Massachusetts
Nov 6/71
56 30 26

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Livingston which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? He has
V. * Has he mentioned 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? He has
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes, in his favor
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? it is, the inscription is good

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
† QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Ans
March 13, 1924.
Alice E. Davis, 109 Monona St., Boone, Iowa.
Madam;
I have to advise you that Isaac Kingman, who was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts and was a resident of Goshen, Massachusetts in 1832, is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Kingman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1774 1 week Packard Mass.   Spring 1775 2 weeks Det. Gates   1775 6 weeks Gates   Winter 1776 1 mo. + 1 week Det. Gates   July 1776 5 mo. 1 week Det. Gates Holman   June or July 1777 2 weeks " Hubber May   Aug 1777 1 week in Bennington alarm  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, located at Bridgewater Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug 8 1832 His el' was al.
Residence at date of application, Goshen, Hampshire Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, born Oct. 11 (Old Style) 1747 at Bridgewater Mass.
Remarks: _____
In 1777 he moved from Worcester to Goshen. Soldier married the sister of Luke Packard His name is not stated * D. B.
Luke Packard was of Northampton Hampshire Co. Mass. in 1832
aged 75. He was married his sister, etc.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
V. G. Southwick F. d.
for date C. p.