Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32999, for Caleb Lincoln, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Continental
Lincoln, Caleb
NUMBER
S 32999
B.L.Wt 963-100
Pensioned in Mass.
CONTENTS

(963)
Caleb Lincoln — private Orange Artillery —
Warrant ipd February 15-1821 H
Joseph Watson Adjt

0,461
Massachusetts Roll.
Caleb Lincoln Capt Bryant Private - Mass 4
4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1918.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of January 1818 and sent to John Davis Esq r Judge Boston -
  arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.  4m 27  39:20    annu l all'ce ending 4 th March 1819  48:  -         4 87:20   
Ex on right { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Constituent
Wingham -

Weymouth sent June 1 st 1821. to Mrs. A. Weymouth, East Weymouth, Mass.

Caleb Lincoln
6451
Mar. 19
Con
L.S.E.

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
On this eighteenth day of July 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County Caleb Lincoln aged sixty nine years, resident in Hingham in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of six years in Col. Coane's Regiment
and that he has received a pension certificate dated twenty ninth January 1819 and numbered 8461 in pursuance of his original Declaration made eighth April
1818 and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 28th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person 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.
Schedule a right of improvement for life in an old house and about one quarter of an acre of land. The house and land worth about 134.
4 chairs 1. Table, 50 Hollow ware 1 broodhouse earthen ware 1. 3. 3 iron spoons 12 fork 37
I am now in the seventieth year of my age, and almost past labor, and previous to receiving the pension from Government was one year in the Almshouse in this Town. My family consists of myself & my wife Betsey. She is sixty six years old and unable to do any thing more than the necessary work in the house. My occupation has heretofore been principally that of making chairs Sworn to, and declared, on the 18th day of July Caleb Lincoln before
I, John B Thomas clerk of said court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 one hundred thirteen dollars and eighty seven cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 30th day of Decr 1820
113.87
John B Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

No 252 Calvin Lincoln, Private, Crains Mass'ts Regt.
1777. During the War
Correct

A Caleb Lincoln of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, do hereby testify and declare that in the revolutionary War I enlisted in the Public service in the year 1777 for three years under Col. Cranes Regiment of Boston. I was marched off to Pitikitu under Capt. Thomas Seward (Capt. Bryant was killed at Brandywine) from that time I was under Capt. Berbeck. During the full term of three years which I enlisted for
In the 1780 I enlisted under Capt. Henry Berbeck during the war, in Col. John Grant Regiment of Artillery. I was at the taking of Gen. Burgoyne I was in Monmouth Battle & continued in the Public service in the Company & Regiment aforesaid untill the end of the war I was discharged at West point. And I further testify & declare that I am in reduced circumstances & stand in need of assistance from my country for support
Mass. Dist. Ct. Boston 8. April 1818 Caleb Lincoln
Sworn to before me J. Davis Dist. Judge. Mass. Dist. Ct. We the undersigned hereby certify that the above named Caleb Lincoln in consequence of his age and indigent circumstances, greatly needs the aid of his country as an old soldier for the support of himself & wife Moses Sprague
Hingham April 7 th 1818 Caleb Gill Selectmen

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 10
A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Caleb Lincoln subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M Davis } Judge of the District Court U.S. Massachusetts District.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston 10 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Caleb Lincoln by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M Davis } District Judge U.S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

May 16, 1932
BA-J/MCS
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Caleb Lincoln
S. 32999
Mrs. Oscar H. Lincoln 2841 23rd Avenue, West Seattle Washington
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Caleb Lincoln, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 32999, based upon the service of Caleb Lincoln.
He enlisted in 1777, place not stated, and served three years under Captains Bryant, Thomas Seward and Henry Burbeck in Colonel Crane's Artillery Regiment and was in the capture of Burgoyne and in the battle of Monmouth. He enlisted in 1780 in Captain Henry Burbeck's Company in Colonel John Crane's Artillery Regiment and served until the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, at which time he was living in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
In 1820 he was living in Hingham, Massachusetts, and stated that he was sixty-nine years of age and that his wife, Betsey, was sixty-six years of age. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Caleb Lincoln died June 26, 1829.
Very truly yours,
See Agency Books
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

32999 Rev  INVALID.
File No.
32,999
Ralph Lincoln
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 24, B
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 13 '96 Oved pursed to Mrs C S Alwood Mrs Campello Mass 1932 May 14 hist. to Mrs Oscar H. Lincoln V.C.D.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency JOHN BROOKS, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
J. Brooks.
Know ye, That Jerom Cushing Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Plymouth.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, 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 caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this seventh day of February A. D. 1821 and in the forty fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Hlden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

We Moses Sprague Hunt and Caleb Gill both of Hingham in the District of Massa- chusetts & Selectmen of said Town of King- ham testify and say that Caleb Lincoln of said Hingham Yeoman late a soldier in the Revolutionary army of the United States is in indigent circumstances & stands in need of the aid of his Country for support - that he is old & by his infirmities, rendered incapable of much labor - that he has no property - that he has occasionally for several years past received assistance from the said Town of Hingham & that he has been maintained in the poor house of said Town more than one year. Hingham 2 January 1819 Moses Sprague Jr Caleb Gill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss: 2 January 1819 -
Then personally appeared the above named Moses Sprague Hunt & Caleb Gill, Selectmen of the said Town of Hingham & severally made solemn oath to the truth of the above depoi- tion by them subscribed before me Chas. L. Dyer Jus: Peace

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State of Massachusetts } County of Plymouth }
I, Caleb Lincoln aged Seventy years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five I enlisted in the army of the Revolution, against the common enemy of my country, for the term of "during the war," and served in the company commanded by B Cap t Henry Burbeck and in the regiment No. three under command of Colonel Col. Ebenezer Dyer of the Massachusetts line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, in seventeen hundred and eighty-three, when I was regularly discharged from the same regiment, commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Dyer
My discharge is now lost or mislaid, so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement. I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assign- ed or transferred my claim to that gratuity in any manner whatsoever; therefore, Know all men by these presents, that I, Caleb Lincoln aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Watson of the county of  Washington and state of  District of Columbia to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, or of such other person as is duly authorised to issue and deliver the same, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid, and to sign a receipt or acquittance therefor; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, Jerom Cushing  Caleb  X  Lincoln
I, Nehemiah Ripley aged Sixty five years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, declare, that I have been long acquainted with Caleb Lincoln who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and, further, I know that he did perform the mi- litary service therein stated.
Attest, Jerom Cushing  Nehemiah Ripley
Before me, Jerom Cushing a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth personally appeared the above named Caleb Lincoln subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared Nehemiah Ripley who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this third day of February 18 21 Jerom Cushing Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written was a magistrate authorised to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the state of Massachusetts at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Plymouth this day of February 18 21
C. Clerk, &c.

Wm Lloyd PENSION U. S. OFFICE JUL 3 1896
Campello July 1, 1896.
My dear Sir,
I am preparing to become a member of "The Daughters of the American Revolution," and as it is necessary for me to have official records of the military service of my ancestors, will you kindly write me the necessary information, and tell me if there is a charge for the service?
The following are the names of my grandfathers, also what knowledge I have of their services during the war of the Revolution.

Caleb Lincoln of Taunton Major John Pulling. Thomas Reed of Abington or Boston.
Caleb Lincoln enlisted for several short periods when the British threatened Rhode Island. His first service was in Capt. Blake's company, of Taunton.
Major John Pulling was a close friend of Paul Revere, and hung up the lights in the old North Church in Boston, to inform him of the coming of the British, before the battle of Lexington.
Of Thomas Reed, I have no information, excepting what my grandmother remembers of his

leaving his plough in the field, and riding to Boston to join the American army.
Probably this information is not essential, as I must have it officially in my certificate; I do not know whether they ever received a pension or not.
Will you kindly give this your earliest attention?
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Clara L. Atwood. Box 211. Campello Mass.

Seattle Wash. Mar 22. 1952.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Revolutionary + 1812 Wars Section Washington 18. C.
Gentlemen,
Would it be possible for you to find and send me the Rev. war record of Caleb Lincoln who enlisted from Hingham Mass. in Capt. Stowards? b. Mar 1. 1777 and if given the date of his marriage to Elizabeth Lincoln Lincoln, that I may finish compiling our Revolutionary Genealogy.
Respectfully,
Inez K. Lincoln
See letter re Ch. Abraham Hawley, b 1753 in same handwriting